User talk:Laura HiltonSmith at Leeds Uni Library

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Happy editing! creffett (talk) 13:47, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Lord B
Hallo Laura, Good to see someone from the Brotherton editing (I worked at Leeds Uni Library, both Edward Boyle and Brotherton, for many years until early-retiring in 2003). Just a couple of little points to remember:
 * Wikipedia doesn't use ordinals in dates, so Lord B's birth date has to be 1 April 1856 rather than 1st
 * Wikipedia uses straight quotes and apostrophes rather than slanted/curly ones: I've tweaked a couple of your apostrophes.

I see I created the original article on Lord B, a long time ago. I wonder whether "Brotherton Speciality Chemicals" still exists, as it seems to have done when I finished working on it in 2007. (I see that I didn't know better than to link dates, at that stage: some Wikipedias do, but not English wiki). Ah, I see from Companies House that the name Brotherton hung on until at least 2012: perhaps worth a mention?

Happy Editing! Pam D  18:18, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi Pam, Thanks for the pointers. It's good to hear from a fellow Leeds Uni library staff member, I've worked at Edward Boyle too in the past. I've made a few tweaks to the page, thanks again! Laura HiltonSmith at Leeds Uni Library (talk) 11:06, 28 August 2020 (UTC)