User talk:Dieter Simon/Archive 1

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Dieter --

The article you started on "dangling modifier" is interesting (I like that sort of topic too) but it's a bit hard to understand in places and I didn't agree with your use of "linguist". I think it generally means someone who studies language rather than someone who comments on usage. Hopefully... er, I hope you can agree with that. Jacquerie27 21:29 Apr 29, 2003 (UTC)

Hi Jacquerie

Yes, I do take your point about "linguist", we are actually talking about this in two different places, see the "Discus this page" item of the article itself, sorry. I also appreciate your edits, I could have revised this a bit more. Anyway thanks --Dieter

Opps! Looks like I missed your user name in recent changes. Here is a belated welcome;

Welcome! --mav


Hi, Mav, Thank you for your kind words, Am enjoying it, Diet

Hi Diet- welcomed your artice on coppicing, I was thinking about doing that page myself!!! I'm interested in doing a wiki sub-project on Trees in Britain, as well as lots more info on fruit trees, siviculture & trees in general, so maybe we could collaborate to some degree, or at least co-operate in ensuring that we cross link our articles etc???

Cheers quercus robur


Hi, Quercusrobur, Thanks, by all means, sounds a very good idea. Yes, it is perfectly ok by me to redirect "Coppicing" and "Pollarding" into "Pruning Fruit Trees" as separate parts of the whole entry.

I have already mentioned this in another "Talk", either Coppicing or Pollarding. till later, Diet

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We're working on it. Note that if you're continuously getting it on one page only while other pages are find, that's a problem with your browser or your ISP; the error page is stuck in your cache. Clear the cache, try ctrl+reload, etc. --Brion 00:14 Oct 23, 2002 (UTC)


Many thanks, Brion. Have cleared cache, all ok now. --Dieter Simon

Hi, Quercusrobur, how would you feel about doing an article about the (fairly) new policy in woodland management of leaving dead trees standing (or lying where they have fallen) to encourage useful insects used against harmful invaders? Where I walk (in the Sutton and Reigate area} this is definitely being encouraged, and a good idea, too. I know, you don't like being called an expert (as per para above) but am sure you'll know all about this. Hope you don/t mind me asking. --Dieter Simon 20:31 Apr 23, 2003 (UTC)

Hi Dieter- apologies for the delay in replying- I was reading an article by Oliver Rackham recently where he was discussing this subject, and the fact that the policy of clearing toppled trees after the 1987 storms caused more ecological devastation than simply leaving them where they fell. In nature, particularly in the original wild wood, there is nobody to clear the fallen trees, and their death is just part of the overall long term cycle, clearing spaces in the woodland community and creating new niches. He also points out that such storms are not that uncommon when looked at aon a long term historical scale... It was afascinating article, if I can find it again i coukld have a go at paraphrasing parts of it, i think it was in an issue of Tree News quercus robur 21:04 May 10, 2003 (UTC)

Many thanks, Quercus, very interesting. I thought it was quite essential in modern woodland management. Must be worth an article in Wiki you could have a go at? Thanks again --Dieter Simon 23:42 May 10, 2003 (UTC)

Hi Dieter - Your missing contribution to Wikipedia:Avoid weasel terms wasn't deleted, it was just moved (not by me, though it was the right thing to do) to Wikipedia talk:Avoid weasel terms, where the discussion's going on. So don't worry, it's available for discussion (and has already been seconded). Graculus 23:35, 20 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Many thanks, Graculus, yes, I see. The thing that worried me was that some of original remarks remained and looked as though they were not replied to. Uninitiated visitors to these pages - arriving via Google wouldn't see this necessarily, would they? However, your comment is appreciated Dieter Simon

Hi, I've nominated you for Administrator privileges. If you accept, please say so on Wikipedia:Requests for adminship. --snoyes 00:23, 27 Nov 2003 (UTC)

You're now an administrator -- Tim Starling 00:32, Dec 6, 2003 (UTC)

Hi, you said on Anjouli's talk page "Is that me, Angela, who is often at Vfd?". I meant that message to be to Anjouli; it wasn't related to your previous comment, so no, it wasn't you I meant was at VfD. :) Angela. 23:56, Jan 14, 2004 (UTC)

I do not know if you are watching Brianism Talk, but it is fair that you should see this: An Open Letter from Rex Mundi, co-founder of Brianism. In view of this, I have changed my vote to Delete. Link has apparently been "e-mailed to participants in the discussion", but not posted on WP by the writer - which is why I am doing it. I also do not see how the writer would have all the e-mail addresses involved. Kind regards, Anjouli 13:56, 16 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Re Air-raid shelter. There was an existing Anderson Shelter article. I have redirected and incorporated but you should check before starting a new article. Google search with "site:wikipedia.org" for example. Good article. TwoOneTwo 21:58, 27 Jan 2004 (UTC)

On London deep-level shelters - why did you make a "see also" link instead of putting it inline in the article, in the obvious place? And why do you feel so strongly about this that you promptly revert it? - David Gerard 23:57, Feb 16, 2004 (UTC)

Answered this in David Gerard's User: Talk page. Dieter Simon

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Hi, why did you rollback edits by Vicki Rosenzweig to that user's own user page? silsor 23:36, Mar 16, 2004 (UTC)


Have replied to Silsor's query on her own user page, have also queried whether there is a page corruption on Vicki Rosenzweig's user page. According to page history I have reverted a para and reverted it back, when in fact I only looked at it. Dieter Simon 00:49, 17 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Dieter, you may have accidentally clicked the 'rollback' link. The diff view now includes a rollback link in the upper-left corner, which it didn't used to, and the feedback when you click it is less than obvious. --Brion 03:34, 2004 Mar 17 (UTC)

Yes, it must be something like that. The only thing is, Brion, I reverted back to Postdlf 's entries, would that not require a conscious effort on my part to do that, would I not have to choose Postdlf? There is no way I remember doing that, I really must have lost it that time. It's really important to watch that. Many thanks, Brion, that's a bit of an eye-opener. --Dieter Simon