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: 'Legacy' has no implications of bad (or good) consequences and is therefore in my view more neutral and appropriate in this case, and is the word which I have seen used most commonly in WP for such sections of articles. [[User:Rangoon11|Rangoon11]] ([[User talk:Rangoon11#top|talk]]) 23:25, 29 June 2011 (UTC) |
: 'Legacy' has no implications of bad (or good) consequences and is therefore in my view more neutral and appropriate in this case, and is the word which I have seen used most commonly in WP for such sections of articles. [[User:Rangoon11|Rangoon11]] ([[User talk:Rangoon11#top|talk]]) 23:25, 29 June 2011 (UTC) |
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== You hate KCL?. == |
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UCL does not have the oldest student union. Its Kings college London. Stop hating on Kings College and making UCL look like its Harvard. |
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Please stop editing the KCL Page or we will seek action to remove it from Wikipedia. |
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: (1) Editors with a conflict of interest are discouraged from editing Wikipedia at all: [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest]] and (2) it is not for any editor to instruct another not to edit a particular article.[[User:Rangoon11|Rangoon11]] ([[User talk:Rangoon11#top|talk]]) 00:15, 30 June 2011 (UTC) |
: (1) Editors with a conflict of interest are discouraged from editing Wikipedia at all: [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest]] and (2) it is not for any editor to instruct another not to edit a particular article.[[User:Rangoon11|Rangoon11]] ([[User talk:Rangoon11#top|talk]]) 00:15, 30 June 2011 (UTC) |
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-- Alarics (talk) 13:51, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
List of places known as the capital of the world
Hi Rangoon, I would like to paste here what I just wrote on the talk page to the above article:
"I'm starting to have regrets resurrecting this article, Rangoon, I respect the reverts you just made to my additions, but I think the problem is that the phrase “capital of ...” is distinctly American and may not be particularly useful to the rest of the world. For example, I'm sure most educated editors would agree that the 'Art Capital of the World' is Paris or Florence but bizarrely American sources say NYC. I know NYC (and London) have a number of important art works but I can easily argue the works in the Louvre and the Uffizi are far more culturally important (containing the most notable Da Vinci and Michaelangelo works)."
Would appreciate if you could contribute to the discussion, thanks. Zarcadia (talk) 00:09, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
- Hi and thanks for the message, I have replied on the Talk page of the article itself. Rangoon11 (talk) 01:28, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
DYK nom for K computer
Hi. I've nominated K computer, an article you worked on, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Wikipedia:Did you know. You can see the hook for the article here, where you can improve it if you see fit. —Bruce1eetalk 17:51, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
DYK nom for Mini Hatch (2001–2006)
Hi. I've nominated Mini Hatch (2001–2006), an article you worked on, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Wikipedia:Did you know. You can see the hook for the article here, where you can improve it if you see fit. Donnie Park (talk) 17:01, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
DYK for K computer
The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
Dear Rangoon,
You undid my revision in the article on Eurotrain concerning the section heading legacy. I should like to get some more elucidation why you regard legacy as “more appropriate and standard” than repercussions, the term that I had put there.
The reason is that neither the main author of Eurotrain (history) nor I are native English speakers. Both of us have elaborately discussed the corresponding heading on (at?) the German WP, where Rontombontom expanded the article de:Eurotrain. The discussion started when I modified (among several other language details) the German section heading Vermächtnis (which denotes en:bequest in the first place) to Konsequenzen (german, much like engl. consequences). I sensed the translated term as to sharp, although in the German language as well there are examples of its use in the figurative sense that legacy might transport as section header in en:Eurotrain. However, I was not convinced that my initial modification of the heading was more appropiate. Three months passed until I came up with the term Nachwirkungen (see below english translations) as — for me — appropiate section for the German article. When I made this change in March 2011, there came no objection on behalf of Rontombontom. But by now, I realize that his last contribution to the German WP dates from February 2011.
Checking the Meriam-Webster entry for legacy, I dared to modify the section heading legacy in the same manner as the German version. As the translation of "Nachwirkung" (sing.) the dictionary at leo.org proposed five alternatives to me
- aftermath
- backwash
- consequence
- repercussion
- spillover effect
and — as you don't like repercussions — my proposal would be the first of them: aftermath. Would this get your consent? --KaPe (talk) 13:33, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
- Hi and thanks for your message. Personally I don't like the use of the word 'repercussions' in this context because it implies that the consequences were both unintended and negative. This distinction is not always made clear in the online dictionaries, but my hard copy New Oxford Dictionary of English gives the primary definition of that word as 'an unintended consequence occuring some time after an event or action, especially an unwelcome one'.
- 'Aftermath' has the same connotations, it is generally used only when the consequences of something are negative, and the New Oxford Dictionary of English primary definition is 'the consequences or after-effects of an event, especially when unpleasant'.
- 'Legacy' has no implications of bad (or good) consequences and is therefore in my view more neutral and appropriate in this case, and is the word which I have seen used most commonly in WP for such sections of articles. Rangoon11 (talk) 23:25, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
You hate KCL?.
UCL does not have the oldest student union. Its Kings college London. Stop hating on Kings College and making UCL look like its Harvard. Thank You. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HRH2 (talk • contribs) 00:08, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
- (1) Editors with a conflict of interest are discouraged from editing Wikipedia at all: Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and (2) it is not for any editor to instruct another not to edit a particular article.Rangoon11 (talk) 00:15, 30 June 2011 (UTC)