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Hi, I've tidied up some of your edits, mainly typos and grammar, please preview your edits before saving. Regards --palmiped |  Talk  10:58, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

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I have I think fixed the [[Northhampton errors - a review by someone who has the source named andrewmartin in the article would be good. Newystats (talk) 03:07, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

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Leicester

Thanks for your work on Leicester. Apologies if I inadvertently removed any of your material in my effort to get back towards a properly cited article. Regards JRPG (talk) 06:57, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Scaldwell

I've gone ahead and re-written the section of the Scaldwell article that covers ironstone quarrying. I'm afraid most of the facts you've added are incorrect. I've gone back to Eric Tonks' book and updated the information from there, so it is accurate. Thanks, Railfan23 (talk) 01:05, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Knipton

I have reverted your edit which is frankly inappropriate. The addition I made to Knipton was referenced and accurate, while yours was neither of those things. Please work towards improving the encyclopedia, rather than making it into a local guide. Thanks, Railfan23 (talk) 04:31, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

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Edit Reversion

Hi Spinney Hill, I saw your comment on my edit here. Based on WP:MOS, US should be used rather than the more archaic USA. Additionally, there were other corrections included in that edit that shouldn't have been reverted. In the future, could you check with the previous editor about concerns you have before reverting, so it doesn't end up looking like an edit war when it gets changed back? Cinnamingirl (talk) 17:48, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Hey, regarding your revert [1], Soviet Russia is a common name for Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic before it was merged into USSR. Also considering the date of signing the treaty it would be more suitable to use the first flag of it Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic#History in that article.--Staberinde (talk) 11:20, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

Regarding the name, there is also an issue at the time of signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk country was named "Russian Soviet Republic", that Federative Socialist was added only in July (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic#Nomenclature).--Staberinde (talk) 20:28, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Brixworth Church Friends link

Hey there. So I removed the link as it's not encyclopaedically about the town. The church has its own article and the link is perfectly fine there, just not on the article about the town. It's not friends of Brixworth, it's friends of the church and therefore not relevant to an article on the town. Canterbury Tail talk 12:24, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

UK COVID page

Spinney, I have to agree with Defacto, even if you find a source to support the things, which you should have done in the first place, there is no way you can keep what you reverted in the article. It is way too detailed and is full of irrelevant things. For example do we really need to know who was driving? Yes I agree with the comment about being near his sister as that was Cummings reasons for travelling and the PM response to it but, please keep it brief. Games of the world (talk) 10:19, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

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Debenhams revert

Hi. Don't mind that you reverted. If you feel strongly it should be there, I'm OK with that. Just to explain I was thinking of WP:NOTDIRECTORY and WP:NOTNEWS. It's a slippery slope discussing individual branch news of major retailers. Mark83 (talk) 19:58, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Lord Milner, The Peace Treaty

Hi. I corrected and brought back a paragraph you deleted at the bottom of the chapter above. I think it is much clearer. Any problems, please let me know. John Milner. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lord Milner (talk • contribs) 06:17, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Northampton article

You are doing good work on this but it still has a way to go to achieve wp:GA (if you really want to do that! Trust me, it took a lot of work to get Milton Keynes to that status). Up to you of course but could I suggest that you create a new article, History of Northampton, hive off a lot of the material in this article to it, and then just have a summary? As the article stands, the current history section is overwhelming and takes the whole article close to WP:TLDR territory. I found that the key is to be ruthless with your editor's blue pen and really make the sections as concise as you can – which is heart-breaking at times and the only way to cope is to create subsidiary articles where you can put the detail. Try to write for someone from Northampton, Massachusetts, not from Kingsthorpe. Best wishes! --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 14:04, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Where...

...did you find that edit by user 86.134.165.116? I don't see it in his edit log. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:40, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Never mind, I figured it out. He had previously reposted it along with an item under another one of his sock IP addresses... before an admin deleted it... and before you restored it again. :( ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:33, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

What you did "wrong" was to restore a comment posted by a banned user, as his "contrib" page shows. Banned users are not allowed to edit. And reposting of a banned user's removed comments can get you into Wiki-trouble. Not in this case, because admin Jayron posted a disclaimer of sorts. Just be a little more cautious in future. :) ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:48, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Oh, I see you took it down. Thank you for that. :) For future reference, there's this article called "Banned means banned". :) ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:57, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Please don't beat yourself up over this minor thing. It's all a learning experience. :) ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 12:21, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

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Why have you spread false information about Marjorie Taylor Greene? I would like to see your sources of the claims you are making. 2600:1702:560:88D0:F52B:63CE:B09A:4039 (talk) 15:20, 4 November 2021 (UTC) I have not spread any false information. I have merely attempted to make what information was already there more easy to read.Spinney Hill (talk) 09:13, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

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1918

Hello. WP:SDNOTDEF says avoid duplicating info already in the article title. Thanks. – S. Rich (talk) 14:37, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

I see that but it also says "but don't worry too much if you need to repeat a word or two for context)" I think it would cause confusion if it were left out. It makes it clear that it was not part of one of the 1914 or the 1916 offensive. It could say instead " a battle of the first world war"— Preceding unsigned comment added by Spinney Hill (talk • contribs)

Since "1918" is part of the article title we don't need to repeat it. "a battle of the first world war" is fine too, but does it make the SD too long? – S. Rich (talk) 14:39, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

I don't think so but I haven' re-checked the guidance. It does include the word battle. Spinney Hill (talk) 21:25, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

Afsluitdijk May 2022

You corrected a rather obscure sentence in this article. Actually the original was correct because the statue had been moved to the monument's surroundings. Your wording is much better (thank you). I've just added 'near to the monument' to restore the original meaning. OrewaTel (talk) 01:22, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

CBS

Why did you change New York City (correct) to New York City (incorrect), and then revert me when I fixed it? Magnolia677 (talk) 23:44, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Sorry I was more concerned about the other changes you made and it was late at night here in England and I nneeded to go to bed,I have changed the link. Spinney Hill (talk) 08:02, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

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Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi

Hi, just to let you know that the article was originally written in British English, but was changed by User:Sqzx in July 2014. Regards Denisarona (talk) 08:54, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Noted. Spinney Hill (talk) 09:02, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

There's no page, though.

Howdy. There's is no page called "Canadian royal family". There's only a section, within the Monarchy of Canada page, fwiw. GoodDay (talk) 15:18, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Thats as near as makes no difference and there is a redirect to that page Spinney Hill (talk) 21:36, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

RfC at British royal family

Hey--Could you please add a "yes" or "comment" or, I guess possibly a "no" at the opening of your statement at Talk:British royal family#Survey? I assume you're stating your position is "yes". But, I don't want to tamper with your words for fear of misrepresenting your position and, so, would prefer if you'd do so, yourself. Thanks. ₪ MIESIANIACAL 18:57, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Suburbs of Northampton

I don't want to tag as "failed verification", but I can't see how the Moulton Parish Council page supports the statement? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 15:58, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

It says many people who live in Moulton work in Northampton and this has been true for some time have done since the nineteenth century. It also says it is close to Northampton. It is in fact joined onto the town-its part of the same built up area. I think those facts fit the definition of a suburb. It doesn't have to be spelt out in the source. I hope to be able to find more sources for Moulton and some of the other places. This is all a work in progress.. Do you know of a better sources. I do have some books about Northampton wjhich I shall be consulting. I live there (Northampton) and all this seems very obvious. Its just finding the sources to satisfy the "sources police. Do you know of some good sources on this kind of thing? Spinney Hill (talk) 16:55, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

Woodcote Park

Hi Spinney Hill, I've added some information on the camp/hospital at Woodcote_Park#First_world_war. Please feel free to expand further, it's a significant part of the location's history and there is a plethora of sources about it! Particularly interesting for me, as I grew up in the area! Best wishes Polyamorph (talk) 08:25, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Humberstone on John Raphael Rodrigues Brandon

I see you reverted my disambiguation of Humberstone on John Raphael Rodrigues Brandon. I noticed your edit summary about "shire" etc but it still links to a dab page. The reader may click on the link and not know which place called Humberstone is being referred to - therefore a piped link to Humberstone and Hamilton which doesn't change what the reader sees but takes them to the right article is appropriate.

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Yes I know what happens when you press a link. My point was that Humberstone, Leicester conveys to the reader who doesn't press the link the present status of Humberstone (i.e. part of the City of Leicester) rather than the status in Brandon's time (i.e a village in a rural part of the county.) Spinney Hill (talk) 21:16, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

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