User talk:Beaver
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[edit] The Doctor
I reverted your move: please refer to Wikipedia:Naming conventions (definite and indefinite articles at beginning of name) for the specifics as to why.
Basically, the "The" is not part of the Doctor's name. It is not usually capitalised in running text when the Doctor is referred to; i.e. "this is the Doctor", not "this is The Doctor." This is reflected in the way characters address him. It's never, "Hello, The Doctor", but merely "Hello, Doctor." --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 15:31, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Castle
Eh fair enough. My Australian roommate agrees with you; what can I say? I wonder whether some standardization of the whole British/American spelling thing is in order at Wikipedia, but I think you're right on in this situation.
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[edit] Eastern Creek
Hi, I noticed your recent edit to the Eastern Creek Raceway article. As it stands this article is sadly lacking references. If you are going to discuss upcoming events, could you please provide sources for them? This would greatly assist the state of the article with regard to WP:V. Thanks, Garrie 09:58, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
- sorry - I thought you were the one who dropped in the bit about the upcoming A1 GP. My mistake.Garrie 10:11, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] commons:User:Beaver
I assert to be the same user as commons:User:Beaver cheers Bnsbeaver 09:08, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Claas Jaguar
I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Claas Jaguar, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. GDon4t0 (talk to me...) 20:42, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Bludger
I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Bludger, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Serpent's Choice 04:04, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Disambiguation and common names
In cases where a topic is the most common use of a name, that topic resides at the basic title not a disambiguated title. By far the most common use of "New England" is to refer to the region of the United States, so the topic of New England in the United States resides at New England and is not disambiguated to "New England (United States)". See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names) and Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages) for more information. —Centrx→talk • 21:06, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
- Looking at just straight numbers, the population of the U.S. New England is more than 80 times the population of the Australia New England, its land area is more than 3 times greater, it looks like it was populated by Europeans more than 200 years earlier (and its article does happen to be 7 times longer). There are more than twice as many people in the U.S. New England than there are in all of New South Wales. More importantly, if you look at references in historical literature, try for example Google Books (also try confining to dates 1600-1800), the U.S. New England is far more common and important in both political, economic, cultural, etc. history and in English literature. This is true of British and world literature generally as well as more local literature: that is, the U.S. New England is also more important to America than the Australia New England is important to Australia, as the U.S. New England is the origination of and a major source of the framework of government, economy, and culture of the United States. The U.S. New England is more comparable to New South Wales in historical importance or common usage. —Centrx→talk • 18:22, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Footrot Flats soundtrack cover.jpg
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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Awb logo.gif
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