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Based on some of you recent edits perhaps you would be interested to know about the Philately Portal and also the Philately WikiProject which you might like to join if you have some decent philatelic knowledge. Cheers ww2censor ( talk) 23:12, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the information, which I've explored. I began as a Wiki contributor only in December 2007 and am still finding my way around. I know very little about philately and postage stamps, but quite a lot about postal history (and place name origins). Most of my Wiki contributions to date have been edits to pages about villages in the UK, to which I've occasionally added postal history data. For the moment I'll stay somewhat on the sidelines but will continue to monitor the Philately WikiProject. NinetyCharacters ( talk) 14:06, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
To be honest the last couple of times I've been there it's been pitch black! So many villages in Warwickshire to visit and write about. And although the census is amazing I need data about village populations, lol Cls14 ( talk) 22:54, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Well spotted edits to Portal:Philately/Selected biography. Thanks ww2censor ( talk) 21:33, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks - the wrong dates did jump out at me somewhat: I assumed (correctly, I hope) that they were all wrong by exactly 100 years! NinetyCharacters ( talk) 22:22, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I have reverted a couple of edits you made to articles on places in Cornwall. In the past, there has been a problem with edit-warring over the appropriate way to describe places in Cornwall in relation to higher political entities. This was because of the high-feelings aroused by the question of the constitutional and cultural status of Cornwall. The "Cornwall, England, UK" style was eventually adopted as a rough compromise which on the whole has seemed to work, quite possibly by being equally annoying to both the "Cornwall is just another English county" POV and to the "Cornwall has never legally been incorporated into England" POV. I hope this makes sense - do please ask if you would like me to try to explain further, best wishes, DuncanHill ( talk) 10:50, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi, OK, no problem. My main POV (as a non-Cornishman) was that "England, UK" seems tautological, but I'm happy to defer to the Cornish POV on this. [By the way, the original AA sign at Goldsithney, which was certainly still in situ in 1999, perhaps merits a mention]. Best wishes NinetyCharacters ( talk) 11:16, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Your compliments are much appreciated! As you may have noticed, I concentrate mostly on editing geographical pages (some picked almost at random, and some being places I've visited or have good written sources for) and I've recently looked at several Australian pages. I do plan to continue - though I'll have to guard against becoming a Wikiholic. The only comment I can't quite fathom is when you say "you need id= before that will show up". You may perhaps be referring to occasions where a contributor wishes to refer to a source more than once, a skill which I haven't yet mastered. Please could you explain. Best wishes NinetyCharacters ( talk) 14:15, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Apologies - http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Currie%2C_Tasmania&action=history - if you look - the citation template only works when the identity of the component is prefaced by a code and an = sign, so ISBN will only show up if inside that part of the template has id=ISBN and the number - very sorry I didnt explain self better - its been one of those days. Thanks for doing what you are doing we have very few systemic small detail editors around these days - please feel free to drop a question at my talk page if there are any further instance of things not working - as long as I can have the right to be initially obscure and or outright impervious - an explanation is always sure to follow _ cheers Satu Suro 14:30, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
All noted & understood - thanks. By the way, on "Towns in Tasmania", please could you try to put Grindelwald under "G". I can't work out how to (& don't really need to know how) NinetyCharacters ( talk) 14:54, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
the G and Grindewald has me stumped but a friend and admin who monitors my talk and user pages during his very odd waking hours appears to have been there as well so im slightly just slightly confused, i think Satu Suro 22:52, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
oh i see he has changed the category format at the bottom of the page - yeah thats another part of the process - getting the handle on the categries and their potential issues - another time for that one i think Satu Suro 22:56, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Found a challenge - Tullah Tasmania - mainly non encyclopediac material and expressions - if you were interested Satu Suro 00:07, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Just your messages alone needs a response ( I havent looked at the article yet ) (there are in the australian project arts like that a local puts in much more than is needed cos they live there - and they never revisit wikipedia to see what happened)- (my last lengthy exposure to tullah was on a 10 minute stop in 2002, and prior to that was a visit or twenty in 1977/78) - so thanks for making the trouble to respond like that. Thanks for the clue on a location that needs an art. I havent had the time recently to go through the arts i have created for the west coast -and then go and check against all the classic rae, pink, binks, crawford and blainey items to make up for the mssing locations. Never enugh time in my department. thanks again for your response. cheers Satu Suro 23:23, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
'sfunny but the term outstation was rarely used in the 1970's for Melaleuca and in most cases they called it Melealuca inlet - however my copies of Gowlland, R and K "'The History of the south west etc etc - 1975,(unindexed) and Helen's Gee that is South west book 1978 are at hand - so can actually return the favour and embesslish that one somewhat. The trying to sort out the port davey bathurst harbour geographical issues has been long on the cards and often forgotten about - as always Satu Suro 02:15, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
I noticed your good work with attention to detail on the Eastriggs page. Snowman ( talk) 10:15, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
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No worries, the original made it chronically unclear and most people wouldn't know this place exists - it's pretty much a dot on the map and that's about it in modern terms. Good work re all the WA country places you've been editing recently btw - have seen your name a fair bit on my watchlist :) Orderinchaos 09:07, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
Yes, strange, it would appear that my assumption that the reference was to the timber, not the place, was half right! Btw: (a) Thanks for compliment in your earlier message; (b) your Wikiname is well chosen; (c) I've now looked at about 90% of "Towns in WA" pages; corrections mostly minor, but I hope helpful, and, in case you're wondering, my WA visit was in 1976 & included such places as Rottnest, Gnowangerup, Esperance, Scaddan & Norseman, so it's been like a revisit. NinetyCharacters ( talk) 06:43, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
I have noticed you doing some great copy-editing on all the pages on my watchlist. I have been surprised how many basic errors you find on the pages I look at all the time! Anyway, one thing I have seen you change is removing ndash; from date ranges. I thought date ranges are supposed to use en-dashes, unless you can tell me differently? ++ MortimerCat ( talk) 12:16, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the editing compliment. Yes, I reckon to be pretty sharp-eyed, though at times perhaps too absorbed with trivia, positioning of reference numbers & the like. Re date ranges: you're right; I hadn't worked out how to do an en-dash - but I have now! My main objective was to change (for example) 2008–2009 to 2008–09, as preferred in the style manual. On a separate subject (& as you do a lot on Sussex): I've entered two brief extracts from Judith Glover's The Place Names of Sussex (1975), of which I have a copy. But I don't know if it's been superseded by something better & haven't really got the time or inclination to make such entries systematically for all Sussex pages. But I guess they'd benefit if someone did. NinetyCharacters ( talk) 15:32, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I wanted to thank you for your "tidying up" edits to various Somerset villages as your username keeps appearing on my watchlist! If you had a few minutes to turn your copyediting skills to Bridgwater and Taunton Canal which is currently nominated for GA that would be really great.— Rod talk 10:15, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for appreciation; have done as requested. Changes mostly minor. I'm not a canal expert (though I live within 100 yards of one) & have none of the books cited. Points remaining: in the "Precursors" section, the tons/tonnes conversions look dubious/unhelpful (I looked at the talk page but not in detail); & the £34,145 & £429,990 figures quoted look sufficiently far apart for a check with the original source to be desirable. NinetyCharacters ( talk) 13:16, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
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Gurney Slade is now a redirect to Ashwick & I've added a bit from the Anthony Newley article about The Strange World of Gurney Slade. Thanks again.— Rod talk 21:36, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
Hey, just a quick thank-you to you for cleaning up the Levett page. Much appreciated! Take care and regards, MarmadukePercy ( talk) 03:38, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. One very trivial point: under reference 40, re Thomas Levett, it would appear that either Cranbroke or Cranebroke is wrong. (In case you're wondering, I have no Levett family connection, though in the 60s I played in the same cricket team as a Norman Levett in Cambridge) Regards, NinetyCharacters ( talk) 12:56, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Footnote 40: it's just that one of the two spellings (Cranbroke/Cranebroke) would appear to be wrong - but it would probably need a look at an original source to discover which. (Norman played for a team called Cambridge Cavaliers & was a useful quick bowler). Regards NinetyCharacters ( talk) 16:20, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
A well-deserved barnstar to you for all your contributions to my various pages. Much appreciated!
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Thanks! Have just added another fragment to Leavittsburg, Ohio, from my (very comprehensive) stock of books about post office and place name histories. It's amusing to note that the Levett page was, at the beginning, proposed for rapid deletion. Now, in my (biased) opinion, it's an excellent page. If I was a member of the family – which, as you know, I'm not – I'd be delighted to discover it. Am I right in guessing that you live in the USA, maybe in New England? NinetyCharacters ( talk) 09:19, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Some answers: I was born & went to university in Yorkshire, lived for a year in London (that was enough), 10 years in Cambridge, & now live in a large village about 80 miles north-west of London. I have (as of Jan 2015) visited the USA four times & have been to 35 states. Regards. NinetyCharacters ( talk) 06:00, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the most recent round of adjustments on the Levett page. The New England Company, though, is an unusual case. I got to looking into it, and the New England Company that Sir Richard Levett was a member of had nothing to do with the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Have a look at this message I posted to the Massachusetts Bay Colony talk section. Talk:Massachusetts Bay Colony Apparently, the company was devoted to Canada, and the West Indies and Africa. Why they called it the New England Company I'm not really sure. This is the first I've heard of it. If no one knows anything at the Massachusetts board, I'll take the question over to the East India Company board, where there are several helpful experts. Thanks again. MarmadukePercy ( talk) 09:08, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
Apologies for my wrong assumption. Have just spent half an hour trying to tidy up John Levett (athlete), though must confess my first reaction was that sinking feeling you get from a page that's almost irretrievable! NinetyCharacters ( talk) 09:21, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
Have now edited Roswell Gilpatric. Hmm, strange about the "other" New England Company: it has (for what it's worth) no entry in the index to "Chronicle of Canada". The colonial mindset is certainly well illuminated in the title you quote. Sussex & Yorkshire both have much in them to appreciate. Some of my Wiki contributions are entirely random, but most so far have been to pages about small towns/villages in assorted parts of the world, some of which I've visited, eg: Rugby, Tennessee; Peculiar, Missouri; Aneroid, Saskatchewan; Penguin, Tasmania; Cooktown, Queensland; Milford Sound, New Zealand; Blanchisseuse, Trinidad, & many in the UK. One of my interests is place name origins & I have possibly the best collection in the UK of books on that subject. As a collector of postmarks worldwide, I have lots on postal history, too. Is your surname Levett? BTW, you can email me direct if you prefer; there's an email address (temporarily, at least) on my talk page. Regards, NinetyCharacters ( talk) 22:15, 14 November 2008 (UTC):
I wrote a small piece today about Robin Levett, an interesting Australian woman married to a Levett. But when it comes to Australian geography I'm more than lost, so I couldn't figure out what to link to what! MarmadukePercy ( talk) 00:37, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
And talk about characters, do you know anything about the cricketer 'Hopper' Levett? I know next to nothing about cricket, but reading write-ups of him is wonderful. He was apparently a real 'original.' Do you think you might enjoy doing a write-up? (After all, it is your sport ;-) ) Thanks again. MarmadukePercy ( talk) 04:31, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I'm just starting to edit some pages and am still learning heaps. Thanks for the edit on Newham. However we seem to have conflicting sources and information re origins of the name. I have simply added some extra information under a sub-heading in order to avoid any contradiction or confusion. Scottius11 ( talk) 07:33, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, yes that's fine. I live in the UK but have a copy of Les Blake's book. But I don't know whether he or the local book committee did the more thorough research re the name origin. It probably needs someone to check original sources (which may be difficult or impossible) to establish the truth. In the meantime, readers can, I suppose, take their pick. NinetyCharacters ( talk) 07:52, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Hello, You did some tidying up of the Bishop's Hull page. You seemed to remove the apostrophe in Bishop's, I would like to point out to you that this is wrong as Bishop's Hull is spelt with an apostrophe. There was a big debate about this a few years back and all of the road signs got changed to include the apostrophe. I know this as I live in the village when I am not at university. Therefore I have edited the page to include the apostrophe's. If you need further proof, when I am back there at Christmas I will take a picture to show you. The main title of this page needs to be edited but I do not know how to do this. Dukeicon 20:06, 18 November 2008 (GMT)
Guilty as charged, the remnants of a Jesuit education I'm afraid. I made the tense change you suggested.-- Yachtsman1 ( talk) 16:26, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
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A much-deserved barnstar to you for all your contributions on this site (many of which are under the radar). A heartfelt thank you, and a wish for the merriest of Christmases for you and your loved ones. Best,
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I struggled with this, but the HM Prison Service website lists the prisons as in Willoughby, Warwickshire. The prisons also have a CV23 postcode, which does put them in the Rugby postal district in Warwickshire. Bleaney ( talk) 14:28, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
Also you only half changed the article, as Onley Prison is still in the Prisons in Warwickshire Category. Also you have failed to add any mention of the prisons in the Barby article - Very slapdash. I'm not going to fight you on this, I guess i'll just have to clean up your mess. Bleaney ( talk) 13:45, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
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Thanks for the fixes and glad to see you back on here. Hope all is well. Best regards, MarmadukePercy ( talk) 10:35, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I just popped in here for the first time in a long while to take a look around. Predictably, some vandalism and/or strange edits on at least one piece, which will have to be sorted. In any case, I see you've been here more recently than I. Hope things are good in your world. Best to you, MarmadukePercy ( talk) 07:48, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
Welcome back! When you have a chance, you might perhaps wish to look at the comments which I added to your talk page (Archive 14, under the heading Charles Farrar Forster) last August. I have got a head-and-shoulders photo of Charles which you might possibly think worth adding to his page. Trouble is, I'm not sufficiently clued up on how to go about doing that. The photo has been cut round & is about 4 inches across, so it would need to be cropped or squared off. I've scanned it & it's in the "My Scans" section on my PC. I could therefore probably send it to you as an email attachment/PDF file or whatever the correct description is. Please let me know if you think this might be a good idea.
Since Charles was my great great uncle, I'm also intrigued to know whether you are related to him. When you have a chance, please could you let me know about this, either here or on my talk page. NinetyCharacters ( talk) 22:24, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
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Based on some of you recent edits perhaps you would be interested to know about the Philately Portal and also the Philately WikiProject which you might like to join if you have some decent philatelic knowledge. Cheers ww2censor ( talk) 23:12, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the information, which I've explored. I began as a Wiki contributor only in December 2007 and am still finding my way around. I know very little about philately and postage stamps, but quite a lot about postal history (and place name origins). Most of my Wiki contributions to date have been edits to pages about villages in the UK, to which I've occasionally added postal history data. For the moment I'll stay somewhat on the sidelines but will continue to monitor the Philately WikiProject. NinetyCharacters ( talk) 14:06, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
To be honest the last couple of times I've been there it's been pitch black! So many villages in Warwickshire to visit and write about. And although the census is amazing I need data about village populations, lol Cls14 ( talk) 22:54, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Well spotted edits to Portal:Philately/Selected biography. Thanks ww2censor ( talk) 21:33, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks - the wrong dates did jump out at me somewhat: I assumed (correctly, I hope) that they were all wrong by exactly 100 years! NinetyCharacters ( talk) 22:22, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I have reverted a couple of edits you made to articles on places in Cornwall. In the past, there has been a problem with edit-warring over the appropriate way to describe places in Cornwall in relation to higher political entities. This was because of the high-feelings aroused by the question of the constitutional and cultural status of Cornwall. The "Cornwall, England, UK" style was eventually adopted as a rough compromise which on the whole has seemed to work, quite possibly by being equally annoying to both the "Cornwall is just another English county" POV and to the "Cornwall has never legally been incorporated into England" POV. I hope this makes sense - do please ask if you would like me to try to explain further, best wishes, DuncanHill ( talk) 10:50, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi, OK, no problem. My main POV (as a non-Cornishman) was that "England, UK" seems tautological, but I'm happy to defer to the Cornish POV on this. [By the way, the original AA sign at Goldsithney, which was certainly still in situ in 1999, perhaps merits a mention]. Best wishes NinetyCharacters ( talk) 11:16, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Your compliments are much appreciated! As you may have noticed, I concentrate mostly on editing geographical pages (some picked almost at random, and some being places I've visited or have good written sources for) and I've recently looked at several Australian pages. I do plan to continue - though I'll have to guard against becoming a Wikiholic. The only comment I can't quite fathom is when you say "you need id= before that will show up". You may perhaps be referring to occasions where a contributor wishes to refer to a source more than once, a skill which I haven't yet mastered. Please could you explain. Best wishes NinetyCharacters ( talk) 14:15, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Apologies - http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Currie%2C_Tasmania&action=history - if you look - the citation template only works when the identity of the component is prefaced by a code and an = sign, so ISBN will only show up if inside that part of the template has id=ISBN and the number - very sorry I didnt explain self better - its been one of those days. Thanks for doing what you are doing we have very few systemic small detail editors around these days - please feel free to drop a question at my talk page if there are any further instance of things not working - as long as I can have the right to be initially obscure and or outright impervious - an explanation is always sure to follow _ cheers Satu Suro 14:30, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
All noted & understood - thanks. By the way, on "Towns in Tasmania", please could you try to put Grindelwald under "G". I can't work out how to (& don't really need to know how) NinetyCharacters ( talk) 14:54, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
the G and Grindewald has me stumped but a friend and admin who monitors my talk and user pages during his very odd waking hours appears to have been there as well so im slightly just slightly confused, i think Satu Suro 22:52, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
oh i see he has changed the category format at the bottom of the page - yeah thats another part of the process - getting the handle on the categries and their potential issues - another time for that one i think Satu Suro 22:56, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Found a challenge - Tullah Tasmania - mainly non encyclopediac material and expressions - if you were interested Satu Suro 00:07, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Just your messages alone needs a response ( I havent looked at the article yet ) (there are in the australian project arts like that a local puts in much more than is needed cos they live there - and they never revisit wikipedia to see what happened)- (my last lengthy exposure to tullah was on a 10 minute stop in 2002, and prior to that was a visit or twenty in 1977/78) - so thanks for making the trouble to respond like that. Thanks for the clue on a location that needs an art. I havent had the time recently to go through the arts i have created for the west coast -and then go and check against all the classic rae, pink, binks, crawford and blainey items to make up for the mssing locations. Never enugh time in my department. thanks again for your response. cheers Satu Suro 23:23, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
'sfunny but the term outstation was rarely used in the 1970's for Melaleuca and in most cases they called it Melealuca inlet - however my copies of Gowlland, R and K "'The History of the south west etc etc - 1975,(unindexed) and Helen's Gee that is South west book 1978 are at hand - so can actually return the favour and embesslish that one somewhat. The trying to sort out the port davey bathurst harbour geographical issues has been long on the cards and often forgotten about - as always Satu Suro 02:15, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
I noticed your good work with attention to detail on the Eastriggs page. Snowman ( talk) 10:15, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
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I award you this barnstar for improving many pages. Snowman ( talk) 10:37, 14 March 2008 (UTC) |
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No worries, the original made it chronically unclear and most people wouldn't know this place exists - it's pretty much a dot on the map and that's about it in modern terms. Good work re all the WA country places you've been editing recently btw - have seen your name a fair bit on my watchlist :) Orderinchaos 09:07, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
Yes, strange, it would appear that my assumption that the reference was to the timber, not the place, was half right! Btw: (a) Thanks for compliment in your earlier message; (b) your Wikiname is well chosen; (c) I've now looked at about 90% of "Towns in WA" pages; corrections mostly minor, but I hope helpful, and, in case you're wondering, my WA visit was in 1976 & included such places as Rottnest, Gnowangerup, Esperance, Scaddan & Norseman, so it's been like a revisit. NinetyCharacters ( talk) 06:43, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
I have noticed you doing some great copy-editing on all the pages on my watchlist. I have been surprised how many basic errors you find on the pages I look at all the time! Anyway, one thing I have seen you change is removing ndash; from date ranges. I thought date ranges are supposed to use en-dashes, unless you can tell me differently? ++ MortimerCat ( talk) 12:16, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the editing compliment. Yes, I reckon to be pretty sharp-eyed, though at times perhaps too absorbed with trivia, positioning of reference numbers & the like. Re date ranges: you're right; I hadn't worked out how to do an en-dash - but I have now! My main objective was to change (for example) 2008–2009 to 2008–09, as preferred in the style manual. On a separate subject (& as you do a lot on Sussex): I've entered two brief extracts from Judith Glover's The Place Names of Sussex (1975), of which I have a copy. But I don't know if it's been superseded by something better & haven't really got the time or inclination to make such entries systematically for all Sussex pages. But I guess they'd benefit if someone did. NinetyCharacters ( talk) 15:32, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I wanted to thank you for your "tidying up" edits to various Somerset villages as your username keeps appearing on my watchlist! If you had a few minutes to turn your copyediting skills to Bridgwater and Taunton Canal which is currently nominated for GA that would be really great.— Rod talk 10:15, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for appreciation; have done as requested. Changes mostly minor. I'm not a canal expert (though I live within 100 yards of one) & have none of the books cited. Points remaining: in the "Precursors" section, the tons/tonnes conversions look dubious/unhelpful (I looked at the talk page but not in detail); & the £34,145 & £429,990 figures quoted look sufficiently far apart for a check with the original source to be desirable. NinetyCharacters ( talk) 13:16, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
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I think you deserve this barnstar for your amazing perseverance in cleaning up hundreds of my errors (and those of others) on loads of Somerset articles. Thanks again — Rod talk 21:31, 28 October 2008 (UTC) |
Gurney Slade is now a redirect to Ashwick & I've added a bit from the Anthony Newley article about The Strange World of Gurney Slade. Thanks again.— Rod talk 21:36, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
Hey, just a quick thank-you to you for cleaning up the Levett page. Much appreciated! Take care and regards, MarmadukePercy ( talk) 03:38, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. One very trivial point: under reference 40, re Thomas Levett, it would appear that either Cranbroke or Cranebroke is wrong. (In case you're wondering, I have no Levett family connection, though in the 60s I played in the same cricket team as a Norman Levett in Cambridge) Regards, NinetyCharacters ( talk) 12:56, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Footnote 40: it's just that one of the two spellings (Cranbroke/Cranebroke) would appear to be wrong - but it would probably need a look at an original source to discover which. (Norman played for a team called Cambridge Cavaliers & was a useful quick bowler). Regards NinetyCharacters ( talk) 16:20, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
A well-deserved barnstar to you for all your contributions to my various pages. Much appreciated!
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06:48, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! Have just added another fragment to Leavittsburg, Ohio, from my (very comprehensive) stock of books about post office and place name histories. It's amusing to note that the Levett page was, at the beginning, proposed for rapid deletion. Now, in my (biased) opinion, it's an excellent page. If I was a member of the family – which, as you know, I'm not – I'd be delighted to discover it. Am I right in guessing that you live in the USA, maybe in New England? NinetyCharacters ( talk) 09:19, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Some answers: I was born & went to university in Yorkshire, lived for a year in London (that was enough), 10 years in Cambridge, & now live in a large village about 80 miles north-west of London. I have (as of Jan 2015) visited the USA four times & have been to 35 states. Regards. NinetyCharacters ( talk) 06:00, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the most recent round of adjustments on the Levett page. The New England Company, though, is an unusual case. I got to looking into it, and the New England Company that Sir Richard Levett was a member of had nothing to do with the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Have a look at this message I posted to the Massachusetts Bay Colony talk section. Talk:Massachusetts Bay Colony Apparently, the company was devoted to Canada, and the West Indies and Africa. Why they called it the New England Company I'm not really sure. This is the first I've heard of it. If no one knows anything at the Massachusetts board, I'll take the question over to the East India Company board, where there are several helpful experts. Thanks again. MarmadukePercy ( talk) 09:08, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
Apologies for my wrong assumption. Have just spent half an hour trying to tidy up John Levett (athlete), though must confess my first reaction was that sinking feeling you get from a page that's almost irretrievable! NinetyCharacters ( talk) 09:21, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
Have now edited Roswell Gilpatric. Hmm, strange about the "other" New England Company: it has (for what it's worth) no entry in the index to "Chronicle of Canada". The colonial mindset is certainly well illuminated in the title you quote. Sussex & Yorkshire both have much in them to appreciate. Some of my Wiki contributions are entirely random, but most so far have been to pages about small towns/villages in assorted parts of the world, some of which I've visited, eg: Rugby, Tennessee; Peculiar, Missouri; Aneroid, Saskatchewan; Penguin, Tasmania; Cooktown, Queensland; Milford Sound, New Zealand; Blanchisseuse, Trinidad, & many in the UK. One of my interests is place name origins & I have possibly the best collection in the UK of books on that subject. As a collector of postmarks worldwide, I have lots on postal history, too. Is your surname Levett? BTW, you can email me direct if you prefer; there's an email address (temporarily, at least) on my talk page. Regards, NinetyCharacters ( talk) 22:15, 14 November 2008 (UTC):
I wrote a small piece today about Robin Levett, an interesting Australian woman married to a Levett. But when it comes to Australian geography I'm more than lost, so I couldn't figure out what to link to what! MarmadukePercy ( talk) 00:37, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
And talk about characters, do you know anything about the cricketer 'Hopper' Levett? I know next to nothing about cricket, but reading write-ups of him is wonderful. He was apparently a real 'original.' Do you think you might enjoy doing a write-up? (After all, it is your sport ;-) ) Thanks again. MarmadukePercy ( talk) 04:31, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I'm just starting to edit some pages and am still learning heaps. Thanks for the edit on Newham. However we seem to have conflicting sources and information re origins of the name. I have simply added some extra information under a sub-heading in order to avoid any contradiction or confusion. Scottius11 ( talk) 07:33, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, yes that's fine. I live in the UK but have a copy of Les Blake's book. But I don't know whether he or the local book committee did the more thorough research re the name origin. It probably needs someone to check original sources (which may be difficult or impossible) to establish the truth. In the meantime, readers can, I suppose, take their pick. NinetyCharacters ( talk) 07:52, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Hello, You did some tidying up of the Bishop's Hull page. You seemed to remove the apostrophe in Bishop's, I would like to point out to you that this is wrong as Bishop's Hull is spelt with an apostrophe. There was a big debate about this a few years back and all of the road signs got changed to include the apostrophe. I know this as I live in the village when I am not at university. Therefore I have edited the page to include the apostrophe's. If you need further proof, when I am back there at Christmas I will take a picture to show you. The main title of this page needs to be edited but I do not know how to do this. Dukeicon 20:06, 18 November 2008 (GMT)
Guilty as charged, the remnants of a Jesuit education I'm afraid. I made the tense change you suggested.-- Yachtsman1 ( talk) 16:26, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
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Unreleting, tireless, around-the-clock tidying and editing MarmadukePercy ( talk) 04:50, 21 December 2008 (UTC) |
A much-deserved barnstar to you for all your contributions on this site (many of which are under the radar). A heartfelt thank you, and a wish for the merriest of Christmases for you and your loved ones. Best,
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04:50, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
I struggled with this, but the HM Prison Service website lists the prisons as in Willoughby, Warwickshire. The prisons also have a CV23 postcode, which does put them in the Rugby postal district in Warwickshire. Bleaney ( talk) 14:28, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
Also you only half changed the article, as Onley Prison is still in the Prisons in Warwickshire Category. Also you have failed to add any mention of the prisons in the Barby article - Very slapdash. I'm not going to fight you on this, I guess i'll just have to clean up your mess. Bleaney ( talk) 13:45, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
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Thanks for the fixes and glad to see you back on here. Hope all is well. Best regards, MarmadukePercy ( talk) 10:35, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I just popped in here for the first time in a long while to take a look around. Predictably, some vandalism and/or strange edits on at least one piece, which will have to be sorted. In any case, I see you've been here more recently than I. Hope things are good in your world. Best to you, MarmadukePercy ( talk) 07:48, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
Welcome back! When you have a chance, you might perhaps wish to look at the comments which I added to your talk page (Archive 14, under the heading Charles Farrar Forster) last August. I have got a head-and-shoulders photo of Charles which you might possibly think worth adding to his page. Trouble is, I'm not sufficiently clued up on how to go about doing that. The photo has been cut round & is about 4 inches across, so it would need to be cropped or squared off. I've scanned it & it's in the "My Scans" section on my PC. I could therefore probably send it to you as an email attachment/PDF file or whatever the correct description is. Please let me know if you think this might be a good idea.
Since Charles was my great great uncle, I'm also intrigued to know whether you are related to him. When you have a chance, please could you let me know about this, either here or on my talk page. NinetyCharacters ( talk) 22:24, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
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