Archives: 2014–2020. Note: For anyone who may want to contact me: owing to offline commitments, I am not editing Wikipedia as frequently as I used to. Nonetheless, I continue to check my watchlist on a daily basis and I hope to continue editing as and when I have time; sometimes, when offline work is slow, I may be very active, only to slow-down at other times. I endeavour to respond to queries as soon as possible regardless. Cheers, —Noswall59 (talk) 15:08, 22 February 2016 (UTC).Reply[reply]

Precious

Five years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:24, 1 December 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you today for Skegness, introduced: "There won't be many British editors here who haven't heard of Skegness. It is one of the country's most popular seaside destinations. As one local historian put it, "Skeggy" is the "summertime Mecca ... for the toiling thousands of Nottingham, Leicester and Derby". The season isn't so rigidly defined these days, but when industry was still the heartbeat of the East Midland's factory towns, in six short weeks each summer Skegness became host to hundreds of thousands of workers seeking cheap fun, knobbly knee contests and sandy beaches."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:14, 4 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Gerda Arendt: thank you very much! —Noswall59 (talk) 16:30, 8 January 2021 (UTC).Reply[reply]

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Thanks for your work on the blurb so far, I make it 1374 characters including spaces at present, are you happy to continue trimming?. Feel free to remove the coming soon template when you are finished. Thanks again Jimfbleak - talk to me? 11:51, 8 December 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks Jimfbleak, I'll have a look at it soon and see if I can get it down to 1,000 characters. —Noswall59 (talk) 11:58, 8 December 2020 (UTC).Reply[reply]

G'day all, the nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject newcomer and Historian of the Year are open, all editors are encouraged to nominate candidates for the awards before until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2020, after which voting will occur for 14 days. There is not much time left to nominate worthy recipients, so get to it! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:45, 10 December 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hallo, Thank you for creating Charles Johnson (historian). When you create an article like this with a "disambiguated" title, please make sure that the reader can find it from the basic name (ie Charles Johnson), by adding or expanding a hatnote, or adding the article to a disambiguation page. This helps the reader to find your article, and also reduces the chance of a future careless editor creating a duplicate article with a slightly different disambiguator. I've fixed this one. Thanks, and Happy Editing. PamD 16:28, 11 February 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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The article Colin M. Kraay has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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		WikiProject Latin Barnstar of Merit
		I've just learnt that R. A. B. Mynors will be promoted to FA status. Thank you so much for your interest in the article and all your patience and help in improving it. Here's a barnstar; it looks rather odd but I thought it was appropriate for the topic. Hoping to work with you again in the future, Modussiccandi (talk) 17:59, 9 May 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks ever so much, but really the congratulations must go to you! Many thanks again for your efforts and amicable style of editing. —Noswall59 (talk) 18:07, 9 May 2021 (UTC).Reply[reply]

Please do not introduce links in actual articles to user pages or sandboxes, as you did at Grantham. Since these pages have not been accepted as articles, user pages, sandboxes and drafts are not suitable for linking in articles. and such links are contrary to the Manual of Style. These links have been deleted, please do not re-add any such links, thank you - Arjayay (talk) 12:57, 12 May 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Arjayay, apologies, I had not realised that the link pointed to my userspace – I will make sure to check for that in future! Thank you for spotting it. —Noswall59 (talk) 13:26, 12 May 2021 (UTC).Reply[reply]

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Good afternoon, Noswall. I have put Arnold Bennett up for for peer review, with an eye on FAC, possibly. If you care to look in you can get your own back for my quibbles and carps chez Robert Roberts. Don't feel obliged, but do look in if interested. Tim riley talk 16:16, 25 June 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Good morning Tim riley, thank you for letting me know about Bennett. I will take a look, but I have just returned from holiday and have some off-wiki work to catch up on over the next couple of days. Please ping me if I haven't taken a look by Wednesday. —Noswall59 (talk) 10:16, 27 June 2021 (UTC).Reply[reply]

Congratulations, Noswall59! The article you nominated, Robert Roberts (author), has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:06, 15 July 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Noswall59,

I hope all is well with you. I've nominated an article on one of R. A. B. Mynors' disciples, L. D. Reynolds at FAC. He's a smaller topic and less famous than Sir Roger but I thought you might be interested. I'd be grateful if you could offer a few comments at FAC if you have the time. I'm always happy to provide reviews myself in case you have something. Best, Modussiccandi (talk) 14:48, 30 July 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Modussiccandi, I'm glad to hear you've been working on another academic. I will endeavour to take a look over the next week or two. Ping me if I haven't chimed in by then. Best of luck with it, —Noswall59 (talk) 14:49, 4 August 2021 (UTC).Reply[reply]

Sounds great! Thanks and best, Modussiccandi (talk) 16:37, 4 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Precious

Six years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:24, 1 December 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you today for Robert Roberts (author), introduced: "I first read Robert Roberts's book The Classic Slum some years ago. An unusual and beautifully written mix of autobiography and social history, it struck me then as one of the most evocative, brilliantly drawn accounts of life in the English working classes that I have encountered. Along with his autobiography A Ragged Schooling, it offers a richly textured and at times moving insight into the lives and struggles of people who otherwise would have disappeared into obscurity. Unsurprisingly, both books have been mined by historians for decades and were critically acclaimed on their release; they are often set texts for university courses on modern British history today."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:03, 7 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Template:FBA 1927 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. WikiCleanerMan (talk) 01:30, 17 December 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hallo, Thank you for creating Ian Andrews (civil servant) . When you create an article like this with a "disambiguated" title, please make sure that the reader can find it from the basic name (ie Ian Andrews), by adding or expanding a hatnote, or adding the article to a disambiguation page. This helps the reader to find the new article, and also reduces the chance of a future careless editor creating a duplicate article with a slightly different disambiguator. I've fixed this one. Thanks, and Happy Editing. PamD 16:57, 26 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes, will try harder next time – I tend to create these in batches and appear to have missed this one. Good catch, —Noswall59 (talk) 15:34, 8 February 2022 (UTC).Reply[reply]

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Wehwalt: many thanks for notifying me of this, it'll be great to see Roberts on the front page. I've given the proposed blurb a once-over and I couldn't have done better myself! Having made a minor tweak to the hyphen spacing, I'm happy for it go ahead as it now is. Cheers, —Noswall59 (talk) 15:32, 8 February 2022 (UTC).Reply[reply]

A number of "FBA templates 1903 to 1926", which you created, have been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2022 February 10#FBA templates 1903 to 1926.

Very pleased to see the article on the front page today. I pass on a word of advice given to me by my Wikipedian mentor years ago: ignore the whole thing while it's on the front page and then come back tomorrow after the caravan has moved on, after which you can tidy up undisturbed after the well-meanining ninnies, the POV pushers, and the inevitable trouble makers have turned their attention to the next day's front page. Best wishes, Tim riley talk 19:38, 7 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Many thanks, Tim. It is rewarding to see a lesser known figure like Roberts get his day on the front page. I did indeed take your advice and left things well alone (I have also been very busy offline this week). Thankfully, on net, almost nothing has changed, and nothing obviously for the worse. Best wishes, —Noswall59 (talk) 16:34, 11 March 2022 (UTC).Reply[reply]

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Hello, Noswall59,

Thank you for creating Elwyn Davies.

I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:

The article really needs more references to establish notability - which his titles and positions

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Precious

Eight years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:12, 1 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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