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Teylers Challenge edit

Thank you very much for participating in the Teylers Challenge! I'm pleased to announce you have been awarded the second prize. There will be a(short) awards ceremony at Teyler Museum on Saturday June 16th- I assume you will not be able to attend? We can send your prize by mail -please let me know an address via challenge[at]teylersmuseum.nl. Best wishes, Gjjanse (talk) 10:32, 7 June 2012 (UTC) |}Reply

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Dues referències en un article de 2 línies. Podem eliminar l'avis? Salut! --Jey86 (talk) 18:27, 24 June 2012 (UTC)Reply

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Credo Reference Update & Survey (your opinion requested) edit

Credo Reference, who generously donated 400 free Credo 250 research accounts to Wikipedia editors over the past two years, has offered to expand the program to include 100 additional reference resources. Credo wants Wikipedia editors to select which resources they want most. So, we put together a quick survey to do that:

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Gibraltarpedia edit

Hola David. I've noticed you added yourself to the contributors section on the Gibraltarpedia project page and was wondering how you plan to contribute? Look forward to working with you. --Gibmetal 77talk 2 me 21:44, 15 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

That's great. Please remember to report back any translations at the project's New Articles page. Moltes gràcies! --Gibmetal 77talk 2 me 22:04, 15 July 2012 (UTC)Reply
Catalan Bay already exists in Català but it's short. You could add to it by translating sections from the English version. You could work on Capture of Gibraltar next. The Anglo-Dutch forces were supported by a number of Catalan volunteers so I think this would make a good start for you :). Thanks, --Gibmetal 77talk 2 me 14:47, 16 July 2012 (UTC)Reply
Actually, I've just noticed that Capture of Gibraltar has a Catalan translation, but it needs work... --Gibmetal 77talk 2 me 14:51, 16 July 2012 (UTC)Reply
David, I'm trying to get funding to meet you next Sunday ... I presume you are going? Victuallers (talk) 17:37, 19 August 2012 (UTC)Reply

2012 Catalan independence demonstration edit

You seem very interested in the article. Currently there is consensus to post it on the main page, however the only thing holding it from getting posted is the lack of references. So if you and the rest of editors can fix that, then it will be posted in no time. Mohamed CJ (talk) 05:06, 13 September 2012 (UTC)Reply

I suggest you try providing references for the quotes and unreferenced sections Spencer mentioned on the ITN nomination page. Once that is done, bring it to User:Spencer's attention and the item will likely be posted. μηδείς (talk) 18:25, 14 September 2012 (UTC)Reply
Well done on the references. I note some red links have found their way back into the article. Maybe you should delink them or otherwise fix them before someone complains again. μηδείς (talk) 19:41, 14 September 2012 (UTC)Reply

Gibraltar-related deletion discussions edit

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Gibraltarpedia deletion proposal edit

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Notification of discussion edit

As a member of the Gibraltarpedia project, you may be aware that there was a discussion a few months ago on Wikipedia talk:Did you know about Gibraltar-related DYKs on the Main Page. I am proposing that the temporary restrictions on such DYKs, which were imposed in September 2012, should be lifted and have set out a case for doing so at Wikipedia talk:Did you know/Gibraltar-related DYKs. If you have a view on this, please comment at that page. Prioryman (talk) 22:18, 13 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

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I have created Template:Catalonia topics, like Template:France topics or Template:Scotland topics. I think you could help me in this request, where I have asked to be added to templates of Europe. In addition, maybe you could help creating the missing articles in the template of Catalan topics, such as Art in Catalonia or Architecture in Catalonia. Salutacions.--Clairó (talk) 12:47, 14 January 2014 (UTC)Reply

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MEP addresses edit

You should be able to find MEP postal addresses on their official European Parliament webpage

-- eg for London's Mary Honeyball this page.

The postal address is at the bottom right of the page. I think they are all the same apart from the number of the MEP's office, eg "13G258" for Honeyball; but I suppose it's possible that some may be in a different building.

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Opinion polling for the Catalonian parliamentary election, 2015 edit

Hola Davidpar,

Bueno, lo primero gracias por los cumplidos. Sobre el tema de JM&A, la verdad es que es un problema que me he planteado varias veces y que ha resultado que en el pasado quitase y añadiese sus entradas por diversas circunstancias y ante la inseguridad que me suscitaba. Sin embargo al final he decidido tenerlas en consideración en base a que: - Tienen cierta relevancia en algunos medios de comunicación. - El propio diario Público (y El Mundo también, en las pasadas municipales y autonómicas) las presenta como si fuesen un tracking electoral (independientemente de que sea una encuesta o un estudio en base a encuestas, sí parecen tener una base estadística). - Las crea un analista electoral, con cierta presencia en diversos medios. - Las propias páginas de encuestas Electomanía.es y Electograph.com se han hecho eco de las mismas en el pasado y presente.

Por tanto, en base a esto y a que puede tener su interés el tener estos estudios en consideración, y también en base a que la Ley electoral española es muy tibia y poco explícita en lo relativo a encuestas (al fin y al cabo se incluyen encuestas como las de NC-Report, empresa acusada de ni siquiera existir, o Metroscopia, que cambia con frecuencia su metodología en virtud de los acontecimientos para beneficiar a unos u otros) al final he visto que lo más conveniente es añadirlas, por el interés que pueden suscitar y por la repercusión real que tienen en los propios medios. Impru20 (talk) 11:19, 22 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

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