User talk:Uncantabrigian

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Hi - I've just moved Conservative Party (UK) back to that page (probably causing a million broken links and dounle redirects). I think it's probably best off there as the official title is the "Conservative Party", and the (UK) is only appended to distinguish it from the Danish etc variants. Probably remiss of me not to explain that on the talk page but don't think "Conservative Party UK" was the right place for the page. Uncantabrigian 20:29, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

• The page move was designed to make the page easier to find. :S It is disappointing to find that the article you are looking for does not exist when you search for it. Reason why?? Because the brackets, the apostrophes, the accents, and other diacritical remarks, (all of why may be typed, if you have a regular keyboard, and know the combination; I usually use a laptop, so the keyboard is somewhat limited), prevent your article from coming up on the screen...
  • That's not to say I disapprove of the reason why you moved the article, but the Wiki search engine makes life very hard indeed, especially when looking for British articles. If they don't show up immediately, they often don't show up at all, or only on page 10 of a v., v. long search. I'd rather not need to make a v. long search for the articles I want.
• Besides, I thought the name of the party was the Conservative and Unionist Party?? (RM21 20:42, 25 June 2006 (UTC))

• Hi - yes it is the "Conservative and Unionist Party" but (I assume you're British?) clearly its name is, effectively, the "Conservative Party". While omitting the brackets may make it a bit more difficult to find, it gives the misleading impression that the Party is actually called "Conservative Party UK", which it isn't. Also with the brackets is consistent with Labour Party (UK).

• • I think if you're having difficulty finding it, it's best to search for Conservative Party, then click the link one up from the bottom. Uncantabrigian 21:05, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes I am <:P>. I know what you're trying to say: if this was a printed book, then all articles would be expected to comply with grammatical conventions; certainly the name of the party at home is the Conservative Party. The only differentiation made is where there are other parties, as in an international context.

• However, I think an aim of Wiki should be to make information as easy to find as possible, particularly non-American content. Also, when you are writing/creating links from articles (e.g. the Conservatives privatised this, this, and this...), it easier to build links to 'Conservative Party UK', rather than a more grammatically correct alternative. (RM21 21:15, 25 June 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Fair use issues

• The images have been removed per terms of Wikipedia:Fair use criteria item #9. You are not permitted to have images tagged with fair use tags as Image:Oxfordcrest.png, Image:Keble.jpg, and Image:Warwickarms.JPG are. Please do not reinsert these images, nor any other fair use images, onto your userpage. If you have any questions about this, I'd be happy to answer. Thanks, --Durin 12:36, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
• I removed Image:Keble.jpg, Image:Warwickarms.JPG and Image:Oxfordcrest.png from your userpage because the first two are tagged with {{coatofarms}} and the third is tagged with {{logo}}. In the case of the first two, that tag does not sufficiently state what the copyright status of the image is and as a result fair use must be presumed as the case for how the image is to be used on Wikipedia. As such, the images are not permitted to be used outside of the main article namespace. In the case of the third image tagged with {{logo}}, that tag is a fair use tag and again use outside of the main article namespace is prohibited. Hope this helps, --Durin 21:53, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

• Four times now [1][2][3][4] fair use images that were violating Wikipedia:Fair use criteria item #9 have been removed from your userpage. Four times you have re-inserted the images [5][6][7][8]. You've been told before that this use of images violates our policies. I am hereby placing you on final warning regarding this; do not re-insert the images or any other fair use tagged images onto your userpage again or you will be temporarily blocked from editing Wikipedia. I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have about this, but re-inserting the images is not an option. Thank you. --Durin 21:13, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ben Abbotts

Thanks for noticing the recreation of the article on Bromley byelection loser Ben Abbotts. I've now deleted it. The way to mark a recreated article for deletion is to add the {{Db-repost}} template to the top of the article, rather than going back to the AfD debate. David | Talk 18:40, 9 July 2006 (UTC) (A Cantabrigian)

[edit] Userpage

Oh, lol, I didn't know it was you who edited your userpage. It was your IP address. —The Thing (Talk) (Stuff I did) 21:23, 17 October 2006 (UTC)