User talk:Br2387

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[edit] Apologies

Hiya. I had to undo a good edit you made to Glasgow, in order to clear out the nonsense of 20-30 edits that needed reverting from an anonymous user. I tried to redo your edit, but I haven't enough of a clue about the syntax you used. Just want to note this, as you probably want to (and should) put it back. Erath 01:00, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edit summary

It might seem like splitting hairs but this edit summary is a bit dubious. My understanding is that it was an article split, while your summary suggests you wrote the whole article on 24 September 2006. It could seem like your taking credit for other's hard work. Much better would have been "splitting British Gas into British Gas plc and...." Regards, Mark83 10:32, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about didnt even think about it when I was typing that however most of that other persons hard work was copied and pasted form the centrica website anyway, I have rewritten it to avoid copyright--Barrytalk 13:15, 25 September 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Buggin's Turn

Hi there; with all respect, this article is not nonsense, though it is not well written. The phrase has been in use since the Second World War. Please do not take offense, but I have removed your tag.--Anthony.bradbury 10:11, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

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Constituency boundaries are matters of law. Ignorance of the law is no excuse for any breach thereof: therfore we are all presumed to know those boundaries. References however, to official maps and definitions of boundaries, are useful for comparison purposes. Laurel Bush 15:35, 16 October 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Scottish Parliament constituency maps

I do like the maps you are putting into articles about Scottish Parliament constituencies. Can we also expect maps showing regions 'within Scotland'? And will they fit into constituency article info boxes as well as electoral region article info boxes? (The constituency maps, good as they, do not indicate the location of constituency or region in Scotland.) Laurel Bush 11:43, 13 October 2006 (UTC).

Yes I am planning to do the whole of Scotland, if you notice the regions that I have uploaded are on scale to each other, once I am finished creating them I will update the relevant maps on the Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions page. --Barrytalk 12:30, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Great work Barry. I have spotted you out and about too and you are making some good contributions to Wikipedia. Many thanks and all the best for your future contributions. Can I ask: are you going to be a "go to guy" when it comes to maps? I ask because although I am very interested in maps I am pretty much computer-incompetent, and there is a small map project I need advice/help on. If not, no worries. Cheers. --Mais oui! 14:04, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

I look forward to seeing developments. Laurel Bush 16:06, 13 October 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Email

Sorry Barry: I have not been checking that email account very frequently. I am just away to do so... --Mais oui! 07:53, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Northern Ireland

Hi there! This is just a friendly reminder that you're in violation of the "three revert rule" policy that Wikipedia has to prevent edit warring. I suggest that you attempt to come to an agreement on the article's talk page; if you revert the flag again, you will be blocked for 24 hours, which something no one wants. Cheers! hoopydinkConas tá tú? 18:57, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Glasgow

Firstly, you should not revert multiple changes when you are only attempting to correct one. Secondly, per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds the population of Leeds is 715,000, larger than Glasgow, which is exactly what I stated in the edit summary.

[edit] Flag of Northern Ireland

I'm as aware as you are of the controversy surrounding this issue. It might help you to realise that in Wikipedia being "right" is less important than discussing and achieving consensus with other editors. The talk page is the place for that. I see you've been warned about 3rr already; I'd strongly suggest that reverting isn't a good way to achieve progress.

Having the Ulster Banner, along with a caption describing it as the "unofficial" flag of the province, and a link explaining in more detail the controversy, seems the least bad solution to me. If you can think of a better one, raise it in talk. But please don't just delete it. Thanks. --Guinnog 13:30, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

The Ulster Banner is not the unofficial flag and in many sections it is seen as an offensive symbol it should not be given preference over the Irish Tricolour in the infobox. --Barrytalk 13:39, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
As I said, I am well aware of the controversy surrounding the use of this flag. As I said, having it described as unofficial (surely you do not regard it as official?), with a link detailing the controversy, seems like a reasonable compromise to me. As I said, the tricolour is the flag of another country, the Republic of Ireland.
It might help you to compare it with the situation in our article on Israel; many inhabitants of that country (and yes, I know that NI is not a nation state, this is an analogy, ok?) strongly dislike their flag and even dispute that country's right to exist. Nonetheless an encyclopedia article that needs a flag, uses the Israeli flag on the entry on Israel. --Guinnog 13:45, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Irish Free State infobox

Nice work implementing the former country infobox in the Irish Free State article. The template is still in development, so I would like to let you know that there is more information on how to use this infobox here. Keep up the good work. - 52 Pickup 17:21, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Map

Hi, in your map of Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region) the numbers of the constituencies do not fit the descriptions given. Catchpole 13:11, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Whoops fixed it now thanks --Barrytalk 13:26, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template talk:Politics of Scotland

Hi, I notice you've changed back my edits to the template, just a quick note to say it would have been nice if you could have discussed this with me before changing back. Kind Regards - Heligoland | Talk | Contribs 18:04, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Image:COA IRELAND.PNG

I am not so sure how that change of blue looks on your monitor but on mine its not a improvement (admittantly colour reproduction on monitors is a bit hit-and-miss). Nor am so sure that it must match the presidential standard. Is the change of blue for benifit of true reproduction or uniformity with the presidential standard? Djegan 19:19, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

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