User talk:Bencherlite

Hi, Bencherlite. I'm just posting to let you know that Registrar of the University of Oxford – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for March 4. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 22:16, 1 February 2019 (UTC)

Quick facts Eight years! ...

Precious

Eight years!

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miss you --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:33, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Thank you today for the 2012 article, introduced: "Back in the early part of the 19th century, a British army officer who had served in India left a small fortune to the University of Oxford to create a professorship in Sanskrit, of all things. His plan was that the professor would help convert the heathen masses of India to Christianity by teaching Sanskrit to would-be missionaries and administrators of British India. The 1860 election (and, yes, it was a proper election, with manifestos, bitching and adverts in newspapers appealing to the 3,700 electors) was a clash of two philosophies: one candidate represented scholarship for the sake of scholarship, the other represented evangelical Christian zeal. The Times supported one, other papers backed his rival. Special trains had to be laid on to cope with the number of graduates returning to cast their ballot. The defeat of the better scholar in the election has been held up as an example of all that was wrong with Oxford at that time. It's a topic about which I knew nothing until I stumbled across it writing Boden Professor of Sanskrit for WP:FLC, but there's a surprising amount of material out there in contemporary sources and modern analyses."! - Miss you, especially your knowledge about English church music. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:15, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Quick facts Ten years! ...

Awesome

Ten years!

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Miss you. We would have sung much English music this year. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:47, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi, Bencherlite. I'm just posting to let you know that Savilian Professor of Geometry – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for June 1. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 02:32, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi. You are now listed as missing. Should you ever return or choose not to be listed, you are welcome to remove your name. Chris Troutman (talk) 14:22, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Removal from member list

You have been inactive for more than 6 months and have been removed from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee birthday list. If you become active again please feel free to re-add yourself.

Best wishes, Chris Troutman (talk) 14:22, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi, Bencherlite. I'm just posting to let you know that List of County Court venues in England and Wales – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for August 23. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 15:53, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

Category:French classical violists has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Rathfelder (talk) 13:06, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for December 6, 2021. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 6, 2021. Congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 16:54, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Hi, Bencherlite. I'm just posting to let you know that List of alumni of Jesus College, Oxford – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for February 11. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 22:27, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Hey, could I ask for your input in the talk section of the List of Best-Selling Music Artists? It seems like there are a lot of pretty fundamental issues with the list, and you had commented on some of them when it failed to become a featured list candidate. I would like your input, because I'm not a very experienced editor, and I don't really know how to proceed.

Thanks. Pacack (talk) 09:04, 11 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi, Bencherlite. I'm just posting to let you know that Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for October 3. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 01:32, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

Category:Ska trombonists by nationality has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. ^SMason_Garrison 16:19, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Category:Maltese classical trumpet players has been nominated for splitting. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. ^SMason_Garrison 22:56, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Category:Bluegrass cellists by nationality has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. ^SMason_Garrison 03:31, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Category:Pop cellists by nationality has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. ^SMason_Garrison 23:41, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

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Category:Folk cellists by nationality has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. ^SMason_Garrison 00:59, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

Category:Heavy metal cellists by nationality has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. ^SMason_Garrison 01:00, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

Category:Rock harpists by nationality has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. ^SMason_Garrison 05:02, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Category:Rock flautists by nationality has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mclay1 (talk) 23:52, 11 March 2026 (UTC)