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London Free School
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http://en.ekopedia.org/London_Free_School is an entry I made some months back on another wiki site at a time when I was not ready to raise the article to wikipedia standards. Earlier today I came across it in a web search and have tried to add a few references and sort out some links, but it is a work in progress. If it is not public domain (as I intended when created) then it is not copyright as I have not created it as such (I use the same name on other wiki sites - hopefully this can be checked).

The London Free School is an important piece of history, but I may not have the skills to make this article survive wikipedian scrutiny - perhaps a way could be found that crude article writers (like myself) have some time to find help with meeting standards before deletion. BorisAndDoris (talk) 22:00, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

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BorisAndDoris is a name related to fictional characters who supposedly "organised" free festivals in the UK during the '80s - the unknown authors of that ruse faced a similar problem to the development of wikipedia - as the society around them became more rule-bound they found more imaginative ways to keep the original spirit alive - there is an assumption here that two people are using the same account and therefore the user can be banned on the basis that innocence has not been proven, rather than innocent until proven guilty - a large number of editors have become concerned with controlling others and I believe it is killing the spirit of "the encyclopaedia that anyone can edit" - contributors of information new to wikipedia used to be encouraged - rather than being deterred by dealing with pedantic application of rules. I am a single user - the use of no gaps in the name indicated it was a moniker rather than two people - if the problem persists, then maybe the problem is with a rule that has not been considered properly or has been applied too rigorously. BorisAndDoris (talk) 00:25, 11 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I've lifted the block. There are some absurd username blocks being put in place, and this is one of them. --jpgordon:==( o ) 16:21, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Rocket Festival Spain
I reverted your edit as you did not address the issues, nor provide any edit comment, nor explain on the talk page Widefox (talk) 22:18, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

London Wikimedia Fundraiser
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Darcus Howe
Thanks for ; sources are clearly disagreeing as to whether it was a policeman or a barrister. It's puzzling, as Howe's own statements as reported in the Guardian and Independent are at variance with the statement at the time in Race Today, whose editor he was. Could we discuss this further on the article talk page? Cheers, -- J N  466  20:40, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Selwyn Baptiste


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Brighton Voice
Hi. Just to let you know I have expanded the article on the Voice. I also put some photos in but Wikimedia deleted them all on the grounds that they were copyright, although I am unsure how something published anonymously could be copyright. Roundtheworld (talk) 17:27, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of The Ginger Man (Play)
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Please support the Sustainability Initiative!
Hello BorisAndDoris, I saw that you are one of the authors of Greta Thunberg article. Because I am looking for ways to reduce the environmental impact of Wikipedia itself, I wanted to ask you to check out the Sustainability Initiative and to add your name to the list of supporters so that I can show that many community members are behind this effort. Thanks! --Gnom (talk) 08:38, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
 * thanks for calling my attention to this worthy effort! NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 21:31, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

So... did I?
Hi Boris/Doris... at Talk:Greta Thunberg, did I do an adequate job cleaning up the chaos I created when I floated preliminary "what if" about merger in the middle of the WDHT discussion? I moved my own first comment to where others disucssed it, and gave that combination a heading apart from the WDHT discussion. I think that was yours or Robbies idea in the first place. Anything else I can do to clean that up? NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 11:46, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I have reverted Talk:Greta Thunberg back to before my intervention, in which I only intended to clarify that discussion had taken place with no intent of changing the meaning or context, but realise now that I did change the nature of the discussion by inserting a title of my own choosing and inadvertantly emphasised what had not been before. Apologies for any problems I have caused, I am hoping this does not interfere with the constructive dialogue I feel we have established over various Talk pages. BorisAndDoris (talk) 14:34, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
 * No worries, it's hard enough working through article content disputes we don't need to bicker over housekeeping! NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 14:43, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Day o fweek
An IP raised on the talk page the interesting observation that our article title, and the scope defined in the first lead paragraph, explicitly say skipping class (or equivalent). Because of this, its an interesting question whether student actions after the end of the school day or on a holiday or weekend qualify for being added to the article. WHile this discussion is underway it does seem a bit WP:POINTY to add "day of week" to the table and I am glad you reverted. But I would be grateful for some of your brain power on how to deal with the larger substantive issue presented by the IP's criticism. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 15:18, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your heads up on this. I was having computer problems at the time of reversion and still can't work out how I had to revert myself. I am suspicious of IPs who know how to work WP and with their one day history try influence change - as school strikes become more effective there may be many more attempts to control the wikipedia page. I'm glad that we can work together on this. BorisAndDoris (talk) 19:21, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Re IPs me too of course. But on the upside, repeated attempts to tear down cool shit does keep us honest. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 19:41, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Beanfield
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Hidden histories
Hello I'm hoping to revive WikiProject Squatting, I was wondering if that is something that you would be interested in? (Because I was recently working on Centro Iberico and saw your edits there). Cheers! Mujinga (talk) 19:16, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Extinction symbol
Hi BorisAndDoris. I just edited the Extinction symbol page to better reflect reality. If you need more info then please contact me on x@extinctionsymbol.info Cheers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goldfrog23 (talk • contribs) 20:06, 13 April 2019 (UTC)


 * I don't know if you care, or if it bothers you, but see the talk page at Extinction symbol.
 * Your advice appreciated. Thanks --82.132.241.252 (talk) 19:39, 7 June 2019 (UTC). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.132.223.204 (talk)

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