User talk:Northsword

Goodrich Castle...
Hi! I've temporarily reverted the edits you made to Goodrich Castle - you'll need to explain where the information about the name comes from (e.g. a book, or an article etc. - where you found the information) so that it can be verifiable. If you need any help or advice with this, just drop me a message on my home page, or leave a message here and I'll keep an eye out for it.Hchc2009 (talk) 18:35, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the feedback. This is the only way I can message you unless you can supply an email.My email is eactionnet@aol.com

I have made the change as I discovered that the castle was called Guthridge Castle in 1645 as reported in The Wye Tour or Gilpin on the Wye By Rev T.D, Fosbrooke (author of British Monachims – The History of Gloucestershire) 1818 On page 38 of his book he gives a report of the Siege of Goorich Castle copied from newspapers of the day, 17th March 1645.In the newspaper report of the time the author clearly refers to this castle as Guthridge or Gutheridge Castle as it was known locally at that time. Sir Henry Linger is referred to as the Governor of Guthridge Castle. In his reports Sir Henry Linger refers to the castle as Guthridge Castle. Copies of the 1645 newspaper report, referred to in the 1818 reference can be found at following website: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=W3ZHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA43&lpg=PA43&dq=Guthridge+Castle&source=bl&ots=A8Af8GMYJk&sig=uZPBTrK-R6Gxk8mL1JI-XZP-x7Q&hl=en&ei=4fqaTdXrMoq8cILZ3eIF&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CEYQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Guthridge%20Castle&f=false


 * Cheers - to leave me a message, you should be able to click on my "talk" label and the equivalent to your user talk will appear and you can edit there. In terms of the article, interesting - there seems to be a set of variants on the contemporary 17th century spelling of Goodrich, which is what you've got here. The same seems to apply to the family name Goodrich (as a surname) as well. What I've done, rather than adding it in at the top, is added it as a footnote for the 17th century, and added the book you've listed above into the bibliography, with an OCLC number and the weblink. See what you think. Hchc2009 (talk) 17:05, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Incidentally (should have said this earlier!), if you're interested in Goodrich because you like castles, you might find the WikiProject on Military history interesting; alternatively, if you've got an interest in Herefordshire, try the Herefordshire project. The Military History project is one of the more active on Wikipedia, the Herefordshire one is a bit quieter. Hchc2009 (talk) 17:29, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the inclusion and while this is very much appreciated, I do think that the information should at least be included in the body of the text preferably in the first paragraph. Thank you again.


 * I've added it to the main body of the text as per your suggestion, but I'm don't think it needs to be in the lead paragraph (for the same reason that the lead doesn't mention Godric's Castle and the other early names). Hchc2009 (talk) 18:00, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

OK appreciate your involvement and what you have done.


 * Thanks for contributing, and I hope you carry on with the wiki with this or other articles. As per the above, if I can help at all, drop me a message here or on my talk page. Hchc2009 (talk) 14:24, 8 April 2011 (UTC)