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Swedish House Mafia

Hi, I didn't delete Swedish House Mafia because it's actually a real article that somebody replaced with one line of text. It's often wise to check the history of an article before nominating it for deletion (although an administrator should also check before deleting). It's not a problem, just giving you a heads up :) James086^Talk 14:50, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

• woops! I was sure it was a new page with a single edit there. Retired electrician (talk) 10:15, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

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Compact Cassette - Cassette Tape

Hi, I requested renaming the article back to Compact Cassette. Please, vote when the voting opens. Thanks! Mikus (talk) 17:56, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Just as a comment, you've !voted for support, but haven't bolded your entry, so it's hard to pick out amongst all the comments. Might be worth changing that next time you're passing the article, for clarity? Chaheel Riens (talk) 06:18, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Nakamichi Dragon

The references to Stark 1984 and Keywood 1987 were ambiguous, so I added 1984a/b and 1987a/b to distinguish them. However, I don't know to which of a/b which you meant to refer, so if you could update the article that would be great. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 20:07, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

• Done. Could you please help with this Q? Is there a template in en: that can wrap more than one journal issue inside one citejournal/sfn? Retired electrician (talk) 23:44, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

I cleaned up and fixed the citations as far as author names and years go (I think at least), but do review my changes. If you want multiple short citations inside one ref, you can try something like <ref>{{harvnb|Duncan|1989a|p=82}}; {{harvnb|Duncan|1989b|p=60}}</ref>. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 23:51, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

Also User:Retired_electrician/x2 is missing Robertson 1985. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 23:59, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

Blackmer gain cell

There's an ambiguous reference to Duncan 1989 in there. It's missing the a/b part of it. If you install User:Svick/HarvErrors.js (instructions), you'll be notified of these errors in the future. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 17:54, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

GOCE Requests

Hi Retired electrician; I'm a coordinator at the Guild of Copy Editors (GOCE). I noticed you added three requests to our copy-edit requests page (REQ). To ensure all requests have a fair chance of being processed within an acceptable period, our current limit is two requests per editor at any one time. I also noticed the request I removed contained two requests; we don't allow these "super-requests" at REQ. Please feel free to re-add your requests (pasted below) once the ones already on the REQ page have been processed. Thanks for your understanding. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 19:05, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

CC-BY-SA: Text below removed from GOCE Requests page here:

Blackmer gain cell and Blackmer RMS detector

Two closely related subjects. Copyeditor needed, ideally with solid-state electronics background. Retired electrician (talk) 18:40, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Baffle☿gab 19:05, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Nakamichi Dragon

Hi Retired electrician; thanks for your corrections noted on the talk page, which I've just read. Good luck with your GA nomination; It's an interesting article and I think it should pass GA review easily. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 01:26, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Revox B215

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Revox B215

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• Thanks for help! I'm AFC for the next few days, and will review the revised text in detail later (Aug 12 the earliest). Retired electrician (talk) 21:34, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

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• As you say, your mechanical excellence ;) Retired electrician (talk) 18:07, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

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Austin Cornelius Dunham

I created this article about a person that was very involved with electricity. It might be of interest to you. Take a look. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:09, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

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I was looking at recently uploaded images on Commons, and saw your name on some of them. It made me remember that article you wrote -- which was very good. I'd be glad to help review or copyedit another, if you've got one. jp×g 02:03, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

• @JPxG: Could you take a look at Alexey Shchusev? Needs copyedit and perhaps trimming excesses. Retired electrician (talk) 18:17, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

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