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Hello, Snowy 1973, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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Liv Gard Fest

Apologies if I've messed up the Liverpool Garden Festival / International Garden Festival article. I was trying to point out that this festival was officially 'international' (unlike the others) and that the title of the original article was somewhat erroneous.

Quite a few newbie errors:

The above comment should have been in talk:International Garden Festival
We never transfer to a different title using copy-and-paste - always use the move command. At first glance it looked as though you had written International Garden Festival because you had left the edit history behind at Liverpool Garden Festival. If a move is blocked by an existing article, ask an admin to force the move. A move will create a redirect on the old title automatically.
Very occasionally it is justifiable to convert an article into a redirect, and leave the history in place, but in this case we delete all the content. Leaving it in place as with this edit creates spurious links in the database and is untidy.
if we create a mistake title, as with International garden festival, we clean up after ourselves!

But, welcome and carry on editing.

Incidentally, I note that user:Irate lived up to his name and has been blocked but you may care to check his contributions to make sure you don't dulpicate. -- RHaworth 11:12, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your fantasy world is spilling into reality again.--84.9.193.34 19:07, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wirral Infoboxes

Hi there Snowy,

You adding infoboxes also? :)

A couple of notes:

2001 Census data can be found here... http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/

I'm typing in the placename, choosing 'Ward' & using the 2001 Census: Census Area Statistics.

I've been using http://www.multimap.com for the Grid Ref & http://maps.google.co.uk to correct the exact lat/long, if it's any use to you! Good luck.

EP111 03:46, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Birkenhead

Hi, sorry for not replying earlier. I've had a look at the articles you mentioned, and your edits seem fine to me! The sources you've used certainly seem to be reliable, and you've cited them correctly. Regarding the previous/next station boxes (I presume that's what you're referring to), I'm not fond of using them on disused lines, because over the whole of history, these will have changed several times, and it is not clear which time period is being referred to. Does that help? --RFBailey 20:18, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Burton civil parish in Chester District

Hello, I noticed you had removed Burton from the template of civil parishes in Chester District (aka: ~~Template:Cheshire, Borough of City of Chester~~ Template:Cheshire, Chester District for now.) I've put it back in, as there is definitely a civil parish with that name in that district quite well away from the boundary between the Chester District and Ellesmere Port and Neston borough. There are quite a few places within Cheshire that have the same name, including civil parihes, and this is one of them. If you don't have an Ordnance Survey 1:25000 scale map available, you can find it on the web in this pdf file here, where the parish in about halfway down, on the west-hand side, next to Clotton and just below Duddon. Its place on the 1:25000 OS map can be seen on sheet 267 (Northwich and Delamere Forest) at Lat 53deg 10' N, Long. 2deg 44' W. We probably need to dismabiguate them by using the districts in which they are located as part of their names. DDStretch (talk) 22:23, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merseyside

Hello, thanks for the support for the Merseyside infobox map rollout. It you spot any errors with it, feel free to let me know and I'll be happy to fix it. Jza84 13:49, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wirral Peninsula External Links

Hi! I noticed you reverted an edit by a new user, User:Paultheone over on the Wirral Peninsula article, here. I'm just inquiring about your reasons, based on the links to be avoided description which includes social networking/forums. I don't mind either way, but want to check since it's a revert without an explanation provided :) Coldmachine^Talk 16:23, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reply! I just wanted to point it out: glad it was useful. I'll leave the edit to you if you want to make a change based on that :) Coldmachine^Talk 20:41, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thank you for catching my mistake on Argyle Theatre‎! Lisatwo 16:35, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Leasowe

Could you check the grid ref and red dot you've put in for Leasowe? It looks to me that it should be placed some way to the north of where you have it. Thanks. Ghmyrtle 13:44, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Again, thanks ! Ghmyrtle 14:21, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

More thanks

Hi, thank you for the excellent job you did on the Lymm article; I've kept going back to it trying to think how to turn that list of trivia into prose for ages: you have achieved a wonderful thing there! (I corrected one typo: cotting → cutting... my ex-mother-in-law lives in one of them.) Geoff Riley 11:34, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hapsford

Please cite sources for this article. Otherwise, it may be tagged as a candidate for deletion in the near future. Cheers. ++Arx Fortis (talk) 23:27, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your note

Hi Snowy 1973. Many apologies. I was obviously working off of vary bad info. Thanks yuour for clearing it up and for making the page more accurate. Many apologies for creating extra work for you but thanks again for getting it right. MarnetteD | Talk 00:52, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Duke of Lancaster

		The Original Barnstar
		Great job rewriting Duke of Lancaster (ship)! You are not only helping to remove copyright violations from Wikipedia, you are also helping to replace it with accurate, sourced information. Your efforts are much appreciated. – Quadell ^{(talk) (random)} 01:01, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

References & help

Hi I noticed you edited on Vauxhall a Census. I do not know how to add a reference or change an external link to a reference. I would appreciate if you could help Dmcm2008 (talk) 16:09, 15 February 2008 (UTC) Re references, thanks for your help. I am learning as I go along but not all of it is working the way I want it to. Like adding a Google map ref. Anyway I am finding Wikipedia a very interesting hobby! Dmcm2008 (talk) 20:17, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Snowy I have another query I am unable to fathom how to do a certain edit; example people from Liverpool to add someone in letter 'm'. I have an actual person in mind Johnny Morrissey, a footballer, but even though I have set up his page I do not know how to include him in other categories. Dmcm2008 (talk) 19:36, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

editing response

Hi again, I am sure you do not need this, however can you help I am having negative action to my edits from Kitchen knife. There is a poor attitude from this character and i wish to make my own odd edits to things, Maghull is what i was working on. Please let me know your thoughts. Dmcm2008 (talk) 21:28, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Snowy, I am finding the other editors out there difficult to handle ! I am the one being classed as rude yet some, like Jza84, are being pathetic in their approach. However, if you are able to help my current dispute i would be grateful. Dmcm2008 (talk) 23:06, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wirral

Hi there. I guess you have a point. Go ahead and revert if you think so; perhaps we could do with someone drawing a map of the peninsula alone. Sadly, that won't be me :) DWaterson (talk) 21:00, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

vandalism

Hi hope you are aware I am trying to do work on wikipedia in good faith. I am having trouble with a user rubbishing my edits. If you have any connections with my area, Liverpool, this user is rubbishing my knowledge of local suburbs (beyond arbitry council boundaries). I am not sure how to deal with this user as he is insulting my intelligence in asking me to justify it with references. It is like asking every item of info on any page to be referenced, because if you look hard enough you will find fault with one thing or another. This user clearly does, and has not been reasonable with me. I do not know if the user is a vandal but I am unable to contain his vandalism on my work. Can you help? Dmcm2008 (talk) 09:41, 13 March 2008 (UTC) I read your text to me, and I understand some of the points you were making. I know edits should be verifiable, it is on the bottome of the edit page. However i am at a loss as to why these users are making such a fuss about my editing link 'suburb of Liverpool'. Contrary to some of the diatribe I have had to put up with in the last day or two, places can be in another borough and still part of ie Liverpool. It does not appeal to them is it because they are jobsworths, or not local? Whichever, they are giving me a rough ride. I imagine thousands and thousands of articles have unverifiable sources. Atleast my editing is done truthfully and in good faith. Hope you continue to edit fairly! Dmcm2008 (talk) 16:15, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Harrassment

Hi snowy, you might feel I am harrassing you(!) i hope you dont. I am winding up my editing on Wikipedia due to harrassment by Jza84 as if you check the users editing history he has tried to airbrush my editing on quite a number of my edits mainly focused on Liverpool suburbs and it was him who blocked me for 24 hours.. I have tried to reason with him but I have been given a load of diatribe. It aint worth bothering with. He is from Manchester I do not know why he must systematically redo any edits I have made to do with Liverpool. I thank you for your praise on Vauxhall lets hope he does not destroy anymore of my work. Best wishes. Dmcm2008 (talk) 09:31, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Formby - sleepy? dormitory?

Hi Snowy. I completely agree about providing evidence relating to Formby's description as a sleepy town or as a dormitory town for Liverpool and Manchester, and I provided a link to the Formby Times article in order to show how councillors that object to post 5pm uses, and possible developments that may shatter the sleepy appearance, fail to see the effects of their actions.

I remember geography lessons at primary and secondary schools where Formby and Hightown were both described as sleepy and/or quiet dormitory towns - no wonder that Hightown is often referred to as Toy Town - and a quick google search of 'formby dormitory' leads to any number of 1st and 3rd person accounts or descriptions of our coastal town in such a way.

Councillors and Parish Councillors - who were voted in on a miniscule number of votes showing the apathy the residents had for such a localised form of governance - fail to see that for a large number of residents 'sleepy' is exactly what they want from the town. its somewhere where you can feel comfortable letting your kids play out in the park or going down to the beach, while the small traffic flow outside of school times means it is a nice place to walk or cycle. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.188.50.200 (talk) 15:16, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wirral

No need to apologise. As far as I recall all your edits have been constructive and valuable. We are only talking about changing one word to keep it simple. JMcC (talk) 20:40, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pier Head

I notice you’ve tidied up this page a bit; nice!
I see you deleted a book, saying it was spam; do you know that? I don't know the book, but the reference looked OK to me.
Also, you’d deleted the date of the 'Three Graces' appellation; was that accidental or deliberate? Anyway, I’ve put it back; it was here, and on the Wil Alsop page, and it chimes with what I remember.
I was wondering what to do about sources; I got my stuff from the Pevsners guide, but was thinking of separating the references into a 'Notes' and 'Refs' section. Are you Ok with that?
Swanny18 (talk) 15:40, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mersey Ferry

Thanks for the comment - I'll try to get some more references though, as it's very much based on one source. I'll also put in some cross-refs to Gerry & the Pacemakers, Liver Birds, and other cultural icons. As for the missing photo - oops! Entirely my mistake, I've reinstated it now. Ghmyrtle (talk) 13:04, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to edit as much as you like - and referencing is not my strong point! Ghmyrtle (talk) 14:21, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Judith Ann Hawkins

Hi I have to ask for your help albeit not too difficult for you I hope.. I am setting up a page for Judith Ann, Halle Berry's mother, who is from Liverpool; on Halle Berry's page it is 'Judith Ann (nee Hawkins) so I am leaving the nee Hawkins in that text but have linked like this Judith Ann Hawkins|Judith Ann unfortunately for people from Liverpool it is placing her under 'j'. It needs to be under H any way to get round this? cheers Dmcm2008 (talk) 10:16, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dmcm2008, glad you're still editing here. To list anyone surname first in categories (such as: [Category:People from Liverpool]) - add the following formatting to the bottom of the page (just above all the categories that are listed on that page):

Hope this helps. Cheers. Snowy 1973 (talk) 14:01, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

hi thanks for the reply, sadly once again I have met with the non cordial element of WP my page has been deleted. I will try again soon. Dmcm2008 (talk) 17:54, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Disused Stations & Seacombe Branch on Wirral Railway

The reason I put terminates in is that disused part terminates there after that it's still in use. I assume that before closer it was fully connected. I think you may be right to include the LMS bit. I think the Wirral Railway article needs to be expanded to name the various branches then the link can be to Wirral Railway#Seacombe Branch. --Kitchen Knife (talk) 14:54, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at the map on Disused railways, you could have got to New Brighton from this branch, You would only be able t go to Bidston or Birkenhead not to Wallasey.--Kitchen Knife (talk) 15:01, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry your right. I assume they must have reversed the train at Bidston or before. It is a question of wether we are doumenting the routes or the rails. I've tended to go for the rails and ignore possible reversings as it becomes very complicated.--Kitchen Knife (talk) 15:27, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Merseyside

Hi there, I hope this isn't considered spam, but I noticed on the UK Geography project page that you have an interest in Liverpool related pages, so I wanted to ask if you would be interesting in supporting a Merseyside Wikiproject? I'm trying to gauge if there is suitable support before making a formal proposal. Cheers. Zenichiro (talk) 15:29, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Liverpool Urban Area 'greater Liverpool

I am not sure how this works, but I am seeking additional opinions on the discussion on this page, I will abide by the general consensus. User JZA continues to undermine my edits and has done over a period. However I am only looking at opinions on the discussion page on Liverpool Urban Area if you are interested please leave your thoughts. Thank you. Dmcm2008 (talk) 10:14, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oxford Wikimania 2010 and Wikimedia UK v2.0 Notice

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Chester and Birkenhead Railway (Wirral Way)

Fine by me. I didn't think the answers I gave were definitive. From the encyclopidic point of view we do need some reference to the changes as the shear rate of change during the railway boom is difficult to imagine.--Kitchen Knife (talk) 15:42, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

Hello, Snowy 1973. You have new messages at Ioeth's talk page.
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Dodleston

Sorry about the incorrect change I should have noticed.Paste ^Talk 15:37, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Citations

Not sure if you're still watching my talk page but I thought I would answer in more detail here - I was quite tired last night. I first came across the Harvard idea when working on the Bridgewater Canal article (which has just achieved GA status) and it took me some time to realise why others were using it. Look at the article (much better than the example I gave last night); it's helpful for long and complex articles because it will take you via the ref to the actual book. It looks like the system for the future (and the present).

Similarly the cover-all citation template seems a good idea - just one template in which you can use any relevant field. The accessdate field also coverts dates in the format 2008-12-06 into 6 December 2008, if you prefer to do it that way. Pleased to see you have gone back to using it in the Daresbury article. Best wishes. Peter I. Vardy (talk) 10:58, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank for you Help

Thank you for you help fixing up Scorpion Island im really happy about this. I am Trying to make it it betta page on Scorpion Island next please do not warn me this time i didnt do nothing wrong in here (122.148.180.50 (talk) 16:13, 9 December 2008 (UTC))[reply]

Your Hotmail addres please

can you tell me Your Hotmail please. I want chat you on 9msn message (122.148.180.50 (talk) 15:57, 9 December 2008 (UTC))[reply]