User talk:Brocky44

Hello Brocky. If you can edit my talk page, you are not blocked. Are you perhaps using AOL? Can't sleep, clown will eat me 08:51, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

After my first day on Wiki, whenever I hit edit a message came up saying i was blocked by you. Am not using AOL. Brocky

If it happens again, please let me know, including your IP address and block description. Thanks, Can't sleep, clown will eat me 09:07, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This IP address requires that you be logged in to edit. Log in, and you'll be fine. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 09:23, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Can't Sleep. One more Question. Wiki says to be bold and anyone can edit. I changed one word on the battle of Amiens to make my valid info fit and someone deleted my edit. Why? Do they think that it is their ball and no one else can play with it?

Hah, I have no idea. You'll have to ask that editor or leave a comment on the respective talk page. ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 09:36, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

World War One

Hi Brocky44, Thanks for flagging the fact re the Austrians. I'm pretty sure that Battles of the Isonzo speaks to the subject, but I'm not happy that that (and subordinate) articles are properly sourced out. It looks as if they were translated mostly from :de:, but there's no link back to the translation. If you'd be willing to piece it together, it'd be a big help. LeadSongDog 02:37, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello LeadSongDog. I don’t understand what you mean by “translated mostly from :de:,”

If you look at the bottom of the left hand column of every Wikipedia page you will find a box showing interwiki linked articles in other languages. These are refered to in shorthand by the two-letter ISO code for the language. :de: refers to Deutsch (German), :it: for Italian, :sl: for Slovenian etc. Looking at the history of the Deutsch article, it starts earlier than the other-language articles listed. Comparing the earliest :en: article (then called Battle of the Isonzo) -note no plural, no redirect, to the :de: version of the same date we see the German language wikipedia was ahead of the others in developing this article.

Yesterday I added a number of likely sources to the External links section of these :en: articles, but each major fact needs to be chased out with specific cites. LeadSongDog 15:03, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks LeadSD for the explanation, much appreciated.