User talk:Neilinabbey

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Hello, Neilinabbey, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for University of East London. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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UEL

Hi, thanks for the THE citation ... but I still cannot find anywhere on the page cited that UEL was in the top 10. Could you perhaps copy/paste the relevant paragraph here? Thanks again. - Sitush (talk) 18:34, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The page has a link to an Excel spreadsheet, which has no URL of its own, which shows the rankings. Please do not remove this again as the citation is correct.

Hi, I'll remove it if the link isn't in the article. You can link to the spreadsheet, I guarantee it. Just copy/paste the area around where the sheet appears in the page here & I'll sort the link for you. - Sitush (talk) 18:56, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It is part of the article, but not part of the text - it is a very clear link just to the right of the words. Don't you think that removing the line is a bit unneccessary given that the article very clearly links to the spreadsheet?

Related files The following files will open in their associated programs.

RAE 2008: the results (PDF version)

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THE Table of Excellence (excel version)

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Hi, the policy with links is that they s/b specific (eg: with a book you would state the page number, just as in an academic exercise). Don't worry, I'll sort it out. - Sitush (talk) 19:51, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've now pointed the link to the PDF version. However, I can still see nothing in there that supports the statement as there is no section ranking just "modern universities". Given my previous, am I rapidly losing my ability to see? <g> - Sitush (talk) 20:05, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dashes

Hello Neilinabbey. Please stop changing all the dashes in the United Kingdom article - it is a waste of time. There is nothing wrong with the dashes as previously existed - please see WP:MOSDASH. Thanks. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 21:14, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello PaleCloudedWhite - I have changed the em dashes to en dashes because this article uses British English, and the en dash is used in British English, not the em dash. Therefore it is perfectly correct to make the changes I have done, and no, I will not stop making them.

WP:MOSDASH states that either emdash or endash can be used, but that usage should be consistent. It makes no reference to usage differences between Br Eng and Am Eng, and seeing as I have seen emdashes used in British books about British topics, I am not convinced by your argument. However I shall make enquiries. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 21:45, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi PaleCloudedWhite. If it helps, I am a professional editor and proofreader, who works in both US and UK English, so I have some knowledge of what I am talking about. Moreover, having worked in publishing for 17 years, I have never seen em dashes used in British books about British topics, only in American books or books by US writers. You might want to check this website, though there are numerous other guides that will confirm this: https://www.gsbe.co.uk/grammar-the-dash.html I would also add that my opinion as an individual is at least as valid as yours and if I want to make these changes - which are not a waste of time - I will do so!