Welcome!

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Welcome to Wikipedia, VJ! I am Marek69 and have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or by typing {{helpme}} at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Oh yeah, I almost forgot, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome!

Marek.69 talk 16:07, 16 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

  Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to the page User:ClueBot/FalsePositives. Such edits constitute vandalism and are reverted. Please do not continue to make unconstructive edits to pages; use the sandbox for testing. Thank you. Maen. K. A. (talk) 13:28, 19 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

I'm not a vandal and have replied to your comment on your talk pageVJ (talk) 13:48, 19 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
I am so sorry thats probably my mistake, please accept this apology and enjoy editing :-) Maen. K. A. (talk) 15:03, 19 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
No worries, we all make mistakes, I know I've made my own fair share before.VJ (talk) 15:29, 19 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Districts of Southampton

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Hi - I see that you have been moving the articles to use the Southampton suffix rather than Hampshire. Is there a consensus to do this, or is this on your own initiative? I'm not objecting (indeed I approve 100%), but when I queried the article names 18 months ago (see Talk:Southampton#Naming of articles about city suburbs), I got so much flak that I went away, licked my wounds and forgot about it. (In fact I nearly stopped editing on Wikipedia altogether but decided I liked it too much, and there's plenty to do without having to cross paths with some of the users who contributed to that "discussion".)

I await your comments with great interest. Cheers. Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 17:18, 19 March 2009 (UTC) (A long term resident of Shirley, Southampton, not Hampshire!)Reply

I did this on my own initiative after close reading of Wikipedia polices, I could only find an oblique reference in WP:Names as to why they were all Hampshire instead of Southampton (I didn't see the discussion in your link as I only checked the individual article talk pages), and no one had explained why they were like that in talk so I assumed it was a mistake and started moving themVJ (talk) 13:46, 20 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
No, there's certainly no consensus for moving the pages to ", Southampton", and moves en mass like this definitely need to establish consensus through the WP:RM process first, so I have reverted. waggers (talk) 21:17, 19 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
First see my rely to Daemonic Kangaroo above, second there although there was no consensus to move, no one had explained why they should be kept in such a ridiculous place, despite requests on talk pages. Therefore I assumed that there was no good reason (WP:RM only applies to controversial moves) and started moving. If you have a good reason please feel free to post it. Thanks VJ (talk) 13:46, 20 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
There's nothing ridiculous about the existing naming convention, which has been in use for several years without any problems. You can find it at WP:NC:CITY. Given that this move has been discussed, and even attempted and reverted in the past (see the history of some of the articles - Highfield, for example), and the large number of articles involved, as well as being against the naming convention, the move you made is indeed controversial and therefore WP:RM most definitely applies. waggers (talk) 14:03, 23 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
In all the discussions I've seen about this topic, you are the only person arguing against a move. I believe that there's consensus for a move; however, just for you I'm referring the whole thing to WP:RM I will make the request in Talk:Shirley,_Hampshire as it serves as a good example of where "district, City" makes more sense than "district, County" Honestly, we really should just use WP:COMMON and make the move. VJ (talk) 12:40, 24 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject Software IRC

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For better and faster discussion between WikiProject Software Members a IRC channel has been created: irc://irc.freenode.net/##WikiProject-Software. For instant access click here: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=##WikiProject-Software. Please use your Wikipedia nickname. You are receiving this message because you are a member of WikiProject Software or one of its departments. - Kingpin13 (talk) 09:54, 22 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

1st Wikiproject UK Politics Newsletter

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The first UK Politics newsletter is currently available at WP:WikiProject Politics of the United Kingdom/Newsletter. All participants of the project have been subscribed to receive copies of the newsletter. You can unsubscribe simply by removing your name from the Subscription list. Regards. Road Wizard (talk) 19:58, 4 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

Oscar Gobern

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Thanks for the message. As of today, 30th June, Gobern is still a Southampton player. We shall have to wait and see what tomorrow brings. Until there is an official announcement, from either of the clubs involved or from the BBC (not from Sky or any redtop paper), his transfer should not be treated as a fact.

I really fail to see why so many users think that Wikipedia is a news service and want to rush to be the first to announce a transfer. Let's all slow down and enjoy life more. Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 18:12, 30 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

Your account will be renamed

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03:29, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

About your rename request

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Hi, As I can see you have requested a rename at meta. I just wanted to point that as both of the account has enwiki as home wiki you can also request at enwiki for quicker rename as it takes one month on meta compared to a week at enwiki. Welcome back! ‐‐1997kB (talk) 10:00, 4 January 2019 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the tip! VJ (talk) 10:19, 4 January 2019 (UTC)Reply