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******"Both users" insulting each other? Have some shame, Piotrus! Please, anyone, read the talk page! And decide for yourself re sourcing and coatracking. There are two sections at talk, one per issue. --[[User:Irpen|Irpen]] 17:03, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
******"Both users" insulting each other? Have some shame, Piotrus! Please, anyone, read the talk page! And decide for yourself re sourcing and coatracking. There are two sections at talk, one per issue. --[[User:Irpen|Irpen]] 17:03, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
*******Irpen, close to 80% of that discussion is about a presumed incivility '''irrelevant''' to the article. Tymek addressed your source questions, and I have done so as well. One of two elinks you complain about has been moved to elink section as it is not used to reference anything; the other is quoted by an academic. If you have any further comments, please ask on article's talk page, not here.--<sub><span style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">[[User:Piotrus|&nbsp;Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&nbsp;]]|[[User_talk:Piotrus|<font style="color:#7CFC00;background:#006400;">&nbsp;talk&nbsp;</font>]]</span></sub> 17:27, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
*******Irpen, close to 80% of that discussion is about a presumed incivility '''irrelevant''' to the article. Tymek addressed your source questions, and I have done so as well. One of two elinks you complain about has been moved to elink section as it is not used to reference anything; the other is quoted by an academic. If you have any further comments, please ask on article's talk page, not here.--<sub><span style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">[[User:Piotrus|&nbsp;Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&nbsp;]]|[[User_talk:Piotrus|<font style="color:#7CFC00;background:#006400;">&nbsp;talk&nbsp;</font>]]</span></sub> 17:27, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
********Piotrus, it is not news that you use the offensive users as [[battering ram]]s in POV-pushing or against your Wikipedia opponents. Please stop defending Tymek at this page and address the article's problems. Coatracking remains unaddressed. Please explain at talk how straying to general historiography discussions is needed in the bio article. --[[User:Irpen|Irpen]] 17:41, 29 September 2007 (UTC)


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Articles created on September 29

  • ...that Gunpowder magazines were built to store the explosive powder in as much safety as possible. Very few survive in the United Kingdom as gunpowder is no longer manufactured there. Most magazines were purely functional and tended to be in remote and secure locations.(Self nom) New Article.
    The old Powder or Pouther magazine at Irvine dating from 1642.
    The old Powder or Pouther magazine at Irvine dating from 1642.
    Rosser 14:44, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Victoria Mansion
Victoria Mansion
  • ...that Nig Clarke was the baseball player that created shin guards in Major League Baseball, an idea that revolutionized catcher's equipment?
  • OR that Nig Clarke once was alleged to have hit eight homeruns in a Texas League baseball game on June 15, 1902?
Black Kangaroo Paw
Black Kangaroo Paw


Articles created on September 28

Daimond jewelry
Daimond jewelry
An easy keeper
An easy keeper
Steelmaking on the Meuse River
Steelmaking on the Meuse River
The name of the Gas Light and Coke Company has always struck me as particularly picturesque. Cruftbane 22:36, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
International Plaza in Singapore
International Plaza in Singapore


A standing runestone
A standing runestone

Articles created on September 27

The gate at Trowulan
The gate at Trowulan
and also with significant contributions from Wetman! Johnbod 17:09, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created on September 26

The old gateway of New World Amusement Park, Singapore.
The old gateway of New World Amusement Park, Singapore.
Bunches of beets
Bunches of beets
How about: ...that two Dutch professors who lost an article written by Samuel Iperusz Wiselius were to join him in forming the Batavian Republic in the Netherlands nonetheless?--Carabinieri 14:46, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Phyllis Dare
Phyllis Dare

Articles created on September 25

Articles created on September 24

Why is this unusual?--Carabinieri 14:07, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Expired noms

Articles created on September 23

Articles created on September 22

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