User talk:Conrad Falk

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[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia!!!

Hello Conrad Falk! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. If you decide that you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Below are some recommended guidelines to facilitate your involvement. Happy Editing!  Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  18:21, 13 September 2006 (UTC) Getting Started Wikipedia Tutorial How to edit a page The five pillars of Wikipedia Manual of Style Be bold in editing How to write a great article WikiProjects Getting your info out there Cite your sources Neutral Point of View Point of View Verifiability Uploading images Image use policy Getting more Wikipedia rules Policy Library Getting Help New contributors' help page Where to ask a question Help Desk Frequently Asked Questions Getting along Wikiquette Civility Sign your posts Wikipedians Conflict resolution Getting technical Pages needing attention Peer review Utilities Village pump

[edit] Thank you for your Poland-related contributions

Hello Conrad Falk! Thank you for your contributions related to Poland. You may be interested in visiting Portal:Poland/Poland-related Wikipedia notice board, joining our discussions and sharing your creations with us.

-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  18:21, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

I've added an image to Dame Sheila Sherlock -always try to find an image and state the rationale -it makes it look that much more professional. Good stuff! Ernst Stavro Blofeld 14:56, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bishop Treacy and Bishop McGavick of the La Crosse, Wisconsin Diocese

Bishop McGavick's surname has always been McGavick never Macgavick. Bishop Treacy's diocesan biography had him listed as being born in Marlboro, Massachusetts. However, I did add a footnote about Bishop Treacy closing the Necedah Shrine. I hope there will be no problems. Thanks-RFD 14:19, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

I will go along with the spelling=categories.However, I will object to changing the spelling of Bishop McGavick's surname in the actual article itself. Also I will go along with the Marlboro spelling. Thanks-RFD 16:38, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kirby Grant

Greetings! Dzien dobry! I like the "welcome" message you received from Piotr Konieczny; there is much useful information for a "WikiNewbie". I also am fairly new to Wikipedia, and am still "learning the ropes" as it were.

I am writing to you concerning your recent revision of the article on the actor, Kirby Grant. I like most of what you did, but not all. I decided to write to you, when I read the second sentence of the article; the prior version and your version are factually equivalent, but the prior version is more neutral in tone, where your revision seems to have a tone of dismissal. But reading the rest of your revisions, I decided that overall it is better. For instance, the speculation about what might have been had he worn a seat belt, was inappropriate and I am glad you removed it. The remark about his demeanor at fairs and aviation events (along with some other material) sounded like personal recollections from someone who had met him; however, they were added by somebody that we cannot contact (he/she is known here only by IP address and has no talk page). Without some citation, or at least a footnote stating that it is based on personal experience, it was probably proper to remove that material.

If you wish to discuss this article further, we can do so here or in my talk page (since the Grant article has no talk page of its own). Or perhaps we should start Talk:Kirby Grant, since no one else has. Perhaps our unknown source might join us there. Your thoughts? — SWWright^Talk 20:04, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

I just read your message in my talk page. Thank you for replying. Unfortunately, my polski is even more limited. I know but a few words, from corresponding with a friend in Poland. I am myself American (whatever that is).

Perhaps I used too many words in my message above. Conciseness and "getting to the point" is a skill I have not. My reservation about your work on the Kirby Grant article, lies in the difference between these two sentences:

• Grant is remembered mostly today as playing the title role in the television series Sky King.
• If remembered at all it is for playing the title role in the television series Sky King.

Both sentences state the same fact, but the first sentence is gentler, while the second seems to exhibit a negative attitude toward the man.

It is a small point, but of a multitude of such small points is quality writing made. I suppose I could just have reverted that one sentence in the article, but I preferred to talk with you, so to speak, and see what your point of view is. — SWWright^Talk 02:07, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jennifer M. Smith

Hi, we don't use honorific prefixes the openings of articles, so please don't add them (see also Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies)#Honorific prefixes) Thanks and greetings ~~ Phoe _talk 22:01, 17 February 2007 (UTC) ~~

[edit] Julian Edward Allason

I fear I cannot see the justification for the inclusion in Wikipedia of your entry on the above who does not appear to qualify on grounds of notability. Suggest deletion of same. Digby2 18:03, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Julian Allason, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group or service and which would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add {{hangon}} on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from reliable sources to ensure that the article will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. MissHeather 20:54, 22 February 2007 (UTC)