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Metrojet Flight 9268
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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DYK for Henderson's
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
 * What a fascinating read, thank you. Gareth E Kegg (talk) 13:38, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm glad you enjoyed it! Smurrayinchester 13:23, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Birthday effect
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 * Do you want the submission re-reviewed? Mangoe (talk) 18:26, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, I replied at the entry. Sorry, perhaps the ping didn't work. Smurrayinchester 20:42, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Birthday effect
&mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 02:23, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
 * One of the most interesting DYKs I've come across in my time here; good find! &mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 05:53, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

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DYK for Bpoplive
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Moving articles when naming is being discussed
I refer you to your move of Death of Jo Cox. Do not do that again. The new title was being discussed and the move should not have taken place until consensus was established. Your move before that consensus was formed was disruptive.  Cassianto Talk   22:41, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

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London mayoral election, 2004/Image map listed at Redirects for discussion
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Reference errors on 15 July
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Dictatorship

 * Since you helped write the article, you might be interested to know that an interview on der Spiegel today with a university 'expert' quotes him as saying, "Faktisch ist die Türkei eine Diktatur" ("In fact, Turkey is a dictatorship"), and various other negative things.
 * Meanwhile, Erdoğan keeps talking about defending "our democracy." – The Big lie? Sca (talk) 14:40, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Shotton Surface Mine
— Maile (talk) 00:51, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Post-truth politics
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DYK for Alice Franklin
— Maile (talk) 12:22, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

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Template:Did you know nominations/Post-truth politics
Smurrayinchester, this is your final call to respond to the issues raised at your nomination; the reviewer responded on August 14 and pinged you again on August 31. Please take action right away; someone could mark this for closure at any moment. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:13, 12 September 2016 (UTC)


 * I have an approved hook now, but I have one more neutrality concern that needs to be addressed before the article can be promoted. Could you please take a look at it?  Thanks. Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 00:33, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

My response on gibraltar - do you have an opinion to post?
Hi. I responded to your response on the humanities reference desk on the question of the British taking of Gibraltar, and Spain ultimately ceding it under the Treaty of Utrecht. I asked whether given the ultimate defeat of the Grand Alliance in Spain, Spain got a smart deal in signing the treaty? I'd love for you to post a response explaining the overall military situation, both on the land and (in this case, possibly more importantly) on the sea. My question focused on whether Spain would have been in a position to use either its navy or strategically placed coastal artillery to place Gibraltar under siege, and prevent British re-supply from the sea. Thanks. (Please answer there, not here). 110.140.69.137 (talk) 13:38, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

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A new user right for New Page Patrollers
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A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

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DYK for Post-truth politics
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

Precious
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:37, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Fairphone criticism
Hello murrayinchester. Can we have the discussion on what you look for on the Talk:Fairphone talk page? The criticism is a bit complicated, but valid. I don't want to start an edit war. I gladly look in the forum for better examples, if you tell me what you look for. What I want criticize is that they do not follow an open approach about make a phone. They also suppress all negative information about issues or deals with Google. They don't even tell you if they have some like that in place. This is not what they promised in their own goals. It's partly gone now, they re-did the webpage. Now you need archive.org for that I guess. But let's talk and find a way. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.192.46.144 (talk) 21:12, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

DYK
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DYK for Giant Days
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DYK nomination of Schwesta Ewa
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 * Smurrayinchester, it has been a week; this needs your attention soon. Thank you very much. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:01, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Schwesta Ewa
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DYK for Printer's Devilry
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DYK for United and Cecil Club
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DYK for Sarah Hayes (crossword compiler)
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Did you know?
that until 1961, Coutts bank only had branches in The Strand, Park Lane, West End, Cavendish Square, Sloane Street, and Mayfair - when it took the bold and imaginative step of opening one in Eton?

I think it was C. Northcote Parkinson who suggested that pulling out a Coutts chequebook had two possible uses. (1) Effortlessly demonstrating that you were a member of the upper, and therefore ruling, class. (2) Inducing cognitive dissonance if you were, for example, an official in the Welsh NUM. Narky Blert (talk) 21:38, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

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Chechnya
May be worth keeping track of the protests. One in London today; another one in Paris tomorrow; another one in Atlanta, GA next Tuesday...Zigzig20s (talk) 01:25, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

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