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Hi! how are you? You haven't been around much lately, but when you do get this, there is something that appeared on the main article for luton about St. patrick's day. It's good, but it needs discussion about whether we need it or where to place it, etc. I've put it on the talk page, so have a look and discuss. I hope your well, as i've been off due to the snow. I should be on a bit more the coming week, so whatever you need doing, i can do it. I'm starting a few new school articles, so if you don't get this before the end of half term, i should of done one or two articles for the education in luton bit. We may want to add this to the main article, schools in luton that is, under an education heading, but if this won't do anything for the good article status, then forget it. We will need to link it another way. Remember, talk to me on my talk page, as then you'll get my attention. Thanks a lot, Random articles 21:03, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Whenever you pick this up, you'll see that I've been busy with luton and relating articles. I've added Ashcroft High School to the list and also the town crest to the template. It took a bit of fiddling, but i borrowed some HTML off manchester and that sorted that out. I've closed the discussion on St. Patricks day and I've decided not to include it but add a demographics bit, all referenced up, instead.
I've been browsing many good articles for ideas to improve, and I've seen that a lot of them have a geography and geology bit. Now, I know a bit, but since I've done a lot, and where we are now is all up to your hard work, I'd though I'd query it with you first. It's a good idea, but I wouldn't know where to reference it.
I've found a good few articles that I could start and link back, so improving the link network to luton, getting more people in. I've also been busy doing a little reorganising of the article. I feel there is no flow to the article and it keeps jumping back and forth to different points, so I'm having a go at that too.
I hope your OK, and that you come back soon. I'm a bit stuck for what to do next. Reply to this as soon as you can.
Thanks a lot,
Random articles 19:32, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Right, I've come up with a plan of action. There are several things to do before I reckon the article is good article status (possibly featured - you never know):
I can see that there are a lot of points, containing a lot of work, but this I think will improve the article no end. I have no problem working on them for the next few days, but I'm back at school next monday, and I shall disappear into a shadow of my current self on Wikipedia. So if we are to do this, we need to start now.
I hope this is OK :)
Random articles 14:06, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
Right, good, we're getting it together now...
I'll try my best to be around next week, but i can't promise anything too concrete. I'll start to set up these pages if your happy with them, then i shall start to transfer and aquire new information, and rewrite what needs to be done.
I've check out MK. It looks good, but we can do better!
OK?
Thanks, Random articles 15:41, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm afraid that after careful consideration (i.e. my parents told me), i'm going to have to take a wikibreak from next monday onwards until at least May, when my exams are. I will appear sporadically, depending on when I get the time to edit, but I will disappear from monday onwards, to do revision (yeah, right...). However, i've still got till sunday to help, so i will get that panorama done (i hope), i will try to do the daughter pages, set up the culture bit and start on the references.
i will put up a proper wikinotice from today, but i will be around till sunday (i hope)
Sorry about that, Random articles 11:37, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Random articles 15:46, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
OK, well i've done loads and this might be my last message for some time. I've set up daughter articles on all the relevant aspects in the article and a full list is below. I hope your happy with what i've done, and aware of what lies ahead of you, as it is one hell of a task.
What i have done is this. I have set up the daughter articles, and started most of them off, however, a lot of information, and i mean a lot, needs to be added. On most of them, i have done a lot of the hard work of finding sources by posting them on the talk page. the only one i haven't done this for is transport. I'm much too tired to do it now, mabye tomorrow. I know unfortunately, that prose isn't your thing, but i will try and check up occasionally and help sort a few things out, but no promises though, so don't hold me to it. I have moved information off the main article into the daughter article for most things, but you will have to cut down on the transport bit in the main article, make it flow better and move some of the random facts into the daughter article.
What you really will have to do though urgently is completely re-write the culture bit on the main article. It is dreadful (all my fault by the way) and i'm ashamed of it to be honest. i have left as much info as i can find for the culture daughter article, but there is bound to be more.
Economy, i'm quite proud of. It does need referencing, but the prose is good. In the daughter article, i've found loads of info, so you shouldn't be stuck there and there probably is photos floating around somewhere that you can use (again see below)
History - I've left that honour to you to set up that page as i know that's what your interested in. It shouldn't be too hard, as i've got loads of info already, you just need to supplement it with more general history. Have fun on that!
I've changed a few names of daughter articles so that they tie in with the rest of the articles, and i suggest that you change the formatting on the template to have;
Scrap amenities as they are contained in culture, and education is on the eductaion in luton bit so leave that out too.
Talking about education, sorry, but production on the secondary school articles is going to slow to a stop. Mabye have a go yourself, but don't fret, they aren't vital to the overall project yet.
One thing I am mightly sorry about is the referencing. I tried, but don't understand what i'm supposed to do, so failed. if i were you, i would leave it right to the end, but try and use the correct referencing when writing new articles, so you (mabye me) won't have to go over it again.
Geography and geology - i've done some, but not a lot. If there's more, then add it, but i have addedd a citation tag to a fact whcih i've always known, but cant prove. you'll see it on the article. one thing you may want to add is a climate bit. i currently don't have the time to do it, but mabye, this would be a good thing to add.
Environmental wise, i suggest merging bits into other parts of the project that are relevant. You were right when you said that NPOV may be violated if we hark on about the environment, but the parks and woodland bit in culture daughter article would be a good place to start to add bits about the environment.
Politics, something i don't like to broach on as general chat :), but the article is set up, and just needs padding out with wahat you wanted to do for the council and the MP's, and it also needs referencing up, but that's not too hard (I think!)
The places in Luton bit seems a bit pointless to me, as we have it at the bottom on the template, so i suggest move it across to the actual list and reformat that to accommodate the list on the main article, then move the main link to somewhere relevant (I dunno, i'm sure you'll know!)
What else? Ah yes, photos. Right, I WILL have that panorama done by some time in the not to distant future, but camera and weather problems have hampered my efforts so far. Other photos, you will have to take yourself, and remember to upload them onto the wikimedia bit for luton. this means that others can use them too, and this means that visitor traffic may go up. I know your not happy with a few, but the ones in the articles at the moment are good, so they probably don't need changing too much.
The layout in the luton main page is fine, so i don't think you need to change it unless something drastic happens. You will notice that on the daughter articles start with something like This article is based around whatever in Luton. This is a good thing to start off with on a new page, so i'd stick with it.
Is this enough? Or do you want more advice? :)
All I can say from here is the best of luck (coz you'll need it!), and that I hope that you won't hate me too much for leaving you such a mammoth task :P Oh and that i hope I'll see you around every once in a while!
Thanks a lot,
Random articles 21:30, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
PS: You may want to start archiving your talk page. It's Reeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaalllllllyyyyy long!
OK, final message (I think). I've added some links to the transport in luton on the talk page. On nearly every article, I've added links to help on the talk page. The only one I haven't is politics, but you'll find everything on the luton.gov site for that. History is all yours, as I've said before and I'm putting below all the pages I've set up and readied for you:
Again, I'm sorry I can't help, but exams are to take precedence over wiki at the moment. You will see me occasionally, in the background, adding a picture or correcting mistakes, etc, but I'm now officially on a wikibreak (if I can manage!)
Well, good luck, and I hope you will do a fantastic job. Use my tips if you want, but completely disregard them as well. Whatever takes your fancy :)
All the best, (and try not to hate me for leaving you with this huge job!)
Random articles 13:12, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi! Just popping in to have a look. not much has happened, but i'm not fussed. i see that a wikiproject has been set up, and i've joined, not being an active member at the moment. my revision is going fine and my first exam, art, is next week! (still haven't done enough to get a decent grade!) i don't know exactly when i will be back, but certainly in May as i said on my wikibreak.
i've found some stuf that may interest you. on BBC news, an article [1] has some stuff about luton which is quite good and i'm sure that the company Boddingtons has it's HQ or something important in luton. mabye research that? the panorama i promosed would of been on this week but the weather has taken a turn for the worse and you may still have to wait for it a bit longer.
keep talking to me if you like, but my MSN is still messed up, so no go there. I'll see you around then. Keep going!
Random articles 10:04, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Nice additions! You did a good job "wikifying" Luton, Iowa! Chiefsfan364 ( talk) 15:57, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
I can try to maybe upload a couple pictures though. Now to just get hold of a digital camera... Chiefsfan364 ( talk) 00:55, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
There. My own personal helicopter took this for me. :) Its a little high up, but what do you think? Chiefsfan364 ( talk) 01:19, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
I have blocked the user. Please report vandals to WP:AIV instead of creating an article about the IP address. Thank you, Kusma ( talk) 13:01, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Oops, i thought i had followed the link correctly but obviously not!! GazMan7 13:49, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
If you have time, would you add some notes at talk:Milton Keynes to suggest what needs to be done to reach A class, please? -- Concrete Cowboy 13:25, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
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oops - yes sorry missed one
GazMan7 15:30, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the talk page revert, GazMan! :) – Riana ঋ 14:38, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
I have the source, right here:
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hi there, at the moment no, i'm not interested as i've got an art exam tomorrow and the rest of the in 32 school days, but afterwards, yes, i would be happy to help. the luton article looks like not much is happening, but i'm seeing that you're busy elsewhere. Don't worry, it'll be done in time, i hope :)
see you around then
Random articles 08:50, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi there; two points about this article, which you {{ speedy}} tagged. Firstly, {{ db-not notable}} is not a recognised speedy deletion category. Please look at WP:CSD. Secondly, I would sumbit that a United States Ambassador is notable. I have removed the tag.-- Anthony.bradbury 16:51, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
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Hi there; I have changed your tag on this article. Wiki policy is to allow a short period of time for editors to translate their foreign-language submissions. I have asked the editor to do so; the page will delete if he does not.-- Anthony.bradbury 12:11, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
You tagged this page as a CSD. I really don't think it qualifies -- Darksun 15:12, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Thats fine, I was gonna delete it myself, was feeling bored, so decided to see what I could do on Wiki. --Zippynate 16:41, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
It was a weird sense of deja vu... I deleted this earlier today so this was a recreation. salted now...-- Isotope23 19:40, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I noted you have a quick link on your talk page to Template:TestTemplates, but they are deprecated. The latest fashion is Wikipedia:Template_messages/User_talk_namespace. Just thought this could be of interest for you. Fighting of the urge to edit another users user page, here :-) Greswik 17:55, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
I've added additional references as well as some more information about the company (including criticisms). I have a particular interest in adding missing pages for notable startups, but could use some advice on how to approach it... I've been looking at other company pages which have not been tagged for notability and/or advertising and trying to model my articles on that. Any other advice? If the logoworks article looks ok, could you remove the tags and/or help? Thanks Violethughes 16:32, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi, hope things are well on your end. School's a nightmare at the moment with exams on the door (2 weeks!), but i've noticed a few, lets say, unhappy people concerning the article. If they want to rant, up to them, but i suggest you develop those sections slightly just into something with a bit more depth to stop them wasting space on the talk page.
I've been busy with a camera and got some photos, but they will be a little while longer i'm afraid, and there have been some calls to delete some articles linking to luton.(try the urban area one) Please have a look and try to add something,as they are relevent, but there are some who are concerned with notability than relevant info. Oh, and check that picture on the urban area. i think i shaded in the wrong area!
Speak again soon, Random articles 14:25, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
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Hi tell me what i did wrong with Atif and if i then what will be the effect? are you a authority person to warn me. i am a new bie here. kindly guide me. Thanks ATIF ZAIN —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Atifzain ( talk • contribs) 07:44, 4 May 2007 (UTC).
Hi GazMan,
Thanks for your message about Bury Park.
I don't have a great supply of information about the history of Luton: I got the information by going to the local history section of Dunstable Library and looking up Bury Park in the index of each book about Luton. Doing this is quite slow, and it seems there is not a lot of information to find. (There is a DVD for sale in some shops in Luton called The Story of Luton, and I know the director says not much is recorded about the recent history of the town because it has been too busy with redevelopments that make money.) I will continue to see what I can add; for example about the early history of the hamlets of Biscot and Limbury.
I prefer to work away quietly in the background, so I don't make many comments. But you may like to know that I have noticed the good work done by you, and by Random articles, expanding and structuring the Luton articles and countering some people's extreme negative views! JonH 17:12, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
Thought you might like to know 209.201.26.7 has vandalised Edmund Tylney, as you warned he would be blocked if he continued after vandalising Sam Neil -- OrangeDog 17:55, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
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Slang belongs to wiktionary. The disambiguation page has link to wiktionary article. `' Miikka 15:01, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
While the Arms of the borough of Luton are in the public domain, specific renderings of the arms/crest attract copyright and will not definitely be in the public domain until 70 years after the artist's death.
Image:LutonCrest.jpg appears to be from the International Civic Heraldry site (I assume that is where you found it). That website asserts copyright, and unless you can verify a different source, which asserts that the creator died before 1937 (or that the image has been released or licensed acceptably), the image must be listed as non-free and used in accordance with the policy on non-free content. I have added the source to the image's description page and removed it from {{ Luton}} again, per WP:NFCC#9. I have also tagged the image as being in need of a fair use rationale. — mholland (talk) 22:31, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
thanks for the message, yeah my exams went great, got top marks in most my exams ( A*'s all round ) i'm in sixth form now, and i reckon i'll start getting back online soon, so cya around :) RA Random articles 11:19, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
sure, get me at XXX@hotmail.com (plus i'd like it if ya get rid of this after its in your msn, so i don't get spam or whatever) RA Random articles 15:25, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi there, I would very much like to talk to you. I'm in Bedfordshire also and have a proposal, please call/txt me on this number (or drop call and I will call you back) number is here. Cheers, Paul —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.105.14.60 ( talk) 04:39, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
I've uploaded some photos for the Dunstable page and Ashton School page, I will probably take more in Luton soon, are there any places in particular you wanted photographed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by DearCatastropheWaitress ( talk • contribs) 18:47, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
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Hi! how are you? You haven't been around much lately, but when you do get this, there is something that appeared on the main article for luton about St. patrick's day. It's good, but it needs discussion about whether we need it or where to place it, etc. I've put it on the talk page, so have a look and discuss. I hope your well, as i've been off due to the snow. I should be on a bit more the coming week, so whatever you need doing, i can do it. I'm starting a few new school articles, so if you don't get this before the end of half term, i should of done one or two articles for the education in luton bit. We may want to add this to the main article, schools in luton that is, under an education heading, but if this won't do anything for the good article status, then forget it. We will need to link it another way. Remember, talk to me on my talk page, as then you'll get my attention. Thanks a lot, Random articles 21:03, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Whenever you pick this up, you'll see that I've been busy with luton and relating articles. I've added Ashcroft High School to the list and also the town crest to the template. It took a bit of fiddling, but i borrowed some HTML off manchester and that sorted that out. I've closed the discussion on St. Patricks day and I've decided not to include it but add a demographics bit, all referenced up, instead.
I've been browsing many good articles for ideas to improve, and I've seen that a lot of them have a geography and geology bit. Now, I know a bit, but since I've done a lot, and where we are now is all up to your hard work, I'd though I'd query it with you first. It's a good idea, but I wouldn't know where to reference it.
I've found a good few articles that I could start and link back, so improving the link network to luton, getting more people in. I've also been busy doing a little reorganising of the article. I feel there is no flow to the article and it keeps jumping back and forth to different points, so I'm having a go at that too.
I hope your OK, and that you come back soon. I'm a bit stuck for what to do next. Reply to this as soon as you can.
Thanks a lot,
Random articles 19:32, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Right, I've come up with a plan of action. There are several things to do before I reckon the article is good article status (possibly featured - you never know):
I can see that there are a lot of points, containing a lot of work, but this I think will improve the article no end. I have no problem working on them for the next few days, but I'm back at school next monday, and I shall disappear into a shadow of my current self on Wikipedia. So if we are to do this, we need to start now.
I hope this is OK :)
Random articles 14:06, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
Right, good, we're getting it together now...
I'll try my best to be around next week, but i can't promise anything too concrete. I'll start to set up these pages if your happy with them, then i shall start to transfer and aquire new information, and rewrite what needs to be done.
I've check out MK. It looks good, but we can do better!
OK?
Thanks, Random articles 15:41, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm afraid that after careful consideration (i.e. my parents told me), i'm going to have to take a wikibreak from next monday onwards until at least May, when my exams are. I will appear sporadically, depending on when I get the time to edit, but I will disappear from monday onwards, to do revision (yeah, right...). However, i've still got till sunday to help, so i will get that panorama done (i hope), i will try to do the daughter pages, set up the culture bit and start on the references.
i will put up a proper wikinotice from today, but i will be around till sunday (i hope)
Sorry about that, Random articles 11:37, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Random articles 15:46, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
OK, well i've done loads and this might be my last message for some time. I've set up daughter articles on all the relevant aspects in the article and a full list is below. I hope your happy with what i've done, and aware of what lies ahead of you, as it is one hell of a task.
What i have done is this. I have set up the daughter articles, and started most of them off, however, a lot of information, and i mean a lot, needs to be added. On most of them, i have done a lot of the hard work of finding sources by posting them on the talk page. the only one i haven't done this for is transport. I'm much too tired to do it now, mabye tomorrow. I know unfortunately, that prose isn't your thing, but i will try and check up occasionally and help sort a few things out, but no promises though, so don't hold me to it. I have moved information off the main article into the daughter article for most things, but you will have to cut down on the transport bit in the main article, make it flow better and move some of the random facts into the daughter article.
What you really will have to do though urgently is completely re-write the culture bit on the main article. It is dreadful (all my fault by the way) and i'm ashamed of it to be honest. i have left as much info as i can find for the culture daughter article, but there is bound to be more.
Economy, i'm quite proud of. It does need referencing, but the prose is good. In the daughter article, i've found loads of info, so you shouldn't be stuck there and there probably is photos floating around somewhere that you can use (again see below)
History - I've left that honour to you to set up that page as i know that's what your interested in. It shouldn't be too hard, as i've got loads of info already, you just need to supplement it with more general history. Have fun on that!
I've changed a few names of daughter articles so that they tie in with the rest of the articles, and i suggest that you change the formatting on the template to have;
Scrap amenities as they are contained in culture, and education is on the eductaion in luton bit so leave that out too.
Talking about education, sorry, but production on the secondary school articles is going to slow to a stop. Mabye have a go yourself, but don't fret, they aren't vital to the overall project yet.
One thing I am mightly sorry about is the referencing. I tried, but don't understand what i'm supposed to do, so failed. if i were you, i would leave it right to the end, but try and use the correct referencing when writing new articles, so you (mabye me) won't have to go over it again.
Geography and geology - i've done some, but not a lot. If there's more, then add it, but i have addedd a citation tag to a fact whcih i've always known, but cant prove. you'll see it on the article. one thing you may want to add is a climate bit. i currently don't have the time to do it, but mabye, this would be a good thing to add.
Environmental wise, i suggest merging bits into other parts of the project that are relevant. You were right when you said that NPOV may be violated if we hark on about the environment, but the parks and woodland bit in culture daughter article would be a good place to start to add bits about the environment.
Politics, something i don't like to broach on as general chat :), but the article is set up, and just needs padding out with wahat you wanted to do for the council and the MP's, and it also needs referencing up, but that's not too hard (I think!)
The places in Luton bit seems a bit pointless to me, as we have it at the bottom on the template, so i suggest move it across to the actual list and reformat that to accommodate the list on the main article, then move the main link to somewhere relevant (I dunno, i'm sure you'll know!)
What else? Ah yes, photos. Right, I WILL have that panorama done by some time in the not to distant future, but camera and weather problems have hampered my efforts so far. Other photos, you will have to take yourself, and remember to upload them onto the wikimedia bit for luton. this means that others can use them too, and this means that visitor traffic may go up. I know your not happy with a few, but the ones in the articles at the moment are good, so they probably don't need changing too much.
The layout in the luton main page is fine, so i don't think you need to change it unless something drastic happens. You will notice that on the daughter articles start with something like This article is based around whatever in Luton. This is a good thing to start off with on a new page, so i'd stick with it.
Is this enough? Or do you want more advice? :)
All I can say from here is the best of luck (coz you'll need it!), and that I hope that you won't hate me too much for leaving you such a mammoth task :P Oh and that i hope I'll see you around every once in a while!
Thanks a lot,
Random articles 21:30, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
PS: You may want to start archiving your talk page. It's Reeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaalllllllyyyyy long!
OK, final message (I think). I've added some links to the transport in luton on the talk page. On nearly every article, I've added links to help on the talk page. The only one I haven't is politics, but you'll find everything on the luton.gov site for that. History is all yours, as I've said before and I'm putting below all the pages I've set up and readied for you:
Again, I'm sorry I can't help, but exams are to take precedence over wiki at the moment. You will see me occasionally, in the background, adding a picture or correcting mistakes, etc, but I'm now officially on a wikibreak (if I can manage!)
Well, good luck, and I hope you will do a fantastic job. Use my tips if you want, but completely disregard them as well. Whatever takes your fancy :)
All the best, (and try not to hate me for leaving you with this huge job!)
Random articles 13:12, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi! Just popping in to have a look. not much has happened, but i'm not fussed. i see that a wikiproject has been set up, and i've joined, not being an active member at the moment. my revision is going fine and my first exam, art, is next week! (still haven't done enough to get a decent grade!) i don't know exactly when i will be back, but certainly in May as i said on my wikibreak.
i've found some stuf that may interest you. on BBC news, an article [1] has some stuff about luton which is quite good and i'm sure that the company Boddingtons has it's HQ or something important in luton. mabye research that? the panorama i promosed would of been on this week but the weather has taken a turn for the worse and you may still have to wait for it a bit longer.
keep talking to me if you like, but my MSN is still messed up, so no go there. I'll see you around then. Keep going!
Random articles 10:04, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Nice additions! You did a good job "wikifying" Luton, Iowa! Chiefsfan364 ( talk) 15:57, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
I can try to maybe upload a couple pictures though. Now to just get hold of a digital camera... Chiefsfan364 ( talk) 00:55, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
There. My own personal helicopter took this for me. :) Its a little high up, but what do you think? Chiefsfan364 ( talk) 01:19, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
I have blocked the user. Please report vandals to WP:AIV instead of creating an article about the IP address. Thank you, Kusma ( talk) 13:01, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Oops, i thought i had followed the link correctly but obviously not!! GazMan7 13:49, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
If you have time, would you add some notes at talk:Milton Keynes to suggest what needs to be done to reach A class, please? -- Concrete Cowboy 13:25, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
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oops - yes sorry missed one
GazMan7 15:30, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the talk page revert, GazMan! :) – Riana ঋ 14:38, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
I have the source, right here:
growabrain.typepad.com/growabrain/iowa.jpg
Chiefsfan364 ( talk) 14:58, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
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Issuing a {{ test1}} for an edit like this is a bit of an understatement don't you reckon? It's also a waste of time because Byrnesfan2 ( talk • contribs) is obviously a sockpuppet trying to annoy an administrator. Send it straight to WP:AIV next time. Don't even bother issuing warnings. -- Netsnipe ► 16:26, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Newpages
hi there, at the moment no, i'm not interested as i've got an art exam tomorrow and the rest of the in 32 school days, but afterwards, yes, i would be happy to help. the luton article looks like not much is happening, but i'm seeing that you're busy elsewhere. Don't worry, it'll be done in time, i hope :)
see you around then
Random articles 08:50, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi there; two points about this article, which you {{ speedy}} tagged. Firstly, {{ db-not notable}} is not a recognised speedy deletion category. Please look at WP:CSD. Secondly, I would sumbit that a United States Ambassador is notable. I have removed the tag.-- Anthony.bradbury 16:51, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia, GazMan7! However, your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove spam from Wikipedia. If you were trying to insert a good link, please accept my creator's apologies, but note that the link you added, matching rule img[0-9]+\.imageshack\.us\/my\.php\?image\=.*\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|svg), is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. Please read Wikipedia's external links policy for more information. If the link was to an image, please read Wikipedia's image tutorial on how to use a more appropriate method to insert the image into an article. If your link was intended to promote a site you own, are affiliated with, or will make money from inclusion in Wikipedia, please note that inserting spam into Wikipedia is against policy. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! Shadowbot 10:01, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi there; I have changed your tag on this article. Wiki policy is to allow a short period of time for editors to translate their foreign-language submissions. I have asked the editor to do so; the page will delete if he does not.-- Anthony.bradbury 12:11, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
You tagged this page as a CSD. I really don't think it qualifies -- Darksun 15:12, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Thats fine, I was gonna delete it myself, was feeling bored, so decided to see what I could do on Wiki. --Zippynate 16:41, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
It was a weird sense of deja vu... I deleted this earlier today so this was a recreation. salted now...-- Isotope23 19:40, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I noted you have a quick link on your talk page to Template:TestTemplates, but they are deprecated. The latest fashion is Wikipedia:Template_messages/User_talk_namespace. Just thought this could be of interest for you. Fighting of the urge to edit another users user page, here :-) Greswik 17:55, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
I've added additional references as well as some more information about the company (including criticisms). I have a particular interest in adding missing pages for notable startups, but could use some advice on how to approach it... I've been looking at other company pages which have not been tagged for notability and/or advertising and trying to model my articles on that. Any other advice? If the logoworks article looks ok, could you remove the tags and/or help? Thanks Violethughes 16:32, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi, hope things are well on your end. School's a nightmare at the moment with exams on the door (2 weeks!), but i've noticed a few, lets say, unhappy people concerning the article. If they want to rant, up to them, but i suggest you develop those sections slightly just into something with a bit more depth to stop them wasting space on the talk page.
I've been busy with a camera and got some photos, but they will be a little while longer i'm afraid, and there have been some calls to delete some articles linking to luton.(try the urban area one) Please have a look and try to add something,as they are relevent, but there are some who are concerned with notability than relevant info. Oh, and check that picture on the urban area. i think i shaded in the wrong area!
Speak again soon, Random articles 14:25, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:Atifzain&redirect=no
Hi tell me what i did wrong with Atif and if i then what will be the effect? are you a authority person to warn me. i am a new bie here. kindly guide me. Thanks ATIF ZAIN —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Atifzain ( talk • contribs) 07:44, 4 May 2007 (UTC).
Hi GazMan,
Thanks for your message about Bury Park.
I don't have a great supply of information about the history of Luton: I got the information by going to the local history section of Dunstable Library and looking up Bury Park in the index of each book about Luton. Doing this is quite slow, and it seems there is not a lot of information to find. (There is a DVD for sale in some shops in Luton called The Story of Luton, and I know the director says not much is recorded about the recent history of the town because it has been too busy with redevelopments that make money.) I will continue to see what I can add; for example about the early history of the hamlets of Biscot and Limbury.
I prefer to work away quietly in the background, so I don't make many comments. But you may like to know that I have noticed the good work done by you, and by Random articles, expanding and structuring the Luton articles and countering some people's extreme negative views! JonH 17:12, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
Thought you might like to know 209.201.26.7 has vandalised Edmund Tylney, as you warned he would be blocked if he continued after vandalising Sam Neil -- OrangeDog 17:55, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Big_Brother_2007_%28UK%29&diff=131918568&oldid=131896957
Slang belongs to wiktionary. The disambiguation page has link to wiktionary article. `' Miikka 15:01, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
While the Arms of the borough of Luton are in the public domain, specific renderings of the arms/crest attract copyright and will not definitely be in the public domain until 70 years after the artist's death.
Image:LutonCrest.jpg appears to be from the International Civic Heraldry site (I assume that is where you found it). That website asserts copyright, and unless you can verify a different source, which asserts that the creator died before 1937 (or that the image has been released or licensed acceptably), the image must be listed as non-free and used in accordance with the policy on non-free content. I have added the source to the image's description page and removed it from {{ Luton}} again, per WP:NFCC#9. I have also tagged the image as being in need of a fair use rationale. — mholland (talk) 22:31, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
thanks for the message, yeah my exams went great, got top marks in most my exams ( A*'s all round ) i'm in sixth form now, and i reckon i'll start getting back online soon, so cya around :) RA Random articles 11:19, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
sure, get me at XXX@hotmail.com (plus i'd like it if ya get rid of this after its in your msn, so i don't get spam or whatever) RA Random articles 15:25, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi there, I would very much like to talk to you. I'm in Bedfordshire also and have a proposal, please call/txt me on this number (or drop call and I will call you back) number is here. Cheers, Paul —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.105.14.60 ( talk) 04:39, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
I've uploaded some photos for the Dunstable page and Ashton School page, I will probably take more in Luton soon, are there any places in particular you wanted photographed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by DearCatastropheWaitress ( talk • contribs) 18:47, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
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