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Isn't it logical to leave the article as "Supermarine Spitfire" rather than cutting it up into parts. Most readers want an overall article which also includes a history of development and not just the type's operational history. FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 15:10, 1 February 2010 (UTC).
Hi, I see you've transwikied something to the Worcestershire page, but I can't see what changed. What did you do? Let's keep the whole discussion on this page, for the sake of readability. Thanks, GyroMagician ( talk) 11:26, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi Graham87. I'd like to interview you for the signpost as a special story to be featured sometime later this month (the suggestion came from Mattisse). Are you interested? Regards. -- RegentsPark ( sticks and stones) 02:27, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your help. Would you mind taking a look at a number of other edits that were reverted by another editor? We've started a discussion here: Talk:Age of consent#Huffington Post as a source. Thanks. Flowanda | Talk 06:09, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
Can you please move the article Carl Linnaeus to Carl von Linné. BjörnBergman ( talk) 18:41 5 February 2010 (UTC)
You seem to have made a long series of moves. I am not clear what you have been up to: I suggest a comment on its talk page. Peterkingiron ( talk) 23:26, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
Oops, sorry about that. I have my preference for time set to NZ time. In future I will remember to adjust to UTC. Thanks for the tip! Adabow ( talk) 00:57, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Help:Interwiki redirect demo. Since you had some involvement with the Help:Interwiki redirect demo redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Thryduulf ( talk) 01:49, 7 February 2010 (UTC) Thryduulf ( talk) 01:49, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
I would just like to state that the term, "Eat Yer Teacake", was used by Uddingston residents as a joke (due to the Tunnocks factory being located in Uddingston). However, since then this joke has turned into a unnofficial motto due to consistent usage of the term.
Just tying to help.
Thank you for your time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.7.62.232 ( talk) 18:24, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
Out of curiosity, what is this?
Just curious. -RadicalOne• Contact Me• Chase My Tail 02:57, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
Hey! You made an edit on the Nobel Prize page which sounded very good when I read the summary but when I looked I could only see that things had been removed so I undid it. Could you explain what you were trying to do? -- Esuzu ( talk • contribs) 14:56, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
delete my user page. -- Valdemarasl ( talk) 10:19, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
Kudpung ( talk) 15:40, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
I saw that you had done some sort of complicated maneuver with James Monroe, but I really don't understand why. Mangoe ( talk) 13:43, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Please don't use articles for tests, as you did with the Millard Fillmore article today. According to the history log your activities today (24 Feb 2010) resulted in no change. -- Bejnar ( talk) 01:39, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I wondered if you might do a histmerge for me, please. It's a draft overhaul of an existing article, worked on in my userspace. The merge is from User talk:Whitehorse1/draftspace to Phare de la Vieille. I'd like to preserve the individual changes rather than simply paste in my changed version, to make it easier to see what was changed later on. I'd like the following 3 revisions deleted from the draft before merging:
I also want to change the name of the target to the more appropriate La Vieille. Presumably it's better to do this before any histmerge; could you clarify if that's correct? I'll wait to hear from you before doing the page move. Please reply here – I'll watchlist your talkpage for a little while.
I know you tend to concentrate on older histmerging/imports, Graham; you've even done one of my requests. Hope you'll be able to help with this though, as your wikiarchaeology expertise would really help everything go smoothly! Thanks, Whitehorse1. 12:49, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
Camus first of all was half French and half Catalan and never considered himself to be anything other than Algerian. I have as a matter of fact more French blood in me than Camus, but I will always consider myself to be Algerian because that's where I and my forefathers before me were born and bred. While I don't expect you to understand the difference between a pied noir and a French, I would expect you to show some respect for Camus and other pieds noirs like myself who have an identity that is not always related to France. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.183.130.64 ( talk) 00:29, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
Orangina originated in Algeria, in a region called Boufarik to be exact, and moved to France in 1962 after the independence of Algeria. If you care to learn more about its history, I suggest you check:
http://www.orangina.eu/en/history/thehistoryoforangina
http://www.histoire-entreprises.fr/he-le-magazine/orangina-la-petite-boisson-secouee/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.183.130.64 ( talk) 00:38, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
I love what you're doing with importing history from the nostalgia wiki! Old information like that is valuable for research, and shouldn't be lost. Keep up the good work! -- pmj ( talk) 11:29, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
There is a very long hex string on your userpage that is making the page unnecessarily wide, so that it can't be read (at least in Firefox) without having to scroll horizontally. Do you think you could fix that, perhaps by splitting the string into sections? I can do it for you if you want. 66.127.52.47 ( talk) 21:51, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
When you import a nostalgic edit, the imported revision appears to get a new version ID based on the present moment. Unfortunately, the navigation between versions of a page using Previous edit (or (diff) ← Previous revision) and Next edit (or Newer revision → (diff)) uses the order of the version IDs, which now is all f***ed up. To see this in action, go for example to the current version of Over and under shotgun and navigate through the history using Previous revision. -- Lambiam 17:59, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
I have blocked the user account you recently created, User:Www.jtrapp.com. Usernames consisting of URLs are not permitted per the Username policy. Nakon 04:34, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Is there any way of identifying the changes to articles that you introduce with your nostalgia exercises? When I do a comparison for eg Thames, it just comes up with "4 intermediate edits not shown". Regards Motmit ( talk) 08:52, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
It has the side-effect of adding a number of useless "MediaWiki:" entries to my watchlist... 15:27, 13 March 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by AnonMoos ( talk • contribs)
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Paradoctor ( talk • contribs) 18:11, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
See [1]. You removed header information which I put into the archives for Talk:Ordinal number, saying "rm unnecessary note, that's what the page title is for, the archives will be renumbered soon". I appreciate your need to renumber the archives. However, instead of removing my note, you should have edited it to change the number. I put such notes into archives because they are rarely watched and might get lost if the archive is renamed by a vandal or there were a change in the convention for naming archives. When years later, the archive is found by someone, it would help if he knew of what it was an archive. JRSpriggs ( talk) 03:30, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
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For all your help and contributions the past year, I am fathomed to award you this barnstar :-) Western Pines ( talk) 03:48, 15 March 2010 (UTC) |
If you dont - could you put it on your watch - ta Satu Suro 11:40, 15 March 2010 (UTC) I understand your aversion - we should dob someone else in for the pain - as for details - I havent the faintest my youngest is now in year 10 - sorry maybe I should have thought of someone else to watch for us... Satu Suro 15:25, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
I appreciate the thorough copyedit you are giving to Ruffed lemur. I'm not sure how some of those typos were included in my rewrite or how they survived both a GAC and FAC run. Who knows... with all the added traffic tonight, they may be instances of vandalism that have been nested in with all the other helpful edits. Anyway, since you're busy editing (and I'm checking things remotely on a slow hotel connection), I don't want to make any edits that might conflict with yours. If you can—before you're done—would you please correct the spelling of "strepsirhine" to "strepsirrhine" (double "r") and remove the "128" in "128 extant species" in the Evolutionary section. One is a common misspelling, and the other is not supported by the reference. (Those numbers change constantly anyway.) But again, thank you! – VisionHolder « talk » 06:06, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
"personal website not directly related to the subject" How is it possible for a website named Pond Life not to be related to the subject of a Pond? It is not a personal website it is a website made up to allow other pond enthusiasts to make their own ponds and to use as a reference for anything they may want to find out about during their ponds life. It is filled with pictures of plants, insects and other creatures commonly seen near ponds. It is a small website but I did not put it up for personal gain, it is already listed high in many search engines including the top pages of Bing and Yahoo.
As for the removal from the Common Frog page this is also ridiculous as the website focuses on the Common Frogs breeding, spawn and general life throughout the year.
I think your have wrongly removed this web page from the encyclopaedia. I look forward to your reply.
Stozy10 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stozy10 ( talk • contribs) 16:41, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Can I get an email copy of the deleted page [Rob Olston] I was still constucting it when it was marked for speedy deletion. Thanks, Nathan Nathanburgess ( talk) 12:12, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, forgot about that. Done now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nathanburgess ( talk • contribs) 12:23, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi there. There has been a lot of discussion regarding alt text for images lately, and your input at Wikipedia talk:Alternative text for images would be appreciated. Thanks, Dabomb87 ( talk) 03:33, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Hey there Graham87, doing well I hope? I was wondering if you wanted to do a little task, I know how good you are with historical pages :). I don't know what to do with Wikipedia:Ref reform. It appears to have been left 'up in the air' without any finale closure or analysis. It would be nice if someone could summarize what the outcome of it was, mark it with an appropriate template if necessary, and categorize it somewhere (it's currently not in any categories, which is probably why it's gone unnoticed for so long. Category:Wikipedia surveys and polls is one possibility but I'm unsure if it fits well there). Regards, œ ™ 11:59, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Why did you make this edit? The ability to undelete a particular page just by changing the URL still works in the English Wikipedia. Graham87 08:08, 21 March 2010 (UTC) --- Well, that's what i get: http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/2285/errorgooglechrome.png
So "Type this in the search box: "Special:Undelete/Target" and replace TARGET by the name of the page;" is a bit dishonest, no?
Best regards, Jakob —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakob5675a ( talk • contribs) 20:47, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I recently created a page under the title MRL Public Sector Consultants, and it has once again been deleted. I know it wasn't you that deleted it, but I have literally spent the last week revising it and editing it because it was continuously being deleted. I posted it again on Tuesday of this week and I honestly cannot see at all how one of the editors STILL sees it to be promotional. Please can you have a look at the page and let me know what I'm doing wrong? It is becoming so frustrating constantly having to edit and re post my page only for it to be deleted again. I really don't understand what can be classified as promotional on the latest page. If you could provide me with any help it would be much appreciated. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Psc2010 ( talk • contribs) 09:55, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
Global warming. Is global warming an increase in temperature or rather a process of increase? Is global warming a theory or proven phenomena? I believe those points should be the main identifiers of the article on global warming. Aleksandr Grigoryev ( talk) 18:53, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
I am am not sure if you have the ability to edit Darwin's page but I saw you recently made a change to the security of his page. At the very beginning of Darwin's page it states that "was an English naturalist who showed that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors"
I have studied the "theory" of evolution thoroughly. I have a degree in Biochemistry from the university of Oregon and I understand the limitations of the theory and significant problems it has yet to cross. With over 50% percent of the U.S. population not believing in the theory of Evolution it is inappropriate to use the word "showed" since this implies that it is truth. I think a more appropriate neutral word in this heated debate is "theorized". If you know anything about the scientific process you should know that a theory is a well respected scientific argument. And again the word "have" in the context which it is presented in Darwin's article also implies that indeed his theory is truth. The word "have" just needs to be taken out. We should not under estimate the power of words in our society. Assumptions stated as truth claims instead of showing a person both sides of an argument so that one may make their own decisions on an issue is the way society should handle this matter. Wikipedia is a powerful source of information that influences many people. Implications hide behind themselves assumptions. Wikipedia should not fill society with assumptions as truth claims. It should present theories as theories, not as truth. This way people know they need to do further examination of the issue.
thank you for the time and please if you could forward this to whoever you feel can change the wordage used in this article.
John Quigley —Preceding unsigned comment added by Quigpower23 ( talk • contribs) 22:59, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
Hey Graham87. Found another old page you might be interested in. Wikipedia:Alphabetical list of Wikipedians. It's got historically interesting edit history, considering the amount and diversity of editors who have contributed to it, and how far back the edits go. However as you can see it's been deleted because that history has apparently been used for trolling purposes. I don't know the details behind that but anyways it may be worthy for preservation somewhere? -- œ ™ 09:59, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
See User talk:Xeno#De and others and comment, if you could. Thanks, – xeno talk 13:18, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi! So I took a look at that edit.. that's really weird! That was nearly two years prior to me creating this current Wikipedia account.. but, the thing is.. that change looks like something I could easily have made. I got the Frank Black solo album Dog in the Sand just before that date (September 26, 2001) - I know this, because it was a birthday present! And it does have Joey Santiago playing on it. So that edit is the sort of thing I might well have made at that time!! I honestly don't remember using Wikipedia that long ago.. but maybe I did!! And certainly this handle "Stormie" is one that I have been using for much longer than that. -- Stormie ( talk) 02:28, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
What in the ham sandwich? 842U ( talk) 11:17, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
Yes, very strange! 842U ( talk) 11:24, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi Graham87, greetings. Just to clarify, the imports you're doing add otherwise lost edit history, is that correct? Regards Buckshot06 (talk) 05:10, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
Hello Graham,
I notice that you are moving "See also" sections after "references" sections which is incorrect. Please re-read the guidelines that you are citing to see that this is so. Specifically
this order. Notice that the very guidelines page itself uses this order. Thank you,
⋙–Berean–Hunter—► (
(⊕))
15:31, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I went live with my first Wiki page ever and it got deleted, which I had anticipated actually under the notion that the only way to get it right is to make mistakes and learn from them. I was wondering if there is any way to move the article back to my user space so I can edit it. Also, is it better to request feed back before going live or after going live?
Anyway, I was reading up on the "rules and laws" of Wikipedia, and correct me if I am wrong, but based on my understanding, if my article gets moved back to my user space and I try to go live with it, it will be deleted again most likely. What can I do to make this page stick? I would really appreciate some constructive criticism and feedback as this helps make me a better, more objective writer.
Since I can't start a new page on it without risky speedy deletion, I am requesting to userfy the deleted page. I also rewrote the article in a Word document and made the following revisions to start off with:I revised my intro COMPLETELY so that it's more to-the-point for consumers looking for need-to-know information about this company. I deleted a good portion of the history, but am debating whether it's even relevant. I edit the corporate structure down to a few sentences and eliminate the corporate officers because, to me, it's not really important, I just thought that that's what you're supposed to do. The business model has remained the same for the most part, and I also added a critical element to this article that highlights the controversy this company has generated in the timeshare industry. I think I was getting to technical with the templates and that's probably where I went overboard, but this new revised version I am working on is short, simple and sweet (at least I'm hoping so). Please help? Thanks Mytwocents02 ( talk) 22:43, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
I would very much appreciate your comments on the proposal here. Regards, Colin° Talk 13:47, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
thanks graham for your feed back on my edit suggestions. It's true, the company in questions isn't referenced in Wikipedia, but given the controversy they've created in the industry, I thought maybe it was notable and worth mentioning on Wikipedia. I am curious though as to how some companies and businesses are able to have their pages stick. I bet those companies hired someone to write their page for them... How does Wikipedia track those kinds of activities in effort to preserve the integrity of the site? thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mytwocents02 ( talk • contribs) 21:18, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
Are you serious when you say that you're blind?! How can you edit Wikipedia so efficiently if you're only able to hear everything being read to you? I'm baffled! DRosenbach ( Talk | Contribs) 02:59, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
I was just curious as to why you deleted, then restored, then redirected those pages. I just thought it seemed awkward. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 13:14, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
Found another deleted page with very old history. Dunno if you want to restore anything from it but thought I'd pass it on to you. ps. you might want to add {{ Search archives}} or something similar to your talk page so we can search your talk archives. -- œ ™ 14:34, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
I see you did some transwikis. There are a few articles on pl wikipedia that I worked on there and moved recently - their history should probably be transwikid, yes? If you could do it, I can give you a link to them. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 17:48, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
Thx, my Bot made a mistake, when I was used AWB after actualization. I don't edit from KamikazeBot acount in enWikipedia, and every edits are not unintentional. What do you think, in the future I can edit interwiki in enWikipedia? (actualy KamikazeBot works in pl and la wikipedia on interwiki). Best wishes. Karol007 ( talk) 22:12, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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Isn't it logical to leave the article as "Supermarine Spitfire" rather than cutting it up into parts. Most readers want an overall article which also includes a history of development and not just the type's operational history. FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 15:10, 1 February 2010 (UTC).
Hi, I see you've transwikied something to the Worcestershire page, but I can't see what changed. What did you do? Let's keep the whole discussion on this page, for the sake of readability. Thanks, GyroMagician ( talk) 11:26, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi Graham87. I'd like to interview you for the signpost as a special story to be featured sometime later this month (the suggestion came from Mattisse). Are you interested? Regards. -- RegentsPark ( sticks and stones) 02:27, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your help. Would you mind taking a look at a number of other edits that were reverted by another editor? We've started a discussion here: Talk:Age of consent#Huffington Post as a source. Thanks. Flowanda | Talk 06:09, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
Can you please move the article Carl Linnaeus to Carl von Linné. BjörnBergman ( talk) 18:41 5 February 2010 (UTC)
You seem to have made a long series of moves. I am not clear what you have been up to: I suggest a comment on its talk page. Peterkingiron ( talk) 23:26, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
Oops, sorry about that. I have my preference for time set to NZ time. In future I will remember to adjust to UTC. Thanks for the tip! Adabow ( talk) 00:57, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Help:Interwiki redirect demo. Since you had some involvement with the Help:Interwiki redirect demo redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Thryduulf ( talk) 01:49, 7 February 2010 (UTC) Thryduulf ( talk) 01:49, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
I would just like to state that the term, "Eat Yer Teacake", was used by Uddingston residents as a joke (due to the Tunnocks factory being located in Uddingston). However, since then this joke has turned into a unnofficial motto due to consistent usage of the term.
Just tying to help.
Thank you for your time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.7.62.232 ( talk) 18:24, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
Out of curiosity, what is this?
Just curious. -RadicalOne• Contact Me• Chase My Tail 02:57, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
Hey! You made an edit on the Nobel Prize page which sounded very good when I read the summary but when I looked I could only see that things had been removed so I undid it. Could you explain what you were trying to do? -- Esuzu ( talk • contribs) 14:56, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
delete my user page. -- Valdemarasl ( talk) 10:19, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
Kudpung ( talk) 15:40, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
I saw that you had done some sort of complicated maneuver with James Monroe, but I really don't understand why. Mangoe ( talk) 13:43, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Please don't use articles for tests, as you did with the Millard Fillmore article today. According to the history log your activities today (24 Feb 2010) resulted in no change. -- Bejnar ( talk) 01:39, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I wondered if you might do a histmerge for me, please. It's a draft overhaul of an existing article, worked on in my userspace. The merge is from User talk:Whitehorse1/draftspace to Phare de la Vieille. I'd like to preserve the individual changes rather than simply paste in my changed version, to make it easier to see what was changed later on. I'd like the following 3 revisions deleted from the draft before merging:
I also want to change the name of the target to the more appropriate La Vieille. Presumably it's better to do this before any histmerge; could you clarify if that's correct? I'll wait to hear from you before doing the page move. Please reply here – I'll watchlist your talkpage for a little while.
I know you tend to concentrate on older histmerging/imports, Graham; you've even done one of my requests. Hope you'll be able to help with this though, as your wikiarchaeology expertise would really help everything go smoothly! Thanks, Whitehorse1. 12:49, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
Camus first of all was half French and half Catalan and never considered himself to be anything other than Algerian. I have as a matter of fact more French blood in me than Camus, but I will always consider myself to be Algerian because that's where I and my forefathers before me were born and bred. While I don't expect you to understand the difference between a pied noir and a French, I would expect you to show some respect for Camus and other pieds noirs like myself who have an identity that is not always related to France. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.183.130.64 ( talk) 00:29, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
Orangina originated in Algeria, in a region called Boufarik to be exact, and moved to France in 1962 after the independence of Algeria. If you care to learn more about its history, I suggest you check:
http://www.orangina.eu/en/history/thehistoryoforangina
http://www.histoire-entreprises.fr/he-le-magazine/orangina-la-petite-boisson-secouee/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.183.130.64 ( talk) 00:38, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
I love what you're doing with importing history from the nostalgia wiki! Old information like that is valuable for research, and shouldn't be lost. Keep up the good work! -- pmj ( talk) 11:29, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
There is a very long hex string on your userpage that is making the page unnecessarily wide, so that it can't be read (at least in Firefox) without having to scroll horizontally. Do you think you could fix that, perhaps by splitting the string into sections? I can do it for you if you want. 66.127.52.47 ( talk) 21:51, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
When you import a nostalgic edit, the imported revision appears to get a new version ID based on the present moment. Unfortunately, the navigation between versions of a page using Previous edit (or (diff) ← Previous revision) and Next edit (or Newer revision → (diff)) uses the order of the version IDs, which now is all f***ed up. To see this in action, go for example to the current version of Over and under shotgun and navigate through the history using Previous revision. -- Lambiam 17:59, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
I have blocked the user account you recently created, User:Www.jtrapp.com. Usernames consisting of URLs are not permitted per the Username policy. Nakon 04:34, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Is there any way of identifying the changes to articles that you introduce with your nostalgia exercises? When I do a comparison for eg Thames, it just comes up with "4 intermediate edits not shown". Regards Motmit ( talk) 08:52, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
It has the side-effect of adding a number of useless "MediaWiki:" entries to my watchlist... 15:27, 13 March 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by AnonMoos ( talk • contribs)
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Paradoctor ( talk • contribs) 18:11, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
See [1]. You removed header information which I put into the archives for Talk:Ordinal number, saying "rm unnecessary note, that's what the page title is for, the archives will be renumbered soon". I appreciate your need to renumber the archives. However, instead of removing my note, you should have edited it to change the number. I put such notes into archives because they are rarely watched and might get lost if the archive is renamed by a vandal or there were a change in the convention for naming archives. When years later, the archive is found by someone, it would help if he knew of what it was an archive. JRSpriggs ( talk) 03:30, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
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For all your help and contributions the past year, I am fathomed to award you this barnstar :-) Western Pines ( talk) 03:48, 15 March 2010 (UTC) |
If you dont - could you put it on your watch - ta Satu Suro 11:40, 15 March 2010 (UTC) I understand your aversion - we should dob someone else in for the pain - as for details - I havent the faintest my youngest is now in year 10 - sorry maybe I should have thought of someone else to watch for us... Satu Suro 15:25, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
I appreciate the thorough copyedit you are giving to Ruffed lemur. I'm not sure how some of those typos were included in my rewrite or how they survived both a GAC and FAC run. Who knows... with all the added traffic tonight, they may be instances of vandalism that have been nested in with all the other helpful edits. Anyway, since you're busy editing (and I'm checking things remotely on a slow hotel connection), I don't want to make any edits that might conflict with yours. If you can—before you're done—would you please correct the spelling of "strepsirhine" to "strepsirrhine" (double "r") and remove the "128" in "128 extant species" in the Evolutionary section. One is a common misspelling, and the other is not supported by the reference. (Those numbers change constantly anyway.) But again, thank you! – VisionHolder « talk » 06:06, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
"personal website not directly related to the subject" How is it possible for a website named Pond Life not to be related to the subject of a Pond? It is not a personal website it is a website made up to allow other pond enthusiasts to make their own ponds and to use as a reference for anything they may want to find out about during their ponds life. It is filled with pictures of plants, insects and other creatures commonly seen near ponds. It is a small website but I did not put it up for personal gain, it is already listed high in many search engines including the top pages of Bing and Yahoo.
As for the removal from the Common Frog page this is also ridiculous as the website focuses on the Common Frogs breeding, spawn and general life throughout the year.
I think your have wrongly removed this web page from the encyclopaedia. I look forward to your reply.
Stozy10 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stozy10 ( talk • contribs) 16:41, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Can I get an email copy of the deleted page [Rob Olston] I was still constucting it when it was marked for speedy deletion. Thanks, Nathan Nathanburgess ( talk) 12:12, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, forgot about that. Done now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nathanburgess ( talk • contribs) 12:23, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi there. There has been a lot of discussion regarding alt text for images lately, and your input at Wikipedia talk:Alternative text for images would be appreciated. Thanks, Dabomb87 ( talk) 03:33, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Hey there Graham87, doing well I hope? I was wondering if you wanted to do a little task, I know how good you are with historical pages :). I don't know what to do with Wikipedia:Ref reform. It appears to have been left 'up in the air' without any finale closure or analysis. It would be nice if someone could summarize what the outcome of it was, mark it with an appropriate template if necessary, and categorize it somewhere (it's currently not in any categories, which is probably why it's gone unnoticed for so long. Category:Wikipedia surveys and polls is one possibility but I'm unsure if it fits well there). Regards, œ ™ 11:59, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Why did you make this edit? The ability to undelete a particular page just by changing the URL still works in the English Wikipedia. Graham87 08:08, 21 March 2010 (UTC) --- Well, that's what i get: http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/2285/errorgooglechrome.png
So "Type this in the search box: "Special:Undelete/Target" and replace TARGET by the name of the page;" is a bit dishonest, no?
Best regards, Jakob —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakob5675a ( talk • contribs) 20:47, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I recently created a page under the title MRL Public Sector Consultants, and it has once again been deleted. I know it wasn't you that deleted it, but I have literally spent the last week revising it and editing it because it was continuously being deleted. I posted it again on Tuesday of this week and I honestly cannot see at all how one of the editors STILL sees it to be promotional. Please can you have a look at the page and let me know what I'm doing wrong? It is becoming so frustrating constantly having to edit and re post my page only for it to be deleted again. I really don't understand what can be classified as promotional on the latest page. If you could provide me with any help it would be much appreciated. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Psc2010 ( talk • contribs) 09:55, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
Global warming. Is global warming an increase in temperature or rather a process of increase? Is global warming a theory or proven phenomena? I believe those points should be the main identifiers of the article on global warming. Aleksandr Grigoryev ( talk) 18:53, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
I am am not sure if you have the ability to edit Darwin's page but I saw you recently made a change to the security of his page. At the very beginning of Darwin's page it states that "was an English naturalist who showed that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors"
I have studied the "theory" of evolution thoroughly. I have a degree in Biochemistry from the university of Oregon and I understand the limitations of the theory and significant problems it has yet to cross. With over 50% percent of the U.S. population not believing in the theory of Evolution it is inappropriate to use the word "showed" since this implies that it is truth. I think a more appropriate neutral word in this heated debate is "theorized". If you know anything about the scientific process you should know that a theory is a well respected scientific argument. And again the word "have" in the context which it is presented in Darwin's article also implies that indeed his theory is truth. The word "have" just needs to be taken out. We should not under estimate the power of words in our society. Assumptions stated as truth claims instead of showing a person both sides of an argument so that one may make their own decisions on an issue is the way society should handle this matter. Wikipedia is a powerful source of information that influences many people. Implications hide behind themselves assumptions. Wikipedia should not fill society with assumptions as truth claims. It should present theories as theories, not as truth. This way people know they need to do further examination of the issue.
thank you for the time and please if you could forward this to whoever you feel can change the wordage used in this article.
John Quigley —Preceding unsigned comment added by Quigpower23 ( talk • contribs) 22:59, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
Hey Graham87. Found another old page you might be interested in. Wikipedia:Alphabetical list of Wikipedians. It's got historically interesting edit history, considering the amount and diversity of editors who have contributed to it, and how far back the edits go. However as you can see it's been deleted because that history has apparently been used for trolling purposes. I don't know the details behind that but anyways it may be worthy for preservation somewhere? -- œ ™ 09:59, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
See User talk:Xeno#De and others and comment, if you could. Thanks, – xeno talk 13:18, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi! So I took a look at that edit.. that's really weird! That was nearly two years prior to me creating this current Wikipedia account.. but, the thing is.. that change looks like something I could easily have made. I got the Frank Black solo album Dog in the Sand just before that date (September 26, 2001) - I know this, because it was a birthday present! And it does have Joey Santiago playing on it. So that edit is the sort of thing I might well have made at that time!! I honestly don't remember using Wikipedia that long ago.. but maybe I did!! And certainly this handle "Stormie" is one that I have been using for much longer than that. -- Stormie ( talk) 02:28, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
What in the ham sandwich? 842U ( talk) 11:17, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
Yes, very strange! 842U ( talk) 11:24, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi Graham87, greetings. Just to clarify, the imports you're doing add otherwise lost edit history, is that correct? Regards Buckshot06 (talk) 05:10, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
Hello Graham,
I notice that you are moving "See also" sections after "references" sections which is incorrect. Please re-read the guidelines that you are citing to see that this is so. Specifically
this order. Notice that the very guidelines page itself uses this order. Thank you,
⋙–Berean–Hunter—► (
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15:31, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I went live with my first Wiki page ever and it got deleted, which I had anticipated actually under the notion that the only way to get it right is to make mistakes and learn from them. I was wondering if there is any way to move the article back to my user space so I can edit it. Also, is it better to request feed back before going live or after going live?
Anyway, I was reading up on the "rules and laws" of Wikipedia, and correct me if I am wrong, but based on my understanding, if my article gets moved back to my user space and I try to go live with it, it will be deleted again most likely. What can I do to make this page stick? I would really appreciate some constructive criticism and feedback as this helps make me a better, more objective writer.
Since I can't start a new page on it without risky speedy deletion, I am requesting to userfy the deleted page. I also rewrote the article in a Word document and made the following revisions to start off with:I revised my intro COMPLETELY so that it's more to-the-point for consumers looking for need-to-know information about this company. I deleted a good portion of the history, but am debating whether it's even relevant. I edit the corporate structure down to a few sentences and eliminate the corporate officers because, to me, it's not really important, I just thought that that's what you're supposed to do. The business model has remained the same for the most part, and I also added a critical element to this article that highlights the controversy this company has generated in the timeshare industry. I think I was getting to technical with the templates and that's probably where I went overboard, but this new revised version I am working on is short, simple and sweet (at least I'm hoping so). Please help? Thanks Mytwocents02 ( talk) 22:43, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
I would very much appreciate your comments on the proposal here. Regards, Colin° Talk 13:47, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
thanks graham for your feed back on my edit suggestions. It's true, the company in questions isn't referenced in Wikipedia, but given the controversy they've created in the industry, I thought maybe it was notable and worth mentioning on Wikipedia. I am curious though as to how some companies and businesses are able to have their pages stick. I bet those companies hired someone to write their page for them... How does Wikipedia track those kinds of activities in effort to preserve the integrity of the site? thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mytwocents02 ( talk • contribs) 21:18, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
Are you serious when you say that you're blind?! How can you edit Wikipedia so efficiently if you're only able to hear everything being read to you? I'm baffled! DRosenbach ( Talk | Contribs) 02:59, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
I was just curious as to why you deleted, then restored, then redirected those pages. I just thought it seemed awkward. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 13:14, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
Found another deleted page with very old history. Dunno if you want to restore anything from it but thought I'd pass it on to you. ps. you might want to add {{ Search archives}} or something similar to your talk page so we can search your talk archives. -- œ ™ 14:34, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
I see you did some transwikis. There are a few articles on pl wikipedia that I worked on there and moved recently - their history should probably be transwikid, yes? If you could do it, I can give you a link to them. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 17:48, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
Thx, my Bot made a mistake, when I was used AWB after actualization. I don't edit from KamikazeBot acount in enWikipedia, and every edits are not unintentional. What do you think, in the future I can edit interwiki in enWikipedia? (actualy KamikazeBot works in pl and la wikipedia on interwiki). Best wishes. Karol007 ( talk) 22:12, 30 April 2010 (UTC)