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αѕєηιηє t/c 10:58, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Well, that's a good question. Definitely in American English the correct and idiomatically correct plural would be "light switches." I'm pretty sure that's acceptable in British English as well, though I'm not really sure what is the most common usage there. I think Category:Light switches would work just fine. And your English seems perfect to me! Cheers. Dina (talk) 00:59, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for your compliment and help. I changed the name of the Category:Domestic electric switches to Category:Light switches on COMMONS. --stunteltje@hccnet.nl (talk) 08:05, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
- Hi Stunteltje, Dina asked me to take a look at this too, and I have been a bit slow getting to it, for which I apologize. Yes, I would say that "light switches" is a perfectly fine plural, and that it is a fine category name for many of the images currently in [1]. However, I wouldn't call the power sockets with switches on them (as you find in Europe) "light switches". I think they should be moved into a different category or at least taken out of that one. Hope that helps. --Slp1 (talk) 13:00, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
- @Slp1 It can work the way you suggested, my problem is a good - internationaly known - name for that category. In Dutch we call it a "enkelpolige schakelaar met wandcontactdoos". I haven't found a similar expression in English. --stunteltje@hccnet.nl (talk) 08:23, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
Category: IMO Number Deletion
I have arrived at your talk page via the proposal to delete the Category: IMO Number. I would oppose that deletion, but I would also like more information. Perhaps my questions would lead to changes on the International Maritime Organization article or the IMO ship identification number article.
If I were to add a picture of a ship to Wikimedia Commons, or an article about a ship to Wikipedia, how would I find the IMO number for the ship?
I suspect that the IMO number is displayed on the superstructure and hull of large ships in large lettering visible from the air or from naval vessels on the surface, as an aid in emergencies or piracy situations. In fact, I also suspect that the IMO number is placed in hidden places on ships for identification in piracy cases, just as is done with motor vehicles. You are in a better position to know about such matters than I am, but I would hope you could add material on the appropriate articles. DThomsen8 (talk) 12:21, 27 March 2009 (UTC)Dthomsen8
- The easy and best way is to magnify the picture to find the IMO number. As you stated correcly: the owner is obliged to put it on the ship. Passenger ships even horizontally on an upperdeck. Unfortunately it doesn't work in many cases. If you find a name (on the picture, the filename or the description, you can try to find the IMO number on the internet. There are many sites with this kind of information. Miramar (most ships, even sunk or demolitioned), Vesseltracker (ships in business), Equasis, World Shipping Register and so on. Specialised sites like The Ferry Site and the site for Cruise ships. My final check mostly is searching through www.shipspotting.com with the so found IMO number, to find out it is the correct number/picture connection for that ship.
- Direct entrance in the World Shipping Register is not possible without paying a fee, but the trick is to go there via Google and to make a bookmark. I mostly use the data from Miramar in my own - in my view more logical - format. Having not much time I just take the consised Vesseltracker information in my own sequence and put the IMO number on my schedule for later years to add extra information. Even the Postcard-files give a lot of information, unfortunately not the IMO numbers. In my very young years I did a school on shipbuilding and worked as a ship electrician on a Dutch shipyard (but studied Dutch law many years later, it paid better), so my view on ships is more a technical view. --Stunteltje (talk) 11:26, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
Stunteltje
All images should say they were taken by myself; I consider source and author redundant (and perhaps some bot could fix that for me, as I only fill the author info, not the source). All I know about the ships is what is on the picture (plus, roughly, the location and time of the photo). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 21:58, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
- OK I'll add the extra information. --Stunteltje (talk) 22:38, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
SS Deutschland (1923)
SS Deutschland (1923) - Ships are disambiguated by year of launch when known; not first voyage, completion or commissioning. I moved it back to 1923. Brad (talk) 06:57, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Ships built in versus Ships built at
No worries, as this is your field I will gladly let you present it the way you feel best. I thought at first that the place where the ship was built did not change with her name, but having a look at current categories it makes perfect sense to go on the way you said. :-) Place Clichy (talk) 18:52, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
- BTW I noticed a "lost ship" categorised with a wrong name, if that is of any interest to you. Pictures at commons:Category:Nanth (ship) actually show a ferry called Nanti with IMO: 7350557, more details here. Place Clichy (talk) 19:40, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
- It was a confusing one. Have a look at the pictures, you will find NANTH painted on the bridge. I found also images of a ship named NANTH at Shipspotting. She looks the same to me. However, the site gives no IMO number. So we have to be suspicious. NANTI has the IMO number. Vesseltracker calls her NANTI and the final check (because it is an official site) gave Equasis. I recategorised her now at commons:Category:Nanti (ship, 1973). Thanks !! --Stunteltje (talk) 20:28, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
Ferry-boat Eleni (IMO: 8748488) at Corfu
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- Indeed, the connection is not obvious as you cannot really guess that this name is written using the Greek alphabet, with the letter Η (Eta)! BTW I spotted another similar-looking ferry frequently doing the Corfu-Igoumenitsa line (pictured right), called Eleni (name visible on the prow in latin alphabet, and on the bridge in Greek as ΕΛΕΝΗ). I found its IMO on marintraffic.com and Vesseltracker but could not find a lot more information (date and place of construction for instance), you may have more luck than me! I categorised her as commons:Category:Eleni (ferry boat).
- On the same set of pictures, might you be able to properly identify ships Christina/ΚΡΙΣΤΙΝΑ, Kaliopi or Sotiraqis 1 with the websites you are using? (This is a new exercise for me as you can see) Place Clichy (talk) 10:08, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
- Most sea going ships are found at Vsseltracker, Shipspotting, Equasis, The Ferry Site, E-ships and so on. What I do is ading the words "Ship" and "IMO" to the shipname in Google search. The only one I foud more deatils of was the Sotiraqis, but I am not sure she is of Albania, as Shipspotting describes her as een Greek interest. --Stunteltje (talk) 12:03, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
Leonora Christina
Hej Stunteltje.
I have problems with the present guidelines. Leonora Christina (ship) has been suggested to be moved to HSC Leonora Christina. I disagree, and I am talking to a wall here. Can you help out? HERE, --Kind regards, Ro de Jong (Talk to me!) 01:15, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
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