User talk:Whoosher

Skylab patches
Got it, thanks. Other editors are sure to keep editing these, though, because of the obvious mismatches between the patches and the article names. Tempshill 19:21, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Strictly
How did you manage to enter the result of programme 2 of Strictly Come Dancing into the Stephanie Beacham page, 15 minutes before the results programme started? I was looking her up during the programme and unfortunately stumbled on the result ! --Opentelemark 19:00, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Spooks time changes
Hi. Just wanted to let you know that while I agreed with the other changes you made on the Spooks page, I'm sure that times are usually written as 9pm not 9 pm, so I've changed them back. Hope you don't mind. [Jam][talk] 22:30, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your message, however the Wikipedia Manual of Style states that times should have a space between the time and the am/pm.--Whoosher 18:36, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see. I don't think I've ever seen times written like that, I've always seen them written as 9pm. However, if that is the Wikipedia standard, then I'm sorry and feel free to revert my edit :). [Jam][talk] 18:42, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
 * No probs, have a nice evening!--Whoosher 18:52, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Broad chalke
Sorry. I hope that a delayed apology is better than nothing. I did not mean to be sarcastic, it was a brusque, somewhat gauche, slightly out of character, reflection of the (conceptual) time it took me find the WDBD site and picture etc - but I already knew how to spell his name. Sincerely Autodidactyl 11:35, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi again; stuff
One other small claim to fame. I just remembered that I edited 2 articles of Hansen. He wouldn't remember me from Adam.

Did I make the UFO thing clear? Wasn't that dude in the discussion from 2006 on the money? The original sentence bothered me.

About the "ego" thing, you might know the old journalism dodge, "when in doubt, leave it out," which although ultimately good, takes a lot of the fun out of unsourced material. Is it time to whack that "ego" phrase altogether?

best,

shlishke Shlishke 07:46, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

python head
I just saw you'r a pythonhead, and forgot to list the Buzz Aldrin episode? http://www.ibras.dk/montypython/episode17.htm For shame! Shlishke 07:58, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Astronaut bios
Hi! I happened to notice you have recently been helping maintain a couple of astronaut bio pages. Thanks for doing that! I wonder if you would be willing to help on some astronaut-related wiki-tasks? In particular, I have often wished there were a rational way to get astronauts (and cosmonauts, of course) into the queue for being featured in the "Selected biography" section of Portal:Spaceflight. Do you have a sense of e.g. which are the top 20 most "important/interesting/well-written" astronaut biography articles? I would really appreciate any help/clues/thoughts you can provide, either here on your talk page, on mine or maybe best at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Human Spaceflight. Thanks in advance! (sdsds - talk) 00:46, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Tense in Led Zep
Hi, Thanks for fixing those unusual tenses. I think the writer was trying to write in a dramatic style, sort of the way a rock documentary would be narrarated! I like the simpler, cleaner approach that you used. OnBeyondZebrax (talk) 23:28, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

A new task force - ESA
Hello,

I've noticed that you are active in the area of space exploration. I just wanted to let you know that a European Space Agency task force has been set up to improve the presently very poor condition of articles about ESA and related topics. If you are interested, please join the task force here. We sure could use your help. Thanks.U5K0 (talk) 11:36, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Oxford Wikimania 2010 and Wikimedia UK v2.0 Notice
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Dave Scott
Re. your Dave Scott edit - while Worden and Irwin knew about the covers being carried, Scott has admitted to personally carrying them in his spacesuit pocket, an arrangement he made alone and without consulting or informing the other two. Therefore it is correct to say he alone "carried" them on the flight, not all three - thank you. SpacerPower (talk) 22:19, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Date/Time of person's death overseas
This is rather old, but I happened to be passing.

I was looking at the date of death argument on the Rupert Brooke page. (And incidentally, why is there no mention of his poem about the Old Vicarage, Granchester?) I saw that you seemed to recall something about people dying overseas, and daylight saving being involved.

This is a guess, and unfortunately my books are in store, but I imagine you are thinking of A. P. Herbert's misleading cases. In two brothers both with heirs die on the same day. The case hinges on which died first, as one was overseas. It's deemed that everyone, legally, dies at midnight, and then (through a leap which, I must confess, to me went beyond logic, in my opinion), that they died on the previous day, and thus the previous midnight.

Unfortunately I am in the process of moving house and all my books are at the new place so I can't quote this for you. I just thought it might jog your memory.

Best wishes SimonTrew (talk) 15:53, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Spaceflight portals
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WikiProject Spaceflight activity
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WikiProject Spaceflight reboot
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User category proposed deletion
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