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			:Re : I rechecked the site and I still don't believe that they are appropriate for the pages that they were linked to. For example, it being linked to ] and ] are a stretch. The site is also very focused on just teachers in Scotland, so is not of general interest to every reader of Misplaced Pages. I'm sorry if I came off blunt, but your editing method adding the links to multiple articles was very spam-like.

			:As for your unrelated question about the +/- numbers in green/red are in your Watch List, that is the number of bytes changed in the edit. +/green means bytes were added, while -/red is bytes removed. It's mostly an anti-vandal tool. -- ] 22:45, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

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Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop article

Hi, this is a good standard of article, I feel as a suggestion that the introduction should make what the article actually refers to a little clearer however. I live in Ayrshire so I know that these are areas of land, but if you can imagine someone from half way across the globe in the U.S or Australia reading this article they would be quite clueless I'm sure! It's not particularly clear that we're talking about land, far less historical boundaries in Scotland so I think it would be helpful if a sentence or two were added at the start such as "Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop were traditional areas of land in the modern county of East Ayrshire in Scotland". Misplaced Pages is after all a global encyclopedia and the intention is that you can read any article without any background knowledge, so the very first thing the article should do is explain what it's referring to (even if this is obvious) - e.g "A pen is a writing device used to dispense ink onto a piece of paper".

I would add this but I'm not entirely sure on how one would classify the lands of Corsehill etc, myself! Aside from that there's a wealth of information here so well done, it just needs a little tweaking to make it more encyclopedic.

Sheela na gig

The link to Petrosomatoglyph from Sheela na Gig seems a bit tenuous IMHO? The are hardly in the same category as disembodied handprints etc. Pryderi 22:03, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

help me

Does wiki have a 'spellcheck' function to check before you save?

Welcome!

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Work-related stress & Preventing work-related stress

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Edits to your talk page

I removed all of the previous content from your talk page because it's not the appropriate place for what was, essentially, an article about stress. Check out Help:Talk page for more information about what should go on this page, and Misplaced Pages:User page for what should go on your user page. Also, check out the links above to help you in your future edits. Feel free to ask me, or any of the other thousands of editors, for help. Thanks! -- Scientizzle 17:54, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Um.

I can see you know a fair bit about Chapeltoun and Lambroughton, but there are some problems with the articles you created. I've moved them into your user space (where they will be safe from deletion for now) so you can work on them a bit more. User:Rosser1954/Chapeltoun ayrshire and User:Rosser1954/Lambroughton are the current locations. Once fixed up they can be moved back (ask any experienced editor to help with that).

The things that need fixing are:

The tone is narrative, not encyclopaedic. The manual of style is havy goign but tells you all you need to know about tone and such.
They are also full of gratuitous bold text, which I'm afraid doesn't go well.
You don't cite sources. We have a good system for referencing, described at WP:CITE. That's important because otherwise you run the risk of the content being considered original research - we don't do original research.
Article titles are also described in the MOS; I think it should have been Chapeltoun, Ayrshire but I don't do much geographic content.

You have the beginnings of some good content here, if it's "wikified" and sourced it will be a valuable addition to the project. The links at the top of your Talk page will also help, and you can always ask at the help desk or the talk page of any experienced editor working on related content.

I'm guessing that you are a teacher, bibliophile, local historian and numismatist whose surname begins with G but that is pure supposition...

Please note that many new editors make a much worse start than this, I am sure that with experience you will do just fine :-) Just zis Guy you know? 18:51, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

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Block Enquiry

- it seems to be intermittent - I will copy the block message if it happens again. Thanks for the reply.

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Gigging

In the rocking stone article, what does gigging refer to?--Filll 15:50, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

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Stables at Cunninghamhead

Proper name is the "Stables". This is per the title deeds. With respect, this is the true reference to this building. Also, having seen the interior condition of the building I can discuss it's material condition with some authority.

Also, please do not over look that siginificant changes have been made to Cunninghamhead Estate recently with it's redevelopment to a retirement caravan site. Trees relatively unique to Ayrshire, hundreds of years old, have been cut down. Again, please respect comments made on this.

Also, do you refer to the gardener's cottage at the foot of the road to the river? Your descriptions of building locations are vague.

WikiProject beekeeping

Hi - Welcome to the wikiProject :). At the moment, we're just starting up, and next weekend, I hope to really put the project on wheels! For now, if you have the time, it would help if you could assess some of the articles in the project (take a look at the assessment department). Thanks -- M a rtinp23 14:22, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Spelling

Hi. I suggest you check out Misplaced Pages:Typo. --Guinnog 10:34, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Kilmarnock and Troon Railway

Hi Rosser, as far as I can see from an 1819 town plan by John Wood, the site of the original station was indeed more or less where the Co-op building is now. There are a couple of buildings attached to the end of the track on the map so I can only assume that was the station, the R.V.J. Butt directory lists the first station as opening in 1812 and closing in 1843 to be replaced by a second station (presumably what became the St Marnock depot), before being replaced with the current station in 1846. - Dreamer84 15:09, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Cunninghamhead

Rosser, find it strange that the Cunninghamhead article has been edited to almost completely remove any reference to Cunninghamhead! Perhaps you should create a separate article for Annick Lodge, with Quarryholm in there too (where it should be).

Cunninghamhead Railway station certainly deserves a part to itself.

As for the mansion house on Cunninghamhead Estate, it is never refered to as a castle and this is totally misleading. I would suggest that you correct this. As a point of interest, you used to be able to see the layout of the house in very dry summers!

I have posted my thoughts on this comprehensive, however large, article on Talk:Cunninghamhead, Perceton and Annick Lodge#The point of this article. I think it needs work to edit this one large article into what could become an excellent series of articles. Misplaced Pages needs contributors like yourself to unearth this type of information. Stewart 21:08, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

I am not sure who is editting this article - but is was not me. In fact I have notcarried out any edit on Cunninghamhead, Perceton and Annick Lodge or Cunninghamhead. My suggestion on the Talk page was an attempt to steer a middle course between your excellent article (as I have previous said) and the comments from Dreamer84. In fact I would suggest that you query should have been directed in that direction. Stewart 21:10, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Dalgarven Mill is getting out of hand

Hi Rosser1954! Your work on the Dalgarven Mill page is clearly a labour of love, and I don't want to dampen your ardour by pouring cold water on it, but the recent additions are making the page ridiculously long. Many cities have shorter entries! This page is in danger of turning into a novel. The material on such a page should really be a succinct description of the salient points of the subject in question. (For instance, your recent addition of a "Dictionary of Rural and Local History Terms" is, I'm afraid, completely out of place. The terms are mostly wikilinked, and most of those links are blue, which indicates that it should be possible to wikilink those words where they first appear in the article, either to Misplaced Pages or Wiktionary, making your dictionary superfluous.) Have you thought about doing what David Edgar suggested on the Talk:Dalgarven Mill page at 10:15, 3 October 2006 (UTC), and transferring much of the content to Wikitravel, where it would be far more appropriate? Sorry, but I think any further edits to Dalgarven Mill should be to prune rather than add new material. SiGarb | Talk 00:49, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Your edit to Semen

How on earth is mistletoe a related link? --Wafulz 17:44, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Because the Mistletoe berry contains a sticky whitish 'semen-like' fluid that is identified in pagan beliefs as the the 'semen' of the 'gods' ready to fertilise nature and bring back spring. Hence the kissing under the mistletoe and removing a berry with each kiss, etc. Rosser1954.

Image:Caernarfonstation.jpg

Interesting picture with NGG16 143 in the background using the now removed water tower siding. I think I can identify the Guard - if you can put a date and time to the picture, I will be able to confirm my suspicions by checking the back rosters. I am certain it is not me - I normally wear a waistcoat when guarding. Stewart 21:32, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

I will look up my diary. A wonderful day and a most memorable visit. I was member of the WHR for many years as a child and this was a special trip to sample the delights of all your hard work. Rosser 1954.

Hello Stewart - took me a while to find my diary. The photo was taken on Wednesday, August 10th. 2005. Rosser1954

Will have missed you be a a few days having returned to Scotlnad the previous Monday from 10 days volunteering (including guarding trains out of Caernarfon. Stewart 16:29, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Moretonhampstead railway station

Thanks for posting the images of Devon railways. The picture of Moretonhampstead is not from the 1880s - the rolling stock is clearly not broad gauge. I have seen a copy of this which claimed it was a 1909 view, but as it is a postcard I am unsure whether this was the date taken or the date posted. It certainly was not taken before 1905 as the locomotive is a small praire which could not have been on the branch before then. Geof Sheppard 08:35, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Image:Torquay1842.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Torquay1842.jpg. Unfortunately it has some severe processing artifacts - I presume as a result of being scanned in. One way to avoid these problems is to scan the image at a very high resolution and then scale it down with a paint package that includes a resampling option (put simply, this resizes an image by making each new pixel equal to the average of a number of pixels in the original larger image). I've found that this usually removes the scanning artifacts and makes the image much clearer. --Safalra 14:22, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Ilfracombe Branch Line

Hi. Thanks for adding those pics of Ilfracombe station. I was wanting (eventually) to split Ilfracombe railway station into a separate article but the lack of photos made this a long-term prospect.

The article may still benefit from a bit of re-arrangement, in particular, the gallery may be better placed after the (meagre) text for Ilfracombe station itself. The ticket may be OK where it is, though. Very glad to see that they're all clear of copyright issues.

It is in my plans to add further detail to this article, but other edits are always taking me away. In the meantime, contributions from others are always more than welcome! :o)

EdJogg 14:28, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Similar sentiments from me. Nice to see some pictures of that kind on wikipedia, especially as the only other ones online are orphaned. No-one knows who took them :-( JHJPDJKDKHI! 09:47, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Just a thought... If your scanner can hack it, and the original photos will cope, you could add higher resolution images than you have thus far. (It is possible to replace an existing image file with a new one of the same name.) WP prefers to have the highest resolution available - it has software to resample the picture for use as, say, a thumbnail. That way, when anyone clicks on a picture to see a larger image, they can see all the detail in the original. (For example, what's the diesel hauling the train in Barnstaplejunction.jpg ?)

As far as the Ilfracombe pics are concerned, once the station article is underway I shall move the gallery contents, leaving just one representative pic in the branchline article. (But don't hold your breath!!)

EdJogg 13:17, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Could this mean Ilfracombe Railway Station is expected to arrive soon? :-P JHJPDJKDKHI! 13:40, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Possibly, but only if I can stop myself being side-tracked by traction engines, pumping stations, The Railway Series books, geared steam locomotives and countless other pages!

(double :-P ) -- EdJogg 14:43, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

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Is there any chance that you can re-load this photo, this time with a valid licence tag? (Your other images, which have been tagged, are OK - it's just this one that needs attention.)

The image in Ilfracombe Branch Line#Barnstaple Town is now presented as a red-link, so I have commented it out. If you can re-add the photo, we can make it go live again. Cheers. EdJogg 11:41, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Bees and inebriation

Please take a look at my rough draft at User talk:Filll/beedrunk and give me your opinion.--Filll 21:28, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

With the help of User:Dyanega, I have now revised User talk:Filll/beedrunk and I am pondering publishing it on WP as Bees and intoxication or some such title. Comments?--Filll 23:20, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

I would like to see a full definition of 'inebriation' in the context of the article. How does one know if a bee has a hangover and when it doesn't. The article is a little too anthropomorphic - bees being 'punished' for instance. Rosser1954

Thanks for your comments. I had heard the "punished" in a book review, but I decided that was a bit too much of a stretch. I gave the link to the article about a hangover. I have written to the author to get a better reference, but I have no reply yet. I did track down the pioneering work linking octopamine with hangovers done at UCSF by Ulrike Heberlein's group using a fruit fly model. Apparently bees also have octopamine as a neurotransmitter, so it is not at all unlikely that bees suffer similar veisalgia effects as fruit flies and humans, but I do not know how firmly established hangover is in bees, at least chemically. The claims of "hangovers in bees" are based purely on observation, would be my guess. So how does the article look now? --Filll 16:12, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

The article is well presented and most interesting. Just a few 'tweeks' here and there. Rosser1954

Etymology of "Haytor"

Hi. In your recent edit to Haytor Granite Tramway, I'm wondering from where you got the etymology of "Haytor" (from "High" and "Tor").

Neither of my placename reference works give that derivation: The Place Names of Devon (1932) says it was "Idetordoune" in 1566 changing to "Itterdown" by 1789, and states that the present name is corrupt and probably influenced by spellings of "Haytor Hundred", which is in South Devon.

On the other hand Eilert Ekwall's Concise Oxford English Dictionary of English Place-names (4th ed. 1960) gives "Eofede torr" in 1323 and states that "eofede" may be related to OE "ifig" meaning "ivy". "Torr" means high rock, rocky peak or hill.

So neither book agrees with your etymology. But I must admit that they are both getting on a bit, so do you have a more recent reliable source for the etymology?

Smalljim 16:58, 21 February 2007 (UTC) - - - (by the way, I like the trick of placing the TOC on the right - I'll remember that!)

Your edit to Haytor

Noticing it I wondered if you knew about this piccy commons:Image:050715_067_uk_dev_hay.jpg. I spotted it when I was trying to get some regional pics into cats on Commons. Cheers --Herby 16:37, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Glad to help. Given our interests have some crossovers and the fact that I am working on trying to cat the many uncat'ed images in Commons (largely landscape type and uk for now) anything you want me to look out for? Cheers --Herby 08:48, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Edit on Saint John

You recently added this entry to the dab page at Saint John:

*St. John - a parish on Jersey.

Is this something that will likely have a WP article about it? Thanks. - grubber 14:59, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi Grubber - Link added - Rosser

Local history glossary

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Local history glossary, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Misplaced Pages's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Misplaced Pages is not" and Misplaced Pages's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Jeepday 03:06, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Museum of Scottish Rural Life, Kittochside

Please read the comments on Talk:Museum of Scottish Rural Life, Kittochside where I recommend moving some of your work to Misplaced Pages or Wikibooks or Wikiversity where it would be more appropriate. If you need help moving stuff to you user space temporarily or anything else let me know, it looks like you are doing a lot of hard work and it looks like good stuff but you need a different place to put it. Jeepday 14:23, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

I read your entry at User_talk:Jeepday#Local_history_glossary and have responded in the same place. I think you have done a huge amount of work and I also think Misplaced Pages is not the correct location for it, either Wiktionary or Wikibooks would be. I also don't think the article Local history glossary will survive a WP:AFD test. I have also read your entry on Talk:Museum of Scottish Rural Life, Kittochside and the answer is no I don't think the Earth would stop revolving, anymore then it would if you copy and pasted the whole New York City phone book to the bottom of every article that mentions New York on Misplaced Pages but it would not help anything either. Every body of work has a home it's just that an Encyclopedia is not a Dictionary, you have chosen the wrong home for this work. Jeepday 22:19, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Move to Wikibook

I just took all the Local_history_glossary article and made it into a wikibook at Scottish Rural Life, History Dictionary Seems to have made the move pretty well. This is my first significant edit on WIkibooks so I don't know much about it. When I began the move I was directed to the page Help:Wikibooks for Wikipedians which talks about the difference between Misplaced Pages and Wikibook, take a look. I think your work is going to do a lot better there as a book then it does here as an article. On Wikibook you can divide it into chapters and lots of cool stuff. If you need help with anything like make chapters let me know (at user talk:jeepday here on wikipedia. DO you have any ideas on how to section the new book in to chapters? Do you think "Scottish Rural Life, History Dictionary" was the right choice for a name? Let me know.

Local history glossary etc

To be honest I'm not sure what to suggest. After having a look at Wikibooks it would seem the ideal location for your work. I might be inclined to agree that although your work is fantasic, its perhaps not really suited to Misplaced Pages. Have you ever considered creating a website of your own? You've certainly got the content for it, and it would allow you to publish your own work without other people coming along to edit it. I've had thoughts about doing such a thing myself.

Just something to consider. --Dreamer84 21:11, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the helpful advice. It is driving me a bit crazy, putting in thw work and then finding it does 'belong'. I suppose extending it to an encyclopaedia won't save it either.

Rosser.

PS How do you 'do' this -User:Pencefn|Stewart]] 21:34, 12 March 2007 (UTC)?

You can get a signature and time stamp by typing four of the '~' characters in a row, i.e. ~~~~. There's a shortcut button at the top of the editing window that does the same thing, its the one directly to the right of the button with the 'W' with the red no entry sign over it. Anything else I can do to help just let me know and I'll do my best. --Dreamer84 13:31, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

I just nominated the article "Local history glossary" for deletion Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Local history glossary as it has been transwikied to wikibooks:Scottish Rural Life, History Dictionary. The community may or may not decide to delete the article, I think they will deside to delete it, but I have been wrong before. I have done some of the ground work on making your article into a book. and would be happy to help more with the techincal stuff, but it is mostly your body of work and it needs your assistance to make the transition from article to book. Jeepday 13:43, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

DYK nom on Laigh Milton viaduct

Hello,

Thanks for creating article on Laigh Milton viaduct. Just for your information, I have nominated a DYK on this article, by having the following hook.

...that the Laigh Milton viaduct, built in 1811 / 1812, is the oldest surviving railway viaduct in Scotland and one of the oldest in the World?

Thanks, - KNM 18:18, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

To answer your question Rosser, DYK refers to the 'Did you know...' section of the front page of Misplaced Pages. --Dreamer84 14:01, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Viaduct something or other

I saw "Dick Institute" in a paragraph that seemed disconnected from the rest and it looked like vandalism so I hit the rollback button. Sorry, brother, it was an honest mistake. I've since restored your edits. —Signed, your friendly neighborhood MessedRocker. 10:47, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 18 March, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Laigh Milton viaduct, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 03:02, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Soon to be ex Local History Glossary

(response copied from User talk:David Edgar)
Yes, you can certainly link to wikibooks. Just type the following:
]
to get a link that looks like:
wikibooks:Scottish Rural Life, History Dictionary
Of course you can also pipe it in the usual way - type:
]
to get a link that looks like:
the glossary

As for the glossary on the Dalgarven Mill page, it seemed inappropriate. For example, there's no need to explain what a cart or a maiden is - the words 'cart' and 'maiden' can be considered quite basic, and weren't even used in the text of the page. There's no problem explaining on a particular page a small number of terms relevant to the subject, but I don't feel it's helpful to add huge lists of terms. And for terms which already have pages on wikipedia / wiktionary / wikibooks, the best way to explain them is just to link to the appropriate page. --David Edgar 12:37, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I went through and changed all the "See Also" links in wikipedia to Scottish Rural Life, History Dictionary using ]. Where there was a link in the text to "Local History" I removed the link (and included a see also the book, if not there already) as it is not appropriate as a rule to wiki link to books from the text of an article. Have you decided yet if you want to use seperate chapters for each alphabet in the book? Signed Jeepday 13:43, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Springside and Dreghorn railway stations

Brilliant photos, thanks for uploading them. Where did they come from, if you don't mind me asking? Also, what is the reference to the 'Springside Woman's Health Group' actually referring to? --Dreamer84 22:42, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. I haven't actually been to Kilmaurs station, only information I've gather has been from books etc. If you want to get a newer photo for the page feel free, most of the time its only abandoned stations that I'll take pictures of. --Dreamer84 15:32, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Co-ordinates

If you use a website like Streetmap, it'll give you the co-ordinates of a location right at the very bottom of the page. --Dreamer84 12:44, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Sandboxes

I've noticed you've been using your user page as storage for things you are working on. Perhaps you should consider using sandboxes to try out things, you can have as many as you want, so you can try different things without having loads of articles in the one place. The format is User:Rosser1954/Sandbox1, User:Rosser1954/Sandbox2 etc. So a link to the first sandbox would be User:Rosser1954/Sandbox1, and so on. For example I've been working on an improved Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway page at my Sandbox.

Just thought I'd mention it if you're wanting to keep your main user page tidy. --Dreamer84 12:55, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

References and 'Burns Line'

Hey, nice work on the recent Ayrshire villages pages. Just to note that footnotes are meant to go after commas, full stops etc like this, rather than this. Minor thing, but it looks better anyway. I've fixed the Gatehead and Laigh Milton Viaduct articles. Also, you note in the Viaduct page that the Glasgow South Western Line is 'officially' known as the Burns Line. I know it was called that in days gone by but is there anything from Network Rail, SPT or Scotrail to indicate its still called that? As far as I know its 'official' name is now the Glasgow South Western Line. --Dreamer84 13:01, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Stastistical?

Hi, Rosser1954. Did you ever figure out whether "stastistical" was indeed a typo over in Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop? I wasn't sure how to interpret your response to me in the talk page. Thanks. jhawkinson 13:23, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

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Kilmarnock & Troon Railway

Hello Dreamer. I was wondering about the apparent branch line on the K&T tramway. The NLS link to maps of 1821 & 1828 seem to indicate a branch at Gatehead heading across the Irvine towards Fairlie and beyond. Any ideas. Was it built or was it just a plan that never got off the ground? The G&SWR Fairlie Branch, built much later, seems to almost duplicate it. Rosser 15:29, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey, I think that this branch is the one and the same Fairlie Branch used by the G&SWR later. There's a reference on the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway article that indicates that the Fairlie branch was originally opened in 1818. I'm assuming that the G&SWR modified the branch though, as Airey's 1875 railway map on the NLS site indicates that by that point the branch curved to the southeast at its bottom, with the original straight line to the southwest kind of greyed out on the map. That's my guess anyway. --Dreamer84 12:45, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Your link additions to wrsrecovery.com

I have removed the links you added to various articles as they were inappropriate to the article. Please see the policy on external links and spam. Thank you. -- Gogo Dodo 20:36, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Re your message: I rechecked the site and I still don't believe that they are appropriate for the pages that they were linked to. For example, it being linked to Employment and Population health are a stretch. The site is also very focused on just teachers in Scotland, so is not of general interest to every reader of Misplaced Pages. I'm sorry if I came off blunt, but your editing method adding the links to multiple articles was very spam-like.

As for your unrelated question about the +/- numbers in green/red are in your Watch List, that is the number of bytes changed in the edit. +/green means bytes were added, while -/red is bytes removed. It's mostly an anti-vandal tool. -- Gogo Dodo 22:45, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

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