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Hallo Richard, ik begrijp dat je ook nederlands bent, kan je me helpen? het schijnt dat ik dingen verkeerd heb gedaan. Ik was bezig om de pag Sam Shockley ( Alcatraz) engels, bij te werken omdat ik heel veel documenten uit de VS heb hierover. Sorry als ik hier niet had mogen schrijven, maar ik heb geen idee hoe met je in contact te komen. Ik begrijp niet waarom men de toevoegingen niet accepteerd. Dus ben ik nu maar gestopt. Kan je me aub helpen?. Linda texelLinda texel (talk) 15:22, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Hallo Linda, ik keek al naar aanleiding van een opmerking op de Nederlandstalige Helpdesk. Zijn de documenten die je hebt uniek, of kunnen anderen ze ook raadplegen? Het is belangrijk om in eigen woorden een en ander toe te voegen en dan het betreffende document als referentie op te geven. De documenten dienen dan wel gezaghebbend te zijn en niet iemands mening weer te geven. Als je me meer informatie geeft (ik ben totaal niet ingelezen in het artikel en heb alleen de opmaak wat bijgeschaaft) dan kan ik er misschien wat mee. PS zijn het daadwerkelijke documenten of staan ze op internet en zijn er links naar? Groet, - Richardkiwi (talk) 15:29, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Ook zie ik dat er veel POV (point of view) wordt verwijderd, bijvoorbeeld (even in het Nederlands): 'dit was de bloedigste aanslag in de ....' Zoiets vraagt meteen al een bron. Je kunt zo'n tekst neutraler schrijven of van een bron voorzien. - Richardkiwi (talk) 15:45, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Hallo Linda, je Engels en Nederlands zijn niet zo heel goed (althans, voor Wikipedia dan, op zich valt het mee), ik hoop dat je goed naar de taal kijkt (desnoods controleert via een online-woordenboek). De documenten kunnen wel naar Wikipedia:OTRS gestuurd worden of je kunt ze naar Wikimedia Commons uploaden. Let wel dat ze vrij moeten zijn van copyrights in het laatste geval, zodat de licentie van Wikimedia kan worden gebruikt. Bij OTRS kunnen ze dan bevestigen dat het klopt, als je voor het eerste kiest. Dan is het de bedoeling het nog goed te verwoorden (zowel de tekst als de bron). Veel meer kan ik niet doen, ik heb de tijd, zin en dergelijke niet en heb ook de documenten niet. Ik wens je wel veel succes en het hoeft niet in een dag af toch? Groet, - Richardkiwi (talk) 16:51, 23 March 2019 (UTC) PS je kunt ook eerst proberen alles te schrijven en dan kijken of het nog nodig is om de documenten naar OTRS te sturen of naar Commons te downloaden..

Je zei al iets over copyrights, daar las ik overheen :-) - Richardkiwi (talk) 16:52, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Hallo Richard, de documenten zijn uit het Nat. Archive van San Francisco, dus kopieën van orgineel. Dus gezaghebbend en staan niet op het internet. Ik mag gegevens hieruit gebruiken maar de documenten niet in zijn geheel op internet plaatsen. ( copy rights NARA CA)Er zijn dus geen links naar. Ik heb schriftelijke toestemming van Ernest Lageson, schrijver van 2 vermelde boeken om hem te citeren indien nodig, ik kan deze man en correspondeer met hem. Bloedigste aanslag had ik dus niet geschreven,maar mijn voorganger. Persoonlijk vind ik het ook wat vreemd , heb het wat proberen af te zwakken. Kan ik met deze pag door gaan of niet, moet ik stoppen? met groet Linda texel Linda texel (talk) 16:00, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Bronnen moeten wel verifieerbaar zijn, dus als anderen ze niet mogen inzien, maar jij wel bijvoorbeeld, dan wordt het een lastige zaak. Je kunt net als bij boeken een referentie maken met (ik noem maar wat hoor.. <ref>Nat. Archive of San Fransisco, Sam Shockley doc. page 1 line 37-40</ref> en hopen dat dit goedgekeurd wordt. In principe moet dit kunnen. Het wordt anders als men echt vraagt hoe men dat moet nagaan. Ik ga niet voor jou beslissen. Bij twijfel kun je altijd nog OTRS raadplegen (zie hierboven). Zij zijn gespecialiseerd in zulke dingen en kunnen je misschien een beter antwoord geven. Groeten, - Richardkiwi (talk) 11:52, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

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Your suggestion to rename photo of Garratt locomotives, Jamestown, 1968

Hello Richard, I entirely agree and have initiated a title change on Wikimedia Commons. Cheers, SCHolar44 (talk) 06:41, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

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I am so sorry for my "poposal"...

re [1]: I made the typo once and then copy-pasted it dozens of times. Thanks for cleaning that up, i am much embarrassed. --Lommes (talk) 19:41, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

No problem :-) - PS I don't log in here very often, mostly on Commons or nl.wikipedia, so I saw this post only because I was looking for an article on en.wiki - Grtz. - Richardkiwi (talk) 22:51, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

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Re New Clan House front door

Richard - I have changed the caption on this photograph, but it has not reflected in the Wikipedia article. Not sure what I need to do ? Help ! PS The house was known as 'New Clan' until 1950 - when the name was changed to 'New Clan House'. Charles.bowyer (talk) 20:16, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

PPS Thank you for correcting my date error. Charles.bowyer (talk) 20:17, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi, sometimes it takes a while before Commonsdelinker makes the change. Please only contact me on Wikimedia:Commons, I'm not really active here, for 95% only semi-automatic renames. Grtz. - Richardkiwi (talk) 20:37, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

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