Emsylew

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Dafydd James

Whether you "represent" James or not, you should know that nobody owns his page so as long as edits are in accordance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, there's no problem. Adding points of view or advertising is strongly discouraged, by the way. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:49, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Emma, it's not about people's feelings, this is an encyclopedia, not a vehicle to make people feel better or to promote them. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:05, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

If you have specific issues with the page, please let me know and I'll either explain why the text is there or help rework it into a more neutral tone. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:11, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

I've split the article so it's less confusing, into domestic and international career sections. Some of the stuff you added will need references. I can show you how to add them. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:20, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Tell me what's not fact then. As I said, we'll neutralise the tone, if you help me, and you can help me by providing references. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:23, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

To do list

Here are some things you could help with to improve the article:

• Add a picture (which you own copyright to).
• Expand his early career, there's nothing written about his time at Bridgend, Pontypridd etc.
• Reference the international section. (should be easy - check the BBC site)
• Update the infobox so it's current. And fix the ?s.

The Rambling Man (talk) 11:32, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Also, please don't just copy-and-paste text from other websites which you did from the WRFU website. This is copyright violation and all such text has now been deleted. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:36, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

August 2010

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