User talk:Hamilton8

Welcome

Hello, Hamilton8, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Our intro page provides helpful information for new users - please check it out! If you need help, visit Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on this page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Pretzels Happy editing! Pretzels^Talk! 02:42, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

England 2018

Hello Hamilton8, welcome to Wikipedia. I notice you've been editing an article on the England's bid for the 2018 or 2022 World Cups. First off, the name of the article would probably be, to conform with the norms, "English 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bid". You can use the move tab at the top of an article to change the name. Second, as an editor of the larger article on the World Cup bids, I had hoped to keep info there, but if there is really too much, then maybe it is time for a branched-off article.

But my main concern is the "Host Cities & Proposed Venues" section. I had heard that a number of cities had written to the FA to express their interest in hosting, and that's noted in the England section, but I hadn't seen anything about proposed venues as part of a bid. There was an ugly spat last year over a table of venues that editors though could be part of an eventual proposal. Until the details of the bid are formulated and published by reliable sources, I still don't see a place for a section like this on Wikipedia. I know it's hard to imagine a bid without Wembley Stadium, but until the bid association publishes their list and sends it of to FIFA, this is considered "original research", and specifically "crystal balling", and its banned on Wikipedia because we just don't know what will be in the bid yet. So I'm asking you to remove the sections on each of the cities and stadiums.

I am aware of the English soccer fans feelings about hosting the World Cup, and because of this I'd prefer not to get involved myself and make myself out to by the bad guy, so I hope you understand the reasons behind this. Let me know if you have any questions about the articles or editing in general.--Patrick «» 01:43, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, the page looks good. I'll try to give it some actual work this week when I get a chance.--Patrick «» 00:51, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

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