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This article claims to be using British English ("artefact" vs "artifact"), but uses American English in other places -- for example using "counter clockwise" instead of "anti clockwise". Can we be internally consistent? Herodotus419 (talk) 23:19, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
Dear Tom,
I just realised we were both editing at the same time, thus causing each other to experience edit conflicts; I can only offer my apologies for my part in this: it seems we've had similar ideas about tidying up the references!
I will give you precedence and withdraw from editing for now, and will return when the field is clear; probably tomorrow. I will also setup the {{in use}} & {{under construction}} templates before I start, just to make sure.
My own objective is to consolidate all citations in a consistent style, similar to the approach taken in the article on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (a featured article), for example, as I did a few months ago in the article on the Almagest. Initially, I tend to reorganise all {{cite}} parameters in vertical format, to make it easier to review them before applying improvements where required. Obviously, I will endeavour to support your own efforts in this area.
I hope this is OK with you? Thank you for letting me know, whenever convenient.
With kind regards for now;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(become old-fashioned!) 17:02, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
Well, they totally made the design for the antykithera look like the actual thing right? No. I mean I understand that they made it look "cooler", but I think that if they made it like the original it would be less like that one itch that is just out of reach. In summary, I wish that they would've been more attenuate to the details. Jeremy Porter (MD) (talk) 01:24, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
New research from a team of astronomers at the University of Glasgow using Bayesian analysis and techniques from the field of gravitational wave astronomy casts new light on the mechanism. I've added two new citations to § Further reading, and there are many more available if needed. The original paper is An Improved Calendar Ring Hole-Count for the Antikythera Mechanism: A Fresh Analysis. Mathglot (talk) 19:24, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
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