User talk:Shiresman

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November 2011
Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. I am glad to see that you are discussing a topic. However, as a general rule, talk pages such as Talk:Tim Wise are for discussion related to improving the article, not general discussion about the topic. If you have specific questions about certain topics, consider visiting our reference desk and asking them there instead of on article talk pages. Thank you. -- Irn (talk) 17:46, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Well I can't say I'm surprised that the cold dead hand of censorship has intervened. My comment was a response to a discussion of whether or not Tim Wise can be described as a racist - an assertion that has previously been included in the article and then (to no one's surprise) deleted. My contribution was therefore in exactly the appropriate place, so let's not pretend that you have intervened to delete it out of concern for the rules of Wikipedia. It was clearly too close to the knuckle. Best regards.Shiresman (talk) 20:04, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Ritchie Blackmore
Just wanted to thank you for the excellent references provided on the talk page for Ritchie Blackmore. It seems an editor is at pains to ensure the guy isn't described as being English despite there being references of him describing himself as being English and it not exactly being a controversial description to begin with. I have re-added the English description, but no doubt this boring person with some strange agenda will revert again, so would be appreciated if you could keep an eye on the article too so it can be easily demonstrated that it is just one editor pushing to removve any references to Blackmore being English?

92.8.25.108 (talk) 16:19, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi! Thanks for the message (by the way I'm very technically inept on Wikipedia and I'm not sure you will even get to see this, but here goes anyway). I'm not especially nationalistic but someone needs to take a stand against the relentless undermining of Englishness and English identity on Wikipedia. Blackmore's English, everybody knows it including the great man himself, but someone just doesn't want to accept it! I will certainly watch the article. If two people (or more) are prepared to edit English references back in when this character removes them, then hopefully we will wear him down eventually. Shiresman (talk) 23:43, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: 2001 end-of-year rugby union internationals (January 17)
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Stuartyeates (talk) 07:06, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: 2000 end-of-year rugby union internationals has been accepted
 2000 end-of-year rugby union internationals, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created. The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article. You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. . Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia! Primefac (talk) 14:30, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
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Draft:1998 end-of-year rugby union internationals concern
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Your draft article, Draft:1995 end-of-year rugby union internationals


Hello, Shiresman. It has been over six months since you last edited your WP:AFC draft article submission, entitled "1995 end-of-year rugby union internationals".

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 15:49, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:1998 end-of-year rugby union internationals


Hello, Shiresman. It has been over six months since you last edited your WP:AFC draft article submission, entitled "1998 end-of-year rugby union internationals".

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 15:49, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:1997 end-of-year rugby union internationals


Hello, Shiresman. It has been over six months since you last edited your WP:AFC draft article submission, entitled "1997 end-of-year rugby union internationals".

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 08:47, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:1996 end-of-year rugby union internationals


Hello, Shiresman. It has been over six months since you last edited your WP:AFC draft article submission, entitled "1996 end-of-year rugby union internationals".

The page will shortly be deleted. If you plan on editing the page to address the issues raised when it was declined and resubmit it, simply and remove the  or  code. Please note that Articles for Creation is not for indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 18:20, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

Draft:2001 end-of-year rugby union internationals concern
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:2001 end-of-year rugby union internationals, a page you created, has not been edited in 6 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

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Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:30, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Draft:1996 end-of-year rugby union internationals concern
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:1996 end-of-year rugby union internationals, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

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Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:31, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:1996 end-of-year rugby union internationals


Hello, Shiresman. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "1996 end-of-year rugby union internationals".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the  or  code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 20:08, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Draft:2001 end-of-year rugby union internationals concern
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:2001 end-of-year rugby union internationals, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.

Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:31, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:2001 end-of-year rugby union internationals


Hello, Shiresman. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "2001 end-of-year rugby union internationals".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the  or  code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 15:18, 27 April 2016 (UTC)