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Promotion of Cyfeilliog

Congratulations, Dudley Miles! The article you nominated, Cyfeilliog, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, David Fuchs (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:06, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Talking of congratulations being earned, I must've missed this on the first read. Nice work! SerialNumber54129 14:11, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks Serial Number 54129. That is a shortened version due to the journal's size limitations. The full article is in instalments in the June to August issues of the Hendon and District Archaeological Society newsletter. Dudley Miles (talk) 14:26, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Æthelbald, King of Wessex: Unpiping/piping versus redirects

Dear Dudley: By reverting my today’s edit 1242491692, you restored the several redirects, which is, according to me, wrong; pls distinguish between piping and redirects; pls explain and/or consider reverting your revert Jan Hejkrlík (talk) 14:05, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit was incorrect on two counts. 1. Pipes should not be used to avoid redirects. See WP:NOPIPE. 2. The article title is Æthelwulf, King of Wessex, but you piped to Æthelwulf of Wessex, so you were introducing a double pipe. Dudley Miles (talk) 14:20, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thank you for your explanation: ok, you are partially right; nevertheless, the redirect remained: Æthelwulf instead of correct Æthelwulf, King of Wessex; on the next line in the infobox, it is also incorrect: Æthelberht is redirected to Æthelberht of Wessex, and then finally to Æthelberht, King of Wessex; probably, there will be more similar double-redirects in the article– I will check it and fix it as soon as I have more time Jan Hejkrlík (talk) 17:36, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing out the error with Æthelberht. I have corrected it. Æthelwulf is correct in accordance with WP:NOPIPE, as I pointed out. Dudley Miles (talk) 21:41, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promotion of Brochfael ap Meurig

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Your reversion of my edit to "Viking expansion"

Greetings and felicitations. I noticed that you reverted my edit to "Viking expansion" with the comment "Too vague to tell us anything". How much more detail than "Cleaned up MOS:ORDER and other matters" do you want for three changes? —DocWatson42 (talk) 09:24, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies. That was an error. I meant to delete "Indeed, one of the only detailed accounts of a Viking burial comes from Ibn-Fadlan's account." as vague and unhelpful and did not notice that you were moving it, not adding it to the article. Dudley Miles (talk) 16:09, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. ^_^ —DocWatson42 (talk) 20:57, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Watchlist problem

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I have Wikipedia:WikiProject Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms/Popular pages on my watchlist and when I checked it this morning a change by User:Community Tech bot showed up, but it is no longer showing on today's changes. Can you advise why this is and how I can stop it happening in the future. Thanks Dudley Miles (talk) 08:01, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Helped. I believe going to the "Watchlist" tab of your user preferences and removing the

for Hide bot edits from the watchlist would be the solution. If you have any questions, you are always welcome to ask me on my talk page. Alternatively, you can ask your question at the Teahouse, or join Wikipedia's Live Help IRC channel to get real-time assistance. Happy editing, Sam Sailor 16:25, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promotion of Meurig ab Arthfael

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This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:06, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for reverting the edit

@Dudley Miles:Thank you for reverting my Roman Britain edit when I added a source as no 1. I went through the article, and was able to craft a brief paragraph based on the source and added it to the relevant section (instead of just citing it as a source). Thank you for your feedback. Reykcultura7193 (talk) 08:53, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your contribution Reykcultura7193, but I have had to revert again. Naming and summarising the book in the text is undue emphasis on one of many sources. You could write that Hingley states that the conquest was a long drawn out process and cite his book with page number(s), but a summary belongs in the article about the book. Dudley Miles (talk) 11:43, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Dudley Miles: Thanks for the feedback and constructive criticism. I will stick to a sentence and cite his book per your suggestion.Reykcultura7193 (talk) 06:31, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

TFL notification

Hi, Dudley Miles. I'm just posting to let you know that Suffolk Wildlife Trust – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for November 25. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 21:26, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Giants. Dudley Miles (talk) 23:05, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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