User talk:Shem1805
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[edit] Daring edits
Hi there, whilst your edits to Daring may be accurate, they need to be backed up by verifiable, reliable sources. Otherwise it can be seen as original research. From what I can see at the moment it falls under the Original research bracket. If you need any help putting in the citations or formatting anything, don't hesitate to ask. Thanks and welcome. Woodym555 (talk) 19:24, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Many thanks
For your kind words! I wouldn't quite say I have that level of wisdom, but I do my best. Can I also thank you for creating these articles, we could certainly use more contributors like you to fill in the gaps. If you have any thing else you want help with, feel free to ask. Kind regards, Benea (talk) 13:18, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Welcome to WikiProject Ships
  Please see the navigation sidebar on our main project page for information about our project guidelines, resources, and pending tasks. You can post any questions at the project talk page. Thank you for joining - we look forward to working with you! Maralia (talk) 14:36, 24 January 2008 (UTC) |
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[edit] Colledge
Sorry, I haven't got one, and neither does my library surprisingly. I am asking around, I am sure someone has one. Woody (talk) 15:08, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
- Benea is the person to ask in future it would seem. ;) They have fixed HMS Blanche for you. Woody (talk) 17:19, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] HMS Black Joke
Hi Shem, I've given it a quick copyedit and a few minor tweaks but there was very little I could find to improve. Another excellently written and comprehensive article! As to the categorisation, I popped it in Royal Navy ships, because at the moment we don't seem to have one for barques, which as far as I can tell is what she is? We could create that as a subcategory of the parent category though...I might do that at some point. In the meantime, keep up the very good work! Best wishes, Benea (talk) 19:37, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
- Ah I see...the plot thickens. Hmmm you're right that it may be a good idea to have a generic 'unrated' page. Or perhaps when we have a few more of the 'tender' variety we could have a category for that. I think we might want to hang fire on that and see how things develop. As for linking the dates, the reason is rather an odd one, but it turns out our American cousins would use, for example, February 11, whereas commonwealth English would render the same date as 11 February. The compromise is to link the date, i.e. 11 February. You can then set a preference (in the 'my preferences') tab how you want it to be rendered. For me 11 February renders as 11 February, but for an American who has set his preferences accordingly, that exact same link would read February 11. It took me a while to work out what was going on, but that's basically the reason why we do that. pip pip! Benea (talk) 23:59, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Sir Richard Strachan
Thanks! I couldn't believe we didn't already have one, he was certainly a remarkable figure, but cursed I suppose to be around in a time of many remarkable persons. Still, that's another gap filled! Only a few hundred thousand more to go! ttfn, Benea (talk) 18:11, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Tory Island
Thankyou very much. It'll be a while before the article is ready however, I've only just gathered the books together to source it and RL is becoming a bit hectic at the moment. When I put it out there, any help in tidying or organising it would be greatly appreciated.--Jackyd101 (talk) 00:55, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Categorisation
Hi there, just a little note about your recent addition of the category Category:Ships of the Royal Navy to a number of ship articles. This is unneccessary per Wikipedia:Categorization and Wikipedia:Categorization and subcategories where it states that we don't need to put the main root category on pages where the sub-category already exists. All these articles have Category:Royal Navy destroyers etc on them so really they don't need the main category. Did you have a specific reason for adding them? Thanks and regards. Woody (talk) 22:07, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
- Don't worry about it! I remember making the same mistake myself once, then I learnt about our gloriously intricate category system and as my talkpage will show you, I am still having issues with it! Hope things are good, regards. Woody (talk) 00:35, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Type 45 destroyer
Actually only 5 are building - one is undergoing sea trials, which is different. Please revert your change and add 1 to "completed". John Smith's (talk) 21:40, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
- That will do for now, I guess. John Smith's (talk) 21:09, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
