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Thanks for your work editing and adding converts, and thanks for the beer! One of the convert fixes I often make can be seen in the following:
{{convert|6|km|adj=mid|abbr=off|-long}}
→ 6-kilometre (
convert: unknown unit)Holding the mouse over the error message shows it is trying to use "-long" as the output unit. That's because of the way templates work: the unnamed parameters are: 6, km, -long.
If you edit this talk page section and "preview", a much more explicit error message is shown.
The fix is to explicitly show the output unit. A blank parameter can be used for the default. Or, the unit can be specified:
{{convert|6|km||adj=mid|abbr=off|-long}}
→ 6-kilometre-long (3.7-mile){{convert|6|km|mi|adj=mid|abbr=off|-long}}
→ 6-kilometre-long (3.7-mile)Happy editing! Johnuniq ( talk) 04:02, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
{{convert}}
template coding script in AWB could do with a bit of polishing (so could my glasses sometimes), so I often end up making manual corrections.Greetings Marek, Blizna is a very interesting article and I enjoyed reading it, thanks for the work you've done. Regards Keith-264 ( talk) 10:00, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
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Hi Marek69 - I was rather dismayed to see that you rolled back my good faith edits today on Charleston, South Carolina before I had even finished. No wonder I had trouble figuring out where I was in the article. My edits are not vandalism, but efforts to improve the article by adding information and cites (re: changes in population on the peninsula, NYC slave population as compared to Charleston's - need to add cite but have an RS - I see I confused the timing of the example and will fix), using active voice, and other edits. If you disagree with specific content, please let me know. I looked up the rules and it says: "Rollback should only be used to revert vandalism and should never be used to revert good faith edits or in content disputes." So please give me insight as to your objections, beyond that you thought I made too many edits. That does not seem to be covered by the WP rules on this. I've worked on the Charleston article before, as well as many articles about southern cities, 19th-century history of the South (including Denmark Vesey's rebellion), and am not some fly-by-night editor. Thanks for your interest in this topic. Parkwells ( talk) 19:03, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
Your AWB changes layout. I saw this on Western Wall. Please do not use AWB to change layout. Remember that editors are responsible for AWB edits just like for regular edits, and AWB is not supposed to be used to change layout. Debresser ( talk) 13:48, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
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V-2 missile launch site, Blizna at the
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Hi, Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada/The 10,000 Challenge is up and running based on Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge for the UK which has currently produced over 2300 article improvements and creations. If you'd like to see large scale quality improvements happening for Canada like The Africa Destubathon, which has produced over 1600 articles in 5 weeks, sign up on the page. The idea will be an ongoing national editathon/challenge for Canada but fuelled by a contest such as The North America Destubathon to really get articles on every province and subject mass improved. I would like some support from Canadian wikipedians here to get the Challenge off to a start with some articles to make doing a Destubathon worthwhile! Cheers. -- MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 01:55, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
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| Hello, Marek69. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for V-2 missile launch site, Blizna at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! – Corinne ( talk) 01:54, 28 November 2016 (UTC) |
Hello, Marek -- I have just finished copy-editing
V-2 missile launch site, Blizna. It is an interesting article. I wanted to ask you what you thought about two things:
1) I see that in the third paragraph in the History section you have used the expression "crème de la crème". I'm not sure that is the best expression to use there. I know what you mean, but it seems inappropriate to use an expression that refers to the superlative of "good", that is, the best of the best, to describe military officers. I wonder if you would consider using another expression such as one of these:
or perhaps another expression.
2) I notice that early in the article, such as at the beginning of the fourth paragraph in the History section, you have "intelligence" capitalized in "British Intelligence". However, later in the History section, toward the end of the second-to-last paragraph, you have "intelligence" in lower case: "British intelligence". Are these two phrases referring to different things? Is the first one the name of a government agency while the second refers to individuals working for the agency? If not, and they're referring to the same thing, then don't you think they should be consistent throughout the article? You could look at relevant articles to see which style is used most often. – Corinne ( talk) 02:08, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
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| Hello, Marek69. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for SS-Truppenübungsplatz Heidelager at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! – Corinne ( talk) 04:17, 1 December 2016 (UTC) |
Hello, Marek -- I have just completed a copy-edit of the article. I have a few concerns and questions for you:
1) The second sentence of the lead is the following:
I have a few questions about this.
2) The next sentence in the lead is the following:
3) The second and third sentences of the section SS-Truppenübungsplatz Heidelager#History are:
4) In the middle of the second paragraph in the History section you have these sentences:
You will see that "SS military training centre" appears in each sentence. Do you really need the entire phrase in the second sentence? These sentences are about successive changes in name. I don't think the phrase "as an SS military training centre" is needed in the second sentence. Do you?
Then, two sentences later you have this sentence:
Do you have to include "SS military training centre"? If you think it is needed because it is part of the name of the center, then shouldn't the entire phrase be in quotation marks? -- "...the site was designated as "SS military training centre Heidelager".
5) The last sentence of the second paragraph of the History section is the following:
You don't use the phrase "training range" before this, so the reader might wonder what it refers to. In fact, it is not clear what you mean by "training range". Do you mean the training facility, or do you mean something specific to shooting: a shooting range? (That's the only thing I can think of that uses the word "range".)
6) The fifth paragraph in the History section begins:
If all surviving prisoners were executed, and the camp was "abandoned in the summer of 1944 ahead of the Soviet advance" (sixth paragraph), then there was nobody to be evacuated after that. You start the seventh paragraph:
Evacuation does not mean the same thing as abandonment. Evacuation suggests a large number of people leaving, or being helped to leave, a place. Introducing this new word, after you have already said the surviving prisoners had been executed and the Nazis had abandoned the centre, is confusing. You could just substitute "abandonment" for "evacuation":
or you could use the verb form:
Also, you're using different words again. You use "range" in the sixth paragraph, "camp" in the seventh paragraph, and "ground" in the eighth paragraph, whereas you used "centre" earlier in the article. I think it is best to use one word throughout the article, (or, at the most, two) unless you are referring to different things, in which case you need to be clear about what was what.
Feel free to make changes, including copying and pasting my suggested wording if you like the way it reads, and to ask me if you have any questions. – Corinne ( talk) 05:15, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
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