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James Parrott and the four-minute mile

In what way is this section "unbalanced"? It's a single incident, clearly and repeatedly sourced to reliable sources, and makes it clear that the record is not recognised. I don't see how this could be "balanced"; coverage of the "accepted" version of the four minute mile record is in the four-minute mile article, linked in the section. – iride scent 16:25, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Because it is by no means a mainstream view that a successful four minute mile run took place, whereas the article as it stands suggests it to have been a strong probability. This is not very encyclopedic. Brilliantine (talk) 16:34, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Worth noting that two of the three links are broken. Also, two of those articles appear to be articles by the same author, and it's usually preferable if the multiple sources are independent of each other. 217.36.107.9 (talk) 08:18, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Odd problem with your AfD

Hey there, you started this AfD: [1]. I weighed in on that. That was two weeks ago. I checked back and saw we had the only input. I then checked the main article and it is not linked to the AfD. In fact, there is no history of linkage. Do you know what went wrong? Thanks. Ecoleetage (talk) 02:36, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have a clue, I nominated it using twinkle, so maybe something went wrong there. It's entirely possible I may have made some outrageous mistake without noticing..? Brilliantine (talk) 04:07, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm...it's a possibility. You may want to withdraw the nomination and close the debate as a non-admin closure. Thanks. Ecoleetage (talk) 09:42, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Have tried to redo. Twinkle must have failed me the first time. Brilliantine (talk) 17:05, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

London

Hi. Just to make you aware of this discussion. Cordless Larry (talk) 22:50, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on your talk, as you probably have seen. Brilliantine (talk) 23:07, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Recent MfD

I closed out the MfD you recently filed. We try to avoid creating deletion debates when we are unsure of their importance. Theres no harm done. If you have any questions about the page, you can go here, to the talk page and ask questions. Just a friendly reminder from Synergy 04:45, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about that, I was rather startled to find a load of userboxes on that page. Obviously not the right thing to do, but it was a spur of the moment thing. I haven't worked much in WP space other than AFDs before, so I'm new to these things. I've been here a lot lot longer than this account though, I just don't like to develop a username with a personality.

A discussion is now present on the talk page, in any case. Brilliantine (talk) 04:48, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not a problem. If you have any questions about the project namespace, drop by my talk page anytime with a question. Synergy 04:50, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Request

Hi there Brilliantine. Since you have commented on a recent case, could you please have your say here? Thanks. -- fayssal / Wiki me up® 05:20, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've made a brief comment, but it's not really useful - I only made a single observation before. Brilliantine (talk) 05:35, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Grammar, and the correction thereof

I know you meant well, but please don't correct peoples' grammar on talk pages - comments by others should never be amended. best, –xeno (talk) 13:06, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, if you like - I've always been under the impression obvious accidental typos were fine to correct, though. I shall make a point of avoiding doing so in future. Apologies if it caused any hassle. Brilliantine (talk) 13:11, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

it's not a huge deal, but it typically should not be done. someone might want to throw poor grammer in there to make a point... ;> –xeno (talk) 13:13, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough, I shall try to avoid it from here on in :) Brilliantine (talk) 13:18, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WP:AN

OK. Thanks, D.M.N. (talk) 16:56, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pritchard article

"In any case, I have cached the google cache with Coral CDN in case it goes away and the article stays gone away" You seem friendly enough…might you toss me the link?Proabivouac (talk) 01:11, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]