User talk:Brenont

Welcome!

Hello, Brenont, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question and then place {{helpme}} after the question on your talk page. Again, welcome! -- zzuuzz^(talk) 01:12, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Assessment

First, I would like to thank you for your enthusiasm in joining our assessment project, we can alway use more dedicated assessors. Next, please review some of the assessment being done by other members of the team for a better Idea of our style/protocols for performing these assessments. The following is a general guideline:

Review articles you are not involved with maintaining to avoid problems with WP:COI
Place review summary on each article's talk page using {{WPSchoolsAssessment}} or {{WPSchools}} with a custom summary.
Place a copy of your assessment summary on the Assessments page with the following syntax:

*[[School Name]] (Rating / Importance) Summary ~~~~

Sign ALL of your assessments and keep track of your current projects on the assessment talk page

Thanks and happy assessing. Adam McCormick 06:45, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Punctuation

Hi Brenont. The Wikipedia Manual of Style recommends that editors do not change the spelling or punctuation of a particular variety of English which is established in an article. The punctuation within quotations which you changed at Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is one of these issues where either approach is acceptable and so should not be changed. I would even say that in the case of "E II R" on the post boxes, where the quotation is not from normal language, it is arguably more than a matter of style, and is misleading to include the punctuation, but that is just a personal opinion. JPD (talk) 10:11, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

C.W. Parker Carousel answer

I left a rewply to your question on this article's talk page. (Iuio 04:56, 1 May 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Edit warring

Please see WP:3RR and reasd it before further editing. Also read WP:MoS, what you are doing is unhelpful, SqueakBox 03:28, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded. Also, Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#National_varieties_of_English and Wikipedia:Manual of Style (spelling) will explain to you why the spelling needs to be in the UK English format for the Ian Paisley article. Wiktionary and Webster's are certainly not definitive sources on this issue, esp. considering Wikipedia is truly international. Thanks - Alison ☺ 03:42, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Elvis's stepmother

You made a good point on [Talk:Elvis Presley]. Several weeks ago, a very small group of devoted Elvis fans began to remove every information relating to Presley's personal relationships and critical remarks concerning the Elvis cult from the Wikipedia article, presumably because some details (for instance, that Elvis's mother was an alcoholic, that Elvis spent most of his time with his friends from the Memphis Mafia, etc.) were not in line with their personal view of the megastar. See this edit by Northmeister, which removed large blocks of material from the article page. . For more details concerning the edit war, see [1]. Perhaps you may also have a look at the activities of the current contributors.

Variations of Spelling

Hi Brenont. The Wikipedia Manual of Style recommends that editors do not change the spelling or punctuation of a particular variety of English which is established in an article. The change of spelling of the word rumour/rumor which you changed at Cary Grant is one of these issues where either approach is acceptable and so should not be changed. Thanks. Wildhartlivie 19:34, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Ben Leonard

An article that you have been involved in editing, Ben Leonard, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ben Leonard. Thank you. robwingfield ^«T•C» 22:45, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vogtsburg

Thank you very much for your correctings of all the typos and the wrong grammar in this article!
Kiu77 11:32, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lester Piggott

I've added a section to the article on Lester Piggott's family background if you'd like to have a look.Bcp67 05:46, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed bar

Did you see my comment on Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/Archive#I_propose_a_fixed_left_hand_panel_or_toolbar? — Omegatron 04:33, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

1987: Lester Piggott jailed for three years

Former champion jockey, Lester Piggott, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment after being found guilty of an alleged tax fraud of over £3m. The 51-year-old remained stony-faced as he was sentenced by Mr Justice Farquharson at Ipswich Crown Court. But his wife, Susan, collapsed in tears as he was taken to Norwich prison. Piggott was jailed after failing to declare income to the Inland Revenue of £3.25m. The biggest sum on the charge sheet relates to an alleged omission of £1,359,726 from additional riding income. Another alleged that for 14 years, from 1971, he omitted income of £1,031,697 from bloodstock operations.

Farther/further

From Fowler's:

"The fact is surely that hardly anyone uses the two words for different occasions; most people prefer one or the other for all purposes, and the preference of the majority is for further.... On the whole, though differentiations are good in themselves, it is less likely that one will be established for farther and further than that the latter will become universal."

Hesperian 05:43, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Malcolm III's birthdate

Hello. If Malcolm III was born in 1031, it should be easy to find a solid reference. There is, at present, a reference to Archie Duncan's Kingship of the Scots which gives his age in 1040 as "at least two, possible as much as ten, years old", which is 1030x1038 (or maybe even 1029x1038), and indeed you did not change that reference when you changed the dates. Therefore, I have put the 1030x1038 birth date back so the article text again matches what the reference says. Best regards, Angus McLellan (Talk) 08:45, 27 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for taking the time to explain this to me. I was not at all familiar with this date format and I looked for some time to see when 1030x1038 had been inserted into the article before I reverted it thinking it was vandalism. Thanks again. --User:Brenont 18:57, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for the excellent edits to the G&S and Gilbert articles. If you are interested in G&S, check out WP:G&S. Best regards, -- Ssilvers (talk) 00:15, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:BBC Logo 1997-Present.png

Thanks for uploading Image:BBC Logo 1997-Present.png. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 06:51, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

whilst

Why is 'while' better than 'whilst'?Zigzig20s (talk) 02:55, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am going by Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Avoid_contested_vocabulary--User:Brenont (talk) 03:13, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar!

		The Copyeditor's Barnstar
		For Taking the challenge, and correcting at least 200 spelling errors, I, TicketMan - Talk, award you this Copyeditor's Barnstar. Thank you. --TicketMan - Talk - contribs 10:46, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]