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I made some comments on your nom. It's close but needs a little work. Thank you for working on this article! Peregrine Fisher (talk) 03:00, 5 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Peregrine Fisher (talk) 23:15, 5 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Peregrine Fisher - much appreciated! Britishfinance (talk) 00:30, 6 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I encountered this question: Wikipedia:Teahouse#https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Danexit. After replying, it struck me that it may be ok as an article about a possible event, if not as a word. If you think it's interesting, please take a look. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:22, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

	The Barnstar of Diplomacy
	Thanks for your work on the Megxit article and intelligent post at the AFD. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:23, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for that Dr. Blofeld, never seen so much high quality RS dismissed at AfD before? Perhaps Wikipedia is not as much a royalist as I thought? Great admiser of your work btw. Britishfinance (talk) 14:53, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think it may partly be a knee-jerk WP:NOTNEWS reaction. The combined power of Trump and the Windsor's will probably prevail. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:51, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Good point Gråbergs Gråa Sång; per earlier, we have Frexit (which I didn't realise), which doesn't have 10% of the RS of Megxit? Britishfinance (talk) 15:54, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

...and there's Swexit, kind of, though Sweden is not mentioned. My very brief research [2] gives "Not a thing, really." Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:01, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

We should just redirect them all to Megxit :), there is RS-enough for everybody in that article. All the best. Britishfinance (talk) 16:25, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Britishfinance:, Humayun Azad never copied Chinua Achebe's writings; Humayun Azad's writings were unique, his writings were never inspired by other writers. You can not read Bengali and also the information on behalf of Chinua Achebe in Sab Kichu Bhene Pare was wrong with wrong reference. শাহরিয়ার কবীর শিশির (talk) 12:31, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Britishfinance. I happened to see your post at WP:AN. In my opinion the recent edits of Sab Kichu Bhene Pare by the above person with the Bengali user name have some logic. One example is this edit. Any resemblance of the 1995 Bengali novel to the previous book by Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, appears to be synthesis. Mention of Chinua Achebe in the article on the Bengali novel ought to require a source. It is possible that both authors are making reference to a poem by Yeats, but even that would need a source. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 18:54, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks EdJohnston, and good to see that this article has more eyes on it. Much appreciated. Britishfinance (talk) 18:58, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I noticed your tendency to use this word, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch#Editorializing. Not my own preference of course! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:40, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dr. Blofeld, never distinguished myself as a wordsmith, or even a good constructor of sentences, I'm afraid (hence why I am love reading crafted articles like Cary Grant); please do edit anything that you feel needs smithing - I will take no offense and may learn from it! thanks again, Britishfinance (talk) 13:48, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page watcher) Out of curiosity I went to my favourite style guide, the Guardian's, and checked under "H" but was surprised to see it didn't mention "however" - though on looking at the MOS link, I suppose that's because MOS's objections are not about sentence structure etc but about POV. Having found the page I offer you the link anyway, in case you don't know of it, as a helpful (and fascinating) guide to current clear British English. In my opinion, anyway! Happy New Year. PamD 16:19, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks PamD, that is very interesting. Never really thought about the word “however” as being POV, but now that I have read the above, it seems obvious. Thanks again and Happy New Year to you too. Britishfinance (talk) 17:04, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Britishfinance:,

I hope I catch you before bed time, but I suspect it's around supper time there. Anyway, I've created a redirect for Megexit to Megxit, with the misspelling Rcat. Since you have pending changes and/or new paper patroller privileges, I was wondering if you can mark it as "reviewed" with the page curation tool? I'm sure I'm not the only one who frequently wants to type Megexit instead of Megxit. So, I think it's a highly useful redirect. : )

Cheers,
--Doug Mehus T·C 17:58, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea Dmehus.  Done. Britishfinance (talk) 18:18, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Britishfinance, Thank you.  Question: How come sometimes when an editor reviews a page, it displays a log entry in the page curation log and other times it doesn't. Is that an option, perhaps, in the Page Curation Tool to suppress the log entry? When I got a notification that IJBall had reviewed my Sandringham Summit redirect upon my non-controversial request, I definitely got a notification that it was reviewed (same as with your reviewing Megexit), but there was no log entry in the page curation log. Any idea?

Also, related question, are you aware of a script to add to one's js file to insert these icons, or do you just keep Template:Done open in a new browser tab? Doug Mehus T·C 18:47, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dmehus, I am not sure why that happens re page curation - could be the use/non-use of the curation tool (which I use)? Template:Done is one of the few that I know to hand. thanks. Britishfinance (talk) 19:13, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Britishfinance, Thank you. Yeah, Wikipedia has its technical oddities. I will use Template:Done for now, and will keep my eye out for a script. It'd be nice to have it added to the wiki editor, I think. Do you ever use Visual Editor? I've tried it, but find it too laggy. Doug Mehus T·C 19:20, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't Dmehus, but I am not very advanced in my use of WP tools? Britishfinance (talk) 19:25, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		Thanks for your work in improving May Zune Win and saving it from the AfD! You are awesome! Idolmm (talk) 05:12, 16 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Idolmm, thank you for that - much appreciated. Britishfinance (talk) 09:33, 16 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for that Casliber – much appreciated! Britishfinance (talk) 11:24, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 21 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

--valereee (talk) 00:02, 24 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Valereee! Britishfinance (talk) 00:24, 24 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks you Casliber, I thought that would be a good hook line – as always, much appreciated! Britishfinance (talk) 00:21, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Three possible snow AfDs are in this section. I know that you have the knowledge to close such entries...I do not. Lightburst (talk) 17:41, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Lightburst, I would wait a few more days first; very quick SK closes are only appropriate where the actual filing of the XfD was to the wrong place (e.g. we see that with some incorrect MfD filings, which these aren't). Don't think these are going to be an issue regardless. Britishfinance (talk) 18:16, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Understood. Lightburst (talk) 18:18, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Clean up from unagreed move of an article to Draftspace during an AfD. Britishfinance (talk) 14:56, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Britishfinance. Regarding edits like this one, keep MOS:BOLDLINKAVOID in mind. I reverted because of that and because I think it's best to keep "these results depend on the methodology" part right beside the text it's referring to. Flyer22 Frozen (talk) 22:15, 12 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that Flyer22 Frozen, and appreciate you leaving the note. All the best, Britishfinance (talk) 00:47, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

	The Original Barnstar
	I feel that the article: Parikshit Singh shouldn't be deleted. I want more time to work on it. I won't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top. I also admire your work on Wikipedia, you must be a patient guy. Chinuindia (talk) 10:32, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Chinuindia. Your "team" has removed the CSD tag several times now on a BLP that has no notability. I have done a WP:BEFORE as well, and he would be a snow delete at WP:AfD. I have pinged the relevant admins in the UPE area to the page to check whether there are other clients in your network. I would advise you not to pursue these kinds of articles that are so clearly unsuitable for Wikipedia, or you may find that even your more notable works attract attention. thanks. Britishfinance (talk) 10:37, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm guessing you know more about this than I. Nicholas True, Baron True looks like it is titled correctly if "Baron True" is a courtesy title per WP:OBE. But the name in the infobox is "The Lord True". I've changed this to "Nicholas True" twice and been reverted. Shouldn't it be "Nicholas True" or perhaps "Nicholas True, Baron True", but definitely not "Baron True"? We specifically have |honorific_prefix= in the infobox for things like this. It already has The Right Honourable, should "Lord" and/or "Baron" go there? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MB (talk • contribs) 16:46, 20 February 2020 OTC (UTC)

Hi MB, sorry for not responding earlier as have been v busy in RL; your question above is not something I am familiar with I'm afraid? Britishfinance (talk) 10:19, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The article Twelve Bens you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Twelve Bens for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Editoneer -- Editoneer (talk) 19:21, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Emily Hale you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Oulfis -- Oulfis (talk) 07:02, 15 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, you do a lot of good work I see on geo topics, not just Megxit haha! You'd be most welcome on this, anything improved this March. Bit late now to win prizes but everything counts.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:59, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Dr. Blofeld! Have been very busy in RL lately (editing on the side but mostly on the "virus"), but will try and contribute - thanks for thinking of me :) Britishfinance (talk) 15:47, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

	Thanks
	~ Nice to meet you Thanks for your edits on COVID-19 ~ ~mitch~ (talk) 16:18, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That is much appreciated Mitchellhobbs ! Britishfinance (talk) 16:35, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Have you ever been to the Virgin Islands? ~ ~mitch~ (talk) 16:41, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not as yet, but definately on the list :) Britishfinance (talk) 17:41, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The article Mount Brandon you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Mount Brandon for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Yakikaki -- Yakikaki (talk) 15:01, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The article Ailladie you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ailladie for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 15:42, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well done on the GA - I remember your work on that article long ago, especially that very handy sketch map. And that's a hat trick, I see - The Twelve Bens and Mount Brandon too. Fantastic. Busy myself with Stub reviews - and some stub-busting for this editathon, but alas, RL is heavy for most just now. Keep well, SeoR (talk) 13:43, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much for that SeoR. Been very busy in RL, so I decided to put some work forward for GA and have had good luck so far. Thanks again :) Britishfinance (talk) 17:42, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

--valereee (talk) 00:01, 27 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The article FIFA Champions Badge you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:FIFA Champions Badge for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of MWright96 -- MWright96 (talk) 09:21, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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--valereee (talk) 00:01, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

that link to fandom you posted at AFD is a mother fuckin' treasure trove. Look at the history then google the creators name. Found the firm. Praxidicae (talk) 19:00, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wow - these guys are not as clever as I thought! Delighted to help Praxidicae, and hugely appreciative of your tireless work in this area :) Britishfinance (talk) 19:06, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

They really aren't clever, which is why I've been so diligent in advocating that our actual editors are more critical of sources - they utilize a lot of "fake" media outlets that they create in bulk that use names similar to reputable sources or snipe expired reputable sources (see user:Praxidicae/fntest for some examples) and mass push out these "news" stories that flood google results, facebook and then WP. It's pretty easy to spot as long as we're actually looking at content vs "it exists". They use fandom and wikidata for this reason too. Praxidicae (talk) 19:08, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and great list to have. Why don't you should get the full toolset like MER-C etc.? Britishfinance (talk) 19:15, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The article MacGillycuddy's Reeks you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:MacGillycuddy's Reeks for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 21:01, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:33, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Congrats! Drmies (talk) 16:43, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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		The Good Article Barnstar
		I wanted to thank you for helping Twelve Bens and many other GA, I really see how hard it is to maintain articles even when the article finally reached to be nominated and to be accepted.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Editoneer (talk • contribs)

Thanks Editoneer :) Britishfinance (talk) 15:25, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

—valereee (talk) 12:03, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The article Emily Hale you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Emily Hale for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Oulfis -- Oulfis (talk) 17:01, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - just writing a personal note, instead of the bot-induced one you will get shortly. Just wanted to say, although I failed the nomination, I do see you have put a lot of work in. I've tried to be as constructive as possible with my comments and hopefully they are useful for future improvement and assist towards resubmission, which I would strongly encourage since this is an important article, IMHO. Regards, --Goldsztajn (talk) 18:23, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Goldsztajn, I am pretty busy in RL at the moment, so let me think about it and come back on your comments later on if that is okay. thanks. Britishfinance (talk) 10:20, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

— Maile (talk) 12:01, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Your submission of Philip Treacy at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 09:59, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

— Maile (talk) 00:03, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:01, 18 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

--Guerillero | Parlez Moi 00:01, 21 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar

You have done an amazing amount and type of work on Moderna. You sliced through countless sources of deep technical, bioscience, and news material and summarized it very well for the layperson like me. I'm trusting that it's accurate, LOL, but I can testify that you made all the key points comprehensible. I think I'm a meaningful representation of such global readership. I was idly curious about a critically important highlight in recent world news, but I would never have learned about it without this comprehensive summary, so that's why I even joined contributing at all. The best I can do in something so technical is copy editing, so I did that in order to learn more and to honor the other contributions which have been mostly from you lately. Thanks. — Smuckola(talk) 20:46, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for that Smuckola - appreciated. Britishfinance (talk) 11:05, 2 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I do not know how to close these. But you do. Lightburst (talk) 02:18, 2 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

 Done, that was a valid WP:SCKRT. Britishfinance (talk) 11:03, 2 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

They can be pretty bad. We don't use their infoboxes because anyone can and does edit them, and this in case it doesn't actually match the description in the lead. Doug Weller talk 17:33, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Good point Doug Weller, on reflection, that was not a good short description for the topic in question. thanks again. Britishfinance (talk) 18:15, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	For all of your hard work responding to edit requests at Talk:Boogaloo movement. GorillaWarfare (talk) 17:28, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for that GorillaWarfare. It has been a pleasure and a learning experience editing alongside you on the article and talk page. It is you who should be getting the barnstars for your extraordinary patience and fairness with all contributors, and commitment to accuracy – very impressive :) Britishfinance (talk) 18:29, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I request close of this one if you can. Lightburst (talk) 02:31, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I see it has already been done. Thanks. Britishfinance (talk) 08:06, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks...This one looks pretty snowy too! Lightburst (talk) 15:13, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Agree, but also beaten to it. thanks. Britishfinance (talk) 16:19, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	For excellent work in deleting the Calvin Lo article and finding a new approach to Afd to enable the deletion of dodgy paid articles that are not worth the paper they are written. Well done!!!. scope_creepTalk 08:59, 19 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that Scope Creep :) Britishfinance (talk) 10:42, 19 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The article Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ganesha811 -- Ganesha811 (talk) 12:41, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The discussion is about the topic Boogaloo movement. GorillaWarfare (talk) 17:44, 26 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder if anyone has ever approached you about running, or if you'd be interested? We need more hands on deck, and from what I know of you, I think you'd be a strong candidate. GirthSummit _(blether) 15:56, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Girth Summit. It has been mentioned to me in the past but for various reasons I have not been in a position to consider it. Not a process that I would relish undertaking, but let me think about it. Thanks for your kind suggestion however :) Britishfinance (talk) 08:26, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Britishfinance, please do think about it. The process is pretty variable, depending on a number of factors, but you've got a lot going for you in terms of both content creation and behind-the-scenes stuff - I think you'd be a good fit. Feel free to ping me here, or drop me an e-mail, if you'd like to talk it through. Cheers GirthSummit _(blether) 09:05, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again for that Girth Summit. Let me have a read through and think about it and I'll come back to you. All the best. Britishfinance (talk) 10:17, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

WT:RFA#Mid-September_Flight. Just sayin'. GirthSummit _(blether) 12:38, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi why do think she is a celebrity only by one reality show and joining politics. The sources you gave doesn’t make her a star like Hina Khan or Divyanka Tripathi. She is not known for anything of that sort only she is known for Bigg Boss 11 that’s. Doing small roles in shows and joining politics doesn’t make her a celebrity. Just accept it that it’s going to be deleted and she is not a star. Thank you TVactors (talk) 18:30, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

TVactors, please don't personalise Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arshi Khan. Note that Arshi Khan's BLP has been extensively vandalised and socked (and regularly protected). Britishfinance (talk) 20:30, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

How is that related to her page being deleted. The sources you gave are not relatable and doesn’t mean she is notable so it will be deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TVactors (talk • contribs) 20:51, 5 July 2020 (UTC) BLOCKED SOCK. Britishfinance (talk) 19:26, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - I saw your recent flurry of edits to the MIT Greek page, and thank you for your careful reading. Some of these I intend to roll back because there is a solid rationale for them -- just giving you a heads up. Of course a gallery is not needed for a single photo. But I am actively working on the page, noted as such, and have solicited free license shots of the other groups that should be available to us soon. So I left that gallery structure in place, along with an earlier note pointing out the process of image uploading (another editor deleted it prematurely). Further, "Greek" used with the capital letter is a term of art, defined here as fraternal societies, hence the capital letter. It's common syntax on these and hundreds of other pages used by participants and interested parties. I see your concern over the Wikisandwich (hadn't noted the name of that issue before), and will evaluate the formatting for look/feel in respect to your experienced perspective. I personally like some of these images to show up on the left, and especially the colored "Fraternities" graphic. But I will avoid the sandwich effect that may be problematic for some screen sizes. Finally, I am weighing what to do about the FSILG abbreviation that you removed. It is commonly used within this MIT community, but not at all by Greeks from other schools. Without defining it it becomes troublesome to refer back to it. Such a damn, long name. You also took out a link at top to the list below, which I think is helpful to readers... Jax MN (talk) 20:24, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jax MN. Glad to be of help. Your article is a bit "cumbersome" in terms of layout (e.g. several WP:MOS issues), and content (too long in places without enough referencing). Avoid repeating items from the article (even FSILS in a heading - it is already in the lede) in the section titles (readers already know where they are). The section heading should, therefore, be simple and obvious (shorter is much better). When you have more images, use galleries, but when it is only one, don't, as it looks odd. I only removed FSILG from a section heading, but have it in the WP:LEDE (the most important part!). Hope that makes sense? Britishfinance (talk) 20:49, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Much, thanks again for taking the time to help. Jax MN (talk) 21:38, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

User:Smallbones/Proposed commercial editing policy

Smallbones_(smalltalk) 02:22, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, your analysis of Ireland's Celtic Tiger bubble/crash is very simplistic and at odds with the mountains of research and policy analysis relating to it. Hard to know where to start really in terms of putting things right: read the Regling or Honohan reports, for example, or any of the NCC reports from the mid-2000s, or any of the academic research on Ireland's bubble/crash. In short, though, as I tried to show with my initial edit, GNI* actually rose by more than GDP 1995-2007 so there is simply no way that exaggerated national accounts drove both internal and external optimism about Irish economic conditions, leading to the Celtic Tiger bubble/crash. I appreciate your passion on the topic of Ireland's tax system but that does not mean that everything is related to your topic. In this instance, Ireland's bubble was driven by a classic Kindleberger cycle of a favourable shift in underlying economic conditions (entry into the Single European Market and the eurozone), followed by lack of control by policymakers over credit growth (especially in relation to leverage ratios), leading to Irish banks borrowing short and lending long, with predictable results. Exaggerated GDP simply doesn't come into it. Pecheneg860 (talk) 10:45, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Precious

One year!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:52, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There’s a discussion at WP:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#serious issue with another user that may involve you. Gleeanon409 (talk) 01:59, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

	Tax Rebate Award
	Just a quick note to thank you for your efforts improving the coverage of tax and finance topics on Wikipedia. These are very important topics that are rarely explained so well. Onceinawhile (talk) 21:53, 16 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Onceinawhile, only getting back to WP after a break. Very nice of you to say that. Britishfinance (talk) 21:22, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Some of the categories, which you have created or edited are proposed for renaming. You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 October 4 § Neologisms, words and phases introduced in time periods. —⁠andrybak (talk) 01:49, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Britishfinance, I am currently writing a piece for my media on the edition of asset management companies' Wikipedia pages and have stressed that you've into editing some of them. Is there any way I could reach you in private to discuss this ? Best. AP Journo — Preceding unsigned comment added by APJourno (talk • contribs) 11:24, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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It took a few weeks in the summer to realise you were fully away; great that you've been able to come back. I hope, in this strange period, that all is well, and that work and other RL allows some WP, time-to-time... SeoR (talk) 19:39, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks SeoR, appreciate that, and hope you are well too ! Was promoted way above my competance in RL which materially reduced my time for anything else. However, things are settling down again and the most recent lockdown has bought me some time again. Hope to get my particupation back up again at some stage. Britishfinance (talk) 21:17, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to see you back! I was worried the COVID got you. Hog Farm _Bacon 00:47, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I understand, real life demands (family mostly, but also expanding responsibilities at work) drove my multi-year 99% absence before, and there are still periods... Sometimes you just need to concentrate, especially with colleagues depending on you. But you were missed here (as was another of the small band of very active Irish editors, who also had to take a break), and I hope there are open times, and not just from lockdown! - and that you're not put off by an ANI, I see below, already showing up :-( The nonsense side of Covid, I gather, you'd think people could focus on what needs to be done. For now, keep safe, SeoR (talk) 13:02, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Personal attacks - accusations of sockpuppetry by User: Britishfinance. Thank you. 69.174.144.79 (talk) 03:50, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for notifying me 69.174.144.79, I have made a statement there now. Britishfinance (talk) 13:31, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

In case you haven't noticed, someone has opened another discussion about you at ANI (and failed to inform you) - the discussion is at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Review_requested:_Personal_attacks_-_accusations_of_sockpuppetry_by_User:_Britishfinance.Nigel Ish (talk) 15:23, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for that Nigel Ish, once more into the breech ..... Britishfinance (talk) 18:56, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just read your articles on Irish and Dutch BEPS tools. Absolutely incredible work. Cheers.--JBchrch (talk) 19:16, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You would not believe the grief I went through for writing about this material - your kind comments are appreciated. Britishfinance (talk) 19:20, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If you've a chance any chance of having a look at Draft:Mary Colwell as I think you may get an article out of it a darn sight quicker (and better) than I will. I think there's enough for a blp(living) type article. If you don't have time no worries. Most of the refs. are on it. Thanks. Djm-leighpark (talk) 20:41, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Djm-leighpark, good to hear from you. Been away for a while with work but have time again. Let me take a look over the next few days. Hope you are safe in these mad times. Britishfinance (talk) 21:15, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Was grateful to have survived the Covid with a "mild" though have been a tad fatigued at times since. Thnaks for the work-over on Colwell ... it needed someone other than me to work it and I think you're re-factoring's been useful. Thanks, Djm-leighpark (talk) 16:19, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Went WP:BOLD and sent it to mainspace to get it off by to-do list. Thanks for your help as I was stumbling on this and thanks for the last bit of clean up as well.Djm-leighpark (talk) 20:20, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Djm-leighpark, looks like it has been patrolled and is now live! Sorry about the format change (only realized it late), however, I see you have now unified it. Interesting lady and will try to keep on adding bits (especially her BBC producer parts) if I see more. Nice work :) Britishfinance (talk) 20:22, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello im not sure if you were editing the titles in this page because of my edits but regardless Mass Killings by Communist Regimes can still fall under Wars and Armed Conflict equally so as European Colonization. They both have unarmed killings, tortures, work camps, executions, disease and famine. So either they both fit under Wars and Armed Conflict or they can both go to other lists on that article.Danielbr11 (talk) 21:48, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Hi Danielbr11. Per WP:MOS, the sub-section headings are long (very descriptive). Try and pair them down and let the first sentence of the sub-section give any clarification/further detail. Hope that makes sense. Britishfinance (talk) 22:36, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

	The Editor's Barnstar
	For your work on Mary Ann Mansigh. Kj cheetham (talk) 17:50, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks Kj cheetham – much appreciated ! Britishfinance (talk) 17:53, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I didn't quite understand your comment about my "habits". What habits are those? If they're bad, I can try to change them. Best, Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:39, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Beyond My Ken. She seemed very familiar with the excellent work you do on patrolling neo-nazi type articles (i.e. likely a regular user with other accounts). Don't change, and great job spotting this :) Clearly, somebody paying to use Wikipedia as their CV. Britishfinance (