User talk:Rodw/Archive 4

Please help!

I have been using Wikipedia for a long time but have only recently signed up. I was wondering how to place userboxes on my page, thanks, sydney2892 Hai 20:46, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Exmoor

The article Exmoor you nominated as a good article has passed , see Talk:Exmoor for eventual comments about the article. Well done! — Rudget _speak.work 21:57, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah sure. I try to do at least one. I've got quite a few reviews pending, you can view them here. Thanks once again for your co-operation. Regards, — Rudget _speak.work 22:42, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Exmoor

Just to let you know, I've challenged Exmoor's GA assessment. It's a good article and it could easily be worked into a GA, but it's not there yet IMO. I've made some comments on the article's talk page. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 00:21, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

WP:LOTD

Thanks for nominating a candidate at WP:LOTD. You may want to come by and address some of the feedback you have received before voting begins, which it will in less than 24 hours.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 00:17, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

The current state of WP:LOTD is puzzling me. No one who has nominated an article has voted. If I had made voting mandatory by nominators, would you have still nominated your articles?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 17:23, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Just vote for whatever you think should be included as Lists of the Day in your way of thinking whatever that may be.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 19:00, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Weston-super-Mare A.F.C.

Would like you to reconsider your mid-September start-class assessment of Weston-super-Mare A.F.C. as I have been recently doing a lot of work to it.

- - ~ ~ ~ ~Chris —Preceding unsigned comment added by GauchoDude (talk • contribs) 17:00, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

WsM Continued

We are not, in fact, the same guy. Sorry for the confusion. I realize now I should have signed GauchoDude. Have you seen my recent additions to Weston-super-Mare A.F.C.? If you have any suggestions for me on how to improve my writing and editing, please let me know as I am "relatively" new here. Thanks. --GauchoDude —Preceding comment was added at 18:52, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

WsM FC

I don't believe your message re: the above was meant for me....... ChrisTheDude (talk) 06:59, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

History of Somerset

The article has passed its GAN, well done! Rt. 17:16, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

LOTD congratulations

Congratulations!!! List of Odonata species recorded in Britain and Grade I listed buildings in Bristol have been chosen in the inaugural class of January 2008 LOTDs. I hope you will continue to participate in the WP:LOTD process. If you have a date preference get back to me by the end of 2007-12-23 UTC.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 06:13, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

apologies. That should be Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal and Grade I listed buildings in Bristol.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 14:54, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Christmas Card

Merry Christmas and...

Happy New Year! -- Chetblong^Talk_Sign

Userboxes

I am, again, in a pickle about Userboxes. I have tried to copy and paste but that doesn't seem to work. Can you please give me another way? Sydney2892 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sydney2892 (talk • contribs) 19:09, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Admin

Hi. I just wondered if you have considered becoming an admin. You seem to be very experienced and have a good personality, so I'd be willing to nominate you if you're interested. I know you're the kind of user who prefers to develop articles rather than get involved in the debating and wikipolitics, but you may occasionally find the admin tools come in handy. I look forward to your reply. Thanks. Epbr123 (talk) 21:38, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Great triple crown race of 2008

As a Napoleonic crown recipient you might be interested in this. Cheers and happy editing! Durova^Charge! 20:17, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Actually it'll work for this competition if you nominate by February 14. I'm aware that approvals take some time. I'll revise the competition statement to make that more clear. Durova^Charge! 02:34, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

A start on Somerset Towers...

Have a look? This will really tie together a lot of bits... lots of ancient villages, geology, architecture... I've got a couple more sources I'm reading now, but you can get the idea of where this is going! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Celiakozlowski/Sandbox2SomersetTowers cheersCelia Kozlowski (talk) 00:22, 30 December 2007 (UTC) --- Thanks, Rod -- In addition to your suggestions, I want to talk about restoration and use today. I would welcome the addition of information about bells -- that would be a good additional section. In a missed page-save, I think I may have lost out the link to change-ringing which is very active in Somerset. I need to find the book titled something like "1,000 best churches in England" and mention the three 4-star towers as well as the total number of Somerset churches that make the count. I also want to check out one other key tower reference people mention... and see if Dave Bown has photos of any of the missing churches. One thing I couldn't decide about was whether to make links to every village mentioned or only those pages that have pix of Somerset Towers. cheers et happy new year! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Celiakozlowski (talk • contribs) 14:17, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Wardour Castle

The pictures of both Old and New Wardour castle are very nice! My intrests are more to do with the fact that I lived in New Wardour Castle many years ago, when it was a boarding school and I ahve worked on both articles. Old Wardour castle gets a lot more publicity as it has been used in movies and is looked after by English Heritage. New Wardour castle is a very underated building that is beautful inside, with an exquisite chapel. I wish that the was more content available for it, both writen and in pictures. Thanks Fluffball70 (talk) 02:59, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Exmoor

Apologies for not responding earlier - I've been away on holiday. Do you still need some input from me on this? If so, I'd be happy to help. SP-KP (talk) 16:33, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

OK, will do. The holiday was excellent, thanks (apart from the bit that involved having to come home again!) SP-KP (talk) 16:52, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

I've made a few edits - take a look and see if you think they are improvements. A further suggestion is to give the stuff about horses its own subsection, once the fauna section has been expanded further, as it looks over-prominent in that section. I'm not surprised we don't have any articles yet on those lichens, hence the redlinks. I have a suspicion that Sorbus Taxon D may have been given a formal scientific name now rather than a "holding" name. I've had a quick look through my library and can't find anything which helps, however. I'd suggest emailing the BSBI and asking them whether a formal description has been published yet (if it has, chances are it will have appeared in their journal Watsonia). SP-KP (talk) 17:17, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Rod, is the redlinked Dunkery Hill the same as Dunkery Beacon? If so, could pipe or correct the link. And, there's an inconsistency in the SWCP being described under "Coastline" but not under "Sport" or "Visitor attractions" while the Coleridge and Two Moors ways are under these last two sections. Perhaps repeat some mention of SWCP in those two (and should "Sport" be "Sport and recreation" perhaps?) PamD (talk) 13:26, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Exmoor birds

Two good sources are "Birds of Exmoor and the Quantocks" and "A history of the birds of Somerset". Is it the two grouse we're talking about here? If so, I've looked in the latter, and for Red Grouse, reading between the lines it looks like a cessation of shooting may have been the reason (no shooting interest = no incentive to manage habitat for them = habitat changes = birds decline). The disappearance of Black Grouse is part of a wider disappearance from southern (and now much of northern) England. The latter source suggests that reduced "keepering" plus visitor pressure were the reasons. Elsewhere in England, habitat change is, I believe, thought to be the reason. I'll dig out the other book and see what it says. SP-KP (talk) 20:47, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Birds of Exmoor & the Quantocks has more. Firstly, Red Grouse were only ever an introduced species (for hunting) on Exmoor. Suggested causes of their decline are: artillery practice in WW2, cessation of top-up introductions (the implication being that the species was never truly established), lack of predator removal, lack of habitat management, and natural population fluctuations due to disease, without an obvious source for natural replenishment. For Black Grouse, decline in keepering during WW1 and tourist pressure are cited. SP-KP (talk) 20:51, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Done. SP-KP (talk) 21:18, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

hyphens

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mos#Hyphens about compound adjs etc. PamD (talk) 10:09, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Somerset IPA

Hello! I should be able to add the IPA rendering to the Somerset article tonight when I get home. I have worked out the code, but unfortunately my work PC has an old browser which doesn't support IPA properly. Have added a note to the FAC page as well. Cheers, Hassocks5489 (talk) 13:10, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Done. Good luck with achieving Featured status. When it does, I should eventually get round to doing a full spoken version of the article (I'm hoping to "do" all UK geography-related FAs, but am currently stuck on editing my raw recording of Oldham — computer has been playing up!) Hassocks5489 (talk) 18:07, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

With prompting from you and Jmb, I have updated the paragraph on decoy towns. They was a bit of wikistress as we hit a bit of edit-conflicts.Pyrotec (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 21:08, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Somerset FA

Nice work on this one. Have voted to support. Best of luck Dick G (talk) 22:41, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Shaftesbury images

Hi there, I noticed you have added images of the Shaftesbury Town Hall and St. Peters church from the heritage website. I am unsure of the copyright issues in doing this but I can say that the images don't seem to give the best views of those buildings (for instance one is very dark and the other is at Christmas time and not typical of what the town hall looks like).

I like the idea and would be more than happy to release images used on the ShaftesburyTown.co.uk website under wikipedia licence rules if you have no objection to the ones you posted being replaced. I simply think I have some nicer pics and want to help out.

Regards --Curuxz (talk) 16:07, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry did not realise they were yours I hope I did not offend you! I was thinking of using a cropped version of this image (http://shaftesburytown.co.uk/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=146&g2_itemId=199) and this (http://shaftesburytown.co.uk/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=146&g2_itemId=203) again cropped down.

Regards --Curuxz (talk) 16:48, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Peterborough

Hello again Rodw,

I just wondered how you felt about Peterborough being an FA? A cursory glance through the article highlights alot of (admittedly fairly minor) breaches of MOS, grammatical redundancy and some mild peacock terms.

I've raised some concerns at the talk page where another user has asked if more users from WP:UKGEO would be able to make some commentary/judgement. I thought of you (and User:Malleus Fatuarum). It is a very good article, and not far off FA, but it would be good to avoid delisting. Hope you get a chance to fly by. -- Jza84 · (talk) 14:51, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the input. I've replied to a few of your posts elsewhere on the current Bath and UK MOSNUM discussions. I'll monitor what happens on P/boro for the next few days but it may need revisiting by yourself and Malleus again around that time to review opposing views and progress. Hope all is well, -- Jza84 · (talk) 16:17, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Neat template for Geograph images

Rod - there is a very nice template for adding geograph images to Wikimedia:Commons. Upload the image but delete everything out of the upload form except the following:

{{subst:geograph | image-number | author}}

The image number is the last bit of the geograph URL and the author's name is always on the image description. It's that easy. I'm going to convert all my old uploads. --Cheesy Mike (talk) 18:10, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

b.t.w. As a bonus if you do this to Wikipedia images it automatically tags them as suitable for migration to Wikimedia:Commons --Cheesy Mike (talk) 18:30, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Othery

Ya, I was thinking I should just post it. I wanted to visit the church and see if I could get any more interesting tidbits on the village -- I'm ashamed to say it's the next village up the road from us! I also wanted to get over to Glastonbury and visit the Abbey museum where the Othery Cope is. I remember seeing it and reading about the finding of it and being very impressed, but I don't remember the details and can't seem to find anything on the 'net about it -- so I just have to make the visit. Anyway, I'll put this up -- like you say, it's a start. cheers Celia Kozlowski (talk) 20:51, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

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It's up -- and someone's already set to working fixing the references. Cheers et happy '08,Celia Kozlowski (talk) 21:38, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry for the slow response

Thanks for you comments on my Talk page. I'm not really an expert on Somerset rivers, just have experience with a few. Saw your work on the rivers & templates - good stuff! Jamsta (talk) 23:08, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Bath, Somerset GA Review: On Hold

 GA on hold — Notes left on talk page. Nehrams2020 (talk) 00:59, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Bath, Somerset

I hope that you don't think I'm trying to be difficult with this article's GA review. I'm not, and I very much hope that the GA reviewer will now be satisfied with it. I see no particular reason why they wouldn't, and anything outstanding can be easily sorted now I'm sure.

If the next step is FA though, then there's a bit of a mountain yet to climb I think. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 20:44, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 8 January, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lilstock, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Carabinieri (talk) 05:35, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Adminship

Good afternoon, I've been seeing you around the encyclopedia as of late (originally at Portal:England's suggest page) and I'm very impressed with your contributions, hence, I would be delighted to nominate you for adminship, if you like. I have a lot to say about you, so the introductory statement will be long :) Qst 12:59, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

I haven't visited Qst's page yet, as I am so excited about the thought of you at RFA. I think you'd be a great admin, and you do deserve the tools. Especially for that work over at Exmoor that seems year ago.... :) Best, Rudget. 21:35, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Hi Rod. I see that you authored a FA on Buildings and architecture of Bristol and decided to ask you for a favour. I recently put an article that I wrote , Western Chalukya architecture into FAC, but it was not promoted. The reasons mostly had to do with grammar, prose etc. However, I felt that if someone like you could read my article, you may have some ideas that I could incorporate into the present article and improve its presentation, format as well. Hope you have the time. thanks.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 14:49, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your quick response. there are four aspects you touched upon, which I will summarise below.

• Move the "important temples" table to another sub-article-->will do.
• Provide more disambiguiations for complex Indian words-->Will do
• Remove POV words like "famous" though not sure what to sunbstitute with. "Notable" is getting to be a cliche-->will do.
• Regarding providing a link article to the religion aspect, this is the difficult part. Hinduism/Jainism, the two religions from which the architecture is inspired/ has evolved, are vast topics. So perhaps providing link terms, bracketed meanings etc. is the way to go.
• How does moving the "deity" section to the bottom sound? This way people can focus on the building aspect first.

Please tell me if I understood you correctly. thanks.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 15:54, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Maps

Hi, Rod! I've put those maps on my medium priority todo list, but it may be a while before I get to them, so if anybody else offers first, don't wait for me! Cheers, Joe D (t) 22:28, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Abbey Ales

I have nominated Abbey Ales, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abbey Ales. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Niaz^{(Talk • Contribs)} 13:35, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I just wanted to update you on this... the article was kept per WP:SNOW and renamed to Abbey Ales (brewery) per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abbey Ales. Cheers! —Travis^talk 04:11, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

• Note the comments on my talk page concerning this topic —Travis^talk 22:31, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Bath Abbey

Yes, I am still interested - I'd like to get it to FA status if possible. Any guidance in how to tackle this myself would be very much appreciated! In the meantime, I shall join the Somerset Wikiproject.--Vox Humana 8' 15:32, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Writhlington, was selected for DYK!

On January 16, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Writhlington, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 16:33, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

WP:LOTD voting

You have one week left for WP:LOTD voting. The system won't work if you don't vote.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 22:50, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Only three days left.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 21:08, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations!!!! List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset has been selected to be a February WP:LOTD. If you have any particular date preferences please contact me by January 24th.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 17:09, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Stretford

Many thanks for your helpful comments in Stretford's FAC. I've tried to deal with all the points you raised as best I can, hopefully satisfactorily from your point of view. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 16:41, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm pleased to say that with your help Stretford was promoted. Thanks once again. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 03:35, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 18 January, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Midford Castle, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 11:55, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

On 27 January, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Selworthy, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Daniel Case (talk) 02:46, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: ? Exmoor map

Hi Rod, I can have a look at putting together a couple of maps for Exmoor & the SWCP over the next week or two. Is your FAC on shaky ground without the map for Exmoor? SFC9394 (talk) 11:30, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

History of Taunton

Nice Google Book on History of Taunton. Might be quite useful reference. Keep up the good work, Mike. --TimTay (talk) 15:43, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

May I ask a favour?

You have some experience of featured lists, and so I'd be grateful for your opinion on this FLC, Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester.

I'm not trying to canvas your support for the article, or even contacting you because I think that you will support it, I'm just hoping that a neutral perspective might help to throw some light on the current impasse. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 03:32, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Mike Farrar

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Image:Stjameskingswood.JPG

Hi Rod we have recieved an email on m:OTRS saying that this image isnt St James church in Kingswood but that its the Holy Trinity Church in Kingswood, looking at this one of St james for comparison whats your thoughts as the photographer could there be a mistake in the id could it be this one. Gnangarra 14:18, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

ok I'll do the renaming on Commons etc once thats done can you fix the links and descriptions where its in use? Gnangarra 14:46, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Holy trinity kingswood.JPG is the new name I'll delete the other shortly Gnangarra 00:28, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

GA review of Grand Western Canal

I've reviewed the article and left notes on the talk page. I've put the nomination on hold for seven days to allow the issues to be addressed. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, here, or on the article talk page with any concerns, and let me know one of those places when the issues have been addressed. If I may suggest that you strike out, check mark, or otherwise mark the items I've detailed, that will make it possible for me to see what's been addressed, and you can keep track of what's been done and what still needs to be worked on.Ealdgyth | Talk 20:17, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

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Bath Abbey/Wells Cathedral

Hiya - I'd be glad to work on the Wells article. I think I'll add a few more sources to the Bath Abbey article before taking it to GAC, though.--Vox Humana 8' 18:15, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Wells

I'm glad people are inspired to do some work on the cathedrals. I took a look. I'll get onto it as soon as I've finished St Peter's Basilica. The architectural section calls for some expertise. At present it give no indication of why Wells has been called "the most poetic of the English cathedrals". As for the strainer arches- the citation appears to be wrong there. Also, the arches are not called "owl-eyed strainer arches". "Strainer arches" is what they are. "Owl-eyed" is merely some writer's descriptive term of how they look, because of the two big round holes. There are strainer arches at a couple of cathedrals, Salisbury and Canterbury are the two that come to mind, in both cases they are mmuch more elegant than at Wells, but the problems at Wells were apparently severe enough to call for extremely radical intervention. Such a pity! Don't worry! Will fix! It's one of my favoourites.

Amandajm (talk) 12:41, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

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thanks and wishing you well

I know it's not goodbye, but I did want to thank you for helping me get into the Somerset project. It must be tedious helping newbys along the way.

Do you think it would be a good to have a little media attention to our Somerset project -- or would that create too much havoc? I could drop a suggestion with the Western Gazette or Somerset Sound or Orchard FM... My step-son works at the latter and wasn't keen on the idea, but I think I know better and expect one of the other media outlets will jump on the story. I mean, if CheeseCam is a great Somerset story, surely the Wiki is! Of course I would suggest that they interview you and Derek...

Anyway, all the best with your thesis and your new work project.

Celia Kozlowski (talk) 18:23, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm gonna run it up a flagpole

... as we say in the States, and see if anybody salutes... Step son is home from skiing tomorrow and I'll see if Orchard FM might want to do a story based on the 6-month birthday of the project. It has got to have become one of the leading sources of info for people on Somerset. cheers!Celia Kozlowski (talk) 20:45, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

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Chew Stoke

Hello again,

I've been looking for a suitably professional, and suitably licenced photograph to take the lead in Chew Stoke (by which I mean a static image, as seen in Runcorn, Stretford, Wormshill etc). I'm struggling however, and wondered if you have any thoughts?

I've recently found this, but it's under Crown Copyright. I could ask for permission (as I have a Flickr account for the sole purpose of raiding the site for Wikipedia!), but wanted to have your input first. -- Jza84 · (talk) 01:38, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Good job I asked for feedback first then! I wasn't aware of the Chew Valley Lake article. If you could take a photograph of Chew Stoke's "villagescape", perhaps from a local elevation (if possible), I think this would be great!... I'm currently working on getting more photographs into our UK geo articles, and thought that our FAs are top priority. I think Chew Stoke would benefit from a static image. I hope this helps anyway -- Jza84 · (talk) 12:03, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Navenby

Navenby

Hi Rod - I have just spent three hours carrying out the task you suggested to try and gain GF for the Navenby article. Hopefully the references are all sorted now. The only one I had trouble with was Number one: Research Lincs website. I only used it yesterday, but today it seems to be out of order. A temporary glitch I hope! Seahamlass --Seahamlass 00:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Whatley

I am getting the disambiguation page sorted out via WP:RM. Also, here is the other place in Somerset, which is not too far from Chard. If the new article was created it would be Whatley, South Somerset (See also: List of United Kingdom locations: Wh#Wha-Whitc). I am also well aware of the naming conventions. Simply south (talk) 15:49, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome and no worries. Simply south (talk) 00:09, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Navenby - again!

Hi Rod. Many thanks for your further comments and suggestions on Navenby. Just to let you know that I've corrected the references you pointed out, as well as swapping a Wiki reference for a local council one and adding a reference for the little bit on Lincolnshire accents. I know one editor doesn't want to accent bit included, but I think accent is very relevant to Navenby. The people there are very proud of their Lincolnshire accents and, when I moved there as a child, it took me ages to understand some of the words! (Now live in the North east and had the same problems here!) There is one reference I didn't change - citing the Navenby.net website. I have referenced this site several times, but always to a different page. I decided not to lump them all together, to make things clearer for people. --Seahamlass 10:46, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to bother you yet again...but! Many, many thanks once again for fiddling on with the references on Navenby the other day. Much appreciated! (I've added more references - properly I hope - and some new pictures today) And, can I ask a question? Do you know how long it takes for an article to be reviewed for Good Article status?

Thanks! --Seahamlass 15:53, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

And again...! I think I have just about finished what I can - few more alterations made to Navenby. Be brutal - what do you think my chances are of a GA? --Seahamlass 18:01, 28 February 2008 (UTC) Seahamlass —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seahamlass (talk • contribs)

Wow - what a list. So comprehensive! Done stacks tonight and removed Lawrence of Arabia pic too. Thanks! Just wish someone would review the blooming thing now..Seahamlass —Preceding comment was added at 00:44, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Re your message: You need to check them all as there are loads more - To avoid these you can pipe the link see Wikipedia:Piped link. If I was being really picky I'd also point out that In the "19th century" section, the paragraphs about the sick society & school and the para on fire briagde, gas & coke co etc are unreferenced. Also why is Lincolnshire Echo italicised? Should Lincoln City F.C. be incluided as it has no specific link with the village? In governance the Westminster constituency should link to Sleaford and North Hykeham (UK Parliament constituency). — Rod talk 10:54, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, just made 28 edits in an hour and a half... Definitely looking better. 20-odd redirects fixed... I didn't know how to do them before - guess you have to learn fast! I've corrected the Lincolnshire Echo italics and changed the Lincoln FC bit. I took out stuff about its take over, and added a bid about a Navenby woman who plays for the female team attached to the club. Ummmm - I know I keep saying this, but thanks! Seahamlass --Seahamlass 12:04, 29 February 2008 (UTC) PS. Loved that listed building site you mentioned - just what I needed! (I'd tried the councils etc without success). It even gave me an extra piece of info - about eh listed telephone box. Cheers! --Seahamlass 12:08, 29 February 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seahamlass (talk • contribs)

farleigh

England isn't a state though is it? I think a state is the most important aspect of informing readers of wikipedia where the house actually lies, do you not agree? I am adding Uk to quite a few articles at the moment as all articles contain state except a lot of England related ones...--Camaeron (talk) 18:16, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Uk vs England

Thank you soo much! I have been of this opinion for ages but have never known who to turn to! --Camaeron (talk) 18:30, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:Chewstoke.gif

Thanks for uploading Image:Chewstoke.gif. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, then you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, then their copyright should also be acknowledged.

As well as adding the source, please add a proper copyright licensing tag if the file doesn't have one already. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Fair use, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 21:48, 1 March 2008 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Nv8200p talk 21:48, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

That resolves the source of the image. Thanks. The next question will be - Were you granted permission to use the image under the GFDL? I did not tag the image for this but someone might. See WP:COPYREQ on how to document that the copyright holder really intended to release the image under the GFDL. -Regards Nv8200p talk 13:03, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

shaftesbury page

Hi Rodw, sorry to bother you but we are having yet another person continually trying to post links to commercial websites on the shaftesbury page, after last years discussion and eventual consensus. I would be grateful if as an editor you could take a look shaftesbury. It boils down to a company wanting their site listed instead of a community run one because they want traffic, I presume to bolster their adverting sales. Thank you for your time --Curuxz (talk) 13:23, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

somerset towers

... I was wondering if you were getting close to making your article public, or would you be willing for me to edit the article in your sandbox (something we don't normally do)? I just wanted to make good use of the book before I need to return it.— Rod talk 15:25, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Rod -- that would be great if you could edit it in Sandbox. I did go back and incorporate more details about the classifications from Poyntz-Wright, but realized that there were a couple categories where I hadn't copied the features defining the class of towers .... and that book has gone back to the library. We could downplay the Poyntz Wright scheme ... or overhaul it a bit... or I could try to get to the library in Taunton tomorrow...I did feel the P-W does get very technical (read "boring") very quickly. I wanted to include enough examples of the details so that people could sort of use the scheme to "see" the towers more knowledgeably. It's certainly tuned my eye -- before I just saw bell towers, but now I see merlons or no merlons, various numbers of stages, window openings going between stages, pinnacles in various positions...

At any rate, those "generation" details are the last things I was planning to add, so it's pretty close to done as far as what I was planning to do to it. (I added the Simon Jenkins bits.) Of course, as is usual with my work, the reference formatting needs to be cleaned up! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Celiakozlowski/Sandbox2SomersetTowers

cheers et thanks, Celia Kozlowski (talk) 18:06, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Could you "revert" Muchelney

Hi, Rod, there was some vandalism to the Muchelney page and somehow in the process of removing the vandalism, they messed up the page. Could you revert the page to your November version? thanks!Celia Kozlowski (talk) 18:38, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

deletions... Gack

Didn't you like the stuff I'd added to the small towers etc?— Rod talk 21:06, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I fear that it might have been an inadvertent deletion if it was something you just did -- I've been making lots of changes and saving repeatedly. Some of these were just by section, which shouldn't have wiped out what you did, but some were the whole article, which probably did delete your changes. Sadly, as mentioned in the talk page, I think we've got to overhaul the page. This Harvey article makes very good arguments for rejecting virtually every one of Poyntz Wright's "generations." He even rejects the idea of calling the groups "generations."Celia Kozlowski (talk) 22:36, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Navenby

Hi Rod. Just thought I'd drop you a quick line to say many thanks for your on-going help with Navenby. Much appreciated. (Just wish the review would hurry up - I'm on edge!) --Seahamlass 15:04, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Whoops - my mistake! I will swap things round. Please don't think I'm being pushy re-FA, but the GA was taking so long, and others added after mine were being passed through first. I just want to get a little bit of recognition for Navenby!--Seahamlass 13:07, 7 March 2008 (UTC) PS, ifn you think I'm being a bit hasty, please, please let me know! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seahamlass (talk • contribs)

Quantocks

I've had a quick look and I should be able to help. I've got sources on the flora, moths and birds. I'll add it to my to do list - if I've not done anything by the time you submit it for GA assessment, let me know and I'll pull my finger out. SP-KP (talk) 11:06, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Glastonbury

Replied on the article talk page, but the basic answer is, no, they shouldn't be merged. Two bishops tried to merge the abbey into their bishopric, they failed, so the two offices remained separate. Ealdgyth | Talk 20:19, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Heh, no problem. Medieval ecclesiastical history isn't exactly a common subject for most folks! Feel free to drop me a note whenever if you have issues. (I think I've become the default expert on that subject around here) Ealdgyth | Talk 20:31, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Special edition triple crown

Congratulations, Rodw is the first winner of the 2008 triple crown race!

Your Fleet-fingered Majesty, thank you very much for disproving the better/cheaper/faster theory by doing superb editing work lickety-split and free licensing it. Now all of Wikipedia's readers will need to take speed reading lessons to catch up with you. ;) Durova^Charge! 23:11, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Assessment Table

Thanks so much for fixing this and the patience with the nesting, or lack thereof. I'm a bit of a museum geek and culture vulture so please let me know if you need any help with the other museum pags you're working on. TRAVELLINGCARI^{My story}_{Tell me yours} 02:22, 19 March 2008 (UTC)