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A cheeseburger for you!

Hi CurrentUK. I have worked on articles similar to the ones you just created. Looking forward to working with you. Cheers !!!! OrangesRyellow (talk) 10:04, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

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Talkback

OrangesRyellow (talk) 11:10, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

Rotherham

Please read WP:AGF, and WP:NPA. Editors who make personal attacks on other editors can be blocked from editing. Ghmyrtle (talk) 09:09, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

And, while you're at it, please also read WP:LEADCITE. There is no need to include citations in the opening paragraphs, unless the statements are contentious and so long as the citations are included in the main text. All the citations in the introductory section should really be removed, not added to. Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:11, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Again... You have clearly not yet read, or implemented, WP:NPA. Please do so, and withdraw your comments on the article talk page. Thank you. Ghmyrtle (talk) 10:02, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

...also, please withdraw this. Ghmyrtle (talk) 10:10, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

"12 year old"

Hi CurrentUKCuz. Please could you explain where you think I may have broken the "rule on Misplaced Pages against behaving like a 12-year-old supporting his/her clique", if such a rule existed, which you suspect it does not? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:44, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

I don't know why these respectable users are wasting their time with you. From your past history, you have proven to be, to say bluntly, a downright terrible person. None of these people have anything against you and if they did, they wouldn't last on this project for very long. I suggest you rethink your issues, and try to reshape your outlook. Peace TheGracefulSlick (talk)

Quotes

Hi: Thanks for the addition to Rape in Pakistan. However, I shortened and reworded it quite a bit. For one thing, we try to keep our wording as neutral and factual as possible, because we're an encyclopaedia; when using an emotional source like the Daily Mail, that involves quite a bit of toning down, but the facts and figures speak for themselves. Secondly and more importantly, we don't use long quotes if we can possibly avoid it, and always mark them off very explicitly (either inverted commas or an absolutely clear text device such as the <blockquote> tag). We have to be absolutely scrupulous about copyright - with no "fair use" wiggle room for wording - because everything on Misplaced Pages is available for reuse by anyone for any purpose, with very limited and specific exceptions for some files. So it isn't like academic publishing or even journalism. See this page and its links for full details, and this page for writing guidelines. In addition, encyclopaedic writing summarises. One reason we have references is so the reader can go look up the full story, or seek information on some aspect we didn't cover. So please, next time, summarise. Thanks! Yngvadottir (talk) 16:01, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Peterborough sex abuse case

Hello,

The above nomination of an article upon which you were a primary editor has been approved for DYK.

Georgejdorner (talk) 16:24, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Peterborough sex abuse case

On 25 April 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Peterborough sex abuse case, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in reaction to child sexual exploitation cases in Rochdale and in Rotherham, police investigated and prosecuted a similar case in Peterborough? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Peterborough sex abuse case. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 07:48, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

Aylesbury sex gang

Can you please refrain from removing maintenance tags from articles without reason, especially when the required changes have not been made. Users are not required to provide reasons to why they feel as if a certain tag is necessary. When a user associated with the certain tag lands on the page, they will decide for themselves if the article has met the criteria or not. Going by the message you left on my talk page, you seem irritated. I am interested to know why exactly. Thanks. Uamaol (talk) 03:58, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

CurrentUK - This is now under active discussion at the article talk page and your comments would be welcome. Ghmyrtle (talk) 21:15, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

July 2016

Hello, I'm OnionRing. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person on Halifax sex gang, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source, so I removed it. Misplaced Pages has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you! OnionRing (talk) 09:01, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

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Reference errors on 24 September

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Nomination of Halifax child sex abuse ring for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Halifax child sex abuse ring is suitable for inclusion in Misplaced Pages according to Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Halifax child sex abuse ring until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. power~enwiki (π, ν) 21:24, 4 February 2018 (UTC)