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Recategorization of "Reginald Hugh Hickling"

Hi, Alex, thanks for recategorizing "Reginald Hugh Hickling" under "Category:British colonial governors and administrators". I'm curious – is there any easy way to find out what existing categories are suitable for a particular article? I looked, but don't remember coming across the category mentioned above at all. Cheers, Jacklee 00:10, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

I just happened to know about that one, but you could try looking in the top category in the relevant field, which in this case would be category:British Empire. Alex Middleton 00:48, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

I think I did! Must have missed it. Cheers, Jacklee 00:52, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

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WikiProject Argentine football

Thanks for your work on Argentinean footballers. A few of us are also working on this. You might consider joining WP:ArF Project. Cheers! -- Alexf(t/c) 13:32, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Old Erehwonerians

Hi, Alex. May I trouble you, would you please visit this discussion on the Categories for Discussion page and add your usual rational contribution? regards, Xn4 03:59, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Tom Delaney

I must admit to being a little bit confused by your edit to this article. Surely it's better to have "place of birth/death missing" cats in the article rather than on the Talk page, so that editors will see them as they do cleanup tags, which is basically what they are? If there's a policy/guideline that states otherwise, apologies, but I still find it odd. Loganberry (Talk) 22:08, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

It is well established that administrative categories are put on the talk page wherever possible (all of them should be in my opinion). Most users are readers only, and if the list of categories at the bottom of the page is cluttered up with administrative categories, it is almost unusable. It looks sloppy, amateurish and selfish (on the part of editors who are running things for their own convenience, not for the benefit of readers). Alex Middleton 12:36, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Admin category

Sorry about adding an administrative category to the main pages of numerous articles as opposed to the Talk pages. I didn't know they belonged on the Talk page—thanks for your work in fixing them and I'm sorry you had to do it. ... :) Rich Uncle Skeleton ^(talk) 21:45, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Ossie Davis

Hi. Could you offer your opinion on the discussion on the Ossie Davis Talk Page? Thanks. Nightscream 16:51, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Olympic Athlete

I got your message about Olympic athletes, I'm not trying to make a WP:POINT about athletic notability. Which article in particular are you refering to? I looked at my Watchlist, your recent contribs, and didn't see any overlap. There were some articles a few days ago with User talk:Darius Dhlomo, are those what your refering to? How far down do we go for Athlete Notability? 9th place at a single Olympics? 20th?, national qualifying? I'd like to know just so I can try and be more consistent. Obviously Donata Jancewicz was a mistake cause she set a national record, but would coming in 9th in an Olympic games, w/o the record, qualify her for inclusion? And Cristina Fink won a major competition, but came in 20th in the olympics and no national record? I think I got it right with Katarzyna Majchrzak since its red-linked now. Thanks. Mbisanz (talk) 10:25, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

The fact that it is red-linked simply exposes that Wikipedia has inadequate editorial resources to repair all the damage that is done. Alex Middleton (talk) 18:55, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Heinrich Hertz

Please consider re-visiting Talk:Heinrich Hertz#jewish ancestry. I'd be interested in your feedback about the suggested edit strategy I've proposed. --Ooperhoofd (talk) 15:59, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Tennis Statistics

Ok, I fixed the Tennis statistics article as you hinted. Of course now one guy keeps trying to convert it. FreepRipper (talk) 05:36, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Actually, your edits, FreepRipper, are against long-term consensus (as you well know from past discussions) and, therefore, are vandalism. Tennis expert (talk) 21:05, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

roque now

Hi, I noticed you edited the roque article. Any chance you're actually a roque player? I've just started the project of restoring a roque court, and wondered if you happened to have any information on where I could find court maintanance tools, balls, mallets... anything, really. — eitch 23:51, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm not. Alex Middleton (talk) 21:51, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

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If I created it, it had legitimate entries at one time, and it is certainly a category that should exist, so it looks like your bot has collaborated with a vandal. Good work, and thank you. Alex Middleton (talk) 21:49, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

		The Minor Barnstar
		I know this page is very clean, and I'm sorry to mess it up, but thanks for the extensive proofing and "minor" corrections on USMA's main article. Ahodges7 (talk) 18:40, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

FAC nomination

I Nom'd USMA for FAC. However, seeing as how the VP is such a VIP, shouldn't we keep the PC on the QT? 'Cause if it leaks to the VC he could end up MIA, and then we'd all be put on KP. — BQZip01 — ^talk 18:12, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Guess I could have included a link instead of being a smart-ass.... — BQZip01 — ^talk 18:26, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

WPS foreign/non-American players article

Hi Alex! Just noticed the change you made a while back, as I was editing the page for a recent trade. I understand the argument you made in your comment, but since WPS is a U.S. league I think it's unnecessary to switch "foreign" to "non-American"; using "foreign" isn't U.S.-centric because the fact it's a U.S. league is implied. Besides, I think it's perfectly fine for Americans to be listed as "foreign" players in articles about other leagues. And there's precedent. Can I switch it back? CyMoahk (talk) 17:34, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

I moved the article because the old title made me groan, "Not another American who has forgotten that the rest of the world exists!", and thereby undermined wikipedia's credibility as a global, neutral source. That concern still stands; I'm certain that quite a significant number of people respond to the same sort of thing in the same way as I do, and I know there's a great deal of discussion of it somewhere on the policy pages. Furthermore, America is not even mentioned in the title of the article. Not all precedents are good precedents, and the ones you give certainly aren't, they are more examples of the same unfortunate insular approach (which the British can also fall into, though not as often as Americans). Alex Middleton (talk) 12:31, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

hi

are you the owner of site http://www.alexmidd.co.uk?

please respond—Preceding unsigned comment added by Poecilia Reticulata (talk • contribs)

No. Alex Middleton (talk) 20:33, 30 August 2009 (UTC)