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Thanks but ...

Thank you for thinking of sending me a welcome message but I'm actually less new than I look. I first edited this encyclopaedia in September 2002 and have been trying to give it up ever since. :) DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 09:37, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

RVW 9

Well, as someone who was at the 1st performance of RVW's 9th symphony - and was there again in the Royal Festival Hall last summer to hear it performed as part of the composer's 50th anniversary - I am delighted to see anyone helping to get this great and inspiring work taken seriously. (Imho no other country would treat one of its - and arguably one of the 20th century's - greatest composers in such a cavalier way). So please accept a welcome message from me :) John Hamilton (talk) 11:47, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Replied at other editor's talk page but was too lazy/disorganized at the time to note this fact ... DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 18:19, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

David Mason

Well done on improvements to the David Mason article. It's looking good. Now that it has passed an AfD it should prevent fools like me from attempting to turn it into a redirect! Good wishes. SilkTork *^YES! 08:36, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Replied at other editor's Talk page. DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 07:47, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Middlesbrough

Hi DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered

Thank you for pointing that out for me and for checking the wikified places on the rescue list box. I have tried to make sure the list link to the correct places but it is so easy to miss the odd one and find that the place name you want to link to is the wrong location. One anomaly that I do find rather frustrating on wikipedia is that often when you link a town in the UK, our American cousins seem to place there town or city ahead of the UK one. I.E. If you wikify Boston it links to Boston in the USA and if you want a link to Boston in the UK you have to link via Boston, Lincolnshire. Personally I think the original should just have the word Boston as its title and all others to which are named after them should be prefixed I.E. Boston, Massachusetts as a homage to its origins, but perhaps I’m being old fashioned.  stavros1  ♣  13:41, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Replied at other editor's Talk page. DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 07:47, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Middlesbrough

Hi DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered

Sorry! I did it again didn’t I  stavros1  ♣  17:07, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Hehe! Replied at your talk page. :) DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 18:03, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Cromer Lifeboats

I see you created the various articles on lifeboats stationed at Cromer. There is a discussion here in which it is suggested that they are not notable enough individually to warrant individual articles. It has also been suggested that they be merged into one article. Your thoughts and input into the discussion would be appreciated. Mjroots (talk) 08:23, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Replied at other editor's Talk page. The message was intended for User:stavros1. Forwarded it there. DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 07:47, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Oops, don't know how I managed that! Sorry. Mjroots (talk) 16:38, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Replied at other editor's Talk page. DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 07:47, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Re: Christmas Cake

Hi there. The picture's all my work, but unfortunately I'm not much of a cook/cake dresser - someone else made it and gifted it to my family for Christmas. Much as I'd love to say I can dress a cake like that :P SMC (talk) 13:27, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

replied at t'other end DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 15:00, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Re:Advice please (now sorted)

Sorry I didn't check my talk page sooner. Usually COI's are fairly straightforward; if you see a user say that they are a friend, coworker, significant other, or are the person, and are editing in an extremely biassed fashion, whacking a COI warning template on their talk page usually won't hurt. That's what the other editor appears to have done in this case. Anyway, let me know if you need any more advice - I'll do my best to get there in time next time around. SMC (talk) 14:31, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

replied at t'other end DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 18:18, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Well, unfortunately the COI warn template is a single-level template. As a result there's no "stage one" as there is for vandalism (ie. assuming good faith "vandalism" in the form of test edits). To avoid overwhelming the user with a full-length welcome and COI (they're unlikely to read both) you could use a shortened version of the welcome note - {{subst:w-short}}. There appears to be welcome templates for NPOV and spam editors, but nothing for COI's. SMC (talk) 01:48, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

replied at Another Place DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 19:08, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Barts - note to self

• http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/310/6972/133

• http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1993/may/11/st-bartholomews-hospital

• http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2006/mar/08/health.politics

• http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo020417/halltext/20417h05.htm

• http://www.envplan.com/epd/fulltext/d19/d35j.pdf

• http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article739103.ece

DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 09:06, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

England Leeds Mission

Darned if I know! There was a suggestion somewhere to do this - merge the Leeds page into the Leeds Mission one. Maybe someone used an admin tool to remove it, or perhaps the old version of the page contained it and got deleted. I've got a feeling there was a PROD on it that I can't find now. That would be where the suggestion would have been made. An embarrassing one, too. As it doesn't apply now, you can bin my comment. Peridon (talk) 17:54, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Replied at Peridon's talk page and as suggested removed the now-redundant issue at Talk:England Leeds Mission. DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 21:04, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Cromer

Hi DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered

I’m glad you enjoyed your visit and thank you for noticing my contributions.  stavros1  ♣  15:13, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Law & Order: UK

I appreciate this edit, as I'm not British and can't catch all of the spellings that should be one way or the other. Would you mind looking over the whole article and catching what you can? — pd_THOR ^{| =/\=} | 00:49, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Joke user?

Hi. I see you warned this user: User talk:Da best editor on 26th Feb. They don't seem to do anything constructive, but have amassed many warnings. I don't really see the point in their continuing to use Wikipedia as their personal joke project. Can you please tell me what is supposed to happen next, procedurally? Thanks and best wishes DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 12:45, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

It's OK thanks, I think I've got it. Warning 4 then take it to AIV if that does not work, right? Thanks, DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 14:19, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Exactly. Now a next vandalism would be addressed at WP:AIV and result in a block. How long is a question, but users like this usually can;t keep away from vandalism. I will keep an eye on this user. Let me know if I can help with anything else. Alansohn (talk) 14:25, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Replied over there DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 14:33, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Query

Hello DBK, Great user name! But (since I don't know British slang) could you please tell me "knackered" means? The OED gives various meanings involving (a) slaughter of decrepit animals and (b) castration, which led me to wonder... Thanks, Opus33 (talk) 23:20, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Replied at t'other end DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 00:50, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks very much -- very interesting! Opus33 (talk) 01:30, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

You're very welcome. DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 08:22, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

RE: Mozart whats-it

Quite, I'll bear that in mind when *hem* "correcting" spelling in future, guess that wasn't very "skilful" of me, *dies laughing*, cheers Spitfire^Tally-ho! 12:46, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Replied at Tally-ho! Corner. Er, as it were. :) DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 13:07, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Middlesborough

Thanks :p —Preceding unsigned comment added by Birminghambears (talk • contribs) 21:21, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Hello

I was just popping by to say nothing more than "I like your username"; but then I noticed you've been here since September 2002. I arrived in November of that year. Nice to see another old-timer. Cheers, — Hex (❝?!❞) 22:28, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Replied over there. DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 22:51, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Polystuff

I'm not quite familiar enough with Polycap vs Polypill to make any real contributions to that discussion, but I agree that there seems to be a real COI which you have directed to the right forum. Hope you're well; have we edited before? JFW | T@lk 21:10, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Replied at JD's talk page. DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 21:24, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

It's possible to quit

People have quit. For example, User:Abigail-II. But on the other hand, there is almost a responsibility one feels to continue when one sees so many people blindly believing what they're reading in Wikipedia. Willi Gers07 (talk) 17:52, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

replied over there. DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 20:45, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

If you ever succeed in quitting, I hope it's on your own terms. Willi Gers07 (talk) 16:27, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Replied at other editor's talk page.

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Remo Buess

No problems. And your username depresses the hell out of me :) Euryalus (talk) 22:45, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Replied there thanks. DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 07:18, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

King's Manor School

Hi, I wonder if you would be able to have a look at King's Manor School. I think the article must have been written by youngish pupils? I have just about pulled it back from the brink, but don't know enough about the area to do much more. As you contribute widely (and wisely!!) about subjects in the Middlesbrough area I thought you might be able to help. Thanks.--Harkey (talk) 08:14, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Replied at User talk:Harkey Lodger thanks. DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 14:34, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Sorry I took so long to acknowledge your message, I have been away from my computer. I use a mobile phone to look at pages when I am away (is this addiction, or what?), but it's useless for editing. You and Richard have done a grand job on the article. Obviously whoever created the article was serious but inexperienced. Thanks.--Harkey (talk) 15:37, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Replied there thanks.DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 23:39, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Appreciate it

Thanks for showing approval of my work, which it deserves. The stalker likely would have just reverted the entire article back to it's original state merely because I mentioned the Bible or used a blog as a reference, or deleted the section about the Bible, and called me reported me as possible sock puppet over it.Yahwehisgod (talk) 16:06, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Replied at User talk:Yahwehisgod thanks. DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 16:09, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

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Woodleigh School

If you look at the history of the poster who originally posted the offending material IP 212 etc, you will see that user has a history of vandalism and IP bans. I am asking that the local NYORKS editors do not simply revert in a trigger happy way and compound the problem. If you examine the talk pages of the local editors I do not think this is an unwarranted assumption. Regarding the complaint, a complaint has been filed with an editor directly, I find this more productive than listing it on a public page and feeding the trolls. 90.242.178.116 (talk) 11:16, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Replied at other user's talk page DBaK (talk) 07:27, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Welcome back!

Whoever you are. :) A hopefully helpful answer to your question is on my talk page. --mav (talk) 21:29, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! Replied at Mav's talk page. DBaK (talk) 22:36, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

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Re: Tori Keeble

Pretty much; if the article's a hoax or blatantly non-notable, no reason to bother waiting a couple more days when it can be deleted on sight. Some admins might disagree, but i don't see a problem with it. Wizardman 04:11, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Replied there thanks DBaK (talk) 08:09, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Full names

I've replied at 192.28.0.21 (talk) 00:35, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Me too, thanks! :) DBaK (talk) 17:59, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

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Refs go after the punctuation! (note to self)

Refs go after the punctuation! Didn't know, that, did you?!? DBaK (talk) 08:02, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

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Harrisburg city template

The Harrisburg city was template was created on the 25th and was initally very cluttered and included articles like Strawberry Square[1]. I had decided to revamp it to make it more like other city navigation templates (like {{Erie, PA}} or {{Allentown, PA}}). Afterwards the template was still on a bunch of pages in which the page wasn't linked in the navigation template (haven't got clue to where this came up, but some other people don't think pages should have a navigation template if the page is not in it).

Now if you feel that Strawberry Square is an important enough topic for the City of Harrisburg, by all means, add it back to the template and add the template back to the article. I just chose what I thought (as an out-of-towner) was the most important topics to Harrisburg. --​​​​D.B.^{talk•contribs} 17:43, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

replied there thanks DBaK (talk) 19:27, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

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Talkback

Hello, DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered. You have new messages at SimonTrew's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Yeah, just make the Allingham edit. It is GA so go careful, I will sub it if you want, but I am sure you are so convinced and good faith that you know your facts, change it. Allingham would expect nothing less. SimonTrew (talk) 16:55, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Furble

I wish to object in the strongest possible terms to your misuse of the colour Furble which as any fule kno is a light brown, with hints of green, unless used by the Royal Marines in which case the brown is a touch darker. With thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 12:46, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

PS seriously, it's a very good edit, and I do hope that a consensus can peacefully be reached. I'm very much in favour of not trying to summarize things too much in a couple of words when they've clearly taken a lot longer than that for historians to understand! Cheers.

Thank you for the amusing message. I had a brief sense of panic when I saw the edit summary and I realized I did not actually research whether furble was a real word! (There are actually two ACW articles in which I was unsuccessful in turning back the decisive adjective, so I had to use a footnote for each to explain what the word actually meant in the context of that battle. Messy. I really do not want that to happen to Gettysburg.) Hal Jespersen (talk) 15:19, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Re: The Williams School

After wandering back to March of '08 I found the "good" version and restored it, then semi-protected it for six months. Many thinks for catching that. Keegan (talk) 20:57, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

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You caught this just as i delivered this. Here you go.

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Thank you for the compliments.Fsmatovu (talk) 22:28, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

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History of Frankfurt am Main

Reverted back. The Meir ben Samuel of Nordhausen being cited there flourished in 1385. But the (better known) one we have an article for died 250 years earlier, and lived in Ramerupt. Jheald (talk) 07:43, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

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October Metro - better late than never

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middlesbro

given the standards of literacy at the time they just might. Sandpiper (talk)

it was just that your edit comment seemed a bit of a hostage to fortune bringing into debate what they really did at the time. Sandpiper (talk)

Oh, and if its the only spelling i got wrong, I'm amazed. Sandpiper (talk)

To be precise, when I got to typing in the word I remember being unsure how it should be so went to the source to check it. Which is not to say i got it right because like as not it was at midnight and I remember being annoyed at having to try to find exactly where it was again. Maybe I just guessed. Dont have it right now. I am more exercised by the chief engineeer, who depending on who you believe was either Percey or percy (as a surname). ~~

replied at the other end. DBaK (talk) 17:26, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK for SS Empire Bay

Kudos to you, sir, for your DYK on SS Empire Bay. Excellent work! — Kralizec! (talk) 12:59, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

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User:205.127.242.251

Thanks for reporting -- Samir 07:39, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Replied there, thanks DBaK (talk) 07:42, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Northumberland

Hi there again. I love Northumberland, too. I've stayed all over the county from Berwick downwards (or should that be southwards). For me it really does "tick all the boxes".

• archaeology
• photogenic
• heritage
• geology
• scenery
• nature
• deserted beaches
• unique local foods and drinks
• super walks on hills, beaches and coast paths
• lovely people
• not crowded

Once I get over the Blaydon bridge I am entranced. This time I shall be around Wooler and walking in the Cheviots, but I always take a trip to see how the "dig" at Vindolanda is progressing. The Kielder forest drive is also a must! (I really did see a golden eagle there, honest.) I could go on and on and on .....

Thanks for the good wishes--Harkey (talk) 09:53, 23 October 2009 (UTC) P.S. Sh... Don't tell them all, they'll all want to come!!

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How's your bugle guilt? Mjroots (talk) 18:06, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Replied (guiltily) (elsewhere). DBaK (talk) 23:24, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

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Another issue to be addressed is, please could people indicate in the next month at the feedback page or on my talk page whether they still want to recieve issues of the metro. A lot of newsletters seem to be going to redundant pages. Simply south (talk) 20:11, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

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just ran across your username...

I understand and sympathize, me too. Hope some good comes around once in a while. --Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 14:03, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Replied at the other end. DBaK (talk) 07:55, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for Your Help

Hi DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered, thanks for your advice and help. Best Regards... Stevenmitchell (talk) 23:39, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Replied at the other end. DBaK (talk) 07:55, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Smart arse :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Newcastle_Roller_Girls&curid=26721764&diff=352695684&oldid=352578161

Only kidding! Thanks for fixing it – although Google seems to think that Middlesbrough FC is spelt with the extra "o": [2]. I'm usually pretty good with speeling. Cheers, matt (talk) 11:31, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Replied at t'other end :) DBaK (talk) 14:41, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

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reveille

Hi. I am the guy who's edits to reveille you deleted. I have to point out a lie you added to your message: you said the page reveille makes it clear that the commonwealth "The Rouse" is not a version of reveille, while the first time I read it I was led to the conclusion that it is, and so were many other poeple. Thank you, Drlf (talk) 23:30, 1 April 2010 (UTC).

Hi and thanks very much for the message.

• Please see the note on your Talk page concerning the word "lie", and the Wikipedia policies WP:AGF and WP:CIVIL.

• I am not sure in what way the wording, "The Rouse, a bugle call commonly mistaken for "Reveille", although these are actually two different tunes." is unclear. The article does seem perfectly clear to me. Misreading an article is not the same as being drawn to a false conclusion by its bad structure or content.

• There's no evidence of the "many other people" who were "misled" by this. You are the first to raise this concern.

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Middlesbrough Estate or Estates, and spelling

Hi, could you please have a quick look at Talk:Saltburn Pier and let me down gently if I'm being an idiot? :) Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 15:33, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Good question, and a nice solve I hope! Not being a native of said area (been a couple of times, nice views and architecture), I came at this from developing the article on George Croydon Marks, and noticed the two rather large gaps we had; so hence the investigation/creation. This pdf from Redcar & Cleveland councils archive confirms it as "the owners of Middlesbrough estate" (page 39, section 4.15). It also highlights how awful our current Saltburn article is, and what a great source of detail this conservation area plan would be. I looked around Wikipedia and Google for sources for Middlesborough estate over the weekend, but could find much - a books job I guess, unless you know better? Hope this helps, happy to discuss further. Rgds, --Trident13 (talk) 16:35, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

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Vuvuzela

You can come back now . The article is nice and clean.  Davtra  ^(talk) 02:44, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Replied at t'other end. DBaK (talk) 22:56, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Olekiombo or Olkiombo

Hi. You are right, these are alternate spellings of the same place. I'm quite confident that "Olkiombo" is the official spelling. It is not uncommon to see Kenyan place names being spelt in several different ways. They are often named in tribal languages which have little history in terms of literature (in this case Masai language) Julius Sahara (talk) 18:49, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Replied out there in the infinite rolling grasslands, thanks. DBaK (talk) 18:55, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Sig oddness

Please see my reply in Wikipedia talk:Friendly#Extra sig oddity  Chzz  ►  16:20, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Dito. Amalthea 17:24, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

BDAK, looks like the problem was fixed less than one minute after we tried here (after we cleared your cache), by Amalthea, with this change to the script.

Thanks muchly, Amalthea - I was looking at same time.

DBaK, As you'd left the live chat, I couldn't confirm - but I suspect it'll now be OK. Please drop me a quick note on user talk:Chzz to let me know. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  17:27, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Replying there and there thanks, DBaK (talk) 17:29, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

I shouldn't have called it a fix, actually, it's really just a hack. Darned non-standard welcome templates, the whole script needs a rewrite to better cope with that. Cheers, and thanks, Amalthea 17:35, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Please rest assured that it is a thing of great joy and beauty to me, whatever you call it! :) Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 17:37, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Trumpets

Re. "Do you get a LOT of people wanting to discuss the history and music of the baroque trumpet "

Well...not quite. However, recently, I did help write Tambouras. Not quite related, but...it does go to show why having a broad base of knowledge in the help channel is a good thing. And that's not to mention the fun we had with these things. But after a certain football game yesterday, I'm definitely not mentioning those :-)

Was nice to 'meet' you; see you around.  Chzz  ►  18:48, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Heh! Thanks, good to meet you too. Tambouras looks very interesting. As for vuvuzelas - I was heavily involved with our article for a while but realized I needed a sanity break, and am now trying very quite hard to stay away from it! Cheers, DBaK (talk) 22:02, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Name

@DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered: I make it:

D for Daily B for Breakfast A for All K for Kontributors

--The Nut (talk) 07:52, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you - yeah, sounds about right. :) DBaK (talk) 08:16, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Hopefully this cheers you up,

Haste ye back, we loue you dearly,

Call again you're welcome here.

May your days be free from sorrow,

And your friends be ever near.

May the paths o'er which you wander,

Be to you a joy each day.

Haste ye back we loue you dearly,

Haste ye back on friendship's way

from the Hogmanay page d(^_^)b --The Nut (talk) 14:07, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

that's absolutely brilliant, thank you very much! :) DBaK (talk) 13:53, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

You are most welcome --The Nut (talk) 13:59, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

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Academic interest ...

Re: the edit comment related to this edit.
Sung to which tune? It is vaguely familiar, but I can't pin it down. Pdfpdf (talk) 13:23, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Ha! Excellent question. It's this - key, exact tune etc all a bit arbitrary but the best I can manage right now.

File:Coldfrosty.png

Each line has "this is the way we" [do something, e.g. brush our hair, go to school etc] at the start, repeats the done thing twice more and ends "on a cold and frosty morning" or something similar.

Example:

• This is the way we go to school

• go to school

• go to school

• This is the way we go to school

• On a cold and frosty morning.

Thanks for asking, Cheers, DBaK (talk) 13:40, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Ah ha!! I knew it sounded familiar!!! Thank you for putting an end to my suffering. Pdfpdf (talk) 13:49, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

absolutely my pleasure. Have an excellent Wednesday. Cheers, DBaK (talk) 13:51, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

I did. In forty minutes it will be Thursday (here). Pdfpdf (talk) 13:55, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

I wrote a nice reply, but it got lost. Hopefully this reply captures some of that spirit:

Ah right, you're there, I see! Well have a good Thursday too. On Saturday I shall be joining you, or rather them. What fun eh?

a) Well not quite - I'm 1,000km from there.

b) I'm envious - I have little doubt that you indeed WILL have a lot of fun.

Now you've seen the tune, is it OK if I put it up for deletion?

Yep.

Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 14:55, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

5Y-BBN

Sorry, I don't have any more info than what is given. Likely sources would be aviation magazines around the time of the accident, with any South African published magazine being the most likely to bear fruit. Mjroots (talk) 18:11, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the message, and no worries ... I might have a look around ... or not! :) Cheers DBaK (talk) 20:30, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

File:Coldfrosty.png listed for deletion and quite right too if you ask me

A file that I uploaded or altered, File:Coldfrosty.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion by some selfrighteous b*st*rd. The shame, oh the wretched shame of it! Please see the discussion to see why this is (I may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if I am interested in it not being deleted, which I happen to know that I am not. Thank me. DBaK (talk) 15:39, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

You bloody rouge deletionist swine! I am going to kill you for this! DBaK (talk) 15:42, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Yeah you and whose army sonny? DBaK (talk) 15:43, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Etc etc continue till universe explodes DBaK (talk) 15:43, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Well look sunshine, I TOTALLY disagree with you on this. <insert agressive irrational illogical diatribe here> It's just not good enough!! Here we have this helpful editor (DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered though he may be) trying to explain himself to answer an entirely reasonable question from a clueless editor, and you want to start an edit war! I'm afraid I just have to agree with the sentiments expressed above. Pdfpdf (talk) 15:59, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Please don't stand up for him like that, he's a b*st*rd. It even says so ^ up there! DBaK (talk) 16:19, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Hmmm. Conundrum. You are, of course, quite correct. On-the-other-hand ...

Hmmm. Conundrum. But ...

Hmmm. Conundrum. I guess I will just have to accept your superior knowledge of the subject matter.

Hmmm. ...

I know! I'll blame Malcolm Fraser!! He's the one who said "Life wasn't meant to be easy." Well, I thought it was before he said that - NOW look at the situation!! IT'S ALL HIS FAULT !!!! Pdfpdf (talk) 16:36, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

(P.S. We won't mention the trousers. Pdfpdf (talk) 16:39, 30 June 2010 (UTC))

And quite right too. They'll probably mention themselves, sooner or later. DBaK (talk) 20:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Only if they re-appear.

In the meantime ... In the meantime - errrrr ... In the meantime, I think I'll just accept your superior knowledge of the subject matter. Pdfpdf (talk) 11:24, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. There is no evidence that the trousers intend to oppose the deletion of the image so I think we'll be OK. :) DBaK (talk) 11:53, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

That sounds like a good plan.

However, please don't hesitate to notify me if they re-appear and start to make a nuisance of themselves. Pdfpdf (talk) 12:43, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

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Simply south (talk) 19:19, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

RE: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Action_Bullet

No problem. I am glad to be of service here. Backtable _{Speak to me}^{concerning my deeds.} 17:46, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

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A "walled garden" is where there is an article which at first glance looks like a lot of blue links and references, but when you start examining the links and the references, they are all only referring to other articles/content produced by others within that "walled garden" - with no actual recognition from third parties or to the world at large. A self created "notability" that doesnt actually exist. Active Banana (talk) 13:48, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2010 Attlee Spelling Campaign

You appreciate that's a userspace draft, right? :P. Ironholds (talk) 13:49, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Basically (in line with one of your ideas) I tend to go through articles when I finish them with a fine-toothed comb and the Firefox spellchecker. Ironholds (talk) 14:34, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Timezone adjusted? I'm a londoner :P. No, I just meant I'll get round to it before I publish it. Ironholds (talk) 18:50, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

2010 Attlee Spelling Campaign. Motto - "It's not major, but it's The Major"

Gosh, sorry, didn't mean to start an avalanche, but thanks - that's another distraction (however minor) gone. Cheers DBaK (talk) 15:21, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

No thank you! Made me push a long term development on a personal stub page into production. See British post-war temporary prefab houses. Look after yourself! Best Regards, --Trident13 (talk) 15:23, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Replied t'other end thanks. DBaK (talk) 15:37, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

I have mentioned your name in regards to an incident under discussion at ANI

It does not involve you directly, but I have mentioned a warning that you placed. see: Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#User:Active_Banana Active Banana (talk) 22:45, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

and now I have struck your involvement. I got confused by an IP posting in the middle of a discussion with another IP. Just ignore this! Active Banana (talk) 23:06, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Duly ignored, thank you DBaK (talk) 10:08, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

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Undershaw

I just wanted to post a quick thank you for your contributions to the developing Undershaw project. It is a topic that really concerns me as you will see on my website at 'bfronline.biz'. Thanks again for your interest. Prspiring (talk) 12:16, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

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Servoss House

Thank you! I appreciate the compliment! Daniel Case (talk) 16:44, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

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Hello DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered, Viriditas has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Replied at t'other end, thanks DBaK (talk) 16:57, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

I wish you did more writing here, as I like your work. I had never heard the phrase "graveyard of creativity" before I visited your user page. :-) Viriditas (talk) 11:13, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

That's very kind of you, thanks. As for doing more writing ... well, in some ways I'd love to, but in others I'm maybe better off pottering around as I currently do. Doing too much, and ending up taking it too seriously, is something I have done in the past and that I am keen to avoid doing again now. But thanks, your comments are greatly appreciated. Best wishes, DBaK (talk) 07:52, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Heh. Could there be a middle way, such that you write more, but take it less seriously? :-) Viriditas (talk) 09:34, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Hah! dunno really, but one of the reasons I am D, B and K - well a minor contributory factor anyway - was what happened the last time I was even remotely unserious while trying to edit in this lovely project. I ended up feeling only slightly better than if I had been revealed to be an out-and-out puppy-torturer and barbecuer-of-kittens. So now I'm trying to steer for the middle ground (er mixed metaphor alert?) and be neither one thing nor the other. To be honest, just doing less is probably a good thing, much though I love it. I have, in truth, become quite disillusioned over the years... :) Cheers, DBaK (talk) 12:14, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

I know what you mean. And really, anyone who has been here for any length of time knows what you mean. You're not alone. Viriditas (talk) 04:05, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Indeed, and thanks very much. :) DBaK (talk) 11:47, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

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Hi there fellow Wikipedian! No offence was intended by removing that lovely picture of the Priory on the Guisborough article; it just seemed to be in the wrong section. I was going to move it to its current section, but I was on a lunch break and had to dash back to work. Nice to see another Wikipedian from 'God's Own County' anyway! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lemony123 (talk • contribs) 15:59, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

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I sometimes edit schools. If you would let me know which one is WP:BOOSTER, I will look at it. Student7 (talk) 14:42, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

I am a bit demoralized by the other editors insistence that idiomatic British be used over more formal English. I will neither be watching nor changing the article. I think it was "improved" by the removal of the WP:PEACOCK stuff, but if the other editors don't think so, they may restore it. Thanks for the opportunity. I monitor about 50 schools and universities. By no means the worst one for WP:PR, but probably the worst for insistence on informal local jargon/insider language. Student7 (talk) 22:25, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

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Whatever

Whatever. It's only an encyclopaedia. DBaK (talk) 06:51, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

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An collection of idiots

Thank you very much, splash of milk, no sugar. Ericoides 10:33, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Go ahead...

Fire away, shoot, etc. I'm not as active with categories as I used to be, but I'll see what I can do. Bencherlite^Talk 10:03, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Replied at t'other end. DBaK (talk) 10:25, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

OK let's have a look. Firstly, 21 is nowhere near the record - I don't know if Winston Churchill holds the record, but he has many more than 21!

As for whether a multiplicity of categories is a good thing or a bad thing, probably a good thing. It increases the chances that someone will find and read the article by browsing through the category structure (the system of categories being predicated upon the notion that this is one route for readers to find related articles).

As for whether the categories themselves are appropriate, one standard point is that categories ought to be supported by material in the article, per WP:CAT: "It should be clear from verifiable information in the article why it was placed in each of its categories." Looking therefore at the list of categories for Stefan Zweig:

• Category:Young Vienna - no mention of Young Vienna in the article, and it seems that there ought to be, so probably a sign that the article needs tweaking rather than the category removing
• Category:Jewish writers – Jewish-based occupational categories tend to survive at CFD in a way that some other religion-based occupational categories don't, on the basis that Jewishness is an ethnicity as well as a religion.
• Category:Austrian writers – seems unnecessary to be in this top category as well as in four sub-categories, per WP:SUBCAT
• Category:Austrian novelists / Category:Austrian dramatists and playwrights / Category:Austrian biographers / Category:Austrian journalists – probably OK as occupational categories
• Category:Austro-Hungarian writers / Category:Austro-Hungarian Jews – no mention of his being Austro-Hungarian, as opposed to Austrian, in the article. Needs to be looked at one way or the other. I don't know enough about the politics or the person to say which description is best, or whether both are valid.
• Category:Czech-Austrian Jews – again, no mention in the article
• Category:Austrian people of German descent – again, no mention in the article. I'm not a great fan of this category type, but there we go.
• Category:People from Innere Stadt – well, he was born there, but "people from..." categories are not about birth location, but are supposed to be about defining periods of residence.
• Category:Jewish refugees – probably OK
• Category:Austrian refugees – probably OK, but only if Austrian exiles is removed, as Austrian exiles is a more specific subcategory
• Category:Austrian exiles – probably ought to be removed, as Category:Exiles says "This is a category of people that have been exiled by their country as a form of punishment", and it doesn't appear that he was "exiled" in this sense.
• Category:People who emigrated to escape Nazism – probably OK
• Category:Austrian expatriates in Brazil – probably OK. I'm not a great fan of this type of category, but it's probably too ingrained to remove.
• Category:Writers who committed suicide – probably OK
• Category:Drug-related suicides in Brazil – the parent category, Category:Drug-related suicides, says it is for suicides using "psychoactive drugs". So unless he did, it ought to be removed.
• Category:1881 births – standard
• Category:1942 deaths – standard

So, some scope for trimming, some scope for improving the article to match the categories. Hope this helps. Bencherlite^Talk 10:46, 28 September 2010 (UTC) Bencherlite^Talk 10:46, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Replied there. DBaK (talk) 12:46, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

No problem. Quote away – I am, however, a very unreliable source! Bencherlite^Talk 12:49, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Incidentally, Special:MostCategories is out of date, but does show that Winston Churchill was the record-holder for most categories when updates to that pages were stopped. Bencherlite^Talk 23:30, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

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Simply south (talk) 19:01, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Darnit!

I don't know what you're quoting. PLEASE TELL ME!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by DrStrangelove64 (talk • contribs) 20:51, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Replied at the other end (as it were) DBaK (talk) 07:55, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

re: Good catch!

Hi, good catch! Actually this situation confused me more than a little when I looked at the photo, and I've left a note which I hope might help in the future. (Or indeed help myself in 11 month's time when I've forgotten what my confusion even was!) Well done, cheers, DBaK (talk) 10:55, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Well, I have no merit. Just visited the museum website and got my answer... Cheers - Wikigi | talk to me | 12:03, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Replied at the other end (as it were) DBaK (talk) 07:55, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

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Theatre / Theater in Bern

Thanks for the note. It looked like a standard IP noticed that something was "misspelled" and "corrected" it. If the rest of the article uses theatre, then I have no problem with your changes. Tobyc75 (talk) 13:35, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

replied there thanks DBaK (talk) 16:03, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry?

OK, so using a specific image on terms of advertising and navigational purposes is apparently "not accepted"? A more appropriate image used would surely be the benefit of the public and other people. Reverting some changes that have been suggested by Network Rail is fairly contradicting to one of your "favourite quotes" that "would be just fine...". My change is simply for the public as the previous images are not very clear and maybe confusing to some people (e.g. writing 'hotel' on the image caption of 'St Pancras Station' may be misunderstood by some tourists, thinking that it is a hotel, thus avoiding it). Although its clear to us, it could be an obstacle to people, domino-ing into the station, consequently, a ticket less for the rail company and Network Rail. Kindly do not change the images back. Thank You.

(P.S. I do have a Wikipedia Account, however, whenever I click 'home' after the sign up page, I get automatically logged out.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.194.231.189 (talk) 21:17, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the reply. There is so much here where I don't understand where you're coming from, or where I simply think that you're wrong, both in the substance of your arguments and, crucially, in your manner of presenting them, that it might just be better if we agree to differ. Best wishes DBaK (talk) 08:36, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

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Monochrome BBS

Having read through the article saved by User:Quaestor23 I can see how it came to be deleted, as much of that information would be of more value on the BBS's webpage itself. I do still feel it's notable for being pretty much the biggest BBS in the UK in the mid 90's, though as pointed out, other than the scan from .net magazine from 1990 there's no references to that. But we can infer from that article, in the biggest Uk magazine to deal with the internet, that Mono was notable enough and rare enough to be commented on in a full page article. --Davoloid (talk) 16:53, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks very much for that. As you can see I was involved in efforts to save the article and I would like to see it back one day. The lack of references was a real problem (though in fact we now have the .net ref, which we used not to) and the people who were so keen to delete it were not going to be swayed by inferences and the like. They wanted real proper references or it didn't happen. I can sort-of sympathize with this stance for the good of the encyclopaedia as a whole but it's a bit painful to behold when it's a topic close to you. People of a deletionist bent can sometimes look a bit fanatical, spiteful, or whatever, especially if you're on the wrong end of it. I'm not sure I agree with your view that there was something wrong with the content - it has a couple of wow-gosh bits but I felt it was mostly quite encyclopaedic. The content wasn't, of course, what really killed it though, just the lack of good references. Finally, I was very excited to hear about your session at Barcamp 8 and I've responded at User talk:Quaestor23/Monochrome BBS. Cheers, DBaK (talk) 08:28, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

On looking through some of the BBS Lists, there are definitely some there that survive as stubs, pointing to the main site. Do you think that would be acceptable? There is also the notability that Tugs & Pie featured on a few TV shows in the mid 90's. Once again - how do we reference that?--128.16.12.204 (talk) 09:54, 4 November 2010 (UTC) Some references there now and a rewrite - you might be able to tidy those up! --Davoloid (talk) 13:44, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

It's looking good, well done and thanks, but I have nothing to add and I don't think I can stomach another AfD negativity-fest so I will, I think, be wise to leave it at this point and hope for the best. Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 18:37, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

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. Simply south (talk) 08:24, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Merci de votre Être

Je vous remercie pour votre gentillesse.
Merci d'être la personne que vous:
gentil et attentionné,
sensible et attentionné,
un donateur généreux et attentionné.
Vous êtes toujours désintéressé,
mettre les autres avant vous,
me faire / nous sentir spécial et important.
C'est un privilège et un plaisir de vous connaître.

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donner de votre énergie,
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Je me souviendrai de vos bontés pour moi.
Merci pour égayer mon monde
avec votre réflexion.
Il voulait vraiment dire beaucoup!

-180.191.50.123 (talk) 14:47, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Well I have no idea what I did to earn that, but thank you. Have a good day. DBaK (talk) 14:53, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Totally your call if you want to keep it, but in general consideration of the user's edits — the first of which was to MFD an AFD discussion, and this edit was one of 12 in a five-minute span posting the same exact thing to different talk pages — I'm not sure how sincere it's meant. Hope you didn't mind the rollback on it, since it was — at least to me — clearly part of a disruptive spam spree. Strange Passerby (talk • contribs) 15:01, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

No of course I don't mind, thanks, and have replied at t'other end. DBaK (talk) 15:22, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

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Re: Ah yes

No worries. Easy to do - I've done it myself many times. Regards. DH85868993 (talk) 12:13, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

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Air France Flight 4590

While I agree with you that blaming the pilots for the piece of metal falling off their aircraft's tail is fairly farfetched, the talk pages are for discussing improvements to the articles, not general commentary. As such I have removed your post to the talk page. N419BH 09:04, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Misdirected by about 180 degrees. Replied at the other end. DBaK (talk) 10:32, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Heh, oops! Guess that's what I get for editing late. Sorry 'bout that... N419BH 16:33, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

No worries! Cheers DBaK (talk) 17:41, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Clement Richard Altee

...was on this list. Jokestress (talk) 21:53, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

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The Grange, Northington, Hampshire UK

Your "bold" replacement of the refimproveBLP tag was entirely justified: I'd intended to tag it merely refimprove and didn't notice that I'd checked the wrong box in TW. Thanks for putting it right. regards Jimmy Pitt talk 16:11, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

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Maybe it was a bit too tenuous. And no worries. Simply south (talk) and their tree 11:53, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

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Ha!

I love that drive-by template of yours. If only I could leave it on pages... -sigh- Grand High Poobah of Western Bastardia (talk) 01:24, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

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Pines

Thank you! I am very glad to know it, and especially glad to be shown the policy regarding this kind of thing. When I have some time — probably in about July of 2017 — I'll try to go in and deal with that section. --Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 18:11, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Attlee

Thanks. I'm working on 1946 right now, so Clement Attlee's name figures in a lot of the articles, so I'll be on the watch for it. Harold Macmillan is a name that I'm already conditioned to double check upon, as well as the city of Cincinnati, Ohio. I appreciate the note. Mandsford 13:51, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Replied there thanks DBaK (talk) 14:04, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

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Middlesbrough Railway Station

The overall roof was 'high' in relation to its width. Most other North Eastern Railway roofs were arched (smooth / rounded) this one was eliptical (pointed). The real shame is it was initialy patched-up, so it could have been saved. Methinks this otherwise grand station to be so much the poorer without it. Anoraker (talk) 23:33, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Compare 'Boro's with Darlington Bank Top, Hull Paragon, Newcastle Central, Stockton (demolished c.1980) and York. There be some old photos of Boro's station via google. Anoraker (talk) 01:00, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Moved comments here from my User page and then replied at the other end, thanks. DBaK (talk) 08:26, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your interest in the plinth!

Great to have someone keeping watch as I'm fairly ham fisted :D

Have a new proposal there about tabulating all the data if you're interested Egg Centric (talk) 18:55, 17 January 2011 (UTC).

Replied at t'other end, thanks DBaK (talk) 18:29, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Re' Banbury

I think the user meant the town councils's 'morality goal' when it said abouth the 'moral gaol'.--81.100.123.49 (talk) 11:44, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Gosh - did they have one of those in Banbury? What goes in in these English towns ... :) DBaK (talk) 18:28, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

CDT is UTC -5 not -7

You are correct about this mistake in the time calculation. I went to U.S. Naval Oceanography portal for a definitive answer. I am afraid there is many more similar mistakes. I already checked my hometown Hiawatha, Iowa and it had the same mistake which I corrected. Thanks for pointing this out. FYI I patrol all Iowa Communities and that is how your edit of Bettendorf, Iowa came onto my radar. I also have a watch on User talk:Iowahwyman, so following that thread I decided to contact you with this update.
--RifeIdeas Talk 12:51, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

That's great, thank you for the confirmation. I thought it was so, but I really wasn't sure, and I live quite a long way away from this time zone! :) I did try to do a search for instances of this problem but I could not find a search term that reliably found the particular articles. I am therefore very glad that you are aware of the problem. Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 13:16, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

After posting the above message I checked out your user page and just had to let you know that not only did I steel (I hope you get the irony ha-ha) the tag about drive by tagging, I stole the entire section bravo I have been frustrated with drive-by taggers, not only NPOV but others, and now I have something to drive by and tag on their talk page. I will need to modify the message to fit their drive-by but you have given me a good base to start. Again Thanks
--RifeIdeas Talk 13:22, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks - I am really flattered. When I saw the tag I just thought "too good not to steal" but I am most gratified that you liked the whole section. It really is a most frustrating thing, so maybe it will make people think about it - or just smile even, that would be nice! Cheers DBaK (talk) 14:54, 21 January 2011 (UTC) PS Irony, steel - you're on fire! - is there a tour, or a CD perhaps?? I'd be riveted. :)

Thanks for pointing out the 3 Illinois cities to me. I didn't realize it was my fault they were wrong. Just thought I was getting a courtesy post from you. Thanks! CTJF83 chat 18:18, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Heh, thanks for the message, no worries - replied at your Talk page, or displaced-edit-conflicted there, or something ... :) DBaK (talk) 18:25, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Mono BBS

Still at it! I wonder if you have any advice on the recent suggestion that the screenshot was "possibly" subject to trademark. As far as I can see it demonstrates the home page, just as there is a home page of a BBS on the main BBS page. None of that content is trademarked as such, but it may be that because it's of an image that's not on the web, that somehow makes it... I dunno. Wikipedians are wierd.128.16.12.204 (talk) 15:08, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Replied at the other end. DBaK (talk) 18:14, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

And yes, we are, very. :) Mind you I was/am weird on Mono too. DBaK (talk) 18:27, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Taa, that's a better description, and it follows on about marriage anyway. Have asked here for advice on the image as it's been removed again.Davoloid (talk) 12:00, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

"many" and "several"

Am in the process of counting up the attendance and dates of meets, which I may stick somewhere and then use that as the reference. the 40-50 number comes from London 1999 - there were 42 that I counted from "Obs", and that was a quick glance. Davoloid (talk) 13:43, 24 January 2011 (UTC) . (old habits die hard)

Ha, yes quite. Replied on your Talk page. Cheers DBaK (talk) 14:30, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

. (watch it, cabal allegations cannot be far off ...)

Gisborough Priory

I noticed you had added to this article, there's a lot of information here[3]. Thought you might be interested. :)--J3Mrs (talk) 12:22, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Replied at t'other end, thanks DBaK (talk) 14:34, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

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Simply south...... trying to improve for 5 years 22:24, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

NT

Don't give up, we do want to know what you think and it is clear that you've worked on the article well for a long time, I certainly wasn't trying to undervalue your past efforts. Jamesinderbyshire (talk) 14:00, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

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Stefan Zweig

By the way, what's your interest in him? --Lazer Stein (talk) 18:21, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

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May 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, talk pages are meant to be a record of a discussion; deleting or editing legitimate comments, as you did at Talk:Letter (paper size), is considered bad practice, even if you meant well. Even making spelling and grammatical corrections in others' comments is generally frowned upon, as it tends to irritate the users whose comments you are correcting. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. You bloody swine! Do that again and I will have the law on you!!! DBaK (talk) 12:41, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

I'm very sorry; I thought it was the right thing to do. DBaK (talk) 12:42, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

You're not here to think laddie! DBaK (talk) 12:43, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Yeah he's right you know (etc etc) DBaK (talk) 12:44, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

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Clement Attlee

Thanks for telling me how to spell his name! Appreciated. Best wishes. 84.203.70.133 (talk) 08:11, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

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Wilbur/Wilmer

I was out all day on the battlefield. It looks like this was resolved without my help. Hal Jespersen (talk) 02:22, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks for the message and for reverting me. You're absolutely right, ELL is no longer an underground line, my confusion came from remembering it as a mainly Metropolitan line style mostly overground/partly underground line. All the best, Valenciano (talk) 23:31, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thanks for your kind words of encouragement, on Talk:City_of_Sunderland and my talk page.

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A kitten for you!

Thanks for your many much appreciated copy edits to my contributions. I will try never again to miss spell the great Clement Attlee! Hope you like kittens, they are great for guarding user pages.

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Clement Attlee Correct Spelling Society?

Oh, how do I join the Clement Attlee Correct Spelling Society? BTW, I shook hands with the former PM back when I was in college. --DThomsen8 (talk) 00:11, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Wow, I'm very impressed that you shook his hand! I know a great-niece (or something) who still has the surname, and the husband of a friend at work is the Attlee Professor of History, but that's as close as I get. Good question about the CACSS - hmmm - maybe the "Middlesbrough Is Spelt Thus Unless You Mean The One In Kentucky" Society will have the application forms ... :) Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 00:19, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

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Request

Can you please help me get back the ICSMBC page? Citysnake (talk) 17:30, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

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• News and notes: 24,000 votes later and community position on image filter still unclear; first index of editor satisfaction appears positive

• In the news: Britannica and Wikipedia like "apples and chairs"; should anyone who's anyone get an article?; and why fighting and barriers to editing may be useful after all

• WikiProject report: Riding with WikiProject London Transport

• Sister projects: Wiki Loves Monuments 2011

• Featured content: The best of the week

• Opinion essay: The copyright crisis, and why we should care

• Arbitration report: BLP case closed; Cirt-Jayen466 nearly there; AUSC reshuffle

• Technology report: Pencils down in Google Summer of Code, August analysed and integrated HTTPS support in action

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The Signpost: 12 September 2011

• News and notes: Foundation reports on research, Kenya trip, Mumbai Wikiconference; Canada, Hungary and Estonia; English Wikinews forked

• In the news: 9/11 coverage, Wikimedia hypothetically rebranded and Wikipedia golf 2.0

• WikiProject report: Politics in the Pacific: WikiProject Australian Politics

• Featured content: Wikipedians explain two new featured pictures

• Arbitration report: Ohconfucius sanctions removed, Cirt desysopped 6:5 and a call for CU/OS applications

• Technology report: What is: agile development? and new mobile site goes live

• Opinion essay: The Walrus and the Carpenter

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The Signpost: 19 September 2011

• From the editor: Changes to The Signpost

• News and notes: Ushahidi research tool announced, Citizendium five years on: success or failure?, and Wikimedia DC officially recognised

• In the news: Wikipedia: yesterday's news? Calls for women, doctors, and scholars of humanities; Wales makes Wikimedia work "look easy"

• Sister projects: On the Wikinews fork

• WikiProject report: Back to school

• Featured content: The best of the week

• Arbitration report: ArbCom narrowly rejects application to open new case

• Technology report: MediaWiki 1.18 deployment begins, the alleged "injustice" of WMF engineering policy, and Wikimedians warned of imminent fix to magic word

• Popular pages: Article stats for the English Wikipedia in the last year

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Clement Atlee

I notice you "corrected" Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi, which had previously taken a balanced position on the number of t's that should be used. See here and here. The most likely explanation is that he had difficulty spelling his own name. Aymatth2 (talk) 18:52, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Excellent humour, had me going for a minute! Replied at t'other end thanks. :) DBaK (talk) 20:37, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Balmaclellan is much smaller I think, in the middle of nowhere. The satellite views show it as a blur. The air is fresh though, and I have good boots and a raincoat. Thanks, Aymatth2 (talk) 00:41, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Replied at t'other end thanks. DBaK (talk) 06:50, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 September 2011

• Opinion essay: The global mission, the image filter and the "German question"

• Recent research: Top female Wikipedians, reverted newbies, link spam, social influence on admin votes, Wikipedians' weekends, WikiSym previews

• News and notes: WMF strikes down enwiki consensus, academic journal partnerships, and eyebrows raised over minors editing porn-related content

• In the news: Sockpuppeting journalist recants, search dominance threatened, new novels replete with Wikipedia references

• WikiProject report: A project in overdrive: WikiProject Automobiles

• Featured content: The best of the week

• Arbitration report: "Broadly construed" explained, voting begins on Senkaku Islands case, invitation to comment on CU/OS candidates

• Technology report: 1.18 deployment on track, "mythical" Git migration scheduled, editor decline statistics improved

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The Signpost: 3 October 2011

• News and notes: Italian Wikipedia shuts down over new privacy law; Wikimedia Sverige produce short Wikipedia films, Sue Gardner calls for empathy

• In the news: QRpedia launches to acclaim, Jimbo talks social media, Wikipedia attracts fungi, terriers and Greeks bearing gifts

• WikiProject report: Kia ora WikiProject New Zealand

• Featured content: Reviewers praise new featured topic: National treasures of Japan

• Arbitration report: Last call for comments on CheckUser and Oversight teams

• Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

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The Signpost: 10 October 2011

• Opinion essay: The conservatism of Wikimedians

• News and notes: Largest ever donation to WMF, final findings of editor survey released, 'Terms of use' heavily revised

• In the news: Uproar over Italian shutdown, the varying reception of BLP mischief, and Wikipedia's doctor-evangelist

• WikiProject report: The World's Oldest People

• Featured content: The weird and the disgusting

• Arbitration report: Senkaku Islands closes; administrators authorized to place articles on discretionary sanctions

• Technology report: 1.18 deployment and HTTPS switchover completed, but developer help now needed with new projects

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Re: Your e-mail

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I've tried to help streamline the notices to a single link that will likely answer most of his/her questions, and offered to clarify any issues that ensue. Is that about what you had in mind? (ESkog)^(Talk) 21:55, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Replied at t'other end thank you. DBaK (talk) 22:31, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 October 2011

• News and notes: Arabic Wikipedia gets video intros, Smithsonian gifts images, and WikiProject Conservatism scrutinized

• In the news: Why Wikipedia survives while others haven't; Wikipedia as an emerging social model; Jimbo speaks out

• WikiProject report: History in your neighborhood: WikiProject NRHP

• Featured content: Brazil's boom-time dreams of naval power: The ed17 explains the background to a new featured topic

• Arbitration report: Case requests on ethnic strife and a WikiProject declined, Abortion case stalls but topic bans look to be lightened on amendment

• Technology report: WMDE renew investment in Toolserver, first offsite backup programme of Wikimedia begun

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The Signpost: 24 October 2011

• From the editors: A call for contributors

• Opinion essay: There is a deadline

• Interview: Contracting for the Foundation

• In the news: Are Wikipedians reluctant journalists?; Wikipedia:The Musical

• WikiProject report: Great WikiProject Logos

• Featured content: The best of the week

• Arbitration report: Abortion; request for amendment on Climate Change case

• Technology report: WMF launches coding challenge, WMDE starts hiring for major new project

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The Signpost: 31 October 2011

• Opinion essay: The monster under the rug

• Recent research: WikiSym; predicting editor survival; drug information found lacking; RfAs and trust; Wikipedia's search engine ranking justified

• News and notes: German Wikipedia continues image filter protest

• In the news: Citizendium on the rocks, Shankbone celebrated, and the week in vandalism

• Discussion report: Proposal to return this section from hiatus is successful

• WikiProject report: 'In touch' with WikiProject Rugby union

• Featured content: The best of the week

• Arbitration report: Abortion case stalls, request for clarification on Δ, discretionary sanctions streamlined

• Technology report: Wikipedia Zero announced; New Orleans successfully hacked

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November Metro

Simply south...... "time, department skies" for 5 years 01:21, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 7 November2011

• Special report: A post-mortem on the Indian Education Program pilot

• News and notes: Wikimedia Norway awarded, Halloween on the Main Page, Wikimedia UK recognised

• In the news: The Economist assays the encyclopaedia's challenges, Jimbo speaks on net future, and an inclusionist alternative emerges.

• Discussion report: Special report on the ArbCom Elections steering RfC

• WikiProject report: Booting up with WikiProject Computer Science

• Featured content: Slow week for Featured content

• Arbitration report: Δ saga returns to arbitration, while the Abortion case stalls for another week

• Technology report: Full steam ahead on Visual Editor, the avoidance of lock-breaking and 1.18b1 release

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The Signpost: 14 November 2011

• News and notes: ArbCom nominations open, participation grants finalized, survey results on perceptions on Wikipedia released

• In the news: Fundraising vs ads redux, WikiConference India nigh, a world lit up with articles

• WikiProject report: Having a Conference with WikiProject India

• Featured content: Writing featured content: Advice from Sturmvogel 66; Sports, sports, sports!

• Arbitration report: Abortion and Betacommand 3 in evidence phase, three case requests outstanding

• Technology report: Coding Challenge results; Wikimedians to wait and see if Athena really does represent "wisdom, courage and inspiration"

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The Signpost: 21 November 2011

• News and notes: Last-minute candidates for ArbCom, the Sue Gardner European Tour hits London

• In the news: Indian wikiconference heralds expansion, fundraiser in Silicon Valley major donor coup, import of Wikipedia reconsidered

• Discussion report: Much ado about censorship

• WikiProject report: Working on a term paper with WikiProject Academic Journals

• Featured content: The best of the week

• Arbitration report: End in sight for Abortion case, nominations in 2011 elections

• Technology report: Mumbai and Brighton hacked; horizontal lists have got class

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The Signpost: 28 November 2011

• News and notes: Arb's resignation sparks lightning RfC, Fundraiser 2011 off to a strong start, GLAM in Qatar

• In the news: The closed, unfriendly world of Wikipedia, fundraiser fun and games, and chemists vs pornstars

• Recent research: Quantifying quality collaboration patterns, systemic bias, POV pushing, the impact of news events, and editors' reputation

• WikiProject report: The Signpost scoops The Bugle

• Featured content: The best of the week

• Arbitration report: Voting underway in the elections, finally a final decision on Abortion, scant movement on requests

• Technology report: Foundation appears correct to back improved smartphone support; and how a Reddit slip meant no-one could read anything for thirty minutes

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The Signpost: 05 December 2011

• News and notes: Amsterdam gets the GLAM treatment, fundraising marches on, and a flourish of new admins

• In the news: A Wikistream of real time edits, a call for COI reform, and cracks in the ivory tower of knowledge

• Discussion report: Trial proposed for tool apprenticeship

• WikiProject report: This article is about WikiProject Disambiguation. For other uses...

• Featured content: This week's Signpost is for the birds!

• Arbitration report: Elections due to finish this week, little activity on Betacommand 3, Abortion case amended

• Technology report: Incremental dumps help mirrors, full screen search helps mobile visitors, and two MediaWiki releases help external sites

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The Signpost: 12 December 2011

• Opinion essay: Wikipedia in Academe – and vice versa

• News and notes: Research project banner ads run afoul of community

• In the news: Bell Pottinger investigation, Gardner on gender gap, and another plagiarist caught red-handed

• WikiProject report: Spanning Nine Time Zones with WikiProject Russia

• Featured content: Wehwalt gives his fifty cents; spies, ambushes, sieges, and Entombment

• Arbitration report: Betacommand 3 workshop revived, two cases set for acceptance and the ArbCom elections finish on a whimper

• Technology report: Trials and tribulations of image rotation, Article Feedback version 5, and new diff colours

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The Signpost: 19 December 2011

• News and notes: Anti-piracy act has Wikimedians on the defensive, WMF annual report released, and Indic language dynamics

• In the news: To save the wiki: strike first, then makeover?

• Discussion report: Polls, templates, and other December discussions

• WikiProject report: A dalliance with the dismal scientists of WikiProject Economics

• Featured content: Panoramas with Farwestern and a good week for featured content

• Arbitration report: The community elects eight arbitrators

• Technology report: Visual editor demo launched, hailed as "most important change to our user experience ... ever"; but elsewhere over-hasty deployments criticised

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The Signpost: 26 December 2011

• Opinion essay: Openness versus quality: why we're doing it wrong, and how to fix it

• Recent research: Psychiatrists: Wikipedia better than Britannica; spell-checking Wikipedia; Wikipedians smart but fun; structured biological data

• News and notes: Fundraiser passes 2010 watermark, brief news

• WikiProject report: The Tree of Life

• Featured content: Going through the roster with Killervogel5 and a plethora of featured content

• Arbitration report: Three open cases, one set for acceptance, arbitrators formally appointed by Jimmy Wales

• Technology report: Wikimedia in Go Daddy boycott, and why you should 'Join the Swarm'

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The Signpost: 02 January 2012

• Interview: The Gardner interview

• News and notes: Things bubbling along as Wikimedians enjoy their holidays

• WikiProject report: Where are they now? Part III

• Featured content: Ghosts of featured content past, present, and future

• Arbitration report: New case accepted, four open cases, terms begin for new arbitrators

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The Signpost: 09 January 2012

• Technological roadmap: 2011's technological achievements in review, and what 2012 may hold

• News and notes: Fundraiser 2011 ends with a bang

• In the news: Wikipedia ends annual fundraising drive; Monmouthpedia launches

• WikiProject report: From Traditional to Experimental: WikiProject Jazz

• Featured content: Contentious FAC debate: a week in review

• Arbitration report: Four open cases, proposed decision in Betacommand 3

• Technology report: December in more detail; and why the MediaWiki codebase was "slushed" this week

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New Year Metro

Sorry its late and happy new year. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 23:10, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 January 2012

• Special report: English Wikipedia to go dark on January 18

• Sister projects: What are our sisters up to now?

• News and notes: WMF on the looming SOPA blackout, Wikipedia turns 11, and Commons passes 12 million files

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Beer

• Featured content: Lecen on systemic bias in featured content

• Arbitration report: Four open cases, Betacommand case deadlocked, Muhammad images close near

• Technology report: ArticleFeedback moves into new trial phase; and how MediaWiki integrates with Facebook, IPv6, and PostgreSQL explored

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your corrections of my corrections

Wow. I really apologize. I even took the time to go to several different grammar sites to make absolutely SURE I was truly remembering my editing correctly, and I kept reading over and over and over that commas and periods are NEVER outside quote marks. Ever. That's how I was taught. However, I don't profess to know how Brits do punctuation, so I happily accede to you. I've never had anyone undo my corrections before, and that's fine, truly it is. It's also not worth nit-picking about, either. Life is much too short to fight over comma placement, even if one IS bitter, disillusioned and knackered. It just looks so weird to me to see it that way. Is there someway to tell who an editor is on articles? If one clicks on an 'edit' button on a page, does the user ID appear anywhere? I will respect your pages and skip over editing anything of yours in the future, I promise. Please DO let me know if there is a means of knowing that; I spent too much time re-doing all those commas and quotes only to have them all un-done again. Thank you for your message. Marina Johngalt288 (talk) 03:55, 26 January 2012 (UTC)johngalt2788

Replied at t'other end thanks. DBaK (talk) 12:36, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 23 January 2012

• News and notes: SOPA blackout, Orange partnership

• In the news: World watched as Wikipedia shut down for SOPA blackout

• WikiProject report: The Golden Horseshoe: WikiProject Toronto

• Featured content: Interview with Muhammad Mahdi Karim and the best of the week

• Arbitration report: Four open cases, proposed decision in Muhammad images, AUSC call for applications

• Technology report: Looking ahead to MediaWiki 1.19 and related issues

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The Signpost: 30 January 2012

• News and notes: Update on Global Development, Wikipedia Day NYC is a success, JFK audio on Commons

• In the news: Zambian wiki-assassins, Foundation über alles, editor engagement and the innovation plateau

• Recent research: Language analyses examine power structure and political slant; Wikipedia compared to commercial databases

• WikiProject report: Digging Up WikiProject Palaeontology

• Featured content: Featured content soaring this week

• Arbitration report: Five open cases, voting on proposed decisions in two cases

• Technology report: Why "Lua" is on everybody's lips, and when to expect MediaWiki 1.19

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February Metro

Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 22:55, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 06 February 2012

• News and notes: The Foundation visits Tunisia, analyzes donors

• In the news: Leading scholar hails Wikipedia, historians urged to contribute while PR pros remain shunned

• Discussion report: Discussion swarms around Templates for deletion and returning editors of colourful pasts

• WikiProject report: The Eye of the Storm: WikiProject Tropical Cyclones

• Featured content: Talking architecture with MrPanyGoff

• Arbitration report: Four open cases, final decision in Muhammad images, Betacommand 3 near closure

• Technology report: October's coding challenge: results now in; progress on 1.19 steady; and why for a while interwiki links were no more

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The Signpost: 13 February 2012

• Special report: Fundraising proposals spark a furore among the chapters

• News and notes: Foundation launches Legal and Community Advocacy department

• In the news: Scholars and spindoctors contend with the emergent wikiorder

• In focus: Skirmishes in the 'great sectarian war of the Internet'

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Stub Sorting

• Featured content: The best of the week

• Arbitration report: Betacommand 3 closed, proposed decision in Civility enforcement, AUSC candidates announced

• Technology report: January sees prototype new geodata API; but February looks to be a testing time for top developers

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The Signpost: 20 February 2012

• Special report: The plight of the new page patrollers

• News and notes: Fundraiser row continues, new director of engineering

• Discussion report: Discussion on copyrighted files from non-US relation states

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Poland

• Featured content: The best of the week

• Arbitration report: Civility enforcement closed, proposed decision in TimidGuy, two cases remain open

• Technology report: Major strands of development cycle coalesce as 1.19 is deployed to first wikis

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Class of '02, or, old fart at play

Noticed your user name in an edit summary and couldn't resist taking a look (only another Brit would use "knackered"). I seem to be bumping into a few of us long-timers recently; I got here two months after you did. Cheers, — Hex (❝?!❞) 04:59, 26 February 2012 (UTC) .