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Little London
editI wish I could tell you where the information on Little London came from but unfortunately I can't. What I can tell you is that the source stated the facts as laid out in that article. If they're wrong then change them: that's what this encyclopedia is about, though if someone else comes along afterward and points to the original source I used (wherever it is) and says what you've written is wrong, you need to be able to defend your version of history. -- Francs2000 23:59, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
Thanks (testing) Moleskin 23:22, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
Lace school
editHi, could you list your reference(s) for the article Lace school? Thanks, Melchoir 23:24, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
That was quick! Sorry still a greenhorn in Wikipedia land - is that OK? Moleskin 23:34, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
- Of course! I didn't mean to discourage you at all; an increasingly visible community like Wikipedia needs all the new help it can get. I just wanted to drop you a note while your source was fresh in your mind. Sometimes an article doesn't list its source, and its author goes missing, so no one is left to verify the material. Anyway, keep up the good work! Melchoir 23:44, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
Hello
editI feel happy to see you and talking to you. There was no problem with the word as such - normally the word/s relating to the page name is made bold in the first sentence. In any case, you may have done this yourself - I just saw, and mad ethat bold. Cheers! We shall do several thing together. --Bhadani 14:31, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Maps with dots on
editI have absolutely no idea, but I would look to the people who have been uploading the maps and ask one of them. Each image has its own page showing the full history of the image, for example this one for Aylesbury. There is also a category called GBdot showing all of the ones that have been uploaded to date. -- Francs2000 11:58, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
Mr Ruffin
editBrookie here - I actually enjoy Reggae a lot - so you're wrong on that one! The article deleted was simply not notable as you had left it. If you are working on something and don't want it jumped on post {{inuse}} on the page whilst you are beavering away! Good luck Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! (Whisper...) 07:35, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
- I have re-created it for you as requested and tagged it as inuse - so get working on it before someone else has a go at it! Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! (Whisper...) 13:31, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
Image copyright problem with Image:Oakley Chandos Arms.png
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Brill and Waterperry
editIt's fairly standard stuff. I have left a message for them. -- Francs2000 22:37, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
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RE:Oxford Senior League Division 1
editHello! I hope you are feeling great! With regards to your question, the answer is a resounding YES. In fact, I am planning to create articles for ALL the divisions within the English football league system and eventually for the whole of the football world as well. However, a considerable amount of research is needed for this massive task and I am approaching this with a slow and steady attitude. In the meantime, you can also help out with this as well. Moreover, I am also planning to create articles for ALL the soccer clubs within the English system as well. --Siva1979Talk to me 13:51, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
- However, sometimes I feel that I am the only user in Wikipedia who has the passion for doing this. Most of the other users would object of this because of notability issues. I mean, which football fan would be interested in reading about lower league clubs or divisions in England as well as in the other countries? This is a niche area to be involed with. And when I see articles about non-legaue clubs in other countries being deleted, it pains me. However, I am confident that this mentality among users in Wikipedia would change in the future. --Siva1979Talk to me 14:24, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
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Alehouse v. Public house
editI think in Oakley, Buckinghamshire you may need to spell out the distinction between alehouse and pub, because in Wikipedia Alehouse redirects to Public house. -- Roleplayer 13:09, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Good thinking hadn't thought of that Moleskin 12:23, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
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"Not a village"?
editOn what basis are you deciding that places widely known as villages are "not a village"? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 11:34, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
The basis I was using was whether the text within the article said the place was a village or a hamlet. Also when possible I checked to see if there was a church at the place which normally differentiates a village and a hamlet. Moleskin (talk) 09:06, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
- I agree if the text says hamlet. But whether or not it has a church is more than a bit dated. If a a place has grown from five houses to 500, is it still a hamlet until it gets a CoE church? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 12:09, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
Sorry, I must be showing my age with my village definition. My intention was to go through the 'Places In Buckinghamshire' wiki-page and ensure anything that said village was in category 'Villages in Buckinghamshire' and anything saying hamlet was in category 'Hamlets in Buckinghamshire'. Interesting question though, Skirmett for instance is now listed as a hamlet, but used to have an All Saints church (now a house), so was/is it a village still or a hamlet? I have no axe to grind whether something is a village or not, so I am happy if you wish to re-instate any categories. For your information, I am next about to update 'Places in Buckinghamshire' with the various districts and estates in MK. Moleskin (talk) 13:31, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
- No worries, my fault for overreacting when I saw so many changes with a terse edit summary. Short of wp:OR, there is no modern way to distinguish between hamlets and villages. A place is a town if the parish council says it is. A city used to need a cathedral, now it is not relevant.
- Presumably you know about Category:Areas of Milton Keynes
- The only 'estate' as such is Lakes Estate. Almost all the grid-squares had multiple developers/developments and have a variety of tenures (and some are mixed commercial/residential). --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 17:40, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
Thanks John, please continue correcting me if I get things wrong . Moleskin (talk) 07:15, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
In Buckinghamshire
editSurely you aren't asserting that villages in the Borough of Milton Keynes are not also in Buckinghamshire? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 11:40, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
As above John, I looked at the article and if it said it was not a village, I removed from the category. I did realize that with Milton Keynes, there might be some places that are still called villages and are suburbs, estates, etc and vice versa. Moleskin (talk) 09:06, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
- Many of the districts ["grid squares"] in MK have – by design – an original village (or hamlet!) at their heart. It is still a village, no matter what surrounds it. [The exception that proves the rule is Water Eaton, which was completely erased by LCC and/or Bletchley UDC (pre-MK)]. This question is what the Americans call moot because it was founded on a false premise: I misread your intentions: I thought you were removing all B of MK villages from Bucks. I ought to have come back to delete this subsection. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 12:09, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
WikiProject Buckinghamshire
editI noticed your edits to the List of places in Buckinghamshire including completing the conversion of the static list to tables which I started ages ago (despite User:Tmol42's objections). Are you a local of the county? I've been interested in reviving the WikiProject for a good while and was wondering if you'd like to join us? My initial ghoal was to improve the quality of List of Places in Buckinghamshire to reflect a few of the Featured articles similar to it. It's a gargantuan task which I'm glad I'll have some help with. Thanks. UaMaol (talk) 02:08, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
Hello there, I am indeed from Buckinghamshire (Oakley) and hopefully have added a bit to the List of Places in Buckinghamshire. I have always been a loner of Wikipedia, so would like to know a bit more about the WikiProject. Moleskin (talk) 07:39, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
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