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DYK for Charles Hawksley
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Pictures of Civil Engineering Presidents
I admit I didn't check the copyright situation of the images in question. I suppose that if they are non-free images then they should only be used on the individual articles related to the subject, however, I think it's reasonable to leave the image of Douglas Fox in place. I will remove the others. --DavidCane (talk) 22:51, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Zanzibar Revolution
The peer review is showing as closed; not sure why. I'd be happy to comment elsewhere (the article talk-page?) if that would be useful. EyeSerene talk 09:57, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, no problem. I'll keep checking back, and should get something up within the next day or so (though my internet connection is playing silly buggers at the moment :P) EyeSerene talk 12:16, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Zanzibar Revolution II
I've read through the article, and to be honest it looks pretty good. I genuinely couldn't spot much wrong with it; content, coverage, sourcing etc all look good, so I think perhaps a light copyedit is the only thing it needs. Rather than nitpick on the PR, would it be more useful if I helped out with that? EyeSerene talk 08:25, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

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DYK for Roger Gaskell Hetherington
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A-Class discussion
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Zanzibar Rev again
OK, I think I'm done with the copyedit. Thank you for the opportunity to work on such an interesting article (I knew nothing about the revolution prior to this), and it's been a pleasure working with you ;) I'd recommend a proofread for any spelling errors and typos I may have introduced, and I suspect the article may need to be checked for over-linking; there are a few links that occur more than once in the text, and some common words are linked. All the best with its future development, EyeSerene talk 12:21, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * You're very welcome. EyeSerene talk 18:17, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Allan Quartermaine
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Zanzibar Revolution FAC
I do apologise that my prose has been giving you so many problems on the FAC :P Glad to see the nomination is doing ok though. Best regards, EyeSerene talk 13:10, 10 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm relieved you see it that way - I did feel I'd rather let you down. I must have copyedited a dozen or more FACs now and have developed a sort of semi-casual style that usually goes down fairly well, but I guess it's not to everyone's taste ;) EyeSerene talk 14:04, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

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 * Please contact the admin who posted it. I would prefer not to clean up after another admin's mess. --BorgQueen (talk) 15:22, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

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Air raid?
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Right- and left-hand traffic
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2009 Turkish flash floods
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ITN
I find myself agreeing with all of your suggested changes to things. Maybe you should consider going for adminship so you can make these changes yourself! ITN could certainly use another active administrator. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 09:33, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah I have considered it, if only to bring another admin into ITN for updating purposes, but have always been put off by the RFA process. I am a big fan of WP:NOBIGDEAL and feel that RFA's focus on jumping through hoops and answering hordes of questions has harmed the project by driving away potential candidates.  However I am open to the idea of running for adminship and would give it a go if someone nominated me - Dumelow (talk) 10:25, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Hope you don't mind keeping the thread together! I could probably nominate you, if you would be up for that. I'm waiting to hear from someone else about the same thing but that wouldn't necessarily affect it anyway. When would be a good week to do it? I'll need to do a thorough check of your contributions just to be sure, but I don't expect to find anything alarming ;) Is there anyone else you have worked with particularly who may be able to add something to a nomination? I mostly agree with your assessment of the RFA process, it's just something that has to be done, unfortunately. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:29, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * No probs regarding keeping the thread together. I would appreciate a nomination.  It would perhaps be better to put it off for a month or so as I recently had two or three months off (combination of lots of uni work and actual work amongst other things) so there is a big gap in my contributions.  I also want to get back into article creation (I have a few sandbox articles on the go at the moment) before I do anything else.  The month would also give me time to check out the admin's reading list and try to get my head around some WP policies.  Thanks for the support though, it is much appreciated - Dumelow (talk) 16:26, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, just let me know when you're ready (watching this page). And if WP:Requests for adminship/Dumelow turns blue you'll know that I've started drafting the nomination! &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 16:31, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ You can start answering the questions when you're ready. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 14:43, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for your kind words in the nomination Martin. I will have a stab at answering the questions soon (possibly this weekend), cheers - Dumelow (talk) 11:27, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Good answers to the questions. I would be astounded if you didn't sail through. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 14:29, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

I was going to suggest that you don't answer 7 as it seems as though it might relate to a current request for arbitration and not hypothetical at all. But you've probably worked this out for yourself anyway. Cheers &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 14:37, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know, it is pretty much identical to that ongoing case so I certainly won't be answering it. Is it worth pointing this out at RFA or just best to ignore the question? - Dumelow (talk) 17:08, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Think you handled it in the best way. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 16:14, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

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HI I found this book and I thought of you (Dr. Blofeld speaking). Any chance you could write some articles about Mozambiqan history? Himalayan   16:20, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Ah, any work on any African history article is appreciated, Ghana is as good as any. I had got it into my head that you were only interested in the east coast. Well any topic related to Portuguese East Africa really, Sofala I'd like to see improved, I noticed that books has a a fair bit about Sofala, but any work on any African history is great! Himalayan   17:03, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Some more books on Zanizbar  if you are interested!  Himalayan   17:09, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

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I'm surprised you've managed to work on so many ITNs and still avoid big conflicts for so long! I've only done two ITNs, but both were pretty controversial topics and attracted so much craziness that, especially for the first one, I didn't sleep for days. I'll have to see if I can pick up some of your tricks for calming down the POV-pushers and other wackos ;) <b class="Unicode">r ʨ anaɢ</b> talk/contribs 00:29, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I can see why those articles have the potential for conflict. I guess I have just been lucky in not encountering anything too bad.  If it all goes wrong at any stage I find that stepping back and realising that this is, in fact, just a website and not the "be all and end all" of life helps.  Thanks for your support at RFA by the way (and for fixing my formatting in that reply), cheers - Dumelow (talk) 00:40, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

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I do have a request, it is still Africa. I've noticed we are missing quite an important article on the Battle of Elhri that took place between the French and the Moroccans in 1914. Congrats on adminship BTW, not my thing but I'd have voted for you anyway... Himalayan   10:26, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

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