User talk:Jonathan N Chapple

Welcome!

Welcome to the Citizendium! We hope you will contribute boldly and well. Here are pointers for a quick start. You'll probably want to know how to get started as an author. Just look at CZ:Getting Started for other helpful "startup" links, and CZ:Home for the top menu of community pages. Be sure to stay abreast of events via the Citizendium-L (broadcast) mailing list (do join!) and the blog. Please also join the workgroup mailing list(s) that concern your particular interests. You can test out editing in the sandbox if you'd like. If you need help to get going, the forums is one option. That's also where we discuss policy and proposals. You can ask any constable for help, too. Me, for instance! Just put a note on their "talk" page. Again, welcome and have fun! D. Matt Innis 01:22, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Greetings & welcome. Ro Thorpe 15:47, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks both for the warm welcome. Nice to be here. Jonathan N Chapple 22:36, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Settlement names

Firstly, hullo and welcome to Citizendium. Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

I noticed the changes you made recently to the Belfast and Northern Ireland articles. I wanted to get your thoughts on the subject. Although I created the article here for Belfast and included the Gaelic name in the introduction, I wanted to avoid mimicking The Other Place.

I also though that giving the alternative names in the intro was a bit unwieldy. However, I am very interested in the etymology of place names - I think it's interesting and important and deserves a separate section specifically for such a matter, or the etymology be placed in the intro to a history section. --Mal McKee 19:11, 30 December 2011 (UTC)