User talk:Westmidlands

Your edits to British Royalty articles
Hullo sir and welcome to Wikipedia! Now, you may or may not have noticed that I have 'reverted' (i.e. undone) a majority of those edits. However, allow me to assure you that it was all with good reason! You can hit 'my watchlist' to see which pages have been altered (if you chose to 'watch' those you edited), or hit 'my contributions' to see all of the edits you have made. If you then view the page history for each, you will hopefully see from my edit summaries what the individual problems were. However, I can (perverse though it may seem) summarise the summaries for you here: Lastly, I'd like to invite you to join WikiProject British Royalty, which is a coalition, of sorts, of users interested in editing British royalty-related articles. Also, if you need any help whatsoever, do please drop me a line. I remain, sir, yours most faithfully DBD 15:26, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) I've been doing this a fair while and have never once seen separate numerals used for Ireland or Hanover, since the main kingdom of Ireland has had no kings but those of England, and thus the same numbering scheme. Similarly, the Electors, then Kings, of Hanover, excepting the first Elector, have been identical with those of the UK, thus they too follow identical numbering. It's just an ease-of-reference thing.
 * 2) Also, the styling of royals in Britain has not always been as it is now. For instance, you extrapolated that Edward VI would have been an HRH, whereas formal rules as to styles such as that only really came in with the Hanoverians. You should read British prince/ss, which detail the history of the styles. We try not to apply styles retroactively, but instead find contemporary sources, such as the London Gazette archives, for what their actual styles were.
 * 3) Most importantly, you cannot change/add to Wikipedia willy-nilly — most of you edits would have been completely fine had you sourced them properly (in which case we'd have at least had a discussion on our hands!) You should read and abide by the sourcing policy

May 2008
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appeared to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Yamara ✉  02:49, 4 May 2008 (UTC)