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Hi. I have spent a few days on the Bishop Auckland article addressing some of the issues you previously raised. I have also filled in a few gaps and strengthened some of the citations. If you have any spare time, I would be grateful if you could give any more advice you might have please. Thanks for your help so far. 14:24, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Since you're an admin and a member of the Military History WikiProject, please consider listing yourself here. Cheers, â Juliancolton | Talk 19:43, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
User:MRSC is leading and facilitating a (re-)splitting of the Leeds article. There are draft pages (serving as a "proof of concept") at Talk:City of Leeds/draft and Talk:Leeds/draft. I was wondering if you'd be able to pop across and have a look. I ask as you did some pretty amazing work on the City of Salford and City of Carlisle pages. -- Jza84 |  Talk 12:54, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
User talk:Basingwerk in case you haven't. Parrot of Doom 14:56, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
You suggested that this article might be suitable as a GAC. I've had a go at improving it; it needed more re-writing than I had expected, not least because a lot of the recent history had been removed from the "official" website and I had to search elsewhere. What do you think of it now? Please improve it as necessary. I will ask Malleus to do some copyediting, if he agrees. Peter I. Vardy ( talk) 13:08, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
Hey mate Why not get off your computer and go and visit the castle? Or were you just happy to think it was a Motte and Bailey? Calling it an enclosure castle is just as bad. But unlike yourself, just to be sure, before I wrote this up I did a quick search on the internet for Stone Enclosure Castle this was the first hit on Google.
Stone Enclosure Castles Many of the earliest castles were surrounded by earthworks to help in defense. But, for discussion purposes, I will talk about stone enclosures. These began to appear as early as 1088, when William Rufus (William II) authorized the building of an enclosing wall around Eynsford Castle in Kent.
Enclosure castles were also built from the ground up, not just as additions to already existing castles. Some had great towers and some did not. Richmond Castle, built in 1071, is a good example. It had a triangular enclosure, as did Caerlaverock Castle in Scotland. The enclosing curtain wall generally followed the outline of the castle, but a common enclosure for a new castle was the square enclosure. Castles of Britain
An enclosure means something that goes all the way round. At Beeston the outer curtain wall, which towers and a tower gate house, only covers the southern flank. The rear of the Castle is a vertical cliff that makes attack nigh impossible. The castle is in no way "enclosed". Maybe if you did a bit more reading, you'd know that Ranulph was an ex-crusader who was well acquainted with the fortifications in the Outremer. Sic Krak des Chevaliers or Al Karak. Beeston is probably one of the finest examples of Linear castle in the UK. But if you have you never been to Beeston you would never know? The inner ward (which only has a defensive gatehouse and front wall with rock cut moat) is backed up against a near vertical cliff. This is not an enclosure castle (see informed definition above). Beeston's defences were designed to contain any assault along one small front, i.e. the front. Not the sides and certainly not the rear. It is a linear castle (based on crusader models) by design, use and location.
BTW I am just an IP address as I believe in the basic tenet of WP that anyone can edit in good faith! However I notice you use the term IP with disdain. I have been on WP since 2004 but have never had an username. WHY? Because the inherent nature of building up kudos, experience points and the rest of it, for a named editor (evenutally becoming an admin) actually defeats the object of WP. As personalities replace equality.
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Hi Nev1, really appreciate the time and trouble you've taken to look over and comment on the article again. The work you've done is exactly what I was hoping for - an academic review rather than a peer review. I'll go over the points you've made over the next few days - commenting under each point, on my talk page (unless you would prefer me to use a different method). I have a couple of (relevant) journals and books on order at the library, so may be adding/amending text over the next few weeks, although I don't want it to be much longer (if at all). I also intend to create a short article on Julian Thomas. The points you've highlighted all seem relevant and constructive. Once again, many thanks, Daicaregos ( talk) 16:12, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
I'm not, and I'm not. But cheers anyway.
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Well done! When it comes to the balance, I think you have to be pragmatic. Everybody works with what they've got. It means the balance is always lopsided, and this is English Wikipedia, after all.
I haven't read all your changes, just briefly scanned through them. The only problem that I have is that the section "Architecture" is really a series of definitions, and those definitions need to be further up the page, in order that the uninformed reader understands the "History" better, because the history talks about "motte and bailey" and so on. I would reverese the two sections, and call the "architecture" something like "types of castles and features". I think that their is already a short section called features. It coud be the intro to the new section. Maybe. Amandajm ( talk) 01:05, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
Just wanted to say that I think you've done (and are doing) a fantastic job with this. It's difficult to image a better overview article on the subject than this one. -- Malleus Fatuorum 21:55, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
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You've done great work so far. Do you want to go for GA? Aaroncrick ( talk) Review me! 22:52, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
Although you and I have never interacted, at least I don't think so. I've been keeping an eye on some of the pages that have been edited by a friend of mine, WebHamster. One of those pages has been Affinity (band). The reason I bring this up is that I'm aware that you have had some dealings with Yiwentang and his socks. I strongly suspect that an IP editor currently causing problems on the above page is Yiwentang as he is showing all the hallmarks. I don't know the correct procedure for dealing with this, but as you are an admin that has had dealings with this character I thought I'd report it to you. Hopefully you can either deal with this editor or give me advice on how to do it myself. Thanks. -- Fred the Oyster ( talk) 12:40, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
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I noticed that for some time one of your aims was to prepare an article as a GAC for WikiProject Merseyside. I'm not sure if you achieved this, but I've been working on Liverpool Town Hall and wonder if it's getting near to being fit for submission. If you have time, would you please have a look at it and advise? I'll ask Malleus to do some copyediting if he thinks it's worthwhile. Peter I. Vardy ( talk) 13:45, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
I should be able to look at this Sunday or Monday. RL has really bit me in the ass this last week. Ealdgyth - Talk 12:32, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
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Dropped him a question here. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 22:27, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nev1
Nevermind our dispute on castles. Here is a website that documents the construction of a castle(that is accepted by the scientific community). They have images that could benefit the article. You just have to ask them to release some material under a commons licence and promise in return to provide a link to their homepage. Greetings Wandalstouring ( talk) 12:36, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
I'm in contact with the administrator of the website of a small reconstructed castle. They call it a motte and refer to the tapestry of Bayeux(but reconstruct it according to data from an excavation). It's a defensible tower with a trench and a bridge on a man-made hill. It's on [1], however, the page is difficult to navigate even for a native speaker of German. You can see a glimpse here. How many images do you want and what do you want to have documented? I'll check the necessary image resolution with someone else, but you may give suggestions. Wandalstouring ( talk) 11:01, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for the notice. I'll be happy to. C.Kent87 ( talk) 02:46, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi! The original of the picture can be found on the italian wikipedia here. It was originally uploaded by it:utente:Galiano.M. I wanted to use the image on the Hungarian wikipedia so I uploaded there too, and then, when we moved all pictures to commons the original description got lost. Anyway, I have changed the description in commons. Thanks for the notice-- IstvĂĄnka ( talk) 07:47, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Malleus alerted me to this. I didn't realise that Castle was at FAC else I'd have had a read through it! Parrot of Doom 20:31, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
Seconded. Another nice job. -- Malleus Fatuorum 21:04, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
Fantastic! Aaroncrick ( talk) Review me! 21:18, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
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Thanks for your comments. But currently it is still an FAC, did I miss something? CTJF83 chat 18:45, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
Went for walk near Frodsham today and had a look at this hill fort. There were notices around saying that there had been some archaeological work carried out during this summer. I guess this was/will be published somewhere sometime, which could be useful when the time comes for an article. Peter I. Vardy ( talk) 18:29, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
I didn't want to comment on the closed checkuser, but I was wondering, if there is an IP block on the above, how's he doing this? - Dudesleeper talk 09:01, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
I would try and engage with the IP user, but they keep changing their IP address every day: it was 93.142.140.189 on Saturday, 93.143.43.119 yesterday and 93.143.28.5 today. I don't know if this a routine thing for some internet users (although my IP address seems to be the same all the time), but I'm inclined to think it's unhelpful behaviour at best.
I will however try and go to the talk page with this (now I actually have time to write something properly).
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My apologies, re-reading your original ce, I see that your intention wasn't what I originally thought. The way you'd re-worded it made it sound like the 8/66 were match figures rather than innings figures, hence factually inaccurate, as the reference showed. However, it looks like that wasn't what you were trying to say. I included in the second-innings specifically to show that they were innings' figures rather than match figures, something it doesn't specify any more. Harrias ( talk) 17:59, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the nomination. Have written a full report of my 2009 contributions to the MILHIST project, at User:Durova/2009 MILHIST project work. There's a bit more than the nomination mentioned. With best regards and gratitude, Durova 381 21:58, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nev, awhile ago Choess and I were trying to figure out where the "malik Rik" story comes from. I see the name is currently sourced to Maalouf in the Richard I article, but does he say anything more? (I lost my copy of Maalouf in a flood, unfortunately.) It's simple enough that Arabic chroniclers call him that, of course, but we were specifically wondering about the story that Richard was kind of a bogeyman for Muslim children. Jean de Joinville mentions it but we were trying to figure out how the "malik Rik" part got in there, since Joinville obviously doesn't call him that. (We also found that Alison Weir thinks it means "evil Richard"...sigh.) Adam Bishop ( talk) 17:22, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
Fair enough. The edit was a knee jerk reaction to the idea that "everyone knows what England is" but you're right. Think before acting, is the lesson here I feel. Britmax ( talk) 18:51, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
The origional source says that the fact he used the Demonologie indicates that he may have actualy bleived in what he was doing. I was trying to paraphrase this. But it migvht need re-wording. Slatersteven ( talk) 19:25, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
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Hi, this edit of yours removed sourced information from an article but the edit summary ("journalist v ournalist (1chr)") doesn't seem to explain why. May I ask what was the thinking behind the removal? Nev1 ( talk) 00:40, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello !
Good job you did, just a little correction : Petit-Andely without S, because there are 2 Andelys : Andely (today Grand-Andely) already existed a long time ago before the building of the castle (Celtic foundation, remains of a gallo-roman theater). Petit-Andely was known before the building of the castle as la Couture d'Andely, so the place were the inhabitants of Andely grew their vegetable near the Gambon stream mouth and also the place were the fishers lived.
Then, Petit Andely developped when they built the castle, it was surrounded by remparts and an artificial lake between Petit and Grand-andely was dug out with a defence tower on the bank. Nowadays, there is only one commune les andelys, but we still use the expression Petit-Andely and Grand-Andely, that are in fact two separated areas of the same commune.
Good luck Nortmannus ( talk) 19:16, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
The second AFD of Comparison between Roman and Han Empires, resulted in the article being stubbified and the contents moved to Wikipedia:Article Incubator:Comparison between Roman and Han Empires. You are welcome to make suggestions at the article in the incubator. If your concerns are meet, and you believe the article is ready for mainspace, please sign here [3], or contact User:Spartaz, the closing admin. Thank you. Teeninvestor ( talk) 20:02, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
Hey Nev1, just a quick note to thank you for your interest in FLCs and your recent detailed and valuable reviews. We're struggling at the moment for folks who are prepared to say what they think and then come back to finish the job off, so your recent input is incredibly useful to us. Hope to see you about FLC again, (and thanks for your comments on my own FLC!), and happy Christmas. The Rambling Man ( talk) 23:45, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
What does "(ec)" mean? You put it at the start of your paragraphs at talk pages. Thanks. Simanos ( talk) 23:50, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
Greetings, I glanced over your link to the Norman castle, and honestly, given the amount of text you've covered your French is clearly as good as mine or better. I'm just a Spanish and Portuguese speaker who figured out that he can read French 90% without a dictionary, and 97% with a dictionary. So my offer was mainly directed towards those using gTranslate who hit sentences the computer just can't render into proper English. Sorry I can't be of more use, but I do hope at least a few folks with less/no French background take a stab. I've been doing some Indonesian articles which I really can't read at all, but they're military unit articles where the clauses are so simple that a basic gTranslate makes it clear what unit it is, who it falls under, when and from whom it was formed, etc. Enough to make a stub, certainly. Thanks for giving me a shout though. MatthewVanitas ( talk) 01:02, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
I am going on my wikibreak, but before I go I would like to apologize for some of my behaviour, which I regret. When I return, I will not edit the article incubator. Teeninvestor ( talk) 22:51, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
There must be a mistake because it is not Gjirokaster Berat. Gjirokastra is the medieval town and Berat town tradition and castle. Ohrid Lake is part of UNESCO World hertiage Centres yes or no.
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http://www.alsat.tv/lajme-nga-vendi/liqeni-i-ohrit-xhuveli-shume-shpejt-pjese-e-trashegimise-boterore.html
http://www.sot.com.al/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12597:unesco-liqeni-i-ohrit-mund-te-jete-pjese-e-trashegimise-boterore&catid=35:sociale&Itemid=64 âPreceding
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I will contact the UNESCO office. Although I gave are essential evidence and the facts prove that given spike. Thank you for your response. Amicably-- Irvi Hyka ( talk) 11:53, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
I suggest in future you steer away from obscure Wikipedian abbreviations, and use words and phrases commonly understood by English speakers. They're not actually helpful in any way, shape or form. Nor are they decided on by large numbers of people. I don't have the time to waste learning them - they'll be changed next week/month/year anyway, by more self-appointed bureaucrats.-- MacRusgail ( talk) 15:00, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
I clicked on all of the links you provided me with. But it is a waste of time. I latched onto abbreviations, because people like yourself are too fond of them. Plain English is a hundred times better. Using plain English will help you in your professional and social life.
The reason I objected to the use of "consensus" etc is because some people seem to have decided what the consensus is to be beforehand. I loathe the bureaucratic/obscurantist element of Wikipedia - it is the polar opposite of what this encyclopedia purports to be. No one has provided a proper explanation for why the images in question are so poor.
I don't wish to waste my time, because I actually do have a life to lead off Wikipedia. -- MacRusgail ( talk) 16:06, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Should someone go and see if he's actually connected to the other account, the one on the German Wikipedia? -- Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 19:12, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
Our discussion on Parrot of Doom's talk page has made me wonder even more about how castles actually worked. One of Beeston's features, for instance is its rather deep well, although I've never seen any mention of the sanitory arrangements put in place for its garrison. By comparison, with Roman forts you sometimes see accounts of shit being found in one cornerâor did I just make that up? -- Malleus Fatuorum 13:55, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
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Hi. I have spent a few days on the Bishop Auckland article addressing some of the issues you previously raised. I have also filled in a few gaps and strengthened some of the citations. If you have any spare time, I would be grateful if you could give any more advice you might have please. Thanks for your help so far. 14:24, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Since you're an admin and a member of the Military History WikiProject, please consider listing yourself here. Cheers, â Juliancolton | Talk 19:43, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
User:MRSC is leading and facilitating a (re-)splitting of the Leeds article. There are draft pages (serving as a "proof of concept") at Talk:City of Leeds/draft and Talk:Leeds/draft. I was wondering if you'd be able to pop across and have a look. I ask as you did some pretty amazing work on the City of Salford and City of Carlisle pages. -- Jza84 |  Talk 12:54, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
User talk:Basingwerk in case you haven't. Parrot of Doom 14:56, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
You suggested that this article might be suitable as a GAC. I've had a go at improving it; it needed more re-writing than I had expected, not least because a lot of the recent history had been removed from the "official" website and I had to search elsewhere. What do you think of it now? Please improve it as necessary. I will ask Malleus to do some copyediting, if he agrees. Peter I. Vardy ( talk) 13:08, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
Hey mate Why not get off your computer and go and visit the castle? Or were you just happy to think it was a Motte and Bailey? Calling it an enclosure castle is just as bad. But unlike yourself, just to be sure, before I wrote this up I did a quick search on the internet for Stone Enclosure Castle this was the first hit on Google.
Stone Enclosure Castles Many of the earliest castles were surrounded by earthworks to help in defense. But, for discussion purposes, I will talk about stone enclosures. These began to appear as early as 1088, when William Rufus (William II) authorized the building of an enclosing wall around Eynsford Castle in Kent.
Enclosure castles were also built from the ground up, not just as additions to already existing castles. Some had great towers and some did not. Richmond Castle, built in 1071, is a good example. It had a triangular enclosure, as did Caerlaverock Castle in Scotland. The enclosing curtain wall generally followed the outline of the castle, but a common enclosure for a new castle was the square enclosure. Castles of Britain
An enclosure means something that goes all the way round. At Beeston the outer curtain wall, which towers and a tower gate house, only covers the southern flank. The rear of the Castle is a vertical cliff that makes attack nigh impossible. The castle is in no way "enclosed". Maybe if you did a bit more reading, you'd know that Ranulph was an ex-crusader who was well acquainted with the fortifications in the Outremer. Sic Krak des Chevaliers or Al Karak. Beeston is probably one of the finest examples of Linear castle in the UK. But if you have you never been to Beeston you would never know? The inner ward (which only has a defensive gatehouse and front wall with rock cut moat) is backed up against a near vertical cliff. This is not an enclosure castle (see informed definition above). Beeston's defences were designed to contain any assault along one small front, i.e. the front. Not the sides and certainly not the rear. It is a linear castle (based on crusader models) by design, use and location.
BTW I am just an IP address as I believe in the basic tenet of WP that anyone can edit in good faith! However I notice you use the term IP with disdain. I have been on WP since 2004 but have never had an username. WHY? Because the inherent nature of building up kudos, experience points and the rest of it, for a named editor (evenutally becoming an admin) actually defeats the object of WP. As personalities replace equality.
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Hi Nev1, really appreciate the time and trouble you've taken to look over and comment on the article again. The work you've done is exactly what I was hoping for - an academic review rather than a peer review. I'll go over the points you've made over the next few days - commenting under each point, on my talk page (unless you would prefer me to use a different method). I have a couple of (relevant) journals and books on order at the library, so may be adding/amending text over the next few weeks, although I don't want it to be much longer (if at all). I also intend to create a short article on Julian Thomas. The points you've highlighted all seem relevant and constructive. Once again, many thanks, Daicaregos ( talk) 16:12, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
I'm not, and I'm not. But cheers anyway.
123.123.123.123 âPreceding unsigned comment added by 87.115.75.222 ( talk) 19:42, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
Well done! When it comes to the balance, I think you have to be pragmatic. Everybody works with what they've got. It means the balance is always lopsided, and this is English Wikipedia, after all.
I haven't read all your changes, just briefly scanned through them. The only problem that I have is that the section "Architecture" is really a series of definitions, and those definitions need to be further up the page, in order that the uninformed reader understands the "History" better, because the history talks about "motte and bailey" and so on. I would reverese the two sections, and call the "architecture" something like "types of castles and features". I think that their is already a short section called features. It coud be the intro to the new section. Maybe. Amandajm ( talk) 01:05, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
Just wanted to say that I think you've done (and are doing) a fantastic job with this. It's difficult to image a better overview article on the subject than this one. -- Malleus Fatuorum 21:55, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi I have noticed you frequently write newsletters for WP: Greater Manchester.
Anyway I am thinking about writing a newsletter for WP: Lancs and Cumb and I was wondering if you could just show me a link to where I can get started on one for our WP. Thanks. 93gregsonl2 ( talk) 22:16, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
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Just wanted to let you know that I got a nice laugh from this edit. Keep up the good work. :) Glass Cobra 14:21, 29 October 2009 (UTC) |
You've done great work so far. Do you want to go for GA? Aaroncrick ( talk) Review me! 22:52, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
Although you and I have never interacted, at least I don't think so. I've been keeping an eye on some of the pages that have been edited by a friend of mine, WebHamster. One of those pages has been Affinity (band). The reason I bring this up is that I'm aware that you have had some dealings with Yiwentang and his socks. I strongly suspect that an IP editor currently causing problems on the above page is Yiwentang as he is showing all the hallmarks. I don't know the correct procedure for dealing with this, but as you are an admin that has had dealings with this character I thought I'd report it to you. Hopefully you can either deal with this editor or give me advice on how to do it myself. Thanks. -- Fred the Oyster ( talk) 12:40, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Care to explain why you have proetcted an article which the discussion pages have proved was based on non verified facts, false references and links to spam sites selling copires of an album worked on by kurt adkins a,k,a, webhamster who happens to be that articles author. Also from what I have read the incivility of fred the oyster is in some places verbatim the incivilty of webhamster - now there's a suprise. âPreceding unsigned comment added by 149.254.51.24 ( talk) 23:29, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
I noticed that for some time one of your aims was to prepare an article as a GAC for WikiProject Merseyside. I'm not sure if you achieved this, but I've been working on Liverpool Town Hall and wonder if it's getting near to being fit for submission. If you have time, would you please have a look at it and advise? I'll ask Malleus to do some copyediting if he thinks it's worthwhile. Peter I. Vardy ( talk) 13:45, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
I should be able to look at this Sunday or Monday. RL has really bit me in the ass this last week. Ealdgyth - Talk 12:32, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
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Dropped him a question here. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 22:27, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nev1
Nevermind our dispute on castles. Here is a website that documents the construction of a castle(that is accepted by the scientific community). They have images that could benefit the article. You just have to ask them to release some material under a commons licence and promise in return to provide a link to their homepage. Greetings Wandalstouring ( talk) 12:36, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
I'm in contact with the administrator of the website of a small reconstructed castle. They call it a motte and refer to the tapestry of Bayeux(but reconstruct it according to data from an excavation). It's a defensible tower with a trench and a bridge on a man-made hill. It's on [1], however, the page is difficult to navigate even for a native speaker of German. You can see a glimpse here. How many images do you want and what do you want to have documented? I'll check the necessary image resolution with someone else, but you may give suggestions. Wandalstouring ( talk) 11:01, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for the notice. I'll be happy to. C.Kent87 ( talk) 02:46, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi! The original of the picture can be found on the italian wikipedia here. It was originally uploaded by it:utente:Galiano.M. I wanted to use the image on the Hungarian wikipedia so I uploaded there too, and then, when we moved all pictures to commons the original description got lost. Anyway, I have changed the description in commons. Thanks for the notice-- IstvĂĄnka ( talk) 07:47, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Malleus alerted me to this. I didn't realise that Castle was at FAC else I'd have had a read through it! Parrot of Doom 20:31, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
Seconded. Another nice job. -- Malleus Fatuorum 21:04, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
Fantastic! Aaroncrick ( talk) Review me! 21:18, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
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Thank you for putting together such a wonderful article on castles. Readers who come to Wikipedia will learn much from your clear description of this amorphous concept. Thanks for your thorough research and careful attention to detail. Awadewit ( talk) 20:46, 4 December 2009 (UTC) |
Thanks for your comments. But currently it is still an FAC, did I miss something? CTJF83 chat 18:45, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
Went for walk near Frodsham today and had a look at this hill fort. There were notices around saying that there had been some archaeological work carried out during this summer. I guess this was/will be published somewhere sometime, which could be useful when the time comes for an article. Peter I. Vardy ( talk) 18:29, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
I didn't want to comment on the closed checkuser, but I was wondering, if there is an IP block on the above, how's he doing this? - Dudesleeper talk 09:01, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
I would try and engage with the IP user, but they keep changing their IP address every day: it was 93.142.140.189 on Saturday, 93.143.43.119 yesterday and 93.143.28.5 today. I don't know if this a routine thing for some internet users (although my IP address seems to be the same all the time), but I'm inclined to think it's unhelpful behaviour at best.
I will however try and go to the talk page with this (now I actually have time to write something properly).
Regards, MinisterForBadTimes ( talk) 21:29, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
My apologies, re-reading your original ce, I see that your intention wasn't what I originally thought. The way you'd re-worded it made it sound like the 8/66 were match figures rather than innings figures, hence factually inaccurate, as the reference showed. However, it looks like that wasn't what you were trying to say. I included in the second-innings specifically to show that they were innings' figures rather than match figures, something it doesn't specify any more. Harrias ( talk) 17:59, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the nomination. Have written a full report of my 2009 contributions to the MILHIST project, at User:Durova/2009 MILHIST project work. There's a bit more than the nomination mentioned. With best regards and gratitude, Durova 381 21:58, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nev, awhile ago Choess and I were trying to figure out where the "malik Rik" story comes from. I see the name is currently sourced to Maalouf in the Richard I article, but does he say anything more? (I lost my copy of Maalouf in a flood, unfortunately.) It's simple enough that Arabic chroniclers call him that, of course, but we were specifically wondering about the story that Richard was kind of a bogeyman for Muslim children. Jean de Joinville mentions it but we were trying to figure out how the "malik Rik" part got in there, since Joinville obviously doesn't call him that. (We also found that Alison Weir thinks it means "evil Richard"...sigh.) Adam Bishop ( talk) 17:22, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
Fair enough. The edit was a knee jerk reaction to the idea that "everyone knows what England is" but you're right. Think before acting, is the lesson here I feel. Britmax ( talk) 18:51, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
The origional source says that the fact he used the Demonologie indicates that he may have actualy bleived in what he was doing. I was trying to paraphrase this. But it migvht need re-wording. Slatersteven ( talk) 19:25, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
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Afflicted with dyslexia, I am delighted to inform you that I enjoy very much reading everything you write, so clear, informative, and forthright your style of English composition, as I find it. Please do continue, precisely as you do it, to educate my feeble attempts at learning nearly whatever interests you yourself, as I do consider it most entertaining, factual, I trust, and indeed, enthralling. It is not that our interests coincide, nor any hint of obsession, fandom, or subservience on my part, but the simple, self-evident fact that the clarity of your letters I find clear, and your interests quite interesting. You do me, like a great many, no doubt, an invaluable service in your endeavors. Thank you very much. My only regret, though very trivial indeed, is that I haven't the pleasure of knowing your gender, of interest to me only in the promotion of courteous communication. Elsewise, please do take my gratitude for granted, and do carry on in the maintenance of your quite evidently purposive, usual momentum, accomplishing much. Unfree ( talk) 06:57, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi, this edit of yours removed sourced information from an article but the edit summary ("journalist v ournalist (1chr)") doesn't seem to explain why. May I ask what was the thinking behind the removal? Nev1 ( talk) 00:40, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello !
Good job you did, just a little correction : Petit-Andely without S, because there are 2 Andelys : Andely (today Grand-Andely) already existed a long time ago before the building of the castle (Celtic foundation, remains of a gallo-roman theater). Petit-Andely was known before the building of the castle as la Couture d'Andely, so the place were the inhabitants of Andely grew their vegetable near the Gambon stream mouth and also the place were the fishers lived.
Then, Petit Andely developped when they built the castle, it was surrounded by remparts and an artificial lake between Petit and Grand-andely was dug out with a defence tower on the bank. Nowadays, there is only one commune les andelys, but we still use the expression Petit-Andely and Grand-Andely, that are in fact two separated areas of the same commune.
Good luck Nortmannus ( talk) 19:16, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
The second AFD of Comparison between Roman and Han Empires, resulted in the article being stubbified and the contents moved to Wikipedia:Article Incubator:Comparison between Roman and Han Empires. You are welcome to make suggestions at the article in the incubator. If your concerns are meet, and you believe the article is ready for mainspace, please sign here [3], or contact User:Spartaz, the closing admin. Thank you. Teeninvestor ( talk) 20:02, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
Hey Nev1, just a quick note to thank you for your interest in FLCs and your recent detailed and valuable reviews. We're struggling at the moment for folks who are prepared to say what they think and then come back to finish the job off, so your recent input is incredibly useful to us. Hope to see you about FLC again, (and thanks for your comments on my own FLC!), and happy Christmas. The Rambling Man ( talk) 23:45, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
What does "(ec)" mean? You put it at the start of your paragraphs at talk pages. Thanks. Simanos ( talk) 23:50, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
Greetings, I glanced over your link to the Norman castle, and honestly, given the amount of text you've covered your French is clearly as good as mine or better. I'm just a Spanish and Portuguese speaker who figured out that he can read French 90% without a dictionary, and 97% with a dictionary. So my offer was mainly directed towards those using gTranslate who hit sentences the computer just can't render into proper English. Sorry I can't be of more use, but I do hope at least a few folks with less/no French background take a stab. I've been doing some Indonesian articles which I really can't read at all, but they're military unit articles where the clauses are so simple that a basic gTranslate makes it clear what unit it is, who it falls under, when and from whom it was formed, etc. Enough to make a stub, certainly. Thanks for giving me a shout though. MatthewVanitas ( talk) 01:02, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
I am going on my wikibreak, but before I go I would like to apologize for some of my behaviour, which I regret. When I return, I will not edit the article incubator. Teeninvestor ( talk) 22:51, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
There must be a mistake because it is not Gjirokaster Berat. Gjirokastra is the medieval town and Berat town tradition and castle. Ohrid Lake is part of UNESCO World hertiage Centres yes or no.
Reference with of Ohrid Lake
http://www.alsat.tv/lajme-nga-vendi/liqeni-i-ohrit-xhuveli-shume-shpejt-pjese-e-trashegimise-boterore.html
http://www.sot.com.al/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12597:unesco-liqeni-i-ohrit-mund-te-jete-pjese-e-trashegimise-boterore&catid=35:sociale&Itemid=64 âPreceding
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I will contact the UNESCO office. Although I gave are essential evidence and the facts prove that given spike. Thank you for your response. Amicably-- Irvi Hyka ( talk) 11:53, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
I suggest in future you steer away from obscure Wikipedian abbreviations, and use words and phrases commonly understood by English speakers. They're not actually helpful in any way, shape or form. Nor are they decided on by large numbers of people. I don't have the time to waste learning them - they'll be changed next week/month/year anyway, by more self-appointed bureaucrats.-- MacRusgail ( talk) 15:00, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
I clicked on all of the links you provided me with. But it is a waste of time. I latched onto abbreviations, because people like yourself are too fond of them. Plain English is a hundred times better. Using plain English will help you in your professional and social life.
The reason I objected to the use of "consensus" etc is because some people seem to have decided what the consensus is to be beforehand. I loathe the bureaucratic/obscurantist element of Wikipedia - it is the polar opposite of what this encyclopedia purports to be. No one has provided a proper explanation for why the images in question are so poor.
I don't wish to waste my time, because I actually do have a life to lead off Wikipedia. -- MacRusgail ( talk) 16:06, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Should someone go and see if he's actually connected to the other account, the one on the German Wikipedia? -- Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 19:12, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
Our discussion on Parrot of Doom's talk page has made me wonder even more about how castles actually worked. One of Beeston's features, for instance is its rather deep well, although I've never seen any mention of the sanitory arrangements put in place for its garrison. By comparison, with Roman forts you sometimes see accounts of shit being found in one cornerâor did I just make that up? -- Malleus Fatuorum 13:55, 30 December 2009 (UTC)