User talk:Scotliterary

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No worries. I have though added the expand tag back in as the article does need expanding plus the refimprove tag. They aren't negative just a note for users (any users) that expansion and more references is needed. Thanks and have fun. ♦Tangerines♦ · Talk 19:22, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

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I will have a look at the article shortly and let you know. ♦Tangerines♦ · Talk 17:58, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

"practice/practise to deceive"
Hi, Scotliterary. Your edit to the article on Walter Scott, changing the spelling "practise" to "practice", in the "tangled web" quote took me by surprise: ""practise to deceive" --> "practice to deceive" (Scott uses the archaic verb form meaning "scheme or plot" - see p343, 1808 edition)". The OED does give this meaning, but uses the "practise" spelling while also giving the date of 1808 for its source. I don't have access to the first edition at the moment; my copy is the 1896 Adam& Charles Black edition, which includes an editorial note dated 1st November, 1833: "Some alterations in the text of the Introduction to Marmion, and of the Poem itself, as well as various additions to the author's Notes, will be observed in this Edition. Sir Walter Scott's interleaved copy has been followed, as finally revised by him in the summer of 1831.	The preservation of the original MS. of the Poem has enriched this volume with numerous various readings, which will be found curious and interesting." This edition has "practise", as does any other use of the quotation I've seen. You also changed the Canto number from VI to IV. Are you sure? I note that you work for the Association for Scottish Literary Studies, and so are in an excellent position for research in this field. Is it possible that there was a mistake, by Scott or another, in the original published work and that he corrected this later? I, and, I am sure, others who take an interest in Walter Scott, would be glad if you could give any further information on the talk page for his article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mabzilla (talk • contribs) 16:16, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Alan Riach edit
Hi. I partially undid your edit as, per WP:OVERLINK, it isn't helpful to link countries. Could you also please not mark edits like this as minor edits as they are not minor? Help:Minor edits may be of interest to you. Thanks a lot, --John (talk) 16:24, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi, no problem, my mistake re. the Scottish/Scotland wikilink. But the Help:Minor edits page says "edits consisting solely of spelling corrections, formatting changes, or rearrangement of text without modification of content should be flagged as minor edits". It also specifically lists "Adding or correcting wikilinks" - which was all I did - under "When to mark an edit as a minor edit". Scotliterary (talk) 16:58, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I do beg your pardon; I hadn't realised that was listed as an exception. In general though such links are not considered worth adding, which is why I didn't add them when I wrote the stub. Take care, --John (talk) 17:58, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Trick-or-treating
Hi, I've noticed that you've edited the Trick-or-treating article recently. There's been a debate running for the last few days over the title of this article. Your input would be appreciated! — Smjg (talk) 16:18, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

Edwin Morgan
Thanks for pointing it out - I've removed it. He's in the category, which is how he snuck in there in the first place. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 11:46, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

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