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Template:Did you know nominations/Paradise Circus, Birmingham

A few minor issues before I get deeper into the review. Thanks for making the nomination to WP:DYK. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:59, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A few minor issues still remain. Please remedy. Thanks. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:53, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Andy, Thanks for your help. I've nominated you as a cocreator. GTG. Cheers. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 02:35, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Would you please weigh in on ALT 1? Thanks. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:12, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Merge

Hi Pigsonthewing. After setting the merge process at paisley and buta in motion, aren't you supposed to create the initial entry in the discussion to serve as point of departure for others to then express their views and support/ oppose? I believe people need a little prodding, otherwise if they go to the discussion page and see that the discussion space has not even been initiated, they will jsut turn away? Regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 20:27, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No, but if you wish to, be my guest. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:29, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
From Template:Merge/doc, "After adding the merge template, please create a section on the talkpage explaining your rationale for the merge proposal." So, yes, you are supposed to start the discussion you are pointing people to. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 16:16, 19 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Two years ago, you were the 340th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, - thank you also for "peace and reconciliation" and for quoting "Let us not forget that even one book, one pen, one teacher can change the world." (pictured) - Please stop making edits which require intelligent reading, such as helping a new new user and helping me ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:46, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi there. I saw your name on the Highbeam list. I didn't use my Highbeam/WP account much and let it go but do need a copy of this article for a piece I'm working on: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-259267.html Any way that I could con you into copy-pasting that into a word processor document and making that into a pdf for me? Thanks. Tim Davenport /// Carrite (talk) 19:10, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

YGM. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:17, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Please respond

Here. 213.7.227.83 (talk) 18:06, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

MWT

Thanks for your reply - here are some links to me involved in the Anthony Bridger case http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/man-charged-dozens-child-sex-4860234

All the best and thanks for your help MWT579 (talk) 09:46, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - here are some other links - first one with my name on http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/man-charged-dozens-child-sex-4860234 - then some more just about the case but without any name on - http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/man-bailed-after-charges-dropped-4859704 & http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/250556.stm

Thanks MWT579 (talk) 09:52, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nailsea Glassworks

Thanks for the DYK nomination, but I haven't finished writing the Nailsea Glassworks article yet and I was going to combine it with the Elms Colliery one (which I haven't started yet).— Rod talk 11:31, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Rodw: New articles only have a five-day window for DYK; that doesn't stop you working on it in the meantime, nor indeed subsequently. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:34, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So what are your motives?

Do you not care that (a) you've been ruining the layout of thousands of articles, or that (b) other people are upset by (a)? This is a matter of collegiality: you need to be able to accommodate differing opinion. You may, of course, have a legitimate reason for omitting this parameter, but you'll need to say what that is; the fact that the option's absent from Twinkle clearly isn't sufficient excuse. 213.7.227.83 (talk) 19:11, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to upset a few editors (some of whom are clearly intent on hounding me on any issue they can find); while many others are not troubled by it; and others are upset by any notification.. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:17, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I've no interest in hounding you and otherwise appreciate your efforts. This is obviously a somewhat major issue to several people. And it has a very simple remedy. It might disrupt your workflow, but so does having to tend to all of these complaints. If I could edit these templates after you, I wouldn't really mind as much. But I can't. Please, use the |type= parameter in the future. 213.7.227.83 (talk) 19:26, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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