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If you have a new message for me that you wish to add, please place it at the</i> bottom <i>of the page and create a heading for it. I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Thank you.</i> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="A_little_bit_me" data-mw-thread-id="h-A_little_bit_me"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-A_little_bit_me"></span>A little bit me<span data-mw-comment-end="h-A_little_bit_me"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:GeorgeWilliams&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: A little bit me"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Retired schoolteacher from <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a> who used to live in <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire" title="Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a>! Am now back in God's own county. I used to teach Modern <a href="/wiki/European_History" class="mw-redirect" title="European History">European History</a> so naturally I am happy to look at any articles that touch on my speciality. Very keen on the history of <a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">postage stamp</a> issues. I see stamps as historical documents. I am not a keen editor but I enjoy tidying up and helping to move things beyond the stub level if I can. </p><p>Apart from that, I'm happily married and we have a <a href="/wiki/Cat" title="Cat">cat</a>. I support the grand old sport of <a href="/wiki/Rugby_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="Rugby Football">Rugby Football</a>, that being "real" rugby with forwards and tackling, not the alternative. I don't support any particular rugby club and go to watch local teams such as <a href="/wiki/Fylde_Rugby_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Fylde Rugby Club">Fylde RUFC</a>; essentially I support <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a>. I like to watch county and Test <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a>. I definitely do support <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_CCC" class="mw-redirect" title="Lancashire CCC">Lancashire CCC</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/England_cricket_team" title="England cricket team">England</a>, and I like <a href="/wiki/Motor_sport" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor sport">motor cycle racing</a>, having been a keen "biker" myself for many years. </p><p>"George Williams" is not my real name. 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Please feel free to <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Cricket/Members" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Members">join us</a></b>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Workshops" data-mw-thread-id="h-Workshops"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Workshops"></span>Workshops<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Workshops"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:GeorgeWilliams&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Workshops"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/User:GeorgeWilliams/Cricket_articles" title="User:GeorgeWilliams/Cricket articles">User:GeorgeWilliams/Cricket articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_cricket_biography_stubs" title="Category:English cricket biography stubs">Category:English cricket biography stubs</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Useful" data-mw-thread-id="h-Useful"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Useful"></span>Useful<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Useful"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:GeorgeWilliams&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Useful"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Wikitext_examples" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Wikitext examples">Help:Wikitext examples</a></li> <li>{{DEFAULTSORT:<sort key>}}</li> <li>{{redirect|Lord Harris|other people known as Lord Harris|Lord Harris (disambiguation)}} is a very handy way of referring to another page</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Welcome!" data-mw-thread-id="h-Welcome!-2005-08-04T18:45:00.000Z"><span id="Welcome.21"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Welcome!-2005-08-04T18:45:00.000Z"></span><b>Welcome!</b><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Welcome!-2005-08-04T18:45:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:GeorgeWilliams&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Welcome!"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Flcelloguy-2005-08-04T18:45:00.000Z-Welcome!"></span>Hello, GeorgeWilliams, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Welcome,_newcomers" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers">welcome</a> to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">The Five Pillars of Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:How to edit a page">How to edit a page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Tutorial">Editing, policy, conduct, and structure tutorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_tutorial" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Picture tutorial">Picture tutorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_write_a_great_article" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:How to write a great article">How to write a great article</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions">Naming conventions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Merge" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Merge">Merging, redirecting, and renaming pages</a></li> <li>If you're ready for the complete list of Wikipedia documentation, there's also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Topical_index" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Topical index">Wikipedia:Topical index</a>.</li></ul> <p>I hope you enjoy editing here and being a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedians" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedians">Wikipedian</a>! By the way, please be sure to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sign_your_posts_on_talk_pages" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages">sign your name on Talk</a> and vote pages using four tildes (~~~~) to produce your name and the current date, or three tildes (~~~) for just your name. If you have any questions, see the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Help" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Help">help pages</a>, add a question to the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump" title="Wikipedia:Village pump">village pump</a> or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! <a href="/wiki/User:Flcelloguy" title="User:Flcelloguy">Flcelloguy</a> |<small> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Flcelloguy" title="User talk:Flcelloguy">A <span style="color:brown;"> note? </span></a>| <a href="/wiki/User:Flcelloguy/Desk" title="User:Flcelloguy/Desk">Desk </a></small> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:GeorgeWilliams#c-Flcelloguy-2005-08-04T18:45:00.000Z-Welcome!" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">18:45, 4 August 2005 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Flcelloguy-2005-08-04T18:45:00.000Z-Welcome!"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Flcelloguy-2005-08-04T18:45:00.000Z-Welcome!"></span> </p><p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-18.172.1.61-2010-09-28T15:15:00.000Z-Welcome!"></span>Hi "George" -- </p><p>I have collected most of the primary sources on stoolball up to 1860, and seek to compare that body of evident with that of cricket up to 1700 so as to ascertain what is really known of the relation of the two games in the 17th C. I have questions about the wiki material on cricket during that period and hope to locate someone to interact with. Thanks for any leads. L. McCray, Boston, Lmccray@mit.edu <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">unsigned</a> comment added by <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/18.172.1.61" title="Special:Contributions/18.172.1.61">18.172.1.61</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:18.172.1.61&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:18.172.1.61 (page does not exist)">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:GeorgeWilliams#c-18.172.1.61-2010-09-28T15:15:00.000Z-Welcome!" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">15:15, 28 September 2010 (UTC)</a></span><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-18.172.1.61-2010-09-28T15:15:00.000Z-Welcome!"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-18.172.1.61-2010-09-28T15:15:00.000Z-Welcome!"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="ArbCom_elections_are_now_open!" data-mw-thread-id="h-ArbCom_elections_are_now_open!-2015-11-23T13:08:00.000Z"><span id="ArbCom_elections_are_now_open.21"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-ArbCom_elections_are_now_open!-2015-11-23T13:08:00.000Z"></span><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ACE2015" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ACE2015">ArbCom elections are now open!</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-ArbCom_elections_are_now_open!-2015-11-23T13:08:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:GeorgeWilliams&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: ArbCom elections are now open!"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-2015-11-23T13:08:00.000Z-ArbCom_elections_are_now_open!"></span>Hi,<br/> You appear to be eligible to vote in the current <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ACE2015" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ACE2015">Arbitration Committee election</a>. 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For the Election committee, <a href="/wiki/User:MediaWiki_message_delivery" title="User:MediaWiki message delivery">MediaWiki message delivery</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:MediaWiki_message_delivery" title="User talk:MediaWiki message delivery">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:GeorgeWilliams#c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-2015-11-23T13:08:00.000Z-ArbCom_elections_are_now_open!" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">13:08, 23 November 2015 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-2015-11-23T13:08:00.000Z-ArbCom_elections_are_now_open!"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-2015-11-23T13:08:00.000Z-ArbCom_elections_are_now_open!"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="ArbCom_elections_are_now_open!_2" data-mw-thread-id="h-ArbCom_elections_are_now_open!_2-2015-11-23T13:33:00.000Z"><span id="ArbCom_elections_are_now_open.21_2"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-ArbCom_elections_are_now_open!_2-2015-11-23T13:33:00.000Z"></span><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ACE2015" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ACE2015">ArbCom elections are now open!</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-ArbCom_elections_are_now_open!_2-2015-11-23T13:33:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:GeorgeWilliams&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: ArbCom elections are now open!"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-2015-11-23T13:33:00.000Z-ArbCom_elections_are_now_open!_2"></span>Hi,<br/> You appear to be eligible to vote in the current <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ACE2015" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ACE2015">Arbitration Committee election</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ARBCOM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ARBCOM">Arbitration Committee</a> is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RFAR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RFAR">arbitration process</a>. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BAN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BAN">site bans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TBAN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TBAN">topic bans</a>, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ARBPOL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ARBPOL">arbitration policy</a> describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ACE2015/C" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ACE2015/C">review the candidates' statements</a> and submit your choices on <a href="/wiki/Special:SecurePoll/vote/398" title="Special:SecurePoll/vote/398">the voting page</a>. For the Election committee, <a href="/wiki/User:MediaWiki_message_delivery" title="User:MediaWiki message delivery">MediaWiki message delivery</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:MediaWiki_message_delivery" title="User talk:MediaWiki message delivery">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:GeorgeWilliams#c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-2015-11-23T13:33:00.000Z-ArbCom_elections_are_now_open!_2" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">13:33, 23 November 2015 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-2015-11-23T13:33:00.000Z-ArbCom_elections_are_now_open!_2"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-2015-11-23T13:33:00.000Z-ArbCom_elections_are_now_open!_2"></span> </p>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:GeorgeWilliams&oldid=1139678726">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:GeorgeWilliams&oldid=1139678726</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:WikiProject_Cricket_participants" title="Category:WikiProject Cricket participants">WikiProject Cricket participants</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 16 February 2023, at 09:39<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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