User talk:Alex Middleton/old discussions

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the same sort of thing in the same way as I do, and I know there's a great deal of discussion of it somewhere on the policy pages. Furthermore, America is not even mentioned in the title of the article. Not all precedents are good precedents, and the ones you give certainly aren't, they are more examples of the same unfortunate insular approach (which the British can also fall into, though not as often as Americans).

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I moved the article because the old title made me groan, "Not another American who has forgotten that the rest of the world exists!", and thereby undermined wikipedia's credibility as a global, neutral source. That concern still stands; I'm certain that quite a significant number of people respond to

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It is well established that administrative categories are put on the talk page wherever possible (all of them should be in my opinion). Most users are readers only, and if the list of categories at the bottom of the page is cluttered up with administrative categories, it is almost unusable. It looks

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I must admit to being a little bit confused by your edit to this article. Surely it's better to have "place of birth/death missing" cats in the article rather than on the Talk page, so that editors will see them as they do cleanup tags, which is basically what they are? If there's a policy/guideline

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a U.S. league I think it's unnecessary to switch "foreign" to "non-American"; using "foreign" isn't U.S.-centric because the fact it's a U.S. league is implied. Besides, I think it's perfectly fine for Americans to be listed as "foreign" players in articles about other leagues.

424:" under "Category:British colonial governors and administrators". I'm curious – is there any easy way to find out what existing categories are suitable for a particular article? I looked, but don't remember coming across the category mentioned above at all. Cheers, 1247:

article. Any chance you're actually a roque player? I've just started the project of restoring a roque court, and wondered if you happened to have any information on where I could find court maintanance tools, balls, mallets... anything, really. —

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Sorry about adding an administrative category to the main pages of numerous articles as opposed to the Talk pages. I didn't know they belonged on the Talk page—thanks for your work in fixing them and I'm sorry you had to do it. ... :)

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about athletic notability. Which article in particular are you refering to? I looked at my Watchlist, your recent contribs, and didn't see any overlap. There were some articles a few days ago with

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If I created it, it had legitimate entries at one time, and it is certainly a category that should exist, so it looks like your bot has collaborated with a vandal. Good work, and thank you.

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Hi Alex! Just noticed the change you made a while back, as I was editing the page for a recent trade. I understand the argument you made in your comment, but since WPS

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However, seeing as how the VP is such a VIP, shouldn't we keep the PC on the QT? 'Cause if it leaks to the VC he could end up MIA, and then we'd all be put on KP

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Actually, your edits, FreepRipper, are against long-term consensus (as you well know from past discussions) and, therefore, are vandalism.

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was a mistake cause she set a national record, but would coming in 9th in an Olympic games, w/o the record, qualify her for inclusion? And

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sloppy, amateurish and selfish (on the part of editors who are running things for their own convenience, not for the benefit of readers).

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I just happened to know about that one, but you could try looking in the top category in the relevant field, which in this case would be

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The fact that it is red-linked simply exposes that Knowledge has inadequate editorial resources to repair all the damage that is done.

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I know this page is very clean, and I'm sorry to mess it up, but thanks for the extensive proofing and "minor" corrections on

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Thanks for your work on Argentinean footballers. A few of us are also working on this. You might consider joining

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won a major competition, but came in 20th in the olympics and no national record? I think I got it right with

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has been empty for at least four days, and its only content has been links to parent categories. (

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Hi. Could you offer your opinion on the discussion on the Ossie Davis Talk Page? Thanks.

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To contest the tagging and request that administrators wait before possibly deleting

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Students in Western Civilization course find editing Knowledge frustrating, rewarding

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from Knowledge. The tag claims that it should be speedily deleted because

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Administrator status restored to five accounts after emergency desysopping

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article as you hinted. Of course now one guy keeps trying to convert it.

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Controversy over biographies compounded when leading participant blocked

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News and notes: Wikipedian dies, Alexa rank, Jimbo/Colbert, milestones

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User committed identities provide protection against account hijacking

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I got your message about Olympic athletes, I'm not trying to make a

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Guess I could have included a link instead of being a smart-ass...

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