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DYK for Frederick Thesiger (naval officer)

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Francis Peter Beck amendment

Your article relating to Francis Peter Beck contains a reference in the notes to The Unseen Assassins, however we believe he is not included on page 94 of this book. Can you check and confirm and remove the reference if necessary? Many thanks. (31.52.254.8 (talk) 09:47, 17 January 2022 (UTC)) G Beck

Many thanks. I am sure I did find him there , but I guess I may have the page number wrong. Will try to check ASAP and then will correct it. Moonraker (talk) 21:06, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Paul Hayes (historian)

Thank you for creating Paul Hayes (historian) - I really appreciate it, I'm his son - I'll try and find a picture for the article.

My pleasure, Jrphayes. You will need to let the upload page create a Creative Commons license if you add it to Wikimedia. Please let me know here, as per WP:COI it is better for you not to edit the page. Moonraker (talk) 23:22, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Floating images

Hi, why have you done this on a number of articles? There should be no need to do that, because those two declarations are among the effects of the |thumb option, which selects the inbuilt CSS rule

div.tright,
div.floatright,
table.floatright {
  clear: right;
  float: right;
}

--Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:34, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Redrose64, I don’t know what devices you read WP on, but the answer is that on the English Wikipedia only there has been a recent change of the way the standard bare “thumb” option displays itself — on many devices, including all of mine, the image window (but not necessarily the image itself) is now being forced to take up the whole page width. That makes all the text sit either above or below the image, so that marginal images no longer work. I have arranged images on the pages I have created in a way that didn’t plan on that and I am putting things back as they were. I don’t know if you are anxious to impose that change? Kind regards, Moonraker (talk) 03:09, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

I am using a PC with Windows 10 and the latest version of Firefox. I am not aware of anybody else who has the problems that you describe, and have not observed anybody else making edits similar to the one that I linked at the start. If you are perceiving a problem with |thumb images that did not previously exist, that is something to bring up at WP:VPT. There should be no need to make any of the changes that you are making - particularly since nobody else has reported a problem with the normal syntax or are making similar changes. If the behaviour of |thumb really has changed, the thing to do is get it changed back - and the route to that is (initially) VPT via phab: to (ultimately) gerrit:. Consider: there are something like six million articles on Wikipedia, and the vast majority will display one or more images using |thumb, and you would expect that somebody would have reported it at VPT by now (I've been watching that page for more than ten years, and I see no recent reports). But if a problem really does exist, it would surely be easier to amend the behaviour of |thumb than to make millions of individual "fix" edits. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:28, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

Yes, if you are only using a PC, Redrose64, then you won’t see it. But as I understand it, most accessing of Wikipedia is now on “mobile” devices such as iPhones and iPads, as with me. Here is what GKFX (a software engineer) told me about the “thumb” option a few months ago. As you will see, he was arguing against using {{Main page image}}, as I had been doing.

On the official mobile skin, the image transitions from full-width to floating at 720px device width. Maybe this is a bit too large of a value to have been chosen, but it’s a decision taken by the MediaWiki developers who presumably have their reasons for picking that value. With {{Main page image}}, the image comes out very small on mobile in my testing and causes very short lines of text to the left of it on narrow screens. Personally I use the desktop skin (Vector) on mobile which avoids this sort of thing.

Moonraker (talk) 06:01, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

I still don't see why changing lots of individual pages is better than fixing the problem at source, so I've raised a thread at WP:VPT#Changed behaviour for the thumb image option. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 10:23, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Moonraker, please stop adding this extraneous formatting to articles. Adding sizes using px sizing is also discouraged, since editors have their own preferences for the size of thumbnail images. – Jonesey95 (talk) 06:00, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

Redrose64, I agree with you that by far the best thing is to fix the problem at source, but so far I am not seeing much recognition that there is a problem. Jonesey95, I do not agree that the formatting is extraneous; on the px sizing, the image templates at Wikipedia allow editors to choose an image size; by all means discourage people from using that, but if you want it stopped then the way to do it is surely to get the option removed at source. Moonraker (talk) 08:51, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

When nobody except you sees that there is a problem, the burden is heavier on you to demonstrate the problem. It is possible that the problem exists for more people, but you have to show others that it is real and that you can't fix it by adjusting your personal configuration. As for px, there are places where px sizing is useful, for example when making little icons like Y to go inline with text, but photos should almost never have prescribed px sizes; that's what the thumb size preference is for. – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:42, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

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Always precious

Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. Thank you for consistent help with the finesse of languages, both German and English, and some impressions of places, flowers and music for you --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:24, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

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Editor of the Week

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Moonraker has edited Wikipedia pages since June of 2009 and has spent almost 80% of that time in mainspace. In that time he has shared over 300 WP:DYK's which are often the "most visited" for the month. A love of everything British has led to dozens of biographies from the Ancient World to the 20th century. Frederick Thesiger (naval officer) is his 1000th created article and is a prime example of his excellent work. High School of Montreal, created in 2017, is a favorite and still watched over like a proud papa. Common refrains on his talk page include; "Thanks for the help", "you are a gentleman and a scholar", as well as, "thanks for the excellent advice and thoughtful suggestions". A hard working member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiltshire, Wikipedia:WikiProject Horse racing, Wikipedia:WikiProject Latin and Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools, Moonraker deserves both praise and thanks. Seconded by User:7&6=thirteen

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Moonraker

Editor of the Week for the week beginning April 3, 2022

Editor since June of 2009 with 80% of edits in mainspace. Over 300 of the "most visited" for the month WP:DYK's. Love of everything British has led to dozens of biographies from the Ancient World to the 20th century. Helpfully gives excellent advice and thoughtful suggestions". A hard working member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiltshire, Wikipedia:WikiProject Horse racing, Wikipedia:WikiProject Latin and Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools, Moonraker deserves both praise and thanks.

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Thanks again for your efforts! ―Buster7 ☎ 13:37, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Goodness me. Many thanks, Buster7! Moonraker (talk) 16:09, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

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Nomination of Principal council for deletion

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FollowTheTortoise (talk) 18:42, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

Aidan Bellenger

I would be grateful if I could draw your attention to one detail in the above article. It states: 'In 1968, aged 27, he was ordained a priest'. If that year was correct he would have been 17 or 18 which is, of course, unlikely. Could I suggest that the appropriate date is considerably later, probably after 1980. Clrfr-2 (talk) 02:34, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

Many thanks for responding very generously to my contribution above. I have been examining both your edits and the page in its most recent form. There is one sentence in the latter that remains significantly problematic for me. It is in the section Early life. It states: He then underwent monastic training as a Benedictine monk at Downside Abbey (Somerset) for three years and at Ampleforth (North Yorkshire) for two more. I have visited the reference you provided for this but have not been able to find anything in that place to substantiate the statements. In addition I have viewed all the on-line resources that would appear to be available relating to this and, again, have not encountered anything that would provide confirmation of them. In particular: (1) it would appear that after he completed his BA degree at Cambridge University Bellenger remained there until being awarded a Phd. in 1978 and (2) there is nothing to suggest residence at Ampleforth Abbey except, perhaps, for the occasional visit. Could I draw your attention to this web-page which would appear to be reasonably athoritative? Thanking you:--Clrfr-2 (talk) 15:31, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, Clrfr-2. The reason of course why you have not been able to find anything to substantiate the statements is simply that the link is not working, I guess someone has taken the Pdf down since I added the reference, which was when I created the page. I would not have made the information up. I might add that six years would be an awfully long time for someone to remain at Cambridge as a Ph.D. student, apparently without a job! On Prabook, see Valery Tsepkalo#Prabook — and it doesn’t offer any citation here. Let me see if I can find any other sources, but I am not worried by what you say. Moonraker (talk) 17:03, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

The site truthproject.org.uk is redirecting to iicsa.org.uk, so I’ll contact them to see if they can let us have a link that works. So far as I can make out, the document is probably the witness statement of Bellenger himself. Moonraker (talk) 17:34, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

You are being very courteous and academically precise. Both characteristics are, especially in a context such as this, much appreciated and persuade me to be fully respectful of your editorial contributions. With ref. to Bellenger's witness statement: I too attempted to view it but found that it was only available in very limited segments and those were not relevant. I will follow your enquiries with close interest.--Clrfr-2 (talk) 18:02, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

No trouble, Clrfr-2. I have heard from IICSA that they will send an answer but it may take them fifteen days or more. Moonraker (talk) 22:16, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

It is my hope that this document could be of some assistance to you. Please note that it is not the statement provided to the IICSA by Dominic Aidan Bellenger. That is located here. It appears to me that if you intended to cite the first as a reference (which is what I understand to to be the case) you may not have been aware of who had written it (its first page is not provided). According to the IICSA it is the 'Statement of Dom Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard dated 20.10.2017'.--Clrfr-2 (talk) 00:48, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, Clrfr-2. Your first link goes to part of the statement of Father Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard, the second to part of that of Father Richard Yeo, the third is a list of documents, but none of them seems to mention Bellenger, perhaps as the first two are incomplete. Anyway, let’s hope IICSA can give us a link to the file I cited to begin with. Moonraker (talk) 01:02, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

Ah, now I see what you have spotted, Clrfr-2, Father Fitzgerald-Lombard says he studied for three years at Downside and two at Ampleforth and was ordained in 1967, so you think I may have taken some notes and confused the two. Yes, that’s possible. Fair enough, then for now we’ll take out what you are doubting. But if we can get the statement of Bellenger we may have something similar to put in there. Moonraker (talk) 01:22, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for your remarkably prompt response to my most recent posting. I am sure I did not deserve it. You are, of course, quite right to point out the almost complete deficiency of the second external link I provided. I myself realised, within minutes, that it directed to a pdf document which, while not completely irrelevant, was incorrect. I apologise for that. The reason why I included the third, which you rightly if unflatteringly describe as 'a list of documents', was to show how I had attempted to verify the identity the author of the first pdf document. The reference number (in this case BNT006403), appears at the foot of each page on the right hand side. With ref. to the witness statement of Aidan Bellenger: this document indicates that it was, on some occasion, given the ref. number BNT006401_025. Knowing this could, possibly, be of value in progressing a search but I have not, as yet, been sucessful in that. Your substantial editorial contributions, and modifications, made to the article relating to Bellenger during the last few hours are much appreciated.--Clrfr-2 (talk) 04:55, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

No trouble, Clrfr-2. Once I was convinced I could have gone wrong, I looked for new sources and found some. What I can do on the Bellenger statement is to update IICSA that what we need is “BNT006401_025“. Moonraker (talk) 13:07, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

DYK for William S. Messervy

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Te Urewera again

I posted a further comment to Wikipedia:New Zealand Wikipedians' notice board#Te Urewera roundabout two weeks ago. No-one has responded, but it occurs to me that you might not have seen it, so this is a heads-up, in case. Cheers. Nurg (talk) 09:51, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

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Just in case it is any use, but no offence taken if not! Cheers DBaK (talk) 23:11, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

SHORTDESC

Hi! I love your editing and am not planning on starting public fisticuffs with you. I was a bit surprised by this, because WP:SHORTDESC suggests 40 characters, which is why I had just done this, as I felt that not only was it well over the limit but that it was too much of an article summary, which SHORTDESC seems to think is not necessary. But YMMV. As I say, no fisticuffs. Cheers DBaK (talk) 10:57, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Okay, DBaK, I didn’t know about the forty character limit. Moonraker (talk) 16:55, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Fair enough and thanks! Best wishes DBaK (talk) 17:56, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Welbore Ellis Agar

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Category:Ulster unionism has been nominated for renaming

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The Earl of Eglinton & Winton.

Thank You for updating my page. I wonder - If I send you a picture - could you add it?

Many Thanks

Hugh Eglinton 2A00:23C7:388D:8F01:14C7:AC51:5F7F:61CF (talk) 18:21, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Hello, Lord E. Yes, that is no trouble, but Wikipedia can only use low quality images, on a rather dodgy basis, unless the copyright owner uploads them to Wikimedia Commons, which is by far the best way to do this. It is easy, may I suggest you go here and follow the instructions? You may need to create an account. If you can please tell me here the name you give the image, I’ll add it to the page. Verb. sap., thanks to the Wikipedia:Conflict of interest policy, you should not edit your own page, but if I have got anything wrong there you may want to alert me here. Moonraker (talk) 20:37, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:1700 racehorse births

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C.E. Vulliamy

I am a little puzzled that you don't list CE Vulliamy's page among your creations. You are shown as having created his page in 2021. This I noticed while adding his book Rocking Horse Journey to his publication list. (I knew about the book because I met him a few times in the 1960s when he had "retired" but was still very much alive. Foiled circuitous wanderer (talk) 16:53, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words, Foiled circuitous wanderer. The answer is it isn’t a good enough page for me to list it, unlike Blanche Georgiana Vulliamy, which was one of many spin-offs from Daisy Burrell. One thing kind of leads to another here. But Colwyn Edward Vulliamy was created soon after Right Book Club, as I thought all its authors needed a page. Another quite interesting one of those was Mairin Mitchell. Moonraker (talk) 20:58, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Links to YouTube

I've had to revert your recent addition of a link to YouTube to the Thorpe affair article per WP:COPYLINK, since the video appears not to have been uploaded to YouTube by the copyright holder. 02:24, 8 November 2022 (UTC) AndyTheGrump (talk) 02:24, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

I see your point, AndyTheGrump, although I don’t think a mere link is a copyright infringement in itself. Anyway, it’s quite easy to find, if anyone goes looking. Moonraker (talk) 08:12, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

Links to YouTube get deleted regularly for just that reason. Per WP:COPYLINK ...directing others to a site that violates copyright has been considered a form of contributory infringement..., and we need to be careful. If Cook's performance isn't legitimately accessible anywhere, that's a real shame (it was a masterpiece of satire) but rules is rules. AndyTheGrump (talk) 16:05, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

Fair enough, AndyTheGrump. Moonraker (talk) 19:39, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Julian Moynahan

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DYK for Sarah Oakley

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I have never heard of a parade being helmed, but the English language gets abused all the time. Moonraker (talk) 06:24, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Motilla del Azuer

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Peace Dove

Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialog, peoples rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension.

Happy Holidays. ―Buster7 ☎ 20:57, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, Buster7. That sounds ideal, but also unrealistic. To me, peace is simply not starting wars, something we do far too much of, and also not taking steps to end them by talking. We agree on “conflicts are resolved through dialog”, but all too often what we get instead is endless propaganda, and we fail to challenge it. Moonraker (talk) 11:02, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Turkish city, 250,000 population

Hi, you sent me a Talk page message about a Turkish city suggesting it be given the Greek name from 100 years ago. Can I ask what prompted that? Because coincidence - another editor has suddenly argued the same thing. Is there something going on that readers should be aware of? In ictu oculi (talk) 14:47, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi In ictu oculi, it was prompted by reading the whole of the talk page. It is certainly a city in Turkey. I was not aware of any other editor taking an interest but now see that a new section has been created on the talk page so will contribute to that.

In reply to your header above, Rome and Milan are much bigger Italian cities. It is not a helpful line of argument. Moonraker (talk) 15:06, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Do you know anything about en.wp Geography project? In ictu oculi (talk) 17:27, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

No. Do you have a point from it? Moonraker (talk) 17:57, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Yes - we use modern English sources like urban geography books In ictu oculi (talk) 09:05, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Robert Bolgar

On 19 December 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Robert Bolgar, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Cambridge don R. R. Bolgar was heard to say that if it had not been for a misfortune, he might well have supported the Nazis as a landowner in Moravia and been murdered by the Russians? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/R. R. Bolgar. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Robert Bolgar), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

He didn’t say murdered. Moonraker (talk) 15:04, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

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		Hello, I wish you the very best during the holidays. And I hope you have a very happy 2023! Bruxton (talk) 19:10, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

December music

December songs

happy new year

We sang Charpentier's delightful Messe de minuit pour Noël today, which was on DYK yesterday, - a first for me, pictured, - enjoy the season! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:13, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

why did you remove the "name of Pakistan" section from wiki article of Pakistan

why did you remove the "name of Pakistan" section from wiki article of Pakistan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan 39.50.26.82 (talk) 13:46, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi, IP. I removed it because I had added it without spotting that it was largely duplicating a section called “Pakistan#Etymology”. Then I edited that to add into it what was new. Moonraker (talk) 16:33, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

I have renamed it as “Name of Pakistan”, which I agree is better. Moonraker (talk) 08:08, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Moonraker!

Happy New Year!

Moonraker,
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Happy New Year, Moonraker!

Happy New Year!

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Thank you for my Page,

Dear Moonraker, we have spent a happy christmas trying to work out who you might be, and your kindness at putting up such a professional page for me. I rarely get noticed for the work I do, so it was a lovely christmas present. As to your identity, your other articles are so eclectic that it flummoxed us as a family trying to see if we knew the connection. All I can say is thanks. I will edit the very few errors, eg I have 4 sisters not 2, and my father in laws title is not correct. I will also add the youtube video of the conference with the Fawcett Society in 2018. YorkshirePetal (talk) 10:57, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

My pleasure, YorkshirePetal. I have tried my best to make those changes. If I have the wrong YouTube video, will you please link it here? There is a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest policy which you might want to glance at, as a few others have got into hot water over it! Actually, I believe we have never met, although we have had narrow misses once or twice. Kind regards, Moonraker (talk) 14:02, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

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DYK for Johann Georg Seidenbusch

On 5 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Johann Georg Seidenbusch, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that while at high school, Johann Georg Seidenbusch declared to Our Lady: "ad carissimam Sponsam te eligo" (I choose thee as my dearest Bride)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Johann Georg Seidenbusch. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Johann Georg Seidenbusch), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

-- RoySmith (talk) 12:02, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

January songs

happy new year

Thank you, - I love it when somebody else creates my red links! The colours of my January calendar image are Ukrainian for a reason. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:22, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

today, I point at two singers I whose performance I enjoyed. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:28, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Leonard Potts

On 6 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Leonard Potts, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that L. J. Potts translated the Poetics as Aristotle on the Art of Fiction, a title accused of "[narrowing] dangerously the wide gap between Aristotle and ourselves", but later called "creative genius"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Leonard Potts. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Leonard Potts), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Malcolm Gaskill

On 9 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Malcolm Gaskill, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that witchcraft historian Malcolm Gaskill documented a real-life 17th-century witch hunt in Springfield, Massachusetts? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Malcolm Gaskill. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Malcolm Gaskill), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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January 2023

You have added a screen shot from a video to Commons to illustrate the Svante Thunberg article which you are trying to push through for DYK. The upload requirment is "for identification and critical commentary on the video and its contents" which appears to be false. As per an edit summary you "see no harm" is that. I do. --SergeWoodzing (talk) 04:51, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

Yes, I find the rules about non-free images hard to understand. I think you are also wrong in your interpretation of them, and it is about the subject of the image, not the source of the image, but I gather you have arranged for this one to be deleted, so the point is now moot. Moonraker (talk) 09:18, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

The question here is whether or not you intend to stop uploading images to Wikipedia under false pretenses. You know English. The permission you clicked on is limited to image use to illustrate or discuss a video. You must have seen that. Will you do things like that again, in order to try to push your favorites through to DYK? --SergeWoodzing (talk) 00:32, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

So far as I understand it, SergeWoodzing, you are wrong, a non-free image can be used to illustrate the subject of the image, and not the source of the image, but whoever is right you are beating a dead horse, and you might like to see WP:Civility and try assuming good faith and not making personal attacks. Moonraker (talk) 00:44, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

The only personal attack here is that accusation against me. We are to use each other's user talk pages to warn each other about behavior that might need to lead to administrative review. The issue is not mute, as you continue to skirt it. Will you continue to upload images where the permission you used clearly is for the image to illustrate a video, or will you not? There is no good faith in ignoring the explicit text under which an image may, or may not, be uploaded. --SergeWoodzing (talk) 00:51, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

An example of your personal attacks is the “under false pretenses” above. There is no good faith in that. Moonraker (talk) 01:00, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

It is my well-founded opinion that you uploaded an image under false pretenses since you disregarded the circumstances under which that image would be allowed. That's why I gave you this warning, not because of ill will or because of anything less serious than that.

Will you continue to upload images for non-video text where the permission you used clearly is for the image to illustrate a video, or will you not? Please answer the question! Ignoring it can only backfire on you. --SergeWoodzing (talk) 02:39, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

SergeWoodzing, you and I do not agree on this, but I followed the reasoning for deleting the file put forward by jmcgnh, which was nothing like yours and was essentially that the file was replaceable, which indeed it was. I saw his point. I think perhaps on the upload form ticking the box to say that the image comes from a video creates text which focusses the page on a video, but if the image is from a video that is not intended by the uploader. In this case, all of the text entered made it clear that the subject was a person and not a video. I do not think there is any good purpose in taking your complaints any further. Moonraker (talk) 10:38, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Robert Rattenbury

On 15 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Robert Rattenbury, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Robert Rattenbury said to his student Geoffrey Kirk: "Good Heavens! Well, I don't suppose I shall be seeing you again"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Robert Rattenbury. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Robert Rattenbury), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 12:02, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Mark Pepys, 6th Earl of Cottenham

On 16 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mark Pepys, 6th Earl of Cottenham, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Lord Cottenham resigned from MI5 during the Second World War, as he did not support the war with Germany? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mark Pepys, 6th Earl of Cottenham. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mark Pepys, 6th Earl of Cottenham), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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DYK for Cathedral of Our Lady of the Snows

On 19 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cathedral of Our Lady of the Snows, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after architect Frà Antonio Cano died of a fall from scaffolding at his new Cathedral of Our Lady of the Snows (pictured), Alberto della Marmora accused him of destroying many former basilicas? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cathedral of Our Lady of the Snows. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Snows), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:02, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Antonio Cano

On 19 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Antonio Cano, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after architect Frà Antonio Cano died of a fall from scaffolding at his new Cathedral of Our Lady of the Snows (pictured), Alberto della Marmora accused him of destroying many former basilicas? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cathedral of Our Lady of the Snows. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Antonio Cano), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:02, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

Clan Donnachaidh

Hi, You'd changed Clan Donnachaidh to Clan Robertson on 2 Jan, with the note "Most reliable sources say Robertson". This is incorrect. The clan is officially Donnachaidh. The chiefs from the 4th chief have taken the name Robertson, and most clan members are Robertsons, but the clan remains Donnachaidh. Please refer to the clan society itself https://www.donnachaidh.com/history-clan-history.html GalliaCeltica (talk) 00:24, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello, GalliaCeltica. I agree of course that the clan society uses that name, but most independent reliable sources do use Robertson. Moonraker (talk) 09:39, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

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ITN recognition for Mats Löfving

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Junius Brutus Booth

Hello, From 1997 I am following the history of Junius Brutus Booth (senior) and this morning I was pleasant surprised by the information of one Sarah Blackbeard and her son William claiming that the father was Junius Brutus Booth. Through Professor Stephen M. Archer's 'Junius Brutus Booth - Theatrical Prometheus I was already informed about JBB very young 'romances' with one 'poor Molly' (see page 8 and notes p. 283) and another young 'maid'. For me the name of Sarah is significant because it relates to an Old Dutch custom where a woman of 50 celebrates her 'becoming Sarah party' and a man (50) 'has seen Abraham birthday'. I discovered a strange pattern which goes as follow; When Junius B. Booth met his first wife in Brussels it was in those days, together with Amsterdam (my birthplace) one of the capital provinces of the Netherlands. In his first marriage Junius Brutus Booth had a daughter Amelia with his wife from Brussels; Amelia died in infancy. She was born on the fifth day of October in 1815 which in America 05-10-1815 is considered as May -10-1815 and in 1838 was the birthday of John Wilkes Booth. Here follows a little game; The 15th year in 1800 in mirror writing stands for 1851 which date 05-10-1851 in America was Junius Brutus Booth's second wedding day on John Wilkes Booth's 13th birthday and looking from the European point of view 05-10-1851 was in memorial Amelia's 36 birthday. The next year in November, Junius Brutus Booth died among strangers and in particular in the presence of one man that had looked after him during his illness. Mrs Junius Brutus Booth was 50 year old (Sarah according to the Old Dutch Tradition) and she was also the daughter of Sarah Holmes in the UK. Richard Junius Booth had married in 1949 with one Sarah P. Ware, she had already children and was pregnant on her wedding day. Coincidental; Sarah P. Ware easily can be mispronounced as Sarah B. Ware (beware) which as a threat or warning towards Mary Ann Holmes proved fatal being a 'Sarah' in 1852 which was the year she became a widow. Having reflex upon this Old Dutch Abraham + Sarah regarding the 50th birthday, to me it is striking that an 'Abraham' (President Abraham Lincoln) became the cause that Mary Ann had celebrated for the last time John Wilkes Booth's birthday in 1864 (was in memory her 13th wedding anniversary). Mary Ann Booth, being 13 years a widow, calamity had hit her again and by the time it was 05-10-1865 it was John Wilkes Booth's first memorial birthday while his half sister Amelia according to the Dutch custom had become the traditional 'Sarah'. In 1865 Richard Junius Booth's mother from Brussels had already past away in 1858 while at the marriage of his son in London in 1875 he and his wife Sarah had died in 1868 during an epidemic in London. This is the short findings of my research and the trail goes further in London 1875 with John Wilkes Booth's sister living in England and goes into the Wainwrights Trial in connection of 'Harriet Lane'. This line of research lands at the second battle of Galveston where one captain Wainwright was killed on the vessel Harriet Lane and mirrors in details the murder of Harriet Lane. In 1875 Henry Wainwright and his wife Elisabeth were for 13 years married. Henry was arrested with the ballet dancer Alice Day from the Pavilion Theatre (owner was Mr. Abrahams). During the Trial there were the witnesses Rogers' couple from which Mr. Rogers' first marriage took place in the same church where in 1815 Junius Brutus Booth was first married. Mr. Rogers' remarried in 1872 from all days the 14th in April (assassination of Lincoln Good friday 1865, April 14). Mr. Rogers' bride's from all maiden surnames was Mss. Davis the same as Lincoln's opponent during the American Civil War Jefferson Davis. Speaking of Good Friday, in 1851 (in 24 hours sense) 13 days away from his birthday (first of May) Junius Brutus Booth divorced which brings along another coincident. Henry Wainwright was sentence to death while his brother Thomas got 7 years imprisonment with hard labour; thus at the time Thomas had served his time it was 1882 which was the year (in memorial) of Henry Wainwright's 50th birthday. What I came across is a pattern in which persons, like John Wilkes Booth, Henry Wainwright and many more were innocent. Have reason to belief that John Wilkes Booth's presence in the Presidential Box was to promote the next coming play of Julius Caesar most likely in Pike's Opera House because the next coming trail went in that direction but I stop here as I ques that for someone on the other end it is rather dazzling complex and as I have experienced over the years; no one takes me serious and often my findings gets deleted (story of my life). Hope you came this far and hopefully when correct I hope you let me fit in this 'Sarah Blackbeard' link in what this is, 'Victorian Cryptic Labyrinth'. Pikeveronica (talk) 13:15, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi Pikeveronica. I see you are telling me this because I added the information about Sarah Blackbeard's son William Blackbeard. It has a primary source, but a good one. Everything in Wikipedia is in the public domain, so you can of course use that. I thought I would let people work it out for themselves that if Booth did father this child, as alleged by the mother, he was only fourteen at the time, and a little over fifteen at the time of the birth, which would throw some light on him. But I have no knowledge of your other points. There is evidence that John Wilkes Booth was part of a conspiracy against Lincoln, although most of the people in the story do not seem like reliable witnesses to me. You might like to read Kauffman's American Brutus, if you haven't already. Moonraker (talk) 21:37, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Nomination of Benchball for deletion

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DYK nomination of Svante Thunberg

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Grade I listed buildings in Wiltshire

Regarding you're move a few years ago all the other Grade I listed buildings lists aren't at "List of" apart from Salisbury so I'd suggest the "List of" be removed and that we have a wider discussion on if "List of" should be included. Per User:Peter I. Vardy at Talk:Listed buildings in Ironville and Riddings Ward#Requested move 16 March 2022 there was an earlier discussion which agreed "List of" was too clumsy. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:11, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Found it, in 2009, see Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates/Archive 11#Lists of listed buildings. Crouch, Swale (talk) 21:22, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

AFDs

Hello, Moonraker,

Looking over the AFD logs, I see several where you are taking pot shots at LibStar that are clearly casting aspersions even if they do not rise to the level of personal attacks. I understand that the AFD area can be frustrating when you are at odds with the nominator but insulting them doesn't help persuade anyone to your point of view. It lowers the tone of the discussion so please keep your comments limited to the article under question and its sourcing.

If you think a serious problem exists with another editor, and you have evidence to back up your claims, then take it to an appropriate noticeboard like ANI, do not bring it into AFD discussions. Thank you for your contributions. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:31, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

Hello Liz, that term "pot shots" suggests some kind of personal abuse, which you will not see. To point out that an editor has the declared aim of achieving the deletion of articles about ambassadors is simply a statement of fact. Unless the user page has been changed, you will be able to see that for yourself there. Moonraker (talk) 13:27, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

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HALSTEAD, Ivor

Greetings from Toronto, Canada. I was surprised and delighted when I happened to stumble on your Wikipedia entry for Ivor Halstead. My mother was born in Batley, Yorkshire, England in 1914 and told that her father was Ivor Halstead although she never met him. I am an amateur genealogist and always on the lookout for anything that would help me prove this claim. I am curious as to what your interest in Ivor Halstead is and if you are related to him, even if only distantly. Thank you, Debi Eatherley Shakeygoose (talk) 02:04, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello, Shakeygoose, this page on Ivor Halstead was one of a few I started on authors published by the Right Book Club. I can only trace one wife for him, but clearly he may be your grandfather. If no marriage, it may be hard to trace any written records to show the connection, so my suggestion would be to take an Ancestry.com DNA test and see what relations that finds. Moonraker (talk) 14:22, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

Our Lady of Walsingham

"Sir Roger wrote to Cromwell in 1564 ..."; some mistake with the date, surely? 2A00:23C4:2F92:8901:419D:79C0:D2F9:E89E (talk) 06:10, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

Yes, 1564 must be wrong, as Cromwell was long dead by then. The source is the Norfolk VCH, and I have checked it, it does say 1564. So the best I could do was to take the date out. Moonraker (talk) 09:59, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

Nomination of Nicholas Hill, 9th Marquess of Downshire for deletion

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Charles III requested move discussion

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Other British monarch requested move discussions currently taking place

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Nomination of Randal Alexander McDonnell, 10th Earl of Antrim for deletion

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Bethel Fest removed

Hi there, I am the one that provided information to West Bethel, Maine page. Although I do not have citations for bethel fest, you can rest assured that this is an annual festival operated by Sunday River Ski Resort and the locals know the folks involved. It's been a yearly tradition since 1979 and it primarily happens in West Bethel. Feel free to contact me for further information, or I can provide you a sunday river contact. Thank you

Tc3345 (talk) 17:37, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Hello, Tc3345, that isn't a page I am watching, I can't help you. You might like to start a thread at Talk:West Bethel, Maine. Moonraker (talk) 20:31, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Requested move discussion

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"WP Wiltshire" listed at Redirects for discussion

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British Empire

I think you made s9me good points. I believe some places switched between being a Protectorate and being a Colony. I also have to say I do not think we need to use former if we go to a different name. First because we avoid former in most Category names. Secondly because it is sometimes used to refer to places that were once part if a unit but are no longer, wgmhich we do not want here. Most importantly because there is no reason to exclude Bermuda, Gibraltar and other current British overseas possessions from this category, so it is not actually all former.John Pack Lambert (talk) 11:09, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Clan Irving

Hi Moonraker, I have been given your name as someone who can help to get a Wikipedia page published? I have been trying to get Clan Irving set up but it has been rejected even though I have added all the citations. Would you be able to help or advise please? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Clan_Irving

Thank you, Jo McD JoMcD (talk) 10:18, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Hello, JoMcD. This morning I have taken an interest in Robert Beaufin Irving and have started a page for him.

The people who check out the draft articles are notoriously tough, but in this case I see the problem, which is that you have a lot of sources for individuals and the Irving of Bonshaw family, but you do not have what Wikipedia calls "reliable sources" to establish the notability of Clan Irving, which is what your draft page is about. Can you focus on that for a bit and see what new sources you can find which have substantial coverage of the clan and are independent of the subject? Moonraker (talk) 13:11, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your advice. I will go and see what else I can find. Good to see your new page on Robert Beaufin Irving! JoMcD (talk) 10:33, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

Articles on Wikipedia

Good morning Moonraker and thank you for kindly drafting the article on my great-great uncle Robert Beaufin Irving. I have tried putting together articles for Wikipedia but failed miserably as I find the process confusing and difficult to understand. I would really like to be able to put more articles that meet the strict criteria up onto Wikipedia but I really do need some help. Would you know of professionals such as your good-self who could undertake such work please? ForgottenScot (talk) 11:32, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Good morning, ForgottenScot. In terms of amateur v. professional, I am an amateur, so not looking for work, and I don't know any professionals, but I have been here a long time and have learnt the ropes. The main thing to understand is WP:GNG, which is the threshold a page needs to cross to avoid being deleted. It's all about finding reliable sources which give enough coverage of what you want to write a page about. Any questions, feel free to ask me here, but there are days when I am busy in real life. Moonraker (talk) 12:00, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, Moonraker for your reply and your advice is appreciated. Like you real life takes up most if not all of my time hence the request for assistance. I am sure there will be further questions as we shuffle along life's mortal coil. ForgottenScot (talk) 12:24, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

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