User:Victuallers/Archive3

Hello there
Thanks for the nom. :-) AgnosticPreachersKid (talk) 23:06, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK
Late again. Can you get it? Gatoclass (talk) 12:16, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that's okay, I'll do the notifications. Gatoclass (talk) 12:21, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * PS -- you forgot to c-upload the image. See WP:AN. No harm, no foul this time.  howcheng  {chat} 17:43, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK screwup
I replied on my talk page regarding my screwup at DYK. It should be fixed now. Sorry. --Elkman (Elkspeak) 20:58, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes it was
But from what I've heard, it's a movie most people preferred to forget ;) Gatoclass (talk) 16:18, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Ivybridge Community College
Hi I see you're on the assessment team for WikiProject Schools. I need an assessment for Ivybridge Community College. Please find some time to assess this article. Bsrboy (talk) 00:00, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

:)
You are welcome to finish the update. --BorgQueen (talk) 14:42, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, nevermind, I can do the update. :-) --BorgQueen (talk) 14:46, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * well now I am confused Victuallers (talk) 14:50, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * No, please don't be. :-) I thought you were interested in updating it but you said you were just checking, so I decided to continue what I was doing. Keep up the good work. --BorgQueen (talk) 15:04, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Stonton
Thanks! Just noticed I put a duplicate reference in- just going to delete itNing-ning (talk) 16:55, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Peer review, part 2
The Alan Kulwicki article passed GA without comment. I would appreciate the continuation of your review. I appreciate how you were so detailed in the first part of your review. Royal broil 15:37, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

?
Your recent edit puzzles me a bit. It was a good idea to add another hook for the main page balance, but replace the image...? The image I've uploaded does not have any problem, does it? --BorgQueen (talk) 16:51, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh I see. It appears that we updated almost at the same time... (it is strange you didn't get an edit conflict though) Anyway, thanks for the clarification. Those things happen sometimes. --BorgQueen (talk) 17:00, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

what you on about?!!? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.141.15.117 (talk) 14:54, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Umm... who are you and how am I expected to know?. Please sign your comments. Victuallers (talk) 15:22, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Thurston Rostron
Thanks for the note - I'm happy with the proposed DYK link. It's nice to know someone reads what I write! One day I will have created an article on every single England player - there's still about 350 to go.

I'm off on holiday for 2 weeks so no more new articles for a while. Cheers. Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 19:07, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Images
How do you make those images like Jersy City where you can click on a building to identify it? I would like to have those on all buildng list. So if you could tell me how to or do it yourself that would br great. Alaskan assassin (talk) 03:33, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

RE:Next updates of DYK
Just browsing through the Scottish noms, seeing most of 'em are mine just now. Is it frowned up for self-nominators to drop their own noms into next update? BTW, the Bernard nom is particularly appropriate because Tartan Day commemorates the Declaration of Arbroath, of which Bernard is supposedly the author (in popular writings, though actual historians these days don't believe that). Regards, Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 10:20, 6 April 2008 (UTC)


 * You mean drop notices on the relevant users' talk pages? Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 10:43, 6 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Sure, I can keep my eye on it. In four hours the next one's due, yeah? Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 11:20, 6 April 2008 (UTC)


 * So I was bold and did a whole update. Did I frig up anywhere? Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 14:58, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Re:DYK
Thanks for the DYK. MPerel helped expand the conservation and nomenclature section so she deserves one too. :) &mdash;Viriditas | Talk 11:21, 6 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Aw, thank you!! Though Viriditas is way too humble, he did the bulk of the work. -- M P er el  21:51, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

April 2008
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Tanvir che (talk) 15:10, 6 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Sorry for placing this here. You have added Insertformulahere and commonscat in the article. I've reverted your good faith edit assuming as vandalism. It was just a mistake of mine. Sorry for this. And oh, I've inserted commonscat again. Thank you and cheers. Tanvir che (talk) 15:17, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK edit conflict
If you want to start at the end of the notifications and work toward the middle, that would help (Thanks in no small part to myself, there are a lot in this one). Daniel Case (talk) 17:04, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Thansk for the help! If you're turning in for the night over there now ... actually, you wouldn't be, it would be suppertime. So have a nice meal if you haven't already! Daniel Case (talk) 17:19, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Your graphic
Hello, and thanks for the contact. I'm struggling for Wikitime at the moment but will try to fix the image in the next 24-48 hours. Hope it helps. --Jza84 | Talk  14:51, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK update
Feel free to finish the update, I don't want to edit conflict it. Thanks. - Bobet 16:48, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Update
I'm done with this one Vic, it's my lunch time :) Wizardman said he'd finish it, although I'm sure he wouldn't mind a helping hand. It must be just about finished now anyhow. Gatoclass (talk) 15:17, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I ended up finishing it anyhow. You are welcome to post it anytime you like. Cheers, Gatoclass (talk) 15:43, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Cancel that, someone posted it already :) Gatoclass (talk) 15:44, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK update
- is ready if you have the time. Haven't been able to find an active admin so far tonight, it's a couple of hours late. Gatoclass (talk) 14:07, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK update
...is late again and I can't find an active admin. Any chance you could do it this time? Gatoclass (talk) 11:52, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Don't worry, I flagged half a dozen other admins and none of them turned up either :)


 * I usually just go down the list looking for admins with recent contributions, usually only one responds so it's very much a hit-or-miss process. Gatoclass (talk) 14:58, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Double DYK - Fabian de la Rosa and Pablo Amorsolo
Hello. Thank you so much... however, could you also please kindly put a DYK notice on the talk page for Pablo Amorsolo. I don't think I should do it myself since I am both the contributor and nominator of the article...? Thanks, again. - DaughterofSun (talk) 18:51, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you, saw the DYK notice and tags. And triple thanks for making it a "double hook" (since nomination day 1!)... Much appreciated. - DaughterofSun (talk) 19:06, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Derbyshire Infoboxes
Thanks! I think a 100 would give me RSI :)Ning-ning (talk) 09:07, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Fidler
fI came across your request that I let you know when the Peter Fidler article is published. I will try to keep track of your request and let you know. I have not been very active for the last few months so I don't know when that will be. If you are inclined to go ahead yourself, don't hesitate to use anything that suits you from my notes. Otherwise I will get to it eventually, but it might be a while. Cheers, -- KenWalker | Talk 15:39, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Static image in infobox
Yes, sure, will go through and add as per Elvaston. Looking forward to seeing your photograph of the "ugliest village in England"!Ning-ning (talk) 19:06, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Ugliest village.
Thanks very much for your comments! It's Doveholes.Ning-ning (talk) 19:17, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the DYK
Thanks for the DYK on the Robert H. Storey article. I really appreciate it. Also wanted to let you know Cirt had beaten you to issuing the award, so I combined your thanks in my award. Again thanks. Chris (talk) 20:05, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK credits
I had left a note at the next update page that I was doing the credits. I guess we got our lines crossed. No worries. Cirt (talk) 20:05, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK nom
As for the imagemap thing, it could be interesting, yet since I'm sure most people havne't seen it before, I'd say bring it up on the talk page to see what we should do in the future. -- Wizardman 15:48, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, now I see what you mean. Not sure then. Wizardman  16:36, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Bad luck about the imagemap Vic. I was going to promote it myself, but someone had already promoted a pic hook and I figured it could wait until next time. Unfortunately, it seems Wizardman was not familiar with the concept and just promoted the image instead.

Maybe next time you should leave a message so that updaters not familiar with imagemaps will understand what they are and why they add interest to the page. Gatoclass (talk) 17:00, 20 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks Vic appreciate the comments. When I first saw the imagemap I was a bit confused but since it was put there by an experienced user, and I've seen the imagemap on your user page, I figured you knew what you were doing. I actually did two updates last night but on both occasions someone beat me to the image slot, otherwise your image would have gone into one of them. I figured I would just feature it today if someone else didn't get there before me, but sadly that turned out to be someone who didn't know what an imagemap is. Next time, I'll be sure to give precedence to an imagemap, all other things being equal, to try and ensure that doesn't happen again. Gatoclass (talk) 17:24, 20 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi there. I really feel sorry about the image too (you had put your time and effort in it/and I found it an interesting image setup as well), because as you can see here (the "i" symbol was there), I left your image, numbers and settings fully intact.  And I was very careful from the start, from the time I copied it from the suggestions page up to the point when I transferred/saved it to the next update page.  Well, perhaps I should have reverted Wizardman's edit when he/she removed the numbers.  I assumed that what he/she did (the removal of the numbers for the image) was the norm, since he/she is more experienced than I am in DYK updates. - DaughterofSun (talk) 17:42, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for barnstar!
Just noticed it! Really neat!!Ning-ning (talk) 22:42, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Valet de chambre
Don't know if you're still working through your list, but this was a co-produced nom by me. Thanks. Johnbod (talk) 20:51, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK the 2 Churches
Thanks for the kind words regarding the DYK of Baguio Cathedral and San Sebastian Church. It was a pleasant surprise to see two entries about Philippine churches at the same time on the DYK box. --Anyo Niminus (talk) 01:06, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: At last - a small recognition of your efforts
Thanks, Victuallers! Getting to the 25 feels like a real milestone, but there's plenty still to do! Cheers, Espresso Addict (talk) 18:58, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Just wondering
I notice you moved this but didn't seem to put it in the update.... was that an error? -- Relata refero (disp.) 11:24, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Committed identity hash
I urge you to create a committed identity like I have on my user page. It's designed to aid in the case of your account being compromised. Here's a good one that I used. SHA-512 is a good idea since the high number of bits and repetitions in the algorithm makes it nearly impossible to calculate backwards. It's a good thing for all admins. There have been some problems. The hash is a way for you to reclaim your account if it gets compromised.  Royal broil  03:13, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Bombardment of Brussels
Vic, what did you do with this one? I can see you took it from the suggestions page but it hasn't turned up in the next update page yet. I was going to use it as the lead for the next update, if that's okay with you. Gatoclass (talk) 15:13, 30 April 2008 (UTC)


 * No problem, I just thought maybe you'd been called away in the middle of the transfer or something :)


 * I'll leave this one to you then if you like, as I did the last couple of updates already. Gatoclass (talk) 15:24, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

I know how the DYK system works. Just in the mess of the uncited hook and the formatting mess I left in trying to fix it and propose alternative hooks and images, I thought there might have been some confusion. The hook which was put up was actually none of the 3 I proposed but a portion of the last one. This doesn't bother me, I just wanted to make sure that it wasn't just because of the mess I left. I put my comment where I knew it would be easily seen, dealt with one way or another, and deleted. I know the update group works hard so I wanted to keep it visible and simple. - Oreo Priest  talk 19:37, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Soul (film) and Chervona Ruta (film)
Hello. Just a quick question, could you or someone else please check these two articles (spelling, wiki, etc.). In fact, there is also a third one Where Has Love Gone?, but it still requires a major expansion. I am trying to make them good, and who knows, may be featured on wiki as such. As for Chervona Ruta (film), what would be good - to add an extensive Plot desription section. Thank you in advance--Rubikonchik (talk) 20:07, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, Victuallers. As a resident of Kilburn I thank you for your contribution to our village Wikipedia page, the photo brings some life to an otherwise understated entry!
 * Hello Victuallers, just wanted to let you know that the Soul (film) is in a good condtion to pass to the next stage on the assessment scale. Please, let me know what you think, what is missing to make it a featured article. Thank you.--Rubikonchik (talk) 16:24, 5 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Do you think it's still a "start" article (Soul (film)?--Rubikonchik (talk) 18:21, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * ) thanks, so how do I find a partner? Do you want to be one?--Rubikonchik (talk) 20:54, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Kilburn Wikipedia
Hi there, Victuallers. As a resident of Kilburn I thank you for your contribution to our village Wikipedia page, the photo brings some life to an otherwise understated entry!

Gwilym84 (talk) 08:57, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

DYK Update
...is overdue again, if you're active. Gatoclass (talk) 09:45, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Arleston merge
It was not my intention to offend by executing the merger of Arleston into Sinfin; I did not believe that it would be controversial. There is no requirement to always propose a merger, as stated in WP:MERGE: "Merging is a normal editing action, something any editor can do, and as such does not need to be proposed and processed. If you think merging something improves the encyclopedia, you can be bold and perform the merge, as described below. Because of this, it makes little sense to object to a merge purely on procedural grounds, e.g. "you cannot do that without discussion" is not a good argument." There is also no requirement to move ALL the text from one article to another, only as much as makes the new article "flow".

However, as you believe that the merge is controversial, I will revert the action and propose the merger instead. From your response, it may well be that the consensus is against it. Regards. -- MightyWarrior (talk) 17:09, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Sutton Bonington
Hi, I see you have reinstated the weather averages, dont you think that data that uses averages from 1971-2000 is a bit out of date especially given the weather over the last few years, also you have not checked your edit as the page now has two lots of references. Cheers --palmiped | Talk  15:06, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Would the weather section be better on Campuses_of_the_University_of_Nottingham? as the Sutton Bonigton weather station is situated on the campus --palmiped | Talk  16:43, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

DYK Update
Hi Victuallers. The next DYK update is overdue and (I think!) ready to go. If you're online would you mind uploading it? Cheers, Olaf Davis | Talk 15:32, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Wardlow
The article says "last man gibbeted in England". But there are two references, one of them makes no mention of "last man gibbeted in Derbyshire" and the other one just says "Wardlaw at Peak Experience" and I have no idea what that is supposed to mean. Gatoclass (talk) 11:56, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Norbury
Yep, I'm up for it!Ning-ning (talk) 20:40, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

I've added stuff from Pevsner about the church and manor, but it'll need integrating into the article, particularly the bit about the manor' s dates. I left the red link to Grandisson in, because I think the one referred to is Lord de Grandisson rather than his son Bishop G.- although Lord de G. doesn't have a page the link with the G. family is interesting because Bish. G. built Exeter cathedral and Ottery St Mary church- suggests there may be a G. link with this church. Also Robert the Bruce makes an appearance. I'm going to try find some stuff about George Eliot's connection this evening after work.Ning-ning (talk) 08:06, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi it refers to what I guess is the comittee, responsible, for representing the town, as aposed to the entire district, which meets at Sherwood lodge. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Redpathanderson (talk • contribs) 16:50, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

meaning that it is a area represented by it's own council or "comittee" representing the principal urban zone, as apposed to the district council that represents all the other urban areas within Bolsover District. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Redpathanderson (talk • contribs) 17:34, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Some more DYK (a bit "sexed up")
That the Great East Window of Norbury Church contained priceless medieval stained glass, which was still there when the window was bricked up in 1770, and not there when the window was unbricked in 1842.

That Norbury is the birthplace of Ann Pegg, who earned £240 (£14,000 in today’s money) by lying in bed entertaining strangers.

That George Eliot was inspired throughout her life by a bush growing outside her father’s workshop.

That Norbury Church contains a memorial to the lewd and vile wife of the 13th Lord; she is tied up in a shroud with a comment on her behaviour carved above her head.

That the name of the patron saint of Norbury means Fair-headed Barr of the Marshy Place.

Hi Victuallers

I'll tidy up bits and pieces later (I have some sources still to put in). Didn't get this stuff till about 11 last night, so I could only put them in this morning Ning-ning (talk) 07:52, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Ann Moore
Hi

The source is page 13 of The Ancient Parish of Norbury by the Rev, L.J. Bowyer, Rector of Norbury and Vicar of Snelston, published J.B. Henstock, Ashbounre, 1953- he refers to her as Ann Pegg, gives details of her liasons etc. Ning-ning (talk) 09:54, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Definitely a problem- I failed to check there was a page on her- not good if there's two birthplaces given!Ning-ning (talk) 10:23, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

RFA
Thanks Vic! I must confess to being a tad disappointed that you didn't participate in the vote, which had me a little concerned that perhaps you'd changed your mind about my suitability, but I guess you just didn't notice it was on :) Gatoclass (talk) 05:22, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Norbury, Derbyshire
Why you changed it from hamlet to village?  Otolemur crassicaudatus  (talk) 18:45, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * In edit summary you said it has church. But having church does not mean it is not hamlet, but village. Why you are saying as it has church, it is not hamlet but village?  Otolemur crassicaudatus  (talk) 18:55, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * This just needs a little clarification. On what basis village and hamlet are differentiated? I do not know this.  Otolemur crassicaudatus  (talk) 19:11, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Mouse-over
I'm considering doing to Image:GardenED.jpg what you did to Image:Velazquez-Meninas.jpg. How did you do that? What software did you use. Thanks. Ceoil (talk) 22:43, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi Victuallers, I've been tinkering with the Image map editor you showed me, but have a really stupid question...how do I save the modified image. Thanks! Ceoil (talk) 21:01, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Ralph Fitzherbert
Hi Victuallers,

That's great! Excellent article. I haven't got anything as yet to add- a possibility is if he was an active "Ricardian" then there may be some mention of him in studies done on Richard III. I'm unsure now as to the Finnbar- Barlock link, as the Cornish church is called St Fimbarrus and never appears to have had "lock" or similar in the name. Also the source (Bowyer) appears to be wrong in stating that he was called Lochan because he dwelt by a loch. The source for Ann Moore's birth in Norbury is article 17 of Derbyshire Oddities; I haven't come across a copy yet. I'm wondering whether somebody misread Roston for Rosliston. Hoping to go to Norbury on Monday. Ning-ning (talk) 15:44, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Baesuk
Are you responsible for having had this article included in the Did you know area". A fair amount of the article seems to have been cut 'n' pasted from elsewhere eg. http://www.foodinkorea.org/eng_food/foodculture/foodculture1_6_b.jsp and where did the bit about grass bowls come from? Albatross2147 (talk) 02:40, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Antwerp lace (and others)
I'm the one whose been writing all the lace articles-it seems like you are requesting pictures, no? Would external links to pictures help? That's all I can manage at this point. I hope to be able to get actual pictures by some time in August, but that is dependant on many factors. Loggie (talk) 20:24, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I suppose my question is as much on policy-if I were to include external links at the bottom to pictures of the laces, would that be better than no pictures? I could remove them if/when I were to get pictures of my own. Loggie (talk) 15:07, 28 May 2008 (UTC)


 * (copying from response on my talk page) Most of those seem to be knitted lace, with some crocheted too. Not much bobbin lace sadly, and of the ones that are bobbin lace, I haven't seen a picture that would apply here. Loggie (talk) 15:15, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Kulwicki FAC
I have the Alan Kulwicki article at FAC, and an editor asked for a copyedit peer review for the article from a non-racing fan. I have changed a lot during the FAC process (since you started reviewing it) since a lot of the references were deemed unreliable/unusable. Would you please copyedit the article and point out the flaws (nickpick)? I'm not asking for you to votestack for the article, just an honest copyedit. It's up to you if you want to vote or not. Thanks!  Royal broil  13:08, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Nevermind. It failed and I have no clue why. I wasted an incredible amount of time.  Royal broil  04:47, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

DYK next update help
I thank you for helping select the next DYK update, but in the future, when you do the credits would you please use the following template: , nom by   It makes it much easier when its time to credit people for their contributions. Thanks.-- Bedford Pray  23:08, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

DYK nom of Sir Brooke Boothby, 6th Baronet
Hi - there is an issue with this nomination which you may like to address. The hook is not properly cited, and a citation within the image is not working (can be fixed simply I'm sure). I do think that the hook should be clearly cited within the text and not inside the images, which is liable to cause confusion. Please leave your comments at the nomination page.  Vishnava talk  15:45, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Double DYK
Hi Victuallers - the articles are fine, except the hook, which must be changed as I can't find any direct reference to the distinct phenom of deforestation in the sources nor the articles, neither does it tell me that it applies to all of Staffordshire and not simply the Needwood Forest. The sources use the term "enclosure," which should be used and described in the nom.  Vishnava talk  19:34, 2 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi - first of all, I'm just giving a helping hand by reviewing the noms to make sure they fit the criteria - there is no need to do as I wish - its just to discuss this. I realize I maybe nitpicking, but I think its a matter of accuracy because "deforestation" is general, and it wasn't clear what "inspired" Seward and Darwin, from the sources and the article itself. Thereby I questioned the accuracy of the hook, rightly or wrongly.  Vishnava talk  20:39, 2 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes I appreciate your reasoning. You have plenty more experience in DYK and I will use your guidance. Its probably my inexperience but I realize that I'm nitpicking and not concentrating on the basic evaluation of the verification of facts. Thanks for keeping me grounded,  Vishnava talk  13:22, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Hook line
Hi Victuallers - I created a new article on Neil Hamilton Fairley from an existing stub on 3 June and wanted to put it in DYK but I can't think of a hook line... can you help? Hawkeye7 (talk) 08:36, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

6/5 DYK

 * I confess to being a little mystified why your colourful image of Francis Mundy was overlooked in favour of a grainy black-and-white image of Hugh Largy. I must also wonder why your much more interesting articles on said subjects were not chosen to lead over the ho-hum topic of Largy's political career. The painting of Needwood Forest would have made a very nice lead too. There's no accounting for taste I guess! Gatoclass (talk) 06:39, 5 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I guess the reason it bugged me a bit is that your double nom got overlooked not just once, but over the course of several updates, and mostly for inferior pics/articles in my view. I kept thinking it would be the next to go but it just didn't happen. Unfortunately I've been busy writing articles myself over the last few days, and been beaten to the next update page by other users, or I would have ensured it got the top spot myself. These things happen.


 * Thanks for the factoid BTW :) Gatoclass (talk) 08:59, 5 June 2008 (UTC)


 * LOL, good for you :) Gatoclass (talk) 08:25, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

RE Harry Peckham
1774 English cricket season doesn't seem to suggest he played (then at least) and no other cricket seasons seem to mention him that I can find. I'm just downloading a couple of public domain books with him mentioned to see what it says. SGGH speak! 19:16, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
 * The above doesn't have any sources I can find on playing. The Times may have something in their on-line archive (goes back that far) but am nose deep in exam revision so can't really get there until Wednesday evening sometime. Will let you know regarding both articles. SGGH speak! 20:51, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

The Hotchkiss School
Hey, just wanted to let you know that I pumped The Hotchkiss School from Top to High in importance, at least until there are some more references to prove otherwise. ;) Please see Talk:The Hotchkiss School. — Calebrw (talk) 01:57, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I left it at B as that was where it already was, so I didn't assess in that way, just in importance. I will try to take a closer look at today if possible. — Calebrw (talk) 13:59, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
 * (Start/High) I saw your reassessment and I agree with it. I marked many places for additional citations. withing the Article. — Calebrw (talk) 19:07, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Expanding Mr.Peckham
Hi Victuallers, thanks for the offer- if I find anything on Mr. P I'll pass it on to you for storage, so you can do the required 5-fold expansion - I'm trudging my way through Nottinghamshire windmills at the moment Ning-ning (talk) 19:06, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Plagarism removed from Shawnigan Lake School article.
Please see talk page of Shawnigan Lake School. I discovered that the History section was a near word-for-word plagiarism of http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/text2html/finding/government/.ms_finding//MS-1485.txt and this needs to cited correctly. It is cited in-text once, but that is it.

I discovered this during a requested assessment of this article. The rest looks good. — Calebrw (talk) 21:09, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Washburn High School
In addition to your work at WP:WPSCH/A, I would appreciate if you could take some time to look at Washburn High School, which I've been working on for the past 3 days or so. I have a peer review already setup. I know it needs work, but you might have some additional insight.

Thanks, — Calebrw (talk) 02:23, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Glossop:
If you are looking after this edit I will stand back until needed! ClemRutter (talk) 12:58, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Education and Sir John Maynard
I have had a sudden ghastly thought that the Sir John Maynard who founded Maynards School may have been the Sir John Maynard KB, for the confounding of whom with our Sir John Maynard Lord Campbell is so sternly criticised. I will research further and return... 45ossington (talk) 13:01, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

No - I think we're all right: the trustee of Elize Hele was John Maynard, serjeant at law: 

45ossington (talk) 13:34, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Have now created short article on John Maynard (KB). 45ossington (talk) 14:37, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Delighted by the disambiguation and reclaiming of John Maynard from the other side of the Atlantic! 45ossington (talk) 15:31, 20 June 2008 (UTC) Sounds great, but what does "changing the hook" mean? 45ossington (talk) 15:43, 20 June 2008 (UTC)


 * NPG - yes, I'm clear that we are legal on this, and vexed that NPG would seek to mislead in the way they do. --Tagishsimon (talk) 17:14, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

John Maynard KB's father
FYI, he is now to be found at Henry Maynard. Good night and many thanks. 45ossington (talk) 18:02, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

John Maynard (MP)
John Maynard (MP), the serjeant-at-law (and not the KB) was executor of Elize Hele, out of whose will Maynard School sprang, so I think the identification is fairly secure. Something seems to have gone wrong with foot-note 3 to John Maynard (KB) and surrounding text, but I'm afraid I wasn't capable of disentangling them. 45ossington (talk) 16:37, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

25 DYK
Thank you! - PKM (talk) 18:13, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Re: umm
Thank you for your message re: Thomas Bates and disambiguation. I don't agree with you, but on Wikipedia if you don't agree with my changes, you can alter them. Boleyn (talk) 06:12, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your recent message. My understanding from reading the policies is that if one person is more notable than another of the same name, the they should retain the name, e.g. Francis Bacon and then a page called Francis Bacon (disambiguation) should be created for others with the same name and a link made on the main Francis Bacon page, to the disambiguation page. To my reading, a disambiguation page should only have the word 'disambiguation' in it in hese instances. I read that it is preferable to have the disambiguation page as the name, e.g. 'Mary Howard' if one is not significantly more notable than the other. I have got this from MOSDAB. If after reading this you feel I've misinterpreted it, please let me know, as the last thing I want to do is cause damage on here. In a separate but related issue, I understand your concern where one is mainly known as 'Tom' and the other mainly known as 'Thomas'. I took it that if I could find a reference for one of them where they used the other form of their name, e.g. Thomas Seymour also being described as Tom Seymour, then I have disambiguated, although I would not do so in future if there were only two. Boleyn (talk) 06:08, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Possible DYK etc.
Hi Victuallers- congrats on your adminship! I'm doing some work on Harry Botham, one-time resident of Glossop and opponent of Talbot, husband of Bess of Hardwick. Think there should be a good DYK somewhere in there if you're interested. This is part of the effort spearheaded by ClemRutter to muck out the Glossopian stables.Ning-ning (talk) 18:22, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

P.P. Burdett
Hi Victuallers- re mezzotint image on this page; looks to me like the original photo was taken with oblique lighting causing reflection off the ink surface, and hence the image is greyed out. I modified the original from the Metmuseum site and found that it can be improved quite a bit just using a levels adjustment- unfortunately found that the process of uploading it to Commons without doing any damage to your original upload and making sure that all the relevant info was included was a bit beyond me! I'll look in Bamber Gascoigne's book on printing to see if there's any more info on Burdett's methods. Ning-ning (talk) 14:01, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Mr. Burdett's New Improved Bladder is here ->     Image:Bladder.jpg. Ning-ning (talk) 10:58, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

DYK hook needed
Hi, Victuallers. I'm struggling to find a hook for Adam Raphael - would you like to have a go at it? regards, Xn4  02:39, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

DYK La Badarian
Hey, thanks for the congrats on the DYK. It's neat to see it on the front page.-Manhattan Samurai (talk) 02:00, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Animation
Yeah, that could be an idea, but I don't really know how to make one, and I haven't been able to find any that illustrate the topic well. Do you know of any?  Lampman  Talk to me! 14:44, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, those might illustrate "squash and stretch", but I honestly think mine is better, even though it doesn't move. I'd like to have something to illustrate one of the principles in the middle. The one I put up - from The Beauty and the Beast - was removed so the big bad Disney corporation wouldn't come and get us.  Lampman  Talk to me!  15:05, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah I looked at those, but I didn't find any I liked. I don't think they're too happy about animations on the Main Page. I might include the horse on the Animation page ( Image:Animhorse.gif ), to illustrate Secondary Action though. Cheers!  Lampman  Talk to me!  15:22, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Maria Wasti
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. The nominator said that he had found source for that fact and I took him at his word. I should have checked it. Totally my fault. I will be more careful in future. As for a renom I would say no as it would take away a slot from another potential nom.Nrswanson (talk) 16:06, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Thomas Bates
You're probably right looking at what links there. I'll see what I can do. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 23:02, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

User:Victuallers/Sandbox4 categories
Hello! I just wanted to let you know that I uncategorized (with colons) your page User:Victuallers/Sandbox4 to keep it from showing up in main space categories. -- KathrynLybarger (talk) 02:16, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Oldcorne
I think it is probably Oswald Tesimond, not Edward, but can you check? (Could always be a brother.) I've now made numerous small changes to the page. Charles Matthews (talk) 07:49, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Victuallers (talk) 18:40, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Hieronymus
You wrote (on my user page, instead of my talk page):
 * ... that Hieronymus van Beverningh was sent as part of a team to negotiate the end of the First Anglo-Dutch War because one person could not be trusted? Victuallers (talk) 15:09, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

It was not my edit. I am not happy with it either, but as long as it is not obnoxious I tend to be tolerant. I just put a comma in, to make it resemble English. If you go to the history of the article, you'll find the real culprit.--Ereunetes (talk) 20:52, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I wrote this before I looked at that history myself. I now see that you put in the edit yourself:-) So what is your point? Do you question your own edit? It was quite usual in the Republic to send delegations consisting of representatives of several of the provinces. This need not have been because they did not trust each other (although there seems to have been good reason in 1654). Usually the interests of the provinces did not completely coincide, though, so it was quite understandable that they would want their own representative at the table. I didn't think it a big enough deal to spell it out, like you did in your edit.--Ereunetes (talk) 21:03, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I found your "Confusion" message. I think you did right withdrawing the nomination, though I am flattered :-) I am a bit dubious about DYK-nominations, because they seem to attract vandals to the articles nominated. Still, the lengths to which De Witt went to hoodwink his own countrymen would be worth a honorary mention :-)--Ereunetes (talk) 19:03, 7 July 2008 (UTC)