User talk:CielProfond
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For your information, my attempt at an edit was not cut and pasted from another source. I am attempting to make available a simple formula for enclosed area of an ellipse which is more general than the common one. I got as far as I could and put in references to the figure and citation as placeholders till I could get back to the job, since I was uncertain how to save my changes without actually applying them. Can I get back to what I already did, or do I have to start from scratch?
I have never tried to edit Wikipedia before, but I am fairly tech-savvy and fluent in Latex. The documentation on how to edit Wikipedia is among the worst I have encountered in my (approx 60 years) of computing experience. Bernard Gottschalk (talk) 13:50, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
- I have replied on your own Talk page. Apologies, and thank you!
CielProfond (talk) 22:44, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
John Dobson's death
Hi, I grew up with John's son and it was announced on on social media so that is how I know he died. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Miskatonic (talk • contribs) 02:23, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
Royal Stars
Hi! Thanks for the reminder for Royal Stars. I honestly haven't found any reliable sources -- most, in fact, seem to relate to Astrology and that is a very difficult topic to find reliable sources in (as you probably very well know having an interest in Astronomy). I tried posting in the WikiProject Iran talk forums to see if anyone had come across mention of this in any historical Persian works, but that didn't yield any answers. I think for the time being my hopes for actually expanding that article with sources have hit a dead end. SkarmCA (talk) 15:04, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
Updates
Hello Pierre, I see that you are still in Wiki. You probably already have heard on the grapevine and thus know that Pascual and Sara's Empremerie en Gros went bankrupt some time early in the summer of 2009 (if not 2008), but I'm telling you just in case you did not get wind of this. As a Pheonix out of the ashes arose Msdiaplus (or Media Plus?) with a numbered federal registration/incorporation. A clever lawyer fixed everything and Antje is now the head and owner of the new outfit. Pascal takes care of the distribution van drivers and Sara is the receptionist. the printion operation is on a reduced scale. Unlike Pascual, Antje does not keep on printing for clients who don't pay. As a matter of fact cients now have to make a downpayment that is suffieciently large that it does not hurt too much if a client refuses to pay because the job is "not satifactory". Peter Horn User talk 03:34, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
Notification: changes to "Mark my edits as minor by default" preference
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Thank you for your understanding and happy editing :) Editing on behalf of User:Jarry1250, LivingBot (talk) 19:01, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
List of leaning towers
Hello, in 2008 you added the Saint-Léonard Tower to this list. I am having difficulty finding references regarding this tower. Could you please add its location and/or relevant links to the page in question?
Thank you very much, - Montréalais (talk) 00:54, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
Update: No need to worry. I located a photograph of the tower, and based on that identified its former location and confirmed that it no longer exists. - Montréalais (talk) 01:09, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
