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[edit] Charles Collett

A link shouldn't be delinked because it points to the wrong article - it should be modified so that it points to the right article or, if there is no relevant article as yet, changed to become a red link for the time being. Normally we don't put "Sir" in the titles of articles about knights. However, it is acceptable to do so in order to disambiguate between two people with the same name, one of whom has been knighted and the other hasn't. Hope this is clear. Cheers. -- Necrothesp 19:40, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tuddy

Hiya, I noticed your edit summary on Tuddy (talk • contribs) about "prior disruptive author". Can you fill me in? I've noticed that he's creating dozens of articles about non-notable shopping centers... Is there a movement to try and stop this? Because if so, I'm in.  :) --Elonka 21:28, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Recognition

Thanks very much for your help in editing (date fix in merge template, stranded heading, changed list to defs) my article Emergency warning system for vehicles. Being new to WP I'm currently a bit overwhelmed with all the information rules and regulations to speedily compose and complete an article. Fine support indeed! Best --Lperez2029 23:07, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

BTW, if you have thoughts about the merge, please participate at Talk:Telematics? I'd welcome more input.  :) --Elonka 03:11, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Redirects

re: Ann o. baskins - PROD does not apply to redirects. Also, the closure decision for the original redirect still applies even though the target has been moved. Fixing the double redirect is trivial and does not require deletion. Alternative names (middle initials, nicknames, etc.) are one of the primary usages for redirects. It is also standard practice to keep (though not to actively create) redirects based upon lowercase capitalization to facilitate people who type article titles directly into their browser's address bar.

In that case they'll get Ann O. Baskins by executing wp ann o. baskins - expedited by Firefox. --Ricksy 08:28, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
As I said, we do not actively create such redirects, but once someone makes a mistake & creates one, we don't bother deleting them either as people often make the same mistake. If it saves them doing a search, then it's helpful. As for your edit summary, neither of these cases are found in the reasons for deletion section, but both are found in reasons for keep section (2 & 4).
I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt on your last escapade. Moving Ann o. baskins to 'Ann O. Baskins' and then nominating the original for {{db-author}} could be seen as an improper attempt to bypass the result of a closed deletion discussion. I have deleted 'Ann O. Baskins' as an unlikely typo as it's not worth cleaning up, but in the future do not attempt such circumvention again. If you believe a deletion decision was reach improperly, then use deletion review. Otherwise, you need to respect community consensus on deletion policy & procedures. -- JLaTondre 12:56, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

re: Talk:Penny Smith - The closure decision was to blank the redirect and not delete. Many times, articles are moved and the resultant redirect is changed to a dab page. The talk page redirect can simply be blanked and does not need to be actually deleted. Someone went ahead and deleted it, but it wasn't necessary. Blanking the redirect is the typical practice in these cases and doesn't even need to go through RFD in the first place.

Let me know if you have questions. Thanks. -- JLaTondre 02:28, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

re: Talk:William Franklyn/junk - I've deleted this as {{db-talk}} as there was no content, but there was really no reason to move it from Talk:William Franklyn in the first place. Your rationale on the move was "no notable content (spam), start afresh". You didn't have to move it (or have it deleted) to do that. You could have simply edited the page and replaced what was there. There is no need to create extra work. Thanks. -- JLaTondre 03:00, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lasting 1st impressions of Wikipedia

Before I signed up here, one of the things that struck me was the sheer number of people who have left the project. For various reasons, they decided time spent here could well be put to better use. I'm beginning to think that way myself. --Ricksy 07:50, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Holidays

Wishing you the best for the holidays and a Happy New Year. I want to thank you for your continued support to the project, and more specifically for welcoming me to Wikipedia and helping me with my articles. Best regards --Lperez2029 18:01, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind holiday words, and Happy New Year to you too!  :) --Elonka 19:24, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:ITV Play playdate.jpg)

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