User talk:GazMan7

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Contents 1 License tagging for Image:Swans wardown.jpg 2 Duplicate articles 3 Short articles 4 OS Grid Refs 5 Luton Town Hall 6 DYK 7 Milton Keynes - prior history 8 Deletion of other editors contributions to a talk page

[edit] License tagging for Image:Swans wardown.jpg

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[edit] Duplicate articles

Hi, thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. If you accidentally create an article with a misspelled title, like Sir Malcolm Stewert, please don't create a second article to fix it. Instead, you can use the "move" tab at the top of the page to rename the article. You might also want to review Wikipedia:Naming conventions for help in choosing appropriate titles before you start. --Russ (talk) 20:23, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Short articles

Hi! Short articles are certainly welcome, but they have to be more than "x is a place in z." You can, however, create redirects for the time being. Simply type #REDIRECT [[name of article]] where, of course, you'd substitute the name of the destination article. Hope this helps; have fun! - Lucky 6.9 19:24, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] OS Grid Refs

To find the OS map ref visit http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm and type in the name, the ref will be at the bottom of the page.

The easiest way to get the coordinates is to download and run Google Earth, then type in a town or village name. When it goes there move your mouse out of the map view, the coordinates will be in the bottom left hand corner. Lcarsdata (Talk) 15:28, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Luton Town Hall

I didn't read the article in detail yet, so I can't attest to its accuracy, but you certainly did a good job at choosing your topic. I did a few minor edits at the end. Remember that external links have single brackets and that the header "External links" does not need a capital L. Other than that, it seems you've done a good job of it. Keep it up! :) - Mgm|^(talk) 11:07, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Did you know? was updated. On 17 November 2006, a fact from the article Luton Town Hall, which you recently nominated, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--P.K.Niyogi 13:09, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Milton Keynes - prior history

Please resist knee-jerk edits. Yes, we know that MK doesn't have a City Charter yet - the article makes that clear. If you actually read the history, you will see that MK was designed from the outset to be a city, not a town - so in that context it is perfectly sensible to use the term 'new city', because that is how it was introduced to the local people at the time. --Concrete Cowboy 18:12, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

blah blah city propoganda again. I didnt change random city to town, this part of the the article talks about the area that became the new city. As it isnt a city then nothing became a new city. The area became a new town. that is a fact. I know MK likes to call itself a city as it sounds better, and the article does make that clear, however in my view this particular line is wrong to use the word city as the area never became a city, new or otherwise. Anyway if you prefer to live in a cityworld then fine.GazMan7 08:46, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Not so. This part of the article is a historical reference, using the terminology of the time. --Concrete Cowboy 13:19, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

well im afraid we will have to agree to disagree. Im not going to argue over it. The arguments have been done to death in many places and on here before. I still feel the use of the word city is misleading, and to be honest quite confusing in the article. However i do not want to get into a big argument over it and will not revert the change from city back to town again. Maybe MK will get true city status before too long and it wont matter anyway!!! :-)GazMan7 15:05, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

In the end I partly came round to your POV and changed it to something more neutral, avoiding the provocative C word. --Concrete Cowboy 18:00, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of other editors contributions to a talk page

It is not acceptable to delete good faith contributions to a talk page as you did at talk:University of Bedfordshire. You can delete blatant vandalism or libel, but this was neither. Worse still, it was contributed by a named editor, not a random IP. --Concrete Cowboy 18:19, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

however it doesnt actually mean anything. and to be honest you say its not liable, but clearly it is insulting, and doesnt actually mean anything. or does it to you?GazMan7 08:33, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

No, it reads like a meaningless rant to me too, which you would be absolutely right to delete if it appeared in the main article. Or even from the talk page if it was some IP. But not when it is a registered editor who isn't blocked for vandalism. --Concrete Cowboy 13:23, 6 December 2006 (UTC)