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Have you seen or tried these snorkel masks? Atsme 📞 📧 23:26, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
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Thanks for allowing me to help on your work page "Gebruiker:Pbsouthwood/Woordelys vir onderwaterduik". We still have to buddy-translate those terms eh? Regards, Gert Aliwal2012 ( talk) 17:38, 13 September 2017 (UTC) |
You are very welcome Aliwal2012, and saved me a lot of the grunt-work. The real work still lies ahead - to find translations, or when necessary, make them up. I am trying to indicate which words are already used in dictionaries, which means they are legitimate, but doesn't guarantee that the application is appropriate. When the initial formatting is done we can look at how best to format the finished product. I will start a discussion on the talk page for planning, please join the discussion there. · · · Peter (Southwood) (talk): 18:23, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
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Wondering the purpose of these tags? [1] Best Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 19:22, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
Put the example live here [2] Does that work for you Pbs? Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 22:05, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
I'm sorry, I'm not wading through 300,000 bytes of Wikiwanking to see what the justification is for this wart. There's enough mystical propeller-head rubbish on the average Wikipedia page that at least has some function; this has no function yet and just seems to be someone's ego project. I do not want to see more articles cluttered with this and I urge you not to continue adding this template to articles until there's a very good, concise, function for such a template ( which may well be never). -- Wtshymanski ( talk) 22:05, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
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Hello, Pbsouthwood. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
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Hi Peter. Roughly speaking, your vote there needs to be reformatted; it currently has the appearance of 4 or 5 votes instead of just one. I think people could figure out what's going on if they read the whole thing, but not everyone reads what everyone else has to say. - Dank ( push to talk) 14:10, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
Many thanks for guiding me to Wikipedia:WikiProject assessment at Wikipedia: Village pump (proposals). I do not recall seeing this guide on Wikipedia before - it is good to know that, in all my years of editing Wikipedia, I am still learning! Vorbee ( talk) 16:39, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
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Happy Holiday Cheer!! |
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and have a prosperous New Year!! 🍸🎁 🎉 |
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Hi Pbsouthwood. I have a translation question for you. What do the last two words mean here? I feel like it might be rude so apologies for that. From the context, it's obvious that it means something like "very end". Gtranslate gives me "hole side" which isn't very helpful.
I wanted it to be about four wars, ... because I'd known men from four imperial wars, you know – the Anglo-Zulu War, the Anglo-Boer War, World War 1, World War 2 – which I was in at the, at the gat kant.
Thanks for anything you can do. -- John ( talk) 14:49, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
Would using the {{see also|}} template {{see|}} at the top of the article satisfy you, as the "also" would indicate that the linked article is only tangentially linked to the section. Having a tacked on see such and such article, in the article should be avoided, if it is really pertinant to the article prose should be written around it to integrate it into the article, and if this can't be done it belongs in the see also sections. After reading your edit summary my first reaction is that the instruction to (see tachymeter) really doesn't belong there and should be removed, however I don't want to be seen as doing something pointy so I'm running this pass you first.-- KTo288 ( talk) 17:33, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
Hey, just a message that I've brought the Nodar Kumaritashvili article back to FAC: here. As you commented last time I was wondering if you'd like to take another look. Thanks. Kaiser matias ( talk) 08:58, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
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At Wikipedia talk:Wikidata/2018 State of affairs, I was quoting a statement made by Danny in the earlier-discussion.By we, Danny meant the WMF folks. ~ Winged Blades Godric 04:17, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
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Have you seen or tried these snorkel masks? Atsme 📞 📧 23:26, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
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Thanks for allowing me to help on your work page "Gebruiker:Pbsouthwood/Woordelys vir onderwaterduik". We still have to buddy-translate those terms eh? Regards, Gert Aliwal2012 ( talk) 17:38, 13 September 2017 (UTC) |
You are very welcome Aliwal2012, and saved me a lot of the grunt-work. The real work still lies ahead - to find translations, or when necessary, make them up. I am trying to indicate which words are already used in dictionaries, which means they are legitimate, but doesn't guarantee that the application is appropriate. When the initial formatting is done we can look at how best to format the finished product. I will start a discussion on the talk page for planning, please join the discussion there. · · · Peter (Southwood) (talk): 18:23, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017).
This is to let you know that the underwater diving article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 8 October 2017. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 8, 2017. Thanks! Mike Christie ( talk - contribs - library) 12:30, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
The article
Solo diving you nominated as a
good article has been placed on hold
. The article is close to meeting the
good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See
Talk:Solo diving for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by
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19:41, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
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Wondering the purpose of these tags? [1] Best Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 19:22, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
Put the example live here [2] Does that work for you Pbs? Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 22:05, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
I'm sorry, I'm not wading through 300,000 bytes of Wikiwanking to see what the justification is for this wart. There's enough mystical propeller-head rubbish on the average Wikipedia page that at least has some function; this has no function yet and just seems to be someone's ego project. I do not want to see more articles cluttered with this and I urge you not to continue adding this template to articles until there's a very good, concise, function for such a template ( which may well be never). -- Wtshymanski ( talk) 22:05, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
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7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 18:42, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article
Diver communications you nominated for
GA-status according to the
criteria.
This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by
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Harrias --
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11:40, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
The article
Diver communications you nominated as a
good article has been placed on hold
. The article is close to meeting the
good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See
Talk:Diver communications for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by
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12:20, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
Hello, Pbsouthwood. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
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If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
Hi Peter. Roughly speaking, your vote there needs to be reformatted; it currently has the appearance of 4 or 5 votes instead of just one. I think people could figure out what's going on if they read the whole thing, but not everyone reads what everyone else has to say. - Dank ( push to talk) 14:10, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
Many thanks for guiding me to Wikipedia:WikiProject assessment at Wikipedia: Village pump (proposals). I do not recall seeing this guide on Wikipedia before - it is good to know that, in all my years of editing Wikipedia, I am still learning! Vorbee ( talk) 16:39, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2017).
Hello, Pbsouthwood! Thank you for your work to maintain and improve Wikipedia! Wishing you a
Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year!
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19:01, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
![]() Atsme 📞 📧 13:00, 17 December 2017 (UTC) |
Happy Holiday Cheer!! |
in the spirit of the season. What's especially nice about this digitized version: *it doesn't need water *won't catch fire *and batteries aren't required. |
and have a prosperous New Year!! 🍸🎁 🎉 |
![]() |
Happy New Year! Best wishes for 2018, — Paleo Neonate – 01:37, 30 December 2017 (UTC) |
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2017).
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article
Scuba diving you nominated for
GA-status according to the
criteria.
This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by
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Mike Christie --
Mike Christie (
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15:40, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
Hi Pbsouthwood. I have a translation question for you. What do the last two words mean here? I feel like it might be rude so apologies for that. From the context, it's obvious that it means something like "very end". Gtranslate gives me "hole side" which isn't very helpful.
I wanted it to be about four wars, ... because I'd known men from four imperial wars, you know – the Anglo-Zulu War, the Anglo-Boer War, World War 1, World War 2 – which I was in at the, at the gat kant.
Thanks for anything you can do. -- John ( talk) 14:49, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
Would using the {{see also|}} template {{see|}} at the top of the article satisfy you, as the "also" would indicate that the linked article is only tangentially linked to the section. Having a tacked on see such and such article, in the article should be avoided, if it is really pertinant to the article prose should be written around it to integrate it into the article, and if this can't be done it belongs in the see also sections. After reading your edit summary my first reaction is that the instruction to (see tachymeter) really doesn't belong there and should be removed, however I don't want to be seen as doing something pointy so I'm running this pass you first.-- KTo288 ( talk) 17:33, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
Hey, just a message that I've brought the Nodar Kumaritashvili article back to FAC: here. As you commented last time I was wondering if you'd like to take another look. Thanks. Kaiser matias ( talk) 08:58, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2018).
The article
Scuba diving you nominated as a
good article has passed
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Talk:Scuba diving for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can
nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by
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10:02, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
At Wikipedia talk:Wikidata/2018 State of affairs, I was quoting a statement made by Danny in the earlier-discussion.By we, Danny meant the WMF folks. ~ Winged Blades Godric 04:17, 12 February 2018 (UTC)