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I see that you prodded this article. I would feel better if it was discussed at AfD. I'm leaning towards giving him the boot, but I have heard of this fellow in various heraldic contexts outside of Wikipedia. What say you?--Eva ^bd 20:18, 19 September 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

If you feel that AfD is more appropriate, I have no objections to your replacing my prod. Precious Roy 20:30, 19 September 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Eva,

If you think the edits I did improved the pic I'm happy enough to download the 'big one' and work on that, and I'll drop the filesize myself before reuploading (I'm unfortunately only on dial-up, so downloading 12MB takes over half-an-hour, which was my grumble).

If you think you can get a better scan, then I'll wait for that. If you think the edits are spoiling it then I'll leave it alone ;).

Having thought a bit more about it, I would be willing to nominate on FPC for you, or support if you do the nomination. Sounds like Enuja would also support. Not sure it would get through, but I think it's worth giving a shot.

--jjron 03:45, 20 September 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

OK, I've downloaded your second (smaller) version. I'll see what I can do, and leave you a note when I reupload. BTW, do you want me to nominate at FPC, or do want to do it? (I don't mind, but because I'm a regular voter I tend to get a few 'payback' opposes from the odd user on my pictures. That may not be the case here though, since I'm not the actual creator.) --jjron 08:33, 21 September 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Uploaded my edit here. It was actually a lot dirtier than I realised, having only looked at the smaller sized versions I hadn't seen all that. I ended up doing a lot cleaning up, and did a substantial noise reduction on it as well.

A shame it wasn't a digital original; with my own scans I find they lose some vibrancy and quality, even when scanned off the negative; presumably a really good scanner may overcome that. I tried to make it a bit more vibrant, but was restricted by the dirt and noise, and the bright whites in the water and on the seagull. I also cropped a little tighter than in my original edit in order to try to get the seagull nearer the edge to help with framing. I really like the seagull being there, and think maybe you could mention that somewhere; presumably it's trying to scavenge in some way.

Well, hope you think it's come up OK. I still have a pre-noise reduction version as well, but it is pretty noisy, and suspect it may get hammered for that. I'll leave it to you to nominate, as requested. Can I just suggest you take care with how you word the '15 whales' part, as someone will undoubtedly bring up the issue that they can't see 15 whales. Good luck; don't be too disappointed if it doesn't get through, and remember some voters can be rather harsh so don't take it personally. Still it can be interesting to see what people have to say about various photos. --jjron 07:55, 22 September 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I think you are wrong to remove the Clackson quote, and indeed to have voted to delete the article about him. You will note that in the online reference I have, it was someone else quoting him (the editor of the "Baronage Press"). If you were familiar with the Scottish heraldry scene you would be aware of his notoriety. Wikipedia is an on-line encyclopadia and I would have expected it to have higher regard for on-line sources. Incidentally, I am sorry if I inadvertantly removed some other part of your edit. It was unintentional. Ednan 23:43, 1 October 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Incidentally, have you heard of Anthony Maxwell? He is another "celebrity" of the Scottish heraldry scene who I feel deserves mention on Wikipedia. However, dare I, in the current climate? Ednan 23:58, 1 October 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Re Replies If it really were about consenus, I might agree with you, but whether or not an article is deleted seems to depend more on the personal opinion of the closing admin. The number of deletes vs. keeps were pretty close, and notably the keeps mostly came with grounds for that opinion while many of the deletes were posted with little or no explanation. The article had no chance for improvement, it was simply wiped away. This is the "climate" I am talking about. Much as I would like to contribute an article about Anthony Maxwell, I reckon I would just be wasting my time doing so. Ednan 13:31, 2 October 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Incidentally, what would you regard as "notable". Aren't contemporary heraldry figures notable? Ednan 13:34, 2 October 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No worries. Us teachers have got to stick together, you know ;-).

Thanks for the note anyway. It ened up absolutely cruising through, so well done on the photo. --jjron 09:59, 2 October 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Greetings!

I'm not aware of any statement about the new M.St.J. (though I've heard about it.) Could you post me a link if you have?

So far, Singapore (where I reside) and Malaysia still use S.B.St.J. and S.S.St.J.

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This old (1940) film happened to be on TV this afternoon and, with nothing better to do, I watched it. It's largely set in Philadelphia. A couple of times the heroine's elderly father mentions that he used to teach cricket, which caught my interest. I don't suppose that there can be many American films that mention the game. JH (talk page) 17:41, 22 October 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi Eva, I'm basically working my way through this list of articles to fix the references - so I should be at Guy Sainty fairly shortly, Tony DeSantis will take a little longer. As you've probably seen the basic idea is to find the parameter values needed to fill out ((LondonGazette)), most importantly, issue number, start page, date of publication of the (original) issue, if it's a supplement, and the date you checked the reference.

The easiest way to proceed is usually to find the issue number in the old url, for example in the first reference on the DeSantis page you will see in the old url, &issueNumber=48456. As you might guess, 48456 is the issue number. Copy this to the clipboard on your computer. Next, go to http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/AdvancedSearch.aspx?geotype=London&sb=issue which allows you to search by issue on the Gazettes, paste the issue number into the appropriate field, and type the surname of the person you're interested into one of the fields in the "Words" section lower down the search page (for this type of search it shouldn't really matter which one you use). Hit search, and it should come back with one or more results (with the two names you've asked about in particular, I wouldn't imagine you'll get more than one). You can actually get all the parameters needed from the search results page usually, but it's worth actually looking at the the Gazette itself, to double-check you've found what you were looking for, for DeSantis, the first one is http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/ViewPDF.aspx?pdf=48456&geotype=London&gpn=17523&type=ArchivedIssuePage&all=DeSantis&exact=&atleast=&similar=. You then need to check for the page number in the url (and printed on the page), not where it says in the navigation "Page 3 of 108" (or whatever), so in this case, 17523 (numbering starts again each year, but otherwise generally runs on from one issue to the next). You'll usually want to enter this as the startpage parameter in the template, but in this particular case, it's not immediately obvious from this page that this does actually refer to the Order of St John, so if we use the navigation to step back a page [1], we see the beginning of the notice, so it might be better to enter 17522 for startpage, and 17523 as endpage. Finally you'll need the date - just copy this from the navigation section of the page and enter it as the date parameter - you can link it as normal so that users' date preference work. Finally, it's good practice to enter the accessdate parameter, which needs to be done as yyyy-mm-dd (or there are separate parameters to enter, day month and year separately if you prefer.

The last coupl eof things you need to check are the "type" parameter of the Gazette url, if you see "&type=ArchivedIssuePage" as the examples I've given here, you don't need to add anything else to the template. However, if it says ArchivedSupplementPage you need to add (e.g.) supp=yes (it doesn't actually matter what you put after the equals sign in fact, so long as there's something), if it jsut says IssuePage, you'll need to enter notarchive=yes (again the precise text after the equals doesn't matter), and if it says SupplementPage, you need to do both. It seems to be issues/supplements within about eh last 4 years which haven't been archived yet.

Lastly, if you could strike through any you update on the list I linked to above, it will save me checking the page myself. Hope this makes sense - if you work throug it a step at a time, you'll soon get used to it. I'll add both pages to my watchlist, and check the results if you want to have a go yourself. David Underdown (talk) 21:12, 27 November 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I've done Sainty now, if you look at the diff it may also help you to understand the process. David Underdown (talk) 10:56, 29 November 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Thanks for adding those juicy details on William Segar. Now to expand on his career as a portrait painter. - PKM (talk) 02:48, 8 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I noticed you uploaded an image from the Rorschach test. This is illegal since the copyright holder prohibits it. And it also compromises a test that is used frequently by psychologists. You can actually cause harm by interfering with the daily work of thousands of psychologists. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.174.8.32 (talk) 06:50, 8 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sorry about the supposed copyvio, but a simple check will show you that I did not upload the image. Good luck.--Eva ^bd 20:09, 8 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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How can the Canadian Priory have a completely different structure than other priories, such as the USA?

If you take a look at Venerable_Order_of_Saint_John#The_Order_in_the_United_Kingdom, you will see the order have 6 grades. With the exception of Esq that is not used in Canada, Queen Elizabeth II can appoint anyone(citizen or PR of Canada) to any grade of the order.^[1] The reason that we don't have Bailiff or Dame Grand Cross is because the Governor General and Lieutenant-governors are only appointed to Knights or Dames of Justice and as the Chancellor of the order, thus no one can be appointed a level beyond what the GG/LGs have even though theoretically it can be done on the advice of the GG. ^[2]--Cahk (talk) 09:18, 15 January 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I do not know as I do not own the program myself. But I was able to clarify without a doubt that, that is Don Boven on the cover. --Josh (talk) 19:46, 16 January 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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you edited my great uncle charles burnett's page!

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please stop undoing the great nieces part on charles burnett page it isnt spam or anything its true....i know this as i'm one of his great nieces —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chloe2kaii7 (talk • contribs) 13:06, 23 January 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hello Evadb—just a note to thank you for improving the pages I created yesterday. Best wishes, ^talkGiler 09:53, 24 January 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nice work on finding the photographs of Peyton and Mohammed Umar Hayat Khan from the 1911 Durbar, Eva. When you have the scan(s) uploaded, I'd be pleased to see one at the biography for Peyton, but no doubt one of them would be even more suitable for the Delhi Herald and Delhi Durbar articles. I might also start a short article for Khan, whose son already has one. Regards, Xn4 19:33, 24 January 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The images are now uploaded. Not sure where to put Barnes?--Eva ^bd 00:10, 25 January 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I've now started Malik Umar Hayat Khan. Your pictures at William Peyton and Delhi Durbar are excellent, I've added one to the Khan biography. Xn4 03:58, 25 January 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On Barnes, I've begun an article for him, too, please see Osmond Barnes. Xn4 16:10, 25 January 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi Eva bd, i was hoping someone knowledgeable on heraldry could you look over an article i just made. This one here -> Scottish crest badge, please if you could, would you look it over and possibly correct any mistakes, poor wording or whatever? Thanks.--Celtus (talk) 08:10, 1 February 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hello! I am interested in the source of the coat of arms you uploaded to the Wikipedia article on this committee. Did you draw it? I am on the committee and am now designing its website. I have no other digital rendering and I may wish to make use of your e-emblazonment. Would that be possible? Thank you! (signed Nathaniel Taylor, [2] ). 67.100.203.192 (talk) 18:39, 6 April 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I should link it. It is Image:Committee_on_Heraldry_of_the_New_England_Historic_Genealogical_Society.JPG‎. 67.100.203.192 (talk) 15:01, 7 April 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Just a note to say that is a great photo of the bridge! I've been trying to get a pic of that for about a year, but never have my camera when the conditions are nice and vice versa —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amwyll Rwden (talk • contribs) 12:09, 11 April 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hello. I have a passion for heraldry and (let's be honest ^^) my English is not too bad. However, since heraldry language is very specific, it's not sufficient for me to be able to translate from the French heraldic language to the English one. I was wondering if you could help me with one specific blazon :

In french, I think it would be described like that : Mantelé au premier de sable à une croix clêchée vidée pommetée de douze pièces d'or emplie d'azur, au second d'azur à une colombe fondante d'argent tenant en son bec une fleur de lys du même, un étai d'or brochant sur la partition et la croix

Considering you speak nearly fluently "blazonish", I'd say this might be easy for you, right ? :D

Still, I think some precisions are in order : the cross can't be described as a 'Toulouse' one because the inner background is not gules but azure. Also, the or ordinary is a chevronnel, not a simple chevron.

If you accept that request, be thanked ! --Syryatsu (talk) 18:58, 4 November 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I've got a question about the Islay Herald. The article calls it: "Islay Herald of Arms in Ordinary". The Lyon Court website lists the officers and Islay Herald appears like this: "Alastair Campbell of Airds, Islay Herald Extraordinary" [3]. Is there a difference between ordinary and extraordinary? Should the Lyon Court article list the Islay Herald as it appears on the website?--Celtus (talk) 06:41, 16 November 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I updated the list of officers of arms in the Lyon Court article. The thing is the LC website lists an Angus Herald [4]. I can't find any wiki article for this, so i'm not sure what to do. Should it go in the officer of arms list? Is there an order of precedence for these positions? Where do you think Angus herald should be placed on the list if there is?--Celtus (talk) 06:41, 22 November 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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