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 * I've worked a bit on your article. Please add more information and proper references (proof-links). Some facts on the article are completely unreferenced. -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 12:17, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Leonard Arthur Bethell (February 11)
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Leonard Arthur Bethell (February 13)
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Leonard Arthur Bethell
I believe he is sufficiently notable to warrant a Wikipedia page - but evidently I have not made the case. I should say that his importance rests on his writing rather than his soldiering career - but as his writings are based on his career, the two come together. His books are still popular, and of special interest for the history of the British in India, and the development of Assam. It seems a pity that people who have read him cannot find anything about him on the internet - which is why, at the suggestion of a bookseller, I started this project to gather what little there is into a page. I hope you will reconsider - maybe it can be provided as a 'stub' ? Charles.bowyer (talk) 17:46, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Leonard Arthur Bethell (February 26)
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asilvering (talk) 05:24, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Leonard Arthur Bethell has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Leonard Arthur Bethell. Thanks! asilvering (talk) 22:12, 2 April 2023 (UTC)


 * I have improved the OBE reference. In fact, I had the page number wrong. Charles.bowyer (talk) 21:06, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Nomination of Leonard Arthur Bethell for deletion
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Ways to improve Marcel de Baer
Hello, Charles.bowyer,

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Mccapra (talk) 21:38, 26 January 2024 (UTC)


 * - many thanks for your comment. I take your point. My problem is - I know the current family, who have a large archive of his papers, publications, news clippings and what have you. I have referenced them in some places as 'de Baer family archive' but I have a suspicion this is not an acceptable form of reference for Wikipedia ??
 * However, the family are approaching the National Archive UK to have his papers stored and made accessible for study. Once this is done, I believe, the references can be made more acceptable ?
 * The Catch 22 is - the Archive wanted to see a Wikipedia article to confirm that he is indeed sufficiently notable to have his papers stored with them.!
 * Which is - if you think about it - a serious tribute to Wikipedia. Charles.bowyer (talk) 10:30, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

May 2024
Hi Charles.bowyer! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor&#32;at Mnemonics in trigonometry that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia—it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Thank you. Apocheir (talk) 21:59, 14 May 2024 (UTC)


 * I thought it minor because it was only a small number of words.
 * As for the edit itself, as a teacher, I can assure you that the two mnemonics I added are current and popular with schoolchildren in UK, and the others are not. Most of them, I have never heard of. Charles.bowyer (talk) 07:25, 15 May 2024 (UTC)