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Hi, I've tidied up some of your edits, mainly typos and grammar, please preview your edits before saving. Regards <small>--<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;border:2px solid #A9A9A9;padding:1px;"><b>palmiped</b> | <span style="color:#000000;background:#D3D3D3;">&nbsp;Talk&nbsp;</span> ↗ </span></small> 10:58, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

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Leicester



Thanks for your work on Leicester ↗. Apologies if I inadvertently removed any of your material in my effort to get back towards a properly cited article. Regards JRPG (talk) 06:57, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Scaldwell



I've gone ahead and re-written the section of the Scaldwell ↗ article that covers ironstone quarrying. I'm afraid most of the facts you've added are incorrect. I've gone back to Eric Tonks' book and updated the information from there, so it is accurate. Thanks, Railfan23 (talk) 01:05, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Knipton



I have reverted your edit ↗ which is frankly inappropriate. The addition I made to Knipton was referenced ↗ and accurate, while yours was neither of those things. Please work towards improving the encyclopedia, rather than making it into a local guide. Thanks, Railfan23 (talk) 04:31, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

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Hi Spinney Hill,
I saw your comment on my edit here ↗. Based on WP:MOS ↗, US should be used rather than the more archaic USA. Additionally, there were other corrections included in that edit that shouldn't have been reverted. In the future, could you check with the previous editor about concerns you have before reverting, so it doesn't end up looking like an edit war when it gets changed back? Cinnamingirl (talk) 17:48, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk



Hey, regarding your revert https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Treaty_of_Brest-Litovsk&diff=943334541&oldid=943200589 ↗, Soviet Russia ↗ is a common name for Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic before it was merged into USSR. Also considering the date of signing the treaty it would be more suitable to use the first flag of it Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic#History ↗ in that article.--Staberinde (talk) 11:20, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
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Brixworth Church Friends link



Hey there. So I removed the link as it's not encyclopaedically about the town. The church has its own article and the link is perfectly fine there, just not on the article about the town. It's not friends of Brixworth, it's friends of the church and therefore not relevant to an article on the town. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 12:24, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

UK COVID page



Spinney, I have to agree with Defacto, even if you find a source to support the things, which you should have done in the first place, there is no way you can keep what you reverted in the article. It is way too detailed and is full of irrelevant things. For example do we really need to know who was driving? Yes I agree with the comment about being near his sister as that was Cummings reasons for travelling and the PM response to it but, please keep it brief. Games of the world (talk) 10:19, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

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Debenhams revert



Hi. Don't mind that you reverted. If you feel strongly it should be there, I'm OK with that. Just to explain I was thinking of WP:NOTDIRECTORY ↗ and WP:NOTNEWS ↗. It's a slippery slope discussing individual branch news of major retailers. Mark83 (talk) 19:58, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Lord Milner, The Peace Treaty



Hi. I corrected and brought back a paragraph you deleted at the bottom of the chapter above. I think it is much clearer. Any problems, please let me know. John Milner. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding unsigned ↗ comment added by Lord Milner (talk • contribs ↗) 06:17, 7 August 2020 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

Northampton article



You are doing good work on this but it still has a way to go to achieve wp:GA ↗ (if you really want to do that! Trust me, it took a ''lot'' of work to get Milton Keynes ↗ to that status). Up to you of course but could I suggest that you create a new article, History of Northampton ↗, hive off a lot of the material in this article to it, and then just have a summary? As the article stands, the current history section is overwhelming and takes the whole article close to WP:TLDR ↗ territory. I found that the key is to be ruthless with your editor's blue pen and really make the sections as concise as you can{{snd}} which is heart-breaking at times and the only way to cope is to create subsidiary articles where you can put the detail. Try to write for someone from Northampton, Massachusetts ↗, not from Kingsthorpe. Best wishes! --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 14:04, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Where...



...did you find that edit by user 86.134.165.116? I don't see it in his edit log. ←Baseball Bugs <sup>''What's up, Doc?''</sup> carrots ↗→ 14:40, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
:Never mind, I figured it out. He had previously reposted it along with an item under another one of his sock IP addresses... before an admin deleted it... and before you restored it again. :( ←Baseball Bugs <sup>''What's up, Doc?''</sup> carrots ↗→ 15:33, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

What you did "wrong" was to restore a comment posted by a banned user, as his "contrib" page shows. Banned users are not allowed to edit. And reposting of a banned user's removed comments can get you into Wiki-trouble. Not in this case, because admin Jayron posted a disclaimer of sorts. Just be a little more cautious in future. :) ←Baseball Bugs <sup>''What's up, Doc?''</sup> carrots ↗→ 23:48, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
:Oh, I see you took it down. Thank you for that. :) For future reference, there's this article called "Banned means banned ↗". :) ←Baseball Bugs <sup>''What's up, Doc?''</sup> carrots ↗→ 23:57, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

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A resolution is one of the forms of ''proposed'' legislation in United States law. It is not the same as a resolution in Commonwealth countries. A censure resolution is a type of simple resolution in that it only affects one chamber of Congress. https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained/the-legislative-process/bills-resolutions Why? I Ask (talk) 09:14, 29 March 2021 (UTC)


MTG



Why have you spread false information about Marjorie Taylor Greene? I would like to see your sources of the claims you are making. 2600:1702:560:88D0:F52B:63CE:B09A:4039 ↗ (talk) 15:20, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
I have not spread any false information. I have merely attempted to make what information was already there more easy to read.Spinney Hill (talk) 09:13, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

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1918



Hello. WP:SDNOTDEF ↗ says avoid duplicating info already in the article title. Thanks. – S. Rich (talk) 14:37, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

:I see that but it also says "but don't worry too much if you need to repeat a word or two for context)" I think it would cause confusion if it were left out. It makes it clear that it was not part of one of the 1914 or the 1916 offensive. It could say instead " a battle of the first world war"<!-- Template:Unsigned --><span class="autosigned" style="font-size:85%;">—&nbsp;Preceding unsigned ↗ comment added by Spinney Hill (talk • contribs ↗) </span>
::Since "1918" is part of the article title we don't need to repeat it. "a battle of the first world war" is fine too, but does it make the SD too long? – S. Rich (talk) 14:39, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
::I don't think so but I haven' re-checked the guidance. It does include the word battle. Spinney Hill (talk) 21:25, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

Afsluitdijk May 2022



You corrected a rather obscure sentence in this article. Actually the original was correct because the statue had been moved to the monument's surroundings. Your wording is much better (''thank you''). I've just added 'near to the monument' to restore the original meaning. OrewaTel (talk) 01:22, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

CBS ↗



Why did you change New York City ↗ (correct) to New York ↗ City (incorrect), and then revert me when I fixed it? Magnolia677 (talk) 23:44, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

:Sorry I was more concerned about the other changes you made and it was late at night here in England and I nneeded to go to bed,I have changed the link. Spinney Hill (talk) 08:02, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

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Edit reversion: Mark Rutland



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Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi



Hi, just to let you know that the article was originally written in British English, but was changed by User:Sqzx in July 2014. Regards Denisarona (talk) 08:54, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

:Noted. Spinney Hill (talk) 09:02, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

There's no page, though.



Howdy. There's is ''no'' page called "Canadian royal family". There's only a section, within the Monarchy of Canada ↗ page, fwiw. GoodDay (talk) 15:18, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

:Thats as near as makes no difference and there is a redirect to that page Spinney Hill (talk) 21:36, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

RfC at British royal family



Hey--Could you please add a "yes" or "comment" or, I guess possibly a "no" at the opening of your statement at Talk:British royal family#Survey ↗? I assume you're stating your position is "yes". But, I don't want to tamper with your words for fear of misrepresenting your position and, so, would prefer if you'd do so, yourself. Thanks. <span style="border-top:1px solid black;font-size:80%"><span style="background-color:black;color:white">'''₪'''</span> <span style="color:black">MIESIANIACAL</span></span> 18:57, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Suburbs of Northampton



I don't want to tag as "failed verification", but I can't see how the Moulton Parish Council page supports the statement? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 15:58, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

:It says many people who live in Moulton work in Northampton and this has been true for some time have done since the nineteenth century. It also says it is close to Northampton. It is in fact joined onto the town-its part of the same built up area. I think those facts fit the definition of a suburb. It doesn't have to be spelt out in the source. I hope to be able to find more sources for Moulton and some of the other places. This is all a work in progress.. Do you know of a better sources. I do have some books about Northampton wjhich I shall be consulting. I live there (Northampton) and all this seems very obvious. Its just finding the sources to satisfy the "sources police. Do you know of some good sources on this kind of thing? Spinney Hill (talk) 16:55, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

Woodcote Park



Hi Spinney Hill, I've added some information on the camp/hospital at Woodcote_Park#First_world_war ↗. Please feel free to expand further, it's a significant part of the location's history and there is a plethora of sources about it! Particularly interesting for me, as I grew up in the area! Best wishes <small>'''''Polyamorph''''' (talk)</small> 08:25, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Humberstone on John Raphael Rodrigues Brandon



I see you reverted my disambiguation ↗ of Humberstone ↗ on John Raphael Rodrigues Brandon ↗. I noticed your edit summary about "shire" etc but it still links to a dab page. The reader may click on the link and not know which place called Humberstone is being referred to - therefore a piped link to Humberstone and Hamilton ↗ which doesn't change what the reader sees but takes them to the right article is appropriate.

You can highlight links to dab pages in your edits by going to your preferences (drop down list top right) & going to the gadgets tab, then scroll down to Appearance and put a tick next to "Display links to disambiguation pages in orange".&mdash; Rod <sup>talk</sup> 10:54, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

:Yes I know what happens when you press a link. My point was that Humberstone, Leicester conveys to the reader who doesn't press the link the present status of Humberstone (i.e. part of the City of Leicester) rather than the status in Brandon's time (i.e a village in a rural part of the county.) Spinney Hill (talk) 21:16, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

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Just a friendly reminder that you shouldn't delete other people's talk page comments unless they are obviously vandalism or similarly unacceptable. 10mmsocket (talk) 09:47, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

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Query re Baghdad



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After an intervening edit by somebody else I have managed but an amended comment in successfully.Spinney Hill (talk) 16:15, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

Basingstoke image move.



I moved the image of the ruins to where it was mentioned in the text, just like the image of the current parish church. In its former (and current) position it is orphaned from any relevance by the the infobox. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 08:50, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

my bad



@Spinney Hill I already saved my edit before i was finished but now all my edits have full citations. I hope thats ok for you. Mr.Lovecraft (talk) 16:11, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

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Northampton: split?



Maybe time to split History of Northampton ↗ off as full standalone article? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 10:59, 29 November 2025 (UTC)

:Not sure about that Spinney Hill (talk) 18:49, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
::Easy for me to say as I'm volunteering you to do the work {{smiley}}. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 20:26, 29 November 2025 (UTC)

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Toponymy for Leicester



Hi There,

Please can you advise me why you have changed the Toponymy to name, when most if not nearly all British cities are either Etymology or Toponymy, Leicester should be no different, please look at the cities of Birmingham, Nottingham, Sheffield, Bristol, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Brighton, and Lincoln to name a few…

Thank you MatthewDavid41 (talk) 14:46, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

:I haven't compared Leicester to any other city. It just seemed to me that the old title was quite sufficient and properly expressed what the section was about. Spinney Hill (talk) 16:07, 29 May 2026 (UTC)
::If you really think that it needs to be changed then I'd prefer "etymology" to "toponymy". It's a more common word is probably better understood. It also implies the meaning behind the name Spinney Hill (talk) 16:11, 29 May 2026 (UTC)
:::Etymology and Toponymy have slightly different meanings.
:::Etymology is the study of the historical origins and evolution of all words (nouns, verbs, adjectives). Toponymy is a specific branch of etymology that exclusively studies the origins, meanings, and historical evolution of place names (toponyms) like cities, mountains, and rivers.
:::thanks MatthewDavid41 (talk) 18:19, 29 May 2026 (UTC)