User talk:Grunners

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[edit] Europe

Hi, welcome to Wikipedia. I redirected Nations of Europe to Europe because everything that you wrote was already there. RickK 00:36, 17 May 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. RickK 03:24, 17 May 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Canals

Nice to know someone else is interested. Have fun on Wikipedia.Geni 13:53, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

Not sure really, It's probably OK as it is. But do whatever you think is best G-Man 23:34, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Your image

Thanks for uploading Image:SixthBuilding.jpg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) Thanks so much, – Quadell ^{(talk) (help)}[[]] 01:55, Oct 5, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Football (soccer) stubs

I created a new stub footy-stub for association football (soccer) related stubs, I figure there are a lot of fans out there who might be interested in working on football related articles but don't have the time or patience to wade through the list of regular stub or bio-stub article titles. I hope you will help me populate this new stub category when you find suitable articles. Bob Palin 02:04, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Bias

I'd like your opinion at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration. Thanks. Chameleon 12:10, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Economy of Europe

Sorry, but I can't support this for Collaboration of the Week right now. Part of the reason is that I'm less involved with CotW recently in general, working on other things. But the larger reason in this case, is that preparatory work backfires with CotW. The stated purpose of the project is to improve stubs or make articles on topics that don't have articles.

You might want to try one of the following: a Wikiproject, a CotW or Regional Notice Board for Europe, Requests for Expansion, or the new Forum for Encyclopedic Standards. Maurreen 01:17, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Immigration to the United Kingdom

You voted for Immigration to the United Kingdom, this week's UK Collaboration of the week. Please come and help it become a featured-standard article. -- Graham ☺ | Talk 19:05, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Collaboration of the Week

Your vote for African art has helped bring about the article's selection as this week's Collaboration of the week. Please join in trying to make the article a feature.

[edit] Article Licensing

Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 1000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:

• Multi-Licensing FAQ - Lots of questions answered
• Multi-Licensing Guide
• Free the Rambot Articles Project

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

Option 1

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

OR

Option 2

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:

{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" with "{{MultiLicensePD}}". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man (comment| talk)

[edit] COTW

Congratulations, First Indochina War has been voted this week's Wikipedia:Collaboration of the week. Please edit it to help raise it to featured article status.

[edit] West End Theatre

You voted for West End Theatre, this week's UK Collaboration of the week. Please come and help it become a featured-standard article. -- Graham ☺ | Talk 23:25, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] People Call Kingsmeadow Kingsmeadow!!

If you've observed their chat boards as closely as I have,you should know that AFC Wimbledon fans,let along Kingstonian fans,refer to The Fans' Stadium - Kingsmeadow predominantly as Kingsmeadow,or KM for short.The adoption of "The Fans' Stadium" as a slogan for the fundraising drive and description of how they want it to serve all supporters has not changed common usage and never seems likely to do so.So I've expanded the article at the full title and reversed your "fix" of a link.--Louis E./le@put.com/12.144.5.2 22:08, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Saw your reply at my talk page.Most important perhaps is that "The Fans' Stadium",full-stop,is not and never has been the formal name of the ground.I thought the hyphen was official but the person who moved the article to The Fans' Stadium, Kingsmeadow says it's a comma.As for Valley Parade,I would oppose moving its article to the Bradford & Bingley naming rights name for the same reason the Isthmian League,Southern Football League,Northern Premier League,and other such English football entities are covered in Wikipedia by their underlying names by which their entire histories can be covered...they do not become brand-new entities when they sign up a new sponsor.To treat "sponsored names" with undue respect is in effect to give the sponsors free advertising in Wikipedia.--Louis E./le@put.com/12.144.5.2 04:20, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)

New reply noted.I never follow Wikipedia policies I regard as bad,and one doesn't change such policies by working in accordance with them,only by agitating against them (in whatever talk channels) or by making them unworkable.I can name at least one stadium article that doesn't follow this policy and which you are apparently unaware of,but I'm not going to identify it to any apologist for the policy.--Louis E./le@put.com/12.144.5.2 18:10, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Sasso and stuff

Good job on the expansion. I sometimes wonder why people write these single sentence "articles". But good save. Anyway, if I came across two of your articles in a 30+ article random search then either you've written a hell of a lot or it was quite a coincidence. I guess since they were both football articles it was at least something of a coincidence. I've only come across one of my articles in a random search ever. And out of nearly half a million I thought that was unlikely too. Anyway, yeah, leaving a stub tag on after an article has undergone slow expansion isn't what annoys me. It's more people who can't tell the difference, or, worse, people who label every short article they see with a stub tag. -R. fiend 19:36, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Collaboration of the Week

League of Nations is the new Collaboration of the Week. Please join in helping make it a feature article.

[edit] Collective security and NPOV

I've added a comment to Talk:Collective security. AndyL 00:05, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Unverified image

Thanks for uploading the image

• Image:Old College.gif

I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the image and I'll tag it for you. Thanks, Kbh3rd 02:42, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] re: redirect

No worries. When doing tedious stuff, stuff sometimes slips through the cracks. Thanks! Inter 11:35, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] In the news

When you edited the in the news template, it got very screwed up. I'm not quite sure what's wrong, so you may want to take a look at it again. Cheers. CryptoDerk 01:10, Jan 23, 2005 (UTC)

I don't have any problem with it being listed there, it's just that it screwed up the box. The Belize image is on top of some text and the text for the Belize part is written straight down in a line. I've confirmed that other people are seeing this as well. I am going to try to fix it, but you may want to give it a go as well. CryptoDerk 01:15, Jan 23, 2005 (UTC)

OK, whew, figured it out I believe. The div stuff was opened/closed at the wrong places, and the image wasn't right aligned. Should look OK now! Thanks for the addition, too. CryptoDerk 01:22, Jan 23, 2005 (UTC)

Although I fixed the box so that it looks right, I just noticed that someone removed the link because the description of it wasn't formatted properly. Amongst other things it wasn't bolded. There are additional criteria here Template_talk:In_the_news. CryptoDerk 02:26, Jan 23, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] St. George's Day

You voted for St. George's Day, this week's UK Collaboration of the week. Please come and help it become a featured-standard article. -- Francs2000 | Talk [[]] 19:11, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Edit summary

That was a major slip-up on my part - Sorry about that. It should have said "move meta tag to talk page ; it has no meaning on third party mirrors and is meta info ; that is what talk pages are for; replaced with HTML comment". --mav 03:11, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] You've put up a copyright image

I notice your image of the New Forest is actually from BBC Online. Best to delete it I'd suggest, unless you really do have their permission. There is already a graphic which is essentially identical on the New Forest page, so it won't really compromise the article. Nice graphic, though! Naturenet 19:14, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Gentlemen's Clubs

Hi: I am not sure why you moved Gentlemen's club to Gentlemans' club so I thought that I should explain why I chose that title for the article. The London clubs to which I have belonged have all called their former incarnations "Gentlemen's clubs". Similarly, the equivalent private clubs for women called themselves "Ladies' clubs" (cf the New Cavendish Club]. A quick check of the various forms on Google shows a fairly even spread between the two phrases but I have not analysed the associations of this name: for example, I know that various strip joints call themselves "Gentleman's clubs". Anthony Lejeune, who wrote a definitive book on the subject, called them gentlemen's clubs.

Either way, "Gentlemans' club" is grammatically incorrect. Please may I revert to the "Gentlemen's clubs" title and restore the various links to that name?

What is your interest in the subject? I am planning to contribute articles in this area so we may be able to collaborate.--Theo (Talk) 19:39, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your message. I spent the entire afternoon fixing those links so I now feel a warm glow of achievement. Just two more names for WCOTW! --Theo (Talk) 18:43, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] List of places in Cambridgeshire

did you add America, Cambridgeshire to the list of places? thats not a real place is it? i cant find any record of it.

[edit] rehash of UK CotW

Hiya, I've made a few modifications to the UK Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Week, and I thought you'd be interested in the new page and helping out again with it, as you have contributed in the past! :) Talrias | talk 21:09, Mar 14, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] UK geography

Hi, thanks for the input. I've created a new WikiProject for it at Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography. Joe D (t) 11:19, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:E2_route_map.png

--Imaek 07:54, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

• As you created this, you need to mention that on the image page and add a copyright tag. After you have done that, you can remove the other tags on the image. Burgundavia (✈ take a flight?) 14:16, May 30, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:E8 route map.png

Burgundavia (✈ take a flight?) 08:46, May 31, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Images on PUI

Please don't remove images from PUI until such time as they can be checked as good by someone else. You can remove the tags from the image itself, just not from the page. This allows those who move and check the images to make certain that everything is good.

The reason I say this, is that your tagging of Image:E8 route map.png and Image:E2 route map.png is incomplete and inaccurate. To tag them as CopyrightedFreeUse-User, add {{CopyrightedFreeUse-User|Grunners}}. Thanks Burgundavia (✈ take a flight?) 10:03, May 31, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright

The following images uploaded by you do not have tags or sources. Could you please remedy that? Cheers. Burgundavia (✈ take a flight?) 10:09, May 31, 2005 (UTC)

• Image:Bulgaria admin.png
• Image:DinenageFred.jpg
• Image:Jimmydickinson.jpg
• Image:Alanknight.jpg
• Image:Harry redknapp.jpg
• Image:Sirgordon.jpg
• Image:Sheepst.jpg
• Image:Old College.gif

[edit] my 'vandalism'

hey mate! I meant no vandalism or something. just misunderstanding... I think just googled the mate.. yeah he is at Boro now.. my fault there is an error in the text then. look closely

cockney 14:12, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC) ps don't throw away words like "vandalism" everytime you like

[edit] Category:UK Wikipedians

Hi, just to let you know that the list of UK participants at the UK notice board was getting rather long, so I have replaced it with the above category which I have added to your user page. -- Francs2000 | Talk 30 June 2005 19:33 (UTC)

[edit] UK geography COTM

Hi all, July's collaboration of the month is Northumberland, which needs quite a lot more work than last month's. I've listed some basic places to start on Talk:Northumberland, and will get to work looking up the statistics this week. (If you're not interested in further COTM updates, amend your listing in the table on WP:UK geo.) Joe D (t) 30 June 2005 22:59 (UTC)

Hi, the new COTM is Norfolk! Joe D (t) 23:09, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

The WP:UK geo collaboration of the month for October 2006 is Rutland. 80N 20:58, 1 October 2006 (UTC) (P.S., if you don't want to continue getting COTM updates, just change your settings at WP:UK geo.)

[edit] contact

Hi, Grunners

I've just found the article on Halaib Triangle, to which you contributed. I was in Shelatin last December as a traveller. Can I talk to you somehow? My address is titus_atomicus at spymac.com. I use ichat/AIM/ICQ/Skype, too.

Regards

TA

[edit] Portsmouth FC

I have in turn responded to both of your comments on Portsmouth FC's talk page. Aecis 18:15, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Panathinaikos

At present, the article is a bit of a mess, because it's formatted in a strange way. I'm going to work on it as soon as the mood takes me there, but I think we need separate boxes for each of the clubs. That's what I'm going to work towards, anyway. Bobo192|Edits

[edit] Economy of India

Hi, you have done some great work on creating articles related to national economies . We have been working on the Economy of India and it would be great if you help us in making it a featured article. It is currently on Peer review, so probably you can comment on it there. BTW, I have based the article's structure mainly on the Economy of the United States & Economy of Africa articles. pamri 09:23, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Flag of Norway

Hello! Thanks for your note. Unfortunately, you are mistaken: the Norwegian flag(s) I uploaded have blue in them, not black; specifically: R,G,B=0,0,101. Different monitors may render colours differently (e.g., too light/too dark) and presents a particular challenge when exhibiting materials on-screen that are normally printed or stitched (as with flags, for example); you may want to check your monitor settings. Alternatively, I could lighten the flag blue and make it 'true' blue (0,0,255). Thoughts? Thanks! E Pluribus Anthony 06:44, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Hello again! Thanks for your note; no problem at all! I've been 'accused' of worse, and I've also been known to dot my Ts and cross my eyes now and then. ;) Take care! E Pluribus Anthony 17:16, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] User Categorisation -- in case you're interested

You were listed on the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Europe page as living in or being associated with Europe. As part of the Wikipedia:User categorisation project, these lists are being replaced with user categories. If you would like to add yourself to the category that is replacing the page, please visit Category:Wikipedians in Europe for instructions.--Rmky87 04:02, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Guantanamo Bay detainees

Are you still interested in the nationalities of the Guantanamo Bay detainees. I started an article List of Guantanamo Bay detainees 16 days ago.

A malicious vandal put it into the copyright violation queue. Grrr. But the claim is so bogus I trust the administrators will dismiss it.

The article still points to my sources. And you can use the history mechanism to see our wikipedia version. There are approximately 60 detainees or former detainees who have articles devoted to them. -- Geo Swan 21:03, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Family Tree Drawing Programmes

I have one too, I just don't know how to use it. I tried for example to re-draw the family tree that can be found on Adolf Hitler's article, but got very frustrated and came close to throwing the computer out of the window. -- Francs2000 00:31, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Beech

Hi Grunners - hope you won't mind I removed the 'beechnut' redlink you'd added - I think they're better dealt with as a paragraph on the Beech page, rather than a page of their own (the Beech page isn't overly long, and compared to e.g. acorns, beech nuts don't have very much importance (or a real name of their own!). But please do add any more info about the nuts that you have! - MPF 14:48, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks! - excellent idea on the redirect, should've thought of that myself! - MPF 21:37, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sources for Barry Geraghty

Hello, good work on Barry Geraghty, and thanks for the contribution. However, you did not any references to the article. Keeping Wikipedia accurate and verifiable is very important, and as you might be aware there is currently a push to encourage editors to cite the sources they used when adding content. From what websites, books, or other places did you learn the information that you added to Barry Geraghty? Would it be possible for you to mention them in the article? You can simply add links, or see WP:CITET if you wish to review some of the different citation methods. Thanks! Lupin|talk|popups 22:55, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] UK geography COTM

OK, so I finally found time for some Wikipeding (after about five months of Northumberland!) and have picked Nottinghamshire for the next COTM. I've added a to do list to the talk page and have already started work adding some of the basic data. Joe D (t) 04:30, 11 December 2005 (UTC) P.S. To stop receiving updates, unsubscribe at WP:UK geo.

Hi, this month's COTM is Dartmoor. I have added some suggestions to Talk:Dartmoor to get things started. Joe D (t) 01:06, 7 February 2006 (UTC) (P.S., if you don't want to continue getting COTM updates, just change your settings at WP:UK geo.)

[edit] Image:20051216h.jpg listed for deletion

The image was already uploaded as Image:Penny Arcade comic-20051216h.jpg- Oshah 16:39, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unspecified source for Image:Sirgordon.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Sirgordon.jpg. I notice the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this file yourself, then there needs to be a justification explaining why we have the right to use it on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you did not create the file yourself, then you need to specify where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the file also doesn't have a copyright tag, then one should be added. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Fair use, use a tag such as {{fairusein|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

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[edit] Freddy Adu

Thanks. That section doesn't belong, and I was worried I was going to go past 3 reverts before I convinced the guy to stop. --AW 19:46, 5 December 2006 (UTC)