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We were both editing the same page. This rarely ever happens. I am the original author of it's current revision, Cpiral. I'd just spent a half-hour improving my old version when the edit conflict occurred. I over-rode your edits. I am sorry. Please accept my apologies.

If you will look at the history of the page, you'll see how little activity that section has received by other editors, like yourself. I feel safe and confident to say, then, "It's all yours." CpiralCpiral 03:54, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks for fixing that. Your contributions and your ability to ask questions instead of editing blindly are commended. Regards - 4twenty42o (talk) 23:29, 19 November 2009 (UTC) 4twenty42o (talk) 23:29, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

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I have fixed the problem with Talk:Muawiyah I. It was caused by people quoting citations without adding <references/>. This does not cause any problems in the short-term, but when discussion moves on, it does, as you noticed.

I have answered your question.-- Toddy1 (talk) 20:58, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

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Hi Peacedance, and thanks for your recent edits to Isabelle Eberhardt. While the minor information you have added to the article is very interesting, it is unfortunately un-referenced. Isabelle Eberhardt is currently a good article. It is a requirement that good articles do not have un-referenced information, and when I nominate the article for featured article status in the future, I will be required to remove any un-referenced information, such as your additions. Just thought i'd let you know this for future reference, and also to see if you can find a source for this new information so it won't be removed. If you can't find a source i'll search for one myself, though if I can't find one unfortunately i'll have to remove this information before I nominate the article for featured status. Have a nice day. Freikorp (talk) 05:46, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Hello Freikorp, thank you for your polite and pleasant note about this issue (a model of civility on an internet site that is definitely not known for it!)

I do have a source for my statements, and confess, was just being a bit lazy and hoping no one would notice! I will put the source in shortly. Just FYI, it is a book by Lesley Blanch, The Wider Shores of Love, published in 1954, and re-"marketed" in 1995. This is not written as an academic book, but it appears that Ms. Blanch did intensive research, tracking down and interviewing people who knew Isabelle in Africa, referring to her journal, letters and other existing documents. (The book also has short-ish biographies of three other somewhat similar women.) If you have any doubts or concerns regarding this source, please let me know.

If all Wikipedia pages on interesting women had advocates, as you are for Isabelle, we would be in much better shape! Good luck with the featured article status. Peacedance (talk) 18:46, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Peacedance. I'm glad you've taken an interest in this article. If you could add those references sometime that would be great. I've got a bit more work to do on this article before it gets ready to be nominated for featured status (and i've got plenty of other things i want to work on first) but hopefully it will happen eventually. :) Freikorp (talk) 12:14, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Freikorp, citations all done. If there is a particular topic or area that you feel could use attention, please let me know, in case I have it or run across it. Good luck on all those other projects! Peacedance (talk) 21:00, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I think the only section that needs considerable improvement is the legacy section. The list of works inspired by Ebernardt is pretty comprehensive (I think anyway) but her impact elsewhere could be greatly expanded. I'm sure there's plenty of sources commenting on her as some kind of feminist icon or female pioneer. Anyway that's the issue i'll eventually work on myself; if you can flesh it out in the meantime that would be more appreciated. :) Freikorp (talk) 07:14, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

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Hi Peacedance! You amended Stress-strain analysis to insert the first sentence from Stress (mechanics). My view is that this strategy is never used on Wikipedia - it is sufficient to Wikilink to the articles on stress and strain. Any reader who is uncertain about the meaning of any word or expression is able to activate the Wikilink and read a comprehensive explanation of that word or expression. Dolphin (t) 10:45, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

Hello Dolphin (t). Thanks for your polite comment. I actually have read the opposite somewhere in the MoS, that the user should *not* have to go to another page to get a basic definition of a generally unknown term. I will dig it up if you wish, but it was a question I had sought out overtly, as it was something that bothered me. When I am reading a Wikipedia article, I like to be able to read the introduction (at least) and get a basic idea of what is going on without clicking back and forth.

I have found many articles in which an uncommon term is not defined, so I link, and that term includes in its definition an uncommon term, so I link, and so on, indefinitely, and the first topic is never really is clear!! (I can dig up plenty of those examples, if you would like!) This is commonly true of fairly technical topics, but also not infrequent on basic ones. Having my PhD in sociology, I am not sure how a general reader would make any use of these articles. Thus, I believe the definition of any technical term critical to the understanding of the topic should be on the page, and the link of course as well for further understanding, and/or additional information.

My "thing" in editing Wikipedia is clarity, and ease of reading, particularly in introductions. However if this issue has been the subject of a new consensus, I will of course bow to the will of the majority. I imagine this has probably been discussed at least once, somewhere. Do you have any references, or is this a personal/generally observed belief? It does seem logical given the nature of Wikipedia, but I have found it is just not always practical. Thoughts? Peacedance (talk) 15:00, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your comprehensive reply. Perhaps the best guidelines on this subject are to be found at WP:Make technical articles understandable.

On the subject of the current lead in Stress-strain analysis there appear to be two separate issues: firstly, whether it is desirable to define or explain the terms "stress" and "strain" in the lead (as opposed to merely blue linking); and secondly, whether the text that forms the first sentence in the article Stress (mechanics) is a suitable definition or explanation of these terms for readers new to the subject. I'm comfortable with the idea that if I want explanation of something that is blue linked I must click on the blue link and divert to another page.

• Firstly, Wikipedia makes extensive use of blue linking to articles. Readers can choose to divert to the linked page, or they can choose to ignore the blue link and continue reading as though the blue link wasn't there. Readers who don't feel comfortable with a new term might be a little annoyed that they have to divert to another page to find an explanation when they would prefer to see the term explained without having to divert, but readers who are comfortable with the term would be glad that they can read on without having to navigate through a sea of peripheral explanations.
• Secondly, I think any reader who is not comfortable with the term "stress" will find the following expression most unhelpful: In continuum mechanics, stress is a physical quantity ... Readers who aren't comfortable with the word "stress" are unlikely to be comfortable with the expressions "continuum mechanics" and "physical quantity". If the word "stress" is to be clarified in the lead of Stress-strain analysis for readers who aren't comfortable with it, I think something like Stress is the force applied to a component, divided by the cross-sectional area of the component would be more appropriate for such readers.

I also think the article Stress (mechanics) could do with some fine-tuning in the lead because its opening sentence does not provide clarity for readers who are trying to put one foot on the bottom rung of the ladder to understanding the concept of stress.

You have alluded to strings of articles in which it is necessary to divert to another article, and then another, and then another without getting an understanding of the first. (I would be interested to see an example of such a string of articles.) If your proposed method of dealing with this problem is to work in this situation, how much peripheral explanation would be required in the first article? (rhetorical question.)

I will be interested to read what you think of all this. Dolphin (t) 06:34, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Dolphin (t), apologies for not getting back to you sooner.

I don't diagree with you on the points about the definition being overly complex.  I was mentally "done" with WP that day, so I just popped that in from the linked article so some kind of definition was there.  So, edit away if you wish, I certainly won't be offended. 

I also found the source of our conflict, two different instructions on two different pages on the MOS. From your page about making technical articles clear:

For highly specialised topics where it is difficult to give an overview in terms with which a general audience will be familiar, it may be reasonable to assume some background knowledge in the lead, while linking to the prerequisites required to understand it.

And, from the Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section:

Where uncommon terms are essential, they should be placed in context, linked and briefly defined.

I don't think that by providing *brief* definitions, it will hinder those looking for a more technical explanation.  It is very easy to jump down to the more complex stuff. I just would rather be able to get an idea of it all at once, rather than having to go back and forth all the time. And I think this is stressed in several places where it says the introduction should stand alone. I don't think that one has to provide more than one level of definition, as long as it is essentially clear. I haven't had time to find some examples yet, but I will try to do that shortly. (But I do remember that sometimes the mathematicians and the linguists make me crazy!)

How do you feel about this compromise? Peacedance (talk) 22:21, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

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I'm not opposed to most of what went in, tho it's a bit contentious, because even longtime rodders don't know for sure. The bigger issue is masquerading behind a source that doesn't support the claims, which does nobody any favors, including you. I do know there's a lot of uncited stuff, especially in the language; most of that is common usage among rodders, but I haven't had a chance to go through my back issues & find mentions that could serve as cites. Other things keep getting in the way. TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 21:42, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

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Hi Peacedance, I reverted your edit to Brevet because it does not follow the guidelines for a disambiguation page. According to WP:DABDIC, a "short description of the common general meaning of a word can be appropriate". Otherwise the definitions are covered by wiktionary. Also, since disambiguation pages are navigation aides, not articles, they do not include references. Readers can refer to the linked articles for sources. Leschnei (talk) 18:22, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Actually, the additional entries that you added to the page were excellent, so I self-reverted my undo. I have removed the lengthy lead section and fixed the format per MOS:DAB. Leschnei (talk) 18:34, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Hello Leschnei, I sort of realized that I wasn't supposed to put in references after the fact. But I have a question. I thought I had seen another page like this, which is *categorized* as disambiguation, but not *named* disambiguation, because it covers topics the way I did. Do you know if there is a difference between the two? If I get a chance I will look for this. I also appreciate you realizing that I did some real work on the descriptions; the previous ones were incorrect. I occasionally get reversions where I have done careful, time consuming work, and someone reverts it for some tiny little reason, which I don't appreciate. IMO there is so much work to be done on Wp that reverting should be done with care, which you did. Thanks. Peacedance (talk) 02:29, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for your kind words - I agree that it is frustrating when people revert without taking into account the work that has gone into an edit.

The reason that some disambiguation pages end in '(disambiguation)' and some don't has to do with wp:primary topic. If there is a clear primary topic, like George Washington, then the disambiguation page will end with '(disambiguation)' (as in George Washington (disambiguation)). If there is no clear primary topic, then the disambiguation page will be at the base name (as in Mercury). There is a lot of discussion about whether all disambiguation pages should just have '(disambiguation)' and be done with it; much of that discussion goes right over my head, so I can't give you detail. If you are interested in learning more about how disambiguation pages are supposed to be formatted, have a look at MOS:DAB. And ask more questions. The folks who have answered by questions at Wikipedia talk:Disambiguation are very helpful. Leschnei (talk) 03:08, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

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IPK made of cast iron?

Would you care to explain your edit that misrepresents the International Prototype of the Kilogram as being made of cast iron? Note also that there was the Kilogramme des Archives that preceded it. —Quondum 12:01, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

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Citation error: Fraser 2008

Hello. With this 26 April 2019 edit you added a citation {{sfn|Fraser|2008|p=261}} which is still causing an error on the Emily Brontë article: Fraser 2008, p. 261. sfn error: no target: CITEREFFraser2008. There is a 1988 Fraser book in Emily Brontë#Sources but no 2008 book. If that was a typo can you fix it, or if not please add the 2008 book to the source list. Thanks, wbm1058 (talk) 19:21, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Fixed, thanks. Peacedance (talk) 18:38, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

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