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Nancy Spain

I nominated this article for speedy deletion because it seems to be a copyright violation of material found on http://online.northumbria.ac.uk/faculties/art/humanities/cns/m-spain.html

In general it's not a good idea to create articles by simply copying and pasting from another website.

If you wish to use that material as a starting point for a better article you can create a sub page on your user page.

e.g. [[/Nancy Spain]]

Then you edit that subpage until it is no longer a copyright violation and you are happy with it, then you can simply move the material to a new article in the encyclopedia.

Take care.

TheRingess 03:11, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Nancy Spain material on the Northumbria U website was written by me and is my copyright. It has now been shifted to http://pages.britishlibrary.net/alan.myers in any case. I hope it can stay where it is in Wikipedia.

Bandalore 07:48, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

My integrity has been impugned by Wikipedia and I seek an apology. The deleted Nancy Spain material was written by me, and there is nothing live on the Northumbria ac.uk cns site which TheRingess quotes. It is merely a link to my present (non-profit site) at http://pages.britishlibrary.net/alan.myers

I hold the copyright on this material, and can supply written evidence from academics. I can hardly be stealing from myself! I'd like to see Nancy restored, but I shan't bother unless I get a satisfactory reply.

Bandalore 14:16, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi Bandalore, I'm sorry you feel that way! I can imagine it must be very frustrating to be told you are 'stealing' text from somewhere else while you're not. We'd appreciate it if you'd consider continuing to contribute to Wikipedia.

Regarding the article: the text that you inserted is not completely suitable for Wikipedia. The main issue is that it is not completely neutral, as all Wikipedia articles should be. You do not have to write the perfect article yourself (one of Wikipedia's strong points is that people collaborate in creating articles and improve on each other's work). I restored the content of the page, if you would like some guidelines about how to procede, this is a great start: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies). However, there are no obligations at all, if you don't want to edit it yourself I (or someone else) will work on it later! Thanks, --JoanneB 14:57, 31 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've edited my raw material in this light, but I don't mind if a more experienced hand gives it the suitable form.

Bandalore 11:53, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Article creation

I have been looking through the list of unwatched pages (available only to administrators) and found (Gavin) Graham Laidler. I see that you created this but were not watching it. You may want to go to your preferences and under the "editing" tab turn on "Add pages you edit to your watchlist". This will enable you to keep an eye out for any edits that are made to pages you create and help to revert vandalism. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 20:47, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I intend to create a few final pages and then start tweaking. I'm not altogether used to the process as yet. In the meantime, I know my chickens and will keep a watch on them. Thanks.

Bandalore 23:18, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 19:23, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Newcastle upon Tyne

Please see my comments on your edits to the Newcastle upon Tyne article at Talk:Newcastle upon Tyne#Edit. Thanks. Johnwalton 18:04, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your signature

Please don't sign talk pages as Bandalore, since it makes it very difficult for other editors to figure out who made comments, and to respond to you. If you'd like to put something on your userpage about yourself, feel free, or even put that Bandalore means Yo-yo (if it does) or whatever. Just please have a link to either your userpage or your talk page in your signature. Thanks, Mak (talk) 23:32, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Signing your posts

You're accidentally linking to a real article rather than your namespace. To sign automatically simply put "~~~~" (without the quotation marks) and wikipedia will do it for you. If you wish to do it manually you need to put "User:Bandalore" as your link e.g. User:Bandalore (you need to make this page! Feel free to edit it however you wish).

Similarly you may way to link to your user talk instead if you do not wish to create a userpage for yourself. This can be done by linking to "User_talk:Bandalore"

Hope this helps you :)

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Fyver528 09:30, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Harold Heslop

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We appreciate your contributions to the Harold Heslop article, but we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material. Perhaps you would like to rewrite the article in your own words. For more information, take a look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Happy editing!--Commander Keane 11:21, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

South Bank

Sorry, but isn't South Bank in London? NewYork1956 07:16, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, there is an area of London described as the South Bank since 1951, but not in 1882. It's an arts complex, not a place where one might be born.

South Bank in Middlesbrough is a specific place (there's no North Bank because Middlesbrough is entirely south of the River Tees, some 250 miles north of London). The entry makes it clear that Florence was sent to London to study, and returned to Middlesbrough from Canada.

Fascinating article by the way, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Bandalore 17:09, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, thanks for clearing that up, but on the article when you click that link it still brings you to London's South Bank. Perhaps you could change it to the article it should go to. Thanks, NewYork1956 00:01, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Links

I have acquired a domain name www.myersnorth.co.uk

This should replace the former http://pages.britishlibrary.net/alan.myers

which appears all over Wikipedia - most importantly with the articles on W.H. Auden and Yevgeni Zamyatin

I haven't a clue about how to change all these links - and not much clue about anything else! I've done all my contributing to Wikipedia (quite a lot) and what I would really like is for some kind person to just wave a magic wand.

(Bandalore 20:05, 12 April 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Do you mean you want to move a Article to a different Page name? if you do seem WP:MOVE or if you want something typed in the searchbox to link to a page create a WP:REDIRECT. Telly addict 20:46, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bandalore, it's not really a matter of 'waving a wand', but I think I know what you mean :) I'll have a look at it it tomorrow or this weekend! Thanks for letting us know. Kind regards, --Joanne B 21:06, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your website appears to redirect to http://www.seaham.i12.com/myers/. Is this a 'permanent' location? That is, will the information stay there for a while? --Joanne B 13:23, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

JoanneB, yes, it does redirect to the Seaham site and it will stay there for a while - permanently I hope, though there are some imponderables. Even if my material moves in the future, I understand that the domain name www.myersnorth.co.uk will continue to point at the relevant site. Thanks for your time. regards Bandalore 11:06, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In many cases, the articles link to the specific parts of your website that contain the information that is relevant to that specific article. It would be useful if we could do the same now, but then we would not be using the www.myersnorth.co.uk domain, that's why I asked. --Joanne B 11:15, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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 : Bandalore, it's not really a matter of 'waving a wand', but I think I know what you mean :) I'll have a look at it it tomorrow or this weekend! Thanks for letting us know. Kind regards, --[[User:JoanneB|Joanne]][[User talk:JoanneB|B]] 21:06, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
-:: Your website appears to redirect to http://www.seaham.i12.com/myers/. Is this a 'permanent' location? That is, will the information stay there for a while? --[[User:JoanneB|Joanne]][[User talk:JoanneB|B]] 13:23, 15 April 2007
+:: Your website appears to redirect to http://www.seaham.i12.com/myers/. Is this a 'permanent' location? That is, will the information stay there for a while? --[[User:JoanneB|Joanne]][[User talk:JoanneB|B]] 13:23, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
-(UTC)
 JoanneB, yes, it does redirect to the Seaham site and it will stay there for a while - permanently I hope, though there are some imponderables. Even if my material moves in the future, I understand that the domain name www.myersnorth.co.uk will continue to point at the relevant site. Thanks for your time. regards [[User:Bandalore|Bandalore]] 11:06, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
+: In many cases, the articles link to the specific parts of your website that contain the information that is relevant to that specific article. It would be useful if we could do the same now, but then we would not be using the www.myersnorth.co.uk domain, that's why I asked. --[[User:JoanneB|Joanne]][[User talk:JoanneB|B]] 11:15, 16 April 2007 (UTC)