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Reversion in Error

Thanks for your note on my talk page. You mentioned that my reversion was unnecessary "when simple checks would usually prevent any confusion," but please keep in mind that it is your job as an editor to support your edits. There was nothing in your edit that did this, other than your rejection of another editor's revert of the same change. We do not claim to be all-knowing. But that's exactly why a change of the nature you made, which I feel you probably knew would be met with skepticism from a large percentage of knowledgeable persons, should have been supported by your references. No one is going to do your homework for you, especially when it consists of unusual additions to long-standing articles. kcylsnavS{^screech_harrass} 00:30, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

With respect, the list of officers was expanded (including the listing of the office of Janitor) on 15 September 2010 - some eight and a half months ago. The addition is therefore pretty "long-standing" itself. I am amazed to read your words "which I feel you probably knew would be met with skepticism from a large percentage of knowledgeable persons" - that makes no sense. "Janitor" is the usual name for this officer in the largest part of the world, and as the references I have cited reveal, it is also known as a title even in North America (in both Canada and the United States), even if the title "Tyler" or "Tiler" is more common in the USA. I had absolutely no reason to suspect that reverting to a long-standing, well-established, and well-known fact would "be met with skepticism" by anyone at all! In practice, as you well know, no editor supports his every statement with references - it would make the task impossible. Some things are simply stated as self-evident. It remains open to another editor, of course, to attach a citation tag, in which case references must be found. The problem in this case was that there were no tags used, just a removal of content. I quite accept that the first editor to do this did it in genuine error, caused at root by the differences between the English and American languages; my point is that had I stumbled upon a similar situation, involving well-established editors (not anonymous IP addresses, red-linked user names, or editors with a history of causing problems) I would have checked my facts before simply making the same reversion again. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 21:53, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Good points all. kcylsnavS{^screech_harrass} 19:58, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Well, all's well that ends well. In the UK we would say at this point "let's sweep it under the carpet" (is that also a phrase known in America?), which sounds very appropriate given that the sweeping might be the duty of the janitor (US sense)! Sincerely and fraternally, TT. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 20:25, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

In American English we sweep it under the rug. I think the reason is that carpets are fixed to the floor wall-to-wall whereas rugs are smaller and placed as needed. In fact I think I remember, from a time when I was even younger than I am now, that people said "wall-to-wall carpet" and "throw rug." It would be interesting to know if "carpet" and "rug" are abbrevs. of those older terms. kcylsnavS{^screech_harrass} 23:21, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Ruth Gledhill writes: Why have you got it in for me Timothy Titus?

Welcome back!

He lives! Welcome back, TT. ^talkGiler 08:52, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! It is indeed good to be alive again. I shall be dropping you an email within the next 24 hours, concerning various matters... Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 21:44, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Harvey Grammar School

Thanks for your comment. I see your point and have modified the Harvey Grammar School article so that the comparison of once-secret vs now-public tourist attraction is made. Feel free to take a look and update it further if you wish. Thanks also for assuming good faith; it's a principle I firmly believe in. Truthanado 17:46, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to WikiProject Trains

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License tagging for Image:Moneghetti.JPG

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Go away, you tiresome little robot. Wikipedia is for humans. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 23:19, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:UK-customs-cpo.JPG

Image Copyright problem

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Go away, you tiresome little robot. Wikipedia is for humans. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 20:41, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Talking back to robots, eh? I like your style... ^talkGiler 13:15, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Lol - thank you! They do annoy me. You post an image and before you have time to add your favourite copyright tag some tedious little nerd has sent his bot round to have a go at you! It really is too much. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 14:28, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Grand Chancellor

Hi... thanks for asking and not getting into a revert war. Several reasons for my edit... First, I am actually debating whether to cut the bit about the one lodge that has a Chancellor since, as far as I know, it is unique to that one lodge... While there might be one or two others, the office is so rare that I don't really think it merits mention. Lots of lodges have unique offices that fit their needs and desires (for example, my Lodge has an officer called the "Master of Fellowcraft", who is responsible for organizing the team of brothers who play the 12 Fellowcraft in the Hyramic Drama) but I don't think there is a need to include discussion of these unique officers in a list that is trying to discuss all of Freemasonry. Grand Chancellor is slightly different, While rare, it is not unique... it is used by more than one Grand Lodge. So it deserves some mention. As it is a Grand Lodge Office, it has the word "Grand" attached. The jurisdictions that have this office call it "Grand Chancellor"... so should we. Hope that clarifies my reasoning. Blueboar 17:25, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Actually, if poet loreat exists in only one lodge, I would say we should definitely cut that as well. This has to to with notability. We could include hundreds of "one off" line and non-line positions if we went down that road. I just don't think an office that exists in only a few lodges (I will accept your statement that it is three for Chancellor) needs to be included in the list... it isn't all that notable. It is the type of information that is important to the brethren of the lodge and the office holder... but the rest of Masonry, not to mention the rest of the world, does not really care.

As to the title Grand... I guess the solution to that is for us to ask: what do the various Grand Lodge's actually call the position? I don't think they use "Grand" for the "Superintendant of Works", but they use "Grand" for the "Grand Chancellor". Blueboar 18:53, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

I did some checking on the web... almost evrey GL affixes "Grand" to all of their titles... thus, I have conformed everything in the section to include the word "Grand"... from "Grand Sword Bearer", through "Grand Superintendant of Works", to "Grand Keeper of The Rest Room Key", etc.

I think that should settle the issue? Blueboar 21:25, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

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Exsessive deletion

I appreciate your work in tidying up wikipedia, but please:

• don't remove red links to pages with potential wikipedia aricles: red links are invitations to write these articles
• don't delete redirects and disambiguation pages. These are technical navigation pages and some of them are necessary when reading older versiona of wikipedia articles.

`'Míkka>t 18:48, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Buncton

In your recent addition to the Buncton page you include "the same year as the most recent change of Parish priest."

• This does not seem to be appropriate for inclusion in an encyclopedia. It is only of ephemeral interest.
• The comment seems to imply that the new vicar is in some way connected with the act of vandalism. If this is intentional you should should remove it unless you have evidence. If it is not intended then perhaps you should reconsider the way it is phrased (if you think the comment is needed at all.)

Let me know what you think.--Doug (talk) 22:15, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Anglicanism

I saw your comment on Fishhead64 (talk · contribs) talk page. You self-identify as an Anglican priest. Well, do I have a project for you; one that needs more Anglican priests! Would you like to join the WikiProject focusing on Anglicanism and the Anglican Communion: WikiProject Anglicanism. Our goal is to improve and expand Anglican-related articles. Fishead64 founded the project. If you are interested, read over the project page and consider signing up. Cheers! Wassupwestcoast (talk) 21:28, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

The Real G-Unit BarnStar!

		The Fraternity/Sorority Barnstar
		For being apart of WikiProject Freemasonry! InvisibleDiplomat666 05:32, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

comma after "i.e."

Hello. Thank you for your comment at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:172.191.75.88&redirect=no on 08:36, 10 April 2008 (UTC). Sorry. I did know that, actually, but I could swear that I read on one of the ten billion behind-the-scenes pages at Wikipedia that the Wikipedia style is to put a comma after “i.e.” I don’t remember seeing that page recently, and it could have been from literally years ago by now. Unfortunately, either I am remembering it wrong, the policy got changed, or I just can’t find the right page. Sorry to bug you! (I edited the page again because I put the second period in “i.e.” back in. Left the comma out this time though!) anon 12:36, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Gibraltar

Hi Timothy, thanks for uploading those images! I was wondering if you would know why the offical website cites the bishop's name as Douglas Geoffrey Rowell? --Gibmetal 77^talk 19:04, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply, I must have missed it in the lead of his own article. You wouldn't happen to have any other photographs of Gibraltar that would be useful in any of the related articles by any chance, would you? --Gibmetal 77^talk 20:19, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

OK, thanks. It would be greatly appreciated if you do :) --Gibmetal 77^talk 21:40, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Wandsworth Parks Police

Thank you for your balanced view and kind words on the discussion page. Mowthegrass (talk) 20:13, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

I second the comments from mowthegrass and add my own thanks for supplying a calming influence when things became heated.Chief ironside (talk) 12:39, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks to you both, for your kind comments. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 23:00, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

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I recommend you create List of Diplomatic Missions in Gibraltar and compile as per other similar articles.

Kransky (talk) 08:22, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi Timothy Minimax or what ever he/she is has obviously got a grudge I will not be taking it seriously. Mowthegrass (talk) 05:19, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Picture of WPP I have uploaded a picture but cannot fathom out how to place into article. I have placed a link to th picture could you be so kind to insert it for me? Mowthegrass (talk) 09:24, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for putting the photo on.Mowthegrass (talk) 22:09, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Wandsworth Parks Police

I have responded to your concerns addressed on my talk page by responding there, as well as starting a thread at Wikiproject law enforcement and the talk page at Talk:Wandsworth Parks Police. Chrislk02 ^{Chris Kreider} 19:13, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Grand Officer

You mention you are a grand officer, what position do you hold? What grand lodge? Chrislk02 ^{Chris Kreider} 19:17, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

The position is Assistant Grand Chaplain, and the Grand Lodge is the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE), the 'original' masonic grand lodge, dating from 1717. As a point of interest, I am a member of the Royal Somerset House & Inverness Lodge No 4 (London), which is one of the four lodges (three still working, but the other one erased) which first 'invented' the concept of a Grand Lodge, and formed one (in 1717). Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 19:33, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Cool, thanks for the information. Chrislk02 ^{Chris Kreider} 19:35, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

I don't have a photo on Wikipedia, but you can see me dressed as a Grand Officer on my eBay page. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 19:38, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Appears that you are very busy with masonry. I sometimes with I had more time to devote to it. I am sure I will have much more time when I finish my masters degree. I have actualyl chosen not to join any pendant bodies yet because I want to make sure what time I do have, I devote to the blue lodge. Chrislk02 ^{Chris Kreider} 19:43, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Very wise! The rest is great fun, but is also very much "add on", in my opinion. The heart of masonry is the Craft ('blue lodge', as you say in the US), and when time is limited, it is the Craft Lodge that should get our chief attention. Masonry is a great institution - I can't praise it highly enough. I'm glad you're part of it! Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 19:48, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

I hope Timothy you would include the H.R.A. in with Craft for the English Brethren. TopCat666 (talk) 18:59, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes. For us, and for others who follow the 'English pattern', I certainly would! The Craft and the Royal Arch are always my priorities - anything else I do according to available resources of time and money! Though when discussing such things with our American brethren, things are a little different - as you know, everything 'beyond the Craft' (including the Royal Arch) is rather different over there. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 03:29, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Timothy, forgive me I was teasing you a bit, I knew you are a Grand Chaplain and some of the differences between all the G.L's over the world so I knew you would. Mowthegrass (talk) 07:45, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

List of rivers by length

Per your comment here, I've made some changes. Is this any better? Unschool (talk) 17:31, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks Unschool - I think that is a great improvement - thanks for doing the work! --Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 08:00, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome

Hello Timothy Titus. Thanks for your message and you are welcome. I probably should have left a warning after this persons first edit but I did not know whether this was a one off or not. Your leaving a warning on their talk page prompted me to leave more. Thanks for your help too in keeping an eye on these pages. Cheers and happy editing. MarnetteD | Talk 20:27, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Trans Karoo Express

I was under the impression (though I don't know for a fact), that the Trans Karoo is now defunct at least as a name. And that the route now falls under Shosholoza Meyl, which lists that JHB -> CT route. So I think it's appropriate to merge the pages, unless I'm missing something? 9Nak (talk) 16:56, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

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Port of Dover Police

Timothy - sorry, you are wrong re their jurisdiction. Please remember the legislation states: "Officers are appointed by two Justices of the Peace to be constables within the limits of the Harbour, Dock, Pier and premises of the undertakers (Dover Harbour Board) and within one mile of the same." Quoted from their website. This is victorian piece of legislation reads that it means within 1 mile of the harbour estate not any premises owned by the company anywhere. Otherwise by your argument, if the company owned a building in say London or Birmingham the POD police would have jurisdiction within a mile of that building which I can categorically state that they don't. Look at the department of transport website for the details re port police jursidiction if you doubt me. They're currently thinking about changing the law. Regards Dibble999 (talk) 21:43, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Greatstone Dunes railway station

I don't suppose that you;d be able to supply geographic coordinates for Greatstone Dunes railway station or the War Department Halt railway station? There's an initiative underway to geocode all disused station articles, and these two elude us right now. thanks --Tagishsimon (talk) 23:20, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

That's excellent, Timothy. Many thanks. Noting your comments about best endeavors, I'm inclined to use these for the articles, since they're perhaps tens of yards out, but still point to the general location. I see the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway article does not state whether the staff of the railway are permanent, volunteers or a combination. You might be in a position to attend to that. Meanwhile I'll try to get down to Kent one day to see this railway; it's good to know that such things exist. --Tagishsimon (talk) 18:14, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

btw, I stole some of your words, but did give you an edit summary credit. Hope you don't mind.

Help

I've been hit by Elonka's wipeout blocking policy. Will an Admin please restore me! Thank you.

Help Again

Second time in an hour. What is going on? We have some seriously over-zealous admins causing trouble today. This time it's Theresa Knott. Would someone kindly unblock me - again. Thank you.

I'm so sorry about that. Has it been sorted or is there more I need to do to unblock everyone? Theresa Knott | token threats 13:31, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

This is essentially BT's fault - the blocking admins weren't to know that BT would suddenly route all thier wikipedia traffic through one ip again - sorry for the inconvenience. Viridae^Talk 13:47, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Nickel Plate Railroad and template

The problem with the link is that Nickel Plate Railroad properly redirects to New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad. If I recall the miniature line doesn't have an article (though I could certainly be wrong), and I wasn't sure how to name it. That's the only reason I took it out. Mangoe (talk) 17:49, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Understood - though in fact I changed the wikilink a little while ago, so that the false redirection no longer occurs. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 18:59, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

RE: British police rank insignia

Hello Timothy Titus, I'd just like to say thanks for you uploading those images, as the templates were really in need of them. Thanks again, Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 16:41, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Jack. Thanks for your comment on my talk page - it is so nice to get polite messages sometimes! I had been meaning to make those images for ages, but never had the time, but I have a day off today, so I made a start. I agree, they were long overdue! Keep up the good work on Wikipedia, and thanks again for your message. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 17:32, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Your welcome. Seeing that your a religious man, today at school we was watching a video in Religious Education about a weeping statue, do you believe they can actually weep (If you dont mind me asking of course, just that I thought you would be a good person to ask, seeing whats on your userpage) Thanks, Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 17:58, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi again Jack. Statues definitely can't weep - I've got statues in my church and in my house, and they never cry, because they're made of plaster or wood, and they don't have tear ducts. So the 'default' answer is, of course, that statues don't and can't cry. However, I DO believe in miracles, and a miracle is when God causes something to happen that shouldn't be able to happen according to the normal laws of nature and science. For example, the first miracle that Jesus did was to turn water into wine at a wedding reception in Cana, Galilee, when the guests had drunk so much that the original wine supply had run out. We all know that water can't suddenly become wine, therefore it was a miracle. In other words, because God made the laws of nature and science, God can break those laws as well - but he only does so for very special reasons. So, back to those statues! I think that God CAN make a statue weep if he has some special reason for doing so, or thinks it will inspire people towards some particular role. It's not normal, and it's not usual, and we certainly have to watch out for people trying to trick us with 'false miracles' because they want to make a quick cash profit; but after all of that, yes, miraculously God CAN make a statue weep if he wants to - but it would be a very rare thing!

On the police front, you've so inspired me with your thank you message that I've finished off the other ones. I've just got a new puppy, a week ago, (not sure if Facebook will let you look, but if so, here's a picture of him: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1971240&op=1&o=global&view=global&subj=560306718&id=611561562) and we're still house training him, so there isn't much spare time at the moment! However, I sat down and made myself do all the insignia for the Chief Officer ranks - have a look - they're all there now.

I see you're from East Anglia. I'm in London, but I used to live in East Anglia - in Suffolk, in a small town called Halesworth. Enjoy the police insignia! Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 19:33, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello again, I understand what you are saying on the statue front, and I agree with what you think. Congratulations on getting a puppy, like getting a new member of the family I expect, but Facebook wont let be look. Thanks again for finishing off the template, appreciated. Regards, Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 15:13, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

I know of your old town actually, never been to it though. By the way, what breed is the puppy? Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 15:35, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

		The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
		I should have given this to you in the first place, but better late than never! Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 08:34, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Jack. Many thanks for the GDBarnstar - very much appreciated! Having finished the generic police ranks template, and the Met Pol version, I also completed the Isle of Man version, complete with their rather splendid epaulettes which have (at least for PCs and Sgts) a metal force crest above the collar number. I'd been meaning to do this for some time, since the IOM Police are cited on the Police ranks of the United Kingdom page as an example of a force with fewer chief officer grades.

Ah, the puppy...! Sorry Facebook wouldn't let you look. The reason I first mentioned him to you is that I thought you might quite like the breed - he is a German Shepherd, as generally used by most forces as a General Purpose police dog. They're not great for drugs or explosives detection, but they're brilliant for searches, tracking, and for catching and disarming criminals. We had an attempted burglary at my house 3 weeks ago during the night - I disturbed the burglars and chased them down the street. The Met were brilliant, and we had 8 officers here within a few minutes of my 999 call, but we also decided to add a big dog to the family unit, and a German Shepherd seemed the obvious choice! At the moment he's a little bundle of fun, but he's growing fast and will soon be a formidable guard dog. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 11:08, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello Timothy. Your welcome for the Barnstar, you did plenty of hard work on them templates, and I saw you what you did on the IOM template, which was good of you. On the puppy front, its a shame that Facebook would not let me look. German Sepherd is one of my favourite breed of dog, one of the reasons being that they are used as GP dogs. Sorry to learn about the burglary, but good on you for chasing them. Glad to hear that the Met were good, they have had a hard time recently. Dont blame you on adding a big dog, I imagine it would certainly deter. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 18:33, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

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Ataturk

I'd be slow to call this vandalism. After all, the information is in dispute. It's like the Jefferson argument... --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 22:43, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Fair enough; though I'd not be so slow to do so - and wasn't! This person has carried out the same edit twice in 24 hours, with no citation, no supporting evidence, no edit summary, and no attempt to join in the discussion, in fact no comment of any kind; at the same time, part of what he's removing is a series of well cited references in support of the entry. In any case, it is questionable whether this information really IS "in dispute". A good number of citations have been provided (more than sufficient secondary sources from a Wikipedian point of view), but I don't actually see any real 'evidence' to suggest that Ataturk was not a mason, merely a couple of editors who seem to be saying "we don't want him to have been one, therefore we won't accept it". In any case, the last post in that debate was almost a year ago, as consensus appears to have been reached. Debate can go on for so long, but at some point, when the evidence all piles up one way, a persistent refusal to accept publication of the well-cited data has to become simple vandalism. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 03:08, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

HSB

Although we don't see eye to eye on this subject, I admire the hours you put in to transforming the blank plot listings into a useful series of summaries. Well done.

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For your many hours spent watching old episodes of Hill Street Blues, to bring precise detail to the wikipedia article, identify all the precincts, highlight character promotions, expand the character lists, and enter almost all the episode plot guides - well done. Chris Golds (talk) 21:42, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Chris Golds (talk) 21:42, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Flockton Flyer

Hi there. I am enjoying reading your updates to The Flockton Flyer (refreshingly free of anything needing correction, thank you!) -- I trust you're enjoying the DVD too.

Just a note regarding your latest addition. You mention the publication of a book, within the episode summary, but there is no mention of it before hand. Could you add a paragraph/section to introduce the book, above the plot summaries, so that readers understand how the book relates to the TV series, and, most importantly, which led to which...?

Cheers -- EdJogg (talk) 09:21, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi - many thanks for your comments. Having looked back through past edits, I had noticed that you were an accurate editor also! It's good that some of us do it carefully!! Nonetheless, feel free to jump in and change anything of mine. In response to what you say about the book, yes I quite agree. I will do exactly what you suggest, at some point within the next 24 hours. I am indeed enjoying the DVD. I remember the programmes surprisingly well from 1977/78 (when I was 10 years old). At the time I had just started OO modelling, and my first loco was a GWR panier tank, so it all felt very personal. For the next 15 years I only modelled GWR! All best, Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 11:07, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

So we are of a similar age - and my first (new) loco was also a Hornby Pannier (the very first one was a ropey secondhand Triang Jinty), but living in Slough it was natural to model the GWR anyway (and diesel-hydraulics!!)

Strangely I don't think I ever saw the programmes, although I was aware of them. The article states they were broadcast on Monday afternoons, and ours was a "BBC + Blue Peter" family, so maybe that won out? Memories of that era are getting rather hazy now!

I came to the article after becoming aware of the impending DVD release and thought the article should be knocked into shape beforehand, as it is THE (only decent) source of information about the programme on the Web (no pressure there then!). It could do with a picture or two, though, and it should have an {{Infobox Television}} template added (you have the necessary information to hand :o) )

I will keep shadowing your changes: as I know they'll need little work, the fact that the watchlist shows a 'large' change is not a problem in this case. Once you've finished the plots we can look for where extra wikilinks might be helpful

EdJogg (talk) 13:08, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

May 2009

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Thank you for your "Welcome" - however, as I've been editing on Wikipedia regularly for two and a half years, your welcome is a bit on the late side. That's because you're not a real person, you're a stupid bot. As I've said many times before, Wikipedia should be for real live human beings only. As for your crashing revert of my edit, I get that you didn't like the reference to uTube, but was that good reason for wiping out a whole series of edits which were designed to correct an important article section that had been tagged as being without citations? I had added multiple citations, and updated the section, all of which you wiped out. Why? I'll say it again: "because you're a stupid bot". Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 12:29, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Indian Rail

Lifeline Express is already in one of the sub categories. So the parent category was removed. The parent Category:Rail transport in India does not have any other such article. However if you feel strongly please feel free to revert.Thanks Shyamsunder (talk) 08:15, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Lousy arithmetic

Timothy, please see Talk:Sand Hutton Miniature Railway#Lousy arithmetic & the box of Sand Hutton Miniature Railway. Peter Horn User talk 18:07, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm afraid I can't help. Apart from enjoying parts of its stock transferred to Ravenglass, I don't know anything about this railway, and haven't been involved with the article previously (apart from adding the 15 in gauge railways infobox template, at a time when I was adding it to all 15 in gauge railway articles). Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 21:45, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

The following website may help: UK Rail Archive Peter Horn User talk 22:11, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Warnings to Izzac56

As he has already been blocked once for the same disruptive edits, there is no need to go through the different warning levels again. Just report him (I will do so this time). Blueboar (talk) 12:28, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Partially resolved

Well, he has been indef banned... but the problem continues in other forms. I suspect we have some sock puppetry going on. I have requested semi-protect, which should at least stop the IP vandalism. Blueboar (talk) 12:58, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

I agree - looks to me like sock puppetry. We will just have to remain vigilant. However, I see your semi-protect request has been actioned, which will certainly help. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 16:27, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Black Arrow

Would it be possible for you to add a reference for the information you added. It's currently listed as a Good Article, so we should try to keep it up to standards. --GW… 21:29, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Reliable sources

Hi there! Blogs and user-generated content are not reliable sources. You need to provide a third-party, reliable source that says the website went down because of the volume of complaints, rather than a blog that speculates that it might have done. How do we know it isn't down for general, planned maintenance? ➜Redvers^{talk  ❝It's bona to vada your dolly old eek❞} 14:50, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

My edit did not claim that the PCC website was down due to this issue. Read it again. My edit stated that the fact of the PCC website being down had created speculation that it was caused by this issue. A valid point, in my opinion, and the best possible in a current event. The first time I edited it I did indeed (due to hitting the wrong key in an attempted 'paste') fail to leave the URL for my reference. I corrected this within seconds, only to find an edit conflict with you. To say you are being zealous for this article is an understatement. I would have thought there was enough vandalism of it taking place to be able to avoid getting into edit wars with other clearly genuine editors of this encyclopedia. However, it is my policy to avoid such conflicts on Wikipedia, and I shall therefore walk away from this one. Feel free to adopt the Jan Moir page! I shall do my best to WP:AGF on your part, but regret that we have not made friends. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 15:00, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Your message

Dear Mr. TimothyTitus,

In a most superior and, if I may say, know-it-all manner, you attempted to "put me in my place" regarding one of my edits, namely the one regarding the membership in the Craft of the Prince Bethlen of Transsylvania. I answered you, but after several days it appears that you do not wish to stoop so low as to answer me. This is, I daresay, unworthy of someone who flaunts not only his status as a Clergyman, but also his supposedly advanced state in the Art. Considering this, all I can say is shame to you, Sir!

Firstly, your edit summary stated: "Removed Gabriel Bethlen, Prince of Transsylvania. He lived in the 16-17th centuries when there was no freemasonry." As I pointed out to you, entirely politely, that statement was not correct. You may very well be entirely correct in what you have subsequently stated on your own talkpage, about the date of the first lodge in Transsylvania and/or whether or not the prince ever travelled to England, but those are separate issues from the point I was making. I was not even suggesting that you were wrong in removing him from the original list - only that your edit summary gave the wrong reason for so doing. (Notwithstanding the fact, that none of your evidence proves he was not a mason - there were plenty of visitors from England to Transsylvania in his day, who could very easily have initiated him). Secondly, please always sign your comments, not only on your own talk page (where you failed to do so), but also on other people's talk pages (ref: your unsigned comment above). Thirdly, please do not leave rude messages on other people's talk pages - it is something we don't do on Wikipedia. Please read WP:AGF for more information. Do note that many editors (myself included) do not monitor talkpages on which they have left comments. I had no idea you had responded (on your own talkpage) to my original comment. Whether I had subsequently responded to you or not, it is unclear why you feel justified in leaving inappropriate content on my talk page, or what my profession or my status within the Craft has got to do with it, in any case. You choose to edit anonymously, as you may do if you wish, but most editors do leave a little information about themselves on their user page - it is a common feature of Wikipedia. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 02:34, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Holy Royal Arch

So if the status of HRA has been changed in the Grand Constitution for Chapter, is there now a conflict with the UGLE Constitutions, or were they similarly reworded? I assume from your phrasing that the Opening Statement was changed, but a direct quote and page would be useful (pre- and post-), and I know I only have one of those books, and I don't recall which one. MSJapan (talk) 18:33, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Yes indeed, the opening statement WAS also changed - so there is no conflict between the two. A whole host of optional ritual changes were also introduced, but the compulsory changes (for all ritual versions in England and Wales) were: (1) removal of the phrase "It may appear that tonight you have received a fourth degree, but this is not the case", as it is now accepted that the Royal Arch is A fourth degree (after EA, FC, MM), though not THE fourth degree of a continuous system; (2) plus removal of the phrase describing the Royal Arch as "the completion of the Third Degree of Craft Freemasonry". UGLE/SGC still acknowledges that "pure ancient Masonry" consists only of the three Craft degrees of EA, FC, & MM, plus the Order of the Royal Arch (which was its original position), but now acknowledges that the said Order of the Royal Arch consists of an independent, separate, and complete 'Royal Arch degree', rather than just a ceremony which completes the 3rd degree. I absolutely agree that a direct quote and page number would help - I had already thought of that - but like many UK masons I didn't bother buying a new copy after the changes in 2004 (which first appeared in print in the 2005 edition of the Book of Constitutions), and I am still working from my older (pre-change) version! Next time I'm in central London I should perhaps buy a new one. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 19:10, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

David Neal deletion

Hi! Actually, the article was about a non-notable fictional character in what may have been a self-published novel. It had been tagged as a speedy by another user. I'd never have deleted an article on a person of note such as you described. In fact, the David Neal you described seems overdue for an article. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 04:26, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

You are now a Reviewer

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, is currently undergoing a two-month trial scheduled to end 15 August 2010.

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under pending changes. Pending changes is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial. The list of articles with pending changes awaiting review is located at Special:OldReviewedPages.

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"Lent" cf. "Loaned"

Regarding the SMOM: I've no interest in battling reversions but do believe that "lent" (no, not capitalised!) is more apt than "loaned" in writing of temporary use of another's possessions. And that was taught at Winchester, forty-some years ago. Firstorm (talk) 22:04, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Files related to the UK police rank marking

You've created some files of the shoulder boards showing UK Police ranks, and I regard them as some really excellent works. However, it's a pity that these files are unavailable in non-English Wikipedia articles. I'm wondering whether you can help me add other templates to them (but I'm not very familiar with the GNU Free Documentation License) so that articles of Wikipedia written in other languages may make use of your work. Thank you very much!

The following are the files I mentioned:

• File:UK-police-01.PNG
• File:UK-police-02.PNG
• File:UK-police-03.PNG
• File:UK-police-04.PNG
• File:UK-police-05.PNG
• File:UK-police-06.PNG
• File:UK-police-07.PNG
• File:UK-police-08.PNG
• File:UK-police-09.PNG
• File:UK-police-10.PNG
• File:UK-police-11.PNG

PS I'm a user of the Chinese Wikipedia. I'm translating an article, the "Metropolitan Police Service", into Mandarin Chinese.

-Howard61313 (talk) 13:15, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi - thanks for your message and kind comments. The files need to be transferred to Commons. I've just tried to do so, but without success - I'll see if I can enlist some expert help. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 09:22, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

OK - all the files should now be available on Commons (with the same file names) and available for you to use in your article. Best wishes, Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 10:03, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry, those files are still unavailable on zh:Metropolitan Police Service. But I believe that you've tried very hard to solve this. Thank again for helping.-Howard61313 (talk) 9:59, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi again Howard. I've had a look for you - not very easy, because I don't speak Chinese, or understand the characters! However, I have made some alterations to the code you were using, and the images are now displaying. Perhaps you could double check, but as far as I can see (after a 5-minute "teach yourself Chinese characters" course on-line) I think I've got everything in the right place for you. All best wishes, Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 13:21, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Well, after seeing all your efforts, I don't know what to say but "thanks a BILLION"! Since these files are now useable on the Chinese version of MPS, people from Chinese-speaking areas can learn more about the most long-standing police service of the world. After all, you really made a contribution of inestimable importance.-Howard61313 (talk) 15:02, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

San Marino Military

Hi, I am from San Marino and I want to tell you that there is something wrong with the image "San-mar-mil.JPG‎" that refers to "diagram of the military of San Marino". I am a beginner and I can not insert the correct image, please help me, thanks.

Hello. You haven't actually indicated what you think is wrong, so at present it is impossible to assist you. Perhaps you could be a bit more specific? Also, whenever you leave a message anywhere on Wikipedia you need to sign it. This is done by typing the 'tilde' symbol (~) four times. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 23:45, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Hello, in the diagram there are many wrong informations like these:

• The Supreme Commander-in-chief now is General Rosolino Martelli not General Giorgio Zani;
• the Crossbow Corps it isn't Military Unit but only a folkloristic group;
• in the section of the Guardia del Consiglio Grande e Generale (Guard of the Great and General Council is the correct name), in the "Operational Duties?" box you have to put "yes" (because the main task of the Guard of the Great and General Council consists in escorting and protecting the Captains Regent and the members of the Great and General Council in their institutional functions.

The Guard shall accompany and escort Diplomats on the occasion of credentials presentation ceremonies, Members of foreign Governments and Heads of State paying visit to the Captains Regent. It shall also perform the task of Guard of Honour during institutional ceremonies and provide guard service during the sittings of the Great and General Council and the Arengo. Moreover, it is in charge of the flag–raising and lowering ceremony and of the Guard of Honour at the thrones of the Captains Regent.);

• in the section of Milizia Uniformata (Uniformed Militia is the correct name), in the "Cerimonial Duties?" box you have to put "yes"
• "Guard of the Rock" is a wrong name of the Guardia di Rocca (Fortress Guard is the correct name).

The Fortress Guard is a Military Corp separated in 2 different Group: the Fortress Guard Uniformed Group with police an cerimonial duties, and the Fortress Guard Artillery Company with military and cerimonial duties.

Thanks--Ranatra 301 (talk) 11:36, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

File source and copyright licensing problem with File:San-mar-mil.JPG

File Copyright problem

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The file was uploaded with complete copyright and origination information. If you'd bothered to check the file history, you'd have seen that the information was removed by a vandal. Please do check file histories before dumping several inches of rubbish (as above) into people's talk pages. Those of us who make the positive contributions to this project do it all the time, so you iconoclastic types really should do it too. Just click "View History" before jumping to conclusions. Thank you. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 16:59, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

File:San-mar-mil.JPG listed for deletion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:San-mar-mil.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 17:06, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Hill street blues cast list

Hi, you briefly took part in a short discussion about the cast list for HSB some time ago. I have begun a thread on an edit conflict about including a 10 person list of stars who had early one off roles on HSB. Thought you might like to participate.It is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability/Noticeboard

backround page talk page is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Hill_Street_Blues

Hope to hear your views which i think may be closer to mine than my opponent's--Tumadoireacht (talk) 06:48, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Things have gotten worse not better ! With an opponent reverting like a machine gun -I moved it up a notch and listed the revert war at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Edit_warring any thing you would care to say there in favour of inclusionism would be appreciated--Tumadoireacht (talk) 17:26, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Worsdell

I have fixed up these edits of yours. Class O was designed by Wilson Worsdell, who was the younger brother of Thomas William Worsdell. The latter, although known to his family as William, is normally shown in railway books as T.W. Worsdell. --Redrose64 (talk) 13:15, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Agreed, it was the wrong brother - thanks for fixing. However, I have also added a reference (this one) to the entry, as I was working from a quoted source (as normal on Wikipedia) which turns out to have been incorrect when it stated (of the Class O / G5): Designed by North Eastern Railway chief engineer William Worsdell, 110 of the locomotives were built at Darlington between 1894 and 1901. (Incorrect article here.) Best to have it properly referenced, particularly as there is incorrect information currently circulating. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 18:19, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Your incorrect source gives away its ignorance in the use of the word "train" in the article title when they really mean "locomotive" or "engine". I have noticed before that less-informed sources sometimes write "William" for "Wilson", because they can't imagine that somebody might have "Wilson" as a first name. In the same vein, some assume that "Wilson" must be a middle name: the Bachmann Branchline 00-gauge catalogue has (at some point) put the designer of the E1/J72 as "T. Wilson-Worsdell". (such people have probably never heard of Emerson Fittipaldi's big brother, either.) --Redrose64 (talk) 19:37, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Met Police Service

Just to let you know, prior to the resizing even on a 1280x1024 monitor it overlapped the London guide box, I had to push it to 1600x to get the overlap off. Further portions of it were entirely off the screen edge. MOS for images and templates generally advises to keep image arrays small enough to be comfortably displayed on smaller resolutions. The reduced size now appears to be fitting in the space, though I'm not sure what the purpose of the template is (if it was showing the 5 specific to the Met then that might make sense, but to list all of the ranks seems a bit overkill given the link at the top of that section for the Police Rank insignia article).Koncorde (talk) 14:36, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Autopatrolled

Hello, this is just to let you know that I have granted you the "autopatrolled" permission. This won't affect your editing, it just automatically marks any page you create as patrolled, benefiting new page patrollers. Please remember:

• This permission does not give you any special status or authority
• Submission of inappropriate material may lead to its removal
• You may wish to display the {{Autopatrolled}} top icon and/or the {{User wikipedia/autopatrolled}} userbox on your user page
• If, for any reason, you decide you do not want the permission, let me know and I can remove it

If you have any questions about the permission, don't hesitate to ask. Otherwise, happy editing! Acalamari 13:56, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

• Normally I give notices such as the one above out after I'm done with each list, but I noticed this edit, and wanted to thank you for it sooner rather than later. Thank you. :) Acalamari 13:56, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome! Many thanks for the autopatrolled permission. Like so many others, I'm only here to help make this project work. I don't always get it right, but I do try! Being trusted within the community is a bonus! Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 16:32, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Timothy Titus. You have new messages at Ost316's talk page.
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TC

TC has been blocked as a suspected sock of Tobias Conradi. See new proposal for a category tree at WT:TWP#Track gauge categories, part 2. Mjroots (talk) 09:29, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

PragmaticStatistic's Google Maps of Historic Events

Hi. With the exception of the Freemason map, I believe there is some confusion in the way my maps are being reviewed.

While I first attempt originally linked my maps to my blog MyReadingMapped, all other attempts linked to the original Google Maps at Google Maps (the public versions Google itself promotes). I tried showing photos with my link and they were removed. I thought this inappropriate in that these maps are a mini library that bring various online info sources together within a Google Map where visitors can zoom in on actual fort, ruins, battlefields, etc. and read Wiki links and other sources such as battle animations, National Archive Photos, driving directions, points of interest and hotel info all in one location. And, it drives Wiki hits higher from my blog which gets a good volume of visits from organic search and from a wide variety of referral forum sites that specialize in the subjects I create maps for. My maps are also more accurate that many of the diagram maps shown on Wiki such as the Marco Polo Map and more accurate than the Civil War List that has Native Indian war battles included in it and my map legend corrects the date order errors in the Wiki list. Thus, the use of the Google Map screen would help users understand the depth of the information the map provides. My maps cover as many as 235 locations in a single map and you can understand by viewing the battles all on a single map, how the battles relate to each other and how battles were fought in the same location in different years.

My Google Map of the Sunken Ships of the Atlantic uses coordinates obtained from the list my edit appears on, and my map provides Wiki links back to the articles listed on this page.

My American Civil War Map Part 1 and Part 2 uses coordinates obtained from the Wiki articles listed on the page my edit appears on, and my map provides Wiki links back to the articles listed on this page, links to National Archive Photos and to animations by CivilWarAnimated.com

My American Revolutionary War Map uses coordinates obtained from the Wiki articles listed on the page my edit appears on, and my map provides Wiki links back to the articles listed on this page, and links to animations by RevolutionaryWarAnimated.com

My Environmental Disasters Map uses coordinates obtained from the Wiki articles listed on the page my edit appears on, and my map provides Wiki links back to the articles listed on this page.

My Lewis and Clark Map determines the coordinates from actual Lewis and Clark journal entries from Stephen Ambrose's book "Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West", the actual journals from LewisandClarkJournals.com, and locations determined by LewisAndClarkTrail.com and a series of maps found at the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. The map links locations to journal entries from LewisandClarkJournals.com on a day-by-day basis.

My Marco Polo Map uses coordinates determined from Wiki's Henry Yule's translation of Marco Polo's "The Travels of Marco Polo" and from the original book itself. I carefully evaluated Yule's footnotes on how he determined the actual site and his determination if the site could be found at all. My map links locations to Yule's online Wiki chapters on a locatio-to-chapter basis.

My Battle of Waterloo Map uses coordinates I determined from Jack Weller's book "Wellington at Waterloo".

My Adventures of Charles Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle Map uses coordinates determined by Darwin's book "The Voyage of the Beagle" and has already received the interest of the Charles Darwin Trust in England who expressed interest in wanting to collaborate on the project to add more scientific info than I had already included. The Darwin Trust even Twitted about my Map world wide.

As for the Knights Templar Map, I agree that there is myth involved, however, much of the data provided in the Wiki page is included in the map and there are plenty of Wiki pages with red highlighted issues and a lot of myths. Even a lot of historical data is as much myth as it is truth. We could for example, debate for hours on how our present government is a meritocracy that evolved from the Knights Templar and that our constitution deliberately left out any mention of citizen voting rights in a document that claimed to represent the people. So, where there is truth there is also myths that we believe that in fact are false.

As a retired marketing manager for technical products, I never like hiding criteria in footnotes and asterisks. So,prefer putting my supporting references in the text rather than citing it in a footnote. It just seems more honest that way. If you don't like how I cite it, then please take the most complicated and send me an example of how you want it coded. I am not a programmer but I do some html and am learn Wiki code as I go.

Thanks for your input.

Pragmaticstatistic (talk) 11:19, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

question about my title

I've been wondering what my offical full title would be for a long time, and you seem to be the perfect guy to ask. I'm a staff sergeant in the air force, I went through blue lodge, chapter, council, and commandry, and I have a B.A. in environmental policy and a A.S. in fire science. I think I would therefore be Sir Knight Staff Sergeant Joseph Singer, B.A, A.S., Super Excellent Master, Order of the Red Cross, Order of Malta, Order of the Temple. Or would those orders abbriviate like how Prince William has KG FRS after his (Sir Knight Staff Sergeant Joseph Singer, B.A, A.S., SEM, ORC, OM, OT)? I would of course shorten it for different places, but I just wondered what it would all be put together for the fun of it.

132.3.41.68 (talk) 20:39, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Rideable Miniature Railways Template

Hi, thanks for updating this, I do have one concern though...

Some of the entries are not what I would call 'miniature' railways, but are closer to the Heywood concept of a 'minimum' gauge railway which is something different. ( The Ruislip Lido line being an example of a 'minimum' gauge as opposed to a miniature railway.)

Perhaps you could consider this?

To me miniature railways have scaled replicas of 'larger' gauge or mainline locos... whereas 'minimum' guage railways have stock that more closely resembles narrow gauge rolling stock which is not a 'scaled' replica of large gauge examples...

I appreciate that for some lines the distinction can be hard to draw, Are you able to provide some guidelines based on the respective articles?

Sfan00 IMG (talk) 11:08, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi. I absolutely agree - have you seen my comment on the talk page of the template? The trouble is, your suggestion above doesn't work. There are many miniature railways which use narrow-gauge type locos rather than scale models - and many others which have a mixture of both. When I first discovered the template it already included both the RHDR and the R&ER, both of which use scale model locos, but provide long-distance public transport facilities (eg RHDR shoppers services, school trains, and tourist shuttles to Burmarsh and Warren Halt). I wouldn't call the RHDR a miniature railway, but someone else clearly would, as they added it to the template. I DO agree we need to clarify. Perhaps it would be best to continue this discussion on the talk page of the template? I'll copy this conversation over there. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 09:55, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

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Hi! I just created a new page: Masonic Lodges of North Carolina. I invite you to take a look at it. (under const) Eric Cable  |  Talk  16:28, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Ruth Gledhill

Hi, why are you giving undue weight to one unrepresentative piece in the BLP, where the quote of what she wrote is more extensive than her response to it? It is undue because, as the only citation of any of her work, it does not reflect her writing, and effectively distorts it. You need to adhere to higher standards in a BLP, and the subject's complaint should be taken into account. Thanks. - MishMich - Talk - 19:45, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Firstly, I did not add this information to the article, I merely restored it after it was inappropriately deleted. Secondly, the information is well referenced and no good or clear reason was given for deleting it from the article. Thirdly, there is no evidence at all that the person trying to delete it is "the subject" as you suggest. Fourthly, it is (along with other actual and possible quotes) a good example of the subject's style. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 17:22, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi, the person deleting says she is Ruth, and Ruth has told me this herself. It is WP:UNDUE, unless it gives more weight to her own words from other articles, as well as within this one. - MishMich - Talk - 22:17, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

"Ruth has told me this herself". With respect, this sounds like an even wider WP:COI issue, if you are intervening on behalf of a personal friend. If this is indeed the case, then I hope you have drawn your friend's attention to WP:COI, WP:AGF, and WP:PA, which are some of the areas where she is in contravention of policy - as I have noted on the talk page of the article in question. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 22:39, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Not a friend, no. As you say, WP:AGF.49.227.228.14 (talk) 02:58, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Apologies, I was on Android, & could not log in... - MishMich - Talk - 12:38, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

No problem - I assumed it was you! Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 13:21, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

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That's a lie!

"I think it is high time we stopped this dialogue now, citing again WP:DNFTT. It is clear that Böri has a history of disruptive editing, with a string of warnings on his talk page, and considerable evidence that he is motivated by political and nationalistic concerns above WP policy and consensus. He has been asked repeatedly to name his sources, and has consistently declined to do so. He is in a minority of one. I suggest there are no further grounds for discussion until actual fresh evidence is produced." / Böri (talk) 14:10, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

The evidence is plainly available in your talk page history, as well as in the talk page of the list currently in question. You are not prepared to dialogue reasonably, you refuse to name your alleged sources, and you have multiple past warnings for similar behaviour. Trolls must not be encouraged, and I regret that (until you have some serious evidence to present to the community) I am not able to enter into further discussion with you. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 23:09, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

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Vectis National Party

Hello. As a recent contributor to this article, you may be interested to know I have nominated it for deletion. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vectis National Party. Robofish (talk) 00:02, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Freemasons cat...

This cat was actually deleted some years ago. It ended up being unmanageable, and we generally use it for people notable for being Freemasons. As a test, I clicked on one name in the list, and it happened to be Adolph Zukor (which was your addition to the list), in whose article there is no mention of his membership. MSJapan (talk) 15:42, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi MSJapan. I was always opposed to the deletion of the category, but it was not me that brought it back. Its revival was proposed, and a discussion followed (which is properly archived) in which the majority favoured reviving the category and re-populating it. Several editors also suggested that the 2007 deletion of the category was wrong and flawed. Category talk:Freemasons has more, and a link to the debate which culminated in the category being restored. Timothy Titus ^{Talk To TT} 19:43, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:UK Highways Agency rank insignia

Template:UK Highways Agency rank insignia has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Imzadi 1979 → 10:59, 8 July 2012 (UTC)