User talk:Garrick92

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By the way, if you're the same Garrick92 who used to (and may still) contribute to the Guardian talk boards, a special welcome - you've got a lot to offer to Wikipedia (I'm sure you have even if you're not the same person - good work on spontaneous human combustion.) OpenToppedBus - My Talk July 6, 2005 16:30 (UTC)
One last thing (sorry to keep hassling you!) Given the (potentially) controversial nature of some of what you're saying about SHC, it might be worthwhile at some point having a look at Wikipedia:No original research and Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not - if only to be forewarned about ways in which people might criticise what you're adding there. Not knowing much about the topic, it seems to me that you may well be right in your criticisms of the BBC programme - but if you can't cite your sources, you're likely to find other editors less responsive. OpenToppedBus - My Talk July 6, 2005 16:44 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay in replying - I tried a couple of days ago but my PC crashed. I'd rather not say who I was at GU - suffice it to say, I'm not there any more. There's no real convention as to whether you reply on your own talk page or someone else's. The former keeps the conversation together, but only the latter will guarantee that they see the reply. Some people put a note at the top of their talk page to say that they will always reply there.

You say about SHC that "given the topic, it's something that is never going to satisfy everyone". You'd be surprised - we have relatively stable articles on abortion, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, even (dare I say it?) Diana, Princess of Wales... The first two of those in particular are good examples of how to handle controversial topics - we report the controversy, and the people on either side of it, but we don't (even subtly) try to come down on one side or the other ourselves. You're definitely going about it the right way with the use of reputable sources and copious references. One style point is that we normally only link to something the first time that it is mentioned, rather than linking to wick, for example, every time. OpenToppedBus - My Talk 15:49, July 11, 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] David Penhaligon

You say "Several friends and colleagues have attested to Penhaligon's habitually 'reckless' driving and refusal to wear 'seatbelts'". Do you have a cite for this? It does seem a bit insensitive to mention it in this context unless it's unimpeachable. David | Talk 15:28, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Penhaligon

Just had a look at your userpage and it seems pretty neat and tidy, so I'm replying here rather than muck it up. My source is actually personal, as I know a former Liberal party worker who worked very closely with Penhaligon in Cornwall. His wife also knew Penhaligon and both of them have attested to 'white-knuckle' rides in Penhaligon's car. Their precise words were: "The man drove like a fucking lunatic". Other conversations I have had since have confirmed this. H o w e v e r ... I can see that this might not fit the Wikipedia source policy (I assume such exists). I'm new here, so feel free to scrub my edit if I've committed a wikipedia faux pas: I'm sure it isn't the first and won't be the last ... Garrick92 15:46, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Probably there weren't many cars around at a quarter to seven in the morning in the middle of December, which may well not have helped. Unfortunately having personal knowledge of this sort is often removed under the No original research policy - which is sometimes a pity. It's sometimes possible to hint at the explanation without actually saying it - I'll see what can be done to the article. PS welcome to Wikipedia, I'm sure you'll love it here! David | Talk 18:42, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Chicken hypnotism

Please see Talk:Chicken hypnotism. Your addition to the article is just weird enough that it could really use a citation. -- Jmabel | Talk 01:52, July 27, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Your wish ...

... is my co-operation. If I have a fault (apart from my immense personal charm and disarming modesty) it is that I tend to suffer from 'I'll do that bit later' syndrome. Anyway, the info you desire is at the Talk:Chicken hypnotism page.

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Thanks for this: I note that the entire article has been moved to 'articles that may be biased' and that the link from 'Diego Garcia' has been removed outright. So I shan't be bothering on this occasion, but I'll try to remember your advice for future instances. Garrick92 11:04, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spontaneous Human Combustion

This is to inform you that a comment made at Talk:Spontaneous_human_combustion by you is being considered for deletion. While technically there is no policy in place to delete such comments from talk pages, the comment itself is not particularly conducive to the point of talk pages, which is to help fellow wikipedians edit the page. Unless someone speaks up at the talk page, your comment will likely be deleted. Should you decide to make an issue out of it, however, it is likely that your comment will stay in place. You may defend its existence or ignore it, at your leisure. — Eric Herboso 16:43, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

I choose to ignore it. Garrick92 14:23, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jacqueline Fitzsimon

Looks like you are the first editor on this article. If it's not on your watch page you should know it has been submitted to AfD Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jacqueline Fitzsimon Jeepday (talk) 03:31, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Ta for the heads-up. Have added my two pennorth, and that's the end of my involvement. Garrick92 14:05, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] sources for Diego Garcia memos

Hi Garrick92,

the quotes from internal memos in the article on the depopulation of Diego Garcia are very interesting. They're all marked with "citation needed", and I couldn't find any of the text on the Web. It seems from the article's history that you created the article with these quotes already in place. Could you add sources for them?

Joriki (talk) 17:02, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unspecified source for Image:Corpse_of_Hitler_doppelganger_1946.jpg

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