Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Registrar of the University of Oxford/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by Dabomb87 21:58, 14 September 2010.

Registrar of the University of Oxford

 * Nominator(s): BencherliteTalk 23:37, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Well, it's been a while since I bored you with an FLC on the theme of the University of Oxford, so here we go - my summer holiday work.

A job with a 550-year history? Tick. No article on Wikipedia until I started this one? Tick. No article giving the same basic information (let alone the added detail) anywhere on the internet or in print? Tick. Nicely linked from existing articles? Tick. Six articles on Registrars written to remove redlinks? Tick, at no extra charge. Completely necessary mention of Peterhouse, Cambridge in the article and here to get the attention of User:The Rambling Tab? Tick. Violence? Tick. Extortionate fees charged to students? Tick. A piece of Wikipedia's very best work? (Well, you know what I think...)

What might you be thinking as you read this? Not enough images? Well, I've found one hidden on Commons and uploaded the only other free one I could find. Registrars, it seems, were shy people and / or too busy to pose for portraits... There's a problem with new thumbnails at the moment, apparently, so do not adjust your set if (like me) two of the images aren't appearing and you can only see trees. Blacklinked names, not even redlinks? Well, if they didn't get into the Dictionary of National Biography, "Who's Who" / "Who Was Who" or have a Times obituary, I'm struggling to see how much of an article could be written about them, beyond the info I give here. Is it complete? I think that all I need is confirmation of which college Alan Dorey attended as a student, which I hope to track down this week at the Guildhall Library, and then I think the details are finalised. As for the names before 1508 that would complete the 550-year history, if the university doesn't publish a fuller list of names, and if the other sources only mention a couple of people between the mid-1400s and 1508, then I don't think there's much more we can do about it. Enjoy, review! BencherliteTalk 23:37, 22 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment—no dab links, no dead external links. Ucucha 07:33, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. BencherliteTalk 09:14, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Incidentally, the images are now working but I've removed this image of Julie Maxton because, well, it's not exactly great. Thoughts? BencherliteTalk 09:14, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Support list, the closest I've seen to Sturmvogel class so far, and removal of grumpy picture with the bizarre file name. Sandman888 (talk) Latest PR 17:23, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Though the current image is better than leafy trees, there is no source that painter J. Bridge died before 1940. Sandman888 (talk) 10:03, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
 * All that I could find was that he was active between 1818 and 1854, so definitely dead by 1940. Added to image description page. BencherliteTalk 09:58, 13 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Support Courcelles 03:08, 27 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Support once again, no surprises for me, initially very poor but now excellent. Despite the flaws that only I will ever see and have to live with, this is a nice piece of work, and interesting too.  Bonus.  Good work B'lite.  The Rambling Man (talk) 20:38, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Go and play with your Tractor Boys, TRM, and leave us hard-working penniless lawyers in peace... Many thanks for spending the time wrecking reviewing this list. BencherliteTalk 20:42, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I see you've made a lame legalistic attempt to master markup. For this, we are all grateful.  Move along.  As ever, a sheer joy to cross swords....!  The Rambling Man (talk) 20:45, 26 August 2010 (UTC)


 * For the record, I've now been to the library and found the missing info about Alan Dorey. BencherliteTalk 13:17, 2 September 2010 (UTC)


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