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I do not remove personal attacks directed at me from this page. If you spot any, please do not remove them, even if vile, as they speak more against the attacker than against me.

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I may have gotten in over my head again with this revert. See Talk:Otto Celera 500L for the user's response. BilCat (talk) 20:43, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No it was appropriate. I have removed his tagging too, as totally unjustified. - Ahunt (talk) 22:32, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Marc L. has responded on the talk page. BilCat (talk) 22:37, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I saw that. Marc is right about WP:NOTFORUM, I was tempted to remove the whole conversion for that reason. - Ahunt (talk) 22:42, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Expected contribution level to WikiProject Aircraft

I saw you left me a note on my user talk page about my joining the project, and I do appreciate that. Just wondering if I'm expected to write new articles or make fairly major contributions to pages, as neither of those things are something I'm good at. I'm much more of a numbers and details guy, and most of my changes are either grammatical corrections, correcting wrong/mismatched numbers (as in my recent changes to North American F-86 Sabre), or clarifications and adding small but important details that help better describe the aircraft in question (for example, noting the P-51H's wider propeller in North American P-51 Mustang variants). I don't have the level of knowledge required to write entirely new articles, as I'm much more interested in the design of the aircraft itself and tend to pay far less attention to the design process or historical usage, so I just wanted to make sure I didn't make a mistake by joining. Fsend (talk) 22:58, 28 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your note here, it is great to hear from you! Wikipedia is an all-volunteer project, so you can contribute as much or as little as you like. Some people write articles, some people fix existing articles, it is all useful and helpful to the project. In fact one thing we need is someone to go through existing aircraft articles and just check the spelling and grammar, as well as facts and figures against the references, so your contributions will be very welcome. - Ahunt (talk) 01:31, 29 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, I enjoy interacting with new communities. Like to get to know folks. That's good to know, though. I can definitely help with a lot of the grammatical errors, and any sources that I can access are fairly easily cross-referenced. Fsend (talk) 21:15, 29 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Great, I hope to see you out in the articles, then. If you have any questions feel free to drop me a note. I am around on most days here! - Ahunt (talk) 21:55, 29 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You...

... are making good contributions. Thanks for revert. --5.43.72.55 (talk) 15:36, 29 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This...

... edit is not correct (because of War is in Syria). --5.43.72.55 (talk) 15:39, 29 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Air France Flight 66

Hey - I noticed you reverted my edit to Air France Flight 66. The source states in the "Update 7 December" section that "the aircraft was flown to Paris on four operational engines by Air France pilots." That seems pretty clear to me that it was flown on 4 engines. Cheers. Tvcameraop (talk) 20:09, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, perhaps we need to clarify the refs?- Ahunt (talk) 20:54, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Canadian English illiterates"

Hi Adam, see this illiterate "gem" and following edits about Canadian English illiterates. Can't make this stuff up! Btw, is it significant that this rant comes from a Newfoundland IP? (I'm assuming Newfoundland English might have a closer affinity with British English, as it's a rather late addition to Canada.) BilCat (talk) 22:29, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

LOL, see Newfoundland English. (i.e.: "stay where you're at and I'll come where your to.") - Ahunt (talk) 22:46, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
LOL! Yeah, I read through that article, but it's mainly about the spoken dialect, with no mention of which written variant it favors, which is why I asked. The "North American Rubbish English" comment is hilarious. I also loved the run-on sentence in his first post - wow! When criticizing someone's literacy, it helps to be at least mildly literate one's self! - BilCat (talk) 23:22, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
He does seem to be in an ironic position there. I have worked with many Newfies over the years. They lovely people, but it tales a while to understand their language. - Ahunt (talk) 23:42, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Language snobs can be a bit much sometimes, especially those supporting British English, innit? :) BilCat (talk) 00:56, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Well there is additional irony, as I have never met a Newfie who speaks British English! - Ahunt (talk) 01:03, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your updates on the Nacra Sailing page.

I see you made a lot of small corrections and changes on the Nacra page, including changing it to the current name of the company (that must have been tricky to do!).

Thanks, it was a long labor of love to create this page, and I was really hoping other editors would help improve it, and it's clearly looking much better now.

ZeroXero (talk) 21:18, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It is nice to hear from you. I am glad that you think my edits were an improvement. I saw that page as a result of creating articles on some of the company's boats. Overall I can say "collaboration works". - Ahunt (talk) 21:56, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Actually your note motivated me to have another look at the article and expand it some more. - Ahunt (talk) 22:23, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Another self-proclaimed "expert"!

Or just plain vandalism: See here. Facepalm Facepalm BilCat (talk) 05:00, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, that is to bad the IP got blocked - we really need more Wikipedia:Expert editors!

Edit

Colombo is NOT the same as Koggala. The source for the change was given as "Barry Pattison & Geoff Goodall, "Qantas Empire Airways Indian Ocean Service, 1943-1946", published 1979"

Baffled why you have changed this edit when the original is obviously incorrect — Preceding unsigned comment added by Surenrat (talk • contribs) 01:11, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your note here. I am not sure which edit or even which article you are referring to here. You will need to provide some more details before I can respond in any useful way. - Ahunt (talk) 01:32, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Diff/983991671/984001574

Do not put lies in edit summaries. Thanks. --5.43.72.55 (talk) 11:11, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Before you go any further you need to read WP:CIVIL. - Ahunt (talk) 12:02, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
No. --5.43.72.55 (talk) 13:49, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@5.43.72.55: I have reverted your revert of Ahunt's revert of your revert of Ahunt's revert (etc etc etc) here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BEej_Ramadanovski - I have added this in the edit summary: "please stop this edit war, "He had his career distinctively successful throughout the second half of 1980s" is not grammatically correct, some of the other changes seem okay, but you should try to provide a citation for them. Perhaps try the edit again without the bad grammar, only changing the other things, and provide a citation, then it might be acceptable."
Editing Wikipedia is a privilege, not a right (WP:BASICS). If you wish to retain this privilege, I strongly suggest that you follow the advice of Ahunt and read WP:CIVIL. I would also suggest that you read WP:CS. It seems that your edits are in good faith, so I will continue to assume good faith (WP:AGF), and politely suggest that you try to be more careful with your edits in the future.
I hope that you have a good day. Psypheriumtalk page 04:41, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Uncivil editor Mark Lincoln

As an involved editor, I would greatly appreciate your participation in the ANI discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Uncivil editor Mark Lincoln — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 12:30, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Will do. - Ahunt (talk) 12:31, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry to trouble you again, but the ANI discussion of Mark Lincoln has become increasingly bizarre and I don't think I can progress it on my own. Maybe I should retire from it? Any further participation from you would be most welcome. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 00:05, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I have been carefully watching that AN/I discussion unfold. It has become pretty much a deep hole that I don't think I can help dig out of. I would just suggest dropping at the point that it is at now. The editor in question seems to have stopped editing, so the original issue has been resolved. - Ahunt (talk) 00:53, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

1971 Colorado Aviation Aero Commander 680 crash

Wow! A 'thank you,' not a rebuke and reversion. I appreciate your gratitude.

Bossrat (talk) 16:32, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It was a good edit - we try to encourage those! - Ahunt (talk) 16:50, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You!...

for the thank on my edit!!! I look forward to making userboxes! - Hoylecake hit me up 18:42, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks f your note here. I am glad you fond my "thank you" encouraging. I intended it as than ks you for signing up for WikiProject UserBoxes. There has been much organizational work done recently, but there is always more than can be done, making new boxes and keeping them organized on gallery pages. Some editors don;t see the value of userboxes, but I find that they add group cohesion, make people feel like they belong, keep them motivated to be here and thus probably help indirectly grow the encyclopedia. - Ahunt (talk) 19:32, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ubuntu 21.04

Hello I am still editing it please do not remove anything until I am finished editing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Awesome12241 (talk • contribs)

On Wikipedia we don't accept unsubstantiated rumours, you need to cite sources as [er WP:PROVEIT. Anything unsourced will be removed. - Ahunt (talk) 16:56, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have cited my sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Awesome12241 (talk • contribs) 17:19, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. It would be good to have the full release name, though. - Ahunt (talk) 17:21, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nope Shuttleworth hasnt released it to, us (developers) yet... I know the suspense feeling. I would be happy to tell you one he has announced it!

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