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December 2012

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MrOllie (talk) 17:39, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Teahouse talkback: you've got messages!

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Hello, Jim Derby. Your question has been answered at the Teahouse Q&A board. Feel free to reply there!
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by NtheP (talk) 15:07, 8 December 2012 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template.[reply]
I have added a reply at the Teahosue. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:41, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation

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Thank you for your recent submission to Articles for Creation. Your article submission has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer. You are welcome to edit the submission to address the issues raised, and resubmit once you feel they have been resolved.
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 14:17, 11 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Possible Projects

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Hi Jim, I've read that you are interested about articles related to wood structure or wood works. Try to visit Wikipedia:WikiProject Woodworking and I think this will help you--Wakowako (talk) 05:50, 14 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Wakowako. Jim Derby (talk) 00:37, 16 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]




Your Guild Article

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I think that your article is pretty solid now and should pass through with flying colors. If for any reason it does not, let me know. I will be happy to create the article for you, there is no reason that is shouldn't go through now. It's well written and the sourcing is real solid. --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 02:29, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You may also want me to create the article for you if you are affiliated with the guild in any way, as I am a neutral 3rd party. --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 02:38, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]


Your submission at Articles for creation

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Timber Framers Guild, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as Stub-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you are more than welcome to continue submitting work to Articles for Creation.

Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!

Mike (talk) 15:47, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi Jim, just a heads-up on some of the arcana of wikilink syntax.

MediaWiki (the wiki engine behind WP) forces all page names to have their initial letter capitalised. Because this is then implicit, links don't have to specify it. So linking to an article like Bressummer from within the middle of a sentence works just as well with [[bressummer]] as it does with [[Bressummer]] and rather more simply than [[Bressummer|bressummer]].

It's also possible to decorate wikilinks by using suffixes, e.g. [[jetty]]ing gives jettying, without needing the pipe form.

Hope these save you some typing. Andy Dingley (talk) 22:56, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a million Andy. I had noticed simpler links that still worked but I had not looked to see an easier way. :) Jim Derby (talk) 23:14, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

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The Excellent New Editor's Barnstar
Thanks for your efforts on timber framing. It's a great start on bringing woodworking topics up to scratch. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:32, 31 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]


Personal User Award: the Oak Leaf and Acorn Hex Sign
The stylized leaves of the white oak in their fall colors on this Pennsylvania Dutch hex sign are a symbol of strength; acorns denote youth and great prospects. This award is given as a courtesy for edits that strengthen and reinvigorate a Wikipage, even if they may not qualify for a particular Barnstar. I second the previous conferral of the excellent new editor barnstar for your work on timber framing, and confer in addition a Personal User Award for your willingness to keep at it and improve it. ElijahBosley (talk ☞) 23:30, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello and welcome to the WikiProject Architecture - here's the bulletin - if you don't like it just delete it from your talk page, otherwise, it automatically updates. Please give me or one of the other project members a shout if you need any help. Kind regards ELEKHHT 07:47, 19 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Octagon house

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Interesting to see your edit recently. I've only see the third edition of Fowler's book, can you tell me what stacked board construction involves? I'm not sure about the Masswall heading, it's not a term in normal use. ProfDEH (talk) 17:38, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi ProfDEH. You are correct that masswall is not a widely used term. I am still learning how to write an encyclopedia and I am finding that sometimes technical terms which sum things up in one or two words may not be the best choice unless they are already widely known. You or I can gladly change the heading to something like "Wall construction". Mass wall seems to be the more common spelling as I search online. Part of the Oxford English Dictionary definition gives the sense of mass as "...A body of coherent and (really or apparently) ponderous matter of relatively large bulk...". The term is used in construction for stone, brick, horizontal log, horizontal board and plank walls, in other words, walls which are stacked up without voids. I was not able to find a dictionary definition of mass wall but I think it is a relatively common term in the construction industry. [1] Here is a reliable source which uses the term. Fowler simply called the "stacked board wall" a "board wall". He has probably provided the best description of this type of historic carpentry of any written source going on from page 41 to 52 about these walls. The first edition of A Home for All is here: [2]. Eventually I intend on writing articles for board wall and some other types of carpentry currently absent from Wikipedia. The only Wikipedia example I can refer you to now is the article Wildfell which has images of stacked plank construction (I recently edited this article to use the term stacked plank wall). Thanks for contacting me. I have made some edits supported with references only to have them promptly deleted instead of discussed so I appreciate your civility. Jim Derby (talk) 20:37, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome, let me know if I can help in any way!

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