SandyJax

Snapring

A {{prod}} template has been added to the article Snapring, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice explains why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you endorse deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please tag it with {{db-author}}. DMacks 01:55, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm the author, and I don't think it should stay. I've left talk on both Snapring and Circlip, because they appear to be the same thing. Circlip certainly appears to be a good short description of snaprings, so it's probably best to leave it, but add something to reflect that USA-ians refer to this type of object by a different name than Commonwealth-ians. When that happens, then a simple redirect so that "Snapring" goes to the "Circlip" page would be best. There's no reason to have both pages. It's just that my editing skills aren't (yet) up to the task I want done. -SandyJax 02:27, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

I set a redirect Snapring→Circlip per your request. We've long had a redirect Snap ring→Circlip, so it's reasonable to have this alternate spacing available. DMacks 02:28, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, that was fast! I just checked; clicking Snapring on the "Jesus Clip" (another place that needs help) sent me straight to the Circlip page, as I originally wanted. Now, how do we establish geographic coverage for the two terms? _I_ know that it's a US/commonwealth divide, but I certainly can't prove it, and I've been wrong before. Actually, all I really know is that "The US uses 'Snapring' and all the web articles referring to 'Circlip' seem to be written by British or Australians." And, after the divide is figure out, how do we say it? -SandyJax 02:36, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

We can note that the first record of the word circlip is in a 1903 publication by the Lanchester Motor Company [1], and in the same year Scientific American was the first to publish the word pair "snap rings" [2] (Source: Oxford English Dictionary online, sadly behind a login.) Oddly Fiat, in 1970, decide to use both variants in the same publication. Bravo! Snap ring is also a term given to a karabiner, according to the OED, so we might want to think about whether that redirect is appropriate, and consider a disambiguation page instead. --Tagishsimon (talk) 00:29, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Watchlist question

I posted a late reply to your Watchlist question on the Help desk. I'm notifying you on your talk page in case you are no longer monitoring your question's entry on the Help desk. This is just a courtesy notification; if the discussion on this topic needs to continue, we should continue it on the Help desk. --Teratornis (talk) 06:58, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

In addition, you can filter your watchlist by namespace, so if you wanted to look at all recent changes on user pages, or portal talk pages, you can do so. The filter is just above the top entry on the watchlist. I think Teratornis has cracked the problem of why I was confused and why you were finding a particular problem! Bencherlite^Talk 11:15, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the updates. I shifted to a different position at my job, and now am too busy to goof off at WP so much... In fact, I'm only logged on here now because I need help, and WP is the place to go.

Articles for deletion nomination of Jesus clip

I have nominated Jesus clip, an article that 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/Jesus clip. 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.

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