User talk:M.R.Forrester

Proposed deletion of Septwolves (clothing)

The article Septwolves (clothing) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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Bury

Hi Sam. Thanks for clearing the vandalism on my Bury page. This goon has hit us before. Only he can find this banality funny. Just wondering, why don't you just go back and save the oldest non-vandalised revision, instead of working your way through each of his edits? Derbydave 13:28, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't realize it was possible. Do you get a diff on the current and last good versions, and then undo current version? Also, it's Matt, not Sam - I've just changed my sig to make that clearer). Matt's talk 22:57, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Matt. No. Just look at the history list and open the version before the vandal hit. There's a big warning at the top saying it's an older version. Then click to edit it. Save it. Leave a line that begins "rv" (short for reverted vandalism) and a brief comment about what you've done. Simple. Hope this helps. Derbydave 19:45, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the useful advice! Matt's talk 22:23, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Beijing

Hey M.R.Forrester! I'm currently planning the launch of the WikiProject Beijing, depending on if enough other editors would be interested in such a project. I saw you have edited the main Beijing page recently or in several times in the past and therefor might be interested. If you are, please sign: User:Poeloq/WikiProject_Beijing. As I am posting this to quite a few editors, I am not watching your page and would ask you to reply with any comment or questions on my talk page. Cheers, Poeloq (talk) 21:31, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

National Cancer Survivors Day

I have added more references to the article, including a list from the Department of Health which shows the countries involved. I hope this is sufficient, and I should have added the reference earlier, thank you for brining it to my attention! Scapler (talk) 22:19, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

After looking over your recommendations and support, I have changed the page to reflect what you have pointed out. I suppose I just made the process longer by reverting your edits, but consensus drives everything, and (the miracle of Wikipedia) works! I must say, I am not an inexperienced editor, but this is the second time this week that I have been humbled. Thank you for improving the page. Cheers!

Scapler (talk) 22:42, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar of Civility

		Civility Award
		This barnstar is awarded for being civil and kind, even while dealing with my passionate stubbornness Scapler (talk) 23:24, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

SM Lifestyle Center

I might have misread something, yeah. Anyway, it would've been a no consensus keep anyway, the dang thing got relisted 12 times. :-P Seriously, I'd give it the benefit of the doubt considering I can't read Chinese. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 15:24, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Li Yong

Thanks for notifying me - I have stubbed Li Yong the polition at (guess where) Li Yong (politician). I'll try to expand this article to at least DYK status and any help would be appreciated. ~the editorofthewiki ^{(talk/contribs/editor review)}~ 01:29, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My Userpage

M.R.Forrester, your opinion is appreciated

Hello M.R.Forrester, and first of all, thank you for your time. I am seeking input regarding my userpage. My userpage, and the header for the rest of my pages, reflects my personality, that is to say they are incredibly quirky. While this appeals to me, I would greatly appreciate the opinions of other editors I have interacted with on the site. So, as an editor I have come to respect, I kindly beseech you to place any comments, ideas, or opinions you may have on the subject of my userpage or page navigation header bar on the corresponding talk page. Thank you friend, and cheers! Scapler (talk) 17:42, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks for the barnstar!!! Yes, I feel honoured to be addressed by Arilang as "Teacher". ☺Coppertwig(talk) 13:25, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Christ Church, Wharton

You may be interested in the new stub for CCW: [[1]]

These sections are needed to bring it in line with other entries for Cheshire churches:

1 History 2 Structure 3 Fittings and furnishings 4 External features 5 Notes --Rhodian (talk) 18:34, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Chinese languages/dialects

I noticed you had contributed in the past to discussions on the Chinese languages/dialects. If you have time, please take a look at Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_(Chinese)#Language.2FDialect_Names and offer your opinion. Colipon+(T) 23:41, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

But, but, but, but... :)

Thanks for the link! I guess I figured you couldn't use any of the conjunctions at the start of a sentence. But, I didn't realize how often it occurred in literature. And, I did find the Sino-British relations article interesting. I got there from that current events article, but I stayed with the interesting history of Hong Kong. Pretty cool stuff. Viennaiswaiting (talk) 19:58, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

IBT

Found a source for David Jang founding International Business Times: [2].(user:mercurywoodrose)99.14.218.50 (talk) 21:26, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Public holidays in Mainland China‎ -> Public holidays in China‎

I have put in a request to undo this move as above. The common name of the country is China so that's all that's needed in the title. The formal name is the People's Republic of China but consensus is recent discussions has been to prefer China for article titles to do with the country. 'Mainland China' is even less appropriate – it's used in very few places, mostly in Greater China e.g. Hong Kong, Taiwan and when discussing them, but not generally or widely.--JohnBlackburne^words_deeds 04:24, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

French lesions

Don't Leave us on tenterhooks. How did your language tutorial go? --Aspro (talk) 21:24, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Cobra

Deferring to you on this... I guess I'm just an American out of the loop, because until today I'd have though this was a Captain America thing :) GorillaWarfare (talk) 05:22, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@GorillaWarfare: I'm equally clueless about Captain America! "COBRA" for the meeting is recent journospeak that has yet to make it into standard dictionaries and the usage isn't obvious. Matt's talk 01:24, 24 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

MfD nomination of Draft:European Union (Withdrawal) Bill 2017-19 (Gibraltar)

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Removing categories

Hi, I've reverted you removal of the Lord spiritual category from David Urquhart (bishop) (and all the others). There is no need to remove categories when they are not current; in fact, it is not not helpful and don't do it. They still apply for past categorisations, such as Urquhart formerly being a lord spiritual, so that category rightfully belongs on the article. Hope that makes sense, Gaia Octavia Agrippa ^Talk 13:28, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Gaia Octavia Agrippa Thank you taking the time to explain and patiently and politely reverting my unhelpful edits. After looking at more examples, you are clearly right on the general point, although I haven't yet found a policy anywhere saying so. At the moment, Category:Lords Spiritual seems to only contain people who have held office very recently (since about 2015), which is really weird when there have been thousands of Lords Spiritual over the course of three millennia, so I thought it was functioning something like Category:Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017. Matt's talk 00:10, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]