User talk:Rif Winfield

Hello, Rif Winfield, can you do population updates for all Sumatran provinces, also its regencies and cities? 2001:448A:11A5:15F8:A8EF:C642:AA17:B482 (talk) 11:28, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

• Yes, it is my intention to do so, but it takes some time to update every single article for provinces, cities and regencies. However, please note that a few regencies (about 2 or 3% of them) fail to publish these figures when asked for by BPS, or they publish ones which are wildly inaccurate (for example, some publish the same figuures as the previous year), so those might be difficult to give. Rif Winfield (talk) 13:07, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for noticing me, Rif Winfield. 2001:448A:11A8:1659:417F:FA54:2D88:274B (talk) 09:29, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

• • No problem! Rif Winfield (talk) 10:10, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi, Rif Winfield. I see you are doing a great work creating articles for Indonesian districts. It would be nice if you could then link those articles to the already existing items in Wikidata. You can see here how I did it for Cilodong. And you can ask me if you have further doubts. Alavense (talk) 11:03, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Dear Alavense, please may I leave it to you to link these articles to Wikidata? You will note that I have created new articles for every district (those which were not already linked) in Bekasi City, Bekasi Regency, Bogor City, Bogor Regency, Tangerang Regency, South Tangerang City and now Depok City; my next task (over the next 3 days) will be to do the same for those Tangerang City districts which are not yet created; I hope in due course to do the same for all the kecamatan in Jakarta Special District/Province (if and when I can find adequate time) in order to complete coverage of Jabotabek. I should be obliged if you could check which districts are not yet linked and then do the links for me. Incidentally, please tell me if you spot any errors in the new articles. (talk) 11:22, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Sure. I can help with that, no problem. But, in the future, it would be easier if you do it immediately after you create the article. It takes no more than a couple of seconds. Kind regards, Alavense (talk) 10:54, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

OK, noted. Rif Winfield (talk) 11:24, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Rif Winfield, can you do mid 2024 estimates for Indonesian regencies and cities? 2001:448A:11A5:1F2C:F087:E54E:60DF:F342 (talk) 14:41, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Not yet. BPS will publish these at the end of February, and I intend to start updating all the articles on provinces, regencies and cities (and districts/kecamatan where possible) as soon after that date as I can. Rif Winfield (talk) 13:33, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi, I'm working on an article for Hyperion right now. You have Lillicrap commanding her from April 1821, but per NBD he moves to Gloucester in October 1823, leaving Hyperion without a recorded captain until Mingaye takes over in January 1825. Do you have any suggestions for filling the gap? Thanks, Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 14:43, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for asking. The entry on page 174 of my 1793-1817 volume - or page 144 of my 1817-1863 volume - is as complete as records allow. I have no record of any captain being appointed to Hyperion between when James Lillicrap brought her home after the deployment to the Cape of Good Hope station (to which she sailed, departing in September 1821, with Lord Charles Somerset) - on which station he continued for about 12 months as Commodore on that station, and he subsequently took her to the West Indies before returning home, presumably in late 1823, until she was fitted for the Coast Blockade at Sheerness in January 1825, and recommissioned on 8 January under William Mingaye, lying in Newhaven Harbour. It is possible that she was deployed somewhere else during those fifteen months, under another captain, but I do not have any note of such a commission. It is equally possible that she was out of commission, in Ordinary at a Dockyard, and with no captain appointed; in fact I suspect that this is likely to have been the case, as she saw no further service after the Coast Blockade service (which was a static deployment) was terminated in 1831, but I have seen no evidence either way. I can clarify that Capt Lillicrap remained in command of the Hyperion throughout her two deployments to the Cape Station and then to the West Indies under orders to cruise off Cuba for the suppression of Piracy (see William O'Byrne's A Naval Biographical Dictionary, Vol.2, p.660), and that he was appointed to the Gloucester on 24 October 1823, serving under the broad pendant of Sir Edward W.C.R.Owen. Regards from Rif. Rif Winfield (talk) 17:13, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification! Further to this, through NBD and some newspaper articles I've figured out that Lillicrap transferred to Gloucester, Owen's flagship in the West Indies, and was replaced by Captain George Frederick Rich, who was the son of Owen's godfather (Sir Thomas Rich). Rich sailed Hyperion home as "unfit for further service" in June 1824. It looks like she was in ordinary from then until her anti-smuggling duties began in the following year. Thanks again, Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 19:55, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the info on Rich. I can confirm that O'Byrne has Rich assuming command of Hyperion on 24 October 1823. Regards. Rif Winfield (talk) 08:44, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

I'm working on these ships (Talavera, Malabar and Belleisle). It seems that all three were built using Seppings' framing system, not just Talavera. Andrew Lambert in his The Last Battlefleet states that Malabar used Seppings' system on p. 181, referencing cite 24 on p. 207. In addition, Lawrie Phillips in his Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy, p. 58, says that Belleisle also used Seppings' system. Annoyingly, he doesn't provide any sources, but he does mention that Seppings and his daughter attended the ship's christening in 1819. Something that I find hard to believe he'd do unless he had some sort of relationship with the ship itself.Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 13:04, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

• Thanks for pointing this out; I totally agree with you, and I'm grateful for your help in pointing out the error. Seaforth will be publishing a softback version of my 1793-1817 volume later this year (or possibly early next year) and I shall amend the entry on page 86 to replace "The Talavera was modified" by "All three ships were modified". I should mention that Seaforth will at the same time similarly publish new softback editions of my 1603-1714 and 1714-1792 volumes (I don't know if your interest goes back to the earlier periods), also allowing me to make some corrections to these.

Can I ask for your help in advising me of any other errors which you have found in any of these three volumes? I would really welcome your assistance in making any alterations that are needed. Rather than add to the messages in this "User talk" page, I would ask that you send me any suggestions by email to: tanparcau@btopenworld.com. In order to include them prior to publication, I will need them by the end of March, or by early April at the very latest. Much appreciated! Rif. talk) 18:16, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

I'm mostly interested in the ships in your last two volumes, and I have identified a few other quibbles that I can send to you, although I think that they're mostly for the 1817-1863 volume. I do intend to start working on expanding the articles on the ships of the line preceeding the Repulses; I'll send you any issues that I find. Having just bought the three later volumes for a pretty penny, I'm very reluctant to buy any of them again. I hope that you can make available an errata list for them so people like me can pencil the corrections.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 18:55, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, also for your emails to which I've just replied. Note that only the first three volumes are to be republished at this time (as softbacks @ £25 each, incorporating limited corrections from the original editions); although I'm happy to record any suggestions for all four volumes (and for my other books) against future publishing availability. Clearly Wikipedia articles do give much scope for expansion of details including history that printed books cannot offer. So please email me whatever you have. I will email you errata lists when my work in complete. Rif Winfield (talk) 08:42, 26 February 2026 (UTC)