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[edit] WikiProject Piers

Hello, Paul E Ester I noticed your interest in piers by your contributions to the Pacifica Pier article. You are cordially invited to join WikiProject Piers, which is an attempt to better organize and unify articles relating to piers. If you would like to participate you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.--Paul E. Ester 06:45, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dar al-Hayat

I'm not sure what the problem is that you have with that reference in The Religious Policeman. It's from a newspaper (Al-Hayat), it's by a journalist, not a blogger (and journalists can be bloggers too) and it's an opinion piece - this doesn't make it a letter to the editor, it makes it an opinion column. Letters to the editor are generally clearly marked as such. An opinion piece is editorial material, only opinion pieces carry a byline and editorials don't (as well as generally being written by staff writers). Newspapers are clearly outside the blogosphere. PS - to avoid anyone falling foul of WP:3RR, I'd appreciate it if you'd discuss this on the talk page rather than discussing it via edit summaries on the main page. --Mike 08:04, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your response - and my apologies if the above seemed a little grumpy, I'd only just woken up when I posted it.. --Mike 15:38, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:198.31.189.120

Thanks for the notificaiton. I don't understand why this guy is doing what he's doing, but he shouldn't be doing it. Cheers, -Will Beback 20:39, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spam

Looks like you got most of them. I left another warning on the user's page. Cheers, -Will Beback 19:52, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:youtube

What I ment was that when you click on the link it'll sometimes say:

"This video may contain content that is inappropriate for some users, as flagged by YouTube's user community.

To view this video, please verify you are 18 or older by logging in or signing up."

Even though you can create an account/log in, it would be more convienent to users to show it from a freely accessible source. --Ted87 17:59, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Use of {{stub}} is no longer recommended

Hello,

Thank you for your stub submission. You may wish to note that it is preferable to use a stub template from Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types instead of using simply {{stub}}, if you can.

Thanks! -- Where 22:25, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Link to Yahoo Groups in Bridge article

Need I remind you that anyone can join a Yahoo Group via. email without becoming a Yahoo! member MakeChooChooGoNow 02:57, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Llandudno Pier

Hello Paul,

Thanks for your message and invitation. My interest is in Llandudno and more widely North Wales and all pertaining to rather than to piers in general. I also have a more general interest in railways, transport, industrial archeaology etc. I will help where I can, regards, NoelWalley 07:17, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Eagle Street Pier

Strictly speaking, this is not a pier - it merely has that name. It is only a very small jetty and is more properly a boardwalk along the river. I am not sure it really fits into your project. SM247^{My Talk} 01:47, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Concerning the addition of forum links to Wiki articles

I would like to direct your attention to the following articles Radio-controlled_helicopter, Rc_airplanes, Hunting, Transformers (toyline), Kite flying, Yo-yo, Lego as examples of persons linking discussion forums to Wikipedia articles. Should these not be removed also? MakeChooChooGoNow 01:32, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Snails

Paul, sorry about thinking the stuff copied from government pub was "plagiarism", and for not checking the talk page that would have clued me in. I'm still learning, and will be more careful about such things now. By the way, I was editing links to the new disambig cochlear, which is how I found it. Can you think of a more appropriate way to link that one? Dicklyon 15:57, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Piers

Hi Paul, and thanks for the invitation to the Piers Project :)

Coincidentally I had just left a message on the project's discussion page! I don't have much "piers knowledge" in general, but I have gleaned a fair bit about Brighton's piers over the years, and contributed the original Chain Pier text (when it was within the old Brighton article). I'd be delighted to help with any development of those I do know about and have reference material on.

In particular, I'd love it if we could come up with a form of words which keeps everyone happy regarding the Palace Pier. Actually, I think we may be just about there as it is. – Kieran T ^{(talk | contribs)} 17:30, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tony Blair page

Awfully sorry about that. I was in the process of reverting vandalism and I'm not quite sure what happened. Cheers for reverting it. --Davril2020 03:14, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Noads4

Prod is only for articles, not for templates. If this one is actually used for vandalism, it could be deleted under WP:CSD G3, and templates are generally deleted via WP:TFD. If you can point me where this template has been used for vandalism, I would be happy to speedy delete it (Liberatore, 2006). 17:50, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

I noticed the vandalism on Jimbo's page, but didn't realize that Template:Bad existed at the time and that its text was copied into the first version of Template:Noads4. Since this user has not vandalized other pages so far, and this specific template has not been actually used for vandalism, I guess we may try a compromise solution, and I have redirected this template to an anti-ads userbox. (Liberatore, 2006). 22:38, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] FDNY Images

Hello. As a non-New Yorker, I'd really struggle with this article, for several reasons. Now that you've added some odd images that are not visible and fill the page. Then below you add more images that are scattered around the page randomly, and that means several page scrolls to find out basic information about the FDNY - and even some of that, as edited by other users isn't great. Look at the discussion pages on the article itself - this page really needs tidying up. Best wishes Escaper7 11:14, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] I need some help

Is there anything you could do to help me edit the links section on article PBS idents? It'll be nice of you to help me out. --KRW 14:01, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Daddy Longlegs

Hi Paul, thanks for the reminders of this Victorian marvel! I do remember an item on the local TV News a couple of years ago - perhaps when they discovered the remaining sleepers? Like you said, it's difficult to know whether it counts as a railway or a pier, so maytbe I'll do an article, and list it under both! I believe there asome references in one of my books - if only I can find it!

Regards, Lynbarn 19:28, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks...

...for the warm welcome. While I question some of the information I read on dozens of different articles, I still enjoy learning about a variety of different subjects.

Thanks, KevinJ 12:57, 8 August 2006 (UTC)KevinJ

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the warm welcome, Paul. I've been a lurker for some time, but decided to register a few months ago to improve one specific article. Trying to edit here in good faith can certainly be frustrating at times, but I appreciate individuals like yourself that give Wikipedia a positive sense of community. If I have any questions on ettiquite or procedure, I will certainly take you up on your offer of help that you left on my talk page. Thanks again for the warm welcome. FLeeLevin 17:05, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Three revert rule warning

Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia under the three-revert rule, which states that nobody may revert a single page more than three times in 24 hours. (Note: this also means editing the page to reinsert an old edit. If the effect of your actions is to revert back, it qualifies as a revert.) Thank you. additionally, do not express entitlement to three reverts as you did here. (→Netscott) 21:01, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Please know that I'm very familiar with WP:BLP. I've edited rather extensively on the {{blp}} template that goes with that policy as well as the {{WPBiography}} template. (→Netscott) 21:23, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Greetings, please be aware of this 3RR report concerning yourself. Thanks. (→Netscott) 22:07, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citing Blogs

Just to be clear with you, the citation of personal blogs is indeed wrong (search the word "blog" on WP:RS) but blogs from established news sources (as we're discussing) carry significantly more weight. This is why I have reverted your wholesale removals. Thanks. (→Netscott) 21:08, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Did you not understand what I just wrote you here above? Why did you make this edit and write in the edit summary, "-rm unsourced material"... you actually were removing the sources. (→Netscott) 21:19, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Poorly sourced is unsourced, sorry you can't find a reputable news source to write a news article about this speculation. Find something that is not an opinion piece, like real news and I'll be glad to include it.--Paul E. Ester 21:49, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 3RR and Steve Jobs

Paul, please reply at Talk:Steve Jobs. Thanks. —Banzai! (talk) @ 21:52, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 3RR warning

If an individual is at 3 reverts then you make that warning. I've only got two. If you want your warning to stick make a report on WP:ANI about it. (→Netscott) 22:50, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blocked for 4 hours

You have been temporarily blocked for violation of the three-revert rule. Please feel free to return after the block expires, but also please make an effort to discuss your changes further in the future.

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[edit] Blurry map

I've replaced the Haditha map with a clearer version. Let me know what you think. -- ChrisO 15:00, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Looks better than the original. Thanks, --Paul E. Ester 16:51, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:David Passaro.jpg

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