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Travel literature
Please stick to the
Wikipedia house style for headings. All uppercase headings are not the house style; and emphasised headings are pointless, since it depends from the settings of each individual reader's web browser whether they display that way. Thank you. Uncle G
23:06, 2005 Jan 21 (UTC)
Your contribution to the George Vancouver article
In the George Vancouver article you tell us of a disciplinary hearing Vancouver faced upon his return. I have a biography of Vancouver, mind you, one intended for younger readers. And it makes no mention of any disciplinary measures. It attributes the quite life he lead following his return to poor health.
For the problems Vancouver faced when he returned to England, please see "Let The Sea Make a Noise...", Walter A McDougall, Perennial, 1st ed., New York, 2004: p 109.
Miramichi River etc.
Hi, just read your comments re. the changes I had made to
Miramichi River valley entry that was created. These can be undone fairly easily by just clicking the last appropriate version and resaving, and putting a redirect where appropriate. I had actually started out by creating some of the tributary river articles and things started to snowball as I tried to figure out how to fit things together. I actually hadn't even looked at the page history and my apologies if I had offended you in any way as I didn't realize you were the major content generator. My personal connection to northern NB is through Campbellton and the north shore so I don't profess to be a Miramichi expert by any means. Plasma east 02:30, 28 May 2005 (UTC)[reply
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Temp block
Greetings Polycarp. 13 hrs ago I temporarily blocked the IP address 67.85.27.62. from editing because there were nonsense edits coming to articles after the user at that address had been warned. Then I received an email claiming to be you asking about the block. If it was really you please contact me again, I can unblock you and we'll discuss the edits. Cheers, Fire Star 13:52, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Maurice A. Dionne
Polycarp: you reinserted a statement that I had removed ("In his life he made some enemies and many friends.") I removed it because I though that that could apply to just about any of us. It sounds more like a eulogy than an encyclopaedia article. Ground Zero 8 July 2005 16:15 (UTC)
Rich politicians
I've reverted your addition of Richest British politicians to articles on offices and officeholders–I can't see how the two are related enough to justify such a link. Mackensen(talk) 19:56, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I think it's a non-sequiter at best, and POV at worst. There's no real link between personal wealth and any specific office–there is arguably a link between personal wealth and political activity, particularly before the twentieth century. I'm not convinced that such an article is necessary at all; I also think there are several problems with it:
The list is based on probate records (as you note), which has no correlation with the time in which a politician held office
The list makes no differentiation between realized and precarious income, which means you can't tell a great landholder from an upstart businessman
The list seems to be unsourced and is probably original research
The list doesn't take into account inflation, nor does it provide any sense of scale, save in relation to itself.
Please read my comment more carefully. As it happens, I'm also a paid subscriber to the DNB and I figured that the information came from there. I don't doubt the contributors either–my father authored the entry on Dr. John Moore. That being said, the list itself is original research. A minor point, unless taken in conjunction with the others I've listed, which you haven't addressed. Mackensen(talk) 21:55, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not aware of a good index for inflation–I don't think that it becomes a serious problem until after the First World War. My concern about scale was related to that point–Cecil Rhodes' five million pounds were worth far more then than they are now, especially as compared to the average working-class family. I think you also need to set criteria for inclusion. For example, although British, Rhodes might be better described as a South African politician. I think a starting point would be all cabinet holders who entered politics after 1820 or so. Mackensen(talk) 22:22, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe
Hi, Do you have a source for the assertations you have made about Jelicoe's handling of the Battle of Jutland? To say he certainly made no mistakes without citing a source for this view is not NPOV. Clearly, many people feel he did make mistakes - the article should reflect that shouldn't it? Also, I'm not sure this page is the best one for a detailed discussion of questions about Jutland. There is already a better discussion on Battle of Jutland. Shimbo 18:03, 24 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Romanovs
Hi, you seem to have edited quite a bit about the Romanovs. I have just moved a page to this title
Grand Duke Peter Nicolaievich of Russia and expanded it a little. Could you just check it out, and make sure it's Ok. Its not really my subject, but I had just finished a book where his wife was mentioned which is how I knew the page was formerly misnamed - at least I hope it was! Thanks Giano | talk 09:17, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply
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Hood v Bismarck
I disagree strongly. Please see L. Holland's talk page. Dapi89 (talk) 16:54, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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neutral point of view in saying that, for example, "Few people bear comparison to Winston Churchill." While these tidbits make for very enjoyable reading in, say, biographies, on Wikipedia we need to keep things referenced, neutral, and factual. The page I linked to on neutral point of view gives some examples (see, for relevant examples, "impartial tone" and "let the facts speak for themselves"
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Hope this clears things up. Happy editing! WordyGirl90 (talk) 00:54, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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