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Parliament House, Hobart DYK
Hi. I've reviewed your DYK submission for the article Parliament House, Hobart, and made a comment on it at the submissions page. Please feel free to reply or comment there. Cheers, Olaf Davis | Talk 14:37, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

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Vandalism
Hi Robert. On 9 July you deleted a substantial amount of text from English cricket team in Australia in 1994-95. You left no summary as to why you did this, but you did mark your change as a "Minor edit"! This appears to be a form of vandalism on your part. If you disagree, please return to the article and either revert your edits, or leave an explanation on the Discussion page about why you have acted this way.

Please do not vandalise articles in Wikipedia. Use WP:Sandbox if you wish to experiment. Happy editing. Dolphin51 (talk) 13:06, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi again Robert. Thanks for your very prompt response on my User talk page. I acknowledge that you did not intend to cause vandalism, and you have a legitimate plan for these articles. However, many Wiki users would be justifiably alarmed at the substantial loss of text from an article under cover of an M for minor edit. That is not what Minor edits are about; it just looks like stealth. When we amend an article there is a line available below the edit box in which we can insert our Edit summary, a summary of what we are doing, or why. You inserted nothing in that box, despite removing 53,000 characters of text. Before I contacted you initially I took the precaution of checking the Discussion page to see if there was dialogue among Users about the direction for the article, or suggestions for change. When I saw no such thing I reasonably assumed you were working alone, and giving no-one else the opportunity to comment on your plans.

You know what you are doing, but nobody else does. Wikipedia is a shared resource - you must give consideration to readers and other Users. If you don't do so, you will quickly earn extra warnings against vandalism. There is a better way. Happy editing. Dolphin51 (talk) 13:20, 9 July 2008 (UTC)


 * This isn't the first time this has happened. Would you please consult WT:CRIC about your plans because you are treading on a lot of other people's toes.  The current format of the tour articles has long been agreed by consensus at WP:CRIC and we are not happy about seeing huge removals of text for the purpose of creating separate articles.  Furthermore, you are making far too many errors such as the names of categories.  Please look at the existing categories and make sure you follow agreed naming convention.  If you carry on as you are, you will find your work being reverted.  BlackJack | talk page 21:27, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * See this discussion. BlackJack | talk page 05:57, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of James Faulkner (cricketer)
I have nominated James Faulkner (cricketer), an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/James Faulkner (cricketer). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Dweller (talk) 20:13, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Just to let you know that Jeremy Smith (cricketer) has also been added to the above AfD. RMHED (talk) 23:58, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Rationale/apology
Very elegant. Good on you. --Dweller (talk) 12:36, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

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Minor edits
This is not a minor edit. It introduces a new info box (already a big change) and throws off a lot of spacial formatting. Minor edits are spelling or punctuation fixes. "A minor edit is a version that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute." (I'm not saying I'm disputing the info box usage, but freaking wiki-wars have been waged over info-boxes by others who have too much time on their hands) NJGW (talk) 15:55, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

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Did You Know problem
Hi. I've reviewed your DYK submission for the article San Giorgio a Cremano, and made a comment on it at the submissions page. Please feel free to reply or comment there. Cheers, Art LaPella (talk) 02:53, 23 September 2008 (UTC)