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Just in case it is deleted, you may want to contact an admin who will have deleted File:Rodney Bewes 1973 screenshot.jpg. George Ho (talk) 10:19, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
- @George Ho: He works out of User talk:B. As it happens he uses a bot for the deletion work. His talk page says he's 99 percent inactive. I have to question the ethics of that, why run a bot if your not around to administer it. What strategy do you think I should take with User talk:B? Thanks for the Saward links. You seem to be involved with bs in that direction too. These people are just making up policy as they go to defend their own positions, and this case he's just ignoring you!!! Your not alone I'm getting ignored on the Bewes issue as well. Though they do seem to have played ball over Helen Rollason. On yet another topic can you write bots? --BeckenhamBear (talk) 12:12, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
- B the operator doesn't delete the image just because it's orphaned. Well, the bot tags orphaned images. I meant any admin who can delete the image as orphaned, like this one and the rest. I see you put the screenshot into your sandbox. Technically, it does violate WP:NFCC#9 ("Restrictions on location"). However, I'll not remove the screenshot (yet) from the sandbox. George Ho (talk) 18:09, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
- Almost forgot. You can ask at WP:MCQ if you want to. George Ho (talk) 10:40, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
- @George Ho: I assume you've already been to MCQ with similar. How did you get on? The Admin has still not come back. He's still not quoting policy. He did say earlier that I could have used it on the TV programme article. I've tweaked the justification again. I put the photo back up. Lets see what happens now. All the best. --BeckenhamBear (talk) 14:44, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
- I haven't yet. Either you or I can start asking questions there about copyright of the file itself. George Ho (talk) 19:31, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
- Well as I said, I posted a request for policy off the Admin, he's just ignored it; and then some hours later deleted the photo again, without rationale. I've again given him a chance to quote the policy he's employing. As I think you will agree, in all consciousness this is just the sort of edit/upload that newbies are inspired to start out with and for them to get slapped down immediately, is just not on. Especially when they have looked at, and conformed to the available policy, and then be met with further demands based on free floating made up opinions. Is there a hidden agenda on this sort of image of deceased persons images being uploaded? A fear of the gates being flung open. The official policy is quite clear it is acceptable if for (educative) single use and and of such poor quality it cant be reprinted for personal gain. Interested in your thoughts? This principal is superior to just a firefight over every upload, surely. Is an MCQ enough? — Preceding unsigned comment added by BeckenhamBear (talk • contribs) 12:13, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
- I haven't yet. Either you or I can start asking questions there about copyright of the file itself. George Ho (talk) 19:31, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
- @George Ho: I assume you've already been to MCQ with similar. How did you get on? The Admin has still not come back. He's still not quoting policy. He did say earlier that I could have used it on the TV programme article. I've tweaked the justification again. I put the photo back up. Lets see what happens now. All the best. --BeckenhamBear (talk) 14:44, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
I'll discuss this further at Talk:Rodney Bewes instead. George Ho (talk) 03:50, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Baja Studios[edit]
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Hi, thanks for message. If you post an article it will be assessed as it stands. If you don't want that to happen, you should write it as a draft. I did not nominate the page for deletion, I deleted it following its nomination by Reddogsix. When an article is nominated for speedy deletion, although there is a "Contest this speedy deletion" button, there is no requirement to wait for the nomination to be challenged, it can be deleted immediately.
I deleted your article because
- it did not provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the company, press releases, YouTube, IMDB, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the company claims or interviewing its management. Most of your text was unreferenced, referenced only to the studio itself, or to the studio's tour. No independent third-party sources.
- it was written in a promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic. Examples of unsourced or self-sourced claims presented as fact include: It claims to have the worlds largest stages and water tanks designed for filming... As well as major movie work the facility is used for filming commercials, music videos, television series, and movies of the week (?)... completely self-contained production facility... unobstructed views of the ocean
- I note that some of your data eg 51 acres of land overlooking the Pacific Ocean 2,000 ft differs from that on the studio's own website. Note that we cannot accept original research or other unverifiable facts
- the article was a copyright violation of at least this page. Copyrighted text is not allowed in Wikipedia, as outlined in this policy. That applies even to pages created by you or your organisation, unless they state clearly and explicitly that the text is public domain. We require that text posted here can be used, modified and distributed for any purpose, including commercial but there is no indication that the copied site allows free use. Text is considered to be copyright unless explicitly stated otherwise. There are ways to donate copyrighted text to Wikipedia, as described here; please note that simply asserting on the talk page that you are the owner of the copyright, or you have permission to use the text, isn't sufficient.
- I'm assuming that you probably don't have a conflict of interest when editing this article, but if you do, you must declare it.
- Not a reason for deletion, but you shouldn't have image galleries. If the images are relevant, put them in the body of the article, if not, leave them out
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We often restore deleted text on request, but for legal reasons we don't do so for copyright violations. Otherwise, it's not the worse I've seen, and if you want to try again, I'll post the infobox and list of films to a user sandbox. Please confirm on my user page if you think you can find proper sources and wish me to do that Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:38, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
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Your deleted edits[edit]
Regarding our discussion on Sunday 14 January, deleted edits with your name are recorded for eight different pages, as follows:
- Beccehamians RFC - 2 edits
- Drummonderinoch - 1 edit
- Massacre of Monzievaird - 2 edits
- Talk:International response to the 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami - 1
- User:BeckenhamBear/sandbox - 445
- File:Alc refectory iron.jpg - 1
- File:HMS Grinder (1855).jpg - 2
- File talk:Rodney Bewes 1973 screenshot.jpg - 2
So most of your deleted edits - all bar eleven in fact - were to the page User:BeckenhamBear/sandbox. A recent deletion of that page would explain the sudden jump in your deleted edit count; and indeed, according to its logs, the page was deleted at 16:19, 4 January 2018. This was done under speedy deletion criterion G6, apparently so that another page could be moved there; the page history shows that the page now bearing that name was formerly in mainspace and named Baja Studios. The section named "Reply" above relates to this, as does this thread at Jimfbleak's talk page. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 00:49, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
- Many thanks for that. Interesting about my sandbox, I would have thought, that would not count in a stat calculation. As for the other deletes, I had a look and could not see any record of deletions as such. This one is not even mentioned https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victoria_(UK_TV_series)&diff=next&oldid=803448880 Maybe I don't know what to look for. Regarding the issue of over zealous Admins, there seems no way of curbing their (at times destructive) enthusiasm, or bringing them to account, or in rare instances correcting their grasp of policy. Meanwhile I'm plagued with when attempting to make edits, I find I have no control of the cursor and the text in the box (and the cursor) jumping around madly. Editing is well nigh impossible. Is it just me, have I got PC settings wrong? Best regards. --BeckenhamBear (talk) 17:38, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
- As far as edit counters are concerned, there is nothing special about a sandbox page - they are treated as normal pages and so sandbox edits are counted just like all other edits.
- The edit to Victoria (UK TV series) was a simple content removal, possibly by means of an undo, but it was not a delete; and since it was made by AlexTheWhovian, it will count towards AlexTheWhovian's main edit count (increasing it by 1), and will not have altered either your deleted edit count or your main edit count. Deleted edits are counted when a page is deleted from Wikipedia and you have edited that page at any point in the past. So for Beccehamians RFC, where you made two edits (one at 12:03, 9 June 2011 (UTC) the other at 19:23, 4 July 2011), each edit will have scored 1 to your main edit count, until 00:33, 21 May 2012 (when the page was deleted), at which moment your main edit count will have decreased by 2 and your deleted edit count will have increased by 2 at the same time.
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- Regarding cursor difficulties, this is a matter for WP:VPT - where I see that the thread Weird text cursor / insertion point behaviour when editing source, iPad Safari primarily concerns cursor problems. You might like to read through that, and if it is relevant, make a comment there; if not, start a new section at VPT. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 01:20, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks again. I managed to rollback the edits in the sandbox and recover the original delete count, by the way. I'll look into the edit box situation. Mine is a PC/Windows 10 problem as opposed to ios though. --BeckenhamBear (talk) 02:10, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
- Nothing that you did could have returned your delete count to its previous value; where edit counters are concerned, all that a rollback does is increase your normal edit count by 1. The drop in your deleted edit count was a direct consequence of Jimfbleak (talk · contribs) undeleting the deleted edits at 17:01 yesterday. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 17:13, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
- I believe you; so when hours before he touched it when I undid his edits in my Sandbox history it must have been giving me a false reading. Meanwhile I may have sorted out the edit box problems I was having by disabling the "syntax highlighting beta" I was using. --BeckenhamBear (talk) 17:23, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
- Nothing that you did could have returned your delete count to its previous value; where edit counters are concerned, all that a rollback does is increase your normal edit count by 1. The drop in your deleted edit count was a direct consequence of Jimfbleak (talk · contribs) undeleting the deleted edits at 17:01 yesterday. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 17:13, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks again. I managed to rollback the edits in the sandbox and recover the original delete count, by the way. I'll look into the edit box situation. Mine is a PC/Windows 10 problem as opposed to ios though. --BeckenhamBear (talk) 02:10, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
Deletion of content from another user's talk page[edit]
I reverted this edit where you deleted content from another user's talk page. The circumstances under which it is permissible to remove content from another user's talk page are described at WP:TPO. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:02, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
Dodgy data[edit]
Yes, I noticed that. Personally, if I have conflicting data when writing an article I tend to use the figure I think is more reliable or better sourced. In this case, I'd be inclined to use the Home data, and then either ignore the studio claim or put in a footnote that there are conflicting values. Format for footnotes is {{efn|your text plus reference if appropriate}} at the appropriate point in the text, then at the bottom put the heading ==Notes== with {{notelist}} on the following line Jimfbleak - talk to me? 11:34, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
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Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance[edit]
Please do not change URLs as you did in Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance because a part of the URL is not spelled correctly. URLs are not article text and are used to locate a web page. I realize that the URL in this case is a dead link, but you still should not change it to a fictional URL; that impedes the ability to locate an archive, because the correct URL is lost. TJRC (talk) 16:39, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
Death from dementia and Death from Alzheimer's disease[edit]
I'm not sure, as I'm not a medical professional...though as far as I know, it is possible to die from complications of dementia, even if it might not happen that often. I might ask over at WP:MED if you have questions; they'd know better than I, I'm sure. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 21:51, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
- I don't know that procedure. are you going to ask? --BeckenhamBear (talk) 21:53, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
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Commons link on Turret deck ship[edit]
Hi Broichmore-- will you be starting a Commons page for this subject? Regards, Kablammo (talk) 14:36, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
- No. Any page as such is on Wikimedia. Commons is a repository of files and images. There was already a category for this but I substantially added to it. See:
Media related to Turret deck ships at Wikimedia Commons Broichmore (talk)
- The commons link on the Turret deck ship article goes to a non-existent page. should it instead go to your link, Media related to Turret deck ships at Wikimedia Commons? Kablammo (talk) 15:03, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
- Fixed it. Thanks Broichmore (talk)
- The commons link on the Turret deck ship article goes to a non-existent page. should it instead go to your link,
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Evidence of a major facility[edit]
On The Teahouse you asked for help proving "a major facility" exists. We can't do anything with the information you have. The only way Wikipedia could have an article is if a a reliable newspaper or magazine saw your evidence and concluded after further investigation that the facility exists. Then we could summarize what was said.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 19:56, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for looking. Here's a photo of the facility: The facility fills this photo This is another photo of it The facility fills this image too. I think you will agree that the references are useless. This is the article as it stands now: Baja Studios. There is a big story here, but references dont support anything bigger than a very small stub. The current article is full of errors as it happens. See my sandbox for my last efforts. Broichmore (talk) 20:44, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
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Images[edit]
Hi Broichmore, thanks for adding images to ship articles. However, when the image belongs to a completely unrelated vessel, one that only shares a name with the vessel of the image, I am not sure what really is accomplished. For instance, the Ballahou-class schooners are unrelated in time and type to the Flying Fish Baltimare clipper. Because the image is in the wrong place, and I grant you there is no correct place, it is not clear how anyone will find it. Regards, Acad Ronin (talk) 19:07, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
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Oscar Parkes[edit]
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DYK for City of New York (1885 ship)[edit]
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- The article got 8,841 hits while on the main page, and has been added to Wikipedia:Did you know/Statistics#June 2018 (Special:Permalink/848364057#June 2018). Sam Sailor 13:30, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
City of New York[edit]
Re you e-mail, no thanks, but if there is any further information you can add to the article from the sources mentiond then you should do so. Nice article on an expedition ship. Mjroots (talk) 09:53, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
Image copyright[edit]
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DYK ineligible[edit]
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- I dont understand this. I'm not procedurally knowledgeable to understand what has happened here. I started writing the article in draft on June 3d, The new page was created on July 19 or so I thought. On June 3rd you can see the draft article header at the top of the edit box. In my contributions page you can see on 19 July 15:26 Draft SS Yarmouth being moved SS Yarmouth. I don't understand this or how to interpret it. See https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:SS_Yarmouth&action=history . In my genuine ubnderstanding it was draft right up to 19 July. What to do? Broichmore (talk) 09:04, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
- @White Shadows: Yes, see WP:DYK#Eligibility criteria item 1c: "Articles that have been worked on exclusively ... in the Draft namespace and then moved ... to the article mainspace are considered new as of the date they reach the mainspace." This indicates that the DYK clock starts at the point the article reaches mainspace. As Broichmore notes, the page was indeed created in Draft: space, and moved to mainspace at 15:26, 19 July 2018 (UTC), and since the DYK was filed less than two days later at 11:53, 21 July 2018 (UTC), it is valid as far as "newly created" goes. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 11:41, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
- I feel very dumb right now. I missed that this started off as a draft! I’m well aware that draft articles can be as old as you want them to be and the 7 day deadline only starts when you share it to the mainspace...I’ve just missed that it was moved over from a draft. My deepest apologies. I’ll get to correcting that right away.—White Shadows Let’s Talk 14:27, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
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Catherine Carroll[edit]
Thanks Broichmore. My guess is that Tug Fulton Corp was a subsidiary of Carroll Towing; Tug Fulton Corp were listed as the owners in both 1958 and 1964. They both have the same address at 17 Battery Place, New York, but so did many unrelated companies. It may well be that there will be other sources more accessible in the States (trade directories, ABS registers, newspaper reports) that can throw more light on this, and reveal how and when she met her end. It's a pity we cannot use that photo!
Dick Fulton looks pretty good. It would be good to nail down the two questions you raised already - "USS?" and the prime name. I have no material on this kind of vessel but as the article is cast in terms of her military service, I suppose that it is that that should govern the article naming - though in civilian life before/after the CW she was undoubtedly Dick Fulton. Nobody answered your concern over the correctness of "USS", but I would be surprised if that has not been addressed somewhere on a forum, as it would be a common issue over many 19th century vessels. Davidships (talk) 16:57, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
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Sir Edward Hughes (1784 EIC ship)[edit]
Hi Broichmore, many thanks for all the pictures and plans that you have been finding and adding to ship articles. They are great additions. Acad Ronin (talk) 20:03, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
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Messenger of Peace[edit]
The article would benefit from an infobox. {{Infobox ship begin}} has the details. Mjroots (talk) 10:27, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
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Discussion on scope of the "Sailing ship" article[edit]
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Link to "Bad title"[edit]
Hi Broichmore, Thank you for your discussion at the new "Reconsider?" section. I was interested in what you presented. One small glitch is your link here, makes a better job of it, which leads to "Bad title". You may wish to repair this to get your point across, as desired. Cheers, HopsonRoad (talk) 18:58, 16 June 2019 (UTC)
- There are two possible fixes: (i) don't use the external link syntax, normal wikilinks work perfectly well: Wikitionary here, makes a better job of it; (ii) replace that pipe with a space: Wikitionary here, makes a better job of it. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 17:55, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks for your help. Looks like I went with a third variation already, wiktionary:windjammer. You have no opinion, Rose to make about the topic: name change? I shall buttonhole you at the next London meet... Broichmore (talk) 09:47, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
History section for "Sailing ship"?[edit]
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A new "Windjammer" article[edit]
Hi Broichmore. Thank you for your patience on this matter. I hope that the new Windjammer article that I put forward on your recommendation meets your approval. Cheers, HopsonRoad (talk) 02:28, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
Newspaper.com[edit]
Hello. I am currently adding a play translated by Beatrice M. Mekota to the English Wikisource and am searching for some information about this translator, but cannot find any. Google suggests that there could be some information about her in a newspaper archived at Newspaper.com and so I am looking for somebody with access to this source. May I ask you if you could have a look whether the newspaper really mentioned something about this translator, or send me a copy of the article (if there is such)? Thank you very much! --Jan Kameníček (talk) 20:47, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
- @Jan.Kamenicek: Here it is Beatrice M. Mekota. At the bottom of the clipping you will find a button for OCR text. Broichmore (talk) 07:24, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
- Excellent, thank you very much, you have really helped me! --Jan Kameníček (talk) 11:34, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
Your draft article, Draft:HMS Waterwitch (1834)[edit]
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- @Liz: I last edited it on the 5th of May, that's not six months. Please put it back so I can work on it. Why warn me of a deletion, tell me what to do, then immediately delete it in seconds before I can do! I don't understand that! Broichmore (talk) 14:20, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
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Guadaloupe[edit]
Hi Broichmore, Problem is that prior to the mid-19th century there was no correct spelling for Guadaloupe/Guadeloupe, or for a number of other words such as Ring Dove/Ringdove, Rein Deer/Reindeer, Rifle Man/Rifleman, etc. Variants coexisted, often within the same document. (I like Mark Twain's attitude, "It's a poor mind that can't find more than one way to spell a word.) I generally try to remember to use in articles the spelling in the document I am citing so that someone looking in that document will readily find the ref. That results in the spelling in some of my articles veering randomly between spellings. It's an interesting issue in the development of English orthography, but complicates searching for info. There is no good solution for this. Anyway, and in the meantime, I really appreciate your finding all these images. Regards, Acad Ronin (talk) 18:04, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
- @Acad Ronin: I totally agree, we can only put in the alternative spelling in the foreword then. I named the Commons cat using the Wikipedia spelling, and listed the variant so that's sorted. Broichmore (talk) 18:33, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
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- Hi Broichmore, FYI: I have tarted up the Phaeton article. Regards, Acad Ronin (talk) 17:30, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
- @Acad Ronin: I have no idea what happened on 5 October. I think there was a redirect to the disambiguation page and I deleted it. Then again I might have created it in error, being tired and thinking I was in commons. Bbb23 and PamD got involved, and I think PamD created the article from scratch on 6 December. Anyway I made a contribution of sorts to it today and expanded on the Commons end, which I had created on 5 October. Broichmore (talk) 18:00, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
- Lovely picture. With all the changes and the pictures, if there are any deletionists lurking about, this should ward them off. Acad Ronin (talk) 18:50, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
- @Acad Ronin: I have no idea what happened on 5 October. I think there was a redirect to the disambiguation page and I deleted it. Then again I might have created it in error, being tired and thinking I was in commons. Bbb23 and PamD got involved, and I think PamD created the article from scratch on 6 December. Anyway I made a contribution of sorts to it today and expanded on the Commons end, which I had created on 5 October. Broichmore (talk) 18:00, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
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Ardent[edit]
Hi Broichmore, I am going to remove the link to Philipps' Ships of the Old Navy. Two things about his website have always bothered me. First, he doesn't cite his sources. Second, as a private website it is particularly vulnerable to attacks, or to abandonment. I do use his website for leads: 95%+/- of his stuff comes from the Naval Chronicle or from Marshall, both sources that frequently copy over material from the London Gazette. I generally try to go back to the Gazette, or it doesn't have it, the Chronicle or Marshall. I do draw on Phillips when I can't find a deeper, more contemporary source, sometimes citing him and sometimes just linking to his website. In the case of Ardent though, there is nothing on his website that isn't already in published sources, so he is redundant. Cheers, Acad Ronin (talk) 17:16, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
- @Acad Ronin: Thanks for the info. Looks like HMS Powerful (1783) needs a cleanup too.
- Unfortunately, the number of HMS articles needing clean-up is almost as great as the number of grains of sand in a (large) hour-glass. Many are the result of a process of creating what is simply a place-holder. I work backwards, in the sense that when I am working on an article on an unimportant, small vessel, if there is a mention of the larger one, I frequently copy over the item. This is haphazard, but reflects my priorities. As for Powerful, I have removed an unsupported line that makes no sense. Regards, Acad Ronin (talk) 19:23, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
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Resolute[edit]
Ahoy there. As a nautical editor, you may be interested in this news item. The Venezuelan patrol boat Naiguatá is a new ship article and I suppose you "know the ropes". Andrew🐉(talk) 19:23, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
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Self-propelled barge T-36 investigation[edit]
Hi, I believe you have access to newspapers.com so maybe you'll be able to help us with a bit of investigation? We are looking at the report ("Red Soldiers Recovering After Drifting 49 Days". The Honolulu Advertiser. 1960-03-09.) that mentions "Sgt. Zygonschi immediately asked for vodka, according to the message". (We highly doubt that, as, for one, the participants of the event themselves vehemently denied that on multiple occasions; we have a theory, as in Russian "voda" means "water", and that's what he was asking for, while making the proverbial fist-to-mouth gesture to illustrate, as they had the grand total of 3 glasses of rusty water left on the barge). That said, could you be so kind and look at other news reports of this and a few following days mentioning "vodka"? We are trying to determine if this (highly likely) misconception was confined to The Honolulu Advertiser, or more widespread at the time. -- Wesha (talk) 20:51, 2 May 2020 (UTC) Sorry, nevermind, I think I found it: a lot of newspapers mention that, quoting captain Townsend. Hopefully the details could be gleaned from the deck log, once it is digitized... -- Wesha (talk) 01:06, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
Also, do you have any idea where DOD Press Release No. 257-60, 8 March 1960 can be obtained, so we can see for ourselves whether "the message" contained such words? -- Wesha (talk) 20:56, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
- (talk page watcher) This Naval History and Heritage Command article says its source is DOD Press Release No. 257-60, 8 March 1960 (although it doesn't say it's a verbatim copy of the press release). Schazjmd (talk) 21:14, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
- Yeah, I've found that already. I mean, is there a way to find the original paper copy (well, scan) of the said press release? -- Wesha (talk) 21:30, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
- Wesha, if it's been retained at all, it would be at the National Archives. It's not available online at their site, but it might be on microfiche there. Schazjmd (talk) 21:36, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
- Yeah, I've found that already. I mean, is there a way to find the original paper copy (well, scan) of the said press release? -- Wesha (talk) 21:30, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
A little more help, if possible: the sources that we found say that "As Kearsarge was leaving the port, [almost] the entire crew stood on deck as recognition to the ordeal of saved Russians, who were waving from the shore" (loose translation), [1]. Can you validate that claim with some clippings from the US newspapers? -- Wesha (talk) 22:49, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
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Crachefeu[edit]
Hi Broichmore: 1) Plans are good. 2) The problem with the vessels pre mid-19th century (or in translation/transliteration) is that spellings are often inconsistent from one document to the other. I try to maintain the practice of using in the article the variant in the reference so if someone tries to follow up, they can find the item more easily.Mark Twain: "It's a poor mind that can't think of more than one way to spell a word." Cheers, Acad Ronin (talk) 20:01, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
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HMS Hong Kong[edit]
Hi Boichmore: the following source; [2] describes Hong Kong as a river paddle steamer. That is consistent with all the info you have found except the picture. Acad Ronin (talk) 02:08, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
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Swan and Isabella[edit]
Hi Broichmore, I just found a painting that I cannot download: [3] It's by John Ward and in the collection of the Hull Museums. I am working on an article about Isabella (1813 ship) and we have a stubby article on HMS Swan (1767) that I am trying to build out. I would love to add the Ward painting, but can't figure out how to do it. Any ideas? (By the way, a little over a year ago you added a plan to the Swan article. Regards, Acad Ronin (talk) 22:59, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
- For some reason, I cant get onto the Hull website, it seems flaky, I'll try later. Ward painted her multiple times, so I uploaded a similar item from an American museum. Will try again at Hull later...
- Meanwhile closer to home at commons there's some confusion. Have a look at commons:Category:Isabella (ship, 1813). The John Ross (Royal Navy officer) Isabella is the same ship? There are two different launched in 1813?
- Then there's commons:Category:Isabella (ship, 1818). For some forgotten reason I allocated it to 1818, when RMG is saying 1820?
- @Acad Ronin: An interesting read under the collapsible Lot Essay on this page.
- I'd be grateful for your thoughts. We might be looking at three ships over these two cats? --Broichmore (talk) 17:27, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
- This is getting even more interesting. The Ross Isabella could be the Isabella of Whitby, launched 1806. Colledge states that Ross's Isabella had a burthen 383 tons, and was hired for the expedition, so not "HMS". LR gives the Whitby Isabella's burthen as 384 tons. It also simply describes her trade as "Cork", which was frequently a designation indicating a government transport. The 1818 Isabella is a third ship. Problem is, I don't know which Isabella the commons paintings refer to; they could even refer to a totally different vessel as Isabella was an unfortunately popular name. Let me do a little digging and see what I can come up with, if anything.
- I just read the Christies's essay. That seems to settle the issue of which Isabella Ross was on. I will still do some digging re Whitby. Acad Ronin (talk) 23:11, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
- Whitby Isabella appears a dead end.Acad Ronin (talk) 01:30, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
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Just wanted to say thanks for you adding a picture to the article SMS Radetzky (1854). Very much appreciated, friend. Wanted to ask a question about it as well, though. Why is the picture not included inside the infobox? Is there some rule on that I'm not aware of? Thanks for your work here on Wikipedia! Pecanurdu (talk) 21:27, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
@Pecanurdu: My pleasure. The policy MOS:LEADIMAGE is not totally clear it only says: It is common for an article's lead or infobox to carry a representative image—such as of a person or place, a book or album cover—to give readers visual confirmation that they've arrived at the right page. Lead images should be... appropriate representations of the topic; they should... illustrate the topic specifically... Generally speaking the image should be the equivalent of a passport portrait, or close to it. A portrait as opposed to a composite image. I could have cropped the original image and used that, but I thought it better not to. For ships, its best to have a side full view, which totally represents the characteristics of the vessel. The one I chose clearly shows the funnel, sail plan, guns, bow, stern, and flag. Replacing it would be difficult, and would probably have to be a very clear photograph. Broichmore (talk) 13:27, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
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Images[edit]
Hi Broichmore, Great images. Where do you find them? I was particularly pleasantly astonished by the HMS Hornet picture. That such a minor vessel should have a sketch is great, and especially such a fine sketch. The images really add to the articles. Thanks, Acad Ronin (talk) 20:56, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Acad Ronin: Thanks for you appreciation. Effectively it's using search patterns designed to find images unseen by search engines, most often where key words don't exist or are not the words you would reasonably associate with the desired image. Laborious investigative work. Broichmore (talk) 14:52, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
- @Acad Ronin: Should have added, that its effectively finding finding the image, then finding a potential home for it. 17:36, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
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HMS Redbreast[edit]
Hi Broichmore: That painting of her boats at Nordeney is a real find. Lovely Acad Ronin (talk) 19:26, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
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Images[edit]
Hi, I saw you helpfully added File:Cap de la Hève, 1803 RCIN 735040.jpg to Sidney Smith (Royal Navy officer) recently. I'm working on a draft for HMS Diamond (1794), his ship at the time, and wondered if you might know of any extant images of her? Many thanks, Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:31, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Pickersgill-Cunliffe: Hi, Can only find this one, File:'Sir Sidney Smith Knt.'.jpg which hopefully you will like. Primitive pictures of ships from this period are extremely rare. Broichmore (talk) 12:02, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks, that looks great and I'll work out where to add it shortly. I wonder how certain one could be that the ship in the background is Diamond? The ensign is very strange. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 12:18, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
- Primitive art for you! I was thinking a child (or bored lady) has coloured in with yellow where you would expect white? Broichmore (talk) 12:24, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
- I wouldn't be at all surprised if that was the case! Considering Diamond is the only ship mentioned in the caption I think it is fair to assume that it is her. Do you think cutting out the ship as an image on its own for use in the infobox would be a worthwhile endeavour? Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 12:31, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
- Primitive art for you! I was thinking a child (or bored lady) has coloured in with yellow where you would expect white? Broichmore (talk) 12:24, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks, that looks great and I'll work out where to add it shortly. I wonder how certain one could be that the ship in the background is Diamond? The ensign is very strange. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 12:18, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
- Well that's up to you, of course. I noticed this morning that the museum website for the plan of the Artois formally links the Diamond to it, giving it extra cachet. So I added that to the file description. IMO that trumps it as an infobox picture. I always add a primitive picture to an article, if I can, aside from their rarity, beauty etc, IMO they add a dimension of humanity into wiki articles that we are discouraged from writing into the text. Broichmore (talk) 12:52, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
- Makes sense, I'll stick with the image as it is and use it later on in the text. Again many thanks for the assistance. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 15:16, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
HMS Goliath (1781)[edit]
Hi Broichmore, I see you added two images to the article. However, their caption read "Diadem". Should they read "Goliath"? Cheers, Acad Ronin (talk) 15:37, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Acad Ronin: Oops senior moment... Many thanks, as always, for the safety net...
- This picture File:Ostend, 1804 RCIN 735112.jpg may be of interest. HMS Antelope (1802)? Broichmore (talk) 09:30, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
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Painting[edit]
See external link at the end of The Apotheosis of Voltaire. Mccapra (talk) 14:56, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Mccapra: The paintings source says it's by Joseph Duplessis. Wikipedia and the source of the print says it's by Alexandre Duplessis? Is this the same man, or another perhaps?
- Incidentally some sources name this the The Apotheosis of Voltaire. Broichmore (talk) 10:35, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
- Yes one source says Joseph but that is certainly wrong. Other sources agree Alexandre and the one that says Joseph was clearly a misattribution. Joseph was a highly talented and much sought after society portraitist whose work had nothing in common with this “pub sign”. Yes there are more than one name too. Mccapra (talk) 11:31, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
- And yes there is a different work of the same title too. Mccapra (talk) 11:33, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Mccapra: Is there a reference somewhere that names him as Alexandre rather than Antoine? Broichmore (talk) 12:05, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
- That’s a very good question. When I uploaded the image to commons I got mixed up and originally posted it as Antoine but then changed it to Alexandre. Now that I look back at the sources I can’t remember what I was looking at that caused me the confusion. I have just refound this that isn’t a RS http://rodama1789.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-triumph-of-voltaire.html but I don’t think I’d have relied on that. Thanks for the tip-off about the other painting. I did see that when I was creating the article but was so focused on the subject that I didn’t think to add anything about other works of the same title. I’ve added a bit after your prompt. Mccapra (talk) 12:19, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Mccapra: Is there a reference somewhere that names him as Alexandre rather than Antoine? Broichmore (talk) 12:05, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
- And yes there is a different work of the same title too. Mccapra (talk) 11:33, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
- Yes one source says Joseph but that is certainly wrong. Other sources agree Alexandre and the one that says Joseph was clearly a misattribution. Joseph was a highly talented and much sought after society portraitist whose work had nothing in common with this “pub sign”. Yes there are more than one name too. Mccapra (talk) 11:31, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
again not RS but https://www.abebooks.co.uk/Triomphe-Voltaire-DUPLESSIS-Alexandre-1778-79/30291751643/bd. Mccapra (talk) 12:21, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
- If you Google book search “alexandre duplessis voltaire” you’ll see several snippet views of RIS that make clear it was Alexandre. Mccapra (talk) 12:25, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
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HMS Colossus[edit]
Hi, I recently expanded James Nicoll Morris, who commanded HMS Colossus at Trafalgar. Colossus was the most heavily engaged of the British ships and I expected there to be some images of her made after the event, but I can't seem to find any that include her. Are you aware of any? Thanks, Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 20:29, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
- @Pickersgill-Cunliffe: Probably many available, but not identified. Found only one and some cannon. What about this or this? Will keep an eye out... Broichmore (talk) 16:21, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
- Those are some fascinating documents...just think what hands might have held them! What I'm optimistically looking out for is any image I can use on James Nicoll Morris to illustrate the ship's fight, but that seems less and less likely as I go on. Thanks again, Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 22:23, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
- Have just seen you put File:Richard Henry Nibbs (1816-1893) - The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805 - BHC0555 - Royal Museums Greenwich.jpg on to the ship's page, which is just what I was looking for too. I'll steal it! Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 22:30, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
- Those are some fascinating documents...just think what hands might have held them! What I'm optimistically looking out for is any image I can use on James Nicoll Morris to illustrate the ship's fight, but that seems less and less likely as I go on. Thanks again, Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 22:23, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
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Thanks and an idea that would mean work for you[edit]
Hi Broichmore, lovely pic of Walsingham. Now for the idea: I have just put up Marquis de Somerulas (1800 ship). It would be a natural for a DYK, but as you know, as far as DYKs are concerned, I promise all possible assistance short of real help. The hook is simple: "DYK that the American ship Marquis de Somerulas, named for Governor Someruelos of Cuba, in 1809 brought the first Brazilian coffee to the United States?" Truly, no pressure. Cheers, Acad Ronin (talk) 18:54, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm looking to find a certain undated watercolour by J. Livesay. It is apparently held at the National Maritime Museum as NMM neg X1518, and is titled The Hussar going into Portsmouth Harbour after she drove from Spithead during the storm of November 9th 1800 being then without her rudder. Any help would be appreciated..! Thanks, Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 22:32, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Pickersgill-Cunliffe: I had a look without success. I'll write to them, but their very understaffed; so I'll put it on my list for when I visit their library. --Broichmore (talk) 17:41, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks very much! Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 18:12, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
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The image in Skenandoa is nice, but I can find little provenance. It's from an ambrotype (early photo technology) said to have been taken 40 years after Skenandoa's death. Do you know of any evidence to suggest that it might be an accurate representation? Tim Bray (talk) 00:27, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
- @TimBray: Re- the Wood engraving from ambrotype by Whitney, Rochester, New York. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 1. no. 14 (1856 Mar. 15), p. 217. No I don't. Have you read the original article, or traced down the Whitney archive? --Broichmore (talk) 20:45, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
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Clydesdale[edit]
Hi Broichmore: Many thanks. You were so fast I can only assume the website gave you no difficulty. It is a lovely picture that adds a lot to the article. We can only hope that the original surfaces again one day. Regards, Acad Ronin (talk) 20:13, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
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I noticed where you added an image entitled "Moosa" to the WP article Mawza Exile. The image looks fine, but my question to you concerns Moosa's identity with Mawza. What evidence is there that shows that the drawing of "Moosa" is the same as the Yemeni city of Mawza? How can we be certain that the image you uploaded does not rather depict the village of Moosa in India?Davidbena (talk) 22:57, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- Here is the book Vol.2 the search terms are Mocha and Moosa for Salt's visit. Page 69, says Moosa is 30 miles (sic) up country from Mocha. plate 19 locates both places, Moosa somewhat inaccurately. Salt is in India for Vol. 1., no Moosa is visited there. Tell me what you think? Broichmore (talk) 09:02, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
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