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Re: OxNotes.com on Wallington Grammar page

Hello DMacks,

I am a representative of OxNotes (a student run website and soon to be textbook) , I apologise for method in which it was recently added to the Wikipedia page, I have ensured all 'marketing speak' has been removed and what is left is only factual information. Please feel free to contact me via LinkedIn, Twitter or email k@oxnotes.com if you require any further information. Thank you.

Kind Regards

Kazim

Kazim Chaudri Editor: OxNotes by Fluxty (Non-Profit) www.linkedin.com/in/kazimchaudri

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Sorry not sure how els to contact you to discuss the farm page.

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There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.

added external links

I had added one reference link to page Бесхвостые , tutorvista had added its 4 links, then why not i can add one more reference link from other website. Its not promotion, but the page which i have, also tells about fron digestive system. So is that bad to put a reference link on that page. Please guide me.

Support request with team editing experiment project

Dear tech ambassadors, instead of spamming the Village Pump of each Wikipedia about my tiny project proposal for researching team editing (see here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Research_team_editing), I have decided to leave to your own discretion if the matter is relevant enough to inform a wider audience already. I would appreciate if you could appraise if the Wikipedia community you are more familiar with could have interest in testing group editing "on their own grounds" and with their own guidance. In a nutshell: it consists in editing pages as a group instead of as an individual. This social experiment might involve redefining some aspects of the workflow we are all used to, with the hope of creating a more friendly and collaborative environment since editing under a group umbrella creates less social exposure than traditional "individual editing". I send you this message also as a proof that the Inspire Campaign is already gearing up. As said I would appreciate of *you* just a comment on the talk page/endorsement of my project noting your general perception about the idea. Nothing else. Your contribution helps to shape the future! (which I hope it will be very bright, with colors, and Wikipedia everywhere) Regards from User:Micru on meta.

Maybe you should not rollback my code in the word "leapyear"

Hi, DMacks:

    When I fixed the some mistake of python code in "leap year", my code is rollback by you for the reason "Too much detail/WP is not a how-to manual". I'm software engineer, and I found many people don't known the history of "leap year", include the textbooks about programming in china. the wrong code is used for getting "leap year"(before 1582). So, I spend some time to study this question, and wrote the code which let more people know "leap year". can you allow the code is added to the context of "leap year".

   It's my first commit in Wiki. :)

   Best Regards

   Jerry.Liu, Beijing, China

   PS:
   I have add python code to bake of baidu. let more people knows the history of "leap year".  My English is poor, maybe you can know what I said.  hah.

Edit Summary

Thank you very much for your time, reminder, and guide.

Amir.azhieh

DMacks - Undid revision 895653289 by Medlib.here (talk)

Hello DMacks - I'm not sure what your comment means, can you expand please?

"not in keeping with WP:EL. Maybe could be useful as an actual WP:CITE for new content? Undid revision 895653289 by Medlib.here (talk)"

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Re: SI Units

Thank you for your suggestion to use the {{convert}} template in unit conversion. I'm aware of it, but in the specific Wind power case, I suggested that 100 to 130 meters was a good rounding corresponding for 300 to 400 feet in regards to Significant figures, while keeping the value from the source 300 - 400 feet as secondary value for readers from US and a few more countries (See file: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Metric_system_adoption_map.svg).

I suggest an update with 90 to 120 meters as primary value and a template conversion to corresponding feet value.

Ws1920 (talk) 10:01, 5 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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15:35, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

The Residences Providence

Yes, that's an option. I'll have a look at it. Deb (talk) 08:20, 14 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Definition of alkanes.

Why my changes are reverted about the definition? A definition must be small and precise. I put in a fundamental definition which helps understanding clearly as to why cyclic hydrocarbons arent considered as alkanes. So what was wrong about that? Vanshita poddar (talk) 18:18, 14 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Kindly enlighten me. Vanshita poddar (talk) 09:59, 15 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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