User talk:Agdturner

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Mike Batty[edit]

the proper process if you don't like an article name is to use the move button, which then preserves the article history. this is a wrongful speedy deletion. please don't cut and paste moves. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 12:14, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

not at all, the subtlety that all edits are preserved in the article history is often overlooked. and the move function is hard to find, and hard to use. (even worse are templates and infoboxes). i confess i tend to create the article first, and then get to the right name. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 13:09, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

might i suggest that you want to keep the John Batty redirect to Mike Batty, since that will take people who google the wrong name to the right place. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 01:56, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion declined: John Batty[edit]

Hello Agdturner, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of John Batty, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The reason given is not a valid speedy deletion criterion. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. — Joseph Fox 15:55, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I have had a look at the speedy deletion criterion and I think it can be argued that the reason I gave for suggesting the deletion of John Batty can be classed as either a G6 (technical) or R2 (as a result of a move, the redirect is no longer needed) criterion. However, following liaison with Slowking4 I agree that perhaps it is better that John Batty is kept for the time being. Agdturner (talk) 16:58, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits[edit]

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Keighley-Kendal Turnpike 1753-1877[edit]

I am currently collecting material to do a page on the Keighley-Kendal Turnpike 1753-1877. Have you seen any references on it in links or in books that you can send me? Thak you : Kildwyke Kildwyke (talk) 17:40, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Europe 10,000 Challenge invite[edit]

Hi. The Wikipedia:WikiProject Europe/The 10,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like Germany, Italy, the Benelux countries, Iberian Peninsula, Romania, Slovenia etc, much like Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. If you would like to see masses of articles being improved for Europe and your specialist country like Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon, sign up today and once the challenge starts a contest can be organized. This is a way we can target every country of Europe, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant and also sign under any country sub challenge on the page that you might contribute to! Thank you. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 02:01, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Leeds Wikipedia meetup on Saturday 4th May[edit]

Hello there! Interested in having a chat with fellow Wikipedians? There's a meetup in Leeds on Saturday 4th May 2024, at the Tiled Hall Café at Leeds Central Library.

Full details here.

You're receiving this one-off message as you're either a member of WikiProject Yorkshire, you've expressed an interest in a previous Leeds meetup years ago, or (for about 4 of you), we've met :)

I plan to organise more in future, so if you'd like to be notified next time, please say so over on the meetup page.

Please also invite any Wikimedia people you know (or have had wiki dealings with) – spread the word! Hope to see you there.

Jonathan Deamer (talk)

20:35, 7 April 2024 (UTC)