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Hi, Charles,

you were so kind to copy-edit section on self-defense in the Czech Republic way back in 2011. I gave the article quite a large overhaul and nominated it for GA review recently.

I would like to kindly ask you whether you could devote some of your time - only if the topic interests you, of course - just to correct the most horrifying mistakes I made in it. I think that a complete C-E is unnecessary, however I am sure I have left there some stupid Czenglish that I am unable to identify. Thank you very much in advance! Cimmerian praetor (talk) 22:49, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I saw that you had been working on this. I've not gone back and studied or modified it. But I might. (On a more general note, it was fun watching your Enblish improve - or at least become more conventional - the last time. I think the "most horrifying" mistakes are unlikely to be so very horrifying, these days.) Best wishes. Charles01 (talk) 06:56, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

And thanks are due to you. A did my best to track all your past changes and take note. Not literally into a notepad, but as far as my mind could cope with :), so, big thanks there! Cimmerian praetor (talk) 21:36, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Charles,

I have just edited Drug_liberalization#Czech_Republic. It is nothing long, but it seems to me that my technical legal language may be a bit cumbersome. In case you are interested in knowing what you may legally shoot up your veins when on trip to Prague, could you please C-E it too? :) Thanks, Cimmerian praetor (talk) 22:30, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have split the content at Swabian League. You might be interested in taking a look, but I did no original editing. Srnec (talk) 00:30, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I might. Thanks for the notification. I jumped in originally on this one without sufficient planning ahead and almost certainly without sufficient easy access to suitable sources. I think - as far as I remember - there were two different time periods involved, and I was trying to provide - basically by translating from German wiki - an entry on one time period, where actually my wiki-source - had a useful introductory bit about the time period with which it was not - from its title - primarily concerned. If I sound confused, there is a very good reason for that. Anyhow, I think I had to go and do something else and sort of gave up, which was a bit feeble. But never say never. Like I wrote, I may find an irresistable urge to go back and have another go at it. Meantime, splitting it as you have makes much sense. Thank you. And if you yourself were be tempted to go in and do more good work on the entry before I (might) do .... I certainly shall not weep. Success Charles01 (talk) 06:56, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Excuse me, have you ever seen another timeline as pretty as this? Thanks & regards, Eddaido (talk) 07:56, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it does give a bit of structure to a period in history about which I'm pretty hazy - and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Sure, you will define what really matters by deciding what to include. And what to exclude. You are forced to apply massive simplification. The "Black Death" arrived in 1348 in England, though it was almost certainly overall killing more people in 1349 and 1350. Precisely when - or even whether - the village lost its population varied by village. Some places escaped it completely. No one really knows the overall death toll, though from extrapolation from surviving burial/baptismal records and other clever clever things "population approximately halved over approximately five years" seems to be a sort of consensus for this island. And it kept coming back. But yes, when I was at school, they told me 1348 was the year.....

Not quite sure what reaction you expected from me, but that's my initial one. Also it makes the wiki article on the Black Prince more inviting than it would be if there was nothing there except a long splurge of text broken up (or not) with sub-headings as a necessary aid to digestion.

The Black Prince is like Jack Kennedy in not having lived long enough to have become more than a "might have been..." which is great for a heroic role in history. Maybe the guy himself might have preferred to have lived a little longer, or maybe he would just have assumed whatever will be will be.

And good to see you back! Best wishes Charles01 (talk) 10:02, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

And so it was an unfortunate choice of name for their new car when Invicta recommenced production in 1946. Reminds me they used to say VD and a certain Eastern European brand of car were both easy to get and difficult to get rid of. Products seem to have lives like animals or humans. As you suggest Invicta's new Black Prince eventually caught a kind of Black Death.

Thank you for your kind words.

However I am here today to address you on another subject altogether, Tickford and Cabriolets. If you look along the coach line below the back of the car's hood you will see a small chromed cap over a socket. Remove the cap, insert a small version of a starting handle and your car's roof winds down or up. This is Salmons & Son's Tickford patent and I think it dates back to before real coachmen to expensive horse-drawn conveyances were dispensed with. The strong external bars on the sides of the roof that operate a little like scissors tell you this is a cabriolet. They provide vital lateral location as well as support during opening and closing for the two heavy lumps of wood that surround the window which drops into the door. I think I have now used all the time and all your patience I could allocate to this matter today and we can move on to other important concerns. Any questions?

I just liked the appearance of the timeline and wish it was something that could be used for cars and things. Wednesday will be over soon, Eddaido (talk) 08:30, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm sure I will have done worse than this. Would you be able to translate? Interesting about the rude tone in Edison's factory. I see you have been very busy. I have been adding a couple of lines about Schuckertwerke to Siemens Bros - English Electric - Coventry Ordnance Works - Mulliners Birmingham. They may have found a certain Malaysian airliner but in bits which is bad. Have a nice Thursday, Eddaido (talk) 05:16, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's actually staggering just how good google translate has become in so short a time, even if he still only actually gets the simpler stuff right. Anyhow, I've done a quick and dirty improvement of the first para. Feel free to improve my improvements. I'll probably come back to the rest of it at some stage.

I have been setting up some entries on French automakers from way back when. There are far more French automakers with their own entries in German wiki than in French wiki, thanks to a single dedicated contributor with a trio of good (and I think very large) books. I am choosing ones that I can extend a bit from francophone sources of my own.

Yes, it does begin to sound as if what they're finding a long way to the west of Perth may indeed be an answer of sorts, if not necessarily the one that one would have hoped for. And no doubt, now the media village is so thoroughly engaged, questions and speculation and the sheer mystery of the thing will endure a great deal longer than .... well, than us. Eat your heart out, Marie-Celeste.

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I've finished a first pass, and I'm pretty sure it's a whole lot better than it was, but then as Mandy Rice-Davies famously observed.... Anyhow, it still looks somewhat unpolished. If you should feel the urge, please don't hold back on my account.... Best wishes Charles01 (talk) 17:42, 22 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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