User talk:Cairnsckd

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If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. Thanks and happy editing, Alf 09:25, 28 August 2005 (UTC).

Martial Arts pages
Hi, I've been watching the various edits on the martial arts pages with great curiosity. I've tried to stay out of the actual substance of the debates but have just tried to move things to talk pages and encourage people to discuss disputes there rather than continually reverting articles, and tried to ensure that the articles conform the the wikipedia policies regading neutraity. Thanks for posting comments on the talk page. I just thought I'd point out that new comments are generally placed at the bottom of a talk page. You can (and should) sign your comments using four of these '~' tilda signs. That way everybody knows who left the comment and can reply. Also, leaving comments on teh talk page is generally more effective than long description in the edit field because it allows other people to discuss. edit field text should be brief - eg - remove external link. I hope you're all able to come to an agreed position on these articles. I think I might stop following them as closely in future. -- Adz 02:43, 16 December 2005 (UTC) .


 * Hi. Thanks for the message. I'm sorry I have been neglecting the martial arts pages. To be honest, I got a little bit tired of all the rivalry and with all the IP number usernames, it became a bit difficult to follow who as been accusing whom of what. I'd kind of resolved to take a brake from it and try to re-write it as NPOV as I can after Christmas/New Year. I think I follow what's been going on and I take your point, but I'm reluctant to 'take sides'. The solution as I see it is to rewrite the article so that it is a NPOV as possible and provides as much info as possible, then try to get everyone to agree to it and leave it alone. Failing that, I think there is a chance that someone will just come along and nominate it for deletion. I'll probably be offline for the next little while as I'm going to FNQ for the silly season. Have fun. -- Adz 12:28, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

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