User talk:Tim P

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More caving stuff

'ere, you look like a fellow caver who's been dabbling in wp. There really are very few of us around (in spite of many cavers I know being computer programmers), so if you need any encouragement, please get in touch with me. I was the one who finally wrote the cave template; it could do with some critiquing. Goatchurch 18:04, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Giants

Thanks for adding that, meant to get round to that and Maskill but as always time seems to fly away. As to the connection... tell me.... once ab'ed down Oxlow pulled the ropes behind us and used the old fixed ladder into New Oxlow and the connection only to find it flooded about 200 ft (61 m) from Giants... tight turn round and crawl back then a long wait for CRO and several red faces, especially as I and two others were on the Stockport team at that time!.

take care Phil (ex DCC) aka Geotek (talk) 01:57, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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River Wye

Hi, I've reverted your last edit from the 24th of Jan on the River Wye as the geobox coordinates were corrupted. Not being fully conversant with geoboxes I'm not immediately sure on how to properly fix this other than use seperate deg / min / secs fields. Hope you can fix it! M100 (talk) 00:10, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Accuracy on Wookey Hole Caves

Hi, Thanks for your edit to Wookey Hole Caves. Do you have any sources which would resolve the "factual accuracy" tag on the article when comparing it to Jack Sheppard (cave diver) about the first cave dive?— Rod ^talk 20:15, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - would you be able to edit both articles to reflect your findings (with refs of course) & then remove the "accuracy" tags?— Rod ^talk 21:43, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've now edited both articles based on the ref you provided & (hopefully) resolved the dispute.— Rod ^talk 20:27, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Orienteering

Hi. In the past you have contributed to Orienteering, so you might like to know the article is getting a makeover. If you would like to help, please see Talk:Orienteering. Thanks. --Una Smith (talk) 20:07, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. The article is very nearly ready for a GA review. --Una Smith (talk) 09:27, 15 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

River Teme

Hi Tim P! An article you have been involved with has been the subject of much discussion. If you can help with these minor issues please see Talk:River Teme (sections on navigability), and leave any comments there.--Kudpung (talk) 23:56, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

James Murray Irwin

I note you appear to cite the above's unpublished memoirs on his wiki article. As I grew up in his birthplace of Manorcunningham and have an interest in local military history I would be very interested in finding out more if at all possible. My email address is mjrrutherford@gmail.com Thankyou Matt — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.152.243.75 (talk) 03:09, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Draft:Sheriff of Chester

Hello. Next time you rewrite something, please write it in your own words. Changing just a few words like you did at Draft:Sheriff of Chester doesn't work, and is still a copyvio. Thanks. Signed,The4lines |||| ^{(Talk) (Contributions)} 21:52, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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