User talk:Gary Cziko
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[edit] English on the Internet
First, welcome once again. You may have noticed your article went to Votes for Deletion. I think it may well be kept as the topic in and of itself is worthwhile. Why don't you go over the page and make it less of a list and more of a history of the topic and then note that you've made the changes on VfD? Add an intro at the beginning briefly going over rise of the internet, prevelance of English etc. plus (this is certainly an interesting topic) resistance to English on-line. Also, you should edit your Userpage and move the comment from user Philip to this talk; it was rude of him to post it there before you had created the page. Please feel free to leave me a message under discussion on my page. Marskell 17:36, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
- Re-worked the page Gary. Different focus now and your links have been left as supplement at the bottom. Check it out again if you like. --Marskell 17:01, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Welcome
Welcome to Wikipedia! Firstly, my apologies for leaving a spam notice on your User page. I fully realise I should have left it on your Talk page. It was an error on my part - it was early in the morning and I wasn't paying attention!
I have reverted your links on the AudioBook page. As a general rule, Wikipedia is not a collection of links. Generally, unless they over and above in value for the article, they shouldn't be added IMHO. Otherwise Wikipedia could simply become another catalog of links on the web. If you truly believe they are much better than normal, you can discuss it on the article's Talk page. That's what I think anyway - every decision is reached by consensus and if a majority agree they should be there, that's fine with me. Feel free to drop me a line if you wish. Cheers. --PhilipO 20:10, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Image copyright problem RE: Image:William T Powers.jpg
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If you have any questions, just leave a message on my talk page. Thanks again. --wknight94 20:37, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Pinyin
I notice you are doing a lot of good work on that article. Please don't be offended that I put the major part of your last edit in a footnote. I didn't realise it was the biggest part of your edit or I would have been more diplomatic. Please take a look and see if it flows better. If you don't agree, see if you can work it back into the controversy section. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 17:31, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
