User talk:Jamacfarlane

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Jamacfarlane! I have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on or by typing helpme at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Oh yeah, I almost forgot, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on, or place helpme on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! LegoTech ·(t)·(c) 18:41, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
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Steve McCabe (politician)
I should have said MOS:NICKNAME, not WP:NICKNAME. Steve is a hypocorism. We always put the full name in the lead. We never put anything in an infobox that's not in the body of the article. -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:18, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I see your point (and you are correct in terms of current stated guideline), but I think "Steve" needs to be in the lead, as it is the name he uses, and is used on his official UK Parliament page, which doesn't use his full birth name, although I'm not sure if he has changed his legal name. jamacfarlane (talk) 16:28, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
 * That's the point of the third paragraph of MOS:NICKNAME. Common hypocorisms don't need to be elaborated on, as they're in the article title. See Tony Blair, for instance, who is never referred to as Anthony. Yet "Tony" only appears in the article title and infobox, not in the first line. -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:32, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
 * You've convinced me. jamacfarlane (talk) 15:35, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank You!
I must thank you for your review of List of people from Jersey. I have been working on Jersey articles for six months, and watching articles I updated. I see from your contributions that you do reviews like this one frequently. I have reviewer authority, but in this instance I was unsure what to do. You did. Thanks again.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 01:24, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

Murphy High School, Alabama
Hi. You recently moved Murphy High School (Mobile, Alabama) to the above title. That title is incorrect per DAB guidelines. It should be Murphy High School (Alabama), which as you can see is currently occupied by a redirect to this article. Please fix. Thanks. John from Idegon (talk) 06:24, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
 * could you show me where it says this? I was relying on WP:USPLACE, although I recognise this is for places. jamacfarlane (talk) 08:16, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
 * That's interesting. I cannot find anyplace where it does say that; however, whether it does or doesn't say that anywhere, it is an acceptable way to DAB, and it's the way all US schools are disambiguated (in some states, New York notably, school names are disambiguated whether they need be or not). BTW, I already got it moved. John from Idegon (talk) 09:16, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for adding an "unsigned" notice to my comment on WP:Articles for deletion/Local Education Agency. I think that's the first time that's happened, and I'm rather embarrassed! YorkshireLad ✿  (talk) 09:31, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

DS alert
Note that I've leaving you this alert as an editor, not as an uninvolved admin. SarahSV (talk) 23:40, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Alabama State Constitution amendment 693
Waaay back in July 2009 you added something to the page about the number 600, which also serves to record properties of numbers from 600 to 699, saying that 693 is 'the number of the "non-existing" Alabama State Constitution amendment'. But on the website of the Alabama State Legislature there's the Alabama State Constitution with its amendments and there's an Amendment 693 right there; there's also a page containing just that amendment. I'm wondering whether there's an urban legend or something. Anyway, unless I'm missing something the thing about a missing amendment is just wrong and I'm removing it; I'm leaving a note here in case I am missing something. Gareth McCaughan (talk) 00:54, 26 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello @Gareth McCaughan! I've looked up this edit but have no recollection of it, so afraid I can't help. jamacfarlane (talk) 01:08, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Not a problem. I just wanted to make sure that if I was wrong you had a chance to correct me if you wanted :-). Thanks for taking a look, anyway. Gareth McCaughan (talk) 15:26, 26 November 2022 (UTC)