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In the process of a long-overdue clearout of our table-of-contents templates, I quickly cooked up {{ horizontaltoc}} to replace a lot of hard-coded compact TOCs. The code is trivial, but I reckon some additions to the site CSS would make it even better. something like
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Hi, I was just wondering if you think the template {{ SSSI}} you created still serves a useful purpose? Seeing as it has now been superseded by {{ Infobox SSSI}} in terms of displaying the link and isn't currently being used. Cheers, Zangar ( talk) 17:19, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for the heads-up at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Percussion#Church bells. I have raised some points there. In particular, we'd like to know the meaning of bells hung and tenor bell.
Another non-percussion question... should similar parameters be added for pipe organs? Say the number of pipe organs, and the installation date and sizes (pipes, ranks) of the main organ in current use? Andrewa ( talk) 18:33, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Andy, I didn't intend to revert the whole thing. I was working on putting it back and building off of it when you posted earlier. The organization and navigability of the subsection of the template is much improved thanks to you. Thank you very much for your help there! CrazyPaco ( talk) 23:48, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks Andy, you giessed right Victuallers ( talk) 07:49, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for your copyediting help at the new article I created, François-Eudes Chanfrault. Much appreciated, — Cirt ( talk) 18:44, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Really appreciate the help. Didn't create it myself as I worried about it getting AfDed, as I have a bit of a bad track record with templates getting that. :( -- LauraHale ( talk) 20:19, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Regarding the use of language templates, I removed a number of them. I can see no instructions regarding use of that template that say we have to use it when it comes to place names and personal names. Text in non-English languages I understand should have this template, but not names. Just to add to it, many of the places the lang|no template was used it was used on Sami (not Norwegian) names and Danish (not Norwegian) text. I see the point of the template when it comes to "Ny Vise om Ole Pedersen Høilands sidste mærkelige Undvigelse fra Agerhuus Fæstning Natten til den 17de September 1839" (which is Danish, even though it's written in Norway, by Norwegians, about a Norwegian), but not when it comes to Sogndalsfjøra (a Norwegian place name). What's your view on the use of the template in regards to names? Manxruler ( talk) 01:59, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
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Andy, regarding your contributions at Template talk:Infobox Townlands and related threads at Tfd and other infobox templates: Please treat other editors with more respect. As usual, there is a sound rationale to your underlying POV, but you do yourself no favours by presenting it in such an antagonistic way. I have no connection with the other editors, but it seems obviously discourteous (I assume not calculated) not to have notified Mabuska when you proposed the deletion of a template which Mabuska had created and put some effort into. Similarly, your partial quoting of the Tfd summary was bound to be inflammatory.
If you had from the outset instead made constructive suggestions on the template talk page, or Mabuska's talk page, I am sure that the two of you would quickly have reached consensus, or would at least have respected each other's point of view. None of us own any pages, but it is sensible to be tactful when suggesting major changes or deletions that would undo others' hard work. You are clearly more familiar with Wikipedia syntax and policies than Mabuska, which makes it even more unreasonable for you not to extend courtesy to someone evidently keen to learn and improve enwiki.
Elsewhere, the highways/KML discussions were almost derailed by your flamewars with Floydian. I think you both acted provocatively, but that is all the more reason for you to rise above provocation and put your knowledge and experience to good use by making constructive proposals instead of focusing on the behaviour of others (forgive my hypocrisy in criticising you, but I'm writing this here to be as constructive as possible and to avoid sidetracking discussions on template talkpages).
Of course there are formal resolution processes such as Tfd, but even these are made tedious or unpleasant for all involved if experienced good-faith editors do use good judgement in summarising and interpreting fairly and in applying policies with commonsense and sensitivity to the feelings of others.
I write as someone who at times agrees with your POV and at times disagrees with it; either way, I've seen discussions rapidly descend into ad hominem comments (and even if you perceive that others initiated these, there is no need to respond the same way). Please don't be your own worst enemy.
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— Richardguk ( talk) 17:53, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Andy, starting to push the Charles Rolls challenge - lots of adverts on non enlish wikis. We should have quite a few Monmouth DYKs on the front page tomorrow.! Could you sign up here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/MonmouthpediA/Charles_Rolls_Challenge/Points if only to encourage others :-) Victuallers ( talk) 15:55, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
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Would you review User:Gadget850/List TOC and comment? ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 11:39, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
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We now have {{ List TOC}}, it would be great if you could comment at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2012 March 1#Template:ColorTOC. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 14:34, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the news, I will make the Hungarian article soon. Üdv! - Orion 8 ( talk) 16:24, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
I want to use GeoGroup in an article and have been playing with it in my sandbox but cannot get it to work. Both Bing and Google show large scale maps and an error message. I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. Could you take a look please and see if you can help? Feel free to play in my sandbox:) Thanks. Derek Andrews ( talk) 16:38, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
I'm not very good with templates, or indeed most wiki tools, so I'd be grateful if you could clarify what the deletion would mean for William Burges (architect), a page I am very interested in. Would it just mean moving the info., of which there's not a lot, into another template? Thanks and regards. KJP1 ( talk) 18:31, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
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Good renaming of "Infobox bus transit" to "Infobox bus company". Much clearer title and describes the usage rather than being restricted only to transit services. It was overdue. Thanks Andy. Secondarywaltz ( talk) 17:08, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
How do you feel about starting an essay explaining the benefits of merging similar infoboxes? I think it's gotten to the point where it would be better to point people at a proper essay on the subject rather than having to reiterate the reasons in every new TfD, as happened with WP:NENAN. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) ( talk) 14:50, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
I do mean it when I say I am interested in your suggestions. I do more than enough featured content to know how important accessibility is. Unfortunately, Alarbus seems intent on disrupting things with a "my way or my way" attitude. I am hoping we can simply continue from the point of your input. Reso lute 23:09, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Andy, nice biscuits here aren't there? Wonder when next coffee break is. Prunella pumpkin ( talk) 11:14, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
This is something I had not thought of doing. LinsLadbroke ( talk) 11:14, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
What a wonderful course! HelenHM ( talk) 11:14, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
An interesting course Madbeen ( talk) 11:15, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
great to have u here Michaeladane ( talk) 11:15, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
Hiya Andy I'm enjoying this Mughes41 ( talk) 11:15, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
This is a great way to learn Wikipedia. Mdowarks ( talk) 11:15, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Andy, no idea if I'm doing this right! Can you check the citations I have put into the Southam's Cardall Collection page? I'm trying to make sure the content is verifiable. Many thanks for the excellent workshop today, Pam Prunella pumpkin ( talk) 22:58, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
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I don't quite see how the comment about the template is relevent. Yes I said it's annoying to experienced editors but where was I challenging it? Besides, I think that the standing consensus cleared my name and I'm sure that those who discussed it keep the same views so I still think that this is Much Ado About Nothing. The C of E. God Save The Queen! ( talk) 16:50, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed content from Template:Infobox Youth Olympics. When removing content, please specify a reason in the edit summary and discuss edits that are likely to be controversial on the article's talk page. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the content has been restored, as you can see from the page history. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Why you redirect? Because it is affected those parameters which not working properly. -- 180.183.138.71 ( talk) 09:56, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
I guess you missed the point of my edit to Wolves. Yes, Wolf (disambiguation) does disambiguate meanings of "Wolves". That has nothing to do, however, with whether there is a primary topic. Most people searching for "wolves" probably expect to find an article about the animal. There is a hatnote to help those searching for other meanings. -- R'n'B ( call me Russ) 11:58, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Since you are working to improve templates here are some you might want to check out deleting Category:Universities and colleges infobox templates there are many universities that for some reason have created their own templates rather using the general Template:Infobox university or ones that have no purpose boxes Pwojdacz ( talk) 01:49, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Unless it's not working (and I think it is) I think I'm done at the sandbox. If not, we'll be sure to work something out. Don't hesitate to use the sandbox. JIMp talk· cont 15:39, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Was this move really necessary and beneficial to the project when it is not intended for the general postage stamps but only for rare or notable stamps? ww2censor ( talk) 01:04, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
This smacks of attempting to use technical measures (naming the infobox differently) to enforce social policy (only having articles on notable stamps). Not every person is notable, but we don't have an {{ infobox famous person}}. Oh, wait, Chris already said that. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:42, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Template:Infobox classical composer. Since you had some involvement with the Template:Infobox classical composer redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Magioladitis ( talk) 17:52, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
I'm assuming you didn't mean to create a self redirect? 202.161.31.234 ( talk) 06:30, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
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Would you believe two people told me about this (in Monmouth) before I saw you'd baggsyd another site. Is there a pic of the QRpedia code in place? I'm hoping to post a pic of the ceramic MonmouthpediA ones this weekend. Guess you may be at Hack on the Record. If not ... have a beer from me Victuallers ( talk) 08:11, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
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Can you please read the comments on Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion#Template:Infobox_amateur_wrestler Ariesk47 ( talk) 22:34, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
This edit appears to have caused the 2011 winners not to display. You seem to know your way around templates better than I--do you know offhand how to fix this? Cheers, Khazar2 ( talk) 21:06, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
The TfD on Template:Smallcaps all was closed as "no consensus to merge, but consensus to fix improper transclusions, and to make improvements to make the template closer to complying with accessibility guidelines". At Template talk:Smallcaps all#Changes needed from results of TfD, there's now a discussion to fix the accessibility problems. I've added my opinion (which is that the template is wholesale incompatible with those guidelines), but you may wish to add yours there, along with any suggestions, too. — OwenBlacker ( Talk) 22:46, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Snooker#Template changes. 134.253.26.12 ( talk) 17:50, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Wifi sucks. Hangieenguyen ( talk) 19:14, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
Could you please check my sandbox at my entry for Joan Woollard. I was wondering whether my referencing was ok. It's only the one text. Also, would a letter written by Woollard class as a reference or a note? Hangieenguyen ( talk) 20:47, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for your help on the referencing. Is the citation alright? Just want to make sure before I go referencing incorrectly! Thank you :) Hangieenguyen ( talk) 21:42, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Andy! I'm hoping that everything in my sandbox for the Woollard entry is ok but could you check it for me please? Wanna get it perfect before I put it up! Thank you!! Will seriously be the last thing I ask of you now :) many thanks Hangieenguyen ( talk) 15:09, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
thanks for the traininggg! Chloe Lund ( talk) 19:20, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
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Hello enjoying learning about Wiki!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Olive Middlemarch ( talk • contribs) 19:26, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the trianing! Monikafrise ( talk) 19:28, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the training! Olive Middlemarch ( talk) 19:29, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Andy,
In the process of a long-overdue clearout of our table-of-contents templates, I quickly cooked up {{ horizontaltoc}} to replace a lot of hard-coded compact TOCs. The code is trivial, but I reckon some additions to the site CSS would make it even better. something like
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Hi, I was just wondering if you think the template {{ SSSI}} you created still serves a useful purpose? Seeing as it has now been superseded by {{ Infobox SSSI}} in terms of displaying the link and isn't currently being used. Cheers, Zangar ( talk) 17:19, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for the heads-up at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Percussion#Church bells. I have raised some points there. In particular, we'd like to know the meaning of bells hung and tenor bell.
Another non-percussion question... should similar parameters be added for pipe organs? Say the number of pipe organs, and the installation date and sizes (pipes, ranks) of the main organ in current use? Andrewa ( talk) 18:33, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Andy, I didn't intend to revert the whole thing. I was working on putting it back and building off of it when you posted earlier. The organization and navigability of the subsection of the template is much improved thanks to you. Thank you very much for your help there! CrazyPaco ( talk) 23:48, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks Andy, you giessed right Victuallers ( talk) 07:49, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for your copyediting help at the new article I created, François-Eudes Chanfrault. Much appreciated, — Cirt ( talk) 18:44, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Really appreciate the help. Didn't create it myself as I worried about it getting AfDed, as I have a bit of a bad track record with templates getting that. :( -- LauraHale ( talk) 20:19, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Regarding the use of language templates, I removed a number of them. I can see no instructions regarding use of that template that say we have to use it when it comes to place names and personal names. Text in non-English languages I understand should have this template, but not names. Just to add to it, many of the places the lang|no template was used it was used on Sami (not Norwegian) names and Danish (not Norwegian) text. I see the point of the template when it comes to "Ny Vise om Ole Pedersen Høilands sidste mærkelige Undvigelse fra Agerhuus Fæstning Natten til den 17de September 1839" (which is Danish, even though it's written in Norway, by Norwegians, about a Norwegian), but not when it comes to Sogndalsfjøra (a Norwegian place name). What's your view on the use of the template in regards to names? Manxruler ( talk) 01:59, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
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Andy, regarding your contributions at Template talk:Infobox Townlands and related threads at Tfd and other infobox templates: Please treat other editors with more respect. As usual, there is a sound rationale to your underlying POV, but you do yourself no favours by presenting it in such an antagonistic way. I have no connection with the other editors, but it seems obviously discourteous (I assume not calculated) not to have notified Mabuska when you proposed the deletion of a template which Mabuska had created and put some effort into. Similarly, your partial quoting of the Tfd summary was bound to be inflammatory.
If you had from the outset instead made constructive suggestions on the template talk page, or Mabuska's talk page, I am sure that the two of you would quickly have reached consensus, or would at least have respected each other's point of view. None of us own any pages, but it is sensible to be tactful when suggesting major changes or deletions that would undo others' hard work. You are clearly more familiar with Wikipedia syntax and policies than Mabuska, which makes it even more unreasonable for you not to extend courtesy to someone evidently keen to learn and improve enwiki.
Elsewhere, the highways/KML discussions were almost derailed by your flamewars with Floydian. I think you both acted provocatively, but that is all the more reason for you to rise above provocation and put your knowledge and experience to good use by making constructive proposals instead of focusing on the behaviour of others (forgive my hypocrisy in criticising you, but I'm writing this here to be as constructive as possible and to avoid sidetracking discussions on template talkpages).
Of course there are formal resolution processes such as Tfd, but even these are made tedious or unpleasant for all involved if experienced good-faith editors do use good judgement in summarising and interpreting fairly and in applying policies with commonsense and sensitivity to the feelings of others.
I write as someone who at times agrees with your POV and at times disagrees with it; either way, I've seen discussions rapidly descend into ad hominem comments (and even if you perceive that others initiated these, there is no need to respond the same way). Please don't be your own worst enemy.
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— Richardguk ( talk) 17:53, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Andy, starting to push the Charles Rolls challenge - lots of adverts on non enlish wikis. We should have quite a few Monmouth DYKs on the front page tomorrow.! Could you sign up here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/MonmouthpediA/Charles_Rolls_Challenge/Points if only to encourage others :-) Victuallers ( talk) 15:55, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
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Would you review User:Gadget850/List TOC and comment? ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 11:39, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
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We now have {{ List TOC}}, it would be great if you could comment at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2012 March 1#Template:ColorTOC. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 14:34, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the news, I will make the Hungarian article soon. Üdv! - Orion 8 ( talk) 16:24, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
I want to use GeoGroup in an article and have been playing with it in my sandbox but cannot get it to work. Both Bing and Google show large scale maps and an error message. I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. Could you take a look please and see if you can help? Feel free to play in my sandbox:) Thanks. Derek Andrews ( talk) 16:38, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
I'm not very good with templates, or indeed most wiki tools, so I'd be grateful if you could clarify what the deletion would mean for William Burges (architect), a page I am very interested in. Would it just mean moving the info., of which there's not a lot, into another template? Thanks and regards. KJP1 ( talk) 18:31, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
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Good renaming of "Infobox bus transit" to "Infobox bus company". Much clearer title and describes the usage rather than being restricted only to transit services. It was overdue. Thanks Andy. Secondarywaltz ( talk) 17:08, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
How do you feel about starting an essay explaining the benefits of merging similar infoboxes? I think it's gotten to the point where it would be better to point people at a proper essay on the subject rather than having to reiterate the reasons in every new TfD, as happened with WP:NENAN. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) ( talk) 14:50, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
I do mean it when I say I am interested in your suggestions. I do more than enough featured content to know how important accessibility is. Unfortunately, Alarbus seems intent on disrupting things with a "my way or my way" attitude. I am hoping we can simply continue from the point of your input. Reso lute 23:09, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Andy, nice biscuits here aren't there? Wonder when next coffee break is. Prunella pumpkin ( talk) 11:14, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
This is something I had not thought of doing. LinsLadbroke ( talk) 11:14, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
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Hiya Andy I'm enjoying this Mughes41 ( talk) 11:15, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
This is a great way to learn Wikipedia. Mdowarks ( talk) 11:15, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Andy, no idea if I'm doing this right! Can you check the citations I have put into the Southam's Cardall Collection page? I'm trying to make sure the content is verifiable. Many thanks for the excellent workshop today, Pam Prunella pumpkin ( talk) 22:58, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
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I don't quite see how the comment about the template is relevent. Yes I said it's annoying to experienced editors but where was I challenging it? Besides, I think that the standing consensus cleared my name and I'm sure that those who discussed it keep the same views so I still think that this is Much Ado About Nothing. The C of E. God Save The Queen! ( talk) 16:50, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed content from Template:Infobox Youth Olympics. When removing content, please specify a reason in the edit summary and discuss edits that are likely to be controversial on the article's talk page. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the content has been restored, as you can see from the page history. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Why you redirect? Because it is affected those parameters which not working properly. -- 180.183.138.71 ( talk) 09:56, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
I guess you missed the point of my edit to Wolves. Yes, Wolf (disambiguation) does disambiguate meanings of "Wolves". That has nothing to do, however, with whether there is a primary topic. Most people searching for "wolves" probably expect to find an article about the animal. There is a hatnote to help those searching for other meanings. -- R'n'B ( call me Russ) 11:58, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Since you are working to improve templates here are some you might want to check out deleting Category:Universities and colleges infobox templates there are many universities that for some reason have created their own templates rather using the general Template:Infobox university or ones that have no purpose boxes Pwojdacz ( talk) 01:49, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Unless it's not working (and I think it is) I think I'm done at the sandbox. If not, we'll be sure to work something out. Don't hesitate to use the sandbox. JIMp talk· cont 15:39, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Was this move really necessary and beneficial to the project when it is not intended for the general postage stamps but only for rare or notable stamps? ww2censor ( talk) 01:04, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
This smacks of attempting to use technical measures (naming the infobox differently) to enforce social policy (only having articles on notable stamps). Not every person is notable, but we don't have an {{ infobox famous person}}. Oh, wait, Chris already said that. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:42, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Template:Infobox classical composer. Since you had some involvement with the Template:Infobox classical composer redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Magioladitis ( talk) 17:52, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
I'm assuming you didn't mean to create a self redirect? 202.161.31.234 ( talk) 06:30, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
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Wifi sucks. Hangieenguyen ( talk) 19:14, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
Could you please check my sandbox at my entry for Joan Woollard. I was wondering whether my referencing was ok. It's only the one text. Also, would a letter written by Woollard class as a reference or a note? Hangieenguyen ( talk) 20:47, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for your help on the referencing. Is the citation alright? Just want to make sure before I go referencing incorrectly! Thank you :) Hangieenguyen ( talk) 21:42, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Andy! I'm hoping that everything in my sandbox for the Woollard entry is ok but could you check it for me please? Wanna get it perfect before I put it up! Thank you!! Will seriously be the last thing I ask of you now :) many thanks Hangieenguyen ( talk) 15:09, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
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