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Edit of Metro High School
Hello whoever you are. The reason it was copied and pasted was because I wanted to do a outline of what it should look like and come back and edit it. I did it out of boredom and to also state more information about MY Alma mater, my school. IDK if u went their but obviously their isn't enough information about how great our school is or what we do. So take your college education from Truman and shove it because you have no life if all you do is spend time reading what other people do. I hope your resolution is to get a life in 2012. Thanks, and have a happy new year! ElizaFawn (talk) 05:05, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Georg Christian Lehms
Thank you for that wonderful beginning of a new year: filling a red link that I forgot to set! An overdue fellow who probably deserves a DYK of his own, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:37, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
 * What do you think about translating this wonderful statement (front page):
 * Teutschlands Galante Poetinnen Mit Ihren sinnreichen und netten Proben; Nebst einem Anhang Ausländischer Dames / So sich gleichfalls durch Schöne Poesien Bey der curieusen Welt bekannt gemacht, und einer Vorrede. Daß das Weibliche Geschlecht so geschickt zum Studieren / als das Männliche / ausgefertiget Von Georg Christian Lehms, Franckfurt am Mayn / Zu finden bey Samuel Tobias Hocker. Gedruckt bey Anton Heinscheidt / Anno 1715.
 * attempt:
 * Germany's Galant Poetesses / with their sensible and nice examples; adding an appendix of foreign ladies / who also made themselves known by Beautiful Poetry to the interested world, and a preface. That the female gender is as talented to study / as the male / written By Georg Christian Lehms, Franckfurt am Mayn / To be found at Samuel Tobias Hocker. Printed by Anton Heinscheidt / Anno 1715.
 * ? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:35, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for idiomatic translations of th cantata titles! I only wonder about "faces fill with laughter" for "Mund voll Lachens", anyway, may your face fill with laughter! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:34, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Gerda, but sometimes a little poetic license is called for. In English "mouths full of laughter" sounds very awkward. Trust me. Moonraker (talk) 19:04, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I trust you, just want to learn. Starts with "Unser Mund" is a singular, doesn't work in English, right? I so far took available translations, more easily referenced, I didn't investigate much - lack of time ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:04, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I expanded BWV 13, on time (for next Sunday), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:51, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Georg Christian Lehms
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that one and the next, BWV 44 is in bad shape, almost worse than nothing, I'll see what I can do. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:55, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Fleming nominated, feel free to improve or suggest ALT, unusual hook: no link but the poet, first ever like that, (link on the talk). If I read the source quoted, I understand five years in Russia and Persia altogether. Is there a different source? Or a different understanding? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:24, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, there's sure to be a better source than that one. I understood it as five years altogether. I'll try to find a more reliable source tomorrow, but must go now, I have an early start tomorrow. Moonraker (talk) 23:37, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I did basics for BWV 44, but that's it for today, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:41, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I didn't link Russia and Persia because they are different today, we'll see what happens, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:45, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Dürr says that the hymn "In allen meinen Taten" was written at the beginning of a long and dangerous journey, and has more stanzas related to that. Can you follow that path? I will expand the cantata, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:59, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Cantata improved, please check, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:15, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Gardiner says it was in 1633 the journey to Moscow (p7), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:37, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Thomas Alexander Barns
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Hi there! thanks for the welcome, always nice to get one! :) Also thanks for the help, I appreciate it. And I hope you find my edit accurate and informing. :) KeithMoony — Preceding unsigned comment added by KeithMoony (talk • contribs) 01:40, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Ok thanks! KeithMoony (talk) 02:30, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Daisy
No thespian blood I'm afraid, but I do know a theatre journalist in London. I've pasted your question into an email to him and if he comes up with anything I'll let you know. Ericoides (talk) 14:15, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * In his reply he says that he knows nothing of her and that she would make a good subject for a mystery drama. He recommends the Theatre and Performance Archives at the V&A... So something of a dead end, I'm afraid, although you could ring the V&A or pop in if you're ever in town. Ericoides (talk) 14:48, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Paul Fleming (poet)
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Stonehenge
I went to see Stoneheange a few years ago and just finished writing a book about called "Canada's Stonehenge" by University of Alberta's former Gordon R. Freeman, which I found most interesting. . . I will tries ge rigorous about talk page guidelines and signing my posts. Many thanks. cbl — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cblambert (talk • contribs) 06:24, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks from Cumæus! :-)
Dear Moonraker, thank you for your personal welcome to Wikipedia. I get very warm vibes of sympathy from you (at least I hope so), and my feeling is reciprocal. From what you say about your spelling preferences, you must certainly know what it is like to try and defend a long-standing, traditional spelling practice against the roller of the pensée unique that stems from sadly prevalent ignorance. I've had a look at your interests, and I see even even more points in common. Your interest in exonyms (another endangered species) is certainly shared. Very best wishes, Cumæus (talk) 00:52, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

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Daisy Burrell
Apart from the fact that she attended the Guildhall School (which I've added, but slightly too early in the article I now realise on second thoughts) I can find nothing useful about Miss Burrell, I'm sorry to say. The Musical Times doesn't say when she was at the GSM, but I imagine it would be in her late teens and early twenties. Tim riley (talk) 11:42, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Reviewed and liked! BWV 125 needs a review ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:42, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for exquisite improvement! (In prep, pictured.) I liked the funny song, and Mandarax fixed the formalities, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:12, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Musical theatre
Hi. I see that you have begun editing lots of musical theatre articles. Thanks for all of your contributions! Please see the Article structure page at WP:MUSICALS for some editing guidelines that musical theatre project members have suggested for these articles. For example, in cast lists, generally we do not list chorus roles, except that we list very famous people who were in a chorus, for example Binnie Hale in Houp La!. Please list the name of the character on the left, and the name of the actor on the right. Generally, we give only one cast list - if multiple casts were particularly notable, sometimes we make a table where we can efficiently add their names. See, for example, Carousel (musical). Otherwise, we mention the notable performers in the "Productions" section as part of the description of each major production. Let me know if you have any questions. Please also see the article called Edwardian musical comedy. You might like to join the WP:MUSICALS project. All the best! -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:20, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Citation format
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 * Thanks for your encouragement. On the citation format, so far as I'm aware the one you prefer is an American scientific format, and I have to say I dislike it and don't use it in starting a new article. I don't think there is any Wikipedia policy to impose it on all articles? Will copy question to your talk page. (What I should, of course, do, is to make more effort to be consistent with the citations in an existing article.) Regards, Moonraker (talk) 20:32, 30 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi. I think it's required, not optional, to cite last names first.  See: the examples in WP:CITE.  Here are more examples with recommended styles: Citing sources/Example style.  The other things I mentioned are, I believe, optional, so long as a consistent style is chosen for a particular article.  See also WP:CITEVAR.  Nevertheless, I do think it makes sense to try to figure out the usual style adopted for a particular kind of article on Wikipedia and to try to fit in with it, even if you would generally prefer a different style in, say, your blog.  For example, the kind of punctuation preferred by the MOS is not always what I would prefer, but I have learned to conform to it, over the past 6 years, since it helps all the editors on the project to use a consistent style.  I can also say from experience that if you wish to get an article promoted to FA, the recommended style will be pretty much required there.  All the best -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:19, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Cast lists
Sure, you can raise issues like this at the talk page for WP:MUSICALS. The current guideline says: "Long, detailed descriptions of characters are not needed (unless necessary to convey the story-line). Rather at the first mention of an important character in the Synopsis, some effort should be made to convey the personality or characteristics of the character. If a story is complex and the characters confusing, then a list of principal characters may be given." (emphasis mine) See our Article Structure page.

Personally, as you may have guessed, I think it is and has been a capital idea to limit cast lists to principal roles (with significant solo singing or speaking) and notable choristers. This has been done in the vast majority of our 3,117 musical theatre articles. Lots of lines that are drawn on Wikipedia are subjective - that's why we are "editors": we are expected to make editorial decisions to present selected information of encyclopedic importance. This is, I think, an excellent extension of the basic principle of WP:NOT. -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:28, 30 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I wish to note, by the way, that I admire your research, and I think you are doing excellent work in mining resources for high quality new content. -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:36, 30 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Would you kindly leave a note on the Houp La! talk page explaining why you feel that including the full list (instead of saying something like "Circus performers and chorus girls") is needed to throw light on "the nature of the show", so that other editors can understand your thinking? It could help us to achieve a WP:CONSENSUS on the issue.  Thanks.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:19, 30 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Per your note on my page, I copied the relevant parts of the conversation to the article talk page. Please review and feel free to amplify your opinions if you like.  I think that we agree on more than we disagree on, and if other editors agree with you, I will not be worried.  Just to lay out my case as clearly as I can, I agree with you that it is merely a question of line drawing.  I think that if, at a later date, someone writes an article about one of the people who played a minor role and who later became a notable star, then that person's name can be added and blue-linked at that time.  Most of these people never became famous, and therefore, IMO, including their names is clutter.  But let's see if other editors feel moved to comment at Talk:Houp La!. All the best.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 01:07, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Money trail
Hi, need some help with Money trail. Some IPs, most recently 68.30.206.210, are determined to kill that chart. -72.37.249.60 (talk) 17:40, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Houp-La!
Thank you for your kind words. If you have a moment, could you see my question on the article talk page about the date of the Play Parade issue? I may need to amend the details on the load-up pages of the images. Tim riley (talk) 18:08, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Skyscraper
I have left a link at Talk:Skyscraper (horse) which gives reliable details on Skyscraper's racing career. Good luck.  Tigerboy1966  14:13, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Peace and joy
BWV 125 with the pic you cropped so nicely became significant for me, it will leave the Main page shortly, but is featured prominently - and there to stay - on my user page, Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin (With peace and joy I depart), - as in 2011 "... that Bach has a trumpet tell God's glory in cantata Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76, first performed in the Thomaskirche (pictured), but oboe d'amore and viola da gamba express "brotherly devotion"? Brotherly devotion! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:59, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Daisy Burrell
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DYK for Ida Adams
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DYK for Houp La!
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 * Just smiled at the next one, brightened my day(s) considerably. Forgive the delay, please, I was/am in deep ..., context. Thank you for getting Brotherly devotion in my TOC, that helped also, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:34, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
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DYK for Little Nellie Kelly (musical)
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DYK for William Fawcett (author)
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Just to say an awesome improvement. Job's a goodun! IdioC (talk) 15:04, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

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Listed buildings in Wales
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Eugene De Rosa
Sorry about the "distractingly dainty" - DYK is not a good place for me to expound on my personal stylistic preferences. I did check for a NY Times obituary, but couldn't find it. I did however find 50 some articles (most being sold for $3 each!) that mention De Rosa. The first might be in 1919, and the last on May 24, 1945. Note that just because his name is in the paper and it's not an obit - doesn't mean that he was necessarily alive. A pure guess here - he should have had an obit in one of the NY papers, but maybe he died on an otherwise big news days - perhaps VJ Day. All the best in your quest. Smallbones (talk) 17:18, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

BUILDING PLANS FILED 43T: to cabaret: Lenox-132d St Coip, 477 Lenox Ave, owner: Eugene De Rosa, architect: cost. SIO,000. Henry St, 160; to tenement; Hnr-Al Realty Co, 33 Lr 42d ... May 24, 1945

Sicily
Thanks for copyediting my additions to Sicily. Jeez, I feel really embarrassed: I managed to drop no less than 15 the's in a single paragraph; I thought my English was better than that. Obviously, I'm not a native speaker and my mother tongue has no articles... No such user (talk) 10:52, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

William Redgrave
Dear Moonraker

I am trying to revert back to the changes this wikipedia article as it is about my dad and I am adding some important info. Is it being corrected because of the links that no longer work? Ant help much appreciated. 20thcenturysculpture (talk) 15:29, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Alcock's Arabian
I'll certainly take a look and see if I can add anything; the fact that he is the ancestor of all grey Thoroughbreds is definitely be DYK-worthy. It would be worth asking User:Froggerlaura as well. The records from those days are very thin as you know. I do know that the horse got a mention in an episode of QI, which could probably be added.  Tigerboy1966  00:47, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

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 * Passion: He was despised --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:33, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

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DYK Sforza Hours nomination
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Werner Schuster (politician)
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 * Great!!! Thanks (H W-Z)! I never met him but have sung in choir with his wife, St. Matthew Passion first, Verdi Requiem (pictured) last, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:34, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * My pleasure. I should go and do some work now... Moonraker (talk) 07:37, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * See also: Unionskirche Idstein: Moshi, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:32, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * flute, soprano student, wheelchair, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:20, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Die Freundin
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DYK for Alcock's Arabian
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New account
Owing to a password cock up, I am not Simple Bob any more, but Bob Re-born. Thanks for the message on my talk page. I'll take a look at the CfD. --Bob Re-born (talk) 16:45, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

XfD notification spam
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 * I for one was really grateful that Moonraker notified me as I had not seen the discussion, but had participated in a previous CFD on a similar topic the week before. As it happens I took a view that is the polar opposite of Moonraker's in the discussion - yet I was still invited to participate. If what Moonraker did was canvassing, then it is a good thing. --Bob Re-born (talk) 19:25, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I didn't say that it was canvassing. But it sure was as spammy as a very spammy thing! -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 21:17, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * You may gather from my actions that I loathe spam and spammers, but in this case it was not spam but a good service to fellow wikipedians. Let's agree to differ. --Bob Re-born (talk) 21:49, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * The other side of the coin, BrownHairedGirl, is that you nominated twenty categories for renaming and did not notify any of the creators of them. I am one of those and found out about the discussions by chance, I think while updating the list at User:Moonraker/OF. Moonraker (talk) 05:36, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Ictis
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A barnstar for you!
Yeah it does sound like Dr. Evil would have a "base" on the evil island LOL.♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:35, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Article ownership
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Cfds quotes.
Do you realise quotes from you have been used by BrownHairedGirl in several recent category discussions? For example see March 6 and subsequent discussions. Cjc13 (talk) 23:31, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * If no one opposes then the changes will go through. Even a short note in the discussion would help. There are a lack of sources for the changes, as required by WP:NDESC. Cjc13 (talk) 13:03, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

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Ardens Grafton
Moonraker, thanks for the contribution to Ardens Grafton with the photo but unfortunately its of Temple Grafton on Church Bank looking towards St Andrews church the spire of which you can see behind the trees. I have undone the addition accordingly.Argrogan (talk) 12:17, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your note, I have added the image to Temple Grafton. I have never been nearer to either of these Graftons than Stratford, where the photographer (W. A. Smith) was from. His error has stood on the record for more than a hundred years, waiting for you to correct it. Moonraker (talk) 18:19, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

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Hello Moonraker, Thanks for the Cat:HM of Doon school but there is a minor fault. It should be HM of The Doon School with the 'The' included just like Alumni of THe Doon School. Would you mind if i just make it HM of The Doon School from HM of the DOon School? Thanks! Merlaysamuel : Chat  10:09, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi, I have taken the liberty to rename the category. Now it's at Category:Headmasters of The Doon School just like List of The Doon School alumni or Category:The Doon School alumni. I hope you don't mind. If anything, it saved you from a bit of work. I apologise if i shouldn't have done it. Merlaysamuel : Chat  13:51, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

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hey Moonraker, you've got a problem in your article, he died in 1999 June, not in 2005. Well if you want proof you can search more, but here it is, i'm his grandson! Okay? please re-edit and if there is any other problem to i'll check! THANKS — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lt. (Retd) Ghulam Jilani Khan (talk • contribs) 09:53, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

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I'm happy to discuss this subject until I bring you around on it, although I hope your comment on war was merely in jest. As of now, we have no article on Romanian or Moldovan villages (well, except the one you created, but we'll leave that aside for the moment); rather, the villages are mentioned in the articles on the parent communes and redirected to those articles. The idea is that when content is added on villages, it should be done as sections in the commune articles, rather than having them split off. A couple of examples: Coronini, Berzasca, Bazna. As for why this should be so:


 * Romanian villages are informal units that are, in essence, neighborhoods of communes, and are not administrative subdivisions of any kind. And this where the commune itself only hosts thousands of inhabitants at best. In other words, their notability is enough to warrant mention in the commune articles, but not (I would argue) enough for a separate article.
 * All relevant information on villages can invariably fit into commune articles. Moreover, it makes far more sense to present all information in a single, reasonably long coherent article that answers most questions in one place rather than spreading it through several small articles, all of them assuming that the readers already know how one article relates to the other. It makes far more sense to have 3000 (mostly) stubs on communes that can be expanded than 13,000 permanent stubs on villages. Multiple articles on essentially the same topic are by nature redundant and cumbersome.
 * In 95% of cases, commune A will have villages A, B, C, etc. Do you propose we distinguish village A from commune A in two separate articles, and more to the point, why take that pedantic step, a step tantamount to content forking? In practical terms, why have Fundata Commune, Fundata, Braşov, Fundăţica and Şirnea, sending readers scurrying all over the place, when everything there is to be said about the three villages and the commune fits comfortably at Fundata? Moreover, Fundata Commune would be bound to remain an empty shell, saying little more than "Fundata is a commune in Braşov County, Romania".

I am the first to say we should have relevant content on Romanian villages. What we face, however, is a technical disagreement on how best to present the information. I hope I have begun to lay out an effective case for having villages accessed by redirect and merger and sectioning in one coherent article, as opposed to chopping them up into separate stubs. I'm familiar with the "all villages are notable" mantra, and in principle I agree, but it does not automatically follow that "all villages are notable enough for a separate article, regardless of all other considerations".

As for what ro.wiki does: well, that's more or less an example of how not to do things. They do indeed spread out content between Fundata, Brașov, Fundățica, Brașov, Șirnea, Brașov and the permanent shell article Comuna Fundata, Brașov, but there's really no logic to that.

At least we agree on Powell; it is indeed sad that neither men of his calibre nor those of (on the opposite end of the mainstream) Michael Foot still stride across the political stage. On at least two major issues ("Europe" and immigration), Powell seems oddly prophetic nowadays. - Biruitorul Talk 21:34, 13 April 2012 (UTC)


 * If you look over those hits, you will find that the majority either do not refer to Sirnea village or are unusable, but that's not the issue here. The main issues are outlined above, and cannot simply be waved away. Does it not make far more sense to present all information in a single, reasonably long coherent article that answers most questions in one place rather than spreading it through several small articles, all of them assuming that the readers already know how one article relates to the other? Do you propose we distinguish Fundata village from Fundata commune in two separate articles, and more to the point, why fork and leave ourselves with a permanent shell article? Why have 13,000 permanent stubs when we can have 3,000 that at least have potential and clear standalone notability? Why not present relevant information in one place rather than dividing it into random stubs on informal subdivisions of communes with perhaps a few hundred inhabitants and no administrative authority? Why not preserve relevant information but have it easily accessible where it belongs through redirects? These issues are salient and best thought through carefully before an experiment such as yours is embarked upon. In other words, Οχι! - Biruitorul Talk 22:54, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

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with regards to your recent edit to Walter Hungerford of Farleigh which added the article to Category:High Sheriffs of Wiltshire. Last year I was involved in a discussion about the difference between Sheriffs of a county and High Sheriffs. It turns out that until 1974 the office was known as Sheriff. It was renamed High Sheriff under the Local Government Act 1972 and became effective on 1 April 1974. So should we split the category into two with perhaps a subcategory of Sheriff for appointments before 1974? -- PBS (talk) 13:38, 27 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I did not know that there were more sheriffs in the category Wiltshire than the others, it was just that your edit popped up on my watch-list and it was simpler to use that as a test case. I really do not want to take on the role of sorting out all the lists and categories, as my only real interest is in some of the biographies that link to the High Sheriff articles (although one article I did move was Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire because the office ceased to exist before 1974). I was hoping that perhaps you could talk to Plucas58 and come up with a solution for the backlog. I would be willing to be an indian in that solution but I don't want to a chief. -- PBS (talk) 14:23, 27 April 2012 (UTC)


 * One other related list which I am interested in, but have not yet had the inclination to follow through is List of Sheriffs of London, which is probably a year out for most of the middle ages (see the talk page and the Dick Whittington example). -- PBS (talk) 14:23, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

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 * There seems to be a degree of duplication here? Moonraker (talk) 03:11, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

plz don't edit war, bring it to the talk page if you are reverted. --KarlB (talk) 03:30, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

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One fact that you included was that he arrived at Ellis Island in 1894. I have documentation that he, Jerry, and their mother arrived in 1897. However, I have been unable to find anything on the arrival of my grandfather. While clearly he arrived before my grandmother and uncles, I'm intrigued by your date of 1894. Can you tell me where you found that information?

Also, there were six children:  Eugene (1889), Jerry (1891), Felix (1898), Vincent (1900?), John (1905), and Sylvia (1907). Also, I'm almost certain that he did not depart for Europe after the 1929 Crash. I do know that he lived for awhile with my Aunt Sylvia and in an apartment somewhere in the New York area. I'll see both my DeRosa first cousins this summer; they'll know.

I'm very eager to hear any information that you can share with me. Fred — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wordtech (talk • contribs) 21:41, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

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If you like: „Die seit 1929 verzeichneten künstlerischen Ereignisse geben nun ein so überwältigendes Zeugnis lebendigster Anteilnahme des Chores und seiner Führung an den allgemeinreligiösen, liturgischen, kirchenmusikalischen und allgemeinkulturellen Belangen dieser Zeit ...“ (1962) for this, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:12, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
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What a pleasant surprise to find this new article. Hall houses. An early Christmas present!

Over at Little Moreton Hall we have been pushing for a FA and it merit a visit. One of the wiki-lacuna was an authoritative article on screens passage, the link of which results in a redirect so I see common interest there.

It is early days yet- but I was struck by the brief discussion of infill in the later alterations section. undefined deals with infills in some depth and indeed their example looks to have started as a hall house- generally infill was done with what ever material was available locally- in Essex it was brick in Cheshire mud (cob) and in York wattle and mud (daub).

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 * I'm not sure how it would fit in, but you might want to have a look at Temple Manor a first-floor hall. It's unusual (scheduled ancient monument, grade I listing) in that it was apparently built as a manor and way-station for the Knights Templar.  Possibly not quite domestic enough for you.  I'll be honest, I've just written it! Martin of Sheffield (talk) 11:09, 17 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Also look at Stoneacre which I'm currently expanding from a stub. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 12:53, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

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Everest 53
Hello, Good that you've started this; it's been a gaping hole for a while. Just a quick query: my Thompson quote has Tenzing being awarded the GC but the Tenzing page states it's a GM. Online sources seem divided. There must be an official record for this, a Gazette sort of thing. Any idea? Ericoides (talk) 17:35, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Re Band, I originally considered oil etc engineer per his wiki page, but my feeling is that Hunt would have mentioned this. All he says re Band profession-wise (and he is meticulous about recording precisely what all the members were doing at the time) is: "He had just taken his degree at Cambridge and was the ex-President of the Mountaineering Club of that University."
 * Well done on the GM sleuthing. I've added two more members, whom Hunt states were sponsored by the Medical Research Council and Countryman Films Ltd. Unfortunately he doesn't give their ages. I'm quite busy at the mo, so we'll have to see who starts that HC page first. Ericoides (talk) 09:09, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks for the seasons greetings Moonraker - cheers Victuallers (talk) 12:22, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

1000 award thanks, I did wonder why I didn't get it officially!!! Excellent work on the 1953 expedition, one of those how is it possible this is missing moments, like I had with Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary and more recently with In Your Own Sweet Way. Incidentally I'm spending Christmas at my moonbase!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  12:09, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
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Did you notice that "she" reached the stats? Quality article! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:14, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

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