User talk:Iccaldwell

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Comb-structured
22-April-2007: Since Ada was designed so many decades ago (circa 1979), I assumed that "comb-structured" would be described under "structured programming" for the article ("Ada (programming language)‎"). However, I will add the term "comb-structured" as having multiple structure keywords define separate sections within a block, analogous to the multiple teeth or prongs in a comb separating sections of the comb. For example, the if-statement in Ada is a 4-pronged comb with keywords IF, THEN, ELSE, END IF. -Wikid77 08:56, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: International Computers Ltd.
The hangon template is used only to contest speedy deletions. That page isn't going to be deleted anytime soon. Cheers! east. 718 at 19:37, December 16, 2007

Staunton coordinates
Thanks for this correction. Sorry about the mixup. ;-) TimR (talk) 10:42, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Malvern and Motorways
I have reverted your deletion. In accordance with Wiki policy, please invite discussion before making unilateral deletions of major sections that do not conflict with  Wiki rules, and without fully understanding the reasons for their inclusion. Please see the article's talk page for reasoning. Kudpung (talk) 04:03, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Malvern, Worcestershire, Great Malvern
Gyromagician has done an excellent job  of editing down my section on Transport. I have cut the bulk of the Malvern Water section and created a new, dedicated, more informative page on it. I have suggested to  talk Giro, that  it  might be an idea to  create a Worcestershire project to  get  some interest  in tidying  up all  related articles, and getting maps and images. Maybe you would like to help with some of all this. --Kudpung (talk) 04:54, 27 May 2009 (UTC)


 * We got sufficient support already to make the formal project proposal which is now here: WikiProject Worcestershire While I was posting the invite template on many  article and editor talk pages, I was amazed at  the mess some of those other articles are (e.g. Redditch, Evesham, Bromsgrove, Kidderminster, etc.). We can be proud of what we have achieved already for the Malvern pages. Please continue to check the article-specific talk pages until the project has been approved. Thank you for your support. --Kudpung (talk) 23:31, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Malvern Water
I recently split off the Malvern Water from Malvern and created its own expanded article,  leaving  a shorter mention in Malvern. It's been tagged for POV and weasel words by an editor who appears to have  read only the first sentence. He did not leave the required explanation for his action. As I'm generally extremely careful what I write, I can't see what he is complaining  about. I wonder if I could impose on you to review the article, make any suggestions you think fit, and/or come out in support of it on its talk page. It certainly  doesn't lack any notability, and it's well referenced. Many thanks. --Kudpung (talk) 02:51, 31 May 2009 (UTC)


 * At my request the editor has now left  a comment. please take a look  ifyou  have time. Thanks.--Kudpung (talk) 04:43, 31 May 2009 (UTC)


 * There has bee an escalation of the drive-past  tagging. You  may  wish to  check out the developments on  the talk:Malvern Water discussion. --Kudpung (talk) 19:06, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Worcestershire
Hi lccalwell. We now have a draft project page for the official Worcestershire project. Please review it and feel free to make any  changes you  like without  further ado.--Kudpung (talk) 19:07, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Malvern
Thanks for keeping an eye open. Joytex seems to have a history of inappropriate contribs since joining  WP. --Kudpung (talk) 11:50, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Malvern
Hi! I've done all I can to the Malvern, Worcestershire article. I think there's a fair chance that  it  could soon  be nominated for GA. If  you  have time, please see Talk:Malvern, Worcestershire, check out  the article if you  can, and leave any  comments and suggestions there. If you  see any  obvious blunders, do  go  ahead and fix them. Thanks.--Kudpung (talk) 10:47, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Henwick
Henwick is the first village after the Worcester sunburb of St Johns on the railway line going  west from  Worcester to  Malvern. It had a very  small  railway station. In fact  when I  was a very young boy, the trains still  stopped there, including  Bransford Halt, and then Newland Halt, before arriving  at  Malvern Link.--Kudpung (talk) 10:07, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Pershore College
Hi ! An article you have created, contributed to,  or edited has been proposed for merging. Please see the discussion at  Talk:Pershore College,  and leave your comments there. Thanks.--Kudpung (talk) 10:33, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Evesham Technology
Hi ! It is suggested that a pre PROD, pre AfD, or pre Speedy discussion should take place before opening a deletion  process for  Evesham Technology. Please visit the article if you can, and leave your comments and suggestions at Talk:Evesham Technology--Kudpung (talk) 09:41, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Worcs project
Hi ! Please be sure to have these pages on  your watch  list. There may be movements on  them  concerning  articles or new articles that  you  may  wish  to edit or contribute to, but  may  not be already  watching.
 * WikiProject Worcestershire
 * Worcs related articles by type.
 * All Worcs related articles about people by ABC
 * List of all Schools in  Worcestershire --Kudpung (talk) 09:34, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

worcestershire project meeting
Worcestershire Project get-together I'm in the UK on  a rare trip to  my  home town in Worcestershire. If all or anyone from the project  would like to  meet  up, please let  me know. I'll be returning  to  Asia  on  3 October.--Kudpung (talk) 09:24, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Malvern
Hi, this is just to  let you  know that  I  have nominated Malvern, Worcestershire for reviewing  for GA, and thanks for your recent  vigilance against  vandalism. --Kudpung (talk) 17:37, 14 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi Iccaldwell! We now have a first review for GA. On  the whole it doesn't  look  too bad. As you know, I am a local resident in absentia, and as a published author, a 'prose artist', but  anything  you  can do  to  improve the language or address some of the more technical points as quickly  as possible would be much  appreciated. Any work on the new referencing system does not affect  the overall quality  and scope of the article for GA but  you  may  be able to put put some of the wrong referencing things right and offer some suggestions on the other points made by  the reviewer. It  would be great  for the Worcs project to have a GA of this envergure in its repertoire. See Talk:Malvern, Worcestershire -  and Happy  New Year!--Kudpung (talk) 05:41, 2 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi, we've all had a go  at  the recommended improvements for GA. Would someone care to  have a final  proof read please? See comments on Talk:Malvern, Worcestershire/GA1--Kudpung (talk) 14:18, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Worcestershierre, Warwickshierre, Yorkshierre, and Everyshierre.
Hello ! A non-British user seems to be attempting to  suggest that the Brits are not  pronouncing  their own British  place names  correctly,  and appears to  believe that  it  is a policy of Wikipedia to  instruct  the Brits, through  the use of the IPA, how British English  should be pronounced. He/she also seems to be of the  opinion that it is Wikipedia policy to regard British English by default as a rhotic  language, which it is not. Some British Wikipedians are trying to avoid an edit conflict and have requested my support. I have added my comments to the debate the non-British user has  has started in  defence of his/her multiple, unilateral (bold?) changes to IPA pronunciations of British place names. As a professional linguist I accord every version  of English  its own particular merits and  my  position here strictly concerns the way in  which  the IPA is interpreted and applied in the Wikipedia, and how the current policy may need to be changed through a truly representative consensus. If you would like to  help  resolve this issue,  please see User talk:Kudpung and User talk:Lfh to  get  the background. Maybe you could then chime in with your views on the subject at Wikipedia talk:IPA for English. Thanks. --Kudpung (talk) 17:43, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

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The WikiProject Worcestershire Newsletter No. 1 - January 2010

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Welcome to the first WikiProject Worcestershire newsletter
If you are not yet a member of the The Worcestershire project, you  are probably receiving  this because you  have significantly  contributed to  one of our pages. Now is the time to consider joining - it  might help you get some assistance on a page you feel particularly attached to it. Someone once asked on the project page if they  could get  a newsletter. The Worcestershire project only has a few members and they  most  probably  have the project  pages and major articles on  their watchlists, but  here goes anyway...

This year has got off to  great start  with  the promotion  of Malvern, Worcestershire to Good Article status. The GA review process was particularly strict and demanding, and a good thing too, because it sets a benchmark for the quality to be targeted for other articles in  the project, even if we do  not  intend to  reach  GA with  them. Furthermore, and probably most important, this particular review clearly demonstrated what can be achieved with teamwork, and it puts the page on a par with  biggies such as Manchester,  one of the Wikipedia's flagship English settlement articles. Anyone can go ahead and create an article, and some articles have a major contributor, but it would have been impossible for Malvern to have been promoted without the extraordinary collaborative effort of a dedicated few, spread across three continents in very different time zones, and sometimes tripping over each other at all times of the day and night  to  get  the article up  to  snuff.
 * Great news for 2010!

Since the Worcs project was founded   barely  seven months ago on  8 June last  year, in  addition  to  the creation and maintenance of  the project  pages themselves. a lot of work has already been done by  the Worcs project  members, including the creation  of stubs for most of the missing  settlements  in  the county, creation and improvement  work on  Malvern Water, creation  and expansion  of articles on important  schools and one or two biographies in  the county, and general repetitive tasks such as keeping spam and vandalism  at  bay.
 * Recently founded

All the members of the project have their own specialised fields of interest of course, such  as French wine, schools, Lancashire, the Malverns, cricket, Magnetic Resonance Imaging,  busses, castles,  waterways, or Spike Milligan. However, they all have a common denominator somewhere that  brings them together in  Worcestershire. The Worcestershire project mainly concerns settlements. Perhaps after the success of Malvern, the immediate priority now is to  improve the articles that  really  ought  to  be the flagships of the project, namely  Worcester, and Worcestershire. These two are, sadly, some of the articles in the worst state. They have been created long ago and expanded over time by  a great many  shingle-edit authors and IPs.
 * Experts!

A possible suggestion would be to take one of those rather shoddy  pages, probably  Worcester, the county  seat, or the project's eponymous article Worcestershire and do  a Malvern job  on it. Such a concerted piece of teamwork  might  even earn the project  another major GA - and we now know it  can be done!
 * So wotnow? (pun)

Meet up
An attempt at a meet up failed last year - mainly  either because some of the most active members of the project  live in  other countries, or the timing  wasn't  quite right. We can have another attempt in  April, when Kudpung  will  be back in  Malvern for his dad's 90th birthday, and hopefully  this will coincide with  a home trip  to the UK for GyroMagician.

Talk
The place to make your suggestions and dicscuss it all is  HERE - be sure to have the page on  your watchlist!

Currently there are two featured articles in Worcestershire.
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Priority Articles
The top priority articles have been identified as probably being:

The number has been kept deliberately low to give us a fighting chance of improving them to at least GA status, so we can concentrate our efforts on these first. Priorities are not set in stone and if you would like to discuss changes, please join in at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Worcestershire.
 * Worcester • Worcestershire • Bromsgrove • Redditch • Kidderminster • Pershore • Malvern College • Malvern St James • Droitwich • tenbury Wells and the suite of former QinetiQ establlishments: * TRE • RSRE • DERA

Other priorities: These lists will help:
 * The recommended priority by kind is for creation/improvement of complete articles is:
 * 1) Places in the county
 * 2) Schools in the county (Particularly susceptible to  vandalism - please keep  them  on  your watch lists if possible).
 * 3) Transport in the county
 * 4) Notable buildings/objects/geo features/AONB/Heritage sites, etc. in the county
 * 5) History in the county
 * 6) Industry & Commerce in the county.
 * 7) People in the county - NOTE: These all need the Worcs project  banner adding  to their talk pages, and assessing.
 * 8) County related articles about things not actually in the county, and/or other related projects.
 * All Worcs related articles by ABC
 * Worcs related articles by type.
 * All Worcs related articles about people by ABC
 * List of all Schools in  Worcestershire
 * List by Class & Importance: Page 1 All categories except people (not yet  tagged with  WP banner)
 * List by Class & Importance: Page 2 All categories except people (not yet  tagged with  WP banner).

New Aims
Specific aims for the project are:-

Use the watchlist to keep an eye on changes to the project's articles so that vandalism and spamming can be removed as quickly as possible. Some of our articles need their infoboxes completing infobox.
 * Monitor
 * Infoboxes

Please remember that the list of stubs needing expansion is always in need of attention. Please take a look and see if you can help. One small edit, such as adding a reference section and reference, to an article each session would make a big difference. If you  a re uploadiing  an image, be sure  it has a correct FUR, and that  you  have preferably  already  created a link  on  the page where you  want  it to  be.
 * References

Please be careful when performing articles moves and check if anyone seems to be in the middle of doing the same thing. If he; she, or they are, stop and have a chat about it. Otherwise you may  be unintentionally duplicating or reverting each  other's work. This is particularly important  if an article is currently under a  GA review. image may be deleted as it has an incorrect FUR.
 * Moves, merges, and multiple edits

Guidelines

 * How to write about settlements
 * How to write about counties
 * How to write about rivers
 * How to write about people

'''Would you like to join the WP:WORCS?? Please enter yourself at WP:WORCS! - new editors are always welcome!'''

Happy Wikying, all the best  for 2010, and special thanks again all round for the efforts of  the Malvern taskforce, and to everyone else who  has contributed to our articles.

Imprint Written by User:Kudpung, WP:WORCS Based on an original layout & content by WP:YORKS '''


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Worcester
Hi ! an article you have contributed to, has been selected for the Wikipedia Version 0.8. offline release on DVD and iPhone. If you would like to make any last minutes changes or improvements, you are most welcome to do so. Deadline is midnight UTC on Monday, 11 October. See also: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Worcestershire/Archive 1.--Kudpung (talk) 04:43, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Worcestershire
Hi ! an article you have contributed to, has been selected for the Wikipedia Version 0.8. offline release on DVD and iPhone. If you would like to make any last minutes changes or improvements, you are most welcome to do so. Deadline is midnight UTC on Monday, 11 October. See also: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Worcestershire/Archive 1 for other selected articles you  may  wish to  update.--Kudpung (talk) 05:13, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Evesham GAC
Hi Iccaldwell. Evesham is now nearing Good Article quality  and will  shortly  be nominated for review. If you have anything  to  contribute than  can  improve its scope or quality, please do  not  hesitate to  chip  in.. Thanks. --Kudpung (talk) 09:34, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

WP:WORCS
Hi Iccaldwell. In order to more accurately  interpret Wikipedia policy, it has been suggested that  we rename the Malvern, Worcestershir page. Please see the proposal at Talk:Malvern, Worcestershire where you are welcome to voice your opinion. --Kudpung (talk) 13:49, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

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Newsletter WikiProject Worcestershire
Worcestershire - one of England's oldest and still existing (with some minor boundary changes) ceremonial and political shires, famous for its nearly 1000 year old cathedral, the River Severn, the AONB of the Malvern Hills, some of the oldest schools in the country, England's fastest growing university, apples, pears, cider and cricket, and of course its world famous sauce. The Wikiproject is now in need of some attention. Created 12 years ago, this project amassed a huge resource for editors working on all kinds of articles and categories related in some way or another to the county. Kudpung is more or less retired from Wikipedia getting on for 2 years ago and it would be good if a group of editors could get it up to date and continue to maintain it. Opt out of this message list here. WikiProject Worcestershire 14:14, 24 September 2021 (UTC)