User talk:Lord Bob

A note to those posting regarding image deletions: my image deletions date from the pre-free use paranoia era on Wikipedia, back when people believed that good encyclopaedias require content. As they are indefensible in light of current policy, I shall never attempt to mount a defense for them, and as I have increasingly disappeared from Wikipedia editing for various reasons (such as this one!), I'm not all that active anyway. While I appreciate the need to respect form and post to my talk page on the subject, don't seriously expect a reply unless something interesting or novel comes up. Lord Bob 15:37, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

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You and Colbert
Hi; I noticed your name on the Wikimedia Canada listing and thought I'd let you know, in case you didn't already, that Stephen Colbert mentioned you on his show the other night, along with other members of the Wikimedia ... Council? It was to do with whatever's going on with Scientology vs. Wikipedia right now.Skookum1 (talk) 13:47, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs
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Minoru Park
Thanks v. much for your addition to Minoru. That's the sort of info that topic specialist editors like me would never bother to research. Nice to know that the old boy's name lives on.  Tigerboy1966  19:05, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

April - National Contribution Month
Good day Lord Bob,

During the month of April, Wikimedia Canada is preparing the National Contribution Month, and we are looking for experienced contributors to organize a contribution day (or half-day) in their region.

Contribution days are activities where Wikipedia's contributors, students, or anybody interested in contributing to Wikipedia meets together to collectively improve a predetermined theme. This meetings generally take place in library where references are easy of access, but can be organized in any communal room. Beside improving articles, a goal of this participatory workshops is to initiate neophyte in the cooperative contribution of Wikipedia.

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Russell Teibert is a carpenter
Hi, I don't get why you think that Ruseell Teibert is Canadian Soccer Jesus, because he's done as much for Canada as Rob Friend. Soopafred (talk) 03:37, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

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Stephen Van Rensselaer
I read with great enjoyment your account of Stephen Van Rensselaer, and how Daniel D. Tompkins devised a way to remove Van Rensselaer from the race of governor by inducing him to become a general during the War of 1812. Great writing! However, with the exception of the 2nd paragraph, this most interesting account lacks citations. Did you use The American Historical Magazine publication to cite this section overall? Were any other sources used? If you have time, could you add the citations? If you are busy I would be more than happy to supply the citations, but I need to know the name of any other sources upon which you drew. Best of regards, Gwillhickers (talk) 21:12, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Sean Fleming (gridiron football)


The article Sean Fleming (gridiron football) has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

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