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Hey Robert, how are you deciding that these redirects are unnecessary. Some of them look reasonable, such as [[Habitats]] going to [[Habitat]]. -[[User:D. Matt Innis|D. Matt Innis]] 13:19, 18 January 2008 (CST) | Hey Robert, how are you deciding that these redirects are unnecessary. Some of them look reasonable, such as [[Habitats]] going to [[Habitat]]. -[[User:D. Matt Innis|D. Matt Innis]] 13:19, 18 January 2008 (CST) | ||
:I'm not using any "hard-and-fast" criteria, but I generally decide that some redirects that could potentially be used for other subjects (say as a disambig, or for a similar subject but still different)... others simply had broken redirects. What would be a justification for using a plural form of a word to redirect to the singular anyway? --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 13:22, 18 January 2008 (CST) | :I'm not using any "hard-and-fast" criteria, but I generally decide that some redirects that could potentially be used for other subjects (say as a disambig, or for a similar subject but still different)... others simply had broken redirects. What would be a justification for using a plural form of a word to redirect to the singular anyway? --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 13:22, 18 January 2008 (CST) | ||
==thanks for help on virtual memory== | |||
Robert, thanks a million for working on virtual memory (and other computer articles). It doesn't feel so lonely when I see you active too.[[User:Pat Palmer|Pat Palmer]] 10:22, 19 January 2008 (CST) | |||
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Hi Robert,
Can you please document (give clear brief instructions for) your template documentation stuff? Link to it from within the template that you put on my new template, please. --Larry Sanger 21:02, 12 January 2008 (CST)
- Could you help with the template issue on International economics, please? I tried to help,. biut still the thing is not right. Many thanks, Martin Baldwin-Edwards 11:37, 13 January 2008 (CST)
- Thanks! I see that it was some omissions from the metadata, that I had not thouight were needed! Martin Baldwin-Edwards 11:47, 13 January 2008 (CST)
- Actually, you just forgot the {{subpages}} on the talk page. --Robert W King 11:48, 13 January 2008 (CST)
- Thanks! I see that it was some omissions from the metadata, that I had not thouight were needed! Martin Baldwin-Edwards 11:47, 13 January 2008 (CST)
Chisholm
Saw you just added the subpages - I left a message on Matt's talk page, they seem to be lacking from quite a few approved articles. --Todd Coles 21:24, 13 January 2008 (CST)
the 1941 EB
It's too heavy to carry downstairs! I just weighed one volume with a v. accurate kitchen scale calibrated in metrics, then muliplied by 24 volumes, then divided by 454. Result: 99.8 pounds. Including accumulated dust, that's probably 100 lbs. even.... Hayford Peirce 21:55, 13 January 2008 (CST)
Thanks
Thanks for getting that map looking right. I'm useless with anything remotely technical. Denis Cavanagh 12:32, 18 January 2008 (CST)
Unnecessary Redirects
Hey Robert, how are you deciding that these redirects are unnecessary. Some of them look reasonable, such as Habitats going to Habitat. -D. Matt Innis 13:19, 18 January 2008 (CST)
- I'm not using any "hard-and-fast" criteria, but I generally decide that some redirects that could potentially be used for other subjects (say as a disambig, or for a similar subject but still different)... others simply had broken redirects. What would be a justification for using a plural form of a word to redirect to the singular anyway? --Robert W King 13:22, 18 January 2008 (CST)
thanks for help on virtual memory
Robert, thanks a million for working on virtual memory (and other computer articles). It doesn't feel so lonely when I see you active too.Pat Palmer 10:22, 19 January 2008 (CST)