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[edit] Have I got news for you cats

Hi, I have asked for these to be listified on Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2005 December 18 as I don't think it is practical to have categories for every tv/radio programme or film people may have appeared on. Thanks Arniep 01:48, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi, sorry you are taking this personally. Don't you think it is impractical (on reflection) to have a category for every programme or film a person has presented or appeared in, otherwise articles on people could end up with hundreds of these categories if that is considered an "OK" thing to do. Arniep 16:15, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi, I am against any category that attempts to add people based on their appearence in a TV/radio show or film, as this could lead people to create a category for their own favourite show or film which may lead to articles on people being flooded with categories on almost everything they ever appeared in. I think it is absolutely fine to create an alphabetical list which would serve the same purpose but not have the potential problems described. Regards Arniep 17:32, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

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[edit] Whole life tariff

Thanks for those changes: I think they're good. I'm happy to keep now-dead WLT people in the table so long as it's not shown as a list of current such prisoners. It's fine as it is now. Loganberry (Talk) 16:54, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rory McGrath

Hi, unfortunately I had to remove the addition which you made: all that said, the programme highlighted an exceptional intelligence.. If a similar comment was made in a reputable source such as a newspaper or magazine we should be able to include it. Thanks Arniep 22:45, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK and more

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[edit] Son of DYK!

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Thanks for your efforts on behalf of DYK! ++Lar: t/c 13:44, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] bennyhin

yo my bad, didnt mean to piss you off im all about the brits alan smiths my boy peace

hey no problem you've edited so many football articles... good luck england tomorrow! -take care Abdelkweli 20:58, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Simon Mayo neutrality

Hi, thanks for your comment, I'm never afraid of leaving my name on a comment to solicit feedback! Yes, I did think the Mayo article was overly effusive and I've had a go at toning it down a bit. As I did so I kept a few of the phrases which I, and (the anonymous) others I guess, felt created the PR tone when taken together..

  • "one of the most recognised and respected voices of radio"
  • "Within five months his star had risen so much"
  • "Mayo's confident, mildly cynical style of articulate music presentation"
  • "the programme remains arguably the most consistent breakfast programme which Radio 1 has ever had"
  • "He also patented his hugely successful"
  • "became known for various successful features"
  • "spawned successful spin-off books"
  • "to compare with the Mayo era"
  • "Mayo, meanwhile, settled professionally and uncontroversially"
  • "This short spell back on breakfast was seen by many as a breath of fresh air"
  • "received huge acclaim"

One or two of these might go unnoticed but when taken together, it did create rather a gushing tone. Perhaps a couple of independent citaitions might help? --Steve 23:57, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Archibald Hall

Thanks for adding refs to the article.--Peta 12:48, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] England national football team

Thanks for tidying up the minor error I made. --Guinnog 14:52, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

I hope you don't mind my awarding you a barnstar for all your good work on football articles. Best wishes. --Guinnog 15:03, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
My user page was redesigned by User:Mets501. He did a lovely job I think. You're welcome to the barnstar; you thoroughly deserve it. --Guinnog 10:08, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userpage redesign

Hi - Guinnog recommended you! Any chance of a makeover? Bentley Banana 11:07, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Sure, no problem! Just a few things that you should pick:
  • A table border color
  • A table background color (if you want one)
  • A text color/any other style (if you want one other than black, default sans serif font)
  • A color/any other style for the headings (if you don't want the default)
  • Any other special things :-)
—Mets501 (talk) 18:03, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your offer of help. I'm keen on a design in amber and black (tiger colours, essentially). Fonts and other settings can remain default, I think. Do you require a list of facts/interests etc? I'm really a novice on these things - require all possible guidance. Much obliged. Bentley Banana 21:57, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
OK, I'll get to it the design in the next day or two. I don't really have any content suggestions, but you can definitely look at mine/other users' userpages for suggestions. —Mets501 (talk) 00:50, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

OK, I've finished the design part (the main part at least, more tweaks may come)! If you need any more help with the design or if you want any changes just let me know! As far as content, you can write some up and if you need help placing it in the page just let me know. —Mets501 (talk) 21:05, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jellybeans

You have been awarded these Jelly Beans from -The Doctor- Please, enjoy them.
You have been awarded these Jelly Beans from -The Doctor- Please, enjoy them.

Here are some Jelly beans for you. I love jelly beans as they have sugar in them and most people love sugar. But on the other hand just receiving somthing from somone else just makes you happy and also just giving this to you makes me happy. I hope to spread the jelly beans all over Wikipedia, so here, you can have this lot. Please enjoy them. (I like the lime ones.)

Editors need a bit of a sugar high too.

An apple a day keeps -The Doctor- away. Or does it! (talk)(contribs) 02:20, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] England national team

Apologies, I think I must have clicked rollback on the wrong page or something. --Robdurbar 10:43, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Donald Neilson

I have reverted your edits to the page as they do not conform with the Manual Of Style on victims of crime. In these cases only the surname should be used and the first name must be avoided to avoid POV.--Lucy-marie 08:49, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your comments but the point you make are precisly why the policy is in place. If there is 'respect' shown of 'dignity' shown as you put it then it adds a level of POV. this ais a bad thing as all POV must be avoided. Also seting them apart from the perpetrator is acheived in other ways by the tone of the article and the substance in the article. If there are articles where the victim is refered to by their first name then this would voilate policy, and would require investigating. I will however study your POV carefully and act accordingly upon any conclusions that I draw from it. Thanks --Lucy-marie 18:27, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

The article is neither cold nor run by autonomous robots. The rules are there to ensure that firstly as mentioned befor POV is avoided, secondly to ensure objectivity in the article is maintained and thirdly to provide that an accurate account is maintained. The rules are working absolutly fine in this area and the use of surnamaes is a specific criteria in some wikiprojects relating to crime for B class articles or higher.--Lucy-marie 11:35, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Victor Miller (murderer)

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[edit] Neilson

The article was speedy deleted a few days ago and then restored uner deletion review but only to a stub form under the new rediculous, anti-concensus interprewtations of BLP--Lucy-marie 08:35, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

BLP is Biography of a living person and a few editors are over interpreting the legalistic point ofd view. Pertaining to not offending or liabeling any living person in case of being sued.--Lucy-marie 11:10, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Physician

I'm having a little trouble pointing out on this page that physicians are the most likely profession to be a serial killer (5 sources cited in favour of this point, including the British Medical Journal) - the medics there don't want to accept this bit of info. Could you take a look and comment if you feel so inclined? Thanks:) Malick78 08:40, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of England international footballers

Congratulations on getting rid of that rotten merger! What an abomination it was. Bentley Banana (talk) 08:57, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Quite, I'm not against a merge of that type, but the execution needs to be better next time. I cannot abide sortable wiki-tables that do not sort properly. Catchpole (talk) 13:13, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

I find your comments above rather offensive. I spent a considerable amount of time trying to arrive at a sortable table and I fail to understand the comments that "The sorting doesn't work properly anyway". Before we get into a spat about this can I invite you to expand on your reasons at the WP-football talk page. Thanks.--Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 13:13, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Your updates to the various England team articles after each match is greatly appreciated. I would, however, appreciate your input into the discussion regarding the merger at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football#List of England international footballers. At present the consensus is for a merger - if you oppose this, please explain why. --Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 06:21, 22 November 2007 (UTC)