User talk:Tmol42

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Richard Spratly

Many thanks! I'm glad I didn't write this all for nothing, eh? ;-) These dates mostly match the times he would have been in the area. In 1841 he did return to port. However, today I discovered that a butcher named Richard Spratly in Chesham charged someone with stealing beef in 1807! It could be that the Captain is a Richard Spratly Junior or Captain Spratly was just very old. I'm guessing his father may also be named Richard. Could you send me a link or scan of your reference? -Knowl -<(I am questing for Knowledge!) (talk) 05:07, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- Thanks very much for your help! I'll be sure to get this added in later today. I have found that the spelling changes to Spratley on official documents, but Spratly himself spells it correctly of course. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Knowledge Incarnate (talk • contribs) 19:56, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reference Desk

Hello. I noticed you reverted one of my comments on the reference desk, without making any note of why you had done so. Why was this? 79.66.56.21 (talk) 21:23, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A Fatuous, off topic and irrelevant comment needs no further explanationTmol42 (talk) 01:07, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see. You must be very busy, since almost everyone makes a few off topic, 'irrelevant' comments on the answers on the desks; it's part of what keeps the spirit up and the community contributing. If I had made such a comment in response to the original question, that would have been different.

As to fatuous, I fail to see how. I was amused to see the Daily Mail conforming so strongly to stereotype, and took the opportunity to provide social feedback to encourage contributions. It also served as a way of bringing up the nature of the Daily Mail, since it was being used as a source for common usage; someone who is unfamiliar with UK newspapers would not know of the reputation of the Daily Mail, and thus would not know if they were likely to use a scholarly term without it being common usage. They would then have asked 'what do you mean, classic Daily Mail' or have looked it up. They would then have been further enlightened as to the extent that glis glis is a common name for the edible dormouse in the UK. But you removed the comment, so that is unlikely to have happened.

Do you only remove such comments from users who have not signed in? 79.66.56.21 (talk) 17:28, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]