User talk:Rodw/Archive 15

Stoke sub Hamdon Priory

I was just browsing around Wikipedia, and something or other brought me to your user page, where I noticed some long lists, along with a mention that help would be welcome. This motivated me to have a look at the article for Stoke sub Hamdon Priory, which was one of the places I visited during Wiki Loves Monuments (though I never got around to uploading the images from it). So, I'm having a crack at the article in one of my sandboxes, User:Harrias/sandbox3, where you are more than welcome to correct any mistakes I make! Harrias ^talk 11:51, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks: there's plenty more to do in terms of the architecture, but I thought I'd put what I'd done so far into main space, and then work on that! Harrias ^talk 23:01, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Wells

I think that it is worth putting up for FA. Amandajm (talk) 10:48, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

OK, It will be a couple of days before I can do a proper review. You don't need to alternate image at FAC now, and I think it would be better to right align most to avoid pushing headings across the page 20:52, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

A reference problem

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Here you added a new reference ref name=nhle but didn't define it. This has been showing as an error at the bottom of the article. "" Can you take a look and work out what you were trying to do? Thanks -- Frze ^{> talk} 22:27, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Sand Point and Middle Hope

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The bot accurately picked up duplication, however the USS Post article had been copied from wikipedia rather than the other way around.— Rod ^talk 10:08, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2014 WikiCup!

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	Heres to many more Happy Collaborations! Amandajm (talk) 05:53, 2 January 2014 (UTC) The Epiphany window from St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, John Hardman and Co. of Birmingham, 1860s

Bath Abbey

Yeah! Let's do it! Bath Abbey will be interesting, history-wise, but the architecture is much more straight-forward than Wells. I haven't actually looked to see what it needs. Cheers! Amandajm (talk) 09:26, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

I'd rather stick to churches. I would like to get around all the ancient cathedrals. I began at the beginning, did Bristol, Carlisle, Chester, Chichester, looked at Canterbury and went.... Oh No! ..... It was such a mess. But in the meantime, someone has greatly improved it. I have also done a fairly major reorganisation and architectural write on St Paul's Cathedral, St Peter's Basilica, and Cologne Cathedral. If I can get my courage up, (post Wells) I'll look at the other English cathedrals of major architectural importance, Lincoln, Durham, Canterbury, Salisbury. The article on Durham is very poor. I haven't even looked at LIncoln. Do you want to branch out? Do you ever venture beyond the bounds of Somerset? In the meantime, Bath Abbey. Amandajm (talk) 09:52, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

What are you asking me to buy into? Maybe I should just do St Machar's, Aberdeen, instead, or better still...... what's the name of that cathedral in the Orkneys? Amandajm (talk) 10:06, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Rod, you've got to admit that this looks spectacular! I was looking for something appropriate to send a young man with a passion for Gothic architecture, and hit on this. Wow! :

Yes, it would be nice to get one on a sunny day, but this is beautiful! They won't recognise anything as a "good picture" if it isn't sharp. The reason that this isn't sharp is because of the slight mistiness in the air. One of the good things about this pic is that two trees standing near the corner of the building are both bare and not obstructing the view. It would be good to get another photo before they come into leaf. Amandajm (talk) 13:44, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Concerning my preferences, I prefer to write about buildings with which I am actually familiar. I can write a reasonable architectural description from Heritage statements, books and photos, but it's very much easier if I have walked around the building and know how it feels. I don't mind writing about Gothic Revival buildings. That's what I look at when I go to church. I could probably organise info and pad out the description of the abbey, but I don't think that I have any information on it at all.

On the other hand, I have been to Bath Abbey a number of times and do have some info on that one. Amandajm (talk) 13:55, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

	Happy New Year, 2014
	From Amandajm (talk) 10:20, 2 January 2014 (UTC) Wells Cathedral, Somerset, photographed by Rod on a December morning

DYK for Bruton Dovecote

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Your GA nomination of Glastonbury Tor

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Congratulations, Rod!

I have just used Cockerell's book to add a section on the iconography of the West Front of Wells. However, it's fairly detailed, and perhaps it would be better to split it off as a separate article.Please have a look and tell me what you think. Amandajm (talk) 12:59, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

St. Dunstan's Well

Hi, Rodw.

I'm not so sure that "It is a Vadose zone which extends from the top of the ground surface to the water table. Water in the vadose zone has a pressure head less than atmospheric pressure, and is retained by a combination of adhesion (funiculary groundwater), and capillary action (capillary groundwater)" makes sense in the context, and it certainly doesn't seem to be backed up by the paper in question that seems to be modelling the various contributions of phreatic, vadose, and swallet drainage to the springs. The paper certainly isn't saying anything particular about the vadose contribution in the case of St., Dunstan's well. I would like to remove it, but have no desire to tread on any toes, especially where it's an article in which I have no particular interest. --Langcliffe (talk) 23:01, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply, Rodw. I have looked more carefully at Dave Drew's paper, and compared the maps of the hydrological catchment area his paper discusses with the SSSI maps associated with the article, and came to the conclusion that in spite of the name, the two don't coincide. I have, therefore, removed the section. Langcliffe (talk) 11:18, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Folly tower

Thanks for picking up those dab failures; I should have noticed Bath, shouldn't I! Moonraker12 (talk) 18:19, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tyntesfield

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Adullam Chapel

Hi Rod. Yes, I've got a few bits and pieces about that one, although it's one of Brighton's most obscure (ex-)chapels. I haven't yet dug up anything about Rev. Prince and the Agapemonites; rather, I can provide you with some general info about the history of the chapel. It had previously been in Strict Baptist hands. Tomorrow when I get home from work I'll add everything I can find, with bibliographic details, here on your talk page below this comment; then you can sort out and add to the article anything you find useful. Cheers, Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 23:21, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks that would be great.— Rod ^talk 20:42, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Right, this is what I've come up with. The chapel was known as Adullam or Cave Adullam and was founded in 1836 by Strict Baptists who seceded from the Providence Chapel in Church Street in the North Laine area (this, incidentally, was demolished in the 1960s and the congregation moved to the former Nathaniel Reformed Episcopal Chapel at West Hill, where they remain today). Adullam was on a small backstreet called Windsor Street, also in the North Laine, and according to my reading of old maps was situated at 50.8240°N 0.1428°W / 50.8240; -0.1428. It seems to have been used for only a short time by Strict Baptists (some time into the 1840s, it appears) before another secession occurred. I suspect its acquisition by the Agapemonites happened soon after this. It became Strict Baptist again for a time (can't establish how long) until 1874 under a different pastor, apparently under the name Windsor Street Chapel; then it closed and became a furniture store, and burnt down in 1880. Sources for that info are Chambers pp25–26 and Elleray p10, for which the bibliographic details are as follows:

• Chambers, Ralph (1953). The Strict Baptist Chapels of England: Sussex. Vol. 2. Thornton Heath: Ralph Chambers. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Elleray, D. Robert (2004). Sussex Places of Worship. Worthing: Optimus Books. ISBN 0-9533132-7-1. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

Hope that helps and you can find something useful from that! Cheers, Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 20:15, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for looking this up for me (I'm also trying to find out more about their short period in Clare, Suffolk). As we don't have any specific references for their short time in Brighton I'm don't think I can add much to the article, perhaps just changing "Prince opened Adullam Chapel, Brighton, and Starkey established himself at Weymouth." to "Prince opened Adullam Chapel, which was also known as Cave Adullam, in the North Laine area of Brighton. Meanwhile Starkey established himself at Weymouth." Does that seem reasonable?— Rod ^talk 20:31, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Yes, that's probably the best bet. If I come across any more info in the future, I'll let you know; now that The Keep record centre has opened, harder-to-find historical material about Brighton and East Sussex has become much more accessible, and you never know what might turn up! Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 20:44, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks - I've made that change but if you do find anything else please feel free to add. There may not be much as they came to prominence a later with various reports in the Time etc (which I'm just about to add).— Rod ^talk 20:49, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Article

The article Article you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Article for comments about the article. Well done! CaroleHenson (talk) 16:45, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

You've put a lot of effort into the process. Very well done!--CaroleHenson (talk) 16:45, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tyntesfield

The article Tyntesfield you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Tyntesfield for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CaroleHenson -- CaroleHenson (talk) 16:52, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Craig Alcock

I disagree. It is not being a footballer that I have an issue with - a notable alumni should be someone who reached the very highest levels of their profession. Should Craig play in the Premier League or internationally, then I would agree. Having a wikipedia page does not automatically qualify someone to be 'notable', if it does then the list of alumni for Sexeys needs to be expanded. I raised this question about Craig Alcock on the 'Talk' page for the article over a month ago, I gave plenty of time for others to consider my suggestion but no-one has made a comment. I have been closely cnnected with the school for nearly 40 years and feel well placed to make this edit. I do not believe that you have good reason to prevent me from doing this. Yours sincerely Kingmoose8 (talk) 21:56, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

It is the word 'notable' - I strongly believe that most people would consider being the editor of the journal 'Nature' (one of the leading academic papers), or founding MacMillan Nurses as being far more longstanding than playing for a lower league football team - after all there are several alumni who have also played for Yeovil Town, and Craig only attended the school for a short period (two years). Perhaps Craig Alcock should be included lower down the list, rather than the first name. Unless he goes on to play internationally or in the very highest leagues, I very much doubt he will be long remembered after he retires - unlike the other names on the list, but I can accept that in a sport led culture, there are many who would like to see him included whilst he is still playing. Kingmoose8 (talk) 08:30, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Tyntesfield

Hello, I'm not sure why there's a ton of edits, some of which are very minor formatting edits (spaces within a cite template) that even the WP:AWB wasn't concerned about, and some good edits. It's distracting and I have a feeling the contributor likes to stir up trouble, so I've stopped watching the page. If it would help to step in at any point, let me know.--CaroleHenson (talk) 17:37, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Because it was a poor review, and the article ought not to have been listed in the state that it was. That leaves me with two choices: to fix it or to take it to WP:GAR. Which would you prefer? Eric Corbett 18:19, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

As you know I always prefer your fixes.— Rod ^talk 18:39, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

It would have been helpful to have had constructive input during the GA Review process. I had the strong sense that you were not going to provide any input and be long on criticism after the fact.

We may go about it differently - and have different things we're concerned about - but we both want a good article in the end. Whatever you think is the right thing to do, Eric.--CaroleHenson (talk) 01:10, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

I'm thinking that with howlers like "The family had lived in the area since the 1500s, and was based between Halswell House in Goathurst near Bridgwater to the south" this will have to go to GAR unless things are fixed over the next week or so. Did you take the trouble to read the article during your review? Eric Corbett 14:05, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

I'll grant you that you're catching a few good edits, like estates-->estate's and whil e---> while. But for the most part it seems you're making a bit deal out of very small issues. When I look at the edits, I wouldn't consider changes from %-->percent, large-->major, However-->But, and removal of spaces in citation templates to be just devastating issues. I'm completely confused by the capitalisation of the names of rooms... but if noone else has a problem with making them proper nouns, cool. I am totally happy bringing this to GA Review myself because I'm not quite getting the dramatics.--CaroleHenson (talk) 15:31, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

See Wikipedia talk:Good article reassessment#Tyntesfield.--CaroleHenson (talk) 15:44, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

What about this gibberish then? " The most important painting in the collection is the painting 17th century painting Zambrano of St Lawrence ..." Apparently that kind of thing is adequate to meet GA criterion 1a in your opinion, but not in mine. Eric Corbett 18:46, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Bishop's Palace, Wells

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Hi Rod. I've completed my review. No big issues. I'll keep an eye on the article but you might want to ping me when you're ready for me to re-read it as I'm working on a bunch of different things. Thx. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:10, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Bishop's Palace, Wells

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Your DYK nomination, Church of St Philip and St James, Norton St Philip

In an act of complete selfishness, I have reviewed your DYK in the desperate hope that you will review mine but please don’t worry if you are too busy.--Ykraps (talk) 17:32, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for doing that. I'm sorry about the dirty trick but I was becoming quite desperate as I watched my DYK rapidly slip out of the current nominations.--Ykraps (talk) 08:19, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 January newsletter

The 2014 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with, at time of writing, 138 participants. The is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2010. If you are yet to join the competition, don't worry- the judges have agreed to keep the signups open for a few more days. By a wide margin, our current leader is newcomer Godot13 (submissions), whose set of 14 featured pictures, the first FPs of the competition, was worth 490 points. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

• 12george1 (submissions) and TropicalAnalystwx13 (submissions) were the first people to score, for the good article Tropical Storm Bret (1981) and its good article review respectively. 12george1 was also the first person to score in 2012 and 2013.
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Featured articles, featured lists, featured topics and featured portals are yet to play a part in the competition. The judges have removed a number of submissions which were deemed ineligible. Typically, we aim to see work on a project, followed by a nomination, followed by promotion, this year. We apologise for any disappointment caused by our strict enforcement this year; we're aiming to keep the competition as fair as possible.

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DYK for Church of St Philip and St James, Norton St Philip

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:02, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Bishop's Palace, Wells

The article Bishop's Palace, Wells you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Bishop's Palace, Wells for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Rosiestep -- Rosiestep (talk) 14:32, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Congrats, and you're welcome! It was my pleasure to work with you on improving this one. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:42, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Church of St Mary, West Harptree

Allen3 ^talk 01:21, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Gastrointestinal Nursing

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Your GA nomination of Wookey Hole Caves

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90 metre Shaft in Wookey Hole

Andy Sparrow was being simplistic when he says that the water at Wookey rises out of a 90 m shaft. That 90 metres depth is actually gained over a passage length of 300 metres as a glance at the survey will confirm: http://www.sump4.com/publications/book010.pdf. This cross section, albeit to the 1985 limit, also demonstrates it http://www.divernetxtra.com/technol/wookymap.htm. I think that it's misleading to refer to a 30% slope as a shaft - there are roads that steep: http://cars.uk.msn.com/features/britains-record-breaking-roads?page=10. Langcliffe (talk) 20:47, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Church of St Lawrence, Rode

Hi. Author John Michell (in The New View Over Atlantis, 1983) and folklorist Margaret Murray (in a 1935 private note attached to the back of the Rode painting) both suggest that this practice had neopagan considerations. I'm too busy these days to include concrete references, but I can do it later. ᴳᴿᴲᴳᴼᴿᴵᴷ☺ᶤᶯᵈᶸᶩᶢᵉ 12:46, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Bath Assembly Rooms

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Nomination of Gastrointestinal Nursing for deletion

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Your GA nomination of Bath Assembly Rooms

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Harvey

1961

Amandajm (talk) 23:52, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

Pensford Viaduct DYK

Hello! Your submission of Pensford Viaduct at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Simply south...... disorganising disorganisation for just 7 years 23:13, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. I was meaning there was no date on when the article was published nor who\what published it. I have also found another source that may be reliable here. Simply south...... disorganising disorganisation for just 7 years 13:22, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Pensford Viaduct

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Wookey Hole Caves

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Wells

"Well" done. It's a very good article, and doubtless will stay that way. Cheers.Anythingyouwant (talk) 00:48, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Walter Wilkinson

Hello

I am working on an article about Walter Wilkinson (puppeteer, author and artist) who I believe was originally from Selworthy. There is currently no wiki article on Walter and was wondering if you could help with the local history side. There appears to be a plaque in Selworthy dedicated to him. Please let me know if you have any information that would be useful to include...

Thanks

JW — Preceding unsigned comment added by JBWilson2014 (talk • contribs) 20:52, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Wookey Hole Citation

The second reference backs up those statements apart from the name of the constriction, the fact that it was the maximum depth for the equipment, and that Oliver Wells was the grand-son of H.G. Wells. The first two facts are certainly correct, but I have no idea about the third. Langcliffe (talk) 20:12, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Agapemonites

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Your GA nomination of Lytes Cary

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Your GA nomination of Stoke sub Hamdon Priory

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Your GA nomination of Agapemonites

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Your GA nomination of Stoke sub Hamdon Priory

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DYK for Bath Assembly Rooms

The DYK project (nominate) 14:32, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Lytes Cary

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WikiCup 2014 February newsletter

And so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:

1. Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer whose high-quality scans of rare banknotes represent an unusual, interesting and valuable contribution to Wikipedia. Most of Godot's points this round have come from a large set of pictures used in Treasury Note (1890–91).
2. Adam Cuerden (submissions), a WikiCup veteran and a finalist last year, Adam is also a featured picture specialist, focusing on the restoration of historical images. This month's promotions have included a carefully restored set of artist William Russell Flint's work.
3. WikiRedactor (submissions), another WikiCup newcomer. WikiRedactor has claimed points for good article reviews and good articles relating to pop music, many of which were awarded bonus points. Articles include Sky Ferreira, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus and "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus song).

Other competitors of note include:

• Hahc21 (submissions), who helped take Thirty Flights of Loving through good article candidates and featured article candidates, claiming the first first featured article of the competition.
• Prism (submissions), who claimed the first featured list of the competition with Natalia Kills discography.
• Cwmhiraeth (submissions), who takes the title of the contributor awarded the highest bonus point multiplier (resulting in the highest scoring article) of the competition so far. Her high-importance salamander, now a good article, scored 108 points.

After such a competitive first round, expect the second round to also be fiercely fought. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2, but please do not update your submission page until March (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 00:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Floods of thanks for you

	The Barnstar of Inland Inundation
	What a wonderful and much needed article. Consider yourself awash with praise! Martinevans123 (talk) 16:57, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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DYK for Church of the Holy Trinity, Newton St Loe

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Featured picture candidate

I see Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Wells Cathedral east end failed due to lack of votes. I like your edit 1 and would support it if you want to re-nominate for WikiCup points. Let me know if you re-nominate. --Pine^✉ 07:50, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Church of St Peter, Williton

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DYK for Winter flooding of 2013–14 on the Somerset Levels

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Your Featured Picture Nomination

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Article on Burrow Mump

Hello Rodw. I am interested in the article on Burrow Mump and wanted to find out who first wrote it so I could ask them a question. But I can't see how to identify the original author. However, you seem to be a major contributor via the edits so I am hoping you may know something about it.

My question is whether the quoted geology "It is made of Triassic sandstone capped by Keuper marl." is extablished fact or merely an assumption based on local geology. The reason I ask is that it looks very much as if it is man made and I wondered if that possibility has ever been explored.

I do hope I am not bothering you by asking this and I hope you can either supply the answer or point me in the right direction to get an answer.

Thanks. Gurumaister (talk) 16:23, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

Burrow Mump - Thank you!

Rod,

That was so very helpful. Thank you. I now enough data to start digging (forgive the pun) for more information.

Many thanks, Gurumaister (talk) 16:41, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

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Kennet and Avon Canal

The supporting information has now been found republished on that page http://www.canalguide.co.uk/canals/britain_canal_kennet.htm. The reference supplied has a couple of extra points of interest about the celebs and the canal. 1stcanalman (talk) 10:25, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

Population stats for Taunton

Oh ... I guess I was just excited and didn't see the specifics. I'm probably not going to get regular on here, so won't open an account for now - thanks for correcting me nicely.

H -- 86.161.127.240 (talk) 13:49, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

Kennet and Avon Canal

Hi Rodw Thanks for proofing my K nad A Canal edit 19th The reference to Prunella Scales and Timothy West etc has disappeared since I did this (AM 19th) would you believe ! I will the contact web-master to check what has happened as I believe they are alive and well and should not be missing. 1stCanalMan1stcanalman (talk) 15:57, 19 March 2014 (UTC) Hi That K and A content was restored 1stcanalman (talk) 18:44, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

The oval Gasholders

I've responded to your concerns about The Oval Gasholders. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 09:04, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wincanton

Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 18:57, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Ashton Court

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Perspective

RE your church pic- it's a lovely picture. However they have this thing about making every vertical parallel, in some erroneous idea that horizontal perspective is good but vertical perspective is bad. One guy took a great picture of the Parthenon and then carefully straightened out all its lines. Gees, I had to laugh! I wanted to use the picture in Ancient Greek architecture to demonstrate that every line in the building is curved, and next time I looked at the image, every line looked as if someone had taken a spirit level and a plumb-bob to it. I persuaded him to return the original image.

Bath Abbey would be much easier from an architectural point of view than Wells. I'll take a look. Amandajm (talk) 09:07, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

Re Bishop: that is a great idea! Amandajm (talk)

Bath is going well, but the architecture really does need some work! There are two completely contradicting statements there. That will have to be fixed. Amandajm (talk) 09:22, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

• Rodw, I was going to reply to you and Amandajm here, but I decided it was too wordy and perhaps not that interesting to you, so I've moved the discussion to Amandajm's talk page. It relates to your image, but only indirectly. However, if you'd like to see my thoughts on correcting the vertical lines in your image, feel free to have read and participate in the discussion. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 11:44, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

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DYK for Church of St Nicholas and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Stowey

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DYK nomination of Wheal Eliza Mine

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WikiCup 2014 March newsletter

A quick update as we are half way through round two of this year's competition. WikiCup newcomer Godot13 (submissions) (Pool E) leads, having produced a massive set of featured pictures for Silver certificate (United States), an article also brought to featured list status. Former finalist Adam Cuerden (submissions) (Pool G) is in second, which he owes mostly to his work with historical images, including a number of images from Urania's Mirror, an article also brought to good status. 2010 champion (Pool C) is third overall, thanks to contributions relating to naval history, including the newly featured Japanese battleship Nagato. Cliftonian (submissions), who currently leads Pool A and is sixth overall, takes the title for the highest scoring individual article of the competition so far, with the top importance featured article Ian Smith.

With 26 people having already scored over 100 points, it is likely that well over 100 points will be needed to secure a place in round 3. Recent years have required 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) and 100 (2010). Remember that only 64 will progress to round 3 at the end of April. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page; if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 22:55, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Church of St Mary, Abbas and Templecombe

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DYK for Wheal Eliza Mine

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Glastonbury Tor

I don't know if you know but User:AfadsBad wrote a scathing article criticizing it at here. Don't worry, I and many others have been targeted by her.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:29, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

I'm surprised I haven't been mentioned by her! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 12:14, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks - yep had been pointed out during the GA nomination.— Rod ^talk 17:13, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup error

Hi there- this is just a quick note to apologise for a small but important mistake in the last WikiCup newsletter; it is not 64 users who will progress to the next round, but 32. J Milburn (talk) 18:39, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Church of St Mary, Abbas and Templecombe

Thanks from the wiki Victuallers (talk) 08:02, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

Copy Edit Request for "List of National Trust properties in Somerset"

Hi, Rodw:

Please see Talk:List of National Trust properties in Somerset, specifically the new section "Copy Edit Request".

LukasMatt (talk) 17:48, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Rod, thanks for your nice notes. I have added a new comment to the "Copy Edit Request" section of Talk:List of National Trust properties in Somerset, hopefully finalizing our discussion.

--LukasMatt (talk) 02:43, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Maunsel House

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DYK for Maunsel House

slakr^\ talk / 09:03, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Incomplete DYK nomination

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Aerial camera

What great fun! I have always wanted to fly! You are going to have such fun with that! Amandajm (talk) 01:53, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

Indeed....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:37, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

speaking of which.....

DYK nomination of Priddy Nine Barrows and Ashen Hill Barrow Cemeteries

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DYK for Priddy Nine Barrows and Ashen Hill Barrow Cemeteries

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Your GA nomination of King John's Hunting Lodge, Axbridge

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Your GA nomination of Stanton Drew stone circles

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Congratulations

on getting your media on the front page of Commons! Great fun! Amandajm (talk) 23:51, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

DYK nomination of King John's Hunting Lodge, Axbridge

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Your GA nomination of Stanton Drew stone circles

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WikiCup 2014 April newsletter

Round 3 of the 2014 WikiCup has just begun; 32 competitors remain. Pool G's Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Round 2's highest scorer, with a large number of featured picture credits. In March/April, he restored star charts from Urania's Mirror, lithographs of various warships (such as SMS Gefion) and assorted other historical media. Second overall was Pool E's Godot13 (submissions), whose featured list Silver certificate (United States) contains dozens of scans of banknotes recently promoted to featured picture status. Third was Pool G's ChrisGualtieri (submissions) who has produced a large number of good articles, many, including Falkner Island, on Connecticut-related topics. Other successful participants included Cliftonian (submissions), who saw three articles (including the top-importance Ian Smith) through featured article candidacies, and Caponer (submissions), who saw three lists (including the beautifully-illustrated list of plantations in West Virginia) through featured list candidacies. High-importance good articles promoted this round include narwhal from Reid,iain james (submissions), tiger from Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and The Lion King from Igordebraga (submissions). We also saw our first featured topic points of the competition, awarded to Czar (submissions) and Red Phoenix (submissions) for their work on the Sega Genesis topic. No points have been claimed so far for good topics or featured portals.

192 was our lowest qualifying score, again showing that this WikiCup is the most competitive ever. In previous years, 123 (2013), 65 (2012), 41 (2011) or 100 (2010) secured a place in Round 3. Pool H was the strongest performer, with all but one of its members advancing, while only the two highest scorers in Pools G and F advanced. At the end of June, 16 users will advance into the semi-finals. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 17:57, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of St Andrew's Church, Chew Stoke

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Your GA nomination of St Andrew's Church, Chew Stoke

The article St Andrew's Church, Chew Stoke you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:St Andrew's Church, Chew Stoke for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jaguar -- Jaguar (talk) 18:40, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of St Andrew's Church, Chew Stoke

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King Alfred's Tower

Hi Rod- I just did a GAR. A few minor issues, but nothing to stop it from passing. I've never done a GAR before, so I'm actually not sure what to do next. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks-Godot13 (talk) 06:19, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of King Alfred's Tower

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Main Page appearance: Wells Cathedral

This is a note to let the main editors of Wells Cathedral know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on June 7, 2014. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at present, please ask Bencherlite (talk · contribs). You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 7, 2014. If it needs tweaking, or if it needs rewording to match improvements to the article between now and its main page appearance, please edit it, following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. The blurb as it stands now is below:

Wells Cathedral is a Church of England place of worship in Wells, Somerset, dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle, and is the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The present building dates from 1175 to 1490, an earlier church having been built on the site in 705. With its broad west front and large central tower, it is the city's dominant feature and a landmark in the Somerset countryside. Its architecture presents a harmonious whole which is entirely Gothic and mostly in a single style, the Early English Gothic of the late 12th and early 13th centuries. In this Wells differs from most other English medieval cathedrals, which have parts in the earlier Romanesque style. The historian John Harvey considers it to be the first truly Gothic structure in Europe. Wells has an exceptional number of surviving secular buildings associated with its chapter of secular canons, such as the Bishop's Palace and the Vicars' Close, a residential street which has remained intact from the 15th century. The cathedral is a scheduled monument and is designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. The eastern end retains much ancient stained glass, which is rare in England. (Full article...)

You (and your talk-page stalkers) may also be interested to hear that there have been some changes at the TFA requests page recently. Nominators no longer need to calculate how many "points" an article has, the instructions have been simplified, and there's a new nomination system using templates based on those used for DYK suggestions. Please consider nominating another article, or commenting on an existing nomination, and leaving some feedback on your experience. Thank you. UcuchaBot (talk) 23:01, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi Rod! Great news! Well done!

DIliff came up with a really high resolution pic of the facade, so I put it into the intro box, and shuffled your pic down to replace one from a similar angle that wasn't quite as clear. I also tweak the expression of the front page entry, and suggested your beautiful view with the pond as the front page image. Amandajm (talk) 05:01, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of King Alfred's Tower

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Your GA nomination of Sutton Court

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Agnes Nottidge adultery

Dear Rod,

I like your article "Agapemonites", mostly.

What evidence is there that Agnes became pregnant "by another member of the Agapemonite community"?

I have plenty of evidence to the contrary.

James Jamesvin44 (talk) 19:02, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

Agnes Nottidge adultery

Hi Rod,

1 Agnes and Rev George Thomas shared a bedroom in their early marriage (Dixon, Spiritual Wives); they married in July 1845, and she became pregnant in October 1845 (Nottinghamshire Guardian 30.5.1850).

2 Rev Thomas pursued custody of their son, George Nottidge Thomas, for nearly five years (1846-1850) - he would not have done this if the boy was not his own son.

3 At the custody hearing for the child in 1850 (Thomas v Roberts 22 May, 1850), Rev Thomas never mentions the child's illegitimacy.

4 Agnes won custody of the child in 1850 because - in the words of the Infant Custody Act 1839 - she had shown herself to be a mother of proven "good character" (Inconvenient People; Sarah Wise, p 120). Any hint of adultery would have turned the case against her.

5 Double standards: Why assume that Agnes broke the celibacy rule of the Agapemone, while her new husband did not also?

James Jamesvin44 (talk) 20:09, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

Agnes Nottidge adultery

Hi Rod,

Thanks for permitting a few words in Agnes' defence.

Citation: Thomas v. Roberts, reported in The Times 22 May 1850

James Jamesvin44 (talk) 08:55, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Your photos

... appear here : [2]

Thank you! Amandajm (talk) 06:46, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

7th June? I'll fix it. The feedback is that my niece is enraptured with your photograph. It would look soo good printed large. I would like a framed version of that! It would also look brilliant on greeting cards.

I have put some more images into the blog, showing the different stages of the development of the West Front. Three of them would be suitable for uploading onto Commons. Thanks, Rod! Amandajm (talk) 03:49, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sutton Court

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DYK for Cheddar Palace

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:52, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Wookey Hole Caves

Review finished. Article meets most GA criteria, though I have concerns about some of the language, and the lead. See Talk:Wookey Hole Caves/GA2. Review on hold for the standard initial seven days. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 10:41, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

It was a pleasure. Amandajm (talk) 11:17, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Thanks for all your comments and improvements on Talk:Wookey Hole Caves/GA2. Since your last set of comments there have been several edits (by me and others) and the most recent discussion has been about a possible map/plan. I was wondering if you thought the improvements had been appropriate and whether there was anything else I should be working on at present. I don't have the knowledge or skills to produce a suitable map and I was wondering if you saw this as a major stumbling block for GA?— Rod ^talk 10:05, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

I don't see the lack of a map as impacting on GA - just that it might be useful. I'll take a look at the GAN shortly to see what needs to be done. Thanks for the nudge. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 16:13, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

This user helped promote Wookey Hole Caves to good article status.

Well done. Another one for you. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 21:03, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Precious again

Project Somerset
Thank you for the profound coverage of your area, beginning with the "oldest road in the world", and for your activity in the related project, a sweet track, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:12, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

Two years ago, you were the 142nd recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:45, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Great cathedral on the Main page! - ideas for Hildesheim Cathedral, especially the infobox ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:15, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Solsbury Hill

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DYK for List of English Heritage properties in Somerset

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British newspapers online -- The Times

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WikiCup 2014 June newsletter

After an extremely close race, Round 3 is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years- 321 was required in 2013, while 243 points were needed in 2012. Pool C's Godot13 (submissions) was the round's highest scorer, mostly due to a 32 featured pictures, including both scans and photographs. Also from Pool C, Casliber (submissions) finished second overall, claiming three featured articles, including the high-importance Grus (constellation). Third place was Pool B's , whose contributions included featured articles Russian battleship Poltava (1894) and Russian battleship Peresvet. Pool C saw the highest number of participants advance, with six out of eight making it to the next round.

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Deliberate... im just about to create the article! Bleaney (talk) 14:02, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

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kml

This is finally showing the site names in the List of Local Nature Reserves in Greater London map - after two days! - and I see that where there are two coords for the same site I forgot to put the name against both. It might be better not to show the same site twice in the map, but Template:kml does not seem to have any way of making a coord invisible to the map. Any advice on what is the best way of dealing with this? It must be a fairly common problem as some SSSIs have 4 grid refs for the same site. Thanks. Dudley Miles (talk) 17:55, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Scheduled Monument lists

Hi Rod,

There are a few different styles of list for scheduled monuments:

• Here's a link to one of the Welsh scheduled monument lists: List of Scheduled Monuments in Monmouthshire. If you go to the navbox at the bottom of the page, you can link to the other welsh SM lists.
• Another style: List of Scheduled Monuments in Cheshire dated to before 1066
• And another: List of Scheduled Monuments in Greater Manchester
• and List of Scheduled Monuments in South Yorkshire

and also Listed buildings in Cardiff - I think someone didn't like the template and made their own version (putting the images to the left)...

So, as you can see, there are a variety of formats...

I've worked on some of the scheduled monument and listed building pages for Gwent (Monmouthshire, Torfaen, Newport, Blaenau Gwent, and Caerphilly) and, like you, sourced some images and gone out and taken some photos to add. BTW images for monuments are harder than for buildings - more remote, and often with not a lot to see - but a number of them are worth it. I also did some work on the sorting order of the Monmouthshire list (sorting on a code relating to the period).

So, what's the best format? I don't know, but I'll try to sum up my thoughts on the various lists:

• They all show their origins (spreadsheets from the various agencies, sometimes in the order of fields displayed, sometimes in the order of rows displayed, and sometimes in the contents of the fields - for example, names that seem more like directions to find the site...)
• There is a lot of inconsistency in the order of the columns in the list (eg. picture on the left or right)
• Most of them rely on the page processing to decide on the column widths - often resulting in a thin column for the description (if there is one) that becomes very long if you add a couple of sentences.
• I tried printing parts of the lists (before visiting Gwent for photography) and found the lists based on templates were terrible - could not suppress the expansion of URLs...

If you look at the discussion page for List of Scheduled Monuments in Monmouthshire I discussed all this in detail with User:RobinLeicester (who did great work on generating the welsh lists, and also on templates for references).

Some thoughts on the different formats:

• List of Scheduled Monuments in Monmouthshire - ok, but could do with a wider description column, and would be better sorted on the name of the site.
• List of Scheduled Monuments in Cheshire dated to before 1066 - alphabetic sort (good), but having the photos floating and separate from the table is strange. Also if you sort on Date the order you get is Bronze Age, Early Medieaval, Iron Age...
• List of Scheduled Monuments in Greater Manchester - as Chesire - but split into separate table for different districts - really bad move if you're interested in a particular period or type of monument...
• List of Scheduled Monuments in South Yorkshire - very brief descriptions in a column labelled date... No real date/period column, and an empty column named remains.
• Listed buildings in Cardiff - someone's used/created a Cardiff specific table - a good try (and tables sort well on all appropriate columns. However, the description field should be much wider and nearer to the image/name columns to the left of the table. Shame that when it comes to Grade II listed buildings, its separated into districts which limits sorting of tables.

Hope all this helps. BTW I've created a sample table of some of the Monmouthshire SMs at User:Robevans123/sandbox/MonSMsTryout which tries to address the issues I've raised - comments/criticisms welcome.

I'm thinking of creating "List of Scheduled Monuments in South Cambridgeshire" but haven't worked out the best source. For the Welsh ones, I know the tables are based on a spreadsheet from Cadw. I know I could trawl through the English Heritage website and find each monument manually but that seems like hard work. I guess the the wikidata/commons front end I mentioned should be able to spit out a list but I don't know how far advanced it is. I should also investigate if I can get a spreadsheet or report out of English Heritage. Any thoughts?

Cheers, Rob Robevans123 (talk) 16:22, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the links - will give it a go. I hadn't noticed that the Manchester one was an FL. Quite surprised that it is an FL. It is well written and referenced, but the separation of picture from the row is IMHO not helpful, and the splitting of the tables into areas is also not helpful - it stops you easily finding (through table sorting) all the monuments of a similar age or type in the Manchester area. I did look at some other FLs (including yours!) that kept everything in one table (including the image), and this seems to me to be a far better and much more useful arrangement. Cheers. Robevans123 (talk) 18:08, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

I take your point on the lack of photos (maybe when photos are really useful there should be a FL requirement of say 90%). Personally, I'd rather see that there is a photo missing rather than having to scroll through the floating photos, trying to match the caption with the name of the item I'm interested in, and then finding its not there... Robevans123 (talk) 18:25, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Woodspring Priory

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Closing reassessment

Hello Rod. While archiving some old GA reassessments today, I've mistakenly closed Desolate North, which I've been reviewing. Can you do me a favor and close it yourself? It really simple, you just need to replace the "GAR/current" with "subst:GAR/result|result=outcome" in "{{}}". I'll be thankful if you can do it as soon as you can.--Retrohead (talk) 13:31, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Input at FAC

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DYK for Scheduled Monuments in Somerset

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What the bot said, really. Nearly all of my suggestions should be pretty easy to implement. Look forward to being able to pass this. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 22:51, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Somerton Court

Hello Rodw Regarding Somerton Court entry. I purchased Somerton Court in 1987 from Strutt and Parker Taunton Somerset Office I have been Laird of Camster and Caithness since 1985 and Laird is my legal title. I am a landowner in South Angus Scotland Title 004224 — Preceding unsigned comment added by ByronCollins (talk • contribs) 12:40, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

Redirect

Hi Rodw,

Please could you set up a redirect for the following two links to redirect to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winsford_E-ACT_Academy - the two links are:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdin_High_School
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodford_Lodge_High_School

Both of these schools were merged in September 2010 to form The Winsford E-ACT Academy.

Please let me know,

Thank you,

I appreciate it this a lot, and will help other to identify that Verdin High School and Woodford Lodge High School no longer exist and redirect to The Winsford E-ACT Academy.

Kindest Regards,

Steven

Listed buildings and structures in England

Try Category:Scheduled Monuments in England which has Scheduled Ancient Monuments by county, though here “ancient” does not mean “pre-fifth century”! And by county only, not by function. Hugo999 (talk) 22:30, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

Somerton Court

Hi Rodw

Thanks for response I fully accept you have to be independent but my input on Somerton Court is factually correct. as I bought the estate in 1987 whilst both my sons were at nearby School. I see you live in the Chew Valley as when we sold Somerton Court we purchased KIngsley Paddocks Kingshill Lane Compton Martin overlooking the Chew Valley Lake and left in 2002. I have a download copy of the South Angus confirmation as a landowner in Campsey Caithnes I have the legal title of Laird that went with the land. I could not see where I could copy to forward to you, Roger Byron-Collins — Preceding unsigned comment added by ByronCollins (talk • contribs) 12:25, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

List of University of East Anglia alumni

Sorry, I wasn't aware! Thanks for taking the time to give feedback, much appreciated. Uhooep (talk) 16:44, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup award

Awarded to Rodw for participating in the 2014 WikiCup. J Milburn (talk · contribs), The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 21:25, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014: The results

The 2014 WikiCup champion is Godot13 (submissions), who flew the flag of the Smithsonian Institution. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. Cwmhiraeth (submissions), 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. Casliber (submissions), WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.

A full list of our prize-winners follows:

• Godot13 (submissions) wins the prize for first place and the FP prize for 181 featured pictures in the final round.
• Cwmhiraeth (submissions) wins the prize for second place and the DYK prize for 65 did you knows in the final round.
• Casliber (submissions) wins the prize for third place and the FA prize for four featured articles in the final round.
• Czar (submissions) wins the prize for fourth place
• Sturmvogel 66 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
• Bloom6132 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
• 12george1 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
• ChrisGualtieri (submissions) wins the GA prize for 27 good articles in round 2 and the review prize for 28 good article reviews in round 1.
• Caponer (submissions) wins the FL prize for three featured lists in round 2.
• Sven Manguard (submissions) wins the FPo prize his work on featured portals.
• Figureskatingfan (submissions) wins the topic prize for a nine-article featured topic in round 3.
• ThaddeusB (submissions) wins the news prize for 28 in the news articles in round 3.

Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have participated this year. We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:52, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Scheduled Monuments images

Hi Rod,

I've reverted [3], because the image is a general one of the site (somewhere I know well), not of the part which is a Scheduled Monument. If you're adding images to other lists of S(A)Ms, please be careful of the same issue. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits

Your GA nomination of Ebbor Gorge

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Your GA nomination of Ebbor Gorge

The article Ebbor Gorge you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Ebbor Gorge for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of MusikAnimal -- MusikAnimal (talk) 21:22, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ebbor Gorge

The article Ebbor Gorge you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ebbor Gorge for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of MusikAnimal -- MusikAnimal (talk) 16:03, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

Excellent work. Do you think on your user page you could list your FAs and GAs tidily in a list rather than icons all across the top! On my browser it stretches beyond the page itself there's so many!♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:40, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the additions. Yeah I started Abbotsfield, Wiveliscombe, can you find the coordinates and check it is a farm, it tends to be called farm house. Seems a bit of an obscure request but seems to be just about notable! Charles Lukey Collard and Collard & Collard piano company also seems notable and should probably be started. We have Frederick William Collard . Perhaps an article on Collard family would also be appropriate.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:09, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, there's something about the piano and family at flickr here. I may start the piano firm later. Yes, lot's of red links but I should be getting on with Spokane, Washington now which is at FAC and said I'd contribute to! I love seeing detailed coverage of localities in English counties. Your work has been a massive help on the coverage and quality of Somerset entries, if only other counties had editors like yourself working on them! If ever you want assistance on creating or whatever feel free to contact me.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:25, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

Magna Carta...

...NB: I've left you a message on the talk page re the clauses - I've a source which we could use if it's useful... Hchc2009 (talk) 16:11, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Right, I've had a work through a copy of your version, at User:Hchc2009/Sandbox3. With the clauses using the 1215 version, the 1215 column "tick box" column wasn't necessary, and you were right, it didn't need the 1216/1217 column. I've cleaned up the descriptions, starting each with an active verb, and simplified the referencing by column. I've used Breay for the comparisons, as she explicitly compared the clauses and we can avoid any OR that way. I'm not sure that this version needs the 1297 clauses in it (as we don't give the 1225 clauses, 1217 clause numbers etc.), but see what you think. Hchc2009 (talk) 12:00, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

I think we're getting there... There's a bit more to be done on the late 14th - 15th centuries, and the 18th century, plus the later exemplifications needs a little bit of work, but it feels like its on the right direction for a GA nom. Do you reckon there's any mileage in approaching either Lincoln and/or Salisbury to see if they'd donate an image of their copies of the 1215 charter, btw? Hchc2009 (talk) 15:49, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

Draft lead done...

I've done a redrafting of the Magna Carta lead at User:Hchc2009/Sandbox3; it would need the links sorting, but see what you think... Hchc2009 (talk) 12:33, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

Given your interest in British geography stuff....

You might (if you have any time to spare) help take a look at any British town articles at User:Dweller/Featured Articles that haven't been on Main Page from 2007 or thereabouts - we're trying to look at them all and either list them as okay for posible main page, or if obviously needing some work, maybe a note on the talk page and list at FAR a month or three afterwards. cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:38, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

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Royal Crescent

Thanks for noticing my error! I've gone ahead and removed the pic from the Circus, Bath entry. Will consider reposting to the Crescent. I'm just trying to get some practice posting pics and editing, so thanks for your help! --Airickson (talk) 19:41, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 is just around the corner...

Hello everyone, and may we wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2015 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. We have a few important announcements concerning the future of the WikiCup.

• We would like to announce that Josh (J Milburn) and Ed (The ed17), who have been WikiCup judges since 2009 and 2010 respectively, are stepping down. This decision has been made for a number of reasons, but the main one is time. Both Josh and Ed have found that, over the previous year, they have been unable to devote the time necessary to the WikiCup, and it is not likely that they will be able to do this in the near future. Furthermore, new people at the helm can only help to invigorate the WikiCup and keep it dynamic. Josh and Ed will still be around, and will likely be participating in the Cup this following year as competitors, which is where both started out.
• In a similar vein, we hope you will all join us in welcoming Jason (Sturmvogel 66) and Christine (Figureskatingfan), who are joining Brian (Miyagawa) to form the 2015 WikiCup judging team. Jason is a WikiCup veteran, having won in 2010 and finishing in fifth this year. Christine has participated in two WikiCups, reaching the semi-finals in both, and is responsible for the GA Cup, which she now co-runs.
• The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. While it may be impossible to please everyone, the judges will make every effort to ensure that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.

If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk), The ed17 (talk), Miyagawa (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Figureskatingfan (talk) 18:54, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Exmoor Group

Tried using your 'click here to leave me a new message' link but it came up repeatedly with an internal error message. Anyway I was going to comment on your inclusion within Exmoor Group of the following text:

'As this area of Britain was not subject to glaciation, the plateau remains as a remarkably old landform.[3][4] The underlying rocks are covered by moors and supported by wet, acid soil.'

Just for info - and as I've mentioned briefly at the Winsford article, it has become evident in recent years that a small glacier may well have formed in the Punchbowl on Exmoor's northeastern fringe. Also it is thought that dartmoor may have nurtured a small ice-cap. The latter may have been static rather than dynamic in nature and hence not responsible for any appreciable erosion. Much of Wales' uplands can be described similarly to Exmoor - theier concordant summit heights derive from the same origins. Wales however was pretty much covered in ice. Anyway, beyond that observation, thanks for your continuing contributions to ExGp, especially images, and suggestions for improvements - collaborative effort is a strength of WP. cheers Geopersona (talk) 08:07, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

dulverton population

Very interested in your work on monuments of south somerset.

The population of dulverton at 1961 was almost 4 500 but today is below 2 000. Do you have precise data, perhaps from the 2011 census? How would you account for this population change?

Peter

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kml

Hi Rod. There is an inconclusive discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Geographical coordinates about Google withdrawing support for kml. Do you have any idea what we should be doing? I see List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Essex shows it as {{GeoGroup}}. Do you know whether that is the same? Dudley Miles (talk) 00:10, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Updates to pages in Taunton area

I made a whole load of changes to pages in the Taunton area adding the new visitor website for the area and they all seem to have been deleted. Do you know what I have done incorrectly?

Many thanks, Andrew––——– — Preceding unsigned comment added by CaptainSomerset2014 (talk • contribs)

Message

Sorry I have just found your message - the website you mention is Taunton Deane Borough Council's official visitor/destination website and as the council's marketing manager I wanted to add this to the relevant pages for the area - is not possible then? Many thanks, Andrew –––– — Preceding unsigned comment added by CaptainSomerset2014 (talk • contribs)