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== Suggested Changes From E Ink ==

I [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Electronic_paper#Suggested_Changes_From_E_Ink proposed some changes] to the [[Electronic Paper]] page per [[WP:COI]] but didn’t get a response. I saw that you have edited the page previously and was wondering if you would be willing to take a look. The suggested changes are shown [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:CDaignault1/draft here]. They primarily have to do with mis-use of our trademark and some criticisms cited to a vendor blog. [[User:CDaignault1|CDaignault1]] ([[User talk:CDaignault1|talk]]) 19:35, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

== Theodolite article photo caption edit ==

Just a quick note about the [[Theodolite]] article to explain why I used numeral '6' rather than the word 'six' in the photo caption. There are two reasons. Theodolites have always been sold around the world, initially from Britain then Switzerland/Germany then latterly Japan. So a comprehensibilty reason. Numerals are more international than words. Also theodolites are specified and described by a deluge of numbers (circle direct reading to 0.2" / level sensitivity 10" per 2mm etc etc) with the circle diameter, in this case 6 inches, being the headline indication of accuracy and therefore potential usage. So the 6/six question here is about whether one prioritises normal usage in the world of theodolites over normal usage in the world of Wikipedia editing. I can't say I am greatly distressed by your edit but I would prefer the numeral 6 in this case as being more in keeping with the subject. [[User:Colgill|Colgill]] ([[User talk:Colgill|talk]]) 13:26, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

I have changed the photo title to 'A theodolite of the transit type with six-inch circles, manufactured in Britain ca. 1910 by Troughton & Simms'. This removes the reference to 'glass'. The glass is the top of the compass casing. While the compass glass is visible, the compass itself is an obsolescent feature of this theodolite and was dropped from theodolite design soon afterwards. The all-important circles, of which the vertical circle is the more prominent, are made of brass with silver scales. The change to glass circles did not occur till a bit later with the advent of the Wild T2 in about 1920.
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== G.711 edits ==

Hi,
I see that a recent edit to the G.711 page seems to have duplicated the Intro and Features sections, plus both the tight-hand info boxes.
is this a work in progress of a miss-paste?
Thanks, [[User:LurkingKiwi|LurkingKiwi]] ([[User talk:LurkingKiwi|talk]]) 02:02, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

:Oh! Sorry, and thank you for catching it! Definitely a miss-paste or some such and a quick form submission without adequate checking. [[User:Stephan Leeds|Stephan Leeds]] ([[User talk:Stephan Leeds#top|talk]]) 04:11, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
:Fixed. [[User:Stephan Leeds|Stephan Leeds]] ([[User talk:Stephan Leeds#top|talk]]) 04:22, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

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== Alternate fix to an edit you made ==

I like the fact that you put in the caveat about the erroneous term in the [[USB 3.0]] article (back on 2023 October 28 at 19:46), but couldn't we fix the problem by just replacing the picture? I think I figured out how to upload a picture, and this may be the link to it: [[File:USB Micro-B USB 2.0 vs USB Micro-B SuperSpeed (USB 3.0) - Copy.jpg|thumb|USB Micro-B USB 2.0 vs USB Micro-B SuperSpeed (USB 3.0)]]. Let me know if you think this would be a good idea.

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:By all means, of course! Please do replace it. No need for my permission for that. [[User:Stephan Leeds|Stephan Leeds]] ([[User talk:Stephan Leeds#top|talk]]) 23:10, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

== Page move ==

Can you explain to me why [[Cow–calf|an article]] that has been at the same title since 2005 and is currently a good article is somehow "misspelled" and required you to unilaterally make a page move? Did you stop to think about how this might break or otherwise impact other links, including the links from the good article list? These are the sort of edits that only serve to annoy people who expand and create articles. [[User:Trainsandotherthings|Trainsandotherthings]] ([[User talk:Trainsandotherthings|talk]]) 01:29, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

:I’ve made many such page moves over nearly twenty years without any such complaint, because the Wikipedia Manual of Style (and simple typographic convention) call for an en dash—and no other character—in that usage. Also [[Wikipedia:Moving_a_page#Reasons_for_moving_a_page|the page on page moves]] literally says, under “Reasons for moving a page”, “The title has been misspelled, does not contain standard capitalization or punctuation, or is misleading or inaccurate.”, which includes “The title [...] does not contain standard [...] punctuation.”. Yes, I know how it affects other links: They link to the new title because of the automatically-created redirect page that exists for exactly that reason. If you think there should be a carve-out for articles on railway topics to not follow the more general typographic convention and instead use a hyphen, there is an established process for changing the Manual of Style to add that exception. [[User:Stephan Leeds|Stephan Leeds]] ([[User talk:Stephan Leeds#top|talk]]) 06:12, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

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== Italics for first introduction of term ==

Hi, Stephan. Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. I noticed a pattern of edits of yours adding italicization of technical terms upon first appearance in an article. Whereas I have frequently seen this style in textbooks (often indicating that the term can be found in the glossary at the end of the chapter), to my knowledge, there is no such principle at Wikipedia. I reverted a couple of your changes of this nature, and then stopped to raise this with you. Can you please hold off making any more of this type of edit until you can get consensus that this complies with a policy or guideline that supports such a style change? 

It seems like you might be confusing this with [[MOS:WAW]], which strongly recommends italics for words used as words ("&nbsp;'&nbsp;&apos;''Plumcot''{{hairspace}}&apos;&nbsp;' is a portmanteau word") but not when they are used as their meaning ("A plumcot is a hybrid fruit"). For example, you made a change to add italics in [[Spillway]] here, where no italics should be:
* <nowiki>A '</nowiki>{{sp}}<nowiki>'chute'</nowiki>{{sp}}<nowiki>' spillway is a common and basic design that transfers excess water from behind the dam down a smooth decline into the river below.</nowiki>
Here is an example of where you would need it:
* A [{{zwsp}}[parachute]{{zwsp}}] is called that, because it comes from the French term '&nbsp;&apos;''chute''&apos;&nbsp;', which means "fall".
The article [[Spillway]] is full of examples where you added italics without support, afaict, in MOS, such as [[Special:Diff/1268569489|this edit]], where you italicized the terms ''ogee crest'', ''side channel'',  ''labyrinth'', and ''drop inlet''. None of these expressions are [[MOS:WAW|used as words]] in that sentence, thus [[MOS:WAW]] does not apply, and [[MOS:TERM]] calls for linking them if possible, but not italicizing them. Another concept that may be helpful when talking about this is the [[use–mention distinction]], which is kind of the theory behind the guideline at [[MOS:WAW]].

If you disagree with my reading of this, I would recommend starting a discussion at [[Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Text formatting]] to clarify the situation, and link back here for background. (And if you do so, a ping would be appreciated.) Again, thanks for your contributions to improve Wikipedia! [[User:Mathglot|Mathglot]] ([[User talk:Mathglot|talk]]) 07:19, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
: Hi, Stephan. Thanks for starting [[Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Text formatting#Confusion regarding italics for introduction of terms|this discussion]] at MOS; that's great. In the meanwhile, with respect to [[MOS:TERM|linking the technical term the first time]], I have some suggestions that may work for you when Wikipedia doesn't have an article to link to:
:# If [[Wiktionary]] has an article for the term but Wikipedia doesn't, you can use an [[WP:Interwiki link|interwiki link]] to the Wiktionary definition. For example, <code><nowiki>[[wikt:volute|volute]]</nowiki></code> ⟶ [[wikt:volute|volute]]. 
:# Use an [[WP:EXPLNOTE|explanatory note]] inline in the body, or as a [[WP:LDR|list-defined note]] in the appendix. Explanatory notes{{efn|An '''explanatory note''' is like a reference, but instead of providing a citation to a source, it provides a text-based note or comment. This note can be used to provide a definition, as a glossary would.}} may be used to provide a definition for a term found in the body, and read like references, only with a superscript letter inline, rather than a superscript number. 
:# If there are a few technical terms in the article that need explanation, you can gather them into a <nowiki>==Technical terms==</nowiki> section in the body of the article with an [[WP:ANCHOR|embedded anchor]] for each term. On first use of the term in the article, link to the entry via the anchor. You can use a standard on-page link to link to the term (e.g., <code><nowiki>[[#volute]]</nowiki></code>). You can also use the {{tl|section link}} template, like this: <code><nowiki>{{slink||volute}}</nowiki></code> (note the two pipes)  which generates ⟶ {{slink||volute}} which links directly to the Wiktionary entry, and uses a section symbol, that also lets the reader know that the explanation of the technical term is on the same page. The article ''[[Pure Theory of Law]]'' has a small {{slink|Pure Theory of Law|Terminology|nopage=yes}} section with definitions of technical terms (unlinked, in this article). 
:# If there are a group of articles on a centrally related topic (such as, say, [[climbing]]) that have quite a few technical terms, it may be worth writing a dedicated [[WP:GLOSSARY|glossary article]] (like [[Glossary of climbing terms]]) that can serve for many related articles. There are maybe hundreds of glossary articles at Wikipedia; you can browse them at [[:Category:Wikipedia glossaries]]. Many glossaries have embedded anchors for every term so you can link directly to a term.  For example, the following sentence from section {{slink|Traditional climbing|Grading|nopage=yes}} of the article [[Traditional climbing]] has three links to entries in the [[Glossary of climbing terms]]: 
:#: {{xt|...traditional routes can add the "suffix" of "[[Glossary of climbing terms#r/x|R]]" for risk of serious injury in any fall, or "[[Glossary of climbing terms#x|X]]" for routes where a fall at a particular place, could be fatal (i.e. a "[[Glossary of climbing terms#chop route|chop route]]")}}
: There are probably other ways, but those are the ones that occur to me, or I have used before. Thanks, and looking forward to watching the conversation unfold at MOS. [[User:Mathglot|Mathglot]] ([[User talk:Mathglot|talk]]) 07:20, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
::{{ping|Mathglot}}, quite right, I must have somehow taken the content of the jargon paragraph, which mentions only a special case of words-as-words, and got a much broader idea in my head (perhaps thinking of some other style I’ve worked with for other content). Thank you for putting so much effort into making sure we’re both getting it right. [[User:Stephan Leeds|Stephan Leeds]] ([[User talk:Stephan Leeds#top|talk]]) 01:02, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

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== frac ==

Do not use {{tl|frac}} for formatting fractions in mathematics articles. It is disallowed in that context by [[MOS:FRAC]]. Also, do not ever mix template math with LaTeX math. As [[MOS:FORMULA]] states, "For readability, it is also strongly preferred not to mix HTML and LaTeX markup in the same expression." —[[User:David Eppstein|David Eppstein]] ([[User talk:David Eppstein|talk]]) 19:07, 7 February 2025 (UTC)

== Title normalization ==

In response to your query at [[WP:RM/TR]], the part of the MoS that most explicitly describes the use of hyphens vs. en dashes in article titles is [[WP:MOS#In article titles]]. In general, I'd see it as an extension of 
[[MOS:CONFORMTITLE]]. [[User:Lord Bolingbroke|Lord Bolingbroke]] ([[User talk:Lord Bolingbroke#top|talk]]) 08:48, 17 February 2025 (UTC)