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Please do check back at Edward the Martyr. User:Ealdgyth and others have redone a fair bit of the article. Much still needs done, especially the introduction, but I hope you'll find that it's looking better. If you have more criticisms or comments, please do leave a note there! All the best, Angus McLellan (Talk) 00:03, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi -- I see you've been doing some cleanup on a lot of AS king articles. Can I ask why you're removing dates of death, e.g. at Egbert of Wessex? The relevant manual of style notes encourage dates of death (and birth); it's a common sense guideline, not a bible, but I don't see the dates as harmful. Any objection if I add them back in in some cases? Mike Christie (talk) 01:19, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello. Well, it seems to be more commonly spelled allod (which redirects to allodial title). There is a template {{ redirect}} that says "Blah redirects here, for someothermeaning see somethingelse". Does this help at all? Angus McLellan (Talk) 21:40, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
{{helpme}} I have created a page on St George's Fields nature reserve between Chipping Barnet and Monken Hadley, and as I saw that the List of King George V Playing Fields in London showed one in Chipping Barnet, I named the page King George's Fields (Chipping Barnet). However, I now see that the situation is more complicated. The List also shows one in Monken Hadley. The final report of the St George's Fields Foundation at http://www.fieldsintrust.org/images/stories/content/pdfs/kgfffinalreport.pdf shows one at East Finchley (Hadley Manor) of 48 acres which is clearly the one my article is about as it is the same size and at the same place, and the ones Chipping Barnet and Monken Hadley in List of King George V Playing Fields in London must be different names for the same one. It looks to me as if I should delete the Chipping Barnet one in the list - which is easy enough - and rename my page St George's Fields (Monken Hadley), which I am not sure how to do. Should I just create a new page and make the existing one a redirection page? Thanks for any advice. Dudley Miles ( talk) 20:02, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
{{helpme}} Thanks to Chzz I have dealt with that. I also have a problem with Scratchwood and Moat Mount Local Nature Reserve. I created this page lazily following websites which lazily put them in together, but on further research I have found that they are separate nature reserves which need separate pages. I think that it would be best to create two pages and make the existing one a disambiguation page for the two sites. How do I deal with this? Thanks. Dudley Miles ( talk) 21:11, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
Of course, you'll need to edit the two articles a bit, adding links to each other, and suchlike.
See Wikipedia:Split#Procedure, feel free to ask for help. Try the live help thing, pop in and say hello. Chzz ► 21:23, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
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I have been working on the column widths for my table Nature reserves in Barnet, but I am not sure whether the table is too wide for some monitors. Can you see whether it looks OK and advise on the maximum total width for a table. Thanks. Dudley Miles ( talk) 15:07, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for the message. I'm guessing that the anonymous is either Oxnard or one of his colleagues, since all his edits are about promoting his work and diminishing that of his antagonists. The best thing to do is ask on the relevant discussion board. There are usually editors who either work in universities or are students who can access papers from university computers. They can get the full article without paying upfront. Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Evolutionary biology might be a good place to start. Paul B ( talk) 20:12, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Mill Hill Old Railway Nature Reserve, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to be a copy from http://wildweb.london.gov.uk/wildweb/PublicSiteViewFull.do?pictureno=1&siteid=6030, and therefore a copyright violation. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are liable to be blocked from editing.
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Would the simplest solution just be to delete the final paragraph? I do not think the first three raise copyright problems. Dudley Miles ( talk) 19:53, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
Hmm... I removed the spec "worked in the 2nd half of the century", since in the article itself it is repeated that he worked at Santo Sepolcro in 1113. You want my opinion? I thinkt the 1113 and the 1152 Diotisalvi could be father and son, but since there are no sources we'll never know the truth. Ciao and thanks. -- '''Attilios''' ( talk) 00:33, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
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While I agree that the mention of 'Agatha' on Alfonso's page needed to be balanced, a bit more nuance is in order since the Iberian scholarly sources (Palencia, Canal, Salazar y Acha, Reilly) seem not to be in agreement with the English ones on the relative reliability of this episode. Even Hollister thought it was worth mentioning with the qualifier, "was said to have". Given how she is nearly universally accepted by the Iberian sources, I don't think it is due weight to simply brush her aside with one English reference. I will try to put something together, although I don't have access to all of the necessary material (such as Cordero Carrete's 1952 article suggesting that she is instead to be identified with the wife of Sancho II, as per William of Poitiers, or the relatively recent Minguez biography of Alfonso). Agricolae ( talk) 19:49, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Dudley Miles. Thanks for your contributions to the above article. I've just been checking my ordnance survey map for the area and feel the boundary between Enfield and Waltham Forest is formed by the River Lee Diversion which skirts the King George V reservoirs eastern bank. Any thoughts ? Cheers ( Northmetpit ( talk) 10:11, 19 June 2012 (UTC))
Hi Dudley, Not sure we've crossed paths before unless you've been to a London meetup? But I noticed you pitching in on the rescue of Sayers Croft this afternoon and read some of the articles on your userpage, nice work. I'm a little surprised that no-one had set your account as Autopatrolled, so I've taken the liberty of fixing that. Ϣere SpielChequers 19:31, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi
I see that you edited Barnet saying it left herts in 1965. That's quite wrong. For ceremonial purposes it is still part of the County and I shall be editing it tomorrow. Please feel free to disagree!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by UKPolice ( talk • contribs) 00:05, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
It seems you were right! I've adjusted the entry to explain the Herts issue. UKPolice 16:44, 29 July 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by UKPolice ( talk • contribs)
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Dear Mr. Miles. Thanks very much for disputing the entry on "antipope" Clement III. I, too, found it hostile and biased. I have just added some new bibliography and attempted to smooth out the biased terms. Would you mind to have a look and see if it meets with your approval, to the extent that we can remove the "dispute" box at the top of the article. If you see other things that need changing, please inform! Yours cordially, in the 33°C heat of Rome, Lila Yawn Lila Yawn ( talk) 16:01, 3 August 2012 (UTC) |
Hi. You might like to join a centralised discussion at Talk:Site of Special Scientific Interest#Welsh SSSI lists. SP-KP ( talk) 17:28, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
You may wish to comment on a user conduct discussion regarding Paul Bedson, which can be found here. If you comment there you may wish to review the rules for user conduct comments first. You are receiving this notification because you commented at one of the articles or AfDs that are cited in the discussion. Mike Christie ( talk - contribs - library) 23:01, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
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For your hard work and attention to detail, particularly with Æthelstan! Hel-hama ( talk) 19:56, 19 January 2013 (UTC) |
Hello Dudley, this is a note to let you know that I have closed your featured list candidacy for Nature reserves in Barnet. Sadly, consensus was not achieved for promotion, but I encourage you to re-nominate the list whenever you want to so that a proper consensus can be achieved. I'd like to note that the fact that it's archived does not mean that the list is not ready, but that consensus was not achieved at the moment. Thanks for all the work you've done, and have a nice day :) — ΛΧΣ 21 21:43, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
It's clear that most (if not all) Anglo-Saxon historians recognise the concept of an Anglo-Saxon capital city as an anachronism, e.g.:
I found references to the capitals of tribes, etc. during Roman times, and some authors also refer to capital cities in Frankish lands (such as Paris and Turnacum), but I didn't find any modern historians that referred to Winchester as being a capital - those authors who did were writing in Victorian times were 19th century or the beginning of the 20th century authors, or were people promoting historic Winchester in more recent publications.
Hope this helps! Hel-hama ( talk) 18:20, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
Would you be so kind as to review my draft at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Vejlefjord/St._Augustine%27s_College_(Draft) as a posssible replacement for the present article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Augustine's_College,_Canterbury? I began thinking of editing, but it seems that a replacement might be a better way. I would appreciate your thinking about its possibilities and what needs to be done. I am a novice and you are knowledgeable and experienced in Wikipedia ways. My interest stems from the fact that I spent the 1956-57 academic year at St. Augustine’s College, Canterbury, when it served as the Central College of the Anglican Communion. Vejlefjord ( talk) 20:05, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
I wonder if you could throw any further light on this sentence: "in 1314 John de Scathebury built and moated manor house which is archaeologically significant"? Unfortunately your source www.capitalwoodlands.org/site/article/13 has since disappeared and I havent been able to track down the original text of that page - e.g. I've tried the internet Wayback machine etc. I'm a member of the archaeological society which has been excavating the moated manor house at Scadbury for more than 25 years (Orpington & District Archaeological Society), and this is potentially a very important piece of information for us. We would very much like to know its source. TIA — Preceding unsigned comment added by Steve Archer ( talk • contribs) 19:50, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
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Hello, it's great to meet you on here. Gareth E Kegg ( talk) 19:49, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
If you click "show" next to the Milhist banner, it reveals itself, and it should be fine from there. Sarastro1 ( talk) 19:00, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
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I've responded to you're comments at the 6th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Thanks for reviewing the article. -- TIAYN ( talk) 15:27, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
Just a quick note to congratulate you on the promotion of Æthelstan to FA status recently. If you would like to see this (or any other FA) appear as "Today's featured article" soon, please nominate it at the requests page; if you'd like to see an FA on a particular date in the next year or so, please add it to the "pending" list. In the absence of a request, the article may end up being picked at any time (although with 1,326 articles in Category:Featured articles that have not appeared on the main page at present, there's no telling how long – or short! – the wait might be). If you'd got any TFA-related questions or problems, please let me know. Bencherlite Talk 10:24, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello, just a quick note to say I found your newly created Myrna Close article very interesting. I've been living in the area for over 10 years and didn't know about this place. I'll definitely be visiting it soon. Keep up the good work :) JMHamo ( talk) 21:07, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
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Hi! This is just a quick thank you for your time spent recently in reviewing and suggesting improvements at
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Pleased (but not in the least surprised) to see this fine article promoted. I hope you will alert me to future PRs or FACs for your articles. Happy to add my two penn'orth. Tim riley talk 20:02, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
Can you check my summary here? I know a bit about the rise of Wessex, but not really enough to be sure I haven't misstated something. The article's a little unclear as to why Æthelred isn't considered King of Mercia before he accepted Alfred's rulership, for instance. Adam Cuerden ( talk) 19:36, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
Thanks. Dudley Miles ( talk) 20:38, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks for peer reviewing the Timeline of plesiosaur research! Abyssal ( talk) 20:49, 11 June 2014 (UTC) |
Just a quick note to congratulate you on the promotion of Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians to FA status recently. If you would like to see this (or any other FA) appear as "Today's featured article" soon (either on a particular date or on any available date), please nominate it at the requests page. If you'd like to see an FA appear on a particular date in the next year or so, please add it to the "pending" list. In the absence of a request, the article may end up being picked at any time (although with about 1,307 articles waiting their turn at present, there's no telling how long – or short! – the wait might be). If you'd got any TFA-related questions or problems, please let me know. Bencherlite Talk 18:27, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
Hey Dudley, thanks so much for the review! Great comments; I'll get to work addressing them just as soon as I can. Eltheodigraeardgesece ( talk) 13:56, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
Since you provided helpful comments and/or reviewing in related quality assessments, I'm dropping a notice that battle of Öland is now an FAC. Please feel free to drop by with more input!
sincerely,
Peter
Isotalo
05:44, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the correction on Byrhthelm. I got Pryde from this listing on Amazon.— Rod talk 10:54, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
The version you reverted to promotes two misconceptions about what the cited paper says: 1. The Tibetans interbred with Denisovians. Untrue. The Tibetans and Chinese separated ~3,000 years ago. The Denisovian gene was a rare variant in the ancestral population of Asian peoples. 2. The gene variant was an adaptation to high altitude. Probably untrue. We do not know what purpose it served in the Denisovians, only that it is useful at high altitude in the Tibetan gene background.
Why did you remove the details meant to allow better representation of the facts in the cited paper? Gaylinn ( talk) 19:56, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
As Drbogdan pointed out, this should be discussed on the article Talk page so I will transfer it there. Dudley Miles ( talk) 20:57, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Dudley,
I just added Surrey to the Bourley and Long Valley description, and gave a ref, then saw that in the previous edit you had removed Surrey - note that the county border runs through the SSSI (and across the middle of Caesar's Camp Iron Age hillfort). If you check the Magic Map website you can highlight the SSSI area and compare it with the OS basemap. Best regards, Simon Burchell ( talk) 09:39, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
Hey thanks for your very useful comments you left at the PR! I've put it up for FLC so let me know you notice any further possible improvements. Nergaal ( talk) 11:43, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
Seeing your request at FLC talk it might be worth asking for comments, advice or help at WP:UKGEO where there may be people who have previously tackled this issue.— Rod talk 19:08, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
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Ackroyd Drive Greenlink | TQ 368 818 | 536800 | 181800 | 51.518562 | -0.029742613 |
Adelaide | TQ 276 843 | 527600 | 184300 | 51.543181 | -0.16135795 |
Ainslie Wood | TQ 378 921 | 537800 | 192100 | 51.610875 | -0.011304726 |
Alexandra Palace and Park | TQ 296 900 | 529600 | 190000 | 51.593949 | -0.13043341 |
Anton Crescent Wetland | TQ 252 652 | 525200 | 165200 | 51.372064 | -0.20270346 |
Barnes Common | TQ 225 760 | 522500 | 176000 | 51.469716 | -0.23774371 |
Barnsbury Wood | TQ 308 842 | 530800 | 184200 | 51.54155 | -0.11527652 |
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Beam Valley | TQ 508 844 | 550800 | 184400 | 51.538363 | 0.17299788 |
Beam Valley (Environment Agency) | TQ 508 844 | 550800 | 184400 | 51.538363 | 0.17299788 |
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Bedfont Lakes Country Park | TQ 079 727 | 507900 | 172700 | 51.443024 | -0.44885891 |
Bedfords Park | TQ 519 922 | 551900 | 192200 | 51.608149 | 0.1922161 |
Belmont Pastures | TQ 255 623 | 525500 | 162300 | 51.345935 | -0.1994181 |
Belsize Wood | TQ 274 854 | 527400 | 185400 | 51.553111 | -0.16384247 |
Bennett's Hole | TQ 274 674 | 527400 | 167400 | 51.391347 | -0.17032603 |
Bentley Priory | TQ 156 927 | 515600 | 192700 | 51.621259 | -0.33155641 |
Big Wood and Little Wood | TQ 255 887 | 525500 | 188700 | 51.583193 | -0.19005486 |
Blondin Park, Northfields | TQ 167 787 | 516700 | 178700 | 51.495207 | -0.32031617 |
Bonesgate Open Space | TQ 191 638 | 519100 | 163800 | 51.360792 | -0.29076461 |
Bramley Bank | TQ 353 634 | 535300 | 163400 | 51.353574 | -0.05837236 |
Brent Reservoir/Welsh Harp | TQ 217 873 | 521700 | 187300 | 51.571444 | -0.24535674 |
Brookmill Road | TQ 376 762 | 537600 | 176200 | 51.468046 | -0.02040122 |
Burnt Ash Pond | TQ 405 733 | 540500 | 173300 | 51.441275 | 0.020170798 |
Camley Street Natural Park | TQ 299 834 | 529900 | 183400 | 51.534568 | -0.12854184 |
Cannon Hill Common | TQ 238 683 | 523800 | 168300 | 51.400232 | -0.22172641 |
Castle Hill | TQ 191 635 | 519100 | 163500 | 51.358096 | -0.29086497 |
Chase - Barking, TheThe Chase - Barking | TQ 515 857 | 551500 | 185700 | 51.549856 | 0.18364254 |
Chase - Havering, TheThe Chase - Havering | TQ 515 866 | 551500 | 186600 | 51.557942 | 0.18402989 |
Cherry Wood | TQ 243 680 | 524300 | 168000 | 51.397426 | -0.21464749 |
Chiswick Eyot | TQ 219 779 | 521900 | 177900 | 51.486921 | -0.24572258 |
Coldfall Wood | TQ 274 903 | 527400 | 190300 | 51.597146 | -0.162067 |
Coombe Hill Wood | TQ 217 703 | 521700 | 170300 | 51.41866 | -0.25121365 |
Coppett's Wood and Glebelands | TQ 276 916 | 527600 | 191600 | 51.608783 | -0.15870858 |
Covert Way | TQ 265 973 | 526500 | 197300 | 51.660256 | -0.1725273 |
Crane Park Island | TQ 128 727 | 512800 | 172700 | 51.44207 | -0.3783844 |
Cranebank, Hatton | TQ 101 764 | 510100 | 176400 | 51.475857 | -0.41606605 |
Cranham Brickfields | TQ 580 875 | 558000 | 187500 | 51.564246 | 0.27812001 |
Cranham Marsh | TQ 570 855 | 557000 | 185500 | 51.546557 | 0.26281273 |
Cranmer Green | TQ 279 681 | 527900 | 168100 | 51.397525 | -0.16289173 |
Crossness | TQ 492 802 | 549200 | 180200 | 51.50105 | 0.14816826 |
Cuddington Meadows | TQ 245 610 | 524500 | 161000 | 51.334471 | -0.21422302 |
Dacres Wood | TQ 355 721 | 535500 | 172100 | 51.431708 | -0.05218415 |
Dagenham Village Churchyard | TQ 500 845 | 550000 | 184500 | 51.539474 | 0.16151408 |
Danson Park Bog Garden, Welling | TQ 470 749 | 547000 | 174900 | 51.454004 | 0.11429214 |
Denham Country Park | TQ 051 872 | 505100 | 187200 | 51.573881 | -0.48481468 |
Derwent Floodwash | TQ 235 674 | 523500 | 167400 | 51.392208 | -0.22634966 |
Devonshire Avenue Nature Area | TQ 262 632 | 526200 | 163200 | 51.353869 | -0.18905378 |
Downham Woodland Walk | TQ 393 720 | 539300 | 172000 | 51.429889 | 0.00240524 |
Duke's Hollow | TQ 212 763 | 521200 | 176300 | 51.472692 | -0.25634781 |
Dulwich Upper Wood | TQ 337 712 | 533700 | 171200 | 51.424048 | -0.078401249 |
Eastbrookend Country Park | TQ 510 860 | 551000 | 186000 | 51.552685 | 0.17656548 |
Edith Gardens | TQ 195 669 | 519500 | 166900 | 51.38857 | -0.28398075 |
Elmbridge Open Space[f] | TQ 202 673 | 520200 | 167300 | 51.392017 | -0.27379022 |
Fishpond Wood and Beverley Meads | TQ 219 707 | 521900 | 170700 | 51.422212 | -0.24820144 |
Foots Cray Meadows | TQ 478 717 | 547800 | 171700 | 51.425042 | 0.12446279 |
Fox Wood | TQ 181 822 | 518100 | 182200 | 51.526373 | -0.29898732 |
Foxley Wood | TQ 315 605 | 531500 | 160500 | 51.328404 | -0.11398123 |
Frays Valley | TQ 055 865 | 505500 | 186500 | 51.567514 | -0.47925487 |
Fryent Country Park | TQ 195 875 | 519500 | 187500 | 51.573711 | -0.27701751 |
Gillespie Park | TQ 313 862 | 531300 | 186200 | 51.559407 | -0.10732499 |
Grove Farm | TQ 151 852 | 515100 | 185200 | 51.553955 | -0.34123241 |
Gunnersbury Triangle | TQ 201 786 | 520100 | 178600 | 51.493597 | -0.27139644 |
Hainault Lodge | TQ 476 919 | 547600 | 191900 | 51.606596 | 0.1300398 |
Ham Common | TQ 184 718 | 518400 | 171800 | 51.43284 | -0.29814761 |
Ham Lands | TQ 165 720 | 516500 | 172000 | 51.435031 | -0.32540166 |
High Elms | TQ 444 628 | 544400 | 162800 | 51.345945 | 0.071978689 |
Hogsmill River Park[f] | TQ 200 680 | 520000 | 168000 | 51.398351 | -0.27642693 |
Hounslow Heath | TQ 123 743 | 512300 | 174300 | 51.45655 | -0.3850682 |
Hutchinson's Bank | TQ 381 616 | 538100 | 161600 | 51.336726 | -0.018885425 |
Ingrebourne Valley | TQ 532 841 | 553200 | 184100 | 51.535022 | 0.20744573 |
Isleworth Ait | TQ 168 757 | 516800 | 175700 | 51.468224 | -0.31986749 |
Islip Manor Meadows | TQ 119 845 | 511900 | 184500 | 51.548306 | -0.38759058 |
Jubilee Country Park | TQ 436 680 | 543600 | 168000 | 51.392874 | 0.062598781 |
Jubilee Wood | TQ 166 618 | 516600 | 161800 | 51.343335 | -0.32731001 |
Kempton | TQ 118 707 | 511800 | 170700 | 51.424292 | -0.39339734 |
Lavender Pond | TQ 363 803 | 536300 | 180300 | 51.505204 | -0.037523766 |
Lesnes Abbey Woods | TQ 481 785 | 548100 | 178500 | 51.486064 | 0.13161938 |
Litten | TQ 145 827 | 514500 | 182700 | 51.531607 | -0.35069528 |
Long Wood | TQ 155 789 | 515500 | 178900 | 51.497251 | -0.33752904 |
Lonsdale Road Reservoir (Leg of Mutton Reservoir) | TQ 218 774 | 521800 | 177400 | 51.482449 | -0.24733441 |
Lower Wandle | TQ 258 720 | 525800 | 172000 | 51.433044 | -0.1916793 |
Manor, TheThe Manor | TQ 550 930 | 555000 | 193000 | 51.614493 | 0.23730076 |
Maryon Wilson Park and Gilbert's Pit (including Maryon Park) | TQ 419 784 | 541900 | 178400 | 51.486754 | 0.042346021 |
Mayesbrook Park South | TQ 463 844 | 546300 | 184400 | 51.539546 | 0.10816017 |
Merton Park Green Walks | TQ 253 697 | 525300 | 169700 | 51.412485 | -0.19968075 |
Morden Park | TQ 245 675 | 524500 | 167500 | 51.392889 | -0.21194932 |
Mudchute Park and Farm | TQ 381 789 | 538100 | 178900 | 51.492187 | -0.012152765 |
Myrna Close | TQ 271 701 | 527100 | 170100 | 51.415679 | -0.17366904 |
Northolt Manor | TQ 132 841 | 513200 | 184100 | 51.544452 | -0.36897888 |
Nunhead Cemetery | TQ 354 755 | 535400 | 175500 | 51.462286 | -0.052322059 |
Oak Avenue, Hampton | TQ 122 711 | 512200 | 171100 | 51.427809 | -0.38752014 |
Oak Hill Wood | TQ 280 951 | 528000 | 195100 | 51.640146 | -0.15165755 |
Oakleigh Way | TQ 288 698 | 528800 | 169800 | 51.4126 | -0.14934523 |
One Tree Hill | TQ 355 743 | 535500 | 174300 | 51.451478 | -0.051342792 |
Oxleas/Shooters Hill Woodlands | TQ 430 764 | 543000 | 176400 | 51.468506 | 0.057369099 |
Parkland Walk | TQ 303 878 | 530300 | 187800 | 51.574017 | -0.12114947 |
Parsloes Park Squatts | TQ 478 851 | 547800 | 185100 | 51.545445 | 0.13006695 |
Perivale Wood | TQ 160 837 | 516000 | 183700 | 51.540289 | -0.3287511 |
Pevensey Road | TQ 120 733 | 512000 | 173300 | 51.447622 | -0.3897005 |
Pyl Brook | TQ 252 669 | 525200 | 166900 | 51.387342 | -0.20210491 |
Queen's Wood | TQ 288 885 | 528800 | 188500 | 51.580652 | -0.14252588 |
Raeburn Open Space | TQ 198 674 | 519800 | 167400 | 51.393001 | -0.2795028 |
Railway Fields | TQ 317 881 | 531700 | 188100 | 51.576388 | -0.1008468 |
Rainham Marshes | TQ 545 792 | 554500 | 179200 | 51.490643 | 0.22402839 |
Ravensbury Park | TQ 267 680 | 526700 | 168000 | 51.396896 | -0.18016739 |
Ripple Nature Reserve | TQ 468 824 | 546800 | 182400 | 51.521446 | 0.11453163 |
Rose Walk | TQ 199 680 | 519900 | 168000 | 51.398372 | -0.2778637 |
Roundshaw Downs | TQ 307 630 | 530700 | 163000 | 51.351055 | -0.12454011 |
Rowley Green Common | TQ 216 961 | 521600 | 196100 | 51.650552 | -0.24374928 |
Ruffett and Big Woods | TQ 282 602 | 528200 | 160200 | 51.32646 | -0.16142708 |
Ruislip Local Nature Reserve | TQ 090 899 | 509000 | 189900 | 51.597408 | -0.42772311 |
Scadbury Park | TQ 457 701 | 545700 | 170100 | 51.411209 | 0.093622589 |
Scratchwood and Moat Mount Open Space | TQ 205 945 | 520500 | 194500 | 51.636409 | -0.26019162 |
Scrattons Ecopark and extension | TQ 481 833 | 548100 | 183300 | 51.529193 | 0.13363351 |
Selsdon Wood | TQ 364 617 | 536400 | 161700 | 51.338034 | -0.043236212 |
Sir Joseph Hood Memorial Wood | TQ 226 671 | 522600 | 167100 | 51.389707 | -0.23938207 |
South Norwood Country Park | TQ 353 683 | 535300 | 168300 | 51.397608 | -0.056508287 |
Southwood Open Space[f] | TQ 205 665 | 520500 | 166500 | 51.384764 | -0.26975175 |
Spencer Road Wetlands | TQ 279 667 | 527900 | 166700 | 51.384944 | -0.16339563 |
Spinney, Carshalton, TheThe Spinney, Carshalton | TQ 280 656 | 528000 | 165600 | 51.375035 | -0.16235534 |
Springfield Park | TQ 346 875 | 534600 | 187500 | 51.570312 | -0.059252451 |
St. John's Wood Church Grounds | TQ 271 830 | 527100 | 183000 | 51.53161 | -0.16903306 |
Stanmore Common | TQ 158 939 | 515800 | 193900 | 51.632003 | -0.32827237 |
Stanmore Country Park | TQ 173 928 | 517300 | 192800 | 51.621806 | -0.30697795 |
Streatham Common | TQ 309 709 | 530900 | 170900 | 51.422005 | -0.11876039 |
Sue Godfrey Nature Park | TQ 374 774 | 537400 | 177400 | 51.478878 | -0.022812505 |
Sutcliffe Park | TQ 411 748 | 541100 | 174800 | 51.454605 | 0.029395584 |
Sutton Ecology Centre Grounds | TQ 278 646 | 527800 | 164600 | 51.366093 | -0.16558646 |
Sydenham Hill Wood and Fern Bank | TQ 340 724 | 534000 | 172400 | 51.434761 | -0.073635488 |
Ten Acre Wood | TQ 097 838 | 509700 | 183800 | 51.542446 | -0.4195235 |
Totteridge Fields | TQ 223 940 | 522300 | 194000 | 51.631527 | -0.23436962 |
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park | TQ 368 823 | 536800 | 182300 | 51.523055 | -0.029548676 |
Wandle Meadow Nature Park | TQ 264 710 | 526400 | 171000 | 51.423924 | -0.18340905 |
Wandle Valley Wetland | TQ 278 666 | 527800 | 166600 | 51.384067 | -0.16486784 |
Westbere Copse | TQ 244 853 | 524400 | 185300 | 51.552881 | -0.20712518 |
Wilderness Island | TQ 282 653 | 528200 | 165300 | 51.372294 | -0.15959157 |
Wood and Richard Jefferies Bird Sanctuary, TheThe Wood and Richard Jefferies Bird Sanctuary | TQ 182 670 | 518200 | 167000 | 51.389741 | -0.30262173 |
Wormwood Scrubs | TQ 223 817 | 522300 | 181700 | 51.520986 | -0.23864817 |
Yeading Brook Meadows | TQ 103 823 | 510300 | 182300 | 51.528847 | -0.41134453 |
Yeading Woods (Gutteridge Wood and Meadows) | TQ 092 841 | 509200 | 184100 | 51.545239 | -0.42663756 |
Many thanks. That's very helpful. Dudley Miles ( talk) 21:08, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi Dudley - just noticed your expanded intro to the list (good) which included "Perivale Wood is the second oldest nature reserve in Britain and was declared an LNR in 1974."
I'm guessing it was declared a nature reserve (but not an LNR) much earlier (late 1940s/early 50s?). Would be good to include the date if you know it. The sentence as it is edges close to implying the second oldest nature reserve was declared in 1974 which I'm guessing is a bit late...
If you know the date/name of the first LNR to be declared in London, then it would be good to add it. Was it Perivale Wood? Cheers Robevans123 ( talk) 18:14, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
Interesting - I didn't realise that the legislation enabling LNRs went back to 1949. I was aware of SSSIs and AONBs and national parks etc, but only fairly recently become aware of LNRs. I suspect that the long time intervals (74 to 82) are correct, and reflect the beginnings of more general awareness of conservation and pressure on councils to get their act together. All these thoughts are completely unverifiable! - just my musings...
Also, I hadn't released that Perivale's history went back so far - I'd just assumed that it became a reserve under the 1949 act. The only reliable source I can find online is the Selbourne Society's page on the London Garden Trust's site which you have as the ref.
Unfortunately, this page is a bit vague on the specific chronology, so I can half-understand Crisco's comment. I took the web page to mean that 1902 was when the Selbourne Society started paying(?) the (leasing) farmer to start protecting the birds, and then they took over the lease in 1914 and bought it later (1923). Its turning into quite a convoluted story that was intended to be a bit of background info in the lead section of the article. I'd also be wary about saying Perivale is one of the oldest nature reserves in Britain. Someone will demand a citation...
I wonder if it would be best to replace
with something like
It doesn't quite tell the whole story - but it is all verifiable (with no assumptions/guesses), puts the emphasis back onto the LNR date, and hopefully deflects the question of establishment date.
Feel free to use or ignore as you think fit! Robevans123 ( talk) 19:29, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
Dudley, it was a pleasure to read through your Æthelstan A article. Very well organized and written. I found no problems with it at all, stylistic or factual. I'm sure it will have no trouble achieving GA status. Eltheodigraeardgesece ( talk) 18:54, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks very much. Dudley Miles ( talk) 18:14, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
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Just a quick note to congratulate you on the promotion of Æthelwold ætheling to FA status recently. I know you know all about WP:TFAR (specific and non-specific date slots) and the "pending" list, so this is just a reminder to use them as and when suits you. Many thanks. Bencherlite Talk 14:37, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
Hi Dudley, really enjoyed your work over the past year or so -- I wondered if you've given any consideration to standing in the coordinator's election this month. No pressure of course, but I think you'd do well in the role. Cheers, Ian Rose ( talk) 08:51, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
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I'm contemplating trying my hand at turning the redlink at hermeneutic style blue. You mentioned in the Æthelstan A FAC that it was formerly known as Hibernian style, and I am failing dramatically at finding a source for that, probably because this is well outside of my normal topic range. Any suggestions where I might look? Thanks! Squeamish Ossifrage ( talk) 14:50, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
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Switching the conversation to here since there's no need to clog up the FAC with it. Yes, Æthelwulf sounds like a good choice. I have a few on-wiki obligations so it will be a week or two before I can look at it. Ping me when you get back from vacation; I'll start going through my sources before then if I have time. Mike Christie ( talk - contribs - library) 13:19, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm just posting to say thank you for taking the time to review this article for GA. Best wishes, -- Noswall59 ( talk) 19:19, 2 November 2014 (UTC).
I've written to someone who seems to know quite a bit about this asking if there's been any comment on Paul Pettitt's belief that there was just one group responsible for the Creswellian. As an aside, I'm going to try to organise some Wikipedia training at least within the East Midlands group of the Council for British Archaeology. Dougweller ( talk) 14:52, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Thanks for your support of List of Scheduled Monuments in Bath and North East Somerset at FLC - it has now passed. If you have a minute to take a look at List of Scheduled Monuments in Taunton Deane which uses the same format I've just nominated it at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Scheduled Monuments in Taunton Deane/archive1. Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks.— Rod talk 10:23, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Ive enhanced the background and "preliminaries" of Battle of Schliengen. Would you see if this is sufficient? auntieruth (talk) 16:13, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
Good afternoon, Dudley! I wonder if you might be interested in looking in at the PR of Richard III of England? I rather leaned on the nominator to take it there (I reluctantly failed it for GAN) and am now hoping some editors with a taste for Eng Hist will look in and put their money where my mouth is. Rather late for you, I know, but if you can find time and inclination to look in it will be esteemed a favour. I am now off to read your above-mentioned article on hermeneutic style, where I hope to learn much. – Tim riley talk 16:37, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello regarding wikipedia's page on Eadric Streona, firstly thanks for at least looking at the page, I do agree with you that the lead is to short Ive been meaning to expand it for some time now, Im quite new to the citations and Sources aspect though have recently been trying to do this and intend to improve on that, I did question myelf wether I should get rid of those external links which were put there a long time ago by others and thanks for pointing out Simon Keynes's DNB article on Eadric which I was thinking to add as a external link which I have seen, but finally thanks for the input and I shall get to work. Excuse my spelling. User:JoshNEWK1998 ( talk) 23:26, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
Gotland says thanks you! Yesterday morning Radio Gotland had a 18 minutes spot about the List of church ruins on Gotland becoming a FL and Wikipedia in general. :) The National Swedish Radio will follow suit with a short spot too, date unknown. This was because of a tweet. This info shamelessly nicked from User talk:Yakikaki#Radio. Best, w.carter -Talk 13:37, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
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Hello Dudley Miles. You deleted my addition to the Neanderthal page claiming to to be unreferenced, the addition was supported with added references though, so I am uncertain as to why this change was made. Thank you Page for talks and edits
Thanks for your comments and support at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Scheduled Monuments in Taunton Deane/archive1. The FLC director has given me permission to open another FLC, using the same format etc at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Scheduled Monuments in South Somerset/archive1 and I wondered if you would be kind enough to take a look at that one and let me have any comments?— Rod talk 14:43, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
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When I asked bout this google change I was told not to worry about it an it would be sorted automatically.— Rod talk 06:57, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
Dudley Miles, thank you for reviewing Ira Roe Foster, for Good Article status. Your thoughtful comments, which resulted in a number of subsequent corrections and additions, have greatly improved the article. This, I believe, highlights some of the best aspects of the Wikipedia model. Kindest regards, Gulbenk ( talk) 19:25, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks for your helpful comments on Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Scheduled Monuments in South Somerset/archive1 which has now been promoted. I've now nominated List of Scheduled Monuments in North Somerset at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Scheduled Monuments in North Somerset/archive1 and would be grateful for any comments you might have. As you may know there is a discussion about the column widths etc on these lists at Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates#Column widths in table layout. Thanks for any input.— Rod talk 21:20, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks Tom. Much appreciated. Dudley Miles ( talk) 16:42, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello, and thank you for doing the GA review on Samuel Gorton. This has never happened before, but I never got a single notification that any action was being taken on the article, after you first advised me that you were picking it up for review. I got busy with real life, all the while thinking that you had gotten busy with real life, and had not begun your review. Don't know why this happened, but it seems to me I've always been aware that a review was taking place. I checked to make sure I had the Samuel Gorton article on my watch list, which it is. I honestly didn't have a clue that any action was being taken. I appreciate your comments and your efforts, and will be more watchful in the future. Sarnold17 ( talk) 18:21, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments on List of Narcissus horticultural divisions. I too was unaware of your input at the time. However I believe I have responded to all the comments you contributed. -- Michael Goodyear ( talk) 21:45, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I've responded to your comments at the FAC and have made changes in response to some of them.-- Wehwalt ( talk) 18:58, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for your excellent observations. We've finished your latest round. Please review. Would you be interested in also doing the source and close parphrase checks? Ian Rose says that's still needed. If not, that's okay too. HalfGig talk 12:35, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
Dipping, more meo, into GANs I find your article there. Though I was the sole peer reviewer I am quite comfortable about reviewing it for GA. Are you OK with that, or would you prefer to wait for a reviewer who comes new to the page? Tim riley talk 16:12, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
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I don't know if you're still interested in working on Æthelwulf of Wessex, but I've made a start by transcribing Keynes' bibliography here. Please feel free to update or annotate it. I've put my name against the three sources I have in hand; I am probably going to buy a couple of the others and will add those when I get them. I think the first thing I'll do after reading the sources is add a section on the background to Æthelwulf's reign, which seems to be a fairly standard way of starting an article like this. Mike Christie ( talk - contribs - library) 23:03, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
As you have previously commented on one or more of nominations of the lists of scheduled monuments in Somerset, I wondered if you would be kind enough to take a look at the List of scheduled monuments in Sedgemoor which is now nominated at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of scheduled monuments in Sedgemoor/archive1?— Rod talk 21:12, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
I have just nominated another of these lists and would appreciate any comments you might like to offer. See: Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of scheduled monuments in West Somerset/archive1.— Rod talk 21:10, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the detailed review of radiocarbon dating; I really appreciate your thoroughness and patience. It's made the article a lot better. Mike Christie ( talk - contribs - library) 11:05, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
Back in December 2013 you made an edit to the article Alfred the Great in which you included a short citation to "Keynes & Lapidge, p. 322, n. 79; Nelson, pp. 60-62". I can march the Nelson short citation to the long citation starting "Nelson, Janet (1999)" I assume that the second is "Keynes, Simon; Lapidge, Michael (1983)..." but please could you confirm that. -- PBS ( talk) 14:22, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
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Any further thoughts on your oppose? I'm asking since I've seen some long discussions about OR recently, and OR was apparently the only issue. - Dank ( push to talk) 16:08, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
That was observant of you ... I think there are quite a few more LWT reserves that will be able to go in the template; and I suspect there should also be a list. Some of the articles need development from your very useful starts; I've trimmed a lot of fat (ok, pov) from Sydenham hill wood, and am trying to get Gunnersbury Triangle to GA in time for its 30th birthday in August! All the best, Chiswick Chap ( talk) 09:35, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
As you have kindly added comments to one or more of the FLC nominations of Scheduled monuments in Somerset I wanted to let you know that the final list, List of scheduled monuments in Mendip, is nomination for Featured List status at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of scheduled monuments in Mendip/archive1. If you had any comments that would be great.— Rod talk 20:21, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
Today Æthelwold ætheling, precious again, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:37, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
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I've been swamped with real life obligations, and also had some reviews I felt obliged to do, so it's only now I have some time to look at Æthelwulf. You've now done so much on it that even if I were to work on it now I don't think I would be justified in regarding myself as a collaborator. I'm happy to work on the article if you like, but I'd also be willing to switch to review mode, and give you a peer review on it, if you prefer. Let me know; and sorry I've been unable to help with the article so far. Mike Christie ( talk - contribs - library) 13:50, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi: just a friendly note to explain why I had changed the date category for Rhodhri. I have been following the guidelines set out at the following link: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:People_by_year
However, there is also some discussion on that article's talk page... but nothing has been resolved. I wonder if the discussion should be reopened. Perhaps it's better to leave the categories in the decades rather than an exact date (esp. for people for whom we will likely never have accurate documentation...) Please let me know what you think. --FeanorStar7 17:08, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
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Thank you so much for your comments at the recent PR for P.G. Wodehouse. The article is now at FAC should you wish to comment further. Many thanks once again. – SchroCat ( talk) 01:05, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
Dudley, please don't forget to finish your FAC review of Juan Manuel de Rosas. -- Lecen ( talk) 16:53, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
Congratulations on getting the article on Æthelwulf to a top notch standard. I'm sure the article will achieve featured status like the article on Æthelwold ætheling, you have evidently been working just as hard on the former. I send my thanks for such work to you. I will support you on getting the article mentioned (Æthelwulf) to featured status as it is certainly worthy of the feat. -- JoshNEWK1998 ( talk) 20:10, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Dudley,
I have managed to find, by looking through this article's history, that you appear to have cited The Life and Times of Godwine, Earl of Wessex, written by Hubert Grills. Does this mean that you own a copy of the book? If so, I'm curious if it's actually a detailed biography which has a good deal of information not mentioned in his article, or if it contains nothing that is not easily accessible. Thanks, -- Biblio worm 14:36, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
Hi Dudley. Now the dust has settled on the Maya civilization FAC, I just wanted to say many thanks for taking the time to review the article, and for supporting its promotion - after an epic haul it made FA at the weekend. Best regards, Simon Burchell ( talk) 09:18, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
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Thank you, Dudley, for quality articles on are Anglo-Saxon history such as
Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians and
Israel the Grammarian, for both
science and
nature in
Greater London, for reviewing and
clarification, - you are an
awesome Wikipedian!
A year ago, you were the 935th recipient of my Pumpkin Sky Prize, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:37, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
Many thanks Gerda. Much appreciated. Dudley Miles ( talk) 08:49, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
Dudley, a summary of a Featured Article you nominated at WP:FAC will appear on the Main Page soon. It mostly follows the lead section; how does it look? - Dank ( push to talk) 03:05, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I just saw your article for this site and wondered if, judging by the photo of the signage that you took, the site is no longer owned by HMWT - the sign is very old, using an old logo and telephone number (0727 instead of 01727). I've just send HMWT a tweet to see if they will clarify the situation. – anemone projectors– 08:40, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
Inspired by your work on Herfordshire, have nominated List of national nature reserves in Somerset for FLC. Would you be kind enough to take a look and add any comments at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of national nature reserves in Somerset/archive1?— Rod talk 17:41, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I visited this site recently and although I didn't see anything on site to show it, I was told by the CEO of WTBCN that they manage the site on behalf of Luton BC. I thought this information might be of interest to you now there is a wiki page. – anemone projectors– 16:27, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
Hiya Dudley Miles, My understanding is that PPS9 was replaced by the NPPF?
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Thanks for your comments on the FLC of List of national nature reserves in Somerset which has now passed. I wondered if you would be willing to take a look at List of local nature reserves in Somerset and make any comments at: Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of local nature reserves in Somerset/archive1?— Rod talk 19:11, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
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Eh that's fine, [5] but the authors of the study are really just sort of throwing up their hands, imo. To quote (PDF):
I mean it could be just a coincidence, and they go on offer plausible reasons why a bunch of Class 1 comets became active about this time per Matese et al. But as importantly your interpretation that this means "any objects" is too strong, because they only modeled Sol's Oort Cloud. There's no reason to presume that Scholz's star(s) wouldn't have an ice cloud of its (their) own, which the paper doesn't seem to consider at all.
Anyway, I generally take a fairly liberal view of the "See also" section as a "if you enjoyed this article, you might also like" deal. But it's easy enough to throw these two events into the same category and let future generations wonder if two of the perhaps most notable events from this period are in any way related. Cheers! -- Kendrick7 talk 01:37, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
The FLC, Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust is a lovely page and I have gladly supported, but I look forward to a future article that includes my favourites from the official list of plants and creatures specifically protected by the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981:
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I place myself entirely in your hands. Tim riley talk 20:35, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
If I can possibly interest you in a musical English treasure who would have revelled in Waterford Heath and its peers, I have Ralph Vaughan Williams up for peer review. Quite understand if you are otherwise engaged, naturally, but if you can look in, any comments will be gratefully received. – Tim riley talk 18:38, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
Per this, you happen to have a pdf copy of that article? Sounds interesting... Ealdgyth - Talk 18:40, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Dudley. I'm just posting to let you know that List of nature reserves in Barnet – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for December 11. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 ( Talk) 01:33, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
Æthelstan is considered the first English ruler de juris, but Edgar the Peaceful was the first ruler de facto of an actually politically unified England. Best to make that distinction.
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Dudley, a summary of a Featured Article you nominated at WP:FAC will appear on the Main Page soon. You can use the page history to get a diff from the lead section of the article; how does it look? - Dank ( push to talk) 17:30, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
Precious again, your " ancestry of Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England"!
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Congratulations! And well deserved. By the way, I don't know if you remember but you once suggested that I might create an article for Reculver Country Park: [6] I find myself still wandering historical byways in the vicinity, but I think it would be a bit beyond my knowledge. I notice that you, on the other hand, might find it a doddle, and I'd be delighted if you were to do it. I wouldn't begin to think of putting any pressure on you here – really, it just occurred to me to let you know that you mustn't worry about me, if you were interested. Nortonius ( talk) 11:07, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
Going back to the original subject of this thread, something just occurred to me, and I'd like to ask your opinion, if I may. Æthelwulf was promoted to FA with three citations of The Electronic Sawyer, one of which, in the caption for the image of S 316, was the only citation for the "fact" in question. You may recall that the FAC for Reculver failed mainly (I think that's a fair assessment) because of objections to citations of the E 179 database of medieval and early modern central government records of taxation. [7] An example of such a citation is in no. 133 in the current version of Reculver. What occurred to me is that the citations in the two articles seem directly comparable, but how do you think they compare? I think Æthelwulf has only three such citations, whereas Reculver has I think seven, five of which are bundled with citations of secondary sources. Might the age of the sources be a factor in drawing a line between The Electronic Sawyer and the E 179 database, or would that be purely arbitrary? Any thoughts gratefully received! Nortonius ( talk) 13:44, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
Working on this one now. I'm considering declaring November Dudley Miles month. - Dank ( push to talk) 17:56, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
Precious again, your " leading European scholar of the tenth century, and one of the very few who knew Greek"!
-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 00:29, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi Dudley,
I see that you want me to add references before I change "first" to "one of the first" re written vernaculars in western Europe. However, changing the claim that English was the first written vernacular in western Europe to the more skeptical "one of the first" doesn't seem to me to be something that needs references– on the contrary, surely the reference requirement should apply to that claim instead. The reference you cited in reverting my change comes after the next sentence, and seems to apply to the written laws referred to in that sentence, not to the "vernacular" claim. Old Irish and Old English legal texts do indeed go back to about the same date and, by the way, it is still controversial if one is earlier. However, while those are the earliest Anglo-Saxon texts known, they most emphatically are not the earliest Old Irish texts.
I have written to Sarah Foot to ask if that particular claim is in the book, since I don't have her book myself & live in France, where it would take quite a while to get it; I very much doubt it is, as it would not be supported by academic literature. I do have quite a lot of references for my change (to check this out, try simply Googling "earliest vernacular writing in western Europe," including in Google Books and Google Scholar), but prefer not to put them in for a simple change of this kind; the counter-claim (as in the article as you reverted it) would mean proving that Anglo-Saxon was written earlier than Irish Ogham writing– which is not just names but includes words– from the fourth and fifth centuries and poetry from about 600 AD. That has never been done, AFAIK, and would definitely need a reference.
Just thought I'd let you know why I haven't put references for my change. I think the original claim is the one that needs references. It seems petty and completely beside the point of the main article to add references for this simple change from a broad to a less broad claim. I will put in a bunch of references if I have to, but I don’t like edit wars.
I'm quite interested in Æthelstan & the article told me a few things I didn't know. Thanks for all your work on him. I know editors can feel very proprietary about articles. Feel free to erase this comment after reading it if you like. Best wishes. Evangeline ( talk) 18:43, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Bristol/archive2. I have now attempted to respond and think I have dealt with most of them, but I lack the expertise to understand exactly what you are suggesting with a couple.— Rod talk 21:43, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
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Responded to your comments. -- Jakob ( talk) aka Jakec 15:57, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
With three supports at the other FLC, feel free to nominate a second one. Giants2008 ( Talk) 00:10, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
Hello Dudley, I just noticed that, whereas the article currently has "in 855 Danish Vikings for the first time stayed over the winter on Sheppey", my copy of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle has Vikings overwintering on Thanet in 850. Just thought I'd mention it. Nortonius ( talk) 21:35, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
Hello, I saw your reversion of my renaming of List of Local Nature Reserves in Bedfordshire. You are right that local nature reserve is an official designation, but generally on Wikipedia we only capitalize proper nouns. For instance the lists with "list of national parks of" in the title, where despite being an official designation "national park" is not capitalized. More specifically "list of local nature reserves" (though I see that some of those are capitalized too). That's why I thought lower case made sense. Does that persuade you? SchreiberBike | ⌨ 21:27, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi there, how strange then the the brook, hamlet and nature reserve all share the same name? Should there not be some reference to this in the Begwary article? Adding is always better than subtracting... Bleaney ( talk) 19:03, 21 December 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Dudley , thank you for your amendment to my addition of Æthelweards account of the Battle of Buttington, I have amended my reference according to your instructions but I disagree that it is WP:OR as I have quoted a published work of a translation not the original source which would have been in Latin. Other translators may interpret it differently but my reference is a reliable published source that is directly related to the subject. I think it is important to get consistancy on Æthelhelms role in Buttington as Æthelweard claims to be the grandsons grandson of Æthelred I and Æthelhelm is one possible route for this claim. Giles translation of his work was an accepted publication and not the original source. Later unpublished translations substitute the word illustrious for famous which is a significant difference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Markalliston ( talk • contribs) 20:53, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
Thanks Dudley at least you seem to agree that Æthelred I has a son called Æthelhelm which many do not agree. Æthelweard's account of Buttington places greater significance on Æthelhelm than it does on Æthelred Lord of The Mercians which seems to indicate that he had a biased towards Æthelhelm. It is possible that Æthelhelm died before Alfred in which case he would not have been a threat to Alfreds children. Æthelfrith would have been to young to have claimed the crown leaving a dispute between Alfreds son Edward and Æthelwold over who should claim the throne after Alfred. I am quite willing to expand Æthelhelm's article looking at the points you have mentioned. My view taken from Æthelweard's chronicle is that it is written from the Male line Wessex perspective. Other records that seem to support this are Æthelstan's of East Anglia's title of Half King which would also take on extra meaning if he was the son of Æthelfrith son of Æthelhelm son of Æthelred I. The fact that Æthelstan had land at Uffington, Wantage, a place of special significance to the Wessex Royalty indicates close family ties. This is OR and no historians seem to have covered this possibilty in fact Æthelweard's claim seems to have been ignored in many instances by historians. My view is not impartial so will need monitoring, but I should expect to see what few facts there are to be apparent rather than omitted. Markalliston. —Preceding undated comment added 23:57, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
Sorry that should have been Æthelfrith of Mercia father of Æthelstan Half-King. My view is that Æthelred I never intended for Alfred's line to keep the throne, it should have reverted to his elder son Æthelhelm after Alfred's death. Unfortunately Æthelhelm died before Alfred leaving a young son Æthelfrith of Mercia who was too young to take the throne when Alfred died shortly afterwards. This led to a dispute between Æthelwold and Edward, which Edward won, becoming King establishing Alfreds line as the main line for Royal descent. Æthelfrith of Mercia grew up accepting Edward as King but his sons still held a substantial powerbase and support mainly in Mercia and East Anglia, especially his son Æthelstan Half-King. This declined however when King Edgar murdered Æthelstan's eldest son Æthelwold taking his wife Ælfthryth by whom he had a son who was eventually to become Æthelred II. This caused a lot of disquiet across the continent and when Ælfthryth murdered Edgars oldest son, St Dunstan foretold of the collapse of the Anglo Saxon culture. Æthelred II then marries Emma of Normandy cousin of William which did eventually lead to the collapse of the House of Wessex as rulers of England. Æthelweard wrote his chronicle after Æthelred II became King and may have known of the prophecy so there may have been some political motivation apart from Mathilde, Abbess of Essen's duty to remember the dead.
The descent of the Anglo Saxon Kings and some Nobility is covered quite comprehensively here ; [ Anglo Saxon Kings] but I note that Oswald is not mentioned so thanks for the information I will investigate further.
Æthelweard's reference to Æthelhelm at the Battle of Buttington does seem to have a biased towards him suggesting that there may be some emotive relationship between them, which would be the case if Æthelhelm was his Great Grandfather.
Can we get the statement that Æthelred Lord Of The Mercians led an army of Mercians, West Saxons and Welsh changed as it is misleading. He may have led an army of Mercians but according to Æthelweard; Æthelhelm and Æthelnoth appear to have been the first into battle and Æthelred Lord Of The Mercians followed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Markalliston ( talk • contribs) 16:23, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
Another interesting claim is in John Whitaker (historian)'s book The Life of Saint Neot where he claims that St Neot was in fact Alfreds eldest brother Æthelstan king of Kent. This is interesting because Hart claims that the murdered Æthelwold may of been the father Leofric founder of St Neotts Cambridgshire. If true Leofric would have had a claim to the bones of St Neott which were moved from Cornwall to Cambridgshire if he was a descendent of Æthelred I.
My view is biased though as there is the possibility that my Surname is derived from Alestan of Stambourne, who may also have been the Alestan who held West Ham in the Domesday. West Ham was originally granted to either Bishop Æthelstan or Æthelstan Half-King in 958 and whoever held West Ham then, appears to have been the foster father of King Edgar.
Having just read a translation of [ Alfred's will] I note that Æthelhelm and Æthelwold are translated as his brothers sons whilst Oswald is translated as his cousin so may not be a son of Æthelred. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.136.219.180 ( talk) 09:47, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
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Dear Dudley, Many thanks for your recent comments on the Albert Ketèlbey peer review. The article is now at FAC for further comment, should you wish to make any. Many thanks – SchroCat ( talk) 17:08, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
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Hi Dudley,
Thanks for your interest in the
Edward the Confessor page. You may not be aware
that the
King's Ely page (the school was founded in 970) lists Edward as an alumnus,
and quotes a source for this :
http://www.upsdell.com/StEdwardTheConfessor/saint.htm
As an alumnus myself, I have always believed this to be correct. As far as I am aware, all alumni
since the year 1013 have also believed this to be correct. Do you have reason to believe this is incorrect - or do you
perhaps not trust this source?
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I have reverted your edits on the Chafford Gorges Nature Park page with an explanation on the talk page. Rjm at sleepers ( talk) 09:27, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi, Dudley: I noticed that Ceolwulf & Cynegils had been already linked, however not in this paragraph; I considered it easier on the eye and more comfortable for the reader to add the links to the breakdown so that all persons mentioned in this breakdown would have the same “status”; after all, it is the general public and not the “scholars” that read the Wikipedia; nevertheless, if you are of a different opinion, I will respect it; (BTW: Queen Seaxburh was not a descendant of Ceol and not a member of his sub-house, if any, as she was a member of the House of Wessex “only” by marriage); all the best-- Jan Hejkrlík ( talk) 23:41, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
Hello. Sorry, haven't been around much lately so I missed your message on Commons. I'd be the first to admit that it's not a very wonderful effort, but I'm not sure why you wanted it deleted. As a C11th coin, it plainly isn't Æthelred I, but it doesn't seem to show up there (at least it doesn't right now ...). Can you help me out as I am a bit confused here. Regards, Angus McLellan (Talk) 03:42, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
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Please do check back at Edward the Martyr. User:Ealdgyth and others have redone a fair bit of the article. Much still needs done, especially the introduction, but I hope you'll find that it's looking better. If you have more criticisms or comments, please do leave a note there! All the best, Angus McLellan (Talk) 00:03, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi -- I see you've been doing some cleanup on a lot of AS king articles. Can I ask why you're removing dates of death, e.g. at Egbert of Wessex? The relevant manual of style notes encourage dates of death (and birth); it's a common sense guideline, not a bible, but I don't see the dates as harmful. Any objection if I add them back in in some cases? Mike Christie (talk) 01:19, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello. Well, it seems to be more commonly spelled allod (which redirects to allodial title). There is a template {{ redirect}} that says "Blah redirects here, for someothermeaning see somethingelse". Does this help at all? Angus McLellan (Talk) 21:40, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
{{helpme}} I have created a page on St George's Fields nature reserve between Chipping Barnet and Monken Hadley, and as I saw that the List of King George V Playing Fields in London showed one in Chipping Barnet, I named the page King George's Fields (Chipping Barnet). However, I now see that the situation is more complicated. The List also shows one in Monken Hadley. The final report of the St George's Fields Foundation at http://www.fieldsintrust.org/images/stories/content/pdfs/kgfffinalreport.pdf shows one at East Finchley (Hadley Manor) of 48 acres which is clearly the one my article is about as it is the same size and at the same place, and the ones Chipping Barnet and Monken Hadley in List of King George V Playing Fields in London must be different names for the same one. It looks to me as if I should delete the Chipping Barnet one in the list - which is easy enough - and rename my page St George's Fields (Monken Hadley), which I am not sure how to do. Should I just create a new page and make the existing one a redirection page? Thanks for any advice. Dudley Miles ( talk) 20:02, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
{{helpme}} Thanks to Chzz I have dealt with that. I also have a problem with Scratchwood and Moat Mount Local Nature Reserve. I created this page lazily following websites which lazily put them in together, but on further research I have found that they are separate nature reserves which need separate pages. I think that it would be best to create two pages and make the existing one a disambiguation page for the two sites. How do I deal with this? Thanks. Dudley Miles ( talk) 21:11, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
Of course, you'll need to edit the two articles a bit, adding links to each other, and suchlike.
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I have been working on the column widths for my table Nature reserves in Barnet, but I am not sure whether the table is too wide for some monitors. Can you see whether it looks OK and advise on the maximum total width for a table. Thanks. Dudley Miles ( talk) 15:07, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for the message. I'm guessing that the anonymous is either Oxnard or one of his colleagues, since all his edits are about promoting his work and diminishing that of his antagonists. The best thing to do is ask on the relevant discussion board. There are usually editors who either work in universities or are students who can access papers from university computers. They can get the full article without paying upfront. Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Evolutionary biology might be a good place to start. Paul B ( talk) 20:12, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
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Would the simplest solution just be to delete the final paragraph? I do not think the first three raise copyright problems. Dudley Miles ( talk) 19:53, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
Hmm... I removed the spec "worked in the 2nd half of the century", since in the article itself it is repeated that he worked at Santo Sepolcro in 1113. You want my opinion? I thinkt the 1113 and the 1152 Diotisalvi could be father and son, but since there are no sources we'll never know the truth. Ciao and thanks. -- '''Attilios''' ( talk) 00:33, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
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While I agree that the mention of 'Agatha' on Alfonso's page needed to be balanced, a bit more nuance is in order since the Iberian scholarly sources (Palencia, Canal, Salazar y Acha, Reilly) seem not to be in agreement with the English ones on the relative reliability of this episode. Even Hollister thought it was worth mentioning with the qualifier, "was said to have". Given how she is nearly universally accepted by the Iberian sources, I don't think it is due weight to simply brush her aside with one English reference. I will try to put something together, although I don't have access to all of the necessary material (such as Cordero Carrete's 1952 article suggesting that she is instead to be identified with the wife of Sancho II, as per William of Poitiers, or the relatively recent Minguez biography of Alfonso). Agricolae ( talk) 19:49, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Dudley Miles. Thanks for your contributions to the above article. I've just been checking my ordnance survey map for the area and feel the boundary between Enfield and Waltham Forest is formed by the River Lee Diversion which skirts the King George V reservoirs eastern bank. Any thoughts ? Cheers ( Northmetpit ( talk) 10:11, 19 June 2012 (UTC))
Hi Dudley, Not sure we've crossed paths before unless you've been to a London meetup? But I noticed you pitching in on the rescue of Sayers Croft this afternoon and read some of the articles on your userpage, nice work. I'm a little surprised that no-one had set your account as Autopatrolled, so I've taken the liberty of fixing that. Ϣere SpielChequers 19:31, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi
I see that you edited Barnet saying it left herts in 1965. That's quite wrong. For ceremonial purposes it is still part of the County and I shall be editing it tomorrow. Please feel free to disagree!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by UKPolice ( talk • contribs) 00:05, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
It seems you were right! I've adjusted the entry to explain the Herts issue. UKPolice 16:44, 29 July 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by UKPolice ( talk • contribs)
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Dear Mr. Miles. Thanks very much for disputing the entry on "antipope" Clement III. I, too, found it hostile and biased. I have just added some new bibliography and attempted to smooth out the biased terms. Would you mind to have a look and see if it meets with your approval, to the extent that we can remove the "dispute" box at the top of the article. If you see other things that need changing, please inform! Yours cordially, in the 33°C heat of Rome, Lila Yawn Lila Yawn ( talk) 16:01, 3 August 2012 (UTC) |
Hi. You might like to join a centralised discussion at Talk:Site of Special Scientific Interest#Welsh SSSI lists. SP-KP ( talk) 17:28, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
You may wish to comment on a user conduct discussion regarding Paul Bedson, which can be found here. If you comment there you may wish to review the rules for user conduct comments first. You are receiving this notification because you commented at one of the articles or AfDs that are cited in the discussion. Mike Christie ( talk - contribs - library) 23:01, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for you resent edits to Ethiopia-related articles. I would like to invite you to join the Ethiopia WikiProject. I am attempting to restart that project anew. Here is a link to the new not yet published main page of the project. Come join us. Your writing and editing skills would be very appreciated in this project.
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For your hard work and attention to detail, particularly with Æthelstan! Hel-hama ( talk) 19:56, 19 January 2013 (UTC) |
Hello Dudley, this is a note to let you know that I have closed your featured list candidacy for Nature reserves in Barnet. Sadly, consensus was not achieved for promotion, but I encourage you to re-nominate the list whenever you want to so that a proper consensus can be achieved. I'd like to note that the fact that it's archived does not mean that the list is not ready, but that consensus was not achieved at the moment. Thanks for all the work you've done, and have a nice day :) — ΛΧΣ 21 21:43, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
It's clear that most (if not all) Anglo-Saxon historians recognise the concept of an Anglo-Saxon capital city as an anachronism, e.g.:
I found references to the capitals of tribes, etc. during Roman times, and some authors also refer to capital cities in Frankish lands (such as Paris and Turnacum), but I didn't find any modern historians that referred to Winchester as being a capital - those authors who did were writing in Victorian times were 19th century or the beginning of the 20th century authors, or were people promoting historic Winchester in more recent publications.
Hope this helps! Hel-hama ( talk) 18:20, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
Would you be so kind as to review my draft at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Vejlefjord/St._Augustine%27s_College_(Draft) as a posssible replacement for the present article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Augustine's_College,_Canterbury? I began thinking of editing, but it seems that a replacement might be a better way. I would appreciate your thinking about its possibilities and what needs to be done. I am a novice and you are knowledgeable and experienced in Wikipedia ways. My interest stems from the fact that I spent the 1956-57 academic year at St. Augustine’s College, Canterbury, when it served as the Central College of the Anglican Communion. Vejlefjord ( talk) 20:05, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
I wonder if you could throw any further light on this sentence: "in 1314 John de Scathebury built and moated manor house which is archaeologically significant"? Unfortunately your source www.capitalwoodlands.org/site/article/13 has since disappeared and I havent been able to track down the original text of that page - e.g. I've tried the internet Wayback machine etc. I'm a member of the archaeological society which has been excavating the moated manor house at Scadbury for more than 25 years (Orpington & District Archaeological Society), and this is potentially a very important piece of information for us. We would very much like to know its source. TIA — Preceding unsigned comment added by Steve Archer ( talk • contribs) 19:50, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
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Hello, it's great to meet you on here. Gareth E Kegg ( talk) 19:49, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
If you click "show" next to the Milhist banner, it reveals itself, and it should be fine from there. Sarastro1 ( talk) 19:00, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
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I've responded to you're comments at the 6th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Thanks for reviewing the article. -- TIAYN ( talk) 15:27, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
Just a quick note to congratulate you on the promotion of Æthelstan to FA status recently. If you would like to see this (or any other FA) appear as "Today's featured article" soon, please nominate it at the requests page; if you'd like to see an FA on a particular date in the next year or so, please add it to the "pending" list. In the absence of a request, the article may end up being picked at any time (although with 1,326 articles in Category:Featured articles that have not appeared on the main page at present, there's no telling how long – or short! – the wait might be). If you'd got any TFA-related questions or problems, please let me know. Bencherlite Talk 10:24, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello, just a quick note to say I found your newly created Myrna Close article very interesting. I've been living in the area for over 10 years and didn't know about this place. I'll definitely be visiting it soon. Keep up the good work :) JMHamo ( talk) 21:07, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
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Pleased (but not in the least surprised) to see this fine article promoted. I hope you will alert me to future PRs or FACs for your articles. Happy to add my two penn'orth. Tim riley talk 20:02, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
Can you check my summary here? I know a bit about the rise of Wessex, but not really enough to be sure I haven't misstated something. The article's a little unclear as to why Æthelred isn't considered King of Mercia before he accepted Alfred's rulership, for instance. Adam Cuerden ( talk) 19:36, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
Thanks. Dudley Miles ( talk) 20:38, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks for peer reviewing the Timeline of plesiosaur research! Abyssal ( talk) 20:49, 11 June 2014 (UTC) |
Just a quick note to congratulate you on the promotion of Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians to FA status recently. If you would like to see this (or any other FA) appear as "Today's featured article" soon (either on a particular date or on any available date), please nominate it at the requests page. If you'd like to see an FA appear on a particular date in the next year or so, please add it to the "pending" list. In the absence of a request, the article may end up being picked at any time (although with about 1,307 articles waiting their turn at present, there's no telling how long – or short! – the wait might be). If you'd got any TFA-related questions or problems, please let me know. Bencherlite Talk 18:27, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
Hey Dudley, thanks so much for the review! Great comments; I'll get to work addressing them just as soon as I can. Eltheodigraeardgesece ( talk) 13:56, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
Since you provided helpful comments and/or reviewing in related quality assessments, I'm dropping a notice that battle of Öland is now an FAC. Please feel free to drop by with more input!
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Thanks for the correction on Byrhthelm. I got Pryde from this listing on Amazon.— Rod talk 10:54, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
The version you reverted to promotes two misconceptions about what the cited paper says: 1. The Tibetans interbred with Denisovians. Untrue. The Tibetans and Chinese separated ~3,000 years ago. The Denisovian gene was a rare variant in the ancestral population of Asian peoples. 2. The gene variant was an adaptation to high altitude. Probably untrue. We do not know what purpose it served in the Denisovians, only that it is useful at high altitude in the Tibetan gene background.
Why did you remove the details meant to allow better representation of the facts in the cited paper? Gaylinn ( talk) 19:56, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
As Drbogdan pointed out, this should be discussed on the article Talk page so I will transfer it there. Dudley Miles ( talk) 20:57, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Dudley,
I just added Surrey to the Bourley and Long Valley description, and gave a ref, then saw that in the previous edit you had removed Surrey - note that the county border runs through the SSSI (and across the middle of Caesar's Camp Iron Age hillfort). If you check the Magic Map website you can highlight the SSSI area and compare it with the OS basemap. Best regards, Simon Burchell ( talk) 09:39, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
Hey thanks for your very useful comments you left at the PR! I've put it up for FLC so let me know you notice any further possible improvements. Nergaal ( talk) 11:43, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
Seeing your request at FLC talk it might be worth asking for comments, advice or help at WP:UKGEO where there may be people who have previously tackled this issue.— Rod talk 19:08, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
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Ackroyd Drive Greenlink | TQ 368 818 | 536800 | 181800 | 51.518562 | -0.029742613 |
Adelaide | TQ 276 843 | 527600 | 184300 | 51.543181 | -0.16135795 |
Ainslie Wood | TQ 378 921 | 537800 | 192100 | 51.610875 | -0.011304726 |
Alexandra Palace and Park | TQ 296 900 | 529600 | 190000 | 51.593949 | -0.13043341 |
Anton Crescent Wetland | TQ 252 652 | 525200 | 165200 | 51.372064 | -0.20270346 |
Barnes Common | TQ 225 760 | 522500 | 176000 | 51.469716 | -0.23774371 |
Barnsbury Wood | TQ 308 842 | 530800 | 184200 | 51.54155 | -0.11527652 |
Battersea Park Nature Areas | TQ 285 773 | 528500 | 177300 | 51.480069 | -0.15093584 |
Beam Valley | TQ 508 844 | 550800 | 184400 | 51.538363 | 0.17299788 |
Beam Valley (Environment Agency) | TQ 508 844 | 550800 | 184400 | 51.538363 | 0.17299788 |
Beckenham Place Park | TQ 383 707 | 538300 | 170700 | 51.418452 | -0.012477106 |
Bedfont Lakes Country Park | TQ 079 727 | 507900 | 172700 | 51.443024 | -0.44885891 |
Bedfords Park | TQ 519 922 | 551900 | 192200 | 51.608149 | 0.1922161 |
Belmont Pastures | TQ 255 623 | 525500 | 162300 | 51.345935 | -0.1994181 |
Belsize Wood | TQ 274 854 | 527400 | 185400 | 51.553111 | -0.16384247 |
Bennett's Hole | TQ 274 674 | 527400 | 167400 | 51.391347 | -0.17032603 |
Bentley Priory | TQ 156 927 | 515600 | 192700 | 51.621259 | -0.33155641 |
Big Wood and Little Wood | TQ 255 887 | 525500 | 188700 | 51.583193 | -0.19005486 |
Blondin Park, Northfields | TQ 167 787 | 516700 | 178700 | 51.495207 | -0.32031617 |
Bonesgate Open Space | TQ 191 638 | 519100 | 163800 | 51.360792 | -0.29076461 |
Bramley Bank | TQ 353 634 | 535300 | 163400 | 51.353574 | -0.05837236 |
Brent Reservoir/Welsh Harp | TQ 217 873 | 521700 | 187300 | 51.571444 | -0.24535674 |
Brookmill Road | TQ 376 762 | 537600 | 176200 | 51.468046 | -0.02040122 |
Burnt Ash Pond | TQ 405 733 | 540500 | 173300 | 51.441275 | 0.020170798 |
Camley Street Natural Park | TQ 299 834 | 529900 | 183400 | 51.534568 | -0.12854184 |
Cannon Hill Common | TQ 238 683 | 523800 | 168300 | 51.400232 | -0.22172641 |
Castle Hill | TQ 191 635 | 519100 | 163500 | 51.358096 | -0.29086497 |
Chase - Barking, TheThe Chase - Barking | TQ 515 857 | 551500 | 185700 | 51.549856 | 0.18364254 |
Chase - Havering, TheThe Chase - Havering | TQ 515 866 | 551500 | 186600 | 51.557942 | 0.18402989 |
Cherry Wood | TQ 243 680 | 524300 | 168000 | 51.397426 | -0.21464749 |
Chiswick Eyot | TQ 219 779 | 521900 | 177900 | 51.486921 | -0.24572258 |
Coldfall Wood | TQ 274 903 | 527400 | 190300 | 51.597146 | -0.162067 |
Coombe Hill Wood | TQ 217 703 | 521700 | 170300 | 51.41866 | -0.25121365 |
Coppett's Wood and Glebelands | TQ 276 916 | 527600 | 191600 | 51.608783 | -0.15870858 |
Covert Way | TQ 265 973 | 526500 | 197300 | 51.660256 | -0.1725273 |
Crane Park Island | TQ 128 727 | 512800 | 172700 | 51.44207 | -0.3783844 |
Cranebank, Hatton | TQ 101 764 | 510100 | 176400 | 51.475857 | -0.41606605 |
Cranham Brickfields | TQ 580 875 | 558000 | 187500 | 51.564246 | 0.27812001 |
Cranham Marsh | TQ 570 855 | 557000 | 185500 | 51.546557 | 0.26281273 |
Cranmer Green | TQ 279 681 | 527900 | 168100 | 51.397525 | -0.16289173 |
Crossness | TQ 492 802 | 549200 | 180200 | 51.50105 | 0.14816826 |
Cuddington Meadows | TQ 245 610 | 524500 | 161000 | 51.334471 | -0.21422302 |
Dacres Wood | TQ 355 721 | 535500 | 172100 | 51.431708 | -0.05218415 |
Dagenham Village Churchyard | TQ 500 845 | 550000 | 184500 | 51.539474 | 0.16151408 |
Danson Park Bog Garden, Welling | TQ 470 749 | 547000 | 174900 | 51.454004 | 0.11429214 |
Denham Country Park | TQ 051 872 | 505100 | 187200 | 51.573881 | -0.48481468 |
Derwent Floodwash | TQ 235 674 | 523500 | 167400 | 51.392208 | -0.22634966 |
Devonshire Avenue Nature Area | TQ 262 632 | 526200 | 163200 | 51.353869 | -0.18905378 |
Downham Woodland Walk | TQ 393 720 | 539300 | 172000 | 51.429889 | 0.00240524 |
Duke's Hollow | TQ 212 763 | 521200 | 176300 | 51.472692 | -0.25634781 |
Dulwich Upper Wood | TQ 337 712 | 533700 | 171200 | 51.424048 | -0.078401249 |
Eastbrookend Country Park | TQ 510 860 | 551000 | 186000 | 51.552685 | 0.17656548 |
Edith Gardens | TQ 195 669 | 519500 | 166900 | 51.38857 | -0.28398075 |
Elmbridge Open Space[f] | TQ 202 673 | 520200 | 167300 | 51.392017 | -0.27379022 |
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Foots Cray Meadows | TQ 478 717 | 547800 | 171700 | 51.425042 | 0.12446279 |
Fox Wood | TQ 181 822 | 518100 | 182200 | 51.526373 | -0.29898732 |
Foxley Wood | TQ 315 605 | 531500 | 160500 | 51.328404 | -0.11398123 |
Frays Valley | TQ 055 865 | 505500 | 186500 | 51.567514 | -0.47925487 |
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Gillespie Park | TQ 313 862 | 531300 | 186200 | 51.559407 | -0.10732499 |
Grove Farm | TQ 151 852 | 515100 | 185200 | 51.553955 | -0.34123241 |
Gunnersbury Triangle | TQ 201 786 | 520100 | 178600 | 51.493597 | -0.27139644 |
Hainault Lodge | TQ 476 919 | 547600 | 191900 | 51.606596 | 0.1300398 |
Ham Common | TQ 184 718 | 518400 | 171800 | 51.43284 | -0.29814761 |
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Jubilee Country Park | TQ 436 680 | 543600 | 168000 | 51.392874 | 0.062598781 |
Jubilee Wood | TQ 166 618 | 516600 | 161800 | 51.343335 | -0.32731001 |
Kempton | TQ 118 707 | 511800 | 170700 | 51.424292 | -0.39339734 |
Lavender Pond | TQ 363 803 | 536300 | 180300 | 51.505204 | -0.037523766 |
Lesnes Abbey Woods | TQ 481 785 | 548100 | 178500 | 51.486064 | 0.13161938 |
Litten | TQ 145 827 | 514500 | 182700 | 51.531607 | -0.35069528 |
Long Wood | TQ 155 789 | 515500 | 178900 | 51.497251 | -0.33752904 |
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Manor, TheThe Manor | TQ 550 930 | 555000 | 193000 | 51.614493 | 0.23730076 |
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Mayesbrook Park South | TQ 463 844 | 546300 | 184400 | 51.539546 | 0.10816017 |
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Morden Park | TQ 245 675 | 524500 | 167500 | 51.392889 | -0.21194932 |
Mudchute Park and Farm | TQ 381 789 | 538100 | 178900 | 51.492187 | -0.012152765 |
Myrna Close | TQ 271 701 | 527100 | 170100 | 51.415679 | -0.17366904 |
Northolt Manor | TQ 132 841 | 513200 | 184100 | 51.544452 | -0.36897888 |
Nunhead Cemetery | TQ 354 755 | 535400 | 175500 | 51.462286 | -0.052322059 |
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Oakleigh Way | TQ 288 698 | 528800 | 169800 | 51.4126 | -0.14934523 |
One Tree Hill | TQ 355 743 | 535500 | 174300 | 51.451478 | -0.051342792 |
Oxleas/Shooters Hill Woodlands | TQ 430 764 | 543000 | 176400 | 51.468506 | 0.057369099 |
Parkland Walk | TQ 303 878 | 530300 | 187800 | 51.574017 | -0.12114947 |
Parsloes Park Squatts | TQ 478 851 | 547800 | 185100 | 51.545445 | 0.13006695 |
Perivale Wood | TQ 160 837 | 516000 | 183700 | 51.540289 | -0.3287511 |
Pevensey Road | TQ 120 733 | 512000 | 173300 | 51.447622 | -0.3897005 |
Pyl Brook | TQ 252 669 | 525200 | 166900 | 51.387342 | -0.20210491 |
Queen's Wood | TQ 288 885 | 528800 | 188500 | 51.580652 | -0.14252588 |
Raeburn Open Space | TQ 198 674 | 519800 | 167400 | 51.393001 | -0.2795028 |
Railway Fields | TQ 317 881 | 531700 | 188100 | 51.576388 | -0.1008468 |
Rainham Marshes | TQ 545 792 | 554500 | 179200 | 51.490643 | 0.22402839 |
Ravensbury Park | TQ 267 680 | 526700 | 168000 | 51.396896 | -0.18016739 |
Ripple Nature Reserve | TQ 468 824 | 546800 | 182400 | 51.521446 | 0.11453163 |
Rose Walk | TQ 199 680 | 519900 | 168000 | 51.398372 | -0.2778637 |
Roundshaw Downs | TQ 307 630 | 530700 | 163000 | 51.351055 | -0.12454011 |
Rowley Green Common | TQ 216 961 | 521600 | 196100 | 51.650552 | -0.24374928 |
Ruffett and Big Woods | TQ 282 602 | 528200 | 160200 | 51.32646 | -0.16142708 |
Ruislip Local Nature Reserve | TQ 090 899 | 509000 | 189900 | 51.597408 | -0.42772311 |
Scadbury Park | TQ 457 701 | 545700 | 170100 | 51.411209 | 0.093622589 |
Scratchwood and Moat Mount Open Space | TQ 205 945 | 520500 | 194500 | 51.636409 | -0.26019162 |
Scrattons Ecopark and extension | TQ 481 833 | 548100 | 183300 | 51.529193 | 0.13363351 |
Selsdon Wood | TQ 364 617 | 536400 | 161700 | 51.338034 | -0.043236212 |
Sir Joseph Hood Memorial Wood | TQ 226 671 | 522600 | 167100 | 51.389707 | -0.23938207 |
South Norwood Country Park | TQ 353 683 | 535300 | 168300 | 51.397608 | -0.056508287 |
Southwood Open Space[f] | TQ 205 665 | 520500 | 166500 | 51.384764 | -0.26975175 |
Spencer Road Wetlands | TQ 279 667 | 527900 | 166700 | 51.384944 | -0.16339563 |
Spinney, Carshalton, TheThe Spinney, Carshalton | TQ 280 656 | 528000 | 165600 | 51.375035 | -0.16235534 |
Springfield Park | TQ 346 875 | 534600 | 187500 | 51.570312 | -0.059252451 |
St. John's Wood Church Grounds | TQ 271 830 | 527100 | 183000 | 51.53161 | -0.16903306 |
Stanmore Common | TQ 158 939 | 515800 | 193900 | 51.632003 | -0.32827237 |
Stanmore Country Park | TQ 173 928 | 517300 | 192800 | 51.621806 | -0.30697795 |
Streatham Common | TQ 309 709 | 530900 | 170900 | 51.422005 | -0.11876039 |
Sue Godfrey Nature Park | TQ 374 774 | 537400 | 177400 | 51.478878 | -0.022812505 |
Sutcliffe Park | TQ 411 748 | 541100 | 174800 | 51.454605 | 0.029395584 |
Sutton Ecology Centre Grounds | TQ 278 646 | 527800 | 164600 | 51.366093 | -0.16558646 |
Sydenham Hill Wood and Fern Bank | TQ 340 724 | 534000 | 172400 | 51.434761 | -0.073635488 |
Ten Acre Wood | TQ 097 838 | 509700 | 183800 | 51.542446 | -0.4195235 |
Totteridge Fields | TQ 223 940 | 522300 | 194000 | 51.631527 | -0.23436962 |
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park | TQ 368 823 | 536800 | 182300 | 51.523055 | -0.029548676 |
Wandle Meadow Nature Park | TQ 264 710 | 526400 | 171000 | 51.423924 | -0.18340905 |
Wandle Valley Wetland | TQ 278 666 | 527800 | 166600 | 51.384067 | -0.16486784 |
Westbere Copse | TQ 244 853 | 524400 | 185300 | 51.552881 | -0.20712518 |
Wilderness Island | TQ 282 653 | 528200 | 165300 | 51.372294 | -0.15959157 |
Wood and Richard Jefferies Bird Sanctuary, TheThe Wood and Richard Jefferies Bird Sanctuary | TQ 182 670 | 518200 | 167000 | 51.389741 | -0.30262173 |
Wormwood Scrubs | TQ 223 817 | 522300 | 181700 | 51.520986 | -0.23864817 |
Yeading Brook Meadows | TQ 103 823 | 510300 | 182300 | 51.528847 | -0.41134453 |
Yeading Woods (Gutteridge Wood and Meadows) | TQ 092 841 | 509200 | 184100 | 51.545239 | -0.42663756 |
Many thanks. That's very helpful. Dudley Miles ( talk) 21:08, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi Dudley - just noticed your expanded intro to the list (good) which included "Perivale Wood is the second oldest nature reserve in Britain and was declared an LNR in 1974."
I'm guessing it was declared a nature reserve (but not an LNR) much earlier (late 1940s/early 50s?). Would be good to include the date if you know it. The sentence as it is edges close to implying the second oldest nature reserve was declared in 1974 which I'm guessing is a bit late...
If you know the date/name of the first LNR to be declared in London, then it would be good to add it. Was it Perivale Wood? Cheers Robevans123 ( talk) 18:14, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
Interesting - I didn't realise that the legislation enabling LNRs went back to 1949. I was aware of SSSIs and AONBs and national parks etc, but only fairly recently become aware of LNRs. I suspect that the long time intervals (74 to 82) are correct, and reflect the beginnings of more general awareness of conservation and pressure on councils to get their act together. All these thoughts are completely unverifiable! - just my musings...
Also, I hadn't released that Perivale's history went back so far - I'd just assumed that it became a reserve under the 1949 act. The only reliable source I can find online is the Selbourne Society's page on the London Garden Trust's site which you have as the ref.
Unfortunately, this page is a bit vague on the specific chronology, so I can half-understand Crisco's comment. I took the web page to mean that 1902 was when the Selbourne Society started paying(?) the (leasing) farmer to start protecting the birds, and then they took over the lease in 1914 and bought it later (1923). Its turning into quite a convoluted story that was intended to be a bit of background info in the lead section of the article. I'd also be wary about saying Perivale is one of the oldest nature reserves in Britain. Someone will demand a citation...
I wonder if it would be best to replace
with something like
It doesn't quite tell the whole story - but it is all verifiable (with no assumptions/guesses), puts the emphasis back onto the LNR date, and hopefully deflects the question of establishment date.
Feel free to use or ignore as you think fit! Robevans123 ( talk) 19:29, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
Dudley, it was a pleasure to read through your Æthelstan A article. Very well organized and written. I found no problems with it at all, stylistic or factual. I'm sure it will have no trouble achieving GA status. Eltheodigraeardgesece ( talk) 18:54, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
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Just a quick note to congratulate you on the promotion of Æthelwold ætheling to FA status recently. I know you know all about WP:TFAR (specific and non-specific date slots) and the "pending" list, so this is just a reminder to use them as and when suits you. Many thanks. Bencherlite Talk 14:37, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
Hi Dudley, really enjoyed your work over the past year or so -- I wondered if you've given any consideration to standing in the coordinator's election this month. No pressure of course, but I think you'd do well in the role. Cheers, Ian Rose ( talk) 08:51, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
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I'm contemplating trying my hand at turning the redlink at hermeneutic style blue. You mentioned in the Æthelstan A FAC that it was formerly known as Hibernian style, and I am failing dramatically at finding a source for that, probably because this is well outside of my normal topic range. Any suggestions where I might look? Thanks! Squeamish Ossifrage ( talk) 14:50, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
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Switching the conversation to here since there's no need to clog up the FAC with it. Yes, Æthelwulf sounds like a good choice. I have a few on-wiki obligations so it will be a week or two before I can look at it. Ping me when you get back from vacation; I'll start going through my sources before then if I have time. Mike Christie ( talk - contribs - library) 13:19, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm just posting to say thank you for taking the time to review this article for GA. Best wishes, -- Noswall59 ( talk) 19:19, 2 November 2014 (UTC).
I've written to someone who seems to know quite a bit about this asking if there's been any comment on Paul Pettitt's belief that there was just one group responsible for the Creswellian. As an aside, I'm going to try to organise some Wikipedia training at least within the East Midlands group of the Council for British Archaeology. Dougweller ( talk) 14:52, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Thanks for your support of List of Scheduled Monuments in Bath and North East Somerset at FLC - it has now passed. If you have a minute to take a look at List of Scheduled Monuments in Taunton Deane which uses the same format I've just nominated it at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Scheduled Monuments in Taunton Deane/archive1. Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks.— Rod talk 10:23, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Ive enhanced the background and "preliminaries" of Battle of Schliengen. Would you see if this is sufficient? auntieruth (talk) 16:13, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
Good afternoon, Dudley! I wonder if you might be interested in looking in at the PR of Richard III of England? I rather leaned on the nominator to take it there (I reluctantly failed it for GAN) and am now hoping some editors with a taste for Eng Hist will look in and put their money where my mouth is. Rather late for you, I know, but if you can find time and inclination to look in it will be esteemed a favour. I am now off to read your above-mentioned article on hermeneutic style, where I hope to learn much. – Tim riley talk 16:37, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello regarding wikipedia's page on Eadric Streona, firstly thanks for at least looking at the page, I do agree with you that the lead is to short Ive been meaning to expand it for some time now, Im quite new to the citations and Sources aspect though have recently been trying to do this and intend to improve on that, I did question myelf wether I should get rid of those external links which were put there a long time ago by others and thanks for pointing out Simon Keynes's DNB article on Eadric which I was thinking to add as a external link which I have seen, but finally thanks for the input and I shall get to work. Excuse my spelling. User:JoshNEWK1998 ( talk) 23:26, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
Gotland says thanks you! Yesterday morning Radio Gotland had a 18 minutes spot about the List of church ruins on Gotland becoming a FL and Wikipedia in general. :) The National Swedish Radio will follow suit with a short spot too, date unknown. This was because of a tweet. This info shamelessly nicked from User talk:Yakikaki#Radio. Best, w.carter -Talk 13:37, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
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Hello Dudley Miles. You deleted my addition to the Neanderthal page claiming to to be unreferenced, the addition was supported with added references though, so I am uncertain as to why this change was made. Thank you Page for talks and edits
Thanks for your comments and support at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Scheduled Monuments in Taunton Deane/archive1. The FLC director has given me permission to open another FLC, using the same format etc at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Scheduled Monuments in South Somerset/archive1 and I wondered if you would be kind enough to take a look at that one and let me have any comments?— Rod talk 14:43, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
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When I asked bout this google change I was told not to worry about it an it would be sorted automatically.— Rod talk 06:57, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
Dudley Miles, thank you for reviewing Ira Roe Foster, for Good Article status. Your thoughtful comments, which resulted in a number of subsequent corrections and additions, have greatly improved the article. This, I believe, highlights some of the best aspects of the Wikipedia model. Kindest regards, Gulbenk ( talk) 19:25, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
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I tried... Ealdgyth - Talk 19:14, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for your helpful comments on Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Scheduled Monuments in South Somerset/archive1 which has now been promoted. I've now nominated List of Scheduled Monuments in North Somerset at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Scheduled Monuments in North Somerset/archive1 and would be grateful for any comments you might have. As you may know there is a discussion about the column widths etc on these lists at Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates#Column widths in table layout. Thanks for any input.— Rod talk 21:20, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks Tom. Much appreciated. Dudley Miles ( talk) 16:42, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello, and thank you for doing the GA review on Samuel Gorton. This has never happened before, but I never got a single notification that any action was being taken on the article, after you first advised me that you were picking it up for review. I got busy with real life, all the while thinking that you had gotten busy with real life, and had not begun your review. Don't know why this happened, but it seems to me I've always been aware that a review was taking place. I checked to make sure I had the Samuel Gorton article on my watch list, which it is. I honestly didn't have a clue that any action was being taken. I appreciate your comments and your efforts, and will be more watchful in the future. Sarnold17 ( talk) 18:21, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments on List of Narcissus horticultural divisions. I too was unaware of your input at the time. However I believe I have responded to all the comments you contributed. -- Michael Goodyear ( talk) 21:45, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I've responded to your comments at the FAC and have made changes in response to some of them.-- Wehwalt ( talk) 18:58, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for your excellent observations. We've finished your latest round. Please review. Would you be interested in also doing the source and close parphrase checks? Ian Rose says that's still needed. If not, that's okay too. HalfGig talk 12:35, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
Dipping, more meo, into GANs I find your article there. Though I was the sole peer reviewer I am quite comfortable about reviewing it for GA. Are you OK with that, or would you prefer to wait for a reviewer who comes new to the page? Tim riley talk 16:12, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
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I don't know if you're still interested in working on Æthelwulf of Wessex, but I've made a start by transcribing Keynes' bibliography here. Please feel free to update or annotate it. I've put my name against the three sources I have in hand; I am probably going to buy a couple of the others and will add those when I get them. I think the first thing I'll do after reading the sources is add a section on the background to Æthelwulf's reign, which seems to be a fairly standard way of starting an article like this. Mike Christie ( talk - contribs - library) 23:03, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
As you have previously commented on one or more of nominations of the lists of scheduled monuments in Somerset, I wondered if you would be kind enough to take a look at the List of scheduled monuments in Sedgemoor which is now nominated at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of scheduled monuments in Sedgemoor/archive1?— Rod talk 21:12, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
I have just nominated another of these lists and would appreciate any comments you might like to offer. See: Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of scheduled monuments in West Somerset/archive1.— Rod talk 21:10, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the detailed review of radiocarbon dating; I really appreciate your thoroughness and patience. It's made the article a lot better. Mike Christie ( talk - contribs - library) 11:05, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
Back in December 2013 you made an edit to the article Alfred the Great in which you included a short citation to "Keynes & Lapidge, p. 322, n. 79; Nelson, pp. 60-62". I can march the Nelson short citation to the long citation starting "Nelson, Janet (1999)" I assume that the second is "Keynes, Simon; Lapidge, Michael (1983)..." but please could you confirm that. -- PBS ( talk) 14:22, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
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Any further thoughts on your oppose? I'm asking since I've seen some long discussions about OR recently, and OR was apparently the only issue. - Dank ( push to talk) 16:08, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
That was observant of you ... I think there are quite a few more LWT reserves that will be able to go in the template; and I suspect there should also be a list. Some of the articles need development from your very useful starts; I've trimmed a lot of fat (ok, pov) from Sydenham hill wood, and am trying to get Gunnersbury Triangle to GA in time for its 30th birthday in August! All the best, Chiswick Chap ( talk) 09:35, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
As you have kindly added comments to one or more of the FLC nominations of Scheduled monuments in Somerset I wanted to let you know that the final list, List of scheduled monuments in Mendip, is nomination for Featured List status at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of scheduled monuments in Mendip/archive1. If you had any comments that would be great.— Rod talk 20:21, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
Today Æthelwold ætheling, precious again, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:37, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
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I've been swamped with real life obligations, and also had some reviews I felt obliged to do, so it's only now I have some time to look at Æthelwulf. You've now done so much on it that even if I were to work on it now I don't think I would be justified in regarding myself as a collaborator. I'm happy to work on the article if you like, but I'd also be willing to switch to review mode, and give you a peer review on it, if you prefer. Let me know; and sorry I've been unable to help with the article so far. Mike Christie ( talk - contribs - library) 13:50, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi: just a friendly note to explain why I had changed the date category for Rhodhri. I have been following the guidelines set out at the following link: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:People_by_year
However, there is also some discussion on that article's talk page... but nothing has been resolved. I wonder if the discussion should be reopened. Perhaps it's better to leave the categories in the decades rather than an exact date (esp. for people for whom we will likely never have accurate documentation...) Please let me know what you think. --FeanorStar7 17:08, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
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Thank you so much for your comments at the recent PR for P.G. Wodehouse. The article is now at FAC should you wish to comment further. Many thanks once again. – SchroCat ( talk) 01:05, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
Dudley, please don't forget to finish your FAC review of Juan Manuel de Rosas. -- Lecen ( talk) 16:53, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
Congratulations on getting the article on Æthelwulf to a top notch standard. I'm sure the article will achieve featured status like the article on Æthelwold ætheling, you have evidently been working just as hard on the former. I send my thanks for such work to you. I will support you on getting the article mentioned (Æthelwulf) to featured status as it is certainly worthy of the feat. -- JoshNEWK1998 ( talk) 20:10, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Dudley,
I have managed to find, by looking through this article's history, that you appear to have cited The Life and Times of Godwine, Earl of Wessex, written by Hubert Grills. Does this mean that you own a copy of the book? If so, I'm curious if it's actually a detailed biography which has a good deal of information not mentioned in his article, or if it contains nothing that is not easily accessible. Thanks, -- Biblio worm 14:36, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
Hi Dudley. Now the dust has settled on the Maya civilization FAC, I just wanted to say many thanks for taking the time to review the article, and for supporting its promotion - after an epic haul it made FA at the weekend. Best regards, Simon Burchell ( talk) 09:18, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
Greater London
Thank you, Dudley, for quality articles on are Anglo-Saxon history such as
Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians and
Israel the Grammarian, for both
science and
nature in
Greater London, for reviewing and
clarification, - you are an
awesome Wikipedian!
A year ago, you were the 935th recipient of my Pumpkin Sky Prize, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:37, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
Many thanks Gerda. Much appreciated. Dudley Miles ( talk) 08:49, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
Dudley, a summary of a Featured Article you nominated at WP:FAC will appear on the Main Page soon. It mostly follows the lead section; how does it look? - Dank ( push to talk) 03:05, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I just saw your article for this site and wondered if, judging by the photo of the signage that you took, the site is no longer owned by HMWT - the sign is very old, using an old logo and telephone number (0727 instead of 01727). I've just send HMWT a tweet to see if they will clarify the situation. – anemone projectors– 08:40, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
Inspired by your work on Herfordshire, have nominated List of national nature reserves in Somerset for FLC. Would you be kind enough to take a look and add any comments at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of national nature reserves in Somerset/archive1?— Rod talk 17:41, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I visited this site recently and although I didn't see anything on site to show it, I was told by the CEO of WTBCN that they manage the site on behalf of Luton BC. I thought this information might be of interest to you now there is a wiki page. – anemone projectors– 16:27, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
Hiya Dudley Miles, My understanding is that PPS9 was replaced by the NPPF?
MyTuppence ( talk) 23:18, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments on the FLC of List of national nature reserves in Somerset which has now passed. I wondered if you would be willing to take a look at List of local nature reserves in Somerset and make any comments at: Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of local nature reserves in Somerset/archive1?— Rod talk 19:11, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
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Eh that's fine, [5] but the authors of the study are really just sort of throwing up their hands, imo. To quote (PDF):
I mean it could be just a coincidence, and they go on offer plausible reasons why a bunch of Class 1 comets became active about this time per Matese et al. But as importantly your interpretation that this means "any objects" is too strong, because they only modeled Sol's Oort Cloud. There's no reason to presume that Scholz's star(s) wouldn't have an ice cloud of its (their) own, which the paper doesn't seem to consider at all.
Anyway, I generally take a fairly liberal view of the "See also" section as a "if you enjoyed this article, you might also like" deal. But it's easy enough to throw these two events into the same category and let future generations wonder if two of the perhaps most notable events from this period are in any way related. Cheers! -- Kendrick7 talk 01:37, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
The FLC, Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust is a lovely page and I have gladly supported, but I look forward to a future article that includes my favourites from the official list of plants and creatures specifically protected by the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981:
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I place myself entirely in your hands. Tim riley talk 20:35, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
If I can possibly interest you in a musical English treasure who would have revelled in Waterford Heath and its peers, I have Ralph Vaughan Williams up for peer review. Quite understand if you are otherwise engaged, naturally, but if you can look in, any comments will be gratefully received. – Tim riley talk 18:38, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
Per this, you happen to have a pdf copy of that article? Sounds interesting... Ealdgyth - Talk 18:40, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
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Æthelstan is considered the first English ruler de juris, but Edgar the Peaceful was the first ruler de facto of an actually politically unified England. Best to make that distinction.
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Precious again, your " ancestry of Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England"!
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Congratulations! And well deserved. By the way, I don't know if you remember but you once suggested that I might create an article for Reculver Country Park: [6] I find myself still wandering historical byways in the vicinity, but I think it would be a bit beyond my knowledge. I notice that you, on the other hand, might find it a doddle, and I'd be delighted if you were to do it. I wouldn't begin to think of putting any pressure on you here – really, it just occurred to me to let you know that you mustn't worry about me, if you were interested. Nortonius ( talk) 11:07, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
Going back to the original subject of this thread, something just occurred to me, and I'd like to ask your opinion, if I may. Æthelwulf was promoted to FA with three citations of The Electronic Sawyer, one of which, in the caption for the image of S 316, was the only citation for the "fact" in question. You may recall that the FAC for Reculver failed mainly (I think that's a fair assessment) because of objections to citations of the E 179 database of medieval and early modern central government records of taxation. [7] An example of such a citation is in no. 133 in the current version of Reculver. What occurred to me is that the citations in the two articles seem directly comparable, but how do you think they compare? I think Æthelwulf has only three such citations, whereas Reculver has I think seven, five of which are bundled with citations of secondary sources. Might the age of the sources be a factor in drawing a line between The Electronic Sawyer and the E 179 database, or would that be purely arbitrary? Any thoughts gratefully received! Nortonius ( talk) 13:44, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
Working on this one now. I'm considering declaring November Dudley Miles month. - Dank ( push to talk) 17:56, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
Precious again, your " leading European scholar of the tenth century, and one of the very few who knew Greek"!
-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 00:29, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi Dudley,
I see that you want me to add references before I change "first" to "one of the first" re written vernaculars in western Europe. However, changing the claim that English was the first written vernacular in western Europe to the more skeptical "one of the first" doesn't seem to me to be something that needs references– on the contrary, surely the reference requirement should apply to that claim instead. The reference you cited in reverting my change comes after the next sentence, and seems to apply to the written laws referred to in that sentence, not to the "vernacular" claim. Old Irish and Old English legal texts do indeed go back to about the same date and, by the way, it is still controversial if one is earlier. However, while those are the earliest Anglo-Saxon texts known, they most emphatically are not the earliest Old Irish texts.
I have written to Sarah Foot to ask if that particular claim is in the book, since I don't have her book myself & live in France, where it would take quite a while to get it; I very much doubt it is, as it would not be supported by academic literature. I do have quite a lot of references for my change (to check this out, try simply Googling "earliest vernacular writing in western Europe," including in Google Books and Google Scholar), but prefer not to put them in for a simple change of this kind; the counter-claim (as in the article as you reverted it) would mean proving that Anglo-Saxon was written earlier than Irish Ogham writing– which is not just names but includes words– from the fourth and fifth centuries and poetry from about 600 AD. That has never been done, AFAIK, and would definitely need a reference.
Just thought I'd let you know why I haven't put references for my change. I think the original claim is the one that needs references. It seems petty and completely beside the point of the main article to add references for this simple change from a broad to a less broad claim. I will put in a bunch of references if I have to, but I don’t like edit wars.
I'm quite interested in Æthelstan & the article told me a few things I didn't know. Thanks for all your work on him. I know editors can feel very proprietary about articles. Feel free to erase this comment after reading it if you like. Best wishes. Evangeline ( talk) 18:43, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Bristol/archive2. I have now attempted to respond and think I have dealt with most of them, but I lack the expertise to understand exactly what you are suggesting with a couple.— Rod talk 21:43, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
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Responded to your comments. -- Jakob ( talk) aka Jakec 15:57, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
With three supports at the other FLC, feel free to nominate a second one. Giants2008 ( Talk) 00:10, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
Hello Dudley, I just noticed that, whereas the article currently has "in 855 Danish Vikings for the first time stayed over the winter on Sheppey", my copy of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle has Vikings overwintering on Thanet in 850. Just thought I'd mention it. Nortonius ( talk) 21:35, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
Hello, I saw your reversion of my renaming of List of Local Nature Reserves in Bedfordshire. You are right that local nature reserve is an official designation, but generally on Wikipedia we only capitalize proper nouns. For instance the lists with "list of national parks of" in the title, where despite being an official designation "national park" is not capitalized. More specifically "list of local nature reserves" (though I see that some of those are capitalized too). That's why I thought lower case made sense. Does that persuade you? SchreiberBike | ⌨ 21:27, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi there, how strange then the the brook, hamlet and nature reserve all share the same name? Should there not be some reference to this in the Begwary article? Adding is always better than subtracting... Bleaney ( talk) 19:03, 21 December 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Dudley , thank you for your amendment to my addition of Æthelweards account of the Battle of Buttington, I have amended my reference according to your instructions but I disagree that it is WP:OR as I have quoted a published work of a translation not the original source which would have been in Latin. Other translators may interpret it differently but my reference is a reliable published source that is directly related to the subject. I think it is important to get consistancy on Æthelhelms role in Buttington as Æthelweard claims to be the grandsons grandson of Æthelred I and Æthelhelm is one possible route for this claim. Giles translation of his work was an accepted publication and not the original source. Later unpublished translations substitute the word illustrious for famous which is a significant difference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Markalliston ( talk • contribs) 20:53, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
Thanks Dudley at least you seem to agree that Æthelred I has a son called Æthelhelm which many do not agree. Æthelweard's account of Buttington places greater significance on Æthelhelm than it does on Æthelred Lord of The Mercians which seems to indicate that he had a biased towards Æthelhelm. It is possible that Æthelhelm died before Alfred in which case he would not have been a threat to Alfreds children. Æthelfrith would have been to young to have claimed the crown leaving a dispute between Alfreds son Edward and Æthelwold over who should claim the throne after Alfred. I am quite willing to expand Æthelhelm's article looking at the points you have mentioned. My view taken from Æthelweard's chronicle is that it is written from the Male line Wessex perspective. Other records that seem to support this are Æthelstan's of East Anglia's title of Half King which would also take on extra meaning if he was the son of Æthelfrith son of Æthelhelm son of Æthelred I. The fact that Æthelstan had land at Uffington, Wantage, a place of special significance to the Wessex Royalty indicates close family ties. This is OR and no historians seem to have covered this possibilty in fact Æthelweard's claim seems to have been ignored in many instances by historians. My view is not impartial so will need monitoring, but I should expect to see what few facts there are to be apparent rather than omitted. Markalliston. —Preceding undated comment added 23:57, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
Sorry that should have been Æthelfrith of Mercia father of Æthelstan Half-King. My view is that Æthelred I never intended for Alfred's line to keep the throne, it should have reverted to his elder son Æthelhelm after Alfred's death. Unfortunately Æthelhelm died before Alfred leaving a young son Æthelfrith of Mercia who was too young to take the throne when Alfred died shortly afterwards. This led to a dispute between Æthelwold and Edward, which Edward won, becoming King establishing Alfreds line as the main line for Royal descent. Æthelfrith of Mercia grew up accepting Edward as King but his sons still held a substantial powerbase and support mainly in Mercia and East Anglia, especially his son Æthelstan Half-King. This declined however when King Edgar murdered Æthelstan's eldest son Æthelwold taking his wife Ælfthryth by whom he had a son who was eventually to become Æthelred II. This caused a lot of disquiet across the continent and when Ælfthryth murdered Edgars oldest son, St Dunstan foretold of the collapse of the Anglo Saxon culture. Æthelred II then marries Emma of Normandy cousin of William which did eventually lead to the collapse of the House of Wessex as rulers of England. Æthelweard wrote his chronicle after Æthelred II became King and may have known of the prophecy so there may have been some political motivation apart from Mathilde, Abbess of Essen's duty to remember the dead.
The descent of the Anglo Saxon Kings and some Nobility is covered quite comprehensively here ; [ Anglo Saxon Kings] but I note that Oswald is not mentioned so thanks for the information I will investigate further.
Æthelweard's reference to Æthelhelm at the Battle of Buttington does seem to have a biased towards him suggesting that there may be some emotive relationship between them, which would be the case if Æthelhelm was his Great Grandfather.
Can we get the statement that Æthelred Lord Of The Mercians led an army of Mercians, West Saxons and Welsh changed as it is misleading. He may have led an army of Mercians but according to Æthelweard; Æthelhelm and Æthelnoth appear to have been the first into battle and Æthelred Lord Of The Mercians followed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Markalliston ( talk • contribs) 16:23, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
Another interesting claim is in John Whitaker (historian)'s book The Life of Saint Neot where he claims that St Neot was in fact Alfreds eldest brother Æthelstan king of Kent. This is interesting because Hart claims that the murdered Æthelwold may of been the father Leofric founder of St Neotts Cambridgshire. If true Leofric would have had a claim to the bones of St Neott which were moved from Cornwall to Cambridgshire if he was a descendent of Æthelred I.
My view is biased though as there is the possibility that my Surname is derived from Alestan of Stambourne, who may also have been the Alestan who held West Ham in the Domesday. West Ham was originally granted to either Bishop Æthelstan or Æthelstan Half-King in 958 and whoever held West Ham then, appears to have been the foster father of King Edgar.
Having just read a translation of [ Alfred's will] I note that Æthelhelm and Æthelwold are translated as his brothers sons whilst Oswald is translated as his cousin so may not be a son of Æthelred. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.136.219.180 ( talk) 09:47, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
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Dear Dudley, Many thanks for your recent comments on the Albert Ketèlbey peer review. The article is now at FAC for further comment, should you wish to make any. Many thanks – SchroCat ( talk) 17:08, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
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Hi Dudley,
Thanks for your interest in the
Edward the Confessor page. You may not be aware
that the
King's Ely page (the school was founded in 970) lists Edward as an alumnus,
and quotes a source for this :
http://www.upsdell.com/StEdwardTheConfessor/saint.htm
As an alumnus myself, I have always believed this to be correct. As far as I am aware, all alumni
since the year 1013 have also believed this to be correct. Do you have reason to believe this is incorrect - or do you
perhaps not trust this source?
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I have reverted your edits on the Chafford Gorges Nature Park page with an explanation on the talk page. Rjm at sleepers ( talk) 09:27, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi, Dudley: I noticed that Ceolwulf & Cynegils had been already linked, however not in this paragraph; I considered it easier on the eye and more comfortable for the reader to add the links to the breakdown so that all persons mentioned in this breakdown would have the same “status”; after all, it is the general public and not the “scholars” that read the Wikipedia; nevertheless, if you are of a different opinion, I will respect it; (BTW: Queen Seaxburh was not a descendant of Ceol and not a member of his sub-house, if any, as she was a member of the House of Wessex “only” by marriage); all the best-- Jan Hejkrlík ( talk) 23:41, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
Hello. Sorry, haven't been around much lately so I missed your message on Commons. I'd be the first to admit that it's not a very wonderful effort, but I'm not sure why you wanted it deleted. As a C11th coin, it plainly isn't Æthelred I, but it doesn't seem to show up there (at least it doesn't right now ...). Can you help me out as I am a bit confused here. Regards, Angus McLellan (Talk) 03:42, 12 March 2016 (UTC)