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Geske

Hi! I saw you assested the article Geske, and wanted some expansion of it? Iv'e expanded it today. The witch trials of the 1590s are badly documented. If headlines vere put in, perhaps it would be a B-article now? --85.226.235.206 (talk) 18:00, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes, i see, thank you for telling me. I cant promise i'll do that, but its good to know the criteria! --85.226.235.206 (talk) 18:26, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Assessment on William Rawson

Hi. I was actually surprised to see the article classed Start initially - it's short (at the moment) so it's obviously Stub - correct call in the end. Thanks for your efforts. Best wishes. Ref (do) 01:13, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank You

Thanks for finding time to assess Atif Aslam. Appreciate it. Anshuk (talk) 20:14, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Barefoot to Jerusalem

Hi Tpbradbury. I was just editing Barefoot to Jerusalem and noticed that you, being the original author, had edited it beforehand, and I wondered whether you could help add to the article. Do you have any citations or references as to where you got your info from?

Also, I've added "User:" to those 'IP' users (they weren't before; they were links to mainspace pages). I hope you don't mind. Qwerty (talk) 13:14, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I see. I myself then went to the BtJ website for reference. As for the mentions of "IP" and "User:", see here, and you'll probably understand. ;) Qwerty (talk) 12:03, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Beaumont-de-Lomagne

I just noticed that. Good work...

		The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
		This barnstar is award for great work on a certain French commune article (Beaumont-de-Lomagne), which has turned out pretty very well. Basketball110 what famous people say 18:41, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

You deserved it. Basketball110 _{what famous people say} 19:32, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Battle of Bonchurch article

Tpbradbury, thank you for taking the time in organising the references on the article entitled 'Battle of Bonchurch'. I am now aware of how to group references together. Once again, thank you. EasyPeasy21 (talk) 14:41, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

I have noticed you have made several errors. In some of my quotes I used , e.g. We . That was deliberate. I was including information in a quote that had not been in the original quote. I have undone the changes. EasyPeasy21 (talk) 09:43, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Guidance on assessing

Hi. I have been assessing articles for a little while now. I have always refrained from uprating very poorly sourced articles, as I believe it is a core issue. I have been discussing this with another editor, who believes that addition of information, sourced or otherwise, means he should rate upward from, say, stub to start. I won't budge an unreferenced article from stub, as I don't trust the integrity of the information without sources. What are your thoughts?

Also, is there a nailed-down guideline or decent essay related to assessment, particularly BLPs? I would be grateful for guidance to ensure I do the correct thing within the assessment department. Thanks. Ref (do) 19:25, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, Tom. I have since had a good look at some Project talk page postings regarding this issue, and have to agree that my parameters are somewhat restrictive. I will happily loosen off up to Start, but I would expect to see some decent verification after that. Best wishes. Ref (do) 13:39, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Napoleon thanks you!

		The Editor's Barnstar
		In recognition of your diligent efforts to improve the Napoleon I of France article, I hereby gratefully bestow upon you this Editor's Barnstar. Russ (talk) 18:27, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

I see you already have one! Great work on Napoleon! Charles Edward 18:15, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

I have noticed your large amount of work on the article and thought I would let you now I'm going to be doing some major editing to the article, most importantly adding references! I would welcome your edits and opinions on any of my additions in the coming weeks. Thank you. LordHarris 20:24, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

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Impalement arts

Thanks for taking a look at the Impalement arts article and rating it as at least a B. It's been difficult to get much input from other editors (due perhaps to it being a slightly esoteric subject, although still significant in the circus arts field). Having put in a lot of effort it is good to see some recognition.Circusandmagicfan (talk) 16:49, 11 June 2008 (UTC)Circusandmagicfan

Vithoba

Hi. I observed you upgrading the class of the article. Thanks. I love to have your suggestions about organization of the imgs, text etc., you being a Wiki-gnome and fairy. Thanks.--Redtigerxyz (talk) 05:51, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Margaret Thatcher

Sorry about that link! I must of been using the template and forgot to copy the correct web address. Silly mistake, thank you for spotting and correcting it. What would we wikidragons do without the wikignomes and wikifairys ;-). As far as the article goes I keep meaning to resume adding references as I only got to her early political career. I will make another go once I'm finished with Wellington. Happy editing and Best regards, LordHarris 18:12, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Napoleon GA

		The Original Barnstar
		For all your work on Napoleon and getting the article to pass the GA review! Congrats! Great Job! Keep up the good work! Charles Edward 13:56, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Note to self

"Notes and references" section could be divided into separate Footnotes and References, and a parenthetical referencing system might be useful in trimming the list a bit.

Re: Technophobia

Thanks for letting me know. It doesn't look like any substantial improvements were made to the article between my review and the most recent nomination, but I will take a closer look. Gary King (talk) 16:31, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

McCain

Thanks for the note. I've responded at the article talk page, here.Ferrylodge (talk) 18:11, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar

I was checking some histories at WP:MVP when I happened upon all your recent work to a particular article...

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		I hereby present to you this barnstar for your contributions to Napoleon I of France in copyediting, referencing and formatting. Cliff smith 02:30, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Kanabekobaton

A discussion about this user's behavior has been opened here. You have encountered this user and this behavior before, so this is a courtesy notice. DarkAudit (talk) 17:17, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Berlin ref

Please restore all merged references into single ones. The amount of references is a significant indicator of an articles credibility. Therefore the several mergers initiated by your last edits de-value the quality of the article. In the mean time the article will be set back to a state including the complete reference list to the day before your editing. all the best Lear 21 (talk) 20:01, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Lear 21, your revert to the Berlin article which reverted over 60 good fait edits in one go, brought back a lot of broken links and much of the good work I've been doing over the last day, be more careful. Adding broken links, removing those references and unformatting references, devalues the quality of an article so desist from doing so. I have made a report to Misplaced Pages:Wikiquette alerts given the extent of the revert, I do not want to have to go the admin noticeboard though i will if you continue to damage articles. Tom (talk) 21:17, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Some of the recent edits are certainly appreciated. Good faith can be assumed. Nevertheless, several edits have lowered the quality. One of the most pressing problems are the ref mergers performed by your edits. Please undo these mergers as soon as possible because you are responsible for it. all the best Lear 21 (talk) 13:16, 19 August 2008 (UTC)