User talk:A. Parrot

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-- Sango 123 (talk) 21:18, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you need help with anything or simply wish to say hello. :)

Gothic architecture

If by any chance you are Ms A.D.Budgie, then leave me a little message on my talk page.

Amandajm (talk) 06:15, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Removed nonsense, which I will now send to the right person! Amandajm (talk) 08:39, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How stupid...

of me! I have the wrong editor! I looked again and saw you made only one very small correction. It wasn't you who added the pics! I have a problem all the time with people jamming extra pics of their favourite Gothic church into that page. I'm sorry to bother you with it. As for Budgie.... well, it's a long story.... Thanks for your patience! Amandajm (talk) 08:36, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Just stopping by to say welcome to WP:ANEGY! I saw that you have just added your name to the WikiProject Ancient Egypt members list. The project is relatively inactive right now, so new members are doubly appreciated. Let me know if you need anything. Icewedge (talk) 08:22, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Orhan I

Good work on copy-editing the article. It was a tough task here — it frustrates me that "copy-editing" on Wikipedia actually encapsulates not just general copy-editing but also attempting to make sense of the poor English used by foreign editors. Congratulations on a job well done. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 03:50, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

St Peter's

Problem 1. You made several edits, without checking what had gone before. This is very bad policy. The editor previous to you had left a poop bum message. The editor previous to that had deleted a very large wad of the article. If you then come along and make half a dozen minor changes, it screens the fact that some editor before you has been vandalistic. Before you edit, always check the current status of what you are editing, particularly for edits by people without a signnature. they are very often vandals. It is a good idea to look back for several days.

Problem 2. The very precise meaning of words. Reverting a fairly complex but very carefully worded statement to a much simpler one does not always mean the same thing or state the facts.

He (ie Michelangelo, who is the subject of the previous sentence and therefore doesn't need repeating) is to be regarded as the chief designer of a large part of the building.... is not the same thing as:

Michelangelo is regarded as as the chief designer etc...

These two statements are quite different. In fact Michelangelo is not always regarded as the chief designer. His role has been greatly underplayed by editors to these pages who have taken a very simplisitic reading of the available sources and who have misunderstood Giacomo della Porta's role and imagined that he "redesigned" the dome. That is why the sentence is worded the way that it is worded. It is addressing a common misconception.

"as it now stands" and "as it currently exists" do not mean the same thing either.

"as it now stands" implies that it is complete. "as it currently exists" implies that the building is in a state of impermanence. Amandajm (talk) 07:26, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ancient Egyptian Religion

Many many apologies for not getting back to you. I've put it on my watchlist to see how it goes. I don't think it is serious enough at the moment to warrant semi-protection, that is normally only given to articles which are having multiple vandalism daily. You and I may not like that guidance, but that's what it is and to protect it at this level of vandalism would stop new IP editors from editing it constructively as well. I hope you understand. I feel quite bad about not responding quickly, and I see you deleted your edit on my talk page, don't blame you! dougweller (talk) 19:54, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Perrot!

Thank you for you positive response. I'm not always very polite. I agree with you that the simplification is an improvement.

I get so blinking tired of vandalism. I get online hoping to do some writing and often spend all my time chasing up vandalism (or explaining things endlessly to people who are so focussed on one cause that they fail to see the big picture.) I'm feeling quite relieved now that Renaissance architecture has semi-protection and I don't have to sort it out every single day. Amandajm (talk) 05:18, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ancient Egyptian creation myths

On April 7, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ancient Egyptian creation myths, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 04:27, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Speedy deletion of Foreman 391

Hi A.parret im saying my reasens why my foreman 391 page shouldnt be deleted im not sure if this is the correct way (im 88% new only been doing this for a hour) its my first 1 so i wasnt sure abotu hwo big i edited it and make it bigger i think its big enough Foreman 111 (i dont know how to post so i edited a post sorry sango123 if i did something to your post sorry)

List of noise musicians

I have been checking any suspicious additions to this list at google. If they at least have a myspace page I usually allow them. Thanks for your help and interest.

Valueyou (talk) 09:07, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reporting to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism

Hi there. If you report IP editors like 113.29.215.134 (talk · contribs) to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism, please make sure that the user was active recently. IPs are re-assigned to new users often and as such the vandal who used the IP two days ago will likely not be affected if we blocked the IP now. Regards So Why 21:13, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Featured article candidates

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Thanks again for your help! I look forward to continuing to work with you at FAC, and if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask me or anyone else at FAC. Now get to reviewing some noms! ~~~~

Your efforts are much appreciated! If you ever have questions about reviewing, feel free to ask at WT:FAC or you can ask SandyGeorgia or me directly. Karanacs (talk) 18:52, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Userpage vandalism

		The Userpage Shield
		For kicking out some sneaky vandal work from my userpage. Atif.t2 (talk) 00:26, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Message from random IP

Hello everyone! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.81.98.61 (talk) 01:30, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I am now proud owner of a TUSC account!

Missisippian Culture

Hi,

Never tried to send a message on Wikipedia before. Is this the right way!? I left a comment on the talk page and edited the caption of the picture in question. My edit would be to remove the picture entirely, but I have a feeling someone who did not understand my point about it would just reintroduce the picture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mississippian_culture#Racist_Imagery

DGGenuine (talk) 21:27, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]