User talk:Peter Maggs

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-Poli (talk • contribs) 21:58, 2005 July 25 (UTC)

All at sea about Barnacle Bill[edit]

Who can argue with an Ealing man about an Ealing film? Must have had barnacles on the brain. I've made the change. Clarityfiend 17:02, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re Inline Citations[edit]

Inline citations are indeed when you have a small number next to a sentence, and then under a "Notes" section the relevant details appear. When citing a book, you have to cite the specific page. The "References" section should hold the relevant details about a book such as the ISBN number etc. Feel free to drop in if you have any other queries. LuciferMorgan 18:29, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Laser Physics?[edit]

Have you done lasers in Edinburgh Peter? Not exactly Brunel's style to be sure though.

Certainly have. Would you identify yourself? Peter Maggs 07:43, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you[edit]

Thanks for your message about Gunnersbury, see my comment on my talk page.

Also thanks for your work on Cardew Robinson - we need to make sure these peopole aren't forgotten! DavidFarmbrough 13:57, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The POV Objection Vanishes[edit]

...if you can cite a WP:Reliable source that agrees with you. I've looked around; the best I can find is this TCM article ("...Hitchcock's writers pepper the dialogue with sly jokes and innuendos."). Not ideal, but I think it would fend off the deletionist wolves. Clarityfiend (talk) 17:44, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Your recent edits[edit]

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Signing Posts[edit]

Well now, here's a thing Mr SineBot, every time, yes, every time I post content I ALWAYS use either four tildas or the signature button, and my name and the time appears on the post. Yet EVEY TIME I do this, I get a message from you saying I have not signed my post... This is all starting to get very silly! Signed with four tildas Peter Maggs 11:42, 8 December 2015 (UTC) and for good measure the signature button --Peter Maggs 11:42, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

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