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It’s quite easy to see the election results on the relevant Wikipedia articles. TrottieTrue (talk) 01:05, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

Please refer to WP:CIRCULAR. Mattythewhite (talk) 01:14, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

But there are so many unsourced facts on Wikipedia - one simply cannot reference everything. Are you going to reference every sentence? These results are readily available online. I can add references, but it seems over the top when the information is already there. TrottieTrue (talk) 01:20, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

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Hi there. I think this has happened because I was attempting to edit the list on my mobile device. I originally noticed a repeated section and deleted it, before realising that had deleted the whole list and I reverted it. The article then seemed to have the list repeated every time I made a change to the article. I've made the last edits I want to for that article on my desktop PC now.--TrottieTrue (talk) 01:03, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

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Hi! Sorry, I'm not sure why I reverted your perfectly innocuous edit to this article - it may have been a slip of the finger. In any case, my apologies. Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:27, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying - I did find it rather odd! --TrottieTrue (talk) 00:42, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

I thought I had encountered another user with a penchant for edit warring... --TrottieTrue (talk) 00:43, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

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...this edit], punctuation goes before references, not after. Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:02, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Point taken. My mistake, as I was well aware of that already.--TrottieTrue (talk) 21:33, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

I thought that might be the case. Best, Beyond My Ken (talk) 21:43, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

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Companies’ House information on the U.K. government website is a primary source, and is therefore totally unacceptable form of DOB verification. Please read the guidance on this. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7F:B416:3000:54C2:B625:37B3:FA9A (talk) 13:58, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

WP:BLPPRIMARY here is the information you should be familiar with.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7F:B416:3000:54C2:B625:37B3:FA9A (talk) 14:10, 24 March 2021 (UTC) 

Primary sources are the best for date-of-birth if they are official. Andrew🐉(talk) 18:18, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

I agree, though I'm not sure that's the consensus, sadly.--TrottieTrue (talk) 18:51, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

No. You should see WP:BLPPRIMARY and learn the policies and learn your facts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7F:B416:3000:D435:A5A9:3725:34EA (talk) 15:57, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

And you should learn the policies at Wikipedia:Civility.—TrottieTrue (talk) 16:11, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Greetings

Good to see you at the meetup just now. Feel free to get in touch if you need help with anything. Andrew🐉(talk) 18:18, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, likewise, and thanks for your view on primary sources!--TrottieTrue (talk) 18:21, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Good to meet you today. Joseph2302 (talk) 18:49, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, you too, I've learnt a bit now, and re-assessed my articles so that none are Stub or Start-class. Look forward to future meetings.--TrottieTrue (talk) 18:50, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

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Hey, just before anyone gets in any replies, have you considered having a single strawpoll with numbered options? I don't see the advantage in having separate strawpolls and !votes for mutually exclusive options, and it makes it a bit more difficult to contribute. Ralbegen (talk) 21:21, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

It wasn't originally my post - you'd be better off recommending this to the user who first made the proposals, User:Doktorbuk. Thanks.--TrottieTrue (talk) 21:36, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Eek, sorry. Bad comprehension on my part, forgive me. Yours was the only signature I could see! And it looks like it's too late now. Ah well. Ralbegen (talk) 21:51, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

No worries, it seems the original post wasn't signed, so no wonder there was confusion.--TrottieTrue (talk) 21:59, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Ancestry.com is not a Reliable Source

Hi, I already fixed your uncited additions to Chiswick by adding suitable sources. I note you have now attempted to provide citations, thank you, but unfortunately you added Ancestry.com links which are not considered reliable, accessible sources, so please don't use them. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:51, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

I changed the references because Notable Abodes seems to be down, and it looks like it may not come back. There has been a recent discussion of Ancestry as a RS here, and I’m not sure there’s any consensus about it yet. The site is available as part of the Wikipedia Library membership. Notable Abodes uses Ancestry as the source for the Pearsons living in Chiswick, and it’s a user-generated site. Ancestry itself is simply publishing the original historical records, so is more reliable than NA - plus it’s still online. TrottieTrue (talk) 19:50, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

A late reply

Hi TrottieTrue, a late reply regarding adminship visibility, in my case this is intentional due to the understandable misunderstandings commonly associated with this, as seems to have been proven by the asking for a "comment from an administrator" and the term "staff". The decision was made from the very beginning (Special:Diff/925568723). The "recall" text is furthermore hidden from non-extendedconfirmed users as it isn't relevant to them either. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:28, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. I couldn’t tell if you were an admin when I first saw your user page. I think it’s helpful to know who is who. I used “staff” and “administrator” interchangeably, since the average person would assume that administrators are indeed staff. What “recall” text? TrottieTrue (talk) 03:43, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

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