User talk:Mutt Lunker/Archive 5
Strand/The StrandThat individual is so anti-'The' its incredible. This argument has been going on for a very long time. Did you see my last comment in the Strand discussion? Diamondblade2008 (talk) 19:55, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
Well I am a bus driver and my bus route goes through the Strand, and virtually all the time I get asked 'Do you go through the Strand?' but on rare occasions I do get asked 'Do you go through Strand?' or 'Do you go to Strand?'. So from that I can deduce that its only a select few that don't say 'The Strand' in light of what you posted on the discussion page. Anyway thank you for your reply on my section about finally agreeing to the consensus I proposed. Diamondblade2008 (talk) 05:01, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
When you said that this article was "essay-like", I think you missed this -
If it's "essay-like", you can blame Edward Dwelly, because most of this article was written by him.--MacRusgail (talk) 16:44, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
Nomination of Topple the Tyrants for deletionA discussion is taking place as to whether the article Topple the Tyrants is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted. The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Topple the Tyrants until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article.. MatthewVanitas (talk) 17:57, 11 March 2011 (UTC) KirkInteresting quote at the beginning of your user page, very witty. Other thing : I did not no that the word kirk was still in use as a proper name. I am quite surprised. In Normandy, the word only exists as a place-name element, but with another spelling crique (with metathesis) in Anglo-Scandinavian place-names like Criquebeuf (spelled in ancient time Kriqueboth, Crikebof), Criquetot (criketoth, Kriquetot), Yvecrique "Yvo's church", parallel to Buglise "Boia's church", with Anglo-Saxon anthroponym Boia. Best regards. Nortmannus (talk) 00:09, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
Yoani SanchezAn editor has questioned some of the text on the Yoani Sanchez article here. Although I think I did look at translations for at least some of those sources when I did some copy editing on the article I don't remember the sources well at all. I could do an online translation but the syntax can be awkward. You seem to be able to read/understand Spanish. Would you like to take a look at the sources in Spanish to see if they support the wording in the text. If not no worries. I plan to look at a online translation too, but would definitely defer to someone who can actually read Spanish.(olive (talk) 21:52, 24 March 2011 (UTC))
Hi. I've moved the {{Scottish English}} tag to the Talk page, which is where it is supposed to go. And you're right about "girdle" - sorry for getting that wrong in my bit of copy editing. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 22:36, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
DebateThanks so much for your invaluable input on the Yoani Sanchez article! As for the Debate of the Intellectuals, do we know what was the event actually called? Surely there are other sources for it. If I'm understanding my Spanish correctly (which is highly debatable.. :) it appears that even Castro referred to it in his "Address to intellectuals". We shouldn't just take just one source and cast doubt on the name or purpose of an event. Dreadstar ☥ 20:47, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
New messageHello, Mutt Lunker. You have new messages at Ykraps's talk page.
Message added --Ykraps (talk) 10:15, 16 April 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Nomination of Talk:Dunfermline and West Fife Demographics for deletionA discussion is taking place as to whether the article Talk:Dunfermline and West Fife Demographics is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted. The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Talk:Dunfermline and West Fife Demographics until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Mutt Lunker (talk) 09:36, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
Please add AFD template to actual article, NOT the Talk pagePlease remove the template from the Talk page, as this has mucked up the entire nomination. The template is always added to the actual article itself. Cheers. Mais oui! (talk) 10:06, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks both. I'd realised my boob the second I clicked "submit" but couldn't rectify it because of the connection problems. I couldn't even tell if the helpme had gone through. Again thanks. Mutt Lunker (talk) 10:55, 28 June 2011 (UTC) copyediting on Kirkcaldythanks a lot for your copyediting. last night, i spend a lot longer doing my edit than i anticipated whilst collecting all the refs. on the Historic Scotland website anyway, do you think i should add info on how the burgh developed; the annual Adam Smith lecture and the recent purchase of the Old Kirk by the Old Kirk Trust. i'm in consideration about the latter one. Kilnburn (talk) 15:46, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
yep, i was actually thinking that any major edits would get in the way. that is the last thing i would want to end up with. what i do know about the Adam Smith Lecture is it held in the St Bryce Kirk by an important figure in the world of business or economics and has been running since 1973 (250th anniversary of his death). also while i remember, there is interest in setting up a heritage centre dedicated to Smith, following this year's lecture. the other issue is that just last week, the Old Kirk Trust, supported by a £75 million donation from John Sim, the son of a long-serving former minister, managed to purchase the Old Kirk. the trust are interested at looking at other uses for the building such as a possible heritage centre; use as a music school and concerts and community use for groups in the town. Kilnburn (talk) 20:57, 1 August 2011 (UTC) just to let you know, i'm going to submit the article as a copy edit candidate. thanks for the help, much appreciated once again. Kilnburn (talk) 23:27, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
NedsHi Mutt, Thanks for adding an improved definition of Neds to the British slang article. The sources I had didn't appear to differentiate much between the two. Regards--Ykraps (talk) 09:55, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
messed up citation
I added some material to an article but appear to have messed up the citation as the formatting displays the test incompletely or incorrectly, the links don't work and I've evidently gone about including a quote incorrectly. It's not as if I haven't done this before; maybe I'm too tired to be editing today. Any ideas where I've boobed or who can help me work it out? Mutt Lunker (talk) 18:30, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
BBC AlbaI just wanted to say good job on keeping the BBC Alba page clear of vandalism. You may want to be careful though as the last few reverts from the same user with the sentence about wasting money does not really constitute vandalism. The sentence could well be true. It would be more appropriate to revert it and state that it is unsourced POV and uses weasel words. Nevertheless, thank you for your hard work! JoshuaJohnLee talk softly, please 17:28, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
Kirkcaldyme again. checked the info about the thin drift on the geography section and i know that would have come from the source, Kirkcaldy Local Plan, planning issues booklet from 1980. i don't own this, but did look at this in the library, prior to submitting the info on the article at the time. i can remember though that the source did not indicate the term, thin drift but did mention basalt fragments. i was wanting to use my own words. what about the other sentence in question concerning its clarification, the one that talks about relatively low-lying ground near Invertiel and to the east of Boreland. would it be better to remove the two sentences? while i'm here, do you know how to create a full picture made up of a collage of four or five smaller pictures for an infobox? (like what they have on Glasgow and Glenrothes) this is something i think would be good for the article and the current picture looks very similar to the one on the geography section, but only smaller. Kilnburn (talk) 14:45, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
right i have found out that the info actually came from the Royal Burgh of Kirkcaldy: Development Plan from 1954 and not from Kirkcaldy Local Plan, Planning Issues Booklet from 1980. the sentence relatively low-lying ground to the south-west near the neighbourhood of Invertiel and to the east of Boreland should read relatively-flat ground to the south-west beyond Invertiel and to the east of Boreland. the other sentence an area to the south-west of the town, south of Raith Estate and Invertiel is practially impossible to build houses upon because of the thin drift and the existance of basalt fragments should read something like an area to the south-west of the town, south of Raith Estate and Invertiel makes house building extremely difficult because it is full of balsalt fragments. i hope that helps you out. Kilnburn (talk) 19:38, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
i'm glad though that the two sentences have been removed. while i'm here, i'm just wondering where a good place would be to fit in info about the pottery industry in Linktown, Sinclairtown and Gallatown and if i should add a religion section to the article (considering there is some info on the Old Kirk, there is nothing on St Brycedale's Church) i'm planning to add some info of the church to landmarks, but will that be enough? Kirkcaldy certainly does have it's fair share of churches! Kilnburn (talk) 15:51, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
hello again. other than the work i have to do for the economy section (pottery, linoleum, MGT), are there any areas that still need to be addressed on the article? i could reinstate info on the annual temperatures of the town. looked at a couple of sources. best one is from The Met Office, but it is for Edinburgh. is it good enough? also what about Adam Smith? should i mention in the famous people section that he was baptised in The Old Kirk in 1723 and whom wrote the book Wealth of Nations at 220 High Street? also i want to keep this brief, but i did take a picture of the slope leading down to the Beveridge Park Pond a while back and would like to upload it, if you are happy enough for the collage. Kilnburn (talk) 17:24, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
right i've uploaded this picture. before i even think about putting it in the collage, i'm going to add it to your main page so you can have a look at it and see if it any good. i am also going to add info on Ebenzer Brown's time as minister of St Brycedale (father of Gordon Brown) to the article in the landmarks section. Kilnburn (talk) 07:16, 27 September 2011 (UTC) I've moved it to here. It's good. Pond, not lake, though. Mutt Lunker (talk) 12:17, 27 September 2011 (UTC) got you're message and i have now sorted out the edits. about the famous book written by Smith at the house, the source Historic Scotland said along the lines of that Smith wrote the book at the site of his mother's house at 220 High Street. i was wanting to make reference to the fact he wrote a book at a house at 220 High Street which no longer exists. thanks for that, though. will get the info on the annual temperances of the town done. when that is completed, will there be any other edits that i need to sort on the article, before i consider putting the article forward for FA. what do you think? p.s. i am going to upload pictures of the Merchant's House and Old Kirk Tower to your talk page. Kilnburn (talk) 13:24, 29 September 2011 (UTC) PicturesThanks for your comments. I'm keen to resolve the issue. The last thing I want is an edit war or to feel like i'm competing for "who has the best pictures". Mcwesty (talk) 21:50, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Mutt, ive posted a few "collage" examples for Kirkcaldy on my userpage using images provided by Kilnburn. I would welcome your thoughts on them as a neutral 3rd party. If im honest I dont think the images do Kirkcaldy justice. Any suggestions on images to use would also be very welcome. Thanks, Mcwesty (talk) 10:41, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
Don't worry about offending me, I welcome constructive criticism. I think your point on the Beveridge Park pond image is valid. It could be a pond anywhere? I think there's a need to find a picture that better defines the pond as being in Kirkcaldy. I agree with your points on the esplanade and Auld Kirk images. Hopefully we can find better ones soon. In the meantime im going to upload the collection of pics on the Kirkcaldy article. Cheers, Mcwesty (talk) 11:06, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
right i have uploaded two pictures above, one of the Old Kirk Tower and the other, Merchant's House. i would like to add the pictures of the Old Kirk Tower, Merchant's House and the Bevvie Park to the collage, but what do you and mcwesty think? are these pictures good enough for the collage? Kilnburn (talk) 14:38, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
just to let you know, mutt i have sent an e-mail to you. Kilnburn (talk) 17:35, 30 September 2011 (UTC) Copyright problem on Iyengar YogaHi Mutt Thanks I am researching that youtube link to a Iyengar video. If it had legal permission would you think that link would be useful for the page ? If this is a nuisance just let me know. I have been practicing Iyengar yoga but somehow took 2 years off and seeing that video re-ignited my interest in yoga again. I did find it for sale thru this website: http://www.yogaware.com/video.html Cheers, Art art@rain.org — Preceding unsigned comment added by Artnyoga (talk • contribs) 04:37, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
NationalityThanks for sending me that link - I was looking for the guidelines earlier. What I had been doing was reverting edits by the User Poshseagull who had been changing many articles from British to English, without any explanation. It seems one user going round changing masses of articles to English is wrong. The other part to this, was they were changing to English, but then keeping the link to United Kingdom, which as far as I can see is bound to cause further confusion. My take on the subject is that the info box nationality section should say British (as per passport) however the prose should take whatever form the subject regards themselves as. Uvghifds (talk) 20:35, 27 November 2011 (UTC) bone structure can actually indicate a lot but perhaps it's not that important! Thanks --Cormag100 (talk) 13:10, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
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