User talk:Choess/Archive3

Lords of Baux
Well done! That makes much more sense. In answer to your question, I have no useful source to recommend to you, unfortunately. I've been looking into 12th century Provence rather than 13th/14th Italy. If I see something I'll let you know. And rew D alby 13:22, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

UCIR
Thanks Choess, I am still not entirely sure what to do about the Union County Industrial Railroad article, but appreciate your sorting things out on the talk page. I had thought about moving the comment in the article to the talk page and then putting a section on track ownership in Union County much higher in the article - describe the track in the county first and then the current operation. I seem to recall reading somewhere that the UCIR has but one engine. The UCIR web page has more information on what is actually in operation than it did when I wrote the article (all the Robey RR pages are more informative now). On an almost unrelated side note, the PRR 1920s passenger cars are used on the Lycoming Valley, North Shore, and Shamokin Valley RR, so I will put it on the last two pages. Thanks again, Ruhrfisch 21:39, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I tried cleaning up the article (and got logged out, but it was me). I put the History section and an explanation on the Talk page. I tried to keep the same organization (I number the lines in the county and referred to them by the same number) throughout. I am doubtful as to the clarity or succes of my efforts, edit away as you are able and thanks again. Ruhrfisch 05:07, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your copyedits on Paulins Kill. I added a map to UCIR and am in the slow process of adding in line citations to it (and then the 7 other central PA shortline articles). There is a similar map in the Lycoming Valley Railroad article - suggestions / comments on the maps are welcome. Take care, Ruhrfisch 18:43, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I am thankful for friends like you - I will also not be around here as much between now and New Year, so Merry Christmas and Happy New Year now, Ruhrfisch 18:31, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Copyrights
Wow - that would be nice, but as with you I have doubts about getting easily a copy to scan. Another book that might be useful to scan and OCR is the 1975 Conrail Final System Plan. --NE2 06:58, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

"Vice Great Seneschal of Ireland"
No, I haven't, and I'm extremely uneasy about us having an article saying one exists without any sources whatsoever. It would be a unique position, as far as I'm aware &mdash; no other Great Officers have the power to create hereditary offices, and the Steward of Ireland's hardly the most eminent of Great Officers &mdash; and so my instinct would say it's dodgy. Proteus (Talk) 11:55, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I've tagged them as disputed while we all have a think Alci12 13:37, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * What source have you added? In 1450 peers were still giving out knighthoods it's no proof on continued existence. As to the HoL case of V's recognition it doesn't give any details that can be easily checked - for instance which case it doesn't even give the name?. Good faith isn't a source. WP:CITE To ensure that the content of articles is credible and can be checked by any reader or editor. Alci12 13:12, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * In his last post on his talk Seneschally seem to have moved his position somewhat. I have been told by Francis O’Donnell, that the Vice Great Seneschal nomenclature does not exist as an explicitly separate title of office, but reflects a responsibility inherent in the nominal Lord Stewardship for Tyrconnell Alci12 12:58, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Northumberland
Hm, well that's certainly tricky. I'm reluctant without a good hunt around to give a certain answer. A quick google tells me nothing as it suggests everything from an Earldom for life, a new creation, the Dukedom but not the Earldom was attainted.

It seems illiogical to me that an accelerated title forfeited would not render the writ of a~ null. If the title was created with a special remainder the attainder would as a matter of law (De Donis Conditionalibus 1285) have no consequence on the person so mentioned. Alci12 13:55, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Zoo Interlocking
Do you happen to have a diagram of Zoo with two tracks through the "New York-Pittsburgh Subway" duckunder? The 1971 one at has the eastbound track removed, and it's obvious that the connection from the New York end of it to the West Philly Elevated Branch was redrawn. Thank you for any help in understanding the original configuration. --NE2 22:41, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Actually what I'm wanting to do is a schematic of the main lines and the way their tracks went through interesting junctions, separating into freight and passenger. Basically here I need the old configuration at the north end of the West Philly Elevated Branch and on the Harrisburg main out to Overbrook, where it's still 4 tracks on the later diagrams. --NE2 20:31, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. I hope I'm able to carry through on my end and make the map. --NE2 20:52, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Geology of Tussey Mountain
Is the "Clinton Shale" on the old Geological Survey maps the same as the present Juniata Shale? I wanted to add something about the iron ore deposits on Tussey Mountain, once of some economic importance.
 * I'm not sure, but I believe the erosion resistant layers in the ridges have no fossils or valuable minerals.Dhaluza 01:11, 19 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Don't mean to butt in, but the Geology section of Bedford County, Pennsylvania has some info on Tussey Mountain and a note from the anon editor who put the section in: "Note to editors: email comments to Jim Stuby, stuboitcs@hotmail.com". Sounds like this guy might know the answer to the question. Hope this helps, Ruhrfisch 03:17, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Sheriff - Sir John Donne
Please be careful about linking Sheriffs to lists of High Sheriffs - they are not the same thing at all, & anyway what would be the point in linking to (very incomplete) lists, rather than an article that ought to explain what the office actually was (although at the moment it doesn't attempt this) Johnbod 02:09, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: Sneaky vandalism
Blocked. ;) I'll block any others you let me know about, as well, though I should warn you that I'll be getting offline inside a few minutes, here. Luna Santin 03:41, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia Club of New York
Come see: Wikipedia Club of New York. &mdash;ExplorerCDT 14:42, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Erie-Lackawanna RR
I removed the ref to the E-L RR on Gouldsboro State Park and Tobyhanna State Park. If you have better or more specific info about Gould and his RR's as they relate to the state parks in question please add it to them. Thanks Dincher 18:55, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

FYI
"Comital" is an English adjective meaning "pertaining to a count", and not necessarily a typo for "committal". Choess 17:55, 31 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Oh, thank you. I will take heed to this in the future. Have you mentioned that on the AWB project page too? (WP:AWB/T) Jobjörn (Talk ° contribs) 03:18, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Paulins Kill now a Featured Article
As of a few moments ago, Paulins Kill was promoted to Featured Article status. I just wanted to thank you for your contributions to and suggestions for improving the article over these past few months and that I appreciate your help in bringing this article to notice as a Featured Article. Once again, thank you, and keep up the good work. &mdash;ExplorerCDT 22:47, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Lady Stephen
We put wives of knights known by their titles at "Forename, Lady Surname" (like Emma, Lady Hamilton and Augusta, Lady Gregory), so applying the same principle to wives of baronets and putting her at Barbara, Lady Stephen would seem to be most the appropriate thing to do. Proteus (Talk) 22:44, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Andrew Hunter Arbuthnot Murray
Why Rt Hon? --- Kittybrewster 12:11, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Knight of St John 1954. Chancellor of the Priory of Scotland and Preceptor of Torpichen whatever that means. I bet 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott had something to do with the Priory of Scotland too. - Kittybrewster 22:46, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

By-election splits
Hi - the relevant discussion is mostly at Talk:List of United Kingdom by-elections Beyond this, I further split the 18-45 period at 31, which is pretty much half way, and then decided on further splits roughly every fifteen years - so 1900 and 1885, giving preference to years with redistributions because this is a common way to divide Parliamentary data. I'd probably suggest using 1868, then either 1852 or 57 and 42; 1832 and probably 1818 as the remaining division dates - but if you're planning to put in the work, then I doubt that there'll be any complaints for any reasonable scheme. Warofdreams talk 00:16, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

S-box William_Lowther%2C_1st_Earl_of_Lonsdale
Is there a reason why you've added an s-box using "New Title" not the usual "New Creation" (vide the earldom) Alci12 18:13, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Well I don't pretend to know that much about the sboxes I just use those I need but obviously I think it ideal they should say the same thing Alci12 10:04, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Newyorkbrad's RfA
Thank you for your support on my RfA, which closed favorably this morning. I appreciate the confidence the community has placed in me and am looking forward to my new responsibilities. Please let me know if ever you have any comments or suggestions, especially as I am learning how to use the tools. Best regards, Newyorkbrad 18:54, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Succession boxes
What do you mean by excessive? Rodolph 21:26, 24 January 2007 (UTC) (comment moved from user page)

Adam Bruce
Thanks for the information you added to the Adam Bruce article. How sadly rare it is that I discover that an article on my watchlist has received a major edit that is relevant, has proper grammar, is properly referenced, or doesn't make me wince for some reason. I had hoped to include some more personal information about Bruce but didn't find any; perhaps I gave up too easily.

Your edit was really a joy to see, especially as its so very interesting and colorful that he married the daughter of the current Prince di Belmonte rather than a Glaswegian meter maid or whatever. You even managed to include the birth of Bruce's eldest son that occurred this very month. Wikipedia (or rather it's less couth editors) have been unkind to me of late. Your edit cheers me up.

In an unrelated matter, I too am concerned about the completely unreferenced Vice Great Seneschal of Ireland article mentioned above. It has a whiff about it of the ersatz Mac Carthy Mór and the various individuals and companies who sell fake noble titles. One of the latter was offering a title very similar to this a few years ago but I can't recall precisely if was Vice Seneschal or Deputy Steward or what. Anyway, the office it was based on was never a hereditary title nor was it even a lifetime office. It was the equivilent to a Governor General and as one would retire another would take his place.

The creator of the Vice Great Seneschal of Ireland article is a user named Seneschally (also creator of the Patrick Denis O'Donnell article). This user has made few other contributions to Wikipedia and I would not be surprised to learn that this person is the current claimant of said alleged title.--House of Scandal 11:43, 25 January 2007 (UTC)


 * You asked about the possibility of checking the reference "Registry of Deeds, Dublin, Book 12, referring to Grant of 17 July 1442," in this matter.  While I suppose it's possible this source might say that the Great Seneschal of Ireland will have a Vice Great Seneschal and this will too be hereditary, such a declaration made 564 years ago doesn't move me one iota to believe this O'Donnell is the inheritor.  Such a person would have millions of descendants by now (literally).  And as I pointed out, even his dad's obit failed to mention these alleged hereditary honors.  You are prudent to give every benefit of the doubt, and likewise are prudent if you have noted that I can’t actually prove these are falsehoods.  So, in short, I can’t check on the Grant of 17 July 1442 but there’s nothing I could read in a 15th century document that would ease my doubts about O’Donnell’s claim.  - House of Scandal 17:49, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Baron Butler
Hi Choess. Thanks for correcting my edit to Baron Butler. I was going from Cracroft's who went on to list the descendants of the 2nd Duke of Ormonde as de jure holders. Then I looked through Burke's and they list the 7th Earl Cowper as the 3rd Baron which is of course, as you pointed out, correct because of the attainder. Do you think the article should at least list the people (who I added) who were at least in right of the barony if not for the attainder? Craigy (talk) 13:22, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I can see no point in listing those who would but for the attainder would have held the title only those that presently have a claim which seems to include the 8th Viscount Gage not mentioned in the article. Alci12 17:00, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Article locations
I've noticed, looking at the fictional examples on WP:PEER, that it's even contradictory there (going by what it currently says, the first Earldom of Anyplace should have its own article), which was slightly silly of me. The problem, I think, is that it would be odd (and quite misleading) to look up a 14th century Baron Burghersh and be redirected to Earl of Westmorland simply because a later, completely unrelated, creation is now held by Lord Westmorland, but it's not nearly as odd to find an earlier Earl of Bedford in Duke of Bedford, as the non-rank parts of the titles are the same. Whether this means we should use Duke of Bedford as an example of how to do it I'm not really sure. I'm going to draw up some alternative formats and see which works best. Proteus (Talk) 18:54, 25 January 2007 (UTC)


 * How about this and this for a way of formatting separate pages whilst still maintaining the connection between the two? Proteus (Talk) 19:33, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

good eye =)
I forgot to check on dwarfism lately. Thanks for picking up on those probable socks. — coe l acan t a lk  — 01:43, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the Wateree story! My favorite boat name is USS Wahoo (there is a memorial to it in Lycoming County). I had a question I keep meaning to ask you. I just ran User:AndyZ's Peer Review java script on the Transportation in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania article (revert if needed). It converts symbols to names or abbreviations of units and adds &amp;nbsp; as needed. Anyway, it changed the railroad gauges over to spelled out feet and inches (it converted 4'0" gauge to 4 ft 0 ingauge, so I went in and added a space between in and gauge to get 4 ft 0 in gauge). I will tell AndyZ about the space issue, but wondered what is the standard way of showing gauges (if standard is just 4'0" gauge, then the script should recognize that and leave it alone). I had tried this before, saw the problem and didn't save the edit and meant to ask, so I was bold now and made the edits with the script. I hope this is clear - please ask if it is not.

By the way, I was glad to see someone had made stubs for all the previously redlinked LanCo Highways - they were weighing on my mental to do list. I still plan to make maps and break out the Native American paths someday. Take care, Ruhrfisch 05:25, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Congrats on the DYK! I seconded your barnstar to Dincher - hope that was OK. Thanks too for the gauge info - there is an article on Standard gauge and it uses 1435 mm (4 ft 8½ in). I thought I saw a template for it somewhere too, but can't find it now. I also appreciate your comment to my new friend from Newton Falls. I will try to be more specific in my citation of WP:EL with him tomorrow. As for earthquakes, my father went to Chile and Peru to do aid work after the 1960 earthquake there and had some amazing photos and stories - things that were hard to believe even with the pictures. If you want to take a look at the List of PA State Parks it is at User:Ruhrfisch/Frog - trying to decide between a gallery or table of pictures and text above all or in the captions. Take care, Ruhrfisch 05:13, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Bellefonte Central Railroad, was selected for DYK!
Thanks for your contributions!  Nish kid 64  22:09, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

IRC
I replied to your comments on the IRC debate. I hadn't heard of the Sorties paradox called by that name before, so thanks for that. Reading the article it's interesting to note that Sorites_paradox suggests "The usefulness of this approach is that it tightly defines the meaning of the terms" - so in our context, wikipedian consensus or Arbcom acting in agency will establish what is and what is not 'offensive off-wiki communication'. There's also a distinction, in any event, between officially sanctioned IRC channels and email and blogs which need to be considered relating to matters of scale and effect. If you're just bitching to your mate about something on an email and nothing is done about it, this shouldn't be a problem, but spamming IRC to get someone blocked for non-policy reasons arguably would be. It worth some thought and talk I think. --Mcginnly | Natter 13:05, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Hi, just like to say good work on all your edits/tidy/categorising of the First Sea Lords. The order is now much tidier on the sea lord page, as is many of the articles for each Lord. Thanks for your hard work! LordHarris 13:08, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Prince George, Duke of Kent
I agree with you that this article is highly unbalanced - far too much space is given over to his supposed or rumoured lovers, and almost all the sourcing is from one book, with a title that suggests it is POV. I'd be happy to help by looking up further sourced information, to create a little more balance for the article. (This is a reply to your comment at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject British Royalty; I have just joined the project today.) Walton monarchist89 20:22, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for offering to help me with Peter Atte Wood. I would like to change his name to the more commonly used Peter Atte Wode, but can't figure out how to change the page name from Atte Wood to Atte Wode. I hope this message finds you.

Northland45th 18:45, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

High_Sheriff_of_Dorset
I've noticed a fair few of these have been tagged for lacking info as to what the HS is. There is a link to HS but you have to go right to the bottom for the infobox to find it. I started to put a link at the top but perhaps before I do too many we ought to makeup our mind as to wether this is the best way. I've copied the same to Phoe who has also edited the same entries. Alci12 18:55, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

BARNSTAR AWARDED TO CHOESS
I hereby award the anti-vandalism barnstar to Choess for his relentless defense of the article Knight from vandalism:

If any one person has assured that the article remains in sound condition, it is Choess. Larry Dunn 14:25, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

English
Ciao! I see you're occupying mostly of English-themed entries with a lot of small edits. Can I ask you to add a reference about which nation are we speaking of at the beginning of the articles you tackle with, if it's missing? It is not clear for an Italian or Burkina Faso reader that, for example, Sandhurst must be in England, Scotland or whatever... Bye and good work. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Attilios (talk • contribs) 14:32, 18 February 2007 (UTC).

Nansemond Basses
So far as I have been able to determine, there are essentially three groups of Basses in the US. Those in the Southeastern US are descended from Nathaniel Basse, who's son John Basse married the Nansemond girl known as Kesiah. The New England Basses are descended from Deacon Samuel Bass. There is substantial circumstantial evidence that said Samuel was brother to Nathaniel.

The others with a Bass surname were Eastern Europeans who immigrated to the US and who's various surnames were Anglicized to "Bass".

Back to your original question about me being related to the Nansemond Basses. I am, but the relationship is not recognized by the tribe.

My line is as follows:

Nathaniel Basse John Basse (who married Kesiah) William Basse John Bass Edward Bass Arthur Bass Wright Bass Elisha Bass, Sr. Elisha Bass, Jr.                           Anderson Bass J. Albert Bass, Sr. J.Albert Bass, Jr. (me)

I am also a railroad nut.

Al Bass

Sops and frumenty for all!
At long last, the long-overdue nomination of medieval cuisine as an FAC is under way. You are invited to grab your fill of potage, quince pie, a subtlety worthy of a pope, and all the beer you can drink! Oh, and don't forget to make a few comments while you're digging in...

Peter Isotalo 21:22, 2 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Too bad you missed the banquet! However, your very helpful and motivating comments during the last GA review was so inspiring that I would be delighted if you could do the same for regional variations in medieval cuisine. I was thinking about listing it as a GAC (or perhaps even an FAC), but I figured that I would try to solicit your comments first.
 * Peter Isotalo 23:26, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Pennsylvania and the Iron Industry
Thanks for the additional information about Cornwall and the Grubbs. As I was expanding the PA state park articles I was surprised to discover that so many state parks were once part of the iron and steel industry. Have fun in grad school! Dincher 13:22, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Proposal for Template:S-start/doc
I have posted a similar message in the talk page of the WikiProject Succession blah blah but I suspect that it is not a venue of high traffic. So, I post this link to each member individually. I hope it is useful enough; I am eager for feedback.

I am also preparing an essay for the whole succession box subject, including the project. *dark organ music* :)

Waltham 17:40, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Fall of Constantinople
The Crusaders captured part of the defenses and obtained a lodgement in the city on Monday the 12th, and fighting continued until dusk. They held their positions that night; in the meantime, Alexios V fled as did many of the citizens, and a fire set by some of the Crusaders to protect their position from attack burned out of control all night and all of the next day. That day (Tuesday the 13th), the Crusaders assembled and prepared to renew the fight, but found no organized resistance remained in the city. My copy of Villehardouin, the M.R.B. Shaw translation, says, "Thus the whole of the army was stationed in and around Constantinople, which our troops had taken on the Monday before Palm Sunday", so he seems to feel that the events of the 12th were sufficient to represent the capture of the city. Yours, Choess 04:21, 13 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Hello, Choess. Thank you very much for your explanation. It looks like both days may be considered the day of the fall of Constantinople at the end of the Fourth Crusade. Here's cookie for you. Your unexpected help is very much appreciated. Thank you. Happy editing. --PFHLai 10:58, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Category First Sea Lords and Royal Navy
Hi, I agree with your nomination and have supported it on the discussion page. As for the other lists e.g. Vice Admiral and Rear Admiral I'm afraid Im not of much help as the books I have are all on first sea lords and Im not much knowledgable about any other admiral related items. However I know for a fact that if you email/phone/send a letter to the ministry of defence enquiry section they are legally obligated to answer your questions, specifically in regards to current serving leaders of the armed forces - though ill doubt they would give you anything other than career related information etc -

http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.4329

However I suggest that you contact someone like the Naval Historical branch or the national archive - they will have lists etc of admirals and the historical branch will most likely have people eager to help you.

http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.00h007003

Other than that Im afraid thats all I can contribute.

FYI copies of past, present Longon gazettes are available at the British Library, the University of London senate house and the Metropolitan Archives in Clerkenwell, London. Im not sure where you live, but they might be available in America, if you reside there, in somewhere like the Library of Congress?? Though the latters only a guess! LordHarris 17:18, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Scots, Attacotti and Deisi
Hi! I would like your opinion on the above short addition I made to Prehistoric settlement of Great Britain and Ireland. Cheers. Fergananim 14:49, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

4th Earl of Mornington
Hi Choess - thanks for finishing off my article on "Wicked William" as he was known. I started to do some succession boxes but it got too complicated for me! Cheers. Brograve 05:17, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Dashwoods
Giano,

I'm sorry to trouble you, but I'm wondering if you can clarify for me something about the Dashwoods of West Wycombe Park, as you seem to have access to Tim Knox's book about the house. Did the estate pass from Sir George (5th Baronet) to his brother Sir John (6th Baronet) for the remaining year of Sir John's life, and then to their nephew Sir Edwin, 7th Baronet (as the article now reads), or directly from Sir George to Edwin? The 11th Baronet's history of the family suggests the latter, but he gets his genealogy all muddled up in that particular generation, so I'm inclined to believe that the estate and the baronetcy were inherited together. If you could confirm that in Knox, it would put my mind very much at ease.

Yours, Choess 05:23, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem I am reading it now as I type: The family tree on the back cover states: George Henry 5th Baronet died in 1862 - he has his name in capitals denoting ownership of the house, he is succeeded by his brother Sir John Richard 6th baronet who also has his name in capitals denoting ownership - the 6th baronet is succeeded by his nephew Edwin Hare Dashwood in 1863 again in capitals - so from the book it appears all three owned the house. Now I'll look in the Dashwood's at west Wycombe section. Page 58; aha! "The 5th Baronet died in 1862 leaving his widow a life tennancy of the house, she lived on there for another 27 years" then it goes on the 6th Batonet never lived at WWP but died the following year - so it seems he owned the house, but his sister-in-law was in occupation as a tennant. It later states on the same page (58) the 7th baronet inheirited in 1863 but could not live at WWP because his aunt was in occupation, when the 7th baronet died in 1882 the old lady was still there. Page 59,"perhaps despairing of ever ejecting Lady Elizabeth from WWPhe returned to New Zealand...in 1889 came news of Lady Elizabeth's death and he returned to England to take possession". It appears they all owned the house, but had to wait for the 5th Baronet's widow to die. She was incidentally formerly Elizabeth Broadhead who married the 5th baronet in 1823.  I had better check now and make sure that ties in with what I wrote at WWP!. Regards Giano 10:21, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yep, the article seems OK according to my refs - The Knox book also list the 11th baronet's book of his family history in the Bibliography, odd that the man should have his own family history wrong. The Knox version sounds very plausible though. Giano 10:27, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

All right, I'll shut up now; but I do like it. Is that trick documented anywhere? Septentrionalis PMAnderson 02:14, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Deletion debate on ZIP codes
An tag has been placed on List of 56 ZIP codes and many other pages, requesting that they be deleted from Wikipedia. All Wikipedians can join the debate at Articles for deletion, where articles asserted to be inappropriate to Wikipedia are discussed. You are encouraged to submit your opinion, and remember that Articles for Deletion debates are not a vote. Please do not remove the deletion tag yourself, but don't feel inhibited from editing the article, particularly if doing so makes it clear that it is a useful contribution to an encyclopaedia. On behalf of Snowolf, my owner, Snowbot 16:21, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

thanks
never got round to thanking you for answering my query here [] - so thanks - excellent link - I wonder if there's an equivalent for the French royal offices... Adambrowne666 06:55, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Narrow gauge railways/narrow gauge railway redirects
Hi Choess, thanks for helping with the redirects fix. I think there may be a few more, but I should be able to get through them soon. Best, Gwernol 19:39, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Generals
Thank you and well done. How does one discover when an officer retired from active duty? Why would he later be promoted? - Kittybrewster  (talk) 22:30, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

George Harrison (civil servant)
Thanks for the info - I have now redirected as suggested ! Gulval 17:31, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

"Suggestions for a terse edit summary"
You're happy to accept them, but I can't tell whether you've seen them. Best regards, Bishonen | talk 03:31, 20 May 2007 (UTC).

Feedback sought on navboxes for the Susquehanna River system
Hi Choess, I know you work some on Rivers, but am not sure you watch the Wikiproject Rivers talk page. I would like to add a navbox to every stream in the Susquehanna River system and have made three different versions of possible navboxes to add, which I would appreciate any and all feedback on. The navboxes and some questions about them are here: User:Ruhrfisch/Frog. Since it is in User space you can add comments right in the page (it is one of my sandboxes, so I don't use the Talk page for it generally). Thanks in advance for any feedback, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 14:48, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Descent
There are many ways of showing that descent. E.g.:

Sir William Arbuthnot 2nd Bt –> Margaret Jean Duff –> Alexander Gordon Duff –> Edward Alexander James Duff –> Norwich Duff –> George Duff –> James Duff of Banff –> Alexander Duff of Hatton –> Patrick Duff of Craigston - > Alexander Duff of Keithmore –> Adam Duff of Clunybeg –> Margaret Gordon –> John Gordon –> Sir William Gordon of Gight –> Annabella Stewart –> James I. - Kittybrewster  (talk) 11:46, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Any interest in Cumberland Valley Railroad?
It needs a second set of eyes to look at it. Thanks for any help. Smallbones 15:07, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks Smallbones 10:14, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:S-ptd
Template:S-ptd has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — Waltham, The Duke of 14:00, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

You can see more about this here. The vote is not expected to be a thriller or anything; the Project only wishes to get rid of a redundant template.

Basically, I am afraid you should visit the Project's talk page more often; there are several issues that need to be dealt with. Right now it seems to be forgotten by almost all members of the Project.

Also, there is a working version of the /Guidelines subpage at User:The Duke of Waltham/SBS and any input, either a good idea or a simple comment, would be greatly appreciated.

Have a nice day.

Waltham, The Duke of

Lord Hume of Berwick
Hi Choess, Kittybrewster has suggested you as a possible intermediary in the dispute at the above page. I don't actually think the disagreements between myself and David Lauder are all that great, and a further viewpoint might help clear the log jam. Flozu 13:20, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Meetup
Dear Choess,

You have either attended or expressed interested in the previous NYC Meetup. I would like to invite you to the First Annual New York Wikipedian Central Park Picnic. R.S.V.P. @ Meetup/NYC -- Y not? 15:09, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Edwyn Burnaby
I have serious questions with regards the notability of this person. I have tried to discuss the issue but I have hot a stone wall. I am on the verge of AfDing the article because Astrotrain is impossible to have a rational discussion with and seems to be happy to log on every few days cause a bit of trouble and then go away and do the same a few days later. Can I have your input on this issue. regards--Vintagekits 13:28, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I too would appreciate your sound advice on this gentleman who by my yardstick is most definitely notable. If he is not, then it would seem to me that will be a que for thousands of deletions. David Lauder 20:25, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet
Please would you opine on his talk page re whether he was a PC. - Kittybrewster  (talk) 11:12, 16 June 2007 (UTC)