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User talk:Dormskirk/Archive 5
Gordon Highlanders MuseumHello; you removed a paragraph of mine regarding co-operative work done between the GHM and the Aberdeen Modellers Society cited it as non-verified. Verification is simple; would links to a newspaper article be sufficient ? Rgds 204.69.32.200 (talk) 15:00, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
thank you 204.69.32.200 (talk) 11:10, 29 June 2017 (UTC) Editing HelpHello. I am not sure of the process of comunicating over Wiki so I appologise if I have got this wrong. You were kind enough to sort out the mess I made after I last tried to update an artical. I am likely to need to update it again soon and wondered if you could help make the update look profesional. If there is a better non public way to communicate that would be helpfull. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ACDSRC-ADC (talk • contribs) 00:37, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
Military history WikiProject coordinator electionGreetings from the Military history WikiProject! Elections for the Military history WikiProject Coordinators are currently underway, and as a member of the WikiProject you are cordially invited to take part by casting your vote(s) for the candidates on the election page. This year's election will conclude at 23:59 UTC 23 September. For the Coordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:01, 16 September 2016 (UTC) Many thanks for starting Preston Barracks. I hope to expand in due course, as I have plenty of source material. Within the Brighton and Hove "topic", it was a redlink that had long bothered me, but starting an article can often be the most difficult stage of writing one! Best, Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 08:26, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
Hi, can I tempt you to join this challenge? We'll have a contest for the South East and north soon! So far we have nearly 1900 articles. We'd love for you to be a part of it!♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:39, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
Royal Marine UniformsI don't want to get into an edit war over this situation but could you explain why you made a wholesale deletion of this section in the History of the Royal Marines article without explanation back in June. I restored the section (which was entirely my work) with detailed source references yesterday and now you have moved the entire package to a newly created article? Could you not have consulted with me first? Buistr (talk) 22:35, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXXVI, October 2016
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. 10,000 Asia ChallengeHi, I wondered if you would be interested in joining Wikipedia:WikiProject Asia/The 10,000 Challenge based on Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge and Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge? The idea is to showcase the work being done on wikipedia across the continent, and inspire more people to create and work on countries which might not usually get much attention and then possibly running some contests to bring in new editors. I know it's very existence will definitely make me more likely to contribute more, I just destubbed Al Alam Palace which you started nearly ten years ago ;-) Not sure, but if interested add your name to the participants and I'll consider setting something up later in the month.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:30, 8 October 2016 (UTC)
Oxford ResearchCongrats on good ref additions. One quibble, however: the My Science ref is misleading. The £126 M for the Oxford consists of grants, unusually, to 2 sep. NHS Trusts and BRC: £114 M to JRH and OUH at Headington plus £12 M to Oxford Health NHS Trust at Warneford further out. This town is big enough for the both... Headline was correct, but either journo/editor didn't realise distinction, or oblivious of effect of suggesting JRH got both grants. It did not. Will therefore revert figure. All BRC figure under Dept of health ref in NIHR article. PS: Newc. U. and hosp BRC gained £16 MProtozoon (talk) 02:13, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
ThanksThanks for this - sorry, careless of me! Cheers DBaK (talk) 08:18, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for Richard Cunningham (English Army officer)! Very much obliged. Where do you get these sources? They're fantastic! Hauling Rags (talk) 15:59, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXXVII, November 2016
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. Newfoundland Station and other enquiriesHello I wanted some advice I was in the middle of drafting for the above I understand that this command was unusual as it was a seasonal squadron that visited Newfoundland colony to protect fishing convoys of the coast from 1729 and I am aware that the commanders were given the title of Commodore Governor however the governors were not in permanent residence until 1818. We have a List of lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador and I came across this redundant stub Commodore-Governor my book sources list the post as both a political and naval office do you think it would be fine to still create the Newfoundland Station but make clear it was dual role. Also I have come across some others and wondered what you knew about them they include Commander-in-Chiefs for The Downs (1777-1815), Black Sea (1816-1833), North Sea (1781-1815), Leith (1818-1821), Lisbon Station (1808-1812), Halifax Station (1776-1853), Cobh, Devonport, Guernsey Station, Jersey Station.--Navops47 (talk) 13:17, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open! Hello, Dormskirk. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC) Trafigura - new section on diesel in AfricaHi Dormskirk, a new section has been added to Trafigura on a report published by Public Eye into diesel being sold in Africa. Trafigura's response was published in a fair number of French-language papers – I've posted on the talk page with a suggested short second paragraph. If you've got time to take a look that'd be much appreciated. Many thanks. HOgilvy (talk) 19:00, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
Ferrovialwhy did you delete my edition? maybe this link will help you: http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/310425/new-nauru-camp-operator-staying-till-oct-2017 Greetings --Smegger (talk) 12:46, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXXVIII, December 2016
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. "Fixing" redirectsRE: this diff, there really is no need to "fix" redirects like this, indeed the practice is discouraged, see WP:NOTBROKEN. DuncanHill (talk) 23:49, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
Are blogs considered as reliable sources?Bingo Wings keeps using a blog for his references. Is that reliable? JessPavarocks (talk) 11:42, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
helphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom Can you fix the table for me? Thanks JessPavarocks (talk) 12:47, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
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The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. London RegimentI've removed the Christmas news message which says nothing about the transfer of companies to PWRR or the RIFLES. Just to let you know. http://thefusiliers.org/the-colonels-christmas-message-and-news-of-regimental-growth/ JessPavarocks (talk) 02:24, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
ThanksI should have removed "former" at Geoffrey Biggs... don't know what I was thinking of... maybe not much. Thanks for cleaning up after me. Andrewa (talk) 21:26, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
QuestionHi, as someone who has been very helpful in tidying up the RELX Group page I was wondering if you could give us your thoughts on possibly editing down the length of the 'Controversy' section on that page? Obviously as an employee I'm wary of suggesting anything that could be seen as whitewashing, and that's certainly not my intention, but that section is quite lengthy and all of the subjects are a number of years old now. Do you think it would be possible to remove some of the finer details which really aren't terribly relevant any more, to shorten the paragraphs? My main concern at the moment is that having this large section makes RELX Group appear to be quite a controversial company which, in the grand scheme of things, it really isn't. I'd be interested to hear what you think. Thanks Ryoba (talk) 15:18, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
British Army & IraqI believe they are back in Iraq as part of Op Shader. Whether it is considered as British Army base is another matter but too busy to find source. At best, think it is British troops in an Iraqi base for training them. Regards JessPavarocks (talk) 08:04, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
Trafigura - some updatesHi Dormskirk, there are a few things that could do with updating in Trafigura – see here for a marked up userspace draft.
If you could take a look and let me know what you make of these changes that’d be much appreciated. If you're happy with them, there's a clean version on the talk page of this draft. Many thanks. HOgilvy (talk) 12:38, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXXX, February 2017
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. Admiralty department navigation templateHi hope you are keeping well? I am drafting a navigation template based on the broad structure of the admiralty when it existed and I as wondering if you could take a look at it and give me some constructive feedback found here User:Navops47/sandbox3 many thanks.--Navops47 (talk) 06:45, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
do not undo my edit
with all due respect sir your information is not current and not accurate, Bill Leach was the Chairman of the Board of the Museum of Canadian History not the War Museum the War museum is part of the larger what is now known as the Museum of Canadian History, http://www.historymuseum.ca/ http://www.historymuseum.ca/media/new-chair-appointed-to-board-of-trustees-of-the-canadian-museum-of-civilization-corporation/ I have attached a reference for you I am simply trying to respect my father last wishes he did not create this wikipedia page someone who he did not know created the page out of respect for my late father can you please update the page so it is accurate and save me some hassle. Kindest regards thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by CMS02 (talk • contribs) 00:08, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
Copying within Wikipedia requires proper attribution
March Madness 2017G'day all, please be advised that throughout March 2017 the Military history Wikiproject is running its March Madness drive. This is a backlog drive that is focused on several key areas:
As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement. The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the military history scope will be considered eligible. More information can be found here for those that are interested, and members can sign up as participants at that page also. The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 March and runs until 23:59 UTC on 31 March 2017, so please sign up now. For the Milhist co-ordinators. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) & MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:24, 26 February 2017 (UTC) Lubrizol requestHello Dormskirk. I see that you have made constructive edits to Wikipedia articles on companies. Would you be willing to look at an edit request on the Lubrizol Talk page? If you look at the page now, you'll see an About section that includes two random facts. I have proposed to replace About with a section outlining the specialty chemical company's operations. You'll also see that I was in discussion with another editor, who suggested that others work on the request. Because of my conflict of interest, I am keeping my involvement on Talk pages. Thank you for any help or advice you can give. Lz maor (Talk · COI--Lubrizol employee) 14:01, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
Updating HICL pageHello there I noticed you have updated the HICL wiki page in the past. I work in Investor Relations for InfraRed, HICL's Investment Manager, so am conflicted. I was hoping you could change/ add some points which are now out of date? Let me know and I will send over some suggestions. Thank you so much. Collinsfvc (talk) 16:24, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
That is great, thank you. All of the updates below that I am suggesting are directly taken from the Company Interim Report which is a public source. Most importantly, HICL is no longer just a PPP investor but also regulated assets and demand based assets. May I suggest the following as a guide of what might be suitable: HICL Infrastructure Company (“HICL”) (LSE: HICL) is a British investment company dedicated to managing and growing a portfolio of infrastructure investments positioned at the lower end of the risk spectrum. Company Overview HICL seeks to provide investors with long-term income, at sustainable levels, and to preserve the capital value of its investment portfolio with the potential for capital growth. HICL is a ‘buy-and-hold’ equity investor whose target infrastructure market segments are PPP (social and transportation projects), regulated assets (e.g. gas and electricity transmission and distribution; water utilities) and demand-based assets (e.g. toll road concessions and student accommodation). Market Information • Founded in 2006 • The first infrastructure investment company to list on the London Stock Exchange • Member of the FTSE 250 Index Portfolio • Investments are located primarily in the UK, but also in Australia, North America and Europe • Investments are generally operational • Long-term, predictable, inflation-linked revenues Governance • Independent Board comprising seven non-executive directors • Registered in Guernsey and its Chairman is Ian Russell • Investment management of the Company is undertaken by the Investment Adviser and Operator, InfraRed Capital Partners Limited.
Best wishes, Collinsfvc (talk) 11:45, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
Hello, OK- understood and thanks for explaining. Worth pointing out though that the reports are always checked by an independent auditor. However, I have gone through some of the facts worth including and have found sources from well known papers/ well known trade press to back them. Please see references below each point. Given that HICL has a market cap of c.£2.5bn now and the popularity of infrastructure investments, it may worth having a longer wiki entry than what there is at present to give a fuller picture of what the Company is about and my points below are a guide to ensure accuracy. Please see below to proposed text with references. Thank you for your consideration.
HICL Infrastructure Company (“HICL”) (LSE: HICL) is a British investment company dedicated to managing and growing a portfolio of infrastructure investments positioned at the lower end of the risk spectrum. Company Overview HICL is focussed on three market segments: PPP (social and transportation projects), regulated assets (gas and electricity transmission and distribution, and water utilities) and demand-based assets (such as toll road concessions and student accommodation). Source: ‘Portfolio Review’ section in http://www.hl.co.uk/news/articles/hicl-infrastructure-company-limited-on-track-to-raise-dividend-ahead-of-inflation Market Information Founded in 2006 Source: Government-backed revenues in http://citywire.co.uk/money/hicl-share-offer-4-9-yield-at-a-smaller-premium/a995398 The first infrastructure investment company to list on the London Stock Exchange Source:First line of https://www.bestinvest.co.uk/news/hicl-infrastructure-new-fund-raising Member of the FTSE 250 Index Source: First line of http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/news/AN_1458285939410761900/hicl-infrastructure-to-raise-gbp25-million-through-tap-issuance-(alliss).aspx Portfolio Investments are located primarily in the UK, but also in Australia, North America and Europe Source: End of first para https://www.bestinvest.co.uk/news/hicl-infrastructure-new-fund-raising Investments are generally operational Source: Eight para of http://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/2016/11/03/funds-and-etfs/top-100-funds/hicl-expanding-beyond-ppp-assets-into-toll-roads-05XXIDorZmu2e1Q6mXKr2N/article.html Long-term, predictable, inflation-linked revenues Source: Third and fourth para http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/05/18/questor-share-tip-hicl-infrastructure-sets-inflation-linked-divi/
Chairman is Ian Russell Source: http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKFWN10307S20150724?type=companyNews Investment management of the Company is undertaken by the Investment Adviser and Operator, InfraRed Capital Partners Limited. Source: Sixth para of http://citywire.co.uk/money/hicl-share-offer-4-9-yield-at-a-smaller-premium/a995398
Thank you so much- that is a big improvement. Look forward to working with you again hopefully. Collinsfvc (talk) 12:30, 7 March 2017 (UTC) DalgetyThanks for your input. I plan to finish over the next few days. Eddaido (talk) 22:14, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
44th Regt. of Foot - HistoryHello, I recently made an edit to the 44th Regt. of Foot's history regarding further merges with other regiments to form the modern day Royal Anglian Regiment. You completely removed this whole section with some bullshit reason. Why didn't you consult me? You claim to study history yet you removed my 100% accurate section regarding how it became part of the R ANGLIANS. This was what I added: "Following the release of the 1957 Defence White Paper which saw the British Army undergo restructuring yet again, the Essex Regiment was merged with Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment to form the 3rd East Anglian Regiment. This regiment existed for only a small number of years as the 1966 Defence White Paper was released and saw the British Army undergo even more transitions, resulting in the 1st East Anglian Regiment, 2nd East Anglian Regiment, 3rd East Anglian Regiment and The Royal Leicestershire Regiment being merged together to create one larger regiment - the Royal Anglian Regiment. The Royal Anglian Regiment still exists now and is comprised of three battalions - two regular and one reserve. The legacy of the 44th Regt. of Foot is upheld to this day as the 3rd East Anglian Regiment became the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Anglian Regiment." Do your research and you'll find this is true. Don't touch my edits again without consulting me - you clearly aren't educated on the regiment or it's transitions. Finally, I'm going into the British Army (specifically the Royal Anglians) so I have done my research and know the history of the regiment I'm joining.— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|Tom6ix7 (talk) 00:19, 6 March 2017 (UTC)]] comment added by Tom6ix7 (talk • contribs) 00:13, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
Sir Neville ChamberlainHi Dormskirk. You removed an image from the Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain article with the edit summary, "wrong Chamberlain". I didn't add the image, but I did check it, and it came from the Billiards and Snooker Archive page on the invention of snooker by Chamberlain. Can you tell me why you believe it is wrong, and which Chamberlain it was? Scolaire (talk) 08:23, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
Please explainIn this edit, you undid my previous edit without any explanation. The sentence in question reads, "On 2 April 1982, the Falklands War began when Argentine forces began the invasion of the British Overseas Territories of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia." South Georgia is a disambiguation page, not an article about a British Overseas Territory. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is an article about a British Overseas Territory. I therefore find it difficult to understand why you think your version is superior to the previous one. Can you enlighten me? --R'n'B (call me Russ) 15:45, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXXXI, March 2017
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. AmpersandsThank you again for the kind words up above. Are we not allowed to use ampersands even when they are there as such in the formal name of the business or firm or company? Eddaido (talk) 02:23, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
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Utilico Emerging MarketsHi Dormskirk, just dropping you a note as I've got a COI with regard to Utilico Emerging Markets. The chairman is now a guy called John Rennocks.[1] Would you be happy to make that change? HOgilvy (talk) 17:29, 4 April 2017 (UTC) References
The Bugle: Issue CXXXII, April 2017
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. PackardHi Dormskirk, In my additions to the 'Career' section, everything contained in the first two sentences of the second paragraph (beginning 'Edward senior') is covered by my footnote (8) (as it presently stands). The information about the Society visit of 1872, the size of the works and the amount of shipping is covered by my reference in footnote (7). In the last paragraph, the information about the date of his father's death and his involvement with the Ipswich Museum is all covered by footnotes (12-16), and Packard junior's early involvement in the Society is indicated in footnote 9. The information about the yacht was I admit based on personal knowledge and I have removed it, but it might be found in the privately-printed memoir. I have replaced the information about the French phosphate mines with more specific statements and references which cover all those statements, and the further late Museum information is introduced to illustrate the involvement of both father and son with sourced references. I hope this will satisfy! Thanks for asking, Eebahgum (talk) 16:42, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey and plagiarismIn February 2014 you made a series of edits to the article Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey. During those edits you removed the Attribution required for articles that have text copied from a PD source. In this case EB1911. At some later point another editor added a link to the Eb1911 article on Wiksource. I am currently going through a list of all the article on Wikipedia that have a link to EB1911 articles on Wikisource that are not using the standard templates In this case Earwig returns a result of Violation Possible 60.1% confidence. Please see WP:PLAGIARISM for why it is important not to remove attribution notices unless all of the copied text has been rewritten. This is not only important for moral reasons, but also because external actors can use it as a stick to beat us with. It is also an issue internally, because if you read the talk page and archives of WT:Plagiarism you will see that a lot of editors do not think PD text ought to be copied into Wikipedia. One of the justifications they use for this is that it is plagiarism to do so. Placing prominent attribution in the article is a way of countering that criticism, (because it can't be plagiarism if the Wikipedia article clearly state that text has been copied from another source). -- PBS (talk) 18:06, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
Packard againDear Dormskirk, I have 'reshuffled' the Packard article a bit so that it deals with the father and son in two separate sections. I felt this tended towards greater clarity. I see that you created this article (didn't notice that before, sorry!), and hope you will find the alteration acceptable. The information is the same as before. Best wishes, Eebahgum (talk) 12:36, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
Nomination of 94th Regiment of Foot (disambiguation) for deletion A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 94th Regiment of Foot (disambiguation) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted. The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/94th Regiment of Foot (disambiguation) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. bojo | talk 15:50, 17 April 2017 (UTC) Thoughts on finding help for organization articleHi Dormskirk, thanks again for your review of my edit request on Accenture! I know you've worked a lot on company articles and wondered if you might also have done any editing of articles for organizations or know someone who has? I've proposed some pretty simple updates for the National Automobile Dealers Association article and I'm having trouble tracking down an editor to review. (The request is on behalf of NADA as part of my work at Beutler Ink.) WikiProject Organizations is like a ghost town, and posts at WikiProject Automobiles and to a few editors who are members there have not led to any response. Any ideas where I might look next to find someone interested in this subject area? Thanks in advance! 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 21:20, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
John Moore BickNo, you are incorrect - Moore-Bick had a very senior role in the Forces Tiddlywink Society - I apologise for accidentally removing that he was in the Pension Society, but this piece of information is accurate. --81.178.191.21 (talk) 16:19, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXXXIII, May 2017
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. Wikipedia and PoliticsDear Dormskirk, We are a team of social scientists conducting research on collaboration among Wikipedians and would love your input. We have prepared a very short survey (it takes just a few seconds to a few minutes) that asks about your political preferences and if you had any experiences collaborating with editors with similar or different preferences. Please fill it out here: You can find out more about our research project here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikipedia_%2B_Politics Thank you WikiResearcher (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:45, 17 May 2017 (UTC) More your area than mine, but I'd been meaning to cover Flag Officer, Air, Home, for some time, and Colin Mackie (Gulabin)'s data made it possible. Happy if you want to take a look to tweak/improve.. Cheers Buckshot06 (talk) 09:25, 3 June 2017 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXXXIV, June 2017
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. Edmund Lyons and AlgernonHello - I have not added any uncited material, whatsoever, to the page for Edmund Lyons or Algernon Lyons. All the information was present in the sources that I added at the bottom, or in the sources already present. Please undo your deletions of the material: I am unable to find the undo function on my device. Where the source is not clear to you, please add a 'citation needed' tag, rather than delete the information, to alert me, and I will add an inline citation. All of the material I added was present in a source at the bottom, so there should not be an objection to its inclusion. Apologies for the misunderstanding. (TrevelyanLittle (talk)) TrevelyanLittle (talk) 00:21, 16 June 2017 (UTC) P.S. If I accidentally deleted any material that I did not incorporate into my new version, please add it again: no deletions were intentional, and the only additions made were intentional. I have noted before that you are a sincere user with a genuine interest in these topics, like me, so I would highly appreciate your undoing of your deletion of my material, which was the result of considerable effort, and all of which was sourced in the sources at the bottom. As I say, do add Cn tags where you think that they are needed. TrevelyanLittle (talk) 01:10, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
91st FootI have just found a possible ancestor in FindMyPast in The Army List 1798 in the 91st Foot listed as disbanded in 1783. Was there a 91st Foot before this one and if true could it get a mention? You will know the joy of finding WP has an article about something you want to know more about but I've been defrauded! and for the moment I feel a bit let-down. (grin) Eddaido (talk) 13:10, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
Ashton HouseHi, I think that your reverting to an earlier, shortened version was definitely an improvement over the version by user "Architectural.History", who added much unsourced text including a long list of letters after the name of Mr Fairclough — it might have been relevant, if appropriately sourced, to note that Mr Fairclough is an "architectural historian and antiques dealer" per the following sentence, but do we really need to know all his qualifications? — or the versions by the IPs or by user "HistoryofArchitecture", which did much the same sort of thing. Indeed, if you had been so bold as to revert all the way back to your version of 21:57, 18 July 2015 before any of the other users' edits, I think that would have been very justifiable, as I am not sure that sources 6, 7 and 8 of the current version really help much in verifying the sentence that they relate to. (I am guessing that source 6 is difficult to obtain.) Incidentally, you may be interested to know (just as a curiosity - I'm not suggesting adding this to the article) that said house appears to be for sale at present and to have been on the market for over a year. Regards, --Money money tickle parsnip (talk) 16:36, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
1SL Earliest formation and predecessors dates are wrongHi hope you are well we have not spoke for a while I wonder if you could take a look at something I have uncovered and left a message for some feed back at Talk:First Sea Lord many thanks.--Navops47 (talk) 08:10, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
New DE&S positions, Bollom is backCan you help with the wiki charts? Simon Lister is now Chief Of Materiel Submarines, now Chief of Materiel (Fleet) and former Air Marshal Bollom is now Chief of Materiel Ships. Thanks. JessPavarocks (talk) 07:00, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXXXV, July 2017
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. Puma EnergyHi Dormskirk, just wondered if you might have a moment to take a look at a few possible updates to Puma Energy – see mark-up here. There's a bit more of a summary in my first message at the top of that page and a clean version on the talk page if you're okay with these proposed changes. Thanks. HOgilvy (talk) 23:02, 11 July 2017 (UTC)
Lord High Admirals found list back to the year 871Hi your thoughts would be appreciated at Talk:List of Lord High Admirals (United Kingdom).--Navops47 (talk) 05:44, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
Re: Fyffes - WikipediaYou have removed my corrections to your incorrect history of this company where you attribute the founding of this establishment to THOMAS Fyffe also to a a fruit dealer named Hudson in 1888. These are historically incorrect. I have pointed out two of my sources, there are others. (https://myancestors.wordpress.com/2007/07/31/edward-wathen-fyffe-1853-1935/) (http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/fyffes-plc-history/). I may not have your gift for writing in prose but I do take pride in my ability to research historical facts. If you would take the trouble to read Fyffes Plc History you will see that I am correct in that it was 1897 when Fyffe merged with Hudson to form Fyffe Hudson & Co. I can find no evidence to suggest that Hudson had links to the Caribbean, it seems to me that it was in fact Edward Fyffe who discovered the banana in the first place although I am open to be corrected on this. My grandson was about to use your incorrect assertions regarding the forming of the Fyffe co. for some school work. I have had to explain to him that in the words of the current president of the U.S.A. there can be false news. We do not want False news on Wikipedia thank you very much. Please mend your ways and correct the history section of your article to reflect the facts. since well before Moleybong
Hello I am in my 81st year and can clearly remember first seeingmy first banana in 1947. I have been researching genealogy since before the advent of the computer and have over the yeats researched the Fyffe family. One of the sources that I quoted was in fact the "official2 Fyffe plc site. This is what that site says: Fyffes Plc History Address: 1 Beresford Street Dublin 7 Ireland Telephone: (+353) 1-809-5555 Fax: (+353) 1-872-6609 Website: www.fyffes.com Public Company Incorporated: 1888 as E.W. Fyffe, Son and Co.; 1902 as Charles McCann Limited Employees: 3,595 Sales: EUR 1.69 billion (US$1.79 billion) (1999) Stock Exchanges: London Ticker Symbol: FFY NAIC: 111336 Fruit and Tree Nut Combination Farming Key Dates: 1888: Edward Fyffe begins commercial imports of bananas to the United Kingdom. 1890: Charles McCann begins apple exports. 1897: but never the ess Fyffe forms Fyffe Hudson & Co. 1901: The company merges with Elder Dempster and Company to form Elders and Fyffes. Quite apart from that I have researched the Enland and Wales GRO records and the relevant census records, all point to my version being correct. I have not seen A Centenary History, 1888-1988" by Peter Davies but would be very surprised if he made such a basic error. I did not have the benifit of a university education (they were for the few in my day) so do not claim to be able to write to a good standard of English but never the less I would urge you to review the changes,that you made to the text to suit that version of history which I believe to be the truth. I am sure that we can at least agree that we all want Wikipedia articles to be factual. Thanks for making the changes Moleybong My grandson has come back to me with this web site that may help to convince you that my version of history is correct. Just search for Fyee on it http://www.minchinhamptonlocalhistorygroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Bulletin-25-2008.pdf. If this ndoes convince you you may wish to add it to your article as a citation. Cheers Moleybong.
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The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. Your repeated changes on HSBCYes, it can be both British and multinational, British means that the company is legally registered, and headquartered, in the UK, and multinational means that it has operations in multiple countries. Your bold changes have now been reverted at least twice, so per WP:BRD you must take it to the talk page of the article and get support for your changes there, before doing it again! - Tom | Thomas.W talk 20:41, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
As the main editor of the above page, I'm hoping you may be able to shed some light on a query I have. The third External link, which doesn't work, is intended to support a claim of 17 deaths at Treowen in 1977. That sounds a very high number! Was it a fire? I can't find it on Google, which one might expect, given the number of deaths. Do you have a source/further details? I've also posted this on Treowen's Talkpage. If it is correct, it would certainly merit a, referenced, mention. Thanks and best regards. KJP1 (talk) 08:22, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
BHPWell there you go! A simple and effective solution to a potentially unpleasant conversation thread. What can I say? Perhaps, "Why didn't I think of that solution?" Well done, and thank you. Pdfpdf (talk) 11:15, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
I have added a photo of his actual grave at St Andrews to Wiki Commons. User:AndyScott (User talk:AndyScott) 19:15, 1 September 2017 (UTC) Nice work......on Winchester Castle! Good to see it being fleshed out and improved. Hchc2009 (talk) 06:56, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
47 Regiment Royal Artillery under JHC not 1 ISTAR BrigadeCan you help correct the wiki links. see http://www.army.mod.uk/artillery/regiments/24676.aspx .Thanks Holland85 (talk) 01:05, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
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Hi can you help with these referenceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_31_frigate Dates have errors. I can't figure out what, can you help. Thanks alot. IDA28 (talk) 02:42, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
My edit did include a link to the French (tunic) article, where the origin of the Russian word френч is also mentioned. I have now included as citation a link to the online definition of the word френч in a major Russian dictionary, the Большой толковый словарь. Even if you don't read the language, note the birth and death dates 1852 - 1925 are mentioned there. An English language citation might be preferable, however the common term "French" brings up too many false positive hits. -- P.T. Aufrette (talk) 14:28, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXXXVII, September 2017
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The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. A barnstar for you!
SpooksHi, thanks for your input on some of the spooks articles that I have also been working on. It is refreshing to find someone who values high quality prose! I have a question about Ayios Nikolaos Station, particularly how you are titling it in other articles. Basically, is officially known by the GCHQ moniker? Best regards. Kfz-Technik Deutsch-Techniker (talk) 17:09, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
File:Tate and lyle.png listed for discussion A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Tate and lyle.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. —Guanaco 02:28, 27 October 2017 (UTC) Leicestershire Yeomanry uniformsHello Dormskirk. I propose to restore the section relating to the Leicestershire Yeomanry uniforms post 1914 that you have deleted, with a source reference added. This would be the extraordinarily detailed website on the subject maintained by the Leicestershire Yeomanry Association. Whether this material is "needed" or not is of course a matter of personal interest and preference but I hope that you will let it remain. Buistr (talk) 22:20, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
Removal of information on Dixons RetailYou removed some information on this article claiming "unreliable sources". However, you removed further information in this edit with no such claim, simply saying "and more". I see no reason why this was entirely removed, as at least some of the information was backed by an apparently reliable source. 86.17.224.172 (talk) 12:46, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXXXIX, November 2017
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. Nomination of Dando Drilling for deletionA discussion is taking place as to whether the article Dando Drilling is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted. The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dando Drilling until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 23:05, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
When to include litigation?When is it proper to include litigation in a Wikipedia article? What if the litigation has obviously been concluded because of the time that has passed but you can't find anything about the verdict? Thanks. Superkatlover (talk) 07:13, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for cleaning up the History section. 86.131.174.108 (talk) 00:05, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
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Use of Publicly Licensed Material on WikiPedia / Copy n PasteHi you keep deleting material I have added as an update to 77th Brigade (United Kingdom) -- Firstly; I checked that this was acceptable under the terms cited here Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources Secondly; Much of the original structure text, which I am merely updating, was also copied from the earlier 77 Mod.uk website and Lastly; The Open Government Licence explicity encourages the re-use of text published under its terms. PEZUK (talk) 13:32, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
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The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. AuthorHi Dormskirk, First off my apologies I should've come here first instead of reverting you so apologies for that,
AllenbyThe paragraph that you deleted as unsourced is also from Encyclopaedia Britanica. Would it be OK if I put it back with the same reference as the second paragraph? The section removed is: His appointment in 1919 as High Commisioner of Egypt came as the country was beginning to reject British rule. It had been under Martial Law since 1914 and several of their leaders, including Saad Zaghlul, had been exiled to Malta. − These deportations had led to demonstrations across the country, with Cairo isolated. Allenby’s first response was conciliatory. He persuaded the Colonial Office to allow Zaghlul and his delegation, wafd, to travel to France. Their intention was to present the Egyptian case to the Paris Peace Conference but they received no official recognition and returned to Egypt in failure. Without it the remaining paragraph doesn’t make as much sense. Padres Hana (talk) 23:38, 13 December 2017 (UTC)
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Would you help the article about King Edward VIIIGood afternoon, Dormskirk. You were helpful on another UK article that I have been editing. This one about the King (Duke of Windsor) needs independent input. (I have not found that the Feedback service attracts many on topics such as this.) The issue is: To what extent should the article cover Edward's involvement with the Third Reich? I had added quite a bit of content about this, fully cited: major news media, history book, a royal biographer, etc. But one user has routinely deleted that content and I cannot get others to get involved, in spite of requests on the Talk page. (Part of the problem is that I may have over-complicated the issue with my Talk items, #49 and #50, by quoting content that had been deleted. Many Users might find this too complicated, as a result.) Example: Many historians have suggested that Hitler was prepared to reinstate the Duke of Windsor as king in the hope of establishing a fascist Britain. Ziegler, p. 392 Documents recovered from the Germans in 1945 at Schloss Marburg, and later called the Windsor File http://www.independent.co.uk/news/duke-who-just-could-not-be-beastly-to-the-nazis-1312860.html or the Marburg file,https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/19/the-princes-at-war-deborah-cadbury-17-carnations-andrew-morton-review-duke-duchess-windsor included telegrams confirming plans, principally by Walter Schellenberg, https://books.google.ca/books?id=voMcCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA60&dq=operation+willi+duke+of+windsor+reinstate+him+as+king&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZ_L2wkZnYAhWqslQKHf-_AAQQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=operation%20willi%20duke%20of%20windsor%20reinstate%20him%20as%20king&f=false, p. 60 to persuade the Duke to leave Portugal and return to Spain, kidnapping him if necessary. The plan, code named Operation Willi, was never concluded. Bloch, pp. 86, 102; Ziegler, pp. 430–432 Thanks for considering this request. Peter K Burian (talk) 15:20, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
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No worries!! Keep up the hard work!! Milhisters do not tend to show too much recognition for each others' work, so when you spot some good work (that is, including *references*), hand them out yourself!! Buckshot06 (talk) 21:20, 2 January 2018 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXLI, January 2018
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. Royal Gloucestershire HussarsHi Dormskirk. You made this edit to Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. Are you particular wedded to having that information in the article? I want to remove it for a number of reasons...
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