User talk:David Biddulph/Archive 5

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David, concerning my article, [1] , I could not find a "Talk" page for it. Has a "Talk" page been created for it, although it has not yet been posted as an article on Wikipedia?

Second question, is it still required of me to add the template {{OTRS pending}} on that "Talk" page (if it exists)?

What now must I do to have my article published on Wikipedia? Davidbena (talk) 13:50, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

I'm not a copyright expert. If you look at Wikipedia:Copyrights there are links to numerous pages with more detail, & some will hopefully give you an idea of where you can get information from the experts.

To link (within Wikipedia) to a Wikipedia page, in general you shouldn't use an internet url like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Davidbena/sandbox/Yemenite_Ketubba, but instead you can use a wikilink like [[User:Davidbena/sandbox/Yemenite Ketubba]], which will display as User:Davidbena/sandbox/Yemenite Ketubba. At the top of that page you should see a redlink labelled "Talk", and if you click on that it will allow you to start a talk page.

If you are convinced that you want your draft reviewed in its current state, you can put {{subst:submit}} at the top of it, and that will then submit it to the article for creation review process. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:10, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Note also that if you wish to refer to a template, rather than apply it to the page on whih you wish to include the mention, you can either surround the template name with <nowiki>...</nowiki> tags, as <nowiki>{{OTRS pending}}</nowiki> (which I did in your question above to remove this talk page from the categories into which the template had put it), or use {{tl|OTRS pending}} which renders as {{OTRS pending}}. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:17, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, David. Your answers have been greatly helpful! God bless! Davidbena (talk) 15:09, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions

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It was a malfunction of the Teahouse talkback script, & this is at least the third time that it's happened. I'd be interested to know why. While you were tagging it as db-test I was tagging it db-author. - David Biddulph (talk) 15:18, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

...and I wonder whether this might have been connected in any way with another problem I've seen intermittently with the script, see Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 131#Talkback script error, for which I didn't get an answer. - David Biddulph (talk) 20:59, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for prompt help

Wikipedians also recommend biscuits with tea.

Jacobisq (talk) has given you a cup of tea. Tea promotes WikiLove and hopefully this has made your day ever so slightly better. Jacobisq (talk) 10:47, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

...for helping roll back the latest spree from the Philippines IP vandal. DMacks (talk) 14:09, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

And thanks to you for spotting the one where I got confused with another IP editing among the edits from the one in question. Worrying that this went on for so long, and so profusely, before it was spotted. I guess that some of those pages aren't very widely watched. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:17, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

I watchlist a few of the common targets but sometimes they hit a lot of others before getting to that tripwire:( I think I've curtailed it for the next little while... DMacks (talk) 14:47, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

24.232.255.8

Wanted to let you know that the user only made that edit after the long time period. If a user is warned, and doesn't get blocked, after a while of no warnings and no vandalism, from what I know, it usually is supposed to start at a level 1 warning again. Also, may I point you to the report at WP:AIV? The diff for the most recent edit to the page prior to sending you this is located here. LikeLakers2 (talk) 20:19, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

It seemed to be a continuation of the vandalism by 201.250.156.111 (talk · contribs · info · WHOIS), but point taken. - David Biddulph (talk) 20:24, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Well, I would wish to point out that I had not much way of knowing this until I saw this reply, but thanks. :) LikeLakers2 (talk) 20:25, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

How do I undo the 'vandalism' I did in error concerning categories that you informed me about? Is there an easy way of changing a sub-category to a regional category for instance? Foot Slogger (talk) 19:27, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Navigation WC 2013 article

In all the other WC articles that header [2] is used to navigate between different championships. If you remove it in the 2013 version, or choose not to use it, then it should be removed in all the others. Pretty is not always better than functional. 72.33.83.56 (talk) 21:46, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

just a liitle ?? on my article

i saw you deleted the link at the top, my mistake, but since you were into the article twice, thougth you might have some ideas on how to have it accepted.

I am the only one to ever truly document the hisotic center of quito, and in the end will have it all mapped out and on wikipedia Someone who did not accept it mentioned that my submission does not appear to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. Can you give me some suggestions, what do you think can be made better? What about the neutral point of view? Ideas? There are referenced sources, are there not enough?? I would like to re-write and have it accepted but would like to know how..

if you can give a hand great... Thanks so much and have a great day!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/David_Adam_Kess — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.10.168.96 (talk) 21:41, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Leave someone else to write an article at some stage in the future if they believe that the subject is notable. See WP:COI and WP:Autobiography. - David Biddulph (talk) 21:51, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Adding a Photo to an Existing Article

I have a good friend, Dr. Aviva Klein Franke of Cologne University in Germany, who has travelled to Yemen and photographed a picture of a stone inscription showing a partial list of the names of the priestly wards. Since the photograph is relevant to an article on Wikipedia called "Kohen," she has agreed to have this photograph uploaded to that Wikipedia article ("Kohen"). What must she do to verify that the photo is hers and that she gives her consent to upload it to Wikipedia? Davidbena (talk) 22:06, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

WP:Donating copyrighted material. - David Biddulph (talk) 04:40, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history coordinator election

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thank you

for the information at the help desk you just gave me! GMarin 12:28, 26 September 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lrh246 (talk • contribs)

Talkback

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Nice catch on the cut-and-paste move at Gwendolyn Galsworth (I didn't even check!) and your helpful response. I, JethroBT ^{drop me a line} 17:16, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

apologies to Paul Ashwood

Hi. Am new to Wikipedia and out of curtsy added my ideas to an article - to remove brackets and use less unnecessary information. This has been reverted and the new article has taken all my ideas on board. #strange. #Carolbragger (talk) 10:45, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

Autoblock removal request

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David Biddulph (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Autoblocked because your IP address was recently used by "J2R". The reason given for J2R's block is: "Disruptive editing".

Blocking administrator: Willking1979 (talk • blocks)

Accept reason: The autoblock should be cleared now.Jezebel'sPonyo ^{bons mots} 17:25, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

I see that the block on J2R was in November 2009, so it's interesting if this IP address was recently used by J2R - David Biddulph (talk) 15:49, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Very odd, though I have seen the occasional autoblock hiccup such as this. Let me know if you're still having issues. --Jezebel'sPonyo ^{bons mots} 17:25, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm now at home, on a different computer with a different IP. I'll have a look again tomorrow when I'm back on the previous network, but I guess that by then it may well have allocated a different IP anyway. Thanks again. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:54, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Talk:River Thames Summary

Hi, Thanks for that feedback. I agree with the point about the London Boroughs now being used to define the London area. But that part of the Thames referred to as "The London Stretch" in this article is entirely tidal- even if does not cover all of London. Its important to make this distinction for several reasons including, the type of water it contains ( salt versus fresh), the navigation rules and the governing body, to name but three.1stcanalman (talk) 10:24, 3 October 2013 (UTC)1stcanalman

There are obviously numerous ways in which "London" could be interpreted (and are interpreted in this & various other articles, including that on London itself). I was using London in the sense defined in the map in the infobox, and in most of the references to London in the article which cover an area much bigger than the City of London. I agree that for a variety of purposes the tidal boundary (or the PLA's jurisdiction boundary which is very close thereto) is a relevant subdivision, and of course we have sections within the article on The tidal section and on The tidal river, and a separate article on the Tideway. It would, however, be misleading to say "Its tidal section includes all of its London stretch" without making it clear that "London" is here being used in a different sense to that in which it is used elsewhere in the article, and of course to define the "London stretch" as being the tidal stretch would be a circular argument in this sentence. - David Biddulph (talk) 11:10, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

Hi, apologies, that is perfectly clear and a valid reasoning that is not enough to change any minds. It is wrong to describe this section as anything but tidal and worse to make this error on the back of another i.e. the incomplete definition of London. 1stcanalman (talk) 11:39, 9 October 2013 (UTC)1stcanalman

English unit inter-language links

Hi David,

Please undo your reinstatement of inter-language links.

Before you do so , please follow the German link de:Angloamerikanisches Maßsystem. You will see that it links to English language article Imperial and US customary measurement systems. Please note that Anglo-American system of units also links to this English-language article. If you read through the German article, you will see that the text "(UK)" and "(US)" occurs a number of times. You might wish to double-check this on other language articles. The French and Dutch articles certainly refer to "Anglo-American" rather than the pre-1824 "English" units. Martinvl (talk) 07:48, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

If you were removing the links because you believed that they were inappropriate links, that would have been something that you could have said in your edit summary. You edit summary, hoever, said "Inter-language links are handled centrally", whhich gave the impression that that you were removing them because identical links already existed in Wikidata. You will be aware that there are many cases where Wikidata doesn't fully handle the links, particularly where there isn't a one-to-one correspondence between articles in one language and those in another. If you wish to remove one or more of the links which other editors have added, I suggest that you explain why you believe them to be inappropriate, either in the edit summary or on the article talk page. - David Biddulph (talk) 10:57, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

If you look at items 27 and 28 of the Wikidata FAQ page you will see that they expect links to follow a one-to-one correspondence. I agree that this is not totally satisfactory, but the way to sort it out is through Wikidata, not by adding items to this page. Martinvl (talk) 12:32, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

Yes, Wikidata can only deal with one-to-one correspondence at present, so unless & until Wikidata changes (and I'm not holding my breath), the extra links are provided locally. Help:Interlanguage links#Adding a new link says:

"Unfortunately, there is no mechanism in Wikidata at present for linking articles which are related, but different in scope; it is possible to do it with local links."

Help:Interlanguage links#Local links says:

"Before Wikidata, Interlanguage links had to be recorded in the text of the page itself. The problem with this approach was that each language had to maintain its own separate lists. So for example, if the name of a page on the English Wikipedia changed, then each language that linked to that page would have to separately notice this fact and then change their own links.

For most pages, these links are no longer needed and can be safely removed, but you should verify that the local list and the Wikidata lists match before doing so."

... (my emphasis on the last clause). - David Biddulph (talk) 13:22, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

OK, as long as they are one-way links only. Martinvl (talk) 15:57, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

Thank you and more help?

Hello David--Thank you for your response to my help desk posting. I've fixed the link so it refers to the database entry for the "Tom Taylor" stradivarius. You pointed out a state of confusion regarding my user talk page and user name(s). I'm not very skilled at working WP and I think that at some time in the past I had a user page titled RMcGuigan but wanted it to be Robert McGuigan and some generous person set up the redirect for me. Unfortunately it seems to have made a mess of my contributions and talk pages. I'd appreciate it if you could suggest a way to make things less confusing.

By the way, are you related to Peter Biddulph, a well-known expert on and dealer in fine violins? RMcGuigan (talk) 19:55, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

Just log on to the Robert McGuigan account, instead of RMcGuigan, and edit from there. You can put a note on your Robert McGuigan user page to say that you previously edited as RMcGuigan, & then people will be able to find your previous contributions. No, as far as I'm aware I don't have any relatives in the violin business. - David Biddulph (talk) 20:08, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

ANI notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.

Whilst I did not contact you initially as you did not make a major comment at Talk:United Kingdom#Units of measure dispute., I have been accused of selectively selecting editors to notify so I am contacting everyone who took part. The discussion is WP:ANI#User:Martinvl and long term disruption of WT:MOSNUM. Apologies in advance, if like me you don't really have a strong opinion on the matter. Wee Curry Monster talk 17:10, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Deletion from teahouse

First of all thankz for your help mate and i appreciate it but i want to say this and I am sorry the answer seems a bit insulting to me, Its like saying I can't count. That's why I did it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rameshnta909 (talk • contribs) 17:38, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

It's sometimes difficult to work out times of day, and answers to previous questions will often save other users from having to ask the same question so that's why they stay and are then archived. While you're here, another editor has pointed out that you deleted a message that you had posted to Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2013 October 18. I see that you have updated the file details today to confirm that you are not the copyright holder, so the file will presumably be deleted in due course. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:48, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

Notability

Do YOU have any? Dina Rubina wrote tens of books and I must demonstrate her notability to bots and jerks? Go and work for improving articles and your template you can place on your forehead bec. YOU have NO notability.--N94228 (talk) 14:38, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

Yes, her notability must be demonstrated. Read WP:N & WP:V. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:49, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

There is list of works. Demonstrate YOUR OWN notability. I am waiting--N94228 (talk) 15:05, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

N94228

He or she apparently thinks that he or she is a WP:DIVA and that the threat to leave Wikipedia will cause the article to be left standing. My own guess is that the author is notable, and that the OP should ask for assistance in finding reliable sources rather than making idle threats to leave Wikipedia and idle accusations of vandalism. My own guess also is that the OP will eventually be blocked, and no one else will care, and the article should not be speedy-deleted, but that an AFD challenge to find a reliable source is in order and is likely to get the article fixed. Bye bye N94228. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:48, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

Thanks for saving my bacon Andys'edtits (talk) 12:52, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

apology

I am sorry for having inadvertently deleted your answer at the help desk during an edit conflict. I thought I had carefully preserved all prior text, but I must have been in error. Sorry. DES ^(talk) 21:22, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

I'm sure it wasn't your fault. I have got caught that way in the past, with an edit conflict that the software didn't tell me about. - David Biddulph (talk) 21:25, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	Thanks for the code Herald talk with me 13:27, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Sorry

The Template I made was supposed to be a test, i don't know what i was doing. Sorry. Today's Xtra (talk) 19:13, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

If you want to do tests, you can do that in your sandbox, or in another subpage in your user space. We realize that you've only got a day or so's editing experience and fewer than 200 edits so you've still got a lot to learn. That is why you shouldn't yet be thinking that you can help other users in roles such as Teahouse host, AFC reviewer, or as an adopter. Your first step is to learn for yourself how Wikipedia works. Study the various guidelines and get practice in how to do make edits yourself. When you've built up some experience, then you can start to think about trying to advise others. - David Biddulph (talk) 19:57, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

Help with article @evleaks

@evleaks was submitted and is continued to be edited by Cclewandowski who is an intern at @evleaks (as admitted here: https://twitter.com/CCLewandowski). A NPOV tag was applied to this in October which the user in question, Cclewandowski, decided to remove. Any assistance would be appreciated Binarypower (talk) 03:50, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

Douglas Lee

I'll dig out a source for you showing the link in a few hours when I have more time if that's OK; as for the page itself, why don't we make Douglas Lee into a disambiguation page, with Douglas Lee (restauranteur) redirecting to the Steak House? Giant Snowman 16:37, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I've made a first stab at changing from the redirect to a dab page. It can doubtless be improved. - David Biddulph (talk) 16:50, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Matt Edwards' Draft Article Progressive Automations

Hi David: My article talks about various sponsorships. Do all these sponsorships need to be independently verifiable? At least one of the sponsees refers to the company in a YouTube video, but WP has stated that these videos are not usable as references. Cheers Matt19811981 (talk) 18:39, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

You need to read about verifiability, reliable sources, and referencing. - David Biddulph (talk) 18:43, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

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9th Earl of Eglinton

Replied on my page Kittybrewster ☎ 12:30, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Helen Arbuthnot

I came across this fully abled cox who was in the Paralympics Irish team last year. Can you please tell me why she was eligible? Kittybrewster ☎ 12:42, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Coxes in Para-rowing events are not required to be disabled. Most are fully able, such as Lily van den Broecke in the 2012 GB crew, & her predecessor Alan Sherman at the previous Paralympics & various World Champs. The relevant item in the current FISA rules is in Appendix 13 to the rule book, at http://original.worldrowing.com/files/download/9652 . - David Biddulph (talk) 12:52, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

thank you. Kittybrewster ☎ 13:22, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

John Buchan Ross

Thanks for your edit. I have introduced a link to the page. If you could please review it again, as and when you have time, I would be much obliged. Thanks.Gomach (talk) 16:59, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

I've already removed the orphan tag. I'll leave the formal reviewing to someone more familiar with the bureaucracies of the formal review process. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:01, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

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	Sir, thank you so much for giving me correct information and guiding me in the right direction. Forthesakeofmusic 13:31, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Talk:International Lyme And Associated Diseases Society

David, you asked the location of the discussion. I have 3 editors helping me, and I am asking if this group is a fringe group or a significant minority opinion group. I am advocating for the latter, but am still trying to understand the rules. It is wonderful how you can get people to work through a question like this with an open mind if you bring data, and it helps me understand how Wikipedia stays consistent through these kinds of consensus decisions.

Thanks for you interest and willing to help someone new. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bob the goodwin (talk • contribs) 06:29, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

For fixing the issue at Acanthurus leucosternon. Bananasoldier (talk) 15:58, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

MarianoRivero

he has been constantly spamming and editing some articles and is already vandalizing some articles — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.83.57.125 (talk) 08:24, 5 January 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.207.248.114 (talk)

112.207.248.114

he has been constantly spamming and editing some articles and is already vandalizing some articles — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.207.248.114 (talk) 09:59, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

IP autoblock

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David Biddulph (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Block message:

Autoblocked because your IP address was recently used by "Nick English Photography". The reason given for Nick English Photography's block is: "Spam / advertising-

Blocking administrator: Nyttend (talk • blocks)

Accept reason: Should be cleared now. Mr.Z-man 18:03, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

--David Biddulph (talk) 17:08, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Weird; sorry about that. Nyttend (talk) 22:44, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Sig

Ya, every once in a while I forget to link my talk in. My film crew was nominated for a Oscar and its been real busy around here. Sorry: WPPilot 17:25, 16 January 2014 (UTC) (talk)

Best of luck on Oscar night then. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:37, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Dear Sir,

Could you please tidy up the references for James Martineau page and the Philpi greenhow Martineau page Thanks - I am not good at thois! Cheers Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.144.168.82 (talk) 04:49, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

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Hi David,

on December, 27 I edited the Wikipedia articles Software Engineer and Software Engineering, and you reversed my changes 2 hours later, giving "rv unsourced commentary" as the reason.

The changes I entered described the situation that software engineers are not able yet to measure the materials they work on, i.e. the knowledge going into their software and the knowledge represented by the software they write.

Could you please let me know what you think would be the right way to add this information to Wikipedia?

Kind Regards Martin Rösch Martin Rösch (talk) 20:28, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

See my reply at Talk:Software engineer/Archives/2014#Lack of Measurability. --David Biddulph (talk) 21:01, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

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	For being kind at Help desk! Thank you! Ąnαșταη (ταlκ) 22:13, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

Thank you David for sending along such helpful information regarding citations. It worked! Jacqueline C. Moorby (talk) 01:54, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for help on my user page;) you seem to get a lot of thanks. You're quite helpful just like an engineer. Note to all: to automatically go to another "Thanks" section on this here page just type _2 or _3 or _4 etc at the end of the url. or we could use different names for each section, like "thanks" then "thanks!", etc.--78.156.109.166 (talk) 20:31, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

You removed my edit at the Help Desk

What was the reason for this edit, please? Thanks, Dismas|^(talk) 09:28, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Looks like another case of the software not reporting an edit conflict. Certainly not intentional, I assure you. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:24, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

I thought that had been fixed. I didn't think it was intentional. Thanks for the explanation. Dismas|^(talk) 13:35, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thank you so much for your generosity!

Brittneyhren (talk) 15:40, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Spore (agricultural publication)

Hi David. I posted comments on this on the Teahouse and should be grateful if you could take a look. I really feel that this is a notable publication (I've been reading it for 25 years) and that it merits an article without further delay. Thanks Roundtheworld (talk) 08:53, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Refs

Could you please check the refs for Arnolfd Lupotn page and Martineau family page Thanks M.E.Reed — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.147.212.61 (talk) 10:42, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

Re help desk

Re my query about earlier versions of Wiki articles (see help desk)

Thanks, David, for your prompt reply. No, you didn't misunderstand my query and I have found what I was after. I am not sure if I should be posting this reply here or on the help desk, but here goes. My question concerned my first foray into Wiki editing and there was a lot to wade through on the site about editing/help desks, and I cannot think why I didn't do the obvious and click on "History" as you suggested. I think it was a case of not being able to see the wood for the trees! Many thanks.

PS For some reason I can't make the heading here show up in the right way, sorry! P123cat1 (talk) 13:12, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

If you want to add a section heading ahead of your text, either use the "New section" button to add the section, or precede your text with

== Whatever you want your section heading to be ==

as the equal signs delineate the heading. --David Biddulph (talk) 13:28, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

Re help desk (2)

I get it. Tx! –P123cat1 (talk) 14:17, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

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Hi I answered your question(I hope it is a valid answer though, correct me if I am wrong, thanks!) Yutah Andrei Marzan Ogawa¹²³|UPage| (talk) 04:56, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

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Yutah Andrei Marzan Ogawa¹²³|UPage|_☺★ (talk) 08:00, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Lakester#RFC

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Lakester#RFC. I have a message in the talk page. Yutah Andrei Marzan Ogawa¹²³|UPage|_☺★ (talk) 14:12, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

Odinsburgh14

Blocked as a sockpuppet, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Moutray2010. Dougweller (talk) 09:03, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Now at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Former user 20140220/Archive. Dougweller (talk) 16:33, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

Changing username

How can I change my username? (Blackspears (talk) 03:37, 27 February 2014 (UTC))

In the message which I left on your user talk page, WP:CORPNAME is in blue, meaning that it is a wikilink to a document which you should read. --David Biddulph (talk) 05:36, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Pending changes screwup

For some reason, even though you are a reviewer, your last revert on recycling was marked as "pending" but there was no place to accept your change (probably because you are a reviewer). Then when I displayed all pending changes to the article, it showed you as adding the offending material you tried to revert. So I reverted the last 3 edits including yours.

So don't be distressed at seeing that you were reverted in the edit summary. I never liked this pending changes mechanism. It's clunky even when it works. ~Amatulić (talk) 15:39, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Many thanks for adding to a previous message in the Teahouse and helping me move my very first Wiki page so that it became a fully fledged article. I feel at home already. Meailleurs (talk) 11:58, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Type 45

David, Thank you for spotting the mistake I made by not linking the actual document. It seems to me that the user who reverted my edit even after I reached out to them could have as easily pointed out my error rather than revert. Thanks again Mark83 (talk) 01:42, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Putitdownsorawww (talk) 02:34, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Emomalii Rahmon (we should change the first name)

Hi, i saw that you removed the correction of my correction of the first name of the president on the tajikistan page. I also saw your note about Emomalii Rahmon. I beleive we should change that to Emomali Rahmon (only 1 i) as per the official biography on http://president.tj/en/taxonomy/term/5/21 or http://president.tj/en/ (then scroll down and click biography). I'm not a major wikipedia editor and don't know how to do this. can you assist?

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Putitdownsorawww (talk • contribs) 02:12, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

There was lengthy discussion at Talk:Emomalii Rahmon in 2007. If you are convinced that the ii version is wrong, having read the previous discussion, you might raise it again there. I took the liberty of changing the URLs in your message to wikilinks. --David Biddulph (talk) 02:24, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Okay, i'll take a look at all this, and no worries for the URLs. Thank you. Putitdownsorawww (talk) 02:34, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Thanks for your Adminship! Sakib14 (talk) 09:44, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Not me! --David Biddulph (talk) 09:46, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Good Humor
	Thanks once again for saving my page! Sakib14 (talk) 10:25, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks David, for your help, I will try to fix the problem at my Preferences
Aftab Banoori (talk) 11:10, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for contributing

Dear David, I wanted to thank you for helping me with on my Tilmann's Wröbel page. I frequently improving the page thanks to contributors'advices. I just wanted to know if you can please check the updates on the page because I wish to remove the contributors warning.. Please let me know ! Thanks in advance and thank you again for your help! --V-fire (talk) 09:37, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

A good starting point would be for you to read the Wikipedia:Manual of Style. - David Biddulph (talk) 02:27, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

Adding Badges?

I can leave a message, here but is there another way to ping? I want to add a badge that says I live in California like you have on your page, how can I add badges? Apriv40dj (talk) 18:55, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

One of the easiest ways of finding userboxes is to look at similar ones which you like, & then looking through the relevant categories. For example my user page includes {{User HampshireCounty}}, so if you look at Template:User HampshireCounty you will see (at the foot of the page) that it is in Category:English county of residence user templates. That, in turn, is in Category:Region of residence user templates. From there you will see that there is a Category:US state of residence user templates, and in there you can choose between a number of userboxes relevant to California. Some of those have multiple options; Template:User in California, for example, has dozens of variants, and you could choose the one which you prefer. --David Biddulph (talk) 20:58, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

I am not getting any notification's from my tea house replies. Every morning I expected to see a bunch of replies and get nothing. I did not know you had posted this, but just now I got three notification of radioactive carbon dating or global warming or some other question that is not my question and I took no part in the discussion. Then I had to go and find this post that was archived or I would have missed it entirely. But, I did save that information, I just wonder if take the html of a badge is that stealing a badge and will that person mind? If I see a badge on tennis and want to take and add to my page how will I know if the user will get mad at me for doing that? Some people don't mind and some will get very upset. I will try to add that easy badge for California as a start that is listed above. Apriv40dj (talk) 02:19, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

If you ask a question on a page, it is wise to keep that page on your watchlist so that you can keep an eye open for replies. As far as userboxes are concerned, the files in the Templates: namespace are there to be used. If someone has produced a userbox in their own user space you can still link to it, though they might subsequently delete it from their userspace so the link from your page would then fail. If you are talking of taking someone else's userbox code and using that to develop a different userbox, that would still be permitted, but you ought to include a comment to credit them for the code you are using. In general it is less confusing if you use Wikipedia's terminology to refer to things; Wikipedia calls the "userboxes", not "badges". - David Biddulph (talk) 02:54, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

Meon Valley Railway

What is going on with the Meon Valley is not at present to be put in the public domain. However, this does NOT mean the group is defunct - FAR from it! The statement about it having disbanded is and always was completely erroneous and, if allowed to remain, would risk significant damage to the project. I will remove it one last time and I request that no attempt is made to reinstate it. 82.3.254.47 (talk) 03:01, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Thank you for the many, many helpful comments you've made at the at the Teahouse. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 03:48, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for putting right my sloppy edit to National Front. I'm using a creaking lap top with finger pad rather than mouse, lousy broadband connection, everything keeps freezing and I clearly have been too frustrated/lazy to check what I do before hitting Save. Ain't computers fun!? Emeraude (talk) 16:54, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for the info you've provided on my talk page! I'm working on fixing the citations right now. It looks like I had forgotten how to add them in properly. Thanks again!Cosettej (talk) 16:28, 15 April 2014 (UTC) Thanks for the additional help with my citations. Those group tags were driving me crazy! I think I've got the citations where they need to be now, but I could be wrong. Please let me know if you have any additional suggestions/corrections, and I'll be sure to implement them. Thanks again! Cosettej (talk) 17:32, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:The "good guy"/List of AT&T U-verse channels listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:The "good guy"/List of AT&T U-verse channels. Since you had some involvement with the Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:The "good guy"/List of AT&T U-verse channels redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Steel1943 (talk) 05:01, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing it out. As you've seen, I've now changed the destination of the redirect. I was going to put a clarifying comment on the RFD, but I see that you've already dealt with it; thanks. --David Biddulph (talk) 05:42, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for resolving it; with that redirect fixed, I noticed that was the same issue with the others as well, and was able to fix them. Steel1943 (talk) 05:46, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Is my subject notable enough to be included.

Dea David,

Thank you so much for sending me an email and, hopefully, putting me on the correct track. I have wanted to thank ColinFine and Vchimpanzee for their replies. Now , perhaps I will be able to do so. I can but try.

Many thanks again, KeithKeithhmorris (talk) 19:59, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Reimagining Mentorship proposal

Hi David. I know you spend a good deal of time helping new editors, so I wanted to bring your attention to a grant proposal under review. A small team of us want to implement a system of mentorship that focuses on the specific skills new editors want to learn and incorporates the 1-on-1 relationships from the adopt-a-user programs. Please read over our proposal here. At this stage, your feedback would be much appreciated, particularly as you work with new editors on a regular basis, and we want to make our proposal fit the community's needs. You can leave comments on the grant talk page, and if you like the proposal, please feel free to add your endorsement at the bottom of the page.

In addition, we are gathering information and attitudes from experienced editors on the current ways new editors can get help. If you are interested, please consider taking our brief survey here. Thanks very much, I, JethroBT ^{drop me a line} 05:45, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Help

I wandered into the article Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Neubauer Family Collegium for Culture and Society this morning and I feel the way Alice musht have feld after she walked throught hte lookign glass. I went back to add some more info, and I cannot seem to access the page to add more sources. I see that you name is on the page as it now stands. I see that the article is being continuously denied, although it has many reliable sources, not only local papers like the The Chicago maroon but national ones like The Chronicle of Philanthropy and http://www.universitybusiness.com/

Can you explain what is going on here? To me notability does not seem to be in question. To the extent that it is written "like an advertisement", that can surely be quickly corrected. To me, this feels like a confusing and unfriendly process. A.Jacobin — Preceding unsigned comment added by A.Jacobin (talk • contribs) 18:25, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

I haven't looked at the content. All I did was restore the previous feedback which had been deleted. That stays to help reviewers and those trying to improve the draft, & to allow resubmission when ready. The feedback templates will be removed if and when the draft is accepted for publication. I can't see anything stopping anyone from making further edits; the page is not protected. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:39, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

I now see that you have done a cut-and-paste move of the page to Neubauer Family Collegium for Culture and Society. This is not permitted because of the legal requirement to preserve the attribution of the content, so I have tagged the article accordingly. --David Biddulph (talk) 08:51, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Weapons Law Encyclopaedia

Hi, You just deleted my page Weapons Law Encyclopaedia on Copyrights issues. I however have the authorization of the company to take their content. Shoudl I change the text a bit? Also, to do so could I retrieve the content I had inserted, because it did take me some time to make.

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tatiana155 (talk • contribs) 23:15, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

I didn't delete it; it was deleted by an administrator because Wikipedia cannot publish copyrighted material without an appropriate licence. You had been warned earlier in the day about the use of copyrighted material. The message on your user talk page explains the process by which a copyright owner can donate copyrighted material, and in his reply to you Discospinster explains that you can find the material again on the web pages from which you copied it. You do, however, need to write things in your own words, because an organization's web page is usually written in promotional language, not in the neutral point of view which Wikipedia requires. One of the replies to your original help desk message gave an example of such unacceptable language, and another reply reminded you of the need to base the article on references to coverage of the subject in published reliable sources independent of the subject; at first glance most of the mentions of the Weapons Law Encyclopaedia that I can find are based on press releases for the project launch, so would not be acceptable. I have put some further useful links on your user talk page, including to WP:Your first article. --David Biddulph (talk) 04:32, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

Draft submission

I have successfully resubmitted my draft and it says Review waiting. I sincerely appreciate your time and effort to help me. Thank you. Madhuravp (talk) 16:36, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

I see that you didn't take my advice about looking at the references. Although you may be lucky and get the draft accepted, in general you will probably find that reviewers will be quicker to review drafts with proper inline citation, so you may find yourself waiting for a month or two, and at that stage they may reject it and ask you to reference it properly. - David Biddulph (talk) 16:44, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

My CLA Template

Thank you, David. I had noticed that issue, but I hadn't yet gotten around to addressing it. You saved me some trouble. Taxman1913 (talk) 17:15, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Triple Crown

If you read further than the lead paragraph of the Triple Crown of Motorsport article you will see that both definitions are covered, and that sources mentioning Graham Hill use the older, World Championship, version. Ian Dalziel (talk) 22:31, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Quick note about your Teahouse answers

Hi,

I notice that you've been answering questions at the teahouse for several months. Many of your answers are good, but there are a few that are unhelpful to the OPs. For instance, in this thread, you just provided a bare policy link. Teahouse etiquette generally encourages attempting to explain the answers to people's questions instead of pointing them to a complex and sometimes lengthy page to read through. This is especially important since most guests at the teahouse are newbies. You've also often just left {{welcome}} on the talk pages of guests, which isn't really a way to answer people's questions. Again, most of your answers are okay, and I'm just providing you a few pointers to help you contribute even better there. --Jakob (talk) 17:15, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Happy to let you answer in the way in which you prefer. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:01, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Help Please

Hello,

Will you please address my problem I've mentioned today (July 22) here => Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk?

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asheshneupane95 (talk • contribs) 14:08, 22 July 2014‎ (UTC)

You've asked at the Help Desk. Hopefully someone will address your request in due course. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:13, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Template:2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics

There are apparently two templates with the same name. Look at the mens 100 and the women's 100. You will find the women's goes to the template you corrected, the men's does not. I can't find a fix. Tried the double article route until a solution was found. We still have two Men's 10,000 articles with and without comma due to the double templates. Trackinfo (talk) 10:33, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

Both 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres and 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres point at {{2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics}}. I can't see any other template. You have both articles because you created them both, but nothing of significance now points at 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10000 metres as I have removed all the relevant incoming links, so I've redirected it to the correct one. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:46, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: User:SanjibGanguli

Hello David Biddulph. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of User:SanjibGanguli, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not unambiguously promotional, user has other contributions. Thank you. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 17:32, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Concur with your revert; opened sockpuppet investigation

I concur with the revert you made to Portable Document Format and have opened a sock puppet investigation. Jc3s5h (talk) 15:26, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

SNAP

I must have been writing my CFD for Category:Coulson Norman Mitchell as you hit the save button. Nthep (talk) 13:50, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Should be fairly uncontroversial. --David Biddulph (talk) 13:53, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Posting a Digital Photograph to WP Article

David, what is the proper procedure for posting a Digital Photograph that I made to a WP Article either written by me or edited by me? Davidbena (talk) 15:14, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Lots of useful links at Wikipedia:Images. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:18, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks.

Thanks. I forgot to add the "talk". [3] Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:53, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

He's got the paramaters of the requested move wrong too. He's requested that List of buses be moved to Talk page for List of bus models, and the article itself. See Wikipedia:Requested moves#September 15, 2011. :-( - David Biddulph (talk) 09:57, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi, I wanted to thank you for replying to my message in the tea house, the assistance was a huge help, thank you. Conor Robinson (talk) 10:38, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Hi, David Biddulph. I've remove the note of orphan article of Nuria Perpinya article because this article it's not orphan anymore from august. There are many links related to wikipedia articles now. Thanks! --Copiacertificada (talk) 14:41, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

No, there are no links from any Wikipedia articles, see here. Please don't keep removing the tag while the article is an orphan; if you are struggling to remember what an orphan is, read the links in the tag, particularly WP:Orphan. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:00, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Participants in the Boat Race

Good morning David. Thank you for your comment on the use of Kt post-nominal. I wondered if you would be kind enough to comment on the proposed deletion of Joseph Dominic Kinsella (and Boat Race participants in general) who rowed for Cambridge in the 1984 Boat Race, particularly if you have any further information on his rowing career. Kind regards, MJT21 (talk) 06:51, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Modern physics

hello first I would like to say thanks, it was actually Modern Physics not moderen just typo mistake, I have clarified now. Have a nice day...:)178.62.132.86 (talk) 10:42, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

There are two main branches of physics, one is classical physics and other is modern physics. So it was Modern actually, any further help from your side would be appreciable. 178.62.132.86 (talk) 10:45, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Articles for deletion of Selfie Slam by Rovio LVL11

Read here: http://www.rovio.com/en/news/blog/540/selfie-slam-out-now-in-finland-sweden-and-canada Release date for iOS in Sep. 15 and very sorry about created this article! Google search says "Selfie Slam Rovio" finded this. :( MandatoryTeaser (talk) 13:49, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Bedford Modern School

David, I see that you've modified the foundation date for Bedford Modern School in the infobox on the BMS Wiki page. If that's changed, shouldn't two categories at the bottom of the page, "Educational institutions established in the 1560s" and "1566 establishments in England", be exchanged for "Educational institutions established in the 1760s" and "1764 establishments in England" ? There seems to be confusion as to whether the school was established in 1566 or 1764. If it's accepted that the foundation date is 1764, then the categories should also reflect that fact, shouldn't they ? All the best. (Vietnamvat (talk) 10:06, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

Any thoughts?

Hi David,

Have a look at this diff where I very much doubt you actually deleted my comment. Gremlin, do you think? Fiddle Faddle 21:38, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

It seems to be quite often these days that edit conflicts don't get flagged. I see that someone else answered (& I was doing so when an edit conflict did in this case get flagged). --David Biddulph (talk) 21:46, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

I imagine that means they have improved the underlying Mediawiki software again

Fiddle Faddle 21:48, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

Yes, too many "improvements". --David Biddulph (talk) 21:52, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history coordinator election

Greetings from WikiProject Military history! As a member of the project, you are invited to take part in our annual project coordinator election, which will determine our coordinators for the next twelve months. If you wish to cast a vote, please do so on the election page by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September! Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 22:06, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

thank you

Many thanks for changing the article name from Madani High School to Madani Schools Federation — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.156.200.93 (talk) 11:47, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

Political funding in Ireland

Hi, thank you very much for taking care of the sorting problem! Khnassmacher (talk) 07:49, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Madani Schools Federation

Is it possible to remove the Madani High School page completely as the name no longer exists and I would like to remove all references to the name. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.156.200.93 (talk) 11:49, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

We don't generally delete old page titles, particularly when they've been in use for some time. The page is now a redirect to the new title. There are numerous user talk pages which link to the old page, & the redirect will show users where the page now is; it wouldn't be correct to change the wording of those links. I believe that I have removed any links to the old title from within articles; in particular I changed the template which was use in a large number of articles. --David Biddulph (talk) 07:57, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Nominations for the Military history Wikiproject's Historian and Newcomer of the Year Awards are now open!

The Military history Wikiproject has opened nominations for the Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year. Nominations will be accepted until 13 December at 23:59 GMT, with voting to begin at 0:00 GMT 14 December. The voting will conclude on 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:35, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion contested: Lynmouth Bay railway station

Hello David Biddulph. I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Lynmouth Bay railway station, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Removed speedy. All railway stations are notable. Thank you. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 17:33, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion contested: Lynton Village railway station

Hello David Biddulph. I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Lynton Village railway station, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Removed speedy. All railway stations are notable. Thank you. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 17:33, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Voting for the Military historian and Military newcomer of the year now open!

Nominations for the military historian of the year and military newcomer of the year have now closed, and voting for the candidates has officially opened. All project members are invited to cast there votes for the Military historian and Military newcomer of the year candidates before the elections close at 23:59 December 21st. For the coordinators, TomStar81

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:33, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

Thank you on inquiry regarding Cherzong Vang Article for Submission

Thank you David Biddulph and also Prime Hunter for your thoughtful response and efforts to explain and assist. Much appreciated, since I am still rather new to how these things work and the various processes.Publico2020 (talk) 20:29, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

see below prviously posted on help desk page today:

Missing Submission Question: Draft: Cherzong Vang

I attempted to submit a draft article for submission and review entitled: Cherzong Vang

Draft:Cherzong Vang

Has it been reviewed or deleted ? Cannot seem to find it in the Articles for Submission date of December 14, 2014 when it was first submitted.

Has it been deleted ? If so, for what reason. Or is it still under review ?

It seems to have mysteriously disappeared completely.

thanks Publico2020 (talk) 17:28, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

   Your draft is there in the review queue. I converted the partial url in your question into a wikilink which you can follow. You can also find it in your contributions page. It is listed at Category:AfC submissions by date/14 December 2014, so I don't know why you couldn't see it there. As it says in the review box on the draft, "There are 2987 submissions waiting for review.", so you may well have to wait for more than a month. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:37, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

   The page history [14] shows an unregistered user removed the AFC submission templates.[15] I restored them [16] before David's post and will contact the user. Thanks for posting the problem. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:42, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Thank you David Biddulph and also Prime Hunter for your thoughtful response and efforts to explain and assist. Much appreciated, since I am still rather new to how these things work and the various processes.Publico2020 (talk) 20:29, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for your help and response. Publico2020 (talk) 20:36, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CV, December 2014

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content
Book reviews: Hawkeye7 on armoured reconnaissance and German scientists, Nick-D on time travelling historians
Op-ed: TomStar81 looks at the World War I Christmas truce
Timeline: This month in World War I

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Post counties

Hello. I've realised that yes, it was my mistake about the post towns. I completely forgot about the new Royal Mail shake up. Leave the job to me, I'll remove what I wrote, or put it into the history section. --TransportJone (talk) 16:30, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

Your reversion to Cassiobridge

Re. your reversion of my latest edit - I know "we don't just remove dead URLs"! I did spend quite a bit of time trying in vain to find the dead URL on Watford Council website, and on the Web Archive but it is not available! However, I see you have managed to find a live version which is great, thank you. Cnbrb (talk) 13:18, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Google is your friend. :-) --David Biddulph (talk) 13:26, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Tried that too!! It only came up with blank documents! Cnbrb (talk) 16:57, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Regarding deletion of Beyond the Page Theatre Company of West Potomac High School and the hangon tag

There's no need to make comments that start with "I don't know how many more times you need to be told." I'm still trying to figure out how to use wikipedia and these types of comments aren't helpful. If you could provide me with specific information on how to improve my page, that would be greatly appreciated. --Emma.norville (talk) 16:16, 15 January 2015 (UTC)Emma.norville — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emma.norville (talk • contribs) 16:12, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

We understand that you're new to Wikipedia, but in that situation you need to read and understand the advice that you are given on your user talk page and in the edit summaries on any pages that you are editing. Don't just ignore the advice. Similarly, if you don't understand the meaning of the tags on a page, you shouldn't be removing them. On Christine Flowers it was blatantly obvious that the {{orphan}} and {{no footnotes}} tags were valid, and now that I've looked a bit further I see no reason to doubt the validity of the {{COI}} and {{autobiography}} tags. If you want to remove such tags, you'll need to provide a clear explanation for why you wish to do so. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:29, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

The edits on the Christine Flowers page were an accident. I didn't mean to edit that page. The hangon tag was a result of me googling how to avoid having my page deleted before I'm finished with it. I'm a student in high school, so my edits will be spaced out. I apologize for not being able to fix everything immediately. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emma.norville (talk • contribs) 16:52, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

No big deal but

For instance in Sweden is "nm" used along with "distansminut". "Nm" (and "NM") is an error though, and means Newton-meter (unit for torque). A capital "N" always stands for "Newton" (unit for force) within physics. This may be a "cultural crash" but shouldn't we explain things globally. I let You decide, but I don't agree. Cheers Boeing720 (talk) 03:03, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

N m (with a space) means Newton-metre. NM doesn't. Nautical_mile#Unit_symbol explains it. --David Biddulph (talk) 03:14, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Deletion discussion of article to which you contributed

I have nominated the article Luiz Palhares for deletion because this martial arts teacher lacks notability. You have edited this article in the past and so I thought you might be interested. You may discuss this nomination here: View AfD(Californiatitan (talk) 21:26, 19 January 2015 (UTC))

A barnstar for you!

	The Technical Barnstar
	Thanks for the help with the BIG IDEA article bugged header (displayed bIG IDEA), and for informing me about my mistake in capitalized sentence-case headers. טוב טוב הגמד (talk) 18:37, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CVI, January 2015

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content
Book reviews: Jonas Vinther on Hitler and Cliftonian on the Rhodesia Regiment
Interview: 2014 Military History Newcomer Award nominees
Review essay: Nick-D on the Australian War Memorial
Op-ed: TomStar81 on the birth of strategic bombing
Timeline: This month in World War I

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If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 13:27, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Give another warning

This edit [4] is like page blanking . What do you think --Frost The World (talk) 08:25, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

They'd been warned more than an hour before you posted here. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:54, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thanks for clearing that up! Dentdark (talk) 17:28, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Signature

Sorry but i didn't get you about my sign. Is link to my userpage not appearing? is that so? --aGastya 15:13, 15 February 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acagastya (talk • contribs)

There is no link to your user page, as you can see in your question above. That is why SineBot has signed on your behalf. You need to correct it as I suggested. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:18, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CVII, February 2015

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content
Book review: Nick-D on the British Pacific Fleet
Op-ed: TomStar81 looks at the advent of chemical warfare
Timeline: This month in World War I

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A brownie for you!

Hi David Biddulph. Thanks for your help with the mecA article and your advice on how to create wikilinks to sub-sections of Wikipedia articles. Much appreciated. Cheers. tH0r (talk contribs) 12:58, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar

yes thank you david

i have read the links you kindly supplied and i have read everything everyone else has mentioned to me and i have indeed resubmitted it again after watching the wiki cite video i think i have solved the problem by using the cite which are all from outside reliable sources

sorry i dont wish to upset anyone as i feel i am following instructions to the best of my ability

regards rachael x Rachael reiko murakami (talk) 15:25, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

Draft:2014 Odessa clashes

Shall I move it to userspace? I intended to merge two articles into one. The draft is opposed by one sole user. For more details, see Talk:2 May 2014 Odessa clashes. --George Ho (talk) 10:02, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Whether it is in userspace or in Draft space, if it has been copied from another Wikipedia page the attribution needs to be provided, see Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. If a merge eventually happens, then a further sorting out of the attribution would need doing at that stage, see Wikipedia:Merging. - David Biddulph (talk) 10:26, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

I copied text from two articles, heavily edited by sole editor, RGloucester. Is that enough? Must I add attribution in the draft page? (Oh, I read the guideline.) --George Ho (talk) 10:34, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for your help

Hi David, thanks a lot for your advise. In fact, I did not read the full "minor changes" article. Did it now - adding references, even without changing a single word, is not a minor modification. Understood, sorry and thanks!!! Schottelanerin (talk) 10:55, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

True. There are so many pages of rules & guidance that you can't be expected to pick them all up at once. (One further small point is that new topics on talk pages go at the foot of the page rather than the top. One exception is the Teahouse questions page; for some inexplicable reason that works the opposite way round to the rest of Wikipedia.) Keep up the good work. - David Biddulph (talk) 11:13, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

MBE and the Beatles

Why did you revert my adding "Sir" to the other Beatles because of their MBE's when "Sir Paul McCartney" on here has an MBE and he is accorded "Sir". Why shouldn't the rest of the Beatles get "Sir"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by NapoleonX (talk • contribs) 17:13, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Very simple. If you read the article on Paul McCartney you will see that he has a knighthood. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:15, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

You're right, when I went back and looked at Paul McCartney's page, it mentions the MBE and the Knighthood separately. I saw an MBE behind his name and an MBE behind the other Beatles' names and thought that MBE meant Knighthood and hence "Sir." My mistake. NapoleonX (talk) 17:33, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Got a problem

I was fixing up an article on a mad scientist, and ran into a problem. Her article claims thatin 1935, she rowed for the ladies' university eight in the Women's boat race against Oxford. Any idea where we could find a source for this claim? Her name was Joan Strothers (later Lady Curran). Hawkeye7 (talk) 06:10, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Apologies for my delay in getting back to you. I have reminded myself that CUWBC wasn't founded until 1941. In the early Women's Boat Races from 1927 to 1939, Cambridge were represented by Newnham College, and I see from the article on Joan Curran that Newnham was her college. 1937 would have been the 7th race, but only the 3rd in which the crews raced side-by-side rather than being judged on style. I do have a copy of the history of NCBC covering that period and including the foundation of CUWBC, but there isn't a crew list for the 1937 crew, so I can neither confirm nor deny the report. --David Biddulph (talk) 21:15, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Her daughter claims she rowed with the 1935 crew, not the 1937, which was the first actual race. (The claim is currently commented out of the article pending verification.) The women are being allowed to race on the same course and same day as the men as of 2015, so I'm hoping some details will come out. It seems ludicrous that we have men's records back to 1829 but no records of the women's races. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:32, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Riffian people

Please explain your concerns and edits at talk:Riffian people. I protected the page due to the edit warring and the absence of any discussion on article talk. Vsmith (talk) 21:00, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

My questions at WP:AN3 were "So what happened firstly to the idea that 3RR is a bright line and secondly to the idea that the onus was on someone wanting to remove sourced information to discuss that removal?" --David Biddulph (talk) 21:42, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

I saw an edit war in progress with zero discussion occurring and protected to stop it. Following that I noted the discussion on the 3rr noticeboard and added the protection notice there. Now please discuss your concerns on the article talk. Vsmith (talk) 22:07, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

So no answer to either of my questions? If there has been a change of Wikipedia policy with regard to reversion, or with regard to justifying removal of sourced content, I would like to see diffs of where the policy changes were agreed. --David Biddulph (talk) 08:15, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

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Great Western Revert

Apolgies if my edits were not welcome but I'm currently making a future fleet table, with occasional saves to preserve work. It's nearly done now just adding the last few pictures--Enotayokel (talk) 11:45, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Key People

Key people must not be listed twice. But CEO is there for dot-com company! so should not that be used? or Should CEO be used and that name must not be in key people or what?
thanks
aGastya ✉ let's talk about it :)

Probably makes sense to use | chairman and | CEO instead of | key_people ? --David Biddulph (talk) 17:36, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Yes. CEO and Chairman are there as the fields in the templates and it should be used! aGastya ✉ let's talk about it :)

Agreed. Don't forget that four tildes (which will include the time and date) is the preferred option for signatures. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:55, 25 March 2015 (UTC)