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Please don't keep sticking the list of canons in the info box. There is a section further down devoted to the cathedral staff. this stuff doesn't need repeating twice. It s simply not of genral interest or significance.
I hate large info boxes. The larger they are, the less room for pictures of the building in parallel with the text, because you have the space filled with reptitious text in parallel with the text. I hat almost everything about these boxes, and particularly the fact that they give you so many options that you might as well just have a box with lists of info and no text at all. Amandajm (talk) 05:54, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
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- There were issues to be discussed, such as that awful misrepresenting picture of PM Gordon Brown. YOu can't just erase the topics on the talk page! Willwal (talk) 17:12, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
- The soapboxing additions by the blocked disruptive editor are good to go, you also have not any edits to these threads, your comments regarding the picture is also of no benefit to the article, the picture has been there over a year and just because you think he should appear more grumpy is not going anywhere. Off2riorob (talk) 17:15, 11 January 2010 (UTC)]
- The soapboxing additions by the blocked disruptive editor are good to go, you also have not any edits to these threads, your comments regarding the picture is also of no benefit to the article, the picture has been there over a year and just because you think he should appear more grumpy is not going anywhere.
- The fact that he is a grumpy politician is completely relevant to his picture. I guess that you're voting ]
- I care less, I guess you went to private school and vote tory. so what, the talkpage is no place for soapboxing your opinions..
Wikipedia shouldn't misrepresent the UK Prime Minister to be happy and cheerful (which he very clearly isn't!): he's grumpy and depressed looking ... but who can blame him; the country as well as his party detest him! .. this is pure opinionated soapboxing and has no place on the talkpage, I will appreciate it if you don't edit war to keep it on the talkpage, regards.
- Firstly, you didn't answer my question... and secondly, I think you'll find the vast majority of people agree with me. Ask someone like David Cameron or Nick Clegg! And finally, what does my education have to do with you.Willwal (talk) 17:41, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
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If you are prepared to move the article into a sandbox, and then have it moved into article space if he wins, I suggest you just unilaterally go ahead and do that. The discussion at AfD is getting more heated and personalised, and there's no real purpose in letting it continue if you are willing to take that step. Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:31, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
- Oh right, I didn't think I could do that without reaching consensus? Shouldn't there be a vote of some sort? If not, let me know what I should write on the talk page, please! For what it is worth, I have already moved it to this sandbox, to avoid losing all that content etc., which just leaves the deletion process and the wait for the result. However there are several users that seem opposed to deleting the article, so I would not want to do so without reaching a consensus/majority support. Willwal 22:50, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
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Numbering British Prime Ministers
We do not number British Prime Ministers, please stop doing so. DuncanHill (talk) 11:39, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. DuncanHill (talk) 11:45, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
Hi Willwal, here are some thoughts on why we don't number Prime Ministers.
British Prime Ministers aren't numbered like US Presidents for several boring reasons. Firstly, the term "Prime Minister" wasn't used until the early twentieth century, before then the office was called "First Lord of the Treasury", in fact to this day the Prime Minister still is the First Lord of the Treasury, that's what it says on No. 10's letterbox. Another thing is, the United Kingdom didn't exist until 1801, before then it was Great Britain, so technically Robert Walpole was the first Prime Minister of Great Britain and Henry Addington was the last Prime Minister of Great Britain and the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Also, there is a debate as to weather non-consecutive terms are counted twice, like the way the Americans count Grover Cleveland, the Downing Street website says Boris Johnson will be the 55nd person to walk through the doors of Downing Street as PM not the 78th. Then there is the issue of how many times Ramsay MacDonald is counted as the government changed part way through his second term but he remained as Prime Minister. Finally, it's just not a British tradition to count the number people who have held a particular office.
Regards - Galloglass 12:04, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you for this explanation, Galloglass - this makes perfect sense and I will steer clear of the numbering issue in future.
- Willwal (talk) 12:23, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
- You were previously told not to do this here. That is still on this talk page so you did already know. DuncanHill (talk) 12:24, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you for pointing this out - certainly explains the block and clears up the confusion in my own head as to when/whether I had made similar edits before. Willwal (talk) 12:40, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
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. GoldenRing (talk) 12:12, 26 July 2019 (UTC)- When someone contests your edits, you're expected to stop and discuss it. When you don't stop and they report it to ANI, it's a good idea to stop and discuss it. I've blocked you for 12 hours to stop the immediate disruption. If you resume this after your block, the next one will be longer. Stop and discuss. GoldenRing (talk) 12:14, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
- Hi GoldenRing. Completely understand this decision and apologise for the unintended disruption caused. I honestly don't recall whether/when I made similar edits to the numbering of British PMs in the past - I have contributed fairly extensively to an array of political/historical articles over many years, so it wouldn't surprise me if I have indeed made these changes before.
- As such, I won't contest the 12 hour block, but would stress that these edits were made in good faith.
- Willwal (talk) 12:33, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
- @Willwal: If you'll explain to me how you made these edits at about one every three seconds, and commit to not making the same changes again, I'll happily undo the block. GoldenRing (talk) 12:46, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
- Scrolled through the list on List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, opening the PM articles on new tabs. Edited their respective infoboxes but didn't publish the changes until all 55 had been edited. Then it was just a case of moving between the tabs and hitting the blue button. And yes, very happy to make that commitment. Willwal (talk) 13:10, 26 July 2019 (UTC)]
- Done. Whatever your intent (which I'm sure was good), editing in that way can easily give the impression that you're trying to get a big batch of edits done before someone can stop you; I wouldn't do it. Go careful. GoldenRing (talk) 13:36, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
- Scrolled through the list on
- @Willwal: If you'll explain to me how you made these edits at about one every three seconds, and commit to not making the same changes again, I'll happily undo the block. GoldenRing (talk) 12:46, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
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