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A minor 're-correction'.

Hi!

I reverted your recent edit in Cretan hieroglyphs, and solved the problem with the use of an adjective instead of the noun in a simpler manner (eliminating a redirect). I assume that your spelling heiro- instead of hiero- was just a typo, and therefore made no remark about this on the talk page; if I'm wrong, feel free to change back and/or to discuss spelling variants at e. g. Talk:Hieroglyph.

Best, JoergenB (talk) 17:06, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Good job. Yup, just a typo. Morgan Leigh | Talk 06:25, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Citation tags

Hello, I just reverted the citation needed tags you placed in the ritual article. In each of the subsections there is one citation placed at the end of the paragraph for that paragraph. Putting the same citation at the end of each sentence in a paragraph really doesn't seem to make much sense, since all of these characteristics of ritual come from one chapter of one book. Hope you agree. Schrauwers (talk) 11:51, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Greetings,

Actually I don't agree :) I have replied to this post on the talk page of the article. Morgan Leigh | Talk 00:23, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Names, dates and relationships of Golden Dawn members by Sally Davis

Hello,

I wondered why you had not removed the link to the "Roll Call" of the Golden Dawn on the same basis? It quotes no sources at all.

Could you advise how Ms. Davis should improve her material to meet your reliability standards for the Golden Dawn article?

Thanks Wrighrp (talk) 16:24, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Greetings,

I didn't delete the roll call because I didn't notice it. But, you are correct that it doesn't meet the reliable sources criteria either. They both should be either removed or replaced with one published somewhere that does.

You can find all the information about reliable sources straight from the horses mouth right here.

Please sign your posts with four tildes right at the end so I can know who I am talking to. :) Morgan Leigh | Talk 11:25, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your prompt response.

I did think you might have some specific points about Ms. Davis work?

She sourced and cited the source as being directly from the Golden Dawn Members rolls held by the Masonic Archive in London where she has done considerable research - is that not "reliable" when it comes to a list of Golden Dawn members?

Perhaps we do not understand the guidance on reliable sources? Wrighrp (talk) 16:24, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Greetings,

Although the information on the page provides a cited source it is not possible to ascertain with any reliability who the author of the page is. To meet the reliable sources criteron the page needs to be verifable as actually belonging to the person who claims to have written it and it needs to also be verifable that the author has some claim to being a reliable source on this sbject. If Ms. Davis is attached to an institution then using the page provided by that institution is an excellent way of overcoming this problem.

When replying to posts on talk pages it is normal practice to indent your response to make it easier to follow the conversation. To do this you just add a colon at the beginning of each paragraph. If you are replying to a reply then you need to add one more colon then the previous person's reply has. Although it is policy to not edit other people's posts, because this is my talk page and in order to help you see how this works, I have taken the liberty of editing your reply so that it indents. You can see the colons in the page source when you go into edit mode. Morgan Leigh | Talk 02:45, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the style advice. Ms. Davis is an independent researcher, although she does have a BA in History from London University and worked at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL in the 80's. We will do further investigation as to how any material can actually be verified as belonging to the person who claims to have written it. Perhaps we can follow you as an example? It would seem, based on what you say, that no independent researcher can ever have their material used as a Wikideidia secondary source, which surely can't be right? Thanks Wrighrp (talk) 14:31, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Further to the above, I now understand that self-published material by anyone who is not an "acknowledged expert" in a subject can never be a reliable secondary source under Wikipedia rules. On the other hand, the members list of the Golden Dawn really could do with some improvement - the list in "The Golden Dawn Companion" by R.A. Gilbert having minor errors and omissions. I'd like to ask you if it would be appropriate to include a link to Ms. Davis's work, with suitable disclaimers, on the "talk" page for the Golden Dawn, until some more "reliable" source becomes available which can have a link on the "main" page? Thanks Wrighrp (talk) 19:09, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

I have now placed a link to Ms. Davis' work on the Talk page for the H.O.G.D. as proposed. Please edit it as you see fit to make it useful. Thanks for your help so far. Wrighrp (talk) 16:41, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know about that. I haven't had time to look at it yet as I am traveling. I will be back on the 22nd and will look at it then. Morgan Leigh | Talk 11:39, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

RFC query

Hi mate! I've left you a note at Talk:Magick with regard to the RFC. I tried not to sound patronising (sorry if I did), but I was genuinely confused by your "vote" and them comment. It was almost as if you meant "strong support", but you clearly have concerns with the article so I'm keen to flesh those out. What I've proposed seems to be exactly what you're calling for so is there something else you think should be resolved at the same time? Stalwart111 10:43, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Fixed that. :) Morgan Leigh | Talk 10:50, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

I thought it was odd! All good then! Stalwart111 12:13, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

Hope to bump into you elsewhere.Schrauwers (talk) 20:48, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	u r probably the only person on wiki who is ever so nice i have never met someone as nice as you on wiki before so i wanna give u a barnstar for ur specialness United kingdoms my home (talk) 16:19, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

Third time's a charm? (Kiwifruit)

The information you keep providing is found in the section detailing the history of the word. It is too trivial to put in the main section. Secondly it puts an additional burden on the editor, because when it is in the first paragraph people continually modify the text to indicate that it is not just a preference of new Zealand not to use the term kiwi, but additionaly it is incorrect. Your change has the potential of adding few benefits and a significant downside. This is my last warning, you will be reported if you continue without gaining consensus in the talk page first. 2600:1000:B128:4458:53A9:2D24:6CE:64A7 (talk) 14:18, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Threats eh? You're blocked and you're warning me? Go away.

Morgan Leigh | Talk 01:16, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

I don't know what just happened there. But I can assure you whatever just happened you are completely wrong. I am not threatening you I am just notifying you politely that you have been making an significant effort to disturb the page and have been reported by multiple users multiple times. The editors of this page are very kind and very forgiving. I know this because I've been working with them for a significant period Of time. I only wrote to you because it seems like on your page that you might be an easy person to deal with. If you want me to report you for edit warning instead of continuing discussion on The Talk page please tell me so. Otherwise I would suggest that you rethink your hostile position on IP edits. Wikipedia is supposed to be a welcoming community hostile comments like yours discourage real and useful changes. I do not use my username very often in fact I only used it once. Please consider this as to how serious I am taking your comments. Multiple times it was noted that your content is already found in the article. Also multiple times it was noted that your revision that you reverted three times without making any significant changes is not helpful. You were engaged in an edit War. Please stop. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobshmit (talk • contribs) 21:01, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

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