User talk:Maelbrigda

I have been editing pages on Scottish historians, primarily those linked with the university of aberdeen and i have a recurring problem. Links to David Ditchburn (historian and senior lecturer) keep going to the page of an australian comedien called John Ditchburn. How can i prevent this and also get searches to find my David ditchburn. Please help.
 * Put the page on David Ditchburn (historian) and disambig both articles. Xiner (talk, email) 23:38, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

How do I add the speedy deletion box to a page please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maelbrigda (talk • contribs)


 * Hi, Maelbrigda. There are different templates available that can be used to tag an article for speedy deletion, depending on the criteria. You can find the list of templates here. Just edit the page in question, and insert the template at the top of the article, filling in any additional, required information. Feel free to reply here if you need any more help. —Xhantar Talk 19:40, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi. Your Wild_Lettuce page seems to be redundant - most of the info here is present on the Lactuca page - could they be merged and/or redirected? --Tomhannen 21:42, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Tomhannen - Sorry i didnt check lactula - just the common name. It could be merged or deleted or whatever but as a relative newbie i dont know how Maelbrigda 21:50, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

OK, I'll try and redirect to the other page if that's ok - not so experienced at this myself! --Tomhannen 21:57, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

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thanks alot —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sildenefil (talk • contribs) 20:47, 26 March 2007 (UTC).

Notable Old Gowers
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