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I am sorry you feel the need to behave like this Ahunt, note my first edit 12 January was an err and I have not broken the three-revert rule any more than you have.Rstory (talk) 16:00, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

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Could you please explain the meaning of this edit summary and why you are reverting that edit? Nikkimaria (talk) 18:48, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Not an answer. Could you please either stop reverting that edit or provide an actual explanation? Nikkimaria (talk) 20:04, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Again, rather than continuing to revert, could you please provide an actual explanation as to why that term should be linked? See WP:OVERLINK. Nikkimaria (talk) 19:26, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

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Hi, this is about your change to the subtitle for B. Hick and Sons. The section was somewhat eclectic. I removed material about the former Post Office etc and tried to put together an account of what happened to the business and premises following the Smiths Group sale. I have no particularly fixed ideas what the section should be called but "Ownership changes" didn't cover it for me. It is a bit awkward because the format doesn't follow the standard encyclopedic format of an introductory section followed by history, and instead the article wanders about a bit. I came to this from the Edwards Vacuum page and want to ensure the two tie together neatly.Ed1964 (talk) 21:40, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi, bear in mind the article has evolved over some length of time including the Ownership changes section that has drawn in other observations that may not be so tightly in frame with the section title. The section about the former Post Office was added more recently and does require some blending I agree, but I doubt should be removed entirely together with some other details that I will restore in some way or other .Rstory (talk) 23:08, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Might I humbly suggest the article is restructured to begin with a very brief introduction followed by a history section containing subheadings, and then all the other stuff about family and mills using the kit, and other bits of local history etc can go in a series of other sections instead of abusing see also and external links. I am not a purist seeking to push the gallery to Wikimedia but it might all be easier if the gallery was treated as a gallery and not left to disrupt the flow of the main long history section (a few pics alongside exempted of course). Ed1964 (talk) 23:18, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

As far as the Post Office goes I struggled to see any relevance. It has nothing to do with the works site or business named at the top of the article and by the Edwards was just one of a multitude of firms that had carved up hicks product line - they just did the vacuum pumps. Ed1964 (talk) 23:22, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

The Soho Iron Works gallery has a relationship to the section above, but less so with the Ownership changes section below. The Post Office section was added for some reason the editor believed to be relevant at the time, but I would have to have a closer look at it before offering an opinion either way. It is not an easy task trying to source and jigsaw this together and I think care should be taken not to lose information under 'tidying' or 'simplyfying' once the information is there.

I will look at the MOS for the sections I restored and revise accordingly - they can be moved to the talk page as an alternative if really necessary.Rstory (talk) 00:23, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

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This comment relates to your reversion of the See Also section of B. Hick and Sons. The content is clearly contrary to MOS:SEEALSO - it even included a bunch of prose and citations! I can see that some of the material may form bases for sections after introduction and history, much like the list of mills section but they do not belong en masse in a See also section. That they have sat there inappropriately does not seem especially relevant to me. There is no Statute of Limitations in Wikipedia as far as I am aware.

I am sorry you have chosen to revert instead of engaging in a discussion. As you will have seen from the changes I have made, I have not sought to change the meaning of the page, just to put it in an encyclopedid format with appropriate entry points for others to introduce additional material.

Do you want me, or anybody else, to work on the structure of the page or not?Ed1964 (talk) 22:52, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

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Hi,

This relates to your latest reversion on B. Hick and Sons, the third in short order. I am sorry you are interested only in reverting, rather than engaging in discussion. The material was clearly inappropriate and excessive for the section - see WP:EXT. Wikipedia is not your personal link farm. That it has sat there for a long time does not give it squatters rights. Ed1964 (talk) 23:01, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

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