User talk:MortimerCat/2006

Welcome![edit]

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EH sites[edit]

Hi & welcome,

I noticed your edit on the article on Stanton Drew stone circles which is local to me in the Chew Valley & I keep an eye on it. I've added the EH category to Farleigh Hungerford & Nunney Castle (which have my pictures on them which I suggested to "Images of England" but they wern't interested in digital pics). I was interested in your comments about standardisation of these sorts of articles - I have no expertise in history &/or architecture & would welcome your suggestions or edits, but as each site is quite different there are always going to be some variations. You might be interested in contributing to the article of English Heritage which the Wikipedia:Cleanup Taskforce are looking at & Talk:Images of England. It would be useful to add images of England refs to the stubs you are starting for EH properties if they have them. Do you know if EH has a easily accessible data sheet (or similar) for each site as the info on their web site is quite limited & varied. An example would be the data sheets from English Nature for Site of Special Scientific Interest - see the work a few of us have been doing on List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Avon & List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset. I will not be contactable for the next week, but if you leave suggestions or comments on my talk page I'll look at them when I'm back. Once again welcome to Wikipedia. — Rod ^talk 20:41, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

{{catneeded}}[edit]

Hi...I've noticed that a number of articles you've created recently have had both the {{catneeded}} template and the category Category:English Heritage on them. Please note that the catneeded template is only to be applied to articles that have no categories on them at all; it's not to be used to ask for additional categories if the article is already in at least one. Doing so simply creates unnecessary work for the people who monitor Category:Category needed. Thanks. Bearcat 03:35, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Berry Pomeroy[edit]

Hey, I work at Berry Pomeroy Castle in Devon, and I've been adding all the information I know to the stub. Thanks for your work. --Arjayoh 17:23, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

English Heritage[edit]

Thanks for your message about using categories & sorry it's taken a while to get back to you. I'm not an expert but feel it is useful to group articles with others by the useof categories where possible. The lowest level of "granularity" is best eg Buildings and structures in Somerset is better than Buildings and structures in England & you shouldn't use both. Your suggestions of

English Heritage
Ruins
Buildings and structures in insert county here
History of insert county here
Visitor attractions in insert county here

seem suitable although some counties may not (yet) have all these categories.

BTW please remember to sign your message on talk pages with ~~~~. — Rod ^talk 13:56, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Temple Church, Bristol[edit]

I have a bit of a go at an article for Temple Church, Bristol, which you started, including now adding some pics. Could you have a look and I check the information and see if this is the sort of thing you were suggesting for EH sites? — Rod ^talk 14:49, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tuboat Canal[edit]

Ah miss spelling. Should be "tub boat canal". Examples would be the bude canal and the Rolle Canal.Geni 21:57, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Clifton Hall, Cumbria[edit]

Hi Brookie here - I have updated this article which you started Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! ^(Whisper...) 07:12, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Categories on pictures[edit]

Re: User talk:Error#Categories on Pictures.: I like pictures appearing in Categories. Obviously I like it in Wikimedia Commons but also in the Wikipedia pages. I think it adds value to categories and helps finding pictures. It may seem odd because many people don't put categories in pictures they upload, even when a special category like Category:Images applies. I will leave it categorized. --Error 20:46, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Amber House[edit]

Thanks for correcting my poor spelling and grammar! I'm just a poor old german guy so I'd be grateful if your could drop by once in a while to correct my mistakes - I use a dictionary when I'm hesitant but even touhg I've lived in Britain more than 50 years I still get flummoxed from time to time.

You're very welcom to pop in if you ever find yourself in Glasgow any time... W. Frank 12:18, 20 December 2006 (UTC) (transferred from main page)[reply]

Eastbourne[edit]

No, please don't give up on Eastbourne! I'm pretty convinced that the biggest challenge it faces is one of structure - a lot of the trivia that's being added is true but misplaced, and once everything has its place, it will be immediately obvious if someone is adding something completely daft. Where prople are getting over-enthusiastic about a sub-topic, like the Redoubt or Beachy Head, we should encourage them to create/improve a seperate article (which can be polished in its own time). And when they get aggressive, just gently explain your actions, and don't get drawn in.

In other words, "Please - I need your help on this one!" ;) - IMSoP 19:00, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]