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[edit] Preston local elections

Thats great, I have summaries of the results for both 1998 and 1999 elections but don't have any ward results for either election. I will create articles for both of the elections with the suummary results until you have got the ward results for the elections. Davewild 17:26, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] August Esperanza Newsletter

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[edit] Blocks

Ah! AOL sometimes works by assigning a new IP address every time you change page. However, if you go back to a page you've been on, you get that IP address back.

So, if someone from AOL has vandalised that page, then you get hit with the block. Also, because the IP addresses are recycled, you also get hit with the block for each page that IP has been tagged to by AOL.

That's why you get a block on one page, no block on the next, a block on another page... until you start tearing your hair out! (My IP is fixed, thank goodness!).

So, if you get hit by a block on a page, quickly copy-and-paste the text you see. The IP address is only useful to us if the IP address itself was the thing blocked. If the message is something like "Blocked by Redvers; the reason for the block was "Recently used by User:Foo" or the like, then we need to know the User:Foo bit. The autoblock can then be lifted at source (although User:Foo can be left blocked).

Because of privacy reasons, we're not allowed to see the IP addresses of logged-in users, so we can't jump right in and unblock that way. Autoblocks are a technical nightmare!

Let me know the message you're getting on that page, and I'll kill the autoblock for you ASAP. Sorry for the inconvenience this all causes! ➨ ЯEDVERS 16:02, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2007

Please specify what part(s) of the article is a crystal ball? Personally, I feel Next United Kingdom general election is more of a crystal ball. All predicted dates are cited and, due to John McDonnell’s candidacy, the election is certain to take place. Philip Stevens 11:24, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

  • If you think it's a crystal ball put it up for deletion and create an AfD page so there can be a discussion about it. Philip Stevens 12:11, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi, I have removed the Proposed deletion tag from Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2007. Proposed deletions are only for "uncontroversial deletion" and due to the response above and on the article's talk page, its deletion would be controversial. Hope you understand, Hera1187 13:06, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Candidates for the 54th United Kingdom Parliament

Hello and good morning. I wanted to advise you that I've taken Candidates for the 54th United Kingdom Parliament to a second round of AfD instead of deleting it outright. The discussion can be found here. Best, Mackensen (talk) 11:21, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Highlights --> Headlines

Thanks for making this change on the Current Events page. I don't know if you are an admin or what position you hold, but I do feel strongly about the change. It looks much better now, and sounds more credible. Thank you doktorb wordsdeeds 11:40, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm not an admin; I'm just a regular contributor like you. -- tariqabjotu 11:42, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Solidarity

Hello there. Just noticed you deleted some of the text I inserted yesterday in the Solidarity (Scotland) article. I have since reinserted and added references where appropriate.

Just a question though. Why the need to describe my words as "weasel"? I find this a bit unnecessary and slightly offensive. You seem to indicate that I would somehow trying to prejudice the impartiality of the article. In no way was I doing so, and perhaps if you had taken the time and courtesy to discuss this and suggest that perhaps references are necessary we could have sorted it out without you trying to implicate me in trying to inject some form of bias into wikipedia, which I most certainly was not.

Do you even have any knowledge of the events surrounding the Solidarity/SSP issue? Again, if you don't then perhaps you shouldn't just jump in with two feet and undo someone elses work here.

Cheers, Big Jim Fae Scotland; 20 Sept 2006; 10:07

[edit] Spectre Party

Hi

I added the Spectre Party Aims and Objectives recently which you removed.

Could you justify why you consider the official party objectives as advertising?

Regards

Angie

[edit] September Esperanza Newsletter

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[edit] Helping out with Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election

Would love to help out with the table on this page. Have read discussion page but doesnot give a clue where to start. What I am trying to say is - which part of the table do you want me to update or if you just want me to proof read the lot? Cheers--Lethaniol 21:37, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spectre Party Again

Hi Doktorbuk

Thanks for your input. I hope you don't mind but I would like a little clarification on your comments.

You stated that I'd probably violated rules on Copyright and POV.

Re: Copyright.

I'm running the Spectre Party website and as such have clearance to republish some of the information on the site. I'm happy to get written statement saying as such if Wiki requires it. I'm not a member of the party, nor am I ever going to run as a candidate. I simply searched google to see what was already being said and came across the Wiki article on them.

I thought it would be appropriate to include their aims and objectives at the current time as a matter of Historical record for Wiki, after all parties and politicians have been known to change their line. Having put up a fair amount of the information on the spectre site (I didn't write one word of it though) I am familiar with their objectives and don't feel that the one line currently in their Wiki article is an accurate reflection of who they really are, ie I think it actually sounds a little biased.

Re: POV

I've never dared contribute to any Wikipedia before for fear of offending someone or breaking any rules. I've had a look at the pages you suggested and a lot of the others and can't see what rule I've broken. Could you clarify what you think I've done wrong.

As a non member of the party but being in a privileged position with regards to information about the party I thought I should contribute to the Wiki article. Was this wrong in your opinion?

Thanks again for your input.

Angie

Vertangie 22:58, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] unblock

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[edit] Conservative or Unionist party tags in Scotland

Just added this discussion to the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Parliament constituencies page. Any input from yourself would be greaty appreciated. Thanks. Galloglass 12:12, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] UK election changes

Hey Hroðulf - just wanted to say how grateful I am for the work you are carrying out on the UK election pages, such as the Boundary change article I de-merged earlier this month. I hope in the lead up to the election itself we can all work together on these articles. doktorb wordsdeeds 12:02, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

No problem. When are the new boundaries expected to be placed before Parliament, assuming that hasn't already happened? Note that I also did some work on Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency), including removing the infobox, as the template automatically linked to current maps instead of future ones. What is the technique for drawing new maps? --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 12:14, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] General Election Data Graphics

Is there a simple way to produce the following sort of table?

Column 1: Constituency Name
Column 2: Winning Party at Last Election
Columns 3 - 8 : Party Votes (underneath a title for the election in question)
Column 9: Winning Party at Current Election
Column 10: Status (i.e gain or hold)
Harry Hayfield 05:45, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FA Cup

Hey, no problem Dok, just sorry I couldn't get it all done in one lunchbreak.  :-) ChrisTheDude 12:59, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Cheers for the star, Dok, think it's back to editing club articles for me now, I've had enough tables to last me the rest of the year! :-) ChrisTheDude 14:28, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Wilcox-McCandlish law

I have restored this article which you commented on during the last AFD following a reasonable objection raised by the primary author. However I have relisted it at AFD in an attempt to reach a consensus. You may like to give your opinion. Cheers, Yomanganitalk 11:10, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ill Mitch (2nd nomination)‎

Hello. Re your vote at the article's original AFD, you might like to comment at the AFD for its recreation. Cheers. The JPStalk to me 00:53, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hurricane predictions

I probably won't put up the betting pool/predictions page until March or April, when we have a better idea of what the upcoming season is going to be like. No predictions even came close last year because everyone cast their predictions in December or January. bob rulz 22:54, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday from the Birthday Committee

Wishing Doktorbuk a very happy birthday on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!

Don't forget to save us all a piece of cake!
> Kamope < 00:00, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

What's the basis of claiming that Valerie Wise will be Respect candidate in Tulketh? Liberal Democrat mishief-making or just plain stupidity? And are all your entries in Wikipedia based on fiction, because how else can we know whether what you are spouting is crap or truth?

Come clean - and get rid of it if you do not know whether it's true or not!

Can someone take off my link to my website? RickSeymour 20:04, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] UK general election targets

I'd not caught the note on the page, but thank you so much for clearing it up! Perhaps a note on that section of the page would be apropos in case anyone else is confused, if they are. What can I say - I'm American, so I'm still learning. ;) Wally 19:52, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NI BC report

Since you seem to be the initial and/or main author of the article on constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election, I thought I'd ask you: according to parliamentary question time from June 06, the final recommendations for NI should be treated in the HoC now, shouldn't they...? —Nightstallion 22:33, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Hey Nightstallion! Yeah, the Northern Ireland constituencies were supposed to be all sorted this year. Then the other boundary committee in the province began (or went to the next stage of) a massive reform of local government boundaries making the parliamentary proposals fairly obsolete. So now one will have to wait a few more months (years?!) for the other to report. Cheers, doktorb wordsdeeds 09:04, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
Oh? Interesting! Could you direct me to where I can find information on the local government changes? Haven't heard anything at all about that yet... And I suppose this means if there's an early election this autumn or next spring, as is currently rumoured, the boundaries would remain for the election? —Nightstallion 09:06, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
Top of my head....can't think of the link. It's not one of those rememberablenames.com ones either, from memory. I just recall visiting the parliamentary constituency website to be told the proposals were being "deferred". And yeah, if an early election is called Norn Iron would be under the current, existing boundaries, with the rest of the UK on the newly accepted proposals. doktorb wordsdeeds 09:12, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
Okay, thanks! Incidentally, you wouldn't happen to know why we haven't got an article on the local government changes in England yet? I've tried to find out whether the list of new unitary authorities is official now and when *exactly* it will be implemented, but the information is spread out over several pages and sometimes contradicts itself... —Nightstallion 09:17, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] English local government

Heh, knowing the way these things work, you'll be lucky to find something in one place! The BBC article - again, from memory, no link - spoke of 2009 as being the year of changes, but it will probably need some searching around for. I would recommend the Government web site but, heh, they're not best known for being terribly useful. doktorb wordsdeeds 09:22, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

What I've got from news articles and such is:
“ Local government reform in England[1] [2] means new unitary authorities in Bedford, Cheshire (City of Chester and West Cheshire and Cheshire East), Cornwall, County Durham, Exeter, Ipswich, Northumberland, Shropshire, Wiltshire, to be implemented by April 2009. ”
But I'm quite surprised there's no article like 2007 English local government reform, or something like that -- especially since AFAIK there's a great number of people interested in the intricacies of the English local government system on Wikipedia... —Nightstallion 09:28, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
AHA! I think Districts of Northern Ireland has what we wanted to know:
“ In June 2007, following the restoration of a power-sharing Executive, it became clear that the plan to create seven "super-councils" was to be reviewed, if not abandoned.[3] In July, Arlene Foster, Minister for the Environment in the Executive, announced a review. A committee was established which it is hoped will report by the end of 2007. The new review is likely to mean that the present structure will continue unchanged until 2011.[4] [5] ”
So much for that, then. No constituency review until the districts are clarified, and *that* will apparently take until after the next general election. —Nightstallion 14:09, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] European Parliament constituencies

Doktorbuk, hi! I was archiving my talk page when I noticed that you'd left a message there that I hadn't replied to (apologies for the oversight). The answer is "yes, I do approve": the more people add detail to the constituencies, the quicker they'll be done. Thank you for your help, regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 23:57, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sheffield South East (UK Parliament constituency)

Hallo, Why not just create the new page yourself? It's dead easy, honest, and someone described how to do it further up the thread about BarnsleyE. (In a nutshell: Click on the title which is redirected. When you get to the wrong article, click on the line where it says "redirected from Sheffield South East" (or whatever). That gets you to the state where you're looking at the "article" which is just a redirect. Then hit the edit tab, and go ahead.) Just go for it - and if it gets in a muddle someone can help unpick it afterwards. Cheers, PamD (talk) 18:57, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wimbledon Parliamentary constituency

Hi there, I partially undid your change to the Wimbledon Parliamentary constituency page - UKpolling report is un-referenced (and occasionally wrong!) and I think better to link to the official pages of each candidate for the next election. As it happens, I am originally from Preston, and now involved with the Liberal Democrats in Merton. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.152.233.11 (talk) 16:02, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Birthday!

I got a cake for you!
I got a cake for you!

Happy Brithday! Tiddly-Tom 06:46, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Constituency maps

Sorry been busy at work during the Easter period. You may have found these yourself but I done a quick search and found their own ward map here on the Preston Council site here. I also use this site a lot, it covers the whole country, you can see all the names and boundaries of many different units by ticking the different boxes.

I tend to look closely at existing maps like these and use for reference to draw my own in Microsoft Paint, Preston Council's own map looks OK to use as reference for this, I might try to draw a map for you if I have enough time. Thank you by the way I am pleased someone is interested in my contributions.

I made this, it shows the wards of Preston, and is ready to be coloured however you want, I'm not sure what the constituencies are but I looked at the map of wards on the Preston website, that had bold lines and thin lines but didn't explain why.

Carlwev (talk) 15:49, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Emergent Party

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[edit] Rock the vote 2008-05-11

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[edit] the links to BBC mentioing Vietnam

Hi, you last edit of adding the link didn't seem to work (it broke the section), so i reverted it. Can you do that again if you still stick by your argument? Thanks (Cowboybebop98 (talk) 21:50, 12 May 2008 (UTC))

[edit] Thx

Thx for u help in Talk:2008 Sichuan earthquake, give me so much confident. Maybe u know I'm a jackaroo in English wikipedia, and i know my English may not good enough (I only get 5.5 in IELTS - -)maybe he is right ,i should stop my work in English Wikipedia, my edits are not helpful.--Prinz.W (talk) 18:39, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Earthquake split proposal

Thanks for your comments regarding the above; if I've interpreted your views correctly, you won't then disapprove of my idea mentioned in 2008 Sichuan earthquake#Proposed split (Reactions to the 2008 Sichuan earthquake) to "move both "International Reaction" AND "Foreign and domestic aid" into a 'see also' sub-article called "Reactions to the 2008 Sichuan earthquake" ?

I agree there should be a para or two in the main article as a summary, but I'm leaving that for later - it's hard to write such things until the situation stabilizes a bit.

I particularly want to chop it into 'see also' as I think it's detracting from the quality of this otherwise reasonably good article (good, as far as possible, with such a 'moving target').

--  Chzz  ►  21:02, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reactions to the 2008 Sichuan earthquake

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[edit] proposed deletion of Money Reform Party

[edit] Proposed deletion of Money Reform Party

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Thanks for the note about this. I agree with you and with the editor who placed the prod tag - there are no independent sources available and no real evidence of notability. Incidentally, have you seen Wikipedia:WikiProject Political Parties? It's not really got started yet, but it may be of interest to you. Warofdreams talk 16:55, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed policy for notability of political parties

Thanks for letting me know. I have added my comments at User talk:Doktorbuk/pp. Terraxos (talk) 19:51, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Azerbaijan

Hi. The reason why is because it is up to human editors like ourselves to sort out incorrect links initially. We are dabbing any links which lead to wrong articles like this, As for how to dab articles which account to multiple places in each country, this will have to be worked out ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 10:49, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your comments about FritzpollBot - some misunderstanding?

Ummm...you have now pointed out both at the Village Pump and on my talk page examples of pages pointing to the wrong locations, or being of inferior content. Unfortunately, these were not created by the bot. In fact, beyond the 100 articles created by the bot in its trial (and the bot ignores all existing articles, so the existing Afghan pages would not be affected), the bot hasn't created any articles. This means that the Azerbaijan articles are nothing to do with me, and you really need to check the page history of these articles before bandying around accusations of inaccuracy Fritzpoll (talk) 11:35, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Dr. Buk, the whole community had their opportunity to xpress their concern at the Bot request for approval. Of which they didn't, so it got approved anyway. But then, it got added to the watchlist and some people began making irrelevant points about how no one would touch these articles (myself and Blofeld already have begun) or that they only have a population of 3 (remember overpopulation?) These can be expanded using fallingrain (but not if it is only present). Also, some of the worst arguments I've seen (not yours) is that, de facto, the English wikipedia should show the information relevant to English speakers with computers. That, and the fact that most of the opposers aren't content editors, is the ignorance of the discussion. I'm an Editorofthewiki[citation needed] 22:31, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] FritzpollBot Discussion - breaking away from Village Pump for the moment

Hi Doktorbuk - thanks for the message at the pump: I do indeed care about the project, and I am certain that you do as well. The backlog issue is an interesting semi-philosophical question in a way: after all, with so much work to do on existing articles, should we allow any new ones to be created? That is, not, however, your salient point - I think to answer your concerns more directly, I would have to say that if the backlogs exist at present, it is because editors aren't doing the work. If the bot uses up the time of editors in creating articles, checking the data, etc. it isn't detracting from the backlogs, because the nature of the backlogs existence means that these editors weren't working on them to begin with.

I would personally love the Village Pump thing to conclude so that I can set things rolling, and then get back to some decent editing. I want to work at cleaning up articles, as I said at my recent RfA, but am distracted at present trying to do this - purely because it is a temporary distraction. My actual work with the bot will be intermittant under the proposals, as I will just have days where I am waiting for sources, waiting for approval, etc. And then the coding for a specific country will take less than a day - the first version of the bot took me 3 hours to write, and I have worked out many more sophisticated means of making it work now.

What we don't want, as I hope we can both agree on, is that this bot increases the load at the backlogs. To that end, there have already been some suggestions that we can implement, such as placing the bot's articles into a separate category for things like orphaned articles whilst the human editors actually get them linked into "the web" that is Wikipedia. I am hopeful that this process can engage some of our editors more firmly into Wikipedia - the bot's lifetime is inherently finite as there are only so many places that it will be called upon to create, after which it's usefulness will be at an end - and afterwards, this sense of engagement may translate into improvements elsewhere. Still, that is rather speculative!

To summarise - I do understand your position on the bot. No, it's not going to go insane and create the millions of articles that it could theoretically create, but it is important to keep human editors engaged in the process. Oddly, this was always the intention - even in the original Bot Request for Approval, human editors were going to be involved in checking the output, verifying data, etc. I think there was a lot of panic about it, and the resulting negative reaction both to proponents such as me, and likewise opponents such as yourself was at times appalling in its ferocity. What I hope we've achieved here is at least a civil discussion, despite not necessarily agreeing. Anyway, that's quite an essay I've dumped on your page! Best wishes Fritzpoll (talk) 15:21, 3 June 2008 (UTC)