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Good job on John Lewis Partnership! Alexandros

Hi Mervyn. Welcome to Wikipedia. Thanks for Charles Ingram. I re-arranged things a bit to fit the layout conventions that have evolved around here. Hope you don't mind too much - you did all the content which is the main thing. Give me a shout on my talk page if you have any queries. Pete/Pcb21 (talk) 13:47, 3 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Just because it reads like an ad now. Can you add info on the dispute, etc. Then I'm sure it will not be deleted. Bmills 12:04, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Nice start to the Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz article. Bmills 09:52, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Adopts League of Gentlemen-esque poise... "Are you local?" Just noticed the addition of Great Missenden to those you have created. I'm working my way through Buckinghamshire, slowly creating pages for all the places thus listed and saw with wonderful surprise said Gt. Missenden article. Are you local to the area? I get that impression from the articles you have created... Francs2000 15:20, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Yes formerly, now Oxon. Am now debating whether to take on challenge of the Rothschild article !!! . mervyn 16:48, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)


 * Well when you do there's one that I created then never completed called Rothschild properties in Buckinghamshire that might help you along the way... Francs2000 09:22, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Great Article on the Italian admiral. I liked it.WHEELER 16:41, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC) re: Junio Valerio Borghese

Re Palladius and other Romans: at list of ancient Romans I added all the names I found in OCD; so when a new article is not linked from there, it's a "red" (so to speak :-) ) flag... In the Palladius case, it was interesting to see how many websites were confused... Stan 14:34, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Hi!. Can you tell me what sort of thing's wrong with the Ovaltineys entry, and I can then have a go at improving it? Thanks. WikiUser 19:23, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * Hi, re Ovaltineys, there is not too much wrong with it but it doesn't accord with wiki style, so I flagged it before I could come back to it. As with all wiki articles, the subject should be clearly stated in the first para, but currently this starts with comments about Ovaltine. I would start with a clear opening statement and brief intro of Ovaltineys, then a background para about origins from Ovaltine, then follow with further Ovaltineys detail.


 * eg. Ovaltineys or League of Ovaltineys was a children's club developed in the 1930s to promote the sale of Ovaltine brand drink...


 * Some things eg Twinings need wikilinks.


 * I also felt there was some vagueness, requiring added detail eg. that it was in 1975 when O brought back the "We are the Ovaltineys" song in a tv advert.


 * Hope this helps! Let me know if I can help more. --mervyn 12:28, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * PS Perhaps someone can add Ovaltine Egg Farm info to the O page!

LIDO
Thanks for the LIDO information. I used to work there and didn't know about it! But then, it was completely dismantled long before I started there :) Dan100 19:12, Jan 19, 2005 (UTC)

1953 floods
Hi Mervyn, thanks for the tip-off about the '53 floods. You probably went through the same process I did around Xmas - remembered about the floods, went to look them up on Wikipedia, and couldn't find anything. I was going to write an article but haven't done much editing here since the Wikislowness set in. So it's great that you've written a new article about it.

However what I did find back at Xmas was a little stub with a poor title (which made it hard to find by searching) - Flood Disaster 1953. That was the article I was thinking of when I put "1953 floods, if I can remember the title!" on my to-do list! You might want to have a look at it and merge anything useful, then just turn it into a re-direct to your page. BTW this is the reference I was going to use to expand the article. Might be of use to you? Dan100 18:25, Jan 20, 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I will merge the old stub. --mervyn 09:31, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Need comment
I have been added huge content onto Classical definition of republic and I would like your criticism and/or suggestions. I don't know, without some oversight, what looks good or not, and I would enjoy some constructive criticism, suggestions, ideas. I am still working on it and I need some feedback. Strange, that nobody has gone in and changed anything. Can I get some help please.WHEELER 15:19, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * Re Classical definition of republic I don't see any problem with it -- on the contrary, it is an exhaustive and comprehensive "encyclopedic" article. Mabye it does need a more simplified intro para, before it dives into etymology, saying absolute basics and why it has its separate article from "Republic". It has plenty of links into it, so traffic should come. I have found it often takes time before others join in a page. (I have been toiling on List of United Kingdom disasters by death toll for some time with little input !). Best wishes, --mervyn 11:40, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I appreciate it.WHEELER 14:23, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

DYK
 Did you know has been updated and a fact from the article Nica de Koenigswarter, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you have another interesting fact to submit, then please suggest it at the section's talk page. Sounds like she had fun. Well done. 68.81.231.127 10:34, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Movable type
Hi, I saw you removed the remark on movable type from the Phaistos Disk article, but I can't say I agree. First of all, engraved punches are simply a kind of movable type, so your characterization doesn't conflict with mine. Secondly, it has been called 'made with movable type', and 'printed' so many times in the past already, why change now? This also happens in the Wikipedia article 'printing press', so will you be changing that one as well? Anyway, I welcome a mention of the engraved punches somewhere in the P.D. article. It is a better term than the 'pre-formed hieroglyphic "seals"' it speaks of now. Thx Prater 18:06, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * I definitely intend to change the Printing press page. This ref to movable type seems seems like a perpetuated error. It is faulty, completely a-historical. Movable type is cast in quantity from matrices, which in turn are made from engraved punches. AFAIK there is no evidence for movable type before the 1400s. I suspect it originated as a misconception from engraved letter/ideogram punches - of which, indeed, the Phaistos disk is an early example. Unless you can advise me better, I think wikipedia should not connect the Phaistos disk with "movable type". --mervyn 22:27, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The famous John Chadwick has even called it a TYPEWRITTEN document, which I guess would be even more 'a-historical'. You're on your own with this I think. Prater 13:14, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * I have moved this continuing discussion to Phaistos Disc talk page. --mervyn 06:28, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Problem
Last year, I was told by several people, "That we already ran off one anti-semite, we have the power to run people off this website".

Now, an administrator left a threatening message on my talk page:

Look at the message that AndyL wrote me:
 * There is no such hint. Creating another article under a different name for deleted material would be an attempt to cirumvent the VfD and would result in the new article being deleted and possibly in you being banned. Also, I'm certain that editors would start examining your other articles and start putting them up for deletion. AndyL 15:38, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

See, here is your cabal. They are going to gang up on me and start deleting my articles. Do you see these threats from editors. What Have I done to deserve this?

They have ganged up and deleted my article called [Classical definition of republic]. I moved it to Wikinfo and now they won't let me put an external link at Republic or any other site requiring the definition of a "Classical Republic". Wikinfo:Classical definition of republic

They are now threatening me by going around and deleting my other articles on this site. I don't see any rules in Wikipedia about who can submit articles. Homosexuals have a free rein in Wikipedia but anybody they percieve that is anti-democracy or anti semetic, which I am not, they are going to "run me out of town". There is a dispute at Talk:Republic. I have all sorts of information but there is censorship going on at Wikipedia.WHEELER 15:59, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Vestiges
Hello, I noticed you at one point listed working on an entry for Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation on your personal to-do list. Well, some anonymous user created a tiny little sub-stub so I filled it out with the barebones details, but if you wanted to take a look at it and add anything else that came to mind, I would be much appreciative. Thanks! --Fastfission 05:56, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

Sue you sir
Not a peep. Either it was a lie, or he's sent his letter to somebody who's now wondering why he's getting legal threats from some mad Italian. --Mel Etitis ( &Mu;&epsilon;&lambda; &Epsilon;&tau;&eta;&tau;&eta;&sigmaf; ) 16:58, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Arnold - Culture and Anarchy
Dear Mervyn,

you are incorrect in altering the Matthew Arnold page to a misquotation. Indeed, both the phrases that you cite appear in Culture and Anarchy - 'the best which has been thought and said' appears on page vi of the preface to Culture and Anarchy, the first edition. You can check this in the free copy of the original text that appears on Project Gutenberg. It is misleading to say that this is a misquotation.

Best,

Anna


 * You are right - thanks for alerting me. I will correct the article mervyn 16:11, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Re. disasters
Hi Mervyn. Thanks for the message on my talk page. To be honest, I just did a quick web check, nothing more, because I had never heard of this incident and the figure seemed so high as to be incredible. Anyway, the text of a charter relating to fire safety is on line and this does refer to the bridge being 'destroyed' in 1212 - see http://www.trytel.com/~tristan/towns/florilegium/community/cmfabr08.html. On the other hand, The Old London Bridge site says - and I think this must be correct - that the bridge was completed in 1209 and 'lasted 600 years'. See http://www.oldlondonbridge.com/earlymediaeval.shtml. I imagine these accounts can be reconciled by assuming that the buildings on the bridge were mostly or completely destroyed in 1212, but that the new stone structure itself survived. The same site, at www.oldlondonbridge.com/chronology.shtml, mentions that the fire started in Southwark.

I appreciate that in an ideal world a better printed reference dealing with the 1212 fire should be supplied - unfortunately I don't have one to hand. But even though the Wikipedia entry on London Bridge says that fires broke out at both ends in 1212, the notion that 3,000 people could have been killed on the bridge alone seems pretty far fetched. Various figures, all estimates, for the population of London at this date are cited in different sources, but the consensus seems to be that the total population of the city was no more than 30-60,000 in the early thirteenth century. I can't see 5-10% of them getting trapped on the bridge, somehow. Mikedash 17:11, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Early fires of London
Hi Mervyn. I had a couple of hours to kill in London yesterday afternoon and took the chance to try to properly research something on the London Bridge fire of 1212. I spent some time going through the collection on London history and topography held at the London Library, which as you can imagine is pretty extensive, and the results can now be seen at a new page I have contributed on early fires of London. As I suspected, the estimate of 3,000 casualties suffered on London Bridge in 1212 turns out to be a later exaggeration, and no accurate figure can be given. However, it is probably no more inflated than some of the other figures found on the list of disasters, so I leave it up to you whether to to amend or remove the reference. Hope you like the now-properly-referenced piece, anyway. Mikedash 11:17, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Stephen Hough
Hi. Sorry, can't help you. I first heard this bit of info from Geoffrey Tozer, whom I know slightly, over 18 months ago. I checked on the web, but there was nothing about it there. Haven't checked recently though. Hough's Aussie citizenship was mentioned again just last week, on ABC Classic FM, so I thought the time had now come to insert it into his article. His website says nothing about living here or any serious connection to Australia. Maybe it's a relationship thing, who knows?. Cheers JackofOz 11:37, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

The star Sirius
MMcAnnis,YumaAZ; I was just curious why an Ancient Egypt star, Sirius, the star Sopdet is listed under ships?....MMcAnnisMmcannis 13:43, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Sirius was one of the first steamships to cross the atlantic, so link should be SS Sirius. It's just a temp storage page - lots to do!. mervyn 14:58, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Ship name: Kronprinz Wilhelm
Hiya, I like your list of ships. :) I ran across it while I was untangling a naming mess with the ship(s) Kronprinz Wilhelm.  I've made a new page to cover the WWI auxiliary cruiser (because my great-uncle was one of the officers aboard and wrote a book about her).  But while making it I ran across a whole mess of other ships with similar names so I've been running around Wikipedia trying to disambiguate the links.  I'm not sure which of the ships your own list referred to, so I just wanted to let you know about the new page, FYI!  Elonka 09:26, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Banana edits
Hi Mervyn - please be careful when replacing single quotes with double quotes; single quotes are the correct format for cultivar names (as in the banana cultivars 'Cavendish' and 'Gros Michel'), and should not be changed to double quotes - thanks, MPF 20:50, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note, mervyn 21:50, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

You're a smart guy maybe you know.
In 1992, during a visit to New Orleans, I took a river tour. I noticed, on the opposite bank a mile or so upriver from the city, a WWII Escort "Jeep" Carrier. The tour guide said that it was in the process of being turned into a memorial/museum.

I saw some photographs of New Orleans- post Katrina. I didn't see the ship. Whatever happened to it?Hokeman 18:17, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
 * replied on your talk page -mervyn 12:05, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

I replied back to you on my talk page. I'm still learning -couldn't figure out how to transport it to your page. Thanks. Hokeman 19:43, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

The third paragraph of that article you supplied me was exactly the information I was looking for. Mervyn, You are the man!!!! Thanks so much for your help. Turned out it was a CVL - light carrier- not a CVE-Escort carrier. That's undoubtedly why I couldn't find it. Memories fade after 14 year, plus it looked so small compared to the carriers of the modern Navy. Hokeman 18:06, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Thank you for your insanely quick editing to David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Your edits were done at an incredible 20 minutes after the article's creation. LOL! Monkeyman(talk) 03:43, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Rolex Awards
Thanks for the edits! Waitak 11:35, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Henry Segrave/Segrave Trophy
Thank you for all your contributions to the Segrave Trophy and Henry Segrave articles. I'm pleased with how well this collaboration worked! The article that I wrote was okay, but your contributions help make it worthly of DYK consideration, so I nominated it. It is currently on the main page! HIGH FIVE! Royalbroil 18:28, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Segrave Trophy
I question the accuracy of your change in the article from 'British citizen' to 'British subject'. Since 1981, there have been practically no British subjects in the whole world (the status of those very few being a relic of legislative incompetence). I don't pretend to be interested in the Trophy itself, so I do not know the exact requirements of the recipient, but I am certain that the award cannot be restricted to subjects. See that article's talk page for my explanation. Bastin8 02:01, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
 * replied at Talk:Segrave_Trophy --mervyn 09:35, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to work on these 7 ships, do you want them on your list?
These were important to the Cajuns. I'm a little interested in them all, very interested in Amistad/Amitie, which does not seem to be the famous ship Amistad (ship) in the slave rebellion.


 * Le Bon Papa
 * La Bergere
 * Le Beaumont
 * St. Remi
 * L'Amitie
 * La Ville d'Arcangel
 * La Caroline

The list comes from:

RPellessier | Talk 04:09, 28 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I'll add them in --mervyn 09:12, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Dictionary of National Biography
I'm a bit surprised to see your comments about the ODNB being 'short' on sportspeople, and am not certain whether this can be considered an objective statement in the context of the article. However, it's probably right to say that ODNB never sought to include every member of parliament; holding elective (or other) office alone has never been sufficient grounds for selection in the dictionary. --Matthew Kilburn 21:13, 8 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your comments -- easier if I move discussion to Talk:Dictionary of National Biography --mervyn 14:28, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Ships names
Did not realise it was necessary to italicise ships names (e.g. HMS Rye). I will make sure I confirm to that style in articles. Thanks for the heads-up. Davidbober 14:18, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Leigh Richmond Roose
Thank you for taking the trouble to nominate my entry on Roose for "Good Article" status. I.m very flattered. If you're interested in that period of football history, you might also enjoy my articles on G.O. Smith and Cuthbert Ottaway, though sadly there's less information easily available on them than there is on Roose. Anyway, I appreciate the vote of support. Mikedash 17:30, 17 May 2006 (UTC). Yes, the one who wrote Early fires of London. Thanks, replied at User talk:Mikedash --mervyn 18:52, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

dimensions
Hi: If you really think that metric measurements on Victorian ships need to be inserted then you are entitled to your opinion; I have the figures but chose not to put them in, as they were never measured in metric, and translation serves no purpose. The size of the White Ensign was intentional.--Anthony.bradbury 19:15, 30 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Sorry - my apologies for my error.--Anthony.bradbury 22:01, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Antikythera wreck
Recently created this page & saw it was on your list of ships too. Thought you might be interested.... Spawn Man 07:07, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Great, thanks I'll take a look --mervyn 21:17, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

The "Nymph"
Thanks for tidying up my article on the HMS Nymph. It is a bit of a work in progress - I am hoping to get the Bristol Uni team to let me use some of their photos to illustrate the article.

One question though; you changed the gender of of the ship from female to neuter in the article. I'm a bit of a traditionalist and prefer using the female gender when referring to ships - is there a Wiki protocol on this? I'm not too excited either way; I just want to be consistent in the future (not that I write about many ships). Legis 07:35, 20 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the article. I think you will find that I changed it _into_ female. Like you, I prefer ships to be "she". A whole set of wikipedia conventions have grown up re ships, and RN ships in particular, and you can find some of these at WikiProject Ships. Hope this helps. --mervyn 07:53, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Maltby, South Yorkshire
Mervyn,

What happened to the information on the maltfriscans at the Maltby page? [ by 205.191.171.10 ]


 * removed as part of a cleanup of the page. If it is encyclopedic quality information you are welcome to reinstate it. --mervyn 14:54, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

RMS Atlantic
Hi Mervyn, Thanks for the copy edits on the Oceanic and Atlantic entries. One question, though. I see you put back the paragraph that talked about the Atlantic being the first White Star ship to be lost. I had deleted that phrase and moved the bit about it being their second ship up to the top because although the Atlantic was the first ship lost for this corporate owner of White Star, the RMS Tayleur was actually the first White Star ship lost, in 1854. Even though that was a leased ship, and the corporate ownership changed afterwards, the notoriety of that loss continued to haunt White Star, and the press at the time even compared the two incidents, which did in fact have some similarities, including the loss of most of the women. For what it's worth, it's my goal to generate articles for each of the White Star liners, and if you're interested, I'd really appreciate your copyediting eye (even though you spell the British way!) afterwards. It's my goal to do one ship a day, but that may vary a bit. Thanks! Akradecki 17:43, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for note, reply at talk:Akradecki‎ --mervyn 10:51, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

SS Republic move?
Hi Mervyn, I am considering moving SS Republic, which I see you've edited, to SS Republic (1853) in preparation for an article on the White Star's SS Republic (1872), and then make SS Republic a disambig page...but I wanted to make sure I wasn't stepping on your toes with that. Akradecki 00:09, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, and if there are no objections, I'll also be moving RMS Republic to SS Republic (1903), for consistency's sake. Akradecki 00:14, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the input. After seeing the other comments on the project page, I'll be going with your suggestion of RMS Republic (1903) Thanks again! Akradecki 20:15, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

SS Tropic (1871)
Not much to copyedit on this new page, but I also can't find much info. Doesn't fit the pattern of White Star ships (see my note on the article's talk page). Any help would be most appreciated! Akradecki 00:40, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Mervyn, you can add the SS Naronic to the list needing copyedit. I added some history material to that one. Akradecki 06:54, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

RMS vs SS
To try to get a consensus of usage, I've posted a question regarding the usage of SS versus RMS on the page Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Ships that I wanted to make you aware of. I understand you're not currently editing British ships, but given your expertise, I thought you might want to weigh in on this one. Thanks! Akradecki 04:26, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

City of Dublin Steam Packet Company
I just created a page for this, after working on the RMS Tayleur, and then checked "What Links Here" and found that this was on your To Do list. Hope you don't mind that I beat you to it.... Akradecki 06:00, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

RAF Barnham
Just checking Mervyn - I drove past red road signs for RAF Barnham yesterday that pointed into a facility with a RAF Honington station crest (though not Honington). I added it on the strength of that but understand your logic for it being ex. in the sense that if it is just used as housing for Honington then it is no different to say the RAF Coltishall housing at RAF Horsham St. Faith (now Norwich Airport). Interested in your thoughts and cheers for probably putting me right! Rob 12:55, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Lechlade
Hi - I've just left a message at Lechlade's discussion page. Cheers - Ballista 05:20, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Dymchurch page
Hi, thanks for tidying the Dymchurch page up a bit. It was my first effort on Wikipedia.

Atalanta vs Atlanta
Hi Mervyn, Just wanted to double check with you, as you changed the spelling back. My source, a book from 1912, spells it as Atlanta. Akradecki 16:20, 4 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for checking ... It is definitely Atalanta, see pic of Memorial: . The Logan Marshall book Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters (1912) is a useful source from the time but not always that accurate, so needs careful verifying


 * I see on the web (University of Virginia Library etext ref c.25.) that it reads: "1880, Jan. 31. -- British trading ship Atlanta left Bermuda with 290 men and was never heard from." and there is a mistake or typo where trading should be "training", plus he says 290 cf accurate losses were 281. --mervyn 10:01, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks much for helping clarify this! Akradecki 15:02, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Nica de Koenigswarter caption
Thanks for your help with this. How did you put the caption in, so that I'll know how for next time? Dogru144 00:18, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
 * replied at: User_talk:Dogru144 --mervyn 09:56, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the additional feedback. You recommended square brackets before and after caption notes for photos. By square brackets do you mean: [ ]           ? Dogru144 14:16, 23 September 2006 (UTC)


 * That's right. The full Wiki image info help page is at Extended image syntax --mervyn 14:33, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

the independent on sunday
thanks for the help with this.

Tales of the Dead
Thank you for arranging the title page better. Do you know what I need to add to the copyright tag? I haven't added an image before. Thanks! Шизомби 15:21, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Glad to help - looks like another user has already added the required {PD-old} tag on the image page. --mervyn 08:33, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

List of nuclear reactors
Many thanks for that -- one complete list of all reactors is not available elsewhere AFAIK, so very important to have it here. --mervyn 12:18, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I've found the list useful myself, and am now watching it. I also plan on updating it regularly. My interest is in nuclear power as a replacement for dirty coal plants. --Ng.j 13:23, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

CHICOTW
TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 00:39, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Danone International Prize for Nutrition
A redirect I placed to Groupe Danone was reverted on the ground that the article is not about the company. However, the prize seems not to be very notable: 101 unique Ghits, most of which are either wikipedia mirrors, press articles and CVs of people who claim to have won it. Therefore, a redirect appears warranted. Ohconfucius 02:36, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

List UK topics
I am just wondering, where is this proposed deletion? Simply south 20:08, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I deleted it at earlier edit. Have now moved it to the Talk page. --mervyn 20:17, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Disappearing Di Stefano
Thanks for the heads-up there. I've added a comment supporting your call (for what it's worth). The whole process seems a little arbitrary to me... Anilocra 14:39, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

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HMS Ville de Paris
I noticed your revert of my edit to HMS Ville de Paris. The reason why I did this is because of the basic disorganized nature of the stub itself: It provides an introductory sentence followed by a paragraph on the French capture after which she was named, and then goes back into the British reproduction. The term "reproduction" attempts to clarify the confusing nature of the article short of a total revamp. Auror 13:06, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
 * It was just the word "reproduction" that I wanted to avoid -- implied that the new RN ship copied the old French ship, just named after her. Article is a bit confusing though! --mervyn 13:25, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Perfectly understood. Auror 13:32, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

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Rothschild
Do you by any chance have a copy of Ferguson's "The World's Banker: The History of the House of Rothschild". I need a page number for a ref. I have lost my copy and need it for apage on FAC. The quote is by Winston Chruchill talking of Hannah Rosebery (nee de Rothschild) "she was a remarkable woman on whom Rosebery leaned, she was ever a pacifying and composing element in his life which he was never able to find again because he could never give full confidence to anyone else." Thanks. Giano 07:54, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * There is a copy in my local library and I am there this pm -- will try.--mervyn 08:02, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks brilliant Giano 08:04, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It is probably round about page 765. Giano 08:05, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Aaaaaagh! They have deaccessioned it! I am probably in an Oxford library tomorrow, say may have a look, otherwise, sorry - thought it was a cert! --mervyn 16:55, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Never mind, if you find it great, if not don't worry I will try and look next week, the FAC does not depend on it, just someone has, rather pedantically, raised the point that I referenced Ferguson and did not give a page number, the fact that all 100 plus other foootnotes have page numbers.... The other Ferguson page numbers concerning the subject are given and they ara all withing about five pages or so of 765 so it is probably within that range too. I think I must have left the book in a hotel room or something - which is a double nuisance, as it was not cheap. Giano 17:44, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

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Images and bulleting
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Robert Stone (silversmith)
Thanks for the tidy up, categs and drawing attention to questionable marital status of the parents! fixed. hamiltonstone 13:02, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Emma Watson
This site lists her mother as "Jacqueline Luesby" (Jacqueline Luesby, Employment, Pensions and Benefits Team, Morgan Cole Solicitors). I guess she is using her maiden name in her career. Mad Jack 03:33, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks -- trying to fix some inconsistency in way WP deals with maiden/married names. --mervyn 08:07, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

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Sunday Times Rich List 2007
I wanted to express my condolences about the loss of this article! You'd put a lot of work into it, and put up a good (virtually solo) effort in its defence. It's a shame. Georgethe23rd 08:55, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
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Roald Dahl
The Roald Dahl article received heavy editing today by unregistered users, which I noticed at WikiRage.com. The article may benefit from a good review. According to Wikipedia Page History Statistics, you are one of the top contributors to that page. If you have the time, would you please read over the article and make any necessary changes. Thanks. --  Jreferee  (Talk) 01:38, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Great American Songbook
i've noticed inappropriate names tend to drift on and off the list. is there an authority for who actually belongs there? --emerson7 | Talk 17:02, 22 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for raising this - Template:Great American Songbook does seem a problem. In the Great American Songbook article Alec Wilder's book is cited as a definitive source, so it is right that all composers he includes should be in the navbox. The problem then is which additional names to add -- and it is even more of a problem with the Singers! Since it is such a taste rather than fact based issue, I think all we can do is look for a consensus, impose some discipline and try to keep to a strict time frame: 1920s to 1950s. --mervyn 17:23, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

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AfD nomination of List of churches in Oxford
List of churches in Oxford, an article you created, has been nominated for deletion. We appreciate your contributions. However, an editor does not feel that List of churches in Oxford satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Articles for deletion/List of churches in Oxford and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of List of churches in Oxford during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. • Freechild   'sup?   18:55, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for your improvements to National Maritime Museum Cornwall. Could you have a look at National Maritime Museum, too, please? Vernon White '''. . . Talk''' 16:37, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Faberge Rothschild clock
The Rothschild clock was previously published in 1964. Please see reference on Faberge eggs page and discussion below regarding the text there relating to Christies erroneous claim.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Gareth_E_Kegg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.103.3.182 (talk) 19:54, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, 1945 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours, was selected for DYK!
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid (talk) 17:01, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Honours and London Gazette
I don't know if you're aware, but there's an online search facility for the London Gazette here, and there's also a useful template LondonGazette which can be used to give Wiki references to it a consistent format, and also link directly to pdf versoins of the original pages. I've added this to the 1945 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours article which you created. David Underdown (talk) 17:12, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that.--mervyn (talk) 08:42, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Todd Palin
I have nominated the article on Alaska First Gentleman Todd Palin, who is listed on the Palin disambiguous page that you created, for deletion. Please feel free to share your thoughts on this matter. --TommyBoy (talk) 10:03, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Maria Asumpta
Hi! I see you've got this on your "to do" list. I'm in the middle of doing this one, but can't access the MAIB document which mentions her as it's a PDF document, which causes my computer to freeze if access is tried. The correct spelling seems to be Maria Asumpta, as witnessed by web search results. The article can be found in my sandbox if you are interested. Mjroots (talk) 15:08, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

William Morris
Thanks for your excellent edits on William Morris. I've been planning to add a section on textiles and Morris's lasting influence for some time; looks like this would be a good time to start that. - PKM (talk) 16:06, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Hills of Rome
Hello, I uploaded an SVG map of the hills as you requested on the Graphics Lab. Please comment if you want any changes. Renata (talk) 14:49, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Kaye Don
Know anything about him? I don't, but I seem to be continually editing articles where he's redlinked. Andy Dingley (talk) 18:46, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
 * TT and powerboat driver, but I can't even remember why I tagged him!!! Probably Henry Segrave connection. Feel free to do some research and build an article! --mervyn (talk) 11:45, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

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List of United Kingdom disasters by death toll
Hi Mervyn! You made me jump there! I was in the middle of sorting out a load of overzealous wikilinking and poor disambiguation links by User:Jeremy Bolwell to the article (270+ in 3 days), including reversals today of corrections to his edits yesterday. He's been asked by many editors to rein in on it to many articles, but ignores everything. I placed a constructive message and then a warning on his page after he continued, but he just deleted them from his user page. I'm currently trying to sort the date formatting into a standard pattern as per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers) and de-clutter the page for easier reading. Your edit stopped my 'Save Page' from working causing an instant panic. :0) Richard Harvey (talk) 15:41, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi Mervyn, thanks for your constructive comments after Richrd Harvey spat out his dummy after my editing on his Huddersfield article list of 'notable' but mostly unlinkable people. He then stalked me to Disasters and decided he would show me a thing or two. Ive come across editors similar to him on one or two occasions previously and I find its better not to engage in a dialogue as they tend to always be right. Respect to you. Jeremy Bolwell (talk) 17:12, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

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Charity templates
Congratulations - I think you're the first person, other than me, to use my two new templates. Interestingly, I've just discovered that someone else has created a very similar template today - CharityCommission. If you've got any comments or suggestions for improvements to the templates, do let me know - they are the first I have created. Thanks, PamD (talk) 23:33, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, always knew I was a pioneer! Templates seem to work well - a good idea, thanks. --mervyn (talk) 11:09, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

List of Olympic-size swimming pools in the Republic of Ireland‎
Hi, I have closed the AFD for this article as requested. I failed to make out any consensus from this discussion either so have closed it as a no consensus. Davewild (talk) 17:24, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

William Morris, again
William Morris has been proposed for GA review, and is on hold for 7 days pending some basic cleanup. I've just gone on record opposing GA status due to serious flaws in the biography (I think there are also structural issues related to chronology.) - PKM (talk) 22:31, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I got my hands on the 1911 EB entry, and using that with other sources I have made substantial edits to William Morris and withdrawn my objections to GA. Hope the changes are in line with what you thought was needed. Could use some tweaking and polishing... - PKM (talk) 22:27, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

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Ruskin College
Hello Mervyn I'm new[ish] to the world of Wiki and I hope I'm posting this right!!! I am slowly learning the netiquette and nuances of Wiki. Just wanted to ask why you removed the references to for the Principles of Ruskin College. I thought we had to provide sources to support the information. (MBorrill (talk) 14:53, 20 September 2008 (UTC))

Thanks I thought I had done something wrong

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Hafod
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List of cargo ships
FYI, there is a new List of cargo ships. It's a bit sparse at the moment. Perhaps you could add a few more? -Arb. (talk) 21:38, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

List of United Kingdom disasters by death toll
Hi Mervyn! Could you please take a look at the talk page, specifically [This section on the Bibighar Massacre]. I feel a potential edit war is looming from User:Rsloch, who is on the verge of a WP:3RR violation. Richard Harvey (talk) 11:07, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Robert Howlett
Hello Mervyn, I often come across your excellent work, and you seem like somebody who may have access to the Oxford Dictionary of Biography, Link to entry for Robert Howlett (a subscription or a back-door or alternative access?). I think that the Robert Howlett article will be on DYK 'while we sleep' tonight, but any info you may have would improve it. Regards Autodidactyl (talk) 12:58, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Fantastic. I'll do it this evening. Many Thanks. Autodidactyl (talk) 14:41, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

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EW charity template (formerly UK charity )
As someone who's shown an interest in this template, please have a look at Template talk:EW charity and let me know what you think. Thanks. PamD (talk) 23:07, 28 January 2009 (UTC)


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Wikimania Oxford bid
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Adam Nicolson
Mervyn

I am the Adam Nicolson whose page you keep re-editing for me. I am a professional writer and I don't want people who look me up on Wikipedia immediately to be re-directed to a page that announces in 5 foot high letters that I have, through no fault of my own, become 5th Baron Carnock. This is a labelling issue. Can I please ask you, as I don't know how to manipulate the title of a page in Wikipedia, to remove the redirect instruction from the page called simply 'Adam Nicolson', so that all the information currently to be found on the page entitled 'Adam Nicolson, 5th Baron Carnock' is found there instead.

with many thanks for your understanding

Adam

86.141.5.138 (talk) 17:36, 25 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Another WP user moved the page name - I cannot move it over the redirect, but will ask an admin to move it for you. --mervyn (talk) 19:47, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks, Adam —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.141.5.138 (talk) 05:19, 26 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Adam, my apologies. I've moved your article back to the original title. We do usually mention noble titles in the first sentence (rather than the title) even for noblemen who don't use them&mdash;see Michael Ancram for instance&mdash;but I've noted that (if I understand your remarks correctly) you don't currently use the title. I hope you find this suitable; you can contact me at my talk page if you have any further concerns or objections and I'll do my best to accommodate you. Choess (talk) 13:25, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

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Dyson Perrrins School
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Paterson Museum
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Possible move of Nazi plunder
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Welda
Thanks for the translation of the article. How did you find/select it?-- Regards--Warboerde (talk) 19:58, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I have a friend who lives there, so was interested in putting it into English. Have left out many paragraphs for now, hope to expand it. Thanks,--mervyn (talk) 21:46, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

A friend in Welda? If you need some help on the article, please let me know. By the way, there was another military event in 1703, I try to find more info about it. Regards--Warboerde (talk) 22:48, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

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William Chaloner
Hello Mervyn, I would appreciate a few moments of help from you. I started an article on William Chaloner, a forger of notes and coins, but have got my syntax/grammar/readability knotted up by his habit of forging coins by forging metal, both molten and with a hammer and dye. If you can improve the readability I will be grateful. Thanks. Autodidactyl (talk) 13:39, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks Autodidactyl (talk) 14:56, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

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Conversion of old monetary values to modern equivalents
Hello Mervyn,

I have a question that I don't even know the right words to use to ask of Wiki, so I wonder if you know the best way to appreciate/convert old monetary values. Is there a template(s), a table(s), a page(s) that I have never found?
 * How much would 1,000 dollars from 1900 be worth today? .... in dollars?  ...in pounds sterling?
 * How much would 1,000 French Francs from 1900 be worth today? .... in dollars?  ...in Euros? ...in a working man's wages?  ...in loaves of bread?

I'm not asking for the answers to the above, I am interested in the method/tables etc.

Many thanks Chienlit (talk) 13:49, 9 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi, You need an "inflation calculator" - have a look at the links here... http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html
 * Hope that helps, --Mervyn (talk) 15:05, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Very interesting. I assume there is no magic page in Wiki, but at least I now know which ball-park to search in and which words to use. Many thanks. Chienlit (talk) 21:17, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
 * ... I thought you might like to know how useful the "inflation calculator" link is already (Léon Lemartin) although the article still needs a bit of polishing. Many thanks (in advance )Chienlit (talk) 13:27, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

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Sid Ferris
Hello Mervyn, I have received this note from Ohconfucius about Sid Ferris. ...

'' I would just like to compliment you on your nice little article on the above. As the cigarette card image is now PD, I have put it. I also note that the UK National Archives has 9 pages of autobiographical notes by Sid Ferris, written on headed notepaper of the Vegetarian Cycling & Athletic Club donated to it by Raleigh. I don't know if it is possible for you or someone else in the UK to go and access this (Archives record number:DD/RN/4/86/2/2-10) -- Ohconfucius  ¡digame! 06:25, 10 March 2011 (UTC)''

... Do you know how to get at the National Archive records that he links to? Regards. Chienlit (talk) 10:29, 10 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Mervyn, Sorry I troubled you. It appears that I would have to travel to Nottingham and ask a dusty old archivist to find a dusty old shoe box containing the papers. Only the index is online. ...and they charge 50p per click if I use my own camera.  I hope that you didn't waste any time on this. Regards Chienlit (talk) 16:43, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

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Citation for Tiffany Blue RGB?
hi Mervyn, you created the InfoBox for the Tiffany Blue article back in 2007. Is there a public source documenting that the Tiffany Blue color is RGB #0ABAB5? The Tiffany Blue-ish graphics on the tiffany.com website are RGB #81D8D0. Runtime (talk) 04:53, 29 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Not sure I can find anything now. May just have been my best guess at the time! Those carefree days of 2007! Feel free to change. Thanks.--Mervyn (talk) 08:42, 29 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Sounds good. Thanks! Runtime (talk) 07:26, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

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Hiallt
Hello Mervyn,

May I ask you for a small favour, please? I have created the page on Hiallt, an obscure Viking whose DNA has had a disproportionate(ly bad) effect on the world, but I am not confident of the veracity of my reading of the chart of his ancestral lineage. The reference Google books, The British Chronicles, Volume 2 By David Hughes, Page 527 shows his family chart, and I believe it shows that Hiallt was the great, great, great, great, great grandson of Ogier the Dane (aka Holgar "Danske"). But I am not familiar with such charts, and I am not sure if the minimal entries for Ivar and Magnus represent full generations, &/or illegitimacy, &/or insufficient information, or something else. Could you please take a look and explain/correct any misunderstanding. Many thanks Chienlit (talk) 16:43, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

p.s. I am also uncomfortable with writing great great great ... but regard it as 'work in progress' that some kind soul ( :-) ) may also improve.

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Oxford Meetup 3
Thank you for attending the second Oxford Meetup, and it was a pleasure meeting with you again. We hope to keep this as a regular event, every two months, on the first Sunday of the month (in order not to clash with London [second Sunday] and Reading [third Sunday]). I have created a page about the third Oxford Meetup; please sign up if you think that you are able to attend - if the date or venue are unsuitable, please comment at its discussion page.

Please spread the word to anybody else who you think might be interested. The next UK meetup is Reading, 20 January 2013. -- Red rose64 (talk) 19:31, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi, just to let you know, the third Reading Meetup has been cancelled because of the weather. To make up for this, the fourth Reading Meetup will be one month early, 17 February 2013. -- Red rose64 (talk) 15:34, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi, I'm concerned about the low level of support for the fifth Oxford Meetup. Are you unable to attend, or is it that you haven't seen the geonotice? -- Red rose64 (talk) 12:28, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
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