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for the sake of convenience! You have one new one. :) Rudget (logs) 12:55, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 20 July, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dowlish Wake, 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.

--Gatoclass (talk) 10:50, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Image:Midfordrailway.JPG

A tag has been placed on Image:Midfordrailway.JPG requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I8 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is available as a bit-for-bit identical copy on the Wikimedia Commons under the same name, or all references to the image on Wikipedia have been updated to point to the title used at Commons.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on [[ Talk:Image:Midfordrailway.JPG|the talk page]] explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Sdrtirs (talk) 03:47, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Removal of copyvio notice from Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier

No idea what happened. Wasn't intentional, can only put it down to finger trouble or the damn wysiwig editor on the Mac. --SpunkyBob (talk) 19:14, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Weston population growth

Rod - I've removed the reference for Weston's population growth that pointed to the what's on in weston website. If you read the website you'll see that many of the facts on the page are actually word-for-word copies of the Wikipedia entry - either in its current form or in previous versions. For an example look at the Helidays text. I'm sure you'll agree it isn't a reliable source. --SpunkyBob (talk) 21:29, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music 1970

Hi Rod. Its just from personal experience. When I started scanning in the ticket and photo yesterday, the festival started to replay in my mind's eye and ears. Especially Johnny Winter and Mothers of Invention, who were almost unknown to me then. It was quite a surprise to see Donovan. It was fascinating to observe how he came to engage a very soggy and disgruntled audience. But he was not one of the featured artist as the article suggested, so I decided to correct it. I am wary of adding any more of these recollections to the article, (1) because I can not reference them, (2) because I will start to wax lyrical and make it sound more like an essay, rather than an encyclopaedic article. The other photos I have of the event are not really worth uploading. I only added the one I did because the article looked so drab without one. One of the other snaps, is a close-up of the left PA stack. It clearly shows the WEM logo on the red dish on top, and they (WEM) mention their contribution to this festival on their own site. [1] The photo shows 23 Speaker columns and a couple of what looks like 15 or 18 inch base speakers cabinets per stack, and rows of slave amps behind. The sound was the truly breath taking for those times. As you will know, most groups used Marshall amps and the power valves he used (EL34's I think) introduced a certain amount of characteristic distortion. On top of that, valve amps would 'clip' if run too loud – and groups would always run them at full bore. However, these WEM stacks sounded clean, yet punchy. It was not deafening, yet one could hear everything clearly -even from the far end of the field. Impressive enough, to use up one of my camera's precious shots to record it. Despite all the chaos and rain, it was the best natured and friendly festivals I ever went to.--Aspro (talk) 18:42, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

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Re: Church copyvio

Hey, thanks for your message. It was just a case of reverting it again, and I've protected it for 48 hours so hopefully we won't be hearing from them again. Thanks again for your message, cheers for helping to keep the Wiki-clean :-) Scarian^{Call me Pat!} 21:57, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hi Rod, Just a courtesy line to say thanks for your message, I like your professional tidying of my text (Milborne Port), I've got a lot to learn about Wikipedia, my field is archaeology and architecture rather than "writing" but I'll visit the pages you suggest before I make any more alterations. I'm glad to be of some help, All the very best, Frank ChurcH800 (talk) 21:09, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

thanks

Good morning Rod, I've looked at the Somerset project as you suggested, I'd be pleased to be of some use, but maybe firstly I'll put my immediate efforts into updating church information in your main pages. Its what I'm best at. I started studying church architecture at the age of 10 (thats 52 years ago but trying not to think upon that too deeply!), and several of my plans of churches are lodged with the Royal Commission on Hist Monuments in London. My specialist field is Anglo-Saxon churches. I did edit the Escomb church page before I tackled Milborne Port and I can see now my poor attempt needs tidying, perhaps its best left to your expertise as I have to firstly digest the Wiki pages you led me to! But I'll go back to it when I feel confident as I don't wish to load you up. If of any interest please visit my new site (which is ongoing) at - www.anglo-saxon-churches.co.uk All the best and have a good week, Frank ChurcH800 (talk) 07:29, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

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List of civil parishes in Somerset

Hi, You added an "incomplete list" tag to List of civil parishes in Somerset. I believe this list to be complete unless you know of some others which I don't know about?— Rod ^talk 13:42, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Hello again. I'll take your word for it, but I don't remember adding one to this - or any other - 'list of civil parishes'; I think they all derive from an ONS database so should be complete. So I have no objection to the tag being deleted. Best Wishes. Saga City (talk) 13:56, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

GA Review of Geology of Somerset

Hi! I have completed the GA review of Geology of Somerset, and the full review can be found at Talk:Geology of Somerset/GA1. I have some concerns about the referencing and MOS compliance of this article, and have put the article on hold to allow you time to address these. If you have any questions, you can ask them on the review page or on my talk page. Dana boomer (talk) 15:58, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi Rod. Thanks. I'm just trying to sort out the geology bit, Jurassic & Triassic - I'm trying to find references, as its almost a blank paragraph.Pyrotec (talk) 21:08, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Athelney abbey

You left me a message about Athelney, but my interest in in Cistercian houses, so I don't feel qualified to check this one which is Benedictine - sorry! Abbeybufo (talk • contribs) 19:22, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

link checker & .pd extension

I've been using your excellent link checker tool on Geology of Somerset, which is a current GA candidate & have dealt with most of the broken links etc. However the link to Severn Estuary Barrage from the Environment Agency gives a 200 error "File extension (.pd) not in dictionary" although the link opens the PDF document fine. Any ideas or help?— Rod ^talk 18:30, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Green colored links are alright, they're just colored differently to let you know that the server is doing something unusual. It probably should be colored blue since its an administrator configuration issue (.pd is not a register extension for PDFs), but the classification scheme is not self-consistent to begin with. — Dispenser 22:44, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Monarch's Way

Hi Rod, my main activity on this so far has been adding places along the route to Category:Monarch's Way. Since the places are generally small with fairly rudimentary articles, this generally involves considerable time on the articles along the route as well, so I'm been having a breather, but I'm happy to get started again. I've done all the articles at the southern end across (most of) Hampshire and Sussex, from Mottisfont to Shoreham-by-Sea (note that Shoreham needs disambiguation!). Do you think there is any merit in having a category like this? It would probably be of more use if the entries were sorted in sequence along the route, but I'm not sure how best to achieve this given that we don't yet know all the articles to be added. It could be done by estimating of the probable total number of articles and allocating key values to existing articles with plenty of gaps for insertions. Subdivision by county would be useful, but mihght not work as like many paths it may cross and re-cross county boundaries along the way.

My health does not allow any serious walking these days, but I live close to the Hampshire section and have walked and photographed some short sections (some photos are on geograph.org.uk in reduced size). Some paths like Itchen Way have GPS-generated route maps. I'm hoping to get hold of a GPS logger soon, so I could probably make some contribution to achieving this for my local section of the monarch's Way. Pterre (talk) 11:41, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi Rod, I'll take up your suggestion about working on the route description etc at my end, initially on the talk page. Pterre (talk) 10:07, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

I've added Hampshire and West Sussex sections to the route description on the talk page (please feel free to tweak as you see fit). Currently working on Wiltshire, and will do Dorset if no-one else has started on it. I'll hold off moving to the main article until the Charmouth to Shoreham section is complete. Pterre (talk) 16:55, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi Rod, just spotted your note on this and wondered if it would be best to put the sandbox on a sub-page rather than directly on the talk page. You could always translude it on to the talk page if required. Keith D (talk) 23:03, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Blush

Thanks for the barnstar Rod, I've come over all embarrassed! Pterre (talk) 08:39, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Oxford Wikimania 2010 and Wikimedia UK v2.0 Notice

Hi,

As a regularly contributing UK Wikipedian, we were wondering if you wanted to contribute to the Oxford bid to host the 2010 Wikimania conference. Please see here for details of how to get involved, we need all the help we can get if we are to put in a compelling bid.

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You may also wish to attend the next London meet-up at which both of these issues will be discussed. If you can't attend this meetup, you may want to watch Wikipedia:Meetup, for updates on future meets.

We look forward to hearing from you soon, and we send our apologies for this automated intrusion onto your talk page!

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Image deletion

Rod - unfortunately it is part of the automated process when you report an image for speedy deletion - it puts a notification on your talk page. Can't find a way around that, but I will look. What I will do, if it's OK with you, is come here and delete any notifications that are left for you as a result of my actions. At least that keeps things tidy. --TimTay (talk) 14:09, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Winscombe Page

Hello! Hope your well!

Just a quick one to say thanks for the edit on my section about the bells of winscombe so as the taylor's link could be pointed to that page.

I am slowly going to build up the Winscombe page so as it is more informative and give more about the history.

Do you know much about adding different sections to pages?

Kind Regards

Gareth Smart (talk) 09:18, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

A Winscombe resident

Welcome home

Canada. Somewhere nice? Work, holiday? --TimTay (talk) 16:33, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Cheddar

Yep, no probs. Let me know when you're ready for me. SP-KP (talk) 21:25, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

BRLSI page

Hi Rod,

I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to leave a reply to your message re. the BRLSI page, but I find Wikipedia's interface almost impossible to understand (and I've been in IT for over 30 years), and I'm just clutching at straws here!

I edit the newsletter and website for the BRLSI, and I'm hoping to get others at the Institution interested in adding material to the Wikipedia page.

> Would you be able to add inline citations for the other facts in the article?

As a relatively recent BRLSI member I'm not well versed in the history for citations etc, but there are people who are, and I'll contact them about it.

> A redirect might have been an easier way to achieve this [the 'BRLSI' page name change].

That may well be the case, but I'm afraid that wasn't made apparent to any reasonable degree by Wikipedia's help system. Sorry if my change caused any inconvenience.

The BRLSI's main public activity at the moment is its lecture programme (see www.brlsi.org/diary.htm), and I'll create a section on that soon. I've also got a pic of the building at night which shows the Casali paintings on the ceiling of the Elwin room, and as soon as I work out how to get it into the page, I'll add that too.

PaulStephens (talk) 08:00, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Blackdown hills

Rod, I've taken out your last edit (one only) has as it has corrupted the list of citations. I'm also starting the GAR.Pyrotec (talk) 14:25, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Done, on hold for minor fixes. Statement under way quite soon.Pyrotec (talk) 16:19, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Will do. Apologies for not having found time to look at Cheddar yet - I'll do that one too. SP-KP (talk) 17:16, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Neat trick for uploading Geograph images

Rod - I just discovered this tonight so thought I'd share it with you. If you click the "Interested in sharing this image" link on any Geograph picture page, it takes you to another page which gives you code that can be pasted directly into Wikimedia Commons. The code includes all the author information, the coordinates and the geograph template. It is very cool. As an example, look at the re-use page for this photo. Scroll down to Wikipedia and you can copy/paste the code directly into the basic upload form on Wikimedia Commons. --TimTay (talk) 21:44, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Image:Torrworksentrance.jpg

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Cleveland House picture

It wasn't on commons, it was in wikipedia space which is why it didn't show up. Have migrated it commons and it now works perfectly. --TimTay (talk) 20:33, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Wookey Hole Accuracy

In response to message on User_talk:Tim_P:

Need to find my copy of The Darkness Beckons. My recollection is that the dive described on to Jack Sheppard (cave diver) is the "first" but was unsuccessful, the one in Wookey Hole Caves was the first successful dive. This seems to be confirmed in article by John Buxton so maybe I don't need The Darkness Beckons.

::Tim P (talk) 20:34, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Hinkley Point C

But who will lead the proposers' team in the planning inquiry? David Silsoe is sadly no longer with us. Guy (Help!) 08:01, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Hinkley Point C nuclear power station

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Daniel Case (talk) 18:52, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Snuff Mills notice boards

Hi. I'm an admin on the commons, and I've been moving a lot of your images of Bristol across. However, I came across a few of your photos of the Snuff Mills where you have taken photos of notice boards. This is copyright infringement as the UK freedom of panorama laws do not cover 2D works such as notice boards. Thanks. -mattbuck (Talk) 20:50, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi. I only removed galleries when there was a commons category which covered the same thing. You're right I can be a bit zealous about about galleries, but it generally seems to me that galleries contribute very little to an article, and would be better served if they were standard images on the right or left. Then, to be honest, I don't actually care that much - remove the cleanup tags if you wish, you're probably in a better position to judge their worth to the article than I am.

As for the advantages of commons, first off Commons would ideally host all free media on any Wikimedia project, as once an image is on commons it can be used easily by any project. Moreover, it puts all the images together, and generally categorised, which they're often not on wikipedia. My main purpose in this mass move is that eventually I will be able to geocode all the images so that people know where they are, and they will be visible on Google Earth. -mattbuck (Talk) 11:52, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Moving's pretty easy - I use the CommonsHelper tool to do it for me, then just fix the categorisation at the other end. I don't know if I will do somerset as I have a lot less knowledge of that area for geocoding purposes. That being said, Google Earth is fantastically helpful. -mattbuck (Talk) 14:16, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

St Fagans

Hi Rodw, I notice that you have assessed St Fagans National History Museum as being of LOW importance. Since this is part of a National museum (the National Museum of Wales) don't you think it should be rated a bit higher? (The guidance says National museums should be rated 'high'.) ♦ Jongleur¹⁰⁰ ♦ ^talk 13:06, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I will. Cheers. ♦ Jongleur¹⁰⁰ ♦ ^talk 13:34, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Cheddar

Sir Bartholemew was actually an ancestor of mine on my Fathers side and can be proved through many reliable sources as a once-living induvidual.Gwilad (talk) 18:30, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

ok sorry :P Gwilad (talk) 18:38, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Bridgwater and Taunton images

Rod, thanks for the note. I have left a reply on my page. Bob1960evens (talk) 20:33, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Nettlecombe, Minehead Without and an invitation to join Wikiproject:Somerset

Hi Rod.

Thanks for chiming in on Nettlecombe and Minehead Without articles. It is always a good feeling when I discover somebody has already improved an article I've added within minutes; at least it shows somebody else is interested. Some articles I've started still have not been edited by anyone else two years later, which is a bit disheartening.

As far as joining the Wikiproject:Somerset, I'm not sure. I'm afraid I tend to flit through subjects, and I added a Settlements section to West Somerset after visiting it and being slightly disatisfied that there wasn't one. I got to that article from the Minehead article, which I visited because of a (real-world) visit to Minehead last Friday. In adding the Settlements I found some inconsistencies and missing stuff, and you have seen the rest.

I'll probably work in this area for a few more days now, but I will eventually go off at a tangent somewhere else, and maybe not come back for a while. Because of this I tend to avoid projects, but I have joined one or two. I'll ponder it; thanks for making me welcome. -- Starbois (talk) 19:43, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Welcome

Hi Rodw. Thanks for the welcome! 86.139.141.218 (talk) 19:45, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

That and this

I've seen a lot of your excellent pictures of Bristol and surrounds being copied over to Wikimedia Commons. Your one-man photographic guide to Bristol should make interesting viewing when you publish it! That was that, but there was this too: I was wondering if you've ever considered putting yourself through the torture of Wikipedia:Requests for adminship? Angus McLellan (Talk) 22:45, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

To be honest, you don't need to be a "political" admin. Most aren't. I dabble a bit myself, but mainly I stick to emptying the bins and stuff like that. But I'm not going to twist your arm. If you ever change your mind, do let me know. All the very best, Angus McLellan (Talk) 22:54, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Infobox SSSI template

I am doing some work on SSSIs and have noticed that the notification year has been added inconsistently to Template:Infobox SSSI - sometimes using the 1949 act date, sometimes using the 1981 act date. I don't think its controversial, we just need to agree which date to standardise on. I saw you have made some changes to the template in the past, I just wondered if you could pop along to the talk page and add your comments. Thanks. ++ MortimerCat (talk) 18:12, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Bridgwater and Taunton Canal article

Hi Rod, I noticed the comment if there is anything I can do to help to get it up to GA let me know in the note you left on my page. I have no idea how that process happens. I know it also happened to the Grand Western Canal article, which I did a lot of work on, but it is all a bit of a mystery. Any thoughts? Regards Bob1960evens (talk) 18:16, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Porlock Bay

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Keep up the good work! ~ User:Ameliorate! ^{(with the !) (talk)} 01:24, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Coord precision

Hi! I see you've been adding some coordinates to articles. I've been doing the same recently to places in Devon, but I've been specifying them to the nearest second of arc (using Google Earth imagery mostly), whereas I note you've only been specifying to the minute, which if it's acceptable is clearly quicker.

The problem I see with this - especially for buildings like Heddon Valley Shop - is that any generated marker on a map or satellite image will appear in the wrong place if it's only specified to the minute. For instance, I understand that Google now parses Wikipedia articles monthly and adds any geo-tags with the "title" parameter to its mapping. I've noticed many of these in the wrong place - for instance Lynton and Lynmouth both have Wikipedia markers shown well inland at 51°13′N 3°50′W and 51°13′N 3°49′W respectively.

I suspect that you've been geocoding articles longer that I have, so do you know of any discussion about this issue - I can't be the first one to be concerned about this. Please reply here, I'll be watching.  —SMALLJIM  14:21, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

(I've copied your reply here - I can't get on with split conversations, sorry!)
Hi, Thanks for your message. I'm no expert on this but have been trying to do them for the Somerset WikiProject & I think the overlap is because Exmoor sites come up under the Devon & Somerset categories. I've been following the instructions at: Wikipedia:Geocoding how-to for WikiProject members which only includes minute rather than seconds & the instruction to "Please don't be overly precise." - but I would agree for buildings etc seconds would be better. It's probably best to ask the question at Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates where the real experts are.— Rod ^talk 14:33, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the pointers, Rod. Apologies for being lazy and asking you instead of searching for this stuff myself. I'll see whether this has already been discussed and raise it if not. I think the problem is that even a coarsely-defined pair of coordinates still defines a point, not an area, as far as the current range of mapping software is concerned anyway.  —SMALLJIM  15:58, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

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DYK for Bloodhound SSC

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Thank you for your nomination! - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 10:54, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Westhay Moor

I just came across an interesting reference about reclamation of peat bog at Westhay for agricultural use (related to galton's canal) that is of interest to your Westhay Moor article. [2] I'll leave it with you to do as you wish with it:) Derek Andrews (talk) 18:07, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Somerset pages

Thanks for my Barnstar. I've now looked at all the Somerset villages A to D and may do the others later. Here's something you, or someone else, might perhaps help to clarify: I live 100 miles away, but have visited the village of Gurney Slade twice. As you drive into it, the signs say GURNEY SLADE, with (BINEGAR) below. There's no Somerset page for Gurney Slade, except Gurney Slade Quarry. There should at least be a re-direct, but that's not something I get involved with. I know that the post office [first mentioned in 1875] is and has always been called Gurney Slade - but that info, though it's from a reliable source, has never been published, so I shan't be adding it. Anthony Newley's 1960 ATV series "The Strange World of Gurney Slade" Anthony Newley#Acting also merits a link. NinetyCharacters (talk) 19:00, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Meare Pool

I just made a couple of tweaks to try and resolve Wetmans queries. Can you check that the Michael Havinden reference got moved with the phrase it was intended for. Derek Andrews (talk) 23:12, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Rod. Wetman still has a problem with "Meare Pool originated by encroachment of the growth of raised peat bogs around it". I tend to agree and wonder if ""Meare Pool originated by encroachment of the growth of raised peat bogs around it" would still be correct? It seems more logical to me, but wonder if it is still accurate. Do you have access to the full paper - all I have is the abstract. Derek Andrews (talk) 11:55, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

I just added a reference at Meare Pool which I now notice seems (to me) to conflict with the timeline you provided at River Brue for the diversion of the Brue. 12th century vs 1230 and 1250. maybe just talking about different things? (I also now notice you are editing at the same time as me and added the same reference). I have to quit and do some work now, will get back to this later:) Derek Andrews (talk) 16:47, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK questions for Gants Mill

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Rod, you may be able to squeeze something out of this reference [3] under mills. Derek Andrews (talk) 22:50, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Gants Mill

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Gatoclass (talk) 11:42, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Re: Somerset & bridges

Hello Rod, thank you for welcoming me to the Somerset project! I admit that I'm surprised to now realise that the project encompasses BANES, North Somerset, and Bristol. I have only lived in Somerset (indeed, in the UK) for six years, and although I am familiar with the ceremonial extent of Somerset's boundaries, I certainly don't ever think of Somerset as still including those areas! Although my expertise does relate to the bridges and rivers within the current administrative borders of Somerset, I will probably contribute to the other structures you mentioned, especially in a technical sense. Thank you again for the welcome! Maedin\^talk 20:48, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Meare Pool

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Gatoclass (talk) 11:14, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Tithe Barn, Pilton

On 9 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tithe Barn, Pilton, 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) 15:31, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Bridgwater Bay

On 15 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bridgwater Bay, 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.

Cirt (talk) 10:31, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Bridgwater Bay

Hi. I've taken a look at the Ecology section of the article, and all the links look fine to me. If there are any you were particularly worried about, let me know, and I'll double-check them - it's always possible that I might have missed an error or two. SP-KP (talk) 20:23, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Henry Greathead

Rod, I was wondering if I could ask a favour? I have been working on Henry Greathead (nothing to do with Somerset - I got sidetracked) the last few days and would appreciate it if you have time to give it a look over and make any changes or suggestions. I want to submit it for DYK. Thanks, Derek Andrews (talk) 13:52, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your suggestions Rod. All done now. Derek Andrews (talk) 16:23, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Project Somerset

Thanks for the welcome. not sure how to 'join' officially but will but will work on some things linked to form the project page. Pontificalibus (talk) 18:22, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Cheers, I fixed the join link :) Pontificalibus (talk) 18:33, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Plymouth

Hi, I believe I've finished going through the points you have raised for improvement. I had a few problems, which I raised at the bottom of the peer review. I would appreciate any feedback from you when you've got a moment (link). Tis the season to be jolly (talk) 14:43, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Looks like you were write about closing the peer review. Just hours afterwards a GA review was initiated. Jolly Ω Janner 23:20, 9 December 2008 (UTC)