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Elizabeth II (born 1926) is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms, and head of the 54-member Commonwealth of Nations. In her role as the monarch of the United Kingdom she is Supreme Governor of the Church of England. She is also head of state of the Crown Dependencies. Her father, George VI, acceded to the throne in 1936 on the abdication of his brother Edward VIII. She began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, in which she served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. On the death of George VI in 1952, she became Head of the Commonwealth and queen regnant of seven independent Commonwealth countries: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon. Her coronation service in 1953 was the first to be televised. In 1947 she married Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, with whom she has four children: Charles, Anne, Andrew, and Edward. Her reign of 72 years is the second-longest for a British monarch; only Queen Victoria has reigned longer. Elizabeth's Silver and Golden Jubilees were celebrated in 1977 and 2002; her Diamond Jubilee is being celebrated during 2012. (more...) UcuchaBot (talk) 23:05, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Peer review request
At Virginia Conventions, Mojohand and TheVirginiaHistorian are trying to advance the article to GA status. Any peer review, overall critique or contribution would be welcome. Thanks in advance. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 15:20, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Bio appreciation and request
Hello. I found your stub article for Peter K. Jones about halfway down my look-ups in the list of delegates at the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868. I noticed that you researched the material required for a “politician info box” there. Would you consider doing the same for those noted as members of the General Assembly in the Convention article’s chart of delegates?

Jweaver28 and I have begun to perfect the Chart of Delegates by creating bio start articles and stubs for the named delegates to give them links in the chart. In my first pass, I am noting the Virginia state legislators and their terms from Swem, "A Register of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1776-1918, and of the Constitutional Conventions”.

I intend to elaborate the bios with information for Republicans from Jackson, "Negro Office-Holders in Virginia, 1865-1895” as I did for Peter K. Jones, as well as information for the few Conservatives noted in Pulliam, "The Constitutional Conventions of Virginia from the foundation of the Commonwealth to the present time” (1901).

Your addition of bio stubs for the Convention delegates who were also Delegate and state Senator -- the Republicans and Conservatives not mentioned in either Pulliam or Jackson -- would be greatly appreciated to better complete the WP resources on this topic. Sincerely, TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 12:52, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Peter Muhlenberg Memorial
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Your GA nomination of Peter Muhlenberg Memorial
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Your GA nomination of Peter Muhlenberg Memorial
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Re: D.C. Inventory of Historic Sites designations
Hi Rockhead126, I noticed that you recently added a D.C. Inventory of Historic Sites designation to a number of articles using Infobox NRHP and other infoboxes. That's a very welcome and long overdue addition. In response, I created the DCIHS article and added support for DCIHS at Designation, which allows it to be automatically updated in the infoboxes (example: Georgetown Car Barn). To take advantage of this, the articles will have to have the parameters changed to the ones used at e.g. Georgetown Car Barn. Would you be interested in taking a swing at this and updating the articles that you added DCIHS designation to? If so, adding Category:District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites to those articles would be very helpful too.  Ergo Sum  18:34, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Hey Ergo. Thanks so much for doing this! Good timing, actually, because I was hoping to go through and label every NRHP-listed place on the inventory when I had the time. Changing the ones I've already done shouldn't take long. I'll add the new cat as well. Thanks again! Rockhead126 (talk) 19:20, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Peter Muhlenberg Memorial
Hello! Your submission of Peter Muhlenberg Memorial at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 22:25, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

A very special barnstar that isn't awarded but once in a blue moon

 * I'm honored! Thank you! Rockhead126 (talk) 23:51, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Louis B. Costello
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Your GA nomination of Louis B. Costello
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DYK nomination of Louis B. Costello
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 * Please see new note on your DYK nomination. Yoninah (talk) 21:26, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Let's finish this up now. Please add the missing citation to The Lewiston Daily Sun and I'll call for a final review. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 12:28, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Done. Rockhead126 (talk) 00:54, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Louis B. Costello
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

Precious
You are recipient no. 2493 of Precious, a prize of QAI. - Missed your birthday by one day, sorry, and best wishes ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:17, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much, Gerda! I really appreciate it! Rockhead126 (talk) 20:55, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

DYK for The Lewiston Daily Sun
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:24, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Thank you - and the many who helped - today for Elizabeth II, introduced (in 2012): "I think this article is almost perfectly written and is just about at the level of other British monarch FA's. It could use a couple of revisions, like in the header, but I think it'd be really cool to work out all the kinks by February 6 to coincide with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee." Great to see it again today, with images rotating. I decorated. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:21, 19 September 2022 (UTC) On the occasion, today I wrote an article about music premiered today, Like as the hart. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:04, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

travel and strings sound --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:33, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Gerda! Rockhead126 (talk) 18:52, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Eppa Hunton IV
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FAR notice
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DYK for Eppa Hunton IV
Valereee (talk) 12:03, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Eppa Hunton Jr.
Valereee (talk) 12:03, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks so much for the love, @MX! Looking forward to writing more articles in a similar vein — and maybe even trying to get one of my existing ones up to FA status! Rockhead126 (talk) 23:51, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Robert H. Patterson Jr.


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Okay, you still need multiple independent sources to establish notability. Anything else besides the Richmond obituary? Reywas92Talk 23:29, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Getting some as we speak. Rockhead126 (talk) 23:30, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
 * That should do for now, @Reywas92. I happened upon Patterson's obituary yesterday and, after doing a bit of research, think he's notable both for his work as an attorney and for his civic/political involvement. I had a good time a few months ago getting a similar article, Eppa Hunton IV, from creation to GA status and think this has the potential to be an equally fun project when I get the time. Thanks for all you do! Rockhead126 (talk) 00:44, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

The Million Award for you!

 * Thank you so much! Rockhead126 (talk) 16:58, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Yearbook copyright notices
Hi there - you recently reached out at my talk page about Thomas Spragens's article, and over the last day or two I've taken your advice and uploaded several photographs of Centre presidents from old digitized yearbooks from the Centre Digital Archives. Upon looking back at these sites, though, I did notice that in the "Rights" section, many of them (all of them after at least 1925, I believe) have "All Rights Reserved" as opposed to "Public Domain", including the 1972 yearbook you used for the picture of Spragens. Does this mean that the yearbooks are actually copyright-protected or are the pictures in the public domain anyways since the book itself doesn't have a copyright notice? Thank you for your help. PCN02WPS ( talk  &#124;  contribs ) 04:09, 9 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Hey again. Despite the rights notice on the website, the fact that the yearbooks were published in the U.S. between 1928 and 1977 without a copyright notice puts them in the public domain due to failure to comply with required formalities. Rockhead126 (talk) 01:29, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Awesome, thank you for the help! PCN02WPS  ( talk  &#124;  contribs ) 04:45, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Eppa Hunton IV
Wanted to thank you for your work on the Eppa Hunton IV article. I happened to acquire one of his works written for the Virginia Episcopal Church's history society and was really quite stunned when I found such a pleasant article. ~ Pbritti (talk) 01:17, 11 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the love! Articles on subjects like Mr. Hunton are my favorite kind to work on—notable but obscure enough that I really get to use my undergraduate history degree! Compiling, often buried, information and putting it on the first page of Google search results is what Wikipedia's all about! It doesn't get any better than when said information is comprehensive and well-sourced, too. I knew not many people would read the article, but would like to think it'll get a couple of views when U.Va. Law gives out their Eppa Hunton IV Memorial Book Award every year. Actually hearing from someone who appreciated it really warms my heart. Cheers! Rockhead126 (talk) 02:55, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Eppa Hunton Jr.
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Charles Bendheim
Thanks for this edit; I can definitely understand conforming to a style for certain pages. Is there a style guide for VA politicians somewhere you can point me to? I thought 'state_delegate' and 'state_senate' params would be more specific to the subjects, as this is commonly used in other states I've edited (MD, WI, NY, VT). Is there some concern over adding details like caption to an image, spouse marriage year, occupation, etc. because it seems you just removed my additions without consideration. Cheers, --Engineerchange (talk) 12:57, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Eppa Hunton Jr.
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Precious anniversary
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 * Honestly forgot about this one. I'd like to formally object to this move. Please move it back to mainspace. Rockhead126 (talk) 02:26, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

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