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Bull Cook and Authentic Historical Recipes and Practices (With Berthe Herter)

Hi there. I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Bull Cook and Authentic Historical Recipes and Practices (With Berthe Herter), suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the article (also see Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Importance). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree, discuss the issues raised at Talk:Bull Cook and Authentic Historical Recipes and Practices (With Berthe Herter). If you remove the {{prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached.. At the very least some additional indications as to why he is notable should be made (and the title badly needs shortening). Regards, Dlyons493 Talk 21:40, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi again, Thanks for the mail - of course there's no problem taking time to expand the article. I was just browsing, came across it and it looked unusual and I thought it was going nowhere. But it's happened many a time that I've been totally wrong and very interesting articles have emerged. Good luck with it! (but could the title be shortened?) Dlyons493 Talk

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Please sign your posts on talk pages

Hi Mark. Sometimes in the long discussion we've both been involved with on Talk:St. Louis, Missouri you've neglected to sign your comments with the four tildes (~~~~). Please make sure you do as even though I can tell when it's you that has written a comment, others may not. — GT 00:52, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

St Louis

Re your comments; It feels miserable - has happened to me more than once (and no, that's not why I sometimes end up there). Good news is it keeps us academically on our toes, and tends to make WP a better place (although admittedly often in terms of three steps forward, two steps back) If you have to prove your point (sometimes to the obstinately thick as a brick) you end up through teaching knowing your subject much better, and sometimes you end up saying 'hey, I never looked at it that way'. It's the nature of the beast. If we can't stand it, we get grumpy and/or leave. If we are passionate about what we do, we get used to it. Assume good faith, & don't ever take it personally - ya end up with ulcers ;-) Just remember, unlikely you will either win or lose all the debates you have on WP (there are some remarkably brilliant folks here, also some remarkably ignorant, obtuse, imaginative, progressive, liberal, conservative etc.etc.). No hard feelings (whatever the page ends up saying).Bridesmill 20:08, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

I just wanted to second everything here. Even though we disagree about the quote it's not really a big deal. I hope we resolve this matter soon and you can start to focus your attention on some other articles as well as I think you have a lot to offer this project. — GT 01:02, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi! I got your e-mail about the TS Elliot quote as a proposed "preamble" to the St. Louis article. Thanks for writing. I have been away from Wikipedia for several weeks and editing rather rarely the last couple months. Just too busy with other things. I have looked over the discussion among several editors about the proposed preamble, but there is a lot to catch up on. I still fundamentally feel the same way I did when you first proposed the preamble - while I like the quote and identify with the sentiment, I don't think it adds much to the encyclopedic quality of the article, especially not at the very start. Somewhere along the line someone proposed putting it in a quote box, and I like that solution well enough. Someone also seems to have proposed a quote section, which I think could work. Thanks again for your edits and for soliciting input on the article. TMS63112 17:16, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

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CAIR

Mark, regarding your recent talk page comment at the CAIR entry, I would advise you take a more collegial tone. I've reverted your addition and responded to you there. Regards.PelleSmith (talk) 22:29, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

New comments go on the bottom of talk pages. I moved your initial comment there. Please continue the discussion at the bottom. Thanks.PelleSmith (talk) 23:28, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Please stop edit warring and disruptively trying to put contentious links into the EL section of the entry. What applicable part of WP:EL suggests to you that every critic of an organization should be linked in their entry? We generally don't link any of them. Noteworthy criticisms go into the entry itself with reliable sourcing.PelleSmith (talk) 02:10, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

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