User talk:Roobarb!

Hello, Roobarb!! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Cheers,JetLover 23:40, 26 August 2007 (UTC) Getting started Wikipedia tutorial • The five pillars of Wikipedia • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User name • User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General - Spam - Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Re Help / Adoption

Thanks for getting in touch; however, "real world" issues mean that I won't be very active on WP for the next few weeks, so I'm probably not the best person to help you. Sorry. I'd suggest you have another look through the list of potential adopters and / or add {{subst:dated adoptme}} to your user page, to attract attention (with a bit of luck!). As for your proposed edits, be bold, but if you're unsure, discuss what you're suggesting on the talk-page and see if anyone responds. Have fun! Regards, Bencherlite^Talk 20:30, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Salford Quays page

You did the hard bit, you added the new material; I just did a bit of tidying up. :)

I found that wikipedia took a bit of getting used to—not too many of us have tried to write encyclopedia articles before—and it is a bit different from other writing. I still make mistakes, and I have to refer to the Manual of style often, but it's a collaborative venture, so we all try to help where we can.

Keep up the good work. --Malleus Fatuarum 22:20, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

PS. You might like to consider joining the Wikipedia Greater Manchester project?

I wouldn't be so insensitive as to call anyone an estate agent :) I just felt that the level of some of the detail was becoming a little excessive, and starting to look like an estate agent's brochure: things like parking, access to the Galleria without going outside, whether you needed a card key or not to work the lift ... it can be difficult to get the level of detail "right". --Malleus Fatuarum 23:04, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

"Just wondering about the move of the IWMN detail from the Salford Quays to the Trafford Park pages... Should there not be IWMN content on the Quays pages? I feel that there should, as although I agree that the museum is certainly in Trafford Park, it describes and publicises itself as a Quays landmark. I think it would be an odd omission from the Salford Quays pages if it were not mentioned at all."

Well, my reasoning is that this an article about Salford Quays, not the Quays. The article says that the two terms are interchangeable, but I don't believe that they are; there were obviously quays on both the Manchester and Salford sides of the canal. Maybe there's scope for a "Quays" article? I'm not sure. But I certainly can't see the justification for including things that can be seen from Salford Quays, or are close to Salford Quays, as landmarks of Salford Quays. What do you think? Why do you think the IWMN ought to be included as one of Salford Quays' landmarks, as opposed to one of Trafford Park's landmarks? --Malleus Fatuarum 21:29, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:Teesnewportbridge.jpg

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ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
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