User talk:Wiki-Ed

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Autoblock lifted

Hi Wiki-Ed.

Hope you received my e-mail that I have unblocked the IP. The problem was User:Kapa, who was impersonating the legitimate User:Kappa. The moment I spotted that name on the recent changes page I blocked it, accounts with impersonating usernames are blocked immediately. When the impersonating Kapa then tried editing, the IP address he was working from was also blocked, "autoblocked" that is (full explanation at Wikipedia:Block#Effects_of_being_blocked). Sadly, you were using the same IP as Kapa was, and therefore you wound up being blocked as well. Sorry about that, it was not about you.

Sjakkalle (Check!) 12:58, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Public school

Hi. Heads-up re vote on name change at public school. A couple of us have switched our vote to back the new consensus: a merge with Independent school. I wondered if you would consider reviewing that Talk page and maybe switching support too, so that we can wrap this debate up and move on to improving new article?--Mais oui! 06:43, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Just to understand

Hi, wiki-ed, i'd like to know why you removed my changes about the WWII page (concerning France in 1940 and Vichy indochina). I don't understand. I've started a discussion on the "talk" page of WWII, if you want to reply, you're welcome.

Waggg 12:36, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

Battlecruiser article spelling

The Manual of Style says spelling used in first non-stub version is what matters, unless the article focuses "on a topic specific to a particular English-speaking country." Battlecruisers are not specific to the UK. The spelling never should have been changed away from American spelling. --Cultural Freedom talk 17:39, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

English-related articles: Assume good faith

You've accused me several times now of being "disruptive" of WP:POINT violations. That's a rather uncharitable interpretation. In fact, I'm trying to help. --Cultural Freedom talk 2006-06-28 08:53 (UTC)

I think that's just part of trying to build up Wikipedia, please don't take it personally. What you perceive to be helpful I may perceive to be disruptive. In the case of English-related articles you've made edits to a number of pages I just happen to have on my watch-list. Naturally when I see all of them being revised to reflect an (apparently) American POV I've want to change them back to what I believe to be the status quo. I'll see the changes - and the justification - as an attempt to prove a point, whereas in fact you believe it's simply correcting the article to what you've been taught is right. And then we have to all go away and find and quote the sources etc etc, which is tiresome when it's a fairly basic tenet. Anyway, I'd advise treading carefully if you see an article with lots of edits and a long talk page. It's worth discussing proposals on the talk page before making changes. Having a consensus usually helps when you want to alter the emphasis of text which has been edited and re-edited multiple times to achieve a balance. Wiki-Ed 10:06, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the civil response. I agree, in fact, with almost all of the above -- and it would be all of the above, period, if you had written "when I take it to be a fairly basic tenet" instead of "when it is a fairly basic tenet." In any event, I will reflect on the balance I keep between "being bold" and showing respect for past debates on a page, even when I think the conclusions of the debates reflect an absurdly Euro-centric view.

(I'll respond on the Enlish language talk page later, need to get some (other) work done right now. --Cultural Freedom talk 2006-06-28 10:36 (UTC)

Euro-centric? Heh heh, all I can say is my perspective is very different to yours :). As for basic tenets... well even simple things can cause heated arguments eg. Talk:Apple_pie/Archive. The basic tenet there is that it's a dessert dish which is partcularly popular in America, but if people dispute its origins or evolution everyone has to go away and find sources, even though no-one seriously disagrees over the basics. Wiki-Ed 11:49, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

One person's "basic tenet" is most certainly not another's! And, by the way, that's "different from" in proper English. :) --Cultural Freedom talk 2006-06-28 16:06 (UTC)

British Empire

That IIIV chap is being ridiculous about the B.E. being the world's most extensive empire as "POV". I just don't understand some people! Gsd2000 15:51, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Now you've thrown the book at him (so to speak) it will be interesting to see whether he falls into the 'opinionated-and wrong-but-sensible" category or the 'smart-vandal-with-an-agenda' category. Nice detective work on the sockpuppets by the way. I must learn how to do that properly. Wiki-Ed 21:21, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi Wiki-Ed. Once again the B.E. article is being spoiled by someone... I saw you'd reverted it, he put it back, I reverted again, he put it back, and I reverted again... oh dear, revert war here we come... anyway, just alerting you to this fact. I added a section on the talk page about it, but he didn't engage and simply reverted. Gsd2000 17:29, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Yawn... [1] Gsd2000 18:06, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

English people

Thanks for the good advice, some things just get me so angry. Recently there have been quite a lot of North Americans on the English and Welsh people pages who seem to think they know us British people and our cultures better than we know ourselves. Mostly they seem to think that we all speak different languages and live completelly isolated lives from each other and somehow all dislike or even hate each other. I really don't like being told what I am or am not (or that I am somehow not properly Welsh just because I actually like English people) by people that have never lived in the place they think they know so much about. Anyway thanks for the advice, you are quite right, it's not worth it. Alun 06:16, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Image:Paratroopers Crete '41.JPG

Hello, Wiki-Ed. I am wondering if you can clear up some questions I have about Image:Paratroopers Crete '41.JPG.

For the source of the photo, you write, "From collection of Wiki-Ed's great uncle, probably traded". What does this mean exactly? Does it mean that your great uncle took the photo, or that someone else did and your great uncle traded for it? You have also tagged the image with {{PD-self}}, which says, "I, the creator of this work…", but apparently you are not actually the creator?

Also, in the summary section you say that the image is released under the GFDL, but in the licensing section you state that you have released the image into the public domain. Which of these is the case? —Bkell (talk) 16:38, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Interesting photo that one. My great uncle was in the Royal Navy and his ship went all over the place during the war. He took many pictures and because of the medals he had we (my family) know it is quite possible that he was in each of the locations - including being on land - at the time that the event portrayed actually occurred. However, we also know that servicemen traded photos around and it is equally possible that he traded a copy of one of his better photos for this dramatic image of paratroopers landing in Crete (I should point out that to my eye it looks like it has been touched up slightly). However, since he passed away 20 years ago I cannot ask him and can only assume it is genuine and that he took it. It was in his collection, was labelled in his handwriting and I now have the print.

As for the licensing, I've digistised the original, cropped it and tinkered with the contrast/resolution. I didn't take the original so I haven't "created" it as such (and I've made that clear) but as far as I can see there is no applicable licensing template for a situation where the current owner digistises and edits an image taken by someone in his family who has passed away and bequeathed possessions to a relative. Grateful if you could suggest the correct tag if it is incorrect. Wiki-Ed 20:24, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I see. I guess the question still remains: do you want to release it under the GFDL, which allows anyone to use or modify it for any purpose as long as they release their derivative works under the GFDL, or do you want to release it into the public domain, which places absolutely no restrictions on what anyone can do with the photo? —Bkell (talk) 22:04, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Given the circumstances I think GFDL is more appropriate. I've changed it accordingly. Wiki-Ed 22:45, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Assuming that you don't mind, I'm going to copy this discussion to the image's talk page. —Bkell (talk) 01:02, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

MGB-81

Hello, pehaps this have to do with this, but i don't know. Otherwise some links on internet :

• MGB 81 (524)
• MGB-81 - 71½ FT MOTOR GUN BOAT
• Motor Gun boat MGB 81 Picture

CaptainHaddock 15:03, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Not so quiet on the Western Front...

Oh dear.... Gsd2000 21:00, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Stop ganging up on people you two…you are already on the Defense…I’m going to state this again…

“Stop trying twist the Authors words. This is from a Widely used University Textbook, with sourced research. Wiki-Ed and Gsd2000, you guys are working together and supporting each other (shown in you talk history, which for some reason you deleted…), and gather other support I have seen to bully people and you also broke the 3RR rule, something I should have made the Admins aware of, but I'm new and didn't know anything about that, before.

Unless you guys can show Prove with Sources discrediting my info, it will stay in because this article has a one-sided view, and a systematic bias, especially shown by both of you two getting together and commiserating.”

Cosmos416 16:21, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Rule Britannia

I am surprised that you deleted my comments on Rule Britannia as leitmotif as unsourced and/or inaccurate. The entire article is unsourced so it seems unfair to single my observations out. As a consumer of American popular culture for my entire life, I have observed the usage of Rule Britannia as a leitmotif so many times as to consider it a trivial and obvious observation.

Perhaps I should tag the entire article as unsourced. Charles T. Betz 02:51, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Possibly unfree Image:Churchill on HMS Kelvin June 1944.JPG

An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:Churchill on HMS Kelvin June 1944.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the image description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. —Remember the dot ^(talk) 04:56, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Possibly unfree Image:HMS Kelvin.JPG

An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:HMS Kelvin.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the image description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. —Remember the dot ^(talk) 04:56, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

British Empire POV

As per your crib, I have added a citation backing up the claim that India attained freedom and not just independence from England. I am invariant under co-ordinate transformations 04:36, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

More on British Empire

How can you say that opening para is complete without ANY criticism ? And also isnt "granting" independence a British POV. Also I would like to see academic consensus that India was "granted" independence. I am invariant under co-ordinate transformations 18:07, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Non-departmental public body

I think your undo of my edit is in error, from reading the sources:

The term 'public body' is a general one which includes: Non-Departmental Public

Bodies (NDPBs); Public Corporations; NHS Bodies; and Public Broadcasting Authorities (BBC and S4C). There are four types of NDPB. These denote different

funding arrangements, functions and kinds of activity. They are:

(from the foreword to the directory of public bodies on the Civil Service website).

I think it is clear from this that while Public Corporations and NHS Bodies are kinds of "public body", NDPBs are also kinds of "public body" and the enumeration seems to me to make it clear that not all public bodies are non-departmental. The reason I deleted the sentence was because the Civil Service pages include the extra categories in the term "public body" (as used later in the page) and this is the NDPB page not a page headed "public body". The intention was to avoid confusion. JohnGray (talk) 23:39, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

I agree with John Gray.Cutler (talk) 16:14, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Aircraft carriers in fiction

I have nominated Aircraft carriers in fiction, an article you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aircraft carriers in fiction. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. TTN (talk) 23:09, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

British Empire

It's funny how little changes provoke a mass of banter and argument on the talk pages, and then when there is mundane work to be done, everyone scarpers and there is silence! I'm not including you in that, by the way. Anyway, I know you're opposed to over-referencing, but one ref per para is reasonable, don't you think? It would be great we got this article to GA level, and then we can look at taking it to FA level. What say ye, sir? The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick ^t 21:00, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Cool. By the way, have you used Google Books much? [2]. Most of the books in the references section can not only be viewed but searched using that tool. Sometimes books haven't been scanned by google but you can still "search inside" at Amazon. The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick ^t 22:05, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Battlecruiser

Hi, you didn't actually "revert" my edit but spotted an error that had been there for some time. Well done on that but please be more careful in "reverting" edits by long-time users. Mine had got rid of an unnecessary external link which I've had to do again. bigpad (talk) 14:32, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Thought you might like these...

I found them on Google books (they have scanned most of the pages) but decided to buy them. New copies are ridiculously overpriced ($275??) but I picked up second hand ones (that are as good as new) from the US Amazon for 6 quid a piece. They're great for dipping into and reading about a topic in its entirety. And they make particularly good "water closet reading material" - each entry is the perfect reading length :-) The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick ^t 21:32, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Restraining myself...

...but the English could be improved a bit. "In Ireland this had led to violence" - what led to violence, exactly? Three consecutive paragraphs begin with "too", or "also" statements. "Further afield" doesn't add any value. And you seem to be suggesting that the Great Depression had one cause. Normally I would go in and tidy up, but I'm conscious that this has put you off in the past, so I don't want to do this again, after your helpful additions to the article. The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick ^t 00:50, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Also, this section is pretty large now compared to the rest of the article, given that it's only two decades' worth :-) The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick ^t 00:51, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

A more specific Pacific. .

 Done. Feel free to make sure it is up, or rather down, to your standards. Taifarious1 11:22, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Wordiness

FYI - WP:TRITE, a guide, not a policy, but nevertheless - "Reduce sentences to the essentials. Wordiness does not add credibility to Wikipedia articles". These conjunctive sentences that you favour, such as "The incorporation of new territory was accompanied by a bid for independence in the oldest territory." add no value for the reader. "The incorporation of new territory" was already fully discussed, and "a bid for independence in the oldest territory" is about to be fully discussed. So why add that sentence at all? The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick ^t 03:05, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Puns

I think you need to do a little more research on what a pun is. The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick ^t 01:45, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Sensei

I did chuckle about your comment regarding the inappropriate username: I've been thinking exactly that for a while now seeing the maps that are being uploaded. [3] It's a pity that C. R. Boxer passed away not knowing the full extent of the Portuguese Empire... The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick ^t 00:11, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

I'd love to hear the reasons for some of the swirly bits and random straight lines reaching into (what should be) terra incognita on that map. On second thoughts, no I wouldn't. Wiki-Ed (talk) 12:21, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

war of jenkins ear

ussi possidetis? what is that? a word created this year by some british author? GTFO Maybe in your dreams the war could be indecisive / "ussi possidetis". I've checked out your fake sources and are not RELIABLE .. where is the mention to the Battle of Cartagena de Indias and the heavy british casualties suffered?, get your facts straight. The result of the war is Spanish victory, the objective of the british was end with the spanish empire in the americas, and the british heavy massive attack failed. GET OVER IT Cosialscastells (talk) 03:16, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

why i can't find nothing about blas de lezo too? Are you trying to avoid the truth? if yes let me know =)

you are engagin in original research, the british rennounced to the asiento by the Treaty of Madrid, the war of jenkins ear followed the austrian succession, but the result was in the treaty of madrid, not in the treaty of aix-la-chapelle. Cosialscastells (talk) 03:59, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Take your rants to the article talk page so everyone can laugh at you. Oh, and read the sources. Wiki-Ed (talk) 12:06, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

shut up you decaying brained piece of raped s%%t. go tell your mental diarrea to your mom Cosialscastells (talk) 01:35, 25 January 2009 (UTC)