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If we're gonna move it, we could at least clean up the mess

Please help out. I am doing as many as I can, but there are lots of links to work through. See [1] and change [[Professional football]] to [[Professional American and Canadian football]]. Thanks. --Jayron32 19:40, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Replied on the talk page. MickMacNee (talk) 19:57, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Charles I Insulted by Cromwell's Soldiers

Hello! Your submission of Charles I Insulted by Cromwell's Soldiers at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 03:32, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Top Gear Race to the North

I've just started a GA Review of Top Gear Race to the North. The first thing I tend to do when starting a review is run an automated script to check for overlinking, which is an MoS issue - Wikipedia:Linking. Linking London is a small thing, and it's not going to have any impact on the review; but it's not needed, and somebody will come along at some point and either manually or with some semi-automated script, unlink it, so we might as well do it now and get it over with! Regards SilkTork *^YES! 23:05, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Ok then....so tell me why London doesn't have to be linked, yet Edinburgh does? Because that's pretty much the only reason I reverted. It's no biggy, its not like one is a capital city and the other is not a capital city. Oh no..wait... MickMacNee (talk) 01:22, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

I know it seems daft, but it's do with a general level of expectation in the reader. It is assumed that readers would know about London, but may be less secure in their knowledge on Edinburgh. New York City is not a capital city, but it would be expected that most readers would know about the place, while Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a capital city, but most readers would not know much about it, and may wish to click on a link to find out where it is. SilkTork *^YES! 12:10, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Top Gear Race to the North GA review

This is an interesting and attractive article with some decent research. The GA review has been put on hold for seven days to allow editors to deal with the issues raised at Talk:Top Gear Race to the North/GA1. Any questions please ping my talkpage. Regards SilkTork *^YES! 12:10, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Charles I Insulted by Cromwell's Soldiers

On February 22, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Charles I Insulted by Cromwell's Soldiers, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 12:09, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Final discussion for Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people

Hello, I note that you have commented on the first phase of Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people

As this RFC closes, there are two proposals being considered:

1. Proposal to Close This RfC
2. Alternate proposal to close this RFC: we don't need a whole new layer of bureaucracy

Your opinion on this is welcome. Okip 03:21, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

March 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would like to remind you not to attack other editors, as you did on User talk:Jimbo Wales/poll. Please comment on the contributions and not the contributors. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Calling supporters "chumps" is over the line. — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 22:28, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

I haven't got a clue who you think I've attacked, and considering I place myself in the 'chump' category described in the post, your warning is totally off base. MickMacNee (talk) 23:08, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would like to remind you not to attack other editors, as you did on User talk:Jimbo Wales/poll. Please comment on the contributions and not the contributors. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Calling supporters "chumps" is over the line. — 95.149.78.107 (talk) 12:33, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Lothian Buses

Hi

User: Alzarian16 is actually trying to improve the article. They are trying to do this by shortening the article as the tags suggest that it's too long. One of the ideas is that part of the article is moved to another article, so in effect the article is split. This is being discussed at Talk: Lothian Buses, your comments would be appreciated :) --5 albert square (talk) 00:58, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

done. MickMacNee (talk) 01:25, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi again! Just to let you know that I made some major changes to the article tonight (the untidiness of it has been annoying the hell out of me for some time now)! Anyway, I've posted some further ideas for improvement at Talk: Lothian Buses, your comments would be welcome and appreciated --5 albert square (talk) 00:27, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK issue

Please look at the issue I've raised about your DYK nom. Regards, Ericoides (talk) 17:04, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom/Article title

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom/Article title. DrKiernan (talk) 09:12, 18 March 2010 (UTC) (Using {{Please see}})

DYK for British Hero of the Holocaust

On March 21, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article British Hero of the Holocaust, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 18:03, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Cheonan (corvette) and 2010 Baengnyeong incident

Hi Mick, I'm not saying that the merge proposal is wrong, and it certainly hasn't been made in anything but good faith. It may be a bit premature, depending on how events unfold. We should get a good idea over the weekend whether or not the incident remains isolated or escalates. If the latter happens, there may be justification for separate articles on the ship and the incident. Mjroots (talk) 19:43, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Merge discussion for Channel 4's Comedy Gala

An article that you have been involved in editing, Channel 4's Comedy Gala , has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Alistair Stevenson (talk) 08:39, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Pre-emptive indefinite semi-protection of John Laws

Hi MickMacNee,

Thank you for your support. As you may have noticed, the discussion has now been archived here.

I care a lot about this case and its more general implications. Could you please let me know how I can escalate it? I have seen many admin abuses before and some of them were even more disturbing, but this stands out as one of the most indefensible ones.

I have left a similar note to Resolute.

Thanks. 124.87.97.84 (talk) 13:46, 6 April 2010 (UTC)