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AfD nomination of Mike Farrar

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Somerton and From (UK Parliament Constituency)

Press reports suggested she was under pressure to stand as "Nancy Mogg" to be more appealing to voters: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/dec/04/alexander-chancellor-david-cameron GullibleKit (talk) 00:33, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Robbers Bridge

Thanks for your assistance.--Sky Attacker the legend reborn... 09:20, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

If you can help the article more, that would be great. Thanks.--Sky Attacker the legend reborn... 09:26, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Roach (fish)

Simple typo. Sorry about that...thanks for catching it. --User:Woohookitty ^{Disamming fool!} 02:42, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Larhall

Hi Rod, got your message about the Larkhall entry, I felt the addition of the information about Peter Curran was more historical than trivial, the shop was an integral part of the square for 40 years. I lived near the square when I was growing up in the 1970s/80s.

marty21 18:33, 30 December 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marty21 (talk • contribs)

Lam Brook

Hi, I have withdrawn the DYK nomination as it has been covered before as you pointed out. Jezhotwells (talk) 02:26, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Ruth- Rut- land etymology.

Hello,

It occurred to me that perhaps the name Ruth- or Rut- may be related to similar words that were used to describe peoples that use boats with rows as a source of their mobility across rivers and lakes.

The name of Swedish in Finnish is Ruotsi, and in Estonian it is Rootsi.

Rus in Ruthenia – supposed to be the eastern Vikings (Swedish) and the etymology proposes the concept representing River people, rowers, seafarers, etc.

There are two politically competing theories that deal with the etymology of Rus and Ruth-enia. But contain insights that perhaps could help explain the etymology of the Ruth- / Rut- land region.

I refer to Normanist theory and Anti-Normanist theory. Please see link below for brief introduction:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rus%27_(people)#Normanist_theory

Please let me know your thoughts.

Btw, I have been researching this for long time now and it would take me some time to trace all the documents on the etymology of the words such as Rus, Rugen, Rootsi, Rosa and Ruthenia that have same root in proto Indo-European language and are conceptually associated with water and anything that has got to do with water, including people.

However I wouldn’t mind to look in to it again, especially if any of such Naming etymology and the above assumptions could be corroborated by archeological finds and explained by factual data from other regions that would work as reference guide.

Anyway, Good Luck and Happy New Year :D

Olaf - - ~ ~ ~ ~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.22.29.73 (talk) 19:06, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

SCLI

We are migrating our content from SCLI.co.uk to Wikipedia.

So how can I copy my own words ?

scli —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.110.161.198 (talk) 16:06, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Rvier Parrett

Hi Rod. I've eyeballed the ecology section as requested. I think that the following would help improve this section:

• the section on the rare plants of Aller Hill is a little unclear - do you know which six rare plants are present, and are the two named ones two of these or are there eight in total?
• there are lots of species of soldier fly so "the soldier fly (Odontomyia ornata)" should read "the soldier fly Odontomyia ornata" - Stubbs & Drake (google for full title & isbn) have coined the English name "Ornate Brigadier" for this species
• soldier flies are in fact just a family within the true flies (as opposed to a group with fly in their name that isn't part of the true flies, like the caddis flies)
• "A wide range of insect species is also present including rare invertebrates," would make more sense if the two I-words were swapped, as all insects are invertebrates but the converse isn't true
• In the subsequent insect list, not all are beetles
• I think it would read better if the ecology section had some subsections - how about one on the general interest, one (or more) on the specific sites, one on the designations - you could then use the "main article" template to point people at the more full treatments elsewhere on the site
• I'm sure there are many more important species you could mention but it's a question of where to draw the line ... top of the list though is probably the Hairy click beetle (Synaptus filiformis) which until recently was only known in Britain from the Parrett, although it has now also been found at a site in Gloucestershire.

Hope that helps a bit. It's a huge and important area, and you could write reams of stuff on the ecology. SP-KP (talk) 22:04, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Looking at the Aller citation sheet, I think I've worked it out - there are six rare plant species in total in the whole site - the three nationally rare ones are Rough Marsh-mallow, Nit-grass and Purple Gromwell and the three locally rare ones are Wild Liquorice, Fiddle Dock and Lesser Centaury. The bit that's a little confusing is that not all of these are found in all parts of the site, so in some parts of the text it starts talking about different numbers, but these only apply to the parts of the site being referred to in that particular part of the citation - if that makes sense? Ornate Brigadier - page 310. Cheers. SP-KP (talk) 23:23, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Rod. Perhaps you could have another critical look at "that" paragraph in History. I think that it is finished and that it says what I mean - however it might not. Thanks. Pyrotec (talk) 16:54, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

A valid point that I did recognise. "Draining" (or land recovery) involves a combination of stopping the river overflowing onto land during normal high tides and allowing flood water to drain off the land; and that sometimes meant moving or embanking the Parrett. There is also the problem of abnormal tides/floods that I ignored completely. I tried to say what the aim was instead of the fine details. Is it the acres in the medieval period that causes most concern? Pyrotec (talk) 17:23, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

When I'm happy, I was intended to drop a note to Ealdgyth, as the "specialist" for the medieval era. As long as she is happy, I should be OK.Pyrotec (talk) 17:32, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

scli

Hi,

You mean I just put:

Creative Commons & GFDL

on the SCLI front page. I dont want this to be a major headache.

We also want to migrate this site:

http://www.lightinfantry.org.uk

Many thanks, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sclight (talk • contribs) 16:37, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

scli

Hi,

You mean I just put:

Creative Commons & GFDL

on the SCLI front page. I dont want this to be a major headache.

We also want to migrate this site:

http://www.lightinfantry.org.uk

Many thanks, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sclight (talk • contribs) 16:40, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Geog Loc boxes

Rod, Here are a couple of examples which show what I think is the value of a Geog Loc box for readers who aren't familiar with the local geography. Compare Idaho and Allier. In the former case, you can quickly move to its neighbouring states and provinces in any given direction. The latter lists neighbouring departments are listed but you can't see which is in which direction. OldSpot61 (talk) 15:51, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Rodw! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 7 of the articles that you created are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to insure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. if you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 699 article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:

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Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 19:35, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Service awards proposal

Hello, Rodw/Archive 9! I noticed you display a service award, and would like to invite you to join the discussion over a proposed revamping of the awards. If you have any opinions on the proposal, please participate in the discussion. Thanks! — the Man in Question (in question) 04:28, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

invalid alt text

I didn't mean invalid as in against WP standards, but it didn't work in my system (Firefox 3.5.7 on XP). It showed up in the page itself as alt=... I'm going to investigate now, and if it was just my browser, I apologize. I thought the problem would have appeared to everyone. –Sarregouset (talk) 16:41, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

I was just coming to that conclusion myself. I'm glad it was such a simple solution. –Sarregouset (talk) 16:56, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Service award update

Hello, Rodw! The requirements for the service awards have been updated, and you may no longer be eligible for the award you currently display. Don't worry! Since you have already earned your award, you are free to keep displaying it. However, you may also wish to update to the current system. Sorry for any inconvenience. — the Man in Question (in question) 10:24, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

The History and Antiquities of Somersetshire

You might find these Google books useful. They have some plates which are of course in the public domain. Moonraker2 (talk) 22:26, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

• The history and antiquities of Somersetshire, vol. 1 (1836-38)
• The history and antiquities of Somersetshire, vol. 2 (1839)

Over langford manor

Hi Rod Greetings from Nigeria! I see from your speil that you are 'medical' as well. I am a physician specialising in tropical medicine and working in West Africa. I used to live in Nailsea Court and now live in Over Langford Manor. You couldn't be a better person to help me on my first day with Wikipedia, as I notice that not only are you a Guru, but you are also 'local'. All the alterations I have made to the Nailsea Court entry are correct and I can give references. But I don't know how (yet). I have been battling with trying to add a picture too, but I have failed at that too. I could send you a scan of the references, if you tell me how - or give me an e-mail address to which i could send them. I am horribly aware of being a ludite in this regard. But I am a quick learner. Chris CPLeeUK (talk) 22:04, 16 January 2010 (UTC) Furthermore: The citation which talks about Upper Langford Court with respect to the removal of an over mantle is not incorrect, it's just that Over Langford Manor has rejoiced under many names in the past. But history and convention has it that the PROPER name for it is Over Langford Manor. It has variously been called: Over Langford Manor, formerly (1935-96) The Old Courthouse, A.k.a. Over Langford Court and Upper Langford Court (1919), Over Langford Court Farm and Upper Langford Court Farm (1910), Collings’ Farm (1841-c1880), Gadd’s Farm (1881-1881) and Nannygoat Farm (1930s) CPLeeUK (talk) 22:12, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Bristol PR

Hi Rod, I have closed this review and will work on the issues you highlighted and then probably bring it back to PR in a month or so. Thanks for you help. Jezhotwells (talk) 01:07, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Vivary Park

On January 17, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Vivary Park, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 12:00, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

River Parett map

Hi Rod, I have just spotted your note about the River Parrett map, but I think the issue is resolved now. Bob1960evens (talk) 20:34, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Somerset Project

Hi Rod. I'll have a look at the areas of the Somerset project you've suggested and see what I can contribute over the next few weeks. I'm finding my feet with some of the editorial protocols and formatting so please forgive repeated edits on one subject while I become used to the process.Ron519098 (talk) 22:10, 18 January 2010 (UTC))

alt text for images in infobox

Hi Rod, thanks for your feedback. I'm working from a list of all articles that (as at October 2009) have invalid parameters in {{Infobox UK place}} but there are only three that used "alt":

• Bath, Somerset
• Chew Stoke
• Chew Valley

I've had a look at your fixes to my changes to the Bath article.

• Apologies for not deleting the alt text that you have now assigned to map_alt – I assumed that the automatic alt text would be sufficient ("City of Bath is located in Somerset"), but appreciate that your text offers a more useful description of the location.
• As for the image alt, the old-style syntax that I used is still valid ([[Image:...|alt=...|240px]]) and the alt text should work. Unfortunately, the new-style static_image_alt doesn't seem to be compatible with the old-style static_image, so if we're to switch to the new-style we also need to convert the file name to static_image_name and then strip off the File: or Image: prefix and any parameters (|240px etc: the default size will usually be fine so the size parameter is not necessary). For example:

static_image_name = Royal.crescent.aerial.bath.arp.jpg
static_image_alt = Aerial view of...

I've fixed this for Bath and am about to check that the two Chews are OK too. There are no other pages to which this applies (or at least none at the time the list was produced). Hope that's helpful.

— Richardguk (talk) 09:48, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Update: Have now applied a similar fix to our combined amendments to Chew Stoke. Chew Valley doesn't have an infobox image so seems to be OK. — Richardguk (talk) 09:58, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Midsomer Norton Priory

Hello Rodw

Thank you for your helpful note on the age of the Priory. Your correction seems right based on the evidence at the moment and I am very happy for my amendments to be reverted until any better evidence emerges.

I agree an article on the Priory would be helpful, and in fact I had started to draft one in my UserSpace. It was that that prompted the changes I made to the other articles. I will continue to research this until I have enough material to launch a new page on the Priory.

Best wishes, Peteinterpol (talk) 11:35, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Fitznells Manor

Many thanks for the help and advice on the ibox, looks great. Fingers crossed for the DYK nomination! – ukexpat (talk) 21:41, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Weston and Worle News

I have nominated Weston and Worle News, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Weston and Worle News. 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.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Simple Bob (talk) 17:16, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Urban archaeology links

I think this may be what you are looking for. Yeovil link you removed is listed on this page as "Yeovil text" Looks like lots of other stuff there too. --Simple Bob (talk) 19:24, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Racecourse edits

Hi Rodw, there aren't really any references for what I wrote about Wincanton racecourse, it's just personal - and fairly general - knowledge. The bit I removed about casualties was due to it seeming to be put there to paint a negative image of the sport, as the person who put it there had not written anything else about the track. I did not particularly mean to delete it really. Woppit (talk) 15:52, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

No problems, thanks for your contribution! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Woppit (talk • contribs) 21:26, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

River Mole

Hi Rodw, I've been following your contributions to the River Parrett article for the past year or so and have really enjoyed seeing it grow during this time. I'm sorry that it didn't pass at FAC, I'm sure it will do so soon. I gather that you've decided to take a break from editing the Parrett for a few weeks and was hoping that this would be a good time to ask for some help/advice on the River Mole article. I've been editing the article on-and-off for the past three years or so (initially as a non-registered user, but more recently under my Mertbiol identity). Unfortunately I'm pretty much the only active editor on the Mole and am therefore responsible for the vast majority of the material on the page. I haven't really had much opportunity to bounce ideas for developing the Mole off other people. I was wondering whether you would be able to have a quick look at the page and to give me some advice on how to improve the article further. (In particular I'd be interested to know how far away it is from GA status.) I'd be grateful if you could leave any comments at Talk:River Mole. I'm also intending to ask Pyrotec for his/her input too. Thanks very much in advance. Mertbiol (talk) 14:22, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks very much for having a quick read through the article and for your comments. You've identified quite a few things that I wasn't previously aware of. I'll work my way through your list during the week. Thanks again Mertbiol (talk) 19:15, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

River Parrett

SOrry to be slow - I can either comment on the talk page or in a new PR - your call. Just let me know and I should make comments in the next 24 hours. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 15:18, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

? nomination of Midsomer Norton for GA

Hello Rodw

Yes, I would be very happy to nominate it for GA. I've never nominated an article before so will take a look later at what is involved.

Regards, Peteinterpol (talk) 14:18, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Definition of Adaptively reused churches

Hi Rodw, Adaptively Reused is an historic preservation / architectural conservation term for the reuse of a structure. For churches, this would include continuation as a church but for a different Christian denomination. I've distinguished "Adaptively Reused churches" from "Former churches" because former churches could refer to any church building no longer used as a church, which would include demolition, closure, abandonment, ruin, etc. Hope this clarifies that neither category is really a subcategory of each other, although they do heavily overlap. I would add your St Thomas A Beckett Church turned residential to both Former churches and Adaptively Reused churches categories.

In my own work, I distinguished reuse from 9.2 to 9.31 -- 9.1. Religious: Original Denomination Continued Use 9.2. Religious: Original Denomination Specialized uses 9.3. Religious: Original Denomination Religious Order 9.4. Religious: Original Denomination Sharing Space with Another Denomination 9.5. Religious: Original Denomination Mixed-use with Active Worship Services 9.6. Religious: Original Denomination Ownership for Sympathetic Non-worship Use 9.7. Religious: Transfer to Mainline Denomination 9.8. Institutional Religious: Use as Chapel 9.9. Religious: Transfer to Less Established Denomination 9.10. Religious: Transfer to Another Religion 9.11. Civic: Everyday Public Access (Post Office / Visitor Information / Heritage Center) 9.12. Civic / Social: Care-giving Social Venues / Community Centers for Youth/Childcare or Elderly / Community Outreach Centers 9.13. Cultural: Performance Venues (Concert Halls, Arts Centers, Theaters, etc.) 9.14. Cultural: Library 9.15. Cultural: Museum 9.16. Institutional: Use as a Library or Museum, or Other Venue Run by a University, or Wealthy Private School/Non-profit, etc. 9.17. Commercial Cultural: Gallery 9.18. Commercial Cultural: Craft/Studio/Workshop Space 9.19. Commercial Social: Tea Room, Coffee Shop 9.20. Commercial Social: Sports Hall 9.21. Commercial Cultural: Musical Recording or Rehearsal Space 9.22. Commercial Social: Restaurant 9.23. Commercial Social: Bar / Nightclub 9.24. Commercial: Retail 9.25. Storage 9.26. Residential 9.27. Offices 9.28. Light Industrial / Garage 9.29. Heavy Industrial 9.30. Agriculture 9.31. Columbaria / Funereal —Preceding unsigned comment added by James Russiello (talk • contribs) 20:23, 10 February 2010

Rook Lane Chapel turned arts centre, Glenside Museum, St. Paul's Church, Bristol (now circus skills school) and St Werburgh's Church, Bristol (now climbing centre) are all good examples (the latter two have both been published extensively in adaptive reuse journals as preeminent examples). In fact, St. Paul's Church is a good example of how to distinguish an adaptively reused church from a closed church because it is owned by the Churches Conservation Trust and still consecrated (and thus NOT a closed church).

The key defining quality of a adaptively reused church is that the structure should have been first purpose-built as a church and then been reused for another program. Example: If a structure was built as a synagogue and then converted into a church and then adaptively reused as a office building, it would be an adaptively reused synagogue.

You know, we do have an article on adaptive reuse. Daniel Case (talk) 23:26, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Pulse community radio

As you nominated this article for deletion the first time, I thought you might be interested to see that it has resurfaced and has been nominated again (by me this time) - Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pulse Community Radio (2nd nomination) --Simple Bob (talk) 08:47, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

River Parrett ecology section

Hi. I've had a stab at this. It's not perfect, but it should play better when you re-nom for FA, hopefully. Let me know if you run into further problems and I can try to chip in with further help. SP-KP (talk) 17:00, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Tons, etc

Hi, I have added my tuppence worth on the talk page. Jezhotwells (talk) 18:09, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Re: Infobox on Montacute House

Thanks for the warning. While in general I think hiding infoboxes is a bad idea, I've decided to respect the editors' compromise. I've redone my edit in a way that I hope will not be controversial. Cheers, --Stepheng3 (talk) 21:45, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks...

Hello Rod and thank you for the message regarding my editing of the BRLSI page. I am slowly finding my way around the tools and your suggestions are most helpful.

Best wishes

Roseingrave (talk) 19:11, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

SSSIs & nature reserves

From the description of Site of Special Scientific Interest, I thought that these sights are protected areas, and as can be appropriate for inclusion nature reserves. The designation may be for the geology, but the impact is to protect the land, which then becomes a nature reserve. Do you think the inference is appropriate? I am not familiar with the designations in the United Kingdom. Jllm06 (talk) 14:49, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Unit area template

Near the beginning of this edit, you changed a Template:Unit area parameter from "sqkm" to "km²". I have reverted it here and similarly here, from where it will go on the Main Page tomorrow. At least on my monitor, using the parameter "km²" makes the finished product say "The AONB is .", that is, the template output is completely suppressed. The Unit area template documentation specifies "sqkm". I don't know how an automated Manual of Style process would cause this result even if you didn't notice the "Unit area" template; my own AWB parameters for enforcing the Manual of Style change "²" to "²" because of Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Unit symbols and abbreviations, which says:

• "Squared and cubic metric-symbols are always expressed with a superscript exponent (5 km², 2 cm³); squared imperial and US unit abbreviations may be rendered with sq, and cubic with cu (15 sq mi, 3 cu ft).

• Do not use the Unicode characters ² and ³, but rather write <sup>2</sup> and <sup>3</sup> to produce the superscripts ² and ³. The superscripted 2 and 3 are easier to read, especially on small displays, and ensure that exponents are properly aligned (compare w^mx²y³zⁿ to w^mx²y³zⁿ)."

However, you probably went out of your way to make this edit, so maybe you know something I don't. Art LaPella (talk) 06:27, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

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Jezhotwells (talk) 23:50, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

woooo hoooooo!

congrats to Somerset on having the Mendips as Wikipedia's featured article. Way to go! hugs, Celia Kozlowski (talk) 12:50, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

I hate to be the bearer of bad new so soon after this TFA but it has been nominated at Featured article review (not by me). Dabomb87 (talk) 01:21, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

• Having had the opportunity now to take a look through the whole article I inevitably have a few questions. I don't want to clutter up the review with a lot of trivia, so would you prefer me to list them on the review or the article's talk page? Or not at all? :-) --Malleus Fatuorum 23:41, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Saltford Manor House

I made it longer. Is there a specific length required? And how is length measured?AMuseo (talk) 00:56, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

It's measured in readable prose size, which is 2,188 characters for this article. DYKs have to be a minimum of 1,500 characters. --Malleus Fatuorum 01:53, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Nomination of Midsomer Norton for GA

Hi Rodw

Hmm...I had a look online for the "Collieries of Somerset & Bristol" book he mentions, but it is £25 on Amazon. The local libarary in Midsomer Norton has a reasonable local history section so I will try and drop in there over the next few days to see what they have but I tried searcing the library catalogue on the B&NES website and that one didn't come up. I've got one or two local history books myself but am not sure if they would do as a substitute for the particular material he is after. I'll see what I can do. Peteinterpol (talk) 22:32, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

There are references linking Norton Canonicorum to Midsomer Norton, e.g. and but not that brilliant. Hopefully I can find something better. The flooding quote is from Wesley's diary when he came to preach in the town, according to Sir Ronald Gould's autobiography which I know is in the Midsomer Norton library. I have a copy of Collier's Way and will also check the other titles in the library. Peteinterpol (talk) 22:57, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Have picked up a few books from the local libary and am working through the queries from the GA.

On the name of the town, a book called Somerset Place Names, by Stephen Robinson, pub Dovecote Press (1992), ISBN 1874336032, page 102, states that the 'Norton' bit means 'In the centre of the shire is the north enclosure' from the Old English; 'Midsomer' "is of late origin and not mentioned until 1334". "The river Somer runs through the centre of this small town.", it says, with the implication being that the river provided the 'somer' part of the name rather than the flood-free season of 'summer'.

I think the reference in in the article to flooding is a remnant from an earlier edit that repeated John Wesley's facetious comment that he supposed the town was only accessible in summer. This often-repeated source of the name is I think now discounted so the reference to flooding might be better taken out.

Nothing yet on Norton Canonicorum but will keep looking.

In the meantime I will take a look at references 6 and 7 as I have some library railway books that should give the detail. Peteinterpol (talk) 19:25, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

I have found a better citation for reference 7, but am not sure how to insert the page number (p. 97 from the book cited). Do you know the right format for this? Peteinterpol (talk) 19:46, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

No reference in the books that can help with reference 6, but do you think the following website reference to 1966 closure would suffice?: .

I see what you mean; not sure how that happened. Yes, the link you have added is what I meant. Peteinterpol (talk) 20:16, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

This website gives a plausible population figure for MSN alone: http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Midsomer+Norton What do you think?

Thanks for your comment; the website I sent you details of quoted 10,450 for MSN alone, I didn't see a request for a payment. The 21,000 figure you mention is commonly quoted for MSN and Radstock, so 10K is not totally implausible. I am sure B&NES will have a figure if this website is not OK, but I will keep looking separately. Peteinterpol (talk) 19:17, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Here are the 2001 census websites, which are old but I guess the best available till the next census:

http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=6157046&c=midsomer+norton&d=14&e=16&g=398106&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1268596804606&enc=1

http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=6157045&c=midsomer+norton&d=14&e=16&g=398089&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1268596673280&enc=1

As I understand it, Midsomer Norton is made up of two wards, Midsomer Norton North and Midsomer Norton Redfield. The figures given for these are:

Midsomer Norton North

2001 Population: Males (Persons, Apr01) Count 2,686

2001 Population: Females (Persons, Apr01) Count 2,681

Midsomer Norton Redfield

2001 Population: Males (Persons, Apr01) Count 2,494

2001 Population: Females (Persons, Apr01) Count 2,597

So about 10,000 in total. I can tidy this up into a single total and citation. Peteinterpol (talk) 20:09, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Hello Rodw, I've had a go at adding the figures to the info box on the MSN page but can't get it to work, it just messes up the page. Would you mind very much taking a look at this? The figure is 10,458 and I've added the two ONS sources to the citation. For info, I have temporarily stored this info in my user space as follows:

User:Peteinterpol/Midsomer Norton population figures

Hope that's OK, thanks, Peteinterpol (talk) 20:41, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

OK, much appreciated, thanks. Peteinterpol (talk) 20:53, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks - though credit where it's due, you made the original suggestion of going for GA, and it was certainly a team effort in responding to Pyrotec's queries. Looks like a really good article now. Just got to make sure it stays that way! Good luck with your other GA nominations, and best wishes, Peteinterpol (talk) 08:15, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Taunton

HI, Just thought I'd let you know I've reviewed Taunton as a GA nominne.

Talk:Taunton/GA1

DharmaDreamer (talk) 13:13, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

No problem :) I noticed you submitted Portishead for GA also,I only gave it a quick lookover but I think it has similar sort of problems to taunton you might want to adress before someone picks it up for review, I tried to find some citations for the notable people but it was hard to find, anyway Good Luck with portishead DharmaDreamer (talk) 18:29, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Cross Bath

Hi Rodw. Have you noticed the discussion here? Cheers.--Peter I. Vardy (talk) 17:38, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

What do you think about the definite article in the title?--Peter I. Vardy (talk) 09:12, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Long Dole Wood photo

Hi. I'm a bit confused about the Long Dole Wood photo as I can't quite tie it up with my recollection of the place from visits. Can you let me know where you took the shot from and in which direction you were looking? Thanks SP-KP (talk) 18:42, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. That makes sense - it does look very much like Chewton Wood (somewhere that's worth a Wikipedia article in its own right) - I'm pretty sure it's the southern part of the wood, which is on the northern slope of Chewton plain. The very northern part of Chewton Wood (not visible in the photo) is part of the SSSI, but not the southern part unfortunately. Long Dole Wood is on completely flat ground so wouldn't have the hilly bit. The meadow that Somerset Wildlife Trust own is very nice in mid to late summer and would make an excellent photo. SP-KP (talk) 18:58, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Nailsea school

Dear Rodw, thanks for your welcome message. I wish to up-date the picture of Nailsea school as it is now a brand new building and the one in the picture no longer exists. Can you tell me how to do this please? Thegoodlife55 (talk) 17:44, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

About the map

Hello, Jolly,

I saw your gis map about the global ecological footprint. I want to make a similar map too. Can you tell me how can I get a template for the world of countries map?

Thanks a lot!

Chen Zhan-Ming —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.234.81.138 (talk) 05:53, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Cheddar Yeo

On April 3, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Cheddar Yeo, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 12:03, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Bridgwater/GA1

Hi, I have completed the initial review and placed the article on hold. Not too many issues, mostly rephrasing, a few queries. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 19:02, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

wells cathedral photos

I have seen your photo on the wells cathedral entry. I am new to editing wikipedia (never done it) but have some pictures I took which I think would be good for the page. low res copies are my website here http://www.idlehans.co.uk/2009/02/wells-cathedral-somerset/ however I have the raw files etc as I took them not sure if you think its worth it.

thanks for any comments

Tom Chapman MCIM (talk) 09:23, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Banwell Castle

Hello! Your submission of Banwell Castle at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Materialscientist (talk) 09:53, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Banwell Castle

On April 23, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Banwell Castle, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 16:05, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

River Parrett

Hi RodW, You're back home? I assumed the Icelandic ash debacle had still got you in its clutches. Points West interviewed several families in Florida on Wednesday (21st) who were quoted first flights home on 4th May!!

It would be nice to get the river up to FA. I'm currently trying to keep in second place in Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GAN backlog elimination drives/April 2010, having given up trying to catch up Jez (who's out of reach in 1st place). I sort of got sidetracked in personally reviewing River Parrett. Could we aim for mid May, that would give me some time to try and finish it before resubmitting it to FAC? Pyrotec (talk) 21:20, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Did you know

Could I be terribly pedantic and ask as to why the difference in capitalisation between Burnham-on-Sea High Lighthouse and Burnham-on-Sea Low lighthouse ? I know, I should have better things to do !

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 21:06, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Simonsbath House

Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

File source problem with File:Ralphallen.jpg

Thank you for uploading File:Ralphallen.jpg. 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, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of that website's terms of use of its content. However, if the copyright holder is a party unaffiliated from the website's publisher, that copyright should also be acknowledged.

If you have uploaded other files, consider verifying that you have specified sources for those files as well. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged per Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion, F4. If the image is copyrighted and non-free, the image will be deleted 48 hours after 22:36, 3 May 2010 (UTC) per speedy deletion criterion F7. If you have any questions or are in need of assistance please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 22:36, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Isobel English

Hi Rodw, Sorry about the "Isobel English" problem on the "Burnham-on-Sea" page. I now see that the Retraite school's name was in the original Isobel English entry before I expanded it. Anyway, I've excised her for now. The source was probably the ODNB but I haven't got a subscription. Bmcln1 (talk) 12:54, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Portbury

Hi - I've improved some of the wikilinks so they go to the precise species rather than the genus. That's all I think I can do though - it's not a site I know at all ... in fact I've learnt more about it from reading this article than I had picked up previously elsewhere :-) SP-KP (talk) 11:54, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Burnham-on-Sea Low lighthouse

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Burnham-on-Sea High Lighthouse

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Burnham-on-Sea Round Tower

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Meeting this weekend in Bristol

Hi this is Steve Virgin from the Board of Wikimedia UK

I am a fellow Bristolian

We have a Wikimedia Conference in town this weekend

We were getting some of the Bristol Project Wikipedians together at the Watershed on Saturday night for a Wiki Meet at around 6.30pm.

This is a good opportunity to meet people from the national Chapter, other Chapters from around the world and from the Wikimedia Foundation. There is a bar tab to help proceedings and we would be very keen to see you there.

RSVP - let me know if you are able to come and feel free to invite any other local Wikipedians in Bristol

Steve virgin (talk) 19:31, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi Rod, I had a similar message to the message above but it was actually posted by User:AndrewRT, although signed Steve Virgin. Looks rather strange to me! –– Jezhotwells (talk) 20:21, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Wiki Event

Rod

The Bristol Meet is not on Wikimedia UK as we are only just trying to get it organised and get a Group together out of the 'structure' of the wider Conference.

You are very welcome and I'd welcome help in letting people in the Bristol project know tonight or tomorrow

Steve virgin (talk) 21:09, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Mix up

Rod

Andrew is a fellow Board memeber lending me a hand. Sorry if there was 'confusion' - if you come on Saturday I'll buy you a beer to say 'sorry'

Steve virgin (talk) 22:16, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Sat 15 May 6.30pm Watershed Bristol - Meet up

Meeting is 'up' on Wikimedia UK now - apologises for getting cart before the horse. Steve virgin (talk) 22:34, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Portbury Ashlands

Materialscientist (talk) 08:02, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Don't forget the governance section

As you update infoboxes with new constituencies, don't forget the governance section which is very likely to need changes. I just did the Taunton Deane constituency and may take a look at Bridgwater & West Somerset later. --Simple Bob (talk) 10:49, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Tudor architecture

As per the discussion on the Tudor style architecture talkpage I have tried to move Tudor style architecture to Tudor architecture, after first moving Tudor architecture to Tudor architecture (disambiguation), but I seem to have cocked up somehow ... it says only an admin can do the move. Is there any chance you could sort it? ta Stronach (talk) 16:37, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Sorry to have bothered you - for some reason I thought you were an admin! Will do as you suggest Stronach (talk) 07:32, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

GA review of Burnham-on-Sea

You'll no doubt be pleased to know that I'm done. I've left quite a list of things to look at, but I don't think there's anything major in there. Anyway, you'll thank me if you ever decide to take this to FAC. :-) Malleus Fatuorum 20:22, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Somerset Levels

I read your contribution on the above and found it to be more than very interesting, it is wonderful. As it is I am researching some churches in the area and would like to know, more or less, the extent of the levels and thought you would be the best person to ask. If you drew an area, poimt to point (for instance Bristol to Glastonbury, Bristol to Taunton, Taunton to Langport and Glastonbury to Langport. At what points would you say included the entire levels? I hop my request is clear and thank you in advance for help you can give. Once again, congratulations on a great article. --Jimmydenham (talk) 17:32, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Radstock's GA review

I've been through the whole thing now. Quite a bit to do I think, but knowing you I'm sure it'll get done. Let me know when you think it's ready to be looked at again. Malleus Fatuorum 23:30, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Somerset Levels

Hi again, Many thanks for your help and the other hints which will definately help me. The 'squares' you gave me do make sense and, again, is a great source of help. I lived in Sherborne for many years but worked mainly in Taunton and Bridgwater. Every morning and evening, I took different routes to and from work. I still remember some morning seeing the most wonderful sight of the mists lying over the lands and seeing, in the distance, great church towers emerging from the white blanket. One ting led to another and I had to find out why all those great churches were nothing more than village churches but why so big, so proudly prominent. I had promised mself I would write of those churches but never really made any effort to find out more of the Levels. So that is the start, the Levels then the churches. Finally is ther are a specific time of the year when the mist descends like that?

Many, many thanks for your help.

Kind Regards, James--Jimmydenham (talk) 13:42, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Somerset

I am not sure I'd be of much use to you with fairly limited knowledge but yes, I would like to help in whatever way I could bearing in mind I am still very much a novice on Wikipedia.--Jimmydenham (talk) 10:25, 23 May 2010 (UTC)James.

County lists of museums

Hi, I've recently come across List of museums in Somerset & find that you have done similar lists for all counties. I've started adding photos & moving the external links into references etc - grateful for any comments. I've read the lead which says "institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries." but I'm still a little unsure about the inclusion and exclusion criteria - some of those which are in I would count as historic sites but not necessarily museums as they don't have specific collections (examples might be Ashton Windmill, Cleeve Abbey etc) and other sites which I would have expected to see included are not examples might include Ashton Court, Brean Down Fort, Taunton Castle etc. What about heritage railways etc or EH sites, NT sites etc I don't want to go changing one county too much if there are agreed criteria for all counties.— Rod ^talk 20:11, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Also I've just taken a look at List of museums in Bristol (it would be great to add the relevant wikiproject banner to the lists talk page, where appropriate, so that local editors know of the existence of the list) and wondered if "museum ships" eg Pyronaut & Matthew (ship) should included. It would also be useful to add something about these lists to talk at Wikipedia:WikiProject Museums.— Rod ^talk 20:33, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

And what about zoos eg Noah's Ark Zoo Farm or Bristol Zoo?— Rod ^talk 20:38, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

These are all good questions. To me, the definition of "museum" is fluid, and sometimes depends on the type of museum. In England, in particular, there are many sites operated by English Heritage that have historic interest. Most of the English Heritage sites I did not consider museums are ruins that are open for tour, with only outdoor panels or a booklet describing the site and its significance. Brean Down Fort seems to be a similar site, but it's hard to tell from the photos and descriptions I see on the National Trust's page. If there were guided tours or exhibits, then I would classify it as a military museum. Maybe there should be another type of museum designation for these types of outdoor historic ruins and remains that have explanatory panels. Any good ideas on a useful descriptive name? "Historic sites" is too broad and ambiguous, as is "Historic ruins". Help!

Sometimes the websites for certain locations make it difficult to tell what is being exhibited. I could not tell if the interiors at Ashton Court were on public display as a museum itself. Are the rooms furnished or not? The website focuses on private functions like weddings, and the gardens seem to be public. If the interior is open to the public regularly, then I would include it in the list of museums.

Taunton Castle is listed as a museum under the Somerset County Museum article. From the county's website, it's hard to determine whether the castle is open as a historic house, or is just completely the home of the new Museum of Somerset. Any help here would be welcome.

Heritage railways are included if they feature a museum or exhibits, but not if they just offer rides. In the same way, museum ships are included when they are permanently moored and open for touring, not just a traveling ship. I can't tell whether Pyronaut is open for tours from the website. Matthew (ship) seems to be just for harbour tours.

Zoos, arboreta, botanical gardens and aquariums are often labeled as museums on tourism websites, but I consider them a category separate but related to museums. That's why I always included the See Also link to visitor attractions in a county, like Category:Visitor attractions in Somerset. In this way related attractions could be found, including heritage railways, ruins, cathedrals and other historic houses of worship, etc. If one of these venues included museum exhibits or an art gallery, then I try to include it in the list of museums and note what the site offers. Nature centers should also be considered museums if they feature exhibits, not just trails and wildlife.

Photos of the sites are a welcome addition, although they do make the page take longer to load, particularly on a list with a lot of museums. I understand why you moved the links to footnotes, but the reason I posted websites or information sites was to aid Wiki visitors in finding the actual website for a museum without an existing Wiki article. If the article exists, then that's where the link would be, but many smaller museums may never be considered notable enough to have an article created about them, so the website listing is there to go to directly. In many cases, tracking down the official website was a challenge! Unfortunately, I think most people won't read the footnotes, so by moving the website to a footnote it limits the usability of the link. I suggest keeping the websites as part of the Summary for museums with no existing article. Jllm06 (talk) 12:32, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Re: Somerset Cricket Museum

Yeah, I'll be honest and admit I haven't been there despite my membership of the club, but I'll have a look through some of your other museum articles, maybe pay a visit at the weekend and see what we can do. Harrias ^talk 16:44, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Apparently it's only open Tues - Fri which is a bit inconvenient. I'll still try and get myself over there to get a photo at least, either that or send the missus as she's got half-term off next week! Harrias ^talk 18:08, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome and pointers.

Rod - Greetings from California. Many thanks for the warm welcome and the Wikipedia pointers. My contributions will be modest but it's fascinating to learn about the possibiliies. Best!Calibann (talk) 16:17, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Chard Museum

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Coordinates on Somerset museums

I suggest that the coordinates for each museum be put at the end of each museum's summary, rather than in the Town field. By having it in the Town column, it affects the sorting in that column. The table will also be easier to read that way. Thanks for adding so many photos and data. Jllm06 (talk) 11:46, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

With the coordinates in the Town column, when you sort on that column you lose the sort first by town then alpha within town. Now it sorts first by town, then by None or Coordinate. Also, by having the coordinates in that column, it's hard to read the town at a glance. With your OK, I suggest moving the coordinates to the Summary field. Jllm06 (talk) 00:01, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for welcome

Thanks Rod, much appreciated. Funnily enough I was born in Frimley Park Hospital - but the old one, before the current one was built. Regards

Simon

Sjrees (talk) 14:54, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

River Parrett

Hi Rod,

Sorry, there does not appear to be enough hours in the week. I've got one GAN review to do tonight (hopefully I can pass it and close it) and after that it will be the weekend (possibly Friday night) before I can do any more work on wikipedia. Can I suggest that you nominate it today at FAC? You can put me first or second in a joint nomination (as you wish) and I'll put the Parrett at the top of my list for next time I'm on wikpedia (and there's another two GAN reviews underway as well). Pyrotec (talk) 18:58, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up - I watch the article and have seen the steady work on it. I have not read it recently, so I will do that and then weigh in at the FAC. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:52, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Note on River Parrett

Hi Rod, thanks for the note about the River Parrett article achieving FAC. Well done. It seems like a long time since I worked on it seriously. I must read it. Bob1960evens (talk) 21:12, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

sweet track

I've replied at my userpage - but in summary, great choice. If you would like I'm sure we can arrange something for you specifically. Please email. Witty Lama 21:40, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Winscombe RFC changes

Thanks for the feedback. I've addressed a number of them, and checked through the Rugby project criterion, which I think I'm OK on. I've made one small change by introducing the {{Hooker}} template as a result. Any chance you could remove the "New unreviewed article" panel at the top?

Regards

Simon

Sjrees (talk) 09:09, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Sweet track

I'll review it before Glastonbury. Pyrotec (talk) 16:18, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Without trying to be too negative, I don't think this will be finished (and GA awarded) before Glastonbury, but I will not put it On Hold during Glastonbury. I can do other things.Pyrotec (talk) 21:41, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Somerset museums

I managed to get a photo just yesterday actually. It's not great though due to lots of cars in the car park. Unfortunately, I'm away running the Helston Motor Show this weekend, so won't be back online until Monday. Feel free to take it live and nominate it before then if you wish; I can add a photo in afterward. No idea when I'm going to be able to visit properly, the visiting hours aren't ideal, so I can't see me being able to add that much more content anytime soon unfortunately. Regards, Harrias ^talk 16:00, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, may as well put it up now. I'll add some more information when (and judging by my calendar if) I pay a visit. Harrias ^talk 20:31, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

I think you're right, something to do with the building is best. Couple of ideas:

• ... that the Old Priory Barn, which now houses the Somerset Cricket Museum, is the only surviving building of the Augustinian Taunton Priory?
• ... that the Old Priory Barn, which now houses the Somerset Cricket Museum, was once used as a chapel by Frenchmen?

The first one seems the most promising, but feel free to come up with something better! Harrias ^talk 07:48, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Little Thetford

Little Thetford:Peer review Thank you for your comments. I have worked through them.

1. 19 have been  Done
2. 9 marked stet are to be left (in my opinion)
3. 11 acknowledged as work for me to do

I may have misinterpreted your comments - I hope not. I may appear to you to be defensive, particularly on the stet ones - again, I hope not. In any case, it is not intentional and I do not mean to offend. If I have got it wrong then I apologise and I am sure you will correct me. Your input is really appreciated. Thank you. --Senra (talk) 03:50, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Substantial changes per review. Still work to do but I feel we are getting there. Not much more will happen over next few days other than minor edits as I need to get to library and also meet with local historian. Anyway, for now, ...

1. Need to resolve Talk:Little_Thetford#Merger_proposal Merger Proposal urgently.
2. 31 have been  Done
3. 5 marked stet are to be left (in my opinion)
4. 13 acknowledged as work for me to do

(In case anyone is adding up; there were further comments since original review)

--Senra (talk) 21:27, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

--Senra (talk) 21:28, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Latest 10 of 10 in more comments section  Done --Senra (talk) 03:12, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

• Last major update done. Further acknowledments of these updates in review file. There was obviously an edit conflict between us - I lost some acknowledgements of work done. All corrected now. --Senra (talk) 11:26, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

• Update Little Thetford to-do-list which I created before any work on this project as an aide memoire to myself and others who might contribute. Decided to keep it going so it now contains reference to this review. As I gain more wikipedia editing protocols I am sure such a list will look silly, but at the moment, it is my way of goal-setting and progress monitoring. --81.147.89.24 (talk) 16:46, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

• Whilst I am here, I should mention the Little Thetford Aims that I set out early in this project. If I continue editing wikipedia, I am sure when I look back, such aims will seem presumptuous, even arrogant. That was not my intention. Again, it was simply personal goal-setting. --81.147.89.24 (talk) 16:46, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Awarded GA status today. Thank you so much for your input. Your support has been very much appreciated. --Senra (talk) 15:23, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Subst

Thanks, there's a mediawiki bug that stops subst from working inside ref tags, sometimes. I'll review the articles in a few moments. Rich Farmbrough, 13:16, 19 June 2010 (UTC).

Anglesey church articles

Greetings, Rodw. If you have a moment, I've written some articles on listed churches in Anglesey and I'm looking for outside views as I slowly work towards GA status for as many as possible and a FL for the overall list. Wikipedia:Peer review/St Cristiolus's Church, Llangristiolus/archive1, for example; I've written six so far, and you'll see the others in the "see also" section there. All thoughts welcome! Thanks, Bencherlite^Talk 20:46, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Many thanks for your helpful comments and enjoy Glastonbury! (Longer reply, but including those two main points, at my talk page). Bencherlite^Talk 22:25, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Frome

Hi Rod,

Thanks for your guidance. I added the link on the Frome entry, because I thought it would be interesting or useful to those researching Frome history. I can see why you thought it could be advertising / promotional though, but that really wasn't my intention.

Regards Hillfarmhouse (talk) 11:55, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Christchurch, Dorset

Would you mind briefly checking some feedback I gave to Ykraps (talk) on Christchurch, Dorset here? I say what I see, and I feel too new to be getting it right. Make sure I have not gone too far please. --Senra (talk) 20:03, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Butting in, I think your observations are perfectly reasonable. This article still needs quite a bit of work. Malleus Fatuorum 20:31, 22 June 2010 (UTC)