User talk:Burwellian

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[edit] Page vandalism

To however keeps vadalising my friends User Page with your "see the truth" junk, it isnt big and it sure as heck isnt funny. Go add your gibberish on your own user page or something Jennytablina 09:54, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] United Kingdom

Why do you feel that stating that the UK is one of the world's most powerful nations is pushing a POV? A nation which has the world's fourth largest economy, second largest navy and considerable cultural reach (all mentioned further down the article in great detail) is surely a powerful country? This is said in the article on the USA in the introduction and it should also be emphasised in the UK article. (Ouip) (12th Jan 06).

The economy is mentioned later on, as is the navy so they aren't needed in the intro which is long enough already. The previous version mentioning the Empire seemed pro-Brit pov whilst the final line of your edit can also be seen as pov. - JVG 11:53, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] population

hi, i saw you entered population statistics for Littleport, Cambridgeshire, i assume you got the data from http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001, please could you explain how you found that data, i want pop for [caxton, cambridgeshire]] and bourn, but i cant find it anywhere thanks Bluemoose 11:26, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Westport

Thanks a lot for dropping in to the Westport, County Mayo article! It seems there are quite a few Westport exiles in the UK on Wikipedia!--File Éireann 17:57, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Proteus infobox

Thank you very much for getting the Proteus infobox going. I had gotten started on it in a sandbox of mine, but I find those kinds of tables very troublesome to edit. --arkuat (talk) 02:42, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] New category

Of possible interest, [[Category:Wikipedians who are pilots]]. Best regards, CHAIRBOY (☎) 18:54, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Gay rights in Iraq

You listed yourself as Roman Catholic so I thought I might bring this unencyclopedic total POV pushing article to your attention. It is currently up for deletion here. Chooserr 00:50, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Reverting GWB

The rollback button makes it easy, but I almost always get the edit conflict trying to add the {{test}} templates to a George W. Bush vandal's talk page. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 12:08, Dec. 20, 2005

[edit] Fallen

Well done. Thanks :-) Jogers 13:38, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dia Duit

Hi there! If you're ever short of a few subjects to do, we'd be more than happy to see you at Wikipedia:Irish Wikipedians' notice board. There's not that many of us, and we need all the help and opinions we can get. Cheers!Fergananim 21:26, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deleted template substitution

I've edited your page semi-automatically to substitute the deleted template {{user bad EU}}. // Pathoschild (_admin / ^talk) 00:00, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Game

I just lost the game.Sumthingweird 13:06, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Funny, I did too - Sir Grant the Small 20:34, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Crossing a flag

I would like to ask you not to cross an official flag on your user page. Imagine someone did that to that of your country. This is even considered a crime in many countries. I just regard that as bad manners. I am sure you are able to express your reasonable opinion in a respectful way. ROGNNTUDJUU! 20:41, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

You are not, however, free to forcibly impose your views upon others. I appreciate you raising the issue but it may be worth looking at the background of the person before you complain that they are being disrespectful to a flag. You asked me to imagine if someone did that to a flag of my own country when the crossed flag was of a entity to which my country belongs. You could find that out quite easily from the other Userboxes on my page (esp. the one saying I'm from the UK) and by looking up the members of the EU, who's flag was the one crossed on my page. - JVG 15:14, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for taking the time to answer. I do not want to impose my views upon others. I am perfectly ok if someone expresses concerns about the EU or any other union. I am concerned myself about the agricultural subsidies and antidumping cases in the EU and US, for example. I however think that there are more respectful ways to express concerns than crossing out a flag many people fill represented by. I am sorry if I missed your user box when posting at your page. I just thought it would be more respectful to tell every user the reason why I listed the image for deletion as it was solely used for a user box that had already been deleted for being disruptive and was set up again on personal pages. What I got out of this is a massive amount of delete votes for a respect template I created and a massive keep vote for the respectless crossed out EU flag. But I also convinced some users that there are nicer ways to express their legitimate opinion, and I am thus sure that I achieved at least something. Have a good time here. ROGNNTUDJUU! 23:06, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SOS save our Anglophiles!!

This user is an Anglophile

Hi! :) i'm the maker of the Francophile/Japanophile userboxes. I'm contacting you to warn you that our fancy userboxes are in danger. Someone has decided to delete them and to replace them by a category "Wikipedians interested in UK" for Anglophile wich is totally weird, as England is not UK! Well you can support the "Anglophile/Francophile/Japanophile categories" by posting a "Keep" comment on the Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 August 16. The quicker the better, as the more we are to support it, the bigger the chance we still have is. (everyone can vote, not only those who have the userbox). Thanks. Cliché Online 01:14, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
p.s.: in order to find the thread more easily once in the Deletion Vote article, just press & hold Ctrl and press F (Find) on your keyboard to display the Search screen, then type Anglophile and you're in! ;) Cliché Online 01:43, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blanking

Your user page got blanked again - I've just reverted it, but you might like to add another one to your vandalism count! (I, incidentally, live just round the corner from you, in Reach. Small world, isn't it!) Squeezeweasel 17:14, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

Thanks, I try to do my best :-) - Myanw 15:40, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hey

Hey - this is Sabrina. Love is a Rose was modified by my mentor. He removed the lyrics and changed some things. It still needs some work, but I'm not sure what else I need to put.
If you have any ideas I'd be very thankful.
Oh, and can pages on things like singles ever be more than a stub?
Okies, have a wonderful day!
Saber girl08 14:50, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Okies, thank you. OH! I have over 500 edits...nearing 570! I'm so happy.
Have a wonderful day!
Saber girl08 13:33, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ipswich Town F.C.

No problem. I wouldn't normally edit other clubs' templates, but the Ipswich one appeared to be quite out of date. Dean Bowditch wasn't listed on the ITFC official site as a squad member and his article (at the time) still listed him as on loan at Northampton, so I assumed that this must still be the case. Andy Rhodes also isn't listed as a player on the ITFC website, so I assume that means that he's not registered as a player any more - I'll leave it up to you to try to work that one out, you'll probably have more luck than me, me being an outsider!

It looks like the template (and maybe the individual player pages) could do with being monitored so that they can be kept up to date - maybe you would like to volunteer for the job? Dan1980 (talk | stalk) 00:16, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

You're right - funnily enough, I've just been on a crusade updating all of the Football League season articles pre-1929 (the year that Sheffield Wednesday was officially registered) that were ALL incorrect. I'll have a look at the main article too.

I'm not sure when Bolton changed their name, but I could probably find out with a few internet searches... Dan1980 (talk | stalk) 00:31, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wow

Okay, so you've been around here longer than me by a long chalk but recently I've seen you take interest in the ITFC articles. I was wondering if you'd take some time at the WP:FAC for History of Ipswich Town F.C. as I'm sure you can contribute to and improve the article. I'm working on an ITFC featured topic and this is the last article.... All suggestions welcome! The Rambling Man (talk) 22:22, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Heh, I guess you haven't looked at the sources for all of the ITFC featured content - Pride of Anglia is the number one reference! Anyway, thanks for your suggestion, if you have the time to contribute at the FAC then cool. Either way, happy editing! The Rambling Man (talk) 22:45, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Well in case you hadn't noticed, the history article is the last on my list for an ITFC featured topic - Ipswich Town F.C., History of Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town F.C. seasons, List of Ipswich Town F.C. managers, List of Ipswich Town F.C. Players of the Year, List of Ipswich Town F.C. statistics and records and Portman Road. Pride of Anglia features pretty heavily - I've been in touch with the webmaster quite a bit! The Rambling Man (talk) 22:54, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Carrow Road

Hi. Thanks for the tags. As per Template:Fact/doc#Contraindications, you'd probably be better off using the {{unreferenced}} tag instead of littering with cn tags, unless you're planning to fix the problem yourself. A scattering of cn tags often aggreives other editors and can look pointy and there's no (erm) point in riling people when we're just trying to improve the encyclopedia. Incidentally, if you were looking to fix this yourself, there's a lot of referenced material on this topic in the relevant section of the FA Norwich City F.C.. Cheers, --Dweller (talk) 16:59, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Wembley Stadium matches

Not sure why you left me a note on its prodding. I didn't create the article. - Dudesleeper / Talk 23:02, 6 March 2008 (UTC)