Charlemaniac

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Sorry. I guess I should have read all that stuff before joing and editing the page.

Before I try to correct the non-conformities, and risk making things worse, I'd like clarification of what I need to do.

I wanted to make two changes. The previous version of the article referred to a previous name (of Hampshire in the Domesday book) as a 'misspelling'. I wanted to remove the 'mis' (which I consider to be lazy and without justification) and make it just 'spelling'. I wanted also to add relevant comment from Wiktionary, which attempts to explain the difference in spelling (i.e. the 'p' in 'Hampshire').

I should be grateful for detailed guidance on whether and how to make such change.

Charlemaniac (talk) 12:56, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi I have removed the mis for you. Oddily with your second point, on wikipedia, we dont use wiki sites as references. These can be edited by anyone and may have misleading points made. Yes that probably strikes you as more than a little odd. Murry1975 (talk) 13:54, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

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Thank you.

Would it still be helpful to add the comment from Wiktionary, which attempts to explain the difference in spelling (i.e. the 'p' in 'Hampshire')? Without it, the etymology section explains 'Hants' more fully than 'Hampshire'.

Charlemaniac (talk) 23:26, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

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Re: Basil Cottle

No problem. The subject is clearly notable. Sometimes, editors on Wikipedia make quick judgments based on certain superficial concerns. Fraenir (talk) 15:03, 3 October 2017 (UTC)