User talk:John joskins

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 * thanks you so much for your help, i am sure iw ill get the hang of it all soon. i really like using this site and hope i can do my bit.
 * i have used your page for a bit of referance already and find it very helpfull. John joskins 20:22, 17 June 2007 (UTC)


 * A lot of talk pages use indentation like this to mark where a reply starts. You just start each paragraph with a colon for one tab, two colons for two tabs, etc. You'll see it done quite a lot when you look at talk pages. If you click Edit to look at the source for this page, you'll see what I've done. -- Euchiasmus 21:30, 17 June 2007 (UTC)


 * thanks again i am sure i will get it in the end.John joskins 21:35, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

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i have worked on this page any advise would be gratfull John joskins 09:08, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your work on it; you've already had a formal welcome — and, in answer to the above, and to the similar question you put on my talk page – there's really nothing better than reading the advise quoted, then getting stuck in and seeing how your efforts get altered/amended (or even deleted). There are a lot of tips and tricks around (probably too many) and some editors seem to enjoy over-complicating things. My "top tip" after being here for nearly 3 years is to use the 'Show preview' button before hitting 'Save page', not that I always do it of course! Good luck Saga City 14:38, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Keswick - riot gear
I note that you've re-inserted the duplication of the information about the use of police riot gear which I deleted from the 'Notable People' section of the Keswick article. Exactly the same paragraph appears under 'Recent History' and since it seems more at home there than under notable people, I removed the latter entry. It's generally considered undesirable for the same information to be included multiple times in an article. Have you a particular reason for wanting it to be included twice? Neiltonks (talk) 07:55, 6 January 2009 (UTC)