Writtenright

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Edit summaries

Hi; I just wanted to turn your attention to Wikipedia:Edit summary. You don't have to waste time listing change details in the edit summary; if you only fix spelling and grammar (as you seem to do mostly), it's OK to put just an abbreviation like sp or fmt. Every page has a history, so the ones who want to go into details can see the exact changes there. Regards & keep up on good work. Duja 15:40, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

• You're indeed doing good, valuable work - an example is your recent spelling and grammar corrections to the Finland article, which is on my watchlist. To save energy, and channel your efforts to the real work, you really don't have to make such extensive edit summaries, also, you can do all the changes you want in one edit, and mark it "spellling & grammar" or "copyedit". In this way, you can fix ten articles in the time you now do one! This is not criticism, just a friendly suggestion. Warm greetings from cold Finland, --Janke | Talk 08:18, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  • In addition, using "Preview" button far more than "Save" button will save your time as well as other editors' time while reviewing your changes. Duja 19:53, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
    • Edit summaries do not need the four tildes for your signature, that's for article or user talk pages. G Clark | Talk 03:00, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Edits on usertalk pages

On the one hand, I would like to thank you for your copyedits [1] on my usertalk page. "Soem" and "suspecious" were simple misspellings that the authors obviously didn't intend.

On the other hand, I think some of your other edits [2] [3] were less beneficial. I always respect others' word choice on my talk page, even though I could easily alter their text to suit my tastes. In fact, this extends to the point that I won't even change spelling erros, as you saw. I'd like you to extend the same courtesy, and I've reverted the "english-ifying" and "who/whom" edits (I'd be glad to explain my reasoning behind keeping "who" as an object pronoun). I'm sure you had the best of intentions; thanks for the copyedit work. - Draeco 19:48, 31 March 2006 (UTC) __________________________________________________

Monsieur ou Madame,

Je ne sais écrire en Anglais, je suis italienne, si vous voulez mon adresse, je puis vous la donner et puis témigner de ce que j'ai vu.. le 18 septembre 1982 à Loano Italie et avec d'autres personnes je jure d'avoir assisée au sacre épiscopal de Mgr Roux et de Mgr Boni, à la chapelle qu'ils avait à Loano. D'ailleur Mgr Thuc était à la Pensione Millone de la Via Aurelia à Loano, vous pouvez demander à la questura de Savona puisque il y avait un régistre des personnes vivant à l'hotel. (j'étais femme de ménage dans cette pension). Louise Littieri.

Longfellow

As far as can see you have restored all the text from the Longfellow article. The fastest way to restore text is to click on the 'History' tab, then select the version you want to restore (the one just before the vandal came in) by clicking 'last'. This will bring in the original non vandalized text. Select the 'edit this page' tab, write a comment in the 'Edit summary' like "revert vandalism" and click 'save page' and you are done. If you noticed furhter vandalism from this user, let me know and I will report him to an administrator (he has already been warned twice). Happy editing! ArthurWeasley 18:19, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Personal attacks

[4]: Yes, this person was annoying. But a personal attack is still not in order. And an unsigned personal comment? My mom always told me that if you are going to pick a fight, don't go hiding. By the way, also, do keep in mind that an IP address might not be used only by one person, so your remark may be read by someone who is, say, an inmate in the same penal institution, and appear to be directed at the wrong person. (Despite the tone of that last, I am serious about suggesting that you refrain from personal attacks, especially unsigned ones on IP pages. Even when sorely tempted.) - Jmabel | Talk 03:48, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Ah, you never know what temperament that fellow-inmate newbie might have. While I agree that the person to whom you are addressing the remark will know that it is addressed to him (I'm sure it's a "him"), the problem is more that the total newbie who might use the same IP address may not work out that the remark is not addressed to him (or her). Also, I wouldn't presume that people, especially those without accounts, really understand how to use the "history" tab. - Jmabel | Talk 04:31, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

1907

[copied]
As a token of appreciation for your criticism, I have "cleaned up" the article "1907 Romanian peasants' revolt". I cannot speak for the facts contained therein; I'm really a style and grammar man. I hope it's okay with you.Writtenright 06:22, 29 December 2006 (UTC)Writtenright
[end copied]

More than OK. I don't doubt it needed it. That's one that I haven't touched since April, and you are probably the first native English speaker to give it a going over in 8 months. Judging by the contributors, I'd pretty much vouch for the facts just on who wrote it. - Jmabel | Talk 06:27, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

No Good Deed...

I recently installed a WikiMedia wiki on my own server and kind of got the idea of how this works. I was viewing the Taxonomy page and found that it had an error. Someone had made a linke like this:

SOMEPAGETITLE|PrettyTitle]]

So I thought to myself, "Hey, self, that's not right. Cool, I know how to fix it." So I did. I put in two left braces. Now I'm a vandal and kinda pissed that I'm supposedly a vandal. You can see for yourself what changes I've made at Special:Contributions/68.254.154.126 (If that link will work (or just find contributions from 68.254.154.126 yourself))

If would be nice to know of exactly what kind of vandalism I'm accused of btw.

Long story short, I saw a simple bug, fixed it, and now I'm a vandal.

What crap!

Dan —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.254.154.126 (talk) 05:40, 26 January 2007 (UTC).

Raghavan N. Iyer

I responded on my talk page. Basically: think of it as a long stub. It's not as if anyone will mistake it for a completed article. - Jmabel | Talk 06:07, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Nowak

Heya, only want to let you know... the verb was meant to convey two meanings at once and since you weren't familiar with the article, I glark you naturally shifted it to the conditional. Thanks for your contributions! Gwen Gale 00:25, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

wikistalking

You appear to be wikistalking me. That's a violation of Wikipedia policy. Please stop now. Thank you. Gwen Gale 05:43, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Please do not act irresponsibly

I did not add any lineagewarzone link to the Lineage (Buddhism) article. The link was added earlier by an unknown user from the IP address 72.197.197.204. The only edit I made to the article was this minor edit. Please investigate properly before throwing around any accusations next time. Jagged 85 03:20, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Please take care in technical articles

Dear Commander: The "history" page of the article "History of evolutionary thought" records that on 25 February 2007 you edited the sentence "The preformed parts expanded and rearranged themselves to grow into an adult, and so Bonnet was called a 'preformationist'" to read "The performed parts expanded and rearranged themselves to grow into an adult, and so Bonnet was called a 'preformationist'".

This "improvement" in spelling had to be reversed by GRBerry on 28 February 2007. You seem to be very good at taking criticism (which is refreshing!), so I gently offer this: when "fixing" technical articles, take great care: there are many terms used which are quite unknown to even fairly well-educated language users. "Preformed" is one such term. Thank you for your good attitude. Writtenright 00:45, 10 April 2007 (UTC)Writtenright

Hi Writtenright, thanks for the tip. As it turns out, I've run across the (correct) use of 'preformed' a number of times on Wikipedia. Usually it's used when discussing moulds used in metallurgy, glasswork, plastics and so on. I guess in this particular case I must not have been paying as much attention as I should have been, and inadvertently approved the change. I've made a note of it so it won't recur.

Thanks for the compliment; the way I look at it is that in the interests of speed, I don't worry about being 100% perfect with either the rules I add to my bot, or how thoroughly I check the edits they make. I try to be fairly careful, but I do make the occasional mistake that probably wouldn't happen with a slower, more measured approach. In order to make this an acceptable compromise, I think the very least I can do is to encourage criticism/feedback from other Wikipedians and respond to it as best I can. Cheers, CmdrObot 22:23, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

"Correction" to French 2007 election article

Your "correction" to the name of an image file broke the connection. I don't know whether this was a bot or a handmade "correction," but in either case it took a while to clean up. Image:French presidential elections 2007 Paris Place dItalie 12 candidates.jpg is the name of the image, regardless of how the Place d'Italie is properly spelled. --Orange Mike 18:03, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

BlueEarth

Please assume good faith when dealing with other editors, which you did not on User:BlueEarth. Thank you. (Diff) Sandstein 06:03, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Putting talks on BlueEarth user page

Please don't put your talks on my BlueEarth user page, only put talks on my user talk page; Thank you! BlueEarth 18:30, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Improvements in Switzerland-related articles

Thanks for your copyediting of the articles I started. I appreciate it. Sandstein 04:47, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Kylix

Thanks for your note. I often think that many of the customs of the Greeks could be regarded as educational and spiritual practices. The symposium would be an interesting one to explore as a vehicle for mental training. Its performance, especially in light of its inclusion of a psychoactive substance simultaneous with the execution of demanding mental and physical tasks, reminds me of ceremonies such as the peyote ritual of the Native American Church or the ayahuasca rituals of the UDV and other groups. And what en excellent method for developing public speaking skills! Haiduc 01:01, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Subtley

You changed this to "subtly" - this may be a US/UK difference, and it was a UK english article, although a look at a google books search suggests plenty of academic US writers also use it. Johnbod 23:03, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

No problem! Johnbod 22:25, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Karnataka

Hi, can you please go through entire Karnataka article and fix mistakes as you just did to the lead. Good job I must say. Gnanapiti 05:02, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, the job you just did to Kannada language rather. Can you also fix mistakes in above mentioned article please. The reason I'm asking is Karnataka is under peer review now and will be under FAC soon.Gnanapiti 05:06, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi there! Fantastic job on copyediting Karnataka article. Much appreciated! Thank you so much!! - KNM ^Talk 03:10, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

A big thanks from me too. You've done a fantastic job. Do you teach English grammar by any chance? Can I contact you regarding some other articles in the future, if you don't mind? Gnanapiti 04:54, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Bangalore and Mysore

Oh, thanks a lot! I don't think there will be any corrections to make, that too from me, after your edits. Now, I understand from where you derive patience to copy edit and correct huge articles; you teach English to non-native speakers! I know how hard it is. Again, thanks for your big support in making articles neat and readable. I'll be bothering you a lot :) Gnanapiti 13:53, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Hello Sir. I see that you have been making very useful copy edit contributions to Kannada/Karnataka related articles. Thank you for your efforts. The articles you have touched so far look better then ever.Dineshkannambadi 18:29, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Sure, I will keep your offer in mind. Thanks.Dineshkannambadi 21:30, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Karnataka

Hi there, thanks for your effort in making this article better, Karnataka is a featured article now. I know how hard it is to copy edit articles about which we have limited knowledge, but you have done a great job and I request same co-operation while working with the next article in the line to make it featured. :-) Gnanapiti 22:13, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Near versus nearly

In the "Charles Manson" article, you've changed "near-blind" to "nearly-blind" on the ground that an adjective is modified by an adverb. If you will check dictionary.com and bartleby.com, you will see that "near" is an adverb and that "near dead" and "near-standing" are given as examples of use of it. PS What you will not find at dictionary.com or bartleby.com is "irresistable," which is how you've spelled it on your User page.John B of Philadelphia 07:42, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Lone versus only

Dear Writtenright -- I'm interested in the change you made from "lone" to "only" at "Paul Watkins (Manson Family)." In context, "lone" seems to me to have a shade of meaning that "only" does not -- but maybe I simply have a faulty sense of the meaning of "lone." Do you have a favored resource on the distinction that prompted the change? I'd like to take a look at it. John Bonaccorsi. (You are free to address me as John.)John B of Philadelphia 23:17, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words in your message of August 15. Your effort, too, is valued.John B of Philadelphia 03:20, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for Packer tip

Thanks for your kind wiki-spirited tip about Toni Packer's privatised page on wiki. I guess it's live and learn – to sometimes preserve the streams and leafs of effort by putting it to better use. Is the chihuahua putting the page in danger of being just a promo, then? Not that I would act on it because it's the little dogs that scare me. Julia Rossi 04:24, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Indeed! Good luck to you.Julia Rossi 06:29, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

hi- Need your help

Hi. I remembered that you had done a really good job copy editing some articles such as Karnataka, which became a FA. I am currently working on Kingdom of Mysore and should be done adding all the relevant sections in a few weeks after which I would like to request your help with cpedits. In the mean time, I have written two important subarticles called Musicians of Mysore Kingdom and Mysore Kingdom literature. Please let me know if you have time to cpedit these two articles.Dineshkannambadi 18:48, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. Take your time. It will take me atleast 2weeks to get the Mysore Kingdom in order. Feel free to ask me questions if you are unsure what the matter intends to convey.Dineshkannambadi 02:41, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the copy edit. It should be Kings of Travancore... with each place having a different king. I have corrected that line. The book says English "note". I suppose the author means a "composition". I am not very familiar with western musical terminology actualiy but I have made the correction.Dineshkannambadi 11:56, 3 October 2007 (UTC) Dinesh

For your efforts in cleaning up Mysore related articles

		The Copyeditor's Barnstar
		Great work on Mysore related articles. You deserve this one. :)Dineshkannambadi 13:53, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

By the end of this week, I will complete the remaining section (called "administration") in the article Kingdom of Mysore, which I plan to move to Peer review by oct 10th, before FAC review. Fell free to jump in and copy edit whenever you are free, even during the peer review and FAC review. The article you just copy edited (musicians) is an important subarticle for the above mentioned article. A few weeks later, we (the Karnataka work group) plan to move Mysore also to peer review. I would like to request your involvement there too. So, there will be two articles to push towards FA - Kingdom of Mysore and Mysore.thanks.Dineshkannambadi 17:20, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi. Kingdom of Mysore is in Peer review. I am currently trying to make the article more concise with clever edits that convey the original meaning while taking up lesser space. Please feel free to continue to improve the prose.ThanksDineshkannambadi 13:12, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Please see the "automated advice" that the Peer review has given me on what it expects from this article. There are no surprises as I have seen this several times in the past. (Please go to talk page of this article and at the top where I had requested for Peer review, click into "request").

Basically, The auto review wants me to remove weasel words like "many", "in all" etc, redundant words, use British spellings instead of American spellings. I will also have to create subarticles for some sections like "religion", "society" to make the article concise. So let me create a few subarticles before you start prose editing, so you dont have to repeat your work. I will do it tonight. thanks a lot for your support.Dineshkannambadi 19:43, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

I have created a subarticle for the Economy of Mysore Kingdom. I should be done trimming that section in the main article Kingdom of Mysore today. I will take two more sections (society, religion) over the next 2 days and do similarly. If you have time, please give these trimmed sections a final look before I move the article to FAC by Oct 18th.Dineshkannambadi 14:52, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

I have rewritten the "architecture" section with mostly book citations instead of web citations.Dineshkannambadi 03:36, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for all your effort in copy editing Kingdom of Mysore. Th article is in FAC now.Dineshkannambadi 23:13, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Alterating direct quotations

Please do not alter direct quotations, as you did here. We are allowed and expected to copyedit the prose of Wikipedia, but when it's someone else we are quoting, we are expected to record as faithfully as possible what they actually said. -- 192.250.34.161 12:52, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Wiccan rede

Hi. Thanks for the comment. What changes were you suggesting? Paul B 10:59, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

plagiarism

• You are mistaken as to what plagiarism is. A "true" original is irrelevant. You must have been a very honest student in your younger years - and you never passed off someone else's work as your own. According to you, if you cheat off your schoolmate and he's wrong, then you haven't cheated because there was "no true original." I remember quite the opposite experience as a student. There was a "dummy" in class who made some rediculas mistake, and several dummer students copied from him. The teacher recognized the cheating, which was plagiarism, because such a stupid mistake could not have occurred by chance.
• I suggest you read up on Philip Graves who discovered the plagiarism. The Protocols of Zion constitute, among other things, a plagiarization of Maurice Joly's work of fiction - so "truth" is irrelevant. Have you never heard of the 1864 work, Dialogue in Hell ...? Yours truly, --Ludvikus 06:35, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Chinese in the Russian Revolution

I appreciate your clarification. Thank you. I also noticed what you like to do at Wikipedia. The article above badly needs you language skills. It would be great if you made an appearance there. I have to go to sleep very soon. Cheers. --Ludvikus 07:21, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Dear WP Editor Writtenright,

Thanks should go to you no less than the rest of us, for we all, together, are educating the World. Best to you, and Cheers (the Wiki Greating)!

Yours truly, --Ludvikus 18:27, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

hi

Hi. I have been busy planning the next FAC "Western Chalukya Architecture", an unique architectural idiom that flourised in Karnataka between the 11th and 12th centuries. With this effort in mind, I travelled to the districts of central Karnataka (Dharwad, Gadag etc.) this summer and visited a dozen of their fabulous monuments. I will finish writing this article and uploading some of the images which I am sure you will enjoy, sometime around Nov 10th. I am looking forward to your copy edit skills to help me make this article a FA.thanks.Dineshkannambadi 23:54, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi. The architecture article is still not written. I will start writing around Nov 1st. However it pertains to Western Chalukya Empire which is already a FA. If you have time you may give it a very light cp edit to the first 2 paragraphs of the "history" section where I have added some info recently. The rest of the article has been cpedited several times and may not need more attention. thanks.Dineshkannambadi 23:20, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi. I have completed the article Western Chalukya Architecture for most part. If you are free, please go ahead with copy edits. if you need any technical clarification, dont hesitate to ask me. I will be rereading the material to make sure the intended meaning has not been changed by me. By the end of this exercise, I am sure there will be lots of changes to make the article easier to understand. I just need to add a table that will include their famous monuments that exist, location, time of construction etc. Enjoy the photographs!!.Dineshkannambadi 12:09, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks. I will add a paragraph or two and then go for PR.Dineshkannambadi 01:03, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi. I have moved this article to FAC. When you have time, please give it one more look. I added a couple of sections and this may need some cpedits. thanks.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 02:27, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for you cpedits. I just need to add a few citations and make a few edits per FAC reviewer. You may continue your cpedits in parallel though.thanksDineshkannambadi (talk) 00:31, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks again. Namaskara .Dineshkannambadi (talk) 02:13, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi again

Just a vote of thanks for your muuch earlier kindly tip – it prepared me for a string of blunders into territory stakes which I wasn't aware I was doing before. I think that was the lesson. If it was, I got it. Also kindness, civility and humor is very nice when found in the ocean that is wikipedia. Much appreciated, stay well. Best, Julia Rossi 08:25, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Need your help

Dear Writtenright,

I have seen the great work that you have done on history related articles on Mysore and would like your expertise on the Mysore article as well. The article is more or less complete as far as the information is concerned but I would like some experts to go through it once for copy-editing mistakes that might be present. If you have time, please review the article once and point-out/correct any copy editing errors that might be present. Thanks in advance -- ¿Amar៛^{Talk to me/My edits} 17:40, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

the current vogue for shying away from "men" in the sense of "persons" is a politically-motivated faux confusion foisted upon the English language by the feminists and their fellow-travellers; ha ha. This is an interesting trivia. :D P.S - I have nothing against feminists, just that the above observation seemed interesting. Thanks a lot for the copy edit. Gnanapiti 01:09, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Copyeditor's Barnstar
		For a very nice person and for the significant efforts in reviewing and copy-editing Mysore. You deserve this one -- ¿Amar៛Talk to me/My edits 12:14, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Mann vs Man

When referring to the Isle of Man or Calf of Man, the word is spelled with only one "n". However, when the word Mann alone is used to describe the island then the word has two "n"s. This is a relic of the Gaelic origins of the name which is Mannin (Mann) or Ellan Vannin (Isle of Man). At least it didn't become the Isle of Van. Dabbler (talk) 15:32, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

And now another editor has decided to make the whole point moot by changing Mann to Isle of Man!Dabbler (talk) 12:30, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Marcela Agoncillo

What do you mean by this: More tearing and re-sewing. Does it still fit?. I'm confused. --βritandβeyonce ^{(talk•contribs)} 05:57, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I got it. I only knew when I browsed through the history of the page and it seems you ripped it again. Yes, it still fit. Yours only was grammar fixing and no meanings were distorted. Well, thank you very much for the effort on revising my grammars. Hope you'll edit it again til' it reached GA. Thank you again. --βritandβeyonce ^{(talk•contribs)} 07:43, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Since you've been editing and it seems that you're well versed on this, could you pin point lines where there are POVs? --βritandβeyonce ^{(talk•contribs)} 08:14, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Hoysala architecture

Hi. Yesterday, this FA article that I was involved in, became a wiki main page article. Some readers complained that the article uses too many adjectives and weasel words. See its talk page section called "Quality of this article". You were not involved in this project a year back. Please find time to do a light copy edit as the article needs your touch. The main intention will be to weed out too many flamboyant words.thanks as always. Namaskara.Dineshkannambadi 18:34, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

The article has been edit protected per my request because the article was being vandalised on Dec 1st, when it was featured as main article. I will request an admin to unlock it for you.Dineshkannambadi 03:05, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your effort.Dineshkannambadi 19:19, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh! no. I am really happy with your copy edits. I just left a hurried message on your page as I was at work. I reinstated the Vishnu avatars para only because I though you may have deleted it by mistake or something. The reason I removed those other adjectives was more to ensure that the users who complained about those words dont return with more complaints, so we can move on to other articles. Adjectives or not, those who visit Hoysala monuments will see for themselves. Thanks immensely for your efforts.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 00:09, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

No problem. We at the Karnataka work group value your contributions.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 00:37, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

On this note, the current FAC Western Chalukya architecture which is low on adjectives, a reviewer has objected saying the sentences are too long, and at times confusing. So, I am currently reducing/chopping sentences to make it more acceptable.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 00:42, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Please see if any sentences can be simpified in Western Chalukya architecture. I am also doing the same. Just skim through, no need for detailed copyedits as we have done enough over the weeks, I feel.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 02:08, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi. No problem, take your time.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 03:26, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Why?

We lost a great copyeditor. I thought you'll stay. --βritandβeyonce ^{(talk•contribs)} 00:17, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to see your "retirement" message. Hope you come back, for the sake of wikipedia.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 03:03, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Glad you are back.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 21:32, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Yey! You're back. Ahm, I know it's a bit personal but would you like to hint us why you got discouraged? --βritandβeyonce ^{(talk•contribs)} 09:13, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Seasons Greetings and a Happy New Year to you.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 19:06, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi. How are you.

Have not heard from you for some time. If you are still around, please find time to grace the article Kannada literature with a thorough copy edit. Your touch is needed.I will be done editing the borrom section "Modern period" in about a week.thanks.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 12:55, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Nice to hear from you

It has been some time. Sorry to hear about your computer. Yes, there is plenty you can help me with. Kannada literature is in PR. user:Michael Devore did a good job with initial copy edits. Your views are also welcome in this article right now. Kannada literature in Vijayanagara empire is building up nicely now but give me two few weeks to round it off nicely before you dive in there.thanksDineshkannambadi (talk) 16:59, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Dont hesitate to do a rigorous copy edit. Thanks for coming back.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 20:44, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

One of the important things is to reduce my usage of flamboyant words, which will come under the scanner. Basically, play down adjectives and such.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 13:17, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm back

Nope! Amigo is how we call our friends (particularly male). Hehe. I thought you already left Wiki. I know you can't. Welcome back! --Efe (talk) 03:05, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Gdov Kremin

Thank you, comrade! The Motherland and the Party commend your effort! Óðinn (talk) 03:51, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Talk pages

Please do not correct typos, spelling errors, and grammar made by other editors on talk pages per WP:TPG#Others' comments. Please continue to correct the articles themselves. — Joe Kress (talk) 03:09, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Dear Teacher

Would you please check the grammar, etc., at Thai lunar calendar? Pawyilee (talk) 16:41, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Please note that I have changed Thai_lunar_calendar#New_year, mainly to move up the Monk's New Year and the accompanying illustration, which shows that AND a compensatory day off. Still to do: Mark which Principal lunar feasts are legal holidays; and a complete re-write of Vegetarian Festival, I'm playing with the latter in my sandbox. As for your sly reference to a Thai phrase: in Thai, that would be Mai b'lai, never mind; in Isan, Baw bpen yahng dawk, nothing happened (worth comment); or more coarsely, chung mung tuh! If playing at dice, "Throw 'em already!" Otherwise, equivalent to American, "So what!" Pawyilee (talk) 07:44, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your edits of Thai_lunar_calendar#Holidays_regulated_by_the_moon. You make the text read so much more smoothly that the only way I can see what you've done is to go to the history! I have further changed the intro to this section by removing unnecessary "( )", converting some text to bold, and by changing the words "instances" and "businesses" to "shops". I now propose to copy a somewhat revised version as an introduction to Public holidays in Thailand. See how that looks in my sandbox. Pawyilee (talk) 03:31, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

PS. You may leave comments on my sandbox projects on its Discussion page. The Talk page will stay the same even if a given project is History. Pawyilee (talk) 04:05, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

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Skyline

All I did was move it. Feel free to trim it so it looks less ad-like, or to AfD it. DS (talk) 19:11, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Unit dimensionality

Please do not add "square" to units, unless the units are actually two dimensional. For example, if the text is "12 x 12 feet", it is incorrect to change it to "12 x 12 square feet." It would be correct to say "144 square feet," but then information is lost, namely the dimensions of the subject. I've corrected the instances of this error on Campo_del_Cielo. Simply note that this is not a stylistic issue, but does affect the factual claims of the articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.170.62.95 (talk) 22:04, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Data/Datum, and subject - verb agreement

Hiya Writtenright, I just wanted to come here and start a discussion with you about data/datum and subject verb agreement. You're of course correct that data is primarily a plural noun, but it's also used as a singular mass noun in modern usage. See wikt:Data, Dictionary.com: Data, and our own Data even has a section specifically about this. Thanks for editing though, keep up the good work!
— V = IR (Talk • Contribs) 19:11, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

By the way, I've been unhappy with that sentence ever since I wrote it, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to say it better. I obviously don't think that using "Data" in it's plural sense is a good way to go, and I probably should state that I don't think that changing it to use "datum" would help much either, but if you could rephrase that sentence somehow then that would be great.
— V = IR (Talk • Contribs) 19:19, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Amo, amas, amat, alas!

Illiterati mass en masse:

They take the plain,

Surge through the pass,

Then batter down the gates of Rome,

Graffiti-spray Agrippa's dome,

Place powder-kegs in Parthenon,

Then cannonade it with aplomb.

The Humanists have toiled in vain:

The Mother Tongue is bit again.

Old Dr. Johnson's bankrupt heirs

Can point to "current usage" (theirs).

Writtenright (talk) 21:36, 14 February 2010 (UTC)Writtenright

Oh, you're one of those... Seriously though, picking "data" as a word to make a prescriptivist argument about really strikes me as "tilting at windmills". *shrug*
— V = IR (Talk • Contribs) 21:46, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

"Our data make a strong case that serious consideration should be given by health care systems to incorporating more intensive lifestyle interventions similar to those used in our study,..." Cardiology Today, v. 13, no. 12, p. 23. December 2010. Writtenright (talk) 20:38, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Heya Writtenright, I'm just browsing through some of my old conversations and I wanted to come back here and ask after you. I see that you haven't contributed since this discussion occurred, so I just wanted to see what might be going on. I hope all is well,
— V = IR (Talk • Contribs) 23:50, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

"Foreclosure wave looks as though it's crested: Data show fewer bad home loans" By Julie Schmidt, USA TODAY, June 3-5, 2011, page 1A Writtenright (talk) 21:25, 3 June 2011 (UTC)Writtenright

"The data that contained evidence of antimatter were gathered between July 2006 and December 2008." Wikipedia, Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics.Writtenright (talk) 01:42, 13 August 2011 (UTC)Writtenright

"The data show, compared to draftees, that distance likely made them feel comfortable demanding other people face death on the battlefield, knowing that they wouldn't face such a fate themselves...And as the data show, without such a possibility. people seem far less supportive of militarism." David Sirota, "Why people become chickenhawks", Salon.com, 6/21/2011. Writtenright (talk) 17:50, 29 August 2011 (UTC)Writtenright

"As the adjusted data produce phantom jobs and employment, the BLS should headline the raw unadjusted data." Paul Craig Roberts, The January Jobs Are Statistical Artifacts, http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/ Writtenright (talk) 20:42, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

"The phony data serve many interests, but not those of the American people." ibid. Writtenright (talk) 20:45, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

"The data are inconsistent with substantial influences from shared environment or non-additive genetic variation." drjamesthompson.blogspot.com/2015/05/gone-with-wind.html Writtenright (talk) 14:23, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

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Haha...

Every time I try to do a review, you are about five seconds ahead of me. I think I've mirrored your actions on about five reviews now and not a single one appears. =D Good work, chap. =) CycloneGU (talk) 01:26, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Hmm

I might need another reviewer's opinion here. I accepted a pending review to Transport, but now I'm wondering if it can be seen as promotion of a company within Wikipedia. Do you think the edit I accepted (and later refined) is not promotion, but actually a good enough example for the article?

This is the edit in question. It may be revised since the current version. CycloneGU (talk) 02:07, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Pythagorean theorem

As far as I can see, the edit that you undid here wasn't vandalism. It wasn't even wrong. — Carl (CBM · talk) 19:21, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Cisalpine republic

Hi Writtenright. I came back after a six month break and I found your request of January. Excuse me for this delayed answer. If you are still interested about the problem you asked me, the original Italian text of the Constitution can be seen here [5]. Goodbye!--Cusio (talk) 23:58, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Merry, merry

Bzuk (talk) 22:45, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Corn

You were right to add the reference to maize to popcorn. Small corrections: "corn" refers to any cereal, not just wheat. And scare quotes aren't appropriate.Isaac Rabinovitch (talk) 18:26, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

from afar

Writtenright! Good to catch your work here and on Amazon, where you recently reviewed a book. Though I don't understand the source of the intense personal vitriol that seems to be expressed there, and some of the facts aren't right (The author actually had published fifty or sixty stories, reviews, and articles in anthologies and in magazines like Asimov's, The Ohio Review, Mother Earth Review, Publishers Weekly, Tricycle, etc., since the little sonnet on the bottom of the Cheesy Eddie's box to which you refer) still it's cheering to hear a voice from the long ago work in which you and I were so deeply involved (under the tutelage of that other P.K.), and I hope that this finds you happy and well. Eliot Fintushel (talk) 05:36, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Mr. Fintushel came to my lair

To complain my review was not fair.

I maintain that his meal

Has no taste or appeal;

Spent my cent for no-calorie fare. Writtenright (talk) 02:39, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Yea, I ate of the plate not-so-hot:

But 'twas porridge best left in the pot.

Why print on plain paper

For such a vain caper?

'tis a Breakfast of Champions -- not! Writtenright (talk) 23:52, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

At least I have not "paid my dime"

And I'll not "take a chance" the next time.

One's digestion soon makes

All these Fintushel Flakes

Silent gas fit to pass through a mime. Writtenright (talk) 03:13, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

A mime hit his noggin too hard

And then dreamed he was deemed a great bard.

But, at last, he awoke

With his breakfast in smoke:

Yea, his Poe Taster Porridge all charred. Writtenright (talk) 23:41, 16 January 2013 (UTC)Writtenright

Samuel Stritch

Please see my discussion on that talk page. If I'm wrong, please point me to some relevant authority for proper usages - thanks. (In the meantime I've added a couple of my own, q.v.) Milkunderwood (talk) 01:13, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I wish I had been clear in my earlier post, above, that the "(In the meantime ...)" was added an hour later, after I had researched it, so you wouldn't think I was just being snotty about authorities and daring you to find something contradictory. Best, Milkunderwood (talk) 05:54, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

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Latin

Really no need to grovel, just keep trying to exercise ordinary care... AnonMoos (talk) 01:20, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Personal attack

Please refarin from personal atttacks, as you did here User talk:Joshua Jonathan#Namaste, Illiterate One!, and try to improve Wikipedia, instead of removing maintenance-tags. Thnak you. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 19:17, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

A wannabe pandit was vain;

Took umbrage when Hound did complain.

But his fans were appalled

When his caravan stalled

And Oxford didst never attain. Writtenright (talk) 14:26, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Spire

Despite your technical definition of spire at The Sower (disambiguation), "spire" still seems like the correct word at Nebraska State Capitol (both uses). Is there a way to improve it there? Hoof Hearted (talk) 17:02, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

Reply to Hubert Horatio Hornblower Hoof Hearted

"Spire" seems to imply acuteness. "The Sower" is not acute. This is why it would seem to be an inappropriate word choice here.Writtenright (talk) 19:41, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Sorry WR, I assumed you would follow the conversation on my talk page. Yes, I found a better word for the Nebraska State Capitol article: finial. diff link Hoof Hearted (talk) 19:49, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

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