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This page is an archive of my talk page. Please do not edit this page. AlbinoFerret (talk) 18:44, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] March 2008

In a recent edit to the page Doctor Who (1996 film), you changed one or more words from one international variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.

For subjects exclusively related to Britain (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. For something related to other English-speaking countries, such as Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, use the appropriate variety of English used there. If it is an international topic, use the same form of English the original author used.

In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to the other, even if you don't normally use the version the article is written in. Respect other people's versions of English. They in turn should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Wikipedia:Manual of Style. If you have any queries about all this, you can ask me on my talk page or you can visit the help desk. Thank you. --Telford's Folly (talk) 08:33, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the information. I did check to see if the spelling of those words at www.merriam-webster.com which lists both English and American equivalents of some words. Do you have a resource that would list all possible spellings of those words that were replaced? The subject may be about Dr Who, which is a British tv character, but the film is not. It was aired in Canada first. AlbinoFerret (talk) 14:10, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
FYI, Canadian English tends to use British spellings more often than American ones. As well, the whole Doctor Who topic is considered to fall under British English. (If you're using Firefox as a browser, you might wish to consider installing the various optional dictionaries. I find having British, Canadian, and U.S. English available helps when spell-checking different articles.) --Ckatzchatspy 23:10, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Ok, I will and attempt to see what language the article represents. But, you reverted an article on Casio, a Japanese camera maker. Don't tell me that the language for that should be UK English. The article started out using American English as the size of the camera is stated as about an inch. [1] AlbinoFerret (talk) 23:53, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Generally speaking, one shouldn't change spelling for an established article unless there is a compelling reason to do so. As well, units of measure aren't necessarily an indicator of the appropriate language (and a Japanese subject would default to metric at any rate). Hope this helps. --Ckatzchatspy 03:46, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
But it does appear that an UK editor did convert the article. [2] England uses the metric system, before his edit the article was using inches, then he changed it to metric. The spelling of therefor in this sentence "They come with a small amount of internal memory and therefor are not bundled with a memory card." also shows US english. Am I correct that since there is no Japanese version of english the article should have remained as it was. AlbinoFerret (talk) 12:11, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page Fenton Art Glass Company do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia.  

Your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove unwanted links and spam from Wikipedia. If you were trying to insert a good link, please accept my creator's apologies, but note that the external link you added or changed is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia.
The external links I reverted were matching the following regex rule(s): rule: 'groups\.yahoo\.com' (link(s): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fenton-glass/) . If the external link you inserted or changed was to a blog, forum, free web hosting service, or similar site, then please check the information on the external site thorougly. Note that such sites should probably not be linked to if they contain information that is in violation of the creators copyright (see Linking to copyrighted works), or they are not written by a recognised, reliable source. Linking to sites that you are involved with is also strongly discouraged (see conflict of interest).
Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! XLinkBot (talk) 04:36, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] April 2008

[edit] Notability of Westmoreland Glass Company

A tag has been placed on Westmoreland Glass Company requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Victao lopes (talk) 23:53, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fenton Art Glass

Thanks for helping out on that article. I had to rewrite it after someone plagarized off of Fenton's website, and I'd been hoping someone would come along and edit the article.

FYI, the reason that the bot removed your work was because one of the links was to a Yahoo Groups page, which isn't normally accepted on here, from what I've seen.

Also, regarding external links: the links to outside pages don't have the pipe character ("|") in them, so an external link should be like this: [http://www.websitelocation.com Text To Display For The Link]. Internal links to other Wikipedia articles do use the pipe character between the article name and text to display, so those are all right.

Anyways, if you have any further questions, feel free to contact me on my talk page. Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 01:20, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome back.

Hello Kilz. I see you're back at work on the Office Open XML page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.45.99.74 (talk) 23:38, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I do not know a Kilz, and I am not him. AlbinoFerret (talk) 00:38, 4 June 2008 (UTC)