User talk:Mjb1981

Shenyang

Hi, regarding your edits to this article, please note that Shenyang is in mainland China; hence, Simplified Chinese rather than Traditional Chinese is the official script there. You are welcome to provide both versions when appropriate, but please don't put just Traditional Chinese without also putting Simplified Chinese. -- ran (talk) 16:27, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

World in Conflict honours system

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AfD nomination of World in Conflict honours system

I have nominated World in Conflict honours system, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World in Conflict honours system. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. -- pb30<talk> 22:01, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I created a new page because the World in Conflict page itself has already been labelled as too long. I can see how this article can be interpreted as a game-guide, but that was not my intention. I wanted to add the details of the medals in the game as it is an important part of multiplayer mode. Perhaps it should be turned into a list.

ARA General Belgrano

You appear to have added an edit that suggests HMS Conqueror released life rafts to aid Belgrano survivors. Do you have a source for that please, I originally added a {fact} tag but another editor has now removed that statement. Justin talk 08:49, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I think it was on a televised documentary which referred to some HM government transcripts or a press release. I'm afraid I cannot remember exactly, but I would not have added that fact if I was in doubt at the time.

Fleet Air Arm Museum

Thanks for your edits to Fleet Air Arm Museum. I've removed the stub tag as it is definitely start class now. To make it even better we need to be referencing the information to the guide book/web site & other sources where possible.— Rod ^talk 14:52, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

HMS Kent and related

I've replied at the HMS Kentish talkpage, but I'll pop it here as well -

• Technically no, the prefix HMS only develops at the end of eighteenth century (about the 1780s or thereabouts) so no ship before this would be known as HMS... Even when it comes into use there were many variations, hence HMAV (His Majesty's Armed Vessel), HMB (His Majesty's Brig). Submarines during the early twentieth century could be referred to by the prefix HMSm. Similarly you could get HM troopship, or HM armed trawler. The editorial practice here is to backdate the prefix, so to treat the ship as how it would be prefixed as if it was entering service today. I'll add a qualifier to that though, as sometimes 'HMS' gets added to ships that weren't actually officially commissioned (there are huge numbers of small craft during the Second World War that were RN crewed and so on, but which were never actually formally commissioned, and so are not entitled to the HMS prefix - but other sources simply label them as such anyway). Something to keep an eye out for though.

• As to the Royal Navy website, to be honest I'd be a bit wary of that. Sometimes their specific meaning isn't clear, such as when they used what is probably a commissioning date for one of the HMS Kents which I think confused you into thinking it was a launch date. Normally as long as you can check with other sources though, you can work out what's going on. Prison ships were indeed common, but that Kent isn't listed as one in Colledge, which is where I'd expect to find it, or Warlow, or Lavery (though those are somewhat longer shots) is a bit odd. So I'm just a little suspicious, but there are often gaps and discrepancies for information of ships of this era. I wouldn't be opposed to re-adding it to the article now I see where you got it from, but it made me wonder when I couldn't find it referenced elsewhere.

Happy to help with the other articles, especially HMS Westminster. I tend to buff up new articles with little tweaks and knick-knacks. Just putting the finishing touches to a pretty sound article overall, so nothing more than a few cosmetic tweaks and formats were needed. Keep up the good work! Give me a bell if you have any more questions. Benea (talk) 01:25, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

I've added the following points on Ben's talk-page:

Fairly obviously, NONE of the Commonwealth warships bore the prefix HMS at any time, since they had just (1649) executed His Majesty and abolished the monarchy, it would have been ridiculous to use the "His Majesty's Ship" description. In fact, the description "His Majesty's Ship" was not in use until after the Restoration in 1660, and the acronym "HMS" is much more modern - a 19th century introduction. The name Kentish was changed to Kent at the same time (i.e in June 1660), as were the names of many of the Commonwealth era warships which had been built with names that were unwelcome to the new monarchist regime. Remember also that "His Majesty's Ship" only referred to proper ships (i.e. vessels with a three-masted ship rig) and not to brigs, ketches, schooners or any other type of rig. We have a problem in our formatting in that Wikipedia habitually (but wrongly) uses "HMS" for all early British warships, and of course they didn't use that descriptor. Rif Winfield (talk) 18:07, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Welcome

No one had welcomed you, so I figured that I would. Have a great day!

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Burma

Okay, I have created Wikipedia:Requests_for_mediation/Burma. I have added you along with added 18 other users (including myself) to the list of involved parties. The ones I have listed are ones who have commented recently, or who commented on the Mediation Cabal case (except if they solely made a neutral comment). If you disagree with me listing you there, remove yourself from it if you wish. If you feel someone else should be involved, add/ask them. I hope those I have added are alright though. I also hope this step is what finally ends this dispute! Deamon138 (talk) 00:29, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Request for mediation not accepted

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I've started a new page for structured mediation if you're interested. BigBlueFish (talk) 13:07, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Ski-jump ramp

good edit--mrg3105 (comms) ♠♥♦♣ 23:38, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank you Mjb1981 (talk)

Xilinhot image

Hi, if you have windows vista on your computer, you can easily create such images yourself, with a proper vector graphics program (like Inkscape, I think).

However, there is a problem with your image: the "hot" part, i.e. the word on the right hand side, is wrong. The "o" in hot is a so-called "back" o, the kind of o that comes with u ("back" u) or a. this is usually transcribed as "o" in the most common western transcription (the PRC has developed a different transcription system, in case you wonder), and as "ө" in cyrillic Mongolian. What you wrote (probably copied from the article on Hohhot, Kökeqota in the common western transcription, Хөх хот in Mongolian) is a "front" o, the kind that comes with e, or ü ("front" u). This letter is usually transcribed as ö in the western transcription, or as ө in cyrillic Mongolian. As the "kh"-consonants are also divided into two classes, one that comes with back vowels, and one that comes with front vowels, the first letter of "hot" is also incorrect. It needs to look like the first two letters of "Hovd", i.e. like up to the "b". Cf. the image in the upper right corner of the city's official webpage.

Hopes this helps a bit. I am also far from literate in the traditional script. Usually I try to look up a writing on official websites and the like before I create it for Wikipedia. You can also try asking around at the Mongolia work group, there should be some people who can tell you whether what you wrote is orthographically correct or not. Regards, Yaan (talk) 11:55, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Also cf. my first attempt at writing Hohhot in Mongol bichig (quite correct, except that the name is now written as one word): . Yaan (talk) 12:05, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

I have now uploaded a new, correct, version, and nominated the old one for deletion. I also noticed that there was a problem with Image:Eriyen qota.svg, so maybe that is where your confusion came from? Regards, Yaan (talk) 14:46, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Image:Silinhot Mongolian Script.png listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Silinhot Mongolian Script.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Yaan (talk) 14:46, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Highest valued currency unit

Hello,

Just a quick note : I had revert your recent edit to above pages, as the Jersey, Guernsey and IOM pound are not currencies, but rather only local versions of the pound sterling. To quote the Jersey pound page : "Jersey is in currency union with the United Kingdom, and the Jersey pound is not a separate currency but is an issue of banknotes and coins by the States of Jersey denominated in pound sterling, in a similar way to the banknotes issued in Scotland and Northern Ireland (see Banknotes of the pound sterling)." 20:40, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Hey

Are you the one who changed the List of wars 1900-1944 and 1800-1899 pages? If you are, great job. Please do the same to the other list of wars pages. And don't forget to add the 1979 Iranian Revolution. 199.219.187.29 (talk) 15:41, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll happily do the other lists when I find time. Mjb1981 (talk) 22:52, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Abass Ibrahim

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I've responded in the article's talk section. Note that the speedy-deletion tag was added before I added sources to the article, I didn't delete it once sources were added (assuming that an administrator should be the only one to delete such a tag). I've added another source to-day in case the others were deemed unreliable in some way.

I've stated my reasons for adding the article and I won't make any further comment; the decision is yours.

Mjb1981 (talk) 12:08, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Location maps

It has been requested by droll [chat] that {{Location map start}} should no longer be used, because it currently receives little support, and that maps should be created using {{Location map+}} instead. He has converted the other maps on the List of castles in England page to this template, and also implemented support for links to geohack, which I have added to the Berkshire map.

Thanks for your innovation on the List of castles in England page. I hope you are up for finishing the job! It does however remain to be seen whether a county such as Northumberland will work neatly on the page, and whether a full set of maps can be accommodated without the page becoming too large and slow to load. - Paravane (talk) 19:56, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Apologies, I didn't see that request. I did see the concern about Northumbria and that is the county I'll do next to see how busy it looks.

Mjb1981 (talk) 20:11, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

It looks as if you have been doing great things with location maps of castles on List of castles in England. This has been suggested as a potential lead image for a new list article List of castles in Somerset and I was wondering how difficult they are to create, or whether you could help out?— Rod ^talk 09:11, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

I'll do Somerset next and add it to that page. I've not got much free time at the moment but will get back to it before long.Mjb1981 (talk) 21:09, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Castle Barnstar...

		Castle Barnstar
		For excellence in producing all those maps of English castles. Hchc2009 (talk) 11:29, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Moving Burma to Myanmar - ongoing poll

This is to let you know that an ongoing poll is taking place to move Burma to Myanmar. This note is going out to wikipedia members who have participated in Burma/Myanmar name changing polls in the past. It does not include banned members nor those with only ip addresses. Thank you. Fyunck(click) (talk) 21:14, 21 October 2011 (UTC)