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==Helvellyn==

Thanks for expanding the Helvellyn stub. Only a few hundred more lakeland fells to go :) --[[User:Auximines|Auximines]] 15:28, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)

== London Cathedral ==

I've added some thoughts to [[Talk:St Albans Cathedral]], concerning [[London Cathedral]]. - [[User:MykReeve|MykReeve]] 16:28, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)

==Happy Birthday==

Happy Birthday David. Keep up the good work! [[User:Yardcock|Yardcock]] 06:41, Aug 26, 2004 (UTC)

==Wastwater==
Glad you like the photo.  In case you are interested I took it climbing down Great Gable last aug/sep just after getting a good soaking. see also "mickledore" and "scafell pike" and I saw your Yardbirds site the other day which was cool. [[user:Chilepine|Chilepine]] 11 Jan 2005

==Birthday==
{{User:Jenmoa/birthday}}
--[[User:Jenmoa]] 06:15, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
::Thank you! I did enjoy it! --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] 23:16, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

==County geo-stubs==
Hi - good to see the new English county geo-stubs are being used less than an hour after I made them! Keep up the good work! :) [[User:Grutness|Grutness]]...<small>''[[User_talk:Grutness|<span style="color:green;">wha?</span>]]''</small> 09:29, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
:Now, what I'd really like to see are ones for Hertfordshire and Manchester... --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] 16:37, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

==Ben Lomond==

Thanks for spotting my silly mistake with the "cut and paste". [[User:Grinner|Grinner]] 10:31, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

== Architecture timeline ==

I don't think one should add the stub template to articles that mainly collect links to other articles, especially if they will probably be filled over time, such as the <nowiki>[[year in sometopic]]</nowiki> articles. [[User:Burschik|Burschik]] 07:57, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
:I agree - in fact I didn't add the stub template, I merely changed it to a more specific one to move it out of the top level [[:Category:Stubs]] in which it had previously been placed. --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] 08:22, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

== VFD: Bracketed songs ==

Just a quick message to let you know that a page that you have contributed to in the past, [[List of songs with brackets in their titles]], is up for deletion [[Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_songs_with_brackets_in_their_titles|here]] :( [[User:David 5000|David 5000]] 18:12, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

== Thanks... ==

For the stub-sorting on [[Frank Lloyd (horn player)]] etc.

== Brussels article ==

Hello ! Would you mind warning the people who vandalize the Brussels article ? That seems to be a prerequisite before starting a formal procedure and I'm getting tired of reverting vandalism every day or so. Thanks ! --[[User:Melodius|Melodius]] 10:01, 8 December 2005 (UTC)



==United Kingdom Planning Law==

Hi,
I've recently been expanding [[Town and country planning in the United Kingdom]] quite a bit and have started a subcategory called [Category:United Kingdom Planning Law]. I've really written up a bit of a skeleton for this area of planning. The planning acts, the new planning structure, PPS's, all those bloody new abbreviations LDF,LDD,RSS etc.etc. So far the majority of it are stubs and I was wondering if you might be interested in lending a hand in some way. Most of the articles so far are pretty dry statements of fact(I think) and could do with some context, structure/re-structure, debate, proof reading etc.etc. I'm a complete novice at Wikipedia and sure there's a heap of no-no's I've committed (Posting direct to talk pages?!?).
Please let me know if your interested or not.
Many thanks
Russ
--[[User:Mcginnly|Mcginnly]] 09:50, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
:I'll certainly take a look - I don't know much about the subject, but I can certainly do some proof reading etc. --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] 11:15, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

== County flowers ==

Following the AfD debate, you may wish to join in a discussion taking place at [[Talk:Plantlife]]. [[User:SP-KP|SP-KP]] 18:51, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

==[[:Category:Manchester University people]]==
Hi.  I notice you are tagging people into this category.  I suggest that you slow down and think about this first, because the title is suspect.  There are three or four institutions that may take the (informal) title Manchester University, and it is not clear which one(s) you mean.  Can you make it clear on the category page, or stop and consider making multiple categories for the different possible usages?  [[User:Noisy|Noisy]] | [[User talk:Noisy|Talk]] 11:31, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

==''[[Hall of the Mountain Grill]]''==
David, thanks for the geography lesson and a more precise location for the cafe.  Cheers, [[User:Ian Rose|Ian Rose]] 13:14, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

==Bike from Eddy Merckx==
[[Image:EddyMerckxHourRecordBike2.jpg|thumb]]
hallo, sorry for my bad englisch! I'm the user marcela in commons and http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Ralf_Roletschek in the german Wikipedia. I have change your Photo a little bit. Greetings [[User:217.88.132.43|217.88.132.43]] 20:39, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
:Cool, glad it could be useful! --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] 11:42, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

== St Catherine's Chapel Abbotsbury==
I've added a couple of things I know personally to this article which, I think, you started. If you haven't seen the chapel in the evening light with the Chesil and Portland in the background do try to if you're around there. [[User:Britmax|Britmax]] 14:27, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

==Anglicanism and the Anglican Communion==

Hello!  I noticed that you have been a contributor to articles on [[Anglicanism]] and the [[Anglican Communion]].  You may be interested in checking out a new WikiProject - [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Anglicanism|WikiProject Anglicanism]].  Please consider signing up and participating in this collaborative effort to improve and expand Anglican-related articles!  Cheers!  [[User:Fishhead64|Fishhead64]] 23:30, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
==Bike of Eddy Merckx==
hallo, excuse please, my english is very bad. I'm user marcela in commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Marcela I use your Photo from the Bike of Eddy at my private Homepage: http://www.fahrradmonteur.de/stundenweltrekord.php - your Name is listed in: http://www.fahrradmonteur.de/impressum.php
Is this correct for you? I dont want write the complete GFDL License in the picture. I have change the picture al little bit more :). greetings Ralf [[User:217.88.135.150|217.88.135.150]] 01:00, 17 June 2006 (UTC)


==Happy Birthday==

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|}<span style="color: #FF00FF; font-family: Book Antiqua;"> Hope you have a good one [[User:Adamcobb|<span style="color: #FF00FF;">Adamcobb</span>]] 10:44, 26 August 2006 (UTC)</span>

==ISBN==

It is indeed [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19456667&referer=brief_results ''Seabirds.'' by Peter Harrison]. [[User:Jimfbleak|jimfbleak]] 08:02, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

== WikiProject Belgium ==

Hi,

I've started [[WP:BELG|WikiProject Belgium]], come take a look and consider joining!

--[[User:Stevenfruitsmaak|Steven Fruitsmaak]] <small>([[User_talk:Stevenfruitsmaak|Reply]])</small> 00:07, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

==GR 11 (France)==
Hi David- Is it incorrect procedure for me to link to the fr: article the way I did? Also:
*though I can see the link to the fr: article in the page code, it doesn't show up in the article;
*I don't see how the page to which the Category link points is helpful.
I'm new at all this, so please let me know what's up. -[[User:EHM02667|Eric]] [[User talk:EHM02667|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 18:32, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
:* ''fr link'': Look on the left-hand side of the page. You'll see a box titled "In other languages" - in there, there's now a link called "Français" which links to the relevant page. This is the standard way to link a page to its counterparts in other languages. (Have a look at a page like [[Brussels]] and you'll see the same thing done for virtually every different major language wikipedia.)
:* ''category'': You mean the category [[:Category:Hiking trails in Europe]]? I think this is the best [[Wikipedia:Categorization|category]] to include the page [[GR 11 (France)]] in. I don't think there's a more specific one that's better at the moment. Do you disagree? It's helpful because it allows people to easily locate articles on related hiking trails. --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] 09:49, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
::*''fr link:'' I see now! Hadn't noticed that before--wasn't looking in the sidebar. So, simply typing <nowiki>[[fr:GR 11 (France)]]</nowiki> adds the "in other languages" box to the sidebar and populates it with "Français"? I thought only templates did tricks like that; I'll have to learn that stuff.
::*''category:'' Oops, of course the hiking trails link is helpful; I didn't have my brain on and only followed the link on the word "Category."
::Thanks for the clue-ins! btw, did you notice that the French Wikipedia layout has all of a sudden changed drastically, and not for the better? -[[User:EHM02667|Eric]] [[User talk:EHM02667|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 13:22, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
:::Er, no, I didn't notice any drastic change. On the other hand I haven't been looking at it too frequently...
:::You could check on [[:fr:Wikipédia:Le Bistro]] or [[:fr:Wikipédia:Bistro des non-francophones/en]] and see if there's any discussion?
:::(Oh, and yes, it's clever, the wikimedia software!... it handles all those things with the languages. Check out [[Wikipedia:Interlanguage links]] for more details). --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] 15:11, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
::::Good idea, looking on the Bistro--found a mention right away that they've implemented a new version of Wikimedia on fr that looks all wrong in Firefox--which I use--but looks normal in IE. Thanks for your help! -[[User:EHM02667|Eric]] [[User talk:EHM02667|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 16:31, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

==Dog Spinning==
Thanks for helping me with the article, I think you did the POV better than I could.  I wondered what you thought about adding those images I found that I put on the Talk page, I don't know how, or if it is against the rules. <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Ratherhaveaheart|Ratherhaveaheart]] ([[User talk:Ratherhaveaheart|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Ratherhaveaheart|contribs]]) </small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->
:I added a response to [[Talk:Dog spinning]]. --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] 09:49, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

== [[List of castles in France]] ==

I came acroos the [[List of castles in France]] page you created with interest.  However, I'm disappointed to see that most of the places listed are not actually castles.  As I'm sure you know, the French word  ''château'' can be translated as "castle", but much more often "palace" or "stately home" would be better.  Compare, in the UK, [[Kenilworth Castle]] and [[Blenheim Palace]]: to the French they are both châteaux, but to call both castles in English would be silly.  The French also refer to just about every vineyard as a château whether on the site of a castle, a palace, a stately home or a 20C farm, which only adds to the confusion

On your page, I have identified the following which should not be described as castles:

*Azay-le-Rideau 
*Beauregard
*Blois
*Boisclaireau
*Bourdaisière 
*Chambord 
*Chaumont 
*Chavaniac
*Chenconeau
*Cheverny
*Fontainebleau
*Mont Saint Michel (a fortified town)
*de la Muette (20C)
*Oiron
*Pécany
*Plessis-Bourré
*Rambouillet
*Saint-Aubin (vineyard)
*Valençay 
*Vaux-le-Vicomte 
*Versailles 
*Villandry 


The following are partly castle, partly stately home:
*Brissac
*Canaples
*Loches
*Ussé 


And, off the top of my head, here are some genuine castles that are not listed (some with Wikipedia pages of their own or shown in the relevant town page):
*[[Beaugency]]
*[[Biron]]
*Beynac
*Boulogne (though Castle not mentioned in Wikipedia)
*Castelnau
*[[Château de Florac|Florac]]
*[[Foix]]
*[[Fougères]]
*Gannat
*Gruissan
*[[Josselin]]
*[[Montsegur]]
*[[Peyrepertuse]]
*[[Queribus]]
*Robert-le-Diable, nr Rouen
*(Fort de) Salses
*[[Château de Vincennes|Vincennes]]
*[[Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine]]

Can I make some suggestions?  1.  Rename the page to reflect its content.  2.  Turn the page into two lists, separating palaces from proper castles.  3. Restrict the page to genuine castles, adding in any others that can be found (and there's loads).

I would be happy to help with this if you want.

[[User:Emeraude|Emeraude]] 15:50, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

:When I "created" this page, actually all I did was to move the content out of the page [[List of castles]] which was getting much too long. (I created many other similar country-specific pages in the same way.) I didn't have a lot to do with which entries had previously been added to the list.
:I certainly agree with you, there's a big distinction between castles and palaces; there isn't really yet a standard way to handle them in the context of these lists. For example, for Denmark there's a page [[List of castles and palaces in Denmark]] which includes both, but for England there's a list of [[Castles in England]] and a separate [[List of historic houses in England]].
:Places like [[Château de Chenonceau|Chenonceau]] and [[Palace of Versailles|Versailles]] definitely merit inclusion in a list somewhere... so I would tend to suggest creating a new page for them, rather than simply removing them - [[List of palaces in France]], perhaps? (It would be the list counterpart to the [[:Category:Palaces in France]]. You might also check the existing French list within [[List of palaces]].) Or maybe call them manor houses or stately homes if that makes it more inclusive?
:As you indicate, there are a lot of the stately home / palace variety of châteaux... so probably separating the lists would make for better clarity than renaming the existing list to include both.
:And of course, you're more than welcome to help! You obviously know more about the subject than I do! --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] 16:45, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

== Random Smiley Award ==

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== Thanks for the 'name' attribute ==

I supposed there must be some way of avoiding the need to repeat a reference, but couldn't find out how to do it.  Thanks for the pointer! [[User:Majabl|Matthew]] 12:47, 22 February 2007 (UTC)


== Soon to be ex Local History Glossary ==
Can you link from Wiki articles to Wikibooks?

If a glossary is specific to an article, then what is wrong with the glossary that was attached to the Dalgarven Mill article?

[[User:Rosser1954|Rosser]] 21:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

:Yes, you can certainly link to wikibooks. Just type the following:
:<nowiki>[[wikibooks:Scottish Rural Life, History Dictionary]]</nowiki>
:to get a link that looks like:
:[[wikibooks:Scottish Rural Life, History Dictionary]]
:Of course you can also pipe it in the usual way - type:
:<nowiki>[[wikibooks:Scottish Rural Life, History Dictionary|the glossary]]</nowiki>
:to get a link that looks like:
:[[wikibooks:Scottish Rural Life, History Dictionary|the glossary]]

:As for the glossary on the Dalgarven Mill page, it seemed inappropriate. For example, there's no need to explain what a [[cart]] or a [[maiden]] is - the words 'cart' and 'maiden' can be considered quite basic, and weren't even used in the text of the page. There's no problem explaining on a particular page a small number of terms relevant to the subject, but I don't feel it's helpful to add huge lists of terms. And for terms which already have pages on wikipedia / wiktionary / wikibooks, the best way to explain them is just to link to the appropriate page. --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] 12:31, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

== Soon to be ex Local History Glossary ==
Thanks for the information
[[User:Rosser1954|Rosser]] 19:10, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Incidently - even secondary school kids do not know the definition of either a cart or a maiden. I asked!

[[User:Rosser1954|Rosser]] 10:40, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

:Yes, I'm sure you're right, and many of them don't. Nevertheless, if we had to explain what these and other words meant on each page they were used on, we would have to start attaching dictionaries to thousands of articles throughout wikipedia. --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] 16:42, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

== National Three Peaks Challenge ==

Dear David,

You added "He is going to be attempting the National Three Peaks Challenge, with good friend and Bassmonkeys DJ Danny Bond in 2007." to my Wiki entry at [[Stewart Stevenson]]. Alas my somewhat aged joints make this an unlikely prospect.

I haven't spoken to my nephew [[Jamie Stevenson]] for a while and it sounds much more like his "bag". You might have got to my page because a reference to his Wiki entry is on my page and I am also formally James, albeit known as Stewart.

Keep up the good work,

Stewart Stevenson

(P.S. As a bit of a Wiki tyro, have I put this in the correct place?)

:No problem with commenting here! You can add your signature to your talk-page comments by using four tildes like this: <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>
:But actually, I didn't add this statement at all. What I did do was the opposite - I added a 'fact' tag which requested a citation for it as I didn't see any source for the claim. The statement was added by user [[User:194.221.133.211|194.221.133.211]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stewart_Stevenson&diff=121652763&oldid=119924906 this revision]. --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] 18:07, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for expanding my knowledge - [[User:Zsstevens|Zsstevens]] 07:01, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

== [[Genderqueer]] ==

Much better.
Thanks.
--[[User:Damifb|Damifb]] 21:45, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

== [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Harisu/archive1]] ==

I've just requested a peer review of [[Harisu]], following my recent attempt to get it up to GA standard. I'd certainly appreciate any comments you might have. Thanks! [[User:PC78|PC78]] 22:42, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

== Question ==

Hi. I've seen your photo taken (Image:DiegemChurchSpire.jpg) and it's in Machelen categorie. I've doing a little article about that city of Belgium and my quetion is, what is that church and its relationship with that city. By the way, I'm a Spanish wikipedia user but you can answer me in my English wikipedia page. Thanks.  [[User:Millars|Millars]] 19:51, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

:Answered [[User talk:Millars#Diegem church spire image question|here]]. --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] 17:44, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

==[[Fond du Lac, Wisconsin]] population==

[[Image:Choco chip cookie.png|left|thumb|100px|A WikiCookie for your effort]]


Good job reverting that incorrect number. I must have missed the addition somehow. I live relatively close, and I'd guess its population is between 40,000 and 60,000. [[User:Royalbroil|<span style="color:#000000;">'''Royal'''</span><span style="color:#FFCC00;">'''broil'''</span>]] 17:36, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

==Admiral's Cup==
Hi.  I may be wrong, but it seems you wrote the article on the Admiral's Cup.  The text of the page seems to be a verbatim copy of copyright text on http://www.solarnavigator.net/events/the_admirals_cup.htm  . Could you write the page with non-copyright text, or is there permission to use the text?  (Or did that website rip of WP content?) [[User:Wotapalaver|Wotapalaver]] ([[User talk:Wotapalaver|talk]]) 08:32, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
:I believe that that page is using the wikipedia content without mentioning the source or licensing conditions.
:When I first created the page, I didn't include the winner's table, and I used several phrases which have since been changed ('the United Kingdom' -> 'England', 'two nations', 'countries' -> 'teams') (see http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Admiral%27s_Cup&diff=201457697&oldid=19091235).
:Since the Solar Navigator site content reflects the current content, I'd suggest that it was most likely that it was taken from the WP page. I'm fairly sure I wrote the text myself from a number of different sources (unfortunately I didn't note which, though).
:Thanks for pointing it out. I wonder if other pages on that site also use wikipedia content. (For example, http://www.solarnavigator.net/geography/london_england.htm includes a tell-tale line: "Main article: History of London" without any link.) --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] ([[User talk:David Edgar#top|talk]]) 11:08, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

==Jumping in with both feet==
I just noticed that a translation I started 'improving' on the canal from Brux to the Scheldt is one that you only started working on today.   Sorry for my (inadvertent) rudeness here.   I'd assumed the entry had been sitting there for much longer.   I hope you don't disagree violently what I already did, but I will lay off for now.  Regards   [[User:Charles01|Charles01]] ([[User talk:Charles01|talk]]) 19:42, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
:Don't worry! Thanks for the corrections! I didn't get a chance to check everything yet. --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] ([[User talk:David Edgar#top|talk]]) 20:09, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

== Notability of the Carmarthen Dragons ==

Hi David,

Could you please take a look at [[Carmarthen Dragons]]?  The original author has removed the notability tags without discussion, and I would like some independent opinions about the issue.

Thanks, --[[User:Slashme|Slashme]] ([[User talk:Slashme|talk]]) 05:49, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

== The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar ==

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|-
|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" |  For erasing nonsense at [[Brook Silva-Braga]]. [[User:Bearian|Bearian]] ([[User talk:Bearian|talk]]) 17:36, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
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== Oak House ==

You edited my changes regarding oak house as not referenced. I don't need to reference them I am the Assistant Warden of the hall so i think I know what I wrote was correct. Why is it people like yourself have to keep undoing this article! You have ruined a factually correct article you should leave well alone!  <span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Eenuuk|Eenuuk]] ([[User talk:Eenuuk|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Eenuuk|contribs]]) 18:17, 12 September 2008 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

'''Hmmm, it told me you had revised somethings regarding the 'second largest hall' comment I made, but then when I went to undo your changes it said you had changed comments regarding 'southern rahs' and 'uggs' etc. Which was a correct edit to do. My apologies.''' <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Eenuuk|Eenuuk]] ([[User talk:Eenuuk|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Eenuuk|contribs]]) 19:21, 12 September 2008</span><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

== Light green ==

Thank you. There are many other mistakes in this page [[Wallonia]] (but on the other hand, I believe it, good informations and references). Can you help me sometimes?  I am aware that my English is very bad. And I am gain writing this evening. Sincerely, [[User:José Fontaine|José Fontaine]] ([[User talk:José Fontaine|talk]]) 18:23, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

==List of windmills in Belgium==

Thanks for adding the WSL windmill picture. I see you are in Belgium, any chance of adding more pictures to the various lists? [[User:Mjroots|Mjroots]] ([[User talk:Mjroots|talk]]) 12:43, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
:I'll see what I can do! --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] ([[User talk:David Edgar#top|talk]]) 16:44, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

==Metronomy==

I'm just wondering about some the edits you've made to this page.  I think that the bold text you removed should be replaced as it makes that part of the article difficult to read.  Also you have added a part about weasel words, would you like to find a source that refers to the Metronomy live show and light and dance routines?
Thanks  [[Special:Contributions/81.149.77.53|81.149.77.53]] ([[User talk:81.149.77.53|talk]]) 14:43, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
:Some of the phrases definitely should not be in bold. For example album titles should always be in italics. (See [[WP:ALBUM]].)
:For other uses of bold, it's generally best to follow the Manual of Style. [[WP:MOSBOLD#Boldface]] says:

::... Use boldface in the remainder of the article only for a few special uses:
::*Table headers
::*Definition lists (example: [[Proof]])
::*Volume numbers of journal articles, in some bibliographic formats
::...

:Take a look at some well-developed articles (eg. [[The Beatles]]), and you'll see this reflected. I think following this principle makes it nicer to read, and more like an encyclopedia than like some advertising blurb.

:As far as the 'by whom' tag goes, that phrase seems a lot like some opinion from an unkown source. If it's 'charming' then I'd expect a reference from (for example) a professional reviewer stating that this was what they thought of it.
:Alternatively, a phrase like, perhaps, "Metronomy live shows prominently feature dance routines and light shows." would be better. --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] ([[User talk:David Edgar#top|talk]]) 15:35, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

==Wallonia==

Thank you for your corrections.You are right for [[Ardennes]]. I wanted to put an image with Tintin in order to illustrate some sentences in the section In the North a N-W of Hainaut, linked to Casterman (the puhlisher of [[The Adventures of Tintin]]). Fram found that ''decorative'' (at this moment the sentences about Casterman didn't exist). I recognize that I am doing so in ortder to underline the importance of Wallonia. But... What do you think of that? Sincerely, [[User:José Fontaine|José Fontaine]] ([[User talk:José Fontaine|talk]]) 20:25, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

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== Kneiff ==

Hello,<br>
In the [[Kneiff]] article you mentioned a map (ACT, scale 1:20000) for reference. Do you personally have this map or just saw it? If you have it - could you scan the Kneiff - Buurgplatz part of it and send it to me by e-mail?<br>Cheers. [[User:Kószab|Kószab]] ([[User talk:Kószab|talk]]) 15:39, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
:I do personally have the map, yes. I'll do a scan later (this evening, hopefully). --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] ([[User talk:David Edgar#top|talk]]) 16:01, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
::Thank you in advance. I am not sure how to give you my e-mail address. Could you help me about the proper way to do it here on Wikipedia? [[User:Kószab|Kószab]] ([[User talk:Kószab|talk]]) 17:24, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
:::Yes, if you go into your preferences ([[Special:Preferences]]) you can tick an option "Enable e-mail from other users". Then users will see a link "E-mail this user" in the "toolbox" section when they look at your user or talk page. You should also set your email address on the same page.
:::Or you can send me a mail - you should be able to see the "E-mail this user" link on the left of this page. (You may want to set your email address in your preferences so that I can reply directly to you.) --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] ([[User talk:David Edgar#top|talk]]) 17:42, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

== [[WP:GEO|Wikiproject Geographic Coordinates]] ==

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== YHA (England & Wales) ==

Thanks for the style corrections and correcting the typos.[[User:Nthep|Nthep]] ([[User talk:Nthep|talk]]) 15:43, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

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== [[Miranda (TV series)|Miranda]] ==

Thank you for bringing up the issue of Copyright infringement within this article. This was my fault. I'll re-write the episode summaries, so they are no longer in breach of [[WP:COPYVIO]] and add them. Even though I've been a member of Wikipedia, I am still learning about how it works. This has definitely been a learning curve. Thank you again. :) - [[User:JuneGloom07|JuneGloom07]] ([[User talk:JuneGloom07|talk]]) 15:28, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

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==Image request==
If [[Brussels Airport]] is convenient to your location, would you mind photographing the [[Brussels Airlines]] head office (b.house, Airport Building 26)? The Brussels Airline article needs a pic of its corporate headquarters. Thank you [[User:WhisperToMe|WhisperToMe]] ([[User talk:WhisperToMe|talk]]) 18:44, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
:Yes, the airport's quite close. I'm not quite sure of the exact location of the building at the moment, but I'll try and search it out. --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] ([[User talk:David Edgar#top|talk]]) 17:54, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
:I uploaded [[:File:8990brusselsAirlinesHQ.jpg]] and [[:File:8992brusselsAirlinesHQentrance.jpg]], and added one to the [[Brussels Airlines]] page. --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] ([[User talk:David Edgar#top|talk]]) 11:31, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
::Thank you for taking the photograph :) [[User:WhisperToMe|WhisperToMe]] ([[User talk:WhisperToMe|talk]]) 08:32, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
::Also I found that you are right - b.house is in Diegem, and I found the map from the [[Machelen]] municipality website that proves it. [[User:WhisperToMe|WhisperToMe]] ([[User talk:WhisperToMe|talk]]) 09:55, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

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==Castles in Belgium==
It was agreed some time ago in relation to French castles - [[:User:Emeraude]] can doubtless point you to the reference - that because the word ''château'' is wider in meaning than the English word "castle", it was decided to leave ''châteaux'' in their French-language form. There was no discussion at the time about Belgium, but it seems entirely logical that ''châteaux'' in Wallonia should also keep their French-language form. This was my thinking behind what I had started to do, if time had allowed, with [[:List of castles in Belgium]]. (As it stands it is very flawed but nevertheless better than what was there before). [[User:HeartofaDog|HeartofaDog]] ([[User talk:HeartofaDog|talk]]) 13:27, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
:I've no problem with ''châteaux'' being used instead of 'castle' where it's more appropriate. My issue with [[:List of castles in Belgium]] is that it has a huge number of red links, even though many of the pages actually exist (and are listed in [[:Category:Castles in Belgium]]) under different titles. That's what I've been changing; I've generally only changed the names in the list to follow the names currently used for the articles. --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] ([[User talk:David Edgar#top|talk]]) 13:39, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

==Copyright==

Hi, I'm new and I am learning the ropes, you recently sent me a warning about the edit on the article Siula Grande because I posted a reference containing a documentary that is posted on Youtube. So I can't post references about what I write even though it is obvious the documentary is 100% factual and that I took my information from it? Even if it is on Youtube for everyone to see? Thanks for answering me, I don't even know where the answer will appear :) [[User:Mattaidepikiw|Mattaidepikiw]] ([[User talk:Mattaidepikiw|talk]]) 14:55, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
:Hi! You can't link to something like that which has just been posted on youtube, for copyright reasons. But that doesn't mean you can't ''reference'' a documentary - you can add a reference, naming the film (possibly adding a date, title of a DVD edition, quotation etc. if these make it clearer) to identify the source of a particular fact. (You can even use the [[:Template:Cite video|cite video tag]] if you like, by writing something like this: <nowiki><ref>{{cite video |title=Touching the Void}}</ref></nowiki> )
:However, you should also be careful with the [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliability of sources]]; probably in this case it's reasonable to assume that the documentary ''attempts'' to be reasonably accurate, although of course it's largely based on the first person account in Joe Simpson's book. Ideally objective secondary sources are always best.
:You might read [[Wikipedia:Video links]] and [[WP:YOUTUBE]] for some more information. --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] ([[User talk:David Edgar#top|talk]]) 15:39, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank you, I'll dig on this info. Happy New Year! [[User:Mattaidepikiw|Mattaidepikiw]] ([[User talk:Mattaidepikiw|talk]]) 16:06, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

:Happy New Year! Feel free to ask if you have other questions, I've been around for a while so maybe I can help, or at least give some pointers of where to look... --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] ([[User talk:David Edgar#top|talk]]) 16:12, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

I sure will David, when I am not sure about a particular "rule" of WP and can't find it by myself, I'll ask. Thanks for your help, as you can see, I am not a l337 programmer lol. For now I am gonna concentrate on easy edits, until I'm good enough to write a whole article (I'd especially like to write one about Mal Duff (mountaineer)). I guess when a name is lightened red it means an article would be appreciated? (Mal Duff was) Speaking of such, could you point me out to a place where I can have an overview of WP "hierarchy"? Are you a mod? I am also gonna make some contribution in French, which is my maternal language. Later friend.[[User:Mattaidepikiw|Mattaidepikiw]] ([[User talk:Mattaidepikiw|talk]]) 14:25, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi David, I hope you're doing good, I am starting to get the hang of editing and that is pretty cool! In addition to my above question, I need an info. I recently reverted some vandalism on the [[pretzel]] article, how do I report those damn vandals? The guy was 92.25.44.154. [[User:Mattaidepikiw|Mattaidepikiw]] ([[User talk:Mattaidepikiw|talk]]) 00:53, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

:Hi - I'm sorry, I didn't reply to your earlier questions earlier.
:* Regarding vandalism - in this case, it seems this anonymous user only made this one edit. So it might not be worth reporting it. What you might want to do is put a warning on the user's talk page ([[User talk:92.25.44.154]] in this case) - for example [[Template:Uw-vandalism1]]. (You can find a full list of these template messages for user talk pages at [[WP:WARN]].) If a particular user makes (or has already) more vandalism edits, you can add further more serious warnings to their talk page, and/or report the user at [[Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism]], which will notify an administrator to take action.
:* Red links - a name or other text in red simply means the article doesn't exist. Sometimes this does indeed mean an article would be useful; other times, the linked subject isn't really notable enough for an article of their own, in which case it can be appropriate to simply unlink the name. For people, they should satisfy the criteria listed at [[Wikipedia:Notability (people)]].
:* In the particular case of Mal Duff, I think there's a good case for asserting notability. There are quite a few reliable secondary sources (eg. books, newspaper articles talking about him). Make sure to add these as references.
:* Re hierarchy - you mean as in different categories of wikipedia editor? [[Wikipedia:User access levels]] lists the different user levels and what actions each can take; of these, the ones you'll mostly come across are either anonymous users, autoconfirmed users (basically regular logged in users) and administrators. Most things you'll want to do can either be done with standard editor rights, or can be done by an administrator (eg. page deletion, blocking users, normally in response to a particular request or deletion discussion). But it's not really a hierarchy - administrators don't have any real authority over other users, when it comes to editing articles; they simply have the ability to do certain additional things. I'm just a regular user, not an administrator or anything else. --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] ([[User talk:David Edgar#top|talk]]) 21:14, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, it makes things a lot clearer. Later. [[User:Mattaidepikiw|Mattaidepikiw]] ([[User talk:Mattaidepikiw|talk]]) 09:04, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

==License tagging for File:British Sea Power Vahalla Dancehall Album Cover.jpg==
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:Oops. Now tagged. --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] ([[User talk:David Edgar#top|talk]]) 19:54, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

== Khaled Hosseini´s Genre ==

Hi, 

I saw you changed the genre of Khaled´s book back to fiction. Take a look at the disk.-page. His books are results of his life experience. They are based on true events that are part of Afghanistan´s society, it´s culture and people. Thus, I changed it back to History. Again, please take a look on the Disk.-Page.--[[Special:Contributions/94.219.196.21|94.219.196.21]] ([[User talk:94.219.196.21|talk]]) 22:47, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
:I see what you've written on the talk page, but I disagree with you that 'history' is an accurate genre. Just because something is ''based'' on true events does not make it history.
:He himself says his writing is fictional, for example [http://lilwritergie.blogspot.com/2006/12/interview-with-khaled-hosseini.html in this interview]: "The story line of my novel is largely fictional. The characters were invented and the plot imagined."
:I don't doubt that some elements of his stories are autobiographical (as is the case with very many authors) but don't mistake that for an attempt to accurately narrate particular events in the past, which is what historical writing would do. --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] ([[User talk:David Edgar#top|talk]]) 07:27, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

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== User_talk:212.219.16.7 ==

On March 3, you gave a last warning on [[User_talk:212.219.16.7#Lake_District_edits]]. On March 14, [[Special:Contributions/212.219.16.7|212.219.16.7]] was at it again. [[Special:Contributions/204.210.242.157|204.210.242.157]] ([[User talk:204.210.242.157|talk]]) 02:16, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

:Different day, same stuff: On March 18, [[Special:Contributions/212.219.16.7|212.219.16.7]] was at it again.   [[Special:Contributions/204.210.242.157|204.210.242.157]] ([[User talk:204.210.242.157|talk]]) 21:13, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

::Reported to [[WP:AIV]] and subsequently blocked for a month. --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] ([[User talk:David Edgar#top|talk]]) 06:46, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

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== xkcd date ==

Re {{diff2|420521745|this edit}}: Presumably the date listed is when the comic was drawn, and there's a reference to it somewhere. [[User:Wenttomowameadow|Wenttomowameadow]] ([[User talk:Wenttomowameadow|talk]]) 01:40, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
:I have great doubts that the original 1999 date was when the strip was drawn. If you look at {{oldid|Wikipedia:xkcd in popular culture|392392591|this version}} of the page, you'll see that both references to different xkcd comic strips are both dated with the same 1999-02-22 date, which looks suspiciously like some default chosen value. Additionally, I don't think Cory Doctorow had started blogging at that time, or at least wasn't well known. And they're certainly not done in the style of the earliest xkcd strips, suggesting both strips were made much closer to their publication dates.
:So in the absence of any reference for these original dates specified, I replaced them with the publication dates. For the one you refer to, I found the version of the archive on waybackmachine.org where it was displayed on the xkcd front page and used the Friday immediately before. Incidentally this corresponds well to the date in the URL of the blag.xkcd.com reference. --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] ([[User talk:David Edgar#top|talk]]) 11:58, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
::Okay, that sounds sensible. Oddly enough, every xkcd comic features the RDF namespace declaration URI http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#, which is perhaps the source of the date due to some bizarre scripting/comprehension accident. [[User:Wenttomowameadow|Wenttomowameadow]] ([[User talk:Wenttomowameadow|talk]]) 14:55, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

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==Sport in the United Kingdom==
I don't know why you have put on my page that my edit to the aforementioned page was inappropriate. I have never visited said page hitherto, much less made any edits. [[User:Bostart|Bostart]]
:I'm sorry, I'm confused as to what you're referring to here. Do you mean I've put such a message on your talk page? (I've [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Bostart&action=history never edited it].) If you mean another page, please tell me which exactly. --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] ([[User talk:David Edgar#top|talk]]) 09:22, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

==Proposal to shut down WP Geographic Coordinates & ban coordinates on wikipedia articles==
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== Names for castles in Belgium ==

As an English speaker, a resident of Belgium and the creator of the page itself, your contribution would be invaluable to the discussion at [[Talk:List of castles in Belgium]] over what term to use for the non-fortified 'castles'. Cheers, '''[[User:Oreo Priest|<span style="color:green">Oreo Priest</span>]]''' <sup>[[User talk:Oreo Priest|talk]]</sup> 16:59, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

== Good catch ==

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parmo&curid=2856778&diff=512366978&oldid=510150532 Yes!] - good catch. It made me go ''hang on just a minute'' followed by ''er no he's right actually!''  I wish I had the formal grammar training to express it clearly but I think that what you found is a good example of "the other thing", that is, it is not the usual "one comma is wrong but none or two might be right here" thing but the other case where the second comma is ''not ''doing the same job, and is just wrong. Well spotted. Cheers [[User:DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered|DBaK]] ([[User talk:DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered|talk]]) 11:25, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
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== Ian Curtis's house ==

I think I had gotten the right corner when I planned my little pre-Wikimania day trip from London—I just screwed up the address when I typed the filename {{facepalm}}. It seems, based on [http://rocknycliveandrecorded.com/buy-ian-curtis-house-for-180000.html this], that my picture is of the far corner rather than the one that was the actual house ([http://www.joydiv.org/18may/2.htm yup ... this] seems to support that. I think I even printed out the linked map and brought it along) It's hard to tell because the houses are only incidentally numbered. The right house may well be the one at left in [[:File:View E down Barton St from Newton St, Macclesfield.jpg|this image]]. I knew at least I was in [[:File:Barton St, Macclesfield, in imitation of Control grayscale.jpg|the right neighborhood]].

Anyway, it seems, you live a lot closer to Macclesfield than I do{{smiley}}. Feel free to take a picture of the right house and put it in if you are able. [[User:Daniel Case|Daniel Case]] ([[User talk:Daniel Case|talk]]) 22:23, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

:Yeah, it seems like getting good light on it would be the issue (I would have been shooting [http://app.photoephemeris.com/?ll=53.253707,-2.131578&center=53.2537,-2.1316&dt=20140807031600%2B0100&z=18&spn=0.00,0.00 too late] to get any light on the house, and to boot sort of at right angles to the light. [http://photoephemeris.com/ This] is an excellent website (and mobile app) for calculating natural light availability (and what direction it comes from) at a particular location; I have [http://app.photoephemeris.com/?ll=53.253707,-2.131578&center=53.2537,-2.1316&dt=20150925031600%2B0100&z=18&spn=0.00,0.00 set this up] for 77 Barton St., Macclesfield, Cheshire. Looks like if you can get there early in the morning, you'll have the light on the house. [[User:Daniel Case|Daniel Case]] ([[User talk:Daniel Case|talk]]) 01:56, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

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I have now sent you an email directly, not via Wikipedia's email service. I hope it has worked OK this time. <small>''The editor who uses the pseudonym''</small> "[[User:JamesBWatson|JamesBWatson]]" ([[User talk:JamesBWatson#top|talk]]) 09:40, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

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Strictly forbidden to remove. I reiterate: sources used in Asian. This is just a reference. You have no authority to change. <small><span class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:42.113.154.97|42.113.154.97]] ([[User talk:42.113.154.97|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/42.113.154.97|contribs]]) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

:Wikipedia doesn't work on such a notion of "authority" as you suggest. Instead it works on [[WP:CON|consensus]].

:On the topic itself, my primary reasons for reverting were nothing to do with the languages of the sources. Instead, I felt that the reason for the section's inclusion was poorly explained, there was no explanation as to where this variation was used (or by whom), and the English was not good. If you still feel it is important, I would suggest you discuss it on the [[Talk:Beaufort scale|article's talk page]]. --[[User:David Edgar|David Edgar]] ([[User talk:David Edgar#top|talk]]) 20:58, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

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