Nigel45

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Page Blanking

On 26-Jan, you blanked Mary Davies. Blanking pages is generally considered a bad idea. I've reverted it to the previous version. If this was the result of a broken edit, you may wish to make the correct edits. If you believe the page should be deleted, please follow the deletion procedures. Thanks! -- JLaTondre 14:12, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

On 14-Jan, you blanked this page again. I've reverted it again. Blanking is not the same as deleting. Please use an acceptable form of dealing with this link: nominate it for deletion (see WP:RFD), create a stub, find a better target. Blanking is not an acceptable means and will simply be reverted. Continued blanking is considered vandalism. -- JLaTondre 12:51, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

You seem to be confused by what I said. I'm not advocating that the redirect be kept. I'm saying blanking it is not the right thing to do. I've provided suggestions for appropriate ways to deal with this. I'm not sure why you just don't utilize one of those. Also, please make sure you leave your comments on an user's talk page and on the user page. -- JLaTondre 00:52, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

CWS

You removed my edit to The Co-operative Group that added a redirect for the College World Series. I assure you, the acronym is not "irrelevant" as you put it. I understand your concern and this was not an act of vandalism. To remedy the situation, I have created a disambiguation page, that lists both options, and leaves room for any others that many appear (you'll see there are already 5 possibilities listed). Also, I removed the edit I made to the Co-operative Group, per your suggestion. AriGold 12:33, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

• Glad it all worked out! Thanks for the response. AriGold 12:30, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
• Thanks for the message regarding the clarification you made at the begining of the tCG article. I think the wording now should satisfy everyone - hopefully! I questioned myself over the wording of "formally", as many can read it as "formerly", but struggled to think of a better solution.

--R.carroll 17:27, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Henry Lewis

I appreciate that you are trying to improve articles but cannot understand why you removed a link in List of Welsh language authors on the basis that a name (Henry Lewis) led to an article about an American bassist. That being the case - and I'm glad you pointed it out - why not change the link by introducing some point of differentiaton (in this case the author's dates in brackets), instead of DELETING A VALID ENTRY? Please don't do so again, it's most annoying and unhelpful. Enaidmawr 00:49, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

• I'm glad you appreciate the amount of work I put in to List of Welsh language authors. However I'm not sure I understand your agrument about "notability". All the authors on the list are "notable" and I fail to see how a wikipedia entry proves "notability" in itself, considering that english wikipedia in particular seems to have a penchant for pages on obscure cartoon characters and minor and forgotten TV series, for instance! I could point out that there is another school of thought regarding Lists which sees them not just as a quick point of reference for a given subject or topic but as a starting point to encourage articles. As for deleting names because no page exists for them yet, would this extend to removing the name of a king from an article on Estonian history, for example, simply because it shows up in red. I do most of my article writing on the Welsh and French wikipedias and often visit other wiki sites "on my travels" and it seems to me that red links are the norm on the smaller wikipedias. Maybe this is an English wikipedia thing? Thanks for offering to create a few stubs. As for the names I can assure you that they are all valid and "notable" for students of Welsh literature. I just can not find the time to do everything! Regards, Enaidmawr 00:27, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Liat of British films=

Please help out with the List of British films thanks. I have added only A!!! and a few top films so far ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 11:34, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

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