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Hi, welcome and thanks for the corrections.  ;) Morwen 18:06, 5 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Hi Jim, thanks for your comments re: the communist articles i've been writing. I got my information from using google and the web pages of the parties themselves. I've done all of the communist/non social democrat socialist parties in the European parliament (European United Left - Nordic Green Left) and am working on the List of communist parties and Comintern article. I don't know if you want to collaborate on this - there's lots of stuff that needs doing. The History of British Socialism article has nothing on Scotland on it. Tommy Sheridan doesn't have an article etc. Secretlondon 11:51, Nov 6, 2003 (UTC)

What a great user name. :-) Evercat 13:15, 6 Nov 2003 (UTC)

I'm not actually from the area, I just had a happy holiday in Glasgow last year, visited some of these places, and thought I'd fill in a couple of articles on it. Thanks for the extra info. Warofdreams 17:50, 6 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Could you add some stuff on Red Clydeside on the History of British Socialism page? I've mentioned that the right wing press thought they were "bolsheviks", but I've not done any more, as I don't know a lot about it. Thanks.

Alun Ephraim 12:15, 7 Nov 2003 (UTC)


My apologies ;) I'll leave NI politics free for you if you like. Morwen 16:30, 7 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Hallo; I was thinking, perhaps you'd like to take a look at 'articles requested for over a year' page: there's a request there for an article about Scottish freedom movements that you might like to look into, but then again maybe not. I read your (übercool) name and the sort of articles you wrote in the recent changes list, and I thought you just might be interested. I had some trouble finding the page, and I'm not sure my link works: It may be found visiting Community Portal, following the link Create (in the Things you can do-box), and then Articles requested for over a year-link. Sietse 12:42, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)


Hi - regarding your question about the Edward Hunter article. The article is certainly interesting, but I'm afraid I can't think of anywhere to put a link to it. There's almost nothing in Wikipedia about socialism in New Zealand, except for something I wrote about the Communist Party of New Zealand (which I don't think he had much to do with). Eventually, I hope to write something about the history of New Zealand socialism (it's highly confusing at present - so much splintering it's hard to keep track of the various factions). If/when that happens, Hunter will surely get a mention, but until then, I can't really think of anywhere to refer to him. Sorry about that - there are still a lot of gaps in the New Zealand politics pages. -- Vardion 04:41, 21 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Well, you may already have seen it, but did you see the article about him in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography? It's a government service, and is available online at www.dnzb.govt.nz - just select Find, click on H, and look for "Hunter, Edward". I don't think there's anything there you don't have already, but it might be worth a look if you haven't already seen it. I will, however, see if I can find some more information about him off-line - there are a few books I know of that he'd probably be mentioned in. I'm not sure how soon I'll be able to do that, but I'll get back to you when I've done it. - Vardion 13:21, 21 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Quick update - I haven't been able to get at the books yet, but I had a bit of free time, so I wrote something brief about Socialism in New Zealand. I've mentioned Edward Hunter, and put a link to the new page in Hunter's article (hope you don't mind). The new article doesn't say very much about him yet, since I still need to collect my information. - Vardion 12:14, 22 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Sorry it's taken me so long to reply, but I've had difficulty getting at the book I remembered. I'm not sure when I'll be able to track it down. I do know, however, that there's at least a chapter about him, so there should be plenty of information once I can get to it. But from what I can find, your article on him seems quite adequate. The book itself is called "On the Left: Essays on Socialism in New Zealand" - see this Amazon.co.uk page (hoping that the link works), or this IALHI page. Whether that's of any use to you, I don't know. There are probably other sources as well. -- Vardion 05:27, 27 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I've produced the following: List of organisations associated with the British Labour Party which you may want to add to. Secretlondon 23:02, Dec 27, 2003 (UTC)

Maps

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I traced them from another map of the unitary authorities. I constructed the regions map by combining the authorities. I don't know about constituencies. Morwen 22:50, Mar 1, 2004 (UTC)


I love your name. I suppose it would be rude to ask exactly how big you are? Deb 18:01, 11 Mar 2004 (UTC)

--- Yes, I moved the Islamic Party of Britain. I considered that as a religious fundamentalist grouping it counted as 'far right', along with the Christian Peoples Alliance, which was already there. If you strongly object, move it back and I won't complain. Warofdreams 15:40, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I've created a new category of "religion-based parties" (there's probably a better name for it), and also one for "single-issue parties", as I suspect there are several more. Hope this is agreeable with you. Warofdreams 16:25, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)

As someone who raised objections as to bias in an earlier version of the article, do you agree that the NPOV dispute tag can now be removed from the reworked page? Warofdreams 22:09, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Earl of Bothwell

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I've been working on the peerage articles and I noted that you created the article for Francis Stewart Hepburn. Most information I've found lists him as the first earl of the second creation, not the fifth earl of the first creation (as that title was forfeited). Mackensen 02:00, 3 Apr 2004 (UTC)


Copyright violations

Could you tell me why a lot of the political party articles you have edited bear a striking resemblance to the entries in my book "Politico's Guide to the History of British Political Parties" (ISBN 1902301595)? For example, your entry for the Campaign for Social Democracy says that Dick Taverne "formed the Campaign for Social Democracy as an attempt to build a radical non-doctrinaire social democratic movement" when my book says "The CSD sought to build a radical non-doctrinaire social democratic movement". On the Democratic Party your entry says "They were formed in 1998 by various people who felt there was scope for a party that placed democracy as its paramount political value. It asserts that its members come from across the political spectrum." My book says "The Democratic Party was formed in 1998 by several people who believed there was a role for a party placing democracy as its paramount belief. The party asserts that its members come from across the political spectrum."

I could produce stacks of other examples. Dbiv 23:12, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Strathkelvin Party

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Hullo Big Jim. Saw your article on new Strathkelvin Party (name escapes me already). Maybe you could add something on its scope, ie whether it will be sticking to local politics or contesting national elections. Mattley 11:16, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Hi there Mattley. Got your comments about the article. Would love to add what you request, but that seems a bit unclear just now. They have only just announced their formation, so that might become clearer soon - so until then I cannot really add anything about what they want to contest.
Sorry about that. I think it will need to be a work in progress.
Fair enough. It was a bit of an excuse to introduce myself, in a way. I've come across your name in a few of the articles I've looked at or made edits to. You might be interested in what I've added at Manny Shinwell.
Hi again Mattley. Looked at the Manny Shinwell article. It's looking in pretty good shape these days - nice work. What sort of areas are you interested in working on Wikidpedia then?

So far I've been mainly adding things related to my thesis, which is on the British Seafarers' Union and Amalgamated Marine Workers' Union. That's how I know stuff about Shinwell and Glasgow. Planning on adding an article on Glasgow Harbour and docks development soon as well. I've also been slowly expanding coverage of trade unions generally, adding the National Union of Railwaymen and expanding National Union of Mineworkers for example. All very dry stuff really, but I feel like I'm filling some important gaps. Might tinker with the History of British socialism page as well. Also keen on reggae and council communism but not as knowledgable. Mattley 13:09, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)

RESPECT

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I see you moved RESPECT into a section for parties represented in the UK Parliament. This is a moot point - Galloway does not describe himself as representing RESPECT in Parliament (instead using "Independent Labour" and has not stood for the party in any Parliamentary election. It is true that RESPECT - or at least the SWP - describe Galloway as their MP, but in most lists, such as our list of MPs elected in the 2001 election, he is under Independent Labour. Warofdreams 14:11, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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Scottish Parliament

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"Parliamentry" is properly spelled with the lowercase because its acting as an adjective modifying the noun "election" (just as "Scottish" is). If the title was Scottish Parliament election, XXXX, then "Parliament" would be properly capitalised because it's part of a proper noun. See other election articles in list of election results, and you'll see the standard. Warmest regards --Neutralitytalk 01:20, Jan 26, 2005 (UTC)

P.S.: Thank you for your dedication in improving Wikipedia's coverage of Scotland - we are much indebted. Neutralitytalk 01:23, Jan 26, 2005 (UTC)

Big Jim Fae, in this instance I think Neutrality got it wrong, in that the "p" should be capitalised as they are by-elections for the Scottish Parliament, as distinct from by-elections for the Westminster Parliament that happen to be for Scottish constituencies. If the article were about the latter, it would be more appropriate for the "p" not to be capitalised. But it's not, so the "p" should be capitalised. Kind regards, jguk 08:39, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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Football (soccer) tables by country

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There is an outside chance that you may not be able to help with this, which would be unfortunate (however, I can certainly see what I'm able to do otherwise), but how do you think separate sections for different countries' football (soccer) seasons would go down? I'm particularly thinking English soccer, but the American soccer leagues may be just as useful. So, where we have separate links for Scottish football seasons, do the same for English football seasons (down to the Division One table of season 1888/89) and American football (soccer) seasons (that one needs a snappier title, but). How does this strike you as an idea? I may run it past others later to see what they think, too, but your initial input would be useful. Bobo192|Edits

Don't worry, I can easily finish what I started, time permitting. I don't know how many countries I can manage, but I'll keep on truckin'. My first, and most important, job is to finish all the Scottish tables, anyway. Bobo192|Edits

Wikipedia:WikiProject Football

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Hi, I see you have made some good contributions to the football articles on Wikipedia! Care to join in at the WikiProject? BTW, would you oppose moving your (and others) great series Scottish football seasons to Seasons in Scottish football (and the category from Category:Scottish football seasons to Category:Seasons in Scottish football as both the English and Swedish equivalents use the later form? It would be great if all stuff related to football could be standardized. :) -- Elisson Talk 15:46, 23 July 2005 (UTC)Reply

Scottish Jacobite Party

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How on earth did you find that registration page for SJP? I had done a search of their website, and have just done it again, and absolutely no combination of search terms of their Registers brings up that page that you found. Of course I will withdraw AfD if they are registered, although I STILL suspect that they are a hoax... and a rather expensive one for the hoaxters it seems! Or, if as you say, they are our Monster Raving Looney Party then perhaps "joke" is a better word than "hoax". I certainly know that the guy that started all this on Politicalbetting.com has revealed himself to be very pro-monarchy, and yet the SJP professes to be republican. (PS If I am inncommunicado for a few days it is not because I am in a huff, but in a holiday cottage without internet.)--Mais oui! 17:40, 10 October 2005 (UTC)Reply

Scottish Wikipedians' notice board

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As you're obviously Scottish, and have made a lot of good edits/new articles, I thought I'd let you know that someone has started up a page for Scottish users -

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Socialist stubs

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Hiya. I've proposed a socialist/social democratic stub category, and it's currently up for discussion. I'd much appreciate your thoughts on it. The discussion is taking place here. Thanks. aliceinlampyland 13:29, 30 November 2005 (UTC).Reply

You have to laugh!

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Hey Big Jim - I added some details to the Harry McShane page, and just noticed that, since the start, it's had Harry down as a "convicted socialist". Well, he was in the jile a few times, but not convinced...

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Manx Labour Party

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This article does not cite any sources, I noticed that you started it, could you provide them. Also, the first sentence reads "they were formed" that's a bit of passive voice, could you rework it to specify who formed them? Thanx.

TheRingess 19:22, 28 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Re: Glasgow railway stations

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Big Jim Fae Scotland wrote:

Gurch,
You have included a lot of train stations as being in Glasgow when they are anything but. Balloch, Alexandria, Craigendoran and Cardross are some that I have spotted.
User:Big Jim Fae Scotland, 14 March 2006, 16:15

Hi, Sorry about this. I don't know the area that well and – rather naively as it turns out – I assumed that other contributions were accurate. In future I shall be more suspicious of such things. The Alexandria, Balloch, Craigendoran, Cardross and Renton stations were all listed on the {{Glasgow railway stations}} template – as you spotted, and thanks for removing them. (In fact you forgot Craigendoran, but I've just removed it, so don't worry). Seeing these stations on the template, I included it in the articles, believing that this would be helpful. Although I have edited the template, I did not create it; the stations were originally placed on the template by its creator, TheGrappler. I don't know where he got this false information form, though I'm sure he was acting in good faith -- Gurch 17:23, 14 March 2006 (UTC)Reply

Possibly unfree Image:Firhill1.jpg

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Dundee University

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Hi, I noticed that you are the original author of the dundee university article. Some of the wording is currently under debate and being the original author I was wondering if you could offer us your opinion. 62.30.169.85 18:11, 24 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

David Musa Pidcock

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Proposal

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Hello

I was wondering if you were interested in a new proposed WikiProject. It is called Tranport around Glasgow and Edinburgh. The proposal can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#Transport around Glasgow and Edinburgh. For the temp page, see User:Simply south/WikiProject Transport around Glasgow and Edinburgh. I was referred to you by Pencefn btw. Simply south 22:12, 28 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

James Wilson (author)

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A helping hand, if you will

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Jim, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind helping us out here when you get a chance. We're looking for explanation as to how far down the three or four tiers of Scottish junior football notability should stretch. I'm enquring with you because I saw you started the SJFA article. Regards, Dudesleeper · Talk 00:02, 7 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

I thought Durie might be an odd choice in some people's eyes! I try to keep my XI selections to players I've seen during my lifetime, rather than the history-makers. There's probably a better choice than Jukebox, but he's all I could come up with at the time.
As for the junior club articles, I was happy to say goodbye to all the red links (in the Eastern Region, at least). I'll add to them when I can. Thanks for your support. - Dudesleeper · Talk 15:01, 14 March 2007 (UTC)Reply
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Whiteinch

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I noticed your recent edit to the Whiteinch article, and whilst I would agree that it was part of the burgh of Partick I'm sure there is a school in Whiteinch which proclaims itself as having been a part of the Govan school board or suchlike, not sure how that came about. Fraslet 15:49, 7 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

Whiteinch came under the Parish of Govan, with the schools provision being from that side of the water ! Whiteinch Parish Church (latterly Jordanvale Parish Church) was a mission church of Govan Parish Church. The first school was located in a building just behind the church (now the Orange Hall). The school referred to (once part of the primary school) continues to bear the Govan School Board name cut out of the sandstone ! Intcobiz 01:15, 27 May 2007

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I just noticed that a little over a year ago you added info about Clyde Fastlink to Transport in Glasgow. I have just created the article - Clyde Fastlink. Simply south 22:24, 12 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

Douglas Royal F.C.

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Edward Hunter (Billy Banjo)

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Hi, I've been researching my family history and Edward Hunter is my great great grandfather, I was wondering if you put all the information you have on him and his family (parents etc) on the page, or if you have any additional information on him?

Anything would be a great help, thanks!


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The article Heriot Vale A.F.C. has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done because the article, which appeared to be about a real person, individual animal, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, did not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the notability of the subject may be deleted at any time. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources.

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Nomination of Vectis National Party for deletion

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Proposed deletion of St Patrick's Former Pupils F.C.

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Proposed deletion of Campaign for Socialism Group

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Proposed deletion of Danderhall Miners Welfare A.F.C.

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Proposed deletion of Eaglesham Amateur F.C.

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Proposed deletion of Bannockburn Amateur F.C.

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Proposed deletion of Oban Saints A.F.C.

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Proposed deletion of Rothesay Brandane A.F.C.

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Proposed deletion of Steins Thistle F.C.

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Proposed deletion of Glasgow Harp F.C.

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Nomination of Rothesay Brandane A.F.C. for deletion

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Nomination of People's Justice Party (UK) for deletion

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Nomination of Cymru Annibynnol for deletion

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Proposed deletion of Allandale railway station (Scotland)

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Nomination of Allandale railway station (Scotland) for deletion

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Proposed deletion of Left Alliance (Scotland)

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Nomination of 2005 Glasgow Cathcart by-election for deletion

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