User talk:JohnArmagh

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Great job on the Abbeys and Priories of Ireland pages! Where have you been getting the names - ordinance survey maps?

Zoney 22:00, 27 May 2004 (UTC)

Lots of research and travelling! Many are not marked on OS maps so you have to go to old records. Not finished yet. JohnArmagh 09:15, 16 June 2004 (UTC)

Hi. Please don't use upper case for headings, and don't use bolding. Thank you. RickK 06:08, Jun 16, 2004 (UTC)

Hi. Would Temple Cronan in the Burren qualify for your list? Are you planning to add photos for each place and to fill all the new wiki links you create :)

Fin 19:13, 29 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I am investigating all placenames with 'Temple' as this indicates a likely Knights Templar preceptory - though I intend to differentiate between the tradition and the evidence.

I have visited some 400+ foundations throughout the British Isles and northern/central France with a camcorder. If I ever live long enough I would like to convert these into 3-D virtual rendering of the sites. --JohnArmagh 19:31, 29 Jun 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Kings of Israel

Wikipedia policy is to use most common names recognized by English speakers. That's why the Kings of Israel should be Saul, David, Solomon, not Shaul, Daoud, Shmuel. PLEASE don't start changing Slavic, Japanese, etc. articles in the same manner, or you will have to be reverted. RickK 21:11, Jul 6, 2004 (UTC)

I have posted my reply to RickK on his talk page. --JohnArmagh 06:02, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Your approach is duly noted, and again I say that if you attempt to change English language names to foreign language names, you will be reverted, and your policy listed on Requests for comment. RickK 19:20, Jul 7, 2004 (UTC)

Once again I have posted a further reply to RickK on his talk page and below --JohnArmagh

In reply to the recent message in my talk page from RickK, I must reiterate once again that I will not be changing any English names. I have never implied that I would be doing so - in all circumstances any edits I make will include the foreign text in addition to the existing English names. I really cannot understand why this is turning into such a big issue and I do feel that I am being dictated to as to the level of factual information I am being allowed to enter and I feel this to be totally against the spirit of the Wikipedia. --JohnArmagh 19:45, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Australian state governors

Please do not go through all the Australian state governor lists putting "His Excellency" in front of their names. As was discussed in relation to the Governor-General lists, this makes the lists sound pompous and anachronistic. This list at Governor-General is now formatted well and this is the model you should be following. Adam 16:00, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Well, if you rewrite these lists (which I complied) so that they look like something out of Debretts, I will revert them.

Furthermore, re Heads of State of Australia, this whole article is completely misconceived. Australia did not have a head of state until the adoption of the Statute of Westminster in 1942, because it was not a sovereign state, it was a self-governing Dominion of the British Empire. The idea that Queen Victoria was "Queen of the Commonwealth of Australia" is completely ahistorical and anachronistic, and would have been laughed at in 1901. The title "Queen of Australia" (not "Queen of the Commonwealth of Australia") was not created until 1973. Adam 16:39, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Here are my replies to Adam:-

It might sound pompous and anachronistic to put the full titles - and so it is - but that does not change either the history or the facts. You cannot merely present half the detail because it sounds pretty and looks nice. --JohnArmagh 16:19, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)

On the Wikipedia edit page it does say that "If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then do not submit it."

I notice that today I have a banner asking me to consider donating to the Wikipedia - I was considering it, but there is little point if no-one likes what I write.

However, that said:-

Of course you are correct re the style of the monarch etc., and I would have corrected my errors shortly. However as you are so against the very style you may revert if you wish, however would you allow me to have my pompous and anachronistic page elsewhere on the Wikipedia?

I do think that it is of certain interest to see how the styles develop over time, and there may (hopefully) come a day when Australia and Great Britain (my two nationalities) have a republican constitution, and then the styles and titles will change completely.

regards --JohnArmagh 17:15, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)

John, I don't mean to be unpleasant and I don't want to discourage you from contributing. But my view and the view of others was that you were making the tables of GGs and Governors over-elaborate by including all these Imperial trimmings such as "His Excellency" and "The Right Honourable" etc etc. I would not recommend you be pompous and anachronistic anywhere at Wikipedia, but if you do at Australian history-related articles I will always be watching, so you might do better to find another area to contribute in. As a rule you will get less flak if you create and edit new articles rather than editing articles which other people have created. Regards, Adam 08:27, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Could I suggest then that you write sections on "the changing styles and titles of Governors-General of Australia", Governors of NSW, etc, and add them to the relevant articles, rather than edit the actual lists in the way you have been doing? This would entail less work for you and be less likely to antagonise other users. Adam 09:04, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I think I have the same concerns as Rick and Adam C., but about Principality of Achaea. I fixed up the table a bit to make it easier to read, but is it really necessary at all? Especially "contemporary regnal name," which is just their un-Anglicized name...seems kind of pointless, I mean. Anyway, I see from this talk page that you are just trying to make things more complete, which is nice, but it seems unnecessary sometimes. Adam Bishop 03:49, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)

[edit] "Prince Michael of Albany"

I hate to tell you this but "Prince Michael of Albany" is a complete fake. He is really a Belgian called Michel Lafosse. Adam 11:56, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Being someone who never believes anything just because it is in print, I suspected that was the case, however in the absence of anyone else claiming Stewart descent (and I believe there is a claimant in Sardinia) then I'll have him.

--JohnArmagh 12:03, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Heads of state

Why are you creating separate pages like Head of Government of Angola when there is already Prime Minister of Angola? Gzornenplatz 18:29, Jul 18, 2004 (UTC)

I have tried to reply to the above on Gzornenplatz's talkpage but am being blocked by the spamfilter set on that page.

Here is my reply:-

"Hi

In reply - Not all Heads of Government are Prime Minister - therefore cannot be placed on a list of Prime Ministers. Therefore I have created Heads of Government pages to cover all Heads of Goverment - not just Prime Minister.

Although at present the HofGs of Angola have up to now been Prime Minister, this may not be the case in the future - so whilst the list of Prime Ministers may at that point come to an end, the list of Heads of Government will continue as long as the government continues."

--JohnArmagh 19:34, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)

What spamfilter? You should be able to post on my talk page. Anyway, I think the difference between "heads of government" and "prime ministers" lists is too marginal to justify two articles. If we have a "heads of government" article, the "prime ministers" article should be turned into a redirect. Gzornenplatz 21:34, Jul 18, 2004 (UTC)

The standard format for these articles here is President of x and Prime Minister of x, not "Head of State" or "Head of Government". Clearly we do not need duplicate lists for each country. If we have a list of Presidents and Prime Ministers of Angola, no more lists should be created. Adam 08:12, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)


So what happens when (for instance) Angola has a Head of Government who is not a 'Prime Minister' or when the Head of State assumes the responsibilities of Head of Government as well. Is there then to be a separate list for each Head of Government who adopts a different title or standing? In this case anyone who wanted a list of Heads of Government would have to search through multiple lists for such information, and unless the lists were all sufficiently linked then the information may not be found. --JohnArmagh 09:07, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)


In all countries, the "head of government" is either (a) a monarch (eg, King of Saudi Arabia), (b) an executive president (eg, President of the United States), or (c) a prime minister formally appointed by the head of state (eg, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom). There are minor variants on this in some countries (eg, Chancellor of Germany). Most people will know that the way to find the head of government of any country is to go the main article on that country and find the link to its monarch, president or prime minister. For most countries there are also lists of the holders of these position (work which has already been done at Rulers by the way). I don't see that further duplication of lists serves any good purpose. Adam 09:19, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I see you are continuing creating those pages. It would be better if you got a consensus first. Many people are bound to disagree with this duplication. Gzornenplatz 15:04, Jul 21, 2004 (UTC)

I see again you are continuing, duplicating for example Prime Minister of Burkina Faso. Note that Lists of office-holders is far from being a complete index of those pages, so don't just create pages because you don't see anything there. Gzornenplatz 12:03, Aug 2, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Hieroglyphs

I noticed your recently-added image Image:Ba-n-neter.jpg, and I wondered if you were aware that Wikipedia now has WikiHiero, a facility for constructing Hieroglyphs live. HTH HAND --Phil | Talk 16:10, Jul 26, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Senta.jpg

Senta.jpg was garbled or empty or some such, so I deleted it. You might want to try re-uploading? Stan 04:14, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Hi again, I really think I must take issue with the tables you have been creating, especially on the Roman emperors page...I guess they can generally be fixed, like with the Achaea page, but in the Roman case it just made the page useless and impossible to read. I think if you're going to be changing things like that you should bring it up on the talk page first, maybe we can help come up with something more useful first. Adam Bishop 18:50, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] B-Movie Bandit

Sir, if you are in agreement with Gzornenplatz over the incredible contention created by a problem user and known vandal, perhaps you haven't been following the discussion surounding him/her. This has manifested itself into a rather lively discussion at User:B-Movie Bandit. I respectfully submit that you read the discussion before entering into agreement over this. - Lucky 6.9 22:36, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)

  • Hi, John. Thanks for getting back to me. I admit that Gzornenplatz is correct, but only to a point. The Bandit has been generating these bizarre little stubs for months on end, never fixes them, refuses to answer contact and has even vandalized other articles. If this was a new problem and not the ongoing one this has turned into, he'd be correct in defending the articles. Many of us have tried to reach the Bandit over the last several months to no avail. I've tried being nice as well as nasty...no answer. It's just weird. Anyway, I hope I've adequately explained my reasons for fighting the Bandit. Again, thanks. - Lucky 6.9 04:48, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Kings of Svitjod

Dear John, you have created a page named kings of Svitjod. On what source do you base this list? It surprises me that I have never heard of a Norwegian kingdom by an old name for Sweden before (see Svitjod).--Wiglaf 17:39, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Hosni Mubarak

I noticed you added the Arabic for Hosni Mubarak's name. Do you know the Arabic script? Quadell (talk) 19:42, Sep 15, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Ruler tables

I have to say, I find your new rulers tables to be very difficult to use. They're too busy, too complicated to figure out what's going on. And you've removed information - British colonial administrators of Egypt, for instance, were removed in your revision. You also have included a lot of extraneous information. Isn't it just confusing to list Atef Ebaid in the Heads of State of Egypt list, just because he was acting president for a couple of days? What extra value does a list of a bunch of Ottoman-era governors of Egypt that we don't have articles on add, except to make the list harder to use, and make the actual well known rulers starting with Muhammad Ali harder to find? john k 18:54, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)

My Muhammad Ali example was just to note that Muhammad Ali was a famous ruler of Egypt, and is usually seen as the first ruler of modern Egypt. But his existence is obscured by the current format of the list, which begins with several screens worth of Ottoman governors about whom we don't have articles. Perhaps the governors could be moved to List of Ottoman governors of Egypt, or some such? Also, you didn't address my question (on the egyptian heads of state page) about why you removed the word "modern" from the title. john k 19:59, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Template:No Merge

An interesting way to respond to my merge requests, but I believe the custom is to use talk pages rather than dueling templates.  :-)
Has there been any discussion about this elsewhere? The two lists in List of leaders of Afghanistan and Heads of Government of Afghanistan seem redundant and overlapping; it's confusing trying to figure out which one serves what purpose. Why do you object to a merge? One would redirect to the other, so there would be no broken links. --Ardonik.talk()* 18:48, Sep 21, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury

Do you plan to add text to that article? Because an article which only consists of a photo isn't much worth it - if you need a place where you can put photos for articles not yet written maybe Wikipedia Commons might be the better place for them. andy 15:31, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Bishops

Wow! hold your horses. Use Google to look through first to find any You've duplicated Bishop of Nottingham and no doubt several others too. I think the correct title is Bishop of Nottingham rather than List of Bishops of Nottingham. The main list is the one linked to from Bishop of Nottingham, wherever it is. Dunc|☺ 10:50, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] See also

Hi there, I just wanted to let you know that the accepted standard for a see also section is as below:
==See also==

Dori | Talk 23:20, Oct 21, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Argentina infobox

Hi there, when I was creating the Template:Argentina infobox I did see your changes from President into Head of State and Head of Government that you did in the previous table that contained that info, but in Argentina the Head of State and Head of Government are the same person: the President. You might want to check the Cia factbook's Argentina entry and Head of Government. Fernández is the cabinet chief, but hasn't the responsabilities/powers that a Prime minister has. I didn't edit it because it's starting to look like an edit war or something, which isn't the case. --SpiceMan 07:43, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Take a look at this ! Template:Infobox_Countries and this Template_talk:Infobox_Countries ! That makes life somewhat easier. --SpiceMan 11:07, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Blimey - thanks --JohnArmagh 11:10, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Rulers of Ethiopia

Thanks a lot for the great-looking tables with rulers of Ethiopia (and other countries). Great job, really! Since I'm a table freak myself wanted to ask you one thing: do you create all those great tables by hand or is there a program to do that? [[User:Halibutt|Halibutt]] 10:34, Nov 17, 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response. Contrary to what you might think, your reply helped me a lot. The words "word macros" are the key here :). Thanks again. [[User:Halibutt|Halibutt]] 11:08, Nov 17, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Join RWNB!

Hello!

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Isn't it about time we got articles on Russia up to standard?

Hope to see you on RWNB!

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[edit] Article Licensing

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[edit] Rulers of the Fon state of Danhome

I think this should be renamed Monarchs of Dahomey for simplicity. Any thoughts? - Xed 18:24, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

The reason I chose Rulers as the title was because it has generic connotation, as opposed to Monarch which, although it means sole ruler, is usually applied to Kings/emperors etc. rather than chiefs/princes etc.
I felt that the use of generic terms in the titles would make it easier to determine what it was the listing was about rather than using a plethora of different styles or titles in the heading which would make it difficult to determine the actual status of a given incumbent and compare it with the status of an incumbent in another list. This is why I have gone down the route of dividing the lists into Heads of State, Heads of Government, Colonial Heads and Rulers.
In its widest sense monarch could be also applied to any head of state, but I chose to use the term Head of State for the heads of sovereign or autonomous modern states, reserving Rulers for defunct states or modern tribal states or polities. --JohnArmagh 23:06, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)


My concern wasn't about the generic terms you're using in the articles you've created about african rulers (excellent work by the way), but more about the specific article Rulers of the Fon state of Danhome. The people in the list are almost all Monarchs (in the sense of being Kings and Queens). The wikistyle here would be to have a title with the word Monarch in (as in List of British monarchs, List of Swedish monarchs etc). Secondly, the words "of the Fon state" in the title seem unnecessary. Thirdly, Dahome is generally known as Dahomey. Would you be happy with "List of monarchs of Dahomey" or "List of Dahomean monarchs"? I just want to make thing consistent and simple - Xed 00:31, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Archdiocese vs. Province

An archdiocese is the area under the diocesan authority of an archbishop; whereas a province is the area under the metropolitan authority of an archbishop, including his archdiocese and several other (suffragan) dioceses. For example, the Archdiocese of Liverpool covers greater Liverpool, but the Province of Liverpool covers most of northern England. The Diocese of Salford is in the Province of Liverpool, not the Archdiocese of Liverpool.

[edit] Beannachtaí Lá Fhéile Phádraig

Thanks for the greeting! Enjoy yourself tomorrow!

I hope you don't mind, but I created some new headings on your talk page just in order that the table of contents displays up near the top of the page.

zoney ♣ talk 10:52, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] ...and fight the Good Fight

Thanks very much for noticing my contributions, John :-) . Hopefully I can find arms for the rest of the Bishops too. Do you know if the RC Bishops have crests/arms? Thanks ♪ Craigy ♫ 08:03, May 18, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image source

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[edit] Thank you

I just wanted to thank you for your quick response on Talk:Kings of East Anglia. When I made that comment, I didn't expect to ever hear back - it's not exactly a high traffic page, nor is it a typical question. Imagine my surprise. :) I mean, sure, you've edited it, and it's probably on your watchlist, but it also lay untouched by you for six months. Good show. PS - What did you mean by "(minuscule having not been developed at the time)"? --Golbez 07:03, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] lots of edits, not an admin

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[edit] microfonts

Please do not use "small" tags to set text below 100% of the user's default - it makes pages difficult to read, for people with visual disabilities. Thank you. Andy Mabbett 18:25, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Did you get anywhere with this? Andy Mabbett 14:54, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Archbishop of Canterbury

Hi. You recently did a rewrite of this article's intro §; I just wanted to drop you a line out of courtesy to say that I have since done another rewrite, incorporating many of your revisions but with my own particular spin. I'm sorry if this was in any way stepping on your toes; but I'm really obsessed with refining and refining intro §s & I hope you can approve of my edits. Thanks. Doops | talk 28 June 2005 04:58 (UTC)


[edit] Kings of Kent

Hi, I see you wrote tha above page, I've just written King Arthur (opera) to fill a red link, and in doing so have made another King Oswald of Kent I see from your page he appears not to exist, was the character in the opera fictitious, or is Oswald corruption of the name of one of the known Kings, I was going to do a stub on him, but can't find any information at all. I wondered if you knew anything. Regards Giano | talk 15:57, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for looking, poor old Ossie will just have to remain in the red for a little longer. Thanks Giano | talk 22:06, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] User Categorisation

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[edit] High Kings of Ireland

I've just created Donnchadh, having found it on the Most Wanted Pages list. I was wondering if you might know of any online resources that would help me fill it out (and the other Irish King stubs) a bit?

The Land 12:18, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sources for La Massana

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[edit] Bamangwato

Hi there, I've just been using your (really, really fantastic) table of Bamangwato chiefs. I've linked a few of the names to articles lurking under variant spellings, but I'm not sure I've done as you'd like because I don't fully understand the table. Am I right that the large text refers to official style/name, while the smaller text is the commonly used name? And what about the italicised bits (perhaps check sp, as surely shd be Mmaphiri, and possibly Lerraraetsa or other with double-r). Ooh, this list so useful! JackyR 21:50, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Templars

Btw, check out Temple Farm in Strood. THe article doesn't have much on it, but in fact all the "temple" names in Strood (Estate, School, Road) are from a Templar estate the house of which still exists amid the warehouses and industry down by the River Medway. Would you like me to feed you stuff about this as I come across it? (I'm doing bits of Medway hist.) JackyR 22:55, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rulers of Pate -good work, thanks!

Hi, I´m currently working on Lamu Islands, and in that connections I came across Rulers of Pate, which I believe were mainly written by you. Excellent work! Just one thing: do you have any reference of the inf. given? Regards, Huldra 02:02, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Categories in userspace

Hi! I noticed that in your scratchpad / draft / alternative articles User:JohnArmagh/Concise List of Roman Emperors and User:JohnArmagh/List of Roman Emperors you had the categories still activated, so they were showing up in Category:Ancient Rome and others. I've deactivated them (by putting a colon before 'Category' in the link) until such time as the article is in the mainspace rather than the userspace (As per WP:CG, "If you copy an article to your user namespace (for example, as a temporary draft or in response to an edit war) you should decategorize it".) Cheers, Ziggurat 22:58, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Anglicanism and the Anglican Communion

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[edit] Horse Name of Guma Rulers

The article Rulers of the Gibe State of Guma you initiated uses the word horse name as an alternative name for rulers. Can you tell me what it is. I've never heard of it. Regards --Okko2 07:51, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New article for Barking Abbey

I have just started Barking Abbey - regards Gordo 09:52, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Spynie Church, Moray

John, noticed you have an image on the above in List of cathedrals in the United Kingdom. In the interest of accuracy, Spynie Church is unfortunately not on the site of the old cathedral but the stone that was in the old cathedral is indeed in this church. The site of the old cathedral is about 200 metres south of Spynie Castle where a small fragment of the wall is still existent. The stone was transported to the new church. Rgds, --Bill Reid | Talk 17:07, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] TfD nomination of Template:Political Affiliations: Gambia

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[edit] G'Day!

Notice you have a little whinge on your home page about poor use of the English language.... well, at least I can't accuse you of being a WPB, because yer obviously not Pommie, whatever your accent, Mate!

I just rejigged your edits to Cathedral a tiny bit.... and now I'm gunna tellya one of my pet whinges. I can't stand blanky superfluous brackets! Here's a real bewdy! I wonder if you wrote it!

"The word cathedral is derived from the Latin noun "cathedra" (seat or chair), and refers to the presence of the bishop's (or archbishop's) chair or throne. In the ancient world, the chair was the symbol of a teacher (and thus of the bishop's role as teacher), and also of an official presiding as a magistrate (and thus of the bishop's role in governing a diocese)."

I would write those sentences with only the first set of brackets. (seat or chair). I utilise brackets in that sort of way regularly, but I hate finding them around things like "(for example, at Strasbourg)" when "such as Strasbourg" says it equally well. So.....you know what I've done (without even looking)!

Where are you busy being a Christian at? I attend one of the last bastions of Anglicanism in the Sydney Diocese. --Amandajm 11:38, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello Again!

John, there is a section of that Cathedral article that is just stubs. I suspect you might be the right person to complete those bits. How about it? --Amandajm 11:45, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Sorry John! can i encourage you to do some more work on that article? --Amandajm 11:11, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cathedrals list

Hi John!

Your list of cathedrals is really good. I've just had a fiddle with it.... basically I've Wikified it by reversing the first two paragraphs so that the defintion now says what it is rather than beginning with what it isn't. And removed the first section heading because it was unnecessary and un-wiki. Plus a few minor tweaks so that it was less conversational.

So I hope you'll be happy with what I've done. Also, I read the discussion page and noticed comments about some buildings predating the CofE... well, regardless of that, the article is about cathedrals that are or were functional. These places that are listed under that heading have that current function within the CofE, so it's nonsense. If you were writing from some other historic standpoint, it would be different.

Good work! Amandajm 09:49, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] TfD nomination of Template:Political Affiliations: Congo/Kinshasa/Zaire

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[edit] AfD nomination of Big Fat Wah

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[edit] Speedy deletion of Region of Great Britain

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[edit] Image:LitvinenkoGrave.JPG

Hi John, thank you for the image of Litvinenkos grave. Could you perhaps add some context information. I would like to know on which cemetery in which city this grave is located. Greetings, Longbow4u (talk) 06:38, 1 April 2008 (UTC)