User talk:JackyR
[edit] Welcome
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And sorry for the delay in the standard welcome message. I'm afraid we don't really have a welcoming committee here yet, so this tends to fall through the cracks. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 08:55, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Walter Scott
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- You wrote: Talk to me about the formatting here. You've put the quotes from ch. 15 of The Antiquary into (one particular) strict, formal Wikiquote style: I'd put them in context with a note about this bit of the novel. My strong feeling is that the page loses immensely by not having these extra notes; I feel that, not only are (brief) notes not absolutely contrary to house style, but that style exists to serve the publication, not rule it (and I speak as a professional editor). Consistency is a good thing, but not to the point where it undermines the purpose of the page.
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- I'm stating this very strongly, but obviously you also have an opinion here! Talk to me... JackyR 20:53, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
- It's not that I'm against offering explanatory text surrounding a quote, but I'd be apt to try to reign in the formatting of it a bit from your original. I would think we could accomodate both our wishes by compromising. Can we try to adhere to conventional WQ formatting, yet still retain your introductory text? ~ UDScott 21:05, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
- I'll have a go. Posted that on the article talk page in case anyone follows and reverts one or other of the changes, but I guess it's not high-risk! :-) JackyR 21:19, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wikiquote:Aims
Thank you for the suggestion at WQ:VP about a Wikiquote:Aims. I haven't perused such pages for quite a while, but I think you're right that we need to consider creating and/or updating something like this. As with all other policy-type issues here, though, I suspect it will take some effort to drum up interest in making this happen, and participants will mostly be the dozen or so usual suspects. I won't publicly nominate you to head this project, as I half-jokingly did to poor Essjay when he spoke up about general policy revision, but I encourage you to be bold, pehaps by starting a draft, including the points you raised (all of which are excellent and certainly get to the heart of some of our biggest problems), and starting a talk page to discuss these points. (You might add the major goal of providing accurate quotes — something that is quite rare on the Web today — which involves sourcing, citations, and verifying, all of which are still rather disorganized here.) If you want to give it a shot, consider adding it to Wikiquote:WikiProject Policy Revision. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 17:24, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
- I'll gather my strength a bit and have a go! Thanks for the positive feedback and pointers about where to start. I'm sure it will, as you say, be the Usual Suspects, but at least we'll then have a position (and page!) against which people can react! I don't see me making a good project leader, so won't volunteer. (I've spread myself so thin I'm letting plenty of people down already...) Cheers, JackyR 17:33, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
