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 * Hi again! The event page is WikiProject_Women%27s_History/The_Royal_Society_2013, now with photos etc.  Johnbod (talk) 02:15, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Thalia C. Eley


The article Thalia C. Eley has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this newly created biography of a living person will be deleted unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.
 * Thanks. This has now been rectified! ECPalmer (talk) 14:44, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

November 2013
Hello, ECPalmer. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Thalia C. Eley, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. '' That said, the page seems quite neutral, just letting you know about the policy. I removed a few Drs and Professors because on WP we don't use them all the time. Also changed 'Thalia' to 'Eley', per WP: Manual of Style. 220  of '' Borg 20:34, 12 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi, thanks for your message and the edits.
 * A volunteer from Wikimedia UK who helped coordinate the event at which this page was created said it was fine for me to edit these as I am not related to their research teams.
 * ECPalmer (talk) 21:25, 12 November 2013 (UTC)


 * That would be ? Once I became aware that this was part of an organised edit-a-thon event, I had no more concerns. Nb. When replying to messages on the practise is to indent each reply by putting  :  before it, and adding one more for each subsequent post. I added a few to your reply to demonstrate. See WP:Indent. Regards, 220  of  Borg 11:58, 13 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for letting me know!
 * ECPalmer (talk) 12:08, 13 November 2013 (UTC)