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References

Hi RupertIt. Thanks for your contributions to the encyclopedia. One minor point to note: when adding a reference, you don't need to include the word "See:" - it's implicit in the fact that it's a reference that people should go and "see" it. Keep up the good work! Regards. DH85868993 (talk) 01:40, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Multiple edits

Hi RupertIt. Thanks again for your valuable contributions to Wikipedia. A little editing hint for you: rather than making multiple successive small edits to an article, it's preferable to copy the contents of the article to a "sandbox" page, make all your edits there (saving as often as you like, so you don't lose anything), and then copy the finished text back into the "live" article; this avoids clogging the article history with multiple small edits. You can create your own sandbox page by clicking on this link: User:RupertIt/Sandbox. Drop me a line at my talk page if you need any help or further information. Regards. DH85868993 (talk) 14:23, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi again RupertIt. Can you please use a sandbox rather than making multiple successive small edits to an article? It really does clog up the article history and places extra load on the servers. As before, drop me a line at my talk page if you need any help or further information. Regards. DH85868993 (talk) 03:19, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks for your efforts to get the British land speed record decently sourced, and with more encyclopedic content. When I first stumbled upon that article last September, it was really a mess. Good on 'ya! N2e (talk) 23:40, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

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Sherwood Egbert

Hi, I welcome your meticulous contributions to some of the Studebaker-related articles which interest me. I wonder if you can tell me the significance of your edit which adds "close=1" to a reflist template. I couldn't find it in the MoS. Also, are you acting on a particular policy about use of the section-heads 'References' vs 'Footnotes'? Cheers, Bjenks (talk) 04:02, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

I'm just using code found elsewhere on Wikipedia. No, I am not acting on a particular policy. I am providing Footnotes so that is what I call them. There is confusion in Wikipedia between Footnotes and References. I don't normally do References. I am disappointed that User:DavidWBrooks knocked out the link to the Avanti at the beginning of the Studebaker article. Arguably the first modern American car - fibreglass four-seater, disc-brakes, seatbelts, rollbar, supercharger etc. Why are factory closing dates more significant than the cars they made in them? Also the unsupported statement: "Over the next 50 years, the company established an enviable reputation for quality and reliability" is just filler. Rupertlt (talk) 13:07, 14 February 2011 (UTC) Further thoughts - are we ending up with a mixture of Footnotes and References and do they need separating in some way? Rupertlt (talk) 13:29, 14 February 2011 (UTC) More: I like to use that Footnote code as it uses a small font - on some of my work the Footnotes nearly take up more space than the articles - see Brighton Speed Trials or Firle Hill Climb. Rupertlt (talk) 14:28, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, see what you mean. Brighton Speed Trials has three separate lots of "Footnotes" using three different formats. I personally prefer one reflist for a single article, and have usually followed the convention described in Inserting a reference which instructs on "the footnotes approach" and says "This section goes toward the bottom of the page, below the "See also" section and above the "External links" section, and is usually titled "References". One is, of course at liberty to ignore this guideline but I myself would never do so when editing an existing article which has been shaped and accepted by other previous editors. (at least, not without first making some enquiries, say, by discussion at the Village pump. Incidentally, I agree with excluding a single model (Avanti) from the intro. Avanti is fully covered in the article. That model is but one of quite a few ground-breaking designs produced by Studebaker, from its early electric models to, eg, the Starlight body style. Clearly, the intro section is not the place for such specifics. As for the "unsupported" nature of Studebaker's quality and reliability, I could fill several pages with such citations--and will in fact provide at least one for the record. Cheers, Bjenks (talk) 02:54, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Actually Brighton Speed Trials has only two different formats - the three columns were added by somebody else. I decided to add footnotes at the end of each table otherwise it would be difficult to follow. I'm no expert on layout. If you think I've erred please edit. I'm in the process of migrating to wikispaces where I can't upset anyone. [1] Rupertlt (talk) 13:13, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Mildred Bruce move

Hi, Rupertlt. I have been adding to the Mildred Bruce page, that you have hitherto done much work on. I intend to move it boldly to "The Hon Mrs Victor Bruce", because that is by far the most common nomenclature I've found. You are welcome to comment, before I do it. MTIA. PeterWD (talk) 21:16, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

This seems sensible. Trying to research the name Mildred Bruce would prove rather fruitless. It may not be politically correct but adjusting history to suit modern tastes is daft. --Rupertlt (talk) 21:24, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your rapid response - I'll press ahead now. Never done it before, hopefully will be a successful and useful experience. PeterWD (talk) 22:40, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

To my surprise it succeeded, after I noticed the redirect had history of the reverse move. PeterWD (talk) 23:13, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

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technical point

R, tiny matter: talk page discussions are easier to follow if you use indenting to keep discussions aligned. You haven't seemed to do it anywhere I've seen you post, so I thought I'd point it out. --Ludwigs2 21:07, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Not sure what this means? --Rupertlt (talk) 22:03, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

ok, for example typing this:

editor X says something
:editor Y responds
::editor X responds to that
:::editor Z reponds
editor Y starts a different idea
:editor Z responds to that

renders as

editor X says something

editor Y responds

editor X responds to that

editor Z reponds

editor Y starts a different idea

editor Z responds to that

Notice how the colons get used to indent the statements so that it's clear who is saying what and who is responding to whom. it's not hard-and-fast, but as a general guideline it helps a lot in reading the page. People will get by if you don't do it, but in long, complex discussions it's a godsend. --Ludwigs2 22:53, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Talk:European Hill Climb Championship

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