User talk:EP111

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[edit] A bit of advice

Hi. I notice that you take an interest in Tidying punctuation & grammar. Perhaps you could stop using the "&" symbol in the text of articles then? Also (this is just my opinion), I think you use rather too many commas, for instance:

The name Birkenhead is possibly from the Old English bircen meaning birch tree, of which there were many, once growing, on the headland which jutted into the river, at Woodside.

This could be replaced with:

The name Birkenhead is possibly from the Old English bircen, meaning birch tree, of which there were once many growing on the headland which jutted into the river at Woodside.

Also, I notice you've been having trouble with the user contributing from IP addresses in the 84.9.xxx.xxx and 87.75.xxx.xxx range. Don't worry too much about him: this is the banned User:Irate, who frequently wreaks havoc with Merseyside area articles.

Feel free to ignore this advice. But keep up the good work with the Wirral articles! --RFBailey 10:06, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

EP111 says: the '&' symbol is acceptable as a replacement in use for 'and'. '&' seems to be the preferred method in textbooks (of which Wiki is a version!). Commas will only be placed in order to split a sentence into a logical manner. I hope this helps! Thank you for your help & encouragement.

[edit] TMD Stubs?

Your contributions are welcomed.

However, in the case of some of the stubs they are a bit short, perhaps you could expand on the history of some of the depots?

Altertnivly, combine them into a table on something like Rail TMD's (UK)?

Also you may be interested in the Uk Railways Wiki on Wikia...

ShakespeareFan00 15:29, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

EP111 says: Thanks ShakespeareFan. I will expand on the stubs. I will, fully, incorporate the section into British Rail, when I have completed & expanded on the list of stubs.

[edit] More advice

Hello again. First, a specific point: if you want to add the list of stations on Merseyside to articles like you did at Upton railway station, you can now do it by adding the template {{Merseyside railway stations}}, rather than pasting in all of the source code.

Second, please use the Edit summary box (underneath the edit box, just above the "Save page" button) when you edit a page. This enable people to look at the page history or their watchlist to get an idea of what you've done to a page without having to examine it in detail. Have a look at this to get an idea of what you should write. --RFBailey 08:06, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

EP111 says: Both have been noted, thanks RF.

[edit] Jean-Michel Jarre

Would i be correct in assuming that you're also a JMJ fan from Merseyside (like myself)? My ongoing project is to slowly add more info to pages related to him as i think they're a bit lacking. I'm currently trying to find info on chart positions. Thanks for the help in the articles so far. Modulus86 19:24, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

EP111 says: I'm not too sure about his chart positions, though I'll help improve the references to his synthesizers.

[edit] Category:Synthesizers

Well, I really appreciate your work on restructuring synthesizers category, but, generally, it has several flaws and concepts that are traditionally implemented using different methods in Wikipedia.

Namely:

  1. No point moving synthesizer types to "*" sort key. If you want them all to stand distinct, we shall create Category:Synthesizers by type, and re-parent synthesizer types there.
  2. If we need lots of synthesizer by manufacturers categories, they all should be parented in distinct Category:Synthesizers by manufacturer.
  3. According to Wikipedia style guide, proper category title capitalization should look like "Hartmann synthesizers", not "Hartmann Synthesizers".
  4. Categories such as Category:MIDI standards, or Category:Sound synthesis types should be on the same level and with normal sort keys (i.e., not "main article", or "main category" with "*"), as "Synthesizers by type" and "Synthesizers by manufacturer".

You seem to use some sort of automated edit tool? Which one, if that isn't a secret?

--GreyCat 06:47, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

GreyCat, your points are noted. Thanks for the advice. I'll try to get the category tidied up, as you see fit, according to Wiki. I'm sure we both agree that this is a collection of articles which can be developed - whatever the final choice of category titles! n.b. The only automated edit tool, which I use, is Find/Replace in MS Notepad. EP111 12:07, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

ps. All synths have now been moved to Category:Synthesizers by manufacturer as a subcategory of Category:Synthesizers which has, also, been tidied. I'll sort out the '(Manufacturer) Synthesizers' capitalisation problem when I have a little more time! For now, the whole should be a little more acceptable. Hope this helps! EP111 14:27, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wallasey

Thanks for the advice and the additions of lat/long co-ords and map to this article's infobox. Now it correlates better with the Birkenhead article. Should infoboxes be added to other large(ish) places in Wirral too? Suppose it's a matter of personal opinion. Strongly agree with your statement (on your user page) about Wirral's relevance to Cheshire. Cheers. Snowy 1973 16:06, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. In answer to your question; yes, I think so. My intention was that infoboxes for Heswall, West Kirby, Hoylake, Bebington, Upton, Moreton, etc. would help the category in starting to fit together, better, especially with regard to census & mapping/location data. re: Wirral & Cheshire. A historical relevance; I suppose we have to move with the times! :D

EP111 22:41, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Eastleigh TMD

Another editor has added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Eastleigh TMD, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the editor doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia or discuss the relevant issues at its talk page. If you remove the {{prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. BJBot (talk) 23:00, 5 February 2008 (UTC)