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I wondered if anyone could help add the place of death of Louis Lépine. I have tried to find it but so far i've had no luck. Thanks Greg dorkinglad (talk)

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Hello Dorkinglad, thanks for contributing to the article on Laura Dekker. You added her exact birthday. I could not find a reference for it. Can you please point to a reference for her birthday? Best regards --Neozoon 20:13, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Neozoon - I wikified the entry and got the date of birth from the Dutch site. You can also check out her own website dorkinglad (talk)

Hello Dorkinglad, the date of birth is not published on her homepage (I can read dutch). The date of birth on the dutch wikipedia page has been reverted since the date has been put in the article by an IP without reference. I will change it in the article too. --Neozoon 21:32, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Drilnoth - I have made the necessary checks and changes to the photogragh I've used. It is over 70 years old. I used a snipping tool for convenience after I had scanned the photograph.I've made the required changes on the file details. Please come back to me if there are any more problemsdorkinglad (talk)

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Hello Drilnoth - I have made the necessary checks and changes to the photogragh I've used.I used a snipping tool for convenience using the wikipedia image (the same0 on the equivalent Slovenian site. This site makes it clear that the picture is in the public domain. Please come back to me if there are any more problems. dorkinglad (talk)

Very good article, congratulations! As for the photo material, the wikipedia follows quite strict copyright rules: if one does not abide them, the photos get deleted. I'm afraid there's not much I can do about it. Cheers, Viator slovenicus (talk) 16:51, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, Dorkinglad! In File:Prežihov Voranc.JPG, the information regarding the author and the license have been removed as they're not the right ones. For the date, you have to give the date/year/decade when the image was made or leave it blank. For the author, you have to give the name of the actual photographer that made the photo (unless the copyright has been transfered to someone else). It was not the literary association per se. When did the photographer die? These are the information that you have to consider in deciding whether the pd-old license is the correct one. I recommend you reading WP:IUP. Thanks and regards, --Eleassar ^{my talk} 07:40, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for being a nuisance, but image copyrights are something that we're trying to take seriously in Wikipedia. The template pd-old does not apply for the image, as it must have passed more than 70 years from the author's death for it to be applicable. As Draško Druškovič has died in 2009, the license has been removed. --Eleassar ^{my talk} 11:17, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Just referred to your article on the above. My aunt, who lived in Horsham for 73 years, was an estate agent and often alluded to it: she was with Henry Smith & Son who, I think, have been swallowed up by one of the chains. Bashereyre (talk) 21:27, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is just one quarry left selling the stone as Horsham stone. Now very expensive I'm afraid but good to know it is still sold. If you walk on the hills around Horsham it doesn't take long to find it. dorkinglad (talk)

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Could you tell me where you found the information about Hamilton's death? My search engine does not seem to unearth anything. Actually, the death details you edited in to the article do really need a cited source. Thanks,

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 16:56, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Derek - i've entered information on your page. The source is I judge impeccable and was posted on the Southern Soul List. I now feel I should have wiated for an official announcement which must be soon dorkinglad (talk)

Hello. Yes, you should really have waited for an official announcement - no real damage done though. Cheers,

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 15:12, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Dorkinglad. Please don't change any more Epsom Derby --> Derby Stakes. I can see your point on this, but there was a long discussion on the topic and we "agreed" on Epsom Derby. That's the name used throughout WP. Tigerboy1966 (talk) 22:35, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Greg. It's a featured article, so edits that may be OK in other articles have to meet higher standards here. The referencing problem with your link was that it didn't actually say what you put, that it is a Scottish and N England name. The RSPB is normally acceptable, but this reply to a question is really on the same level as a blog, ie not normally acceptable in an FA.

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Let me know if you need any help Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:27, 26 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fine, I've reformatted the ref to be consistent with the other book refs, but I use Lockwood myself, fine as a source for English names. Like i said, it's the fact that it's an FA that creates the problem, FAs can and do get demoted if they drift too much from the standard Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:38, 26 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You don't have to use templates, I use them because it's harder to make mistakes and they ensure consistency. As long as the ref looks the same as the others in the article, that's fine. In practice, I normally clean up references myself if they are incomplete or inconsistent in style Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:41, 26 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bohemian Waxwing is currently at FAC and I'd rather nothing drastic happened to that while it's in the middle of the process. In any case, I've only just finished it, so it shouldn't be too out of date. Or did you mean waxwing? That could definitely do with some work. I don't think there will be many waxwings this winter, Sussex will be lucky to get any this year, there aren't even many in Scotland yet.

If you fancy a joint effort on waxwing or anything else let me know. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:54, 26 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Not sure where a lot of your information has come from (full name, DOB, other details) but they're not in any of the sources so I've removed them. I'm also not sure why you have re-formatted the infobox, again I have corrected. GiantSnowman 19:24, 6 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Again, where are you sourcing the info regarding full name, DOB etc.? Why are you adding incorrect categories e.g. Category:Hastings United F.C. players rather than the correct Category:Hastings United F.C. (1948) players? Why are you incorrectly formatting the infobox, including removal of valid wikilinks? Why are you adding information full of opinion and original research? Why are you blindly reverting my improvements? GiantSnowman 20:22, 6 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not a problem, and apologies if my revisions seemed harsh. Between us we have got the article in much better shape - thank you! GiantSnowman 17:28, 7 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but there is no good evidence that they were ever married, or indeed that they ever knew each other. I don't even think we should report that some sites claim falsely that they were married - it would simply add to the confusion. Ghmyrtle (talk) 14:13, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Madam The picture Of Gould has been available on Wikipedia for six years and I have little recollection of uploading it. The source is verifiable though as it came from a now defunct magazine called 'Book Collector'. It's from 1996. Gould died sixty eight years ago . In truth it's not a very good photograph and the background colour clearly bothers some people. There are quite a few other photographs of Gould on links so if you feel happier I have no opinion about deletion.Dorkinglad (talk) 14:16, 25 April 2016 (UTC) 14:13, 25 April 2016 (UTC)Dorkinglad (talk) 14:16, 25 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, six years is a long time; image stuff is complicated, and I'm still learning. The 70-year mark refers to the date of death of the copyright holder (probably the photographer in this case), not the subject. I don't know the copyright status of those other photos and this one is already uploaded, so I changed the licensing to fair use and added a rationale; however, I can't remove the FFD tag until the discussion is closed and can't close my own discussion :-). All this started when I saw the bot-tagged {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}} and realized that it wasn't a free file. All the best, Miniapolis 17:03, 25 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Please note that I have merged the histories so everything is fixed for now. Thanks! anemoneprojectors 12:43, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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I don't think it's operating a personal fiefdom to revert an ISP editor who, like so many anonymous contributors, has no clue about how we operate, cheers Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:45, 3 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Do you have a reliable source for Felice Taylor's birth name? I'm sure you're right but haven't found a source for it. And, if it's true, she died last year. I'd love to add all this to the article, but we need some confirmation. Ghmyrtle (talk) 13:18, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, There is a mention from her daughter on You Tube as to the fact she had passed but I realise that that is hearsay. I actually looked up her name on the Social Security records that are available on-line. Florain Weaver (her final married name) came up with a relative called Charlotte Lanee Taylor at the same address in LA. This corresponded with the name on the You Tube video. Ms Taylor gave her mother's passing as 6/12/2017 - assume that is 12th June. I double check using the name Florain Taylor and came up with Florain Corella Taylor and again Charlotte Lanee listed.

I confirmed that Johnny Taylor (not The JT) was her manager back in the day (and co-wrote her single on Kent) from the article in Soul Survivor magazine. She had also recorded first for Groovy label in 1966 (picked up by Cadet) as Florain Taylor. This being a very unusual Christian nomenclature I was able to find her under her various guises in Beaumont nr LA. She was also Brown and Andrews at one time.

You can also look up the BMI writing credits for song writers (as I'm sure you are aware). Her Kent single 'I can feel your love' was written by Jerry Flanagan & Johnny Taylor. Jerry Flanagan wrote The Sweets sides on Valiant label. The Sweets were Felice (Florain), her sisters Darlene (lead) & Norma. It's on You Tube and another brother Charles Flanagan has made an entry stating that they were his sisters and Jerry ws his brother. Unless Charles and Jerry were half brothers with different names it makes Felice's birth name Florain Corella Flanagan. However I did find one Social security record where the birth dates tallied for Florain Corella Taylor Taylor so it could be that a her first marriage was to someone with the same surname. I do hope you are following this. Anyway I didn't choose to put that in the article but referred to you as the originator of the article). I didn't think I had a definitive answer apart from her name being Florain (not Florian) so I highlighted to yourself.

I knew that the spelling for Florain had been transcribed incorrectly but as you know changing such errors takes time to gather evidence. Incidentally The Sweets cut a second 45 on Soul Town called 'Something about my baby' released in the late 60s but possibly earlier.Keep up the good work Dorkinglad (talk) 17:23, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Could you point me in the right direction for "the article in Soul Survivor magazine"? I haven't seen it - is it online? It's all coming together - but I think we still need a crucial source to bring the threads together. I have a subscription to Ancestry.com - it shows me that Florine [sic] Corella Flanagan was born on 29 January 1944 [sic] in Contra Costa County, California. As Florain C Flanagan, she married Johnny B Taylor on 10 September 1960 in Los Angeles - they divorced in 1977. She married Brian Weaver on 16 August 1985. I don't have a date for her marriage to Walter Lee Andrews. Here she is. And here. But is that enough confirmation for the article? I don't think we're quite there yet. What we need is a written source that clearly says that Florain/Florine Flanagan Taylor performed as Felice Taylor. Ghmyrtle (talk) 21:40, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Gotcha! Ghmyrtle (talk) 22:31, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed you Gotcha' me! It seems you've splendidly reaffirmed the research I did this week. The Soul Survivor magazine article published in Autumn 1985 doesn't mention the Groovy / Cadet single but likely the journalist/article writer didn't have that information. I've asked the Soul Source site if anyone can confirm that Florain /Felice Taylor are one & the same.The Cadet 45 is on the internet at You Tube and aurally the singer sounds the same as the Felice Taylor releases. The flip side to Felice's 'I Can Feel Love Comin' is called 'Captured By Your Love' on President UK. It's written by Johnny Taylor and Jerry Flanagan (husband 7 brother of Florine/Florain). Would you say that was enough to show the link? Interesting that my early hunch that she was older than stated was true. This happens often in the 60s. She was only 16 when she married Taylor. I found two children from the marriage on the internet including Charlotte.Dorkinglad (talk) 22:51, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you sir. I don't have time to research subjects and it is gratifying when I receive encouragement. Dorkinglad (talk) 23:36, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your message. I've downloaded the latest issue of "All About Horsham" with the cited article. My concern is that the free magazine clearly does not meet wikipedia's criteria for a "reliable source" see Wikipedia:Reliable sources. The author, Robina Arbuthnott may be a keen local historian, but she isn't a well established professional historian.

Sometimes, such articles can give a hint as to where to look for more information in a solid source. For example, Arbuthnott wrote: "he grew and named several orchids with the name Godmanii, winning many awards from the RHS and the Orchid Society."

I looked for records of Godman winning awards. The Orchid Society here was founded in 1951 but the RHS had an Orchid Committee long before that.

Godman is often mentioned in the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society. Scans are available on the Biodiversitiy Heritage Library site. This is only a selection - his name often appears:

• Vol 7 (1885-1886) On Committee of the Primula Conference https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44346597
• Vol 23 (1899-1900) Bronze Banksian Medal https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45667571
• Vol 27 (1902-1903) gr. [grower?] Mr Moody https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45661339
• Vol 33 (1907-1908) gr. Mr Moody https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45651211
• Vol 38 (1912-1913)
  • p. 779 Other Exhibits F. DuCane Godman Esq Odontoglossum Godmanii https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46421483
  • p.914 First Class Certificate https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46421618
  • p.976 Silver Flora Medal (gr. Mr. G. Giles) https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46421680
• Vol 41 (1915-1916) Other Exhibits Tecophilaea Cyanocrocus https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45701704

Godman won awards for different plant varieties - not just orchids - and had two different head gardeners. I confess that I don't know how to cite the above. Perhaps 3 pages from Volume 38 when he was very active.

• Anonymous (1912–1913). "Prizes". Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society. 38: 779, 914, 976.

This isn't really satisfactory as "Prizes" isn't the title and I receive a error message if I omit it. The RHS announced his death but I didn't find a summary of his contributions. - Aa77zz (talk) 17:19, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking the time to reply. I can not compete (not that was the intention) with your resources on this subject. It is appreciated. You are clearly a scholarly contributor. I thought Robina Arbuthnott's article to be of interest. However the only part I chose to add was on the plant collection as most of the rest does not contain scholarly references. There is an obituary published by RHS for Godman. It is on-line at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.1920.0020 It gives a flavour as to the character of Godman and might be of interest. A man with the wealth to indulge his many passions. A fascinating man.

I have enjoyed this correspondence. Dorkinglad (talk) 17:41, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. There are inconsistencies between the new infobox and the article text - and with other information. What are your sources? I know it's not "reliable", but this source seems to suggest that her first name was Tina (of course, that could be a nickname), and - more importantly - that she was still alive around 2016/17. Her birthplace also differs between the text and infobox. I'm searching through the 1940 US Census to see if I can find possible candidates but haven't come up with anything yet. Ghmyrtle (talk) 14:34, 24 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Aha! Marion L. Brittingham, known as Tina Brittingham ... and at least one relative as on the YT page. Progress! Ghmyrtle (talk) 14:54, 24 February 2019 (UTC) PS: Yep... see name under "Copyright". The Marion L Brittingham living in Philadelphia was born on 5 July 1938. Ghmyrtle (talk) 15:05, 24 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ghmyrtle, Sorry about my message on your page but I thought I had lost all the edits I started about two hours ago. I put the info box up first and was about to place my finished revisions on the site when I recieved notification I'd been blocked. Well done on finding an exact date of birth. 'In The Basement' was a splendid magazine that reached 75 issues. It was dedicated to interviewing long forgotten R&B / Soul artists. Tina britt was one of them. Dorkinglad (talk) 15:52, 24 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your edits and the information. I messaged her granddaughter, so if there need to be any corrections as a result we can take them on board. Ghmyrtle (talk) 16:11, 24 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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It's great to see some detail being added. Dorset100 (talk) 19:07, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I guess (because you have 5000 edits) the move of Etaples art colony [1] to Wikipedia-space was a mistake? I have moved it back. Christian75 (talk) 05:20, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Quite what the editors concerned with that move think you did wrong is beyond me. I never had this trouble when I redirected pages in the past. However, I'm replying to your message on the Mzilikazi page, although I no longer edit under that name. After I originally created the article on the Étaples colony I left to help edit an art encyclopedia on the other side of the world and had only limited online access outside office hours for most of a couple of years. Unable to reply to the negative criticism at the time, I lost heart and never returned to it.

I'd be inclined to tell you to go ahead with sorting the article out but have a few doubts about your knowledge of the subject. Your reasoning on whether there was a real colony in the town suggests massive ignorance. At that period there were colonies all along or just inland from the sea coast from Worpsewede in Germany, across the Netherlands and Belgium and then down to Brittany, of greater or lesser significance. In the case of most, their importance and documentation has been largely a matter of hindsight, but there are major books that cover Étaples and its artists and speak of it as a colony (or rather, a nest of colonies). Two factors rather fog the picture: one is that the significance of many of the North American and Oz/NZ artists, being expats, was not realised until later in their own countries. Their advanced styles relate to what was happening in Paris (only 3 hours away from them by train) and these trends often didn't have a name. The term Post-Impressionist (to which their style relates) was not even coined until 1910 when Roger Fry was casting about for the title of an exhibition he organised in Britain. So if you want to take the subject on, you'll need to have an interest in cultural development across frontiers and an appreciation of the fluidity of artistic styles. It was those phenomena that attracted me to the subject of the article at the start; I rather suspect that it is the way they challenge simplistic color-supplement notions that brought down criticism in the first place! I'll be happy to offer back-seat guidance if you feel equal to the effort. It requires sustained scholarship, not just snipping along the edges. Sweetpool50 (talk) 20:32, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi @Dorkinglad:
I've been working on the Epsom article over the past few months and I am thinking about submitting it for WP:GA. I understand that you grew up in the town and I wondered if you'd be willing to take a look at the article and let me know your thoughts as to how I could improve it before nomination? I have set up a new section on the talk page for interested parties to discuss what additional work is required. I will ask a few others to chip in with their feedback and suggestions.
Thanks and best wishes, Mertbiol (talk) 14:41, 7 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

hello, Sorry it's taken me awhile but personal circumstances have been fraught. An excellent article and I can see no obvious errors. Well done. It's remarkable how Emily Davison's reputation in Epsom has changed in one hundred years. I would add some information on Epsom Public Houses and under notable buildings mention the Amato Inn, one of the oldest pubs in Surrey approaching 350 years. There is a legend attached to the Pub which can be read about in the wiki article Amato (horse). Epsom's racing heritage was more obvious when I was a child with several pubs named after Derby winners (The Ladas and Eclipse, both buildings stand but not as pubs I recall). The naming of the roads of the Longmead Estate built in the 60s and 70s used Derby and Oaks winners. Few people realise this now. The old LSBC railway station Epsom Town still survives hidden behind a parade of shops.--Dorkinglad (talk) 15:30, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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An article you recently created, Rosa Mundi (album), is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. ~Styyx^Talk? 20:28, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This was the first time I have tried to do an album entry for an under represented artist and it will be the last. I didn't enjoy the writing. I don't want to spend anymore time on it so go ahead and delete. Dorkinglad (talk) 20:59, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page Agnès Souret, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:

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I don't think there is a referencing error. The reference is from the birth registry for Bayonne in 1902. I chose the journal template as it seemed the most appropriate. I've added some clarification which I hope meets the required standard. Dorkinglad (talk) 16:16, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I have reassessed this as GA. A class requires two impartial reviews. Schierbecker (talk) 06:04, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks sir Dorkinglad (talk) 15:14, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I agree the hatnote(s) are the most likely way to move to correct article. I do not object to deletion of Emily Stannard (disambiguation). I can’t see it makes any difference either way. Dorkinglad (talk) 14:46, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]