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Hey, I see you created the Cornish Shinty Club, is it possible you can change that to the Cornwall Shinty Club as that is our official name. Thankyou


Welcome! Hi there - nice to see someone working on the Gaelic pages but before you do such large scale cuts, could you bring them up on the talk page? Not saying the article couldn't be improved but some of your changes are a little odd. Akerbeltz (talk) 22:14, 31 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox shinty league edit

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Speedy deletion nomination of Template:Infobox shinty league edit

 

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Hi. This month The Women in Red World Contest is being held to try to produce new articles for as many countries worldwide and occupations as possible. There is over £3000 in prizes to win, including Amazon vouchers and paid subscriptions. Wikimedia UK is putting up £250 specifically for editors who produce the most quality new women bios for British women, with special consideration given to missing notable biographies from the Oxford Dictionary of Biography and Welsh Dictionary of Biography. If you're not interested in prize money yourself but are willing to participate independently this is also fine, but please add any articles created to the bottom of the main contest page even if not competing. Your participation in the contest and contributing articles on British women from your area or wherever would we much appreciated. Thanks.

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Proposed deletion of Sandy Brechin edit

 

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Nomination for deletion of Template:South Division Two 2008 edit

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Proposed deletion of Paul MacArthur edit

 

The article Paul MacArthur has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Sportsperson who fails GNG and SPORTSBASIC

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