User talk:Grinner/Archive02

Being the second archive of discussions at User talk:Grinner.

Hi

Thanks for your message. I'm still learnin' how to work this wikithingy :-). An Teallach was my first Munroe. User:Gillean666.

Sorry! Didn't mean to delete table formatting on In Pinn article . User:Gillean666

Image tags

Hi, fellow hillwalking enthusiast. Sorry, but I really don't have a clue what all these image tags mean. And besides, if I find an image on Google Images, doesn't that mean it's public domain anyway? At any rate it should be - there's nothing to stop people using them for their own uses.

Nice Helvellyn range box, btw. --Mark J 06:18, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Ta...

No worries. Thanks for tidying up the messy new pages that I am leaving. :) (User_talk:Danmiles)

Mountain infobox

Hello, I changed Template:Infobox british hills double to make it consistent with template:Mtnbox_start, which is used for a great deal for mountains and hills, the majority of which gives the elevation in feet first. In my view, similar information should be presented consistently. 80.255 12:57, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Uk hill stub category

I've decided it's time for a separate category. I have created Category:UK hill and mountain stubs and Template:UK-hill-stub, can you tell the other Brit hill enthusiasts and help fill it if you want, thanks. If the category's wrong or doesnt work, sorry it's the 1st time i've done this. --Mark J 20:59, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

• OK fine, the category name needs changing tho. Done 4 already :-) --Mark J 21:12, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

Please do not use this. It directly contravenes the Stub sorting guidelines, as it cuts across the existing stub hierarchy - as explained to Mark J when it was proposed. It's taken us a hell of a lot of extra work to move back all the stubs that were incorrectly taken from their former categories and put in here, and - thankfully - the new stub type is up for deletion. Grutness...wha? 07:40, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

Pronunciation

I know this is probably impossible, but would it be possible to add a 'Pronunciation' row in the Welsh + Scottish hills infoboxes? I for one have no idea how to pronounce Liathach, Beinn Eighe, Cnicht or a lot of others and I'm sure there are lots of people who don't. This wikipedia is supposed to provide information on hills; shouldn't we tell them how to say them as well? Probably imposs though... --Mark J 16:59, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

• I may get lynched for this, but I've gone and done it with Snowdon. If you feel like doing any more boxes like this, copy the template used in Snowdon (assuming it's still there). If you're having trouble with the IPA symbols, this is how you can write them;

Type &#, then the number, then a semicolon.

(snipped to User:Grinner/Pronunciation)

• Sorry if I made it unclear. No, there isn't a list - I manually found out what all the symbols were off the various IPA pages and made a list that's nothing more than the data above. You can see how it works by editing the pages I already changed, and substituting the numbers for the codes relating to a sound made by the human mouth. That's how I did it anyway. --Mark J 12:51, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
• Do you know of the site [1]? It has links to the pronunciation of every single Munro!

Category:British Hills by Height

Do I get bragging right to the Template:Category:British Hills by Height? It seems to be working out nicely. :-) (Any more suggestions?) I have also added a more "universal" Category:Mountains by Elevation (km), which includes a 27km high Olympus Mons that basically went off scale! -- ¢ NevilleDNZ 15:53, 29 August 2005 (UTC) ¢

Additional command about the "C." prefix on my talk page. ¢ NevilleDNZ 11:52, 2 September 2005 (UTC) ¢

The is a discussion going on about the sorted categories @ Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2005 September_1#Category:Mountains by Elevation (km) and its subcategories. Call me vain, but...

• Your experience and input would be appreciated.

¢ NevilleDNZ 12:32, 2 September 2005 (UTC) ¢

My two-ha'pence has been added. Grinner 12:56, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

I just finished apologising to User:Stemonitis.

I just invited the participant from a cited discussion to join in. Frankly the recorded vote for Category:Books by title was delete, so I probably did a stupid thing by inviting the wolf into the house.

As I said to User:Stemonitis: For the record the British Hills pages are really very great. I only wish I was in the UK and could walk a few such trails.

As a concellation prize, give me a month and I can offer a bot to create these much loved "manual lists by elevation".

Sorry for the trouble caused: ¢ NevilleDNZ 11:32, 6 September 2005 (UTC) ¢

Here is the text of the msg posted to the others:

Category: British Hills by Height and Category:Mountains by_Elevation (km)

I am posting this to all the particants of the Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Category:Books by title discussion and debate. (Where the categories were voted for deletion).

This earlier discussion has been cited as an example as to why the category Category:Mountains by Elevation (km) (and sub cats) should be deleted.

Could you please take a look at the following CFD and vote. Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2005 September 1#Category:Mountains by Elevation (km) and its subcategories

A complication could be that Category: British Hills by Height seems be to liked by the actual British Hills content contributors. By contrast the category Category:Mountains by_Elevation (km) is not liked by User:RedWolf who seems to be a major Mountain page contributor.

Special note: the Ocean trenches by depth categories were added after the all of the people had voted. But frankly these have no real contributors and would probably get deleted if another vote was taken. You should specifically mention these to ensure there is no confusion in future.

ThanX ¢ NevilleDNZ 11:02, 6 September 2005 (UTC) ¢

=I found a way to index height in the range 0 to 20

So we can now easily do heights beyond Ben Nevis of 1344 meters. Check out how tall you are:

• ⒑/1000
• ⒒/1100
• ⒓/1200
• ⒔/1300 Ben Nevis
• ⒕/1400
• ⒖/1500
• ⒗/1600
• ⒘/1700
• ⒙/1800
• ⒚/1900
• ⒛/2000

You may want to remove the 13 entry in the index before I get into trouble.

¢ NevilleDNZ 13:34, 8 September 2005 (UTC) ¢

Northumberland-geo-stub

I reverted your change to the stub picture, putting back the coat of arms. It just seems in keeping with the rest of the county stubs, Dorset and Yorkshire etc. Cornwall uses a flag, so I'm not so sure, but I think it'd be better to place something in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK geography before making a change like that. - Hahnchen 03:21, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

No bother, it's not important. Grinner 08:41, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Category:Australasian rugby league not renamed

I thought 3 against 1 was pretty good, unless i miss interpretured your vote. Could you just mark your vote clearly yes or no on the discussion page in the designated area. I'll get the admmin who took care of the category to come have a look. POds 15:03, 4 September 2005 (UTC).

Oh I certainly meant to vote for the move. Grinner 09:15, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

The admin said it seemed fairly wishy washy :) which is understandable, there was a fair bit of conversation there. The raindear (or whatever his/her name was) admin didnt help by puting her/his two bob in. Thanx for the vote again, I've given the admin a yahoo and i'd say expect a rename in the next 24 hours POds 09:58, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

Beinn Eighe

Hiya! I hate to be pedantic but I'm afraid that the main pic is not Ruadh-stac Mor, it's Sgurr an Fhir Duibhe and the Black Carls viewed from the east ridge of Sgurr Ban. I don't have a pic of the main summit and I'm a bit wary about messing with infoboxes so I'll leave it to your discretion. RegardsGillean666 18:51, 9 September 2005 (UTC)