User talk:Sodacan/Archive 5

March Pursuivant
Hi, I thought you might like to know that there *is* actually a badge for March Pursuivant of Arms. I looked it up in the Public Register today and the blazon is a demi lion rampant holding a rose Gules and gorged with a coronet of four fleur de lys (two visible) and four crosses pattée (one and two halves visible) Or. It would be nice if you could do an emblazonment if you have the time please. Mark Hamid (talk) 16:56, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Dutch request
Hello, I've found this coat with external ornaments: Could you make the full coat, please?
 * Order collar identification: Schwarzen Adlerorden  Image

Best regards. --Heralder (talk) 20:31, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

To denigrate
To denigrate means to criticise unfairly, to disparage. This is definitely not what the section is saying happened to the College, so the term is being misused. If the period was a low point for the College, that's what the section heading should indicate. Awien (talk) 00:31, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
 * That is exactly what happened during the reign of Henry VII. But Rise and Fall is too generic to describe what was a rather traumatic period in the College's early history. Sodacan (talk) 01:01, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Who said what that was unfair? Things were done, not said. Awien (talk) 01:21, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Then pick another word if you have that much concern for its descriptiveness, just try and avoid the generic cliché. Rise and fall can be use to describe anything from: Roman Empire, to New Coke, to the arguments for gold and white at #thedress. Sodacan (talk) 01:29, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I actually turned the cliché around for effect, which you seen to have failed to notice. And a word of advice: falling into malapropism is not the way to sound clever. I am going to correct to something plain and simple for now. Awien (talk) 02:15, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you for whatever you are trying to do here. But I would rather have a conversation about content and substances rather than one on section titles. Make any effect you want I will revert it until there is a change that I agree with. See how clever I am now? Sodacan (talk) 02:21, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
 * What do you know, not that bad! I won't revert the last edit. Sodacan (talk) 02:24, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

Royal Arms
Hi Sodacan, I found that File:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government).svg had been linked in to commons:template:OGL, commons:template:OGL2, and commons:template:OGL3, with the result that the Arms were included in each page so licensed. As this was unnecessary and seemed to gratuitously infringe I have revised those templates accordingly. This should dramatically reduce the number of "What links here" hits. I understand there is some perceived ambiguity about the legality of such usage, but there's no point in tugging the tiger's tail. LeadSongDog come howl!  19:17, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

Royal Arms of HRH Prince Henry of Wales, KCVO


Good day to you sir. I hope that you would not be offended that, while you have not updated the arms to His Royal Highness the Prince Henry of Wales, I have done so for you, using your own work. Of course, once you will be able to update your work, it will be much better then anything that I can do.

Also, I must say that I have enjoyed your heraldic works for many years now. You help my interest in Heraldic art over the years. Bravo Zulu for your work.

Cheers! Ctjj.stevenson (talk) 15:41, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Commons
Hi, I'm assuming that you use the same name on commons. I've left a message and assume that you might see this sooner.--Trappedinburnley (talk) 23:22, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Your artwork
Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia with your beautiful artwork. You have a rare and wonderful artistic talent. Best wishes. Figaro (talk) 00:52, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Reason for revert
I reverted your addition of ranks/insignia which you added to Royal New Zealand Air Force‎ because it has problems. RNZAF sergeants actually wear three stripes to indicate rank, and corporals wear two stripes. Moriori (talk) 03:55, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I have fixed the mistake in question, hope everything is okay now. Sodacan (talk) 04:29, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Italian coat of arms
Hello Sodacan, can you help me to create an example of an Italian coat of arms for this paragraph: Other European countries?

Let me know and I'll post a picture to vectorize. Waiting for your reply --Lorem Ipsum (talk) 12:43, 10 September 2016 (UTC)

Flags
I noticed you are changing flag images from .png to .svg. Feel free to make any necessary changes at User:Mjroots/Flags as I use these for shipwreck lists. Mjroots (talk) 07:38, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Category:Front Palaces has been nominated for discussion
Category:Front Palaces, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Paul_012 (talk) 10:25, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

RAF - Cheif of Air Staff Warrant Officer
Hey Soda, saw your updates of the RAF OR Insignia

Please see attached the Unique/Positional Insignia for the Senior Airman of the RAF (Chief of Air Staffs Warrant Officer)

CASWO - Dropbox Hawkeyebasil (talk) 01:28, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Noble Wikipedians
It is unlikely that many members of the peerage are among Wikipedia's editors, but just in case I thought about making some userboxes for them based on your illustrations. What do you think of these?

Robin S. Taylor (talk) 16:04, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

Otter svg coat of arms
Mr sodacan: I need the vector of an Otter to use it for a coat of arms. Boja Terrón M — Preceding unsigned comment added by Borjaterronmasoko (talk • contribs) 11:34, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * Thank you very much, I will be very careful. --Sodacan (talk) 03:42, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

File
File:England COA.svg is correct. The date of this siege is 1189-92 and the "new" File name is 1298- 1340. გიო ოქრო 15:23, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
 * England did not have a coat of arms in 1189. The files are identical herald images. The article is wrong to include the arms, the images are correct. --Sodacan (talk) 15:27, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the module update
Thanks for the update to Module:Country alias for the improved images. Just a request, because it's such a large module, if you end up editing it in the future, would you mind leaving an edit summary as to what you did? It helps track down changes if for some reason they need to be reversed or further modified. Cheers, Primefac (talk) 15:03, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I will do so in future, Thank you! Sodacan (talk) 15:27, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

August 2017
Your recent editing history at Monarchy of Thailand shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

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A barnstar for you!
Thank you for the picture of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure_Dragon#/media/File:Flag_of_the_Qing_Dynasty_(1889-1912).svg

I am featuring it in a book about the stars. I hope that I am attributing the artwork to you correctly. The only name I can find is your wikipedia name "Sodacan".

Here is the attribution:

The Azure Dragon on the national Flag of the Chinese Empire under the Qing dynasty (1889-1912), details per the restoration of Beiyang fleet researcher, Wikipedia commons/Sodacan

If incorrect, please email me at davidwillhite@hotmail.com Dwillhite (talk) 23:21, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
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DYK nomination of Coronation of the Thai monarch
Hello! Your submission of Coronation of the Thai monarch 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! 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 21:02, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Given the ragtag way in which your DYKs are buried in your archives (mine are the same) it is no wonder you didn't know you had five DYKs. Beautiful article.  Cheers.  7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 03:02, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I have never reviewed a DYK before, let me read some of the lit and will get back to you. Thank you! Sodacan (talk) 03:05, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I can help. I have experience, and know some methods that facilitate it. You can contact me via e-mail.  Best.  7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 03:50, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

Prep 3
Since you're not happy with the image that was promoted with Coronation of the Thai monarch, I moved the hook out of the image slot. IMO the nominated image shows nothing at thumbnail size, which is why I selected a sharper image from the article. FYI, once a hook is in prep, many other editors and administrators look at it, and images can be changed right up to the time it appears on the main page, with or without your consent. Also FYI, as the nominator, you are not allowed to make changes in prep. You should lodge your complaint at WT:DYK and have it discussed there. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 16:54, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * That is fine, don't nominate it. Sodacan (talk) 17:03, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Coronation of the Thai monarch
Alex ShihTalk 05:29, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

Some advise on how to deal with unreasonable editors
I see a section above where you are warned about edit-waring. I have just blocked an IP address for a month who having been blocked for a week has gone back to The Protectorate article and started to edit-war again. While looking at the history of the article I noticed that you made five reverts in 24 hours on 1-2 October 2017. You are lucky that your account was not blocked for doing that because it was a clear breach of WP:3RR. You were on a hiding to nothing, as the IP address did not care if they were blocked.

If ever you get into such a revert war again stop before breaching the 3RR limit. Instead post a comment to the talk page of the article explaining your reasons your preferred version. Wait for at least 24 hours to see if the other party engages in a conversation on the talk page (if they do then follow the dispute resolution process and escalate it that way). If the other party does not comment on the talk page then make you revert and if that is reverted by the other party take the dispute to WP:ANI or Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring explaining what you did, with diffs (including those to the talk page) and what the other party has done with diffs.

If after you stop reverting, another editor takes up the baton by reverting the revert of the other party then if the other party reverts again and breaches 3RR take it to Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring.

-- PBS (talk) 20:16, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Coronation of the Thai monarch
Hello:

The copy edit that you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Coronation of the Thai monarch has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 20:52, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your hard work! --Sodacan (talk) 06:27, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

Kingdom of Burundi
Hello, Sodacan. Excellent work. I asking you if you can make the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Burundi. Best regards.--64.237.224.228 (talk) 14:42, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Royal Coat of Arms
Why does the the coat of arms of the Queen and Prince Philip have two separate coat of arms and others don't?Mr Hall of England (talk) 08:56, 27 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Also could you make Duke and Duchess of Sussex combined coat of arms look like the Combined Cambridge coat of arms please?Mr Hall of England (talk) 09:00, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

Dear Sodacan
I want to ask you that this template Template:Royal palaces in Thailand is need to update or not? I don't understand why the template and List of Thai royal residences is not match? I need to edit it or not? you can help me.Ministerboy (talk) 08:04, 19 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Yes I will try to help you with this. I think at first the template only include palaces that have their own articles. But now a lot of them have their own articles so more can be added. Also would it be useful if we create a sub-heading in the template for Princely palaces? --Sodacan (talk) 08:09, 19 August 2018 (UTC)


 * I think so. In my opinion I think un-own articles need to ne in Template too for the future editing it will automatic add. Thank for helping me. Ministerboy (talk) 08:15, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

Wat Phra Kew
Sounds good, but I would imagine it could be nominated as you are doing the rewrite. In fact, it may take some time for a reviewer to attach themselves to the article. QatarStarsLeague (talk) 00:33, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
 * That is okay. I will try my best to speed it up, I do it offline then upload one major edit. Hopefully before someone comes along. Also please have a look at my recent article and see if it is worth nominating: Coronation of the Thai monarch. Sodacan (talk) 00:46, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Very good. Also, I think Coronation of the Thai monarch does deserve a nomination. Might as well try! QatarStarsLeague (talk) 00:51, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

Copyvio of your image
https://twitter.com/Ned_Donovan/status/1050499402819887104 --Tagishsimon (talk) 21:41, 11 October 2018 (UTC)