User talk:Darkieboy236

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Your edit to BT Italy

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Loganberry (Talk) 15:24, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

This edit [1]

Hi. Do not change the titles of references. The title of the Bloomberg reference said 4.1, fact. Now they may be right or wrong, but that IS the title of the article. Mark83 16:37, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm not "panicing". You were wrong to change the title and you would be better admitting that than being condescending. Also the correct place to address other users is their talk page (e.g. User talk:Mark83) not their user page (e.g. User:Mark 83). Cheers. Mark83 17:24, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

It is clear you changed the title of my reference because you thought the figure to be wrong. I am correct that you were wrong to do it. As for shouting, that was not my intention, it was to place emphasis (bolding not possible in edit summaries). So I apologise for that impression. One more thing about talk pages; it is convention to put new posts at the bottom. Thank you. Mark83 20:42, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

And remember to sign your posts using ~~~~. 00:56, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Wigan Pier

Hi Darkieboy - good stuff on the Wigan Pier article, but don't forget to sign your comments on the talk pages, by adding four tildes (~~~~). as this will help future contributors to follow the thread. also, adding an increasing number of colons at the begiunning of each paragraph produces an indent, and is the convention when replying to a previous comment

so that each linked contribution (this para starts with ":", )

flows on to the next (this with "::",)

and so on... (and this one with ":::".)

etc. etc.

Cheers, Lynbarn 08:21, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Using talkpages

Hi Darkieboy, when leaving messages on talk pages, PLEASE sign them by adding ~~~~ and also, when including links to wiki articles, use the wiki tools, ie [[Wigan Pier]] instead of http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Wigan_Pier

Thanks, Lynbarn 14:36, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the info and tips, I'm fairly new to Wikipedia, so bare with me if I make mistakes. Mark.

Not to worry, you're learning pretty fast! Lynbarn 15:47, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Notability of The Way We Were (disambiguation)

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This is a link to a museum which is run by a local authority/council and therefore is non-profit making and the only connection to myself is that I was born nearby. The Way We Were building was in existence in circa 1777 and therefore pre-dates the film of the same name from 1973. The Way We Were museum serves local and regional schools in an educational role by depicting life in 19th century Britain. The museum also holds a conservation role for the built and industrial environment in the local area. I have yet to add further information to the section on the Wigan Pier entry about the actual museum...I hope you understand. Mark.

Darkieboy236 00:09, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Dynamic Cassette International

The full text of your deleted article is as below... be sure to include claims to notability when recreating this article to avoid further deletions. Cheers... -- Longhair\^talk 09:47, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Dynamic Cassette International (DCI) is a Boston, Lincolnshire, UK based inkjet cartridge manufacturing company, producing products under the Jet Tec brand name. DCI is the sole UK manufacturer of inkjet cartridges.

Your article still falls short of meeting the criteria for corporations. I've added the {{primarysources}} tag to notify editors the article is lacking external sources not directly related to the company which is the subject of the article. -- Longhair\^talk 11:29, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I've removed the notice. Broadband problems afoot here too. Must be catching :) -- Longhair\^talk 05:50, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

An English passport?

Hello Darkieboy236!

It seems a debate about the use of nationality and ethnicity has been stirred on the Bernard Manning article talk page (I do beg your pardon!). It is my believe that nationalism is spoiling the integrity of some articles, and have had Union flags and citations removed with no justification. Some are even asserting there is an English nationality!

Your comments are very much welcome on the talk page, as I feel I'm talking to a brick wall. Jhamez84 22:03, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

That's a pressure group - trying to restore the boundaries. It wouldn't exist if the boundaries had changed. It's a very old debate that was solved along time ago (see our policy Wikipedia:Naming conventions (places)). The Heptarchy was never abolished, Pangea was never abolished, but today at least, we use the ceremonial counties of England as a geographic frame of reference thank you. There's an overwhelming consensus and body of literature which insists upon this. Jhamez84 10:19, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

High Street, Lincoln

Hi Darkieboy236. I thought I'd let you know I've removed the list of premises from the High Street, Lincoln article for the reasons I have given on its Talk page. Sorry about this as it's obvious it took a long time to build it all up. --A bit iffy 10:51, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi again. I've put a formal response on that Talk page. Actually, I suspect you're perhaps a bit put out about me deleting all that - if so, then sorry again. Also, I happen to know from personal experience it does take a long time to compile things like that because, curiously enough, I looked into (and started) doing something along similar lines but stopped as it was just taking too long. (It wasn't for Wikipedia, though, so if you're interested in my findings/thoughts you can contact me offline at z4eeotztit3c65m@jetable.net (which is just a temporary e-mail address valid for the next week only). Cheers, --A bit iffy 17:48, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Edit warring

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content which gains a consensus among editors. --Mais oui! 13:12, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Please ignore Mais oui!, he's the biggest edit war monger on Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.158.163.143 (talk) 14:31, August 30, 2007 (UTC)

How can I use the talk pages when Mais oui! keeps deleting my comments about the subject on his talk page? Mais oui! is stifling input and thought and censoring comment. This is a blatant attempt at censorship through vandalism.

Mais oui! seems to have a problem with spoonerisms also, ref his comments regarding my user name, itself derived from a spoonerism. This is ignorance, and nothing to do with blatantly offensiveness. Mais oui!, did you ever consider asking me where my user name originated? Mais oui!, did you ever consider asking me my ethnic origin? Mais oui!, did you ever consider entering into a discussion about my username? No, no and NO! Why don't you ask me about it? I might just explain to you! How about that? Darkieboy236 08:52, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

United Kingdom Location

A British company based in a United Kingdom is always based in the UK. The UK is the internationally recognised name of this country, not Scotland, England Wales nor Northern Ireland nor even Great Britain. I have no problem with any of the four regions being stated, but the UK must also be listed, as the UK is the official, legal and sovereign country name, like it or not. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia and therefore must state accurate facts, not people's own personal preferences. In my humble opinion, this is a non-argument and the United Kingdom should take precedence. Darkieboy236 15:51, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Dear Darkieboy236, User:Mais oui! removed your message from his talk page on the grounds that he doesn't allow people with offensive user names to post on it. This is quite typical behavour by him if he disagrees with what someone has to say and he has no cogent argument to counter it. I have reverted the removal. A great many contributors agree with what you say, but Mais oui! is notorious for pushing his own POV to a degree amounting to obsessive compulsion - poor guy! 217.43.68.63 17:13, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi there Anon, Thank you for your message. My user name is derived from a spoonerism of my actual name, and has no racist or offensive actual meaning. Your comments are much appreciated. Mark. Darkieboy236 23:21, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content which gains a consensus among editors. See WP:HARASS and WP:TALK, and please refrain from interfering with a user's legitimate management of his own talk page. .. dave souza, talk 22:08, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Re constituent countries + UK

Hi, just wanted to quickly post a message saying I agree entirely with your edit: the addition of UK is a good idea, on top of the named constituent country, for UK university info box fields. My reverts/edits of a user who was replacing the constituent country entirely (i.e. removing it, in preference for UK, which is POV pushing) were done quickly so I didn't have time to add it myself unfortunately. Basically: I agree that both should be listed. That way we avoid POV pushers and the article is factually correct. Coldmachine^Talk 09:20, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Care needs to be taken not to clutter articles uneccesarily with the addition of "UK" just as a matter of principle. For instance London and Rotterdam in the article on Unilever are sufficiently well known not to need the addition of their countries - note the articles on these cities do not have the country in the title. For the very small number of people who may be confused, there is a difect link anyway. IMHO these country additions simply add clutter for no gain. :) Abtract 11:00, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Stating the UK is consistent with other Wiki FTSE 100 company entries and also accurate. The possibility it is cluttered is not an issue with regards the fact, but an issue with regards the layout of the page itself...perhaps this should be addressed? Other encyclopaedias would and do state "London, UK". There is no reason Wiki should be any different. It is essential to have consistency across Wiki and this Unilever article is now inconsistent. Darkieboy236 11:16, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Asthetics are important and sometimes more so than principles and consistency. Abtract 11:19, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Vodafone Following your recent message, please update the link 1, which results in an invalid page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jnason (talk • contribs) 16:01, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

WP:FLAGCRUFT

Please have a look at this page before plastering every single infobox with flags, thanks. --Barryob Vigeur de dessus 23:37, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

I would say the same. Your additions at BAE Systems seem to add no encyclopedic value to the page. Please review the question I asked at Talk:BAE Systems. --John 16:15, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

I third that! Please review my comments at Talk:BAE Systems also. Further BAE Systems' registered office is in Carlton Gardens, London. However a registered office does not have to be where a company conducts it business and in this case it isn't. BAE's HQ is in Farnborough, and that's what the infobox parameter is about.Mark83 16:38, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

"England" -v- "United Kingdom" on American Express

Please stop adding "United Kingdom" to the description nature of the American Express location. "Brighton, England" is correct as that is the location. "Brighton, United Kingdom" isn't correct because while "The United Kingdom" is the name of the country, it is not the name of a place. Adding "United Kindom" is also wrong because "Brighton, England, United Kingdom" is un-necessarily fussy in editorial. 87.127.44.154 12:52, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

INCORRECT. How can the UK not be the name of a place? The UK is the name of the country (a place) that I am from. The United Kingdom is the correct place as England is not a legal entity in itself. The UK is correct because it is the official, legal and sovereign state that Brighton resides in.Darkieboy236 13:25, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

What on earth are you talking about? The United Kingdom is not a country and never has been. It maybe a Nation State, but it isn't a country. It is a nation state made up of the countries England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

And regardless of this, this section in the article isn't talking about a legal entity but about a location. The United Kingdom is not a location because it is shortened form of "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".

Is Brighton in Northern Ireland? No.

Is Brighton in Great Britain? Yes.

What part of Great Britain? England.

If you think "England" is not a legal entity ask yourself why we have English law?

I do not want to breach the Three Revert Rule so I am seeking a third opinion from elsewhere. I don't know why you appear obsessed with unhelpful edits, but there is nothing to be gained by removing helpful locations to unhelpful locations. England is the location. 87.127.44.154 13:50, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Correct: UK is shortened form of "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". Correct: Brighton is not in Northern Ireland. Correct: Brighton is in Great Britain. Wiki itself states the following:

"The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (also known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain)[7] is a country,[8], sovereign state and European Union Member State to the north-west of mainland Europe" on UK! Check your facts before you quote.

Correct: Brighton is in the England part of GB. However, Brighton is in the United Kingdom. This is the official, legal and sovereign state. Brighton is in the United Kingdom. If England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were countries in their own right they would be represented at the UN and EU as such, would have their own head of state and Prime Minister (and not a shared ones which are the Queen and Gordon Brown).

INCORRECT: We don't have English law. We have English and Welsh Law (Law in Wales Act 1535). This law is applicable through GB except Scotland, which has its own legal system (with the exception of the House of Lords and possibly some other entities which have jurisdiction right across the UK. This is comparable to other nations that have two or more legal systems in one country.

Furthermore, if England was a country in its own right, then I would have a passport issued by England and not a British passport issued by the GOVERNMENT of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. END OF STORY. Darkieboy236 14:15, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

You are confusing "country" with "state". I will not argue this forever with you. I am seeking advice as to how to take this issue for a wider WP community consensus 87.127.44.154 15:24, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

That's fine, I am quoting info from Wiki. Take it to WP, that's fine, it's the Wiki community that has stated the info on the UK entry. When I search your IP address it states "The IP address 87.127.44.154 is located in:

United Kingdom (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)". It does not say that you are in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland. That is because these are not the name of the sovereign country. The UK is the one and only sovereign country on this island. Darkieboy236 15:37, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

But the reference in the article isn't about sovereign nation, it's about the location. And Brighton is in England. Sovereign nation, state, country or anything has nothing to do with WHERE Brighton is. 87.127.44.154 15:59, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Brighton is in the UK, England is not relevant. No argument. Darkieboy236 18:49, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Since England is more specific it is preferred to UK in this instance. No argument. Abtract 23:25, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

You have reverted much the same edit 4 times in the last 24 hours and presumably are in danger of being blocked. You might like to consider that simplicity and clarity are preferred to pedantry and that yours is not the only view (despite signing off with "no arguement" and "END OF STORY". Abtract 10:59, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

People, users and contributors, have not expressed any confusion with the UK since the entry was first added. I see no reason why it should be changed to England, UK being the official, legal and sovereign entity. If you continue to vandalise this entry then I will report you.Darkieboy236 11:20, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Please do so. Abtract 15:37, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Blocked

31 hours for a 3RR violation. My usual entry level block is 24 hours but I have added a bit because you have signally refused to consider any compromise on this and because you haven't attempted to use the article talk pages to reach a consensus. When your block expires I strongly advise you to discuss contested changes on article talk pages rather than revert warring over your preferred version. Spartaz ^Humbug! 16:27, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Surely it is the responsibilty of the person that made the change to discuss and justify any changes made and not to keep changing an established article?Darkieboy236 17:34, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

I hope we can work together to improve wp when yr block expires. I suggest that we find some way of opening a debate on the issue of how to define British places in order to get a consensus ... I have learnt the hard way that this is best. Abtract 21:56, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Procter & Gamble

Thanks for the helpful vivisection facts that you have added to this page. I can't see the ref for the first sentence on what they test on now though - currently ref 14. Can you point out the page in the document where it says that?Obina 19:08, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the feedback. I will check the reference for you, but will be tomorrow or even the day after as I am currently at work and don't have my primary sources to hand.Darkieboy236 19:40, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Great. The link to ref 14 on the page seems right - the title matches etc. It does have many facts we can add - just not the one you have in the article now now. Also ref 15 is not a WP:RS as is - if you have more information like its title and where a copy can be inspected that would be helpful.Obina 22:23, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

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June 2008

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Counties of England

Hello there Darkieboy236,

I must bring to your attention our policy on the use of the counties of England on Wikipedia. Please read Wikipedia:PLACE#Counties_of_Britain with much care and attention. This is an issue that can court alot of controversy. The use of "traditional counties" are, overwhelmingly frowned upon on Wikipedia, whilst saying "X lies within the historic county of Y" is using a neologism - something to be avoided; try to use the phrases "lies within the historic county boundaries of X" or "historically a part of Y", as this approach has prooved to cause the least amount of uproar and objection.

I hope that helps, --Jza84 |  Talk  23:31, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Hi Darkieboy236, I've noticed your edits to several Wigan articles recently and just wanted to say hi, as I live in Orrell and have worked on the Wigan pages in the past. I look forward to working with you in the future. Man2 (talk) 13:04, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Notability of Opus Energy

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Tennis article

Please stop changing the spelling of terms in the Tennis article to British spellings. The sport does not currently have "strong national ties" to Britain versus other nations. See this. Tennis expert (talk) 20:33, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Yep, even as a British English speaker, I'm with Tennis expert on this one. Tennis currently has no strong ties to the UK (apart from being founded there), and the rest of the entire article is in US English - there's no point in changing just one word to British English, and the article has been stable with US English for a while now, so changing the whole article to British English would be a bit silly. Dreaded Walrus ^{t c} 20:50, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

August 2008

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KT is BRITISH

Why, KT Prefers to be known as scottish Plus, "Scottish" is more specific than "British". It's a bit like calling a Scotsman "English", it's very annoying. As soon as a Scotsman or woman does something positive [like the Curling team winning a gold medal], they're British, as soon as they fail a drugs test, they're Scottish, according to the London-based media of the UK. Best to call her Scottish all the time, and make everyone happy. --78.149.102.73 (talk) 23:28, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

It is irrelevant what she thinks. Her Legal nationality is British, when she goes abroad she uses a British passport and if she needs help abroad she goes to the British embassy. Her nationality is a fact. Darkieboy236 (talk) 23:31, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

I Understand she uses a british passport as she can not use a Scottish passport as it is a part of the United Kingdom. I Would find it fair to leave it at "Is a Scottish Singer" as the english singer have "Is an English Singer" shown, so why cant scotland (Plus they dont have Much). Please Leave it as Scottish singer plus it has been "Scottish singer" since the page has been created--78.149.102.73 (talk) 23:34, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Singers listed as English should also be listed as British. How do you account for a person with a Scottish dad, English mother and born in Wales. British is the only fair option. Darkieboy236 (talk) 23:41, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

No it isnt fair. This has been brought up already at the dscussin page for KT Tunstall and wikipedia admins say to Keep it as SCOTTISH go and check it out. I Think the page has every right to remain as KT tunstall is a Scottish singer. --78.149.102.73 (talk) 23:44, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Your edit to Alexander Graham Bell

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Proposed deletion of Barbarella (2010 film)

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UK/Britain/Scotland etc

You seem to be on some sort of mission to assert UK over Scotland/England etc. In some cases this may be appropriate but not in all cases where the constituent country may be more relevant. You also came close to 3RR on Scotland which given your history could have resulted in a longer ban. Please be more circumspect. --Snowded TALK 22:17, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Trust us Darkieboy236. I've tried (months ago) to bring Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland & England articles into sync, under the UK. I didn't succeed. GoodDay (talk) 22:20, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

I supported you in getting consistent language on the four country pages GoodDay, and we improved it. This is different however, Darkieboy seems to be trying to reduce the number of references to identity in the constituent countries. Not something that you attempted. --Snowded TALK 22:26, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Oops. My blunder. GoodDay (talk) 22:29, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Thats OK. By the way Darkiboy, I see you used English here, so hopefully you will respect the use of English, Scottish etc. elsewhere. --Snowded TALK 22:31, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Lincoln Lincolnshire

Recent revert. Hi I note you removed all of User Mrimp s edits as advert and pov. I think that may have been a bit harsh as the editor appears to be a new registered editor not an IP. please consider WP:please do not bite the newcomers, I often check out users edit history first. A note on the user page explaining why would be useful ( I note you did say WP:Good faith in your edit summary). I've added a welcome note to their page with a few tips on verification etc. (Agree a lot of it was of little value). But for example the road bit and some of the culture section.

I Also note you have created several Lincolnshire articles would you consider assisting Wikipedia: WikiProject Lincolnshire by adding the {{WikiProject Lincolnshire}} banner to the talk pages of any suitable Lincolnshire related articles. As you are active at cleaning up article from Unsoured statements and advert rubbish, which is also prevalent in some of the other Lincs articles, along with a lack of references and a proliferation of Inline External links (often Averts). - Cheers BulldozerD11 (talk) 00:54, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Fair comment about my revert. Yep, will add the banner...another day, as going to bed now and busy tomorrow with Christmas Market weekend! Dark. Darkieboy236 (talk) 01:20, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for acknowledgement revert, and adding banner. Bit cold for standing on the market all day hope its busy for you. - cheersBulldozerD11 (talk) 02:14, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Canals of the United Kingdom

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English => UK

Like it or not English is still a nationality. Are you on some sort of campaign for this? --Blowdart | ^talk 10:25, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

BRITISH is the correct nationality. We cannot assume that everybody knows that England is in the UK. Darkieboy236 (talk) 10:31, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

So you'll be going through every US person and adding USA to their bio box? If they want to know more they can click though, that's what links are there for. --Blowdart | ^talk 10:34, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

People from the USA general have the city, state and USA listed. I don't see the problem with having Norwich, England, UK listed. I won't be going through USA people because I am not interested in them. BRITISH remains the correct and legal nationality of a British person, like it or not - an encyclopedia is for informing other people accurately - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish is not a legal nationality. Darkieboy236 (talk) 10:38, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

People from the US generally have the City and State, *not* the Country. Adding the UK is clumsy. Saying British is problematic, especially when you enter people into Northern Ireland. We've already been threw this with categories for NI. It's also part of self identity. MOS:BIO already acknowledges there is no standard, and until that happens then English/Scottish/Welsh whatever is acceptable. --Blowdart | ^talk 10:42, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Ribble Steam Railway

Hi. No, i'm not associated with the railway, however i'm very interested in it. A1personage (talk) 14:20, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Adding UK to infobox templates - stop this

Having apparently been repeatedly questioned on this by numerous editors and continued to do so, I'm now asking you to stop making these edits until they can be properly discussed. There is certainly no mandate to provide the "full and legal country" of origin in article infobox templates; there is only one England and if it is provided then that is sufficient to identify where a person is from. Infobox templates are meant to provide concise, at-a-glance comparative information only; they are not substitutes for legal documentation.

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Agreed and as mentioned above the UK is not the only case where the country isnt mentioned. George W Bush and Barack Obama just say town and state, they do not include the United States. However i do agree with ur concerns on nationality issues, i think it is very messy for people to choose if they want to mention someones British or Scottish but such things need agreement to change them on the talk page, otherwise people will just revert. BritishWatcher (talk) 15:24, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

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Medea International on disambiguation page

Thought you might like to know that I've removed the 'Medea International' entry from Medea (disambiguation). Feel free to add it again when you create the page, but until then, it's another redlink on a page that already has quite a few. Hope you don't mind. – Sasuke Sarutobi (talk) 14:45, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Harbinger Capital

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ize v ise

You have fallen into a common error. ize or ise are acceptable in British spelling, see American and British English spelling differences#-ise, -ize. Cheers. Jezhotwells (talk) 08:55, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Hi, just to emphasize (re your recent edit to Patrick Moore) that Jezhotwells is quite correct. The OED itself gives -ize spellings in the first instance, then -ise spellings. Both are acceptable in British English; -yze spellings, however, are not (analyze, paralyze etc). Regards, Ericoides (talk) 09:57, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

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West Britain

I've reverted your changes, because you haven't provided any references to support your claim that the term "West Britain" was used to describe Ireland. If you can provide verifiable sources, and can demonstrate that its use was sufficiently notable to be worth mentioning, then it will need to be reconsidered. Ghmyrtle (talk) 15:04, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Global Infrastructure Partners

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Wikilinks

Hi. Please see WP:OVERLINK before adding any more links. Thank you. --John (talk) 17:28, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

And kindly discuss your changes when reverting, rather than use edit summaries, as edit-warring is considered to be disruptive. I see other editors have mentioned this to you before, and if you do it again, you will be blocked for disruption. Rodhullandemu 17:36, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Your edits

You have been asked by multiple users to stop. If you continue I will take the issue to ANI and seek a block. Jeni ^(talk) 17:40, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Also, I'm sure you won't mind me asking, and I'm sure you'll have a perfectly good explanation, but why are you posing as an administrator? You added {{administrator}} 4 days ago in this edit. Jeni ^(talk) 18:22, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

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Rescue

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V for Vendetta

The actors were American no? American film studio, released to an American audience. The common rhyme means little to warrant the article to be written in a British format. And when there are disputes over version of English formatting, it is customary to go with the original.--Iankap99 (talk) 04:12, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

The actors were largely British. It is based on a British comic. The writer of the comic was British. IMDB states the country as UK. It is about a British subject, set in the UK and paid for with British money. The date "the 5th of November" is how the date is depicted in the UK, which is the essence of the film. So, therefore, British dates. --Darkieboy236 (talk) 10:07, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of LTMX Group

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A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
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Marbles

The Jonnie Marbles article got deleted so be prepared for your article to come under deletionist attack :-)  Francium12  17:42, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Cheers. Darkieboy236 (talk) 17:48, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

It was deleted per an AFD discussion. Please do not recreate it unless the concerns raised in the discussion are no longer relevant due to some material changes in circumstances. A good way to think about it is to consider whether the people who said it should be deleted would now think that the objections were no longer applicable. Regards, causa sui (talk) 19:11, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Local date format on Rihanna

Hi,

You recently made several edits to Rihanna where you reversed month and day on several dates, mentioning the "Local date format" in your edit summaries. I just went and reverted your edits in one fell swoop, because (a) I skimmed through the refs and saw there were clearly predominantly month day, year; and (b) I know from WP:DATESNO that there's no comma included even when one does use day month year. Further, the article has been using month day, year, for quite some time now, so a change just seems wrong.

Now, I've started to have second thoughts, and I'm wondering if maybe you'd be right about changing to what may be the date format local to Barbados, if that's what you meant by local (I assumed you meant local to the article). Is that where you were aiming? And can you point to good arguments in favor of changing an article that's already solidly formatted in one way? Specifically, do you think Rihanna has "strong national ties" to Barbados, considering that she's lived in the U.S. for the last 7 years? Thanks, — JohnFromPinckney (talk) 15:40, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi there, by local I did mean local to Barbados. Barbados follows UK date formats. The reference may be local to the USA, which is the only country to use MDY. Most other world countries use the UK format DMY (which is the more logical of the two). My decision was based on the information on this page: http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Date_format_by_country. Also, Barbados only has a tiny population and probably few who use Wiki and maybe not enough to influence rightly the decision on what date format should be used. I find many UK articles written with the incorrect date format...it is just "Americanisation". As America is the only country on the planet to solely use MDY and is the largest English speaking nation on Earth (I believe) then its influence (on Wiki) can be overwhelmingly biased. I have previously changed a number of UK articles to DMY only for an American to change it back.

I would always suggest local format is the most appropriate to use in an article - the same goes for spelling. In the Rihanna article, spelling which is more UK than American is used.Darkieboy236 (talk) 11:54, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Also, if you check Barbados you will see that the date format is DMY. The comma after the month is just a grammatical addition, in my opinion.Darkieboy236 (talk) 11:54, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

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It is not a matter of substantiation of the information. It is that there are specific guidelines saying articles like this (movies so far in the future) should not exist. WP:CRYSTAL WP:NFF. Baically the python guys have said "hey we should do another movie". that is not enough to make an article about it, regardless of the level of coverage of that statement that can be found. Until the film is fully cast, and funded, and principal filming has been begun, we shouldn't have an article on it. Gaijin42 (talk) 19:16, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

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L.A. events on October 7 and 16

Upcoming L.A. events: Wik-Ed Women edit-a-thon (10/7, 6-10pm) and UCR edit-a-thon (10/16, 10am-4pm)

Dear fellow Wikipedian, The Southern California Wikipedia community has two exciting events coming up in the next few weeks: a Wik-Ed Women editing session downtown designed to combat systemic bias, and a Wikipedia Loves Libraries event at UC Riverside! Wik-Ed Women is a new monthly series of informal Wikipedia editing sessions for Los Angeles women-in-the-arts (though all are welcome) to contribute their expertise to Wikipedia, specifically expanding content about women artists. This second session will take place on Tuesday, October 7 from 6pm to 10pm at the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive downtown. Please RSVP here if you plan to attend. The UC Riverside Wikipedia Loves Libraries event is an edit-a-thon targeting articles related to UC Riverside, SoCal, and beyond. Join students and faculty learning how to edit! This event will take place on Thursday, October 16 from 10am to 4pm at UCR's Tomás Rivera Library. Again, RSVPs are requested here. I hope to see you there! Calliopejen1 (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:47, 29 September 2014 (UTC) To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list.

SoCal edit-a-thons on October 21 and 25

Upcoming SoCal edit-a-thons: UC Riverside (10/21, 10am-3pm) and Unforgetting L.A. (10/25, 9am-5pm)

Dear fellow Wikipedian, The Southern California Wikipedia community has two more events scheduled for the month of October: a water-related edit-a-thon at UC Riverside, and an Unforgetting L.A. event at the Los Angeles Archives Bazaar in conjunction with L.A. as Subject! As part of Wikipedia Loves Libraries and to celebrate Open Access Week, UC Riverside is participating alongside other Western Waters Digital Library members in an edit-a-thon focusing on water issues. Join students and faculty learning how to edit! This event will take place on Tuesday, October 21 from 10am to 3pm at UCR's Orbach Science Library (map). RSVPs are requested here. The Unforgetting L.A. edit-a-thon and training workshop will take place at the 9th annual Los Angeles Archives Bazaar, and is hosted by online magazine East of Borneo in partnership with L.A. as Subject. Join us on Saturday, October 25 from 9am to 5pm at the USC Doheny Memorial Library (map). Beginners welcome! Please RSVP here if you plan to attend. I hope to see you there! Calliopejen1 (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:06, 17 October 2014 (UTC) To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list.

L.A. event on November 11, and a new Facebook group

Wik-Ed Women editing session (11/11, 6-10pm), and join our new Facebook group!

Dear fellow Wikipedian, The LA Wikipedia community has a new Facebook group! Become a member to keep up to date with all of our upcoming events and to connect with local Wikipedians! In addition, we have one upcoming event: the third Wik-Ed Women editing session will take place on Tuesday, November 11 from 6pm to 10pm at the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive downtown. This series of informal get-togethers is designed to encourage Los Angeles women-in-the-arts (though all are welcome!) to contribute their expertise to Wikipedia, specifically expanding content about women artists. Please RSVP here if you plan to attend. I hope to see you there! Calliopejen1 (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:20, 4 November 2014 (UTC) To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list.

L.A. event on November 11 CANCELED

Wik-Ed Women editing session CANCELED

Due to health issues affecting one of the organizers, the third Wik-Ed Women editing session (originally scheduled for Tuesday, November 11) has been canceled. We expect the series to pick up again sometime in December. Sorry for the inconvenience, and hope to see you in the near future! Calliopejen1 (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:08, 7 November 2014 (UTC) To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list.

L.A. edit-a-thon this Sunday, December 14

L.A. meetup: December 14 edit-a-thon at the California African American Museum

Dear fellow Wikipedian, East of Borneo's "Unforgetting L.A." edit-a-thon series continues this weekend at the California African American Museum! Please join us this Sunday, December 14 from 11am to 4pm. Beginners welcome! You'll learn to create new articles that improve Wikipedia's coverage of African American art in Los Angeles, past and present. Please click here for full event details and to RSVP if you plan to attend. I hope to see you there! Calliopejen1 (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:25, 10 December 2014 (UTC) Join our Facebook group here! To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list.

L.A. event on Tuesday, January 20

Wik-Ed Women editing session (1/20, 6-10pm)

Dear fellow Wikipedian, Please join us at an event this coming Tuesday: the third Wik-Ed Women editing session will take place on January 20 from 6pm to 10pm at the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive downtown. This series of informal get-togethers is designed to encourage Los Angeles women-in-the-arts (though all are welcome!) to contribute their expertise to Wikipedia, specifically expanding content about women artists. Please RSVP here if you plan to attend. I hope to see you there! Calliopejen1 (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:06, 15 January 2015 (UTC) Join our Facebook group here! To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list.

LA edit-a-thons on February 14, 17, and 21

Redondo Loves Wikipedia (2/14), Wik-Ed Women (2/17), and Unforgetting LA at the Getty (2/21)!

Dear fellow Wikipedian, The LA Wikipedia community has three events in mid-February -- please consider attending! First, we have a Valentine's Day edit-a-thon appropriately named Redondo Loves Wikipedia, which will take place at the Redondo Beach Public Library from 10am to 1pm on Saturday, February 14. Join library staff, the Redondo Beach Historical Society, and others to help improve Wikipedia's coverage of Redondo Beach! Second, we have a Wik-Ed Women editing session on Tuesday, February 17 from 6pm to 10pm at the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive downtown. This series of informal get-togethers is designed to encourage Los Angeles women-in-the-arts (though all are welcome!) to contribute their expertise to Wikipedia, specifically expanding content about women artists. Third, we have an Unforgetting LA event put on by East of Borneo in collaboration with the Getty Research Institute. Come help improve Wikipedia's coverage of LA design and architecture, and have an awesome free day at the museum -- parking will be validated for edit-a-thon participants! If you'd like to use particular books from GRI's great collection, be sure to email before 2/13 (instructions at event page). And be sure to check out our main meetup page, because we already have three SoCal events scheduled for early March! I hope to see you there! Calliopejen1 (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:58, 5 February 2015 (UTC) Join our Facebook group here! To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list.

LA edit-a-thons on March 18 (tomorrow!) and 28

Wadewitz memorial edit-a-thon (3/18), Redondo Loves Wikipedia (3/28)

Dear fellow Wikipedian, The LA Wikipedia community has two events in this second half of March -- please consider attending! First, there is a memorial edit-a-thon in honor of the prolific LA Wikipedian Adrianne Wadewitz, which is being held downtown on March 18 (tomorrow!) from noon to 8pm as a part of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies' annual conference. Please drop by to contribute your own work or teach other users how to write for Wikipedia. Second, there will be an event at the Redondo Beach Public Library (following up on last month's session), in collaboration with the Redondo Beach Historical Society. Please join us from 10am to noon on Saturday, March 28 at the main branch of the Redondo Beach Public Library! I hope to see you there! Calliopejen1 (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:39, 17 March 2015 (UTC) Join our Facebook group here! To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list.

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5th Annual Wiknic

5th Annual Wiknic (Saturday, July 11, 2015, ~9:30am-4pm)

Dear fellow Wikipedian, You are cordinally invited to the fifth annual Los Angeles Wiknic! The Wiknic is a part of the nationwide Great American Wiknic. We'll be grilling, getting to know each other better, and building the L.A. Wikipedia community! The event is tentatively planned for Pan-Pacific Park (map) and will be held on Saturday, July 11, 2014 from 9:30am to 4pm or so. Please RSVP and volunteer to bring food or drinks if possible! I hope to see you there! Howcheng (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:40, 21 June 2015 (UTC) Join our Facebook group here! To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list.

Wikinic rescheduled

5th Annual Wiknic rescheduled to Saturday, July 25, 2015, ~9:30am-4pm

Due to a conflict with the Redondo Loves Wikipedia edit-a-thon, the fifth annual Los Angeles Wiknic has been rescheduled. As before, the location will be at Pan-Pacific Park (map) and will be held on Saturday, July 25, 2015 from 9:30am to 4pm or so. Please RSVP and volunteer to bring food or drinks if possible! I hope to see you there! —howcheng {chat} - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:28, 7 July 2015 (UTC) Join our Facebook group here! To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list.

This Thursday: Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Getty Center

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Wik-Ed Women Session #5

Wik-Ed Women Session #5

Dear fellow Wikipedian, I would like to personally invite you to the March edition of the Wik-Ed Women meetup, which will take place on March 15, from 6-10 in the evening. It will occur at Los Angeles Contemporary Archive, 2245 E Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90021 (downtown LA -- map). The building has a pink top with old signage for American Accessories, Inc. dba Princess Accessories (Photos [PDF]). There is on-site parking in the back, which also has an entrance. If you cannot attend in person, you are more than willing to work remotely, as we appreciate all help that you can provide. Finally, here is a link to the Facebook event, in case you want to invite friends, as we are always looking for new editors to help expand coverage of women on Wikipedia! I hope to see you there! Cosmicphantom (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:54, 15 March 2016 (UTC) Join our Facebook group here! To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list.

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Europe 10,000 Challenge invite

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February 18 Wikipedia Day event in DTLA

LA Wikipedia Day Celebration (February 18)

Dear fellow Wikipedian, Please join us at our Wikipedia Day celebration at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, February 18, 2017 from 11 am to 5 pm! This event will feature lectures, panel discussions, lightning talks, open space discussions and collaboration, and--most importantly--cake! Please RSVP on the event page if you're thinking of joining us. I hope to see you there! Calliopejen1 (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:35, 2 February 2017 (UTC) Join our Facebook group here! To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list.

Come and join us at the Wiknic

LA Meetup: 6th Wiknic, 7/15 @ Pan Pacific Park

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LA event this Thursday

LA Meetup: September 7 edit-a-thon near DTLA

Dear fellow Wikipedian, You have been invited to a meetup and edit-a-thon at the LA84 Foundation in Jefferson Park (near DTLA) on Thursday, September 7, 2017 from 5:45 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.! This event aims to improve coverage of female Olympians and Paralympians (some of whom will be attending!). There will be a deejay and food/drinks, and kids are welcome. I hope to see you there! Calliopejen1 (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:10, 2 September 2017 (UTC) Join our Facebook group, follow our Twitter account, and like our Facebook page!! To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list.

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Wikipedia Day LA, March 31

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Arts Datathon!

LA County Civic Arts Datathon!

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7th Annual Los Angeles Wiknic

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Invitation to attend a Southern California Regional mini Unconference

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Wikipedia Day LA, February 24, 2019

Wikipedia Day LA 2019 Consider the Source

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Art + Feminism 2019

Art+Feminism 2019 Los Angeles Events!

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UC Irvine edit-a-thon on May 17, 2019

UC Irvine edit-a-thon on May 17, 2019

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Southern California Wiknic & Bonfire invitation

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as you've stopped editing

Unfortunately I have been quite ill with pneumonia.

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