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I removed the CSD tag, as I was able to identify the subject. Not everyone would be able to identify it, though - it's not a good idea to create articles without actually explaining what the subject of the article is in words (see the change I made).--h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 17:38, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Two tips for you - when creating a new article, if you're not finished writing it, use the "show preview" button instead of "save page" to avoid this happening. Also, when responding to a person's comment, put your comment on the user talk page, not the userpage. Thanks.--h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 18:05, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry I shouldn't have tagged it so quickly especially considering an established editor had created it.

Hi - I noticed your comment about "Beinn a' Bhùird" - the pronounciation given is for the pronounciation as written, but Watson may be recording the local version. It wouldn't be the first time that the OS got something wrong! --MacRusgail (talk) 18:10, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The probable solution to this problem is to include some kind of footnote against the pronounciation. It may have been a local dialectal variation, found amongst a few old folk, like you say. The border dialects of Scottish Gaelic have had a tendency to fragment, and lose their grammar as they engage ever more with English...--MacRusgail (talk) 18:24, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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I think you have made an excellent point Wikiwriter. I agree that there is too much gratuituous editing of points that really dont need fixing on Wikipedia. I take your comment in a positive way and shall bear it in mind for future editing. Cheers. Hadrianheugh (talk) 21:41, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, I noticed your citation templates and was wondering if you would consider substituting the current uses and moving them into your userspace (similar to what I've done with User:Ricky81682/Template:Harrison). There are ongoing discussions at TfD (in particular this and this and the like), some calling them speedy deletion candidates, and I wanted to notify you before I consider listing yours as well. If you were planning using them inside ref tags, there's a slight markup difference. I'm aware it's done a lot, but I just wanted to give you some time before I start. Thanks. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 20:32, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In my view, the concern over new editors trying to figure out the template usage is more important than the small gain in editors knowing every time a certain work is sourced. Something like the markup at Cairngorms#Sources is somewhat cryptic and another problem comes if there is ever a change to Template:Cite book (the current uses can be fixed but I double people will immediately figure out templates that references it). Plus, I fixed this. =) -- Ricky81682 (talk) 07:42, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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