User talk:ZoeL

A very late...

Welcome!

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Primary Care Trusts

Thanks ZoeL, the fact is that the article is a mess. I have been meaning to have a go at it myself but haven't got round to it. The way to do it would be to go to each of the NHS Strategic Health Authority pages and grab a list of their NHS Primary Care Trusts. Easy enough to do, but reformatting would take some time! Best wishes, Millstream3 (talk) 20:15, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

article on UK lesbian columnist and anti-trans campaigner Julie Bindel

FYI, because this is a bio of a living person, in order to not inadvertently violate wikipedia's standards it has been decided to thrash out some of the wording of the article on the talk page first. Additionally I have put in a short request for any expert assistance there might be out there on to the LGBT studies page. Please do take a look and add your thoughts. CyntWorkStuff (talk) 05:03, 23 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

SimSig

I would like to invite your comments at Talk:SimSig Jezhotwells (talk) 14:14, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits

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Reading to Plymouth Line

After several years of discussion the consensus was to split the Reading to Plymouth Line article into three articles - Bristol to Exeter line, Reading to Taunton line, and Exeter to Plymouth line. The split has now been done, though fairly crudely as I am not an expert on the subject. It will need an expert eye to look at it and smooth out the edges. SilkTork *^YES! 15:23, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts

I don't know who attempted to create a page on Wikipedia for this, however in response for your claim that the society is "not notable", I would like to draw your attention to the following articles in the media :

I believe there have been numerous other appearances in print and on radio, but these were the most obvious to find in a couple of minutes. Furthermore, you may note that a google search for "SABRE" returns http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk as the first hit on the page, and also if you google for "site:en.wikipedia.org sabre-roads", you will find numerous pages on British roads that link to SABRE as a verifiable source.

A single sentence for "not notable", without informing anyone, not least whoever created the page or anyone actually involved in the site, is not particularly diplomatic. I personally have had nothing to do with any of these pages, but I think it is worth mentioning that this approach (and I am not particularly singling you out) unfortunately has alienated people and stopped them contributing to Wikipedia. A sample comment from our membership follows :

God, why can't these people write in plain English? Even after reading the so-called explanation of code CSD A7, I'm none the wiser. I have to say I don't think I've ever looked at the Wikipedia page on SABRE, but if it explained briefly what SABRE is, who has the right to take it upon themselves to decide it's insignificant? I think there's something I'm not getting about Wikipedia's deletion policy, which isn't helped by the impenetrable gobbledegook its administrators hide behind.

I would be interested in your comments to this. --Ritchie333 (talk) 12:50, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ritchie, if you disagree with the outcome of the AfD, you can always nominate the article for a deletion review. In your nomination, post those three news sources. As for notifying people, Wikipedia assumes that editors interested in an article will have it on their watchlists. The article creator is supposed to be notified of a deletion nomination, but no one is required to attempt to notify everyone that might be interested in an article. It is assumed that they'd be notified when the deletion nomination is made, which will appear as an edit to the article on the interested users' watchlists.

Now, given the situation at the time, the decision to delete the article was probably sound. With addition press mentions that are about the group and not just mentioning the group, it's possible that SABRE meets the criteria for inclusion. Something to remember though is that if the article is nominated at DRV, it's a discussion, not a vote. Attempts to amass numbers in favor of undeleting the article are not a good idea. The result will be determined by arguments for or against something, not bodies standing on one side of the room. Imzadi 1979 → 20:06, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

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