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Yes

You are right - the west australian literary tradition is about zilch on wikipedia - so even one typo correction gets me interested...SatuSuro 22:12, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

My oldest teenager is on WOW I cannot look at pdfs at the moment :) - I am in regular contact with one sf prson here in perth though - you should put something about yourself (however revealing or obscure dosnt matter) on your user page so it doesnt stick out as red all the time SatuSuro 00:16, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Arkham House

Thanks for cleaning up the articles for the Arkham House publications. I've reviewed the changes you've made so hopefully I won't make the same mistakes going foreward. Obviously, style is not my strong suit. I do check the Manual of Style, but only when I'm unsure of something. Anyway, thanks again for the edits.--Rtrace 05:03, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

WUSTL Project

Template:WikiProjectWUSTLinvite --Lmbstl 11:46, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

An Invite to join Novels WikiProject

Hi, you are cordially invited to join the Novels WikiProject! As you may have guessed, we're a group of editors working to improve Misplaced Pages's coverage of topics related to fiction books often referred to as "Novels". We make no length distinction so all narrative prose fiction is of interest. This includes Novels, novellas, novelettes and short stories. Articles about the works themselves and the forms and genres.

As you have shown an interest in Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Novels/List of literary works with eponymous heroes we thought you might like to take an interest in this well established WikiProject.

We look forward to welcoming you to the project! :: Kevinalewis : /(Desk) 17:08, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Unmoved mover

Hi Deor,

We've been having a bit of an edit skirmish on Celestial Spheres. Please see my comments there. --SteveMcCluskey 14:58, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

How to Communicate

Thanks, man. James Nicol 05:25, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Tina Blue's writing ain't very good itself. (She also doesn't know the difference between The Bob Newhart Show & Newhart.) She basically makes a blanket statement w/out providing any reasons of substance or grammar. Thank you, Deor, for the link & for trying to communicate, but I provided you w/ a grammatical reason for the comma. I'm sorry that you didn't like the reason, but pace Tina Blue, that don't make it wrong. (The comma, by the way, I have removed, along w/ the phrase "his friend": The article says, earlier, that Guy & Kenner knew each other; that will have to do.) James Nicol 13:40, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Deor, what are you talking about? The link was to some old changes that SocJan asked me to make. I summarized them that way as a joke to him.James Nicol 03:59, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Calm down. Let's talk about Davenport instead. What do you think of his work--any part of it to start with?James Nicol 04:29, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Still waiting for your thoughts on Davenport. His work is what matters more than our fuss about the wiki-article about him. James Nicol 15:30, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Deor, there was no deletion debate. Someone stated that Laurence Scott wasn't worthy of a Misplaced Pages entry. I provided reasons that he was, and then, someone, w/out further ado, deleted the article. That's not a debate, and is this really how you want Misplaced Pages to work?

Did you read the article? Is it really taking up much too much Wikispace? Do you think that it's not worth any? If so, then please tell me why. James Nicol 17:22, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Nothing's biting me, Deor, but it's interesting that you cannot explain your actions. Why are you so angry? Misplaced Pages is for the sharing of information, not simply the enforcing of rules. I shared some information about an interesting person. Where is the problem? Please try to answer my questions or don't bother writing back. Thanks. James Nicol 21:56, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

James, did you even read the AFD log for the Laurence Scott article? Did you click on the links within there about what constitutes nobility? I nominated the article for AFD (anyone can do this). During this standard process, there was a tag on the top of the article (similar to the one on it now) with a link to a discussion that is open for five days that anyone can participate in. Why don't you try doing a bit of research on why your article may have been a candidate for deletion, instead of accusing people of having some vendetta against your article. IT WAS NOT NOTABLE. See WP:BIO for more information. There is a new page of articles nominated each day that go through this process, why don't you take the time and look at these yourself. You might even find a link that shows you how to contest a deletion, rather than wasting time going to our user pages and making accusations with silly references about pulling triggers and telling others to "shoot!"? Betaeleven 22:26, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Deor, yes, I posted this on his user page, as well. I apologize for the confusion and adding more on your own page. Betaeleven 23:56, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Évariste Galois

Hi, I saw you reverted in Évariste Galois. But somehow the text that was deleted in this edit was not reinserted. I'm not sure if this was intentional or not. If intentional than you have to re-delete it, sorry about that. If it was an error perhaps you want to look into on of the automated reversion tools like WP:TWINKLE or Misplaced Pages:Tools/Navigation popups. Those tools are really helpful. Bye! Sander123 16:22, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

The "Sonnetology" mess is now cleaned up (I hope!)

I've just moved the article "Sonnetology" to "Sonnet studies" and nominated Category:Sonnetology for a speedy-move to Category:Sonnet studies. I'm sorry about this mix-up...I've fixed it all now I hope! --WassermannNYC 00:16, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Laurence Scott

Deor, I posted some thoughts at deletion review. Thanks for the advice. I hope that we can leave Laurence Scott his few paragraphs. How much wikispace does it take up? James Nicol 15:30, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Interfering w/ the article on Guy Davenport

Deor, what are you talking about? The link was to some old changes that SocJan asked me to make. I summarized them that way as a joke to him.James Nicol 03:59, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Calm down. Let's talk about Davenport instead. What do you think of his work--any part of it to start with?James Nicol 04:29, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Still waiting for your thoughts on Davenport. His work is what matters more than our fuss about the wiki-article about him. James Nicol 15:30, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Deor, how could you possibly declare my edits "interfering" while yours, coming much after mine, showing no knowledge of Davenport or his work, you describe as simply "edits". If there's interfering, the it's on your side, but let's calm down. I read what you did. I checked each of the links you questioned, and I restored some of them, offering reasons. Why do you want to eliminate the link on the quince? James Nicol 16:32, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Dear Deor: I have been trying to contribute to the Guy Davenport entry, and more recently to the nascent Laurence (H.) Scott entry, but I seem to be caught in crossfire not of my making. The Guy Davenport page was enormously improved several seasons back when Nicol and other former students of Davenport put a great deal of time into it. Nicol is rightly proud of the level to which he brought it. While he and I have not always agreed on changes to the entry, we have exchanged email addresses and then carried out our discussions directly with each other, and thus much less publicly and acrimoniously than what seems to be happening lately. Is there any chance that you can all calm down a bit? In any case, please leave me out of it. I respect Nicol's work and invite him to criticize mine. Please grant that my willingness to be civil to and supportive of Nicol does not justify making me a target of anyone's frustration. -- SocJan 12:49, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

I've left a WP:3RR warning on Nicol's talk page.--SethTisue 17:28, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

AfD for Halogen Software

The Halogen Software article is better now. You may want to revisit Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Halogen Software. --Eastmain 13:08, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Baffin Island

Can you take a another look at the section on harp seals as I just rewrote it. I wasn't sure that either versionwas too clear on the migration and wanted to see if that was any better. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 02:47, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 12:26, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Susan Alcorn

FYI, I have proded the books by this author as a result of Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Susan Alcorn (author) ... you might want to keep an eye on them as well. —68.239.79.97 (talk · contribs) 18:20, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Larry Goddard

Hi Dior

I am trying to deal with your objection to my proposed article on Lily Goddard. I believe she is notable as she was 1) a three times published poet and author - some of which work appears in other documents on the web 2) she was a commercial textile designer with a very significant amount of original designs manufactured into textiles 3) She was granted Fellowship of the Chartered Society of Designers.

I am very new to editing and may not be doing things correctly - I am trying to wade through the help texts. What should I do next - I have tried to add a citation to her page. - Regards Larry

Thankyou for your advice - apologies - I will try harder ....

Larry Goddard 18:55, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Biography deletion

I saw your note on User talk:Ryulong. Thank you for tagging a certain biography stub for deletion. I agree with you and Ryulong, who has deleted this article, that it was inappropriate, and I have left a note specifically asking the author not to restore it. Regards, Newyorkbrad 03:41, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Sherlock and punctuation

*chagrined* Oops. I have to admit, I don't really understand the reasoning behind that rule being the way it is (certainly not how I was taught things) but I guess from now on I'll have to work on keeping my inner grammarian in check. Sorry. Thanos6 16:07, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

lake leelanua

article rewritten with better writing, sourcing.Journalist1983 02:37, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Liam Halligan

I tagged that page and the user reverted, so he knows he's been caught. I guess it's best to assume good faith though... LuciferMorgan 20:23, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

The Eastern Aerial Gorilla

My concern is that you have not done your research regarding both the Aerial variety of gorilla, and the declining years of Thomas S. Savage. As you putter about, making your small emendations, be sure to steer clear of those conflicts which may make you look like a mere pedant, or some other subspecies of depressing old man.

Collectivist Gallery

Deor, thank you for the revision made by the anon. user. Please review the note I have made in the talk section of the page and if you have any questions to the notability of the article, please let me know, i am more than willing to get further in depth as to why i feel this is a valid wiki article.Collectivistgallery 06:14, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: thanks for the prompt response, and I understand your concern for quality on wikipedia, however, the only sources that are available for citing that is viewable online are the ones that have been listed. that does not mean however that there are not more, namely art journals, gallery press releases, public artist support of the gallery etc. These are just not in digital form so the citing would end up being removed for lack of evidence, so i am slightly in a quandry here. Any suggestions? I feel that since this article is still a work in progress the request for speedy deletion is a bit overkill, Since the reason for speedy deletion is CSD A7, and i find it hardly fair that one person, on the day in which the article was created, can justify the article as being unimportant. Like i said, if you have any suggestions for the citations that would be great, and if you could consider removing the Speedy deletion tag for the time being while we get this sorted out, that would be amazing. thanks.

Andretti curse

• I have added new sources directly covering this topic at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Andretti Curse. I invite you to review them and consider whether they might change your opinion on deleting the article. Barno 00:18, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Cross country running

Hi, many thanks for reverting the vandalism to Cross country running and your vandal fighting activities. Where, as here, they have received a last warning it would be helpful you would report the matter to WP:AIV. HTH. TerriersFan 21:33, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, TerriersFan. I only occasionally report school IPs to AIV, and then only if there's an ongoing spate of vandalism at the time. The edit to Cross country running was the first of the day from that IP, and it's been my experience that the admins at AIV will usually refuse to block in such a case. (Actually, I seldom even slap vand tags on school IP talk pages anymore; there are so many there already, so what's the point of another.)Deor 21:45, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Neat points, thanks. Personally, I am in favour of escalating blocks on school pages to stir their administration into action. The approach I adopt, as here, is in the case of the shorter blocks to permit account creation which allows legitimate editors to create an account. Having said that, if you revert vandalism by a user to whom I have given a level 3 or 4 warning it would be helpful, as an alternative to going to AIV, to message me and I will sort it. TerriersFan 22:03, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Lombards

You can delete the lead, but why do you delete the Mythology part? Lllo3

Nathanael McDaniel

You're correct, and I apologize -- I didn't realize other articles could be folded into an AfD. I'll withdraw my nom. Groupthink 02:58, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Nice catch on Sendla OS. Can you add Motron Software to that AfD nom as well? Groupthink 03:59, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

eidon

Not that it matters, but eidon is the (second) aorist of a defective verb, of which the present active is οράω; it can be listed there, or under ειδω, as LSJ does; I have seen it under είδον. It still is a lousy article.

Regards. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 17:15, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Toronto church and ministries

Please see User_talk:Flex#Toronto_church_and_ministries. --Flex (talk/contribs) 17:11, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: Another SummerThunder sock

Re your message: Thanks for the alert. Another admin found that one, along with several other accounts, and has blocked them all. It appears that his favorite target pages have been semi-protected once again. -- Gogo Dodo 05:50, 27 June 2007 (UTC)