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Morse Code

I've made some substantial modifications to the "Letters, numbers, punctuation" section of Morse code, mostly in the table presentation in that section. See the Talk:Morse code page for more information.

--JoeDeRose (talk) 00:01, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Western Wall Tunnel Image

I took as my source the Hebrew version in the Hebrew Wikipedia. Originally this was for a personal (offline) project -- but after completion I wanted to share those results with English Wikipedia. To that end, I posted an English version and an unlabeled version (as a starting point for labeling in other languages) of this work in English Wikipedia.

Translation Notes: I converted the Hebrew text to English with a combination of Google Translate and my own familiarity with the Western Wall Tunnel. I do not, however, speak Hebrew, and any corrections to the English translation are appreciated. Please note them on this page.

License Notes: I attempted to follow the instructions of the GNU license carefully, but there were specific instructions in the Hebrew version that I am uncertain that I understood thoroughly due to my unfamiliarity with that language. I'm highly confident that I have properly used and reproduced the GNU license under which the original was posted -- but if there are stipulations in the attribution that I have not completely followed, I would appreciate being informed about this.

Please post comments about the image here (as this is the only page I am watching 100% of the time), and I will attempt to rectify any issues promptly.

Thanks.

--JoeDeRose (talk) 22:22, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

List of Common Misconceptions

I believe some of the heavy-handed removal of edits on the List of Common Misconceptions page has been unfairly applied to my contribution on that page. My submission is properly sourced and the idea that historical timekeeping is viewed as the only valid system, and that this belief is a misconception, is implicit, if not explicit, in all three of those sources. The submission should be left in place.

Timekeeping

A belief that decades/centuries/millennia begin not on the year ending in 0, but rather on the subsequent year ending in 1 (e.g., "The current millennium didn't really begin on January 1, 2000, but rather on January 1, 2001") -- based on an assumption that there was no year 0 -- are founded in an incomplete understanding of historical calculation. The currently dominant system of numbering years, known as the "Anno Domini" or "Common Era" system, was proposed by Dionysius Exiguus in 525 for application to the Julian Calendar (and later was applied to the Gregorian Calendar). For this reason, all year numbers prior to 525 are the result of calculation rather than historical record. Two systems of calculation exist in parallel: The Historical System, which holds that 1 AD/CE was preceded by 1 BC/BCE, and the Astronomical System, which incorporates a year 0, and thus has 1 AD/CE preceded by 0. With scholarly works in which precision is important in BC/BCE years, it is necessary for the researcher to identify which system of calculation is being used. The Astronomical System (with a year 0) is reflected in ISO 8601, the standard published by the International Organization for Standardization that covers representation of dates and times.

--JoeDeRose (talk) 05:45, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

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Wikipedia Edits that I'm Most Proud Of

• Created the Inter-American Driving Permit page.
• Added sortable table of elements (with atomic number, name, symbol, group, period, block, state at STP, occurrence, and description) to Chemical Elements ⇒ List of the 118 known chemical elements.
  (before | after | current)
• Added stroke table to Wubihua method.
  (before | after | current)
• Created new Morse code files for punctuation and prosigns, and revised pages for letters and numbers, accompanied by substantial revisions to tables in Morse Code ⇒ Letters, numbers, punctuation.
  (before | after | current)
• Created improvements to display of naval signaling flags in multiple locations:
  • In International maritime signal flags ⇒ Letter flags (with ICS meaning), converted gallery display of flags to a table for better readability, and added ⇒ Number Flags to that page.
    (before | after | current)
  • Added the same table to International Code of Signals ⇒ Single flag signals.
    (before | after | current)
  • Created number flag SVG files and a new Wikimedia Commons category for the Russian Navy Code of Signals, and added those flags, along with table improvements, to Naval flag signalling ⇒ Numerals.
    (before | after | current)
  • Improved categorization of flag series and documented the difference between subcategory series: International Code of Signals ⇒ Differences in Subcategory Series.
• Translated Western Wall tunnel map to English:
  

To Do

• Morse Code
  • Consider adding information about the full final message by the Marine nationale: 500 kHz (maritime et aéronautique) ⇒ Nuit du 31 janvier 1997 au 1er février 1997,.
• Naval flags
  • Remove borders from flags that have them in Category:International Code of Signals (Series 5).
  • Russian Naval Flags
    • Create SVG files for letter flags in Russian Navy Code of Signals under Category:Signal flags of the Russian Navy
    • Move my number flags from Category:Russian Navy Code of Signals (which I created) to Category:Signal flags of the Russian Navy (which already existed).
    • Request deletion of Category:Russian Navy Code of Signals.
    • Update Russian Navy Code of Signals with SVG letters and numbers.
  • Revise display of Substitutes and naval maneuvering signals in Naval flag signalling ⇒ Flag Examples.
  • Improve display in International Code of Signals ⇒ Examples of multiple-flag signals.