User talk:Malcolm Bull

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 * P.S. I received your e-mails. I'm sorry that you got caught up in a block against another user. We refer to that as "collateral damage". I have unblocked the IP, so it should work now. Please take a moment to look at Autoblock. Cheers. AnnH ♫ 08:02, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

re:Links question
Malcolm, I happened to spot your query on Ann's talk page. Since it doens't look like anyone's got round to answering it, I thought I'd have a go.

Basically what you need to type is this:

text you want to show in your article

So for you particular examples you'd write something like:

John Hartley which would show asJohn Hartley

Akroyd showing Akroyd

and so on.

The | (called a "pipe") is usually on the key next to the left-hand shift key, from some reason rather than showing as a solid line there, it is shown with a break in it., You'll need to use the shift key with it, so you don't get the \ character. David Underdown 09:10, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Page Blanking
On 12-May, you blanked Original Illuminated Clock Almanack. Blanking pages is generally considered a bad idea. I was not sure if this was the result of a broken edit or if you desired the page deleted. If this was the result of a broken edit, you may wish to make the correct edits. If it remains empty, it will probably be deleted, but if that was your intent, please mark it with a tag to hasten it. As you are the creator & sole author, you can request speedy deletion of it. You may also choose to redirect it to another article. If you have questions, please let me know. Thanks! -- JLaTondre 20:40, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
 * While I don't mind email, I do prefer using the talk page. A discussion of notability can be found at Notability. Notability is not necessarily a requirement for an article, but many editors do insist upon it. However, they don't all agree upon the definition of notable. I suggest you check out Articles for deletion. You will a lot of variety in votes. If your Edward Akroyd article was same person as in this google search (which I'm guessing it is), then I'd say he meets most editor's definition of notability. That is quite a few hits for someone from the 1800s. Individual buildings are not usually considered notable (but can be if they are significant due to history, culture, architecture, etc.), but one way of handling smaller subjects is to discuss them in an umbrella article. I haven't looked through all the links, but if Akroyd was responsible for various buildings, then they could be discussed in his article and redirects used to link the discussed topics to his article. Since you blanked the pages, they have been deleted so I cannot review them for specific suggestions. I'd suggest not giving up. One option is to create an article in your user space (ex: User:Malcolm Bull/sandbox) and invite people to critique it (look for editors that have made significant contributions to similar topics). If anything in that didn't make sense, let me know! -- JLaTondre 23:30, 15 May 2006 (UTC)