User talk:Dainful

Highway Code

Hi Dainful,

Please join in the discussion at Talk:Highway Code#Foreign language links to express your views on the structure of the article Highway Code. Martinvl (talk) 10:27, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Martinvl, thank you for the invite.Dainful (talk) 18:43, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

3RR rule

Hi Dainful,

Please take time to read WP:3RR. Martinvl (talk) 21:50, 11 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

George Walton (Royal Navy officer)

Hi Dainful,

I have undone your changes to the article George Walton (Royal Navy officer). In order to keep things consistent, Wikipeida has a housew style which is documente din WP:MOS. Please follow that house style otherwise you will get yourself into lots of trouble. I havbe tried to be gentle with you and to show you how things are done in WIkipedia, but you do not seem to be taking any notice. Please try to cooperate. I will be checking through your other changes. Martinvl (talk) 21:55, 11 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that useful reference. To save me time, which paragraph do you think I contravened in my edit to the George Walton (Royal Navy officer) article? Dainful (talk) 22:13, 11 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Those that I reverted. When identifying British towns, it is not usual to write "United Kingdom" unless the twon is small in comparison with anothe rtown with teh same name (such as Washington, County Durham). Also, there is no need to prefix th eRoyal Navy with the qualifier "British" - everybody in the English-speaking world knows that the Royal Navy is British. I have likewise reverted changes that you made to an article about a Canadian museum. The original author had carefully written "Canadian" before the University name to avoid having a three-layer geographical description. Martinvl (talk) 22:23, 11 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

So which exact paragraph of WP:MOS do you think I contravened in my edit to the George Walton (Royal Navy officer) article? Dainful (talk) 22:25, 11 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

First visit WP:MOS and find WP:MOS#Geographical items. (Everything to do with house style links back to WP:MOS). There you will see "See also: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names)". Click onto that link and find the section on the United Kingdom (or use the fast link WP:UKPLACE). AS regards the Royal Navy, please read the Royal Navy article. Martinvl (talk) 22:33, 11 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not saying you are wrong, but can you quote the sentence in WP:MOS that you think prohibits the clarification of the use in the body text of an article of an ambiguous or obscure place name by the addition of the applicable country name. Dainful (talk) 22:58, 11 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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