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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Beeshoney (talk | contribs) at 15:44, 5 August 2010 (Deleting old section). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

I'm sorry I didn't respond earlier -- I reverted your edits, started a long talk page explanation, and then realised I didn't have time to complete it before I had to go out.

Death of websites or link rot is, of course, an ongoing problem with the encyclopedia, and it's extremely annoying in the context of the Cheshire WikiProject that the new unitaries have decided not to maintain the entire old council's entire website as a record. In the more general case, former pages often just move URL and can easily be found again if the title/details are known. They are often archived in various places, most obviously the Internet Archive (aka The Wayback Machine) and WebCite, and can be retrieved from there. Even in the absence of an archive copy of the webpage, the fact that a particular website published by a reputable source formerly supported a statement is of genuine value -- it's essentially no different from an out-of-print book.

The policy is therefore not to remove references which cite defunct websites. Instead, if you notice a dead link and can't easily find a replacement copy of the original webpage or an archived copy at the Internet Archive or similar, insert the {{dead link}} template, so that someone else can try to fix the problem. See Wikipedia:Linkrot for a more detailed explanation. Cheers, Espresso Addict (talk) 22:34, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you.Beeshoney (talk) 09:19, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer permission

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, is currently undergoing a two-month trial scheduled to end 15 August 2010.

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under pending changes. Pending changes is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial. The list of articles with pending changes awaiting review is located at Special:OldReviewedPages.

For the guideline on reviewing, see Wikipedia:Reviewing. Being granted reviewer rights doesn't change how you can edit articles even with pending changes. The general help page on pending changes can be found here, and the general policy for the trial can be found here.

If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:33, 1 August 2010 (UTC) [reply]

No, I would like this userright - it will be helpful. Thank you. Beeshoney (talk) 15:34, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback

Hello, per your request, I've granted you Rollback rights! Just remember:

If you have any questions, please do let me know.

CHESS NAMES TEMPLATE

Your recent revert here[1] made no sense. Care to explain?

"Deleting old section", what a joke. I spent quite a bit of time getting that edit just right and you threw it away in less than a minute, obviously without looking at it, and with clearly no idea about what you're doing. Then you ignore my request for an explanation, as if you did nothing wrong and then call ME "unconstructive"[2]. What do you have to say for yourself?98.16.128.194 (talk) 15:31, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. There seems to be some confusion. My edit was a mistake, and I have apologised for it - on this Talk page. It seems that you edit from multiple IP addresses, and so your Talk page constantly changes (you have a different Talk page for each IP address you edit from). To prevent any more confusion, please consider creating an account for yourself. That way, you will have the same Talk page all the time.

Just so you know, edit's are never "thrown away". By clicking on an articles' history, which in this case is here, you can undo any edits other users have made. So please, never feel that an edit you have made has been wasted.

Also, the message on this page, which says that your edit "appears to be unconstructive" is an automated message - I did not write it myself. Please feel free to delete the message. I'm sorry I didn't find out any more information about your edit before deleting it - I will next time.

One last thing. Please "sign" all your messages on Talk pages with 4 of this symbol: ~. That way, I know who wrote the message. For more information on editing Wikipedia, please visit the Getting Started section. I'm sure you will find this to be of help.

Once again, sorry for any confusion, and I hope you will continue to enjoy editing Wikipedia. Beeshoney (talk) 17:25, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Are you kidding?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:90.207.105.117&diff=377146690&oldid=377132006

90.207.105.117 (talk) 17:02, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This was a mistake. Your edits have been put back.Beeshoney (talk) 17:03, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Er, this seems to appertain to a seperate matter involving someone or something else. Not sure what it's got to do with me. Thanks, 90.207.105.117 (talk) 17:42, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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