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Somewhat appropriately, I noticed your edits to Johnny Briggs (cricketer). Keep up the good work. -- ALoan (Talk) 13:18, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi - I removed the other names from the Johnny Briggs article, since they're not really relevant to his performance. Sam Vimes | Address me 22:32, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
Well...to a non-cricket fan the names will mean nothing, and a cricket fan will know what it means to take 100 Test wickets. Also, he should really be compared with those who took 100, not those who took 500. Take a look at what I've done now tho? Sam Vimes | Address me 22:58, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Categories

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[edit] Kevin Maxwell

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For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Xyzzyplugh 16:09, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Ian Maxwell

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Clarissa Dixon Wright

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[edit] Abraham Lincoln and bankruptcy

Hi Johnny. I reverted your edit to Abraham Lincoln whereby you added him to Category:People who declared bankruptcy. This is because I couldn't find any evidence via Google that Lincoln had declared himself bankrupt. If you have a source for that, could you reinstate the category and provide a reference? Cheers, --A bit iffy 07:28, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree See my discussion his talk page. A business that Lincoln was a partner in failed and he was liable for the debt. A sheriff seized his goods and Lincoln spent some time paying his debts back. Although plenty of sources claim he was bankrupt I can't find a good one or proof of legal bky.


List of bankrupts Sorry you must have seen just the first words, I assume this is a bot of some kind. There will eventually be a list with over 200 links to wikipedia in line with the recent deletion of the category and the recommendation to listify.

[edit] List of bankrupts

  • You have recently recreated or reposted material at List of bankrupts which previously was deleted in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policies. Please do not recreate this article without prior approval from an administrator or you may be blocked from editing. We ask that you respect what Wikipedia is not. If you disagree with the article's deletion, you may seek an independent deletion review. JuJube 07:21, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of List of bankrupts

I've nominated List of bankrupts, an article you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but in this particular case I do not feel that List of bankrupts satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion; I have explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of bankrupts and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of List of bankrupts during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Awyong J. M. Salleh 07:58, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

You tried to start a deletion review over this AFD close, but made two mistakes, only one of which I could have fixed. First, you edited the instructional comment, instead of copying the relevant line outside the comment and editing it there. (That, I could have fixed.) Second, you didn't offer an reason for overturning the AFD close. (That I can't do; my mind reading skills were purchased cheap as surplus goods and don't work all the time.) Please try again, not making either mistake. You may also wish to look at a draft guide to deletion review that I've been working on here before opining. GRBerry 23:06, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] John Crossland

Hello, Boy Briggs. Love your work. I was wondering if you could provide a source for your claim in this entry that W.G. tried to get Crossland selected for the Test side. From what little I have read in the Old Man's reminiscences, he seems to have been rather cold towards the Lancastrian chucker. If indeed Grace did do as you say, what year was it? My bet would be 1882. Faithfully, Robertson-Glasgow (talk) 11:09, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

I'll see what i can do, my guess is it would be in The Fast Men by David Frith. I do know that Grace played against Crossland (at least three times in 1883) when others refused and i understood that was because he fancied playing him against Australia. Johnnybriggs (talk) 20:45, 6 May 2008 (UTC)