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Economy of England

Hi there. Could you update the Economy of England page? The Food and drink section + Alcoholic beverages section could do with a revamp. Very outdated and looks like a list not a segment. ~2025-33120-55 (talk) 15:48, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

@~2025-33120-55: Although I was the last editor to improve the article, I only fixed one spelling error. I suggest you post your concern on the talk page, Talk:Economy of England. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:33, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

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A question from another editor

I think I got left this message inadvertently by Tammyleigh morgan, but I couldn't see their request Lajmmoore (talk) 19:56, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

@Lajmmoore: Yes, that's an odd one - their only edit has been to post a question about my sandbox. No idea! -- John of Reading (talk) 20:10, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Anniversary John of Reading 🎉

Hey @John of Reading. Your wiki edit anniversary is today, marking 16 years of dedicated contributions to English Wikipedia. Your passion for sharing knowledge and your remarkable contributions have not only enriched the project, but also inspired countless others to contribute. Thank you for your amazing contributions. Wishing you many more wonderful years ahead in the Wiki journey and a wonderful, happy 2026 ahead. :) -❙❚❚❙❙ GnOeee ❚❙❚❙❙ ✉ 17:07, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

@Gnoeee: Thank you! -- John of Reading (talk) 17:16, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the copyediting

Hi. Just wanted to thank you for fixing up typos on Politics of Mozambique! I did a lot of hefty expansions plus fixing plagiarism previously on the page, but unfortunately I am awful at catching typos no matter how many times I look at my own work (no idea why).

Thanks for the help! Urchincrawler (talk) 23:32, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

Quite a common error

Thanks for the copy-edit at List of shipwrecks in June 1869. I went ahead and finished what you started -- this error was a rather common one, affecting not just shipwreck lists (1, 2), but other articles as well (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23). Renerpho (talk) 19:31, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

@Renerpho: List of shipwrecks in June 1869 was on my work list because the 1 February 2026 Wikipedia snapshot said it then contained the typo "Lanashire". As it happens, you had already fixed that one, but one of my other 5,000 spelling rules found "were take". -- John of Reading (talk) 07:42, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

The supply of items to be fixed is endless :) Renerpho (talk) 07:49, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

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