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==DONT PATRONISE ME.

Waverley pen

Thanks for starting the article on the Waverley pen. However I redirected to an article on the manufacturers, Macniven and Cameron, and merged the content, since the company is likely to be more notable than the product, with more reliable sources available. Thanks again for your contributions, Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 08:17, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

== That was a very silly contribution. The company is unimportant. The saying is.

Speedy deletion nomination of Ninth Bridgewater Treatise

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I have permission from the person who purports to be the copyright holder.

You are a thorough bigot and part of what is wrong with Misplaced Pages. Why don't you allow people like me to get on with improving.

I am tired of your snide patronisation.

Over linking

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Spong and co

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Speedy deletion nomination of Spong and co

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• See Misplaced Pages:Copy-paste - minor modifications of wording are not enough to avoid a copyright violation, you must write completely in your own words. JohnCD (talk) 14:02, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Dear Cindamuse. It may amuse you to delete original contributions to the 'Pedia, which all of mine have been. But do it to someone else not me. Everything I write has been researched, is referenced and highly original, so please don't lecture on style grammar or other issues, but if you have a problem, correct it for yourself rather than producing ex cathedra pronouncements.

Commenting on other editors

Please remember to comment on content, not on contributors. Discussing another user's age or schooling as part of a dispute about content, as you did at User:MauchoEagle, is not a good way to handle interactions with other editors. (Also your comment should have been on his talk page, not his user page.) --Demiurge1000 (talk) 09:23, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

MauchoEagle was very unpleasant to my contribution. I don't think he knew anything about Crieff, the nature cure, Preissnitz, hydropathy, the temperance movement in Scotland in the C19, teetotalism, the Church of Scotland (either before or after the schism of 1843). While I agree my response had a modicum of ad hominenism, for which I apologise, if Mauchoeagle is to make a useful contribution to the 'Pedia, he must take a more inclusive and less culpatory approach. I am quite willing to write on a personal basis to him, but he must understand that others take the 'Pedia seriously and do not like their work so casually dismissed. Charles Norrie

April 2011

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Comments

I am scrupulous about commenting on contributions and not persoanlities. Those editors who believe they have been traduced by me don't undertsnad that I stand by all my originial material, which some do not like and wish to suppress,

Proposed deletion of Dumbell travel

The article Dumbell travel has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Made up term.

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It is not a mde up term, but it may take me sometime to find sufficient references. Don't let your prejudices run ahead of youTarannon103 (talk) 20:04, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

May 2011

Please do not add or change content without verifying it by citing reliable sources, as you did to West Lothian question. Before making any potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. Please review the guidelines at Misplaced Pages:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. BilCat (talk) 17:41, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

This is silly. I've only just put up the article.Tarannon103 (talk) 17:44, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

West Lothian question has been there for years. You need to add sources when you add any claims to articles. - BilCat (talk) 17:50, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Ah, you must have meant Mid-Lothian Question. It took me awhile to find it, as the link you had added to the West Lothian question page was Mid Lothian Question. You do need to add reliable sources to the new article as soon as possible. Adding a {{inuse}} header if you're going to work on the article for the next 30 minutes or so might help keep the article form being deleted by an over-eager admin before youre able to add your sources. - BilCat (talk) 17:56, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

I know I have to add references. And I will do as I always do. Do not lecture, contribute. I mend a good dozen articles a day. The West Lothian question is not as you have now realised simple a different location to the MidLothian question. They are a century different in time and of soemwhat different import. Didn't you do any history at school. It wa my favourite 'O'-level question and there in the Misplaced Pages Midlothian wasn'

If your not careful, I'll have a look at the "Irish question", and put my ha'penny worth there as well!Tarannon103 (talk) 18:20, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Get real1

Speedy deletion nomination of Vdnha

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I don't think you've ever been to Vdnha, and I don't think you've ever thought about it in your life. I've been, and it's rather like the the old Commonwealth Institute in London.

I haven't finished my editing yet, as its quite hard to source information. But I'll do it. Meanwhile have a go at Crieff Hydro, back gardens, or Greves' Rules or dozens of others.

As an editor why don't you get a life or contribute to teh Misplaced Pages.

If you try to ban me, you will be banned forever.

Proposed deletion of Greaves' Rules

The article Greaves' Rules has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No reliable, independent sources (past or present) outside of the community of the inventor's journalistic colleagues. No evidence of widespread knowledge or use of the Rules. Seems to fail WP:MADEUP.

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May 2011

Welcome to Misplaced Pages. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed maintenance templates from Greaves' Rules. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you.
Please don't remove maintenance templates until issues have been resolved (either through fixing the issue or discussing it with the editor who added teh template). Maintenance tempaltes are an important part of Misplaced Pages editing as they add articles to hidden categories, thus helping others to locate articles needing a little assistance. LordVetinari (talk) 15:26, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Greaves Rules

Hello and welcome to Misplaced Pages. I see you've been busily reading external sources to Greaves' Rules. Unfortunately, none of the sources you added actually support the sentence to which they're appended. For example, both this and this source merely list the rules without supporting the claims that Greaves' rules attracted a wide following and exemplified the spirit of drinking in a pub. As for the Russian source, it too doesn't directly support either claim; nor does the fact that it is written in a foreign language as the writer may simply have sourced their information from an English website. I urge you to to look through WP:SOURCES, WP:V and WP:IRS. Incidentally, you may also find WP:CITE and WP:CITEWEB useful as they describe the mechanics of citing sources on Misplaced Pages. Happy editing. LordVetinari (talk) 14:49, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

May 2011

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at WP:ANI regarding your behaviour on Misplaced Pages. The thread is Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Suspected trolling. Thank you. —LordVetinari (talk) 06:49, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

I am not a troll, my Lord, whatever that is. I serve the Misplaced Pages well and you seem just to want to cause trouble. I still can't see what you find offensive oe inadequate in my references, so please go and bug someone else. You're not wanted here.

There are undoubted issues with your interactions with the above editor, which may or may not be present with those of others. If you do not wish to have these concerns minutely reviewed I very strongly suggest that you reconsider your past responses and comments, and take on board some of the issues raised with you. In a collaborative and collegiate environment such as Misplaced Pages the ability to communicate with respect and civility is less a premium than a necessity. No amount of otherwise good work lessens that need. LessHeard vanU (talk) 15:29, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

I don't see why I should. I contributed a vaild article under my own name (which neither you nor Lord Vetinari care to do) about Greaves' Rules, which I and other know from many years use. The Lord seems to be from Australia by his other interests, and Australian drinking rules are not the same as those in England. I don't know whether he has come here or not, but I live in this country and know something of the drinking culure. And I've been to Australia where behaviour is quite different. I have experienced it.

The Lord seemed at first to want to delete my article and then said it lacked references. He was not prepared to find any himself (what it the use of an editor who only points out the failings in others and does not make constructive alterations, which can at least be discussed?) I found some and for some reason he dislikes them. I have always treated him with courtesy and respect, and with better fellow feeling than he does me. I am the wronged man.

Charles Norrie —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.158.223 (talk) 15:38, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

You have been blocked for 2 minutes, which will not effect your ability to edit the project but will serve notice that I am one of those persons who are provided with the ability and responsibility of ensuring that accounts maintain certain standards of behaviour and conduct; I am an administrator and also an editor of many years experience of contributing to this website. Just to make clear, you are the individual who is not comporting yourself appropriately and are also incorrect in how things work around here. LordVetinari has given you proper notice that your edits lack certain requirements; in doing so they are not responsible for fixing the problem (although they may chose to do so). This is standard practice, an issue is identified and those persons responsible for the concerned edit are contacted to see if they have the resources to resolve the issue. From then on, it becomes a matter of either attempting to fix the problem by way of editing or discussion or of allowing the queried material to be deleted. Those are your choices. What should not happen is for the retention of the disputed content while not resolving the perceived problem, and what will not happen is that the reporting editor will be subject to incivility and petulance - not without the spectre of editing privileges being removed in the future for a longer period than two minutes. Under the circumstances, I would advise you that you should drop the attitude and get yourself a clue on how things work round here - you may be surprised at how helpful and supportive other editors are when you make the effort to work with them. If you want to continue editing the project, you really don't have much choice. LessHeard vanU (talk) 23:56, 20 May 2011 (UTC)