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Re: St.George Day

I wouldn't have minded you erasing my comments, because they were a little abrupt and didn't belong on article. However, I am disappointed in you reverting back to what is totally untrue. Wikipedia should contain truth.

St.Georges day is celebrated on the 23rd of April in England. It isn't 'moved' anywhere. Christian churches hold St.George services on the nearest Sunday to the 23rd of April.

92.239.90.145 (talk) 01:19, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Indeed they were. Adding the comment "You talk shite" to your contribution is not in the spirit of Wikipedia. Please be more civil and discuss the issue with other involved editors on the article's talk page. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 01:28, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Invitation to take part in a study

I am a Wikipedian, who is studying the phenomenon on Wikipedia. I need your help to conduct my research on about understanding "Motivation of Wikipedia contributors." I would like to invite you to Main Study. Please give me your valuable time, which estimates about 20 minutes. I chose you as a English Wikipedia user who made edits recently through the RecentChange page. Refer to the first page in the online survey form for more information on the study and me.cooldenny (talk) 01:53, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Dustin Diamond

I guess that Wikipedia is now censored, since DD did do some porno and sold a bunch of t-shirts when he was dirt poor. Congratulations. The Republican party can use someone like you to conceal the truth. Onwards with the bildeburg. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.158.49.231 (talk) 02:40, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

What I deleted was "Screech also did porno and had a bunch of t-shirt sales because he was going bankrupt." Aside from the fact that this in ungrammatical, it is also potentially libellous, since it is an unreferenced comment about a living person. This has nothing to do with censorship, everyone needs to follow Wikipedia policies to maintain the integrity of the encyclopedia. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 06:08, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

RE: Last Change (Article: Shadow Warrior)

The article featured a brief, one line accusation of racism made by one collegiate reviewer, without substantiation, irrelevant to anything else and having nothing to do with the header under which it was written. I removed it because it was irrelevant and out of place.

I see now why people laugh when Wikipedia is cited as a source of information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.185.71.35 (talk) 04:10, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

You removed a sourced statement with no explanation as to why you did so. The source was a title of ZDNet which is a reliable source. Although the section could be better titled as "Controversy" rather than "Reception", it was an unconstructive edit. Just because you don't like something doesn't mean you can arbitarily delete it. I am going to reinstate the paragraph you have again deleted under the new section heading with a disputed point of view tag so you can make your comments on the article's talk page. If you can find a source that disagrees with Gamespot's then feel free to add it. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 06:33, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Swakeleys House

Thank you for your copy edit. What do you mean with the clarification tag where you say, "Many mention that the manor became forfeit to the King?" Harrison49 (talk) 15:07, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

"John Charlton later took ownership of Swakeleys but a relative of his was subsequently killed during the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, while fighting on the side of Richard III. Although Henry VII subsequently granted Charlton's widow a life interest in the manor, he gave possession to Sir Thomas Bourchier."

What I mean is what relevance does the death of his relative have here? Maybe "...fighting for the army of enemy Richard III", Right now it isn't clear why Bourchier ended up with the manor. Best, ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 20:59, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. I think I've made it clearer now. Harrison49 (talk) 21:15, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Articles As Adverts

If an article is written as an advertisement, and should include a telephone number. My experience has been that someone takes ownership of an article then any suggestions on the article's talk page are met with utter indifference.

That's the whole point. Wikipedia is not for adverts. I have now tagged the Stamped concrete article as questionably notable. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 21:16, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Warning lol

Like I care about your warning

You should look at User:MrBunnyMan LOL because that is User:Kagome_85. A person who is permanently banned from here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.163.144.125 (talk) 22:22, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Graffiti

Hi, Phil. Thanks for this clean-up. --Uncle Ed (talk) 00:21, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome. All part of the unfortunate need to fight vandalism. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 00:36, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Clint Eastwood

Hi

Please don't think I am stalking you lol, Eastwood has been one of my role models since my early days of Spaghetti westerns, and as the invite was for several editors I am keen to read the article once you have finished. I was going to start this one a week or so ago when it first came in but my conjunctivitis got worse and I had to stop using the PC for a while.

I would like to just mention that looking at one paragraph in particular I wanted to change it from:

• For his work in the films Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004), Eastwood won Academy Awards for Best Director, producer of the Best Picture, and received nominations for Best Actor.

to

• Eastwood won Academy Awards for Best Director and Producer of the Best Picture, as well as receiving nominations for Best Actor, for his work in the films Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004).

I just wondered if you could see my rationale? Chaosdruid (talk) 00:48, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

It's hardly stalking when I told you what I was doing :) The paragraph rewrite is much better and if you don't mind I'll use it when I get to that section. Best ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 00:54, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Spike!

What's with the spike at 623? Did I miss some news?

(Map-related replies forthcoming. Nice work, by the way.) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 06:58, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Weird, the only explanation I can come up with is that all these vandals I've pissed off by reverting their edits are coming to Haikou to do me in after reading my user page. Watch out for an upsurge in tourism to the island :). ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 07:18, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

The reason. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:36, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Embarrassed cough. Oh yes, I did know about that because of the BRICS meeting but I didn't connect the two. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 11:37, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Staffordshire Yeomanry

You should do some research before revertng changes and accusing someone of vandalism.

south staffordshire regiment

You should do some research before revertng changes and accusing someone of vandalism. Twat! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.148.219.194 (talk) 08:38, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

By the same token, Wikipedia guidelines suggest that you should not remove referenced content or blank sections without a comment or after gaining concensus on the pertinent article's talk page. You should also sign posts on user pages with four tildes (~~~~). Calling me a twat is like water off a ducks back. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 11:18, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Traumatic amputation

I'm not really clear why my edit was marked as "vandalism," considering I was making legitimate changes to a very poorly-written page. I understand and whole-heatedly support Wikipedia's mission, and as such was trying to clean up an incredibly sloppy article into something that would hold some validity. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.233.109.99 (talk) 22:10, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Hi, the warning was about an unconstructive edit, not vandalism. Removing referenced content as you did here is a no-no, particularly as you did not provide an edit summary. I agree that the article needs improvement in its standard of English but please do not remove references without good reason. BTW, don't forget to sign posts on talk pages with four tildes ~~~~. Best, ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 22:24, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Prince Harry

Please see my edit note and the history of this article. I was reverting to existing consensus, and would be obliged if you remove your erroneous vandalism warning. Thanks. Hengist Pod (talk) 22:29, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, no can do, the edit was unconstructive. I fail to see where this "concensus" comes from. It certainly isn't on the talk page. Frosted seems to disagree with you as he has already reverted your change to my reversion. I have never heard of Prince Harry being called anything but that since the day he was born. Please be careful you don't get into an edit war over this. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 22:42, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

See the edit summary previous to mine. Even so, good-faith edits are never vandalism even if there is no consensus. But if you go through the article history, I think you'll find that the version to which I reverted is the preferred. Meanwhile, I have read, and deleted, your warning. Do not trust the editfilter; it tags this article whatever change is made to that field. Hengist Pod (talk) 22:47, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Please don't lecture me about the edit filter. My reversion has nothing to do with it. As for good faith edits, ask yourself, why is the article called "Prince Harry of Wales" not "Prince Henry of Wales"? Going against nomenclature which is accepted by the Wiki community is clearly not good faith. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 22:54, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

<sigh> I can see now why new editors get pissed off here. Never mind, I have other things to do with my life than waste it here. And "going against nomenclature which is accepted by the Wiki community" is clearly incorrect when you plainly state above that there is no consensus. You're out of line here. Hengist Pod (talk) 22:58, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

I understand your frustration but this has nothing to do with trying to piss you off. Wikipedia is at times frustrating and requires a great deal of patience. The article is called Prince Harry so that's what his name is. QED. Best ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 23:03, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Whether you were trying or not, you succeeded. And that is not a good thing to throw at a new editor. Some articles have developed inconsistencies through discussion, however, assuming good faith is an art, and one which, when dealing with vandalism through automated tools, requires extra-special care. It's failing to take proper cognisance of inexperience, and blithely label it as vandalism, as you and another editor did, that drives away well-intentioned editors. It's all too easy to push a button and issue an {{uw-vand1}}, although I've long thought that particular message to be inconsistent. To be honest, I'd ban most of the automated anti-vandalism tools, because I've seen them abused on too many occasions; they are a lazy excuse for investigation, consideration, and thought. Hengist Pod (talk) 00:05, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

As I said above, my revert would have happened regardless of the edit filter. With the Royal Wedding imminent I am watching all pages that are likely to be changed. This has nothing to do with good faith I can assure you and if you check my warning on your user page (which you've deleted), you will not find the word "vandalism". ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 00:13, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

I accept your explanation that "this has nothing to do with good faith", because you've clearly failed to investigate the situation properly, and if it's a content dispute, you haven't cited chapter and verse in support of your position; you've just blindly reverted, ostensibly on the basis of a faulty edit filter, or for some other unexplained reason. However, {{uw-vand1}} mentions "unconstructive" rather than "vandalism", and that's just semantic nonsense. Again, I refer you to the edit summary preceding my first revert, which, as far as I was concerned, and in my experience, set out the status quo. If I was wrong, I was acting in good faith and should NOT have been criticised. In this case, WP:COMMONNAME is open to interpretation and there have been multiple discussions on the archives of this article's page as to nomenclature; we seem to have reached some stability on the naming this article, but the details remain moot. That is why I reverted an unexplained change, and that is also why I trusted the previous editor's edit summary; he, to me, is a trusted editor. Now, I have no further interest in this topic; the article can be called "The Shanghai Axe Murderer" as far as I am concerned. You just continue to make it up as you go along, and all will be right. Hengist Pod (talk) 00:31, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Please be careful. This is close to a personal attack. I suggest you move on to another article/topic. Best ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 00:38, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Don't panic. I know fully what ground I'm on. I've been on it for too long. Hengist Pod (talk) 00:43, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Re: List of Bratz products

Thank you for the contact, I added a request on the page and also attempted to correct the list by going back to the furthest non vandalized edit, which was in early April. Apparently due to previous vandalism by IPs and such, some legit editors did not use the revert function and instead removed edits or replaced missing information manually, basically leaving a lot of hidden vandal edits. Unicogirl (talk) 00:41, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Good work! All the best, ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 00:43, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Warning Problem (GLOO ?)

Hey, not sure if it's GLOO, but i've noticed it twice now, that if a user already has a final warning issued to them, instead of reporting them you seem to be issuing a first warning again? Just thought I'd bring it to your attention :) - Happysailor ^(Talk) 02:20, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Hi Happysailor, thanks for the heads up. I hadn't notice that - weird. Do you have a specific example so that I can inform the developer? Cheers! ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 02:23, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

This was the second time I saw it (cant remember the first :) ) User talk:Market12345 - Happysailor ^(Talk) 02:24, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

lol, blocking admin removed your seconf 1st warning :) - Happysailor ^(Talk) 02:24, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll report it. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 02:27, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Croatan Indians

The edit that I made to Croatan was reverted. I am currently doing research on the Lumbee Indians and Croatan Indian and these tribes were not a mix of african americans and white women. They were in the the United States, prior to African American slaves arriving. Therefore, the idea that they were of African American ancestry is absurd. If you check the Lumbee page that is currently on Wikipedia, you would know this as well. Someone is adding this information to take away the credibility of the Lumbee Indians. Prior to posts being posted someone should check the facts a little better As a matter of fact, I am Lumbee Indian and I do know who my ancestors are, I have them traced back to the 1800's. I am also a history major with an emphasis in American Indian Studies. If you would like some books that have good information on Lumbee Indians - I can provide you with some names of books. I am requesting that that post be removed. I am learning how to use this talk page I apologize if I am not doing it correctly. Whywhywhywhy2005 (talk) 03:16, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Yes it was, because you deleted a lot of content, some of which was referenced. The article must be based on proper references, not on your original research. You should also gain concensus on the article's talk page before making major changes. If you need any advice please feel free to ask. Best, ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 03:26, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

So even though this page in in direct conflict with another page on the system, you are leaving it – that I don't understand – the verification is under the topic Lumbee Indians – why can there not be a link to the Lumbee Indians instead of gibberish? The sites that are cited are not fact based. They are someone's opinion. Have you done any research on this topic? As I said – It is not my original research – I can cite actual real documents that exist – most of which are already cited under the page on Lumbee Indians of North Carolina – including US Congressional documents.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Whywhywhywhy2005 (talk • contribs) 03:50, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

What I suggest you do is to use the references on the Lumbee Indians page to back up the changes you intend to make to the Croatans. My only role in this is to ensure that referenced content is not deleted from Wikipedia. A couple of suggestions: Create a simple user page that perhaps mentions your heritage - this boosts the level of confidence in your edits; also make a germane comment in the edit summary box before you make changes - this makes editors much less likely to revert. Good luck. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 04:02, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Information about Hans Ragnar Mathisen

Hallo Phil88

A link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_people#Notable_people_of_Sami_descent There is no information about Hans Ragnar Mathisen. I asked himself to put information, but he said the it was not possible. Then I tried myself, but got very strange notice. What shall I do.

Anders Henriksen Advicer at communication and language at Sami Parlament in Norway (Anhenrik (talk) 09:34, 26 April 2011 (UTC))

Hello Anders, I'm not sure what you want me to do here. Which article has a reference problem? Please advise, ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 11:31, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Celts in Transylvania

Thank you for your help. I added a couple more images (i.e. Dacian war trumpet and Celtic carnyx - they are similar. Parvan (1928) was saying they are identical. Other more recent authors say these are similar. Also, the Celtic cauldron from Orastie -Romania drawn by swans / water birds that Berresford Ellis talks in his book) Oance again, thank you Boldwin (talk) 15:10, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome! ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 01:42, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Hyde F.C.

No problem, I appriciate you doing it. Hope you get well soon. LiamTaylor 10:07, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Tools - no, not people; things to help your copyediting work :¬)

Hi

Do you know about the scripts tools that are available to us? In particular the dashes script (I just used it here [1] for example)

It is quite simple to install, especially if you have edited your custom JavaScript page before.

You just need to add

importScript("User:GregU/dashes.js");

to your scripts page

Chaosdruid (talk) 21:51, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

PS Just noticed you other note - hope you get better soon, maybe stay off the bats droppings and horse penis? lol :¬) Chaosdruid (talk) 21:52, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks - will add it to my scripts file. You miss the point on the bats droppings and horse penis, that's what keeps me fighting fit :). None of that western antibiotic rubbish, give me a bull's scrotum anyday! Best ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 22:10, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

LMAO :¬) Chaosdruid (talk) 22:52, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Hmm. I added that script to my custom javascript settings but, unlike the other script I have in there, the new one does not appear in the toolbox (running Firefox 4). Any ideas? ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk

When you edit a page, it should appear as an extra tab at the top of the page, as a little drop down arrow (pointing down) between "add to watchlist" and "user" - when you hover over it it should expand a little dash under the arrow. I am using FF4 also, with Vector as my Wikiskin. Chaosdruid (talk) 23:28, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Ah ha, I see now - it has been added to the move dropdown. Thanks mate. Nice cleanup on Clint BTW. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 23:38, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

(ex) He holds a special place in my life. We used to make up cowboy stories when I went to my godmothers house, her son and I would do the plots for them and all of us 6 boys would act them out in the garden and the back alley, sometimes in the park across the road. They were very gory, all inspired mainly by the Dollars films and other spaghetti westerns and her son (who always played the Eastwood type role) went on to much bigger things, he has worked on a lot of screenplays in the US, including with Tarrantino, as well as writing several books, one of which was later up for Tarrantino to shoot. It is amazing how things turn out!

My youngest brother has a constant remionder of those days, a diamond shaped scar on the bridge of his nose where I shot him between the eyes with an arrow - so lucky I didn't blind him lol. At nine or ten years old one doesn't always think of the possible consequences of things like that!

Anyway, I don't want to change it too much, I really am interested to read it more than copyedit it lol - time for bed here though so maybe I will carry on tomorrow, best wishes for a complete recovery :¬) Chaosdruid (talk) 23:53, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

The script seems just to remove any existing ndashs rather than following WP:MOS - is that what it's supposed to do? ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 23:46, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Nope, it is supposed to follow MoS...maybe it needs some updating. I use it on just about every page I copyedit, but have never had anyone say anything about it making errors. I will investigate tomorrow when I get back online as I have to go to bed really as working tomorrow unfortunately. Alternatively you can ask Diannaa or SMasters about it, as it was a GOCE recommendation to copyeditors, and would be pretty uncool if it was not working properly and making bad edits! Chaosdruid (talk) 23:53, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Don't worry about it now - get some sleep. I ran the script against this and nothing happened. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 00:05, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

I added some more, it is trying to change several of them, including the first one...I have some things to do here still, should have more time spare in an hour or so.

K, I looked at it in more detail - it changed the hyphens to dashes when you ran it on the test page [2]. Try it now, it should make substantial changes... Chaosdruid (talk) 13:02, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for all your work on this - seems to be working better now. As for example - 27-29 January - according to my reading of the styleguide that should be an ndash but the script doesn't change it - or am I reading it wrong? ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 20:24, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

No, you are correct, it should be making them into an ndash - I have used the script and it seems to have changed it into one in the first and second date examples. It seems it has problems turning mdashes into ndashes though. I will try and get hold of the script maker and find out what is going on there...Chaosdruid (talk) 22:53, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks mate, let me know what he/she says. Best ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 22:56, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Raised at User_talk:GregU/dashes.js#problems_with_dates.3F - although it seems that the script is only designed for changing hyphens to dashes, if so it would not be capable of changing mdashes to ndashes...it may be some time before an answer is forthcoming as Greg seems to only edit every month or two. Chaosdruid (talk) 23:01, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

OK. I try not to use mdashes if I can avoid it but they look sooooo cool. Hit you right between the eyes like Clint's magnum. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 23:06, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Hyde F.C. Copyedit

Hi, you left comments on the talk page but could you claryfy what these mean and where they are, cheers,

• Ａ　ｐｒｉｖａｔｅ　ｉｎｄｉｖｉｄｕａｌ　ｗｅｂｓｉｔｅ　ｈｏｓｔｅｄ　ｏｎ　ｂｔｉｎｔｅｒｎｅｔ．ｃｏｍ　ｉｓ　ｎｏｔ　considered a reliable source unless the author is a noted individual published in other media.
• The term "purple patch" may not be understood by some Wikipedia readers - either link or replace. LiamTaylor 10:50, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

What I meant was

• The following reference is not considered reliable according to Wikipedia guidelines - anyone with a BT Internet account can set up their own web page but that doesn't make it necessarily reliable. "Hyde F.C. later relocated to Townend Street but moved back to Ewen Fields in 1906 after merging with Hyde St George's who played in the Lancashire Combination league.<ref name="Hyde Football Club - History">{{cite web | url=http://www.fchd.btinternet.co.uk/HYDE.HTM | title=Hyde Football Club - History | accessdate=March 26, 2011 | publisher=Football Club History Database}}</ref>"
• "The decade after the Second World War proved to be a purple patch for the club" The phrase purple patch may not be understood by all English readers of Wikipedia as it is a bit colloquial (and arguably unencyclopedic). My suggestion was to change it to something like "a run of good luck" or link "purple patch" as I just did. Best, ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 20:36, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Clint Eastwood copyedit

Thank you for taking the time to copyedit the article, I appreciate it. Your edits have really improved many areas of the article, which I'm sure will still be a pressing point at FAC. I've addressed the clarification tags, save one which will be resolved when the other main editor reviews the source. Thanks again! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 23:59, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome. It's alway nice to copyedit an article that is interesting and well structured. Best ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 00:03, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

talking * blah * blah * talking

dude, my post was *totally* contructive. you seriously need to rethink your method of rationalization. grow up. period. —Preceding unsigned comment added by .:ThisIsMeWhenI'mBored:. (talk • contribs) 01:40, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Really? For anyone who might be vaguely interested, this is not constructive. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 01:44, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Kpalimé

I gave a very CONSTRUCTIVE, KNOWLEDGEABLE, & VERIFIED correction of the name of a Togolese city by the Togolese government and you call it vandalism? The Togolese government knows more about their cities than anyone, but if you believe that you know more than they do, you are just a conceited person that is right even though you are wrong that doesn't deserve to be called an editor or anything else that has to do with PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISM. Go back to the tabloids! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zoonotics (talk • contribs) 04:05, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

No you didn't. You inserted a personal view in a Wikipedia article here which is vandalism. The type of comment you made belongs on the article's talk page. If you believe that the name is incorrect then you should first find a reference, add it to the lead then ask for the page to be moved. Please remember to sign your posts on user talk pages with four tildes (~~~~). ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 07:25, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Fuck Them All

Hi Philg88! Thank you for your great work on the "Fuck Them All" article; your help is much appreciated! I tried to clarify the two phrases you had tagged, and I hope my rewording is correct, but as my English is rather bad, I'm not sure... Thank you again! Regards, --Europe22 (talk) 19:35, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome. Good luck with the GA review. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 21:48, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

About vandalism.

Hello there.There was vandalism on your page by an IP user.Don't worry, I"ve reverted and reported after final warning.--Damirgraffiti ☺Say Yo to Me!☺ 22:49, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

How unusual :) Thank you for the reversion. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 22:58, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Airbus A330

Hi, I saw your edits, and I'm requesting if you could change the dashes which signify variants back to hyphens, since it's supposed to be like that. Thanks Sp33dyphil ^{Ready • to • Rumble} 05:52, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Sure, no problem. I can't find any guidance in the style guide for this. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 06:03, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Sweet; if this article passes FAC, I owe you heaps ;) Sp33dyphil ^{Ready • to • Rumble} 07:03, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Not at at all, it was a pretty well written article already, I just rewrote a few sentences. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 07:05, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Hello, Philg88. You have new messages at Sp33dyphil's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Thanks Sp33dyphil ^{Ready • to • Rumble} 02:47, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Tackback

Hello, Philg88. You have new messages at Anna Frodesiak's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

YYWE

Fred Blitzfick (talk) 01:56, 4 May 2011 (UTC)"You can't handle the truth". "Hope this Helps." Let Wayne and others make all the myopic, racist comments they care to make. Now go back to sleep.Fred Blitzfick (talk) 01:56, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Sadly, I have no opinion one way or the other. However, inserting your personal views into a blockquote by someone else is undesirable. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 02:16, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar

Barnstar of Diligence

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For your immense and expert copy edit & prose help at the SS Edmund Fitzgerald article which just achieved Featured Article.North8000 (talk) 19:33, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks North, but much more of the credit goes to you. SS Edmund Fitzgerald was a nicely structured, well thought out article before I ever went near it. Best, ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 21:06, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Re May GOCE drive - Article word counts

Hi Phil

Re this. Please check out Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/FAQ (look at the last question in the "Page size" question). To quote:

Q: If I use the word counter on articles using bullets such as a list (or tables), not all words are counted. What do I do?

A: Just copy and paste the words (minus the Table of Contents, and any references or notes sections) into any word processor that can do a word count, and take the number from there.

For example, using the prosesize tool the World Series Cricket Results article counts in at just 223 words before the copyedit (which is what you're meant to count, not the 720 words from a post-copyedit count that you've done; I did a fair bit of work adding in an introduction and context for which the article had also been tagged, thus the increase in words). Hmmm, five hours work (check the page history) for 223 words? You've gotta be joking! :)

Trust me, I got caught out in a couple of previous drives where I did myself out of probably 10,000 words by relying just on the prosesize tool (which I still do use for most articles that are primarily straight text) before I found this out late in the March drive! --jjron (talk) 02:51, 8 May 2011 (UTC)