User talk:Ecb

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jengod 14:01, Jun 27, 2004 (UTC)

Q&As[edit]

You're welcome.

Style of references: does Wikipedia have a preferred format for them to be in? Many of the articles I intend to add will have a few journal or report references, so if there is a house style for this, I'd like to know what it is.
- The official answer is here: Wikipedia:Cite your sources, but I tend to ignore this (the periods drive me nutty) and do it the way I was raised:

Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass, New York: Printing Press, 1867.

Capitalization of cardinal points of the compass. I capitalize them by habit, but noted that you changed a few on my Oxford Circus fire article to lowercase: is this a personal preference or standard Wikipedia practice?
- I believe it was my personal preference (can't recall exactly), but I also think Chicago Manual of Style is our general guide and they say compass points are lowercase if they simply indicate direction, but regional terms ("the East") are uppercased, while adjectives and nouns derived from them are lowercase. (8.48-8.50 in 15th ed.) OTOH, it doesn't really matter. :)

My list of things to add includes expanding stubs on dead baroque composers. Do you know whether discographies are frowned upon in such articles?
- Don't know a darn thing about Wikipedia's music coverage, but I suspect most of what you need is here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Music standards and I further suspect that discographies are welcome.

Anyway, I'm really excited you're enjoying the 'pedia. Welcome again and don't hesitate to holler if you have other Q's. :) jengod 20:00, Jun 28, 2004 (UTC)

Summit tunnel and fire articles[edit]

Hi there,

Very interesting articles. Quite fascinating! If you have an interest in railways, you may wish to help with pages such as rail transport, WikiProject Trains (the talk page has the useful content!), rail terminology, railway station, rail tracks.

If you're not interested in that area, sorry to bother you! If you edit your user page (Your username's link at the top of page when logged in) you can write some details about subjects you're interested in, or anything else you would like other Wikipedians to know when they follow your username link (in edit histories or on comments).

A belated welcome to Wikipedia too!

Zoney 14:07, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Salang tunnel fire =[edit]

Hello, You have high standards for graduating your articles from stub status! But I accept your reasoning, and will change your article (Salang tunnel fire) back to a stub. It's good to see someone taking such care to get all the facts correct. Terrace4 16:19, 1 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Heathrow Airside Road Tunnel[edit]

I want to say nice job on the extra info!, and thank you for your additions :D

Dan

Channel Tunnel[edit]

➨ ≡**Я Ξ DVΞRS**≡ awards this Barnstar to **Ecb** for pouring oil on troubled water and offering to do hard work to solve a problem. **Thank you**.

Watkin Tench and Bligh[edit]

Hi I am wondering about the issue of Bligh raised in the Watkin Tench article. I don't believe William Bligh was imprisoned. Not sure if he was an admiral in the blockade of Brest. The Bligh Tench was imprisoned with appears to be his captain Richard Rodney Bligh ref http://www.jmr.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conJmrBookReview.6 - can you check your source please? I am contacting you based on your edit of 8 May Thanks--A Y Arktos\^talk 22:19, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're quite right, it was Richard Rodney Bligh. I've made a full confession on Talk:Watkin Tench. Ecb 20:57, 14 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tunnel article assessments[edit]

Ecb, I primarily gave the Chunnel fire article a B grade because it lacked images (map and pictures) and contained no inline citations, which are critical for it to be moved up to A Class status. I noticed that the other tunnel fire articles also lacked those citations. If you have time, it would be great to incorporate them. I will take a look at Channel Tunnel fire later and make changes as appropriate. --Daysleeper47 21:04, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

William Lawes[edit]

Hi thanks for your message, I do agree it sounds odd! - but according to Grove Music Online (oxf. univ. press) (which is usually considered to be the main authority on music history) "...the king, engrossed by the loss of a kinsman in the action, found time to institute a special mourning for Lawes, whom he apparently honoured with the title ‘Father of Musick’. The occasion was excuse for royalist poets to score political points, notoriously in a pun by Thomas Jordan... Similar estimates of Lawes, varying in their appositeness, were published once the major action of the war was over: by Robert Herrick in Hesperides (1647–8), Robert Heath in Clarastella and John Tatham in Ostella (both 1650)..." I won't include anymore or I might be shot! Matt.kaner 18:26, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Jean-François de Galaup comte de Lapérouse -or- Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse[edit]

I note your interest in the Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse article and want to let you know that I have raised the issue of the name for both content in the La Perouse (suburb of Sydney) article and also the Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse article title and content. I have left notes on the discussion pages concerned. If you are interested in contributing your thoughts on the matter maybe besst to just focus any discussions onto the [Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse article] talk page as the suburb page is a downline content issue that refers to the article on the actual person. Feel free to comment on my talk page if you prefer. Thanks. Felix505 (talk) 04:58, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jean-François de Galaup comte de Lapérouse -or- Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse
I have now formally suggested a move of the above and I note you expressed some discontent with that proposal. I thought it appropriate to pay you the courtesy of letting you know that I just formalised a move request so that you could respond as you consider appropriate. BTY thanks for your feedback on my concerns on the naming of the article. You were the only person who did comment on it and I hope you subsequently had a chance to read my response to your comments on the articles talk page. I have tried to contact others who have contributed but several have apparently resigned. Thanks for your interest Felix505 (talk) 14:34, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

File:Summit-06-MrDecember-tankers5-and-6(on-its-side).jpg listed for deletion[edit]

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