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[edit] Copyright problems with Image:Clach an Truiseil.jpg

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[edit] Image Tagging for Image:Jason.jpg

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[edit] Gretna/UEFA Cup

Gretna FC have not already qualified for the UEFA Cup.

If Hearts finish third and win the cup, the UEFA slot will revert to the SPL because of UEFA's superior tournament rule.

Runners-up only qualify if the winners have qualified for a "superior" tournament - ie the Champions League. Gretnagod 12:01, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stornoway

Hello, I notice you added Angus MacAskill to the Stornoway page, should he really be mentioned there at all as he was from Berneray and not Stornoway? Just wondered Fraslet 20:58, 20 April 2006 (UTC)


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[edit] Image:Townhall.jpg

Has now been labeled by another user as being in Nova Scotia, not scotland. You might wanna take a look. Cornell Rockey 18:53, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Badgeferguson.jpg

Hi Steve. I noticed that you were the one who uploaded Image:Badgeferguson.jpg, and I just wanted to say that it's quite simply the best Clan Crest that I've seen on wikipedia, or anywhere on the web. May I ask where you got it? I'd very much like to get one for the Clan Fraser article. Canaen 20:16, 13 May 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Alyth McCormack

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Alyth McCormack, 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 Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree, discuss the issues raised at Talk:Alyth McCormack. If you remove the {{dated prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. TheM62Manchester 08:21, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mackenzie River Wolfdog?

Do you have any supporting cites for this claim? Who else refers to Mackenzies as "Wolfdogs"? Edgewise 20:26, 8 November 2006 (UTC)


Yeah I do. Wiki for one... try reading you dipsh*t

[edit] Image:.cody2 008.jpg listed for deletion

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[edit] East Siberian Laika

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[edit] Deleted page "East Siberian Laika"

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[edit] Kunming dog

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[edit] Lovely Stornoway

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Lovely Stornoway, 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). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at Talk:Lovely Stornoway. You may remove the deletion notice, and the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. Ohconfucius 05:30, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Established wolfdog breeds

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, as you did to Established wolfdog breeds, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Tubezone 23:48, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Scotland

This is your last warning.
The next time you vandalize a page, as you did to Scotland, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Tubezone 23:55, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your edit of User:Tubezone

Please do not target one or more user's pages or talk pages for abuse or insults, unwarranted doctoring or blanking, as you did with Tubezone. It can be seen as vandalism and may get you blocked from editing Wikipedia. --Brad Beattie (talk) 00:04, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to target users' pages for vandalism, as you did with User:Tubezone, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. --Brad Beattie (talk) 00:04, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Scotland (again; an explanatory note for the benefit of passing editors)

For the benefit of passing editors, the edits Tubezone is complaining about weren't vandalism.

Anyway, Big Steve, these questions have been discussed, at length on Talk:Scotland and in the archives. Brenda is the head of state, Tony is the head of government, Jackie Boy is neither. It's perfectly ok to be bold, and to make big changes, but don't be surprised if they are reverted. Tìoraidh! Angus McLellan (Talk) 00:07, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stornoway

Please stop vandalising Stornoway. You obviously have some personal issue with the Church. Please remember that you have to abide by the Wikipedia guidelines and remain neutral.

[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Roar.jpg)

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[edit] Copyright violation at British Inuit dog

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[edit] Image:Burnbank Parish.JPG

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[edit] Image:Portvoller.jpg

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[edit] July 2007

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[edit] Spam in Charlie Barley

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[edit] Image:British_inuit.jpg listed for deletion

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[edit] Your edit to Lewis

With respect, it is the tone of your edit to Lewis rather than the fact of it that is racist and offensive. I would revert it immediately but for the Wikipedia 3 revert rule. I do not use a sock-puppet account.

The article could, probably, benefit from a demographics section, including the origins of the populous, but such an entry would need to have VERY reliable sources. If you want to write a researched demographics section, then that will be very much welcomed and not deleted. The tone of your edit could also be made more neutral, such as saying Lewis has many inhabitants who are not originally from the island and who come from such diverse backgrounds as X, Y and Z.

However, regarding the edit you did make, you may want to look at Uncyclopedia, they seem to encourage that sort of thing.MRM 21:08, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

OK, point by point - adding in your edit summary that you are from the island and work for the council so know better - I am from the island too. "Most of the people who live on the Isle of Lewis are not from Lewis or indeed Scotland, over one third of the Islands population are from England, other large groups include Indians and Polish"

  • "Most" - clearly wrong, most of the people are native islanders, unless you count going back 4-5 generations to find 'incomers'?
  • "or indeed Scotland" - that's the bit, along with "most" that smacks of racism - it may not be your intent, but your initial inclusion of it (see edit history) in the animals section suggests that it is (although as that was done once only, I am willing to concede it was for humorous purposes, although this is not the appropriate forum for that).
  • You claim to work for the council - how would they feel that one of their employees uses their employee status to present such a view online (don't worry, I'm not going to tell them, it's a rhetorical question)?
  • What is wrong with changing the tone away from the "Most" and "or indeed Scotland"? Surely the content remains, even if the undesirable undertones have gone?
  • If you insist on keeping the "most", feel free, but back it up with REAL statistics.
  • For the tone of your edit, the non-island Scots should be treated in the same way as other incomers.

If you can argue your way around all of that, I'll happily concede the points. But it definitely needs sourcing and being more neutral. Claiming you can keep on doing it all day is clearly against Wikipedia community spirit.

One final point, looking at your profile, your qualifications and your edits to other articles such as Wolf-Dogs, you appear to have a lot to contribute of worth. Please have a look at the community guidelines and edit even more than you are doing but do not react so violently when others edit towards community guidelines. Placing comments such as "Do not edit without checking with me" are not within the spirit of Wikipedia.

Please note - this is all in good faith.MRM 07:24, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Clan Fergusson

Steve, the clan is titled Clan Fergusson. Notice the two s's.--Celtus 05:07, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AdSense

A loaded word like controversial needs a citation and supporting information. This is an encyclopedia. Uncited matl's can be removed from an article until such time as a reliable source is surfaced to substantiate it. If you've read a lot about it being controversial, list your sources, cite it, and you're golden. - Ageekgal 17:24, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] regarding edits to Wolf-dog hybrid

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[edit] AfD nomination of Hebridean Wolfdog

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