User talk:Wkboonec

Hello there. Just getting my talk-page started.

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Hello

Welome, again! Yes, please ask me questions. To get the multilingual things on the side, you add[[es:Usuario:Wkboonec]] at the bottom of your userpage. I have a very limited proficiency with Spanish; I take Spanish 1b right now for school Spencer^T♦^C 11:59, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Spencer^T♦^C 20:24, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How to point to an article in the Spanish Wikipedia?

{{helpme}} in the article "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics#Swimming", I wish to place a reference to an article that is in the es.wikipedia (the one in Spanish). What should be the code for "*Eulalio Ríos"? I believe it is something like "*es.Eulalio Ríos" Thanks.--Wkboonec (talk) 16:00, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You could try something like this: [[:es:Eulalio Ríos|Eulalio Ríos]] which will give you Eulalio Ríos. --Kimon^talk 16:58, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tonāuhtēpeuh

Hace lógica lo que dices. En teoría, Mācuīltēpec está formada de "mācuīlli", "tēpetl" y "co", es decir, en los cinco cerros, pero dime, ¿es posible para una persona estar en cinco cerros a la vez? Claro que no. Ahora, podría tratarse de una ciudad en cinco cerros, pero el hecho de que se designe "Mācuīltēpec" te da la razón y a la vez no. Para que el nombre del cerro fuera "quinto cerro", debería ser "Mācuīltēpetl", que se forma en el ordinal "mācuīllo" (quinto) y "tēpetl", pero el nombre designa a un lugar en ése cerro, no designa al cerro, debido a la terminación "-c". Por tanto, el logo no es correcto y ahí tienes toda la razón. Un logo que se base en el quinto cerro correctamente debería representar algo en el quinto cerro. Ése sería el correcto. Y bueno, sobre el nombre, si obedecemos a la teoría quedaría perfecto como "Nāuhtēpetl".Fluence (talk) 00:59, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

PD. Otra cosa. Nāuhtēpetl también es aceptada como "cuatro cerros", pero es más común (y hasta cierto punto correcto) usar "nāhui tēpetl". Así queda "niquitta nāhui tēpeuh" -(yo los) veo cuatro cerros-, y "tiquimpiya nāuhtēpetl" -(tú lo) cuidas el cuarto cerro.--Fluence (talk) 01:05, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Es común que los términos se pierdan. En español pasa; como ejemplo, siella se convirtió en silla. Lo que se me hace extraño es que siendo la "i" en mācuīlli larga, haya desaparecido. Términos aún más modificados son "Coyoacán" (Cōyohuahcān, pron. Cooyowájkan), "Ecatepec" (Ehēcatēpec, pron. Ejeekatépec) o incluso "México" (Mēxihco, pron. Meeshíjko). Cualquier duda búscame.--Fluence (talk) 20:46, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of William K. Boone for deletion

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Filibustering at the AFD discussion is never a good idea. Try keeping it short and simple, not yammering on for two screens. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Otters want attention)} 02:55, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Also, harvest and use the materials in Bridger's comment. Your comments on the AFD discussion page were more pointed and effective than the presentation in your article. Consider doing a bit of re-writing, consolidating and perhaps shortening the family aspects of the presentation, and focusing on why he was noteworthy. Tkotc (talk) 00:29, 12 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Good advice, that. I would add only that getting outside eyes on the article is never a bad thing - and we have several processes for that. One is Peer Review, where you can ask for outside assistance in cleaning up the language of an article. With the added references from Phil Bridger, and some copyediting, you should be in good shape as far as this article is concerned. Good luck, UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 13:56, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The instructions are at the Peer Review page; you can also use the talk page to ask for more informal assistance. Hope it helps, UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 13:53, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

William K. Boone

I have replied to your comment on my talk page. Thanks. Acabashi (talk) 17:00, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again,

Thanks for replying on my talk page, and thanks for making some changes I mentioned on my talk page and in the deletion discussion. The article has been copyedited by an editor under the Wikipedia March copyedit drive. Out of courtesy to the editor I will not work on the article until the "drive" has finished. The article still needs further work and I'm sure we can make it a lot better in Wikipedia terms. I think the article will be safe until the end of March as it has been declined for deletion - in the meantime it would be helpful if you didn't add too much to it, except for citations where appropriate.

Until then, there are some things that you could research and make clear:

You say that WKB was a benefactor, but haven't said who his beneficiaries were. Did he give money to someone or something? Was he a :"philanthropist" who supported charities or worthy causes? Can he be reasonably described and shown as being other things, such as :"engineer" or "writer"? - these are only ideas - don't just say "yes" :)
I see that you say he was a President of Jalapa Chamber of Commerce, and the Junta de Obras Materiales de Jalapa, but it would be good to show that he did something special and important at the time, above what he was expected to do in those positions.
You indicate he was unstrumental in the siting and construction of Jalapa Stadium and other projects, but what was his actual contribution/position/job?
You say that he studied "electricity", but this is not a usual description of a course - was it something like "Electrical Engineering"? Do you know the actual name of course he studied on, and if he graduated with a qualification? At the time WKB was studying, the place was called the Case School of Applied Science.
You say that WKB was supervisor of operations at various "electrical operations" and mines. Was this his official title? What was the "supervisor" expected to do?
He and the family collected an archive of photographs and documents - are these held in a research institution anywhere that we can cite, such as a university, state or local archive? If they aren't, they should be - a personal point of view there :)
In the Notes, you cite editorials in El Dictámen, Veracruz and El Eco Xalapeño for his involvement in projects. As these are in Spanish, can you translate the relevent bits that support this so they can be added into the notes, especially if there is mention of his importance?
I seem to remember you saying that WKB's photographs and documents are to be part of a book. If there is a release date and a publisher we might be able to add it - however, if it is self-published by the family, this might be more tricky.

I can't think of anything else at the moment, but I'm sure there will be more questions.

I see you were at Princeton in the early 1960s; I remember Princeton in the late 1970s. Did you ever meet Oppenheimer? Here's a bit of trivia for you, told to me by an old friend Anthony Grafton - old the sense that I haven't seen him or his family for years; but are facebook friends - Oppenheimer and Einstein loved driving around together, even though Einstein was quite incapable of driving. Negotiating their way around Princeton in their usual fashion they were pulled-over by the police, a common occurrence, and Oppenheimer was asked for his name; he replied: "J. R. Oppenheimer", no doubt in imperious tone. The incredulous officer said: "Oh yeah - and I suppose that's Einstein sitting next to you".

Best wishes, Acabashi (talk) 19:17, 19 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

ps - your recent large jpeg additions to the page as cites do not help. Please try to slow down a little - it will get there in the end. Acabashi (talk) 20:16, 19 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Quixote

Hi, it's not a matter of skepticism but a matter of source reliability. As it happens in es.wiki, that information shouldn't remain because it's not accepted by scholars and only represents the point of view of one person. Moreover your suggestion to check that text seems to be a suggestion to carry out an original research wich is not permited in wikipedia. To be honest, I consider your addition pointless. Regards.Wikiléptico (talk) 10:26, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm sorry about that. I have now corrected it. Cheers,Wkboonec (talk) 16:45, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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biggest sub vid

The video you added to USS Pennsylvania (SSBN-735)... wouldn't it be better on the Ohio-class submarine page? While the video features Pennsylvania, the moniker "largest sub in the US Navy" is really directed at the entire class. - ^theWOLFchild 20:26, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thanks for the suggestion. Actually, I would prefer to have the Chonday video reference in both articles. Feel free to remove either one, if you wish. --Wkboonec (talk) 23:41, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

HMS Lancaster

Here's a GA-rated article on one of Lancaster's sister ships that you can use as a model to incorporate all of the voyage material you added: HMS Essex (1901).--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:49, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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