User talk:H005/Archives/2006

Disambiguation

Hi, you're currently running a bot changing all links to America into America (disambiguation); I can't see any sense in doing so, as the latter is merely a redirect to the former. Could you please explain your reasons? Or is it just an oversight? Cheers, H005 09:07, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

First of all, it is not correct. I am not changing all links; only (a few) selected links based on my human review of the context of each article. (About 80-90% of all "America" links get changed to United States, not to America (disambiguation).) Second, there is a reason. In principle, no page at all should link to America because it is a disambiguation page. See Wikipedia:Disambiguation. However, a few articles refer to "America" in respect to word usage rather than as a place or thing; these articles therefore do necessarily link to the disambiguation page. The use of the (disambiguation) redirect is a signal to other editors that this link is intentional and is an exception to the general rule not to link to disambig pages. There is more information on WikiProject Disambiguation. --Russ Blau (talk) 12:18, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Ah, ok, I see. It was coincidence that those links I saw being changed were all of the intentioanl kind. It makes sense now that you explained it, thanks! -- H005 13:05, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

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I cant. The author insists the attribution to him to be re-distributed with the image while the NoRightsReserved tag allows redistribute with no attribution.--Nixer 12:53, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

House of Angostura

You added "Today, angostura bitters are also produced by various other vendors, some of which add the bark of the angostura tree (cusparia febrifuga)." I was curious what your source for this is. As far as I know (and as far as Angostura's publicity always says) the recipe is a closely guarded trade secret (other than that it does not contain Angostura bark). If, in fact, they license production to other vendors, I am surprised that they would allow them to change the recipe. Do you have a source for this? Guettarda 20:49, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, for example Riemerschmid, see here, and I used to see another brand a wee while ago somehwere, but don't remember the name. I don't think it is a licensed production by the way, they're competitors. -- H005 20:54, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Very curious - it's a trademarked name. Is there a "Riemerschmid Coca Cola" as well ;) Guettarda 05:14, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, I suspect the fact that they add angostura bark allows them to use the word "angostura" in its name - and possibly that is the only reason for adding that bark ... Honi soit qui mal y pense ;-) -- H005 07:10, 13 June 2006 (UTC)