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Pratt Canada's financial numbers are reported as part of P&W's figures. Pratt Canada's president is appointed by and reports to the president of P&W, not to UTC headquarters. Seems like is it very much a "part" of P&W and not an independent sister company the way, say, Hamilton Sundstand is to P&W or Sikorsky. Certainly, PWC is a stand-alone division within P&W, but it is still a part of it. Do you disagree? |
Pratt Canada's financial numbers are reported as part of P&W's figures. Pratt Canada's president is appointed by and reports to the president of P&W, not to UTC headquarters. Seems like is it very much a "part" of P&W and not an independent sister company the way, say, Hamilton Sundstand is to P&W or Sikorsky. Certainly, PWC is a stand-alone division within P&W, but it is still a part of it. Do you disagree? |
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I’m an historian working at the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University (http://chnm.gmu.edu/) and we are very interested in digital, peer-produced works of history, including history articles in Wikipedia. We’d like to talk to people about their experiences working on articles in Wikipedia, in connection with a larger project on the history of the free and open source software movement. Would you be willing to talk with us about your involvement, either by phone, a/v chat, IM, or email? This could be as lengthy or brief a conversation as you wish. |
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Thanks for your consideration. |
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Olivia |
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oryan at gmu dot edu |
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Hi...just so you know, your currently red-linked article for the Persian Invasion of Greece is already covered under Persian Wars. I suppose that article could be divided into the separate invasions, but I guess you could also just expand that one. Adam Bishop 06:15, 16 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Hi, I deleted your subpage that you listed for deletion. If you need anything else just ask. silsor 06:39, Feb 17, 2004 (UTC)
Dear Great, thnk you for the time invested on Roman subjects, always neglected around here. About your change in the Ancient Rome directory, i dont agree with a series of things. Now, i am out of my base camp but in another two weeks i would like to discuss my ideas with you. Meanwhile, i ask you to explain in the talk page your basic motivation for changing the page, so i can see your point. Normally, thats how things work (or should): discuss first, change later. All the best, Muriel 14:46, 19 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- Hello! Me again. I added some more arguments to our ongoing Ancient Rome discussion. Cheers! Muriel 11:24, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)
[[Silvanus
Sorry for the delay in responding to your email: I've made a sensible disambiguating stub with a link to Silvanus (mythology) that shopuld be clear. Wetman 08:01, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)
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UNPROFOR
A quick note to thank you for your patient and cautious re-reading of UNPROFOR. You were harsh with yourself in putting this as a minor edit. Or perhaps minor edit, great improvement ! Merry Christmas and Happy new Year ! Rama 17:10, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Isla Mona
Among your spelling corrections you changed English spellings to American English - just curious about your rationale for doing so. Guettarda 17:54, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- It's a judgement call when an article contains a combination of British and American English spelling. I try to use the dominant spelling of the article except when the article is about an American, British, Canadian, etc. subject. According to the article, Isla Mona is part of Puerto Rico and thus American territory - so American English seemed appropriate. GreatWhiteNortherner 22:37, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)
Having trouble
I am having trouble with a simonP. I edit Arete (virtue) and he immediately reverts the edits. Him and his friends have deleted [Classical definition of republic] and after the many facts and the quoting of material they will not acknowledge they won't even let an external link and the talk is ongoing at Talk:Republic. This man doesn't know what he is doing. I ask that someone step in and stop this please. This man has no expertise in the classical field. He is an anonymous user. Please see also Talk:Arete (virtue).WHEELER 17:27, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
List of genres of reggae
Hi GWN. You made some spelling corrections to "List of genres of reggae" but I wondered about the last one where you changed ragga to reggae. I assumed that was correct as ragga (short for raggamuffin) but I may be wrong. I wonder if it should be changed back or are you confident about your change? cheers. Nurg 08:06, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Just a case of not knowing what I was talking about. I have reverted that change. GreatWhiteNortherner 07:49, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)
lots of edits, not an admin
Hi - I made a list of users who've been around long enough to have made lots of edits but aren't admins. If you're at all interested in becoming an admin, can you please add an '*' immediately before your name in this list? I've suggested folks nominating someone might want to puruse this list, although there is certainly no guarantee anyone will ever look at it. Thanks. -- Rick Block (talk) 00:32, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks for the nomination but I am not interested in an administratorship. GreatWhiteNortherner 07:42, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
Question about PWC
I'm not sure I understand the factual basis for your contention that "Pratt & Whitney Canada and its products are NOT part of P&W."
Pratt Canada's financial numbers are reported as part of P&W's figures. Pratt Canada's president is appointed by and reports to the president of P&W, not to UTC headquarters. Seems like is it very much a "part" of P&W and not an independent sister company the way, say, Hamilton Sundstand is to P&W or Sikorsky. Certainly, PWC is a stand-alone division within P&W, but it is still a part of it. Do you disagree?
history articles on Wikipedia
Hello,
I’m an historian working at the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University (http://chnm.gmu.edu/) and we are very interested in digital, peer-produced works of history, including history articles in Wikipedia. We’d like to talk to people about their experiences working on articles in Wikipedia, in connection with a larger project on the history of the free and open source software movement. Would you be willing to talk with us about your involvement, either by phone, a/v chat, IM, or email? This could be as lengthy or brief a conversation as you wish.
Thanks for your consideration.
Olivia
oryan at gmu dot edu