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I have granted the "rollbacker" permission to your account. After a review of some of your contributions, I believe you can be trusted to use rollback for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, contact me and I will remove it. Good luck and thanks. – Gilliam ( talk) 15:50, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
Regarding the second editor who tinkered with the population, do you believe it might be worth looking into to see if they're a sock of the first editor, who also played with the population? GAB Hello! 22:32, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.
Thank you for your notice on reverting my edit on Word error rate. It was not a test! I think it is important to know the difference between insertion and deletion. They are easily mixed up, because it doesn't make a difference if you're merely interested in the value of WER. But what if you want to discuss the Formula? What if the penalties are modified and insertion to have a cost of 2? I wanted to look up which is which and didn't find it, so I researched it and put it in. I am an infrequent user, and I do not insist that my edit is kept as it was, but please make sure that future readers of that article know which one is the deletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PeerVal ( talk • contribs) 22:33, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
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Please be more careful, it was the removal of a long-term abuser edits. -- Vituzzu ( talk) 22:57, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi Dbfirs I am new to Wikipedia and unintentionally deleted some text. Sorry about that. I am very unsure about making addition and changes to articles and would feel better if there was some one or way that I could have my changes reviewed before I do a commit? Is there a way I can e-mail you? Thanks Phil Bender AKA pbender3469
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I am Robert von Greding the former clarinet player and ex-composer of the classical pieces of Haggard. That's my name.The name of the flute-player is von Zastrow! Cheers from Munich, Robert VGreding ( talk) 09:41, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi there,
I see you reverted vandalism on the page for Kidz Bop 28. Want to leave a record of what you deleted on your page: you chose to revert an edit that claimed that there were "explicit bonus tracks" (although this was misspelled as "exclipt") on the album. This is a clear act of vandalism, and completely fabricated. Not sure why you would attempt to revert this after the issue was resolved, but it's vital that pages for children's entertainment are as factual and safe as possible. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Commons22 ( talk • contribs) 21:46, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
You are mistaken in reverting my edits. I made the article match the title and corrected the grammar. Perhaps you should READ the edit first.
Hi, I rolled back on this article one step further back than you did, there was some mischief included by th eother IP as well [1]. This tehcnically means I rolled you back, but that is not the purpose of course, but the consequence of rolling back further. Cheers, Horseless Headman ( talk) 17:14, 8 February 2016 (UTC).
trying to contact you about deletion and notability online real estate agents , I cant find you email link can you please tell me what what notability was used criteria as i would like to re edit to prevent delete proposal, kind regards ?
I wanted to let you know that you blatantly misidentified obvious vandalism ( this edit) as a good faith edit. Electric Burst( Electron firings)( Zaps) 04:11, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for your message. I appreciate your response to correct me and looking for your guidance in the future. Take care. Wbuddy ( talk) 08:53, 26 February 2016 (UTC) |
Sorry, but the merger of High school into Secondary school, which you supported (actually without giving an argument), seems to be particularly ill-judged. Note that I have just proposed undoing that merger, with a quite comprehensive rationale on Talk:Secondary school#Revert merger of Secondary school and High school. Feel free to join into the discussion. Regards, PanchoS ( talk) 11:26, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
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I think you've made a mistake: June may be summer although days until 21 are in Gemini, the sign of the end of spring. 26 January is obviously winter, not summer. -- Sean Ago ( talk) 22:10, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
Since you're an copyright defender I would like to know whether crawling Math is Fun website violates the U.S copyright Laws?Could you help me. JUSTIN JOHNS ( talk) 07:04, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
Thanks.That's no problem.I've send an e-mail to the website owner regarding the copyright issue. JUSTIN JOHNS ( talk) 07:55, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
The existing explanation of seasonal temperature variation—the obliqueness of the suns rays—is the correct one. Passing through more of the atmosphere would, if anything, increase the absorption and re-emission of light as heat, but I have never seen such a phenomenon associated with seasonal temperature variation before, and I would need to see a mighty unimpeachable source to add such a claim. But I think what bothers me more is that you reverted a revert. Following one revert, WP:BRD (and, I think, common sense) suggests that if you don't agree, you move to discussion before re-reverting. If you'd done that, you'd have understood why my revert was correct. — swpb T 18:55, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
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Thanks for doing the digging necessary to put together this response on atmospheric absorption and scattering, and for your constructive attitude in response to criticism! I wish all Wikipedians would rise to a challenge the way you've done here: you didn't just take my word for it, you did your own searching and found some new relevant information, in the form of hard numbers. You might consider it to be all in a days work, but I wanted to express my appreciation. — swpb T 15:58, 3 May 2016 (UTC) |
Hi Dbfirs. You rashly promised pictures showing your marrows and courgettes. Here in S England we have been harvesting for the past 3 weeks, so I imagine in your neck of the woods the marrow season must also have started. 86.154.102.53 ( talk) 19:39, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
Hi Dbfirs. Thank you for your comment on the edits on the Cool Hand Luke page. Unfortunately, this is an ip address on a public network, so I am not the person who made those edits. I ask you please not to sanction this ip address if the edits were offensive or pernicious. Thanks! 162.218.144.66 ( talk) 14:28, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
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I beg your pardon, sir. You made an edit on the listed above with a question in the comment. I only wish to answer your question. The comment is below:
To answer your question, the content of your edit probably was what was intended. I didn't fully understand the original wording myself. That's all. LakeKayak ( talk) 18:40, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
An anonymous user reinstated "iodine" on the page American and British English pronunciation differences. Is his claim accurate? LakeKayak ( talk) 03:11, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
I don't know. Webster lists both pronunciations. However, I myself have only heard [aɪədaɪn]. LakeKayak ( talk) 19:55, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
I left some more questions for you at Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Science#What_is_string?. The Transhumanist 07:30, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
Hey, I just wanted to apologize for what was probably a bit of a WP:BITEY tone in my defensive reply to your comment on false accuracy in the paper about tiger bites. You seem to have taken in good stride, thanks! SemanticMantis ( talk) 19:13, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Inregards to this - Incase you wasn't aware an IP had actually changed the content [2] not me or the script, Thanks. – Davey2010 Talk 22:45, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
Hey Dbfirs. At the Teahouse you told a user that we only allow images that are "free of any copyright". I really hate to contradict people there so I thought I'd drop by here and ask you to correct that. Even if you don't want to get into fair use with a user, this is not correct as to a huge amount of our images, which are copyrighted but bear a free copyright license (just like our text content). You might say something instead like barring fair use (use of fully copyrighted images which we allow only where the ten non-free content criteria are met), images must either be in the public domain or copyrighted, but bear a free copyright freely licensed that is compatible with the free licenses borne by the majority of Wikipedia content.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 12:34, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
Hi, User:Dbfirs.
I have added a notice to the dispute resolution noticeboard at WP:DRN#Talk:Sierra_Leone, about the ongoing edit war by Fuadorko2. It would be helpful if you added a statement. Thanks. Gamesmaster G-9 ( talk) 01:19, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
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Hello. I made a request on the aforementioned talk page, and I haven't heard a response yet. Would you be willing to put your two cents in? Thank you. LakeKayak ( talk) 01:01, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for your suggestions. Although I have decades of experience in subjects such as aviation and internet, I'm new to Wikipedia and still getting to grips with how it works. Gunner1989 ( talk) 11:34, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you so much for your notes on my entries for Paul Osborn. I especially want to thank you for fixing the all caps mistake that I made. I will be working on citations for Paul Osborn and his plays. I feel strongly that he was a major American playwright and should therefore there should be more information about him on Wikipedia. Selig1553 ( talk) 19:54, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
Actually I agree; but our opinions are WP:OR. No source was there attributing the line about anything to do with Deva and goddesses. There are plenty of sources that list the River Dee in Cheshire and in Aberdeenshire as having that etymology, but none that I have found stating that for the Dee in Cumbria. Smith published his series of books in the 1960s and I have yet to see a firm rebuttal.
Ekwall states that the Rivers Dee elsewhere do derive from holy war goddess and other such stuff, but her listing for Dent states "Dent may be derived from Brit word corresponding to dinn, dind - a hill. Dent river name is a back formation.." So she concurs with Smith. [1] Regards. The joy of all things ( talk) 18:18, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
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Hi there. I can't work out what happened in this edit of yours, but it seems to have broken some comments. Could you take a look? Cordless Larry ( talk) 08:22, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
I removed your post within a thread I closed. Do not add comments within closed threads. As for the substance of the comment, you should find the question runs afoul of /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Guidelines Legacypac ( talk) 10:41, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
The publisher is not a reliable one for the book you added to ASA. Best Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 09:54, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
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Hey so someone edited my user page and removed the userbox giving my age... was I not supposed to put that there? MossBoss254 Talk 02:13, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
(re: this edit) Well, that's not really an intrusive R, but, more important, it doesn't result in any difference because of the way {{ IPAc-en}} is currently put together. But perhaps you may be interested in taking part in the conversation at Help talk:IPA/English § Non-rhotic /ɜː/. Your input will be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Nardog ( talk) 07:25, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
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I'm concerned about your recent comment at the help desk, where you told a new editor: "Now that you have got your venom out of your system, please leave us in peace." I don't think emotive language like this, bordering on personal attack territory, is ever an appropriate way to respond to a new editor's query. This is especially the case given the delicate content of the post you were replying to, and the likelihood you were responding to a vulnerable person. It would have been much more productive to simply direct the editor to the relevant guideline in a civil and professional manner (as Cullen328 and Gronk Oz subsequently did). I'm also puzzled by your claim to "have no idea ... what [the editor was] writing about", as a cursory check of the user's contributions would have clarified the issue for you. Please be more careful in future. – Arms & Hearts ( talk) 18:31, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi there. I was looking at your page, and noticed you have awards and things. How do I get them? Thanks -Higginsal — Preceding unsigned comment added by Higginsal ( talk • contribs) 21:22, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
Hey, Got a question for you... what happens when you click the "thank" button on an edit? Do the users get a notification or something? I know this is an odd question, but I'm kinda curious =D MossBoss254 Talk 00:36, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
Referring to this help desk question, I have reported errors to imdb before. I don't remember what the exact procedure was but I'll try to look into it. imdb is not like Wikipedia, although users can submit information in some cases. I have submitted close to 1000 reviews of movies, but I rarely tried to add other information.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 16:10, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
In my experience, even yellow courgettes/zucchinis have some stripes, so I don't think this distinguishes them from marrows. See [3] for commercially available seed of a plant described as a "yellow marrow". The plain and simple truth is that there's no consistent difference between cultivars used as courgettes/zucchinis and cultivars used as marrows, except that large marrows can't be supported by a bush plant, so only trailing cultivars can have their fruit left to enlarge to marrow size.
One of the references in the article, Hedrick, U.P.; Hall, F.H.; Hawthorn, L.R. & Berger, Alwin (1928), "Part 4: The cucurbits", The Vegetables of New York, Vol. 1, is an interesting read re the history of these plants. Note that what is referred to as "English Vegetable Marrow" on p. 37 has fruit described as "greenish white" to "apricot yellow" when mature. The "Italian Vegetable Marrow" is green with stripes (illustration on the page after p. 42).
"Zucchini" in New York in 1928 is just another variety of summer squash – see p. 50 – whereas there are multiple cultivars referred to as "marrows". Peter coxhead ( talk) 20:07, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
there is a big difference between the cultivars sold as marrows in the UK and those sold as courgettes– not so. There is a difference between some cultivars sold as marrows and some sold as courgettes, but not all. Look at the Marshalls webpage: "the fruit size is convenient at three quarters the size of standard marrows and can also be picked as brightly coloured courgettes." Peter coxhead ( talk) 20:45, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi, Following up on your comment stating 'Wikipedia is not a "how to use" guide' on Dry shampoo, I have added the information back which you removed, but believe I have made it more suitable for Wikipedia. I hope you agree with the edits. Thanks. H.A.W.C 101 ( talk) 19:36, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your interest, however I reverted. See edit summary. If you'd like background, the talk pages for Global warming and Climate change have abundant discussions about the scope/title of the two articles, and the first sentence or first paragraph of Global warming. NewsAndEventsGuy ( talk) 12:41, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
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For your diligence and helping out at the refdesk.— Mythdon ( talk • contribs) 07:01, 28 October 2018 (UTC) |
A few months ago you were kind enough to interact with me regarding the Wikipedia article "Epistemology" concerning its origin and etymology. Of late I have organized my thoughts more concisely, but I am very much a Wikipedia novice and that article has complexities far beyond my comfort to edit. I would like to discuss with someone a need for corrections, so I'm picking on you and begging your pardon in advance.
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To the troll who has made hundreds of failed login attempts on my account: you might as well give up because I've just made my password even stronger. Dbfirs 08:14, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello to all Wikipedia community, I’m currently trying to change lithuania’s location from north-east of europe to - baltic region of northern europe. Such definition is more correct and is relied on wiki page of “northern europe” and fits UN’s decision of the location of lithuania in northern europe. I’m asking for your support on this subject, and for suggestions for how to do it. Thank you all Jonathan311 ( talk) 22:49, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
@Dbfirs I’m open for support and suggestions of what to do Jonathan311 ( talk) 22:53, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
It was changed again please help me on lithuania talk page I’m still finding it hard to “argue” with the page supervisor Jonathan311 ( talk) 21:15, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
Regarding the question posted in the edit summary, the sources use "nannofossil". I am not sure if both should be lumped under the same category. Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk, contributions) 15:12, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
Please read the licensing section of File:PhiladelphiaSketchClub.jpg easily accessed at Philadelphia Sketch Club by clicking clicking on the logo image. -- Dthomsen8 ( talk) 22:11, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
Please explain this and your connection with Martin of Sheffield. I'm sure I'm missing something obvious, so thought I'll check with you here directly. Thanks, Lourdes 17:50, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I have changed this article, because it was false, it wrongly described Randy Fine, politician from Florida House of Representatives. It was obviously done by his enemies.
Here is Randy Fine's official page: https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4646&LegislativeTermId=88 You can find my name there as well, I'm his legislative Aide.
Here is the link to his FB page: https://www.facebook.com/voterandyfine/
I'm sorry I've destroyed something, I'm not an experienced user.
I'm not sure how to make sure such content do not appear again.
Thanks, Anna — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anna Budko — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anna Budko ( talk • contribs) 17:57, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi dbfirs
Great compromise on the afternoon and evening pages! 5 or 6pm :). Thanks for your support. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.235.163.252 ( talk) 11:44, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
Hi Dbfirs I'm the one asking about the bandpage on Wiki TeaHouse. Our record label has artist with wiki pages as well as we are on allmusic
dbfirs, as i have already told most of the sources are showing false birth year on internet, so because of that la la anthony having problem. you are not accepting imdb source, not accepting google data also and when i showed you birth certificate that also you are not accepting. then from where i bring the source because the sources are having false data aswell. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pushpeshpandey09 ( talk • contribs) 06:10, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
i am not pushing false birth date here, and earlier also i have not pushed false date , i was having all legal proof of correct birth years and this time also i have all legal proof of correct birth year, if you are not accepting it and tagging it as false then its your problem, nowadays wiki has so many issues as they dont accept true proofs and are accepting only false source. la la anthony was trying herself to correct this but you guys still declined it, this is too much that even the person whose information is published on wikipedia cant change it. what more proof you need just to change the correct birth year, she is ready to show all the proof. if there are false article available out there with false information is not her fault. kindly understand that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pushpeshpandey09 ( talk • contribs) 06:43, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
https://hollywoodlife.com/2019/06/16/la-la-anthony-carmelo-fathers-day-post-kiyan/ so you dont think this is the valid proof? her real age is been showed in this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pushpeshpandey09 ( talk • contribs) 06:59, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
You may have seen this announcement that all the 'Featured Hosts' - whose names and pictures randomly cycle round in the Teahouse Header - have just been updated.
As you are currently one of the 29 most active editors at WP:TH, your name and an image has now replaced that of an inactive host. But because you haven't yet added yourself to the full list of active hosts, I have chosen what I hope might be an acceptable image to you (over the default picture of a cup of green tea). It would be great if you would now do two things:
Many thanks, Nick Moyes ( talk) 09:44, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
Sir, some hours ago you responded on Talk page of Shamsheer Vayalil. You suggested the change to be done in the main text. When you will not make the desired changes by yourself then how youngsters like us will know the way by which wikipedia works. Thanks. ( 223.230.167.170 ( talk) 07:54, 15 June 2019 (UTC))
Sir, I have posted a new and important request on Talk page of Shamsheer Vayalil. This request is related to his residency and occupation. I hope you will certainly make the possible edit. Thanks. ( 223.230.169.20 ( talk) 18:07, 16 June 2019 (UTC))
Sir, you asked for references. I had provided references on Talk page of Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil.This time the references are absolutely perfect because I had extracted those references from Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil wikipedia profile page and you will surely find the subject.You look to those reliable references and make the possible edits.I had extracted reliable information related to his occupation and his residence from wikipedia references of Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil. Please! sir don't troll me. You all(editors) are responsible to edit wikipedia, if you will not do then who will do. Thanks. ( 223.230.169.20 ( talk) 01:07, 17 June 2019 (UTC))
Sir, I corrected the links. Now you will face no problem. You will easily recognize the subjects from that link. Hope you will do edits now.
Correction done: Sir, I corrected the link and now you will face no problem to find the subject's residence as well as his occupation proof. Hope you will make the desire edits. As per your rules and regulations I have added new comments on previous text only.I apologize that you got irritated because of my request. Thanks.
Hello. Thank you for the edit. I realised on researching this properly today that I was being too slap-dash yesterday. Ellis's Area 31 did have a lot of Lancashire in, but only the northern half of it. It also had all of Cumberland and Westmorland (now in Cumbria) and also the southern part of Durham (as you rightly suspected). I apologise for my edit yesterday.
I have put this part into a note now, so that I don't disrupt the main flow of the section. It doesn't seem as if this area of Yorkshire has had much attention at all in recent dialect studies.
The Yorkshire sites that Ellis included in Area 31 were below. (This is how Ellis listed them under Yorkshire in his book. I am aware that at least one of these sites, Dent, is in modern Cumbria.)
You can also see Area 31 marked out on Warren Maguire's map here. Epa101 ( talk) 10:53, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
I was intrigued about where you got your 1880 mention of the game from. I have had to revert it since the WP article on the OED says printing didn't start until 1884 - and it was called the New Eng. Dict. then anyway. You'd therefore need a fuller and more direct source to substantiate an 1880 date for earlier mention. It's all a bit relative anyway, since the Folk-Lore Review and the Gomme study was drawing on the memory of older correspondents. However, NEB usually cited a published source for usage, so we really need to know what that was to push the date further back. Can your source help there? Sweetpool50 ( talk) 22:07, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
Did the OED quote the wording (which would be important for a first appearance) or merely give a date for first appearance of the name? Sweetpool50 ( talk) 20:20, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
Thanks. It seems there were several references to the rhyme in Folk-Lore Record; I can get access to the list of contents at Jstor but not to the actual pages without a subscription. I'll alter the date to 1880 and give the page reference. Incidentally, according to the information at Fresno State U, Ms Gomme was the wife of the President of the Folk-Lore Soc. so it was via that she got her information. I've been trying various other kinds of permutation but I don't think we're going to push the date back much earlier. Sweetpool50 ( talk) 21:38, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
170 SINGING GAMES. III. Nuts in May. Here we come gathering nuts in May, nuts in May, nuts in May; Here we come gathering nuts in May, on a cold and frosty morning.
This is followed by a description of the activity. Dbfirs 13:18, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
@Dbfirs, thank you for your guidance via the teahouse. Appreciate it! Jack at Hillrom ( talk) 13:29, 30 July 2019 (UTC) |
Looks very much like the same editor again; geolocates to the same area and only edits to that page or relating to. The edits this morning (UK) are all just disruptive. Also has added a level one hdg above so following headings are displaying as 'subs'. Cheers. Eagleash ( talk) 13:36, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
•According to your guidance I posted my relevant request regarding to Dr. Shamsheer's article on the talk page. If I will try to edit then it may lead to disruption of article. So, please! do have a look. Thank you. ( 223.230.162.19 ( talk) 17:24, 9 August 2019 (UTC))
If I will try to add these informations (by phone)then it might create a blunder. Two days passed yet no any response given. So, Please do have a look and add those informations. Thank you. ( 223.230.174.34 ( talk) 10:21, 16 August 2019 (UTC))
I have borrowed a copy of KM Petyt's The Study of Dialect from a library in Leeds. This book is hard to come by, these days. I know that you are an acquaintance of Mr. Petyt. I thought that he might like to know that I'm going to use his book to update Wikipedia this weekend.
One priority is to create an article for the Linguistic Atlas of Scotland. It's incredible that there is not one yet. Epa101 ( talk) 18:34, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
I have now created an article for the Linguistic Survey of Scotland. Most of this is referenced from Malcolm's book. This was actually written before the Gaelic part of the Survey was finished, but the book was still a very useful summary.
One anecdote that I cannot put in the article because I don't have a proper reference for it. I once attended a talk by an old fieldworker from the Survey of English Dialects. He told the audience that Harold Orton was very annoyed that the Linguistic Survey of Scotland had done fieldwork in Cumberland and Northumberland without informing him, and relations between Orton and McIntosh were cool. I'm surprised that no one has compared the results in these areas (and also in the Isle of Man) to look for similarities or differences between the two surveys. Epa101 ( talk) 12:37, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
That point is made in the slide at the bottom of page 2 on this presentation by Warren Maguire. It looks from the map as if the Linguistic Survey of Scotland also went into County Durham and Westmorland. Malcolm's book only mentioned Cumberland and Northumberland, so I stuck to that.
It is strange how the border between England and Scotland is more of a linguistic boundary than that between England and Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, or the USA and Canada. I cannot think what makes it so special. Epa101 ( talk) 17:12, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
P.S. Just out of curiosity, do you know why Malcolm gave up dialectological work? I think that his work is very good, but his publications seem to stop after a while. Epa101 ( talk)
Hi, I've just seen your response. Thanks for letting me know. I'll see if I can track it down. I need to take his book back to the library now, so I have just made a few edits to the history section on the article for Dialectology. It's good that it goes beyond English-speaking countries more now. It has been a very useful book. Epa101 ( talk) 14:46, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
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Please do not arbitrarily delete content in broad strokes. If you find something you wish to edit, do so but please do no just delete entire content. Justicetwalker ( talk) 12:54, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I have added the sources. I have deleted the sources IMDd and supplemented by sources from reputable articles from TV, radio and online newspapers. I hope the article will be released and published soon. Moj Galeb ( talk) 14:47, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
I had posted a request on Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil talk page but no response is given yet. Please! do have a look. Thank you. ( 223.230.130.28 ( talk) 19:33, 5 September 2019 (UTC))
It's me, the guy who asked about the use of hyphens to separate items on lists. My response was somewhat rude, and I apologize. I also apologized on the help desk, but I wasn't sure if you saw it there, so I'm apologizing here as well, just to make sure that you knew that I was sorry about it. (Edit: Added link to question on help page. Further edit: Fixed link, sorry about that. Hopefully last edit: Wasn't able to fix link, so I just removed it altogether, sorry about that whole mess.)-- Thylacine24 ( talk) 17:56, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
This past August I posted a on the help section about replacing a logo on an article about a company. You replied to the help post and unfortunately I didn't see it until this week.
I apologize for not getting back to you sooner.
You were correct, the current logo is the blue and green X made of dots with the word Nacha in white. Any help you can provide that would point me in the right direct for getting this updated would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you, ( CSCS0603 ( talk) 20:52, 3 October 2019 (UTC))
This page is not published inspite of taking all the precautions into considerations. Kindly help me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akashpashine ( talk • contribs) 07:50, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
Dear Dbfirs, I wanted to ask for your advice on the following topic "Can a list of notable authors be added to publishers page on Wikipedia?" posted on Wikipedia Teahouse. Basically, I wanted to know whether or not one can add a list of notable authors to a page on Wikipedia? See this example: /info/en/?search=Alfred_A._Knopf Can I add a list of notable authors to Omniscriptum page on Wikipedia? Thank you for your time. FYI 2020 ( talk) 06:03, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
Dear Dbfirs,
I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Ten Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for ten years or more.
Best regards, Chris Troutman ( talk) 12:08, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
How would the image, File:Mediant and mean on the number line.png, be useful in music articles, and which articles? Hyacinth ( talk) 10:09, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
Per WP:NPA, please comment on the content, not the contributor. Hyacinth ( talk) 00:07, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
Just after blocking some IP for persistent silliness, I noticed your warning on User talk:2601:601:9980:2940:2517:3DCF:C8EC:D1E3 about persistent silliness. So you might think I've jumped the gun. Hope you don't mind. -- Hoary ( talk) 08:15, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
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My writing is probably 90% US English, and I love trash-talking Brits, but you cannot say with a straight face that American grammar is "logical". I mean, you people put commas inside quotation marks. Tigraan Click here to contact me 13:00, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
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Regarding the second editor who tinkered with the population, do you believe it might be worth looking into to see if they're a sock of the first editor, who also played with the population? GAB Hello! 22:32, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
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Thank you for your notice on reverting my edit on Word error rate. It was not a test! I think it is important to know the difference between insertion and deletion. They are easily mixed up, because it doesn't make a difference if you're merely interested in the value of WER. But what if you want to discuss the Formula? What if the penalties are modified and insertion to have a cost of 2? I wanted to look up which is which and didn't find it, so I researched it and put it in. I am an infrequent user, and I do not insist that my edit is kept as it was, but please make sure that future readers of that article know which one is the deletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PeerVal ( talk • contribs) 22:33, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
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Please be more careful, it was the removal of a long-term abuser edits. -- Vituzzu ( talk) 22:57, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi Dbfirs I am new to Wikipedia and unintentionally deleted some text. Sorry about that. I am very unsure about making addition and changes to articles and would feel better if there was some one or way that I could have my changes reviewed before I do a commit? Is there a way I can e-mail you? Thanks Phil Bender AKA pbender3469
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I am Robert von Greding the former clarinet player and ex-composer of the classical pieces of Haggard. That's my name.The name of the flute-player is von Zastrow! Cheers from Munich, Robert VGreding ( talk) 09:41, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi there,
I see you reverted vandalism on the page for Kidz Bop 28. Want to leave a record of what you deleted on your page: you chose to revert an edit that claimed that there were "explicit bonus tracks" (although this was misspelled as "exclipt") on the album. This is a clear act of vandalism, and completely fabricated. Not sure why you would attempt to revert this after the issue was resolved, but it's vital that pages for children's entertainment are as factual and safe as possible. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Commons22 ( talk • contribs) 21:46, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
You are mistaken in reverting my edits. I made the article match the title and corrected the grammar. Perhaps you should READ the edit first.
Hi, I rolled back on this article one step further back than you did, there was some mischief included by th eother IP as well [1]. This tehcnically means I rolled you back, but that is not the purpose of course, but the consequence of rolling back further. Cheers, Horseless Headman ( talk) 17:14, 8 February 2016 (UTC).
trying to contact you about deletion and notability online real estate agents , I cant find you email link can you please tell me what what notability was used criteria as i would like to re edit to prevent delete proposal, kind regards ?
I wanted to let you know that you blatantly misidentified obvious vandalism ( this edit) as a good faith edit. Electric Burst( Electron firings)( Zaps) 04:11, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for your message. I appreciate your response to correct me and looking for your guidance in the future. Take care. Wbuddy ( talk) 08:53, 26 February 2016 (UTC) |
Sorry, but the merger of High school into Secondary school, which you supported (actually without giving an argument), seems to be particularly ill-judged. Note that I have just proposed undoing that merger, with a quite comprehensive rationale on Talk:Secondary school#Revert merger of Secondary school and High school. Feel free to join into the discussion. Regards, PanchoS ( talk) 11:26, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
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I think you've made a mistake: June may be summer although days until 21 are in Gemini, the sign of the end of spring. 26 January is obviously winter, not summer. -- Sean Ago ( talk) 22:10, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
Since you're an copyright defender I would like to know whether crawling Math is Fun website violates the U.S copyright Laws?Could you help me. JUSTIN JOHNS ( talk) 07:04, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
Thanks.That's no problem.I've send an e-mail to the website owner regarding the copyright issue. JUSTIN JOHNS ( talk) 07:55, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
The existing explanation of seasonal temperature variation—the obliqueness of the suns rays—is the correct one. Passing through more of the atmosphere would, if anything, increase the absorption and re-emission of light as heat, but I have never seen such a phenomenon associated with seasonal temperature variation before, and I would need to see a mighty unimpeachable source to add such a claim. But I think what bothers me more is that you reverted a revert. Following one revert, WP:BRD (and, I think, common sense) suggests that if you don't agree, you move to discussion before re-reverting. If you'd done that, you'd have understood why my revert was correct. — swpb T 18:55, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
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Hi Dbfirs. You rashly promised pictures showing your marrows and courgettes. Here in S England we have been harvesting for the past 3 weeks, so I imagine in your neck of the woods the marrow season must also have started. 86.154.102.53 ( talk) 19:39, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
Hi Dbfirs. Thank you for your comment on the edits on the Cool Hand Luke page. Unfortunately, this is an ip address on a public network, so I am not the person who made those edits. I ask you please not to sanction this ip address if the edits were offensive or pernicious. Thanks! 162.218.144.66 ( talk) 14:28, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
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I beg your pardon, sir. You made an edit on the listed above with a question in the comment. I only wish to answer your question. The comment is below:
To answer your question, the content of your edit probably was what was intended. I didn't fully understand the original wording myself. That's all. LakeKayak ( talk) 18:40, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
An anonymous user reinstated "iodine" on the page American and British English pronunciation differences. Is his claim accurate? LakeKayak ( talk) 03:11, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
I don't know. Webster lists both pronunciations. However, I myself have only heard [aɪədaɪn]. LakeKayak ( talk) 19:55, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
I left some more questions for you at Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Science#What_is_string?. The Transhumanist 07:30, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
Hey, I just wanted to apologize for what was probably a bit of a WP:BITEY tone in my defensive reply to your comment on false accuracy in the paper about tiger bites. You seem to have taken in good stride, thanks! SemanticMantis ( talk) 19:13, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Inregards to this - Incase you wasn't aware an IP had actually changed the content [2] not me or the script, Thanks. – Davey2010 Talk 22:45, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
Hey Dbfirs. At the Teahouse you told a user that we only allow images that are "free of any copyright". I really hate to contradict people there so I thought I'd drop by here and ask you to correct that. Even if you don't want to get into fair use with a user, this is not correct as to a huge amount of our images, which are copyrighted but bear a free copyright license (just like our text content). You might say something instead like barring fair use (use of fully copyrighted images which we allow only where the ten non-free content criteria are met), images must either be in the public domain or copyrighted, but bear a free copyright freely licensed that is compatible with the free licenses borne by the majority of Wikipedia content.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 12:34, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
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I have added a notice to the dispute resolution noticeboard at WP:DRN#Talk:Sierra_Leone, about the ongoing edit war by Fuadorko2. It would be helpful if you added a statement. Thanks. Gamesmaster G-9 ( talk) 01:19, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
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Hello. I made a request on the aforementioned talk page, and I haven't heard a response yet. Would you be willing to put your two cents in? Thank you. LakeKayak ( talk) 01:01, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for your suggestions. Although I have decades of experience in subjects such as aviation and internet, I'm new to Wikipedia and still getting to grips with how it works. Gunner1989 ( talk) 11:34, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you so much for your notes on my entries for Paul Osborn. I especially want to thank you for fixing the all caps mistake that I made. I will be working on citations for Paul Osborn and his plays. I feel strongly that he was a major American playwright and should therefore there should be more information about him on Wikipedia. Selig1553 ( talk) 19:54, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
Actually I agree; but our opinions are WP:OR. No source was there attributing the line about anything to do with Deva and goddesses. There are plenty of sources that list the River Dee in Cheshire and in Aberdeenshire as having that etymology, but none that I have found stating that for the Dee in Cumbria. Smith published his series of books in the 1960s and I have yet to see a firm rebuttal.
Ekwall states that the Rivers Dee elsewhere do derive from holy war goddess and other such stuff, but her listing for Dent states "Dent may be derived from Brit word corresponding to dinn, dind - a hill. Dent river name is a back formation.." So she concurs with Smith. [1] Regards. The joy of all things ( talk) 18:18, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
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Hi there. I can't work out what happened in this edit of yours, but it seems to have broken some comments. Could you take a look? Cordless Larry ( talk) 08:22, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
I removed your post within a thread I closed. Do not add comments within closed threads. As for the substance of the comment, you should find the question runs afoul of /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Guidelines Legacypac ( talk) 10:41, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
The publisher is not a reliable one for the book you added to ASA. Best Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 09:54, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
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Hey so someone edited my user page and removed the userbox giving my age... was I not supposed to put that there? MossBoss254 Talk 02:13, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
(re: this edit) Well, that's not really an intrusive R, but, more important, it doesn't result in any difference because of the way {{ IPAc-en}} is currently put together. But perhaps you may be interested in taking part in the conversation at Help talk:IPA/English § Non-rhotic /ɜː/. Your input will be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Nardog ( talk) 07:25, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
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I'm concerned about your recent comment at the help desk, where you told a new editor: "Now that you have got your venom out of your system, please leave us in peace." I don't think emotive language like this, bordering on personal attack territory, is ever an appropriate way to respond to a new editor's query. This is especially the case given the delicate content of the post you were replying to, and the likelihood you were responding to a vulnerable person. It would have been much more productive to simply direct the editor to the relevant guideline in a civil and professional manner (as Cullen328 and Gronk Oz subsequently did). I'm also puzzled by your claim to "have no idea ... what [the editor was] writing about", as a cursory check of the user's contributions would have clarified the issue for you. Please be more careful in future. – Arms & Hearts ( talk) 18:31, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
Hi there. I was looking at your page, and noticed you have awards and things. How do I get them? Thanks -Higginsal — Preceding unsigned comment added by Higginsal ( talk • contribs) 21:22, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
Hey, Got a question for you... what happens when you click the "thank" button on an edit? Do the users get a notification or something? I know this is an odd question, but I'm kinda curious =D MossBoss254 Talk 00:36, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
Referring to this help desk question, I have reported errors to imdb before. I don't remember what the exact procedure was but I'll try to look into it. imdb is not like Wikipedia, although users can submit information in some cases. I have submitted close to 1000 reviews of movies, but I rarely tried to add other information.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 16:10, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
In my experience, even yellow courgettes/zucchinis have some stripes, so I don't think this distinguishes them from marrows. See [3] for commercially available seed of a plant described as a "yellow marrow". The plain and simple truth is that there's no consistent difference between cultivars used as courgettes/zucchinis and cultivars used as marrows, except that large marrows can't be supported by a bush plant, so only trailing cultivars can have their fruit left to enlarge to marrow size.
One of the references in the article, Hedrick, U.P.; Hall, F.H.; Hawthorn, L.R. & Berger, Alwin (1928), "Part 4: The cucurbits", The Vegetables of New York, Vol. 1, is an interesting read re the history of these plants. Note that what is referred to as "English Vegetable Marrow" on p. 37 has fruit described as "greenish white" to "apricot yellow" when mature. The "Italian Vegetable Marrow" is green with stripes (illustration on the page after p. 42).
"Zucchini" in New York in 1928 is just another variety of summer squash – see p. 50 – whereas there are multiple cultivars referred to as "marrows". Peter coxhead ( talk) 20:07, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
there is a big difference between the cultivars sold as marrows in the UK and those sold as courgettes– not so. There is a difference between some cultivars sold as marrows and some sold as courgettes, but not all. Look at the Marshalls webpage: "the fruit size is convenient at three quarters the size of standard marrows and can also be picked as brightly coloured courgettes." Peter coxhead ( talk) 20:45, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi, Following up on your comment stating 'Wikipedia is not a "how to use" guide' on Dry shampoo, I have added the information back which you removed, but believe I have made it more suitable for Wikipedia. I hope you agree with the edits. Thanks. H.A.W.C 101 ( talk) 19:36, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your interest, however I reverted. See edit summary. If you'd like background, the talk pages for Global warming and Climate change have abundant discussions about the scope/title of the two articles, and the first sentence or first paragraph of Global warming. NewsAndEventsGuy ( talk) 12:41, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
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For your diligence and helping out at the refdesk.— Mythdon ( talk • contribs) 07:01, 28 October 2018 (UTC) |
A few months ago you were kind enough to interact with me regarding the Wikipedia article "Epistemology" concerning its origin and etymology. Of late I have organized my thoughts more concisely, but I am very much a Wikipedia novice and that article has complexities far beyond my comfort to edit. I would like to discuss with someone a need for corrections, so I'm picking on you and begging your pardon in advance.
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To the troll who has made hundreds of failed login attempts on my account: you might as well give up because I've just made my password even stronger. Dbfirs 08:14, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello to all Wikipedia community, I’m currently trying to change lithuania’s location from north-east of europe to - baltic region of northern europe. Such definition is more correct and is relied on wiki page of “northern europe” and fits UN’s decision of the location of lithuania in northern europe. I’m asking for your support on this subject, and for suggestions for how to do it. Thank you all Jonathan311 ( talk) 22:49, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
@Dbfirs I’m open for support and suggestions of what to do Jonathan311 ( talk) 22:53, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
It was changed again please help me on lithuania talk page I’m still finding it hard to “argue” with the page supervisor Jonathan311 ( talk) 21:15, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
Regarding the question posted in the edit summary, the sources use "nannofossil". I am not sure if both should be lumped under the same category. Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk, contributions) 15:12, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
Please read the licensing section of File:PhiladelphiaSketchClub.jpg easily accessed at Philadelphia Sketch Club by clicking clicking on the logo image. -- Dthomsen8 ( talk) 22:11, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
Please explain this and your connection with Martin of Sheffield. I'm sure I'm missing something obvious, so thought I'll check with you here directly. Thanks, Lourdes 17:50, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I have changed this article, because it was false, it wrongly described Randy Fine, politician from Florida House of Representatives. It was obviously done by his enemies.
Here is Randy Fine's official page: https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4646&LegislativeTermId=88 You can find my name there as well, I'm his legislative Aide.
Here is the link to his FB page: https://www.facebook.com/voterandyfine/
I'm sorry I've destroyed something, I'm not an experienced user.
I'm not sure how to make sure such content do not appear again.
Thanks, Anna — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anna Budko — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anna Budko ( talk • contribs) 17:57, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi dbfirs
Great compromise on the afternoon and evening pages! 5 or 6pm :). Thanks for your support. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.235.163.252 ( talk) 11:44, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
Hi Dbfirs I'm the one asking about the bandpage on Wiki TeaHouse. Our record label has artist with wiki pages as well as we are on allmusic
dbfirs, as i have already told most of the sources are showing false birth year on internet, so because of that la la anthony having problem. you are not accepting imdb source, not accepting google data also and when i showed you birth certificate that also you are not accepting. then from where i bring the source because the sources are having false data aswell. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pushpeshpandey09 ( talk • contribs) 06:10, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
i am not pushing false birth date here, and earlier also i have not pushed false date , i was having all legal proof of correct birth years and this time also i have all legal proof of correct birth year, if you are not accepting it and tagging it as false then its your problem, nowadays wiki has so many issues as they dont accept true proofs and are accepting only false source. la la anthony was trying herself to correct this but you guys still declined it, this is too much that even the person whose information is published on wikipedia cant change it. what more proof you need just to change the correct birth year, she is ready to show all the proof. if there are false article available out there with false information is not her fault. kindly understand that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pushpeshpandey09 ( talk • contribs) 06:43, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
https://hollywoodlife.com/2019/06/16/la-la-anthony-carmelo-fathers-day-post-kiyan/ so you dont think this is the valid proof? her real age is been showed in this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pushpeshpandey09 ( talk • contribs) 06:59, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
You may have seen this announcement that all the 'Featured Hosts' - whose names and pictures randomly cycle round in the Teahouse Header - have just been updated.
As you are currently one of the 29 most active editors at WP:TH, your name and an image has now replaced that of an inactive host. But because you haven't yet added yourself to the full list of active hosts, I have chosen what I hope might be an acceptable image to you (over the default picture of a cup of green tea). It would be great if you would now do two things:
Many thanks, Nick Moyes ( talk) 09:44, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
Sir, some hours ago you responded on Talk page of Shamsheer Vayalil. You suggested the change to be done in the main text. When you will not make the desired changes by yourself then how youngsters like us will know the way by which wikipedia works. Thanks. ( 223.230.167.170 ( talk) 07:54, 15 June 2019 (UTC))
Sir, I have posted a new and important request on Talk page of Shamsheer Vayalil. This request is related to his residency and occupation. I hope you will certainly make the possible edit. Thanks. ( 223.230.169.20 ( talk) 18:07, 16 June 2019 (UTC))
Sir, you asked for references. I had provided references on Talk page of Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil.This time the references are absolutely perfect because I had extracted those references from Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil wikipedia profile page and you will surely find the subject.You look to those reliable references and make the possible edits.I had extracted reliable information related to his occupation and his residence from wikipedia references of Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil. Please! sir don't troll me. You all(editors) are responsible to edit wikipedia, if you will not do then who will do. Thanks. ( 223.230.169.20 ( talk) 01:07, 17 June 2019 (UTC))
Sir, I corrected the links. Now you will face no problem. You will easily recognize the subjects from that link. Hope you will do edits now.
Correction done: Sir, I corrected the link and now you will face no problem to find the subject's residence as well as his occupation proof. Hope you will make the desire edits. As per your rules and regulations I have added new comments on previous text only.I apologize that you got irritated because of my request. Thanks.
Hello. Thank you for the edit. I realised on researching this properly today that I was being too slap-dash yesterday. Ellis's Area 31 did have a lot of Lancashire in, but only the northern half of it. It also had all of Cumberland and Westmorland (now in Cumbria) and also the southern part of Durham (as you rightly suspected). I apologise for my edit yesterday.
I have put this part into a note now, so that I don't disrupt the main flow of the section. It doesn't seem as if this area of Yorkshire has had much attention at all in recent dialect studies.
The Yorkshire sites that Ellis included in Area 31 were below. (This is how Ellis listed them under Yorkshire in his book. I am aware that at least one of these sites, Dent, is in modern Cumbria.)
You can also see Area 31 marked out on Warren Maguire's map here. Epa101 ( talk) 10:53, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
I was intrigued about where you got your 1880 mention of the game from. I have had to revert it since the WP article on the OED says printing didn't start until 1884 - and it was called the New Eng. Dict. then anyway. You'd therefore need a fuller and more direct source to substantiate an 1880 date for earlier mention. It's all a bit relative anyway, since the Folk-Lore Review and the Gomme study was drawing on the memory of older correspondents. However, NEB usually cited a published source for usage, so we really need to know what that was to push the date further back. Can your source help there? Sweetpool50 ( talk) 22:07, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
Did the OED quote the wording (which would be important for a first appearance) or merely give a date for first appearance of the name? Sweetpool50 ( talk) 20:20, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
Thanks. It seems there were several references to the rhyme in Folk-Lore Record; I can get access to the list of contents at Jstor but not to the actual pages without a subscription. I'll alter the date to 1880 and give the page reference. Incidentally, according to the information at Fresno State U, Ms Gomme was the wife of the President of the Folk-Lore Soc. so it was via that she got her information. I've been trying various other kinds of permutation but I don't think we're going to push the date back much earlier. Sweetpool50 ( talk) 21:38, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
170 SINGING GAMES. III. Nuts in May. Here we come gathering nuts in May, nuts in May, nuts in May; Here we come gathering nuts in May, on a cold and frosty morning.
This is followed by a description of the activity. Dbfirs 13:18, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
@Dbfirs, thank you for your guidance via the teahouse. Appreciate it! Jack at Hillrom ( talk) 13:29, 30 July 2019 (UTC) |
Looks very much like the same editor again; geolocates to the same area and only edits to that page or relating to. The edits this morning (UK) are all just disruptive. Also has added a level one hdg above so following headings are displaying as 'subs'. Cheers. Eagleash ( talk) 13:36, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
•According to your guidance I posted my relevant request regarding to Dr. Shamsheer's article on the talk page. If I will try to edit then it may lead to disruption of article. So, please! do have a look. Thank you. ( 223.230.162.19 ( talk) 17:24, 9 August 2019 (UTC))
If I will try to add these informations (by phone)then it might create a blunder. Two days passed yet no any response given. So, Please do have a look and add those informations. Thank you. ( 223.230.174.34 ( talk) 10:21, 16 August 2019 (UTC))
I have borrowed a copy of KM Petyt's The Study of Dialect from a library in Leeds. This book is hard to come by, these days. I know that you are an acquaintance of Mr. Petyt. I thought that he might like to know that I'm going to use his book to update Wikipedia this weekend.
One priority is to create an article for the Linguistic Atlas of Scotland. It's incredible that there is not one yet. Epa101 ( talk) 18:34, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
I have now created an article for the Linguistic Survey of Scotland. Most of this is referenced from Malcolm's book. This was actually written before the Gaelic part of the Survey was finished, but the book was still a very useful summary.
One anecdote that I cannot put in the article because I don't have a proper reference for it. I once attended a talk by an old fieldworker from the Survey of English Dialects. He told the audience that Harold Orton was very annoyed that the Linguistic Survey of Scotland had done fieldwork in Cumberland and Northumberland without informing him, and relations between Orton and McIntosh were cool. I'm surprised that no one has compared the results in these areas (and also in the Isle of Man) to look for similarities or differences between the two surveys. Epa101 ( talk) 12:37, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
That point is made in the slide at the bottom of page 2 on this presentation by Warren Maguire. It looks from the map as if the Linguistic Survey of Scotland also went into County Durham and Westmorland. Malcolm's book only mentioned Cumberland and Northumberland, so I stuck to that.
It is strange how the border between England and Scotland is more of a linguistic boundary than that between England and Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, or the USA and Canada. I cannot think what makes it so special. Epa101 ( talk) 17:12, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
P.S. Just out of curiosity, do you know why Malcolm gave up dialectological work? I think that his work is very good, but his publications seem to stop after a while. Epa101 ( talk)
Hi, I've just seen your response. Thanks for letting me know. I'll see if I can track it down. I need to take his book back to the library now, so I have just made a few edits to the history section on the article for Dialectology. It's good that it goes beyond English-speaking countries more now. It has been a very useful book. Epa101 ( talk) 14:46, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
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Hello, I have added the sources. I have deleted the sources IMDd and supplemented by sources from reputable articles from TV, radio and online newspapers. I hope the article will be released and published soon. Moj Galeb ( talk) 14:47, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
I had posted a request on Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil talk page but no response is given yet. Please! do have a look. Thank you. ( 223.230.130.28 ( talk) 19:33, 5 September 2019 (UTC))
It's me, the guy who asked about the use of hyphens to separate items on lists. My response was somewhat rude, and I apologize. I also apologized on the help desk, but I wasn't sure if you saw it there, so I'm apologizing here as well, just to make sure that you knew that I was sorry about it. (Edit: Added link to question on help page. Further edit: Fixed link, sorry about that. Hopefully last edit: Wasn't able to fix link, so I just removed it altogether, sorry about that whole mess.)-- Thylacine24 ( talk) 17:56, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
This past August I posted a on the help section about replacing a logo on an article about a company. You replied to the help post and unfortunately I didn't see it until this week.
I apologize for not getting back to you sooner.
You were correct, the current logo is the blue and green X made of dots with the word Nacha in white. Any help you can provide that would point me in the right direct for getting this updated would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you, ( CSCS0603 ( talk) 20:52, 3 October 2019 (UTC))
This page is not published inspite of taking all the precautions into considerations. Kindly help me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akashpashine ( talk • contribs) 07:50, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
Dear Dbfirs, I wanted to ask for your advice on the following topic "Can a list of notable authors be added to publishers page on Wikipedia?" posted on Wikipedia Teahouse. Basically, I wanted to know whether or not one can add a list of notable authors to a page on Wikipedia? See this example: /info/en/?search=Alfred_A._Knopf Can I add a list of notable authors to Omniscriptum page on Wikipedia? Thank you for your time. FYI 2020 ( talk) 06:03, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
Dear Dbfirs,
I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Ten Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for ten years or more.
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How would the image, File:Mediant and mean on the number line.png, be useful in music articles, and which articles? Hyacinth ( talk) 10:09, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
Per WP:NPA, please comment on the content, not the contributor. Hyacinth ( talk) 00:07, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
Just after blocking some IP for persistent silliness, I noticed your warning on User talk:2601:601:9980:2940:2517:3DCF:C8EC:D1E3 about persistent silliness. So you might think I've jumped the gun. Hope you don't mind. -- Hoary ( talk) 08:15, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
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My writing is probably 90% US English, and I love trash-talking Brits, but you cannot say with a straight face that American grammar is "logical". I mean, you people put commas inside quotation marks. Tigraan Click here to contact me 13:00, 23 December 2019 (UTC)