User talk:Peter M Dodge

Kaiping Tramway and Imperial Railways of North China

Hi

I am a new contributor to Wikepedia and have been shocked by the agressive nature of the "watchers" out there who are so quick to attack contributors.

I am really becoming quite discouraged by people who hack away at other people's efforts while they themselves contribute little or nothing other than destroying the efforts of those who have spent hours of their submitting wothwhile contributions after hours of research.

On the other hand, I do understand the necessity for policing this site. Surely though, as a courtesy, those that elect to be "policemen" could some respect and discuss their criticisms with a contributor before hacking another person's work to pieces?

I have received CONSTRUCTIVE suggestions from a number of people but the first time you have come to my attention was after you complained that I had reinstated a picture , I now presume, you deleted without having had the coursesy of contacting me first.

I shall be bringing this to atttention to those who police Wikipedia's policemen unless I hear a respoinse from you which is a little more polite!

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—Preceding unsigned comment added by Chinarail (talk • contribs) 15:46, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry that you're frustrated that your edits are being challenged, but if you really want to go out on a limb and attack the fact that I've pointed out something you're doing that's wrong, rather than address the actual issue, well .. I suppose that's your prerogative. Instead of that, though, why don't you try working in a way that allows a compromise to the article that makes everyone happy? No one "owns" a wiki page, you know! Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that anyone is free to edit - and removing a single image as what has got you so sad is not that big an edit. So please remember to assume good faith and remain civil. In the future, there is a manual of style, and if you want to avoid people copyediting the article in a way you don't like, well a good idea would be reading and following the manual of style! Cheers, ✎ Peter M Dodge (Talk to Me) 21:18, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Birthright citizenship in the United States. Bias in article

Can you guide me towards a conflict resolution process? A user has used the weasel words "Other senators.." and when I marked it with a ^[who?] tag, that editor removed the ^[who?] tag. I suggested that he replace the phrase "Other senators.." with the phrase "Other senators, including[1] and [2]" (identifying two senators so as to justify the use of the plural. This editor refuses to even discuss it with me. I don't know where to go from here. I need some guidance.-65.189.247.6 (talk) 14:40, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Need a little help

Hi

I have constructed a new page Canton - Sam Shui Railway using my own Chinarail User page and after completing the pag assigned its proper title by using the "redirect" function instead of "Move" function.

The Canton - Sam Shui Railway article now opens but shows it it is a "redirection" from my user page. I have tried to rename this page but this gets blocked and I need permission. Are you able to put me right and tell me how to remove the "redirection" description.

thanks Peter crush Chinarail (talk) 07:10, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey you!

I've missed Wikipedia and I've missed you! What are you working on?

• Working, mostly, Nina - retail's a fun grind. Sorry it took me a bit to get back to you! Wizardry Dragon (talk) 09:40, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Unsigned7

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Call for Algonquin College's Campus Ambassador

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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Proposed deletion of File:Ultima 43.png

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