User talk:Charles Matthews/Plaudits

This is for your astounding job on the Mathematics area. Pfortuny 19:23, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)

A barnstar for outstanding math-related contributions, in terms of both quantity and quality. Enjoy! - Fredrik | talk 21:08, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - year and a half since the last one ... Charles Matthews 21:11, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Can't have enough of it, if you ask me! Just stopping by to thank you for your ArbCom work. I have great respect for the time you take to sort out troubles, and hope you feel satisfied and appreciated in your task there. I for one am grateful for the time you spend on this job. Thanks again! Snoutwood (talk) 21:09, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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  This Mathematical Barnstar is for creating the article on Gabriel Cramer. It's long overdue. Dragix 10:34, 24 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:Pedia-I/SmileyAward5Thank you for all your hard work in the terrible mess. This is the closest thing I could find to a plate of cookies.NinaEliza 06:30, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Have a rest The Xing aknowledges your hard work, and offers you a rest in his garden. The Xing 19:15, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Charles, the extensive work you have done and attitude you carry is most commendable, most specifically in the mathematics articles, and others. Keep up the good work you do! Dysprosia 10:10, 11 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Oh - well - if you put it that way, all I can say is that in cyberspace no one can see you blush!

Charles Matthews 10:12, 11 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Just wanted to tell you that I really appreciate your math edits. It's good to know someone's reading these articles, and you usually seem to catch most issues while doing so :) Prumpf 18:54, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Well, thanks. I've been away quite a lot this summer - just this week I have been engaged in WP, but perhaps I should return to getting a life.

Charles Matthews 18:58, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I guess it did exist! Figures, too - the one place that I didn't look and that search didn't reveal to me.

Thank you for the correction.

ClockworkTroll 13:47, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for your cool edit at Breeches role! That's the first time anybody's added anything to my text.--[[User:Bishonen|Bishonen (talk)]] 11:37, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Trousers seem to be an issue; I noticed that the article is a bit lacking in convincing history. Just an aside - hi and hello. Charles Matthews 11:44, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for having written the Nemmers Prize in Mathematics! BACbKA 21:06, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Nice rewriting! This is indeed more approachable now, thanks! Oleg Alexandrov 18:02, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Excellent changes, Charles. I'm impressed! You seem to be something of a polymath, whereas I'm but a Polycarp

The article is shaping up quite well. I think it will require a bit more about his politics; and also something more specific about the genesis of distributism around 1910. That should round out the picture. Charles Matthews 10:56, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Hi Charles. I noticed your work on this article and just wondered if you knew this site? It is an online archive of The New Age, containing a lot of writings by and about Belloc, especially on his politics. Filiocht 14:51, Jan 20, 2005 (UTC)

Yes, I've come across this, though not particularly in relation to Belloc. Thanks for the reference. Charles Matthews 15:04, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Charles, I'm taking an indefinite hiatus from wikipedia. There are a number of reasons, you can read them at User:Revolver. I may return...I don't know. I do know that I feel like although the number of articles and amount of writing is constantly going up here, the quality of writing still has a long ways to go before anyone in the academic community will really take the project seriously. I also will be quite busy in the near future (working full-time in the "real world"; got a conditional hire at NSA, but still have formal interviews and security clearance). Anyway, I just wanted to let you know before leaving that it was really a pleasant experience working with you, and I wish you luck with the wiki and life in general. Revolver 12:48, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Best of luck for the future. It's going to be a 'provisional' piece of work, for a while anyway. Charles Matthews 13:57, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I just want to drop you a note to say I am learning a lot from many of the math articles you have written. You have a certain way of putting material into a historic/evolutionary perspective which I find very illuminating and which is sadly missing in most standard math books. Anyway have a pleasant day and please keep adding original material to wikipedia. MathMartin 16:09, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Well, thanks. At the moment I'm a bit obsessed with literature and bibliographical work, but I haven't given up on the mathematics. Charles Matthews 16:12, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the excellent link to Cairo poets: very interesting. I'm just exploring these writers and was keen to build up their presence here. Dizzley (Peter H) 13:10, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Glad you like it. Some people feel that Terence Tiller is the 'lost man', out of that lot. Charles Matthews 15:29, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Good article. Seemed to pop out of nowhere (I just noticed bluing of saving the phenomena). It fits in very well with Interpretation of quantum mechanics.CSTAR 05:38, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Ah - I thought it was still incoherent really. I was going to add something about the Dirac delta function. Also, what do you think about Hilbert's axiomatics of physics; I mean, models which are mathematical with a given 'conventional interpretation'? I find philosophy of science a bit scary, and I probably can't express that aspect in 'professional' language. Charles Matthews 07:36, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Well, the problem is that "interpretation" has not yet the acquired the status that "semantics" has in linguistics. I did hint at something in the interpretation article with the "metaphor" of a correspondence. (I debated whether I should put that in since that view is probably not universally accepted, but as an explanatory device it seemed reasonable).

I liked the Scientific formalism because it puts instrumentalism in a historical context; Physicists are generally inconsistent on this point: they consider themselves realists yet usually fall back on instrumentalism.CSTAR 14:43, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Indeed this seems to be one ingredient in van Frassen's view of intepretation.CSTAR 06:30, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Hi Charles, and thanks for your note. I like those 17th century poets, and was pleased to see that Kynaston had a page.

By the way, looking at your contributions, I need to pass along a compliment. I was visiting my uncle recently, who is professor emeritus of population genetics at a large university here; I mentioned to him that I spent a lot of time writing obscure articles on Wikipedia, to which he responded: "Oh, Wikipedia! I use them all the time! They have really good mathematics articles!" I don't know specifically what he was reading, but I know he is interested in number theory (e.g. we had a long discussion of Goldbach's conjecture).

Be well! Antandrus 15:27, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Well, that's nice to know. Number theory is my doctorate - I kind of shy away from writing too close to the knuckle technically about it, but I don't need a book to get the historical perspective straight. I like 'minor poets' - you never run out, and they tend to have other things in their lives. Poor old Kynaston - the money stopped of course and his academy never managed to make the Brits into rounded intellectual folk. Charles Matthews 15:31, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The page is intended to be part of a set of data pages, see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Elements#references, TODO. "Data page" because its aim is to contain more info than is necessary as opposed to a user-friendly article that may have a similar name. Please move it back. Femto 17:22, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The name is not grammatical as it stands, so please reconsider the title(s). Charles Matthews 17:32, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I've made it Boiling points of the elements (data page), which is a more normal style. Charles Matthews 18:22, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Just fine! I appropriately moved the other two pages and fixed their link redirects. ...I did say "I think I'm horrible at making up these titles" on the WikiProject page, didn't I? Femto 19:55, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Nice job on "militant". Hasdrubal 18:26, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Hi Charles. It was when dealing with the missing science topics project that I realized that, besides your very many and excellent contributions, you have also put in a huge amount of work in building up the backbone of the math collection at Wikipedia, by creating lots of redlinks (a couple of thousands at least) and categories. Thanks!

PS I have been a bit sad to see regular posts by annoying characters to your talk page after you got to be on the arbcom. Hope it's not that bad as it appears, and either way, you are doing an important job, even if it may not be much fun. :) Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 00:19, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

		The Original Barnstar
		Where can I even begin? Your massive article contributions are simply astounding, and it is a travesty that this is only your second barnstar. Je via sano, Dar-Ape 04:48, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I do actually have a couple more, but thanks anyway. Charles Matthews 08:57, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Here are some Jelly beans for you. I love jelly beans as they have sugar in them and most people love sugar. But on the other hand just receiving somthing from somone else just makes you happy and also just giving this to you makes me happy. I hope to spread the jelly beans all over Wikipedia, so here, you can have this lot. Please enjoy them. (I like the lime ones.)

Editors need a bit of a sugar high too.

An apple a day keeps -The Doctor- away. Or does it! ^{(talk)(contribs)} 02:20, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

		The E=mc² Barnstar
		Incredible job in transforming Spinor, one of the more obscure articles about an important subject both in physics and mathematics into a model piece. With admiration for your extraordinary contribution, Arcfrk 10:03, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jupiter12 has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Jupiter12 02:55, 27 April 2007

		The Original Barnstar
		I thought I'd give you this barnstar for your impressive I have been noticing edits in numerous articles. Wikidudeman (talk) 05:29, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(UTC).

		The Original Barnstar
		This is for being a major asset to the Wikipedia community. Your article work is...amazing, and you have been a help in the dispute resolution process here. Please keep up the great work:) Cheers! SJP 20:05, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sometimes when I read an exceptionally well written exposition of Mathematics on wikipedia I check the history to see if you've written it, and your name is there more often than not. The math content on wikipedia is of high quality, and a significant part of it is your work. Many thanks.

-A student —Preceding unsigned comment added by Z amirkhosravi (talk • contribs) 23:29, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For working so hard on the article Theophilanthropy I User Swirlex award you this Tireless Contributor Barnstar.

		The Invisible Barnstar
		Back when I first got here, I learnt from your example. I've wandered far from that path, sadly, and haven't crossed your path in a long long time that I can recall. However, if Wikipedia had more editors like you, and less like me, I think it would be a far better encyclopaedia. Hiding T 18:22, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm yes - 2005 - back in the day now. Anyway, hello again. Charles Matthews (talk) 19:13, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User:Charles Matthews/Plaudits has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Charles Matthews/Plaudits's day! For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian, enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Charles Matthews/Plaudits! Peace, Rlevse ~ A record of your Day will always be kept here.

For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:08, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

On 24 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article De vetula, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 01:32, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have been continually amazed at the quality of your edits and your positive contributions to nany articles. Then struck by looking at the "top of the heap" in quantity where you are clearly tops there as well. Thanks for your many tireless contributions to Wikipedia!Student7 (talk) 22:57, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		100,000 Edits
		I, Bugboy52.4, award you for reaching 100,000 edits according to the List of Wikipedians by number of edits generated 11:45 pm, 24 February 2009. Keep up the good work!________________________________________________________________

		The Original Barnstar
		For wonderful work expanding coverage of the Westminster Divines. Adam_sk (talk) 05:25, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not halfway there yet. But I expect to add more biographies over time. Just today I'm wondering who took part in the Savoy Conference. Charles Matthews (talk) 18:59, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For improving the mathematics in Diffusion MRI, and for keeping a cool head in a rather heated discussion surrounding that article. Pcap ping 23:09, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		Wikipedia Motivation Award
		Thanks for putting things across so well in the recent BBC interview (and for the transcript). - Pointillist (talk) 15:43, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• I'd just like to thank you for the Fred Clarke stuff. Best wishes, Omicron18 (talk) 10:50, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to see more there, of course. Charles Matthews (talk) 11:28, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

		The Original Barnstar
		For amazing kindness and contributions all over biography pages In ictu oculi (talk) 15:20, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for tarting it up proper  ;-) RobinClay (talk) 01:17, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merci d'avoir rectifié son nom et le lieu de sa naissance, je reste à votre disposition si vous désirez des renseignements sur cet attachant personnage. Vous pouvez regarder la page de discussion à son nom sur Wikipédia français, je lui ai souhaité son anniversaire, le 17 février, à ma manière. Sincères salutations, Philippe HENRION philippe.henrion@orange.fr —Preceding unsigned comment added by Philippe HENRION (talk • contribs) 08:48, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

De rien. Charles Matthews (talk) 09:30, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

		The Special Barnstar
		For your dedicated effort to bring civility to the Shlomo Sawilowsky talk page. "The earlier we intervene, the better off the community is" - Diane Balkin.

Edstat (talk) 14:08, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

		The British Museum barnstar
		Thanks for your work on Hoxne and Minoan bull leaper too. Witty Lama 23:59, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For actually doing something to respond to reader queries about using Wikipedia for mathematics self-study. Radagast3 (talk) 12:52, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On 21 August 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Cheshunt Great House, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:02, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On 25 September 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ely and Littleport riots 1816, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

— Rlevse • Talk • 06:03, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

		The Original Barnstar
		Thanks for helping improve that new article!  Chzz  ►  10:07, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to put that one in for a "Did you know..." nomination (WP:DYK) within the next few days; my main concern, however, is that it is a bit tricky for a non-expert to understand; it could really do with a more 'general' introductory sentence or two, just to say what it is.

So if you do get a chance to edit it further, please do; we've got a few days before the DYK deadline (has to be 'new' to qualify, within 5 days of creation, and it was created on 14th).

Thanks again!  Chzz  ►  10:07, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In that context http://eom.springer.de/J/j054390.htm is of some interest. "As of" 1989, it seems, Herman rings had been shown to exist, but had not been exhibited. In other words the later work mentioned in the article demonstrated how to find them in a concrete case. That should provide some better context for the lede. Charles Matthews (talk) 11:20, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On 30 October 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Giovanni Francisco Vigani, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:06, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You have been awarded the Manliness Award for helping to construct a great encyclopedia.

Keep up the great work!

A Very Manly Man (talk) 07:51, 14 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ah!

It's always nice when someone finds one of your articles interesting enough to greatly expand it.

Good work! DS (talk) 11:52, 29 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Glad you liked it. Pure chance in fact - I was looking for Spelman's, it turned up, and there was DNB text to add (my usual ploy). Charles Matthews (talk) 11:55, 29 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

On 7 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Daniel Whitby, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the English theologian Daniel Whitby (pictured) in 1710 defended Textus Receptus's finding of 30,000 textual variants in John Mill's edition of the New Testament? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

How is it that someone so senior in the Wiki meritocracy (I've been reading talk pages and a BBC item on Wiki meeting at Imperial College) would step in to adjust links for a newbie's biography article? However this came about, it's appreciated. Certainly is inspiring. Ta. JaneFaber (talk) 20:29, 18 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:WikiGnome. I know Dsp13, who lives in Cambridge also, and watch his User talk page. Some of the linking from references is a little tricky, for example inserting authorlink fields in citation templates. Anyway, you're welcome. We try to be on best behaviour around those new to the site. Charles Matthews (talk) 07:49, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Charles for helping make the Medical Research Council workshop a success, lending your Wikipedia expertise to help train scientists and science communicators. MartinPoulter (talk) 20:38, 1 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And from me to- very useful to be able to come to the MRC wiki meeting and thanks for looking at my article- David Edwards —Preceding undated comment added 16:04, 2 July 2011 (UTC).[reply]

On 16 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Octagon Chapel, Liverpool, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the nonconformist liturgy of the Octagon Chapel (pictured) in Liverpool, UK, was criticized by Job Orton: "Grieved I am ... to see such an almost deistical composition"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:02, 16 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Great stuff! Are you thinking of creating a similar page for Wales at any time? Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:21, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Aaargh, too much work already? But I have no objection: I'm just not very aware of what there is. Charles Matthews (talk) 11:26, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Neither am I (except for Monmouthshire) - I just wondered if you were using a central source that had the information. Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:28, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No indeed. So far I have mainly Googled around for likely titles. This is one of the projects growing out of my work on the Dictionary of National Biography in fact: there are so many antiquarians mentioned there who worked on such histories that it made sense to me to create some sort of overview page. Charles Matthews (talk) 11:31, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

		The Copyright Cleanup Barnstar
		For not only finding, but fixing the copyright problem in Belgic Confession. When I got to it on the day's copyright cleanup list and saw who had tagged it, I thought, "I wonder if Charles rewrote that." You have no idea how rare it is for me to wonder that. Or how pleased I was to find you had. You impress me. Moonriddengirl (talk) 21:01, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Your submission of David Boswell Reid at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 21:42, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hah, I don't nominate myself! Charles Matthews (talk) 21:43, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

On 10 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article David Boswell Reid, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the British Houses of Parliament in London, rebuilt after a destructive fire in 1834, include ventilation systems by Scottish physician David Boswell Reid? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/David Boswell Reid.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Very good. And you found yet another Surrey Institution; well done. --Tagishsimon (talk) 08:42, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Appreciate your efforts in starting missing content. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:03, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why, thank you! Charles Matthews (talk) 20:03, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I started Llanrothal. Do you have any mention of a Henry Milbourne in any of your sources?♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:44, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think the Harry Milbourne mentioned here is the guy: [1]. Looking at the Recusant History snippet, the article needs a tweak: the "Elizabethan legislation" is mentioned, but the Penal Laws to which that refers operated still in the 17th century. They were only repealed around 1780, I think, though they had not been enforced seriously for while. HTH. Charles Matthews (talk) 17:32, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Couldn't find enough for a biography.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:27, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There's a bit (may be Milburne or Milborne though). Dates c.1600 to after 1692. Knew John Aubrey and Thomas Fuller; Recorder of Monmouth. Lived at Hilston House. Marginal for notability, though, without more. Charles Matthews (talk) 19:47, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Mmm I'll look further later. Can you do me a favour. William Burges (architect) should really be moved to William Burges as by far the most famous man of that name. The Australian politician should be linked in a hatnote at the top. Its just I've nominated it for GA and think it should definitely be moved, my co-writer is of the same opinion.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:00, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done. William Burges (disambiguation) now needs to be formatted to make a primary meaning. Charles Matthews (talk) 20:07, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, can you also move Talk:William Burges (architect) to Talk:William Burges? William Burges (disambiguation) should probably be deleted I think. The hatnote on the page should now suffice.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:11, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, right, done. Charles Matthews (talk) 20:15, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Much appreciated thankyou. A most interesting chap, I live not too far away from both Cardiff Castle and Castell Coch! Makes sense to redirect the dab page to William Burgess (disambiguation) I guess.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:20, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Just started Carrigrohane and there is a mention of a William Barrett as "joining in the insurrection of the Earl of Desmond against Elizabeth, but was pardoned by Her Majesty and received into favour." Anything on him? Sounds quite notable.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:28, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There's a fair amount about the family in Ballincollig Castle, and he turns up as William Barret also, in searches with Ballincollig or Ballincolly. There's something from TNA at [2] which explains what was a family dispute. Charles Matthews (talk) 07:37, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Found about as much as I can on Cwm, Llanrothal, maybe I can scrape enough to make Milbourne seem notable enough for a biography. The Hereford Cathedral library though I've noticed mentioned a few times, it was mentioned in Burton Court I started a few weeks back. I'd imagine there would be enough for an article on it. What do you think?♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:45, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There looks to be plenty on the library - go for it. Charles Matthews (talk) 16:47, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to be quite important to the history of the county for sure. Will do later. Milbourne first if possible though!♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:31, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Henry Milbourne started, what was you source again for him knowing John Aubrey and Thomas Fuller? Seems to have found another notable John Arnold of Monmouthshire . Some detective work needed on Bishop Croft though to find his first name.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:10, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've put some refs on Talk:Henry Milbourne and I'll add more in a bit. Charles Matthews (talk) 19:33, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Most excellent, thanks for those links Charles, appreciate it. Such articles are important I think as they identify a lot of other notable figures and country houses which are missing.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:27, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Can you check the accuracy and names in John Arnold of Monmouthshire for me?♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:12, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've done a bit to the article, and noted a couple of things on the Talk page. A full text search of the ODNB was revealing, as it often is. Arnold knew Oates personally. Sir Trevor Williams associated with Arnold in the personal attacks on the Duke of Beaufort: historyofparliamentonline.org has stuff on that. For light relief, Arnold and his wife Margaret were patrons of a wacky spelling reformer, John Norton, who is in the DNB. Charles Matthews (talk) 21:42, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, and the full names of Halifax, Shaftesbury, Oates and Bedloe?♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:00, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Mmm the Catholic Herberts of Coldbrook. The box at the bottom indicates Lord Herbert was Charles Somerset. I wonder if the "Herberts" really refer to the Somersets?♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:18, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds unlikely: there are more Herberts than you can shake a stick at. Herbert of Coldbrook/Colebrook/Coldbrooke/Colebrooke is a side branch going back to the 15th century.

By the way, J. P. Kenyon's book The Popish Plot seems very good on Arnold. It makes me worry about identifying Charles Price. Charles Matthews (talk) 22:33, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I expanded and nominated François de Pâris as a DYK, hope this is OK. 'Twas the convulsions thing which intrigued me! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:45, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fine. By the way, the Commons category has an engraving of his death, which was too much to put in the article before your expansion. Charles Matthews (talk) 15:26, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I hadn't spotted that. I've just been tying up Ty Gwyn ar Daf which appears to have been a country house originally where Hywel Dda drew up his laws around 940 and a bit of detective work shows it was the place which became Whitland Abbey in 1140 so I merged. We don't appear to have an article on Dda's laws which appear to be very important. But that Samuel Lewis Topographical dictionary has masses of PD material on old parishes of Wales which would greatly benefit our stubs on here and should really be copied and stored in wikisource. Its a pity such things can't be done by automation and usually involve a great deal of effort! As if the DNB isn't enough to worry about! Hehe. Anyway I'll be looking into starting that Hereford cathedral library later this evening.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:37, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Roger de Beler. Kirkby-by-Melton says it is in Leicestershire but the Kirkby was historically in Lancashire. Can you look into this?♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:03, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There are many Kirbys. The ODNB mentions "his original estate at Kirby in Leicestershire". Charles Matthews (talk) 13:54, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Melton appears to be Melton Mowbray. I'll look into it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:06, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

On 21 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article François de Pâris, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that after the death of François de Pâris in 1727, many people reported miracle cures through convulsions by consuming the earth around his grave? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/François de Pâris.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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On 22 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Richard West (priest), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a sermon by English clergyman Richard West required a vote in Parliament before it could be printed? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Richard West (priest).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 00:03, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

On 2 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Great Tew Circle, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Great Tew Circle was a group of intellectual and literary figures who gathered in the 1630s at the manor house of Great Tew, Oxfordshire? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Great Tew Circle.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

On 4 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Arnold of Monmouthshire, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that during the Popish Plot, on Sunday 17 November 1678, John Arnold of Monmouthshire captured Father David Lewis at St Michael's Church, Llantarnam, and he was later executed? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

On 30 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article William Addams Williams, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that William Addams Williams, the MP for Monmouthshire, ensured that newspapers were notified when they incorrectly listed his votes? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William Addams Williams.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I thought that you deserved something a bit extra for all of the amazing work you've done for the project. I've nominated you for a gift from the Wikimedia Foundation!

Hiding T 17:57, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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	Thanks for the course Melania85 (talk) 16:26, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

For all your hard work. Much appreciated.

Famously Sharp (talk) 16:26, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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	A counter to so many kittens. Thanks for a very enjoyable and informative training session in Oxford Gingkofeesh (talk) 17:14, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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	Congratulations on reaching the DNB milestone! Andrew Gray (talk) 16:44, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Yes indeed! A mammoth project, carried out over a period of years in exemplary fashion. Johnbod (talk) 16:48, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• • Why, thank you both. John, Henry Thoby Prinsep, patron of the arts (this was one of the larger remaining DNB articles, per User:Magnus Manske/dnb ws no wp - just to remind that we're not done over here yet). Thoby Prinsep may not be such an important figure, given the view that he just bought the art that Sara Prinsep told him to. But does he ring any bells with you? Lived at Little Holland House, G. F. Watts had a bijou residence in the grounds. Leighton, Burne-Jones, Ruskin, Tennyson, and a regular salon. Quite central in Victorian cultural circles, but William Morris took against ... Charles Matthews (talk) 17:54, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yikes. Now to get those 13,000 articles onto here!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 21:28, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I hope it's only about 50% of that in terms of missing articles. We have some automation to match DNB articles here at WP; and a way to sort by length. There are only a few hundred missing DNB articles that stretch over three or more pages of the original, for example. The top section of User:Magnus Manske/dnb ws no wp shows maybe 31 in the "four pages" class, and I have been doing one of those a day with serious upgrading. Charles Matthews (talk) 08:51, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, a lot of them already have articles of course but I'd imagine there would still be at least 7,000 missing.

One a day, that's not even 20 years' work. Charles Matthews (talk) 13:52, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Can't link Julius Althaus properly, it has 01 not 00, tried volume=1 it didn't work.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 14:05, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I had intended creating more but the link is faulty.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 19:07, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OK, fixed now. The supplement requires {{cite DNBSupp}} and {{DNBSupp}}. And you have to remember that the name is inverted. Charles Matthews (talk) 20:13, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A entries all done!.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 13:50, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent. The category is about 10% smaller now, also. I'm concentrating on that target at the moment, but I'm dealing with short stubs as they come up on the "DNB match" tool, and doing some referencing work also. Here's a tip: the {{Nuttall}} and {{A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature}} are on some hundreds of old articles that are short and were created a long time ago with some fairly unreliable PD text. Particularly with the SBDEL, you can be fairly sure that they would benefit from expansion with DNB text, with British authors at least (SBDEL has some Americans). With some automation it should be possible to find the shortest articles that match a DNB biography. Charles Matthews (talk) 13:59, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting. Well, I'll try to tackle a few a week, some days I might focus on it more but as you know I work on a very broad range of topics.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 14:07, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This needs to be skillfully written into George Anne Bellamy. The article is difficult to follow so you might be able to make the best of it.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 12:07, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not so fantastically bad. I'd probably divide the biography into three short sections first. Then add in the DNB material into each in turn, with serious copyediting. I might get to it this afternoon. I want to do James Drake (physician) first, which is a redlink in Charlwood Lawton, which is a large expansion inspired by my DNB checking. Charles Matthews (talk) 13:00, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Created Category:Religious biographers, can you think of any entries to fill it?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 15:27, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I presume Category:Hagiographers should be a subcategory. Charles Matthews (talk) 15:52, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Benedict though was seemingly a Hagiographer.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 16:09, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've added Evelyn Waugh because of his book on Ronald Knox. Charles Matthews (talk) 16:12, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it could include even people like biographers of the Dalai Lama etc. Just saying to Gerda, no Category:Hymn books? Must exist somewhere on here..♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 16:36, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Hymnals. Charles Matthews (talk) 16:46, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Redirected, thanks.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 18:00, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Dr. Matthews,

I am currently doing work on Walter Montagu, and it seems that you were involved in the writing or editing of his Wikipedia page. In footnote thirteen, there is a reference to the holograph 1635 letter from Montagu his father, the Earl of Manchester. I was curious if you had any information as to the current location of that letter or if you know from where that citation came. Do you know if the information was taken from the catalog of the Burton Constable Library sale of 1889? Thank you very much for your help on this matter, and if you have any information, please contact me at a.vincent.sanchez@gmail.com.

Kind Regards, Andrew Sanchez — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.111.184.8 (talk) 09:06, 18 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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		Great work on James Craigie Robertson and all the associated author links! Years ago I created articles for a whole bunch of 17th century cardinals. As a result, you have featured prominently on my watchlist today and I thought your efforts deserved recognition! Stalwart111 08:28, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Interestingly, our common areas of interest (and your recent efforts in particular) have brought our common article edit count to almost 300! Stalwart111 08:34, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. The Robertson article was a normal sort of conversion from the DNB. I feel an obligation to link in these authors thoroughly: it kind of justifies the whole business of having write-ups for them, and WP still depends to quite an extent on 19th century refs. Charles Matthews (talk) 08:44, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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	Dear Charles Matthews, thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia, especially your recent creation of Augustine David Crake. Keep up the good work! You are making a difference here! With regards, AnupamTalk 06:26, 20 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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	Felt like no one cared about poor James Pagan. As Eyeore would say: Thanks for Noticing Me. Mhbeals (talk) 16:05, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I'm stuck with caring about people in the DNB. Charles Matthews (talk) 16:50, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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		For helping several new editors to find their feet today, at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences. zazpot (talk) 19:08, 22 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

plaudits for historic bios and kindness

Thank you for quality articles such as biographies in neglected fields, working from lists such as English and Welsh endowed schools, such as Giovanni Francisco Vigani and François de Pâris, for thoughts about COI, for activity at meetups and for fighting systematic bias, for earning plaudits for kindness, - Charles (repeating from ten years ago): you are an awesome Wikipedian!

Awesome

Ten years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:05, 23 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]