User talk:Bo

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[edit] Thanks

I appreciate your comments encouraging me. I am pacing myself and I know how to take breaks so I should avoid burn out. LarryQ 13:55, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spelling in Colonial America

Hey, no problem. I'm just doing some spell checking on articles I come across, sometimes even hitting the random article link to see what comes up. --Pigman (talk • contribs) 02:48, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Number of British Colonies

Not that it matters, but there were actually 31 British colonies at the time.

I counted the ones listed in the British North America article, for 1775, and I only got to 20. Where the other 11 not mainland North America, or do we need to update the BNA article with the additional colonies? Bo 01:33, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Still Around?

Bo, you still around? You have not edited in a while. I appreciate the support and encouragement you gave me when I started here. I hope I can be equally supportive now. Anything I can help you with to help you regain some wikizeal? LarryQ 21:56, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re:your email

Thanks for the email. Glad I could help.

RepublicUK will probably start an AfD on the article soon, so keep an eye on the article and don't forget to participate in the deletion discussion! Also, remember that AfD is not a vote; no matter how many show up in support, concrete references from independent sources will be needed to keep the article from being deleted. So you may want to be prepared for that. Good luck, and if there's anything you need help with, let me know. Kafziel Talk 19:15, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RepublicUK

I have attempted to engage them but they have discourteously deleted my comments and then replied with uncivil sentiments. --Couter-revolutionary 14:12, 24 February 2007 (UTC) I'm just suggesting: Don't let the delete on 'his' user page get you flustered.

If the point you raise is valid, and well worded, raising it on the talk/discussion page will do the trick. And his "I'm with the Republic UK" claim would give the administrators 'proof' of anti Realm bias. (They'll still find it if they look at his history, but now its gone from his user page, which might be all they would look at when the AfD 'vote' is tallied.) Bo 14:32, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Constitutional Monarchy

Sorry, I am new to all this, and thought you were the source of the bogus "and Lukis Monsterious" link, which I found still present after your edit, and deleted.Sheldon Novick 16:49, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Be careful about associating names with the 'vandal' word. Vandalism is a justification for blocks. I too had removed the 'and Lukis' stuff. Using 'diff' helps you see who did what when. (I actually RVV'd it twice for that same 'bogus link').

[edit] Proposed Micronation Wikiproject

I've published a proposal to gauge the level of interest in setting up a micronation Wikiproject, which I thought might be of interest to you based on your past contributions. Comments and suggestions are welcome: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Proposals#Micronations --Gene_poole 02:22, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your interest. The project proposal above has been successful, so I would like to invite you to add your name to the new project page: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Micronations. --Gene_poole 00:21, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
You don't have to "do" anything if you don't want to. Wikiprojects are merely opportunities for those with shared interests to marshall their resources in order to improve the standards of a group of articles. Anyone can add to the list of tasks, take on any of the open tasks, or participate in any discussions as and when it suits them, here: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Micronations. --Gene_poole 06:05, 8 June 2007 (UTC)


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    • It doesn't seem to have harmed the article much, and I'm frankly becoming disillusioned with the whole wikipedia mess. 'Speedy Deleting' an image that was up for a LONG time makes little sense to me - and 'blasting away' an image that I might not be able to reproduce (even if I wanted to) with out waiting to see if I would re-release under an 'acceptable' license makes even less - especially when the license was 'acceptable' when first I posted the image.


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[edit] Precision bombing

No problem. The voice of the article was admittingly a bit unusual so I suspected a copy-and-paste, so I searched a sentence and found the source. It seems sufficiently neutral, and my knowledge on the subject is slim, so I thought it'd be sufficient just to cite the article: it is indeed a major improvement from before, from what I read in the previous revisions. The real pains were finding the right attribution templates, and figuring out what the Chinese word for building implosion would be so that I can fix the interwiki link that somehow landed on this article.  ;-) Kelvinc (talk) 06:31, 26 February 2008 (UTC)