User talk:Dmvward

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 Hello, this is an invitation to join WikiProject Somerset.

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Notability of Community Safety Accreditation Scheme
Hello Dmvward, please see the tag I have placed on the above-captioned page and the note on the related talk page. Bongomatic (talk) 01:28, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

House of Bishops
I am just wondering, how is this not encyclopedic? Would a listing of past meetings be appropriate? Bearian (talk) 16:53, 13 March 2009 (UTC)


 * In two or three ways, I would suggest: (1) it said "The next meeting ... is taking place March 13-18, 2009" - given that it was written on 11 March, it was almost immediately going to become out of date. (2) Ref WP:NOTCRYSTAL, "All articles about anticipated events must be verifiable, and the subject matter must be of sufficiently wide interest that it would merit an article if the event had already occurred" - would the meeting be notable in its own right? (3) The article was about Houses of Bishops in general. It might be more relevant in an article about the American House of Bishops (ie in General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America), in the same way that the aricle on the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada includes both past venues and the date of the next one. Dmvward (talk) 12:15, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Bearian (talk) 16:26, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Local and Personal Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Thanks for this excellent article - I just saw it on the mainpage :). Do you have a personal interest in English/UK law? There are a couple of articles I'd like to get to a high quality that I'd appreciate another set of eyes on. Ironholds (talk) 07:22, 1 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I did a law degree (quite a few years ago, now) and still retain an interest. Happy to look at your articles (please signpost), though I make no guarantees that I can improve them! Dmvward (talk) 16:35, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks re Frome & ? other Somerset potential GAs
Thanks for your edits to Frome, Somerset & related pages. They have improved the articles (& dealt with some of my poor prose). Would you be interested in looking at Midsomer Norton which has also been nominated for GA? Are there any of the others described at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Somerset which you might be interested in working on? I have a vague personal aim about getting these to GA this year.&mdash; Rod talk 18:35, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Shepton Mallet GA!
Thanks for all your work on Shepton Mallet & congratulations on getting your first GA.&mdash; Rod talk 20:28, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Election court
Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Blues and twos content
There is really too much to be able to fit it in the Emergency vehicle lighting article - plus the content from Blues and twos relates to sirens as well. Can I suggest that you try to work some of your excellent additions to the explanations in Emergency_vehicle_lighting into Blues and twos? I would do it myself but seeing as you put the work into it I don't want to go and mess up the structure. ninety:one (reply on my talk) 17:47, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
 * You're quite right, but the detail that's needed to go into an adequate explanation justifies it being in a separate article - maybe move Blues and twos to Emergency vehicle equipment in the United Kingdom? Then it could include the equipment carried as well, which would pad it out a bit. Possibly even Emergency vehicles in the United Kingdom? Either way, Emergency_vehicle_lighting could be reduced to a summary, with a main link to wherever the content is. ninety:one (reply on my talk) 18:15, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

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DYK for Friendly Society Brasses
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DYK for Independent custody visitor
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DYK nomination of First-tier tribunal
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 * Thanks for your reply. I okay'ed your hook for First-tier Tribunal. Now, since Upper Tribunal is also a new article, could you suggest a hook for that in a separate nomination right after First-tier Tribunal, and I'll okay that, too? Yoninah (talk) 18:21, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK for First-tier Tribunal
Materialscientist (talk) 06:02, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Upper Tribunal
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DYK for Investigatory Powers Tribunal
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DYK for Courts of Jersey
Materialscientist (talk) 18:03, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Jersey topics
I note that Jersey has been created. Not sure where Windmills in the Channel Islands would fit in. Any ideas? Mjroots (talk) 12:14, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I've added it under Historic Sites. Thanks for mentioning this page. DavidWard  talk 12:26, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Somerset heritage at risk & cats
Hi, Looks like you are doing some good work on heritage/listed buildings at risk particularly Mendip - Thanks. Just a quick thought: you have added the cats Category:Grade II listed buildings in Somerset, Category:Listed buildings at risk in Somerset etc to village articles eg Holcombe, Somerset & Witham Friary. I have been advised in the past not to add building specific cats to village articles & only add them when the article is about the specific building. What do you think?&mdash; Rod talk 14:42, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi Rod. I wasn't sure about that. I noticed that Orchardleigh Estate had Grade II and Grade II* categories attached, although in fact the article covers several buildings (incl a Grade I church), so I sort-of assumed that it was Ok by extension. The difficulty (especially for the Grade IIs and the neglected buildings, such as those on at-risk registers) is whether the buildings are sufficiently notable in their own right to justify a whole new page. I think you've been creating new articles for lots of churches and other things, so would you recommend creating new pages for these buildings? Thanks. DavidWard  talk 17:18, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi David, The accepted norm seems to be Grade I & Grade II* are inherently notable and worth their own article. Grade IIs are if there are enough reliable sources to write a decent article & each is judged on its won merits. Most of the churches I've done have been I or II* with others in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust which tend to have reports about them which can be used as sources. If you need any help let me know.&mdash; Rod talk 18:08, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Michael Pitt (local government officer)


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Nomination of Frome Times for deletion
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Multiple wikilinks in same article
H, Thanks for wikilinking Conservators on Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, but does it need to be wikilinked 8 times in the same article?&mdash; Rod talk 12:58, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Bristol and Exeter Railway is wikilinked multiple times ... DavidWard  talk 13:01, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
 * That one shouldn't be either. My rule of thumb is once in the lead & then once the first time it occurs in the main body of the article - see WP:OVERLINK which says once (with exceptions for infoboxes, captions etc.&mdash; Rod talk 13:11, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

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Dead links on Friendly Society Brasses
A bot has visited Friendly Society Brasses and marked lots of the citations as dead external links to the Philip Hoyland site. I've looked but I can't find any archive versions - I was wondering if you had any alternatives which could be used for these facts?&mdash; Rod talk 20:01, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

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