Marg
personally I do it as an alternative to crosswords! - more seriously the queries provide test material for my own database search mechanism and often lead to better crosslinks and/or corrections on manxnotebook. I'm quite happy not to see the MB space taken up with 'mere' thankyous but obviously additional confirmatory evidence is very welcome - if I have any comment is that I wish posters would include what information & sources they have used which can save a series of 20 questions - maybe another is to think and write out the question before posting (possibly even employing a dictionary tho if you use the latest version of Firefox this can be readily added to your browser and un-recognised words indicated)