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Ford Piquette Avenue Plant FAC

I nominated the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant article for FA status here: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Ford Piquette Avenue Plant/archive1. I saw on the Wikipedia:Mentoring for FAC page that you have an interest in history, so I believe the subject of this article may interest you. This building played a huge yet mostly unknown role in the early years of the automotive industry in the United States. Any input that you would be willing to provide on its review page would be helpful, but what will help the most is confirming whether it meets the FA criteria. Thanks in advance. Jackdude101 ^talk cont 23:33, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Citation

Hello, I have a request and I hope you can help. I have problems using the Harvard citations when a certain author writes three articles in the same year and all are cited in a Wiki article. For example, from the article of Ebla, Paolo Matthiae have three articles dating to 2013. So the shortened citation will be {{sfn|Matthiae|2013}} , but this will link all those short citations to one article in the bibliography while the intended article of one of them might be another one from the same year. I tried to look for an answer in all the Wiki articles about citations but couldnt find anything and since you use the Harvard style I thought you might have a clue. Thanks.--Attar-Aram syria (talk) 02:08, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

Attar-Aram syria. You do it by having 2013a and 2013b etc. In the bibliography you would show the first article as year=2013a, and the citation would be {{sfn|Matthiae|2013a}}. Hope this helps.Dudley Miles (talk) 09:57, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks a lot!.--Attar-Aram syria (talk) 17:44, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

January to March 2018 Milhist article reviewing

		Military history reviewers' award
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Bruniquel Cave

Unsourced but accurate, the discovery by an 18 year old boy might be worth including. Doug Weller talk 12:40, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

How do we know that it is accurate if it is unsourced? Dudley Miles (talk) 18:29, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

In a rush, but a search finds at least onesource. Doug Weller talk 18:57, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Henry prince of wales listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Henry prince of wales. Since you had some involvement with the Henry prince of wales redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 13:13, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Shaftesbury Abbey

Dear Mr. Miles, I was surprised and dismayed to find that you had reverted my addition today to the above entry. I hope you may reconsider. The physical aspect of the abbey is not the only one; the human is very important. That author, Victoria Glendinning, is primarily known as a biographer and recognized for her impeccable historical research. I would have thought that many people, either considering a visit to the Abbey , or having visited it, would be pleased to have that information and would derive extra benefit and enjoyment as a result.Aineireland (talk) 22:33, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for your comment. However, edits should be based on citations of reliable sources showing that they are significant for the subject of the article, not our personal views as editors. Dudley Miles (talk) 22:46, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

Æthelflæd's portrayal in The Last Kingdom

Hi Dudley, I've started a talk page discussion, to which you may be interested in contributing. All the best, ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 08:35, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

Your recent contributions

Hi. I just wanted to point out that I did not put those links there to be used as a source or reference, but as an external link to a website run by the government and the royal household. I know that they are considered primary sources, but as you can see I added them in an appropriate section under "External links" which means that the Wikipedia articles are obviously not based on them. Regards. Keivan.f^Talk 16:55, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

Although, if you have a solid reason that proves they need to be removed, I'll gladly remove them myself. Keivan.f^Talk 16:59, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

I removed them because they are based on dated sources and contain important errors. For example, the royalty page on Edward the Elder says "The kings of Strathclyde and the Scots submitted to Edward in 921." As the wiki article says, this is no longer accepted by historians. The royalty article also says "Edward was able to establish an administration for the kingdom of England, whilst obtaining the allegiance of Danes, Scots and Britons." The first part about administration is wrong, the second about allegiance is correct for his son Æthelstan, not for him. We should not be referring readers to sources which carelessly give wrong information, even if they are officially published. Dudley Miles (talk) 17:30, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

That sounds totally reasonable. I'll remove them as soon as possible. Keivan.f^Talk 17:44, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

Hickling Broad

Hi, I am sure you would wish to know that this article needs your attention Aineireland (talk) 19:26, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

Proprioception

Did you mean to write seventh instead of sixth?Aineireland (talk) 12:48, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

No. The article argues that the immune system is the seventh sense and mentions that proprioception is often referred to as the sixth. Dudley Miles (talk) 13:31, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Four years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:42, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

Many thanks Gerda. Dudley Miles (talk) 08:50, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

FAC mentorship

Hey Dudley Miles,

I was wondering if you would be willing to take a look at Gordian dynasty and tell me how I can improve it and if you think it could pass at FAC.

Thanks! Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 23:48, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

I will try to take a look at it in the next few days but on a quick look it does not seem anywhere FA. It is very short for such a major topic and it is difficult at times to follow your English. I would suggest aiming for GA first and then seeing whether you can take it further. Dudley Miles (talk) 21:56, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

It is currently GA, and has passed a MILHIST A-Class review. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 23:35, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

I will obviously need to look more closely. Dudley Miles (talk) 23:47, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

New Albion Review

Hi. I would like New Albion become a featured article and have done a lot to improve it. It has been an article that has had editors disagree a lot in the past, but now it has settled down. I have worked on it after peer review. It would be really great if you would take a look at it and tell me what you think of the article at this point.Pcvjamaica (talk) 01:04, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

Hi again. I really appreciate you suggestions. Could you look over what I did?Pcvjamaica (talk) 04:34, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

And I put up a question at the end that I'd appreciate your thoughts on.Pcvjamaica (talk) 14:44, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for keeping up with the review. I'll keep working on this.Pcvjamaica (talk) 19:49, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi again! Thanks for more of your comments. I responded to most of them and will keep at it. Pcvjamaica (talk) 00:55, 22 July 2018 (UTC) I also asked a question of you on the last comment. It is about Drakes Cup and the Olampoli coin.

Thanks for the information you wrote about this question. I appreciate it. And thanks for the idea about providing the link. I will do that.Pcvjamaica (talk) 02:39, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello there Dudley Miles. I've worked on all the items you mentioned in the peer review for the New Albion article. I think this Wikipedia:Peer review/New Albion/archive1 will take you to that peer review. You and another reviewer had a lot of comments about the citations. I looked at other featured articles and used a citation for websites I found there. I changed a bunch of them and would like to know what you think about them. And if you would not mind taking a look at the article in general, that would be really great.

I would also like to know your opinion about the very last section about localized legacy. As I've worked on it, I am beginning to wonder if it is best to remove it from the article. The information seems mostly trivial (well maybe the first protestant service in North America isn't, but I don't know where that would fit with the article--and I don't know that it really does add much.) Keeping this section also seems to be a way for individual people and groups to bring attention to themselves without really trying to improve the article. I am really trying to get this to be a featured article and appreciate your help.Pcvjamaica (talk) 16:39, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

Hong Kong FAC mentorship

Hi there,

Would be willing to take a look at the Hong Kong article? I've worked on this article pretty extensively for a few months now and I'd love a bit of closer input on it. After two rounds of FACs, I probably can't do this alone and would appreciate a guiding hand in the process.

Thanks, Horserice (talk) 22:44, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

British Library event

I notice this in the BL's latest batch of forthcoming events, and I draw it to your attention just in case it might be of interest: "Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War". – Tim riley talk 13:29, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Many thanks Tim. I will certainly go. It is a pity they used the illustration of Edgar which is used again and again. I think they could have shown a bit more imagaination and found one which is more unusual. Dudley Miles (talk) 14:33, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

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TFL notification

Hi, Dudley. I'm just posting to let you know that List of Local Nature Reserves in Northamptonshire – 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 15. 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) 22:33, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Giants. Dudley Miles (talk) 22:43, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you!

Just dropping in to thank you for the review and support on the Bulgaria FAC. - ☣Tourbillon ^A ? 13:32, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

Bratislava Working Group FAC mentorship

Hello, I was wondering if you might be willing to help me with this article, which would be my first FAC. Since achieving GA status a few months ago, I put it up for PR and one editor said that he would support it at FAC if I had it copyedited. A very competent editor at GOCE had a look and made many prose improvements. My question is, should I go ahead and FA nominate it? My understanding is that many topics that are a bit out of the way fail due to insufficient interest/supports. Thanks for your help. Catrìona (talk) 10:38, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

I will try to look at this in the next few days. Dudley Miles (talk) 10:58, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

Catrìona. The article seems to me not far off FA standard. The main problem is that you assume too much knowledge in the reader.

"The Working Group, unhappy with collaborationist elements in the Jewish Council (ÚŽ)" You need to explain what the Jewish Council was.

It is odd that you do not mention Bratislava in the lead except as part of the title. It should be mentioned and linked. It should also be linked on its first mention in the main text.

The red link to Nazi–Jewish negotiations seems far too general. My knowledge is very limited but I believe there were controversies about negotiations in other Nazi occupied areas.

The first paragraph of the background section is difficult to follow and its relevance to the article is unclear.

I suggest you go through the article trying to put yourself in the position of someone who knows nothing about the subject and see what needs further explanation.

It is true that articles sometimes fail due to lack of sufficient reviews but my impression is that even the most obscure ones do usually get enough comments, particularly if the nominator contributes by reviewing other articles. If an article is in danger of failing for that reason you can solicit reviews. Dudley Miles (talk) 18:15, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

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Nominations now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards

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Denisovan

You seem to know the topic and I would trust your judgement if you want to fix that value. Meanwhile the Nat Geographic would look better than the one I had originally put as a ref. Best regards. SlightSmile 18:24, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks but I seem to have confused you by my error leaving in the wrong date of 90,000 years, which is for the new hybrid discovery, not the original finger bone. Dudley Miles (talk) 18:47, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Re: Poors Allotment

Hello Dudley Miles I have added projects England, Environment, to your article. You may wish to join them, check their to-do, and meet new people with interest in these topics. ( To reply click "edit" next to this section, and add your reply at the end. ) Cheers, --Gryllida (talk) 11:22, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

FAC Mentorship

Hi, I've been trying to promote Mahavira to FA, but my efforts were not good enough. Recently, I was referred to FAC mentorship program, and hence I am posting this to seek your guidance for the same. Capankajsmilyo^{(Talk | Infobox assistance)} 06:45, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

ISBNs

FYI, Dudley, there is no "standard" formating for ISBNs and their hyphens. WorldCat (US), Amazon (International), and the British Library present ISBN info without hyphens. (Here is the BL data for Hemingway by Nicholas McDowell (1987): UIN: BLL01011404170.) And WP will read the ISBNs in templates with or without hyphens and with or without spaces. So, please look at the Black Death revert and you'll see that some of your reverted edits do not have hyphens. Thanks. – S. Rich (talk) 21:44, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

I should have said usual rather than standard. ISBNs are usually shown with hyphens or spaces in books and in Wikipedia. They are easier to read and copy correctly than a string of numbers without a break, which is why long numbers are better shown with commas - 314,658,235 not 314658235. The ISBN converter automatically converts to one with dashes. There is no reason to convert ISBNs with dashes to a continuous string as you did in the Black Death article. Dudley Miles (talk) 22:32, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

People don't read and (hand) copy ISBNs. The click them in order to link to Amazon or sources. Please note that ISBN.org shows us examples with and without dashes. In any event, Black Death is one of your favorite articles, so I'll leave it alone. My gnomish goal was to give the reader a consistent presentation of the data. – S. Rich (talk) 02:37, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

I often hand copy ISBNs from books and so do other people. Dudley Miles (talk) 10:47, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

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Happy Saturnalia

		Happy Saturnalia
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and troll-free. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:54, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Many thanks Ealdgyth. Wishing you an enjoyable Christmas and a brilliant new year from the Anglo-Saxon and nature reserve person.

I went to a very witty talk about Saturnalia at the British Museum last week and the lecturer cited ancient Roman correspondence asking for nuts and radishes for Saturnalia. He said that he is going to start a compaign to make them part of Christmas fare. I am not sure how radishes would go with Christmas dinner! Dudley Miles (talk) 18:35, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Seasons

	Gothic Seasons Greetings
	Wishing you all the best for x-mass, hope it is a time of cheer. Ceoil (talk) 21:34, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Talk Younger Dryas Question

Hi, I left an answer for your question at Talk:Younger Dryas. I hope it helps. Merry Christmas. Paul H. (talk) 21:58, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Best wishes

		Season's Greetings
		Wishing everybody a Happy Holiday Season, and all best wishes for the New Year! Adoration of the Shepherds (Cariani) is my Wiki-Christmas card to all for this year. Johnbod (talk) 10:26, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks and a merry Christmas and happy new year to you Johnbod. Dudley Miles (talk) 19:19, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

Austral season's greetings

	Austral season's greetings
	Tuck into this! We've made about three of these in the last few days for various festivities. Supermarkets are stuffed with cheap berries. Season's greetings! Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:14, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

Looks absolutely delicious. Merry Christmas to you Casliber. Dudley Miles (talk) 10:50, 25 December 2018 (UTC)

TFL notification – January 2019

Hi, Dudley. I'm just posting to let you know that List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Rutland – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for January 21, 2019. 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) 01:22, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

WP:NAMB

The Æthelred hatnotes are not needed because the titles (and redirects) are not ambiguous. At Æthelred the Unready there was an ambiguous redirect (Æthelred II), so I added a hatnote and created a dab page. You reverted that one too... Srnec (talk) 18:15, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

2018 Year in Review

		The Epic Barnstar
		For your work on Edward the Elder you are hereby awarded The Epic Barnstar. Congrats! TomStar81 (Talk) 19:24, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

		The Biography Barnstar
		For your work on Edward the Elder you are hereby awarded The Biography Barnstar. Congrats! TomStar81 (Talk) 19:24, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Many thanks Tom. Dudley Miles (talk) 19:33, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For work on SSSI and Wildlife Trust reserves, and travelling to take the photos as well. Dedication. Mramoeba (talk) 09:58, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

Many thanks Mramoeba. I should be most grateful for a review of my nomination of List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Norfolk at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Norfolk/archive1. Dudley Miles (talk) 10:28, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

I made a comment, I didn't see any problems so am happy to comment in support. I don't know about full review though, does it work like GA as that is very time consuming! Mramoeba (talk) 12:05, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Mramoeba. I have amended in the light of your comment. A review does involve reading through the article but hopefully there should not be too many queries as several other editors have already reviewed. Of course, I will understand if you do not have time. Dudley Miles (talk) 16:07, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Might want to see

Talk:Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary and several other deletions I did earlier... I didn't finish because I got reverted in my reversions... Ealdgyth - Talk 14:51, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

toggle ref check

Hello, just a note to say that User:Lingzhi2/reviewsourcecheck has been update to add the option to toggle it on or off.

The installed script will add a tab to the drop-down tab at the top, located between the 'watchlist star' and the search box (using the vector.js skin). The tab toggles between "Hide ref check" and "Show ref check" with displaying the errors as the default option. You may need to edit Special:MyPage/common.js and change User:Lingzhi/reviewsourcecheck to User:Lingzhi2/reviewsourcecheck (add the "2" after User:Lingzhi). Please do drop me a line if you have any problems or suggestions. Tks. ♦ Lingzhi2 (talk) 15:54, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

• Sorry to bother you again. After the addition of a toggle option in the tab atop the page, one editor requested a revised version in which the toggle link appears in the "Tools" section of the page's left sidebar. So now there are two versions of this tool. If you prefer the links in the Toolbar section on the side, the slightly altered script is named User:Lingzhi2/reviewsourcecheck-sb.js (just add "-sb" before the ".js"). Finally, both versions should now also store the page state (whether reference errors/warnings are "hidden" or "shown"). The state persists between page loads and between the browser closing and reopening (unless cleared by the user, for example by deleting data in your browser's cache etc.). Huge thanks to User:Evad37 for much coding help. If you have any questions or problems, please drop me a line. Thanks again. ♦ Lingzhi2 (talk) 08:18, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

• Thanks Lingzhi2. Dudley Miles (talk) 09:42, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

Filsham Reedbed

Dudley, Check message on Filsham Reedbed talkpageAineireland (talk) 14:05, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

I have replied on the Filsham talkpage. Many thanks for your help on the articles on these sites. Dudley Miles (talk) 15:57, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Pasture and Asplin Woods for deletion

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Earl Gowin reversion

Please take a second look at this revert and your edit summary? I take it you meant to revert something in a different browser tab you had open? Blue Danube (talk) 17:57, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

I have copied this to the Earl Godwin talk page where it should be discussed. Dudley Miles (talk) 22:44, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

Link rot ... help!

Hello Dudley. You were helpful when I drafted up the 'Ludham Borehole' and 'Norwich Crag Formation' pages in 2017. They have since developed severed link rot in their references - I don't know why, as I haven't touched them since then. I have tried to locate the source of the problem (somebody else's editing?) but have now thought best to unpublish the bad bits by reverting the pages to headers only, by bracketing off the infected sub-sections with the symbols. Take a look at on 'Ludham Borehole', for example. The problem is that all the references keep sticking at number 1, with an error message there and a stack of error messages in the references sub-section at the bottom. I have checked the syntax / coding of the references but cannot find any errors in them. Can you offer any advice, please? Tall-timothy (talk) 16:31, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Tall-timothy I think the problem is that the ref name = template is confused by the double apostrophe '' as this is code for italics in Wikipedia. If you delete all of them - e.g. change ref name=''Funnell&West_1977'' to ref name=Funnell&West_1977 that should solve it. Dudley Miles (talk) 11:54, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. That is potentially helpful advice and I will try it. Have the Wikipedia templates changed?? Both my guide book 'Wikipedia The Missing Manual' (Broughton, J; O'Reilly Media, 2008) and the online help both recommend using the '' symbols. I have just heard from somebody called User:Ronhjones in the Help system. They wrote: You have ref=name=''xxxx'' - should be ref name="xxxx" - double quotes required NOT two single quotes. I will try both approaches. Tall-timothy (talk) 22:02, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

That's the same - you need the " (on the "2" key on my keyboard) not two single quotes - as said that's the code for italics. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 22:12, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

What is the point of the quotes? I have never used them and it has never caused any problems. It is just unnecessary extra work. Dudley Miles (talk) 22:20, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

Thanks for your attention on the vandalism for Chimpanzee–human last common ancestor . That did not take long. Akrasia25 (talk) 17:17, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. Dudley Miles (talk) 21:06, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Sladden Wood

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Tiny park that is otherwise not notable.

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Æthelberht, King of Wessex scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the Æthelberht, King of Wessex article has been scheduled as today's featured article for April 24, 2019. 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/April 24, 2019, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.

We also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors on the day before and the day of this TFA. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:41, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. Dudley Miles (talk) 15:21, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Thank cou for that one, explaining "Four brothers were successively king of Wessex in the ninth century, the youngest and last of whom was Alfred the Great. I have taken the oldest, Æthelbald, through FAC and I now nominate the second one, Æthelberht." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:02, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Gerda. Dudley Miles (talk) 09:28, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

Viking ethnicity

Hi, thanks for your feedback. I've updated the edits a bit to fix what you mentioned in your comment on the Vikings page. Blomsterhagens (talk) 17:46, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

The Mens

Dudley,I had made 2 changes to The Mens. Did you miss the second? Aineireland (talk) 13:10, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Yes sorry about that. Dudley Miles (talk) 13:30, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Preston Park

Hello. Regarding Preston Park (Brent), I would like to know why you think it should have its own article? It's just a local park and is small in size, with no significant history or anything behind it. Compare it with other Brent parks listed in Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Brent which are larger and notable parks with sizable information on their articles. Preston Park does not hold credibility for that and because of it the article will likely always remain a short stub, since there's simply not much to write about it, thus I can't see why it should have its own article. I've already merged its info into Preston, London when I performed the redirect. --MetrolandNW (talk) 16:03, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

This is one of countless similar short articles which will always remain stubs because limited information is available, and so far as I am aware shortness has never been regarded as a reason for deletion or redirection. It gives useful to readers who will not want to be redirected to the article about the area if they are searching for the park. Dudley Miles (talk) 16:38, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

Grade I & Grade II* listed buildings in Monmouthshire

Dear Dudley,

It was good to meet you the other week. Inspired by your SSSI lists, I've put Grade I listed buildings in Monmouthshire up for FLC. If you had the time/inclination, I'd very much appreciate your input in terms of improvement. I also have a specific request re. the Grade II* list. It's not yet ready for FLC - too many redlinks and too many missing images. But I'm having a recurring problem. I stupidly left out the access dates for the citations in the Grade I, an omission which User:ChrisTheDude pointed out and which I think I've corrected. But when I try to do the same for the Grade II* list, I mess up the Sources section and end up with a series of odd template messages. I've not got a clue what I'm doing wrong and would really appreciate any guidance. With many thanks in anticipation. KJP1 (talk) 10:55, 21 July 2019 (UTC)

It seems that the {{National Historic Assets of Wales}} template uses the parameter "access-date" rather than "accessdate" for some reason. I think that is causing the issue you have been experiencing..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 18:17, 21 July 2019 (UTC)

ChrisTheDude - Seriously!!! So now I have to go back and put dashes in? At which point I shall learn I've used the em-dash, when I should have used the en-dash, or vice versa. Sometimes this place is a real drag. Very grateful for the advice, and I shall embark on the necessary corrections. While I'm at it, can I check whether there's a preferred style for south south west. Is it South South West, or south south-west, or south southwest? Or any variant of these? KJP1 (talk) 20:52, 21 July 2019 (UTC)

OED has south-southwest!

It was good to see you and hear from you. I will review your new FLC and should be grateful for a review of Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in West Sussex/archive1. Dudley Miles (talk) 12:36, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

It would be my pleasure. KJP1 (talk) 12:56, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

Brandy Hole Copse

Forgive me coming back to this but notwithstanding "fen" being correct , could you double check that there is still not a problem , particularly relating to herbs( a habitat?) Is there a misprint in the first source you use as reference? I see there is a phenomenon called "tall-herb fen". Is this what it should be? So sorry if I am taking up your timeAineireland (talk) 14:51, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Apologies - my misreading. Dudley Miles (talk) 18:11, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Back-scratching

And copied to SchroCat after our solicited audit of two of your FLs. If you have a moment would you mind casting an eye over Keswick, Cumbria? It's up for the front page next month and I'd like it to be as fireproof as possible. All comments gratefully received: be unsparing! Ever thine, Tim riley talk 21:30, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

Engaging brain, I have added a section to the article talk page where comments are invited. Tim riley talk 21:44, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

• I will consider it a great honour to comment on the article on the ancestral estate of Lord Riley of Keswick. Dudley Miles (talk) 18:49, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Five years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:54, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Many thanks Gerda. Dudley Miles (talk) 18:38, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello!

Hello! Sorry for bothering.
I've noticed your name in the list of the WP:FAC mentors. Recently, I have released a new article about Indonesian home gardens and I hope that it would be satisfactory to the standards of a featured article. However, I'm afraid that I've made major errors that I haven't noticed yet. If you have any time to give any advice or constructive criticism, comments in its peer review page would be appreciated. Thank you in advance! Dhio-270599 17:21, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

re Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of governors of Georgia/archive1

Wanted to ping that I'd responded to your comments. --Golbez (talk) 03:44, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Ping. --Golbez (talk) 15:57, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

InternetArchiveBot

Hello Dudley. I notice that you lately reverted some edits by InternetArchiveBot: your edit summary of "Not needed" for this edit makes me wonder if you might be interested in this discussion, in which it transpires that this type of edit made by this bot might be useful after all. For example, the first citation to Keynes & Lapidge at Æthelflæd refers to pp. 11–12, and those pages can be viewed at archive.org by manipulating the relevant URL added by InternetArchiveBot, from "https://archive.org/details/alfredgreatasser0000asse" to "https://archive.org/details/alfredgreatasser0000asse/page/11". Pages 11 and 12 then become visible. Longer page ranges would be problematical. If that is at all relevant to why you made those reverts, then I share your concern. It is why I started that discussion – links to book covers and end pages alone seemed silly to me, and I too reverted a similar bot edit – and at present I see no way of accessing a longer range of pages. If it isn't relevant, please accept my apologies for disturbing you. Nortonius (talk) 11:31, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

I will take a look and Ealdgyth may also be interested as she has done similar reverts. Dudley Miles (talk) 11:42, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

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Why did you revert my edit in Edgar Ætheling? Jimmyy68 (talk) 00:18, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

Apologies. I reverted in error because I thought the edit was on the article page and only realised afterwards that it was on the Talk page. Dudley Miles (talk) 08:48, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

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Yoesden

Dudley, This needs your attention re the references to birdlife.Aineireland (talk) 23:08, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

Done thanks. Dudley Miles (talk) 08:34, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

Nestor Lakoba FAC

Just wanted to reach out and see if you had anything else for the review, as I've addressed everything else there. Kaiser matias (talk) 03:16, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

LFI list

The LFI list states that it is intended to include former members. You can find current members here {https://www.lfi.org.uk/in-parliament/}. Jontel (talk) 14:13, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Heath Lake

Dudley, The Flora section has a problemAineireland (talk) 01:17, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Letcombe Valley

Dudley, There is a problem with the first referenceAineireland (talk) 01:31, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Aineireland. I have run the bot to find an archive copy. Dudley Miles (talk) 08:43, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Sussex Wildlife Trust and Ditchling Beacon

Hi Dudley. While browsing somewhat aimlessly in the FLC area, I came across this list. Just a note to say I am going to edit the blurb about Ditchling Beacon for factual accuracy (and in line with the source), as the 360-degree view actually refers to both the Weald and the Sussex coast. Facing northwards you have a 180-degree view across the Weald, while southwards the view is across the coast. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 14:07, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. Dudley Miles (talk) 16:21, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Reverting

You are almost in breach of WP:3RR across lots of articles. Please stop reverting my edits or I'll have to report you to an admin. doktorb _words^deeds 15:50, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

You are changing articles in pursuit of a policy which no other editor recognises. There is no bias in starting a list with one candidate. Lists rarely start with more than one candidate. They normally start with one and other editors add more as information becomes available. It is also grossly misleading to mark your controversial reversions as minor edits. Dudley Miles (talk) 16:01, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

No other editor is reversing my policy led decision so clearly I'm right and you're wrong. doktorb _words^deeds 18:16, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

No other editor has reverted creation of boxes with one PPC. Out of the first six next general election boxes in the alphabetical list of constituencies, only one was created with two PPCs. The other five were created with one PPC. In every case no one reverted and further PPCs were added later. This shows that creating with one candidate is standard practice. See Aberconwy, Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Airdrie and Shotts, Aldershot, Aldridge-Brownhills. Dudley Miles (talk) 19:08, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Bias

Promotion of one single candidate is bias and counter to Wikipedia policy. Be very careful. doktorb _words^deeds 21:14, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

I have replied above and you could not reply to my points. Starting a box with one candidate is the first stage of listing all candidates, which is what all other editors working on constituency articles do. Eg your most recent revert was of an edit originally not by me at [1]. You are attempting to impose your personal prejudice as Wikipedia policy. Dudley Miles (talk) 21:35, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

I will report you to the 3RR desk if you revert my recent edit. One candidate above all others is bias. Be careful. doktorb _words^deeds 22:08, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

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I've reported you to the 3RR noticeboard. doktorb _words^deeds 22:49, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

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Hey Dudley Miles, I hope you are well. I was hoping to seek your help, and more specifically your support as a mentor, in order to get Elizabeth College, Guernsey to featured article standard. Let me know if it's something you'd be interested in. Many thanks. — Formula One wiki 21:22, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Sorry Formulaonewiki. This article is way outside my area of interest. Dudley Miles (talk) 21:58, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

No worries!  Formula One wiki 00:33, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

A pie for you!

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Thanks Serial Number 54129. Dudley Miles (talk) 20:50, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Unfortunately we seemed to be right out of the best medicine  :) ——SN54129 09:48, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

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Jerusalem maps

Hi Dudley, can I check if I have now fully addressed your comments on the FL review page? I have addressed those of all other commenters. Thanks again. Onceinawhile (talk) 13:19, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

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Thank you the article about "the first of four brothers who were successively Kings of Wessex, the youngest of whom was Alfred the Great"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:14, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Gerda. Dudley Miles (talk) 20:58, 25 January 2020 (UTC)