User talk:Shannonr

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Stephen Fry

Hiya, I've reverted your edit to Stephen Fry, I don't think it was wrong so much as badly worded. What it's going for is that Fry played the historical character Charles I as a parody of the present Prince of Wales. Mallocks (talk) 11:08, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

You're absolutely right. It wasn't a "strong satire" so I thought the sentence didn't deserve to be there -- but an edited version would make perfect sense. --Shannonr (talk) 11:12, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

What do you think of the version I've proposed? --Shannonr (talk) 11:16, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

I think it suits perfectly; nice one. Mallocks (talk) 12:24, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Phalgun Mela in Khatushyamji

Hi Shannonr, please find the response at my talk page. Thanks, Shyam ^(T/C) 10:21, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

See above. --Shannonr (talk) 10:44, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Qadbros

No problem. :) That article had already been deleted once. RainbowOfLight ^Talk 07:00, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Corridor of uncertainity

It would have been nice if one of them had put it in their autobiographies. I guess we cannot use it as a source for the article - the most that we can do probably is to reduce the certainty of Boycott's claim even further from the current "commonly credited" to something like "has claimed" and add Hughes in external links.

It notice that Boycott is the only reference for his claim. Does that make it a good reliable source ? Tintin 08:11, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

I think you're right. Reducing the certainty of the Boycott claim is probably the right move. One thing, though: Boycott is certainly not the only reference for his claim. It's in recorded commentary of the test cited (the first such instance), and there are many sports columns out their referencing that fact. --shannonr (talk) 23:20, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

I've made the change. Thoughts? --shannonr (talk) 23:35, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

It is fine in my opinion, but someone may complain that youtube is not valid source. It has happened in the past. Tintin 13:58, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Photo requests

Hey Shannon, do you do photo requests? If so, would you be willing to take a picture of the Air China headquarters in Shunyi District? Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 09:42, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Wow it's been a long time since I've logged in! I notice that the Air China page still doesn't have a HQ shot, so next time I'm up in Shunyi, I'll try to get one. Thanks for the request! shannonr (talk) 15:57, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

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