User talk:Billinghurst/Archives/2014/March

(test) The Signpost: 05 March 2014

 * Read this Signpost in full
 * Single-page
 * Unsubscribe
 * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:48, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 12 March 2014

 * Read this Signpost in full
 * Single-page
 * Unsubscribe
 * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:45, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

MyNotes
This article which you nominated for deletion was vandalized before you put it up on AfD. I have restored the original article but kept the deletion tag. Elassint Hi 21:44, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. — billinghurst  sDrewth  21:53, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Buzludzha
Hi Billinghurst, not sure how to contact you, so I'll just do it here. You undid one of my contributions on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzludzha where I had added an external link to my experience report of the monument. I also invested some time into designing a map for people who were interested in the architecture of the inner building of the monument. You've sent me a message on my usertalk and I really would like to understand how I can correct my contribution so that it will be accepted. I'm using this account by myself, so no multiple users. I also don't feel I have any conflict of interests, as I have no political or financial incentives. Or in other words: I don't see how I'm different from the other "External links" in the aforementioned article. Actually, the first link does sell his photos and brings a financial incentive. I manage my website just for fun and do not sell anything. I'd highly appreciate it if you could point out what I could do better and be accepted with my contribution - especially my map which was highly appreciated. Please answer either here, on my usertalk or simply send me an email valentin.ruest@gmail.com - thanks a lot! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Valentin.ruest (talk • contribs) 15:48, 18 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a directory listing, nor a tourism site. It is compiled from information from reputable sources, not personal opinions or personal insights. What you are adding is not for the encyclopaedia. If the other links on that page are not aligned with that goal, then they should be removed as well. Also, people adding their own sites are often not suitably independent, which is why we have Conflict of interest policy, and where that potential exists, then we encourage the use of an article's talk page.


 * If you are looking for the tourist aspects of a place, then you probably should be looking at wikivoyage.org — billinghurst  sDrewth  01:15, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Alright, makes sense to me. Thank you for explaining it to me! I was just surprised to see other sites that are also clearly personal blogs or photo galleries and assumed that I did something specifically incorrect or that you might have thought that I'm here as a company. Thanks again for taking your time. Valentin.ruest (talk) 07:51, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 19 March 2014

 * Read this Signpost in full
 * Single-page
 * Unsubscribe
 * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:14, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

Ellen Stirling, wife of James Stirling (Royal Navy officer)
She is apparently really well known in your part of the world.

The problem is contradictions about her father, who was James Mangles. There were two contemporary notable people of that name, and I did one of those, James Mangles (Royal Navy), yesterday from the DNB. The other one James Mangles (MP) is still a redlink as I write this. The article here about the husband is very circumstantial about how James Stirling (Royal Navy officer) and James Mangles (Royal Navy) met.

The MP lived in Woodbridge. Stirling, James (1791-1865) (DNB00) says his father-in-law was "James Mangles of Woodbridge". The ODNB manages to conclude from that, or otherwise, that the father-in-law was the MP. But the assumption there is that the other James Mangles, the naval captain, couldn't be in Woodbridge also. Well, he could, and if they were cousins, who's to say this wasn't the case?

If Stirling's father-in-law was the naval captain, it would explain a lot why the captain visited Swan River Colony, which the DNB completely omits. Charles Matthews (talk) 17:50, 23 March 2014 (UTC)


 * http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/stirling-sir-james-2702 says  What were you after? She is not well-known to me though  may have more intimate knowledge with his being a sandgroper. There may be something about her in the Battye Library. — billinghurst  sDrewth  15:01, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Birth 4 Sep 1807 in Stoke, Near Guildford, Surrey, England Death 8 Jun 1874 in Portland Place, London. I think that I can see evidence of a baptism record, though that may be pretty slim on data as it will just be a written line in a register. — billinghurst  sDrewth  15:06, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Family history data says &hellip; Ellen Mangles
 * Family history is pretty solid on the James MP. I can pull together some history data if necessary, though I don't have good online access to Surrey records. Sending an email with snippets. — billinghurst  sDrewth  15:24, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I am going to hazard a guess that we have James MP the paternal uncle to James RN, where presumably James MP is the younger brother. To also note that Hesperian already has some transcripts relating to Mangles/Stirling in WA at [//en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=stirling+mangles&go=Go enWS] — billinghurst  sDrewth  15:40, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

OK, thanks. So it would be worth filling in the article about the MP, and trying to correct the article here about Stirling. Charles Matthews (talk) 16:26, 24 March 2014 (UTC)


 * I am a researcher, not a wordsmith. Have you a [//trello.com Trello] account? That would be a useful way to do some joint research, especially where we can create a shared research board, especially for ad hoc research. It is very good for copy and pastes of images. — billinghurst  sDrewth  11:19, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

There were two James Mangles associated with Ellen Stirling, her father and her cousin: This is all from memory, but I do have pertinent sources at hand — the nexus between Western Australian history and Western Australian botany is a sweet spot in my book collection — and I'm happy to provide scans of relevant pages if you want to pursue this in detail. Just drop me an email. Hesperian 01:35, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Ellen's father = James Mangles of Woodbridge, affectionately known as "Old Potato Face", rich banker and merchant, High Sheriff of Somewhere, Mayor of Somewhere Else, and MP for I-Forget.
 * Ellen's cousin = Captain James Mangles, R.N. Wrote a book about his travels in the middle east. He was also a keen botanist who corresponded with, and was sent Western Australian botanical collections by, first Ellen, then James Drummond, and finally Georgiana Molloy. It is in his honour that the Western Australia floral emblem Anigozanthos manglesii is named.

The Signpost: 26 March 2014

 * Read this Signpost in full
 * Single-page
 * Unsubscribe
 * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:19, 29 March 2014 (UTC)