User talk:Mikeh

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Sections (land)

That link to [[section (U.S. land surveying)|section]]s was there for a purpose. THat article used to be called someting link "Section (land)" before somebody got the bright idea to rename it. See Talk:Section (U.S. land surveying). Putting the link here made sure that "Dominion Land Survey" got included in the "What links here" page, in case somebody else got around to renaming that article before I did. Your change will now give me the impetus to make the change I discussed on that talk page, since nobody has objected and it has been there a little while anyway. You can help out in rewriting that article to include the very similar Canadian usage along with the U.S. usage, okay? Let me know as soon as you can (preferrably on that talk page so that others will know what we are doing) if you have any strong preferences as to what the name should be. I think "section (land)" would be best, "section (survey)" or "section (land surveying)" gives more of an impression that this is only used in reference to the surveying and not in our everyday lives Gene Nygaard 14:49, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Surveying category page

I have attempted to fix the categorisation of Category:Surveying as per your note of 1 Feb. Note that a category page links upwards by having parent categories to become part of a theme - see Wikipedia:Categorization in particular the section 3.4 might shed some light. Let me know if I haven't interpreted your note and request for assistance correctly? Regards --AYArktos 23:15, 1 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Tassie Arts

Good to see your edits. Its a relief to see some good editing on Lyell Highway and the WS. Hey after all this time of editing you should put something on your user page! SatuSuro 14:27, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Question About Melbourne

I lived in Melbourne for six months in the early 90s and noticed something about the city that I thought you might be able to explain. It appears that the center part of Melbourne is laid out on a grid that is oriented differently than the grid the rest of the city is laid out on. I assumed that the older grid was laid out on magnetic north whereas the later grid was laid out on true north. But I don't know the variation for the area, so I haven't been able to confirm that. Is my assumption correct, or is there another explanation?

--Tedd 17:16, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tedd - I don't know Melbourne very well - have only been there for a few days on several occassions - but looking at a map I can see what you mean. The inner city blocks are oriented NW, whereas the outer areas are NE. These outer areas were definitely set out on a grid based on magnetic north - the declination along Australia's east coast varies from 12 or 13 degrees in Tasmania to 5 or 6 degrees here in North Queensland where I live. Can't explain the inner city orientation, but it appears to be parallel to the nearest section of the Yarra River. Maybe the topography also had something to do with it. --Mikeh 10:22, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gore Ouseley

Thx for your help, I missed all of those and they help the article.... care to look at William Gore Ouseley and Dilkusha Kothi ... they are both fresh off the press and feathers are still wet. I would appreciate your finesing of them. Three years in Wikipedia I see. Well done Victuallers 12:45, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Privy Counsellor v Privy Counsellor

You've moved, without discussion, lists of Privy Counsellors to "Councillors", claiming this was an incorrect spelling. Did you consider the following, on the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, which shows why this move is misguided.

Both "Privy Counsellor" and "Privy Councillor" may be correctly used to refer to a member of the Council. The former, however, is preferred by the Privy Council Office,[18] emphasising English usage of the term "Counsellor" as "one who gives counsel", as opposed to "one who is a member of a council." A Privy Counsellor is said to be "sworn of" the Council when he or she first joins it.[19]

I suggest that you undo your page moves.--George Burgess (talk) 09:44, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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