User talk:Theroadislong

lymphoma.org links

Hello, We are from the Lymphoma Research Foundation. Is there any reason why you are removing links from wikipedia that link to our website lymphoma.org? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.10.138.114 (talk) 15:52, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a promotional tool for your organisation nor is it a directory of mere links. You have a potential conflict of interest too. Teapotgeorge^Talk 20:58, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

SPA and COI

Hi George

I am new to wiki.- am slow and methodical in my editing, hence my many attempts at my first project (you cited 120 edits). I wish my editing skills were better, but they are not, and I am still learning. I understood that I was welcome to edit the article to address the concerns for which it was nominated for deletion - which I tried to. It took me a long time as you can see, but I did not know that counted against me or that it was to be seen as 'bad behaviour'.

Vaishal (talk) 18:07, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Proposed Ceramic Art portal

I have just joined WikiProject Arts and I'm thinking about creating a Ceramic Art portal. There are a lot of ceramic articles and this might be a way of bringing editors together and highlighting work that needs to be done (e.g. adding material on the USA to Studio pottery). However, I don't know how to create a portal and wondered if you, as an editor with similar interests to me, had any thoughts about it. Marshall46 (talk) 16:33, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

The instructions are here...I may have a go later this evening unless you beat me to it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Portal/Instructions Teapotgeorge (talk) 17:44, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Good work! I'll try to add to it when I have more time. Marshall46 (talk) 21:22, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Excellent start. I'm busy for the next week so I won't be doing anything that requires much thought. Is the picture of the Venus of Dolní Věstonice not a hostage to fortune?! Marshall46 (talk) 20:20, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Possibly!! Teapotgeorge (talk) 20:34, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Leach Pottery

You were right to edit the addition made to this page by Mark Anselm: it is unscourced, POV and marketing copy. I am going to edit his revert and put a note on the discussion page. Marshall46 18:38, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Pottery Makers category

Plainly, the elimination of named Potters from the External Links was wrong.

That writer has a different perspective as to which potters are not notable.

I suggest that the individual potteries be put into a different category, thereby not 'cluttering' the internal links (See alsos), while maintaining these. You may not realize, for example, the import of Pewabic Pottery -- but it is of significance to the Arrts and Crafts movement, and at least to much of the Midwestern U.S. Y

our deletion was at the very least parochial and ill-advised. Your getting rid of the new category and the listing orphaned a lot of serious articles on the subject. I was trying to work within the framework of letting the "External Links" be shortened and simplified.

7&6=thirteen 20:10, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Michael Cardew

Sorry, 'fraid I'm lost a bit on ISBN links, too; I tried everything I could think of, but it doesn't seem to work. Wish I could be of more help, sorry. --User:AlbertHerring ^{Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla!} 22:02, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:ISBN, it's automatically converted into links, no brackets required. Femto 14:48, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the help with the ISBN and the general tidying. I know that Seth Cardew describes him as such but not at all sure that the term "ceramic stylist" is appropriate for Michael Cardew? sounds like a hairdresser! Teapotgeorge 15:02, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Change as you see fit. I only added it because the opening sentence of an article needs to set the general context. Femto 16:19, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

KGVFs

Great to have you aboard. I solved it but you beat me to it. This can become addictive! Fiddle Faddle 13:57, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Errr I don't think I solved it? Teapotgeorge 14:02, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

It seems not. Ah well. I'll have a look a bit later. I've been painting a ceiling and my mind is not in Wikipedia :) Fiddle Faddle 17:36, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

It could be simple. The OS Grid ref is incomplete (I think). two letters and 6 digits are required :). Complete that and it should go through —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Timtrent (talk • contribs) 17:39, 8 January 2007 (UTC).

This is wonderful stuff. I haven't checked, but can you make sure you add a line to each place as well, stating that they have a KGVF and wikilinking the list you are workin on? There is an example in pretty much any of the other lists, of in the Wikiproject.  :) Fiddle Faddle 22:54, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

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Camborne School of Mines and stuff

Hi, no big deal but it is considered a trifle rude to remove another editors contribution on a talkpage. Even if the comment is obsolete, as mine admittedly was, it should have been kept. LessHeard vanU 21:58, 16 January 2007 (UTC) Sincere apologies it was an accident not intentional... I have re-added your comment ...very sorry!! Teapotgeorge 10:43, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

No problem. You appear to be new(ish) here, and we all make mistakes. Thanks for the revert. LessHeard vanU 13:48, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Liskeard

Thanks for the message. The general text was okay but the spamlink obviously is not permitted on Wikipedia. I have accordingly edited the text. Richard Harvey 11:32, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Commercial link on McCoy Pottery

Hi Teapotgeorge. With reference to comments a few weeks back you may be interested to read, and possibly comment, about the validity of the external link over at Talk:McCoy (pottery) ThanxTheriac 17:19, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Saint Mabena

Looks great to me. Thank you very much. :) John Carter 14:14, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Poll at List of notable converts to Christianity

Hello Teapotgeorge. I noticed that you have not cast a vote to break the tie in the latest attempt to reach consensus at List of notable converts to Christianity. I encourage you to do so here. Thank you. Nick Graves 19:17, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

ArbCom

I have submitted a report on User:Bus stop on the ArbCom page here. As an individual who was involved in this debate, your participation would be appreciated. Thanks. Drumpler 17:32, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Bus stop

I think for now it'd just be wise to ignore Bus stop's page. It doesn't really do any good for anyone, as he is blocked from disruptive editing, and it might just continue to entrench him in his belief that his actions are justifiable. Drumpler 21:11, 1 July 2007 (UTC) OK Teapotgeorge 21:41, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

re Stonehenge

Hi, about your query, as the article on that subject says, the voting, purpose and significance of the competition is disputed. I'd agree that in itself isn't a fatal objection, but it doesn't really seem to belong in the article, which is about the monument, and the recent history is about what affects it directly, i.e. the road scheme, UNESCO status, preservation work, etc. The fact it has appeared on a poll of this sort in some capacity is rather superfluous to an already long and detailed article. It was for these reasons that the article was split up. Stonehenge in popular culture would be a more appropriate place for this sort of comment, but I'm hesitant to, again owing to the fact there seems to be some sort of dispute over the competition. Once that was settled, I'd be more happy to see it in some way on one of the spin off articles. I don't seem to be alone in this, someone else seems to have added a reference to this earlier, and was reverted. Hope that explains my thinking. Benea 17:00, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Reversion

Please give an explanation for your reversion of my edits on Atheism. Thank you. selfworm^Talk) 22:21, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Sorry I didn't really check out the links properly, I initially thought they were inappropriate but on second thoughts they are quite relevant...feel free to re -add them. Teapotgeorge 10:51, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Pottery

Hi. Pottery is a term used to describe clay based ceramics. It is not connected with the form of the object. Ceramics is a very large group of materials, many of which did not conatin any clay - for example silicon carbide and boron nitride. If pottery is just specific to vessels consider the case of a ball of clay:

• A] Fire it as a ball. It is not a container so your defintion does not make it pottery.
• B] Force your finger into it to make a hole, and then fire it. According to your defintion it does becomes pottery.

This doesn't make sense! It can not be sensible to suggest that A has more connection with a missle nose cone (high tech cermaics which had no clay) than with B. Also pottery as a clay based ceramic is the recognised terminology with the industry (for UK think "The Potteries" in Stoke-on-Trent) Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.153.70.31 (talk) 17:07, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your comments, I am a potter so am fully aware of the various terms. Consensus in the past has been that Ceramic is the preferred term for the Venus figurine.Teapotgeorge 17:17, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi. The article should make some mention of pottery. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.153.70.31 (talk) 17:27, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Umm?

Hmm, I think you might have gotten confused! You placed an Afd comment on my talk page, I think you were looking for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lila Turjanski-Villard A^RendedWinter 13:32, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Creation science‎

Rather than blindly reverting,[1][2] it would help if you actually read the source[3], and corrected the spelling error[4]. cheers.  – ornis⚙ 09:40, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry you've lost me! I reverted because it made no sense, then I changed the spelling so it did make sense...you reverted it to the incorrect spelling and then changed the spelling again yourself???Teapotgeorge 10:14, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Eh? No, you reverted twice[5][], from "could not published[sic]" to "did not publish". Fair enough on the surface, except the source is specifically saying "cannot" not just "did not". I revert to the misspelled version ( admittedly because I didn't notice it was misspelled ) then corrected the error. Check the history, sorry about the finger-wagging, I guess this was just a misunderstanding.  – ornis⚙ 10:53, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

ARGH!!! I just checked the history again... don't I feel the fool, quite right, sorry about that, I saw you revert hrafn twice, and obviously didn't look closely enough... go on slap me, I deserve it...  – ornis⚙ 10:57, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm not the violent type so... no slapping! I've made similar mistakes myself! All good wishes Teapotgeorge 11:20, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Lucky for me! But rest assured, at this very moment, I am fetching the sack-clothe tunic from my wardrobe, and covering my face in ashes...;)  – ornis⚙ 11:28, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Pewabic Pottery

Dear Teapot:

That you would eliminate Pewabic Pottery from the list of studio potters is bizarre. Putting aside whether you are or I am "parochial' (I apologize for saying that; you might be right that I am), but [[Arts and Crafts] (which was international, not just North American) and Pewabic Pottery were and are important. I know you are from Columbia, but you need to not put on your censorship mode.

You did the same stuff in Pottery. I have the same problem here.

I would like to collegially work this out. I don't mean to have a war over this, and I would like you to voluntarily reconsider.

7&6=thirteen 13:47, 16 November 2007 (UTC) Stan

It is a list of individual "Studio Potters" I don't see how Pewabic Pottery qualifies? Teapotgeorge 14:13, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Hello George:

I'm over here to chat about your removal of the Notable Pottery makers (should really be ( opinion) Notable pottery makers) from the Pottery article. This seems to me to be a pretty useful section. However I am reluctant to just plop it back if you are just going to axe it again and then I can . . . ..... well you know how it goes. So, what is your objection again? Carptrash (talk) 05:35, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

I have no objection to a "notable" potters list but not an "obscure" potters list, designed to get people's personal favourites in. Plop it back if you wish. Teapotgeorge (talk) 05:58, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Re:Ashley West

Are you referring to the artist Ashley West. He currently teaches at QE Boys school in barnet. I attend the school and he used to teach me art. DavidJJJ (talk) 22:02, 26 November 2007 (UTC) PS His website is www.ashleywest.co.uk

Noah's Ark

Just a note about the rollbacks - User:HisTruthsetsfree is pretty obviously a total newbie, so, you know, his contribution might be out of place, but this is the first article he's edited, so that's probably to be expected. Help him out if you get a chance. Adam Cuerden ^talk 05:16, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Penwith Wikiproject & Cornwall Wikiproject

Hi, I see you are a member of the Cornwall Wikiproject. A proposal has been made to merge the Penwith Wikiproject into it. You can join in the debate here. Best wishes, DuncanHill (talk) 12:20, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Emma Bossons

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Thanks

Thanks - next stop featured article status!Mammal4 (talk) 08:49, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Bono

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. 82.37.53.242 (talk) 22:25, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I removed an innappropriate template that you added for no good reason?. I suggest you take it to the talk page. Teapotgeorge (talk) 22:37, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Craft Potters’ Association

I have started a discussion about the recent changes. You may wish to comment before I edit again. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.147.253.151 (talk) 19:29, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi - I've started another thread on the same discussion page. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.147.253.151 (talk) 21:19, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Language notice

In a recent edit to the page Shroud of Turin, you changed one or more words from one international variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.

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I apologise I thought I was reverting to the original spelling? Teapotgeorge (talk) 22:30, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Your POV Pushing on the Ficus and Jacob Sheep papes

In reference to your recent vandalism of the Ficus and Jacob (sheep) pages http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ficus&diff=201114139&oldid=201113733 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jacob_%28sheep%29&diff=201115683&oldid=201113161

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An encyclopedia article is no place for creationist propaganda. Teapotgeorge (talk) 19:49, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Edit to Intellegent Design

Please do not arbitrarily delete positive contributions to articles. Feel free to disagree or even discuss - but do not automatically delete what you find. This is currently a very polarized article which has room to state some common ground. Other people may have legitimate input to articles. Rlsheehan (talk) 21:11, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

If you really want references, proper protocol is to tag an item as "citation needed". I will replace the material with a citation. Rlsheehan (talk) 23:27, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Different contributer: IP 86.159.233.95 Apologies to the original poster and yourself for using this post but I am new to this and cannot add a new item. I was wondering what the protocol was and why you feel it necessary to delete most if not all of my posts? Examples: New Eric Liddell sporting biography link deleted - featured on BBC sport, Daily telegraph, independent etc - not relevant? Sebastian Coe wrote the foreward - not relevant on his page? On the Lady Jane Gray page - not relevant to add that a new biography was written? On the Martyn Lloyd Jones page - not relevant to add a new title on his contribution to twentieth century church life(supported and contributed to by multiple Martyn Lloyd Jones organisations) - Not relevant John Bunyan - A new biography - not relevant? Death and Afterlife - 'Where do we go from here?' - Already written about in almost every major Christian journal - not relevant? Atheism and Richard Dawkins - The book 'Does God believe in Atheists' was award winning Christian book of the year in 2001 and cites RD. Not relevant to the debate?

Yes I am linked to a Christian publisher but I am only adding relevant links. Almost every page has relevant links to titles and ISBN numbers, I am doing nothing special here. Please advise what I am doing wrong. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Woolly6 (talk • contribs) 09:14, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Helligan in St Mabyn parish

Thanks for correcting my foolish error. Would it be possible to have an article on Helligan (St Mabyn)? Google is no help! It looks lovely from the map (Cornwall interactive). Vernon White ^{. . . Talk} 19:58, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

I'll see if I can find any details. Teapotgeorge (talk) 20:05, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Ashley West

Unhelpful to whom? XCharltonTilliDieX^Talk/_Contribs 19:41, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

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Terry Ananny

Yeah, this has been going on for a while. I think it's time to take it to a COI review. I've just been reluctant to wade into that. When I get some free time, I'll begin the process. freshacconcispeaktome 01:43, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Turin Shroud - "alleged" resurrection

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TPT

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Michael Cardew

teapot george - I'm learning whilst trying to make constructive additions regards portrait heads made by a suitably eminent sculptor. I'd be grateful for advice re what you would feel is necessary to avoid the list spam I seen to have started....

Nancy also warned/advised me.. have questioned her too.

If Michael Cardew sat for a sculptor then surely it is contributive in cultural terms, although in this case the terracotta is not in a national collection (yet). Others are in national and international collections. If editorial is added based on the sitting, its time and place (and perhaps the iamge uploaded,) will this suffice? thanksCazimir (talk) 16:09, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

I would suggest the fact that a sculptor modelled a portrait head, which is in the artists own collection, isn't really a notable event in Michael Cardew's life? It would be fine to mention it in the artists article though. Teapotgeorge (talk) 18:24, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Henry Moore at WP:FAR

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Your recent revert

Please remove. Your action is interrupting a clean up and not very respectful. If you wish to claim that the person in question is not notable, please process it through AfD as such. Otherwise, notability is established by his world cat publication history as per WP:PROF. Such a tag is not acceptable on articles. Ottava Rima (talk) 23:24, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

In case you were wondering, this is also readily available. The Conflict of Interest will be handled shortly, as the professor in question now knows better. I'm going to rework some aspects of the article, as I specialize in professor and politicians who have come to their own Wikipedia pages. I hope you don't mind, and I hope you understand where I am coming from. Ottava Rima (talk) 23:32, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Karla Poewe

Dear George:

You and the user identified as "Hrafn" correctly pointed out that I had created a page for my wife "Karla Poewe" that involved a conflict of interest, lacked appropriate citations, and was not "neutral." Subsequently, I pleaded guilty to all three charges on the grounds that I had not read Wikipeadia rules. Nevertheless, I had acted "in the spirit of Wikipeadia" because I was trying to be provide information about a scholar who is notable enough to be included in the "Canadian Who's Who" and has published a number of significant books and articles that are the subject of lively academic debates.

After my posts and apologies on this issue at least three other people edited the page to remove and rework the offending passages. If you now check the history you will see that I have nothing to do with the article and that other people have taken it over. You will also see that with the exception of Karla's list of publications all the references are to independent, peer reviewed, academic sources.

May I suggest that in the spirit of collaboration you change the reference to her list of publications by adding the following which is from a verifiable website, that of the Center for Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary, and not her own webpage. The URL is: http://cmss.ucalgary.ca/fellows/poewe

May I also suggest that you then check all the edits to confirm that these were made by third parties and that there is no longer a conflict of interest. The perhaps you will kindly remove the Template which as the last editor noted was no longer applicable. Thank you. Irving Hexham (talk) 14:13, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Gunnn/Gunn

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West The Sculptor

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Mediation request for NZ inclusion on GDS' article

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Michael Cardew

You have re-added Michael Cardew as an alumni of The Central.. I reverted because there was no evidence for this. Can you point me to a reference and I will add the detail to his own article too. Thank you. Teapotgeorge^Talk 12:25, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

The re-ad was not intentional, - I was rearranging the overall article and his name must have been included when I was referencing the history log for lost information I wanted to re-ad, my apologies. Regarding Cardew, my only source is from the official website of Central Saint Martins that lists him (or someone with a similar name and craft) on their alumni list (http://www.csm.arts.ac.uk/csm_alumni_who_16487.htm). I'm assuming the source to be true considering it's the official website of the college and I'd see no reason for them to falsely claim otherwise for one individual. Furthermore, referencing over the prospectuses, he features on the alumni list at the back as well. Obviously a secondary source would be ideal, - although I suspect it'll be difficult to find that online since he may have only studied (or possibly taught) at the college briefly... Either way, I'll leave it up to you. I've briefly scanned through Google with his name and the college attached and there's a few indications (although not concrete) of his connection with the college but not solid enough. Entangle (talk) 12:48, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts

I've filed a report about Firefly322 on the Wikiquette alerts page, and it mentions your intervention (for which I thank you). Yours, Verbal chat 15:14, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

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Clarice Cliff activity

I hope my actions are roughly what you were seeking. If I missed anything obvious do let me know. Regards --Herby ^{talk thyme} 13:34, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Now semi protected for a bit & on my watchlist. I'll probably block the IP for a bit too. Regards --Herby ^{talk thyme} 07:02, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

I'll work out my thoughts in the next few hours - another block seems sadly inevitable. Thanks --Herby ^{talk thyme} 07:49, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi - do you want to continue a discussion you started regarding links on that page in general? Regards --Herby ^{talk thyme} 07:14, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Hello TG. Thank you for changing 'done ' to 'made'! I've worked and lived in New Zealand and America and sadly it has slighty tainted my 'proper' English! All observations greatly appreciated. Thanks --Len 19:16, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protection from spammers

As per your request [6], List of Canadian artists has been semi-protected for a fortnight. Thanks for your help in battling vandalism and spammers! --Kralizec! (talk) 22:59, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

prepositions

Ugh, I should have paid more attention during my language school classes >.< --Enric Naval (talk) 19:35, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Why do you say that. Make teapot prove his claim. "In the year 2008..." does not translate into "On the year 2008..." "In the United Kingdom..." does not translate into "On the United Kingdom...." Hag2 (talk) 19:50, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Dylan FAR

Teapotgeorge, Thanks for your contributions & vandal patrolling on Bob Dylan. Maskell suggests it is time to start voting at Dylan FAR. Mick gold (talk) 21:55, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

St Mabyn church

Hi, nice article - but the coordinates end up out at sea! DuncanHill (talk) 22:44, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Ohhh dear! I took them from the St Mabyn page which I also worked out [incorrectly!!]

Sorry I'll have another look! Teapotgeorge^Talk 22:51, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

OK, I think I've got it! DuncanHill (talk) 23:16, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Duncan...Teapotgeorge^Talk 23:56, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

No problem. DuncanHill (talk) 23:59, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

That page

Link is now blacklisted - might make things quieter! Regards --Herby ^{talk thyme} 16:39, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

RFC at Talk:Noah's Ark

Since you've contributed to the recent discussion at Talk:Noah's Ark, this is just a courtesy note to let you know a RFC has been filed here. Thanks, Ben (talk) 22:38, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia and Illuminati, what is the connection?

Hi George, Is there any connection between Wikipedia and Illuminati? I am a member of a tribe in Africa, please pardon my ignorance. I am learning fast though. I've come to realize that most of the things I've been thinking about are already covered by Westerners. I am still coping with that, given that back here I am a lone-explorer, everyone is either Christian or Muslim. I got your message. I will do my best to stick to the rules. --Kaosa (talk) 17:04, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Photograph captions (Cornwall articles)

Hi, George, many thanks for pointing me to the help on captions. I haven't been uploading images to WP for very long - praps I should've looked for guidance myself before I started bunging in piccies! I shall go back over the photos I've uploaded in the light of the advice - for a start, I've not been adding alt tags (though I'm usually assiduous in adding them to <img> tags in HTML).

Thank you very much indeed for your kind words on my contribs to WP:Cornwall - very much appreciated. My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to destroy the forces of evil ...er, blue every redlink and double-check every coord in List of places in Cornwall. So far, I've got to a third of the way through 'B'...

Again, thanks for your encouraging comments and for the useful steer. Season's jollity an' all that, Andy F (talk) 21:36, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

PS I spotted the your 'Firefox' UBX and nicked it.

Bodbrane We got into an edit conflict just now! I too was fleshing out that article. I'll go and add my extra bits now then you can see what you think. Warm good wishes, Andy F (talk) 23:50, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Pvisi edit of KEMP Technologies

Hi George, I apologize for the removal of the tags as this was unintentional. Are you able to repost the content that I included on the page? I feel that it has helped to somewhat expand upon the article and avoid the "advertising" vibe the page gives off. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pvisi111 (talk • contribs) 17:10, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Svend Bayer

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Svend Bayer, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:

Not notable

All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent 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.

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Sakshama

please unprotect the page Sakshama, when wikipedia is having articles for techfest, techniche and other technical fetivals. then why not a article for sakshama, a technical festival which was started from a small town of india in the year 2007 and now it is going to celebrate it's third version and it has been said as no #1 technical festival of north india. so i want to write a page for it please unprotect it. you can find more at http://sakshama.org or you can find the same communities on orkut and other social web Aashish K Mahaswary (talk) 15:59, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

You can ignore this; I have pointed the user to WP:RFPU/WP:DRV. He didn't know how to reach an admin and so left talk messages for a page-full of recent changes editors. Stifle (talk) 16:05, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

why revert edit to Adrienne Kennedy?

Hi -- I'm wondering why you reverted this "external link" addition to Adrienne Kennedy:

• Interviewed by Suzan-Lori Parks for BOMB Magazine

I don't have a strongly developed sense of what is or is not appropriate for external links, but I thought this was a pretty richly informative interview, with some autobiographical detail as well as relevance to the unfolding of Kennedy's career. If there's something wrong with it, would you let me know? (It was not my edit, but it seemed okay to me, and I'm trying to develop a clearer sense of what is and is not appropriate content for external links.)

Thanks! Kenllama/(talk) 14:12, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. One sensible approach here might be for me to plunder the interview for useful data, write it into the article, and add the interview as a reference rather than as an external link. The user in question may be spamming, but in this case it might be kind of useful spam. Thank you =) Kenllama/(talk) 18:39, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Gino Cavicchioli

Just to let you know that I've given the IP a level 4 warning for removing the COI template. I would consider a 24-hour block appropriate if it is removed again; feel free to message me should that happen. Stifle 14:27, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Facts in Creation Science

When reverting my change from "facts" to "axioms" you wrote "they may be changing but they are still facts!"

But most people seeing the word "fact" would take the dictionary definition "thing certainly known to have occurred or be true" (which definitely couldn't change) rather than the definition "thing assumed as basis for inference" which is roughly what axiom means (both occur in the Concise Oxford Dictionary under "fact").

Note that further down the article Creation Science says that a scientific theory must be "correctable and dynamic (changing to fit with newly discovered data)". This is not what a fact is in non-technical terms. An ordinary person should not have to read the article Evolution_as_theory_and_fact in order to understand the reasoning behind the apparentl inflammatory first sentence of the article Creation Science.

Why make an encyclopaedia article unnecessarily controversial when it could be merely a statement of facts? ;-) --PeterR (talk) 15:45, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Re: Wally Findlay Galleries

 Done, taken care of. –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 22:06, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Bill robb

Given your recent interest in his editing, you might find his self-description in [this edit (one of his very first on wikipedia) to be edifying. Hrafn^Talk_Stalk(P) 05:18, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Modest isn't he!!! Teapotgeorge^Talk 11:54, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Two messages I found on your userpage

Proposed deletion of Svend Bayer

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Svend Bayer, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:

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All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent 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.

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Editing of Radio Tales Pages

Please discontinue the deletion of the audioVille links and information from the Radio Tales pages. The links were for the express purpose of leading article readers to a source of streaming audio for the Radio Tales series. AudioVille is the one and only source for such streaming audio, which is not available for download anywhere else. This content is pertinent, and significantly enhances the reader's appreciation for and understanding of the content of the article. Therefore, it does not qualify as spam and should be included in the article. The deletion of this content was hasty and ill-informed, and should not be continued. Soundout (talk) 22:54, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Neal Turner Article

I agree the article probably should not be in an encyclopedia...this comment on my talk page seems more than a little crazy: [7]... Modernist (talk) 13:40, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Ursula Mommens

Hi. I just wanted to say sorry. I hid more text than I meant to. I only wanted to hide the last paragraph (with a notation regarding her centenarian status, if you check) and if she was still actively working in her 101st year, which is what the last paragraph indicates. I did it sloppily. Thanks for fixing. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 18:21, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi

Kindly remove the speedy deletion tag from Sahar Sarid as he is a noted American internet tycoon. Perhaps you have failed to observe that relible references have already been added. Thanks  Jon Ascton  (talk) 11:55, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

There was one blog reference when I added the tag, blogs are not considered suitable references. You have added the hang on tag so if he is notable it won't be deleted. Regards. Teapotgeorge^Talk 12:10, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Rosalind Wiseman

I didn't mean to be impolite, but I just reverted your recent edit to this article, as the subject's wishes are generally irrelevant except in a BLP situation. Is there a message somewhere I'm not aware of? The subject or her agents have been pretty heavily entangled in this article's history, and I'm getting a bit paranoid. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:55, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

That's fine... I just read on the agents? talk page that she no longer had the company and as it wasn't referenced anyway it seemed safer to delete it. The whole article should probably go really. Teapotgeorge^Talk 19:32, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Scriptural reasoning again

Hi Teapotgeorge,

Things have calmed down over at Scriptural reasoning, since your last visit. I think we now have a version that is (a) properly referenced, with multiple third-party reliable citations, and (b) where involved parties on the talk page have agreed that it is NPOV, and that COI issues have therefore been appropriately resolved - and that includes people who represent different sides in the recent dispute. I wonder whether, as a neutral observer, you might be willing to have a quick glance at the current version of the page, and at the most recent discussion at the bottom of the talk page, and (if you are happy with what you see, obviously) remove the NPOV, COI and reference flags on the article?

--mahigton (talk) 20:02, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Theroadislong. You have new messages at Dank55's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

- Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 13:14, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism warning

Hi, You warned User_talk:Pola_cola for their article which was CSD'd, but you didn't place the tag. Please take care to either tag it, then warn it, or not warn when another user has tagged. You Edit conficted me trying to warn him :) Cheers — Deon555^talk_{I'm BACK!} 14:32, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

My apologies.Teapotgeorge^Talk 14:33, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

No worries :) — Deon555^talk_{I'm BACK!} 14:54, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Double Standard

Hi Teapot George,

I respect your decision to remove a link that I added for a non-commercial website called Sea Glass Artists & Sea Glass Collectors to the Sea Glass and Sea Pottery page. If it was added inappropriately I apologize. I would like to ask you why the double standard? A site called Sea Glass Lovers also has a link here. If links to both of these sites can not remain here then neither should remain here. I respect the rules of this board but I am concerned about this abusive double standard.

Thanks,

Lisl Armstrong —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seaglassmermaid (talk • contribs) 15:58, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Double Standard

Hi Teapot George,

I respect your decision to remove a link that I added for a non-commercial website called Sea Glass Artists & Sea Glass Collectors to the Sea Glass and Sea Pottery page. If it was added inappropriately I apologize. I would like to ask you why the double standard? A site called Sea Glass Lovers also has a link here. If links to both of these sites can not remain here then neither should remain here. I respect the rules of this board but I am concerned about this abusive double standard.

Thanks,

Lisl ArmstrongSeaglassmermaid (talk) 16:20, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Please don't accuse me of double standards...someone else has already removed the offending link, I would have, had I noticed it.Teapotgeorge^Talk 17:30, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Please Accept My Apology

Hi,

Please forgive my earlier messages to you. The history reveals what was happening and you were not carrying on with a double standard. I hope you will continue to keep an eye on the sea glass page.

Thanks,

Lisl Armstrong Seaglassmermaid (talk) 17:36, 3 April 2009 (UTC)