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The Main Source for the History of the Egyptian pound
[edit]JMF, if you can do me a favour and insert this source, then I will be able to see how it is formatted, and I should be able to do the follow up sourcing myself. Meanwhile, I've copied and pasted the abstract from the source here, https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781315253664/handbook-world-exchange-rates-1590%E2%80%931914-markus-denzel Chapter 32|8 pages Egypt (1869–1914)1 Abstract Sources: The Economist, London (1869-1890); Egyptian Gazette, Alexandria & Cairo (1884, 18931914). Concordance: WdW VIII, pp. 135-167
Currency: The basis of the Egyptian currency in the 19th century was the piastre (kurus) of 40 para. After the Turkish-Egyptian treaty of 1840, the piastre of both Turkish and Egyptian strikes should be equal by value, but the piastre of the Egyptian currency was commonly regarded as being of higher value than the Turkish one (see Chapter 13). Therefore 10 Egyptian piastres were equal to 11 Turkish piastres in Alexandria around the mid-19th century, whereas 10 Egyptian piastres were equal to 11.71 (since 1839) and later on to 11.27 Turkish piastres. In 1834 Egypt adopted the bimetallic standard on the basis of the Marie Theresa thaler, the famous Austrian trade coin for the Levant which was called abu taqa in Egypt, as the main coin unit equal to 20 piastre (confirmed by the Coin Act of 1842 and the government tariff of February 15th 1859). The piastre of 1839 contained 1.146 grammes of fine silver, the piastre of 1801 approximately 4.6 grammes of fine silver. The most important Egyptian coins, the bedidlik in gold (= 100 piastres; 7.487 grammes of fine gold) and the rial in silver (20 piastres; 23.294 grammes of fine silver), were minted since 1836/39 in the wake of the currency reform of December 1835, in force from May 1836. In addition, official money rates were fixed for these foreign coins whose circulation was allowed, but all these coins were undervalued, such as the British sovereign with 97½ piastres. This reform brought little improvement, because “foreign coins circulated much above the tariff rate, their value often fluctuating greatly from one part of the country to another” (OWEN [1969], p. 384). To make the quoting of the exchange rates independent of the devaluations of the Egyptian government, during this decade and those that followed the quotation was either done in Marie Theresa thalers or in piastres Egyptian money, as Egyptian money, both the actually minted Egyptian silver coins and the internationally accepted trade coins were understood, each at their daily price. Due to the pressure imposed by the British occupying power, the fall in silver prices from the end of the 1860s and the unsuccessful coin policy of the Egyptian government led to a currency reform in 1885. So bimetallism was superseded by the gold standard. Based on the model of the British sovereign and the Turkish lira, the Egyptian pound or lira (guinée el maes; 7.4375 grammes of fine gold) of 100 piastres became the basic monetary unit. Pieces of 10 piastres, the so-called Parisi, were minted in silver (11.25 grammes of fine silver) and 20 Egyptian piastres were equal to the 5-francs piece (the so-called real franca) or 1 piastre (1 1/8 grammes of fine silver) was equal to ¼ franc. Therefore the Marie Theresa thaler was fixed at 21 piastres and the sovereign at 97½ piastres as was done since 1835 (cf. ISSAWI [ed.] [1966], p. 523). This decree of November 14th 1885 remained in force even after the period documented here: “On the outbreak of the First World War Egypt shifted to a sterling exchange standard, and the link between the Egyptian pound and sterling was maintained until 1947” (ibid., p. 524).Specialrequestaccount (talk) 16:05, 24 May 2024 (UTC) Specialrequestaccount (talk) 16:09, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Specialrequestaccount: Would you copy/paste this request at talk:Egyptian pound with an open call for help, since it is something that any editor can do. It is unlikely that I will have time to do it anytime soon. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 16:58, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
JMF, OK, I'll do that. Meanwhile, I think I know a way of reverting the British currency in the Middle East. I'd be most grateful if you could then point out where I need to put the sources. I guarantee that I will have them at hand here.Specialrequestaccount (talk) 22:17, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Specialrequestaccount: As a general principle, any assertion or statement of historical fact needs supporting evidence. In the one section I looked at, I attached multiple {{citation needed}} tags. I assume that these will provide sufficient examples of what I mean. You could start by resolving those. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 22:38, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
It's OK. It's all sorted. The reference/source that I have supplied answers every single one of your citation requests. It's all in the abstract of the source. The source was actually already there before you reverted on 12th April. But meanwhile, I've found a direct link to the abstract, so as you can read the full abstract. Can you help me to add this link to ref number 10 in the article. You'll find it here, if you scroll down to chapter 32 (Egypt) and then click on abstract, https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781315253664/handbook-world-exchange-rates-1590%E2%80%931914-markus-denzel Specialrequestaccount (talk) 23:04, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Specialrequestaccount:, can you ask for help at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Numismatics. I'm not willing to do this without taking time first to understand its significance, which as I said I don't have time to do. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 15:43, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
It's OK. There is no urgency. Meanwhile, if you read my updated profile, you will understand the inspiration behind it all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Specialrequestaccount Specialrequestaccount (talk) 16:33, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
The history of the infamous E=mc^2 equation
[edit]If you are so convinced that Einstein was the first to discover E=mc^2...
Why don't you post in the Samuel Tolver Preston article that sites this?
And do not forget to use reliable sources. I must have a reliable source that mentions Dr. Preston but still insist Einstein as the discoverer of the relationship between mass and energy. K00la1dx (talk) 13:41, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
- Compare and contrast Hooke and Newton on the inverse square law (see Robert Hooke#Gravitation). Hooke (and others) conjectured it but it was Newton that derived the mathematical proof. You won't find the citation you are looking for because nobody of basic scientific competence has takns the aether theory seriously in over 100 years.]) 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 14:19, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
- Maxwell assumes an ether. We do not write him out as the creator of Maxwells equations just because of it. Take displacement current.
- I am just posting this to let you know I looked into your ether theories section on Wikipedia. Dr. Preston is not mentioned in the article.
- I do not want to debate ether theory. Just want to state that regardless if the ether theory is true or not, Einstein was not the first person to come up with the relationship between mass and energy. In fact, Dr. Preston's ground breaking book "Physics of The Ether" contains descriptions of both Relativity and Special Relativity.
- I just cannot post it on wiki because posting primary sources is "original research" and when I try to post using well researched publications it also gets rejected by editors on wiki that have little understanding of science... K00la1dx (talk) 03:49, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
- No, you cannot post it because it is your assessment of the PSs and is thus a WP:OR violation. You would need to find a good number of reliable sources that take your view and it could then be given as a significant alternative viewpoint. Good luck with that, because you won't find them for one obvious reason: if in the past 120 years (but especially in the first half of the 20th century), if there had been any reasonable basis to prefer an Anglo-Saxon Protestant over a German Jew, it would certainly have been done. That it wasn't should tell you that you are wasting your own time as well as that of others.
- This correspondence is now closed. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 14:32, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi. I noticed that you reverted one of my edits. The video promotion and its website prove its abbreviation/acronym and it is how citizens there refer to it. Can I have my edit restored please?41.62.55.98 (talk) 07:27, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
- For future reference, please give the name of the article concerned and give a response to the edit summary that gave the reason for the reversion. I should not have had to search out that info and won't do so again. Other editors likely would not. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 08:49, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
- I should have known better. Sorry for disturbing you.41.62.55.98 (talk) 08:58, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
Regarding our 'Hazard Symbols' discussion
[edit]@JMF: Realistically, there isn't a lot of traffic on the Talk:Hazard symbol page, so we'll be waiting a while for other editors to weigh in, so I'm going to see if we can get a third opinion via the Wikipedia:Third opinion system. I'll put the request in later (like ~9 hours from, around 01:00 16 June UTC, after I get home from work and eat dinner), so you have some time to respond to the reply that I made today, before anyone would look at it.
It's non-binding, basically another editor just looks at what we've discussed and give feedback when there's a two person stalemate. I don't think either of us are moving from our positions, and I don't have anything further to say that won't turn into a circular argument on the issue, so I'm fine with saying that we've stalemated.
I'll leave another message here when I've made the request, so you're aware it has been made.-- The Navigators (talk) 16:07, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
- I just put in the request in the Wikipedia:Third opinion system.-- The Navigators (talk) 01:37, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
Thanks
[edit]Your edit https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ordinal_indicator&oldid=1229353797 taught me something. Somehow I'd never come across that template before in my 20+ years of editing here.
Not entirely incidentally, I see above evidence of some difficulties that came from giving less credence to IP editors. I think Wikipedia would be a better place if all editors and most admins could not tell who made each edit, forcing edits to stand on their own merits. So I edit only as an IP as a matter of policy.
And entirely incidentally, I used to use FIELDATA on a Univac 1106. :-) 24.10.15.212 (talk) 06:59, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
- The html code is certainly valid but my immediate reaction was "there must be a template for that", as raw html is a bit, well, raw. It was a new one to me too. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 07:09, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
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Suspected sockpuppetry
[edit]FYI I have reported an IP address that you have reverted. It seems clear to me that this user has carried on editing for months after being blocked - Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Wisdom-inc 10mmsocket (talk) 16:43, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of Neoplasticism
[edit]Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Neoplasticism you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Rollinginhisgrave -- Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 11:44, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you. I have notified user:Egrabczewski, who to be fair has done most of the work to bring the article up to GA standard.--𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 18:57, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
Roade Bypass.
[edit]- Hello JMF, I hope that you are well.
- I was just wondering if you knew approximately when the Roade Bypass opened; I am currently working on the History section of the 'A508 road' page, but I can't find any good/reliable sources. If you don't know, then no worries.
- Kind regards, Roads4117 (talk) 06:26, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- No idea. Roade Parish Council site? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 07:50, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- Ok no worries. I will check that website out now. Roads4117 (talk) 08:05, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- No idea. Roade Parish Council site? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 07:50, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Neoplasticism
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