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No problem, it'll be fine once it's been copyedited and improved to the point where it no longer closely resembles the original text. I was just concerned that quite a few of the sentences seemed to have been lifted directly from the document you mention (which I found online here, with the enigmatic word "copyright" at the top), and wanted to make sure that we weren't repeating too much content verbatim. --McGeddon (talk) 15:34, 30 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

Ah, NOW I understand. The hard copy note I was working form is clearly the source from which the London Assembly were also working. I can confirm that the note I was using is not copyright and was actually supplied to me by the author who knew of my interest in the area, and knew that I inteneded to use it to improve the wikipedia entry. He is one of the "officers" of TravelWatch mentioned in the London Assembly report (but not by name) as having assisted. I take your point about the need to paraphrase more than I did.

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Hi, I put the reference to BBC www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-40188193 In fact, the issue is of extreme importance for the Sark economy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.153.136.1 (talk) 22:24, 2 August 2017 (UTC) If you disagree, you are welcome to add other facts, but it is impolite to ignore the issue in general. Sark is an offshore financial centre, and the issue of companies is essential to understanding its money-making mechanism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.153.136.1 (talk) 22:33, 2 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for posting to my talk page. As you are an IP editor and so may well not have a stable talk page address, I am replying to you here.

1. I would urge you, if you wish to get into debates on Wikipedia (and, indeed, the more the merrier) to register with a username as that will give you a talk page that can be used reliably. Apart from anything else currently, so far as I know, there is no way that I can be sure that you have been notified of this reply, and you might miss it.

2. With respect, your comments would have been best placed on the talk page of the article where more people would see it. Obviously if the two of us were to continue to disagree about the content of the article it would be important for other editors to be aware of that - we may have to build consensus. Of course it can be a good idea to post a note to the editor in question's talk page (ie in this case, mine) mentioning that a discussion has been started on the articles talk page. This is because when a post is made to my talk page I get an email notification - all the more reason for you to register and get your own talk page, I would have thought. I shall take the liberty of cutting and pasting this discussion to the talk page of the article, so that we can, if need be continue the discussion there.

3. Yes, I see you have reverted my edit in its entirety. I see you have therefore reinstated the use of the Sark Newsletter as a source, when it is clearly unreliable. I am minded to re edit so as to exclude the reference to the Sark Newsletter, and that part of the article that relies on this source. However I shall wait and see if there are comments from other editors.

4. I meant no discourtesy. Having been on wikipedia for a bit I am used to seeing edits, including mine, being, in their turn, edited robustly.

5. I look forward to continuing this discussion on the article talk page. I note your remark about the off shore financial industry of Sark and can see how further referenced information on that could be useful to the article. But, as on every thing else I would not put your trust in the Sark Newsletter......Daithidebarra (talk) 10:00, 3 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

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