User talk:Igodard

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[edit] Welcome

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[edit] Disambig pages

Please do not alphabetize the entries on disambiguation pages. Per WP:MOSDAB, disambiguation page entries are to be in the order of most common to least commonly used. Check out the guidelines on disambig pages (link above), for more information on the correct formatting of these special pages. --Srleffler 20:18, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Most common to least common is often pretty subjective and/or arbitrary. There are usually a few meanings that are obviously going to be quite common, and some that are clearly uncommon (like names of indie bands), and then a big group in the middle that falls somewhere in between, but can't be ranked in an exact order. Approximate is good enough. If one wanted for some reason to be really "retentive" about it, one could check the list of pages that link to the disambiguation page in question, and check some of them to see which meaning is intended, and rank the list accordingly. This is not likely worth doing, though. The ultimate goal is to eliminate links to disambiguation pages altogether. These pages exist only to catch "bad" links; links that should point somewhere else.--Srleffler 14:19, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Cyclone

Got it. Thanks for pointing that out. :) If you're curious, there's some helpful information at WP:REVERT. Cheers. Luna Santin 16:53, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] British anti-invasion preparations of World War II

I thought that you might like to know that British anti-invasion preparations of World War II, an article to which you have previously contributed, has been put forward as a featured article candidate. Thank you for your help. If you would like to comment on this article's nomination, please see here. Your opinions will be most welcome. Gaius Cornelius 12:35, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your proofreading

Hi. I was looking at your changes to Rokeby Venus. You're right, "goddess" is spelled with two "d's". However, according to [1], "emphasise" is a correct spelling, and I think (not completely sure) it's the British spelling. Since the article is about a European piece of art which is in London, I think British spelling is appropriate for that page. (See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (spelling).) So I reverted that. Maybe I shouldn't have even mentioned it to you -- it's not a big deal. --Coppertwig (talk) 02:36, 5 February 2008 (UTC)