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"Finally Lanson champagin will have 125 years stamped on the bottle."
What is this supposed to mean? Tad Lincoln ( talk) 09:07, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
I suggest new points to be written in italic, not in brackets, because this way new points can't be sorted in a good way. -- Helios13 ( talk) 17:45, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
Wimbledon refers to the events involving female adults as Ladies' events, on their website and in their literature. Why do we call them Women's events here on WP? Ordinary Person ( talk) 14:00, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
When was the last time? Rothorpe ( talk) 00:27, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
2002 - Serena Williams' first victory & Lleyton Hewitt won the men's. FingersLily ( talk) 11:13, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
Many thanks. I came to the article because I thought it would tell me, but it still doesn't seem to be there. Instead I see someone has reinstated the obvious and ungainly opening sentence: "The 2011 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament featuring six different championships held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England..." Rothorpe ( talk) 12:43, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
What is the general opinion on whether we should list the commercial sponsors of this event? I think it is not appropriate for an encyclopedia and have removed it but anons keep restoring it. Martin Hogbin ( talk) 09:15, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
Inappropriate. Focus should be only on tennis, not on the names of all the sponsoring companies. This is not an advertisement article and hence should not be allowed in Wikipedia. Please remove all.
Anish Viswa
02:11, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi,
I know I'm a pedant but there is nothing I hate more than bad spellings or bad grammar. IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, using 'Quarterfinals' is incorrect. It should be written as either 'Quarter Finals' or 'Quarter-Finals'.
I have researched this (I told you I was a pedant) & I accept that all 3 forms are acceptable. However, 'Quarter Finals' or 'Quarter-Finals' is MUCH more common & acceptable. If you type the phrase into Google, the vast majority of results agree with me. One of these results was this very website which confirms this.
Now I have spent a lot of time & effort amending the Wimbledon 2011 Championship pages to display the more common form. I know it isn't a big deal to most people but it is hardly causing any controversy. I then discovered that, as soon as I could make the changes, they were being undone! I am extremely annoyed. If I had written anything incorrect or dubious then fair enough but why undo my changes if they are correct?
I openly admit that I am not that familiar with the rules around here so I accept that I went too far in getting my changes made. However, it was with the best of intentions. I am also grateful that the editor took the trouble to contact me to explain but I do not accept the explanation. If somebody makes changes that are correct, why go to the trouble of undoing them? What is the point of this site if that sort of behaviour goes on?
Therefore, I am asking that common-sense prevails (not commonsense) & that my (and Google's) preferred form is accepted.
Thank you. FingersLily ( talk) 11:09, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
The tournament is British but the company (IBM) which operates the official site is US. So, the site my be in English (US), rather than in English (UK) used by Wimbledon officially.
Anish Viswa
08:39, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
Why to have a detailed write-up here on the Boys' Final and Wheel-chair Women's Doubles explaining from Round 1. Can't they be moved to their respective articles ?
Anish Viswa
11:56, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
Can someone have a look and confirm whether those sections are fine or over-detailed? The language or the description is not very much as per
Wikipedia:Manual of Style, I think.
Anish Viswa
04:55, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
Anons seem to be causing a lot of problems with this page. Should we ask for semi protection so that only registered users can edit? Martin Hogbin ( talk) 22:05, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
I'm really sorry but I'm going to be pedantic again. On this page, 'wildcard' is written as one word. However, I believe that the correct format is 2 separate words, i.e. 'wild card'. If you refer to the links at the bottom of the page, they use the 2 word format. The official Wimbledon site also has the 2 word format as does every search result I have come across. Surely I am correct this time? FingersLily ( talk) 11:05, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
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"Finally Lanson champagin will have 125 years stamped on the bottle."
What is this supposed to mean? Tad Lincoln ( talk) 09:07, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
I suggest new points to be written in italic, not in brackets, because this way new points can't be sorted in a good way. -- Helios13 ( talk) 17:45, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
Wimbledon refers to the events involving female adults as Ladies' events, on their website and in their literature. Why do we call them Women's events here on WP? Ordinary Person ( talk) 14:00, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
When was the last time? Rothorpe ( talk) 00:27, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
2002 - Serena Williams' first victory & Lleyton Hewitt won the men's. FingersLily ( talk) 11:13, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
Many thanks. I came to the article because I thought it would tell me, but it still doesn't seem to be there. Instead I see someone has reinstated the obvious and ungainly opening sentence: "The 2011 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament featuring six different championships held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England..." Rothorpe ( talk) 12:43, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
What is the general opinion on whether we should list the commercial sponsors of this event? I think it is not appropriate for an encyclopedia and have removed it but anons keep restoring it. Martin Hogbin ( talk) 09:15, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
Inappropriate. Focus should be only on tennis, not on the names of all the sponsoring companies. This is not an advertisement article and hence should not be allowed in Wikipedia. Please remove all.
Anish Viswa
02:11, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi,
I know I'm a pedant but there is nothing I hate more than bad spellings or bad grammar. IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, using 'Quarterfinals' is incorrect. It should be written as either 'Quarter Finals' or 'Quarter-Finals'.
I have researched this (I told you I was a pedant) & I accept that all 3 forms are acceptable. However, 'Quarter Finals' or 'Quarter-Finals' is MUCH more common & acceptable. If you type the phrase into Google, the vast majority of results agree with me. One of these results was this very website which confirms this.
Now I have spent a lot of time & effort amending the Wimbledon 2011 Championship pages to display the more common form. I know it isn't a big deal to most people but it is hardly causing any controversy. I then discovered that, as soon as I could make the changes, they were being undone! I am extremely annoyed. If I had written anything incorrect or dubious then fair enough but why undo my changes if they are correct?
I openly admit that I am not that familiar with the rules around here so I accept that I went too far in getting my changes made. However, it was with the best of intentions. I am also grateful that the editor took the trouble to contact me to explain but I do not accept the explanation. If somebody makes changes that are correct, why go to the trouble of undoing them? What is the point of this site if that sort of behaviour goes on?
Therefore, I am asking that common-sense prevails (not commonsense) & that my (and Google's) preferred form is accepted.
Thank you. FingersLily ( talk) 11:09, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
The tournament is British but the company (IBM) which operates the official site is US. So, the site my be in English (US), rather than in English (UK) used by Wimbledon officially.
Anish Viswa
08:39, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
Why to have a detailed write-up here on the Boys' Final and Wheel-chair Women's Doubles explaining from Round 1. Can't they be moved to their respective articles ?
Anish Viswa
11:56, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
Can someone have a look and confirm whether those sections are fine or over-detailed? The language or the description is not very much as per
Wikipedia:Manual of Style, I think.
Anish Viswa
04:55, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
Anons seem to be causing a lot of problems with this page. Should we ask for semi protection so that only registered users can edit? Martin Hogbin ( talk) 22:05, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
I'm really sorry but I'm going to be pedantic again. On this page, 'wildcard' is written as one word. However, I believe that the correct format is 2 separate words, i.e. 'wild card'. If you refer to the links at the bottom of the page, they use the 2 word format. The official Wimbledon site also has the 2 word format as does every search result I have come across. Surely I am correct this time? FingersLily ( talk) 11:05, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
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