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Finland pamphlet

Nick Cohen has tracked down or borrowed a copy ("I've read it twice", What's Left, 2007, Harper Perennial (pbk), p241). He has referred to this elsewhere also. In What's Left Cohen also cites this blog entry from Oliver Kamm. Philip Cross (talk) 19:38, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks.--GwydionM (talk) 14:54, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ma Haide

Hi Gwydion, I saw 2 notifications with thanks from you. Are you related to Ma Haide? Please take a look at the talk page of Ma Haide. SWP13 (talk) 01:37, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not even remotely related, being English and Welsh. But I thought he did good work.--GwydionM (talk) 07:46, 21 December 2016 (UTC)--GwydionM (talk) 07:46, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

October 2018

Your recent editing history at The Notion Club Papers shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

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I reacted to people who ignored the sources I had given.--GwydionM (talk) 20:00, 25 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

On the talk page, I have shown details, including the fact that I did not originate the reference to the matter. Merely tidied up something I was already aware of.--GwydionM (talk) 20:15, 25 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Bernard Cornwell

Just no time to do what is needed to check the facts, sorry. :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 12:07, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

August 2019

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Annexation; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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It is a single person who has not even bothered with a page of their own. Someone who removed a long-standing item. What discussion is needed? --GwydionM (talk) 06:17, 21 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop your disruptive editing.

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Me, disruptive? As of 16th August it said "These works contain one of the earliest fictional depictions of a generation ship." You mauled the grammar, Eric. And I see no evidence anyone agrees with you!--GwydionM (talk) 16:33, 26 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion on Rewi Alley TalkPage

Hi GwydionM; I've started a discussion at Rewi Alley TalkPage about the Views of China and New Zealand section, where the unbroken quote of nearly a thousand words is the entire section. Cheers, ch (talk) 04:07, 29 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

September 2019

Please do not delete or flag potential "spoilers" in Wikipedia articles, as you did in the article Carnival Row. It is generally expected that the subjects of Wikipedia articles will be covered in detail, and giving a section a title such as "Plot" or "Ending" is considered sufficient warning to the reader that the text will contain revelations about the narrative. Deleting such information makes the article less useful for a reader who is specifically trying to find out more about the subject. For more information, see Wikipedia's guidelines on spoilers. Thank you. -- /Alex/₂₁ 06:58, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Please help me with the issue of spoilers on character listings. This arise for Carnival Row, but may be more general.

As I say on the Talk Page, one would expect to find spoilers in summaries and discussions of endings. But not on character listings for series.

If the policy is unclear, it needs to be clarified. But I think most list of characters are careful not to give anything away.

--GwydionM (talk) 07:26, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to help! I have described the guideline to you on the talk page. All the best! -- /Alex/₂₁ 07:28, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Do you take pride in being stupid? Because it is obviously stupid to have spoilers in the Cast list, when the episode guides do not allow them.--GwydionM (talk) 13:57, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

And that is your personal opinions. Nothing "does not allow them". Gain a consensus for it. -- /Alex/₂₁ 14:00, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Easter Rising

Hey GwydionM. Thanks for the appreciation on the World War I casualties talk page. I see you've made a foray into the discussion on the Easter Rising talk page. As you can tell, I've tried using sources and logic to convince them that it was part of WW1, and is considered so by many people, but it was fruitless. I'm kinda new to Wikipedia, but I think the only way to force their hand, and bring about any logical change, is if some sort of dispute resolution or vote is taken (most effective if the MilHistory Wikiproject is contacted, IMO). The editors seem to be wedded to some really odd form of Irish nationalism that excludes the idea of any external historical influence, and will refuse for any reason any change regarding that. What do you think? 98.221.136.220 (talk) 17:02, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I have said my piece. I have other things to be getting on with.

Adding or re-adding unsourced material to articles

Please don't add unsourced materials to articles, as you did om this edit. See Wikipedia:Verifiability#Responsibility for providing citations. Neutrality^talk 17:07, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Do you NEVER check facts? What I did was restore stuff that had been there for ages. --GwydionM (talk) 18:17, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you restored unsourced material. Neutrality^talk 22:44, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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I added it to the man's page. Hope this is OK now.--GwydionM (talk) 12:13, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please maintain neutrality

You are getting very heated up, Sir. You keep removing sourced material from the page Annexation. Your language is getting very heated, like here where you type in ALL-CAPS: "STOP POSTING LIES! TIBET WAS ALWAYS LEGALLY PART OF CHINA"

You also tell me I "do not have the guts to register" and engage in divisive and offensive discourse. I would kindly ask you to refrain from personal attacks as this is not appreciated and, frankly, highly offensive to my person.

Kind regards,

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Request reason:

One person keeps making a change that is blatantly false. You have now prevented the lie from being removed. Check and Tibet was certainly part of China under International Law GwydionM (talk) 19:01, 9 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

Being right isn't an excuse to violate WP:EW. Everyone thinks they are right. Yamla (talk) 19:06, 9 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Moved here from my own talk page. I will leave it for an independent admin to assess the unblock. Note I don't see you have any comprehension that doing 6 reverts in about 2 hours is wrong despite the numerous historic warnings about edit warring. Woody (talk) 19:03, 9 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I am the other person involved in the edit-war. I wish to apologise for my behavior, I just did not like how [User:GwydionM|GwydionM]] kept removing sourced material without showing any willingness to discuss the sources or his reasons for removing or, not accepting any feedback from other editors. I am sorry if I offended anyone with breaking a rule and will not contest being blocked from editing the specific page. I suggest we use the week wisely to come to an agreement, ideally involving other editors. Hopefully we can solve this problem in a civil way without any vandalism or edit-warring. 82.73.99.163 (talk) 19:08, 9 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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I have been working on the Third Front article and reviewed the page history. Thank you for creating this article all the way back in 2006. Your edit summary at the time noted that it was an understudied topic. You were quite correct and quite ahead of the times with your focus! JArthur1984 (talk) 13:42, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

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"unregistered"?

It may be a sensible comment, but it's uncited and OR.

And what led you to describe me as 'someone unregistered'? DS (talk) 14:56, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's what I thought I saw. If I made an error, sorry.--GwydionM (talk) 07:49, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

April 2024

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IMDb and TVTropes aren't reliable sources per WP:RS/IMDb and WP:SPS, respectively. DonIago (talk) 12:33, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Structure of feeling

Hi. Thanks for your thank you to my edit. It was a nice surprise.

I recently made a page on the concept of structure of feeling. It was in need of a page of its own, since as you know the term is widely used in academic circles. Structureofeeling (talk) 14:14, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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