User talk:And Rew

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Hello, And Rew, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for Talk:List of largest empires. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (biographies)

Hi and welcome to Wikipedia. I moved your question at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (biographies) to the bottom of the page. On talk pages, such as that, we put new sections at the bottom of the page. Maurreen (talk) 07:38, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WP:MOSFLAG

Please careful review WIki's MOS policies on flag icons; we don't use them in infoboxes, as it gives over-emphasis to an individual's nationality. Thanks. --Madchester (talk) 23:51, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There's some special exceptions for infoboxes. i.e., military figures and Olympic athletes, but otherwise flag icons are generally not used in infoboxes. --Madchester (talk) 23:50, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

June 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did with this edit to Martin Tyler, is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources, please take this opportunity to add references to the article. — Jeff G. ツ 00:49, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to the page Robert Aumann. Such edits constitute vandalism and are reverted. Please do not continue to make unconstructive edits to pages; use the sandbox for testing. Thank you. N419 BH 01:34, 20 June 2010 (UTC)(See below for explanation of strikethrough N419 BH 02:56, 20 June 2010 (UTC))[reply]

Please stop reverting other people's edits, as you are doing in Martin Tyler. You are in danger of violating the three-revert rule. The revision you want is not going to be implemented by edit warring. If you revert again, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia without further notice. Please discuss any disputed changes on the talk page. Thank you. — Jeff G. ツ 02:51, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Post on my talk page

As far as I know, the accepted norm on Wikipedia is for nationalities to be expressed with the "/". However, I cannot find any documentation of this so I will cross out my notice. My apologies for accusing you of vandalism.

The other caution, however, is legitimate. I am not exactly sure on the details, but it is an accepted norm for citizens of the U.K. to express their nationality as "English", "Welsh", "Scottish", etc. I will notify one of the British editors here who can provide a more thorough explanation. N419 BH 02:55, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings. :) Welcome to Wikipedia, looks like you're off to a rocky start, but I'm here to help. Generally, British citizens are described by their constituent country (English, Welsh, Scottish...), especially where there is a strong tie to that country. This kind of thing should only really be changed where the subject themselves publicly identifies one way or another or when it's unclear which constituent country they have the strongest ties to. For example, Sir James Black was a Scottish scientist, Lily Cole is an English model, whereas John Prescott could be legitimately changed to "British" because of his Welsh roots, but he live and works in England. Basically, when it comes to things like that, if it ain't broke, don't fix it- a lot of people get way too het up about that kind of thing. You can always discuss it (calmly and making your point rationally) on the talk apge if you think it needs to be changed. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 03:14, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. :) I'm an administrator on here, so I can be surprisingly useful if you need any help in future! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 03:20, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ethnicity

I noticed your edits to Laura Schlessinger to remove the mention of her ethnicity and I am confused by your rationale. Wikipedia recognizes ethnicity where the ethnicity is claimed by the subject or when it is not controversial. If you had said that Dr Laura did not claim to be Italian or Jewish, I would understand, but your comment "Wikipedia does not put extra emphasis on ethnicity" confuses me. The infobox has a field for ethnicity, after all. Could you explain your reasoning further? Thanks, Celestra (talk) 20:47, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your response. I have read, and agree with, the section to which you refer. I've had the misfortune of cleaning up after editors who've added ethnicity to the lede for no reason. (So and so is an XYZ singer.) I'd have gone the other way on the infobox but if you have a consensus and don't run into opposition, I guess it doesn't harm the article. Thanks again, Celestra (talk) 22:57, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Combining references

I saw your question at the help desk; I went ahead and made the change - if you look at the code now, you can see how to do it in the future. (In short, I added a name to the first reference, then used that name for the second reference. The key, which is sometimes missed, is to add a "/" to the subsequent uses of the ref.)--SPhilbrick T 12:46, 24 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

May 2013

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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 13:55, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/John Darwin concern

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