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Welcome to the Typo Team!

Just wanted to say 'hi'. Jason Quinn (talk) 15:03, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

for your help with Urotrichini. I hope you enjoyed reading about these Japanese Shrew-moles. Please help with the problem with the pictures described on the talk page if you can. Chrisrus (talk) 20:26, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AWB

Re [1], you may want to check the AWB "rules" again. The fourth rule there discourages edits like that, because they cause many other editors (probably at least one per page you edit) to have to check your edit to see what changed, which isn't very efficient. — Carl (CBM · talk) 23:16, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nay to née

To change "nee" to "née" is hypercorrection, not typo fixing. The trend in English is toward dropping accents and such, and you will find many if not most dictionaries show "nee" without comment. --Milkbreath (talk) 15:41, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the information. I'll remember that. --Michal Nebyla (talk) 19:26, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I love it when people do what I want. It almost never happens, though. Be aware that there may be a difference among the varieties of English. I'm pretty sure that the British like "née" where an American would probably put "nee". I don't know about the Australians or Indians or Jamaicans, to name three others. The Wikipedia manual of style wants us to use British spellings in articles about British things, and American about American, and so on, unless one style or the other is already prevalent in the article, or there is no particular reason to use one or the other, in which case we're supposed to go with the way we find it. --Milkbreath (talk) 22:04, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Orphan

What makes you think that the article Naan Qalia is orphan ? Keeping in mind the size of the article, the links directing to wikipedia articles are more than enough. If you have an explanation for the same, you are most welcome for a discussion. Nefirious (talk) 05:40, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think you're confusing orphan with the article that needs to be wikified. Orphan is a page with less than three links from other pages. Excluded are links from lists, redirects, disambiguation pages, pages outside of article namespace etc. To the article Naan Qalia link no pages from the article namespace (as you can see if you click "What links here" on the left side of the page). I think it's safe to say that the article in question is an orphan. For further explanation see Wikipedia:Orphan. With regards --Michal Nebyla (talk) 19:43, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tyops an' things

Greetings Michal Nebyla - just thought I'd point out that the minor tweak you did at Sopwith Camel doesn't really come under the term ~~tyop~~ typo. Don't remember offhand, and can't really be bothered :) , what the exact MoS‎ is on that, but have the vague idea that British subject = British English. Regards, --Technopat (talk) 15:59, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just came to mention the same thing I have reverted you spelling change from American English back to English English refer WP:ENGVAR. It was wrong but AWB then changed it to the US spelling rather than the english. Thanks. MilborneOne (talk) 18:59, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I usually stick to the rule that says to use British spelling in articles about British things and American spelling in articles about American things. In this case I didn't realise that the word manoeuvre/maneuvre could be spelled both ways. It won't happen again. --Michal Nebyla (talk) 19:06, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

		The Minor Barnstar
		Thank you for your fixes at Nisko Plan and History of Pomerania. Since your edits have improved other articles I have watchlisted, too, and after reviewing your contribution log, I feel obliged to award you this barnstar. Your edits, though marked as minor, have a very positive impact on lots of articles. Thank you very much. Skäpperöd (talk) 11:07, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ready to volunteer your precious time ?

Dobryden Hiya Michal: Thanks for your capable good work on Kronotsky Nature Reserve. I've on the lookouts for a sharp ~~yung~~ young guy—your wrap sheet makes a good candidate—to do a wee bit of translating (English --> Russian and Czech) in order to help promote a little world trade, under the title of Japan-Korea Undersea Tunnel.

By my perspective, Russia would gain significantly from the use of their Trans-Siberian rail system if they would allow trains to travel between Western Europe and Japan through North Korea, so anything they can do to encourage Pyongyang to engage in this process would benefit all, hence the interest in transferring this article into Russian and similar languages. I also have a hankering to do the same for Environmental Tariff, but now that Obama's in the driver's seat I've put that on the backburner —that article just needs to be improved in general. Let me know if you or any of your associates can assist in these world peace endeavors..... Tnx, good luck and clear skies to 'ya... HarryZilber (talk) 22:21, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Harry! I don't speak Russian, so the only thing I can do is to translate the article into Czech or Slovak. I hope you're not in a hurry because it may take couple of weeks since I'm going to have not much spare time in the near future. With regards --Michal Nebyla (talk) 17:57, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hiya again: 'later' is always better than never! Yes please, I'd appreciate it in Czech; you could also start it off quickly with only the first sentence and then add a {translation} tag at the top for others to also assist. In return, let me know if I can translate anything for you from English into English ;-) Tnx muchly and best...... HarryZilber (talk) 18:59, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AWB hiccup?

at least I think that's what this was. I removed it, please let me know if I was in error. Thanks! StarM 05:08, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi StarM, you were right. Thanks for the correction. --Michal Nebyla (talk) 18:00, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, have a nice day StarM 18:11, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

English vs. english in Billiards related articles

Hi Michal. Thanks for the cleanup work! Regarding your edit to carom billiards, please note English is not capitalized when used as as a term for sidespin in billiards disciplines, just as the "french" in french fries is not capitalized. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 14:28, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Categorized Digital Line Graph Article

Hello, Michal. I'm still a little new and I recalled that I had forgotten to categorize my latest article, Digital line graph, but when I returned to it I saw that you were on the ball and tagged it. Thank you. I have now categorized it and removed the tag. Thanks again. Armysurveyor (talk) 02:36, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DEFAULTSORT/Lifetime

Please do not "correct" the sort keys in DEFAULTSORT statements or Lifetime templates by adding accents to characters; omission of the accents is intentional, because adding them creates mis-sorting. The sort keys DO NOT DISPLAY anywhere, they merely control sort order. Please see the (currently) 3rd bullet point of WP:MCSTJR. Studerby (talk) 19:26, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry for the trouble I caused. AWB makes the changes automatically and I didn't realize the importance of DEFAULTSORT, so I let it be and didn't correct it back. I'll keep it in mind when I use AWB next time. --Michal Nebyla (talk) 20:44, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reference style - reversion

Michael - Thanks for the Typo fixes in USRC Thomas Corwin (1876) Unfortunately, I am going to have to blanket revert the changes because of the changes the bot made to the citation system. I am particularly opposed to this because the Name= format with lettered invocations is very awkward to work with when editing an article of any appreciable size. Straight numbered references can be traced back readily in the text, the letters can't.

This is sometimes an issue for readers too.

Per WP:Ref "editors should not change an article with a distinctive citation format to another without gaining consensus. Where no agreement can be reached, defer to the style used by the first major contributor."

I will try to find the typos you flagged and fix them.Dankarl (talk) 18:13, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

diacritics

Please do not use diacritics on North American ice hockey articles. We have a policy in the WP:HOCKEY project group not to use them. This has been discussed in WT:HOCKEY extensively. Alaney2k (talk) 16:16, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bundesautobahn 9

Hi Michal, a snowball question: why German reunification instead of german reunification? Think you're wrong here, but then, I could be. KapHorn (talk) 07:42, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi KapHorn! In English adjectives derived from proper nouns are usually capitalized. I did a little research on the internet and this is what I found. German with a lower case "g" is an intricate dance for many couples or a near relative. German with an upper case "G" is something of, relating to, or characteristic of Germany or its people or language.
I think that the adjective "German" in "German reunification" fits the criteria for the upper case "G". For further explanation see: Capitalization#Adjectives, List of case sensitive English words, http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/german?x=0&y=0
With regards --Michal Nebyla (talk) 19:18, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for correcting my typos on the article Sulaiman Al Mahri--Notedgrant (talk) 15:10, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome. --Michal Nebyla (talk) 15:14, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

thanks

you fixed typos in CIA Office of Inspector General...thanks. however I still consider the article a stub, it is very very bare right now. Thanks again Decora (talk) 02:07, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you very much to help me with my first articles in Wikipedia. I made many changes to be sure the articles are ok and provides value and accurance information to other users. Gracias! --Ramon Delgado Lorenzo (talk) 07:31, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting relevant links

You deleted a relevant link I added to Vernon Wells page. His non-profit foundation is relevant to the page. If you believe it is not relevant, then you MUST ALSO remove the external links to Michael J. Fox's foundation and charity on his wikipedia page. It would only be fair. NOTE: The link you deleted is linked from the homepage of the link already listed (vernonwells10.com). Please provide a valid reason with details if you delete it again rather than provide overview of the general rules. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hostimo (talk • contribs) 05:57, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hidden Page

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Warren James

Thank you for cleaning up this page, but there is another problem with it that I haven't been able fix; To make way for the page I moved an article (previously called 'Warren James' to 'Warren James Jewellers'. The original article seems to be of little importance, has no links to it and in my opinion has less claim to the page title now occupied by the current subject.

The problem this; when a user clicks the discussion tab, on the 'Warren James' page, it leads to the 'Warren James Jewellers' talk page. Once there, clicking on the article tab doesn't return you to the 'Warren James' page, but to the 'Warren James Jewellers' article page. Do you know how to stop this? Obscurasky (talk) 23:15, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I fixed it. I've never done this before, so I screwed up at first, but it is OK now. --Michal Nebyla (talk) 23:33, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks. Obscurasky (talk) 23:50, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Microchip implant / animal

Hi Michal, This page is a little different, compared with most of the other wiki articles.

The page of 'Microchip implant / animal' is full of commercial names and links, simply because this page is about microchip implants and the differences in commercial brands. Some of these commercial brand names have even an own wiki page !

Please Michal, don't be discriminating when removing things. If you remove this added link, then all commercial names and links of this pages will have to be removed. But if we do this, the page will be almost empty and many other people will have more comment on the removal of all of the names. The added link is relevant to the subject and to the text of the subject. And is not put in the text itself (as many other commercial names and links). But it is nicely put completely below under the article in the proper relevant subject of 'External Links', where it belongs.

Angellica