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Hello Charles,
Very impressive profile and an amazing record of contributions to Wikipedia and to Wikimedia. Kudos!
I am a student of 17th century Dutch and English history, and I have been making some additions to the page Petrus Serrarius. which you created back in 2007. I don't know if you have seen my recent edits (mostly additional sources), or if you would remember much about sources you may have used back then.
First of all I must congratulate you again on the incredibly excellent overall and historically accurate page you created about a relatively unknown historical character. I am not sure I could have done it any better, even being a student of the area and period!
I have a question for you, however, about the reference given on footnotes 3 and 6 on that page. Both notes refer to a bibliographic item (Popkin, Spinoza, pages 40, page ?, and page 48) which I have been trying but I have been so far unable to identify. None of the more than 6 or 7 "Popkin, Spinoza..." items I was able to find in my bibliographies currently would point to the pages given (pp. 40-48, roughly). From my studies I do believe that the information given in the page is definitely correct (meaning, I know that Popkin has written about Peter Serrarius somewhere the things that are being attributed to him in those footnotes), but unfortunately I have not been able to locate the item specifically, so that the bibliographic information can be precisely updated.
With your amazing technical skills, which I unfortunately do not possess, maybe you could still help me locate the Richard Popkin bibliographic item that was being referred to? I would really appreciate your help with this search, since Peter Serrarius is a central figure of my current historical studies (17th century millenarianism and messianism in the Netherland and in England), and I am really interested in trying to locate this Richard Popkin item I seem to be still missing. Sorry to bother you with these minor concerns of mine, and I'd hope that maybe somehow, without spending too much time on it, you could give me some pointer to this unidentified item. Thank you very much for your time and help again. Sincerely, warshy (¥¥) 15:46, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
Charles, on second thought, already late in the day (you are already fast asleep there at Cambridge, by now...). Would it be possible for you to send me somehow this paragraph you say you have by Popkin about Serrarius in the "Pimlico History of Western Philosophy (p.381 in my edition)." I would appreciate that if you could, and it would save me a lot of time in trying to put together all these different sources. Thanks a lot, warshy (¥¥) 21:29, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
And one more thought, even later:
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Charles Mattews,
I am awarding you this overdue recognition in 2019, for the insightful article about Petrus Serrarius you created way-back in 2007. The recognition comes relatively late, 12 years after the creation work was done, but better late than never. warshy (¥¥) 22:15, 11 October 2019 (UTC) |
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Warshy: The relevant text starts
A strange aspect of Spinoza's life is that from the moment he left the synagogue he was living with Christian millenarians.
It's at [1]. Charles Matthews ( talk) 04:10, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
Hello again Charles,
I have now re-read the two sources you give above very carefully and several times. They are invaluable for getting a clearer picture of the overall activity and Millenarian activism on Serrarius in the crucial millenarian decade of 1656-1666, which is what I am aiming at in my historical research. So I thought I'd try and get some more expert advice from you, if you'd humour me, in your generosity. I hope you do.
Here is the matter. There are still two assertions in the article which are extremely important in my view, and which I still cannot find them articulated in a clear and direct form in any of my dozens of sources as they are currently simply and directly articulated in the article. They are: 1) "He was a merchant by profession." and, 2) "His involvement with Judaism led him to gematria," These two very simple and straightforward assertions are basic and fundamental to the historical picture I am trying to draw, and yet I cannot find formulated in this simple and direct form in any of my dozens of Popkin sources about Serrarius' life (including the two you so graciously forwarded to me above). And, coincidentally, both of these crucial assertions in the article point to the same source, which is still unidentified for me in all its pertinent details. This source is:
To me, by the references format, by their sequence in the article, and by the pages they point to, it seems obvious that these two assertions point to the same Popkin article or source. And yet, I still cannot identify which specific Popkin source they are coming from. I have just now counted the number of Popkin sources I am currently consulting regarding these assertions, and I have counted 21 different articles or sources. I still cannot find these 2 assertions or fact simply stated as they are here in the Wikipedia article in none of these 21 Popkin articles. I'd really appreciate it if you could, maybe, with your far superior searching skills, help me locate the precise source for these 2 facts/assertions. Thanks again in advance for all the help you have already provided me, and I am sorry to bother you once again with these quite arcane matters. warshy (¥¥) 17:25, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
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@ Tagishsimon: comes to mind, because of intensive work on Scotland (Wikidata). We've not met in RL, though. Charles Matthews ( talk) 18:48, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
re: your tweet, you may like this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:PKM/icon. (My brother "rescued" an ex-library copy for me in 1983.) - PKM ( talk) 21:07, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
@ PKM: Thanks. I got interested in that kind of scholarship when working on Painted frieze of the Bodleian Library. Charles Matthews ( talk) 08:19, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
We should have more images of it, though. Charles Matthews ( talk) 07:22, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
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A fine name that eh?† Encyclopædius 12:26, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
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Hi, over the last year or so I've noticed a lot more sort of "spammy" use of Wikisource and Wikiquote, as if there is some scheme to encourage better integration. This edit seems pointless to me and I suspect you have made similar edits to other bios recently. Why would the Wikisource article be more reliable than the original printed work at archive.org? Or even the original printed work if it was offline? Anyone can edit Wikisource and thus it is inherently less reliable. Have I missed something? - Sitush ( talk) 17:09, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
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Honestly, I think it was far better with the previous name. PMI (post mortem interval) is a extremely common phrase in forensic science. To try to put it under the umbrella of a far less frequently used phrase "post mortem changes" I don't think adds any value whatsoever. As someone with peer reviewed articles in this field, my recommendation is that "Post Mortem Interval" is the far more relevant title. Cheers, Vitreology talk 11:04, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
Fine, make a seperate article called post mortem changes if you want to. But there needs to be an article called Post Mortem Interval - which has specific relevance to the estimation of time of death from crime scenes.
Working out the duration of time since death from crime scenes is a different topic to what you're transitioning this article into. Vitreology talk 11:21, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
I don't have the energy to argue with someone who doesn't understand the application of the content matter. Vitreology talk 12:50, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
You make valid points, however it is just a bit frustrating to have someone takes a long standing article ("Post mortem interval"), renames the article, changes the content of article to reflect the new name they have assigned to the article, then states that there is probably a place for an article called "Post mortem interval" after all.
It begs the question - why didn't you just create a new article from the beginning and narrow the scope of the existing "Post Mortem Interval" article (if you felt the need)?.
FYI, the estimation of Post Mortem Interval is a skill applied in a range of fields, including Etymology, Taphonomy and Archeology.
Whilst PMI is a child of the broader topic "Post mortem changes", unless you are planning on expanding Post Mortem Changes to include the changes that occur in insects after death (for instance), then you should have just kept it the way it was.
Finally, "Post mortem changes" is primarily a qualitative topic. "Post mortem interval" is a quantitative topic.
The PMI is always a number. Vitreology talk 22:24, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
Hello Charles, thanks for all your work and research i have seen in Talk:William_Cantelo. The reason why i wrote this article now in german version is, because of this: According to recent research in the Mexican State Archives, William Cantelo offered his machine gun to the Mexican government and submitted detailed documents. (see de:William_Cantelo#cite_note-Cruz-7). Because the documents are still existing in the archives, they might rise sometimes. For your convenience, here is the translation of the article: trans. I hope you enjoy it :-) Best -- Tom ( talk) 15:41, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi CM. The father/son combination have inverted death years compared to the DNB articles at enWS
I see that you edited one of these way back in some previous epoch. There is nothing evident on these about other sources, or why a swap of dates. Am I missing something? — billinghurst sDrewth 14:00, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
So we take it that the old DNB had wrongly concluded that the Younger predeceased the Elder. The ODNB also has the Younger retiring in 1767, based on an announcement in the press. This is all more plausible. Charles Matthews ( talk)
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Am I able to queue a couple of sisters who are needing biographies?
If it is not in your normal remit, who can you suggest who might be interested in the writing? — billinghurst sDrewth 23:58, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
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Though flattered that you judged me worthy of inclusion, I must disclaim any adeptness with specialised heraldry software. All of my illustrations have been made with Paint, Paint 3D, Microsoft Powerpoint and Libre Office Impress. Elements from others' heraldic images have been sourced and recycled on a case-by-case rather than systemic basis and I have not catalogued the origin of each except in giving attribution - and that not at all if the original image was public domain. I doubt that I would have much to contribute to your endeavour. Robin S. Taylor ( talk) 20:48, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
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Charles, please refrain from WP:CANVASSING this or any other discussion, as you did here. [16]. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 00:04, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
If Charles wants), and b) so disastrously misunderstood the issues that he explicitly advocated a bolded
Keep bothon two templates whose functionality is absolutely identical.
Note: It is good practice to leave a note at the discussion itself about notifications which have been made, particularly if made to individual users. But you didn't disclose the notification, and nor did Deryck. That lack of transparency from both of you, combined with all the other factors, leaves me in no doubt that it was indeed canvassing.
On the formality of notification, yes, I was unaware.
More allegations, quite baseless. I know Deryck well. He would not vote for me in any sense, if he disagreed. What you say there is bilge. Redirects are of the essence, as you well know, and I have pressed you on your interpretation in the debate.
On formality of notification again, you fell down on the second template in the process. In checking your work on that, I pinged in the editor who has made the most serious contribution to the debate on the principles, and called you out on your bad language, while supporting your deletion request. I think we can call it quits.
On esteem, my academic background supports the idea of "esteem the work, not the person". I admire what you have done on politics. I have seen you hounding another editor, and you forfeited my esteem as a person years ago. So I'm not surprised to see the invective.
I'm certainly neither impressed nor scared by it. I'm not surprised you equate "gaming" with questioning your assertions that we should just nod things through if you say so. Hey, you even appear to have a claque who do think that.
This whole template discussion was misbegotten, and that is down to you. As of right now the discussion is functioning properly. I do not expect thanks from you. Others may look if they wish and decide who has been taking constructive steps there. Charles Matthews ( talk) 15:24, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
[pre-emptive strike. If you choose that sort of battlefield conduct, replies to you will have to challenge the nonsense.
it is sufficient to list a template for discussion, and goes on to emphasise that other notifications are optional. So drop your claims that I failed in that regard by notifying the creator of the second template.
assertions that we should just nod things through if you say so. That is a falsehood which will have been known by you to be false. I neither made nor implied any such claim; my objections have been to your repeated efforts to game the system by entrapment, [20] misrepresentation, false accusations of bad faith, [21] canvassing, [22] and attempted forum-shopping. [23]
If Charles wants .... The lack of disclosure by either of you exacerbated the issue, but was not the sole problem. I hope that you can reflect on why that is an undesirable sequence of events.
You're accusing me of both accepting partisan canvassing and misreading the alleged canvassing message - surely the two accusations can't hold true at the same time?. No, that's not what I am saying. I am saying that whichever way you read Charles's message, your actions were wrong. If you read it as partisan canvassing, you should have told Charles that canvassing was wrong. If you read it an admin message, then you should have restricted your involvement to that aspect. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 17:40, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
BHG, you were flaming me, if unskilfully. I was contacting Deryck as an admin. Anyone who is targeted by hyperbolic claims of bad faith such as you were making is entitled to make some basic move towards dispute resolution. Saying a TfD discussion should be somehow hermetically sealed by non-canvassing requirements is wonkery. Charles Matthews ( talk) 18:22, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
Here are some bullets on matters arising from far-ranging discussion.
Couple of further points.
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Hello Charles,
Very impressive profile and an amazing record of contributions to Wikipedia and to Wikimedia. Kudos!
I am a student of 17th century Dutch and English history, and I have been making some additions to the page Petrus Serrarius. which you created back in 2007. I don't know if you have seen my recent edits (mostly additional sources), or if you would remember much about sources you may have used back then.
First of all I must congratulate you again on the incredibly excellent overall and historically accurate page you created about a relatively unknown historical character. I am not sure I could have done it any better, even being a student of the area and period!
I have a question for you, however, about the reference given on footnotes 3 and 6 on that page. Both notes refer to a bibliographic item (Popkin, Spinoza, pages 40, page ?, and page 48) which I have been trying but I have been so far unable to identify. None of the more than 6 or 7 "Popkin, Spinoza..." items I was able to find in my bibliographies currently would point to the pages given (pp. 40-48, roughly). From my studies I do believe that the information given in the page is definitely correct (meaning, I know that Popkin has written about Peter Serrarius somewhere the things that are being attributed to him in those footnotes), but unfortunately I have not been able to locate the item specifically, so that the bibliographic information can be precisely updated.
With your amazing technical skills, which I unfortunately do not possess, maybe you could still help me locate the Richard Popkin bibliographic item that was being referred to? I would really appreciate your help with this search, since Peter Serrarius is a central figure of my current historical studies (17th century millenarianism and messianism in the Netherland and in England), and I am really interested in trying to locate this Richard Popkin item I seem to be still missing. Sorry to bother you with these minor concerns of mine, and I'd hope that maybe somehow, without spending too much time on it, you could give me some pointer to this unidentified item. Thank you very much for your time and help again. Sincerely, warshy (¥¥) 15:46, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
Charles, on second thought, already late in the day (you are already fast asleep there at Cambridge, by now...). Would it be possible for you to send me somehow this paragraph you say you have by Popkin about Serrarius in the "Pimlico History of Western Philosophy (p.381 in my edition)." I would appreciate that if you could, and it would save me a lot of time in trying to put together all these different sources. Thanks a lot, warshy (¥¥) 21:29, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
And one more thought, even later:
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Charles Mattews,
I am awarding you this overdue recognition in 2019, for the insightful article about Petrus Serrarius you created way-back in 2007. The recognition comes relatively late, 12 years after the creation work was done, but better late than never. warshy (¥¥) 22:15, 11 October 2019 (UTC) |
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Warshy: The relevant text starts
A strange aspect of Spinoza's life is that from the moment he left the synagogue he was living with Christian millenarians.
It's at [1]. Charles Matthews ( talk) 04:10, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
Hello again Charles,
I have now re-read the two sources you give above very carefully and several times. They are invaluable for getting a clearer picture of the overall activity and Millenarian activism on Serrarius in the crucial millenarian decade of 1656-1666, which is what I am aiming at in my historical research. So I thought I'd try and get some more expert advice from you, if you'd humour me, in your generosity. I hope you do.
Here is the matter. There are still two assertions in the article which are extremely important in my view, and which I still cannot find them articulated in a clear and direct form in any of my dozens of sources as they are currently simply and directly articulated in the article. They are: 1) "He was a merchant by profession." and, 2) "His involvement with Judaism led him to gematria," These two very simple and straightforward assertions are basic and fundamental to the historical picture I am trying to draw, and yet I cannot find formulated in this simple and direct form in any of my dozens of Popkin sources about Serrarius' life (including the two you so graciously forwarded to me above). And, coincidentally, both of these crucial assertions in the article point to the same source, which is still unidentified for me in all its pertinent details. This source is:
To me, by the references format, by their sequence in the article, and by the pages they point to, it seems obvious that these two assertions point to the same Popkin article or source. And yet, I still cannot identify which specific Popkin source they are coming from. I have just now counted the number of Popkin sources I am currently consulting regarding these assertions, and I have counted 21 different articles or sources. I still cannot find these 2 assertions or fact simply stated as they are here in the Wikipedia article in none of these 21 Popkin articles. I'd really appreciate it if you could, maybe, with your far superior searching skills, help me locate the precise source for these 2 facts/assertions. Thanks again in advance for all the help you have already provided me, and I am sorry to bother you once again with these quite arcane matters. warshy (¥¥) 17:25, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
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Hi Charles, can you find me the list of missing women from it?♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:58, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
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Hi, earlier I was editing a few districts of Yemen and Mongolia. We still don't have any locator maps for them for districts. I made a few but seeing Ochamchira District which uses OSM and a template I thought this sort of thing really ought to be coded in Wikidata so every adminstrative area on the planet is able to be highlighted in an infobox using OSM. Is there something which is already done on Wikidata to help this? I've not been following developments much. Ulaankhus for instance could have a map highlighted like Ochamchira District of Abkhazia. Template:Abkhazia district OSM map that is what codes it but couldn't there be something on Wikidata so you can display such maps in different articles much more easily?♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:09, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
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@ Tagishsimon: comes to mind, because of intensive work on Scotland (Wikidata). We've not met in RL, though. Charles Matthews ( talk) 18:48, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
re: your tweet, you may like this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:PKM/icon. (My brother "rescued" an ex-library copy for me in 1983.) - PKM ( talk) 21:07, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
@ PKM: Thanks. I got interested in that kind of scholarship when working on Painted frieze of the Bodleian Library. Charles Matthews ( talk) 08:19, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
We should have more images of it, though. Charles Matthews ( talk) 07:22, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
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Excellent! One of Christchurch's early settlers whose bio has been missing was hidden from my view as he was listed as an English cricketer only. Let me know when you are done.
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Can you please block 123thejoker1234 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) as this user keeps on trolling despite warnings. I am now just playing a game of whack-a-mole now. A a s i m 08:46, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
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A fine name that eh?† Encyclopædius 12:26, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
Indeed, :-). † Encyclopædius 09:27, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
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Hope you are having a great day. I am writing to you to raise your attention to the trolling behavior of 90.208.134.158 and Nigerian chess player against Chris Langan on the Simulation Hypothesis’s talk page.
The malicious behavior of the individuals first started on Quora and Facebook (after Langan banned him from his Facebook group), then spread to Youtube and Patreon. Now these two have targeted all Chris’ page and activities on Wikipedia - although 90.208.134.158’s main account was previously blocked for vandalising Chris’ page, he now continued to deliberately sabotage Chris’ work with his new IP address.
Note that user 90.208.134.158 had been previously permanently IP blocked (as user 90.219.111.127) but managed to change his IP slightly to circumvent the ban and continue to harass Langan with user Nigerian chess player, exhibited stalking behaviour. This user proceeded to employ another IP 90.217.36.161 (that also signed with “Regards, Gary” and is involved with the same discussion) which is also from the UK, but this time Glasgow City (instead of Cumbria). The user used this account in the past as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User:EarlWhitehall&action=edit&redlink=1, of which he himself has confirmed the identity. Note that Nigerian chess player has adopted malicious/trolling SPA-styled and stalking behaviour as well.
I have looked at your background on banning trolls and thought that you might also be interested in maintaining a positive environment at pages like Simulation Hypothesis, an area of which Chris has made significant contributions to in the past 40 years. The attacks on Chris have violated numerous regulations on Wikipedia, to name a few, WP:OWH and WP:BLP.
I kindly ask you to exercise your right as an admin to curb the aforementioned trolling behavior. If you require more evidence, do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. Johnnyyiu ( talk)
@ Johnnyyiu: Thank you for contacting me about this matter. There is already one experienced admin involved, it appears. If you wish to draw my attention to particular diffs here, please do so. Charles Matthews ( talk) 17:37, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
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Hi, over the last year or so I've noticed a lot more sort of "spammy" use of Wikisource and Wikiquote, as if there is some scheme to encourage better integration. This edit seems pointless to me and I suspect you have made similar edits to other bios recently. Why would the Wikisource article be more reliable than the original printed work at archive.org? Or even the original printed work if it was offline? Anyone can edit Wikisource and thus it is inherently less reliable. Have I missed something? - Sitush ( talk) 17:09, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
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Hi, can you fix the wiki data link? I moved the film article to his bio that's all.† Encyclopædius 13:07, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
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Hey, got an email from some guy named Yash worried about some paid scam. Saw you were helping him out on Twitter. To be honest, not entirely sure what the issue is, other than being solicited by a fake admin. Anything you know would help out (on the very off chance that this "admin for hire" really is one of ours). If it's not anything you can share on-wiki, feel free to drop me an email. Primefac ( talk) 23:58, 10 September 2020 (UTC) ( talk page stalker)
Honestly, I think it was far better with the previous name. PMI (post mortem interval) is a extremely common phrase in forensic science. To try to put it under the umbrella of a far less frequently used phrase "post mortem changes" I don't think adds any value whatsoever. As someone with peer reviewed articles in this field, my recommendation is that "Post Mortem Interval" is the far more relevant title. Cheers, Vitreology talk 11:04, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
Fine, make a seperate article called post mortem changes if you want to. But there needs to be an article called Post Mortem Interval - which has specific relevance to the estimation of time of death from crime scenes.
Working out the duration of time since death from crime scenes is a different topic to what you're transitioning this article into. Vitreology talk 11:21, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
I don't have the energy to argue with someone who doesn't understand the application of the content matter. Vitreology talk 12:50, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
You make valid points, however it is just a bit frustrating to have someone takes a long standing article ("Post mortem interval"), renames the article, changes the content of article to reflect the new name they have assigned to the article, then states that there is probably a place for an article called "Post mortem interval" after all.
It begs the question - why didn't you just create a new article from the beginning and narrow the scope of the existing "Post Mortem Interval" article (if you felt the need)?.
FYI, the estimation of Post Mortem Interval is a skill applied in a range of fields, including Etymology, Taphonomy and Archeology.
Whilst PMI is a child of the broader topic "Post mortem changes", unless you are planning on expanding Post Mortem Changes to include the changes that occur in insects after death (for instance), then you should have just kept it the way it was.
Finally, "Post mortem changes" is primarily a qualitative topic. "Post mortem interval" is a quantitative topic.
The PMI is always a number. Vitreology talk 22:24, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
Hello Charles, thanks for all your work and research i have seen in Talk:William_Cantelo. The reason why i wrote this article now in german version is, because of this: According to recent research in the Mexican State Archives, William Cantelo offered his machine gun to the Mexican government and submitted detailed documents. (see de:William_Cantelo#cite_note-Cruz-7). Because the documents are still existing in the archives, they might rise sometimes. For your convenience, here is the translation of the article: trans. I hope you enjoy it :-) Best -- Tom ( talk) 15:41, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi CM. The father/son combination have inverted death years compared to the DNB articles at enWS
I see that you edited one of these way back in some previous epoch. There is nothing evident on these about other sources, or why a swap of dates. Am I missing something? — billinghurst sDrewth 14:00, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
So we take it that the old DNB had wrongly concluded that the Younger predeceased the Elder. The ODNB also has the Younger retiring in 1767, based on an announcement in the press. This is all more plausible. Charles Matthews ( talk)
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Am I able to queue a couple of sisters who are needing biographies?
If it is not in your normal remit, who can you suggest who might be interested in the writing? — billinghurst sDrewth 23:58, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
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Charles, Many thanks for your work on this article. Very professional. I have a lot to learn! Rosser Gruffydd 10:26, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
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While searching for insight regarding William Maccall within /info/en/?search=William_Maccall I noticed a reference to "Scandinavian writers." Would you recall any reference to or awareness of Søren Kierkegaard? Would you know of such amongst his British contemporaries?
My arena is a wikisource project wherein the authors puzzle me.
Pardon my intrusion. I could not tell if this were an appropriate space for inquiry. Klarm768 ( talk) 09:49, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
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Issue 42, November – December 2020
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Issue 42, January – February 2021
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Not particularly in an editing mood, so if you need research done anywhere, then give me a ping. — billinghurst sDrewth 22:36, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
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Issue 43, March – April 2021
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Though flattered that you judged me worthy of inclusion, I must disclaim any adeptness with specialised heraldry software. All of my illustrations have been made with Paint, Paint 3D, Microsoft Powerpoint and Libre Office Impress. Elements from others' heraldic images have been sourced and recycled on a case-by-case rather than systemic basis and I have not catalogued the origin of each except in giving attribution - and that not at all if the original image was public domain. I doubt that I would have much to contribute to your endeavour. Robin S. Taylor ( talk) 20:48, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
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Charles, please refrain from WP:CANVASSING this or any other discussion, as you did here. [16]. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 00:04, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
If Charles wants), and b) so disastrously misunderstood the issues that he explicitly advocated a bolded
Keep bothon two templates whose functionality is absolutely identical.
Note: It is good practice to leave a note at the discussion itself about notifications which have been made, particularly if made to individual users. But you didn't disclose the notification, and nor did Deryck. That lack of transparency from both of you, combined with all the other factors, leaves me in no doubt that it was indeed canvassing.
On the formality of notification, yes, I was unaware.
More allegations, quite baseless. I know Deryck well. He would not vote for me in any sense, if he disagreed. What you say there is bilge. Redirects are of the essence, as you well know, and I have pressed you on your interpretation in the debate.
On formality of notification again, you fell down on the second template in the process. In checking your work on that, I pinged in the editor who has made the most serious contribution to the debate on the principles, and called you out on your bad language, while supporting your deletion request. I think we can call it quits.
On esteem, my academic background supports the idea of "esteem the work, not the person". I admire what you have done on politics. I have seen you hounding another editor, and you forfeited my esteem as a person years ago. So I'm not surprised to see the invective.
I'm certainly neither impressed nor scared by it. I'm not surprised you equate "gaming" with questioning your assertions that we should just nod things through if you say so. Hey, you even appear to have a claque who do think that.
This whole template discussion was misbegotten, and that is down to you. As of right now the discussion is functioning properly. I do not expect thanks from you. Others may look if they wish and decide who has been taking constructive steps there. Charles Matthews ( talk) 15:24, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
[pre-emptive strike. If you choose that sort of battlefield conduct, replies to you will have to challenge the nonsense.
it is sufficient to list a template for discussion, and goes on to emphasise that other notifications are optional. So drop your claims that I failed in that regard by notifying the creator of the second template.
assertions that we should just nod things through if you say so. That is a falsehood which will have been known by you to be false. I neither made nor implied any such claim; my objections have been to your repeated efforts to game the system by entrapment, [20] misrepresentation, false accusations of bad faith, [21] canvassing, [22] and attempted forum-shopping. [23]
If Charles wants .... The lack of disclosure by either of you exacerbated the issue, but was not the sole problem. I hope that you can reflect on why that is an undesirable sequence of events.
You're accusing me of both accepting partisan canvassing and misreading the alleged canvassing message - surely the two accusations can't hold true at the same time?. No, that's not what I am saying. I am saying that whichever way you read Charles's message, your actions were wrong. If you read it as partisan canvassing, you should have told Charles that canvassing was wrong. If you read it an admin message, then you should have restricted your involvement to that aspect. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 17:40, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
BHG, you were flaming me, if unskilfully. I was contacting Deryck as an admin. Anyone who is targeted by hyperbolic claims of bad faith such as you were making is entitled to make some basic move towards dispute resolution. Saying a TfD discussion should be somehow hermetically sealed by non-canvassing requirements is wonkery. Charles Matthews ( talk) 18:22, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
Here are some bullets on matters arising from far-ranging discussion.
Couple of further points.
Charles Matthews ( talk) 11:16, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
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