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hey, thanks :)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Highspiritswow (talk • contribs)
Welcome thanks
Thanks very much for the message. I look forward to contributing more to Wiki and to spreading the word. I hate how so many view it as full of unreliable info etc.
Colinkilgour (talk) 09:41, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
The Signpost: 31 July 2013
Hi ukexpat!
You have recently added two banners on my article on Angels Den. The first concern of yours is the way the referencing is made. Unfortunately, this is my first article and I merely thought that adding website URLs would suffice; I was obviously wrong. However, What sort of referencing style do I ought to use- oxford, MLA? And more importantly how do I do that? As, I have tried to edit the referencing section, but was rather unsuccessful.
You also have added a banner saying that this article might not be notable enough. I must contest this claim. I am a student of Finance in the UK, and you cannot mention angels Investing without mentioning Angels Den. I would like to know your thoughts on that matter and to know what made you think that, so I can ameliorate this.
Thank you Very Much, --Rhamusker (talk) 16:05, 2 August 2013 (UTC)--
- For citations, please read WP:Referencing for beginners; it is customary to use the appropriate {{Cite}} template. As for notability, it's all a question of whether the sources have sufficient coverage of the subject and its activities to demonstrate notability per WP:CORP - I'll review the sources again.--ukexpat (talk) 16:26, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
LaFerrari
Ridiculous. You don't replace English terms with foreign ones when writing in English, especially when dealing with names (note the strange CamelCase being used here too). Leaving out a "The" means it's improper English, period. Despatche (talk) 22:01, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
- The New York Times cannot decide the name of a car unless they made it, and neither NYT nor Ferrari can change external standards. Again, see the Italian article for LaFerrari; the article starts with "La Ferrari LaFerrari[...]", because they have the same kind of conventions we do. It is: "the Ferrari LaFerrari", because Ferrari built it and not because the car is actually named that; or "the LaFerrari", because the "La" part carries little context in English. Despatche (talk) 02:21, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
Help Project newsletter : Issue 7
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Issue VII - August 2013
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DYK for J. J. Goodwin
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Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:33, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
Your conceited editing of Peter Seabrook article
You keep erasing my entries and seems intent on using wikipedia as a publicity platform or advert for Peter Seabrook instead of a balanced article which includes criticism. Using wikipedia in this way constitutes a conflict of interest.