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Useful stuff[edit]

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Some tags:


Some or all of the following is based off User:Angela/useful stuff.

do you have the diffs for this?[edit]

"The difficulty here is that the subscribers to Prem Rawat's services hold that any site that contains material that they don't like means that any link to anywhere on that site should be removed from wikipedia, regardless of whether a particular link is to something useful and informative" Hohohahaha (talk) 02:18, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Hey there.

Thanks for all the diffs.... and I am not clear, are you asking me to insert them in the evidence section for you? Hohohahaha (talk) 14:38, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of People's jury[edit]

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  • I've removed the tag - looks like it may have been placed accidentally or something, as the article is clearly not nonsense. --Snigbrook (talk) 03:08, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of People's jury[edit]

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Since the article has already survived AfD, where its notability was asserted, I've opted to rescind my PROD nomination. I'll work on introducing information about why the website is notable. —Anonymous DissidentTalk 13:37, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced BLPs[edit]

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ECig Battery Wear[edit]

ECig Battery Wear

Image shows scuffing of the battery cover that results in it short-circuiting with the device's battery container and causing unintended operation of the heater coil. Matt Stan (talk) 21:08, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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WP:TPNO[edit]

Do not include personal details as you have now 4 times. Also, your message is not relevant to the article's encyclopaedic content. Thanks. Leaky Caldron 10:58, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You've included your name and address. That's personal information. No, it is not important to include details about your MPs answer machine message. The details will be oversighted shortly. Do not re-add them. Leaky Caldron 11:24, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Re: Religion[edit]

I wrote to Richard Dawkins and New Scientist to remind them that it was Martin Luther King who said, "Understand the concept of love." and how would you get people to do that without the teachings of Christianity or the other great religions? I didn't get a reply.

Most people "understand love" from their everyday experiences and from popular culture. If this is referring to the idea that people would be better off if we all loved each other, that's not unique to religion; it's also a teaching of atheistic secular humanism and secular ethics. It's perfectly defensible based on reason and self-interest, or appeal to people's natural empathy. -- Beland (talk) 16:23, 21 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ann Baskett[edit]

Dear Matthew, Could I perhaps ask you something about Ann Baskett, whom I take is a relative? I have been examining various versions of Pride and Prejudice from as early as 1938. They're almost all lost, but I've always been able to find screenplays... Except for the BBC's 1952 version! (Even though the BBC also made one in 1938, that is perfectly preserved -- as a script.) Mrs. Baskett didn't by any chance keep a copy...? I've tried both the BBC and the last known address of the writer, but no luck. Spiny Norman (talk) 20:04, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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