Hi! I was just reading through the article on Lossiemouth that you've done so much work on and I wanted to commend you on the quality and amount of work that you've put in to it. Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia! - Kuzaar 18:43, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
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Mais oui! 19:57, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Bill, you seem to be having fun with the Lossiemouth article! Could I advise that you should seek not to include in the article content which should be (and often is) on another article. This would refer particularly to the Notable Lossie-ites section, where I think you should have a bullet point list of people (start each entry with a * ) each entry of which is a link to the self-standing article.
I've taken out a lot of whitespace. You have many images in the article: I suspect you need to start rationing yourself, or else put together a gallery of images somewhere at the foot of the page, or the end of each section, using
<gallery> Image:Lossie_golf_course.jpg|The golf course (two 18 hole courses) Image:Marina3.jpg|The marina occupying the Old Harbour </gallery>
to give you
Please do not leave lots of whitespace (i.e. multiple blank lines) in the article. There's no good reason for doing so - it merely points to a poorly formatted article.
Have fun! best wishes -- Tagishsimon (talk)
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Hello Bill, I see you have been doing some excellent work on these articles, good to see. I have been toying with the idea of working up some new articles on the Skaffie, Baldie and Zulu for some time now. There is already a decent article on the Fifie. I suspect your knowledge in this area is infinitely better than mine so I wondered if you would like to take the lead on this?
Also, as Tagishsimon pointed out, there is some duplication in your articles with the content of other existing articles such as the Fifie. In such cases it is useful to keep content to a summary level, and provide a link to the main article by using the template {{ main}}. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on articles for the other boat types. -- Cactus.man ✍ 10:17, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
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Bill, you blanked the talk page on Lossie. Apparantly that's bad form; talk should not be blanked or deleted, but left as a history. And archived if the page gets too big. I've reverted it.
FYI, these "source and creator" messages you're getting. There does seem to be a move to specify on the image page what the source of the images was (e.g. self-taken), to weed out images where people are "borrowed" a copyrighted image and stuck a CC or GFDL licence on it. You'd be advised to revisit your images and state their origin, lest they start getting deleted. best wishes -- Tagishsimon (talk)
Discussion on CFD - proposal to merge all subcats of Category:Members of the United Kingdom Parliament from Scottish constituencies up into the main cat. Relevant categories which would be deleted are:
I think that this is a rather important discussion for editors interested in Scotland-related articles, especially Scottish politics and Scottish biographical articles (particularly local history). Please have a read and ponder, and contribute to the debate if you like. Thanks. -- Mais oui! 17:56, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
I am beginning to think that the Scottish Wikipedians' notice board is not the best vehicle for pushing up the quality of the Scotland article (we ought to try to get it to WP:FA, in order to get into Wikipedia:Version 0.5, or, failing that, Wikipedia:Version 1.0), and the other key Scottish articles. It is becoming increasingly obvious to me that we really ought to start up the long-mooted WikiProject Scotland.
Most of the stuff at the notice board (at least on the bottom half) is actually WikiProject material anyway, and the Talk page is really being used as a WikiProject talk already! The notice board should be just that: for bunging up brief notices and signposts. I am thinking of launching a Wikiproject and correspondingly radically clearing out, and chopping down, the noticeboard (a re-launch if you like). The Scotland Portal concept is fine (but currently mediocre/undynamic content), but in stasis: it needs a good kick up the jacksie.
For comparison, have a look at:
And, if you are at a loose end, have a look at:
Thoughts? Please express them here. -- Mais oui! 20:01, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
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You say fishing accounted for 0.01% (362 individuals) of the full-time employment of Moray. So there are 3,620,000 jobs in Lossie. Big town... -- Tagishsimon (talk)
You say Inverness Airport and Aberdeen Airport offer a wide range of destinations. You might want to say Inverness Airport (30 miles away) and Aberdeen Airport (45 miles away) offer a wide range of destinations.. Clearly you'd hve to have a clue as to how far away this pair is. -- Tagishsimon (talk)
No problem; thanks! I had always wanted to use the timeline functionality, and your GIF timeline was an open invitation. I'm thankful to you that you adopted it & sorted out the issues in it. I'm sure we'll do more business together on Lossie - it's good but it certainly isn't there yet. I'll tell you what I'm thinking when I've thought it through - but in essence I'm sure there's more info that could be added. -- Tagishsimon (talk)
I've reordered the paras in Elgin, mainly to get the big tables to the bottom of the page, and promote the history section. Revert it if you like, or apply it to Lossie. Or tinker. Or whatever -- Tagishsimon (talk)
Following a successful period of consultation WikiProject Scotland has now been launched. As a participant in the Scottish Wikipedians' notice board I wonder if you may be interested in this new endeavour too? If so, please sign-up here. The WikiProject will be replacing some of the functions of the notice board, especially those in the lower half.
While I am here, please also have a look at the new Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Scotland and give it a "Watch". It was started up by User:Visviva a few days ago, after long being mooted at the notice board, and effectively replaces all the AfD listings at the notice board. Being a transclusion of all the on-going discussions it is a much more useful tool.
Even if you do not want to spend too much time on the WikiProject, please give it a "Watch" and feel free to contribute to Talk page discussions: the more contributors the merrier.
All the best. -- Mais oui! 11:44, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
I am thinking of using your " Moray" 'stand-alone' (template-independent) infobox model in other articles about Scottish council areas, " Highland" and " Western Isles" (sorry - that last ref is via a redirect) to start with. Generally, I am less than happy with the template-dependent infoboxes that tend now to appear in council area articles - because they assume or impose a sense of a degree of uniformity which does not really exist. Also, I am a bit busy elsewhere just now, and I guess I really wouldnt mind if you (or whoever) got a bit ahead of me on creating stand-alone infoboxes in council area articles. Laurel Bush 13:57, 5 September 2006 (UTC).
Just a head's up, if you;re short of info for Lossie or Elgin. I've started mining Google Books - e.g. [2] for some of my articles. There might be some gems of interest to you. Or not. The "full view books" are all out of copyright. -- Tagishsimon (talk)
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Hey there! As a Wikipedian in Scotland I thought you might be interested in the Scottish Fairground Culture editathon taking place on 7 May at the Riverside Museum - drop me a line if you'd like to know more, or if you'd be interested in taking part remotely! Lirazelf ( talk) 13:13, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi! I was just reading through the article on Lossiemouth that you've done so much work on and I wanted to commend you on the quality and amount of work that you've put in to it. Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia! - Kuzaar 18:43, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi Bill. That is one prodigous amount of work you are doing at Lossiemouth. Please visit the Scottish Wikipedians' notice board, and sign up at the bottom, or at least give it a Watch. Since no-one else has done it, here is the standard Welcome blurb. Enjoy:
Welcome!
Hello, Billreid/Archive/Archive 1, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a
Wikipedian! Please
sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out
Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}}
on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! --
Mais oui! 19:57, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Bill, you seem to be having fun with the Lossiemouth article! Could I advise that you should seek not to include in the article content which should be (and often is) on another article. This would refer particularly to the Notable Lossie-ites section, where I think you should have a bullet point list of people (start each entry with a * ) each entry of which is a link to the self-standing article.
I've taken out a lot of whitespace. You have many images in the article: I suspect you need to start rationing yourself, or else put together a gallery of images somewhere at the foot of the page, or the end of each section, using
<gallery> Image:Lossie_golf_course.jpg|The golf course (two 18 hole courses) Image:Marina3.jpg|The marina occupying the Old Harbour </gallery>
to give you
Please do not leave lots of whitespace (i.e. multiple blank lines) in the article. There's no good reason for doing so - it merely points to a poorly formatted article.
Have fun! best wishes -- Tagishsimon (talk)
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Hello Bill, I see you have been doing some excellent work on these articles, good to see. I have been toying with the idea of working up some new articles on the Skaffie, Baldie and Zulu for some time now. There is already a decent article on the Fifie. I suspect your knowledge in this area is infinitely better than mine so I wondered if you would like to take the lead on this?
Also, as Tagishsimon pointed out, there is some duplication in your articles with the content of other existing articles such as the Fifie. In such cases it is useful to keep content to a summary level, and provide a link to the main article by using the template {{ main}}. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on articles for the other boat types. -- Cactus.man ✍ 10:17, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
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Bill, you blanked the talk page on Lossie. Apparantly that's bad form; talk should not be blanked or deleted, but left as a history. And archived if the page gets too big. I've reverted it.
FYI, these "source and creator" messages you're getting. There does seem to be a move to specify on the image page what the source of the images was (e.g. self-taken), to weed out images where people are "borrowed" a copyrighted image and stuck a CC or GFDL licence on it. You'd be advised to revisit your images and state their origin, lest they start getting deleted. best wishes -- Tagishsimon (talk)
Discussion on CFD - proposal to merge all subcats of Category:Members of the United Kingdom Parliament from Scottish constituencies up into the main cat. Relevant categories which would be deleted are:
I think that this is a rather important discussion for editors interested in Scotland-related articles, especially Scottish politics and Scottish biographical articles (particularly local history). Please have a read and ponder, and contribute to the debate if you like. Thanks. -- Mais oui! 17:56, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
I am beginning to think that the Scottish Wikipedians' notice board is not the best vehicle for pushing up the quality of the Scotland article (we ought to try to get it to WP:FA, in order to get into Wikipedia:Version 0.5, or, failing that, Wikipedia:Version 1.0), and the other key Scottish articles. It is becoming increasingly obvious to me that we really ought to start up the long-mooted WikiProject Scotland.
Most of the stuff at the notice board (at least on the bottom half) is actually WikiProject material anyway, and the Talk page is really being used as a WikiProject talk already! The notice board should be just that: for bunging up brief notices and signposts. I am thinking of launching a Wikiproject and correspondingly radically clearing out, and chopping down, the noticeboard (a re-launch if you like). The Scotland Portal concept is fine (but currently mediocre/undynamic content), but in stasis: it needs a good kick up the jacksie.
For comparison, have a look at:
And, if you are at a loose end, have a look at:
Thoughts? Please express them here. -- Mais oui! 20:01, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading Image:Lossiefromspace.png. I notice the file's description page currently doesn't specify where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.
If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Mark83 15:58, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
You say fishing accounted for 0.01% (362 individuals) of the full-time employment of Moray. So there are 3,620,000 jobs in Lossie. Big town... -- Tagishsimon (talk)
You say Inverness Airport and Aberdeen Airport offer a wide range of destinations. You might want to say Inverness Airport (30 miles away) and Aberdeen Airport (45 miles away) offer a wide range of destinations.. Clearly you'd hve to have a clue as to how far away this pair is. -- Tagishsimon (talk)
No problem; thanks! I had always wanted to use the timeline functionality, and your GIF timeline was an open invitation. I'm thankful to you that you adopted it & sorted out the issues in it. I'm sure we'll do more business together on Lossie - it's good but it certainly isn't there yet. I'll tell you what I'm thinking when I've thought it through - but in essence I'm sure there's more info that could be added. -- Tagishsimon (talk)
I've reordered the paras in Elgin, mainly to get the big tables to the bottom of the page, and promote the history section. Revert it if you like, or apply it to Lossie. Or tinker. Or whatever -- Tagishsimon (talk)
Following a successful period of consultation WikiProject Scotland has now been launched. As a participant in the Scottish Wikipedians' notice board I wonder if you may be interested in this new endeavour too? If so, please sign-up here. The WikiProject will be replacing some of the functions of the notice board, especially those in the lower half.
While I am here, please also have a look at the new Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Scotland and give it a "Watch". It was started up by User:Visviva a few days ago, after long being mooted at the notice board, and effectively replaces all the AfD listings at the notice board. Being a transclusion of all the on-going discussions it is a much more useful tool.
Even if you do not want to spend too much time on the WikiProject, please give it a "Watch" and feel free to contribute to Talk page discussions: the more contributors the merrier.
All the best. -- Mais oui! 11:44, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
I am thinking of using your " Moray" 'stand-alone' (template-independent) infobox model in other articles about Scottish council areas, " Highland" and " Western Isles" (sorry - that last ref is via a redirect) to start with. Generally, I am less than happy with the template-dependent infoboxes that tend now to appear in council area articles - because they assume or impose a sense of a degree of uniformity which does not really exist. Also, I am a bit busy elsewhere just now, and I guess I really wouldnt mind if you (or whoever) got a bit ahead of me on creating stand-alone infoboxes in council area articles. Laurel Bush 13:57, 5 September 2006 (UTC).
Just a head's up, if you;re short of info for Lossie or Elgin. I've started mining Google Books - e.g. [2] for some of my articles. There might be some gems of interest to you. Or not. The "full view books" are all out of copyright. -- Tagishsimon (talk)
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Hey there! As a Wikipedian in Scotland I thought you might be interested in the Scottish Fairground Culture editathon taking place on 7 May at the Riverside Museum - drop me a line if you'd like to know more, or if you'd be interested in taking part remotely! Lirazelf ( talk) 13:13, 8 April 2015 (UTC)