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Geronimo20 (
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04:00, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments on the Swampscott dory. I don't think anyone around here knows much about them. You would be very welcome if you would like to have a go at expanding and improving the article. The various dory articles are rather scrappy and slight, and I have been considering merging them into one article. Have you any thoughts on that? -- Geronimo20 ( talk) 04:09, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Yes, that's starting to shape up. Perhaps the end of the first paragraph is getting a little peacock. You could just say "well adapted" instead of "extremely well adapted". And do you really mean their "ultimate stability... is second to none"?
Sometimes you can get some useful pointers by looking at google counts. For example:
These suggest the McKenzie River dory and the Cape Ann dory don't even rate a mention, let alone whole articles. I think we should wipe them. This site claims that the Cape Ann Dory is the same as the Gloucester dory, but cites no sources. The site also claims the Swampscott dory is a descendant of the Banks dory. You have to be cautious looking at uncited web entries on dories. The information might even have come from Wikipedia, and we know Wikipedia is unreliable on dories. This site also has a some interesting snippets – eg,"The name dory may have come from a redfish, John Dory Fish, found in Nova Scotia" – but no sources.
I have formatted the references into a more standard style. You should also give the ISBN numbers of the books. Cheers. -- Geronimo20 ( talk) 20:20, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Did you really meant to remove this stuff from Banks dory?
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Contemporary Banks dories. | |
The Fog Warning by Winslow Homer |
...and these images:
What are your reasons for these removals? I added that stuff myself, and it seems relevant and interesting to me. You may doubt Winslow Homer painting, but attributions almost always refer to a banks dory, and you have cited no reasons for your doubts. The painting is still an interesting one. Why would you remove it??? -- Geronimo20 ( talk) 11:34, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
Just a wee point about inline citations . When you cite an author that has more than one publication, such as Gardner on the dory page, you need to include the publication date in the citation to make it clear which source you are referring to. Thus instead of Gardner p.225 it should be Gardner 1987, p.225 or Gardner 1996, p.225. -- Geronimo20 ( talk) 02:56, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
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Welcome!
Hello, Bcooke99, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for Swampscott dory. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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Geronimo20 (
talk)
04:00, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments on the Swampscott dory. I don't think anyone around here knows much about them. You would be very welcome if you would like to have a go at expanding and improving the article. The various dory articles are rather scrappy and slight, and I have been considering merging them into one article. Have you any thoughts on that? -- Geronimo20 ( talk) 04:09, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Yes, that's starting to shape up. Perhaps the end of the first paragraph is getting a little peacock. You could just say "well adapted" instead of "extremely well adapted". And do you really mean their "ultimate stability... is second to none"?
Sometimes you can get some useful pointers by looking at google counts. For example:
These suggest the McKenzie River dory and the Cape Ann dory don't even rate a mention, let alone whole articles. I think we should wipe them. This site claims that the Cape Ann Dory is the same as the Gloucester dory, but cites no sources. The site also claims the Swampscott dory is a descendant of the Banks dory. You have to be cautious looking at uncited web entries on dories. The information might even have come from Wikipedia, and we know Wikipedia is unreliable on dories. This site also has a some interesting snippets – eg,"The name dory may have come from a redfish, John Dory Fish, found in Nova Scotia" – but no sources.
I have formatted the references into a more standard style. You should also give the ISBN numbers of the books. Cheers. -- Geronimo20 ( talk) 20:20, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Did you really meant to remove this stuff from Banks dory?
External images | |
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Contemporary Banks dories. | |
The Fog Warning by Winslow Homer |
...and these images:
What are your reasons for these removals? I added that stuff myself, and it seems relevant and interesting to me. You may doubt Winslow Homer painting, but attributions almost always refer to a banks dory, and you have cited no reasons for your doubts. The painting is still an interesting one. Why would you remove it??? -- Geronimo20 ( talk) 11:34, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
Just a wee point about inline citations . When you cite an author that has more than one publication, such as Gardner on the dory page, you need to include the publication date in the citation to make it clear which source you are referring to. Thus instead of Gardner p.225 it should be Gardner 1987, p.225 or Gardner 1996, p.225. -- Geronimo20 ( talk) 02:56, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
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