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[edit] Thanks

Hi Matt. Thank you for your kind comments on my Talk page. I was quite moved by what you said and yes, the SMS thing is rather nice, in that this tiny fragment still exists in what is now a large and quite nice article. That that particular wording survives is both nice and a little surprising: one of the (many) reasons I gave up editing Wikipedia is that I get very depressed when people trash things because they do not like the merest hint of levity, finding it unencyclopaedic. The Levity Police appear not yet to have found that one, along with a few others which for obvious reasons I will not name here. The best one is not by me and I still occasionally go and look fondly at it: a perfect expression of a concept, perfectly encyclopaedic, straight to the point, witty, and patently doomed because someone will think it is too funny or nice or something to be allowed to continue.

Apart from that, I'm most grateful for your kind thoughts but I must say it is unlikely that I will ever be back, for a range of reasons, most of them not in any way critical of Wikipedia. I really, really, like Wikipedia and I do mean it most seriously when I wish it all success - but I have realized that it's not, in the nicest possible way, for me. Thanks again, and all the best, Nevilley 10:21, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Talk pages

Hi. Please use the talk pages for articles and images to discuss them or to ask questions, rather than using the article or image page itself. Thanks. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 18:35, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Alawrence.jpg listed for deletion

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[edit] Image:Alawrence.jpg

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[edit] November 2007

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