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Eggplant/aubergine

Hello, I see you moved "Eggplant" to "Aubergine/Eggplant". Though of course this plant and vegetable have different names in different parts of the world, WP policy says that we choose one of the variants and stick with it. Please see WP:TITLE and WP:ENGVAR. --macrakis (talk) 18:02, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Gloster Hill

You tagged this for a merger; I’ve replied here. Xyl 54 (talk) 23:44, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

July 2011

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Catalan independence

Hey, very minor heads-up here. I've taken the liberty to adjust the quoted titles and move target in your request to reflect that actual, correct capitalization (e.g. "Welsh independence", not "Welsh Independence"). --213.196.210.189 (talk) 17:26, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Catalan independence

Hi FOARP, and thanks for closing discussion at Talk:Catalan independentism#Requested move. As you may know, RM has a big backlog, so non-admin closures help move the process along. You're probably ok in this case, but it's generally not considered appropriate to close your own RM, however. See Misplaced Pages:Requested moves/Closing instructions#Non-admin closure for full instructions. Also, when you close an RM as move, you'll want to use the {{db-move}} template if you can't do so yourself. I've done that for you in this case. Thanks again. --BDD (talk) 16:25, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

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Scramble for Africa

Hi FOARP, Thanks for the addition to Scramble for Africa, looks good. Do you have some reliable sources you can add to your section? The main articles that are referred to lack inline references too, making it hard to verify the content at the moment. Thanks in advance, let me know if you need help! Pim Rijkee (talk) 13:19, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. Yeah, the rebellions against German rule were an important part of the Scramble for Africa and deserve mention, but the sources on them are a bit thin on the ground. I was hoping that the refs in the main articles might be enough, but having looked at them they need a lot of work also. The Herero Wars page was re-established after too many people complained that a re-direct to page on the German genocide of the Herero obscurred that fact that it had been a war, but it wasn't much more than a stub when it was merged with the Herero genocide page back in 2006. The Maji-Maji rebellion page is slightly better, but still not all that great.

I'm finding The Revolt of The Herero by Jon M. Bridgman a good source for the Herero Wars, but I don't have a good one for Maji-Maji - I remember Pakenham's The Scramble For Africa had a chapter on it but I don't have my copy of it with me. Do you have it? FOARP (talk) 13:36, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Had a quick look if I coulf find something, but I'm not well known with the topic, honestly. Hope you find something to add! Regards, Pim Rijkee (talk) 19:58, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

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