User talk:Quackedo
Editing at Dock (maritime)
[edit]Can you please provide some credible sources for the claim that the word dock, as you said, "does not mean the structure itself as often erroneously believed by many."?
Several dictionaries, both printed and web-based, define the word either as the enclosure of water between piers or the actual piers, structures where ships can moor, e.g. Merriam-Webster, Dictionary.com, and Oxford dictionary.
The difference between the enclosure and structure appears to be regional between the UK and US, as the article previously stated.
In the future, please provide some references for claims, and not just revert edits made by other editors. Anyone can claim to be an expert in a field, that is way conflicting material needs to be backed up by external sources, or establishing the editor as an expert by having their work published by external sources.
I'm going to revert the article to its previous form in the absence of references. A third override from the same user without establishing discussion with other editors can be constituted as edit warring, and can lead to an edit block.
We appreciate the input of experts, but I hope you will understand that a freely editable encyclopedia still needs rules for the addition and editing of material. Please turn to me if you have additional questions. —Nelg (talk) 16:49, 14 April 2015 (UTC)