User talk:Rodw/Archive 6

for the sake of convenience! You have one new one. :) Rudget (logs) 12:55, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

On 20 July, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dowlish Wake, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Gatoclass (talk) 10:50, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Image:Midfordrailway.JPG requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I8 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is available as a bit-for-bit identical copy on the Wikimedia Commons under the same name, or all references to the image on Wikipedia have been updated to point to the title used at Commons.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on [[ Talk:Image:Midfordrailway.JPG|the talk page]] explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Sdrtirs (talk) 03:47, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

No idea what happened. Wasn't intentional, can only put it down to finger trouble or the damn wysiwig editor on the Mac. --SpunkyBob (talk) 19:14, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Rod - I've removed the reference for Weston's population growth that pointed to the what's on in weston website. If you read the website you'll see that many of the facts on the page are actually word-for-word copies of the Wikipedia entry - either in its current form or in previous versions. For an example look at the Helidays text. I'm sure you'll agree it isn't a reliable source. --SpunkyBob (talk) 21:29, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi Rod. Its just from personal experience. When I started scanning in the ticket and photo yesterday, the festival started to replay in my mind's eye and ears. Especially Johnny Winter and Mothers of Invention, who were almost unknown to me then. It was quite a surprise to see Donovan. It was fascinating to observe how he came to engage a very soggy and disgruntled audience. But he was not one of the featured artist as the article suggested, so I decided to correct it. I am wary of adding any more of these recollections to the article, (1) because I can not reference them, (2) because I will start to wax lyrical and make it sound more like an essay, rather than an encyclopaedic article. The other photos I have of the event are not really worth uploading. I only added the one I did because the article looked so drab without one. One of the other snaps, is a close-up of the left PA stack. It clearly shows the WEM logo on the red dish on top, and they (WEM) mention their contribution to this festival on their own site. The photo shows 23 Speaker columns and a couple of what looks like 15 or 18 inch base speakers cabinets per stack, and rows of slave amps behind. The sound was the truly breath taking for those times. As you will know, most groups used Marshall amps and the power valves he used (EL34's I think) introduced a certain amount of characteristic distortion. On top of that, valve amps would 'clip' if run too loud – and groups would always run them at full bore. However, these WEM stacks sounded clean, yet punchy. It was not deafening, yet one could hear everything clearly -even from the far end of the field. Impressive enough, to use up one of my camera's precious shots to record it. Despite all the chaos and rain, it was the best natured and friendly festivals I ever went to.--Aspro (talk) 18:42, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

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Hey, thanks for your message. It was just a case of reverting it again, and I've protected it for 48 hours so hopefully we won't be hearing from them again. Thanks again for your message, cheers for helping to keep the Wiki-clean :-) Scarian^{Call me Pat!} 21:57, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi Rod, Just a courtesy line to say thanks for your message, I like your professional tidying of my text (Milborne Port), I've got a lot to learn about Wikipedia, my field is archaeology and architecture rather than "writing" but I'll visit the pages you suggest before I make any more alterations. I'm glad to be of some help, All the very best, Frank ChurcH800 (talk) 21:09, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Good morning Rod, I've looked at the Somerset project as you suggested, I'd be pleased to be of some use, but maybe firstly I'll put my immediate efforts into updating church information in your main pages. Its what I'm best at. I started studying church architecture at the age of 10 (thats 52 years ago but trying not to think upon that too deeply!), and several of my plans of churches are lodged with the Royal Commission on Hist Monuments in London. My specialist field is Anglo-Saxon churches. I did edit the Escomb church page before I tackled Milborne Port and I can see now my poor attempt needs tidying, perhaps its best left to your expertise as I have to firstly digest the Wiki pages you led me to! But I'll go back to it when I feel confident as I don't wish to load you up. If of any interest please visit my new site (which is ongoing) at - www.anglo-saxon-churches.co.uk All the best and have a good week, Frank ChurcH800 (talk) 07:29, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

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Image:Bristolcastle.jpg is now available as Commons:Image:Bristol Castle.jpg. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 22:14, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi, You added an "incomplete list" tag to List of civil parishes in Somerset. I believe this list to be complete unless you know of some others which I don't know about?— Rod ^talk 13:42, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Hello again. I'll take your word for it, but I don't remember adding one to this - or any other - 'list of civil parishes'; I think they all derive from an ONS database so should be complete. So I have no objection to the tag being deleted. Best Wishes. Saga City (talk) 13:56, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi! I have completed the GA review of Geology of Somerset, and the full review can be found at Talk:Geology of Somerset/GA1. I have some concerns about the referencing and MOS compliance of this article, and have put the article on hold to allow you time to address these. If you have any questions, you can ask them on the review page or on my talk page. Dana boomer (talk) 15:58, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi Rod. Thanks. I'm just trying to sort out the geology bit, Jurassic & Triassic - I'm trying to find references, as its almost a blank paragraph.Pyrotec (talk) 21:08, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

You left me a message about Athelney, but my interest in in Cistercian houses, so I don't feel qualified to check this one which is Benedictine - sorry! Abbeybufo (talk • contribs) 19:22, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

I've been using your excellent link checker tool on Geology of Somerset, which is a current GA candidate & have dealt with most of the broken links etc. However the link to Severn Estuary Barrage from the Environment Agency gives a 200 error "File extension (.pd) not in dictionary" although the link opens the PDF document fine. Any ideas or help?— Rod ^talk 18:30, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Green colored links are alright, they're just colored differently to let you know that the server is doing something unusual. It probably should be colored blue since its an administrator configuration issue (.pd is not a register extension for PDFs), but the classification scheme is not self-consistent to begin with. — Dispenser 22:44, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi Rod, my main activity on this so far has been adding places along the route to Category:Monarch's Way. Since the places are generally small with fairly rudimentary articles, this generally involves considerable time on the articles along the route as well, so I'm been having a breather, but I'm happy to get started again. I've done all the articles at the southern end across (most of) Hampshire and Sussex, from Mottisfont to Shoreham-by-Sea (note that Shoreham needs disambiguation!). Do you think there is any merit in having a category like this? It would probably be of more use if the entries were sorted in sequence along the route, but I'm not sure how best to achieve this given that we don't yet know all the articles to be added. It could be done by estimating of the probable total number of articles and allocating key values to existing articles with plenty of gaps for insertions. Subdivision by county would be useful, but mihght not work as like many paths it may cross and re-cross county boundaries along the way.

My health does not allow any serious walking these days, but I live close to the Hampshire section and have walked and photographed some short sections (some photos are on geograph.org.uk in reduced size). Some paths like Itchen Way have GPS-generated route maps. I'm hoping to get hold of a GPS logger soon, so I could probably make some contribution to achieving this for my local section of the monarch's Way. Pterre (talk) 11:41, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi Rod, I'll take up your suggestion about working on the route description etc at my end, initially on the talk page. Pterre (talk) 10:07, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

I've added Hampshire and West Sussex sections to the route description on the talk page (please feel free to tweak as you see fit). Currently working on Wiltshire, and will do Dorset if no-one else has started on it. I'll hold off moving to the main article until the Charmouth to Shoreham section is complete. Pterre (talk) 16:55, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi Rod, just spotted your note on this and wondered if it would be best to put the sandbox on a sub-page rather than directly on the talk page. You could always translude it on to the talk page if required. Keith D (talk) 23:03, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar Rod, I've come over all embarrassed! Pterre (talk) 08:39, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

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Rod - unfortunately it is part of the automated process when you report an image for speedy deletion - it puts a notification on your talk page. Can't find a way around that, but I will look. What I will do, if it's OK with you, is come here and delete any notifications that are left for you as a result of my actions. At least that keeps things tidy. --TimTay (talk) 14:09, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Hello! Hope your well!

Just a quick one to say thanks for the edit on my section about the bells of winscombe so as the taylor's link could be pointed to that page.

I am slowly going to build up the Winscombe page so as it is more informative and give more about the history.

Do you know much about adding different sections to pages?

Kind Regards

Gareth Smart (talk) 09:18, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

A Winscombe resident

Canada. Somewhere nice? Work, holiday? --TimTay (talk) 16:33, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Yep, no probs. Let me know when you're ready for me. SP-KP (talk) 21:25, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi Rod,

I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to leave a reply to your message re. the BRLSI page, but I find Wikipedia's interface almost impossible to understand (and I've been in IT for over 30 years), and I'm just clutching at straws here!

I edit the newsletter and website for the BRLSI, and I'm hoping to get others at the Institution interested in adding material to the Wikipedia page.

> Would you be able to add inline citations for the other facts in the article?

As a relatively recent BRLSI member I'm not well versed in the history for citations etc, but there are people who are, and I'll contact them about it.

> A redirect might have been an easier way to achieve this [the 'BRLSI' page name change].

That may well be the case, but I'm afraid that wasn't made apparent to any reasonable degree by Wikipedia's help system. Sorry if my change caused any inconvenience.

The BRLSI's main public activity at the moment is its lecture programme (see www.brlsi.org/diary.htm), and I'll create a section on that soon. I've also got a pic of the building at night which shows the Casali paintings on the ceiling of the Elwin room, and as soon as I work out how to get it into the page, I'll add that too.

PaulStephens (talk) 08:00, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Rod, I've taken out your last edit (one only) has as it has corrupted the list of citations. I'm also starting the GAR.Pyrotec (talk) 14:25, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Done, on hold for minor fixes. Statement under way quite soon.Pyrotec (talk) 16:19, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Will do. Apologies for not having found time to look at Cheddar yet - I'll do that one too. SP-KP (talk) 17:16, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Rod - I just discovered this tonight so thought I'd share it with you. If you click the "Interested in sharing this image" link on any Geograph picture page, it takes you to another page which gives you code that can be pasted directly into Wikimedia Commons. The code includes all the author information, the coordinates and the geograph template. It is very cool. As an example, look at the re-use page for this photo. Scroll down to Wikipedia and you can copy/paste the code directly into the basic upload form on Wikimedia Commons. --TimTay (talk) 21:44, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Image:Torrworksentrance.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I8 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is available as a bit-for-bit identical copy on the Wikimedia Commons under the same name, or all references to the image on Wikipedia have been updated to point to the title used at Commons.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on [[ Talk:Image:Torrworksentrance.jpg|the talk page]] explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. TimTay (talk) 06:49, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

It wasn't on commons, it was in wikipedia space which is why it didn't show up. Have migrated it commons and it now works perfectly. --TimTay (talk) 20:33, 22 September 2008 (UTC)