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:I am not a grammar teacher, but I can offer a few pointers.
 
:I am not a grammar teacher, but I can offer a few pointers.
 
:*First, I use a web browser that has a spell check feature. This helps me a lot when I write in the browser window. You could take advantage of this a few different ways: temporarily set your language to "English", use a different browser for typing in English, or type in a word processor that will check your English spelling then paste the text into the browser window.
 
:*First, I use a web browser that has a spell check feature. This helps me a lot when I write in the browser window. You could take advantage of this a few different ways: temporarily set your language to "English", use a different browser for typing in English, or type in a word processor that will check your English spelling then paste the text into the browser window.
:*Second, make sure you are familiar with the BTW [[BattleTechWiki:Manual of Style|style guide]]. I've watched you improve a lot in this area, but I would point out your reference style. Make sure you always type out the full name of the source and check your comma usage.
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:*Second, make sure you are familiar with the BTW [[Policy:Manual of Style|style guide]]. I've watched you improve a lot in this area, but I would point out your reference style. Make sure you always type out the full name of the source and check your comma usage.
 
:*Third, a general tip for writing better is to read more. You learn so much about the written word from reading what others write. I know that when I was learning Spanish, reading in Spanish really helped. I don't know much of your time you want to put in, but this could help you immensely.
 
:*Third, a general tip for writing better is to read more. You learn so much about the written word from reading what others write. I know that when I was learning Spanish, reading in Spanish really helped. I don't know much of your time you want to put in, but this could help you immensely.
 
:Those are just a few ideas. If you have any specific questions, I'll be happy to help how I can. --[[User:Scaletail|Scaletail]] 10:07, 31 December 2011 (PST)
 
:Those are just a few ideas. If you have any specific questions, I'll be happy to help how I can. --[[User:Scaletail|Scaletail]] 10:07, 31 December 2011 (PST)
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:::Why not an [[Aircraft WikiProject]] page - it could cover everything smaller than a dropship that flies: VTOLs, Conventional Aircraft, AeroSpace Fighters, Helicopters, etc. -[[User:BobTheZombie|BobTheZombie]] ([[User talk:BobTheZombie|talk]]) 18:34, 18 September 2013 (PDT)
 
:::Why not an [[Aircraft WikiProject]] page - it could cover everything smaller than a dropship that flies: VTOLs, Conventional Aircraft, AeroSpace Fighters, Helicopters, etc. -[[User:BobTheZombie|BobTheZombie]] ([[User talk:BobTheZombie|talk]]) 18:34, 18 September 2013 (PDT)
 
::::Gotcha, great idea.--[[User:Doneve|Doneve]] ([[User talk:Doneve|talk]]) 18:40, 18 September 2013 (PDT)
 
::::Gotcha, great idea.--[[User:Doneve|Doneve]] ([[User talk:Doneve|talk]]) 18:40, 18 September 2013 (PDT)
:::::Hey, while on the subject, are ships (traditional water vessels) under the Ground Units project? -[[User:BobTheZombie|BobTheZombie]] ([[User talk:BobTheZombie|talk]]) 18:42, 18 September 2013 (PDT)
 
::::::I say yes, or is water not a ground?--[[User:Doneve|Doneve]] ([[User talk:Doneve|talk]]) 19:03, 18 September 2013 (PDT)
 
:::::::True; I'll mention it on the project page before assuming anything... -[[User:BobTheZombie|BobTheZombie]] ([[User talk:BobTheZombie|talk]]) 19:16, 18 September 2013 (PDT)
 
 
==Commando variants layout==
 
Hy, i like the variants layout on the [[Commando]] page, do you think we can use it for all 'Mech variant pages.--[[User:Doneve|Doneve]] ([[User talk:Doneve|talk]]) 12:48, 13 October 2013 (PDT)
 
:Yes. See [[BattleTechWiki:Project_BattleMechs#Guidelines]]. --[[User:Scaletail|Scaletail]] ([[User talk:Scaletail|talk]]) 12:54, 13 October 2013 (PDT)
 
::Great, it looks much better as the old layout.--[[User:Doneve|Doneve]] ([[User talk:Doneve|talk]]) 12:57, 13 October 2013 (PDT)
 
:::I agree! --[[User:Scaletail|Scaletail]] ([[User talk:Scaletail|talk]]) 13:00, 13 October 2013 (PDT)
 
::::Mind if I join in? I can start from Z and go backwards through the list. -[[User:BobTheZombie|BobTheZombie]] ([[User talk:BobTheZombie|talk]]) 14:03, 13 October 2013 (PDT)
 
 
== Spelling ==
 
 
Is there an official policy on this site for spelling on this site? I can't see one. - [[User:Dark Jaguar|Dark Jaguar]] ([[User talk:Dark Jaguar|talk]]) 07:35, 27 October 2013 (PDT)
 
:Not to interrupt, but yes, there is (see [[BattleTechWiki:Manual of Style]]); we are supposed to use "American spelling and grammar". I hope that helps. -[[User:BobTheZombie|BobTheZombie]] ([[User talk:BobTheZombie|talk]]) 09:26, 27 October 2013 (PDT)
 
:: Thanks Bob, while I have look at that I didn't see the spelling thing. Just went back and checked it was the first thing D'oh! {{Emoticon| :) }} - [[User:Dark Jaguar|Dark Jaguar]] ([[User talk:Dark Jaguar|talk]]) 11:57, 27 October 2013 (PDT)
 
::: Thanks, Bob! --[[User:Scaletail|Scaletail]] ([[User talk:Scaletail|talk]]) 17:14, 27 October 2013 (PDT)
 
 
==Combat Vehicle Layout==
 
Scaltail can you look on the various changes i do on some combat veh. pages, i know the headers must become smaller as the page name, but i think i looks much better as our stanard model, or iam wrong.--[[User:Doneve|Doneve]] ([[User talk:Doneve|talk]]) 19:05, 30 October 2013 (PDT)
 
:Hi, Doneve. Sections should be labeled as such. Right now, you have the sections using the format for the article title. Think of it like this: the article title is the cover of a book, and, right now, those articles have five covers on one book. Does that make sense? --[[User:Scaletail|Scaletail]] ([[User talk:Scaletail|talk]]) 19:11, 30 October 2013 (PDT)
 
::No this make not sense, how we can handle this in the new format, when i look on the real wiki it works, i talked to Nic but have at this time no response, i stop my changes and wait for support, is this ok for you.--[[User:Doneve|Doneve]] ([[User talk:Doneve|talk]]) 19:17, 30 October 2013 (PDT)
 
:::Could you give me an example of where you have seen it work? --[[User:Scaletail|Scaletail]] ([[User talk:Scaletail|talk]]) 19:18, 30 October 2013 (PDT)
 
::::Ok here, is the example link [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egbert_Schmiedt], i know the headers are smaller what i want to feature to our wiki, i think the pages looks more cleaner when we adopt this style to sarna, sorry for raw writing, can we change when we add a ==== heading then we have a line, this was my impression but you know english as second language is not so easy :(.--[[User:Doneve|Doneve]] ([[User talk:Doneve|talk]]) 19:34, 30 October 2013 (PDT)
 
:::::Ah, I think I understand now. You want the line that goes the width of the page, not the increased font size. I agree with you that it looks better, and, yes, I think Nic would need to implement it.
 
:::::My suggestion is to leave the wiki code the way it is. The German Wikipedia link uses the same code, it just looks different. Nic should be able to make a change on the back-end that will make the changes for all BTW articles.
 
:::::Don't worry about the language; your English is much better than my German. {{emoticon |;)}} It's a good suggestion. --[[User:Scaletail|Scaletail]] ([[User talk:Scaletail|talk]]) 19:49, 30 October 2013 (PDT)
 
::::::Thanks for the response, where you so cool and talk to Nic, i know i talked to him but my clerification was not so good, i hop you help me.--[[User:Doneve|Doneve]] ([[User talk:Doneve|talk]]) 19:56, 30 October 2013 (PDT)
 
:::::::I think I now understand what you were getting at Doneve, and yes, it does look better/more organized. -[[User:BobTheZombie|BobTheZombie]] ([[User talk:BobTheZombie|talk]]) 20:17, 30 October 2013 (PDT)
 
::::::::Yep, this is i want to say, thanks guys.--[[User:Doneve|Doneve]] ([[User talk:Doneve|talk]]) 20:51, 30 October 2013 (PDT)
 
:::::::::We dont need Nic, Mbear give me CSS code i added and he works very well. If anyone is interested go to my talk page.--[[User:Doneve|Doneve]] ([[User talk:Doneve|talk]]) 09:29, 31 October 2013 (PDT)
 
 
==Italics==
 
Hy Scaletail, i know it is not in the style guide, but it looks much better, and difference ranks from other links, why can we not change the guide, the most policies are writen in the past, but we are not in the past and thinks can change, the best example is Nics changes of the page layout.--[[User:Doneve|Doneve]] ([[User talk:Doneve|talk]]) 19:52, 18 November 2013 (PST)
 
:Ok, i set up a talk on the manual of style page, and look if anyone like it or not, when not i revert my changes.--[[User:Doneve|Doneve]] ([[User talk:Doneve|talk]]) 20:00, 18 November 2013 (PST)
 
 
==Weapons and Equipment==
 
You can take out the minor news item on the Weapons and Equipment section listing for the BattleMech articles, I cracked on today and got them all updated. I'll go and update the help page on them now to make sure the sample template matches. [[User:BrokenMnemonic|BrokenMnemonic]] ([[User talk:BrokenMnemonic|talk]]) 12:27, 19 December 2013 (PST)
 
:I think we change the Combat Vehicles and AeroSpace Fighters to the same what we have done with the BattleMechs.--[[User:Doneve|Doneve]] ([[User talk:Doneve|talk]]) 17:31, 19 December 2013 (PST)
 
::Thanks, BM! I've updated the help articles for articles associated with the ground units project. I agree about the other unit types. --[[User:Scaletail|Scaletail]] ([[User talk:Scaletail|talk]]) 18:27, 19 December 2013 (PST)
 
:::Battle Armor is done now too. I'll make a start on ProtoMechs. [[User:BrokenMnemonic|BrokenMnemonic]] ([[User talk:BrokenMnemonic|talk]]) 00:08, 20 December 2013 (PST)
 
:::ETA: There aren't as many ProtoMechs as I thought there were - they're all done now too. [[User:BrokenMnemonic|BrokenMnemonic]] ([[User talk:BrokenMnemonic|talk]]) 00:14, 20 December 2013 (PST)
 
:::ETA2: I finished off the AeroSpace Fighters as well ([[User:Raven 2C|Raven 2C]] did the heavy lifting there) but I really should go and do some actual work now. Depending on how busy the office gets, I'm hoping to give Doneve a hand with the Combat Vehicles afterwards, and then I think we'll be close to done. [[User:BrokenMnemonic|BrokenMnemonic]] ([[User talk:BrokenMnemonic|talk]]) 00:25, 20 December 2013 (PST)
 
:::ETA3: I've seen off IndustrialMechs, Conventional Fighters and Exoskeletons, so I think the only ground unit category left is combat vehicles, but I have to finish work, shop and the like and won't be back online for some hours yet. [[User:BrokenMnemonic|BrokenMnemonic]] ([[User talk:BrokenMnemonic|talk]]) 05:14, 20 December 2013 (PST)
 
 
 
==Editing other users talk pages==
 
I cannot remember if I am allowed to edit the spelling on other users pages. Clearly, it would be against the rules (and in incredibly poor taste) to edit the content beyond fixing spelling and maybe adding a comma or two, but I am trying to eradicate certain spelling mistakes from the wiki entirely, and I don't want to get in trouble for trying to eliminate misspellings like "Cappellan". Could you clarify for me please? --[[User:DragonoftheRust|DragonoftheRust]] ([[User talk:DragonoftheRust|talk]]) 02:28, 14 May 2017 (EDT)
 
:Perhaps just ask permission? --[[User:Scaletail|Scaletail]] ([[User talk:Scaletail|talk]]) 14:13, 16 May 2017 (EDT)
 
 
==Long time no see==
 
Hey Scaletail, it's good to see you're still (somewhat) active on Sarna. I was beginning to believe that you had drifted away from BattleTech... [[User:Frabby|Frabby]] ([[User talk:Frabby|talk]]) 15:05, 16 May 2017 (EDT)
 
:Ha, well, guess that didn't quite hold up.... I have drifted. Never thought I would, but I guess you don't until you do. --[[User:Scaletail|Scaletail]] ([[User talk:Scaletail|talk]]) 16:15, 13 February 2020 (EST)
 
 
== Old Fanon stuff ==
 
 
Hey scaletail, I am not sure if you will see this as you are not very active anymore but I have been doing a clean-up of the BattleMechs category and one of your fanon sub-articles shows up in the main category due to the infobox template. So I would like your permission to remove it.
 
 
This is the article in question [[User:Scaletail/Crusher]].--[[User:Dmon|Dmon]] ([[User talk:Dmon|talk]]) 06:00, 23 February 2019 (EST)
 
:Thanks, it's a good recommendation. I deleted the article since it no longer fits here. --[[User:Scaletail|Scaletail]] ([[User talk:Scaletail|talk]]) 16:15, 13 February 2020 (EST)
 
::Thank you sir--[[User:Dmon|Dmon]] ([[User talk:Dmon|talk]]) 16:19, 13 February 2020 (EST)
 

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