User talk:Elbmek

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Speedy deletion of Grooves (archaeology

A tag has been placed on Grooves (archaeology requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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Proposed deletion of Reddicap Heath Sutton Coldfield

The article Reddicap Heath Sutton Coldfield has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

NN something? Can't really tell if its about a farm, or a region, or a town. The 'reference' external link is a page of pictures.

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Syrthiss (talk) 11:26, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Also, the text you entered was essentially copied from here. This text is copyrighted, and its use requires attribution in order to remain compliant with the law. Please do not copy – or even closely paraphrase – text from other sources into Wikipedia articles. We must respect copyrights. ErikHaugen (talk | contribs) 17:41, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Frederic John Walker

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, but when you add or change content, as you did to the article Frederic John Walker, please cite a reliable source for your addition. This helps maintain our policy of verifiability. See Wikipedia:Citing sources for how to cite sources, and the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. --88.104.47.107 (talk) 10:50, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sir, arguing with the article mid-flow does not set the right tone. If you wish to change details of the article (properly sourced, naturally) then do so. If you wish to write about the article (to complain about it, I imagine), then do so on Talk:Frederic John Walker, which is the correct venue to discuss such matters.

Regards, 88.104.47.107 (talk) 13:27, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

An alternative suggestion

You could instead try taking your concerns about the article to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history. That would draw input from a wider range of editors interested in the field and who have experience of fixing articles of this kind. But don't go into it with a battlefield mentality; a civil request will attract more help than calling anyone "left wing anti war anti heroe idiots". --88.104.47.107 (talk) 15:15, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits

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Error on HMS Kite (U87)

I mention in the main text that Lt Cmdr Campbell was HMS Kite's temporary commander when she was sunk, this has now been found to be incorrect, he had been appointed her Captain in May 1944, fully 3 months before the sinking. I wanted to amend the paragraph but cannot see an edit button for the top section of the page??? Elbmek (talk) 21:18, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Present paragraph: At 06:30 on 21 August, Kite slowed to 6 knots (10 km/h) to untangle her "foxers" (anti acoustic torpedo noise makers, towed astern). The decision to do so, rather than severing the foxers' cables and abandoning them, was made by her temporary commander, Lt Comdr Campbell, a submariner. At that speed Kite was a sitting duck, and she was hit by two torpedoes from U-344 (commanded by Oberleutnant Ulrich Pietsch) and sank.

Propsed paragraph: At 06:30 on 21 August, Kite slowed to 6 knots (10 km/h) to untangle her "foxers" (anti acoustic torpedo noise makers, towed astern). The decision to do so, rather than severing the foxers' cables and abandoning them, was made by her Captain Lt Comdr Campbell, a former submariner. At that speed Kite was a sitting duck, and she was hit by two torpedoes from U-344 (commanded by Oberleutnant Ulrich Pietsch) and sank.

Thank You

Mike Kemble

Changing urls for new ones

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidston_Hill#cite_ref-The_Wirral_Hundred.2FThe_Wirral_Peninsula_2-0

I am trying to change the reference urls to my 'new' urls. All my references to Bidston are now on http://www.wirralhistory.online but when I click on edit, I am getting a blank page??

November 2014

Hello, I'm Ahunt. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to FileZilla because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Ahunt (talk) 22:18, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Elbmek (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

Requesting an IP address block exemption, because I am here via virgin media, not a web host). 19:13, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Decline reason:

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