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Chew Stoke

How is this vandalism? FM [ talk to me | show contributions ]  18:40, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

sorry hadn't noticed that however that is more of a test than vandalism FM [ talk to me | show contributions ]  19:18, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

For warning users about test's use this template. For the edit summary, just take the word 'vandalism' out. If you use wp:Rollback, click 'Rollback' or 'Rollback (AGF)' rather than 'Rollback (Vandal)'. If you use Huggle I am afraid, snce I do not use that, It is out of my knowlage area. I hope this helps! FM [ talk to me | show contributions ]  17:01, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Merger of Blackdown pages

I agree that the Blackdown Beacon Batch and Blackdown Mendip pages should be merged for the reasons that you have given. However there is still a great deal that can be added regarding the decoy town and the barrowsRoger Dog (talk) 21:26, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Cothay Manor

Thank you for adding the correct structure dating category to the article on Cothay Manor. I know such categories exist, but being that old sometimes you don't know if they are presently created. Best Regards, --Trident13 (talk) 22:07, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Well done for creating the article - I'm just adding cats & refs. I have a picture to add but commons servers are being slow. How do you feel about an infobox for the article?— Rod ^talk 22:14, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes, happy to go find a suitable infobox. Next job after that will be the creation of the Greenham, Somerset article. Best Regards, --Trident13 (talk) 22:16, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

It might be best just to do Greenham, Somerset as a redirect to Stawley which is its parish & Stawley might be too small for its own article.— Rod ^talk 22:35, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Agreed - there's a nice ref on Du Cann's wife being buried in the local church. Someone can always open it up later. Rgds, --Trident13 (talk) 22:38, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Worle

Hi Rod. I'll add an pronunciation IPA guide to the name, which will make it unambiguous (although I'm inclined to leave the Wurl approximation in as well, as it's more easily comprehensible to casual readers). I agree with the point made by the other user's change, which was that some accents pronounce the "Wh" digraph as "hw" (see here), and therefore "Whirl" is not strictly homophonous. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 20:01, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Blackdown

I'm 66. I was brought up in Bristol. In the 1950s I used to go caving around Burrington Combe and fell in love with that part of the Mendips. In 1989, when my son was 9, I took him walking / lightweight camping on the Mendips, and up to Beacon Batch. Not far away, towards Tynings, we found an air raid shelter of brick with a concrete roof. Until then I had thought the decoy town 'humps' had been lit by hurricane lamps or similar, but the shelter had steel rods sticking up from the concrete floor which were clearly hold-down bolts for a fairly large generator, so clearly the decoy humps were lit with electric bulbs. The air raid shelter might still be there, of course. I live near Edinburgh now and don't have much chance to travel south. If it has gone, then it will have been removed by that strange segment of society that believes we should destroy all our industrial archaeology and return everything to green fields. If the shelter is no longer there, I can probably give you its co-ordinates. Triumphtigger (talk) 13:11, 26 December 2008 (UTC) --Triumphtigger (talk) 13:11, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Black Down/Beacon Batch

Hi Rod, I left you a note on Talk:Beacon_Batch#Merger_proposal. Drmies (talk) 22:51, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

N. Curry page vandalism

Hi, Rod et happy new year. Is it my imagination or does the North Curry page seem to get an inordinate amount of vandalism? Does it warrant some level of protection? What is it about N. Curry that invites this? Bizarre. cheers, celia —Preceding unsigned comment added by Celiakozlowski (talk • contribs) 15:36, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Rod, sorry I missed your reply. I had visitors (from Bristol!) over Christmas, then went away for New Year.

I have a 1958 OS map of WSM. The old generator shelter was, I think, at about 471566. Google Earth shows the place better than the OS map.

Get Tynings Farm. Go north up the track towards the rough ground of Blackdown. There is an E-W fence / hedge. JUST to the left of where the path goes through the hedge was the shelter. I can't see it on Google Earth, so somebody obviously decided that this bit of our history wasn't worth keeping. Having said that, Rod, I'm not 100% sure. I left the trig point at Blackdown with my son in 1989 and walked down the track towards Tynings. I THINK I went down the track towrads Tynings, but I might have gone west and down through the woods. I'm hoping to retrace my journey later this year.

Richard

--Triumphtigger (talk) 19:22, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Rod, I can see the old bunker on Google Earth, it's still there, where I said, above Tynings just inside the fence, behind trees. It is green, so it's grass-covered. The entrance is visible on the image, as is a small vent shaft. I could send you the pic from GE but I don't really want to put my email on Wiki... Richard --Triumphtigger (talk) 22:48, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Grade I listed buildings

Oops! thanks for fixing Dundas!--Major_Clanger (talk) 20:48, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Rod,

I noticed the photo of Joseph's well at Glastonbury Abbey needs to be rotated to the left 90degrees. As it is, the well is up in the air. Thanks! Jan143jeff (talk) 03:42, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

River Parrett

Hi Rod, Sorry about the edit conflicts. I was checking citations / correcting citations and wikipedia got very slow. I'd seen a couple of your changes, but I'd not realised that we were clashing.Pyrotec (talk) 22:16, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

County templates

If the county templates are on the SWCP page, shouldn't the path be on the templates? I thought that was how these things usually worked, but it's not on Somerset or Dorset template. PamD (talk) 10:56, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Brympton D'evercy

I'm one of the local Councillors and at the time was an objector at the public inquiry. Much of that is public record and on the web (including evidence lists). The evidence was that there were substantial gardens, with dates, and plenty of remaining evidence on the ground. Adron Duckworth at South Somerset DC (or Rob Archer) might be able to help with finding reference material.

Likewise former residents John or Caroline Weeks (who've escaped to the Isle Of White) or West Coker resident Ross Aitken (try Googling Ropewalk Trust)?

There are new owners, I only have one female adult and one minor, with different names on the Electoral Register. As such I'm presuming John sold to another Judge. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.169.32.250 (talk) 16:57, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Brympton D'Evercy

I'm one of the local Councillors and at the time was an objector at the public inquiry. Much of that is public record and on the web (including evidence lists). The evidence was that there were substantial gardens, with dates, and plenty of remaining evidence on the ground. Adron Duckworth at South Somerset DC (or Rob Archer) might be able to help with finding reference material.

Likewise former residents John or Caroline Weeks (who've escaped to the Isle Of White) or West Coker resident Ross Aitken (try Googling Ropewalk Trust)?

There are new owners, I only have one female adult and one minor, with different names on the Electoral Register. As such I'm presuming John sold to another Judge.

... and I'll sign it this time

194.169.32.250 (talk) 16:58, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Grade 1 Listed Bldgs in S. Somerset

Hiya, Rod. I'd be happy to turn my hand to some of the grade1 listed churches near me. Do you think they should all have a page of their own or would it be good enough just to link to the village page or a section of the Tour of Somerset Towers? For example, I have some pix inside and outside of St. Andrew's in Curry Rivel. Should I just put it on the village page or start a new page called St. Andrew's Parish Church, Curry Rivel?Celia Kozlowski (talk) 23:41, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

G1 listed bldgs

Thanks Rod, that's helpful. I won't be able to get started on this until after the 8th--I'm on deadline for my articles for real work! Not to mention the snow is calling me.... cheers, Celia Kozlowski (talk) 11:09, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

N. Curry page vandalism and one particular user

Rod, this guy's ( 62.172.108.23) talk page as well as the history of vandalism to the North Curry page seems to indicate that he's the main perpetrator. Is there some way to ban one particular user from editing a page, based on repeat incidents of vandalism to that page? Celia Kozlowski (talk) 12:07, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

I followed this up out of curiosity... it had me puzzled till I realised you need to link to User:62.172.108.23! Just go for getting him blocked in general for longer and longer periods, I'd think, as almost all the edits seem unhelpful. PamD (talk) 15:27, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Wells Cathedral

(Very belated) Thanks for the welcome note on my talk page. I'm hoping to stay around and do some more editing, just haven't had time this month. I'm planning to do a bit of editing on the Wells Cathedral article. A few bits in that look like they could do with some tidying up -- the section I added included! -- Eudyptula (talk) 23:05, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Tithe Barn, Pilton

Sorry about my error. I did attempt to check the effect of my image edit but unfortunately I looked at the first image on the page, not the relevant second one.--User:Brenont (talk) 05:11, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Buildings and Architecture of Bristol

What a neat article. Congrats and thanks for a good read. MarmadukePercy (talk) 07:03, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Church of St Mary Magdalene, Chewton Mendip

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--Dravecky (talk) 08:21, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Selwood, Somerset

I saw your expansion of the article Selwood, Somerset. You say "Manor Farmhouse in West Woodlands provides a particularly good survival of 17th century interior features in a very fine state of preservation" and bring the following reference: <ref>{{cite web|title=Manor Farmhouse, West Woodlands|work=Images of England|publisher=English Heritage|accessdate=2009-01-28}}</ref>. You forgot to mention the url. I searched "Images of England", but didn't find it. I did find this link, which mentions the Manor Farmhouse in section "Names of people and buildings". Would you be so kind to provide the url you visited, please. Thank you. Debresser (talk) 12:20, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

That's a nice house! :) Thanks. Debresser (talk) 12:35, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Taunton pops

I agree that the various figures and definitions belong further down the article. I was trying to clear up a rather confused opening (the unparished area had been mixed up with the district of Taunton Deane). Sometimes population figures can attract minor edit wars if it is not clear what you are referring to, with advocates of large undefined areas totting up surrounding parishes and districts to bolster their case and their adversaries cutting the figure back to the bare minimum. Not sure why.

I would perhaps cut it back to:

Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. The town, including its suburbs, had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. It is the largest town in Somerset.

And make sure those suburbs are listed in demography.

Lozleader (talk) 14:03, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

That's it! Lozleader (talk) 14:49, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Sorbus Taxon D

Hi - Just to let you know, Sorbus "Taxon D" has now been formally named. We were discussing this a while back in the context of an Exmoor article, I think. If you'd like to know more details, let me know. SP-KP (talk) 23:20, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

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Somerset

Hi Rod. Just wanted to let you know I think your recent work on Somerset towns has been brilliant - well done! I'm really enjoying reading the stuff you have added, I'm very much a Somerset person myself (although I don't live there) and find your additions very interesting. Keep up the great work! Paul75 (talk) 01:38, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Adelard

Hi -- Oops, sorry about the broken reference in the caption of the Adelard image. You were correct about tracking it down in the Euclid's Elements article.--76.167.77.165 (talk) 07:12, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Commenting of BRFAs

People think (for some reason) that they're not allowed to interfere in the world of Wikipedia bots. We'd like to change that view, and in general make the whole community less clique-y. So ye, please post away on any and every request you want to comment on, and urge others to do the same. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 21:07, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

But you know Wikipedia very well (30,000 edit I hear) - so you must know what's a good thing to be doing and what's not... In fact, we in the Bot Approvals Group have often been accused of giving the green light to bots merely because they work as intended, even when they are doing a controversial or pointless task. So, as above, the comments of an unbiased, respected Wikipedia are welcome, even if you don't know how bots work. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 09:49, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi Rod, Noticed this cryptic conversation and had a look to see what it was about. I think templates like {{IoE}} are a godsend in this sort of case, so that when a major source restructures its website we can fix all the links easily. I created {{EW charity}} and {{Scottish charity}} for links to the Charity Commission for England and Wales and the equivalent Scottish body, and the CC propmtly restructured its site. After some email contact with a helpful chap there I got a new formula for reg no -> web address, and mended the template. I've also created a family of related templates, for Yorkshire, for links to GENUKI: {{genukiwry}} etc. You might be interested in making a modified version for some of your Southwest interests (though I think Yorkshire is more thoroughly covered by Genuki than much of the country). Cheers, PamD (talk) 10:15, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

• Had a quick look: http://www.genuki.org.uk:8080/big/eng/SOM/ChewMagna/index.html is the sort of stuff, might be worth considering adding - provides access to info which other people are maintaining, with scope to navigate upwards for more general local info too.

1 St Andrew St

Hi Rod, on List of Grade I listed buildings in Mendip you have 1 St Andrew St listed. I see it in the IoE search results, but there is no further info about it. I sent them a message yesterday seeking clarification. I'm actually at a loss as to what building it is. I have looked at Google satellite of the area and just can't reconcile it with anything I see there. So, just FYI its a mystery to me too. --Derek Andrews (talk) 14:44, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

I just got a reply: "House at end of row, formerly part of No.1, Vicars' Close (qv). C14 and C15, some later additions." I still can't reconcile this with the photo they show. But I assume that it must be the first house in Vicars Close, but the address has changed. If so, I'm not sure it should be considered distinct to the rest of Vicars Close.--Derek Andrews (talk) 15:53, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi. I've nominated Vicars' Close, Wells, an article you worked on, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Wikipedia:Did you know. You can see the hook for the article here, where you can improve it if you see fit. Derek Andrews (talk) 00:12, 8 March 2009 (UTC) Thanks, Derek Andrews (talk) 00:12, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

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link to William Leir

Hi Rod, Good to hear from you.

The Ditcheat page has a link to William Leir (no such page yet). Does that mean the author was planning to do it, or was it more of a suggestion for someone else to do it?

There are several people who could be subject of a page, including past rectors of the church (including at least 3 Leirs), and even the family tree. Can you think of other Wikipedia pages that set a precedent in this matter?

Thanks Rick Rleir (talk) 10:20, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Clevedon

Terribly sorry, I did indeed click the wrong name to add the warning. magnius (talk) 21:44, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Vicars' Close, Wells

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Bristol / West of England

I've just noticed your comment at Talk:Bristol: "In boundaries I can't believe "Greater Bristol" is equated by anyone to the "West of England"." I'm not sure what you're saying there - is it that you don't think that the term "West of England" is used for the greater Bristol area, or something else? Happy to address your concerns - at Talk:West of England if you like. Ghmyrtle (talk) 09:47, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

The term "West of England" is sometimes used for the whole South West region - but it is also used, very specifically, by local authorities and others (government agencies etc.), for the area covered by the West of England Partnership [1] - that is, the former Avon area which is also sometimes referred to as "Greater Bristol". I worked for Avon and for the Partnership and can assure you that there is now no agreed consensus name for the "former Avon area" - the word "Avon" is unacceptable to many politicians and the public, as is the term "Greater Bristol", especially if you live in Bath, North Somerset, or South Gloucs and don't want to accept the reality of living within the hinterland of a big(ger) city! Hence, the term "West of England" (pioneered by UWE) began to be used by local politicians in the 1990s as the least unacceptable term for the area. So, I think the current wording in the Bristol article is OK, (even accepting, of course, it is certifiably bonkers to claim that the area actually is, in fact, in "the west of England"!) Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:22, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Taunton flower show

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invitation

You're invited to sign up as a founding member, at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#WikiProject Historic Sites ! :) doncram (talk) 08:18, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Historic Sites is opened up. I took the liberty of assuming your support for the wikiproject meant you wanted to join as a member, and I copied your signature to the Members list on the main page. Please visit and add to, or remove, your listing there. It would be great to hear about what you're interested in the Wikiproject becoming, in your member comment and/or at the Talk page, shortcut wt:HSITES. Thanks for your support! doncram (talk) 17:33, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

50 DYK Medal

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really nice

Bath, Somerset is a really nice article, about a really nice place. Been there, but my pics are, well, inadequate to capture the place. :( Buildings and architecture of Bristol is pretty great, too. Thanks for developing them! doncram (talk) 21:50, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

register list

i'll let anyone else respond otherwise at wt:HSITES, but offhand i think it is easier to develop the table on our project page first. It will have stuff not appropriate to include in the mainspace List of historic registers. I agree it is a high/top importance list-article for the project though, just guess it is easier to develop quickly, later, by cutting down the project table, when that is more stable. Currently I think the project table has everything and more than on the mainspace page. doncram (talk) 18:57, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Float

Try Fire-float Salamander and these with the LFB. I am not going to criticise Pippa for using the term "fire float" but she certainly needs controlling re content forks! -- Sgroupace (talk) 19:26, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

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Sandford, Somerset Edit

Not sure if this is where I'm supposed to put this, but oh well. Sandford may not have been the filming location, but it was the setting, fictional or not. Dark Knight was set in Gotham City but filmed in Chicago, IL, USA, yet we say its location is Gotham City. I don't mind a rewording of the post to account for this, but please do not remove it. I think a " In Popular Culture" section for this town would be a nice addition. The article is quite small, and it's been mentioned in two relatively big movies, so why not mention it on its Wikipedia page?

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DYK for Nailsea Court

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Shubinator (talk) 23:00, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

St Mary Magdalene, Taunton

Hi, having seen this article at DYK, I'm slightly puzzled by the quotation you give there and in fuller version at St Mary Magdalene, Taunton from Jenkins's "England's Thousand Best Churches". Looking at page 617 of the book, he describes the church as having "the noblest parish tower in England." There is no mention of it being "the finest in England" or of it "[making] its peace with the sky not just with a coronet but with the entire crown jewels cast in red-brown stone." I've got the same ISBN as your reference, so which page are you looking at, please? Regards, Bencherlite^Talk 01:58, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

No problem, I understand entirely. I think you can still have the DYK if you amend the hook to match the new quotation, which I'll add to the article now (now done); I've suggested a revised hook at DYK as a holding measure until you can get back to it. Regards, Bencherlite^Talk 10:08, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

List of Grade I listed buildings in North Somerset

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Stoke sub Hamdon

This is the source: Collingwood, R. G. (1965) The Roman Inscriptions of Britain. I: Inscriptions on stone (there is a rev. ed. of 1994). It says the stone is at Taunton Museum: I will add some detail later.----Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 08:25, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: your message to me

I'm surprised by your message. I have not edited any wikipedia pages - in fact I've been thanked for asking questions about POSSIBLY including an EL on the Talk page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cattybristol (talk • contribs) 19:02, 26 April 2009 (UTC) forgot signature Cattybristol (talk) 19:20, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

DYK for St Mary Magdalene, Taunton

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Shubinator (talk) 22:24, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Poundisford Park

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Lytes Cary

Just to let you know I'm going to be bold and do the move, in case you were going to do some editing now. Have added refs, BTW, so the DYK is supported (tho not online) Stronach (talk) 11:54, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Oh bollocks I appear to have fucked up and I'm not sure what I've done wrong. I really should stick to straight editing... Any chance you could sort out my mess as per your suggestion on the Lytes Cary Manor talk page? Ta Stronach (talk) 12:07, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

All sorted by kindly User:Zzuuzz, and nominated for DYK Template_talk:Did_you_know#Articles_created.2Fexpanded_on_April_28. Stronach (talk) 13:27, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Hatch_Court

Sorry, was an oversight. I removed the tag. T3chl0v3r (talk) 21:03, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Lytes Cary

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DYK for Cothelstone Manor

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DYK for Lytes Cary

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Thanks Rod Victuallers (talk) 16:41, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Your welcome message

Thankyou for your message. I have multiple accounts but refuse to sign in because of the high-handed treatment I have experienced at the hands of those who consider themselves to be in charge. E.g. I once created a page about a not-very-important person. I complied with every rule of creation, but the next day it had been deleted. After some effort I tracked down the guilty party who re-instated the page. No explanation, no apology. I cannot work under those conditions.

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Monarch's Way

The way is an approximation of the king's route using available public rights of way and visiting the main places noted in the historic records. Large sections of the route have been radically changed by enclosure, mining, urbanisation and the building of roads, canals and railways in the following centuries. Whereas using these may appear to be anachronistic they allow a more pleasant walk than the public highway. They provide a view of the industrial history of the intervening period particularly through the Black Country.

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The George Inn, Norton St Philip

Nice article. I'm flattered that you chose my photo for both articles! Rodhullandemu 21:28, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

East Coker

Thank you for your comments. I marked the edit 'minor' not entirely out of indolence; I neither removed nor added any text, merely rearranged it to make the page more readable and consistent. 'Landmarks': to omit the church, which dominates the village, and relegate it to the bottom of the page under the rather bogus title of 'Religious Sites' (there being only one) seems absurd. Moreover, whilst I'm not familiar with many Wikipedia 'village' pages, I hope I'd never find another so overpowered and unbalanced by such a turgid and frankly boring treatise on its 'Governance'. Include it by all means, but perhaps not so prominently? Regards, Ptelea (talk) 12:28, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for The George Inn, Norton St Philip

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Dravecky (talk) 06:56, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

? New Bridewell = Central Police Station, Bristol

Hi Rod, My understanding is that the New Bridewell is the 70's office block on lewins Mead which has been surrounded by scaffolding for a couple of years. I don't think the police use much of the building now, since they moved their headquarters to Portishead. Sorry that you had to wait two years for an answer!! Jezhotwells (talk) 21:43, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Farleigh Hungerford Castle

When you nominate Farleigh Hungerford Castle for DYK (which I assume you will be as it fits the criteria), I suggest you use one of the images as they look good and you'll probably get the top spot. Castles articles usually get a few thousand visits when they're on the mainpage. Nev1 (talk) 12:29, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

I think the one of the gateway in the infobox is probably a good bet. The image of the ruined tower is too tall (although it could be cropped), so wouldn't look good at 100x100 px, and the same goes for the painting; I don't think the chapel is as eyecatching as the gateway and might seem a bit odd unless the chapel is mentioned in the hook. Flickr has a few images under a commons licence, and although I don't think they should replace the ones in the article it might be worth creating a category on commons and uploading them there. Nev1 (talk) 14:16, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

I've added a link to the commons category in the article. The DYK hook is the same one I would have chosen. You forgot to add you name to the nomination, but I've fixed it. Nev1 (talk) 14:29, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Not a silly question at all, they're in the local university library. Nev1 (talk) 21:17, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Cheddar Gorge depth details

Rod, you seem to have done a lot of the work in cleaning up the Cheddar Gorge article, so I am hoping maybe you might be able to clear up the points I made on the discussion page. Right now it seems the points about the gorge's dimensions are based on inaccurate heresay. Would you be able to work out what the correct details should be (I failed to find any well researched sources for the "largest gorge" point)? Cheers.

TarquinWJ (talk) 19:33, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Farleigh Hungerford Castle

On June 3, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Farleigh Hungerford 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.

Royalbroil 03:49, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Hyphens

Hi Rod, thanks for the message. I realise that the MOS is a bit hazy on hyphens, but it is quite conventional to operate with the following system: "In the seventeenth century, many fourteenth-century windows were restored." In other words, just as it is correct to write, "He was well known in England, but he wasn't a well-known man in France", when one has an adjectival phrase in front of a noun, (eg "a seventeenth-century book"), a hyphen is needed. Look at one of the categories at the bottom of the Farleigh Hungerford Castle page; it is "14th-century architecture". Sorry to be vague and inconclusive, but it's just a personal thing of mine re these hyphens, and where they are lacking I tend to add them. Please feel free to remove them if they really trouble you. Cheers, Ericoides (talk) 07:14, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

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"Somerset" metricated

Hi Rod, I think I have completely changed the measures in the article to Metric first, but if I have missed something or if there is any concern, please let me know. Michael Glass (talk) 03:31, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Triple crown nom

Could you please reformat your triple crown nom to include all the entries combined as it would appear at the main list page, and remove the indented comments? Thank you, Cirt (talk) 16:26, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! ;) Cirt (talk) 16:44, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Tessa munt

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Pilton Tithe Barn

Rod,

It is accurate to say that my team were heavily involved with this project, it has never been reported anywhere and seems pertinent. I am afraid I am a little uncertain of the conflict of interest rules. Does this mean if I post this information it is in breach, but if someone else does it is not?

Can you please advise how it should be mentioned if you consider it to be incorrect.

I am afraid my skills at editing pages are a bit poor also.

On a seperate note, you left me a thanks a while ago for my contributions to "shepton Mallet".

I have recently been trying to add a link to my website www.merchants-house.co.uk to that property under the landmarks section. I have recently just finished conserving and restoring it and gained several awards. We are also entered into the international finals of RICS 2009 and the Wood Awards 2009. It is a non commercial interest/educational site although I do mention other companies who have helped.

Jon

Jonmaine (talk) 14:12, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Somerset group

I will see about joining, may be able to contribute local knowledge.

Look forward to what you say about The Merchants House, I was contemplating writing one myself but could have fallen foul of rules I am as yet unfamiliar with, not to say be appalling with my syntax.

~ ~ ~ ~  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonmaine (talk • contribs) 15:52, 14 June 2009 (UTC) 

Have added one picture

Uploaded a second too but got bored as couldnt make it show, its title is West elevation Merchants House.jpg.

Have made some minor tweaks and will continue to add balanced info up too as time goes on.

Thanks Jonmaine (talk) 19:50, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Cyberchiefs

Thanks for your kind words. You can discuss the review here: Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-06-15/Book review, and if you repost your comment there O'Neil will probably see it and might respond. It does sound like reading the whole book will be useful for your work, although it doesn't go into much detail on the issues you're interested in besides authority (but some of them do come up).--ragesoss (talk) 16:02, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

regarding Sherborne Abbey page.

Hello Rod, Sorry I've been away for a year, but pressure of work keeps my spare time to a minimum! However, looked at the text relating to Sherborne Abbey and it is sadly lacking in well grounded fact, since it states that the bulk of the fabric was knocked down in Norman times. This rarely happened when the Saxon building was only about 50 years old, and substantial as at Sherborne, there was little point, alterations and remodelling usually occurred. H.Taylor (Anglo-Saxon Architecture) who is THE authority on Saxon buildings gives the present ground plan as Saxon and apart from the Saxon west front and the 2 transpets which exhibit Saxon work up to eave level, the rest of the fabric of the Saxon nave is probably still there but buried under later remodelling! I don't know who was the originator of the article but bearing in mind my learned sources would it be in order to rewrite that part and alude to the substantial pointers to Saxon work remaining and the Norman remodelling of the fabric? Hope all is well with you, Cheers ChurcH800 (talk) 19:33, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks for the welcome. I am new to Wikipedia and will read those links you sent me.

Dwellings (talk) 08:24, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Request for a favour

Hi Rod, I noticed that you were the nomination of the Bristol architecture FA, and have various other FAs under your belt, so you seem like a useful person. If time permits and you are so inclined, could you run your eyes over Buildings of Jesus College, Oxford and point out where it needs to improve? There is absolutely no rush on this - whilst I'd like it to be an FA in due course, the article is still new and probably needs time to mature. I'll gladly review one of your excellent listed building lists at/before FLC in return, if you wish. Regards,

Many thanks for stopping by, for your kind words, and for your careful comments. The time you took is much appreciated. After my initial response (which in case you didn't see it is on my talk page, for a change, so that I could post one link on the GA review page), I've done a few bits and pieces such as shuffling off the inflation figures into a new notes section, writing George Hedgeland, rewording the civil war stuff and tightening the references on a couple of sentences for extra clarity. If there are particular passages when chronology jumps are awkward, and if you have time, do let me know, and I'll try and smooth them out. My plan is to get to FAC eventually, but wanted to get GA status "in the bag" to avoid problems through running out of time to add it to the Jesus College Featured Topic. Regards, and thanks one more, Bencherlite^Talk 12:06, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Wow, fast! Thanks. I'll read, mark, learn and inwardly digest your thoughts, and I agree already with you on some of them. Bencherlite^Talk 14:31, 1 July 2009 (UTC)