Talk:Neil Harvey

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June 22, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
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Latest comment: 19 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Neil Harvey/CommentsTalk:Neil Harvey/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

Excellent start. In my view the lead is a bit too long/unstructured, but looking at the amount of work done this week, a rapidly rising article, heading for the top. Probably not far from GA status. –MDCollins (talk) 01:57, 10 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

Last edited at 01:57, 10 June 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 01:01, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

First wife

Latest comment: 2 years ago2 comments1 person in discussion

There is a reference to a "first wife" but no mention of a second. Did he remarry? St Anselm (talk) 01:35, 8 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

Never mind, I added it in. St Anselm (talk) 04:13, 8 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

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First wife