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The Signpost: 01 August 2011

August Metro

Simply south...... unintentionally mispelling fr 5 years So much for ER 17:45, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

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The Signpost interview

Reminder: This interview will be published this coming Monday. Your input is appreciated. – SMasters (talk) 04:06, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

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Perhaps I Am...

Apparently you think that yours truly has gone completely bonkers, and I see that. But be warned by school standards I'm normal!Belugaboycup of tea? 00:19, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

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September Metro

Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 07:46, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

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Re: lang la

Where did you find it out? In the In review section at MOTD? Anyway, I think it is {{lang-la}} (for Latin). Sorry if I made a mistake. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 15:50, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

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Thank you, come again listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Thank you, come again. Since you had some involvement with the Thank you, come again redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Acather96 (talk) 06:11, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Motto of the day/September 25, 2011

Hi, just wondering if you knew the source of this quote. I thought it might be from a video game but I can't seem to find the credit. /ƒETCHCOMMS/ 03:10, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks—I'll ask him/her. /ƒETCHCOMMS/ 20:07, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks!

Thanks for welcoming me! i'm really glad you did, it has reassured me i'm not being rude just popping along to MotD… see you there! :D - Benzband (talk) 18:58, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Motto of the Day Motto Shop

Hello! My name is Belugaboy, and by now, you and I both have heard of the Motto Shop, and if not, there's a Motto Shop! It's an exclusive place where users can get their own motto to live by on the wiki. It's great, but we're really running slow, in fact, we haven't seen a customer in months. So we thought YOU, the contributors to Motto of the Day, could spread the word to your WikiFriends, heck, order yourself one, whether you have or haven't before. Thank you and warm regards to all of you!

Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of Belugaboy (talk) at 15:32, 3 October 2011 (UTC).

Absolutely

Hi, re this - positive, it's right in front of me. As a matter of fact, it arrived on 3 October - I remember this because it was in the same post as a birthday card which my mother posted on 1 Oct (my actual birthday is 2 Oct). --Redrose64 (talk) 20:04, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

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EditorReviewArchiver: Automatic processing of your editor review

This is an automated message. Your editor review is scheduled to be closed on 28 October 2011 because it will have been open for more than 30 days and inactive for more than 7 days. You can keep it open longer by posting a comment to the review page requesting more input. Adding <!--noautoarchive--> to the review page will prevent further automated actions. AnomieBOT⚡ 00:22, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

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New Page Patrol survey

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Re: Today's motto

I think there was not enough discussion on it. It would be great! Happy Halloween! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 14:48, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Pjoef has given you some caramel and a candy apple! Caramel and candy-coated apples are fun Halloween treats, and promote WikiLove on Halloween. Hopefully these have made your Halloween (and the proceeding days) much sweeter. Happy Halloween!


If Trick-or-treaters come your way, add {{subst:Halloween apples}} to their talkpage with a spoooooky message!

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November Metro

Simply south...... "time, department skies" for 5 years 01:14, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

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tb

You have new message/s Hello. You have a new message at Wikipedia talk:Did you know's talk page. rʨanaɢ (talk) 17:14, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

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Good work :)

Valued Contributor Award
You have been identified as a valued contributor and your efforts are appreciated. We are honored to present you with the Valued Contributor Award and we thank you for donating your time, expertise and effort to Wikipedia. Keep up the good work. Thanks. (more details)

Although you are currently on wikibreak this is just so you know you are really appreciated. Hoping you'll find some way back soon, Benzband (talk :) 18:58, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

And thanks for the slice, it was delicious!  ;-) benzband (talk) 09:13, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

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My recent contributions

{{help}}

Could someone look at my last few edits and tell me why thee are mysterious additional characters appearing in places I have not edited myself? Simply south...... "time, department skies" for 5 years 13:38, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Did you paste in text which you had prepared elsewhere, such as a word processor? --Redrose64 (talk) 17:25, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
I only pasted in the text from the In review page whilst making decisions on the correct page. No external programs were used (Firefox doesn't count). Simply south...... "time, department skies" for 5 years 17:42, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
When you edited, it changed stuff. I cannot tell if that was you, or some horrible virus on your PC, or your grandchild pressing keys. I can't see a pattern; but maybe just a virus-scan would be a good idea. Best,  Chzz  ►  21:45, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
R64 asked me to take a look. There is no pattern that I can discern. A virus is a good SWAG— I had something similar a year ago. It might also be a communications glitch. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 01:13, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

MotD

I was about to do that; how could you? :) That aside, I agree; do you have any ideas on what we can do to keep this alive? ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 17:32, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

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Christmas' Motto 2011

We need your help. We would be grateful if you would take a few minutes to discuss the nomination for Christmas. The second version is much better, but it is necessary to reach a consensus before approving it.
Thanks and all the best for the upcoming Holiday season! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:13, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Royal Parks of London

You have recently made a few additions to this category, but I am not entirely sure they are correct. These parks may be managed by the agency named The Royal Parks, but the category seems to refer to the parks themselves rather to the agency, and therefore I believe it ought to include only those eight parks which are actually known as Royal Parks (see here). Waltham, The Duke of 15:18, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

PS: It may take a few days for me to reply; I don't always have access to the Web. Waltham

RE: Winter solstice nominations

Are you referring to this nomination? Well, the first line is for the northern hemisphere while the second line suits for the southern hemisphere. It is also suitable for both the Winter (December) and Summer (June) solstice. It's about the same for this other one, but I used one quote only (by Robert Louis Stevenson, which I think it is better for Summer).
I wish you and your family all the very best for the upcoming Holiday season and the New Year. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 18:50, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for Harrington Hump

The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

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MotD: New Year's Eve&Day + Wikipedia's birthday

Hi Simply south!
Please, consider to give your opinion on this nomination for the New Year's Day, and, if you can, check the nomination for the eleventh birthday of Wikipedia (it's just 1-2 noms below).
Thank you, and a Merry Christmas and a New Year of health, happiness, peace, love, and prosperity to you and your family. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:20, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

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Autumn, Snoopy, an orange cat, a waterfall & Wikipedia

That image is not mine. Maybe you should ask this question to Dipankan001.
Have a wonderful winter solstice! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:17, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

MotD

As far as I can tell, this was never discussed; it looks like they just added it to the schedule. I have replaced it with one from the end of the schedule; if it turns out I was wrong, please feel free to trout me and switch it back. ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 01:04, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

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~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 01:21, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

Emergency Mottos

I just noticed something somewhat odd... Look at the fifth one down. It makes it look like we are suggesting that the reader nominates a free encyclopedia. What could we change it to? ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 18:53, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Replied on my talk page. ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 20:26, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

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MotD

You have new message/s Hello. You have a new message at Benzband's talk page. I think there is a misunderstanding… :-) benzband (talk) 13:33, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

You have new message/s Hello. You have a new message at Benzband's talk page.

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MotD (again...)

It seems I'm bugging you about MotD quite a lot... Anyways, a nomination for Wikipedia's birthday was passed. However, an alternative did get proposed, but it got very little discussion. I think it would be better if all options were able to be discussed, as this is a somewhat important day. There would still be time to switch the motto out, if people think it is better, so any comments that you could make would be great! ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 00:08, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

It appears that the alternative has been put in, so forget I said anything! ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 23:31, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

List of London Underground stations: Planned stations

I noticed your recent addition and, whilst I think it's a good idea to have a list of the planned stations, I feel that they belong as a new section of List of former and unopened London Underground stations rather than on the list of current stations. This could be mentioned in the text and linked to from the see also section. A redirect from List of planned London Underground stations to that section would also be useful.--DavidCane (talk) 22:02, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

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New Year Metro


Sorry its late and happy new year. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 23:05, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Watford General Hospital tube station

Is there a source anywhere that currently gives this as the name for the station? It seems a rather ungainly mouthful and the diagram of the proposed extension (here) calls it just Watford Hospital station. I suspect when it comes to be named, it may simply be called "Vicarage Road". --DavidCane (talk) 21:41, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

MotD Special

Hello there! You are a frequent Motto of the Day participant, so i thought you might not mind taking a look a nomination at the Specials page, due for January 18, 2012 (day after tomorrow). Cheers, benzband (talk) 21:32, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

I've just read your edit summaries here. I once left an edit summary that said "Just fucking save it" so don't feel alone. Britmax (talk) 23:10, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

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MotD (yet again...)

Since you are one of our larger contributors, I figured I should let you know that interesting things are afoot. See here, here, and here. ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 19:26, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Re: After all this...

Yes, I think it's necessary to open a discussion (and eventually merger all other related discussions) about CSD and copyright problems (especially for songs' lyrics) within Wikipedia talk:Motto of the day. For the most relevant discussion on this "issue", see User_talk:Benzband#MotD_CSD. All the best and thank you! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:51, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Re: .CB.99.CB.99.CB.99s...

What are you referring to, could you be more precise, please? –pjoef (talk • contribs) 23:31, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Nevermind. The section title was changed to "˙˙˙sıɥʇ llɐ ɹǝʇɟɐ)" and this change produced the ".CB.99.CB.99.CB.99s..." thing. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 23:36, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

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February Metro

Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 22:52, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Re: Viva la Vida

Sorry, but I cannot find it /o\... I'd say: do what you think is best to do. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:35, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Are you referring to the Plutus, Cupid, and Time "affair"? It's the only nomination with a suggested date. If this is correct, then it is not going to be approved so far, but I made a new version. IMHO, if it will be good enough for Valentine's Day, then we should move the motto for February 14 to the firt available date, and have the approved "love theme" for the 14th. Otherwise, and in any case, just do what you think is best for (you and) MotD. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 15:12, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
/o\ I really don't know! That question has not been addressed, and for now I'm not going to approve mottoes with quotes created after 2011-100=1911! ... but if you'll do it, then I will assume all responsibility for all aspects. I think we need to ask to Arbcom or something similar to solve this once and forever. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 16:39, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence
That's the way to do it... thank you so very much! (I'll wait and see what others think first!) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 17:30, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Oh no, I am not worried about that, because I'm madder than a sack of ferrets. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 19:48, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Rather important MOTD thing...

What was the big issue about MOTD? Are you saying we might have to, God forbid, close it down because of copyright infringement and use of non-free lyrics, etc.? Belugaboycup of tea? 13:57, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

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Template:Infobox London station

Hi, why did you renumber many of the entries in Template:Infobox London station? There is no harm in having gaps in the numeric sequence: indeed, this is encouraged by Template:Infobox#Number ranges.

I'm trying to work out an enhanced version of Template:Infobox closed London station which, when a station closes, will allow {{Infobox London station}} to be changed to {{Infobox closed London station}} with minimum loss of displayed information. As things stood, all the information in the |yearsn=|eventsn= disappeared straightaway, so a few days ago I added those to Template:Infobox closed London station. I decided that the best way of having them show similarly was to do a straight copy; but prior to doing this, I realised that new usage figures would soon be released which would need a renumbering of the rows. Not wishing the two infoboxes to get out of step quickly, I renumbered the yearsn/eventsn rows in Template:Infobox London station from 40-54 to 50-64, to create a largish gap in the sequence to facilitate the insertion of more usage rows. I also renumbered some of the later rows. I should have renumbered the original/pregroup/postgroup rows at the same time, but hadn't decided on their best positions, because Template:Infobox closed London station has some related parameters which belong with those, so although I could have renumbered them from 36-39 to 46-49, I didn't, just in case they needed further revision. --Redrose64 (talk) 10:54, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

I seem to have stopped |}} appearing at the start of each article and it seems that had crept in with your last edits. But all I did was count curly brackets - or rather the new ones - and find extras had appeared. Could you take a look and make sure it's functioning correctly? NebY (talk) 14:08, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

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Metro

Just remembered that you asked me to look after the Metro this month. I'll see what I can do. I think it needs a bit of a spring clear, so I might change it around a bit.--DavidCane (talk) 14:05, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Here you go - hope you like.--DavidCane (talk) 20:50, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Rating of Bow Back Rivers

Just thought I would say thanks for your comment on the rating of Bow Back Rivers. It has caused quite a discussion, and I think the article is better for it. Regards. Bob1960evens (talk) 12:30, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

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March 2012 MOTD's award for helping the project in a difficult time

The MOTD Barnstar
The MOTD Barnstar is awarded to Simply south for his invaluable contribution to our project, which was experiencing a period of extreme scarcity. Thank you from Motto of the day. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:01, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

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