User talk:Rodw/Archive 18
Bristol PacketNote that she was built in 1801 (in 6th year of age in 1807). Have amended post at WT:SHIPS. Mjroots (talk) 19:05, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
Editor of the Week seeking nominations (and a new facilitator)The Editor of the Week initiative has been recognizing editors since 2013 for their hard work and dedication. Editing Wikipedia can be disheartening and tedious at times; the weekly Editor of the Week award lets its recipients know that their positive behaviour and collaborative spirit is appreciated. The response from the honorees has been enthusiastic and thankful. The list of nominees is running short, and so new nominations are needed for consideration. Have you come across someone in your editing circle who deserves a pat on the back for improving article prose regularly, making it easier to understand? Or perhaps someone has stepped in to mediate a contentious dispute, and did an excellent job. Do you know someone who hasn't received many accolades and is deserving of greater renown? Is there an editor who does lots of little tasks well, such as cleaning up citations? Please help us thank editors who display sustained patterns of excellence, working tirelessly in the background out of the spotlight, by submitting your nomination for Editor of the Week today! In addition, the WikiProject is seeking a new facilitator/coordinator to handle the logistics of the award. Please contact L235 if you are interested in helping with the logistics of running the award in any capacity. Remove your name from here to unsubscribe from further EotW-related messages. Thanks, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:19, 30 December 2016 (UTC) Re: New CouncilHi - I know very little about this matter actually - I just found out about it and thought that it should be mentioned on the relevant Wikipedia articles! I'd perhaps hold off creating a new article for the new district/council until it's actually certain to happen. I think the Your New Council website is our best source of information/official news on this. Thanks. Sumorsǣte (talk) 14:00, 1 January 2017 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Cleveland PoolsHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Cleveland Pools you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Icebob99 -- Icebob99 (talk) 23:21, 1 January 2017 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Cleveland PoolsThe article Cleveland Pools you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Cleveland Pools for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Icebob99 -- Icebob99 (talk) 00:42, 2 January 2017 (UTC) Firstly, thank you for your comprehensive GA review of the above. Noting that User:No Swan So Fine had been unable to respond to comments on their last GA nomination, and having had the pleasure of working with them in the past, I have taken the liberty of responding myself. However, I have been rather confused by the transclusion, such that my comments don't appear on the article Talkpage but do on the transcluded Talkpage. I do hope that this doesn't cause a problem. Thanks and regards. KJP1 (talk) 18:54, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
TalkbackHello, Rodw. You have new messages at Template:Did you know nominations/List of Antarctic churches.
Message added 13:06, 14 January 2017 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. North America1000 13:06, 14 January 2017 (UTC) disambig neededHello there! Wondering why you added a "disambig needed" to Trelawney on Tre, Pol and Pen page. It does lead to a disambiguation page for people and places called Trelawney, but there's no page dedicated to Trelawney as a surname. Seems like a good link to me? Happy wikiing!! -- A L T E R C A R I 19:29, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Bridgwater BayHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Bridgwater Bay you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Vanamonde93 -- Vanamonde93 (talk) 09:20, 18 January 2017 (UTC) Hi, Today I added a few lines about the bitter 1873 coal miners' strike in my home state of Ohio. I put the lines under the 1870 heading. I edited your page because it was one of the few that took in the history of union organizing in the mines. The last discussion of the 1873 labor action was in 1951, in the Youngstown Vindicator. I thought it was time to again reveal this history. I am a retired teacher and former building rep (shop steward) with the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, Local #3, AFL-CIO. I also publish Italian American history as a contributing writer in English at http://www.lagazzettaitaliana.com/. The 1873 Strike brought the first Italians into the Mahoning Valley, where I was born. Solidarity Forever, Ben Lariccia WarrenRicheyKid (talk) 01:01, 19 January 2017 (UTC) DYK for Gournay CourtOn 20 January 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gournay Court, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the British member of parliament Jacob Rees-Mogg lives at Gournay Court where his great aunt had been a nurse during World War I? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gournay Court. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Gournay Court), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Schwede66 12:03, 20 January 2017 (UTC) DYK for Freshford ManorOn 22 January 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Freshford Manor, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Sir William Napier wrote part of his History of the Peninsular War sitting at a stone table in the grounds of Freshford Manor? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Freshford Manor. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Freshford Manor), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 22 January 2017 (UTC) TFL notificationHi, Rod. I'm just posting to let you know that List of civil parishes in Somerset – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for February 20. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 03:39, 28 January 2017 (UTC) Milborne PortThanks for tidying up my sentence. There should be a reference in Hansard, but I couldn't find it. I was puzzled if the item in the Australian paper was a misspelling of Melbourne. I've noted you before ; You improved some stuff I put in about the Airbus transport : Flint - Portbury - Pauillac. As you are interested in Parishes, etc., could you address a problem I've noticed ? Some historic county councils were abolished in 1974, and a few people are trying hard to purge every mention of these names from Wikipedia.78.150.141.142 (talk) 17:01, 28 January 2017 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Bridgwater BayThe article Bridgwater Bay you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Bridgwater Bay for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Vanamonde93 -- Vanamonde93 (talk) 11:21, 29 January 2017 (UTC) Your GA nomination of St Catherine's CourtHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article St Catherine's Court you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Shearonink -- Shearonink (talk) 19:40, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of St Catherine's CourtThe article St Catherine's Court you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:St Catherine's Court for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Shearonink -- Shearonink (talk) 06:41, 16 February 2017 (UTC) I have left some comments on the WSMR page, but one or two points are better said here, I think. First, you are being very courteous, and I am grateful. This is a quality not often found on Wikipedia. Second, in carefully seeking comments and support from anyone and everyone, I appreciate that you are anxious to create support for the GA status. If there is a negative to this, it is that you may get several suggested (but as yet non-specific) changes at the same time as you are asking people to support the final result of implementing them -- which they can't see yet, of course. My own inclination would have been to make the edits now and then say to everyone "Is this ok?" (I was temped myself to wade in myself and make some edits now. However I defer to you as you have done much more recent work than I have on the page.) Whatever, good luck and congratulations on your work. PS "Rod" and "Rodw" are both you, I presume. That threw me a bit last night when I got your first message. Afterbrunel (talk) 10:32, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
I take my hat off to you for your editfest, thank you. You commented at one point that you didn't know how to edit standard bibliography items such as Griffiths, Roger; Smith, Paul (1999). The Directory of British Engine Sheds and Principal Locomotive Servicing Points: 1 Southern England, the Midlands, East Anglia and Wales. OPC Railprint. ISBN 978-0-86093-542-1. OCLC 59458015. and Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.. They are both templates (the curly brackets suggest this). You can edit them by keying in template:Griffiths-Sheds1 at top right of screen, then hitting the edit option, as you would for any article. You can then edit it at will. Just a word of caution, however, these templates are shortcuts for widely used standard works so people don't have to write out or copy and paste book data time and again and so Wikipedia moves towards standard refs. Therefore any change you make will immediately affect a lot of articles, not just one. In this case you could safely overwrite the ISBN number with the international version, then test it after you've saved it. All that said, neither you nor I can edit Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M. because it is protected (thousands of articles use it) so you'll need to ask someone higher up the food chain than me. To save you having to look it up Butt's long ISBN is 9781852605087. I've changed the Griffiths ISBN. I've sympathetically tweaked the opening paras and added to the closing narrative about the company's final months. I haven't sought to change any meanings, because I think you'd got it right. I see that in Afterbrunel you've found a civil, constructive and specific guide. Well done, as he says, such people aren't as common in they should be in the Wikiworld. Best wishes. Dave DavidAHull (talk) 12:18, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
Part way through linking the pits in the route diagram to paras in Mining on the Brendon Hills. Dave DavidAHull (talk) 23:24, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
We've just had an edit clash. I believe you had moved Jones to the ref list. I've preserved that. If you made any other changes please check them. We'd better start using the template "in use". Ho hum, Dave DavidAHull (talk) 12:11, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
Events conspired against me yesterday, but I've now got my hands on Jones. Wow! I'm also in touch with one of Morgan Morgans' descendants so I hope to be able to flesh his biography out a bit in due course. Dave DavidAHull (talk) 16:13, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
Thank you, they look fine. I was told to use "loc" by my stalker quite some time ago, I suggest you have a look at your gadget. I've now "done" Jones. Doubtless I've missed things and misinterpreted things, but as far as I'm concerned I've done WSMR, Mining on... and MM's biography. If his descendants follow through as promised I may get some more stuff, but basically I'm done on these three articles. If anyone gets back to us with comments I'll be happy to look at them on merit, but for now, I'm done. Kind regards, Dave DavidAHull (talk) 22:09, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
Re: Alfred JewelHey. I updated the Pop culture section of the Alfred Jewel as I had just finished watching the series, Detectorists and had noticed it. I'm not too sure how exactly to cite that... Not to be rude, it's just my source of information was the primary piece of work I literally just saw. I added the official BBC online episode links as references. Will those be okay? –uncleben85 (talk) 07:56, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Nailsea CourtHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Nailsea Court you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Worm That Turned -- Worm That Turned (talk) 14:21, 16 February 2017 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Leigh CourtHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Leigh Court you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Worm That Turned -- Worm That Turned (talk) 14:41, 17 February 2017 (UTC) Clive Cowdrey on ClevedonThank you for the feedback Rod. Apologies for missing that out, I've known Clive since we were 11 years old - he was my closest friend throughout our years at Clevedon Comprehensive School and into early 20s, so I (wrongly) assumed, as a primary witness, that I could say he lived in Clevedon. Here are some citations (including an interview with Clive) that make it clear. With regards to the "promotional language" many within the UK insurance / financial services industry recognise Clive for his innovative work and particularly for working out how to make the purchases of "Zombie Funds" within his company, Resolution PLC, that others had long tried and failed to work out. As to his knighthood this was awarded for his "Services to children and social mobility"... I hope this helps ~~IanG~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by IanG (talk • contribs) 16:49, 18 February 2017 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Nailsea CourtThe article Nailsea Court you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Nailsea Court for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Worm That Turned -- Worm That Turned (talk) 13:02, 19 February 2017 (UTC) Avoiding redirectsHi, just a note that edits to avoid redirects are generally discouraged, see WP:NOTBROKEN for information. DuncanHill (talk) 20:03, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
March 2017 WikiCup newsletterAnd so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. It would have been 5 points, but when a late entrant was permitted to join the contest in February, a promise was made that his inclusion would not result in the exclusion of any other competitor. To achieve this, the six entrants that had the lowest positive score of 4 points have been added to the 64 people who otherwise would have qualified. As a result, some of the groups have nine contestants rather than eight. Our top four scorers in round 1 were:
The largest number of DYKs have been submitted by Vivvt and The C of E, who each claimed for seven, and MBlaze Lightning achieved eight articles at ITN. Carbrera and Peacemaker67 each claimed for five GAs and Krishna Chaitanya Velaga was well out in front for GARs, having reviewed 32. No featured pictures, featured topics or good topics yet, but we have achieved three featured articles and a splendid total of fifty good articles. So, on to the second round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:52, 1 March 2017 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Ston Easton ParkHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Ston Easton Park you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Dylan620 -- Dylan620 (talk) 17:41, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Ston Easton ParkThe article Ston Easton Park you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ston Easton Park for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Dylan620 -- Dylan620 (talk) 19:41, 2 March 2017 (UTC) DYK for Packhorse InnOn 6 March 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Packhorse Inn, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Packhorse Inn, a Somerset pub, has been designated as an asset of community value? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Packhorse Inn. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Packhorse Inn), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Mifter (talk) 00:01, 6 March 2017 (UTC) DYK for Urchinwood ManorOn 10 March 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Urchinwood Manor, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the original 1620 "L" shape of Urchinwood Manor was made into a "U" by a mid-17th century extension? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Urchinwood Manor. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Urchinwood Manor), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Mifter (talk) 00:02, 10 March 2017 (UTC) Battle of batcombeIn 1643 one of the Berkeley family, involved in a royalist plot to seize the town and Ilchester, raised a force to fight the puritan sympathisers of Batcombe. (. D. Underdown, Som. in Civil War and Interregnum, 24, 44, 75, 89, 135.) Will edit accordingly — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gsykesvoyage (talk • contribs) 10:05, 10 March 2017 (UTC) DYK for Wraxall CourtOn 13 March 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wraxall Court, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Somerset building, Wraxall Court, was a house for hundreds of years before becoming a convalescent home, then student residences and then a private house again? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wraxall Court. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Wraxall Court), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Mifter (talk) 12:03, 13 March 2017 (UTC) DYK for Clapton CourtOn 14 March 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Clapton Court, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the porch of Clapton Court in Somerset is two centuries older than the rest of the house? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Clapton Court. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Clapton Court), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Mifter (talk) 12:02, 14 March 2017 (UTC) DYK for Mendip HospitalOn 15 March 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mendip Hospital, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Mendip Hospital in Somerset was built in 1848 for 350 patients, but became crowded within a few years of opening? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mendip Hospital. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Mendip Hospital), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Mifter (talk) 00:01, 15 March 2017 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Leigh CourtThe article Leigh Court you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Leigh Court for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Worm That Turned -- Worm That Turned (talk) 12:02, 23 March 2017 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Blaise CastleHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Blaise Castle you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of KJP1 -- KJP1 (talk) 18:20, 7 April 2017 (UTC) List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in CambridgeshireHi Rod. I have List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire at FLC. I should be grateful for a review if you have time. Dudley Miles (talk) 19:03, 7 April 2017 (UTC) PevsnerHi Rod, I don't suppose you have a copy of the Pevsner guide for North Somerset and Bristol? I'm after the section on Mells, but I can't find a preview on Google Books. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:31, 11 April 2017 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Blaise CastleThe article Blaise Castle you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Blaise Castle for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of KJP1 -- KJP1 (talk) 10:41, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
@BlueMoonset: And now, thanks to BlueMoonset, it has its Green star. But you may never get a notification! KJP1 (talk) 15:34, 13 April 2017 (UTC) About becoming an administrator
My error at the Poll candidate searchMy humblest apologies for this. Iridescent was right. The community thinks you would be a fantastic admin. I guess I am out of touch with that people oppose at RfA. I had been thinking that someone like you, with your exceptional contributions, would also need lots of posts at AN/I and filings at AIV, RfPP, etc. I was completely wrong. My apologies to you and Iridescent for the insult. I make mistakes and I learn. I promise to learn from this. I am so pleased that you are taking the poll, and doubly delighted with the feedback I am seeing. I would be triply delighted if you ran. Please do. My very best wishes, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:27, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Prior ParkHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Prior Park you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Montanabw -- Montanabw (talk) 09:01, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Prior ParkThe article Prior Park you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Prior Park for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Montanabw -- Montanabw (talk) 06:42, 30 April 2017 (UTC) May 2017 WikiCup newsletterThe second round of the competition has now closed, with just under 100 points being required to qualify for round 3. YellowEvan just scraped into the next round with 98 points but we have to say goodbye to the thirty or so competitors who didn't achieve this threshold; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Our top scorers in round 2 were:
Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs. So, on to the third round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:16, 1 May 2017 (UTC) source for ClatworthyRod, The source is Surnames of the United Kingdon, by Henry Harrison, Eaton Press, London, 1912 (vols.1), p. 81 — Preceding unsigned comment added by F. James Clatworthy (talk • contribs) 19:26, 4 May 2017 (UTC) Clatworthy, Somerset page source #8Wikipedia realy needs to use an email format-- cut and copy or delete would help. I tried entering the source for the name, but I had to fill in some boxes and then it put the date in the wrong place. You have my permission to edit. Thanks! The book I cited is located in the University of Michigan, Graduate Library so I have no knowledge of a paper copy, or an electronic version-- there should be. I could try the UofM Library as their collection is on-line. All the best, JimF. James Clatworthy (talk) 17:12, 5 May 2017 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Royal CrescentHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Royal Crescent you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Casliber -- Casliber (talk) 06:40, 7 May 2017 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Royal CrescentThe article Royal Crescent you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Royal Crescent for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Casliber -- Casliber (talk) 08:21, 9 May 2017 (UTC) Sweet Track scheduled for TFAThis is to let you know that the Sweet Track article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 15 June 2017. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 15, 2017. Thanks! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:27, 27 May 2017 (UTC) Your GA nomination of West Somerset Mineral RailwayHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article West Somerset Mineral Railway you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Bob1960evens -- Bob1960evens (talk) 13:40, 30 May 2017 (UTC) Precious five years!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:56, 3 June 2017 (UTC) Your GA nomination of West Somerset Mineral RailwayThe article West Somerset Mineral Railway you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:West Somerset Mineral Railway for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Bob1960evens -- Bob1960evens (talk) 14:41, 4 June 2017 (UTC) disambiguation neededRe this edit, Would it be better if instead of saying "one of the rivers called the River Dee", it gave a list of all the rivers called the River Dee that the ships might have been named after?-- Toddy1 (talk) 19:51, 4 June 2017 (UTC) Sweet Track ELI see the new editor is adding ELs inline again; I think he needs a friendly note on his talk page explaining how we do ELs, but I'm at work and don't have time to interact with him at the moment. If you'd like to give it a go, go ahead, otherwise I'll do it tonight. Haven't looked at the contents of the links yet so I don't have any opinion on whether they're suitable yet. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 16:18, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
sweet trackapologies for putting things in wrong place on Sweet track page. My only defence is that I am new to all this on Wikipedia. Hopefully all corrected now. RichardAB (talk) 16:20, 7 June 2017 (UTC)Richard My very best to you and your familyI saw this. My best to you and yours at this really difficult time. Let me know if I can help with anything in any way at all. All the best, The Rambling Man (talk) 21:27, 21 May 2017 (UTC)
Thank you all for the good wishes. She is home & recovered movement and sensation, but still experiencing some tiredness, weakness & pain.— Rod talk 18:01, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
Disambiguation (help needed)Hi Rod, Thanks for all the time you're putting in with cleaning up disambiguation links. I was a little concerned though about the possible overuse of Template:Disambiguation needed. As in the below example, you used it for 13 successive links over 11 articles in the space of two minutes. How much time are you actually putting in to find the correct link in each instance? For many of the examples, a read of the surrounding text should be enough to make a determination, even if you're not well versed in the subject area. Eg the date ranges are mentioned in Sports in New Orleans to be able to select the specific Negro Southern League being referred to. The link to Mars Hill is in reference to a trip to Greece and Franklin Academy is stated to be in North Carolina, for both of those there is only one link which meets that criteria. In cases where there are definitely no possible matches (eg CCSD, a Sudanese organisation), it may be better to de-link instead.
On a side note, while looking at your edit history I made the mistake of clicking on the generously illustrated article Gunshot wound. I'm still picking up pieces of vomit from my shirt.. Thanks again for your hard work. Cheers. Jevansen (talk) 03:05, 12 June 2017 (UTC) A kitten for you!Thanks for the disambiguation note on the Varuna page, I cleared it up. You have a dead link on your page, by the way, so I made a note of that in case you wanted to change it. Happy Wikipedia-ing! Nsawhney92 (talk) 02:08, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
TFAThank you for Sweet Track, "one of the oldest engineered roads known"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:23, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
SunderlandTo maintain historical context, Sunderland should be dabbed to Sunderland, County Durham before 1 April 1974, and Sunderland, Tyne and Wear on and after that date. Mjroots (talk) 05:29, 26 June 2017 (UTC) WikiCup 2017 July newsletterThe third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine. Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed. As we start round 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed). If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 05:38, 30 June 2017 (UTC) Selma Historic DistrictI'd love to de-DAB, except I think they both are part of the trail. Thoughts? StarM 19:02, 3 July 2017 (UTC)
What was the purpose of this edit and have I fixed the problem?— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 16:05, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Sydney GardensHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Sydney Gardens you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 10:01, 16 August 2017 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Sydney GardensThe article Sydney Gardens you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Sydney Gardens for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 10:21, 16 August 2017 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Sydney GardensThe article Sydney Gardens you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Sydney Gardens for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 14:21, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
New SSSI nominationHi Rod. I have List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Northamptonshire at FLC, and I should be grateful for a review if you have time. Dudley Miles (talk) 12:12, 20 August 2017 (UTC) WikiCup 2017 September newsletterRound 4 of the WikiCup has ended and we move forward into the final round. In round 4, a total of 12 FAs, 3 FLs, 44 GAs, 3 FLs, 79 DYKs, 1 ITN and 42 GARs was achieved, with no FPs or FTs this time. Congratulations to Peacemaker67 on the Royal Yugoslav Navy Good Topic of 36 items, and the 12 featured articles achieved by Cas Liber (5), Vanamonde93 (3), Peacemaker67 (2), Adityavagarwal (1) and 12george1 (1). With a FA scoring 200 points, and bonus points available on top of this, FAs are likely to feature heavily in the final round. Meanwhile Yellow Evan, a typhoon specialist, was contributing 12 DYKs and 10 GAs, while Adityavagarwal and Freikorp topped the GAR list with 8 reviews each. As we enter the final round, we are down to eight contestants, and we would like to thank those of you who have been eliminated for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. The lowest score needed to reach round 5 was 305, and I think we can expect a highly competitive final round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck, and let the best man (or woman) win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 06:25, 1 September 2017 (UTC) TFL notificationHi, Rodw. I'm just posting to let you know that Grade I listed buildings in North Somerset – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for September 22. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 01:18, 3 September 2017 (UTC) Merger discussion for Therapeutic storytellingAn article that you have been involved in editing—Therapeutic storytelling—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Domdeparis (talk) 08:53, 18 September 2017 (UTC) Hi. Thankyou for your participation in the challenge series or/and contests. In November The Women in Red World Contest is being held to try to produce new articles for as many countries worldwide and occupations as possible. There will be over $4000 in prizes to win, including Amazon vouchers and paid subscriptions. If this would appeal to you and you think you'd be interested in contributing new articles on women during this month for your region or wherever please sign up in the participants section. If you're not interested in prize money yourself but are willing to participate and raise money to buy books about women for others to use, this is also fine. Thankyou, and if taking part, good luck!♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:13, 27 September 2017 (UTC) Dashes & listed building templatesHi Rod. I just had a look at the article you mentioned on my talk page (sorry for the delay), and it looks like you did a very good job of adding dashes where necessary. There was only one area where a dash was needed, and I took care of it. I hope to see this page at FLC soon. Giants2008 (Talk) 18:25, 7 October 2017 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Purton HulksHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Purton Hulks you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jackdude101 -- Jackdude101 (talk) 21:22, 9 October 2017 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Purton HulksThe article Purton Hulks you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Purton Hulks for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jackdude101 -- Jackdude101 (talk) 20:21, 10 October 2017 (UTC) Re: Notability and Cathy BarryHi. I was mainly reverting the removal of the notability hatnote without explanation or any other edits to the article by an IP user. Looking again at the article, I'm undecided about whether she could be considered notable or not for Wikipedia purposes, so I've removed the hatnote. Trivialist (talk) 18:22, 21 October 2017 (UTC) Calling in a favour, any chance you could have a look at this list? It's somewhat stalled.... Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:52, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
Republic of China dabRepublic of China after 1949 equal to Taiwan not China PR (PRC). Please fix your error. Matthew_hk tc 17:30, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
WikiCup 2017 November newsletter: Final resultsThe final round of the 2017 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2017 WikiCup top three finalists:
In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:
Over the course of the 2017 WikiCup the following content was added or improved on Wikipedia: 51 Featured Articles, 292 Good Articles, 18 Featured Lists, 1 Featured Picture, 1 Featured Topics, 4 Good Topics, around 400 Did You Knows, 75 In The News, and 442 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia. Regarding the prize vouchers - @Adityavagarwal, Vanamonde93, Casliber, Bloom6132, 1989, and SounderBruce: please send Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) an email from the email address to which you would like your Amazon voucher sent. Please include your preference of global Amazon marketplace as well. We hope to have the electronic gift cards processed and sent within a week. We will open up a discussion for comments on process and scoring in a few days. The 2018 WikiCup is just around the corner! Many thanks from all the judges. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:41, 2 November 2017 (UTC) A Dobos torte for you!
7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:26, 2 November 2017 (UTC) I appreciate your caution, but think maybe it didn't apply. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:33, 2 November 2017 (UTC) 14:24, 2 November 2017 (UTC) FLCHi Rod. List of Local Nature Reserves in Suffolk at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Local Nature Reserves in Suffolk/archive1 has been hanging around for over two months. I should be grateful for a review if you have time. Dudley Miles (talk) 10:15, 7 November 2017 (UTC) |colwidth=30emThis is no longer needed. The automatically sizes to your screen now. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 15:34, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
WikiCup 2018So the 2017 WikiCup has come to an end. Congratulations to the winner, to the other finalists and to all those who took part. 177 contestants signed up, more than usual, but not all of them submitted entries in the first round. Were editors attracted by the cash prizes offered for the first time this year, or were these irrelevant? Do the rules and scoring need changing for the 2018 WikiCup? If you have a view on these or other matters, why not join in the WikiCup discussion about next year's contest? Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:59, 17 November 2017 (UTC) Begging for FLC review(s)Hey Rod, I was wondering if you'd be able to take a look at a couple of open FLC reviews I have? Of course, more than happy to reciprocate if you have anything that needs a review right now? My lists are:
Anything you'd be able to do to even have a look at just one would be much appreciated. Cheers, The Rambling Man (talk) 19:06, 2 December 2017 (UTC) New Page Reviewing
Hi. This month The Women in Red World Contest is being held to try to produce new articles for as many countries worldwide and occupations as possible. There is over £3000 in prizes to win, including Amazon vouchers and paid subscriptions. Wikimedia UK is putting up £250 specifically for editors who produce the most quality new women bios for British women, with special consideration given to missing notable biographies from the Oxford Dictionary of Biography and Welsh Dictionary of Biography. If you're not interested in prize money yourself but are willing to participate independently this is also fine, but please add any articles created to the bottom of the main contest page even if not competing. Your participation in the contest and contributing articles on British women from your area or wherever would we much appreciated. Thanks. ArbCom 2017 election voter messageHello, Rodw. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. 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 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC) DisambiguationHi, following your message at the Automobile project, I have fixed (hopefully) several links. At Regal (automobile) the link is in the hatnote and means to point to the the disamb. page (Regal). I tweaked it so it goes to the relevant section at the disamab. page but of course it continues to show as an error. Anything that should be done about that? Thanks. Regards, Eagleash (talk) 19:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
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