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[edit] Welcome

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[edit] Slingsby Bethel

You changed a word in the Slingsby Bethel article; except -> accept. The two have different meanings. It is not clear to me that you have not introduced a semantic change to the sentence, and so have reverted the edit. You need to be /very/ careful in changing words, citing "spelling" to ensure that you are not changing the meaning. In this case, at least on one reading you changed the meaning by 180 degrees. --Tagishsimon (talk) 20:37, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

The same problem with your Robert Wright (judge) alteration. The original text excepted a judge from an act. Your change accepted the judge, which is not very meaningful, but to the extent it is, goes absolutely in the wrong direction. All of the other excepts -> accepts were good, though; carry on! --Tagishsimon (talk) 20:42, 13 May 2008 (UTC)