User talk:Jkaharper

Also "died aged" and "died at the age of" are another pair of either/or, "died aged" is used in a variety of publications. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9qdezjzzq9o] [https://www.itv.com/news/2026-04-10/hip-hop-pioneer-afrika-bambaataa-dies-aged-68] [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/apr/09/doug-allan-wildlife-cameraman-dies] If this is atypical in another variety of English, then British English should be [[MOS:RETAIN]]ed if the first edition of the page was in British English. [[User:Unknown Temptation|Unknown Temptation]] ([[User talk:Unknown Temptation|talk]]) 14:24, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

Also "died aged" and "died at the age of" are another pair of either/or, "died aged" is used in a variety of publications. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9qdezjzzq9o] [https://www.itv.com/news/2026-04-10/hip-hop-pioneer-afrika-bambaataa-dies-aged-68] [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/apr/09/doug-allan-wildlife-cameraman-dies] If this is atypical in another variety of English, then British English should be [[MOS:RETAIN]]ed if the first edition of the page was in British English. [[User:Unknown Temptation|Unknown Temptation]] ([[User talk:Unknown Temptation|talk]]) 14:24, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

:Hi, thanks for the message. I'll keep this short as I don't think this is vital, but I believe it's appropriate to begin the first sentence of a new section with the surname. Then to avoid repetition in following paragraphs, I change some to "he" or "she" at the start of every second paragraph so that the section isn't repetitive/robotic. Always what I've been taught. There's no fixed policy on that on here. As for "aged"/"at the age of", there is a Wiki direction on this. The former tends to be reserved for British English, but more so British subjects. The latter for all others. I prefer the latter as it builds the sentence out more and saves the paragraph looking too stubby. Thanks for your thoughts --[[User:Jkaharper|Jkaharper]] ([[User talk:Jkaharper#top|talk]]) 14:32, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

:Hi, thanks for the message. I'll keep this short as I don't think this is vital, but I believe it's appropriate to begin the first sentence of a new section with the surname. Then to avoid repetition in following paragraphs, I change some to "he" or "she" at the start of every second paragraph so that the section isn't repetitive/robotic. Always what I've been taught. There's no fixed policy on that on here. As for "aged"/"at the age of", there is a Wiki direction on this. The former tends to be reserved for British English, but more so British subjects. The latter for all others. I prefer the latter as it builds the sentence out more and saves the paragraph looking too stubby. Thanks for your thoughts --[[User:Jkaharper|Jkaharper]] ([[User talk:Jkaharper#top|talk]]) 14:32, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

== April 2026 ==

Hi, regarding [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dave_Mason&diff=prev&oldid=1350474370 this edit] where you changed {{tq|"[[Worcester, England]]"}} to {{tq|"[[Worcester, England|Worcester]], England"}}, please see [[MOS:GEOLINK]]. [[User:Rift|Rift]] ([[User talk:Rift|talk]]) 05:04, 22 April 2026 (UTC)