User talk:HJMG

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--Telsa (talk) 12:44, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Translation

Hey! Thanks for finishing the Louis-Alexandre Expilly de la Poipe French translation. Looks good! Tamarkot 17:23, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for noticing! And thanks for your good work keeping the translation page orderly - I should have tidied up after myself.HJMG 18:06, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

You're very welcome for the map! In fact, thank you for showing me a lovely page full of requests for maps--I know I'm going to procrastinate that is, contribute a bit more, I think. (Ehehe.) Tamarkot 18:17, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

The Edinburgh Seven

Couldn't just stick a welcome template on your page and leave it at that. Wow, what a fantastic job you've done on Edinburgh Seven: details, references, copyedited, the lot. It's not a well-linked article (see "What links here" when you're on that page, but I hope that changes. Looking at your other big contribution, I guess you're wandering through the "article in need of attention" lists? Hours of fun :) --Telsa (talk) 12:44, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the Dauve date!

I'm just curious - what attracted you to the Dauve entry? Are you interested in left communist theory? Chinaleftcom 10:19, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Explanation

(25 March - removed discussion headed JSS to stop this talk page coming second in google search results for that person)

Oops, forgot to sign the comment above--HJMG 08:04, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Paul Émile Appell (thank you!)

Thank you ever so much for the quick and beautiful translation. Perhaps the Harvard mention refers to a one-year visiting professor appointment, left out in the St. Andrews biography? Who knows. Well, it is now annotated, thanks to you, on the Talk:Paul Émile Appell page, so that this information is at the very least available for consideration in English. Once again, merci beaucoup! -- Mareklug ^talk 19:55, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for digging up the information re: who taught Morse at Harvard. I replied for continuity on my own talk page. -- Mareklug ^talk 20:22, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Kendal Black Drop

Good work on expanding the Kendal Black Drop article I started. --Ebz 08:34, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Ebz. Good idea for an article - I couldn't resist adding some bits.--HJMG 09:04, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Scottish Artists

Hi HJMG, thanks for your message and kind words. I work away on artist related articles from time to time, particularly Scottish artists, and was working on preparing William McTaggart when, somehow, I stumbled upon your Edinburgh School article. That inspired me into action for the others!! I am a big believer in providing appropriate images for articles, particularly for the visual arts, so I add them whenever I can. I've got Robin Philipson pencilled in for an article, unless you beat me to it :-) Cheers. --Cactus.man ✍ 17:53, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Fleur-de-lis

Just wanted to thank you for keeping an eye on Fleur-de-lis. - Jmabel | Talk 17:50, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Slave trade

I'm really happy to hear that the article has found a translator so fast :-) As for the title, I also was doubtful about Muslim slave trade; Islamic slave trade is probably better. I also believe that Eastern slave trade would not be a good solution for the name of the article, as it would be too euro-centric.--Aldux 17:33, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Certainly to call him simply animist would be wrong; see also Songhai Empire. Something like "mainly Muslim" or "Muslim (while also holding animistic beliefs)" seems the most correct way to me. I also think it's a pity the title may be misunderstood, but I'm afraid there's little we can do. Bye! --Aldux 09:36, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing the mess i made with the references, i'll be more careful in future. It's a good article, i'd like to help out with it more, after a run in the sandbox though. --Filosofaster 17:05, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Request for investigation (83.109.24.238)

Hi HJMG. I noticed that you added a request for investigation. That page is only for very specific cases, as described by the page's guidelines. Your alert would be better placed on Administrator intervention against vandalism (WP:AIV), where it will usually be processed within minutes. Many alerts that are incorrectly placed on Requests for investigation are never dealt with, simply because they become old before an administrator gets to them. Thanks for your efforts. :) // [admin] Pathoschild (^talk/_map) 08:50, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

UK?

Yes, you are quite right, although personally I always try to avoid the dreaded "Britain" too, as it is so ambiguous, so I would only amend your suggestion with "Great Britain or Ireland" rather than "Britain or Ireland".

(PS. you do know that we have a Three Sisters too: Three Sisters (Glencoe). I must highlight that red link at the Scottish Wikipedians' notice board. I saw the photo of your Three Sisters, and immediately thought: "That's not the Three Sisters!". Just shows how much we Scots got about, merrily slapping our names all over the maps of the globe.) --Mais oui! 15:48, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Reverend John Thomson

Thanks for the note. There's quite a bit of variation on web sources about whether or not the phrase is attributable to him, and how it came about. I tend to trust material from the Gazeteer for Scotland which attributes it to him, albeit rather vaguely. If you can track down anything definitive that would be great. --Cactus.man ✍ 09:21, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I think "often credited", whilst potentially weaselly, is a valid phrase when there are sufficient sources with variable descriptions and dispute over validity. Moving it into a trivia / anecdotes section also diminishes its significance in the article. There's probably a fair bit more information that can be added to the main body of text, so please chip in :-) --Cactus.man ✍ 10:43, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

DYK!!

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Thanks for your efforts! Featured pic too. ++Lar: t/c 20:39, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Re:Gabriel Bonnet de Mably

Not really. I'd suggest asking on his talkpage. My usual modus operandi is to check on Google Books how many books use which spelling and go with the most popular variant.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 15:08, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Benjamin Cohen (internet)

I simply reverted where Philsome had removed an AfD tag and made a comment on the page that the proper AfD format needed to be followed. I have no opinion either to keep or to delete, merely that AfD tags should not be removed until consensus to keep or delete is reached. KC9CQJ 21:29, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

DYK

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Your DYK nomination for Perth Gaol was successful

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Thanks for your contributions! ++Lar: t/c 02:22, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Your DYK nomination for Sternotherus odoratus was successful

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Thanks for your contributions! ++Lar: t/c 01:31, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Very cool, thanks for nominating the article. -Dawson 05:25, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Translation

You're welcome. :) - ulayiti (talk) 13:51, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Sir William Lithgow, 2nd Baronet

The MoS seems quite clear to me: Section 5 of the Non Royal titles bit states:

Baronets, as they hold hereditary titles, often for a large part of their lives, follow the same practice as hereditary peers and should have their title noted in the beginning of the article. The format is Sir John Smith, 17th Baronet. For the article title, this format should only be used when disambiguation is necessary; otherwise, the article should be located at John Smith.

Since disambiguation is necessary (because there are 3 other WLs), I located the article at its present position. Locating the article at Sir William Lithgow would not be correct - it would imply he was a Knight, which he wasn't, and also section 4 of the above section of the MoS seems to advise against using simply Sir.

I am generally of the opinion that article names such as Name (profession) in disambiguation are not desirable if there is some titular disambiguation that can be used, though some other part of the MoS may take a contrary opinion. --New Progressive 10:58, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Tollcross and references

Hi, and thanks very much for your message. I've replied directly, in my talk page. – Kieran T ^{(talk | contribs)} 20:36, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Eyrecourt

The only thing I know about Eyrecourt before the Eyres arrived is that it was owned by the O'Madden family, presumably then called O'Madden Castle or something similar. I was under the impression that the O'Maddens had constructed it. I will look through my sources to see what I can find for you. I would also appreciate your help in combating abusive administrators, namely User: Zoe, the seediness of whose conduct becomes more and more apparent as I look at her records. I have seen some pretty bad administrators, but this is the worst case I have ever seen. Does Wikipedia have any type of impeachment process for administrators who overstep their bounds? She has deleted articles for not having sources when the articles are still in progress (and as such sources likely would not have been posted), and she routinely deletes scores of articles without allowing any discussion or creating Articles of Deletion pages, as is customary here. One of her allies confesses that he will delete what he doesn't like, "Wikipedia policy notwithstanding." I will provide a link to his talk page. Something must be done about this. This is tyrannical, and not in keeping with how this encyclopedia is supposed to do business.

History21 20:18, 29 July 2006 (UTC)History21

Answered on History21's talk page.HJMG 11:09, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Peter Hume Brown

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Many thanks for the great article! I enjoyed reading it. Cheers -- Samir धर्म 00:46, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Cats

Many thanks. No worries. "Cumberland" / "Cumbernauld" - how did that mix-up happen in the records? --Mais oui! 16:29, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Fleur-de-lis

Go for the bold! Minor comments: The word is used 37 times in the article and can be referred to generally as "the symbol" for brevity. #Modern usage has lower case "the" preceeding several entries that can be deleted. Many images fight for attention on the page and some can be removed. I can't find the symbol in Filippo_Lippi's Madonna in the Forest. The botanical diagram from the Dictionary of Architecture can move to a position higher on the page, as this is a primary origin of the symbol. --Dogears (talk) 21:38, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

"Arab slave trade" section in the Islam and Slavery article

Hi HJMG,

The "Arab slave trade" section in the Islam and Slavery article is unsourced. I realized that you are knowledgable about this issue and have access to academic sources. I would appreciate if you could make this section referenced. Thanks in advance, --Aminz 06:39, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi Aminz - and thanks for your message. Unfortunately, I'm afraid I'm not going to be much use to you. I'm not "knowledgeable" and got involved here by chance, after responding to a request to translate the 'Arab Slave Trade' article from French into English. At that time, I rearranged the French bibliography slightly, giving English editions of some books, and removing francophone external links. Since then, this book has been added to the list, and so has an English translation of Ibn Khaldun. Inline citations to "Pankhurst, Richard. The Ethiopian Borderlands: Essays in Regional History from Ancient Times to the End of the 18th Century. Asmara, Eritrea: The Red Sea, Inc., 1997" and to Mintz, S. Digital History Slavery, Facts & Myths have also been added, and the text changed a little. Sorry - but I can't think of anything I can do to help, as I don't have any of the books or articles to hand. Good luck with sorting this out! --HJMG 10:12, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks HJMG for response. Thanks for translating the article from French BTW. I will work the references out. Cheers, --Aminz 21:28, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

DYK

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Thanks - think I have found the right tag now. --HJMG 15:21, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

World War

Thanks for you input. I will concentrate on things, such as 'World War 11' (eleven) to become 'World War II' and so on. Hmains 03:11, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Philanthropists

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Re:Naming Conventions

Hello. Yes, although he was the only holder of that title, we'd still use the nominal '1st', something which is usually written in Peerage works as '1st and last Baron...', although we don't do that here. Thanks Craigy (talk) 10:52, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thankyou for your reply to my question on the Ref Desk- I'd forgotten about INSEE! I was able to find what I needed and now I just have to write the damn thing...

Thanks again! Farosdaughter 17:27, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome - glad they had what you wanted. --HJMG 22:07, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Sygun etc.

Thanks for the note. I didn't realise how much of a commercial COI there might until I saw the thousands of Google hits for Sygun and eBay. Tearlach 16:58, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Jane Findlater

Thanks for the birth certificate details. I only knew secondary sources.

Gartnait 06:07, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

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