User talk:Pwat

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Speedy deletion nomination of Henley Whalers


A tag has been placed on Henley Whalers requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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Articles for submission
Hi Pwat, I have seen that you have asked in the article for review that why your article on the topic "Henley Whalers" was deleted. Firstly if you have any queries, you should ask it on the talk page of the author who deleted it. Which in your previous articles case is "Osarius". He has declined your submission after reviewing it and has given the reason for it. If you want to ask why it was deleted you should ask it on the talk page of "Osarius", which is shown in the writing above. User "Osarius" (talk). Just click on it and discuss it. If you need any furthur assistance you can contact me on my talk page. Inlandmamba (talk) 18:11, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
Osarius     Talk 19:36, 30 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I've restored your text to your userspace at User:Pwat/Henley Whalers. NawlinWiki (talk) 19:46, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation
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User:Pwat/Henley Whalers
Hello Pwat, I have spent some time considerably cleaning up and copyediting User:Pwat/Henley Whalers to meet Wikipedia's Manual of Style for you. This is the standard of quality that Wikipedia requires. Note the inline references, sections and list of external links rather than inline external links. These improvements have made the article meet the MoS, but as shown on your AFC submission, more 3rd party references do need to be found and added to the article to verify content. Wikipedia cannot accept primary sources (ie, pages from the Whaler's website, or your own original research), or other Wikipedia articles as sources. I hope this helps you. Regards, Osarius     Talk 09:21, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

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Alpha_Quadrant   (talk)  22:38, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Raid - A sail and oar adventure
This is a temporary repository for material to explain ""Raid" - A sail and oar adventure." for the purpose of disambiguation.

The author proposes to sort out the citations, links, etc. though if anyone feels inclined to do it they are welcome. As this item is intended to assist with disambiguation, I am uncertain what would be the preferred format.

Raid - A sail and oar adventure for small boats. The organiser of the 2010 & 2011 "English Raid", in describing raiding states; "The idea of making coastal voyages in company, in open boats powered by sail and oar, was given currency by the French group Albacore, led by Charles-Henri le Moing during the 1990s, starting in Portugal and Scotland. Called ‘Raids’ in French (e.g. google ‘raid velo’), the word has slipped into English and lost its usual associations of pillage and destruction – to those who participate at least."

The whole of the above can be read at The English Raid (citation = http://www.raidengland.org/?page_id=7),

Other extant examples of raids include:- •	Dorestad Raid (citation = http://www.natuurlijkvaren.nl/dorestadraid.htm & http://www.drascombe-association.org.uk/articles/Dorestad_Raid05.html)

•	Sail Caledonia (citation = http://www.sailcaledonia.org)

•	The Vela Raid in Venice (citation = http://www.velaraid.it/eng/info.html)

Further clarifications exist in:-

•	“Hooked on Raiding” (citation = http://www.wolstenholmedesign.com/images/hooked-on-raiding-wc84.pdf)

•	and in “Raid Boats International” (citation = http://www.raidboats.com)

The concept of sail and oar raiding is not new; The Vikings did it (citation = http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/vikings/vikings_at_sea/)

Pwat (talk) 22:40, 4 February 2012 (UTC) Pwat (talk) 21:29, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Pwat (talk) 21:52, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Pwat, I'm not really sure what you're asking. It seems you're trying to create a disambiguation for Raid, but that already is a disambiguation. What are you trying to do exactly? Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 23:03, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Hi Martijn - Sorry did not make myself clear. True, the word "Raid" has a disambiguation page with various meanings of the word. What I was aiming to do was to create a page about "Raid - A sail and oar adventure" to clarify that particular meaning. Then ultimately to link it from the disambiguation page. Regards Pwat (talk) 23:12, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

February 2019
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Sailing on the River Thames, appears to have been inappropriate, and has been reverted. Please feel free to use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Please read about external links. David Biddulph (talk) 13:52, 15 February 2019 (UTC)