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Barnstar

Many thanks for that.--DavidCane (talk) 00:24, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

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Talkback tyw7

See my talk page for the response. Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions) 23:24, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Yet another msg. Check my talk page. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions) 12:22, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
Unfortunatly, I'm having a lot of homework :-(. Therefore, I cannot make any "commitment". Hope you understand. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions) 18:05, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

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Mill Green Mill, Fryerning

I not you moved this article for disabiguation purposes. The other Mill Green Mill is in Hatfield. What are you thoughts on this suggestion -

  • Mill Green Mill - a disambig page
  • Mill Green Mill, Fryerning - the windmill
  • Mill Green Mill, Hatfield - the watermill

Which should be clear enough for anybody. Mjroots (talk) 05:16, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

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Wikiproject Hertfordshire

Hi there.

I was thinking about trying to increase the level of involvement in this project. Not necessarily in terms of numbers, but seeing if we can get people involved with the project itself. It's a small one but I think it's got a lot of potential; looking at the editors and good quality articles on the project there are some good editors with pretty diverse interests around (transport, sport, geography, music, history, politics, mills, lists in general), and I think there's a lot of potential for some fantastic collaborative work if we can figure out a way of bringing it all together. For instance, a good or featured standard article in the county itself or the major towns would benefit from all of these areas, and I imagine the "finished" articles would be wonderful things. Just wondering if you had any ideas? WFCforLife (talk) 18:00, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Those are pretty good skills to have. I think a monthly newsletter could be a great idea. It would give people who generally do edit things Herts-related that help is around (or even just a reminder that we exist). A portal's definitely something that could help too, provided there's a wide enough variety of content to go on it. A few weeks back I was thinking about inviting a few people who edit Watford F.C. articles if they were interested in joining, but I wasn't sure if that would help the project as a whole, or run the risk of turning it into a football subpage (which despite my name I certainly don't want to do). Either way, I think I'll drop a quick note on the talk pages of other editors and see if they're interested in reviving the project itself. I think there are at least half a dozen that would.
By the way, I've cleared the unassessed importance list. It's by no means perfect, but at least now the priority can be shifted away from assessing random, mainly low-importance articles to deciding what belongs in "top" and "high". WFCforLife (talk) 20:31, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Wow! Took a quick look and that's incredible! You must put a lot of time into those. Anything within a country mile of that would be amazing, even if it was only quarterly or bi-annually. WFCforLife (talk) 22:06, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

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December Metro

Simply south (talk) 21:06, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Autoreviewer

Hi, after reading one of your articles at newpage patrol I was surprised to see that an editor who has contributed as much as you have over such a long period hadn't been approved as an wp:Autoreviewer. So I've taken the liberty of rectifying that. ϢereSpielChequers 23:39, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks much

For the revert on my user page. Vandals are usually the ones with the crappiest sense of humor, no? 21655 ταλκ/01ҁ 01:34, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

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Re: The Twilight Zone on the New Year's Eve

Yes, I thought the same thing. We can say we have been lucky this time. :)
My best wishes to you and your loved ones for a very special Christmas time and a healthy, prosperous and happy 2010. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 20:47, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Alphabet association

New game started.

Rather than forever repeating A-G, I've started a B-H game. Game 3 would logically be C-I and thus onwards to T-Z and then U-A, but there is nothing stopping game 4 being Q-W or even W-Q.

I thought it might add a bit of variety to proceedings and hope you don't disapprove. Thryduulf (talk) 23:58, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

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"hopefully"

Sarcasm will get you nowhere - I'm still having medical treatment ... I update when I can! Happy New Year .... Kbthompson (talk) 13:05, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

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re: Winter storm

Nope, the title was clearly incorrect prior the move. Seems pointless to wait 5 days to wait for something that can be moved now. Lugnuts (talk) 18:17, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

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Highgate Hill

I presume you mean the Hornsey Lane Bridge over the A1. There's nothing in my tube line books about this or the trams that went up the hill. There's a bit of info here and there may be more elsewhere on that site --DavidCane (talk) 22:32, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

I have used British History Online in the past for local history articles such as Morden, Merton (historic parish), Wallington (hundred) and Wimbledon, London, and occasionally for checking general history in some railway articles, but most of the information for tube articles comes from the books I have listed in their references (e.g. see Baker Street and Waterloo Railway, Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway or Timeline of the London Underground).
For general historical information, including population statistics, boundary changes and the like, http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ is very useful.
If you are a member of a public library, they may provide access to online subscriptions to newspaper archives at http://infotrac.galegroup.com/default including all copies of The Times up to 1980.
Another site I use a lot is http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/ which is the source of official government and public announcements and, in the 19th and early 20th where details of all private bills had to be published before being debated in parliament. In the early 19th century, military despatches from foreign wars were also published. It is also contains the official notices of all military and civil honours and military appointments.
Useful maps can be found at:
--DavidCane (talk) 22:47, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Archway does look as if it could do with expanding, but I don't see any reason why the shouldn't be a separate article on the bridge itself if there's enough information. --DavidCane (talk) 22:38, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

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Blivet and widget

How did you go about locating the blivet article? DRosenbach (Talk | Contribs) 14:30, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

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Page Statistics

I reported the stats problem at https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ They fixed it relatively quickly. --Neon Sky (talk) 23:04, 26 January 2010 (UTC)


Speedy deletion of "St Albans Cathedral and Abbey Church"

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New guidelines for MOTD

Please check out this new guideline. I picked up pieces from the MOTD pages and added some rules of my own. Please comment on its talk page or WT:MOTD. Kayau Odyssey HUCK FINN to the lighthouse BACK FROM EXAMS 06:31, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

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Petition against kitten abuse

Although it looks like a joke page, it's not primarily a lame attempt at Wikipedia humour, but a (quite elaborately worked out) reductio ad absurdum of the increasingly hysterical arguments at Wikipedia:Petition against IAR abuse (itself a response to the WMF-sanctioned mass deletion of unreferenced biographical articles without going through the traditional deletion process, on the grounds that "potentially defamatory" overrides Wikipedia's internal rules and thus is a legitimate use of IAR).

Unless you're prepared to get involved in a particularly spectacular argument between the unlikely alliance of Jimmy Wales and the Wikipedia Review on one side and many of the "old school" admins on the other, I would really strongly suggest leaving this. – iridescent 21:46, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

If you're meaning approving or opposing either petition then i am already involved. And i would not say it is a lame attempt, it is actually quite interesting. As for the original, please see my opinion on it at Wikipedia talk:Petition against IAR abuse#Background. Simply south (talk) 21:50, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Iridescent is correct that while the page incorporates humor (rather self-evidently), its primary purpose is to illustrate perceived flaws in the petition process. To be clear, this has no bearing on the validity of the underlying concerns that led to the IAR abuse petition's creation. I personally agree with the message's essence (though not all of its wording), but I regard the format as counterproductive. —David Levy 23:43, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

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Metro

Another issue to be adressed 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) 19:56, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

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The torture never stops

I'm having problem with my internet connection and I'm now using an old computer to connect to the Internet and the connection is poor. I tried to do my “weekly job” at WP:MOTD... but it's not possible. I had to add some mottos and support many others all in one edit.... I hope to be back, and help very soon. Cheers –pjoef (talk • contribs) 18:03, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

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metro newspaper

I've updated it but I don't know about the updates regarding the new articles, etc. Could you please add that/update that info? Thanks! Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 08:53, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

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An ever later Metro

Simply south (talk) 23:58, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

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The MOTD Needs You!

April Fool's Day is round the corner, but alas! We have reached no consensus, yet. Only yours truly and pjoef have commented, and that is not fast enough at all! Please go to Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/Specials to comment about the April Fool's Day mottos. We cannot leave a redlink on the MOTD templates, especially on such an important day! All the best, Kayau Voting IS evil 01:47, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

AfD nomination of London Buses route 384

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April Metro

. Simply south (talk) 21:17, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

ELL

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MOTD Problem

Please read this when you get a moment. Thanks! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:46, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

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MOTD: Decisions (Special nominations old discussions)

Please read this when you get a moment. I have tried to put that section and part of its procedure into some semblance of order, hope it's OK for you too. Many thanks! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:14, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

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May + June Metro

Simply south (talk) 21:08, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

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Do you know what has happened to this page? Please, check out this section when you get a moment.
And, what about the standard template for encouraging contributions? It was a good idea and I created it. It's on my talk page. Thank you in advance –pjoef (talk • contribs)

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