no idea what your on about. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.154.212.139 (talk) 21:38, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Probably this, but it's two years ago. Forget about it. Mr Stephen (talk) 21:44, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Greater Manchester June Newsletter, Issue XVI[edit]

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Bolton and Bury are in Lancashire[edit]

Mr Stephen i have a question that i hope you can answer,i know fully well that Bolton and Bury are in Lancashire as i am from the Bolton/Bury area myself and i know that they are in Lancashire so why are my edits being removed and being called vandalism — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.22.225.91 (talk) 20:16, 16 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]


Salford[edit]

The Salford page has been moved to Salford, Greater Manchester and turned into a disambiguation page. As a result, there are a lot of links to the wrong page. Is there any chance you could help out using AWB? At the moment, User:Kbthompson is helping out and Jza84 and I are doing the odd link by hand, but an extra pair of hands would be a great help. Nev1 (talk) 13:53, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's fine, I knew from your contribution log that you were offline when I asked but I thought it was worth a try. Kbthompson did a good job and it's all sorted now. Cheers, Nev1 (talk) 15:19, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Gropecunt Lane[edit]

Hi there. This article will be TFA on 9 July (Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 9, 2009), but there is still the matter of this to resolve. Would you be able to fix it appropriately please? Parrot of Doom (talk) 09:45, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Greater Manchester July Newsletter, Issue XVII[edit]

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Mortimer Snodgrass[edit]

Hi Mr Stephen We do not understand why the page we are creating has been flagged. We are indeed talking here about a store, but not promoting it. Many people would like to know more about it and this is why we have created the page.

Mortystlamb —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mortystlamb (talk • contribs) 20:50, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks[edit]

Thanks for your very prompt revert of vandalism on the list of Volkswagen Group diesel engines article. As a guesture of my appreciation, have a cookie on me! 78.32.143.113 (talk) 11:36, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiProject Greater Manchester July Newsletter, Issue XVIII[edit]

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Rollback[edit]

Yes You removed a lot of information just to put the schools Web Site Address Try adding that to the External links part of the page.--Dcheagle (talk) 21:28, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I see Then I will undo the edit but see the talk page the Article meets Deletion criteria Im being nice and allowing it to say but it needs work.--Dcheagle (talk) 21:47, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm waiting on a reply from some one before i undo the edit.--Dcheagle (talk) 21:53, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Ok your edit has been restored sorry for the mix's up Have a nice day.--Dcheagle (talk) 21:57, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Section headings should not contain links[edit]

Thanks for your comment. I did not realise that was the reason for your original change. On looking at WP:MOSLINK, however, I note that it's a guideline, not a mandatory standard or rule, and we are allowed to use common sense. The suggested alternative is ((main)) which I will use, although I think on this occasion (a table where headings are a convenient format), it's less suitable. IMO, of course. Folks at 137 (talk) 18:09, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hazel Grove[edit]

Thank you for your help. I was just working my way back page by page in WP:HG when I saw the result of my revert, and you found the unvandalised page before I got to it - my connection is a bit slow tonight :-(.  Ronhjones  (Talk) 21:42, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Mr Stephen (talk) 21:42, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Broadstone Mill.[edit]

ISBN- thats right. There is a lot to do on this mill, but I thought I would stop prevaricating and just get started. I am currently having a look at two templates TMtr (and TMbegin TMend) and Infobox Mill building- with the aim that we can but generate a pretty list of mills, adding data to 10 unnamed parameters- and when we have enough data- make a page, copy nd paste the THtr from a list and rename it Infobox Mill building, and without further effort we will have an info box. About a week to go...

Worryingly, one useful resource "STANDING TEXTILE MILL BUILDINGS IN STOCKPORT". Stockport Council. Retrieved 2009-01-11. Has been removed from the web. Any ideas how we can get it back? --ClemRutter (talk) 09:08, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: date reformatting[edit]

Wikipedia:Mosnum/proposal_on_YYYY-MM-DD_numerical_dates basically showed there's no consensus to reformat ISO dates in citations. --Cybercobra (talk) 12:34, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks[edit]

Just wanted to say thanks with regard to your revert of the vandalism to the Crumpsall wiki on 21st November, by 86.28.129.88 Tong22 (talk) 13:16, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the revert[edit]

Looks like it was vandalism by one of our undergraduate students. Can't be bothered to track down which of them is to blame, and it doesn't really matter anyway. –Donal Fellows (talk) 16:23, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Talk page request[edit]

Mr Stephen

I have placed our request for an external link on the Birmingham talk page as you specified. I am not sure what we need to do now other than wait for feedback?

Regards Activ Birmingham 94.171.137.116 (talk) 20:14, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ORIX Auto Leasing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.[edit]

Thanks for helping to wikify ORIX Auto Leasing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. I think we've been working through similar lists of badly formatted wikilinks, though you've done most of the work. I didn't edit this article because I'm not sure whether it should exist at all or go to one of the deletion processes. What do you think? I've tagged it as an advert, and as a possible COI because of wording like our value-added services. Certes (talk) 00:03, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jumping in univited, that's about as clear an advert as you're ever likely to see, and the article ought to be deleted. --Malleus Fatuorum 00:10, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the useful opinion. Shall I follow WP:PROD and give it a ((subst:prod|concern=advertisement)) or does that sort of thing qualify for WP:CSD with a ((db-g11))? I'm off to bed now but will look at it tomorrow, or feel free to template it yourself if you're more comfortable with this sort of thing. Certes (talk) 00:20, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not certain it's blatant enough for a CSD, probably marginal, but I'd definitely PROD it, and if that's removed without any improvement to the article I'd take it straight to AfD. --Malleus Fatuorum 00:23, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The article as it stands is unreferenced promotional crap. But, the company employs 120 people and has a registered capital of £9M see here. Probably a lot bigger than a lot of rubbish on the wiki that has been vigorously defended in the past. It's a subsidiary of ORIX – a serious company – so maybe a merge & redirect is in order until someone can be bothered to create a decent article. Mr Stephen (talk) 10:32, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Good idea. I'll propose a merge per Help:Merging, which should effectively remove most of the unwanted content. Certes (talk) 10:42, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Royal Northern College of Music[edit]

Hi there, I noticed you added the Royal Northern College of Music to the Template:Universities and colleges in North West England in its own section under 'University Colleges'. It should be noted that institutions are only listed as University Colleges in these boxes IF they have the power to award their own degrees in their own name. If the institution only awards degrees through other institutions then they are not listed. Looking at the Royal Northern College of Music article, I cant ascertain whether they award all their degrees in the name of the University of Manchester. I fthis is the case, then it shouldn't be listed. But if they award degrees in their own name, then it should. Can you shed some light on this? Bleaney (talk) 22:11, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

replied. Mr Stephen (talk) 22:29, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
fair enough, its due a place then! Bleaney (talk) 17:05, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Happy to help. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 20:02, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Per your change of my changes on Athlone. Per the article What Wikipedia is not, please read the section Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy. The links to Athlonelive.com and the rest are all historically important to the topic and do not fit into the article as a whole. This isn't spam and its not dropping links willy nilly in the article. Lots of great info about parts of the town can be found at each of those links but do not fall into the article itself. If in fact you truly believed that your argument held water then you would also remove the chamber of commerce link at the bottom. However that link seems to remain? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jefferysreid (talk • contribs) 20:11, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Juan Manuel Rodriguez (writer)#Requested move[edit]

Hi Mr Stephen. Because you participated in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Juan Manuel Rodriguez (writer), you may be interested in the rename discussion at Talk:Juan Manuel Rodriguez (writer)#Requested move. Thanks, Cunard (talk) 18:21, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Manchester city centre - before the Arndale[edit]

Hi there,

Your image showing Manchester city centre before the Arndale is great:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arndale_clearance.svg

I'd like, if I may, to reproduce it within my forthcoming book 'Rebuilding Manchester'.

Is this ok and, to whom should it be credited?

Look forward to hearing from you.

Euan Kellie

213.15.254.39 (talk) 11:05, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Help yourself, with my pleasure. You can use it with any modifications you choose, but please don't add any restrictions. The Ts&Cs of the license are here. Credits to me (Mr Stephen) and the OS, whose 1955 six inch OS map it is based on (Crown copyright lasts 50 years, so it's OK). If, on your travels, you come across any copyright-free photographs of the 1996 damage to Cross Street/Corporation Street, it would be nice if you could upload them here. That way we can stop using a couple of 'fair use' images. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 18:40, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Rodriguez[edit]

Replied on my talk page. Keegan (talk) 22:57, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Renewed discussion on the talk page. Keegan (talk) 23:03, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Non Free Images in you User Space[edit]

Hey there Mr Stephen, thank you for your contributions! I am a bot alerting you that Non-free images are not allowed in the user or talk-space. I removed some images that I found on User:Mr Stephen/sandbox4. In the future, please refrain from adding fair-use images to your user-space drafts or your talk page. See a log of images removed today here, shutoff the bot here and report errors here. Thank you, -- DASHBot (talk) 01:01, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bramhall[edit]

Hi, I think that the Dairyground estate in Bramhall should have its own article. This is because the estate has more than 25 roads, a large Secondary school (and argubly Pownall Green Primary School), doctor/dentist, shops and a bus service. All of which could make it a village in its own right. Dairyground is also an economically diverse area. House prices on the estate start at £150,000 for a flat all the way up to £2,000,000 for a detached house on the leafy Pownall Avenue & Ladythorn Grove. Do you have any ideas or comments on whether Dairyground should have a seperate article ? Sansonic (talk) 17:39, 11 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

FAQ[edit]

hello, are you the admin of wikipedia? why did you reverted my contributions? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gaulsman (talk • contribs) 21:10, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism-only account, and probably a sockpuppet. He'll be blocked in a second. Don't bother responding to him. ALI nom nom 21:13, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks[edit]

The Copyright Cleanup Barnstar
For your clear, concise and incredibly helpful input at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2010 February 6 about Hans-Ola Ericsson. Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:11, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I've added the external site to Wikipedia:Mirrors. Very good sleuthing on your part, and thank you very much. Without your input, I might not have made the correct closure on that one. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:11, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oldham Coliseum Theatre[edit]

I am currently trying to amend the Oldham Coliseum Theatre page and you seem to be blocking the content that I'm putting up. I work for the Oldham Coliseum Theatre and therefore have a right to use this copy from the theatre's website. Despite this, the copy that I am trying to post on the Oldham Coliseum Wikipedia page is not a direct copy from that page and has actually been re-written specifically for the Wikipedia page.

If some of the things stated are the same it is because there are facts about the theatre and its history.

Please can you tell me the right way to upload this new information.

LizzieCarter (talk) 16:06, 17 March 2010 (UTC) Lizzie Carter[reply]

Alex Ferguson Testimonial[edit]

The match is definitely not notable. It was just a friendly with no particularly special events surrounding it. – PeeJay 20:45, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Royal Manchester Children's Hospital[edit]

I actually work as a Communications for this hospital and am trying to edit the page. The current article is out of date and the information I am trying to upload is copy I have written. I would appreciate it if you could lift this. If people continue to read this information, they will turn up at a hospital which is now closed. This could obviously have life threatening consequences

I have pasted the message I was sent by Wikipedia is pasted below.

Thanks

Danielle

Your addition to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of article content such as sentences or images. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Mr Stephen (talk) 17:36, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Danieller1979Danieller1979 (talk) 12:25, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:Notability (organizations and companies)#Broadcasting stations[edit]

You have recently participated in discussion at an AFD for a broadcast station. I have recently posted the above topic on the talk page of the notability guideline for organizations and companies, to see if there is interest in adding language related to the notability of radio and TV broadcast stations to that guideline. Your input would be most welcome. Thanks. Edison (talk) 01:47, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Audley Harrison[edit]

The press stories today about Audley Harrison do not use Fraudley, A Farce or Audrey. These Nicknames were associated with the earlier part of his career and do not apply today (Inverdale story is 2006) The consensus section provides a logical approach in the fact that wiki must be open to change as with all things. The following articles depict Audley's current image in the Media / http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/sport/821645/DAVID-HAYE-is-lining-up-a-Battle-of-Britain-clash-against-Audley-Harrison-after-talks-with-Wladimir-Klitschko-stalled.html / http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/boxing-hayemaker-lands-blow-for-fellow-fighters-842458.html / http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2010/apr/09/audley-harrison-boxing-michael-sprott. I think its clear the general consensus of the media in Britain ( the rest of the Worlds media do not call Audley anything but Audley / Harrison or A Force, http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/may/15/fighting-for-everything/ ), has changed about Audley and it is fair to remove the nickname section from the site and infobox as its not applicable today. Please explain a logical reason to keep it there, if you do not conquer with my comments. For the record, there is no potential COI here, I am correcting what I feel is a fair, factual and correct. Previous debates have questioned the neutrality of the page when Vintagekits had 5 negative nicknames in the infobox. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aforceone (talk • contribs)

I haven't edited the nickname in the Audley Harrison article. Boxing's not really my line, so I don't have much of an opinion either way. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 14:59, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Karánsebes[edit]

This "battle" is certainly not verifiable. The author that you linked is not as notable as wikipedia makes him seem. The single author that he cites in his book, A.J. Gross-Hoffinger was a professional publicist that was not especially famous (an exhaustive search for who he was in history databases only turned up one reference), not any kind of scholar. Unless he was a primary source (which he wasn't) no scholar would dare cite him. I don't know what your educational background is, but this article is extremely problematic in every way.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 18:08, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Broadly: Wikipedia is about verifiability, not truth. There seem to be several nominally independent versions of this event. If you have a source that says the events at C/Karansebes never happened, or that the descriptions are embellished, then bring it on. Your and my opinions don't count, we are all equally worthless here. Mr Stephen (talk) 18:23, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
PS nominally independent versions but probably based on the same source somewhere. Mr Stephen (talk) 18:24, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

peter_the_gay article[edit]

i am the subject of this particular article. i would like to thank you very much for indicating that it is offensive and unpleasent, and for sugesting it be removed. it would be wonderful, if it is possible, to remove the stored history as well. if it is possible, could you please inform me via this email: peter_hackney@hotmail.co.uk

thank you

peter —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.69.255.121 (talk) 02:54, 5 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know which article you mean. I suggest you contact the administrator who deleted it. Sorry for the slow response, I have not edited for a few days. Mr Stephen (talk) 19:15, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Urmston[edit]

Hi Mr Stephen, can you please explain why we can't list our website www.urmstononline.co.uk to the Wikipedia Urmston Page.

There is no difference between the already listed urmston.net and urmstononline.co.uk.

Our website is aimed to benefit the Urmston, Davyhulme, Flixton and Stretford community amenities, clubs and business activities for the benefit of local residents, businessess and visitors.

Please advise Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nordy23 (talk • contribs) 14:11, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There's a significant difference, in that one (yours) is devoid of community input, and has been since it was launched a couple of years back. It has only 2 posts in its forum, and both are from the admin. The second is that urmston.net is a popular resource with a relatively busy forum. In short, placing the link to your website in the article appears to be a tactic to boost its traffic, and not to educate readers. Parrot of Doom 15:18, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Posted at user talk:Nordy23 & copied here Nordy23, please sign your posts to talk pages with four tildes, ie ~~~~. This makes the exchange easier to follow and lets people respond to you. I suggest you read the guidelines on external links at Wikipedia:External links. Urmston.net is just about in those guidelines by dint (in my opnion) of its history section; www.urmstononline.co.uk is not. Please don't add it again without a discussion at Talk:Urmston. Mr Stephen (talk) 15:20, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Journalism Now! External Links[edit]

Hi,

I've been trying to add external links to 2 pages but they keep getting removed. The links go to an article on my University's journalism course site where we're building up a lot of articles on everything journalism based. The articles are unbiased, factual and do not seek to promote anything other than knowledge to others. I'm therefore confused as to why my links provide such a problem.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

George Berridge.

--Georgeberridge1 (talk) 17:43, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Have a read of WP:EL and WP:NOT. Mr Stephen (talk) 18:21, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've now removed any links back to blogs or the course site and our tutor has removed the article which says about getting more traffic. Will our pieces now be allowed as external links? We're merely trying to provide knowledge which is surely the aim of Wikipedia. The articles are all factual and unbiased etc. Would appreciate any feedback. George --Georgeberridge1 (talk) 00:50, 11 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My opinion is that the site doesn't meet the guidelines at Wikipedia:External links. The size of the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam#Spam_from_the_journalism_course_at_Winchester_University may be an indicator of how bothered the community as a whole is. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 11:18, 12 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Floatintheirwell[edit]

It seems you and several other people keep editing the external links for the City of Salford page without actually leaving any constructive criticism. Your behaviour is reminiscent of a petulant child and I shall be contacting Wikipedia if this continues. My site is worthy as I write about life in the Salford area. I was born in Salford and believe my views represent those of the average Salfordian. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Floatintheirwell (talk • contribs) 13:03, 10 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Replied. Mr Stephen (talk) 13:14, 10 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer granted[edit]

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged revisions, underwent a two-month trial which ended on 15 August 2010. Its continued use is still being discussed by the community, you are free to participate in such discussions. Many articles still have pending changes protection applied, however, and the ability to review pending changes continues to be of use.

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under level 1 pending changes and edits made by non-reviewers to level 2 pending changes protected articles (usually high traffic articles). Pending changes was applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial. The list of articles with pending changes awaiting review is located at Special:OldReviewedPages.

For the guideline on reviewing, see Wikipedia:Reviewing. Being granted reviewer rights doesn't grant you status nor change how you can edit articles even with pending changes. The general help page on pending changes can be found here, and the general policy for the trial can be found here.

If you do not want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:56, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I need to work out what it does first (I thought we most of us could accept pending changes?). Then ... stand well back! Mr Stephen (talk) 23:34, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Depends on whether we're first or second-class citizens. I'm so far down the pecking order I hardly ever get to see daylight. Malleus Fatuorum 23:38, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It's OK down here. No responsibilities and the same pay scale and status. Mr Stephen (talk) 23:42, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Margaret Thatcher[edit]

If this ever becomes a plausible FAC then there will be a lot of people who ought to be co-nominators, including you. In the meantime I'm determined to battle away to get that little green thingy back in the top right-hand corner asap. Malleus Fatuorum 00:07, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I don't think I've done much, just run a script over it. I should be in a position to unify the layout of the BBC refs now, I just need some kip. Mr Stephen (talk) 01:29, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That's the kind of thing that gets some FAC reviewers apoplectic though, and it's a PITA to do manually. Malleus Fatuorum 01:32, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Nice work. I'm an AWB user myself; could I get some of that code? --John (talk) 03:48, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Don't see why not. Some of the code is fairly unstructured, & you have to be ready to fix mistakes & overeagerness in the edits. The online news formatter needs a third-prty HTML routine whose name escapes me Html Agility Pack. Mr Stephen (talk) 22:29, 23 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

JW Lees page[edit]

Hi there, These are genuine links I've left to more info about our 173 pubs. Kind regards, Emma Cartlidge Marketing Manager at JW Lees emma.cartlidge@jwlees.co.uk — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emma212 (talk • contribs) 10:04, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, if I don't hear from you by the end of today, I'm re-adding our pubs with their appropriate weblinks to our website. Someone else added details fo the locations and names of our pubs, and I was simply adding direct links to more info about these pubs on our website. I'm not spamming, they are valid links! I hope you understand, and I don't want to break any rules. Kind regards, Emma — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emma212 (talk • contribs) 11:49, 27 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your message. You should have a read of What Wikipedia is not and after that external links. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a directory, or a link farm, or free web space. A list of JWL pubs, while useful, belongs on beer drinkers' sites and JWL's home page. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 15:44, 27 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

He there, ok point taken reagrding the links, however can we not go back to how things were this time last week with the pub names on there. i didn't add these, it was someone else outside of the company, so someone obviously found it useful! I'll remove all the links again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emma212 (talk • contribs) 09:24, 28 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dale Street Warehouse[edit]

Thanks a million! I'm an idiot when it comes to uploading images and always forget how to do it. I've just left a despairing plea on the helpdesk page but returned to find you've loaded the image for me. Thanks again. KJP1 (talk) 18:35, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ellen Wilkinson High School[edit]

I've created a stub in your honour and in thanks for your help. It'd look great with a photo if you have any. Regards. KJP1 (talk) 19:21, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh! You're welcome. As far as I know, we haven't got any pictures of the school, but I bet there are some on Geograph (which has a license that is compatible with Wikipedia). Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 22:13, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Featherstone RUFC[edit]

Hi, I notice that you have made contributions to the Featherstone article. The current rugby league club, Featherstone Rovers, wasn't founded until 1902, and appears to have no links to the earlier rugby union (RU) club. However, I have contributed to an article about James "Jimmy" Metcalfe, and I have found details of him playing for Yorkshire (RU) in 1896/7 while playing at Featherstone (RU), would you have any information about the RU club of the 1800s in Featherstone. Best Regards. DynamoDegsy (talk) 13:22, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've only made a few gnomish changes to any of the rugby articles, and no, I haven't got any info. You know a lot more about the subject than I do. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 10:24, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the reply. Best Regards. DynamoDegsy (talk) 11:33, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Lancashire[edit]

Mr Stephen i will not be visiting wikipedia again as it clearly knows nothing about counties i will in the future be going to more correct sites where articles are not written by aload of idiots. when i check the weather on bbc i type bolton in and it comes up bolton lancashire so there you are lancashire. goodbye wikipedia i will not be seeing you again you useless,incorrect load of shite.

Lancashire[edit]

but Greater Manchester isnt a County,the County is Lancashire. when was the last time you saw a letter in Bolton and Bury which said Greater Manchester you havent have you because its not a county. in Reality it is you who is incorrect because greater manchester is not a county. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.203.155.219 (talk) 19:39, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Lancashire[edit]

Mr Stephen i do not understand at all why you are removing my edits. Bolton is in the county of Lancashire,the same goes for Bury,Wigan,Oldham and Rochdale. you must realise that Greater Manchester is not a county and really it was abolished in 1986. look at the Local Government act and you will find out that the Towns i mentioned above are still in Lancashire.user Lancashirelad —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.203.155.219 (talk) 19:30, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you[edit]

I'm glad you're still looking after these GM articles. You post with much more authority than I ever could. So thank you.--J3Mrs (talk) 20:39, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that. I just scan the recent changes from time to time with WP:POPUPS. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 10:31, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Old Trafford[edit]

To state the obvious, Lancashire play at Old Trafford. But Old Trafford is no longer in Lancashire (just as Edgbaston is no longer in Warwickshire) and our naming convention is that we use current counties. Please either create a very small category for Greater Manchester or leave it as it was. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 01:08, 14 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I was trying to sort out Category:Cricket grounds in England. There are not presently enough cricket ground articles in Greater Manchester - which I know is a "county" - so hence left the Category:Sport in Trafford as well as adding Category:Cricket grounds in Lancashire. Hence, much as though I am aware of the convention of naming, creating a One or Two article category is pointless. I therfore choose the better option, meeting a balance between the differing guidelines. Rgds, --Trident13 (talk) 01:17, 14 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
moved reply to Trident13's talk page Mr Stephen (talk) 11:10, 14 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mechanics Institute Manchester[edit]

Whilst I've got your attention with Asia House, can I ask for your assistance with the listing for the Mechanics' Institute on Princess Street. I've put Grade II*, which I really thought it was, but combing the II* listing at BLBO I can't find it. Is it in fact Grade II? KJP1 (talk) 18:52, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Off the top of my head, I don't know, & I'm just off to see Mr Robinson. The entire listed, er, list certainly used to be publicly available at manchester.gov.uk Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 19:18, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Via A-Z of Listed Buildings in Manchester; No.103. Former Mechanics Institution. Grade II*. 11.5.72 Mr Stephen (talk) 10:36, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mills[edit]

You're still up. Very happy to try to link any Manchester articles I start to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Greater_Manchester/WatchAll. I shall work out how to do it. As Clemrutter knows, Manchester cotton mills are not my speciality, but if its an unwritten article on the list of Grade II** buildings in Manchester, I currently find I've just got to give it a go.

Now I have a favour to ask, which I have no right to do. My overwhelming interest is the architect William Burges and I'm really wanting to bring him to GA status. The main outstanding criticism is my inability to merge references, and I see you're doing just that on Rose Hill. Can you give me a tutorial in how to do this? I know there's Wiki guidance but I've only messed up following it. I really need a simpleton's guide. Would be much appreciated. And I can learn, see the photo I took and uploaded to replace the one you kindly entered for me in the Dale Street warehouse article. Thanks and good night. KJP1 (talk) 22:29, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. The first time you use a ref use 

<ref name="my label">reference text</ref>

where "my label" is anything that helps you remember, eg "Smith 100", "ref A", "A", whatever. Subsequently, use 

<ref name="my label"/>

You don't need the </ref> bit for the subsequent uses. Mr Stephen (talk) 22:46, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I did tell you I was rubbish at Wiki-editing. Really sorry for the extra work. KJP1 (talk) 23:28, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's trivial, really. Be bold Mr Stephen (talk) 23:33, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for that. I won't continue to try to use my rather limited image-editing skills to solve it. Incidentally, I think I've learnt the consolidated referencing you demonstrated at Rose Hill, and I've tried to remember to upload to the GM watch page when I do new GM articles. Best regards. KJP1 (talk) 11:27, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Student Health Centre[edit]

I'd appreciate your advice, if you're in a position to offer it. I've done a Grade II* listed article on the above but have a nagging doubt about whether I've got the right building. Full details on the talk page. Thanks in anticipation. KJP1 (talk) 18:33, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm struggling to expand on what you already know. The old Pevsner has much what you already have, Parkinson-Bailey doesn't seem to have it. I have a part history of the university that I've never opened, maybe that has something. Mr Stephen (talk) 21:41, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Goodnight[edit]

See you're still working away, as I am, and wanted to wish you goodnight and thanks again for all you've done on my Greater Manchester efforts. Heavens, its a thankless task. KJP1 (talk) 23:12, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Maggie[edit]

Thanks for pitching in with this. It's been a lot more work than I'd bargained for, so hopefully many hands make light work. Malleus Fatuorum 22:37, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No Problem. Mr Stephen (talk) 22:47, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

ISBNs at Apotreubia[edit]

The ISBN given for the New Manual of Bryology matches the number given by the publisher both on the back of the title page and on the dust jacket. I am curious why you changed the ISBN on several pages for volume 5 of Schuster ( as here). Your change has altered the ISBN to a form that does not match that given by the publisher. --EncycloPetey (talk) 22:52, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Then the form given by the publisher does not conform to the standard. The general rules are here, item 5 and the specifics are here. Use the third entry, 978-0 English language (we don't have a 978, but the rules are the same). Our ISBN is 0914868209: "0" is English language, and the next bit fits "900000-949999", so the ISBN is formatted as "1-6-2-1" (i.e. "1 digit-6 digits-2 digits-1 digit"). Checks that's what I did; yes. I will hold fire on any more changes until you have chance to review what I have written. It will probably be tomorrow before I can get back to you. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 23:08, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
According to what I can find, the ISBN does not conform to the current standards. Nevertheless, the ISBN originally was entered as given by the publisher. I have verified this from a copy that I own that the original format is used in the volume. If the hyphens are changed, then a search will not match the two together. --EncycloPetey (talk) 23:27, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Don't worry, the standards haven't changed. I can't find the WP guidance, so I have asked at WT:ISBN. Feel free to chime in. Mr Stephen (talk) 17:54, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]


Wigan[edit]

Hi, I'm growing concerned at the opinion edits of Haldraper on articles related to Wigan and have noticed that you have made corrections on several occasions. The user has consistently attempted to remove reference to Greater Manchester, especially in articles relating to Wigan Warriors. I have mentioned the consensus on the user's talk page. I think leaving the Central Park (Wigan) article as 'Wigan, England' in the lead may prevent problems on that article in the future. What do you think? Thanks Man2 (talk) 09:48, 29 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yesterday was a no-Wiki day for me, concentrating on the ceremonies. The rules are along the lines seen on e.g. Old Trafford; place, ceremonial county, country. Take it to WT:GM if you want further guidance.

How can I coment on the discussion — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacobga (talk • contribs) 20:06, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Reddish South Station[edit]

Mr Stephen , is your "edit" of recently updated news abour Reddish South a permanent deletion , or are you simply checking facts and will put it back later  ? davdot — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davdot (talk • contribs) 13:30, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The first one. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 15:12, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

reddish south[edit]

Not much point in trying to add anything useful if you have the power to edit anything you think. Our "contribution" was factual and may have been interesting. However it was also our last. DAVDOT — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davdot (talk • contribs) 21:03, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've looked at the contribution again. It's spammy, uses peacock terms and reads like a soapbox piece. It is more a promotional piece for the Friends (they are already in the article at External links) than an attempt to provide information about the station. Read the linked items along with The Five Pillars to get some idea of how to contribute to Wikipedia. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 21:20, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

License tagging for File:Manchester Arndale Halle Square 1977.jpg[edit]

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Winston's racist remarks[edit]

A full reference from Hansard will be given shortly. I apologise for accidentally removing your references. Pawelmichal (talk) 10:49, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Response to e-mail[edit]

Thank you for your guidance. I promise to adhere to both style and substance rules. 212.121.214.102 (talk) 10:34, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you[edit]

Thank you for all your comments, which have been , without exception, helpful as to style, content, and general principles, as in WP, as in general scholarship It is refreshing not to have a confrontational interlocutor.Pawelmichal (talk) 10:29, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. Mr Stephen (talk) 14:12, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Largest shopping centres in the United Kingdom[edit]

Sure, here is a copy (slightly modified to remove the edit links)

Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 17:05, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Vernon Mill[edit]

Hi thanks for getting in touch re Vernon Mill as Treasurer of The VMA and producer / Editor of their website I felt able to include this on your page.

Thanks Diane — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dianescottthomas (talk • contribs) 18:49, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

okay, i'll admit that manchester city aren't known formally as 'citeh', and i'll admit that barry bannan is not often called 'mcxavi'...but i stand 100pc behind my samaras article! watch him chest the ball, phenomenal...watch him play football - rubbish! terrible player, terrible. and he is greek!

much love,

Ross — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acerimmer31 (talk • contribs) 18:28, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

hi[edit]

hi there. good work — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acerimmer31 (talk • contribs) 22:28, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]


Otium[edit]

MrStephen, Could you please check the citations, etc. Thanks. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:51, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Mr Stephen (talk) 20:57, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A beer for you![edit]

Have a draught and take the rest of the night off. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:59, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bill Smith (fell runner)[edit]

This was just a DYK (sadly, they messed with the hook and hardly anybody bothered to look), and given the subject matter might be of interest. Please tweak. Thanks. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 21:03, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

oops[edit]

Sorry about that <g> Collect (talk) 15:22, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No problem at all, we all do it from time to time. Mr Stephen (talk) 16:11, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Double oops. I've stuck a comment on there for the edification of those to come. Andy Dingley (talk) 20:40, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


Old citations[edit]

Steve, please stop it. I did the "cn" thing so that I (or someone else} can easily identify which links are in need of some more work. It is only a TEMPORARY measure; so that I can find them easily. If new links can be found I will substitute; otherwise I will revert back to the original ones rather than have none. This article has way too many refs that cannot be accessed in a useful manner. I've fixed over a dozen of them on the fly ... there's still about another dozen to go. Please put your energies into trying to fix these areas of weakness with the article, not into performing FU edits. Thanks. Mancini's Lasagne invite to Harry Talk 21:14, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

New references are not needed, and the links are not "in need of some more work" There are perfectly good copies at the wayback machine, which can be accessed at the click of a mouse. If you want to make notes, copy the article into your user space and leave the encyclopedia article in a usable state. What do you mean by "way too many refs that cannot be accessed in a useful manner"? What are "FU edits"? And while I have your attention (I hope) please take note that articles hosted at the Guardian web site, www.guardian.co.uk, are not necessarily copes of articles in The Guardian. Mr Stephen (talk) 21:27, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
PS I'm sure that you are trying to improve the article, but it is supposed to be forward-facing. Mr Stephen (talk) 21:34, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It's rather a shame that Mancini's efforts to improve this article have so far led to little more than conflict with several other editors. Malleus Fatuorum 21:41, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I agree, it's just that the article has been left rather too messy several times. Mr Stephen (talk) 21:54, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Steve, I have now lost my response to you (quite a lengthy one) twice due to edit conflicts caused by your PS and the unnecessary personal attack from MF. In an edit conflict my own text is meant to appear in a separate box so that I can handle the merge but this is no longer happening. Do you know of another way to recover my input text? Right now, I'm in no mood to retype it a third time. I will respond to you later when you have finished all your interchanges with others.
Mancini's Lasagne invite to Harry Talk 22:12, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry you lost your reply, it can be frustrating. Sometimes the back button in your browser can help. I didn't read Malleus's comment as an attack on me or you. Mr Stephen (talk) 22:18, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Fortunately, I have recovered my last edit and pasted the whole interchange to that point on my Talk Page. The first time I lost my edit I did hit the "back page" button and it took me out of Wikipedia to the web page I was in prior to starting my Wikipedia session. That surely lost my text, so I recomposed it. I didn't want that to happen the second time I got the conflict, hence my previous message. Plus I was seething that I forgot to take a copy of my post before pressing "Submit" having already lost the text once. I recovered it in the end by using the "back page" button (this time it worked as it should!) because I was at the point where I believed I had already lost the text and I now had nothing to lose trying the same thing twice and expecting a different result! :)
MF's comments here were not productive but simply designed to stir things up and create friction between us - which appears to be par for the course for him. Mancini's Lasagne invite to Harry Talk 22:42, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Really? How long have you been a mind-reader? And I suggest that you stop with the personal attacks. Now. Malleus Fatuorum 22:44, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for just proving my point for me. Mancini's Lasagne invite to Harry Talk 23:06, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I think actually you've just proven mine. 23:08, 21 November 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Malleus Fatuorum (talk • contribs)
(ec) I do not see MF's comments in the same way as you. I will respond to your comments at your talkpage there. Mr Stephen (talk) 23:12, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Presented with thanks to you for looking out for all that Vandalism on wiki pages. Dootson (talk) 14:04, 27 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for that. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 22:43, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Have you ever had someone who gave you a barnstar come back a few weeks later and take it back because you'd upset them? I have. Malleus Fatuorum 22:54, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think so. I might have one or two that I forgot to nail up, and I think I once got one from a rather dodgy character who got booted out shortly afterwards, but I think I've hung on to them. What did you do to them (or shouldn't I ask?). Mr Stephen (talk) 23:03, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I was disrespectful of their awesome powers to take articles through GAN if I recall correctly. Can't really remember now, but an eye-opening experience of how things work here. Malleus Fatuorum 23:14, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I get the drift, the "have a barnstar, please be nice to my article" kind of award. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 23:34, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

courtesy call[edit]

I thought it only fair to let you know your name has cropped uphere and here. He has also really annoyed me.J3Mrs (talk) 00:00, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello me???[edit]

Apparently I'm you, or you are me - according to Mr Mancini anyway. Bizarre.... Stevo1000 (talk) 19:06, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bizarre indeed. I have finished my exchange on the subject with him/her. Mr Stephen (talk) 21:36, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Likewise. Stevo1000 (talk) 01:52, 30 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I guess the good thing that has come out of all this is that it's finally got you two guys talking to each other again. Life's too short to hold grudges, I always say. :) Mancini's Lasagne invite to Harry Talk 09:14, 30 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Huh? I've never had a problem or disagreement with Mr Stephen, :S. Stevo1000 (talk) 19:12, 30 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I'm so sorry Steve, looks like I may have dropped another clanger. :( I was referring to this comment which you made to me only yesterday on your own Talk Page. Then you deleted it and came over here and cosied up to the very person you had just claimed you're not on good terms with; a person you had advised me only minutes before that I shouldn't bother wasting any more of my own time on. I thought that was a wonderfully magnanimous change of attitude on your part considering not a single word of communication was exchanged between the two of you in order to bring it about. It's almost as if telepathy was involved. Anyway, whatever happened in the past between the two of you, looking forward, my best wishes to both of you. Mancini's Lasagne invite to Harry Talk 23:47, 30 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Grand job[edit]

I just noticed all your recent edits on my watchlist and it seems you are doing a grand job on all those GM articles. I'm glad someone is looking after them. :-)J3Mrs (talk) 19:59, 13 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Character trashed[edit]

Hi, with this edit, the text "title=£50m revamp" has become "title=�50m revamp", which is incorrect. --Redrose64 (talk) 21:15, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for spotting, fixing, and telling me. Sometimes the BBC sites use some odd encoding that throws an error. I do review each change but it looks like this one sneeked through. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 21:21, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Color me curious[edit]

What's the deal with this?--SPhilbrick(Talk) 00:30, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have absolutely no idea. Clearly some mistake. Thanks for letting me know - I'll revert it. Mr Stephen (talk) 00:58, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
PS I checked my browser history and it looks as if I was going through my watchlist. I must have caught the rollback button with the touchpad. Mr Stephen (talk) 01:08, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
No biggie, just curious.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 01:11, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Gregory of Nyssa[edit]

Thank you for sorting out the formatting of this page, I'm really grateful. --He to Hecuba (talk) 22:05, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 22:06, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why change it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MagicalFlump (talk • contribs) 21:47, 27 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wiliiam Burges[edit]

Good morning and hello again. Many thanks indeed for your very helpful editing of Mr Burges. I am rather poor with references and it took me a while to work out what you'd managed to do with Crook, High Victorian Dream, 1981 and Crook, Strange Genius, 1981. Whether I'll be able to repeat it is another matter. Regards. KJP1 (talk) 06:48, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pleased that you're OK with it. The Harvard templates scare me a little, to be honest. I worry that in a big article there are so many interconnecting labelled templates that something is bound to go wrong . Mr Stephen (talk) 07:50, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

hunger games[edit]

Hi. I was wondering if you'd like to add a bit to the hunger games movie section to point out its similarity to the tripods. This is pretty well documented and just looking at the plot synopsis for both books will highlight just how similar they are. As the New York Times said, the major differences are that 1) The Hunger Games has human overlords while The Tripods has alien ones and 2) The Hunger Games has a female lead, while The Tripods has only males. Otherwise, the plots are identical. You seem to know what you are doing so I was wondering if you could add that? I seem to be falling foul of people, perhaps due to not knowing how this thing works, and have received a fair bit of nasty personal attacks and threats from one fellow on here, so I'd prefer someone else to do it. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.2.223.96 (talk) 15:02, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What I'd like to write is in the critical reception part of the hunger games. Say something like this:

The Hunger Games has been criticised for similar plots to the 1967 book series The Tripods by John Christopher. According to the New York Times, the essential plots are identical, with both series having 12 provinces and having people selected and forced to fight for the amusement of the overlords, with the only major difference being that the overlods in the tripods were aliens while the hunger games has human overlords. A second difference has been highlighted that The Hunger Games offers a female lead to the tripods methodology, thus providing a modern twist to a 40 year old tale. While 1999 novel and 2000 movie Battle Royale doesn't have 12 provinces, otherwise it too has been described by critics as being essentially identical.

Something like that I think would be fair. It is pretty clear to me that The Tripods is much more similar to The Hunger Games than Battle Royale. I wouldn't even mention Battle Royale in the criticism but it is already there so there you go.

You can, of course, change that however you like, but I think it is important to put it in.

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.2.223.96 (talk) 15:08, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know anything about The Hunger Games or The Tripods, I just tidied the article up a bit. Sorry. Mr Stephen (talk) 17:17, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Marching Men[edit]

Thank you for dropping in and fixing some little things in Marching Men. Nice to know there are editors like you improving things. One of life's nice surprises, if you will. Cheers, --Olegkagan (talk) 06:16, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You're quite welcome, and thanks for the thanks. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 12:37, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Deansgate--an interesting wikiramble[edit]

This topic is discussed at length in West over sea : studies in Scandinavian sea-borne expansion and settlement before 1300 : a festschrift in honour of Dr. Barbara E. Crawford a snip at ₤222.00, but available in 5 UK libraries, and 2 in Munich.

The key article is ´The Scandinavian element gata outside the urbanised settlements of the Danelaw / Gillian Fellows-Jensen --´- we must give thanks to Thor and Odin that you can read most of it on Google Books Copy.

So we can discount the River Dene- say the gata is Scandinavian in origin- and Dean may have been a personal name!

( It could have been Waynegate, or Sharongate- or in the suburbs Tarquingate and Melissagate-- which leads on to Watergate and Pastygate! )

--ClemRutter (talk) 10:11, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting. The idea that there was a River Dean/Dene etc. seems to be Victorian fancy then. I knew it wasn't certain (and the sources can't even agree even vaguely as to where the river ran) but if even the etymology doesn't add up then we ought to throw it in the bin. (Forgive me if I don't order the book from Amazon, but I have to pay for my Summer holiday this month.) Mr Stephen (talk) 10:31, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Here We Go Again (Ray Charles song)[edit]

Thanks for looking so closely at "Here We Go Again". Any chance that a Support is coming at the FAC?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 17:18, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I just run a script over the article, I don't actually read it. Mr Stephen (talk) 09:55, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Chorlton-cum-Hardy[edit]

If you do not have anything constructive to add, please do not remove others' work. You are not in sufficiently good standing, and it may be interptreted as disruptive editing, with blocking a distincy possibility. 212.121.210.45 (talk) 10:57, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Forgive my slow response. I was laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes and could not see the screen. Simply because Chorlton-cum-Hardy was mentioned on a radio program is no reason to include it (the mention) in an encyclopedia article. It is trivial. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 11:19, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I don't often agree with editors "not in sufficiently good standing" but I too have removed the trivia unrelated to toponymy. It's such a pity these settlement articles attract so much trivia.J3Mrs (talk) 13:34, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You are too kind to an old recidivist like me. I try to keep my fingers still, but sometimes the urge to sweep trivia away gets the better of me. Best, Mr Stephen (talk) 16:48, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

St Cuthbert[edit]

Please keep off this as I am trying to update for the fact THEY HAVE JUST BOUGHT THE FUCKING THING. Thank you. Johnbod (talk) 23:28, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No need to shout, I can hear quite clearly. You might like to look up the inuse template for the future, but I have finished. Mr Stephen (talk) 23:31, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, but I was edit-conflicted more than once, and you had started reversing my changes. Johnbod (talk) 00:02, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Citroen C3 Picasso[edit]

Thanks, much welcome additions especially with the article up for Featured Article review =] Jenova20 21:59, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome, but I think there is a way to go yet. Mr Stephen (talk) 22:08, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Anything you can do would be appreciated. Thanks Jenova20 00:14, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies[edit]

I only saw your 'in use' tag at Rochdale sex trafficking gang after my edit.Ankh.Morpork 23:20, 9 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, but I don't have the time now to go through it again. Mr Stephen (talk) 23:27, 9 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Middleton, Manchester[edit]

- Your edit of "(Middleton is not in Manchester)" on The Courteeners page is a false statement. It is not in the Manchester City borough due to borough changes in the 70s however Middleton is addressed as "Middleton, Manchester" which is why it is most logical to say The Courteeners are a band from Middleton, Manchester. Other towns in a similar position in the Greater Manchester region are also most commonly referred to this way (i.e Prestwich, Droylsden, Whitefield). Note a similar situation here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Kay where Stretford IS in Manchester, like Middleton. Greater Manchester is a very large area spanning widely diverse towns with different cultures/accent etc. therefore it is more accurate to pinpoint a location by its official address. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manc24 (talk • contribs)

Middleton has never been in Manchester, and it isn't now. Prestwich, Droylsden, Whitefield, and Stretford are not and never have been in Manchester. Mr Stephen (talk) 23:04, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Middleton is POLITICALLY not in Manchester, but is GEOGRAPHICALLY in the Manchester region. NOT JUST the Greater Manchester region (which isn't even a proper county). The proper county is Lancashire. Post to Manchester towns is still sometimes addressed as Lancashire. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manc24 (talk • contribs)

Middleton is in Greater Manchester, but it is not, and never has been, in Manchester. Mr Stephen (talk) 16:08, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your an idiot. To prove your point even more incorrect part of Middleton has previously been under Manchester council. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manc24 (talk • contribs) 16:53, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please sign your posts to talk pages. No part of Middleton has ever been under the control of Manchester council. Langley (for example) was built as an overspill for Manchester, and Manchester Council collected the rents, but that does not make it a part of Manchester. Mr Stephen (talk) 16:58, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Im not sure how. My only aim was to provide the factual relevance of the town. What more would there be to make Langley "part of Manchester" then? You dont know what your talking about. Basically there is no black and white but my point is more accurate and reliable. You should not be editing places from which you are not from or even from neighboring towns. Manc24 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:13, 18 May 2012 (UTC).[reply]

It's simple. Manchester has borders. Middleton is not inside the borders, and so Middleton is not in Manchester. Mr Stephen (talk) 17:42, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There are only politcal borders. Of which Langley fell within, as you kindly pointed out. Now run along and take your medication you disabled monkey. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.154.86.195 (talk) 19:04, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please sign your posts to talk pages. Langley did not fall within the borders of Manchester by dint of the council building a few houses there. Mr Stephen (talk) 19:09, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Due to your pathetic idiocy over areas you know nothing about, im leaving wiki with only a geographical contribution which if you dispute or undo are being disruptive and unproductive on the wikipdeia website whose rules you constantly bang on about. Alkrington/Middleton is part of urban sprawl with Blackley and Moston. If you dispute this you are purposefully being disruptive as you have access to a map and I can walk into Blackley within less than a minute and Moston within about 5minutes. Now do yourself a favour and edit places you actually know something about or have experience of. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manc24 (talk • contribs) 17:06, 19 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please sign your posts to talk pages. We are finally nearly there with the Alkrington page: replace lies on the edge of the current Metropolitan Borough of Manchester with something like north of Manchester; clear the peacock term renowned; and we are close. Probably close to where we started, too. Mr Stephen (talk) 17:32, 19 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It is on the edge of the metropolitan borough of Manchester though, there is no physical border, there is no rural land (like between Middleton to Rochdale), there isnt even a sign on the edge of Blackley to show you are now entering the borough of Manchester or whatever. There are only ones into Middleton stating you are now entering the borough of Rochdale. So there is nothing wrong with that. There would be something wrong with saying 'north of Manchester' because that implies it is across a border of some kind such as rural land. Also 'Manchester' from our debates we have established is a vague term, there are only metropolitan boroughs so it would be misleading to use that term. If your referring to the renowned for the Courteeners, I have seen hundreds of artists referred to as this on Wikipedia and they are because they aren't simply an unsigned band. I put it like that so that the writing flowed instead of randomly stating things. Can we please just leave it and stop picking at trivial things now? Alkrington is a tiny place and there is no false information on the page so theres no point fussing over it. I'll eve sign my post if we can leave it at that. Manc24 —Preceding undated comment added 18:34, 19 May 2012 (UTC).[reply]

Ah, you mean the Manchester conurbation, which on Wikipedia is the Greater Manchester Urban Area. A lot of the borders in GM are hard to spot, but if you keep your wits about you they can often be made out. Mr Stephen (talk) 18:44, 19 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ONS district population statistics[edit]

Hi. Where can I find the project that maintains the ONS statistics underpinning templates such as ((English district population))?

--Senra (talk) 01:15, 30 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Archived November 2014[edit]

McCartney clean-ups[edit]

Thanks for doing those for the article, I appreciate it, and it's an asset to the project that you do it. ~ GabeMc (talk) 10:01, 24 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to help. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 10:05, 24 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Repeat edit in Microsoft Security Essentials[edit]

Hello, Mr Stephen

I see that you have reinstated a previously reverted edit of yours again without supplying an adequate edit summary. Care to tell me why do you think this edit is cleanup?

Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 17:48, 24 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again
I see that while I was writing the above message, you have reverted again with a vague edit summary. Alright, please tell me about this manual of style issue.
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 17:55, 24 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict; see WP:MOS):"Cleanup" is a default edit summary for WP:AWB, to which I add "ellipsis format" to explain what is going on; see the manual of style for why the change was made. The change from curly to straight quotation marks is another manual of style fix, but the method of the change (all manual of changes are uncontroversial by default, so I do it as a search and replace) makes it harder to include in the summary. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 17:58, 24 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello and thanks for clarification. I was not aware of that. However, it seems there is a policy that you are not aware of: Reinstating a previously contested edit that is likely to be contested again, requires a discussion. Don't you think Wikipedia would have been saved of three reverts if you had dropped me a note in advance of your edit?
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 18:22, 24 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
With the best will in the world, I cannot contact everyone who has ever edited an article before I correct a mistake. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 21:33, 24 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Request[edit]

Do you mind doing a clean up with the AWB on "I Could Fall in Love". Best, Jonayo! Selena 4 ever 01:18, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Mr Stephen (talk) 21:00, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! BTW can you show me how to do that? (if you have time) Best, Jonayo! Selena 4 ever 22:41, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
A lot of them are standard fixes that AWB can do automatically. Once you have that up and running, you can extend its functionality by writing C# scripts, which I (and a lot of others) can help you with. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 15:22, 30 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fred Richards cleanup[edit]

Thanks very much for the cleanups! Since both versions are accepted, I didn't realize the preferred form for doi, pmid, etc was lower case -- I can certainly see that it makes a more consistent and readable appearance in the ref list, and I'll use it from now on. And if you feel motivated, note that the page needs a GAN review. Dcrjsr (talk) 20:42, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It makes no difference to the template, if I understand correctly, but as you say it makes it more consistent internally. I wouldn't usually save an edit where that was the only change. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 20:50, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes - I tried making more things lc, and then realized that all of them still come out as uc on the actual page! Dcrjsr (talk) 20:59, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
No matter ... Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 21:03, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ISBN issue at Paul McCartney[edit]

I am at the end of a very long and strenuous FAC, and now andreasegde wants to argue about the isbn groupings. Since I deferred to you in the past, and agreed to follow your advice in this regard, will you please explain to them as well as you did to me how/why this is not an actionable objection? This kind of talk page disagreement could jeopardize the article's consistency, thus the FAC. Thanks much. ~ GabeMc (talk|contribs) 01:59, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry, there's no reason why it should affect the articles chances at FAC. Best of luck with it, Mr Stephen (talk) 10:13, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for making this clear at the McCartney talk page! I've put in so much work I don't want to see silly content disputes disrupt the FAC. ~ GabeMc (talk|contribs) 00:08, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Paul McCartney FAC[edit]

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Edit warring at Slough[edit]

Hi Mr Stephen, Just to let you know I have reported User talk:87.115.163.24 for his edit warring at the 3RR Noticeboard here. Not only for his actions at Slough but also at Edmonton, Abingdon and other pages relating to boundary changes. Might be worth adding a comment there if you have a moment. Thanks Tmol42 (talk) 14:46, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Various Bond articles[edit]

Many thanks for your recent tidying up session on a whole slew of Bond articles - it's much appreciated! Cheers - SchroCat (^ • @) 18:06, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to help. I think there are a couple more on the list, with luck I'll get to them later tonight. Mr Stephen (talk) 18:59, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Brinnington Moor[edit]

A good point. Can you leave this with me, please, as I have a friend at my local cricket club who is well versed in early cricket and he may own or have access to the source in question (I do not, and had never heard of either book or author until I saw the Manchester club article). Given your comment, which is verified by a quick search on Google in that Brinnington is near Stockport, I wonder if this is the earliest mention not of cricket IN Lancashire but of a team FROM Lancashire? Interesting. I will get back to you. Thank you. --Old Lanky (talk) 20:11, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Should be interesting. I look forward to hearing if your pal knows any more. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 21:18, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Limited success. My friend has access to the book by Rowland Bowen which is listed in both the Lancashire and Manchester articles. On page 266, there is a single sentence chronology entry for 1781 which reads: "First references to cricket in Cheshire and Lancashire". This would indicate the existence of another reference that year to a game played in Lancashire, the Brinnington game being the earliest known in Cheshire. We'd like to find a copy of the book by G. B. Buckley which is cited by one of the articles and see exactly what that says but, unfortunately, it appears to be a very rare book. It would seem, though, that there was a game in Lancashire in 1781 but not the one at Brinnington. I'll make some corrections and I'll let you know if our investigations uncover anything else. Thank you. --Old Lanky (talk) 08:23, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, shame. It looks like the John Rylands has two books by Buckley, in the William Brockbank Cricket Collection. I think access the the library is reasonably easy see here. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 10:03, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I'll look into that. --Old Lanky (talk) 10:51, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Manchester Institute of Biotechnology[edit]

Dear Mr Stephen

My name is Lesley-Ann Miller from the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Manchester, UK. I edited our wiki page to reflect our rebrand and our research strategy but note that you have reverted this back to the old site. I am responsible for internal and external communications in the MIB. Can you advise please?

Sincerely

Lesley-Ann Miller Office of the Director Manchester Institute of Biotechnology University of Manchester 131 Princess Street Manchester M1 7DN T: +44(0)161 306 8917 E: l.miller@manchester.ac.uk — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mjfsslb (talk • contribs) 09:56, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Calling a euphemism a euphemism[edit]

The anti-euphemism trophy
For killing off 'passed away', when I couldn't be bothered. Rothorpe (talk) 17:53, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Trafford Centre[edit]

I'm pretty sure that the Trafford Centre was the largest shopping mall when it opened, and is now again since the building of Barton Square. Why do think it isn't/wasn't? Malleus Fatuorum 00:27, 14 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Shopping centres are measured by gross leasable area (GLA), basically the money-making area. The summaries for the Trevor Wood reports give the values, see [1]. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 06:32, 14 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Trevor Wood may choose to rank shopping centres by GLA, but what we're talking about here is retail space in square metres. Malleus Fatuorum 06:54, 14 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Rank it how you like (good luck on finding the numbers), but I think you will find that the Metro Centre at Gateshead was biggest when the Trafford Centre opened and Blue Water in Kent was bigger still when it opened a year later. I don't think Barton Square took the Trafford Centre to the top. Mr Stephen (talk) 11:26, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you[edit]

Thanks for letting me know about the disambiguation page standards--I didn't know wikilinks were limited. --Jgmikulay (talk) 23:28, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

AWB[edit]

Hi and Merry Christmas. Since you are a regular user of AWB I would recommend that you manually upgrade to the latest release found at http://toolserver.org/~awb/snapshots/ (it's the AutoWikiBrowser5401_rev8759.zip). It resolves more than 100 bugs and it is much faster than the version you have. Thanks, Magioladitis (talk) 21:27, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And a Merry Christmas to you too. I will do as you suggest. Thanks, Mr Stephen (talk) 21:29, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again. Please upgrade to rev 8853. http://toolserver.org/~awb/snapshots/ At about 50 bugs fixed since last time! -- Magioladitis (talk) 10:10, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 10:11, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your edits to Gregory of Nazianzus[edit]

Hi Mr Stephen,

I reverted your edits eliminating ellipsis form in the FA article Gregory of Nazianzus because the ellipsis occurs in quoted citations. It's best to have quotes appear "as-is" from the source. (As a side note, I generally prefer n-dash to ellipsis.) Please let me know if you wish to discuss. Cheers, Majoreditor (talk) 23:29, 30 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I don't think I have eliminated any ellipses at this edit, and if I have it was not my intention. The idea is that in open text the ellipsis should have spaces either side, with the space before non-breaking (see MOS:ELLIPSIS), so my changes should reflect that. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk)
I see. That makes sense - I thought it was subsituting dashes for three dots. I will restore your edits. Best, Majoreditor (talk) 03:13, 31 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

George Harrison[edit]

Thanks for cleaning up my ISBN and formatting faux pas (faux pases?). I appreciate it! Evanh2008 (talk|contribs) 08:33, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Mr Stephen (talk) 08:35, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Greg LeMond[edit]

Dude, THANK YOU for your work on Greg LeMond. Because of an injury suffered in a cycling crash :( I have difficulty picking up on some minuscule details of formatting like the ones you edited. Anything else you'd like to contribute to the article would be greatly appreciated, especially as it's being reviewed for FA-status and some objections have been raised. Thanks again! joepaT 00:55, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to help. Having looked at the reviewers' comments, it looks to me like the problems are a bit out of my line, so sorry I don't think I can help. Well done, and good luck with the article. Mr Stephen (talk) 22:30, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Joaquim José Inácio, Viscount of Inhaúma[edit]

Thank you very much for having taken your time to make those improvements to Joaquim José Inácio, Viscount of Inhaúma. Regards, --Lecen (talk) 17:25, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to help. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 18:26, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Request[edit]

Can you please fix the ISBN's in Armenian population by country? --Երևանցի talk 23:03, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Mr Stephen (talk) 23:11, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! --Երևանցի talk 23:28, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your work on cleaning up Harrison articles' refs, etc[edit]

Hi Mr Stephen, I've noticed you've been busy cleaning up a load of Harrison articles recently – which is just great. (Some are ones I've recently got through GAN, others are up for GAN right now – so either way, a big thank-you from me!) Just want to point out a change you made that I've recently reverted. As explained in a comment there, those two Bob Woffinden refs are in fact different citations, not repeated. In theory – I'd have to look to make sure, but let's say, as a general rule – the first ref is taking something from what could be at the top of one page, and then something else from perhaps the bottom of the next page: Woffinden, pp 51, 52. The next one is sourcing information that's given from the end of one page through to the top of the next one, so: Woffinden, pp 51–52. Might be an idea to look out for that in future perhaps – but, hey, thanks again Mr S. Regards, JG66 (talk) 07:03, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I identify repeated refs by stripping out all spaces, punctuation, and markup; and then comparing. This improves the hit rate, but there is a small set of false positives where, for example, "51–52" looks the same as "51, 52". This is where I come in and check. Clearly I missed this one. Thanks for pointing it out and fixing it, and I will try to take more care. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 10:17, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the WV County List edits[edit]

Many thanks for the edits on the page, I cant wait to get it to FL list nomination soonCoal town guy (talk) 02:31, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to help. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 22:08, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

ISBN check[edit]

A few weeks ago you ran an AWB check which included some articles that I had created; in particular, you tidied up the ISBN formats. Is it possible for you to run this on my bibliography so that I can ensure that any future references to these books will be properly cite. Thanks. -- Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 10:41, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 10:49, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the quick response. Best wishes. -- Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 12:23, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'd Have You Anytime[edit]

Hi again, Mr Stephen. I notice that while you were cleaning up quotes, ellipses etc in this song article, somehow the italic vs non-italic treatment for text discussing opinion in Rolling Stone has got jumbled up, instead becoming bold+ital then bold. Must admit, I always have a problem when writing pos s following an all-italic album or magazine title (I'll often leave a space before the pos s to avoid the text being set as bold, which I know isn't the correct approach), but would you mind going back to the Release and reception section there and fixing the problem? Thanks, JG66 (talk) 02:48, 7 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Of course. How's is it now? Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 09:21, 7 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Perfect – and best of all, now I know how to do that pos-s thing after itals! Thanks, Mr S. JG66 (talk) 09:27, 7 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Copyediting request on FIFA Club World Cup[edit]

Thanks for the cleanup on that page! Could I ask from one to perform one good copyedit on the article, please? If there is anything left to do, let me know. If not, could you support its FA nomination? Thanks again! EpidemiaCorinthiana (talk) 22:58, 7 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Copyediting is not really my line, but good luck with your nomination. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 22:03, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

AWB needed[edit]

Hello! Can you please AWB Geographical name changes in Turkey article. I added numerous sources since your last AWB. Also, if you have any other automated checkups, can you do those as well? I greatly appreciate it.Proudbolsahye (talk) 18:04, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikisource names[edit]

You made this edit to John Bradshaw (judge). One of those changes changed:

to

The problem is that AWB does not check for links to sister projects and such links remain blue even if the target does not exist (so you can not be sure that your new link works unless you click on it). Here is one with a deliberate typo to demonstrate the blue link to a non-existent wikisource article:

In most cases wikisource articles are placed under hyphen not ndash (as is the case with "s:Bradshaw, John (1602-1659) (DNB00)"), and most do not have ndash redirects (which luckily was not the case with this example), so I suggest that you do not change the values of "wstitle=parameter" when using AWB any more than you would change "url=parameter"

Also in many such special citation templates (such as ((Cite EB1911))) the undocumented default value for the first unnamed parameter a link to a Wikisource article (in addition to the named documented wstitle= parameter) and changing such an unnamed parameter it is also likely to break the wikisource link. I personally am against the use of unnamed parameters used like this (because it complicates automatic maintenance with tools like AWB), but at least one editor likes the style (see User talk:Bob Burkhardt#1911 wstitle= and uses it a lot). An unnamed parameter is also used in most (all?) of the "poster" templates such as ((Collier's poster)).

-- PBS (talk) 10:54, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm tricky. I did check that that particular link was live when I did the edit and I rather got it into my head that it would be OK in the future (i.e. ndashes would usually work one way or another). Luckily you have put me straight before I get into any more trouble. The obvious answer, as you say, is for me to catch such links and leave them alone. "wstitle=parameter" should be easy enough to trap. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 22:29, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Best of George Harrison[edit]

Hi Mr Stephen. I see you've gone back to this article and redone your ellipsis thing – which has created a bad link to the article John, Paul, George, Ringo … and Bert. (I seem to remember fixing the same problem quite recently, I could be wrong.) Would you mind going back to the Harrison article again and fixing the link? If you don't mind me saying, it might be an idea if you visually check each page after doing your clean up/ellipsis formatting, to avoid introducing this sort of error or that bold + ital problem from before. Thanks, Mr S. JG66 (talk) 11:22, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, that was one of a batch of edits that changed the fictional ISBN 0-345-25680-8-595 to a real number. I must admit I rather regretted starting the job at about halfway through. I have fixed the article using the link you posted above, but if you go to the ellipsis section of the MOS you will find that the single symbol … (the &hellip ;) is deprecated in favour of three unspaced full stops. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 22:18, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for fixing that. I'm not sure I understand what you mean about formatting ellipses ("single symbol … (the &hellip ;)" etc). As far as I know, I always go for three unspaced periods/full stops – in line with the recommended first option under MoS#Ellipses – and I insert a space before and after the three periods. (Meaning, for instance, I've just undone one of the changes you made in The Concert for Bangladesh, to ensure the spacing around the ellipsis is consistent with this.) Perhaps I've misunderstood what you're trying to achieve with your ellipsis formatting, I don't know – but that [space]...[space] was/is obviously consistent with the JPGR & Bert article title, which is what interests me. With the ISBN you mention – I've been quite intrigued by that for a while. The book in question is one I tracked down from the 1970s, and the ISBN clearly ends in 595. Oh well. JG66 (talk) 13:21, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The rule is hard space before, ordinary space after. Except; bind ellipsis to quotes when the ellipsis is on the inside and put a hard space on the other side of the ellipsis. The hardest thing to spot is those cases when an ellipsis is just outside a quote or when the closing of an italic section is followed by an ellipsis (as here). These are fairly rare and sometimes I miss one. The idea is to stop an ellipsis beginning a line.
The article title John, Paul, George, Ringo … and Bert has the depracated "…"; there is no redirect from a title with three unspaced full stops. As for the dodgy ISBN, then if that's what it says then there it is, but it's not what COPAC has and it breaks the rules. Mr Stephen (talk) 13:59, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GEbi ISBNs[edit]

Greetings. Could you explain why you changed the ISBN format on the Gospel of the Ebionites article? This is not a criticism; I just don't understand your reasoning. The format was originally 978-x-xxxx-xxxx-x for all the ISBNs. That may not be the right format, but at least it was consistent. I noticed you changed the format to 978-x-xx-xxxxxx-x for some ISBNs but not all of them. What am I missing? Please reply here and I will check later. Thanks. Ignocrates (talk) 22:19, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The hyphen placement varies. The first field after the 978 indicates the language/country, the second field the publisher, the third the book, and the final is a checksum. Big publishers would go 978-0-xx-xxxxxx-x so they have up to 999999 books. There are a lot more small publishers, e.g. 978-0-xxxx-xxxx-x and some really tiny ones e.g. 978-0-xxxxxxx-x-x. Have a read of the ISBN article. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 23:02, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. This is very helpful. I clearly have a lot to learn about the formatting of ISBNs! Ignocrates (talk) 23:55, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Non-breaking spaces in shortened citations[edit]

These are not really necessary as the page numbers are never going to wrap because the line is, well, short. All it achieves is more clutter in edit view. I have reverted you on this in a couple of articles I recently created, but thought I would drop a note here as well because it looked like it was otherwise going to keep happening. Regards, SpinningSpark 11:26, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

With regard to an non-breaking space between pp. and the associated numeral, a line break can happen if the reference column is narrow. If non-standard formating that includes a tab is thrown in to the mix then it will happen more often. However, the primary point of the edits that you refer to was to change the horizontal line in the page range to an ndash and to make the formatting of the ISBNs consistent. All of these are in line with the MOS and improve the article for the reader; your reverts are editor-facing and make the article worse for the reader. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 11:38, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I don't have a problem with the dashes and the ISBN formatting (although I know that ISBN numbers with dashes do not always work on some site searches in some circumstances but I have never known a search to fail because the dashes are not present - compare [2] with for instance) and I understand the issue with line breaks. But for shortened citations this is never going to happen with any sensible screen width (and for a non-sensible one, not allowing the line to break is probably starting to become counterproductive anyway). SpinningSpark 16:23, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You say "this is never going to happen", well yes it does. The follow-up to that is of course "show me", but I can't give you an example off the top of my head. If you think you are improving the article by reverting then go ahead by all means, I am not going to get into an edit war with you. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 16:30, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Tommy Amaker[edit]

Thanks for your earlier comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Tommy Amaker/archive1. Could you please stop by and give a bit more advice or render an opinion.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:55, 26 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't spend much time at the discussion pages, but I'll try and have a look later. Mr Stephen (talk) 12:52, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks much[edit]

Thank you for your help with Everything Tastes Better with Bacon, much appreciated, — Cirt (talk) 02:41, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fuck help[edit]

Thanks for your help with Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties, much appreciated, — Cirt (talk) 23:51, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Drowning Girl[edit]

Thanks for your recent editorial assistance at Drowning Girl. Please comment at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Drowning Girl/archive1‎.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:33, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Brownfield Mill[edit]

Dear Mr Stephen, firstly apologies for the long delay. Not replying immediately, I then overlooked your query. The answer to it is that my title is wrong and that it should be Brownsfield Mill, as evidenced by the photo of its sign [[

The gate of Brownsfield Mill, Great Ancoats, Manchester, England

which I took on the weekend. Is it possible that you could rename as I fear I'd mess it up. Best regards. KJP1 (talk) 12:07, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Rather as I've messed up the placing of what I intended to be an unobtrusive little link to this photograph! KJP1 (talk) 12:10, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
No matter. I moved it and fixed a few links. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 21:04, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

AWB[edit]

Hello,
A while ago you were kind enough to use fix the dashes, ISBN etc. on the article Belgium in World War II and Belgian Resistance. I just wondered if you might be able to do the same for Belgian Government in Exile and Free Belgian Forces? There's also a request for help on the Peasants' Revolt article! Any help would be really appreciated! Brigade Piron (talk) 17:53, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Could you also possibly go over Belgian Congo in World War II? Brigade Piron (talk) 07:18, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

United Armenia[edit]

Hey, can you please pass this article through AWB? I need the ISBNs fixed. --Երևանցի talk 20:31, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, I will do it in a few hours. Mr Stephen (talk) 17:15, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Whaam! FAC[edit]

Thanks for your editorial assistance with Whaam!. You may want to come by and help us determine whether the article should be promoted at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Whaam!/archive1‎.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 05:26, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sarnia FA Quest[edit]

Hi, Mr. Stephen!

Thanks for fixing some of the links on Sarnia. I'm on a quest to get it to FA status, and you helped. I appreciate it. There can be only one...TheKurgan (talk) 18:53, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sea[edit]

Thank you for your cleanup of Sea, just nominated as a FAC. I notice that you did a similar task at Atlantic Puffin and I think you provide a very useful service tidying up articles. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:05, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Chess in Armenia[edit]

AWB please? --Երևանցի talk 04:48, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

ISBN[edit]

Hi, I saw you edited ISBN. I'm a researcher working with massive data sets and I'm trying to find a wiki editor who could advise me on the following. I would like to download/parse for each ISBN (each book) a time stamp and the ISBNs of books it cites. Does this data set exist anywhere in any format? Thanks! --fij (talk) 13:59, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know of anything. I doubt such a source exists. Mr Stephen (talk) 18:09, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

September 2013[edit]

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steal code[edit]

I saw your isbn formatting with awb. Could I steal the code for it? Not sure if you have it as a module or a regex. Bgwhite (talk) 06:08, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In principle, yes with pleasure. It's an AWB module, but it's embedded with a load of other stuff. I will have a look and see if I can separate it out (it should be easy enough TBH). The code is not pretty. Mr Stephen (talk) 10:35, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Have a try with User:Mr Stephen/ISBN code for AWB. It fails here and there, so take care. Mr Stephen (talk) 21:28, 16 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

AWB requests[edit]

Thanks in advance! --Երևանցի talk 20:11, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Two more requests: Russian language in Israel and Andranik Ozanian. --Երևանցի talk 21:45, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have been through all of those. HTH. Mr Stephen (talk) 18:39, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your recent AWB on Confiscated Armenian properties...can you do one for Deportation of Armenian leaders please? Proudbolsahye (talk) 19:22, 17 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

thanks[edit]

I often see you cleaning FACs, including my own, thanks for this unsung effort Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:12, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to help. Mr Stephen (talk) 17:06, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral notice[edit]

This is a neutral notice that an RfC has been opened at an article which you have edited within the past year. It is at Talk:Clint Eastwood#8 children by 6 women. --Tenebrae (talk) 14:25, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

William Burges[edit]

You've been very helpful before in addressing my technical shortcomings and I'm hoping you can help me again. In the references for the above article, the book on Burges cartoons by Pauline Sargent has a very annoying red link which reads "Unknown parameter | printer = ignored (help)". I have tried to resolve it but, perhaps unsurprisingly, have failed miserably. I'd really like to sort it as the article's up for front page nomination on 2 December and I'd liked it to be looking its best in the event the nomination comes off. I'd really appreciate your help if you have the time and know what's wrong with the damn thing. With thanks and best regards. KJP1 (talk) 19:34, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Giving the printer is not something I've come across often. As far as I know, there isn't an option in the cite template to show a book's printer, hence no printer= parameter, so it's flagging an error. I would drop it, to be honest. Sorry I can't be of more help. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 22:50, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
On the contrary, very helpful. I thought it meant a printer that you attached to a pc! I shall delete it. KJP1 (talk) 17:54, 31 October 2013 (UTC) And it worked. Thanks again.[reply]

minor edits[edit]

remember to mark your minor edits as such Carstensen (talk) 15:50, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fuck help redux[edit]

Thank you for your cleanup help at Fuck (film).

The article is currently at Featured Article discussion, your comments would be appreciated, at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Fuck (film)/archive1. — Cirt (talk) 17:18, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

November 2013[edit]

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Fucking Machines thanks[edit]

Thank you for your helpful edits to Fucking Machines.

Most appreciated,

— Cirt (talk) 23:16, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for making me smile. Best watchlist item ever to show up. Now Go the Fuck to Sleep. Bgwhite (talk) 02:00, 16 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, you're most welcome, Bgwhite! Thanks for the interest in my quality improvement efforts on articles related to freedom of speech! Go the Fuck to Sleep looks quite well-cited, and perhaps has good WP:GA potential. — Cirt (talk) 03:43, 16 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Cirt, Kelapstick and Drmies created the article. I can't remember, but I want to say there was some sort of controversy about the article. The video of Samuel L. Jackson narrating the story is priceless. Bgwhite (talk) 06:34, 16 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, will do some more research on it. — Cirt (talk) 10:06, 16 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Happy to help, as ever. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 23:18, 17 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Precious[edit]

cleanup
Thank you for tirelessly cleaning up articles, raising the quality of the Mass in B minor and Fucking Machines, for fighting for copyright and against vandalism, not only in the Manchester area, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:45, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you[edit]

Thank you for your edits on Norwich School (independent school). Cheers, Duffit5 (talk) 14:58, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cited Works[edit]

Hello Mr Stephen—thank you for your edits on J. H. Hobbs, Brockunier and Company. I start my articles in Microsoft Word, and it creates some minor problems. I have a question about the Cited Works section. The footnotes in the references section refer to a specific page in a book. My "pages" in the Cited Works section lists how many pages are in the book (not a specific page for reference). The "pages" has been changed to "page", even though we are talking about the number of pages in the book. Is that OK? Thanks for your help. TwoScars (talk) 17:29, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well, references don't normally include the number of pages in a book, and the references template doesn't work like that either. If you look at earlier versions of the article (with pages=) it still displays as "p". Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 20:27, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
So (in this case) the number after "page =" in the cited works section should be eliminated because it is not meant to indicate the number of pages in the book, correct? In this case the reference section lists the page number for the cite. TwoScars (talk) 16:30, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. I didn't know it was explicitly stated until I just looked, but the documentation for "Template:cite book" has "pages: Pages in the source that supports the content; ... do not use to indicate the total number of pages in the source." Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 11:10, 15 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

December 2013[edit]

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Your a twat — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ritaqueenofspeed (talk • contribs) 16:04, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Some help over some ISSN numbers[edit]

Hi, can you fix the ISSN number from the books I've used in Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! Really thanks for correcting me all the time with this issue, but I can't figure out how to insert them correctly.--Вик Ретлхед (talk) 21:28, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to help. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 22:35, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

National Tyres[edit]

OK, I restored it; you;;'re right that I shouldn't have used G111--it's fixable. I suggest taking a careful look at any sentence with an adjective, and the material in the Memberships section. DGG ( talk ) 17:49, 26 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

January 2014[edit]

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Thanks for your work on 4th Amendment![edit]

Thanks for the work on 4th Amendment. It impacts several couple different wikiprojects and we're trying to get it through FAC. It's a timely and important subject and we should provide our readers with the best possible quality on a topic like that! Thanks for improving it and you might keep an eye on it as it goes the FAC. --HectorMoffet (talk) 08:18, 30 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

February 2014[edit]

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Comment request?[edit]

Hi. Would you care to weigh in at this discussion regarding genre changes made at Led Zeppelin IV? If not, feel free to ignore this message. Dan56 (talk) 03:01, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Littleborough Neighbourhood Forum[edit]

Hello Mr Stephen. Littleborough, Lancashire, England is creating its own Neighbourhood Forum and Neighbourhood Plan.

Neighbourhood planning gives communities the power to:

make a neighbourhood development plan make a neighbourhood development order make a Community Right to Build order Neighbourhood planning was introduced through the Localism Act 2011. Neighbourhood planning legislation came into effect in April 2012 by the British Government.

These two websites I put a link in with my edit http://bobfurnell.wix.com/lboroforum AND http://littleboroughneighbourhoodforum.org.uk/ are not personal web sites but web sites 2 Littleborough people (me one of them) have built for the FORUM to use for people to gain information of the newly formed FORUM and support it in the Governance of our town of Littleborough.Iloveit (talk) 22:46, 19 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure it's very worthy and I hope it goes well. However, it fails the guidelines (see Wikipedia:External links) and it doesn't belong here. Mr Stephen (talk) 22:53, 19 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Are You Experienced[edit]

Hi. As you have edited the article, would you care to weigh in on this discussion? It concerns whether a particular review quote should be removed from an article. --John (talk) 00:45, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

BBC One[edit]

Hey,

Since you have edited the BBC One page recently, Can you add your views and opinions about, a single user recent complaints about the page, which includes spiting the page. I will be grateful for any feedback on the issues. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:BBC_One --Crazyseiko (talk) 09:38, 29 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

AWB request[edit]

Etchmiadzin Cathedral --Երևանցի talk 03:56, 12 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

AutoWikiBrowser[edit]

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Manchester[edit]

Hi, well yes I did the edits with the best intention, so it's sad to see you completely delete my work. It's Wikipedia's policy to improve, not remove.

From Wikipedia:Editing_policy#Try_to_fix_problems: "Either clean up the writing, formatting or sourcing on the spot, or tag it as necessary. If you think a page needs to be rewritten or changed substantially, go ahead and do so, but preserve any reasonable content on the article's talk page, along with a comment about why you made the change. Do not remove information solely because it is poorly presented; instead, improve the presentation by rewriting the passage. The editing process tends to guide articles through ever-higher levels of quality over time." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.10.186.170 (talk) 22:33, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The article is quite large enough. It has all the information it needs. It does not need to be made larger. There are no problems that need fixing (at least, not via the information you are adding). Yes, we can all make it bigger, but bigger is not necessarily better, and it is not better here. (And indeed, I regard the culling – not by me – of accurate but superfluous information in about 2006 to be the single spur that set this article to GA then FA). Apply your efforts to needy daughter articles, where they will be gratefully received. Maybe you can get them to GA and FA. Mr Stephen (talk) 22:42, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
If needed, this discussion should continue at Talk:Manchester or WT:GM, not here. Mr Stephen (talk) 22:44, 21 April 2014 (UTC) ... I took it to WT:GM. Mr Stephen (talk) 22:49, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong ISSN number[edit]

Hey Stephen, thanks for your help over Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? Just one more thing: can you check what's wrong with ref number 12? Appreciate it.--Вик Ретлхед (talk) 08:15, 2 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Edda Göring[edit]

Hi there, friend. I spent a lot of time doing cite, source, grammar, and sentence clean up work on the Edda Göring article and has gone as far as to nominate it for GA status. I would really appreciate if you would review it. Jonas Vinther (talk) 21:52, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Best of luck with your article, but I don't do much in the way of reviewing. Sorry not to be of more help. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 21:33, 7 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You![edit]

With your help, the WINC (AM) was just promoted to Featured Article status. Together, we took a C-Class article, edited, added and made it a Good Article. We didn't stop there, we made it better and now it is a Featured Article. Whether you made one edit or twenty, you still helped and I thank you. :) - Neutralhomer • Talk • 10:06, 18 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

AWB settings?[edit]

Unless I'm mistaken, you're not supposed to put nbsp in page ranges nor use dashes in place of minus signs. Are these the default settings in AWB? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maury Markowitz (talk • contribs)

Er; no, no, and obviously no. Mr Stephen (talk) 21:49, 31 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Soliciting comment...[edit]

Hi! Would you care to review my FA nomination for the article Of Human Feelings? The article is about a jazz album by Ornette Coleman. If not, feel free to ignore this message. Cheers! Dan56 (talk) 01:41, 22 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I very rarely contribute to FAC discussions. Good luck though. Mr Stephen (talk) 22:10, 23 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Timeform ISBNs[edit]

Thank for edits to horse racing articles. I just type the ISBNs as they appeared on the dustjackets but to be honest I don't have a clue about what they mean. You obviously know your stuff so I'll be guided by you and use the formats you use in future. Tigerboy1966  07:42, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The spacing rules do have sound reasoning behind them, but it is impossible to work out the right spacing without a look-up table of some kind. About 20 to go, then I'll leave them alone for you to do your stuff. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 21:28, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Manchester Law School[edit]

hi Mr Stephen! please can you contribute to this page of this school. Manchester Law School. it would be greatly appreciated. Regards. The Pakistan (talk) 19:09, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'd love to help, and I'll put it on my watchlist, but I'm afraid I don't know anything useful about Manchester Law School. TBH, I didn't know the the metropolitan had a law school. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 21:45, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

AWB[edit]

Hi Mr Stephen,

I noticed that when you ran AWB for the John Bauer (illustrator) article you came up with more changes than when I ran it (dash-->"to"; ISBN formatting, etc.)

Did you have something checked to pick up these changes - or is it something you did yourself (i.e., find and replace, manual changes, other)? I'm asking because I'd like to have my AWB runs pick up these things as well. (I cannot believe I didn't visually pick up the dash / "to" issue for date ranges on read-throughs, for instance).

Thanks!--CaroleHenson (talk) 21:06, 5 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wondering if you're an occasional user or busy, I posted the question at Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser#Special functions. Thanks!--CaroleHenson (talk) 04:58, 11 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I'm away ATM.
Ok, thanks!--CaroleHenson (talk) 17:43, 11 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Get in touch[edit]

Hello. It's Mr. Chan. Can you get in touch if I taught you! Text/ring 07968368399 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.26.45.112 (talk) 21:45, 6 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks much[edit]

Thank you for your help at Hitachi Magic Wand, most appreciated, — Cirt (talk) 23:50, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]


Saiman Miah[edit]

Dear Stephen, I invite you to express your opinion about the article for deletion. --Rossi101 (talk) 19:23, 20 October 2014 (UTC)Rossi101[reply]

UK[edit]

What's there to discus?

Giving the actual location of a person's birth/death should (IMO) include the country (sovereign state) in question whether it be the UK or whatever. In respect of the UK, there are TWO items, i.e. the current (since 1922 - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) or the previous UK (1801-1922 - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland). Before 1801 the term "United Kingdom" did not exist. (Kingdom of Great Britain - 1707 (Act of Union)-1800 - England, Wales and Scotland)

As I said, what's there to discus? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daft old ratbag (talk • contribs) 23:33, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There has been a discussion on whether the 'UK' part is needed, see here. The closing remarks are there, but the important part is that mass changes should stop until a consensus is formed. There was also a discussion at WP:ANI, archived at here (please don't edit either of those discussions). So, you should stop making these changes without the consensus. I will copy these posts to Wikipedia talk:UK Wikipedians' notice board, please continue the discussion there. You should sign your talk pages posts with four tildes, i.e. ~~~~ Mr Stephen (talk) 00:05, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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