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[edit] Thank you for your help, one more thing...

I put BBRBR on my user page and, until we get a write up in a magazine or something, I guess that's the best I can do. I would like to add our image, but must be doing something wrong because, although it is uploaded to Wikipedia, it won't show on the page. If you're the wrong person to ask, please forgive and I'll just research it more when I get a chance. Thanks again.--MissKriss13:41, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BBRBR Article was for information purposes...

...and you deleted it. Whenever I want to know who someone is or what something is, I come to Wikipedia. So I added an article about a radio program that people are asking "what is BBRBR". I checked back and the warnings were gone, so I thought it was ok. Please help. Thanks.--MissKriss10:12, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:MONGO again!

Hi guinnog,

I've been having more problems with MONGO. Is he an experienced editor here because he seems to be immune to discipline somehow. Would you consider seconding a request for comment on MONGO's conduct if I was to make one? --I'm so special 22:29, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help needed

Hello. I need your help in deleting the page Snake Derek. It's obviously a nonsense page with the material copied from Steven Davis. I've tagged speedy deletion twice but got removed by the creator or some other user both times. Thanks. Chanheigeorge 00:40, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

The problem has been fixed. Have a happy Easter! Chanheigeorge 06:33, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Thanks

You're very welcome. Glad I could help and remove the vandalism. Regards. Will (aka Wimt) 10:30, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User page

Glad you liked it. Valentinian T / C 10:43, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Persistant IP vandalism

Yep, I'm afraid it is. That UEFA5Star template has been subjected to months attacks by IP's (have a look at the History). I requested semi-protection last week, but was denied cos too "low level". --Mais oui! 12:26, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:86.152.83.236

You're very welcome. Looks like you've got a live one there... 13:41, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RFA IP

I smell another troll. Perhaps a request should be made at WP:OP? – Chacor 13:57, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Scratch that, looks like he's just earned himself an indef anyway. :) – Chacor 13:59, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Open proxy confirmed. Heh. :) – Chacor 14:12, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Undeletion of Talk:Play/to do

Hi. You recently deleted the article Play/to do and its associated talk page, Talk:Play/to do. The talk page was transcluded into the to-do box located at Talk:Play, which is the convention for all articles in Category:To do. Would you please undelete just the talk page of the deleted article? Thanks, Black Falcon 17:22, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Done. --Guinnog 17:33, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
Thank you. Cheers, Black Falcon 17:37, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BMC page

Guinnog,

I was wondering if you might direct me to the source of some of your info on the BMC, particularly the comment about moving to a market structure for pricing beef exports. Thanks.... ianspeir at gmail dott comm

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Danny

Lol. I usually get beaten to it. Or maybe I just don't realise the times I get there first, like this time. I don't think there's any doubt it's just a minor format error. Easily done in the hustle and bustle. What an extraordinary RfA. I wonder if any previous RfA has drawn so many users in before. And it's in that horrible grey area at the moment re. consensus. Tyrenius 02:50, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it looks like bureaucratic lose-lose, and the portents are ominous for another massive wiki row, that is even more of one than there is already. A good time for a wikibreak! Imagine if Jimbo stood for RfA!!! Tyrenius 03:07, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Italy national football team

You do realize that you revert to a wrong version? Italy never wore a blue jersey as an away shirt. Refer to this page for my references on the white away shirt. 121.44.226.60 08:22, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Anyway, I decided to revert your edits, but I have put my reasons on the talk page. Feel free to add your thoughts and revert my edits if you think I'm wrong. 121.44.226.60 08:57, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I was actually just trying to restore the link to the official site which another editor had deleted. Apologies. --Guinnog 11:15, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Oh, sorry, I didn't notice that. Thanks anyway. 121.44.226.60 13:44, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
No problem, you did right to tell me about my mistake. --Guinnog 15:31, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Userpage

Hi there; just passing through, thought I'd drop in.

I appreciate that you live in Scotland; I lived and worked in Falkirk for two years some thirty+ years ago. Just a question which I would love to see the answer to; there are many, many beautiful/picturesque/historic sites in Scotland. I have seen them. Grangemouth, which I have also seen, is none of these things. Why do you choose it for your userpage?--Anthony.bradbury 23:24, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Hah. Long story. I thought it was one of my better photos I suppose; I try to refresh them once a week or so. Thanks for commenting. --Guinnog 23:48, 10 April 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Berwick-upon-Tweed

Long overdue. Well done. I expect it'll get reverted. If so, I'll redo the deletion later. --Tagishsimon (talk)

Thanks! I was sure the message would be one accusing me of vandalism or admin abuse. That was heartening. --Guinnog 09:43, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Magazine (band)

Hi, thanks for your template. But I don't think I did anything wrong on that article, just a couple of minor corrections [1]. And we don't have to login unless we want to edit a protected article, right? 89.240.202.62 14:03, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

The template I sent you was meant as a welcome and invitation to create an account. You did nothing wrong at all, and you are quite correct in your understanding. Best wishes. --Guinnog 20:13, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, reading back at the template, I can see it is very welcoming. But when I first saw it, I kind of thought it was someone having a go at me. I think it was the fact that the words 'your contributions' were linked to a list of my edits; it felt like Wikipedia was saying "We're onto you! We're watching every change you make!". Don't worry, I know you didn't write the template. I think maybe those words should be unlinked though. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 89.240.202.62 (talk) 01:58, 17 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] cze

chetnie bym zostal tylko nie umiem angielskiego i nie zamierzam sie uczyc —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.156.254.3 (talk • contribs)

I'm dreadfully sorry but I don't understand you. Do you know English? --Guinnog 17:31, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Ok, it's Polish and the best I can get with a machine translation is "I do not know (do not be able) english only chetnie zostal and I do not intend sie uczyc " [2] I'll take it as being an apology and assure you that no great harm was done by your edits. However, if your English is that poor, you might want to try editing other wikis written in languages you understand better. Best wishes, --Guinnog 20:05, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Polish

If I recall right, admin Piotrus is polish. Snowolf (talk) CON COI - 20:14, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much, I will ask him/her. I was just wanting someone to check as I know how awful machine translations can be. --Guinnog 20:15, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Sure: "chetnie bym zostal tylko nie umiem angielskiego i nie zamierzam sie uczyc" -> I'd like to stay but I don't know English and don't plan to learn it. Tell him abouthttp://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strona_g%C5%82%C3%B3wna if he ever comes back, I guess...-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  01:48, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requested translation

Please see the Incidents noticeboard I have translated Polish messages. If you need my assistance further - call me on my talk page.Vlad fedorov 03:54, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RMS Titanic

"Artefact" is the more common variant in British English, see for example http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-art1.htm --Guinnog 08:20, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

So I see. My apologies. Br Eng is correct in this article. Thanks. Pedro |  Chat  09:23, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
No problem at all. It actually isn't worth fighting over, but seeing as the article seems to have been using that spelling by consensus we may as well leave it like that. --Guinnog 09:27, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Totally agree. You can see how edit wars end up on things like this! It's a British Ship so we use Br Eng, but an American rediscovered Her so we use American Eng. Ughhhh! Of such things are Wikipedia made! I genuinely thought that artifcat was Br Eng but I see the derivation is Latin (Arte Factum) so your spelling is dead right. Hope to see you around the 'pedia again and Happy Editing.Pedro |  Chat  09:33, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Thank you, likewise. --Guinnog 09:38, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edinburgh map

I have left the following at Talk:Edinburgh, regarding the map of Edinburgh: "A copyright question. Do we have permission to copy maps at Multimap or does this derived work break copyright?" Regards, Mr Stephen 17:10, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:List_of_American_artists#Date_format

Any clues? Tyrenius 00:03, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Controversies in the Leads

Just wondering when you're going to fix the leads for Woody Allen, William Burroughs, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hugh Grant, Russell Crowe, Mel Gibson, Jimmy Page, Winona Ryder, Sean Penn, George Michael, etcetera. They're all lacking mention of their very notable "controversies" in the leads.Clashwho 04:50, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

The answer is "never" as I have no interest in these articles. Feel free to have a go yourself though! --Guinnog 12:02, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Why would I? I disagree with your opinion that all controversies deserve lead coverage. If you truly believe they do, there are a lot of articles you should be fixing. So what is your special interest in Pete Townshend?Clashwho 22:27, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Oh, he was a hero of mine when I was growing up. In fact I got my first kiss listening to a Who record. Woody Allen is the only one out of those I might be interested in. What about you, what's your special interest in Pete? --Guinnog 00:38, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
I'm a fan who wants to see him get a fair shake. You appear to be holding him to a different standard than all the other celebrities with controversial pasts that I have mentioned.Clashwho 03:19, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

If the controversy is a noted part of an individual's life, then it should be mentioned in the lead, as the lead is meant to stand alone to sum up the important aspects. See Michael Richards for example. Tyrenius 06:09, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

See Woody Allen, William Burroughs, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hugh Grant, Russell Crowe, Mel Gibson, Jimmy Page, Winona Ryder, Sean Penn and George Michael, among scores of others, for counter examples.Clashwho 05:05, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
If they haven't included significant aspects of the person's life in the lead section, then they're not doing it properly. See WP:LEAD:
The lead should be capable of standing alone as a concise overview of the article, establishing context, summarizing the most important points, explaining why the subject is interesting or notable, and briefly describing its notable controversies, if there are any.[bold added]
I pointed you to Michael Richards because extensive debate ended up doing it properly.
Tyrenius 06:07, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
If you sincerely believe that, then perhaps you should go to the articles I listed and fix their leads.Clashwho 22:44, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
As I explained, I haven't much interest in doing so. If you wanted to, WP:LEAD is the guideline to quote. --Guinnog 22:59, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
I have no desire to, because I'm not holding Pete Townshend to a different standard.Clashwho 20:44, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
That's my understanding of wp:lead too.--Guinnog 14:44, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] British anti-invasion preparations of World War II

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[edit] i removing

because Marie Curie was not French

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[edit] Nuclear power plant question for ya

I appreciate your help over at Nuclear power plant. My question is this, and it is more of a procedural one, I know that Homer Simpson works at a Nuclear power plant and so does anyone who has watched it. Thus, the show itself is the primary source. So if almost everyone who watches the simpsons knows it, does it even need to be in the article? If it is in the article for those who don't watch the simpsons, then doesn't it need a citation? I ask because I tend to try to clean up many many 'pop culture' section, almost none of which have citations and are usually very loosely related to the subject. I can't find much guidance or precedence on how to deal with these sections based on WP:CITE and/or WP:NOT. Thanks for any suggestions you may have. --Chuck Sirloin 18:48, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Revert

Thanks for helping, but I think on reflection his name really is Bally Smart! Oddly, the NCFC website is wrong, but the Soccerbase one is correct - I'd assumed it was the other way round, but when the anon came along and corrected it, adding a nationality, I assume good faith that s/he knows what's what. I can always move it all back again :-) --Dweller 16:37, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Oops! Thanks. --Guinnog 16:39, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hmmm

Very intesting comment i must say. Well i guess Wikipedia is a place for everyone even Wikipedia editor wannabes.--Tweetsabird 17:20, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Absolutely, we welcome everyone here, regardless of their skill or experience. However, when making widespread changes as you appear to be doing, it is better to seek a consensus first. --Guinnog 17:22, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh thanks sooo much for the sense of humor. I mean i just think it's so funny how you say "we" as if you were associated with wikipedia lol lol lol lol hahahaha Good one...--Tweetsabird 17:26, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Glad you enjoyed it. I am an administrator with over 30 000 edits here, so I certainly feel associated with Wikipedia. I appreciate your efforts to improve the encyclopedia, but I don't agree with your adding flag icons across multiple articles without seeking consensus. Thanks too for deleting your personal attack here; a strike through would be the normal way to retract mistaken comments but never mind. Happy editing. --Guinnog 17:29, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] confused

i am very confused because i dont see how it is rong to add flags many other pages have them so what is the big deal?. However if i need to be asking someone than just tell me and i will. I am hear at wikipedia to help out not start fights and i dont get why you need "support" as if i was attacking you i asure you no harm intended. --Tweetsabird 18:31, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

I see no way in which this is not making a personal attack. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 18:33, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
No problem, Tweetsabird. You did attack me, twice, in calling me an idiot and a weirdo. Never mind, we all make mistakes. If you feel like adding flags to pages I suggest you start by suggesting it on the article's talk page. There are also centralised discussions (for example project pages) where you can suggest changes like these. Let me know if I can be any further help. --Guinnog 18:35, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
In case you are still confused, here was your other personal attack. We work together to improve this thing and rudeness doesn't help. Anyway, I am sure you needn't repeat the problematic behaviour in the future. Best wishes. --Guinnog 18:39, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Im Sorry

I am very sorry for calling you those names and i will not add anymore flags i asure you. and i will be more careful about writing anything without asking first. once again im very sorry for being hateful. And thank you for offering your help.--Tweetsabird 18:44, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for that, I appreciate it.--Guinnog 19:15, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
Your Welcome ♥ --Tweetsabird 19:18, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mongo RFC

I have now posted an RfC on Mongo's behaviour.9.--Thomas Basboll 19:12, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the Copyedits: Mir

Thank you very much for the copyedits on the Mir article, they are very appreciated. If you have any comments on the article I would love hear them. Thanks Aalox 19:06, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

You're very welcome; thank you for all your excellent work on expanding the article! --Guinnog 19:12, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! :D you should also check out Colds7ream's work on the Shuttle-Mir Program Aalox 19:51, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
May I also say thanks for the barnstar? :-) Cheers! Colds7ream 07:22, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
Aw, you earned it! --Guinnog 07:23, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 3RR

Basically it's to do with the unilateral recreation of Category:IRA killings. Before it was deleted, Tyrenius said that should the category survive CfD, a centralised discussion should take place about where and if the category should be used, and I am happy to respect this. I've said on the category talk page I'll be happy to discuss the category after the unilateral recreation has been addressed, and have even made initial comments despite that not being addressed yet. An editor who was involved in the CfD debate towards the end (and who !voted keep despite not addressing any of the problems with the category) has started re-populating the category without any consensus to do so, and I have pointed him in the direction of the various discussions to try and get him up to speed so to speak. One Night In Hackney303 19:11, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I'd ask you to look at the talk page of Category:IRA killings, and all the contributions of the above editor. I repopulated the category as I was aghast that people should delete or depopulate a category that had just been approved in a CfD debate. Drmaik 19:15, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Please see the deletion log for the category, it was unilaterally recreated. One Night In Hackney303 19:16, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
"Unilateral recreation" is one way of looking at it. Another is that it shouldn't have been depopulated while there was a CFD ongoing (which resulted in a 'keep') and shouldn't have been "unilaterally deleted" in the absence of a CFD decision. The deleting admin has been notified and pointed at the talk page. Tyrenius has suggested using WP:BRD and I've opened a section on the talk page for that. BastunBaStun not BaTsun 19:26, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Please direct all further correspondence on this to Category talk:IRA killings, which I will watch. Thanks. --Guinnog 20:14, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

I've posted there (before I saw this page). There might be some difficult positions to resolve on this. It would be much better to keep it all on Category talk:IRA killings (or some other mutually agreed page) till it's sorted out, rather than spilling all over article pages, which is inevitably going to get at least some editors into hot water sooner or later for some form of transgression... Tyrenius 21:42, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Careless edit summary / reputations

Hiya, just a quickie to ask you to please take care with edit summaries. Your recent edit to Edinburgh is explained as "rv kieran" and as I was the previous non-anonymous editor, it looks like a revert of me; however, it looks to me like the actual content you've reverted is a change by one of the anons, and nothing to do with my edit. It's no biggie at all, but I can imagine situations where it would matter more, and it's a shame to have one's name come up in page histories as someone who gets reverted — because it may make some other editors trigger happy against one! Cheers, :-) – Kieran T (talk) 17:52, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Don't panic, it should be obvious to anyone that I was reverting to your version. I take your point though. --Guinnog 17:54, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks :-) – Kieran T (talk) 18:08, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hello John, thank you for supporting my RfA!
I was promoted with a final tally of 68/12/0.
Also, please wish a Happy Birthday to Her Majesty the Queen. Vivat Regina!

[edit] You're being impersonated

70.186.217.199 created es:User:Guinnog and used it to vandalise our Main page Talk: I can't speek spanish this is the name of an english admin that banned me. [3]

I have infinite blocked him now, but it's likely he'll repeat it on other projects. Feel free to contact me if you want me to rename him so you can register this account.

Platonides 17:30, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. --Guinnog 22:01, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Flag Essay

Thanks for the barnstar! I'm impressed someone rewrote it as a serious essay :) Kaldari 16:55, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks It wont happen again

alright thanx for reverting that WWII page for me, I am trying to prove how quickly things are reverted in wikis for a school assignment to help me prove a claim. agian sorry for the inconvenience. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Guitarplayer001 (talk • contribs) 23:18, 23 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] User:81.145.240.2

I have just reverted a piece of vandalism by this IP which has been missed for a couple of days. You have already warned of an imminent block since April 11. Considering that there have been further unhelpful edits, I wonder whether it is time to carry out that warning?--Natsubee 18:57, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

I'll have a look. --Guinnog 18:58, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, what I corrected was Ghana - diff. I left it out.--Natsubee 19:01, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
I decided to just warn them for now. Blocks are meant to be preventive and there is no ongoing vandalism from that IP at the moment. Keep me posted if they do it again though, and thanks for the heads-up. --Guinnog 19:02, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for lift

Guinnog, I just wanted to say, thank you for helping me out just now. Hope your Wikibreak was good.EnglishEfternamntalkcontribs 00:01, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

You're very welcome! I'm glad I was able to help. --Guinnog 00:01, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
Oh, also, have you taken any of my self-made quizzes? I'm trying to determine if Wikipedia users score better on them than people who hear about them on other sites.EnglishEfternamntalkcontribs 18:33, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Heliicopters template

hi, how do i get templates on a page without cutting and pasting the whole thing. What is the shortcut i type on the page? Willy turner 06:42, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

First you think the template was "good work", now you think it should be deleted?Willy turner 17:02, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I didn't realise it was done outside the project. As with the other template you made, it would be better to seek project consensus before creating them in the future. Sorry. --Guinnog 17:04, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Talk page

You're welcome. Brain40 [talk] [contributions]

[edit] Goebbels image

If we're going to make a Wikipedia:Non-free content claim on a picture of Goebbels to put in the infobox (without any discussion of that particular photograph but merely to illustrate our article), let's do it with one from NARA or the United States Holocaust Museum, rather than one whose copyright is owned by Ullstein Bild, a German stock photo company that aggresively protects their property... Jkelly 19:31, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:RhinoRadar

To answer your question addressed to this user, Lord only knows. I have scanned all of his edits, reverted all of his edits, and warned him on his talk page.--Anthony.bradbury 22:56, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Weirdest editing pattern I have ever seen. Thanks for your intervention. --Guinnog 22:57, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] No problem

When a vandal removes the whole page it's so noticeable in recent changes... Natalie 01:47, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandal

Anon. user 192.147.239.1 just vandalized H.M.S. Pinafore. I reverted the vandalism. Thanks -- Ssilvers 17:27, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for that. It is a school IP so I have warned them again. You did the right thing to revert them; if you want more info about how to deal with vandalism, look at WP:VAND. Best wishes, --Guinnog 21:20, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry about the joke page

Sorry about this. I was just, erm...testing the limits...lol. Probably won't happen again, unless of course some person has the internal drive to hack a random Wikipedia account...:P —The preceding unsigned comment was added by JohnnyFlew (talk • contribs) 01:15, 27 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

Re: humourous change on this article--please be more careful with your Spellmaster account. This is not a typo but a British spelling. This article is on a Brit and uses British spelling throughout.Rlevse 01:17, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi, and thanks for your message. In fact "humourous" is not a British spelling but is considered a spelling mistake worldwide. It's a bit like "honourary" which I have also been criticised for correcting. You will find links to the various places consensus on this has been reached at User:Spellmaster. Thanks for caring about spelling, as I do myself, and best wishes. --Guinnog 05:28, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Arms

"... but I really wish the two of you would stop back-and-forthing"

I hope that you do not mean Doops and I, because we appear to be in total agreement! It is the IP numpties who are acting the fool, not the known and respected editors. --Mais oui! 20:05, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

I am dreadfully sorry if I misread the situation. I admit I did not research it in detail. Let me know if I can be any help. --Guinnog 20:06, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
I've protected it meantime. I really don't have any strong opinion about the actual issue being argued; but I hate to see the page being fought over like that. Makes the history really difficult to read apart from anything else. --Guinnog 20:18, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wildife of Africa

A new series is starting on African wildlife which have enormous potential and soon enough I want 53 beautiful main articles. I have begun by Wildlife of Algeria please please help out on these missing articles of Africa. Even if it is just stubbing this work is much needed. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Expecting you" Contribs 10:39, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Scotland

Knock yourself out so far as unprotecting the Scotland page goes. Nothing to add... Rab-k 11:43, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ping on coaching

Hi Guinnog, at one point you and Lar were going to start some pre-admin coaching with me...after an extended delay, I'm interested in getting back into it. I've already started discussing this with Lar at User talk:Akradecki/Admin coaching. Are you interested in continuing this? Thanks muchly! Akradecki 21:43, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

I'll be happy and honoured to help you in any way I can. --Guinnog 04:54, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] No problem!

Glad I could help out. Ironically your the only user I didn't post a 'your userpage/talk page has been vandalized' warning on and you still messaged me on my talk page, most appreciated. MrMacMan Talk 17:27, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thank you, Guinnog, for reverting my talk page to the correct version after it had been vandalized. Groogokk 21:14, 30 April 2007 (UTC)