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Hello. Thank you for creating Tedworth House. Do you know if it is a listed building? Also, should the history of the Tedworth Hunt be added to this article, or created as a separate article in your opinion? (But hopefully less sensationalistic than this.) Please reply on my talkpage. Zigzig20s ( talk) 05:47, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
I would like to gain your support over the 77th Brigade article, which was created not by me but is actually a renaming and reformation of the SAG article I formed up last year. A user named Gareth keeps adding it is Psychological warfare which it is clearly not as I stated in the SAG article and new links. Phd8511 ( talk) 08:33, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
Since you do not like the changes that I made to Promethean World information and have chosen to delete that information which is current and true. I ask you to at least look into the [File:Proetheanlogo.png logo] which you uploaded to the Promethean World page in 2010 and at the very least update it to something that Promethean has used in recent history. This time perhaps you will spell the name correctly on the file that you upload. Here is a link where you can find the logo independent of the Promethean corporate website. There are people from around the world using the incorrect logo they find here on Wikipedia. It should be changed to the logo that Promethean has used since at least as early as the 4th quarter of 2011. Truemoss ( talk) 17:03, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
I understand that Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener is an assessed article; however, I think the portrait I posted is more effective than the formal portrait. It's iconic, and, whether or not it has all his awards, you know it's Kitchener. And it draws your attention; it's a great feature with which to start the article, if nothing else. I do apologize for doing so unilaterally, though. Stolengood ( talk) 02:32, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
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This was the commander of the Tenth Submarine Flotilla at Malta who went on to be Flag Officer Submarines and COMSUBEASTLANT. Do you have anything on him? Buckshot06 (talk) 06:04, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads-up on this. And the slap on the wrist. Because the awards section I added was a summary of referenced info, I hadn't troubled to repeat the citations; worse, the Freeman entries were not otherwise ref'd. Must try better. I've reinstated them with the refs and added the DSO citation from "Air of Authority". Hope this suffices. I can see the point of downgrading when unref'd info is added, but I hope that the guilty editor is advised and allowed to do a repair. Cheers. Folks at 137 ( talk) 21:18, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
This was moved to Serco Group at your request. Why do you want it moving back? Just Chilling ( talk) 23:36, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Dormskirk, DGSteel added a Freeman of the City of London yesterday, you reverted this because it is not independently sourced as required by WP:BLP. However, David Steel bio in official Royal Navy site mentioned a Freeman of the City of London-reference no 1 but that David Steel bio in Royal Navy site been replaced with new Second Sea Lord now. However you can see the cache of Second Sea Lord Royal Navy page in archive.org/wayback machine. Does this mean we could add a Freeman of the City of London back to the page? Thanks. Cheers. Ikatemag ( talk) 15:50, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
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I've been to the cemetery and have taken a photograph of Sir Patrick Grant's memorial, it's just that I haven't uploaded it to Wikipedia yet. ViennaUK ( talk) 21:04, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi there, Dormskirk. I've seen you help with company articles before, and I was wondering if you had some time to look over a message I just posted to the Accenture Talk page. There are several edits I'm requesting, including updating outdated information and correcting some inaccuracies. I'd appreciate any feedback or help you can provide. Thanks, 16912 Rhiannon ( Talk · COI) 16:03, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
I noticed that you reverted a change made by an IP. I looked at that change yesterday and raised an eyebrow myself. A quick look at the source clearly states that there are 6 houses and lists each one except the "Pringle Center" that the IP had removed. Jcmcc ( Talk) 06:28, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
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Thank you very much for helping with the page KAZ Minerals! Aya Nurpeissova ( talk) 15:35, 10 April 2015 (UTC) |
Hey Dormskirk, we made substantial factual changes to the IG Group page recently (including adding information about moving into stockbroking). In IG we do all our wikipedia updates similarly and that is by declaring our potential conflict of interest when challenged and sticking to factual updates.
We respect your right to make the changes you see fit but was wondering how best to go about this process as these changes still need to be made. PLease advise?
Thank you,
hi Dormskirk, thank you for adding the stockbroking reference and for the general advice. I will use the Talk page to suggest area where we could improve the article.
Thank you again for all your help.
Best,
Hayley
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Hi Dormskirk,
As you are interested in topic of finance, could you please review this article on matters of advertising text: /info/en/?search=TBC_Bank Thanks SGNII ( talk) 15:34, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
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Hello. I have noticed that you created Carl Joachim Hambro (banker). Are you interested in helping out more with in-line referenced content and possibly pictures? I have created Category:Hambro family, including some new referenced pages. Zigzig20s ( talk) 01:55, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
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Thank you HayleySandford ( talk) 13:32, 8 May 2015 (UTC) |
Dear Dormskirk, concerning your revert here, with the comment:
please note:
Therefore, your edit was reverted. -- FocalPoint ( talk) 19:39, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
I fail to see how expanding an article according to wikipedia policy (public domain text, properly referenced) can be counted as destroying the hard work of others. -- FocalPoint ( talk) 20:10, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
Furthermore, as I pointed out, in line citation (as required by WP:SOURCE) was added. Please take a second look to the text that you reverted. -- FocalPoint ( talk) 20:12, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
I’ve reinstated the information on Greene King which you’ve twice deleted quoting WP:SOURCE. I’ve added a further independent reference, specifically Spirit’s own communication to its shareholders describing Greene King and the proposed acquisition, which is still not complete.
I see from your user page that you have updated the infoboxes of every FTSE100 and FTSE250 company. That’s a great piece of work and a good contribution to Wikipedia. But how exactly have you done this consistently with your interpretation of WP:SOURCE? Because I would guess that the original source of each piece of information must have come from the company itself, and whilst you could no doubt find the same information in press comments or whatever, those articles are surely just repeating the figures they’ve got from the company.
So far as Greene King is concerned, I think you’ve quoted the company’s figures for turnover, but you don’t seem to think I should quote its figures for numbers of pubs, details of its acquisition or its own description of its strategy. Swinnow16 ( talk) 08:32, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
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Thank you so much for your help. Hayley
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Dear Dormskirk
I found your entry for Col.Alexander Shaw and as he was eldest brother of my 4th great grandfather Maj.General Aeneas Shaw UEL.Are you related to the Shaws'. Regards Richard Shaw UE Rjsm53 ( talk) 13:39, 8 June 2015 (UTC) |
Hi there, I was just looking over the John Slessor article and thinking to myself there's no reason it shouldn't be GA, so I did a bit of polishing and was wondering if you'd care to co-nom with me at GAN -- if you'd like to tweak it further, no prob, but I think it's pretty well there... Cheers, Ian Rose ( talk) 13:58, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Dormskirk. :) I see that CorenSearchBot recently flagged a copyright problem with the article you created at Chippenham Park. The problem was not precisely what the bot thought it was - rather, it is that you copied content from one page on Wikipedia to another without giving attribution. Wikipedia's content is not public domain; it is owned by the people who write the material, but liberally licensed so that others can reuse and modify it. In order to do so, though, we have to meet the terms of the license, and attribution is one of those key requirements. You cannot copy text from one article to another without providing at least a direct link in the edit summary to the original unless you are the sole author of that content. If the content you copy is substantial, you should also acknowledge the copying on the talk pages of the articles to help ensure attribution is maintained. Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia talks a little bit about why this is and also how to give attribution.
Fortunately, this is not a difficult problem to repair, even after the fact. I have repaired this one, but if you have previously copied content from one article to another, even if a long time ago, please go back and attribute so that the terms of the license are met.
Thanks! -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 02:07, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Dormskirk, Delphi Automotive Agrees to Buy HellermannTyton for $1.7 Billion, as native speaker english, and with your knowledge about the FTSE 250 Index you might be a much better author than me. (c; best wishes, Paul -- Paul HT ( talk) 11:46, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/31/business/dealbook/delphi-automotive-agrees-to-buy-hellermanntyton-for-1-7-billion.html?partner=rss&_r=0 http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/30/british-cable-firm-snapped-up-in-drive-for-intelligent-cars http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/31/business/dealbook/whiff-of-dot-com-fever-in-delphi-deal.html?_r=0
This is really cool, thx -- Paul HT ( talk) 06:49, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
Why would I do that? I still think it's excess detail. And obviously I can't say whether I'll revert your future edits until I see them. Britmax ( talk) 21:02, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
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(that is, the castle that put the -castle in “Newcastle”)
Hello there: I've been thinking about
this; I feel I may have over-reacted a bit, which
isn't a good thing.
One possible solution, if there is any evidence at all that the new name has some common currency, would be (seeing as it gets about
ten times as many views as the
one in Wales) to move
The Castle, Newcastle to
Newcastle Castle (losing the dab page, per WP:TWODAB) and put a hatnote on it to
the one in Bridgend. What do you reckon?
The only problem I can see is if we subsequently acquire articles on
all the other new castles dotted around; but WP is very much about the here and now, I suppose...
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Hi Dormskirk. I noticed that you fixed a bare url that I recently added using a tool called reFill which is apparently the new Reflinks - thank you for that. As a former devotee of Reflinks I'm keen to learn how reFill works. Do you have to feed it a url to generate a full ref or can it be installed in your browser toolbar to automatically scan and update a page a la Reflinks? Thanks. danno_ uk 21:24, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
I am currently trying to translate the article about Lord Edward Somerset to Wikipedia in Bokmål/Riksmål (Norwegian) and I try to find sources for promotions in The London Gazette. I have found some, but some entries I do not quite understand. Like this one:
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15222/page/48
"20/h Ditto, Captain Allan Cameron, from the 66th Foot, to be Major, without Purchase, vice Lord Edward Somerset, appointed to the 12th Light Dragoons."
What does Ditto here means, is it the date (20 December) or is it some unit? And while I am at it, what does vice implies? I looked up the help pages but I get no viser, if you could help me out I would be most happy about that. What I try to pinpoint is a source for the last part of this statement (the transfer to the 28th light dragoons):
-from this article about him:
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Somerset,_Robert_Edward_Henry_(DNB00)
Any help would be much appreciated! Ulflarsen ( talk) 11:39, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
hi dear friend
could you please paraphrase "it was intended to be consulted as the texts changed". thank you Alborzagros ( talk) 13:28, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for reply. you can see dome context here (over there in lid). thank you Alborzagros ( talk) 06:13, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi. Thanks for the feedback on the RELX/RELX Group/Reed Elsevier renaming. Now the content is all a bit confusing, would you be able to help us with getting everything accurate again? Obviously we want to avoid any conflict of interest and help Wikipedia get the best information they can about the company. If we point out which parts are still accurate (which will basically be the content from the deleted RELX Group page) and which bits aren't any more, would you be able to help sort that out? Also with any references that you think should be changed - there may be alternate sources that could be used for some of them. Thanks again Ryoba ( talk) 13:24, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
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Hello,
I saw this article ( Deployments of the British Military) earlier looks familiar doesn't it? Gavbadger ( talk) 20:20, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Dormskirk, I noticed that you'd edited Glencore a while back. I'm a PR representative and one of my clients is Trafigura – I was working with a couple of editors on this article for a few months, in particular CorporateM who's now taken a step back from voluntary editing. I've suggested one or two updates and additions to the article here on the talk page, which I haven't been able to get any one to review yet having tried previous editors and posted here on COIN. I wonder if you might be willing to take a look? Many thanks. HOgilvy ( talk) 18:24, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Dormskirk, a major edit has been made to Claude Dauphin, where the editor has added 300 words or so of POV content on his career, almost all of it unreferenced. There are plenty of obituaries and other reliable sources available with which to expand the article and I'm happy to work with you or anyone else to do that, but this latest edit is poor. Would you mind taking a look? Thanks very much. HOgilvy ( talk) 11:34, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi Dormskirk, does Awards paramater only show most senior grade of orders of chivalry in its list? e.g an officer has Knight Commander of the Order of The British Empire and Commander of the Order of The British Empire, can both be listed in Awards parameters? or only most senior grade (Knight Commander) can be listed in Awards parameter? Can you point out to me guildlines on Wikipedia about this? I read WP:BLP of Royal Navy officers, all of them who have Knight Commander and Commander, only show Knight Commander? What if I add both Knight Commander and Commander, do I violate Wiki guidelines? Thank you. Ikatemag ( talk) 19:21, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
I was wondering whether there was a group of administrators who are British military historians? I have created several pages on Wikipedia which uses original research from a book. The Royal Artillery Historical Society, FEPOW, and POW Research Network Japan have endorsed the research but there are a few (mostly Australian and American) amateur historians and Wikipedia administrators who have taken it upon themselves to remove any reference to the research, even through the author has shared the raw research on the book's website. Any suggestions? -- TheBlackandSilver ( talk) 05:14, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
I think you misunderstand wikipedia policy. /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Verifiability#Reliable_sources does not require sources for everything. The additions I made are easily verifiable and if you believe they are controversial, I would like to hear your reasons why.
"Wikipedia requires material to be verifiable. This means adding some form of inline citations for anything challenged or likely to be challenged, and for all direct quotations." /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Citation_overkill
Reverting verifiable good faith edits is bad form and rather impolite on top of that. The very most you would be justified in doing is adding a citation needed tag. Tarchon ( talk) 21:53, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
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Dear Dormskirk, You clearly have a deep knowledge of British Military History and Devotion to it. Wikipedia, and therefore by extension all those such as myself who care deeply about knowledge, owe you a debt of gratitude for contributing to Wikipedia. I am a sincere admirer of your excellent work and have been for some time.
Yesterday I spend the majority of my Sunday doing extensive and careful work to correct what I perceived to be the deficiencies in the British Army Installations article. The problems in the page were significant, lacking any sort of context. Having given the project about eight hours of my time myself, I can readily understand why you wished to improve my doubtless very imperfect work and article.
I have however a number of defences to my edits I would like to make;
1) I have sources, for example I spent some time understanding the treaty of establishment of the Republic of Cyprus. I deeply regret not citing them already. It was a major failing In me not to do so. I received your kind and appropriate message this afternoon and merely required more time to add the citations because I was at work and with my children. I understand why you felt the need to remove it fast but wonder whether I might ask your permission for me to put it up again with citations.
2) I agree you are right to remove much the RAF and Navy material. Apologies. 2A) However in some cases such as RAF Mt Pleasant or RAF Akrioti, these are also army facilities (RAF Mt Pleasant for example having close to 1000 British Soldiers deployed there). I therefore feel it is valid to classify these two RAF bases at least as Army facilities as well as Airforce facilities; facilities can serve both the RAF And the Army. 2B) I feel an additional area of complexity surrounds RAF Radar facilities, which are often manned by the Royal Engineers from the Army. I therefore wonder whether it might be analytically rigorous to i) include these facilities or ii) create a separate area for British Military installations overall. Obviously I'm delighted to defer to your opinion in this area but wonder whether there are complexities to be addressed which the current framework fails to recognise. I fear this may risk deceiving readers.
3) As concerns the area of the article concerning Cyprus. A) You were concerned that I named some bases which were not currently occupied observing that there were many unused British bases around the world; I can see why you considered this liminal I was concerned as well. My train of though was as follows, these bases are still held by the British Army which has access rights and will likely reoccupy them in the future. For me this differentiates them from abandoned British bases around the world; they are still held by the army which as full rights to use them. In this sense I considered them more analogous to an unoccupied training area. B) My failure of citation in the section concerning British Rights to bases in Cyprus has resulted in confusion; as a result you were unable to accurately summarise it. This my fault. If you will grant permission I will correct it forthwith including referencing more fully especially referencing the foundation treaty. I personally find the legal basis on which base rights rest both deeply interesting and enlightening.
4) I understand why you felt the need to delete my explanation of British training facilities in Kenya. I have citations and with your consent will re-insert them.
As you may have summoned I'm new to Wikipedia; please forgive the flaws which doubtless pervade this message and the article.
Thank you for considering my thoughts. A sincere admirer who wishes to benefit from your extensive experience.
Hi. On reflection you're entirely right about Kenya, an irrelevant area in which I happened to become interested/became bogged down. Thanks for your help/time.
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Hi Dormskirk, I've put a few new sections in my sandbox with a view to expanding Claude Dauphin. To try and make it clearer I've included everything that's currently there which I think might remain as it is and suggested new sections in blue font. Some of those are additional content and some of them are intended to expand on what's currently there – I've given a full explanation on the talk page. If you've got time to have a look at some point that'd be much appreciated. Many thanks. HOgilvy ( talk) 22:33, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
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Very much appreciate all you've done. Also note as the Kenyan data is valuable, I've created British Army Training Unit Kenya. Buckshot06 (talk) 22:49, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
Just to say nice work on the Gloucesters today! It's looking much better. Hchc2009 ( talk) 17:54, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
Sir,
Regarding the Wiki page on the topic of the Army Foundation College Harrogate, I am looking to update the page to reflect the current situation at the college. Describing the training, education and sport which the the Junior Soldiers undertake.
I have edited the page to reflect this, however you have reverted my edits back to your previous edition. Can I please ask for a reason for this and guidance on editing the page in the future. As I would like to work together to make the wiki page up to date and factually correct.
Regards
Dear Dormskirk,
I know that a peerage is not an "office" as such; for this reason, the title Earl Mountbatten of Burma was indicated as title, not as office held by Lord Mountbatten. Moreover, even though he was an officeholder, he was also a peer (and in peers' infobox there's the section title). It would be more appropriate to add the section to Earl Mountbatten's infobox.
Kind regards,
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Dormskirk (hi)
Are you aware that Chicksands has been JITG Chicksands since 01-01-2015? JITG = Joint Intelligence Training Group. ( The British Army - Intelligence Corps Opportunities) I realize that this is not a source for citation, merely a pointer.
Regards, The joy of all things ( talk) 21:27, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
BTW Please let me know if you ever need me to look up something for you in the the Times archive. It's a great source of info and they usually have very good obituaries on everyone of note. I try to use it at every possible chance to get my money's worth, so please just ask! —Мандичка YO 😜 17:26, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
Hello. I work for a PR agency called Lansons, working on behalf of one of our clients Shawbrook Bank. We’ve seen you have an interest in FTSE 250 companies and have previously made edits to Shawbrook_Bank. We’re looking to have information about the CEO and Chairman updated, as both these positions have changed. The CEO is now Steve Pateman and the Chairman is Iain Cornish (sourced widely online). Per the Wikipedia:Statement_on_Wikipedia_from_participating_communications_firms we want to make sure we engage with the Wikipedia community to have these changes made as we have a conflict of interest. Are these updates you could make for us please? The Shawbrook Bank talk page needs setting up. Thanks. MichaelPWhite ( talk) 10:39, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
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Thank so much Dormskirk for your kind words and all good work and good on the Gordon article. Much appreciated! I'm just about done, through I might just add a few citations to some I wrote about Egyptian and Sudanese history, plus a few more details. It is astonishing that the Khedive Ismail spent 2 million Egytpian pounds (the equivalent of $300 million US dollars in today's money) on the party to celebrate the opening of the Suez canal in 1869. It must have been quite a party (and apparently it was), but still for such a poor country as Egypt that does seem rather irresponsible, especially if one remembers that was all money borrowed from British, French and Italian banks. No wonder Egypt went bankrupt. Getting back to the main topic, thank so much for your efforts to improve the citations (I'm not very good at those those things) and please have a wonderful day! -- A.S. Brown ( talk) 03:29, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
Hi Dormskirk
Thank you for helping to improve the article about Sir Jeremy de Halpert. Is it possible to correct the title of this article to: Jeremy de Halpert (ie. small "d" for "de")? This is the correct spelling.
I saw you removed some "unsourced material", however it is not really unsourced since a cross-check between the articles about the Shipwrights' Company, the Lord Mayor of London and Lord Mountevans would verify my edit. Anyway, the significant point is that when Sir Jeremy de Halpert is installed as Prime Warden of the Shipwrights' Company in April it will be the first time since WWII that a PW Shipwright will be serving alongside/under (howsoever you wish to phrase it) a fellow member of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights as Lord Mayor. If this is unimportant from a Wikipedia point of view, no worries, but should it be of relevance perhaps you could advise further.
Many thanks for your help so far.
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Hello Dormskirk
I have noted that you have been very intense in your recent edit on Christopher Wallace.
When I was reworking the contents of his page I used as a guide and template the pages on his friends and colleagues
Edwin Bramall,
Nick Parker (both former 'riflemen') and
Evelyn Webb-Carter. I note from their 'Edit History' pages that you have kept an eye on these as well!
I introduced separate paragraphs with details on 'Early Life' and 'Family' but you have removed these in this instance.
I accept that ideally the Mentioned in Despatches should have the Gazette citation (not included on Nick's) and I now know where to look for Cristopher's.(
http://www.royalgreenjackets.co.uk/rgjra_live/frontend/boards.asp?mode=view&postid=837&type=In%20Memoriam) Personally I think that Service/Campaign Medals should also be accepted; it appears that on a couple of the above pages they have been (certainly on Nick's).
I have the text of the Times obituary so would like use a couple of interesting points quoted therein. However a citation link only shows the start of the text plus the image and there is no open access as it is blocked by the subscription requirement. How would you suggest I solve this with a citation ?
Other observations :
Edwin Bramall, edit of 5 February
You changed
King's Royal Rifle Corps to
Royal Green Jackets
His appointment to command of the battalion was in January 1965 when they were still KRRC since the regiment did not become RGJ until January 1966.
On your 'Read page' you have link to
Chief of the General Staff.
I think it highly unlikely that this image is correct as it bears absolutely no resemblance to
Nick Parker.
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Thank you for 'burning the (almost) midnight oil' to tidy up my edit.
I note that you have relocated the lower paragraphs.
You know, I have never really considered the fact of dying as a stage in my 'Subsequent career'! Now that I am approaching 72, I will need to think more about it and perhaps work on my CV.
I can accept that charity work, with such as museum trusts or member of a board of directors, could be considered as a 'Subsequent career'.
However, in my opinion, a lifetime involvement with hobbies (such as military history), sports activities and an interest in music, should more correctly be defined as 'Personal life'.
If this approach is not in accordance with Wikipedia protocol, then perhaps the logical sequence should be :
Subsequent career and interests
Family
with details of the person's passing as the final line/s to the page.
PS.
In my original text I purposely used the wording 'he was retired ...'.
In the Times obituary it states 'At the end of his time in joint operations in 1996 when he was still in his mid-fifties, Wallace might have expected to advance to four-star general and, in due course, become head of the army. Instead, he was retired.'
There was a sub-title heading 'He might have expected to become head of the army, but was thwarted'
Nick Parker
A minor point - on his page it describes him as being 'Commander Land Forces' whilst on his correspondence at the time it was 'Commander in Chief Land Forces'.
Richard Tennant ( talk) 13:46, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
Hello Dormskirk
Many thanks for all your support on these edits. I believe that we have now projected a good picture of the 'character of the man' as a human being, as well as the 'officer with roles & titles'.
I fully agree with you about handling the comment in the Times - I only thought that you might be interested in it as a postscript.
My main period of interest in military history is 1790 - 1815, however, as a member of the British Commission for Military History, I have contacts with a very broad spectrum of knowledge, both in the UK and internationally, should you need verification on anything in the future.
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Hi Dormskirk. Grateful if you could advise which part of the regimental amalgamations section requires a specific source reference. In essence (a) the 5th and 16th Lancers became the 16th/5th; (b) the 17th and 21st became the 17th/21st; (c) the 16th/5th and the 17th/21st became the Queen's Royal Lancers; (d) the 9th and the 12th became the 9th/12th; (e) the Queen's Royal Lancers and the 9th/12th became the Royal Lancers. A convoluted story but does a brief and non-contentious passage warrant five separate source references? On the other hand the fact that the modern Royal Lancers is the only remaining lancer regiment in the British Army is of historical interest and probably worth recording. Regards Buistr ( talk) 00:52, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for checking my updates.
My para on Clarendon Palace is merely a precis of the "main" article, so I didn't think it was necessary to copy refs from there. Similarly, the Clarendon Way article describes its route. Wire723 ( talk) 17:01, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
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Dormskirk - thank you for correcting my incorrectly formatted entries on the Sir George Norton page. However, I have a full page of information on him (with references) but I clearly do not know how to upload...
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Hello, could you take a look at the HMS Defender article? User GaryDee seems to assert the ship is searching for the remains of the Air Egypt plane while no official and reputable sources say it is so. He instead post a talk show host link as evidence. Do you think that is a source that passes under Wikpedia guidelines? Thanks. Cantab1985 ( talk) 14:11, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
From looking through Hart's Army List for the 1900s (at archive.org), the reorganization of the British Army home commands seems to have been as follows:
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Dormskirk. Richard Stanley Hawks Moody was indeed a Colonel of the Buffs, the Royal East Kent regiment. The precise dates of his position as Colonel have yet to be determined precisely, but the link shall be replaced. If you wish to determine the veracity of the claim, you are welcome to contact the Order of the Bath or the modern regiment to do so. You will find on the internet photographs of the book he authored, which feature his title, Colonel. Please do not delete the link again. ( Webbjones ( talk) 10:47, 6 June 2016 (UTC)).
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Can you adjust accordingly? Don't know who succeeded him as ACDS Personnel/DSS, but he's Chief of Defence People around 8 June 2016
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Cantab1985 ( talk) 15:43, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
Dear Dormskirk, I have the records from his family, from which it appears that RS Hawks Moody was Colonel of the Buffs and the Pioneer Corps, although this is unclear from the presentation. His last regiment is recorded as the Buffs, although this may be an error. Do you have any information to the contrary? I note that in his History of the Buffs, which is visible online, he is noted as Colonel of the Buffs. I am searching for digital records to clarify, so please do not delete this part of the information until we are certain. Thank you for cleaning up the Gazette references. ( Hamlet94 ( talk) 22:27, 4 July 2016 (UTC)).
You will find in the London Gazettes that he was brevet-colonel of Royal Pioneer Corps from 1917 to 1919, so he did not retire until 1919. From my records it seems likely that after this, he was given the honorary title of Colonel of the Buffs, although he had retired. It would also be incongruous with British Army practice to have appointed him CB if he had not reached the rank of full Colonel.
Also please do not delete the information that he was a Military Knight of Windsor. I shall upload a photograph of him in the uniform with the other knights to clarify. The information is also on the internet somewhere. ( Hamlet94 ( talk) 22:43, 4 July 2016 (UTC)).
I noticed that after your edits to the History of the Royal Marines article, the text in the Uniforms section has almost all gone. Do you think that article is not the best place for information about uniforms? I made a suggestion here, number 5, /info/en/?search=Talk:History_of_the_Royal_Marines#Uniforms_section that a separate article be created for that section. What do you think? We could both contribute to it. -- Dreddmoto ( talk) 13:54, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for explaining. I'll start that article and include a link to it in the Uniforms section of the History of the Royal Marines article. You're welcome to contribute to it. -- Dreddmoto ( talk) 17:26, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
The article was created and is here /info/en/?search=Uniforms_of_the_Royal_Marines -- Dreddmoto ( talk) 14:20, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
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Dear Dormskirk
Thank you for your kind words and appreciation again. It seems I erred slightly as I writing from memory (my bad). I just looked up the matter and I stand corrected. Emin Pasha was not Gordon's successor as governor of Equatoria, but in 1878 Gordon fired the governor of Equatoria for being corrupt and replaced him with Emin Pasha. Maybe this is a bit of OR on my part, but I don't think Gordon would had appointed Emin governor if he thought he was an idiot, not least because Gordon would had known how challenging Equatoria was to govern. The book by Faught does mention Gordon when he was governor of Equatoria did have a high regard for Emin who was his chief medical officer, so I presume that is why Gordon gave him the job in 1878. I am going to correct my mistake. Thank you for bringing that to my attention. Cheers! -- A.S. Brown ( talk) 22:44, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
Is now DSF. CAn you format his infobox; I always mess that up. Thanks.
http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/jordan-uk-discuss-military-cooperation-2
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You are probably right about that Daily Star article; there couldnt have been a RM DSF since there was no such promotion during that time. At best it could be a deputy. But we dont know exactly when Chiswell took over. Cantab1985 ( talk) 16:13, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
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On Andrew Gregory and Ian Corder's pages can you help format.
Thanks for the good work!
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Please add to my defence. Have I not been a great contributor to many defence articles? Cantab1985 ( talk) 02:59, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
Hi Dormskirk, hope you are well! As you've assisted me in the past on making straightforward updates to the Accenture article, I wanted to see if you could help on a similar request for a different article Ligado Networks. The company was formerly called LightSquared, and up until very recently the article was still named LightSquared. Additionally, parts of the article are written about LightSquared in the present tense. It makes for a confusing read.
I posted an edit request on the Talk page, and an editor has helped update a handful of areas of the article. However, there is still some work that needs to be done and a few typos they've introduced that need fixing. Would you mind reviewing the edit request?
I have marked which areas have already been completed, but I could still use help on the infobox, and the article's FCC authorization and Interference issues sections. These are straightforward edit requests, but I'm happy to answer any questions you might have. Quick full disclosure: I do have a financial COI as I'm working for Ligado Networks via The Glover Park Group as part of my work at Beutler Ink. Thanks in advance for considering! 16912 Rhiannon ( Talk · COI) 21:06, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
Just musing. It's odd that those IPs are intent on removing the personal life section. He discusses his marriage and family life extensively in his book and after a long time in the spotlight, he's certainly a public figure. Like I say, odd. Don't know if you've read his book—he's a very interesting, and very intelligent, man who has obviously put a lot of thought into his profession. Anyway, just musing. I'll keep an eye on it but if it becomes a problem and semi-protection would be helpful, give me a shout. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:07, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for sorting this out! Been so long since I did a merge that I felt a bit daunted by attempting it... I've been working through ingesting all pre-1832 MPs into Wikidata, and of the ~5000 with enwiki articles I've done so far, this is the only pair where we'd duplicated them by accident. A pretty good hit rate. Andrew Gray ( talk) 10:53, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
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