User talk:Lancsalot

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[edit] Greetings

Greetings! I saw the debate on Talk:Historic counties of England. Pretty conclusive stuff, but still being dismissed by the vocal disbelievers. Of course "a policy exists..." so facts must not be allowed to get in the way! Pretty sad really, but to quote another oft-used phrase "consensus can change", as we've seen with the Royal Mail and their utter climb-down over Rutland. Owain (talk) 20:43, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Indeed. User:Jza84 went into full-on denial mode and User:MRSC is bizarrely still pretending that "ancient or geographical counties" were invented by ABC! The census reports could not be clearer that the "counties proper" were unaffected by the creation of modern local government. Do you think we should take this to arbitration? Lancsalot (talk) 11:14, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome back

I notice you have returned to editing after a long break. Almost all of the edits you have made so far appear to have caused some level of conflict, as did your contributions before your departure. Please remember we are a project to write an encyclopedia and have a number of principles under which we operate. Our talk pages are for us to discuss article improvement, not to antagonise other editors or to put forward original research. To refresh your memory, here below is the welcome message given to all new editors:

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Please take the time to read our principles thoroughly, so you will able to contribute more constructively to our project. MRSC • Talk 01:08, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Civility

For the avoidance of doubt, your edit here is what is precluded by our principle of WP:Civility. MRSC • Talk 01:12, 13 January 2008 (UTC)