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  Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to Peter St. Albans has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you. -- IRP 02:01, 25 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

AfD nomination of Mary Hyde

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I have nominated Mary Hyde, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mary Hyde. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Ironholds (talk) 08:24, 28 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

May I suggest you contribute to the AfD on this matter? All the copyediting in the world will not help if your article is deleted. Ironholds (talk) 11:53, 29 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

Please do not replace Wikipedia pages with blank content, as you did to Mary Ann Black. Blank pages are harmful to Wikipedia because they have a tendency to confuse readers. If it is a duplicate article, please redirect it to an appropriate existing page. If the page has been vandalised, please revert it to the last legitimate version. If you feel that the content of a page is inappropriate, please edit the page and replace it with appropriate content. If you believe there is no hope for the page, please see the deletion policy for how to proceed. ChrischTalk 09:57, 31 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

Improving the article

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Can you rewrite the opening paragraph to a couple of sentences that explains why she's notable? I can't figure out what she sued for? You have way to much information, and I'd be glad to help rewrite it, but I can't figure out what she's notable for, ie, what she sued for! --KP Botany (talk) 01:15, 4 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Please preview

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 Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Regarding your edits to James O. Curtis (shipbuilder), it is recommended that you use the preview button before you save; this helps you find any errors you have made, reduces edit conflicts, and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history. Thank you. -- Brianhe (talk) 19:35, 16 July 2010 (UTC)Reply


 
A tasty chocolate chip cookie for you for all that work on the Clipper ships template!

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Your edits to Maud de Lacy, Countess of Lincoln

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Keith D (talk) 16:23, 14 December 2010 (UTC)Reply

Clitheroe Castle

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Hi, I just noticed that some of the material from these changes to the above article is copyrighted. Specifically the sentence "The castle, formerly a possession of the de Lacy family of Pontefract, passed to the House of Lancaster in 1311, and thence to the Crown in 1399." came directly from this website. Wikipedia can't accept copyrighted material, and you can't copy and paste like that. Nev1 (talk) 18:43, 25 January 2011 (UTC)Reply

Peter Hibbs

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Hi, thanks for your contributions to the draft article on Peter Hibbs. There is enough there now to warrant an article, so I have transferred it to Peter Hibbs. You can make further edits there. Thanks again and best wishes, WWGB (talk) 04:02, 21 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Peter Hibbs

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A tag has been placed on Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Peter Hibbs, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

the article already exists at Peter Hibbs

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Your edits

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Hello, I've reverted your edit to Victorian gold rush because you did not explain why you were changing the date. Afterwriting beat me to undoing your edit to Australian gold rushes that changed the capitalization of the newspaper titles; please see the relevant section of the Manual of Style. Graham87 03:21, 9 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

May 2013

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June 2013

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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