User talk:Drams707

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Help with Vandalism at Mark Selby
Thanks for dealing with the ongoing vandalism at Mark Selby. I requested temporary page protection for the article at Requests_for_page_protection. You might want to add a comment there, it might encourage action. Batternut (talk) 21:55, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

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Thanks. I've corrected the error. Drams707 (talk) 06:22, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

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GBR or GBR2 templates
I don't see why 2021 London Marathon needs to use Template:GBR2 instead of Template:GBR for the British competitors. Every single other marathon article- including multiple good articles such as the 2019 and 2020 London Marathons use the GBR template. Your edits just make the 2021 article inconsistent with everything else. If it does need changing, then it needs changing for all articles, and would need to be first discussed at an appropriate centralised venue such as WT:SPORTS. Joseph2302 (talk) 12:05, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

I changed it because the international athletics authorities recognise British athletes as competing for Great Britain & Northern Ireland not the United Kingdom, albeit that they are the same thing. It seems incongruous to use the UK for marathons when for every other athletics event - including marathons at major championships - Great Britain is used. There doesn't seem a logical reason for making sn exception to this. Drams707 (talk) 12:07, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

"British Triathlon have emailed me"
Even if British Triathlon have emailed you about medallists in parasports events, that isn't a verifiable source, as no other person can verify it to be true. If it's important information, British Triathlon should post it on their website and then we can use their website as a source. But you claiming it to be true isn't a reliable source for Wikipedia. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:34, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

I appreciate that but we already know that pilots (cycling) and directors (lawn bowls) get medals at the CWG as evidenced by previous Games. It was pretty inconceivable that this wouldn't also apply to paratriathlon guides, especially as they receive medals at the Paralympics. I emailed British Triathlon purely for belt and braces purposes for my own satisfaction as I was concerned at the inconsistent way in which these individuals were being treated on different country pages on Wiki. Drams707 (talk) 16:54, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

References in infoboxes
Please do not place reference links in infoboxes. Use the prose to do so. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 13:04, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

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2023 Woking Borough Council election moved to draftspace
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Green Party of England and Wales 2023 colour
I have seen from your contributions list that you have been creating and editing pages related to the 2023 United Kingdom local elections. Many thanks for your work on this subject. I just wanted to write you a quick note regarding the colouring of the Green Party of England and Wales. Since the beginning of 2023, the GPEW has changed it official colour. The new colour is only displayed under Green Party of England and Wales (2023) - using the old name without the (2023) appended to it will display the pre-2023 colouring. Please bear this in mind when filling out any election boxes in the future. Again, thank you for your contributions - keep up the good work! C.david.ham (talk) 17:55, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

2023 West Lindsey District Council election moved to draftspace
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2023 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election moved to draftspace
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2023 Test Valley Borough Council election moved to draftspace
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2023 Blaby District Council election moved to draftspace
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2023 Tewkesbury Borough Council election moved to draftspace
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 * Thanks but I'm going to abandon all my articles that you've removed. There seems to be abolutely no consistency to the way in which articles are treated. Articles with far less information than mine are left linked to the 2023 UK local government election webpage and indeed those from earlier years and frankly it's totally demoralising. I may as well leave to those who seem to get a free pass to complete the UK local government project that has been going on now for well over a decade. I don't want to see it undermined by my apparently negative involvement. Thanks again. Drams707 (talk) 12:35, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

2023 Surrey Heath Borough Council election moved to draftspace
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2023 Mid Devon District Council election moved to draftspace
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