User talk:Ian Strachan

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Additions in GNSS Augmentation

Thanks for your work in GNSS. I'm going to partially revert some of your additions, but I'd like you to understand why.

• A ground station actually does a lot more than "compare its position" and truly takes measurements of the signal characteristics to generate correcting information
• The ICAO specification came after the WAAS specification, so the original text is more accurate regarding the association between SBAS and WAAS.
• We already had a list of SBAS implementations, so I'm going to remove your redundant info.

One final suggestion; your history shows a frequent claim of "I work as an XXXXXX." While personal experience is definitely helpful, remember that personal thoughts are original research, and therefore not appropriate for use in the articles nor usable to verify your additions. Additions should be cited from verifiable and acceptable sources. But you can use your experience to track down articles and published information to help reputably improve the whole wiki.

Thanks again - Davandron | Talk 01:21, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Aew nimrod

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Aew nimrod, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. MilborneOne 11:59, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Sorry a bit of explanation, a cross reference would be ok and after your last comment on the Aew nimrod page I have created AEW Nimrod as re-direct page to the main Nimrod article. It was the upper/lower case Aew nimrod that I didnt like!, still suggest that you allow it to be deleted. The redirects allow other common variants of article subjects to be found in the search. You may also like to visit Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft where most of new ideas, new articles and other aviation contributions can be found. MilborneOne 19:17, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Foot-lambert

Thanks for your recent edits to Foot-lambert. Can you explain why you capitalized the Lambert? I believe in general it's not correct to do so for units. See Template:SI_unit_lowercase and its talk page, though of course the foot-lambert is not an SI unit. Also, please try to use a more descriptive edit summary...flight simulation just isn't so clear... thanks. jhawkinson 20:14, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Dear JH, I used initial capitals for Lambert because it is a guy's name. Similarly with Ampere, Volta, Gauss etc. Is that not common usage where a family name is involved? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ian Strachan (talk • contribs) 05:20, 7 June 2007

Hi, Ian! (By the way, you can sign your post by typing ~~~~ at the end). take a look at the reference I mentioned above. It says:

As for all SI units whose names are derived from the proper name of a person, the first letter of its symbol is uppercase. But when an SI unit is spelled out, it should always be written in lowercase, unless it begins a sentence or is the name "degree Celsius"

Now, since the footlambert is not an SI unit, SI's rules don't apply (formally speaking), but in practice, I think indeed we should hew to them. So generally the ampere and volt are not capitalized, even though we talk about 120V and 20A, and when referring to the people we do capitalize. Subsequent to my comment, someone else reverted your change, and I think they were probably right... All the best. jhawkinson 19:55, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

New item

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Source information needed for File:Bentworth Old Manor1890.jpg

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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Transport delay listed at Redirects for discussion

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