User talk:DBD/Archive 2

August 2006

About Descendant WikiProjects

Good day! I really fascinated with the British Royalty, so I'm glad there's a WikiProject about it. I am much interested about the Descendant WikiProjects (These past five years or so, I've been tracing back the family tree of Queen Elizabeth II, and fortunately I've come up with good traces). What is this all about? Hedwig0407 01 August 2006

Brilliant user boxes

You have some nice user boxes there! I just wanted to thank you for the superb Monarchist user boxes on your userboxes area, every one of which I am using. I tried to create my own with a picture of H.M. the Queen, but it was removed for "unfair use". Thanks Lofty 12:16, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks much for your kind compliments, I am happy to have provided an appreciated service -- DBD 22:59, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:User Wheaten(s)

Hi DBD,

What do you think about moving User:DBD/Userboxes/Pets/User Wheaten and User:DBD/Userboxes/Pets/User Wheaten (plus others if you've made them) to your userspace? At some point, they'll probably get moved or deleted anyway. See WP:GUS. Regards, Rfrisbietalk 16:58, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for the suggestion - I have done as you asked. -- DBD 22:59, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Cool. Is that your dog? I'm the mutt lover.

Rfrisbietalk 23:42, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lol! Is it that obvious? :P -- DBD 23:44, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
That... and the image upload log!

Rfrisbietalk 03:03, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Malcolm Tucker.jpg

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Fair use images in templates

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Invitation

Heho, thanks for your invitation, but I'm more interested on peerage and baronetage than on royalty. Greetings and thanks again Phoe 16:20, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Secondary Education Certificate Userboxes

Do these have a typo somewhere? [2] Rfrisbietalk 18:03, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, I'm converting to a single template and haven't moved it yet... Bear with me, cheers, DBD 18:05, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Okay.

Rfrisbietalk 18:08, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Holiday

Regretfully, this user is buggering off on holiday on August 8.
Don't worry, it's a caravanning holiday, so he won't be enjoying himself.
He'll be back as soon as possible. Failing that, August 16.

WikiProject Narnia

Hello, I noticed that you edited an article related to, or expressed interest in The Chronicles of Narnia. I thought you may be interested in knowing that there is a WikiProject working to improve articles about Narnia, your help would be greatly appreciated. Please consider joining the WikiProject Narnia. Thank you! Bornagain4 00:56, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

TfD nomination of Template:Infobox British Royalty

Template:Infobox British Royalty has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Sorry. Philip Stevens 06:06, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Infoboxes

Are the infoboxes really needed for small stub articles? They are just a needless repetition of what it already there. And what has happened to the House templates? Astrotrain 10:32, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, we're going for uniformity across the British Royalty articles, so I would presume that includes smaller articles - and the house templates no longer fit if the infobox is included - but there were extremely lengthy, and the house, parents and issue are included in the infobox... -- DBD 10:36, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I havn't seen any consensus agreed on this matter. The Wikiproject has very few users- and no apparent discussion has taken place. Astrotrain 10:41, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well, the infobox was approved after a failed nomination on Templates for deletion, and discussion has indeed been sparse, but it is an unfortunate truth that to wait for democratic discussions and consensus would mean no progress would ever be made - I am merely acting in an attempt to better our project's articles. -- DBD 10:46, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Edward VIII

You appear to have inserted a "correction" in this article on the basis of an understanding that Ireland was part of the UK in 1936. Of course it wasn't: Ireland was partitioned in 1922. The term "Commonwealth" was certainly in use as early as the Balfour Declaration of 1926 which declared that the old white "dominions" (though Canada was always ambivalent about that term, it having been foisted on the Fathers of Confederation by a nervous Colonial Office which didn't want to offend the USA with the Canadians' preferred title "Kingdom of Canada"). It is, however, rather moot. It would hardly be inaccurate to describe Edward VIII as king of the United Kingdom (and complete that with "of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" if one wanted to be really pedantic). Masalai 00:00, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I apologise profusely for my error re: Ireland - should we add "King of Ireland" to that box? Or is that covered in "her dominions"? Are we comfortable with the use of dominions? Or would we wish to say realms? Or the commonwealth? -- DBD 00:11, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

License tagging for Image:Earlcrown.png

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TfDs Galore

You might want to visit Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 August 21 quickly. A user has proposed deleting a large chunk of royal templates. FearÉIREANN\(caint) 14:49, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

British royalty project

Thanks for the invite. I do wonder, though, the extent to which such a project is necessary. British royalty is, I think, pretty well-served by Wikipedia. We seem to have articles on just about everyone we might have articles about, and the articles on the major stuff are often pretty good. It seems as though the royalty of other countries is often much more poorly served. Our articles on minor British royals like Prince Arthur of Connaught are often better than the articles on actual ruling monarchs of other countries, e.g. Charles I of Württemberg. john k 16:54, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the project isn't in creating articles - it's in improving, standardising and so on and so forth. Whilst foreign monarchs may not have great articles, that's neither my area of expertise, nor of my interest. -- DBD 17:19, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject British Royalty

Thanks for your invitation to join the WikiProject British Royalty, but if the project covers only the period from George I onwards, I'm afraid I would be of little help, as I am primarily a medievalist. Eixo 00:46, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That needn't be an issue - the project will include child projects on English and Scottish pre-union royalty, if that's your area of interest... -- DBD 08:18, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
What Eixo said. Honestly, most of my involvement has been making stubby articles for members of both Houses of Parliament and stringing succession boxes, but I'll do what I can. Thanks for the invitation. Choess 04:34, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox British Royalty

The box is an excellent addition to the Princess Michael article. I did wonder about removing the caption myself, as it was already obvious who it is. I have not looked, but if there is a similar box for the articles about the other royal personages, especially containing a portrait of equal quality, it can only be a positive enhancement. -- Guy 12:31, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for you kind compliment - this infobox is in fact intended for every British Royalty article - if your interests lie in that area, do please join our WikiProject! -- DBD 12:34, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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