User talk:TwilligToves/Archives/2007/February

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 * Also, you may be intreasted in the project (seperate from wikipedia). Bawolff 06:25, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * your welcome for the welcome. Don't hesitate to ask if you need any help with anything. Happy editing. Bawolff 06:29, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Wow you are the first person I think I've ever welcomed whose actually became an active member of wikipedia [not including other wikimedia projects/wikinews]. I guess that's because I mostly welcome people who I see vandalize stuff, and I don't really expect that they're going to be constructive. Its nice to see such an active new contributor. Keep up the good work. Bawolff 08:11, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

An award
Doing a great job, keep it up! James086 Talk 08:47, 1 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I agree. Well done! - Itsfullofstars 11:33, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Here here! &mdash; Deckiller 07:06, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks all! Budding  Journalist  07:18, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

A.J. Wright
Hey, can you take a quick read through A.J. Wright? I think it might need a bit of a polish (not to mention an update when I get around to it). Thanks. &mdash; Deckiller 07:06, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot for that. BTW, I've been plowing through the proofreads. &mdash; Deckiller 07:33, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

My welcome
Thank you very much for the welcome! Hope to see more of you around the wiki Import007 08:13, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Cad Operator
Don't be offended but I've reverted a couple of well-intentioned but erroneous edits you made to the article Cad Operator. You altered "despatch" to "dispatch" throughout; whilst this is the correct American-English spelling, "despatch" is the correct spelling in this context as it forms part of the title of a (British) software package. I've also reverted your changing of "active duties" to "street patrols" - these are most definitely not the same thing! (At any time the Met has around 15,000 officers on active duties, of which at most 1000 - and usually no more than 100-200 - will be on street patrols.)

I've left your marker in place as it's technically accurate. However, I only recently separated this article out of its parent article, Metcall, and all relevant citations are there; in addition, all facts are drawn from the MPS documents listed in the References section. Irides centi 15:15, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

asian american ce tag reply on my talk page
thanks! --Lukobe 17:55, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Request
Dear BuddingJournalist,

Do you have the time to take a look at Activism at Ohio Wesleyan University. It is a short article and an easy read. I would like somebody, better than me in copyediting, to take a look at it and improve the prose and issues that might exist. Thank you so much! I appreciate it! LaSaltarella 19:37, 3 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank you for starting copyediting the Activism at Ohio Wesleyan University page. I appreciate it. LaSaltarella 02:35, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Katie Blair
Hi... apologies for that... I didn't catch the word "adequately" when I re-added it. I've changed the wording of the whole sentence... the important point was that Blairs was the only question with an answer that was either correct or incorrect as the others were asked to give opinions on issues. I've changed the wording. -- PageantUpdater  •  talk  |  contribs  |  esperanza  21:02, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Break time?
Hi. Would you like to help me concentrate on clearing out the "ready for final proofread" list so we can focus on the backlog? &mdash; Deckiller 05:46, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's what I meant :) &mdash; Deckiller 05:52, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Fort William
Thanks for your copy edit and clean up of Fort William. It has a decent look now. Regards. -- P.K.Niyogi 17:10, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

League of Copyeditors
Glad to be of help. Just say the word as to how and when. Outlook 14:35, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Your message: League of Copyeditors

Hi there! I came across your edits and noticed that you do a fair amount of copy-editing. I'm a member of the League of Copyeditors, a project dedicated to managing the sizable backlog of articles needing a copy-edit. We're always looking for new members, and you'd make a great addition to the project! We've started a participation drive for the remainder of February. If you're interested, you can help clear the backlog by adopting the following goals each week: Select an article to copy-edit from the backlog. After your copy-edit, list the article in the ready for final proofread section. Select a different article to proofread from the ready for final proofread section. Thanks, and happy editing! BuddingJournalist 13:31, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

League of Copyeditors
Ahha! Yes, you've already explained what to do. My question: how do I best navigate to the "ready for final proofread section"? Do you keep it as a bookmark or is there an easier way? Outlook 14:45, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

LoCE Template
Thank you so much for your work on the template. The "someone" who forgot to code the date so it displays was me--well, I didn't "forget", I just didn't know how. :o) Glad to see it looking a little more polished. Galena11 15:12, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

removing copyedit tag?
At what point should the copyedit tags be removed? Outlook 16:05, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

WP:LoCE membership
Hi, Budding Journalist. I read your invitation to me about the League of copyeditors and I must regretfully decline. I do support the direction of the project, but I have too much on my plate right now to take on another wikiproject. If it is any consolation, I'd be happy to be a sort of unofficial ally to the project (perhaps I'll make a few edits here and there). I'd also be happy to answer any questions you have (although you seem to be pretty wiki-savvy already!). Anyway, you're off to an awesome start here, and I hope you stick around for awhile, because the project needs more editors like you. Cheers, The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 19:56, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

LoCE
I must also decline. I spend most of my spare wiki-time in the Category:Cleanup_by_month, which has a backlog reaching back more than a year. K e rowyn Leave a note 23:31, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Heart of Eternity Diamond
The alternation between "Heart of Eternity" and "Blue diamond" is confusing. Can you address this? It's dizzying reading one and then the other. Rintrah 08:29, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, sorry. I come to expect confusing variation in wikipedia articles; so I thought they referred to the diamond. Mea culpa. Rintrah 08:39, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I think many of Fowler's ideas are outdated, but I agree with the entry on Elegant variation. I'm not really a fan of journalism. Hehe — reverse order! I think variation is valid, but not for the purpose of avoiding repetition. I think better writing should do that. My position seems to be in the minority, though. :( Rintrah 08:47, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, that might have sounded rude. I didn't mean it that way. Rintrah 08:56, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I went a different direction. I used to use the thesaurus heavily, but now I rarely, if ever, use it. Rintrah 09:09, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Re thesauribus
In answer to your question: yes, "thesauri". "thesuarus" is a Greek-borrowing in Latin, hence "thesauri". But "thesuaruses" is also valid, albeit less lofty. In Latin and Greek, the word means "treaure, treasury". Rintrah 12:31, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Kudos!
Thanks for the kind words! Thank you for all your copy-editing, it makes Wikipedia such an easy to read place! - Zephyris Talk 14:05, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Bishop of Thatcher's War Playground—I mean, the Falkland Islands
I am confused by this sentence: "Bishop of the Falkland Islands is a bishopric in the Church of England, originally the ordinary of the Diocese of the Falkland Islands. Contents."—First, what does everything following the comma mean? And second, what is its syntactic relation to the rest of the sentence?

As you can see, I couldn't get past the first sentence.

By the way, my father, a British citizen, was in the Falkland islands during the Falklands war. He actually encountered Argentian troops, who treated him rather well, despite their initial suspicions. He couldn't get over how patriotic the Argentinians were, but when he came to England, he found the citizens there were worse. Rintrah 07:40, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Re Hand of Goal Controversy
If you asked me brother, you would probably get a diatribe. I was rather amused Maradona got away with it, but the incident was long before my time.

I was upset about a match not long ago between the Socceroos and Italy in the World Cup finals, which Italy won because an Italian player took a dive in the last minute. He suddenly lost balance because he saw a Socceroos defender in front of him on the ground. So, with just enough time to plan a dive, he slowly walked into the Socceroos player and leaned forward, and lo! He fell forward, making a dramatic dive and grinning afterward. Italy successfully converted the penalty. Later, Italy won the World Cup—those spaghetti-eating bastards. Rintrah 08:03, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Re Quote
Answer: Eddie Izzard

5. Strategic Sheep

So after World War II, the whole world was going, "Come on, Europe, give these countries back. Come on, we just had a bloody war; let's give 'em back. Britain?" "Wha'?" "What's that behind your back?" "Oh, it's India and a number of other countries." "Give 'em back." "Oh, all right. There's that one there, and there's that one…” “Falkland Islands?” “Oh, we need the Falkland Islands... for strategic sheep purposes!"

Rintrah 08:37, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Errors
I was trying to get through many articles and I hadn't eaten, hence the many errors. As for your question, in non-American English groups should be consistently called either "they" or "it" and not used interchangably.

Sorry for the errors. Rintrah 10:58, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Kakapo
Hi; I've been a little tied up. Could you give Kakapo a copy-edit pass today? That would be great. Thanks! &mdash; Deckiller 10:44, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks; I'll try to give it a finished look when I have the chance. &mdash; Deckiller 05:07, 17 February 2007 (UTC)