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Hi Dave, thanks for your comments and constructive criticism on the electrical sensitivity page. I have written a long reply which you may be interested to look at on the discussion page there. Will be interesting to see what people come up with. I guess we will both have a bit of a POV on this one :-) As a matter of fact I have never been an anti-mast campaigner (it seems totally illogical to me that people shout about masts when they walk round all the time with mobile phones pressed to their heads - what about the inverse square law?!), but unfortunately people with severe hypersensivity to EM waves will be the one group of people who can be affected (and fortunately it is so far a very rare condition at the severe level - I hope it remains that way). Funnily enough I am also from Portsmouth - Cosham to be exact (so have contributed a new page on that which should hopefully be less controversial!). No listed buildings there that I can think of (the two most interesting ones were sadly demolished when I was a child - it was the Tricorn and Portsdown Park era). I am now based in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Happy wiki-ing. Play up Pompey! :-( Ian. Hyperman 42 01:11, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments, Ian. It's true that with my job, I guess I'm by no means the most neutral source either. :) Though I don't work in a technical field or radio planning, I do have some interest in keeping up with news of the latest research.
My concern with the alleged health implications of electrical appliances is the question of, by what means and due to what cause (technical or biological), is the health effect supposed to actually occur? Would it be due to possible thermal heating of the affected area (where most research has previously concentrated), or is due to a particular wavelength or frequency interacting with the body in some way? And if so, how? Or by some other means? Until some sort of mechanism by which illness could be caused is identified (and various campaign groups cite different causes), I find it difficult to accept that there is a scientific basis for the symptoms people claim to suffer.
I used to live in Hilsea as a child before moving to Fareham - perhaps I should follow your lead and write a page on the area :) Another one to add to the work list...
-Dave DWaterson 22:20, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] durham21 Link

Hi,

You changed my external link of durham21.co.uk on the Durham University page, saying that the 21 is not italicised on the site. This is certainly true for the main page, but if you check the about page then you will see that it is italicised here. Just explaining my choice, I don't suppose it really matters that much though. cBuckley (Talk • Contribs 19:23, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Erm, indeed, you appear to be correct. Inconsistency from d21 - there's a surprise. :) I must admit, I've never seen it italicised like that before, and I don't think I've ever seen it in general use like that. I suspect the current masthead is more recent than the last time the 'About' page was updated. Perhaps it's an internal preference amongst d21 people - though, as you say, it's a minor issue. :) Change it back if you want, but I think personally it's clearer non-italicised. DWaterson 19:35, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wondered if you might be interested in helping

Hi, I've recently been expanding Town and country planning in the United Kingdom quite a bit and have started a subcategory called [Category:United Kingdom Planning Law]. I've really written up a bit of a skeleton for this area of planning. The planning acts, the new planning structure, PPS's, all those bloody new abbreviations LDF,LDD,RSS etc.etc. So far the majority of it are stubs and I was wondering if someone like yourself, with more of a planning background than myself might be interested in lending a hand in some way. Most of the articles so far are pretty dry statements of fact(I think) and could do with some context, structure/re-structure, debate, proof reading etc.etc. I'm a complete novice at Wikipedia and sure there's a heap of no-no's I've committed (Posting direct to talk pages?!?). Please let me know if your interested or not. Many thanks Russ --User:McginnlyUser talk:Mcginnly--Mcginnly 22:21, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Page Blanking

On 07-Apr, you blanked Moseley and Kings Heath. Blanking pages is generally considered a bad idea. I've changed this to redirect to Moseley and Kings Heath Ward. If this was the result of a broken edit, you may wish to make the correct edits. If you believe the redirect should be deleted, please follow the redirect portion of the deletion procedures. If you believe an article should be written instead of the redirect, please write a stub. If you have questions, please let me know. Thanks! -- JLaTondre 18:56, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your comment. You are quite right that I blanked the page for Moseley and Kings Heath; that was because the page was only a redirect, which was incorrectly going to the wrong target; therefore, it was to break the redirect. At the same time, I proposed a request for move and rename of Moseley and Kings Heath Ward, to the former. This is so that the naming convention for Birmingham wards can be preserved. I hope this is satisfactory for you, cheers. DWaterson 21:33, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
The intent & desired outcome is more than satisfactory. Instead of blanking, I would have changed the redirect while the move request is processed to avoid anyone being confused by landing at a blank page. -- JLaTondre 21:52, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
OK, I'll bear that in mind for the future. Thanks for your suggestion. DWaterson 21:59, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Portsmouth twin towns

Thanks for clarifying these. I felt the sister cities should get a mention; it's good to have them properly labelled. —Serein 21:58, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Geography/Durham

I noticed that you went to Durham and are in town planning. I wonder - did you do geography there? If so how did you get into town planning? How long ago did you graduate and did you find the degree relevant at all? Cheers. --Robdurbar 22:13, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your Edit to Sandy Thom

Sorry, i did not understand it, could you explain it to me on my talk page please. --Joshuarooney2006 13:22, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reply to - Sandy Thom

Oh, oh, sorry, anyway, i've just read it and lol thats what i was thinking!! --Joshuarooney2006 11:34, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CFD for MPs by Parliament

see CFD for category:MPs of the United Kingdom House of Commons, by Parliament and subcategories. Your comments would be welcome. --BrownHairedGirl 17:03, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spam at Gerrards Cross

I've noticed similar spam in other articles of places in the Beaconsfield area (thebestof.beaconsfield link). I challen ged the person adding it and was told that it was a legitimate information source. As a more experienced user, would you say this link is useful or spam? -- Roleplayer 16:05, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your response. I have removed similar links that I have seen from two other articles: Slough and London Borough of Richmond. -- Roleplayer 23:07, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Our Mutual Friend

The tenacity of this guy is incredible! Reading some of his rants, I seriously think he might be mentally ill. At the very least, he has an inflated sense of self-worth given that he writes articles about himself in the third person (see Brighton talk page for URL). The worst thing is that it is virtually impossible to prove sockpuppetry because of his use of differing IP addresses. Gsd2000 23:08, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shimgray

Oops - I got a bit overzealous there and didn't realise that he had only merged content from another article, rather than specifically linking to the website of the individual in question. Thanks for spotting and removing - the last thing I want to do is accuse innocent contributor of sockpuppetry. Gsd2000 01:41, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

FYI - the curse of the Baskervilles (or Parkinsvilles) has been lifted: User talk:David D.#problem_web_site. Gsd2000 22:12, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] David Cameron

Please don't revert the wording of the sentence in the David Cameron article about the Bullingdon Club a third time. The sentence you have now twice altered was one settled on after extensive discussion back at the time DC was first elected. I think it is important to present a fair and balanced view of David Cameron's past - accusing people who are merely trying to keep the article balanced of "POV pushing" is excessively rude. --SandyDancer 17:15, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lancashire

I'm sure all the places listed in the Lancashire template include areas which lie in the traditional county. Where only part of a district lies in the traditional county I have noted it brackets. Which of the places in the ceremonial county box need altering? §Wenslet 16:15, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shakeel Goulthorp on Coventry

Shakeel Goulthorp is also listed on the Bedworth page, so its a bit moot if he should be in Coventry also, but he is pretty well known so I'm reverting your recent deletion of him. Just saying "who" isn't sufficient explanation for the deletion. MarkThomas 10:38, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Klute

No idea!

I'm really not sold on the idea it's important enough to be mentioned in the main article - it really isn't in any way a major feature of the city, or a landmark, or anything. Come to think of it, having an article at all doesn't really seem sensible - it's unsourced and mostly unsourceable... Shimgray | talk | 22:13, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] County Status

I thought you may be interested in this. Could set a standard which other users would want to role out elsewhere. Jhamez84 22:58, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Prod'ed articles

Just remove the prods. The complete cleanup will take weeks to months, given current pace. Pavel Vozenilek 01:50, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] University of Durham Palatinate Purple

I simply copied the colour Palatinate Purple from the colour at the bottom of the Durham University logo display at the right side of the Wikipedia article. Keraunos 11:52, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Paul Staines

I don't think your use of WP:AGF here is correct. Were it to be so, we would have to accept that anyone who claimed to be the subject of an article was that person, unless we could prove otherwise. That could potentially cause us a lot of problems. I think the onus is on the person to provide evidence that they are who they claim to be. The person claiming to be Paul Staines has not done that. I have reason to doubt his claim. Guido Fawkes recently mocked someone who posted a comment on his blog who had criticised Fawkes for not revealing his identity. Fawkes' response was that this person must the only person who didn't know Fawkes' real name. The one name regularly associated with Guido Fawkes is Paul Staines. This indicates that Fawkes doesn't care that people know who he really is, so why should the real Paul Staines come here and complain? Alan Pascoe 23:39, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

I have raised the matter on WP:VPP. Alan Pascoe 20:01, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

There are two refs in the leisure section which contradict each other. One says Staines of London, the other says he's in Ireland. Have we any idea which of these two will be suing Wikipedia for libel?

[edit] David Cameron

Just a note to say good work on sorting out the references on the David Cameron page - a real improvement! --SandyDancer 20:18, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gyro Monorail

This article concentrates on explaining how this type of monorail works, which implies that it does, in fact, work. Indeed, it does state that all three pioneers built full scale prototypes, and Brennan's machine is depicted in the picture. Please take the trouble to read the article, before passing comment.

As far as depth of the analysis is concerned, believe me, this is probably as accessible as it gets, the source material is much worse. After all, we are talking about the dynamics of gyroscopes; a subject which trained professional engineers flinch at.

Making it accessible to the general reader is not an easy task - it becomes either so bland as to say nothing of value, or presents a mass of mathematical formulae and gobbledegook. I suggest you look at some of the physics or maths articles for this other extreme. This explains in prose, what a few lines of calculus would demonstrate.

I do not agree with the principle of restricting ourselves to the 'what' of a subject, it is legitimate to stray into 'why' and 'how'. Otherwise all we are left with are lists of phrases a parrot could recite, rather than real knowledge Gordon Vigurs 09:30, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gosport Ferry

I am moving the article back to where it was as it is about the whole company, not just the ferry. Unisouth 17:22, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

If you have been to see the website, it clearly states at the top - Gosport Ferry Company Ltd. I think the website is down at the moment but it will be at www.gosportferry.co.uk . It is about the whole entity not just the ferry service, so it will remain at the original article namespace. Unisouth 10:08, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
The comapny that is part of that company is the original title of that article. Why dont you wait until the website is back up then we make a decision. It isn't a suitable alternative as it clearly states it just about the ferry. It is about the cruises, tours and the ferry. And to a lesser extent - the pontoons themselves. You can type gosport ferry in and will go to that article so you dont have to remember the full title. What more do you want? Unisouth 10:31, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] David Cameron photo

I've added a small comment but I'm not sure if it's in the right format. It was actually taken on an acquaitance's camera and then e-mailed to me so I only know that its a Canon camera but not what model etc. Hope that's good enough. Land of Hope and Glory 13:33, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy birthday mate

All the best --SandyDancer 13:20, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alexander Litvinenko

An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:A Litvinenko.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. Please go to its page for more information if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. —Leatheristough 21:17, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Referring to {{Replaceable fair use disputed}} you remarked. Can you add your input to the talk page? It's now the article's only image and I am not wanting to have it deleted. I came and tagged it with a few details after seeing the same picture, but credited, published with a newspaper obituary and inconspicuously watermarked 'AP' on-line. If all angles are covered, it might stay. —Leatheristough 04:22, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brotherhood of Man

Re your recent changes. I think you will find that all song titles should be shown as "All You Need Is Love", whilst all album titles are illustrated as Rubber Soul, as per the Wikipedia:Manual of Style. Hope this helps for the future. Regards,

Derek R Bullamore 20:24, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] David Cameron

You are doing a great job at improving this article. I have detected that you are a conservative yourself (I may be wrong) and therefore I am all the more impressed that you are a genuinely neutral editor who is making the article far, far better. --SandyDancer 01:27, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Neutral is he? So why the frenzy to remove the Bullingdon photograph, then? 66.46.239.3 21:35, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My revert to Uni article

Sorry - not sure what happened there - I tried to revert to a version you did but your edits seemed to disappear - must be be a glitch in the system. --Charlesknight 00:47, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE

Must have done it by mistake, I see no reason to why I did that. Englishrose 10:31, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esther and Abi Ofarim

Please see my comments at Talk:Esther and Abi Ofarim. Best regards, gidonb 13:54, 3 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Justin Lee collins pic you removed

Hey dave you skanky hoe, cheers 4 the message. I edited the pic - its all cool, I give you permission to use it. Latez xxx D_winchy

[edit] Partial dates

Thanks for the advice. I guess I was getting a little carried away. A lot of the dates i took out were actually ones I had put in as an anonymus user before I signed up, but I think i may have overstepped the mark on a few other pages. I'm still getting to grips with wikipedia etiquette and i hadn't even realised there were talk pages about articles so thanks for pointing that out. Hope I've not annoyed too many people. Thanks again. Bobfos 20:45, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I just wondered why you deleted the link that I have just added to the Norfolk Broads page. It's my first effort at contributing to Wikipedia, and I'm now wondering if it should be my last. I was careful to add it after the existing similar links, and cannot see why it has been removed, other than the cryptic 'rm spamlink', which presumably implies that it has been regarded as some sort of advert ? It is a completely non-commercial website with no external sponsorship, containing maps, photos, live information & mostly local (all free) links. (Shorebase is not a company, as clearly stated on the site, has had 293,000 hits, and is currently ranked 23 in Google, under 'Norfolk Broads'.) If I have broken some other Wiki protocol, I apologise for that, and would appreciate guidance rather than the surprise of finding my contribution neatly removed. Likewise if I am barking up the wrong tree here, please put me straight, (gently !)..... Shorebase 09:10, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] No thank you.

Edit summaries like this [1] are unhelpful. Peter is a respected editor, and Wikipedia is not a link farm; if cats and other metadata get accidentally lost in a link purge you can just quietly reinsert them and leave a polite note because it was an honest mistake and one I've made myself more than once (I have spotted the error and fixed it myself a couple of times too). It's just one of those things that happens from time to time when articles tip over the spam event horizon. Please assume good faith and avoid using pejorative terms. Thanks, Guy (Help!) 22:08, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Urban studies and planning

Welcome to the project. (and what took you so long? :-). --Mcginnly | Natter 22:29, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Past -> present

You are wrong. The show still exists, "are" not "was", if the show did not exist any more then it would be was. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 00:36, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm told it's basic English, we all make these mistakes though, as an editor once said: "rv past-tense; creative works "are" (not "were") unless they've been lost or destroyed" -- and I think it's quite obvious the predominant choice is the present tense, no doubt because it is correct. Also I'd not now spend the time fixing it up, that's considering you provided no source for the song, unlike plots/characters the primary source doesn't verify the theme. Secondly another editor already made the name fixes. Apparently the new revision of WP:WAF will have a paragraph on this as well. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 01:03, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Don't understand your comment or edit concerning material being promotional for a Museum

Hi, we do not understand what aspect was promotional; we feel the website we have is hugely educational and contributory to the public record and is not selling anything. Can you plesae be more specific about what is wrong with our contributions. As it is the remark you made is too general to know how we can contribute to wikipedia.

The issue you have of there not being enough orginal material to warrant an external link: "I cannot really see much content on your website that is sufficiently definitive or original that could not be included in the articles themselves and hence the external links are inappropriate." is completely unfounded. We are providing significant material in our website that for reasons of copyright we cannot submit to wikipedia, and so an external link to our website is of great value to researchers, historians and interested parties. Additionally there are photographs and oral histories that could not be submitted to wikipedia and are also of significant value.

Wikipedia is not the internet in its entirety, it should link to relevant material and websites, and not just try to keep people on its own site. I think the spirit of the web and linking is often lost in wikipedia.

Seayourhistory 11:47, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 62.136.238.65/Pogsurf

Would suggest ignoring this user's edits, it's pointless responding to someone who thinks that you should have to prove that someone is *not* a liar. (i.e. start by assuming they are a liar.) WOuld suggest efforts be concentrated on taking action against this vandal on WP:ANI. Nssdfdsfds 17:24, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hollyoaks: In the City

Wikipedia does not accept user-submitted sources, they are not "reliable", I know, you know, that it is the theme tune, the average Joe Blog does not, thus verifiable cites must be given, due to the nature of the show being on digital it has a low viewing audience, thus it does not receive the kind of attention the big shows do and so there are less sources. Regarding tense: You are welcome to bring it up on the talk page, however present tense is correct. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 18:04, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My fault

Dwaterson said: Hi, not sure what the purpose of this edit was, I assume it was a mistake as it deleted cited sources and reintroduced spelling errors. Anyway, I've gone ahead and reverted.

Entirely my fault, I was editing in tabs and accidentally opened the wrong version of the article from the history, from which I made my changes. Bobo. 21:08, 28 February 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Relationship to Marie Rose sauce

Hi.... just a note to clear a point. Being English (ex Manchester) and living at the moment in the States, yes there is a difference between 1000 Island and Russian dressings. Whilst they are both ketchup and mayo based, whatever they put in as the tang is totally different. As a side note, they also have a sauce called cocktail sauce which they use here for prawn (or shrimp here) cocktails... that is like nothing I have ever seen back home. Hope that clears up the point... regards Phil.... Geotek 21:52, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] West Midlands WikiProject improvement drive

I wouldn't do this normally but the improvement drive nominations page has gone quiet all of a sudden. So, could you please add a nomination or support/object the current nomination on there. Thanks and happy editting! - Erebus555 21:44, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD question

Hey, Dave. My name's Chris Drost. I've been backing an AfD (here) on an article for a "seduction guru" named David DeAngelo. I'm mentioning this because I've seen you around the AfD groups, and I wanted to know if I'm completely crazy for suggesting that the article be deleted. There's 6 delete votes and 7 keep votes, but the keep votes have offered, in my opinion, very little redeeming argumentation to consider. I'd just like your input on this, since you've done more AfDs than I and might be in a better perspective to gauge it. Am I just completely off-the-mark?

-- Drostie 01:10, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

  • All right, thanks for your comment. I might be okay with the NPOV rewrite that you suggest, but I doubt that it has enough sources to do that. -- Drostie 17:23, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Mariegriffiths 00:19, 12 March 2007 (UTC)Your right I was about to delete it but you got there first. Thanks.

[edit] Lobster blogster

I saw that you suspected sockpuppetry with this user. Since he later admitted to being a sock of the indefinitely blocked user, I blocked him. If he arrives again (which he most likely will) please don't hesistate to let me know and/or post it on WP:ANI. Thanks. IrishGuy talk 01:46, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Christiane Robbins

Hi, I noticed you put the copyvio tag on that page, but I'm concerned that the primary editor doesn't understand how his/her work is a problem, and I don't feel qualified to explain it myself to such an obviously inexperienced user. I was wondering if you might want to take some time to give your position a bit better. FrozenPurpleCube 03:28, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Universities' external links

I noticed that you have reverted a number of my edits where I removed a multiplicity of links to different pages on a website. Whilst I understand your point that these links are not "spam" in the pure sense of the word, it would probably fall into the usage of the term as generally applied on wikipedia. I have nothing against the subjects in question, but rem the links in order to comply with WP:EL, specifically point 2 of WP:EL#Important_points_to_remember; and point 13 of WP:EL#Links_normally_to_be_avoided. I do accept that WP:EL is merely a guideline, but I hope you will agree that many of the guidance points make for a cleaner article. The same applies to the categories I removed: as an illustration, I think you will find that Category:University of Hertfordshire already belongs to the categories I deleted from the UoH page, namely Category:Universities in England Category:Education in Hertfordshire, so they were removed in accordance with my reading of WP:CAT, specifically Item 3. Thanks for your attention. Happy editing. Ohconfucius 03:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] St Chad's College

Hi Dave,

Hope all's well with you.

I noticed you put a copyvio on the list of Principals. I'm the author of both lists, so I'm not sure what the problem is: I thought that such a list would be appropriate for the Chad's entry (as it is for the Hatfield entry)....

Joe Cassidy j.p.cassidy@dur.ac.uk

14 May 2007

[edit] Right At Home Realty

I was away when this article was prodded. Yes, the article read "second largest independent brokerage", only because that is the only citable reference available. Note that the source article (and there were other citations) isn't current. The upcoming 2007/2008 TREB Manual and Roster will likely confirm that Right At Home is the largest independent brokerage in the GTA. At that time, I trust you won't be so hasty to prod this article, if recreated. -- Robocoder (t|c) 03:01, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Admiral Lord Nelson School

I would just like to make you aware of the guiudeline for Schools at WP:NC(SCH) By which the "overdisambiguation" as you put it of This school and many like it is not only called for but justified as a usefull convention in the even overlapping school names. I will be moving it to its proper place at Admiral Lord Nelson School (Portsmouth, Hampshire) if you dissagree, please discuss further changes on the talk page. Adam McCormick 04:32, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free image (Image:DVDboxNotParticularlyDesperate.JPG)

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[edit] Active user verification

Hello, DWaterson. Due to the high number of inactive users at WP:WPNN, we are asking that you verify that you are still an active contributor of the project. To do so, please add an asterisk (*) after your name on WP:WPNN. Users without one by the next issue in 2 weeks will be removed off the list. If you have any questions, please contact me on my talk page. Thanks. Diez2 23:39, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free image (Image:TV-NotParticularlyDesperate.JPG)

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[edit] Portsmouth

why did you remove a reference then place a fact tag? isn't that vandalism? similiar all the statements on future development were unsourced yet you only removed my edit, not even bothering to look yourself or place a fact tag, isn't that vandalism? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.26.106.121 (talk • contribs) 07:30, 24 June 2007

[edit] Winshill

The protection had expired. I re-protected the article and added a bit on the talkpage that anyone wanting to add content there should contact me or WP:RFPP. The protection will eventually expire. My guess is our tenacious little friend will show up to vandalize the article again the day the protection wears off and I'll end up protecting it again...--Isotope23 13:02, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Zommer

Hello Dave, I didn't know the "move" function up till now (and was wondering how to save the article history". Thanks for your comment, I will take care in the future! --Zommer 13:48, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:British Rail Class 323

I have answered at least some of the questions here. Meateater 14:33, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Being an anorach has its benefits! Meateater 16:57, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Darryl Morris "Broadcaster"

Only recently an article was deleted Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Darryl Nathan Ernest Morris. Now a few weeks later it has resurfed again as Darryl Morris (2). The article still fails under WP:BIO. It's not been done very well. Perhaps you could look into it. Cwb61 (talk) 19:12, 11 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Agência Brasil images

The images were not nominated for speedy deletion, but are awaiting the real and exact source in a period of seven days. The uploader has already been warned (just a simple message) months ago about the lack of real source (the exact URL) in the nominated pictures, but he didn't provide any. Informing "www.agenciabrasil.gov.br" is not a source, because I can upload any picture I want and give a root URL as source. The uploader has made some copyvios here and in Commons, therefore there is a real license problem here. Dantadd 14:37, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Cheers" Condescending?

I notice you sign almost everything with "cheers" [[2]]. I am not sure why you do it. It makes no sense and it is far from good natured in Afd because there is no need for thanks, cheers etc. Are you really trying to upset other editors in Afd? or can you not stop yourself from signing yourself in the w**nkerism? It's certainly beyond me. It lacks any kind of subtlty. Cheers Mike33 06:47, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of warnings

This was brought up recently on ANI, and based on my own investigation of the page history, it appeared that you had set the whole thing off. I find it odd, though, that you consider "Policy does not prohibit users from removing comments from their own talk pages" to be support for your position, when it was precisely the statement I was basing my reaction on. Even if "archiving is preferred", saying that removing them is "considered vandalism", at least, IS out of line.

In fact, I just realized how strange it is that you linked a historical version of WP:UP which does not actually back up your claim any more than today's does, and in fact supports mine, yet linked the CURRENT version of WP:ARCHIVE. Look here, there's nothing of the sort, and it was in fact added by an IP a month later, in an undiscussed reversion to this version from March. The wording in question had been removed in april to the talk page, where a discussion of it failed to pick up any momentum. Nevermind that WP:ARCHIVE is NOT a policy or guideline.

In short, policy does not "appear to be broadly with you." Removing warnings is not against policy, it is not "considered vandalism", and the latter claim on your part was a personal attack. That he lost his temper due to such attacks from you and others and was blocked does not excuse your own actions. --Random832 22:55, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:NC(S)

The Barnstar of Diligence
I'd like to give everyone who's participated in the creation of this gideline, this barnstar for collective patience and effort. To chgallen, Camaron1, Dahliarose, DWaterson, Miss Mondegreen, and Victuallers, I solute you. Adam McCormick 03:58, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rhostyllen

Rhostyllen has been unelted in accord with your requwest on WP:DRV. DES (talk) 07:37, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tagging images NonCommercial @ Wikimedia Commons

Hi, thank you for your efforts in finding non-commercial images on Wikimedia Commons. Whenever you request a file for deletion, please inform the uploader, such that they actually know that they did something wrong. Thanks, -- Bryan (talk|commons) 11:23, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peterborough references

I've removed the scrolling from the refrence list due to the statement in WP:CITE#Citation templates that "Scrolling reference lists should never be used, because of issues with readability, accessibility, printing, and site mirroring". David Underdown 10:47, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Well I think the major concern in the accessibility, scrolling segments do not work well for those who use screen readers and other such software. David Underdown 11:06, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Palatinate (newspaper)

An article that you have been involved in editing, Palatinate (newspaper), has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Palatinate (newspaper). Thank you. TheIslander 15:05, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Paptimus Scirocco

I agree that this article needs to be fixed, and I've already made a few changes, but I would not delete or redirect it, considering this character's final epic confronation with the protagonist of ZETA Gundam, Kamille Bidan. Shaneymike 14:24, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Editing of Wikipedia by the media

Heya, I saw your edit on that article and just wanted to say thanks, and keep up the good work! :-) - Ta bu shi da yu 07:50, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ar Hyd y Nos

I've changed it to something a little more specific and hopefully correct Dommccas 11:30, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Moving the sun ;-)

Hi, Thanks for moving the article about The Sun (newspaper). I was waiting for the redirect page to be deleted, but, obviously, one does need some sleep occasionally. Anyway, much appreciated you took that. ʍαμ$ʏ5043 06:31, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi Dave, please could you let me know why you removed my Aldershot TownTalk Link from the Wiki Aldershot Entry? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Clthoma3 (talk • contribs) 10:37, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] MCWoody65

I see no fresh contribs since the block ... perhaps he's using a sockpuppet. Daniel Case 16:33, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Yup, that was the last edit before the boom came down. Daniel Case 16:37, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Commons image note

This is just to let you know that I've put commons:Image:Alan Light by Alan Light cropped.jpg up for speedy deletion. I've put my reasoning in the request template, but you can of course ask for a full deletion discussion. Thanks, BanyanTree 11:52, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

An update: Your reading, which I had not considered, was correct. I have received an email from Mr. Light clarifying the authorship. However, it appears that it is the wrong Alan Light, or rather than the person pictured is Alan Light, the founder of the Comics Buyer's Guide, not Alan Light, the co-founder of Vibe (magazine). I'm not sure whether I should be amused or embarrassed. In any case, I've modified the relevant wp pages and created a redlink to Alan Link (businessman). Thanks muchly, BanyanTree 00:31, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Codrington College, Barbados

Very odd the Codrington thing; in my 16 years of dealing with the alumni database not once did we make an award to a Codrington student, so although the affiliation still exists it looks pretty dormant. Unless it's a recent resurrection.

Cheers, Adrian

[edit] Drawn Together

Just to let you know, I will be redirecting those in a little bit per the discussion. If you wonder why, please read WP:CON. The specific line would be "When consensus is referred to in Wikipedia discussion, it always means 'within the framework of established policy and practice'. Even a majority of a limited group of editors will almost never outweigh community consensus on a wider scale, as documented within policies." WP:V, WP:N, WP:RS, WP:NOT, WP:FICT, WP:WAF, and WP:EPISODE outweigh WP:ILIKEIT. TTN 23:29, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Please point out where in the discussion that it is proven that real world information from reliable sources is available. That is the only way to actually fit our guidelines. Consensus is found within them, not fans. They would be the ones "owning" the articles by trying to make a false consensus to overrule various policies and guidelines. TTN 23:36, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
Ignore all rules is for things like WP:BLP violations, not avoiding two policies and seven guidelines just because ten fans can't just go over to TV.com. The only way numbers would matter is if their arguments weren't able to be countered by WP:ATA. These will be redirected unless you provide the information to please them or we can just place each single article up for deletion, one at a time over a few months. TTN 23:49, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

←Neither of you should have been the one to close the discussion; I have reversed it. You should get someone impartial (preferably an admin) to close the discussion now. Or just take it to AfD. — Soleil (formerly I) 00:12, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Justin Lee Collins

Hello. Regarding the recent revert you made to Justin Lee Collins: You may already know about them, but you might find Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit was inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. I don't know where these vandals have suddenly appeared from, or what they have against Justin Lee Collins, but I guess we're going to have to keep an eye on this article for a while!-- JediLofty User ¦ Talk 09:43, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Age

Hello there. I see you updated your age on your Userpage. I don't know if you're familiar with the Age at date template but I thought I'd point you towards it as I think you might find it useful.-- JediLofty User ¦ Talk 09:43, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Portsmouth pop density

I'll stand corrected on it not being greatest pop density in Europe - I haven't had time to check, but it looks like you know a thing or two about Portsmouth! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.195.202.55 (talk) 08:22, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

== dial codes

Hi. Code for Fareham is 01329... 01489 is bishop's Waltham, Botley,Droxford , Durley and small outlying parts of Fareham.CanOfWorms (talk) 19:47, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Freddy Got Fingered

(→Critical response: Restore more sensible image caption (rather than weak pun that depended on mispronouncing "sausage")...)

Sorry, but I couldn't resist. ;) (But you have to admit my joke is funnier than anything in the movie itself...) —Preceding unsigned comment added by RMc (talk • contribs) 02:41, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wirral Peninsula

Hello. I noticed you've changed the map on the Wirral Peninsula page to show its location within Merseyside. Although a closer map is more preferrable to the previous one, the problem is that the southern part of the peninsula is in Cheshire. Perhaps it should be reverted for the time being? Unless there's an alternative. Cheers. Snowy 1973 (talk) 22:58, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] West Midlands map

Hi, I've hopefully made the location dot on the West Midlands map a little better but it still looks a little off. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject West Midlands. -- WOSlinker (talk) 10:09, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Boris

Issues going on with this article. Good one here, I was wondering why that wasn't in the opening. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:37, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Winshill

Hi Dave, is the text you've used for Winshill your own or is it the text from a copyrighted source that was originally used and in fact caused the Winshill page to be protected for so long? It was me that asked for it to be unprotected, and put in some basic text whilst I or someobody else wrote text that was unique and doesn't infringe copyright thus making the page be protected again. Thanks. --mikejamestaylor (talk) 10:23, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Hi again Dave, user Snigbrook has removed the text again from the Winshill page. Leave it to you as to what to do about that. Thanks. --mikejamestaylor (talk) 12:24, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
I requested the page be unprotected and now somebody constantly ruins it. I live in Winshill, and I've been updating it with standard facts in my own words, using my own local photographs. I'm sick and bloody tired of it being constantly locked. Please advise on what you plan to do, because quite frankly I don't believe there's no way to block out all revisions bar those of trusted individuals.--mikejamestaylor (talk) 13:08, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
It's not even as if the place should spark that much interest!--mikejamestaylor (talk) 13:09, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] City status in the United Kingdom FAR

City status in the United Kingdom has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here.--Peter Andersen (talk) 16:37, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Page protections

It's preemptive anti-Grawp protection -- he seems to like moving featured geography articles. I'm going to put a note on my talk page saying that I'm willing to move any article I've move-protected if the move has been discussed and there is consensus for it. I really can't think of a good reason to move a featured article without any discussion. NawlinWiki (talk) 21:38, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Category rename

Hi; just so you know in case you aren't checking WP:CFDS, I don't think renaming Category:Rugby, England to Category:Rugby, Warwickshire meets any of the speedy rename criteria that that process is limited to. I expect that the proposal would succeed if taken to a "full" CfD, though. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:42, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Warwick (district) merger

Thought you should know that there's a proposal to merge the article you expressed opinion on Talk:List_of_wards_in_Warwick_district_by_population - any new comments here please Talk:Warwick (district)#Merger proposal Widefox (talk) 11:59, 6 June 2008 (UTC)