User talk:Sc147

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Nice job on the Gibson page with "tidy up after merger" Philip Baird Shearer 10:47, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

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Squadron infobox

Nice work on the infobox for the RAF squadrons, it looks really good. Do you mind me using the same format as for the South African Air Force squadrons?
I've redone one as an example here: 2 Squadron SAAF (that picture will be replaced by a better one).
What do you think? Impi 21:25, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Thanks a ton, will do. Impi 23:14, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Ok, I've been a bit limited timewise, so I've only converted three SAAF squadron pages thus far. I've basically copied your style, except for two things: I've replaced a description of the badge with actual images, and changed Home Station to Home Base. You can see examples here: 2 Squadron SAAF, 22 Squadron SAAF, Test Flight and Development Centre SAAF. Tell me what you think. Impi 10:01, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Yup, that is quite a problem, and making them yourself is pretty hard considering how complex most RAF badges are. I know the guy who made the image versions of those badges pretty well, so I got permission to use them over here. However, I seem to recall reading something about the fact that material created by the UK govt (and by extension the military) is on a loose copyright called free use or fair use, and therefore you're free to use images from say, the RAF website, over here. Not exactly sure about that though, you'd need to have another look at the image templates page, but it's worth looking into. Impi 21:14, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)

VfD listings

Quick note: the section headings for articles on VfD are ===, not ==. It's easy enough to correct, but of course it's even easier to get it right up front. :-) JRM 02:16, 2005 Jan 19 (UTC)

London

Your compromise sounds OK. United Kingdom after London just sounds too stilted. Are you Welsh by any chance? (I'm American and actually work for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York.) Nelson Ricardo 03:12, Jan 28, 2005 (UTC)

Digital Blasphemy

I'd hardly saved the first draft of the Digital Blasphemy page when a cleanup tag was added to it. Any hints as to what should be improved? Ojw 00:40, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

John Redpath

Re article on John Redpath - You changed our designation of London, England to just London. It is important in all articles to be clear, especially when referring to another country. Canadians reading "London" only might well think it means London, Ontario and would only know different if they click on your London. As such, we reversed your edit. Thank you. JillandJack 20:31, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Adding a naked cleanup.

Apparently you have added a cleanup tag to an entry I wrote.

Without including any further explanation of what needs cleaning this is akin to graffiti defacement.

If you have any substantive comments please make them.

The above three sentences added by Lgroner in March 05. Article stills needs wikifying/cleaning up..... Sc147 00:29, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Mary Ure

Re: Editing name place - Mary Ure etc. I note you removed the country(s). I think in an encyclopedia that serves users worldwide it is extremely important to designate the country and even the county or state. While Brits might know "Glasgow", there are countless millions (including many highly "educated" Americans) who haven't got a clue but more importantly, are the third world etc. people just learning technology and the world. Ted Wilkes 23:05, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. Note, that my thing is to make Wikipedia easy to use particularly by those who know little about certain things. One thing I personally dislike is having to stop my reading to click omn a nameplace to learn what & where it is. Awhile ago I found an article that said "she was born in Bangor but went to school in Portand before going west to university in Irvine and then to Hollywood." After this one, I resolved to put in the state and country! Ted Wilkes 00:25, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:Grob Tutor 5AEF.jpg

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Thanks for uploading Image:Grob Tutor 5AEF.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

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Image:Grob Tutor 5AEF.jpg

I restored the image for you. Regards, howcheng {chat} 19:41, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

User ID

Is your ID a reference to the World War II logistics convoy? —Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 17:29, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Why "an RAF"?

Why do you correct "a RAF" to "an RAF"?

The correct version is "a RAF"

RAF's own website

"Permanently based at Mount Pleasant airfield in the Falkland Islands are Tornado F3 fighters, Chinook and Sea King helicopters, a VC10 tanker and Hercules transport. RAF ground forces on the islands include a RAF Regiment Rapier air defence squadron."

I don't think it matters which you use. Because it depends how you say it that determines what is right when you type it. If you were to pronounce RAF as a single word then "a RAF" correct. If however you say each letter individually, R A F, then "an RAF" is the correct form. The word "an" is used when the word proceding it begins with a vowel sound, as the letter R phonetically sounds "ar", "an RAF" can be correct.

The reason it is typed "a RAF" in the article quoted is that when pronouning RAF Regiment it is sometimes shortened to say "RAF" as a single word. Some even go so far as to reduce it to RAF Reg.

Either way, the method of pronounciation is dictated by the grammer. You cannot say either way of typing it is wrong, you are just not saying it as the writer intends.

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