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Justin - your question about the common misspellings page is well-taken. Answer: yes, it's completely all right to leave a little explanation there. DS 23:57, 6 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Black people edit

I need help at black people. I am not capable of edit warring against several sock puppets. Whatever consensus we reach in the talk page does not matter if it does not show in the article. We can not all give in to the nonsense. --Ezeu 20:18, 26 July 2006 (UTC)Reply

Escalators and travelators edit

The split looks okay. However, i am wondering if travelator is the more common name than moving walkway. What do you think? Simply south 22:02, 28 May 2007 (UTC)Reply

Its probably okay for now. It seems to be very common after i've done a quick google search, although according to ne dictionary website, moving walkway is a British term. Here in the UK, I've not heard it so frequently and heard travelator more frequently. But it may just be here. I think it will do as moving walkway. Simply south 22:18, 28 May 2007 (UTC)Reply
I just realised i misread the dictionary definition (Encarta). Yeah, lets just stick with moving walkway after all. Simply south 22:34, 28 May 2007 (UTC)Reply

Pasty edit

Please stop removing "England" from "Cornwall, England" at Pasty. See Talk:Pasty for more information. In addition, please do not go around calling reverts for a proper reason "vandalism". Read WP:CORNWALL and Cornwall before editing that article again. -- dcclark (talk) 02:19, 29 May 2007 (UTC)Reply

That wasn't me. I was editing the article to change the text at the top that said the article was about 'Cornish Pasty'. The guy you're after is Jellery--Jcvamp 02:23, 29 May 2007 (UTC)Reply
: Huge apologies!! I saw the "J" user name and just clicked. Sorry to waste your time. -- dcclark (talk) 11:24, 29 May 2007 (UTC)Reply

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Almouth edit

Given the length of time you have been contributing, I was very surprised to see you make some very fundamental mistakes:

  • if a new title is felt appropriate, we always use the move command. Using copy and paste destroys the article history.
  • there is a well established standard that UK railway station articles will have lower case 'r' and 's' in their titles
  • having created Alnmouth For Alnwick Railway Station, however bad the title was, it was rather silly to create a redirect to a different title! (If you had used a move, the correct redirect would have been created anyway!)

In any case, I suggest that we stick to the station name that National Rail use until they change. -- RHaworth 05:26, 2 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

Raquel on the Rachel page edit

Hi. I replied on my talk page. Your idea sounds good. Did you want to make that change? Cheers. --EarthPerson 23:08, 7 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

Citation for cup sizes on Starbucks edit

Hey, I was the one who provided the initial cite on the cup sizes for the Starbucks article. The reason I chose to put it there was due to ongoing edits of 24 ounces as the size for iced venti cups -- there had been debate over whether it was 24 or 26, so to quell the edit warring, I cited the specific size there. Just an FYI -- thanks. pinotgris 00:22, 13 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

June 2007 edit

  Please do not delete content from articles on Wikipedia, as you did to Spatula. Your edits do not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use Wikipedia:Sandbox for test edits. Thank you. Cquan (after the beep...) 23:40, 20 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

That was accidental. I was busy editing the page, and I'd copied and reworded the content. I pressed save by accident whilst the box was empty.--Jcvamp 23:44, 20 June 2007 (UTC)Reply
Yeah I just noticed...no problem:-D. Cquan (after the beep...) 23:44, 20 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

Balustrade edit

Wetman is completely correct the terms refers to the entire certain and particular assemblage and not a handrail. I have given a definitive modern reference on Wetman's page. A balustrade can serve as a form of decorative parapet, protective edging or fencing. It can serve as a handrail when used on a staircase but it is far from the same thing as a handrail. Giano 15:35, 26 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the input. I have replied on Wetman's page. The only thing that I find irritating is that Wetman decided to insult my intelligence rather than just arguing calmly. I may not be an expert on architecture, but I have heard the term balustrade being used in the context I cited, so I checked dictionaries to see if I was correct (again, admitting that I don't know everything). I found that the dictionaries backed up the defintion I'd heard, and I updated the article based on that as the current information was uncited.--Jcvamp 22:26, 26 June 2007 (UTC)Reply
Hi , I just put in my two cents worth on Wetman's talk page if youre not sick of the discussion! Mhicaoidh 11:22, 27 June 2007 (UTC)Reply
Me too! --Mcginnly | Natter 19:05, 29 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

Semi-Vegetarian edit

RE. your recent update to Vegetarian page -

  • Flexitarianism (sometimes called semi-vegetarianism) — A diet that consists primarily of vegetarian food, but that allows occasional exceptions.

- I think if vegetarian means not eating animals, then you can't have a semi-vegetarian, any more than you can have semi-unique. I don't feel strongly enough to change it, but you may want to if you agree. Thanks Bob98133 01:56, 27 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

I agree that the term is stupid, but it is one that is used in regards to 'Flexitarianism'.--Jcvamp 02:22, 27 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

Poop (constellation) edit

I have swapped the {{prod}} on Poop (constellation) to an {{rfd}}. The discussion will take place at Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion#Poop_.28constellation.29_.E2.86.92_puppis. For now, I have also re-included that redirect on the main dab page to generate more input in the RfD. – sgeureka tc 09:00, 6 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Thanks.--Jcvamp 10:40, 6 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Athlete/Sportsperson edit

I responded to you on Talk:Sportsperson and made the change you suggested.

P.S. Paganism rules!

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misconceptions of Voodoo edit

Check Louisiana Voodoo or Haitian Vodou. kwami (talk) 19:40, 29 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

Oh, I didn't realise. Thanks. In that case, a lot of links need to be redirected.--Jcvamp (talk) 00:08, 30 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

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MOSNUM edit

WP:MOSNUM specifically says no commas for 4-digit numbers, thus 6044 rather than 6,044. Always looks odd to me but there is no way a figure next to the word "Population" is ever going to be confused with a year.--176.253.179.215 (talk) 20:45, 21 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Duly noted. Sorry, didn't realise.--Jcvamp (talk) 20:56, 21 January 2013 (UTC)Reply
Bah, I got it wrong. Perhaps this is one of the recent changes to MOS and, if so, then it is A Good Thing. 4-digit numbers now "may or may not be delimited" - a vast improvement!--176.253.179.215 (talk) 20:59, 21 January 2013 (UTC)Reply
Fair enough. Delimiting has always been my preference.--Jcvamp (talk) 21:25, 21 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

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Hi. The issue I have with changing the term throughout the article is that it's a major change and it requires citations to show that 'female prostate' is now the correct or more dominant term. I have no personal preference, and any individual's preference is irrelevant; it's solely about whether or not any claims made in the article can be substantiated. If you can clearly support that with citations, changing the article to reflect that is fine. In either case, adding a section about terminology that explains that 'female prostate' is starting to become more prevalent and any controversy surrounding certain terms, again with citations, would be a good idea.--Jcvamp (talk) 12:07, 30 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

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