User talk:PaulLargo/Archive 1

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Harry Allen
No worries, easy mistake. I make loads of them myself, usually every time I edit on here! Have fun, -- ♦Tangerines♦ · Talk 19:20, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Saffron Burrows
Hi PaulLargo,

I was reviewing Saffron Burrows's biography page, and noticed the Categories link to "Bisexual actors". Because the topic of sexuality is such a minefield, I don't think she should be categorized this way, considering that she has never publicly confirmed this information.

Blharrison (talk) 19:27, 31 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I've opened a discussion about this on the talk page. Thanks Paul Largo (talk) 09:56, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Jenny Agutter
Thanks for trying to settle this. The wholesale reverts have been ridiculous, and I have always been willing to work to a compromise with reasoanble people. I have added a couple of comments to the talk page along with a suggestion. I have also made a slight alteration to the article concering the cuts to Walkabout. See what you make of it anyway 79.67.33.247 (talk) 20:50, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Royal National College for the Blind
Hi PaulLargo. Well done for expanding the above article. Keep up the good work. TheRetroGuy (talk) 13:39, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Hello, Paul. I, too, am writing to you about the Royal National College for the Blind article. As it stands, I don't think it will pass GA. It really needs a lot more work, in particular:-
 * The article needs expanding. Among information not in the article is:-
 * How long students stay there, on average
 * Whether the college is co-educational
 * Some history of student numbers since 1900, in particular, what are the current numbers?
 * Are there entry requirements, academic or otherwise? If not, on what basis does it accept students?
 * When, exactly, did it change its name?
 * What is the significance of the statement that "the majority of the students are blind or partially sighted"? This implies there is a minority of fully-sighted students - is that so? If it is, why would they choose to attend this college?
 * Images: There are no images at present. Have any attempts been made to acquire images, beyond a search of Commons?
 * References: There are several unreferenced statements that need citation, I have put citation tags in some instances, but there could be others needing to be referenced.

I am giving you this information here, rather than in the context of a GA review, because if I was formally reviewing it I would be bound to quick-fail it, and I hate doing that. My advice is that you withdraw this nomination, work on the above points and general article improvements, and then renominate. I will be happy to give informal advice, if you wish. Brianboulton (talk) 18:14, 26 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Re the photo request on my talk page, unfortunately I am not currently in a position to be able to get to Hereford in the foreseeable future. Sorry. Thryduulf (talk) 00:53, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

User:PaulLargo/RNCB GA checklist - My quick reference checklist for this article. Paul Largo (talk) 18:30, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Review responses
Hello. I noticed you've been making some modifications to the article in response to my review. You might already be planning on it, but as a friendly reminder, please also acknowledge each bullet on the talk page so I know you either took care of it (you could put ✅ or just say so) or disagree (reviewers aren't always right)—that will make my job as a reviewer much easier. When you think it's ready for me to take another look, just drop me a note on my talk page. Best regards. --Eustress (talk) 22:45, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Hello again. You're really close to GA status...I just need to see that you've addressed the issues at Talk:The_Royal_National_College_for_the_Blind from Brian. I know he is a bit pessimistic regarding the article, but he's an experienced editor who spends a lot of time up in the echelons of WP:FAC, so he will definitely have higher expectations. Whether that's right or wrong is irrelevant—I'm just a bit more liberal regarding GA status (as I think it should be; see Compare Criteria Good v. Featured). Parenthetically, while I may grant GA status, any editor may request reassessment; hence, why it's good to try to address everyone's comments thoroughly. Again, let me know when I should make the final decision. Thanks! --Eustress (talk) 21:25, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

The Royal National College for the Blind
Hi there. Thanks for directing me to the right place - I haven't checked the talk page for a few days so hadn't seen Briabboulton's comments there - I wrongly assumed you were referring to the message he left me on my talk page. Apologies for that. I see there's quite a few things listed, most of which I think I can clear up over the next day or so.

I have actually been ticking things off on the GA review page. Not so sure I should have been doing that now. If not then please revert my edits and I'll add the relevant information to the article's talk page. Cheers Paul Largo (talk) 21:49, 3 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Ah, looks like I'm ok. I see you've transcluded the page from the GA review. I'm still getting to grips with Wikipedia. :) Cheers Paul Largo (talk) 21:53, 3 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi again. I think I've addressed all the issues now, although the article might need one or two minor tweaks. Please could you have a look and let me know what you think? I'm about to log off for the night now, but will be back online tomorrow evening. Cheers Paul Largo (talk) 01:16, 5 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I passed it. Congrats! --Eustress (talk) 17:44, 5 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Hope to improve it further over time. Nice to see a picture too. Definitely helps to illustrate the article. Paul Largo (talk) 19:49, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Re:Nicola Roberts
Yeah, I can support that. Thanks. J Milburn (talk) 22:02, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

FYI - I've made a comment regarding this discussion on J Milburn's talk page.  [ジャム] [talk] 23:11, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

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 * No problems with this. Meant to request its deletion myself and then forgot. :) Paul Largo (talk) 00:14, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

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Kingsbury Colliery
You're welcome. You might also be interesting in writing articles for Dexter Colliery and Baddesley Colliery. They're redirects at the moment, but might be worth having their own articles. TheRetroGuy (talk) 15:16, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

RfD nomination of SP:DL
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Joanna Gosling
My apologies for undoing your edit by mistake. I actually meant to undo another one that had been made today. I've put it right though so it should be ok now. TheRetroGuy (talk) 15:02, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

New College Worcester
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Jennifer Eccles
No worries. Thanks for your help. I sort of had it in mind to redirect the page if she was unhappy with my decision, but I'm pleased it appears to be settled. I've seen prominent articles on UK songs and artists listed for deletion or have their notability questioned a few times since I've been on Wikipedia, and I'm not quite sure why people do these things half the time. TheRetroGuy (talk) 16:45, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

New College Worcester
Hi ! An article you have been involved with has many  issues and urgently  needs urgently needs improving. If you can help with these issues please see Talk:New College Worcester, address the different points if you  can, and leave any  comments there.--Kudpung (talk) 13:17, 26 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi paul, Thanks for responding. No worries. In  the meantime I've spent  a couple of hours rewriting  the article myself, and restoring  the vandalised talk page.--Kudpung (talk) 16:37, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Royal National College for the Blind
I've managed a quick look. You seem to have dealt with the problems which I mentioned at the peer review. One thing with regard to online references is that you often give the website address instead of the publisher. Thus:-
 * rncb.co.uk - publisher is Royal National College for the Blind
 * Blidcricket.org.uk - publisher is Blind Cricket England and Wales
 * bbc.co.uk - publisher is British Broadcasting Corporation (or BBC)
 * FAST.uk - publisher is Foundation for Assistive Technology.

I also see that ref 17 lacks a publisher, and ref 38 lacks a title.

Hope these bits help. Brianboulton (talk) 21:35, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Cheryl Cole peer review
Hello, I left some comments at Peer review/Cheryl Cole/archive1.-- Beloved Freak  17:41, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
Beloved Freak  20:51, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Hereford
Hi Paul, I noticed you contribute to articles concerning English counties, so I would like to ask your opinion on something: I  wondered if the matter of the IPA pronunciation of the shire county names had already occurred to you. Like most words in British English that end in r, the final r in Herefordshire, for example, is not pronounced. The occasional exception being that  an intrusive r may  be used to link to the pronunciation of the next  word when the next  word begins with  a vowel, such as in, for example, 'Herefordshire apples'. Some editors (not British) appear to insist that whether this is so or not, the correct version  for the Wikipedia should be the one that shows the r to be always pronounced. Many other editors (mostly British)  claim that  the IPA in the Wikipedia should show the most usual, most  widespread, and most frequently  used pronunciation, which in the case of the English counties would most  likely be the one without  the r at the end. This has been the subject of rather a long series of discussions, some rather heated with  personal attacks from admins. For the moment, as I think your unbiased opinion is best, I  won't confuse you  with links to the links to the many discussions, so I  would very  much  like to know your basic personal opinion here, whichever pronunciation you support. --Kudpung (talk) 08:21, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Personally I would support the British way of pronouncing these, in the same way that we adopt British English and American English for articles relating to the respective countries. Paul Largo (talk) 13:28, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your response. My question above was kept deliberately  neutral. I agree wholeheartedly  with  your opinion. Look out for an upcoming  RfA on the subject.--Kudpung (talk) 13:34, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for getting back to me. Let me know when the RfA is open and I'll be happy to add my thoughts. Cheers Paul Largo (talk) 13:36, 23 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Sorry, not RfA (got  them on the mind), I meant  RfC of course :) --Kudpung (talk) 15:19, 23 April 2010 (UTC)


 * No probs. Paul Largo (talk) 15:21, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Herefordshire
Just a quick note to say thanks for joining up and to welcome you aboard. TheRetroGuy (talk) 11:12, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

A couple of questions regarding references
Hi. I've been working on an article (Royal National College for the Blind) in order to get it up to FAC and have had one or two ideas put to me at the FAC nomination which I'm a bit unfamiliar with so was wondering if someone could help. I'm about to log off for a few hours as I've got to nip out for a while, but should be back online this evening. Any help you could give me in the meantime would be much appreciated. Cheers Paul Largo (talk) 12:53, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
 * It's been suggested I should merge one of the references, the RNC Annual Report (Refs [68], [72] and [99]), combining them under a ref name, since the pdf applies to them all. They refer to different pages, however, so I'm not sure what to do here.
 * One of the refs requires a subscription parameter. What is the correct parameter for this. I've tried adding |subscription=yes, but that appears not to work.


 * Reference/page numbers: There are a few options, but perhaps the best is to use harvard style referencing; this is pretty common in featured articles. See User:Chzz/help/harvard - if you struggle with it, give me a shout and I'll be happy to make the edits for you.


 * There is no specific field for 'subscription required'. I suggest using, which is how the problem was handled in featured article Group (mathematics).


 * For further help, you may find it convenient to talk to us live, with this or this. Best,  Chzz  ►  13:11, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your help. I should have enough time to do the subscription thing before I go, but I'll take a look at the Harvard refs this evening. Cheers Paul Largo (talk) 13:14, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

 Chzz  ►  20:53, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Heaton Manor School / Cheryl Cole
Hi Paul! Hope you're well. I noticed your edit to Heaton Manor School in regards to alumni, namely Ms. Cole. I saw the link to the Mail page in the references also written by Piers Morgan. Unfortunately Piers or the people at the Mail have got it wrong, Cheryl Tweedy did not attend Heaton Manor School, but Walker Comprehensive School (now known as Walker Technology College). Cheryl grew up in an estate between Byker and Heaton (although the newspapers always report this as Heaton, but in actual fact, it's between the two areas). Cheryl lived in both "Heaton" and Walker, but she didn't attend Heaton Manor School. It's a bit of a tricky situation because the reference clearly states this, but as a former alumnus of the school itself, I can vouch that Cheryl did not attend Heaton Manor School. This link here gives a quote from Dr. Gaiter, the headmaster of Walker Comprehensive. The headmaster(s) of Heaton Manor at the time would have been Mr. Peter Illingworth, Mr. Michael Nesbitt and Mr. John Dryden. I'm not sure as what the WP procedure is when there is a dispute regarding a web source and I've contacted the Mail in regards their error. Cheers! BNC85 (talk) 10:09, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Greetings from a blind Wikipedia admin
Hi Paul, I'm a blind Wikipedia admin from Perth, Western Australia, as it says on my user page. I stumbled upon your Mountbatten Brailler article after hearing about a documentary on the assassination of Lord Mountbatten. I used to use the Mountbatten Brailler at school, both as a manual Brailler and as an embosser. Nice work on that article, as well as your page about the Royal National College for the Blind; I have several friends who went there. Graham 87 01:31, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Re:Wikibreak
Hi Paul. Sorry to hear you won't be around for a while, and I hope it's nothing too serious that's keeping you away. I'm happy to look at the articles for you. I'm familiar with the RNC article and have done some editing on it so submitting it should be no problem. I'm afraid I'm not so familiar with the work of Cheryl Cole, although I'm happy to take a look at this too, and to do what I can with it. I notice you submitted it to Peer review recently so can use that for guidelines. Let me know if there's anything else I can do and I hope to see you back here soon. Cheers TheRetroGuy (talk) 11:47, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

List of people associated with the Royal National College for the Blind
Hi Paul. Hope all is well. Have created the above article along the lines of other university/college notable people lists so that everyone associated with the college could be added. I've got most of them but there may be one or two I've missed. Also, I've created a book about the college. I'll put the article forward for FAC shortly - it's on my to do list, but I'm not sure what the procedure is with regard to this. As for Cheryl Cole, I'm in the process of reading up on her before I attempt anything with the article. Cheers TheRetroGuy (talk) 13:49, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

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Royal National College for the Blind
Hi Paul. Congratulations, we did it. I think you deserve more of the credit for this than me as you did a lot of the groundwork. Well done, and I hope to see you back here again soon. Cheers TheRetroGuy (talk) 11:30, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Hope you don't object but I added the FA star link to your user page. Cheers TheRetroGuy (talk) 11:58, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

The Judd School
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The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) is a co-educational residential college of further education based in the English city of Hereford. Students who attend the college are blind or partially sighted. Alongside regular further education subjects and vocational training, the college offers training in independent living and personal development. Founded in 1871 in London as The Royal Normal College and Academy for the Blind, the college had a number of homes before moving to its campus in Hereford, and was renamed Royal National College for the Blind in the late 1970s. It has been a pioneer in the education of visually impaired people in Britain since the Victorian era, and, as of 2010, is the only college for visually impaired students in the United Kingdom to have been awarded Beacon Status in recognition of its outstanding teaching and learning. The college is actively involved in the development of assistive technology to help visually impaired people in their day to day lives. The campus, located on College Road, Hereford, is home to RNC's teaching, residential and leisure facilities. Students live in halls of residence or on-campus houses which enable them to gain a level of independence within the college environment. (more...) UcuchaBot (talk) 00:02, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

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