I am so used to saying "car" that I was surprised to find Antony Flew use car and automobile as a difference between British and American English respectively, right after lift and elevator. Should "automobile" be added to a list of differences? PS insular American who has never been across the pond, but have blood from Coventry and Wendron. Cake ( talk) 18:24, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
I prefer to have churches suffixed with place, since it would help someone looking through categories discern the localization of the church at a glance. Also I fear someone will name a hotel or restaurant with the same name in some other city. But alas, I notice Wikipedia prefers the simplest descriptor, over the more informative.
On Santa Maria del Pianto, however, I strongly disagree with the move. It may be the only such church in Wikipedia at this point, but there are churches with same name in at least in Venice, Rome, and Naples. And in time, this is not likely to be true. This name change will lead to complex disambiguation in the future. I recommend you revert this specific change.
This may be true for others. For some churches, the name is so specific, that they will remain unique as a church name: San Giacomo dell'Orio for example.Again, anyone looking in categories of 17th-century Roman Catholic churches would not necessarily know San Giacomo dell'Orio is in Venice.
Thanks. Rococo1700 ( talk) 20:31, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
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Hi Necrothesp, Can you tell me what trade union Charles Purdom belonged to, and where you read it? It is not mentioned in the article. He was a critic and an economist, so not sure what trade union he would belong to? Dazedbythebell ( talk) 12:39, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
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I have noticed that you have done a couple (at least) of changes like this that have appeared on my watchlist, so I'm wondering if there is any general convention or consensus for this, or if it is "your personal preference" (I'm not trying to be cheeky, just asking in good faith).
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No. I'm saying I don't know. Do you? Britmax ( talk) 15:55, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
I see you have moved a few to British Army officer, Royal Navy officer etc. I don't object but is that policy? Philafrenzy ( talk) 14:12, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
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Without any references to /any/ reliable sources, readers have no idea whether or not the Railway Workers' Union (Workshops) is even a legitimate organization. I believe the article in its current state should clearly be proposed for formal deletion unless reliable sources that confirm the /existence/ of the entity firstly, and then its notability, are added to the article...something that you should be doing it would seem, rather than acting in an overly inclusionist manner to protect a dubious article that has for two years not been given a single reliable source. joepa T 19:30, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
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Hi. Both Dorking and Reigate are already in Category:Market towns in Surrey which is a child of the category you added them to. Surely the additional category is superfluous? CalzGuy ( talk) 16:03, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
The inclusion of cities in town categories is frankly inconsistent. Some include them. Some don't. But yes, cities are towns. They're merely towns with a slightly higher status. It's ludicrous and unhelpful not to include them in the towns categories. Source for whether something is a town or not? Its own website (or the district or country council's). If it has a town council then it's a town. If it has a parish council then it isn't. Simple. And yes, that is the technical definition of a town. I really don't think it's helpful to mix towns that are actually towns, villages that used to be towns, villages that are known as towns by their residents but have never actually been towns, and places that aren't towns by any definition (e.g. suburbs with no legal status whatsoever) as we are doing at the moment. In what way is that useful to anyone? What is the category actually for? -- Necrothesp ( talk) 09:09, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
Fordleighburystead is a village,{{efn|On its website the parish council calls the settlement a town,<ref></ref> as does the Ordnance Survey,<ref></ref> but the parish council has not resolved that it should have the status of a town, as it could do under s.245(6) of the Local Government Act 1972.<ref></ref>}} ...
Fordleighburystead is an historic [[market town]]{{efn|<ref>For calling it a "town"</ref>, but the parish council has not declared it is a town per LGA 1972 etc.<ref></ref>}} ...
. That says what is true, notes the detailed legal status (plus a link to a potential article on
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In view of its likely wider significance (and Necrothesp's stated lack of continuing interest) I've copied the above section to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements#Village or town?. Let's continue any discussion there. — SMALL JIM 17:01, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
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Hi Necrothesp. Does the announcement in the London Gazette (a few hours before the official day, New Year's Eve) actually count as conferring this honour? I thought that only came at the actual ceremony? You can probably direct me to where this is all spelled out in a wiki guideline or policy somewhere. Many thanks. Martinevans123 ( talk) 22:58, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
Strictly speaking, you are 20some hours early here. Per WP:LAZYNESSISAVIRTUE I'll let it go ;-). -- Stephan Schulz ( talk) 12:49, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
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Hi there! Sorry to bother you but I'm bullied on the page La Amistad, where seem imppossible to edit. I've started to read the page and I've made some edits regarding the Ship flag, after being reverted I was pulled by my self me to investigate the matter. Well ok, after several research I was wrong regarding the ship flag, no problem, anyway since the fact a ship cannot fly Spanish flag if registered to a different country, and Honduras was no longer Spain since 1821, on this sources: [13]; [14]; The Amistad, set sails from Havana to the port of Guanaja, Cuba [15], nowadays part of Esmeralda ( es:Esmeralda (Cuba)#Desarrollo del territorio) municipality, Puerto del Principe wich is today called Camagüey, not the omonym Guanaja (Honduras) just because of an unsurced wikilink. Thank you in advance and sorry again. -- Nicola Romani ( talk) 22:00, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
Wich is not Honduras. -- Nicola Romani ( talk) 22:28, 14 January 2017 (UTC)"sailed from Havana for the port of Guanaja, in the island of Cuba"
— Page 27; Africans Taken in the Amistad: Congressional Document, Containing the Correspondence, &c., in Relation to the Captured Africans, U.S. Dept. of State, 1840.
-- Nicola Romani ( talk) 22:37, 14 January 2017 (UTC)"The Amistad is a Spanish vessel; was regularly cleared from Havana, a Spanish port in Cuba, to Guanaja, a Spanish port in the neighborood of Puerto Principe another Spanish port;"
— Page 37; Africans Taken in the Amistad: Congressional Document, Containing the Correspondence, &c., in Relation to the Captured Africans, U.S. Dept. of State, 1840.
Greetings, I would like to create an article for an American museum called The Hermitage Museum & Gardens ( www.thehermitagemuseum.org ). Before I do that, however, I wanted to request that you comment on the notability criteria for the museum. I saw your comments on the deletion request page discussion on the museums wikiproject page so it seems appropriate. The Hermitage is relatively small, but it is a Smithsonian Affiliated Institution, which is at least a somewhat big deal in America. I've read the COI page as well, (I'm employed there) so I'd like to be very circusmpect and conscientious in doing this. Thank you for your time. James Theuer DerTeuerFeuer ( talk) 18:42, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
I note that you deprodded Emine Işın Ezen saying "senior judges are generally held to be notable". I looked around for any notability guideline for judges and failed to find one. Is he a "senior" judge? A huge number of minimal and poorly-sourced stubs are being created for Turkish judges (and "bureaucrats"): do you think they are all notable?
I see that for Mehmet Sayım Tekelioğlu you said "member of a national legislature". How do you know this? Did you find him mentioned in the 528-page online book about an institution which he is not asserted to have attended? If so, please add the page number to the reference. The article calls him "politician" which could mean anything. .... Ah, now I see by looking at "What links here" that he was indeed a Member of Parliament. It would have been helpful if you could have added that information to the article rather than just deprodding it. Thanks. Pam D 16:50, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
I forgot to watchlist the AfD, so I didn't see your comment until now, and so I'll reply here. Sometimes my brain skips a step or two when commenting; I should have put "per nom" or something to indicate that I agreed with the nomination statement except for the part where they said it should be redirected, which is where the search term thing would come into play like at a RfD. Thanks for pointing that out, even if it took me a week to notice! ansh 666 19:16, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
I’m considering moving Curtis Green Building to New Scotland Yard now that the Metropolitan Police have officially moved from 10, The Broadway. The trouble we have is that the disambiguation is very confusing.
Currently, we have a “Scotland Yard” article which details the metonym and then goes onto give a brief history of the name itself, including the various sites at which the force has held its headquarters since around the 1890s; we have no former article for 10, The Broadway, the former HQ from which the force moved out in November 2016; and now, Curtis Green Building, the new (well, kind of) premises at which they are now based.
Historically, “Scotland Yard” was a former street in Whitehall and was so named because it stood on the site of a palace which housed Scottish royalty. Wren later used the site as a temporary base to conduct his designs. As far as I know, the name is now redundant.
My proposal would be to streamline the current articles we have to include the following:
I started a discussion on the “Scotland Yard” talk page in April 2015, which has been ignored. I would consider that to be justification on WP:BRD grounds to move it all about, but have omitted to do so in order to seek further advice from avid watchers, such as yourself. Any thoughts? Cassianto Talk 07:16, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
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Hi, would you please be able to further explain to me your reason for dePRODing 12 Days That Shocked the World and Bordertown (miniseries). Your edit summary for both was "deprod; as a TV programme it's a source in itself" but that doesn't appear to make sense to me. The articles fail to carry any RS, thus they fail WP:N and WP:V which are valid grounds for deletion. Some content of a television program is a source in itself, such as plot, but the topic still needs to meet the GNG -- Whats new? (talk) 22:22, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia articles cover notable topics—those that have gained sufficiently significant attention by the world at large and over a period of time, and are not outside the scope of Wikipedia. We consider evidence from reliable independent sources to gauge this attention. The notability guideline does not determine the content of articles, but only whether the topic should have its own article.These two articles fail the general notability requirement. There's no distinction between genres of programs with respect to it, so again your argument makes no sense to me based on actual policies. -- Whats new? (talk) 10:47, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
The categories for Ambassadors and High Commissioners for countries that have been both in and outside the Commonwealth should be merged.
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I see that you live in the UK. If you have a passport, on the cover does it say "British" or "English"? I'm pretty sure it says "British." English is a nationality, not a citizenship. Gia Scala was not English, she was Irish and Sicilian; however, her passport, which I have, says British. Please correct your error. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.53.169.125 ( talk) 15:04, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
Hi Necrothesp, I see that you made the move in 2015. I have not been able to find the reason, but maybe you can remember. If so, please let me know, because to me the original name appears to be more appropriate, but there may have been a good reason I am missing. Cheers, • • • Peter (Southwood) (talk): 10:02, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
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I've been working on pages for permanent secretaries in Hong Kong and was wondering if you'd object to make the Permanent Secretary page less UK-centric? The difference and relation between Secretaries and Permanent Secretaries is not well known (here in Hong Kong, at least) and I was hoping to find a suitable page to wikilink to, but it seemed a bit odd to link to a page a British civil service position page. What would you think of changing the header to "The Permanent Secretary is the most senior civil servant of a ministry or bureau in the United Kingdom and several Commonwealth countries, charged with running the department on a day-to-day basis." We could bundle History, Role, Honours and Current under an In the UK header and then make separate subheads under Outside the UK for Sri Lanka, Ireland, Singapore, Hong Kong and make a section called Equivalents for the rest?
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Hi Necrothesp. I reverted your edit on Sade (singer) because the content you removed was the basis for including it in a lead paragraph. The lead should only summarize content in article body per WP:Lead. Mitchumch ( talk) 15:10, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
Hi. The article on the glamour model/porn star Cathy Barry has been put up for deletion. I've added lots of referenced info (even though, it seemed obvious to me that she was very notable beforehand, but whatever) - I'd appreciate it if you could take a look at the article and vote (either way). I would vote myself, but not sure if an unregistered IP would be accepted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.69.109.128 ( talk) 11:09, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for your iput and there vote was "no consensus". I notice a user called Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (who voted delete) when he realised there was no consensus to delete removed referenced info and since the result has removed loads of info. I don't believe secondary sources are necessarily always required for certain non-controversial facts - for instance, Barry regularly appeared on Men & Motors and there were official youtube clips and these have now been removed. Reference to her appearing on a BBC2 documentary that included several references including the actual documentart from a site who I believe were the producers has also been removed. There is no guideline that states youtube videos from official sources cannot be used. It seems this user is kind of vengeful (!) - seems sad you have to edit with/against users like this and there's no point engaging further.
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Hi, I see you removed the BLP PROD I had placed on the article Janata Dal (Digvijay). I placed the prod because the article was a biography of a living person that contained no references of any kind— my understanding of PROD BLP was that this meant it was eligible for this special kind of deletion. Was I wrong on that? The article is a biography of a living person that contains no references of any kind... Perhaps it should have been speedied instead, as the subject is unremarkable (and that is how it has now been tagged by another editor). Your edit summary said that I gave no reason for the BLP PROD: when using Twinkle to perform such a PROD, an editor is in fact not given an opportunity to manually provide a reason because the reason is supposed to be added automatically by the templated text of the BLP PROD (something like, "This biography of a living person contains no references of any kind — all biographies written after date X must contain at least one reference or may be deleted...." etc.). Am just wondering what got mixed up there, 'cause I thought it was clear but maybe it didn't come out that way. Thoughts? KDS4444 ( talk) 19:30, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
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You do not move categories without discussion. It has taken a lot of work to revert this undiscussed and incorrect move. Please do not do anything like this again. -- Necrothesp ( talk) 13:11, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
In response to the above I would point out two things, firstly you have yourself renamed categories without engaging in a discussion regarding it. I presume because you had valid reasons for doing so. I fully appreciate the work that has gone into this category, and other related ones, having both created pages and contributed to some in this area. With regards to your comment about this move being incorrect I would disagree. The Royal Regiment of Artillery is the official name for the Regiment in the British Army that consists of the Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery branches, denoted by the RA and RHA at the end of the regiments in question. Previously it also consisted of the now defunct Royal Field Artillery and Royal Garrison Artillery branches. If you are discussing both the Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Artillery then Royal Regiment of Artillery would be correct. I'm a serving officer in the regiment and so have not pulled this out of my proverbial backside. Happy to discuss given the rather vehement message you left on my page. Cunobeline ( talk) 12:05, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
Why did you change this? I am aware that there is an old-fashioned French grammar idea that organizations should have lower case apart from the first. However, the institution itself uses capital letters. [17] Why should English Wikipedia be different? Please put it back. Chemical Engineer ( talk) 21:00, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I saw that some time ago you participated in discussions regarding Catholicism and Catholicity on the page Talk:Catholicism (term). Recently, some of those discussions have been reopened, and maybe you would be interested to take a look? Thanks. Sorabino ( talk) 13:01, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
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Hi, Necrothesp. I thought I would come to your talk page about this as @ Soaper1234: is now having to revert edits made by the user @ CanadaDyr: on the List of Holby City characters page now. I was not sure if you kept an eye on the Holby City page too, but I thought it would be worth making you aware of the situation nevertheless, in case the vandalism begins on this article now, instead of the Casualty one. ElectrodeandtheAnode ( talk) 16:45, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
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On 27 June 2017 you converted the Jim Wallace (Australia) to Jim Wallace (Australian activist) - thank you. As the word 'activist' in Australia is synonymous with those advocating left-wing causes, it looks out-of-place for a Christian conservative. He might be described in Australia as a lobbyist. Refer Lyle Shelton (lobbyist) from the same organisation. Is it possible to re-label the page as Jim Wallace (Australian) or Jim Wallace (lobbyist) ? AmgisFriend ( talk) 06:02, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
What are your further thoughts on this? (Respond at linked page). I've posted some dictionary entry links you might want to take a look at. The Transhumanist 17:30, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
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Re this edit, fair enough. Sorry if I came across as snappy, but it seems that every October, this article attracts attention that isn't always welcome. My preference would be to leave it out, but I'm not particularly concerned either way and am far from an expert on post-nomials. I apologise for any abruptness! Sarastro1 ( talk) 15:43, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for preserving the page of E. Suger, he was also a presidential candidate, among other public appearances. Even though I do not agree on his political views; I value the fact of his notability.
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Hello, I see you have reverted my move of HMIC to HMICFRS? I may have missed why you have done this. HMIC is now HMICFRS so the title is wrong, no? Regards Bowchaser ( talk) 12:07, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
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I just read your statement on notability policies and found myself in near total agreement. In fact the only point of divergence I have with what you wrote is that while you "almost get the feeling that there is a minority of editors who gain great satisfaction from getting articles deleted," I definitely get that feeling. There is a certain sort of fellow who is more interested in fabricating endless rules and lording it over others rather than quietly getting on with contributing to the task in hand. Not all deletionists work from that motivation but those who do seem to have rather a lack of moral fibre. The whole notability policy farm seems to be out of control but I don't know what can be done about it. If you have ideas then please do let me know. Otherwise, I am happy just to pass on my support to you in what you write. Greenshed ( talk) 03:06, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
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Back on 20 Dec, this redirect was deleted at your request. You pointed out - corrrectly - that it was an implausible typo; that was my mistake, I had intended to create Akan (biblical figure). However, what concerns me is that it was deleted without any notification to me, the creator, and without any check whether it was in use (it was, in one article). If I'd known. I would have agreed to the deletion, but also created the correct redirect and corrected the source article. I've now done both of these things, but only because I happened to notice that a previously good link had become a redlink. Surely the creator of a redirect should be informed before it's deleted? Colonies Chris ( talk) 14:25, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
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I had recently nominated a couple of articles on Railway stations in India Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Ghatkesar_railway_station to be deleted under the guidelines given by Wikipedia:Notability_(Railway_lines_and_stations). You had commented Keep on one of the articles stating that there is a long standing consensus on Keeping Railway stations. I disagree on this logic especially on Railway stations in India as if this is the case then more than 9400 separate articles are warranted. (Excluding suburban which if included will add more than 1000 to the list) Most of these stations are nothing more than a construction on a track which is not serviced by most of the long distance trains and serve only as stops for slow local trains. None of these minor stations will pass WP:GNG and including them will go against WP:NOTTRAVELGUIDE. Since you have been wading in Wikipedia for ages while I am still a newbie I wanted to discuss this in your talk page so that I can understand the rationale under which we divert from the guideline and the WP:GNG concept. Even if the stations need to find a place in Wikipedia they could be a list under the respective State of India or part of the zonal articles under Indian Railway Zones. Stations which have significant mentions in third party sources can like {{Kozhikode_railway_station|Kozhikode Railway Station]] and Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station as they are independently notable as both of them are covered in reliable sources for something unique with them like here http://indianexpress.com/article/india/kozhikode-railway-station-cleanest-nizamuddin-gets-lowest-ratings-survey-5020896/ Hagennos ( talk) 20:54, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
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Mentioned you at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Admin_invoking_SCHOOLOUTCOMES_at_AfD. - Sitush ( talk) 20:38, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
I think there is a very clear case here for questioning Dennis' closure of that RfC. It was only open for 2 hours which denied a lot of people an opportunity to speak. Although I commented further up on tbis talk page, I and many others were not even aware of the RfC. IMO the closure was a unilateral act and a supervote of sorts while the consensus at the time was convenient for such a close. This is more of a concern than anything that the RfC itself was about, whatever anyone's feelings are about school notability. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 07:20, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
Hi. Thanks for your input on the Yeomanry->Yeomanry Cavalry page move request. It's clear that this was an inappropriate move and I've withdrawn the request. I do, however, believe that separate articles are justified and, following a discussion with one of the other contributors to the page move discussion, have begun a discussion about reverting the Yeomanry article to its original state, and splitting off the work I have done into a separate Yeomanry Cavalry article. I would welcome your opinion on this. Factotem ( talk) 23:10, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
Which part of Cov? I'm in Cheylesmore.
I can claim responsibility for two Cov-related articles: Stonebridge, West Midlands (I think I managed to avoid any WP:OR about sitting in traffic jams) and Topshop (workshop). Narky Blert ( talk) 21:18, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
I am so used to saying "car" that I was surprised to find Antony Flew use car and automobile as a difference between British and American English respectively, right after lift and elevator. Should "automobile" be added to a list of differences? PS insular American who has never been across the pond, but have blood from Coventry and Wendron. Cake ( talk) 18:24, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
I prefer to have churches suffixed with place, since it would help someone looking through categories discern the localization of the church at a glance. Also I fear someone will name a hotel or restaurant with the same name in some other city. But alas, I notice Wikipedia prefers the simplest descriptor, over the more informative.
On Santa Maria del Pianto, however, I strongly disagree with the move. It may be the only such church in Wikipedia at this point, but there are churches with same name in at least in Venice, Rome, and Naples. And in time, this is not likely to be true. This name change will lead to complex disambiguation in the future. I recommend you revert this specific change.
This may be true for others. For some churches, the name is so specific, that they will remain unique as a church name: San Giacomo dell'Orio for example.Again, anyone looking in categories of 17th-century Roman Catholic churches would not necessarily know San Giacomo dell'Orio is in Venice.
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Hi Necrothesp, Can you tell me what trade union Charles Purdom belonged to, and where you read it? It is not mentioned in the article. He was a critic and an economist, so not sure what trade union he would belong to? Dazedbythebell ( talk) 12:39, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
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I have noticed that you have done a couple (at least) of changes like this that have appeared on my watchlist, so I'm wondering if there is any general convention or consensus for this, or if it is "your personal preference" (I'm not trying to be cheeky, just asking in good faith).
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No. I'm saying I don't know. Do you? Britmax ( talk) 15:55, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
I see you have moved a few to British Army officer, Royal Navy officer etc. I don't object but is that policy? Philafrenzy ( talk) 14:12, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
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Without any references to /any/ reliable sources, readers have no idea whether or not the Railway Workers' Union (Workshops) is even a legitimate organization. I believe the article in its current state should clearly be proposed for formal deletion unless reliable sources that confirm the /existence/ of the entity firstly, and then its notability, are added to the article...something that you should be doing it would seem, rather than acting in an overly inclusionist manner to protect a dubious article that has for two years not been given a single reliable source. joepa T 19:30, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
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Hello Necrothesp, please note that I reverted your addition of a birth date and middle name at Raoul Trujillo as you didn't include a reliable source to verify the content. If you will be restoring the material, could you please ensure you include your source in compliance with WP:DOB? Thank you, -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:49, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
Hi. Both Dorking and Reigate are already in Category:Market towns in Surrey which is a child of the category you added them to. Surely the additional category is superfluous? CalzGuy ( talk) 16:03, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
The inclusion of cities in town categories is frankly inconsistent. Some include them. Some don't. But yes, cities are towns. They're merely towns with a slightly higher status. It's ludicrous and unhelpful not to include them in the towns categories. Source for whether something is a town or not? Its own website (or the district or country council's). If it has a town council then it's a town. If it has a parish council then it isn't. Simple. And yes, that is the technical definition of a town. I really don't think it's helpful to mix towns that are actually towns, villages that used to be towns, villages that are known as towns by their residents but have never actually been towns, and places that aren't towns by any definition (e.g. suburbs with no legal status whatsoever) as we are doing at the moment. In what way is that useful to anyone? What is the category actually for? -- Necrothesp ( talk) 09:09, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
Fordleighburystead is a village,{{efn|On its website the parish council calls the settlement a town,<ref></ref> as does the Ordnance Survey,<ref></ref> but the parish council has not resolved that it should have the status of a town, as it could do under s.245(6) of the Local Government Act 1972.<ref></ref>}} ...
Fordleighburystead is an historic [[market town]]{{efn|<ref>For calling it a "town"</ref>, but the parish council has not declared it is a town per LGA 1972 etc.<ref></ref>}} ...
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In view of its likely wider significance (and Necrothesp's stated lack of continuing interest) I've copied the above section to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements#Village or town?. Let's continue any discussion there. — SMALL JIM 17:01, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
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Hello Necrothesp. Would you please consider commenting on these move discussions? The former's about whether Gladstone should be a redirect to William Ewart Gladstone, and the latter is whether D'Israeli should redirect to Benjamin Disraeli as {{ R from alternative spelling}}. Thanks.-- Nevé – selbert 07:16, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
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Hi Necrothesp. Does the announcement in the London Gazette (a few hours before the official day, New Year's Eve) actually count as conferring this honour? I thought that only came at the actual ceremony? You can probably direct me to where this is all spelled out in a wiki guideline or policy somewhere. Many thanks. Martinevans123 ( talk) 22:58, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
Strictly speaking, you are 20some hours early here. Per WP:LAZYNESSISAVIRTUE I'll let it go ;-). -- Stephan Schulz ( talk) 12:49, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
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Hi there! Sorry to bother you but I'm bullied on the page La Amistad, where seem imppossible to edit. I've started to read the page and I've made some edits regarding the Ship flag, after being reverted I was pulled by my self me to investigate the matter. Well ok, after several research I was wrong regarding the ship flag, no problem, anyway since the fact a ship cannot fly Spanish flag if registered to a different country, and Honduras was no longer Spain since 1821, on this sources: [13]; [14]; The Amistad, set sails from Havana to the port of Guanaja, Cuba [15], nowadays part of Esmeralda ( es:Esmeralda (Cuba)#Desarrollo del territorio) municipality, Puerto del Principe wich is today called Camagüey, not the omonym Guanaja (Honduras) just because of an unsurced wikilink. Thank you in advance and sorry again. -- Nicola Romani ( talk) 22:00, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
Wich is not Honduras. -- Nicola Romani ( talk) 22:28, 14 January 2017 (UTC)"sailed from Havana for the port of Guanaja, in the island of Cuba"
— Page 27; Africans Taken in the Amistad: Congressional Document, Containing the Correspondence, &c., in Relation to the Captured Africans, U.S. Dept. of State, 1840.
-- Nicola Romani ( talk) 22:37, 14 January 2017 (UTC)"The Amistad is a Spanish vessel; was regularly cleared from Havana, a Spanish port in Cuba, to Guanaja, a Spanish port in the neighborood of Puerto Principe another Spanish port;"
— Page 37; Africans Taken in the Amistad: Congressional Document, Containing the Correspondence, &c., in Relation to the Captured Africans, U.S. Dept. of State, 1840.
Greetings, I would like to create an article for an American museum called The Hermitage Museum & Gardens ( www.thehermitagemuseum.org ). Before I do that, however, I wanted to request that you comment on the notability criteria for the museum. I saw your comments on the deletion request page discussion on the museums wikiproject page so it seems appropriate. The Hermitage is relatively small, but it is a Smithsonian Affiliated Institution, which is at least a somewhat big deal in America. I've read the COI page as well, (I'm employed there) so I'd like to be very circusmpect and conscientious in doing this. Thank you for your time. James Theuer DerTeuerFeuer ( talk) 18:42, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
I note that you deprodded Emine Işın Ezen saying "senior judges are generally held to be notable". I looked around for any notability guideline for judges and failed to find one. Is he a "senior" judge? A huge number of minimal and poorly-sourced stubs are being created for Turkish judges (and "bureaucrats"): do you think they are all notable?
I see that for Mehmet Sayım Tekelioğlu you said "member of a national legislature". How do you know this? Did you find him mentioned in the 528-page online book about an institution which he is not asserted to have attended? If so, please add the page number to the reference. The article calls him "politician" which could mean anything. .... Ah, now I see by looking at "What links here" that he was indeed a Member of Parliament. It would have been helpful if you could have added that information to the article rather than just deprodding it. Thanks. Pam D 16:50, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
I forgot to watchlist the AfD, so I didn't see your comment until now, and so I'll reply here. Sometimes my brain skips a step or two when commenting; I should have put "per nom" or something to indicate that I agreed with the nomination statement except for the part where they said it should be redirected, which is where the search term thing would come into play like at a RfD. Thanks for pointing that out, even if it took me a week to notice! ansh 666 19:16, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
I’m considering moving Curtis Green Building to New Scotland Yard now that the Metropolitan Police have officially moved from 10, The Broadway. The trouble we have is that the disambiguation is very confusing.
Currently, we have a “Scotland Yard” article which details the metonym and then goes onto give a brief history of the name itself, including the various sites at which the force has held its headquarters since around the 1890s; we have no former article for 10, The Broadway, the former HQ from which the force moved out in November 2016; and now, Curtis Green Building, the new (well, kind of) premises at which they are now based.
Historically, “Scotland Yard” was a former street in Whitehall and was so named because it stood on the site of a palace which housed Scottish royalty. Wren later used the site as a temporary base to conduct his designs. As far as I know, the name is now redundant.
My proposal would be to streamline the current articles we have to include the following:
I started a discussion on the “Scotland Yard” talk page in April 2015, which has been ignored. I would consider that to be justification on WP:BRD grounds to move it all about, but have omitted to do so in order to seek further advice from avid watchers, such as yourself. Any thoughts? Cassianto Talk 07:16, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
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Hi, would you please be able to further explain to me your reason for dePRODing 12 Days That Shocked the World and Bordertown (miniseries). Your edit summary for both was "deprod; as a TV programme it's a source in itself" but that doesn't appear to make sense to me. The articles fail to carry any RS, thus they fail WP:N and WP:V which are valid grounds for deletion. Some content of a television program is a source in itself, such as plot, but the topic still needs to meet the GNG -- Whats new? (talk) 22:22, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia articles cover notable topics—those that have gained sufficiently significant attention by the world at large and over a period of time, and are not outside the scope of Wikipedia. We consider evidence from reliable independent sources to gauge this attention. The notability guideline does not determine the content of articles, but only whether the topic should have its own article.These two articles fail the general notability requirement. There's no distinction between genres of programs with respect to it, so again your argument makes no sense to me based on actual policies. -- Whats new? (talk) 10:47, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
The categories for Ambassadors and High Commissioners for countries that have been both in and outside the Commonwealth should be merged.
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Other countries that this applies to are Fiji, The Gambia, Ireland, the Maldives, Pakistan, and Zimbabwe. - ( 119.224.80.18 ( talk) 08:14, 8 February 2017 (UTC))
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I see that you live in the UK. If you have a passport, on the cover does it say "British" or "English"? I'm pretty sure it says "British." English is a nationality, not a citizenship. Gia Scala was not English, she was Irish and Sicilian; however, her passport, which I have, says British. Please correct your error. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.53.169.125 ( talk) 15:04, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
Hi Necrothesp, I see that you made the move in 2015. I have not been able to find the reason, but maybe you can remember. If so, please let me know, because to me the original name appears to be more appropriate, but there may have been a good reason I am missing. Cheers, • • • Peter (Southwood) (talk): 10:02, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
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I've been working on pages for permanent secretaries in Hong Kong and was wondering if you'd object to make the Permanent Secretary page less UK-centric? The difference and relation between Secretaries and Permanent Secretaries is not well known (here in Hong Kong, at least) and I was hoping to find a suitable page to wikilink to, but it seemed a bit odd to link to a page a British civil service position page. What would you think of changing the header to "The Permanent Secretary is the most senior civil servant of a ministry or bureau in the United Kingdom and several Commonwealth countries, charged with running the department on a day-to-day basis." We could bundle History, Role, Honours and Current under an In the UK header and then make separate subheads under Outside the UK for Sri Lanka, Ireland, Singapore, Hong Kong and make a section called Equivalents for the rest?
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Since you participated in the Free City of Cracow RM, I want to let you know about an RM on Talk:Kraków złoty.
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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Raj Rajeshwar Saramad-i-Rajha-i-Hindustan Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Takht Singhji Sahib Bahadur. Since you had some involvement with the Raj Rajeshwar Saramad-i-Rajha-i-Hindustan Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Takht Singhji Sahib Bahadur redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. UnitedStatesian ( talk) 15:54, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
Hi Necrothesp. I reverted your edit on Sade (singer) because the content you removed was the basis for including it in a lead paragraph. The lead should only summarize content in article body per WP:Lead. Mitchumch ( talk) 15:10, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
Hi. The article on the glamour model/porn star Cathy Barry has been put up for deletion. I've added lots of referenced info (even though, it seemed obvious to me that she was very notable beforehand, but whatever) - I'd appreciate it if you could take a look at the article and vote (either way). I would vote myself, but not sure if an unregistered IP would be accepted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.69.109.128 ( talk) 11:09, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for your iput and there vote was "no consensus". I notice a user called Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (who voted delete) when he realised there was no consensus to delete removed referenced info and since the result has removed loads of info. I don't believe secondary sources are necessarily always required for certain non-controversial facts - for instance, Barry regularly appeared on Men & Motors and there were official youtube clips and these have now been removed. Reference to her appearing on a BBC2 documentary that included several references including the actual documentart from a site who I believe were the producers has also been removed. There is no guideline that states youtube videos from official sources cannot be used. It seems this user is kind of vengeful (!) - seems sad you have to edit with/against users like this and there's no point engaging further.
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Hi, I see you removed the BLP PROD I had placed on the article Janata Dal (Digvijay). I placed the prod because the article was a biography of a living person that contained no references of any kind— my understanding of PROD BLP was that this meant it was eligible for this special kind of deletion. Was I wrong on that? The article is a biography of a living person that contains no references of any kind... Perhaps it should have been speedied instead, as the subject is unremarkable (and that is how it has now been tagged by another editor). Your edit summary said that I gave no reason for the BLP PROD: when using Twinkle to perform such a PROD, an editor is in fact not given an opportunity to manually provide a reason because the reason is supposed to be added automatically by the templated text of the BLP PROD (something like, "This biography of a living person contains no references of any kind — all biographies written after date X must contain at least one reference or may be deleted...." etc.). Am just wondering what got mixed up there, 'cause I thought it was clear but maybe it didn't come out that way. Thoughts? KDS4444 ( talk) 19:30, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
Category:Armenian people of Iranian descent, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Hovhannes Karapetyan 13:31, 18 August 2017 (UTC)
You do not move categories without discussion. It has taken a lot of work to revert this undiscussed and incorrect move. Please do not do anything like this again. -- Necrothesp ( talk) 13:11, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
In response to the above I would point out two things, firstly you have yourself renamed categories without engaging in a discussion regarding it. I presume because you had valid reasons for doing so. I fully appreciate the work that has gone into this category, and other related ones, having both created pages and contributed to some in this area. With regards to your comment about this move being incorrect I would disagree. The Royal Regiment of Artillery is the official name for the Regiment in the British Army that consists of the Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery branches, denoted by the RA and RHA at the end of the regiments in question. Previously it also consisted of the now defunct Royal Field Artillery and Royal Garrison Artillery branches. If you are discussing both the Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Artillery then Royal Regiment of Artillery would be correct. I'm a serving officer in the regiment and so have not pulled this out of my proverbial backside. Happy to discuss given the rather vehement message you left on my page. Cunobeline ( talk) 12:05, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
Why did you change this? I am aware that there is an old-fashioned French grammar idea that organizations should have lower case apart from the first. However, the institution itself uses capital letters. [17] Why should English Wikipedia be different? Please put it back. Chemical Engineer ( talk) 21:00, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I saw that some time ago you participated in discussions regarding Catholicism and Catholicity on the page Talk:Catholicism (term). Recently, some of those discussions have been reopened, and maybe you would be interested to take a look? Thanks. Sorabino ( talk) 13:01, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
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Hi, Necrothesp. I thought I would come to your talk page about this as @ Soaper1234: is now having to revert edits made by the user @ CanadaDyr: on the List of Holby City characters page now. I was not sure if you kept an eye on the Holby City page too, but I thought it would be worth making you aware of the situation nevertheless, in case the vandalism begins on this article now, instead of the Casualty one. ElectrodeandtheAnode ( talk) 16:45, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
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On 27 June 2017 you converted the Jim Wallace (Australia) to Jim Wallace (Australian activist) - thank you. As the word 'activist' in Australia is synonymous with those advocating left-wing causes, it looks out-of-place for a Christian conservative. He might be described in Australia as a lobbyist. Refer Lyle Shelton (lobbyist) from the same organisation. Is it possible to re-label the page as Jim Wallace (Australian) or Jim Wallace (lobbyist) ? AmgisFriend ( talk) 06:02, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
What are your further thoughts on this? (Respond at linked page). I've posted some dictionary entry links you might want to take a look at. The Transhumanist 17:30, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
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Re this edit, fair enough. Sorry if I came across as snappy, but it seems that every October, this article attracts attention that isn't always welcome. My preference would be to leave it out, but I'm not particularly concerned either way and am far from an expert on post-nomials. I apologise for any abruptness! Sarastro1 ( talk) 15:43, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for preserving the page of E. Suger, he was also a presidential candidate, among other public appearances. Even though I do not agree on his political views; I value the fact of his notability.
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Hello, I see you have reverted my move of HMIC to HMICFRS? I may have missed why you have done this. HMIC is now HMICFRS so the title is wrong, no? Regards Bowchaser ( talk) 12:07, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
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I just read your statement on notability policies and found myself in near total agreement. In fact the only point of divergence I have with what you wrote is that while you "almost get the feeling that there is a minority of editors who gain great satisfaction from getting articles deleted," I definitely get that feeling. There is a certain sort of fellow who is more interested in fabricating endless rules and lording it over others rather than quietly getting on with contributing to the task in hand. Not all deletionists work from that motivation but those who do seem to have rather a lack of moral fibre. The whole notability policy farm seems to be out of control but I don't know what can be done about it. If you have ideas then please do let me know. Otherwise, I am happy just to pass on my support to you in what you write. Greenshed ( talk) 03:06, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laureate Group of Schools and Colleges (2nd nomination). The discussion has been reopened:)
Winged Blades
Godric
14:18, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
An article that you may have been involved in editing— Myanmar Railways—has been proposed for merging with Rail transport in Myanmar. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. -- Bejnar ( talk) 23:12, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
Somehow, we do not seem to be going well together at the DRVs. I apologize if any of my comments came across as insulting to you.Hope, that the cute beast resolves our differences:)
Winged Blades
Godric
16:28, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
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Happy Holidays |
Wishing you a happy holiday season! Times flies and 2018 is around the corner. Thank you for your contributions. ~ K.e.coffman ( talk) 23:43, 20 December 2017 (UTC) |
Back on 20 Dec, this redirect was deleted at your request. You pointed out - corrrectly - that it was an implausible typo; that was my mistake, I had intended to create Akan (biblical figure). However, what concerns me is that it was deleted without any notification to me, the creator, and without any check whether it was in use (it was, in one article). If I'd known. I would have agreed to the deletion, but also created the correct redirect and corrected the source article. I've now done both of these things, but only because I happened to notice that a previously good link had become a redlink. Surely the creator of a redirect should be informed before it's deleted? Colonies Chris ( talk) 14:25, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
Category:Governors of Kenya, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 15:25, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
Hi, thank you for your participation in the recent requested move discussion at Talk:Pączki. I've posted a follow-up question to better understand what the result of that discussion means not only for the article's title, but also for its content. I'd be very greatful, if you could reply at Talk:Pączki#Follow-up: is "pączki" an_English_word? — Kpalion (talk) 18:03, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
Katrina Mitchell, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for
deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at
Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Katrina Mitchell and please be sure to
sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of
Katrina Mitchell during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. —
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The Original Barnstar |
I award you the Original barnstar for writing this helpful essay. M A A Z T A L K 19:27, 24 January 2018 (UTC) |
I had recently nominated a couple of articles on Railway stations in India Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Ghatkesar_railway_station to be deleted under the guidelines given by Wikipedia:Notability_(Railway_lines_and_stations). You had commented Keep on one of the articles stating that there is a long standing consensus on Keeping Railway stations. I disagree on this logic especially on Railway stations in India as if this is the case then more than 9400 separate articles are warranted. (Excluding suburban which if included will add more than 1000 to the list) Most of these stations are nothing more than a construction on a track which is not serviced by most of the long distance trains and serve only as stops for slow local trains. None of these minor stations will pass WP:GNG and including them will go against WP:NOTTRAVELGUIDE. Since you have been wading in Wikipedia for ages while I am still a newbie I wanted to discuss this in your talk page so that I can understand the rationale under which we divert from the guideline and the WP:GNG concept. Even if the stations need to find a place in Wikipedia they could be a list under the respective State of India or part of the zonal articles under Indian Railway Zones. Stations which have significant mentions in third party sources can like {{Kozhikode_railway_station|Kozhikode Railway Station]] and Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station as they are independently notable as both of them are covered in reliable sources for something unique with them like here http://indianexpress.com/article/india/kozhikode-railway-station-cleanest-nizamuddin-gets-lowest-ratings-survey-5020896/ Hagennos ( talk) 20:54, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
Hey! I saw that you edited the article Black Mirror and thought maybe you would be interested in this new user category I created?- 🐦Do☭torWho42 ( ⭐) 05:24, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
Mentioned you at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Admin_invoking_SCHOOLOUTCOMES_at_AfD. - Sitush ( talk) 20:38, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
I think there is a very clear case here for questioning Dennis' closure of that RfC. It was only open for 2 hours which denied a lot of people an opportunity to speak. Although I commented further up on tbis talk page, I and many others were not even aware of the RfC. IMO the closure was a unilateral act and a supervote of sorts while the consensus at the time was convenient for such a close. This is more of a concern than anything that the RfC itself was about, whatever anyone's feelings are about school notability. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 07:20, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
Hi. Thanks for your input on the Yeomanry->Yeomanry Cavalry page move request. It's clear that this was an inappropriate move and I've withdrawn the request. I do, however, believe that separate articles are justified and, following a discussion with one of the other contributors to the page move discussion, have begun a discussion about reverting the Yeomanry article to its original state, and splitting off the work I have done into a separate Yeomanry Cavalry article. I would welcome your opinion on this. Factotem ( talk) 23:10, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
Which part of Cov? I'm in Cheylesmore.
I can claim responsibility for two Cov-related articles: Stonebridge, West Midlands (I think I managed to avoid any WP:OR about sitting in traffic jams) and Topshop (workshop). Narky Blert ( talk) 21:18, 14 February 2018 (UTC)