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Instrumental songs in song lists
I noticed that you re-added the song "New Orleans Instrumental No.1" by R.E.M. to the List of songs whose title includes geographical names. I have once again removed it, as discussed in my December 18, 2004 update of "Major article reorganization" on the talk page, because it has been the general practice of these song lists (at least the ones I've been monitoring) to not include instrumental songs, on the basis that there is no singing. You may not agree with this; I myself am not sure this is necessarily the best practice. However, it is the accepted practice. If you wish to bring it up as a policy that should be changed, please post a new topic to the talk page so it can be discussed further by the users of this list. Thank you for your cooperation. — Jeff Q 07:09, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Internet vs. internet
Excellent work on the James Bond 21 article earlier today. However, Internet is supposed to be capitalized, especially when used in the context of "the Internet" since there is only one. If you check the Internet article, there is a rationale given for this in the introduction (it's also capitalized in the Oxford dictionary). Cheers! 23skidoo 18:02, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)
What's with all the articles on these Welsh rocks? Do they have any kind of significance? Roughly how large are they? Everyking 13:37, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Well, I don't have any problem with the articles provided there is something to actually say about these rocks, besides where they are and the fact that they are rocks. If not, it would probably be better to merge them into one article, maybe in a list format. Everyking 14:22, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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I noticed you did a little cleanup of this article. A google test(pick a random phrase, search in quotes on google) quickly identifies it as a copyvio. If you check for copyvios before cleaning up a page, it will save you from wasted work. Thanks for all your contributions to Wikipedia! JesseW22:09, 5 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
C&C "Mammoth Tank" page
I dont know if you´re the original creator of the article, so maybe I am not asking at the right place, but does that long story fall under canon or fanon? If it´s the latter, maybe it should be placed under a subcategory of "Attempts to link the storylines in the Tiberian and Red Alert game
series"
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Dear Martpol, when you create a new article, please consider adding verifiable sources (that pass muster according to WP:N)--plenty of sources for Cocodirect were easily found. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 17:43, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough... but do note that I created that article 4 years ago, when pretty much a newbie, and since then I have focused almost entirely on editing! Martpol (talk) 18:47, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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In the Night Garden
Hi Martpol. Looks like we were editing that page at the same time. I'm not sure whether the page benefits from the detail about which particular species of bird is featured, which was why I chopped the description slightly. In the general scheme of things, it's not Earth-shattering either way so I'm not about to get into an edit war: however, the Shaft-tailed Finch is synonymous with the Long-tailed Finch, which has its own WP page: any objection to me changing it back? All the best, ~dom Kaos~ (talk)
Hi there. Sorry about that, I thought I'd included all your changes when checki back through. No problem at all with you changing it back.
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