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Hi there; can you revisit this FLC when you get the chance? Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 04:54, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for your support. Just wanted to let you know, that I implemented your suggestion concerning the ken ( I would suggest though that for the notes it be made clearer, as they come before the usage section) after the nomination discussion was archived: I added "ken" as a unit to the notes, e.g. "2×2" -> "2 ken×2 ken". Should be clear now. BTW, you might be interested to review List of National Treasures of Japan (castles) which is currently at FLC; though judging by the very quick responses, it might not be a problem to get sufficient reviews. bamse (talk) 22:30, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
Hanley Castle High School
Hi Nev, if you get time could you possibly do a quick peer review of Hanley Castle High School? As a school article in Worcs I think it's close to GA. I wrote it myself a while ago and unfortunately nobody has bothered to edit or comment on it, but it is complete.--Kudpung (talk) 03:50, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
- It looks in as good a shape as any other article I've seen on a British school, but it's not an area I'm very familiar with (it might be worth dropping WP:SCHOOLS a note if you haven't already). It is of course difficult to write about most schools because only the oldest have books about them, but you're lucky enough to have picked an interesting example. It seems genera The lead needs a little work, for example it mentions that "The school reverted to being an 11–18 school in the 1990s", but that's the first mention of an age range. Also, there's "In 1972, the school opened its doors to girls. In 1974 it became a mixed gender, voluntary controlled comprehensive": if the school began admitting girls in 1972, it was already a mixed-gender school, so the next sentence just needs to read "In 1974, it became a voluntary controlled comprehensive" (although there's still the issue of having two adjacent sentences starting with "In 197x"). For somewhere so old, the architecture section is a good idea, although it perhaps shuold be after the history section so that the reader has some reference to the school's history first. It could do with a little beefing up; to that end Images of England has some info (it would be good to specify which Grade(s) of listed building) and I'm sure the Pevsner guide to Worcestershire will have something useful. With regard to the history section, it seems to cover the subject well although I wonder if there are any quotes from former students that could lend a little colour (perhaps about how children were taught in the 19th century as it's not something people will know much about). Perhaps the sport section could be merged with the facilities section? Just a suggestion, I don't think it's important. Each person in the alumni section needs to be sourced. I think you'd stand a decent chance at GAC, although more may be expected that I'm not aware of. I like what you've done, and the most complete school article I've helped write is Audenshaw School, but I don't think much can be learned from that. Good luck. Nev1 (talk) 00:09, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
- Jumping in completely uninvited (so please excuse me for that) in addition to Nev1's comments above I'd add that for GA you need to take a close look at two obvious things. The punctuation used in this article and the citations. Quite a few sentences don't end with full stops for instance, and all of the citations need to give full details including publisher and last access date. --Malleus Fatuorum 00:24, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
Terrington St Clement mound
Hi Nev
Sorry but fogort to post that the solution was found...
It was built as a fresh water reservoir and was part of a barrage system proposed for the river estuary in the 70s
"It was a trial earth bank structure to test the feasibility of building a barrage/etc across the Wash" kindly provided by Graeme Leggett (here)
1972: a feasibility study commissioned by the Government to build a barrage across half of The Wash to capture the freshwater from the four main rivers, to improve navigation through sea locks, to provide recreational facilities and an area of land for a power station, etc. was undertaken. This led to the circular trial bank/bund being built to the east of Sutton Bridge and the Nene. The purpose of which was to act as reservoirs but the report concluded it would be too costly.
(http://www.washestuary.org.uk/details.cfm?id=117)
sorry - I did write found on the others but missed that one in mil his.
Chaosdruid (talk) 23:02, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
- Ah I see, it did look to neat to be natural. Thanks for the explanation, it is a curious little site. It's fair enough to forget about that task force, I think it's pretty much inactive anyway. Nev1 (talk) 23:50, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
I sourced a copy of Whittle & Wysocki's 1998 report on the cromlech through my county library. They very kindly photocopied (almost) the entire report for me. It is written for a knowledgeable audience and is rather technical (Roald Dahl it ain't), but I think I've managed to understand a fair bit of it, and have incorporated many of the points not raised elsewhere into the article. It has taken rather longer than I expected, but I reckon the article is as ready now as it will ever be. So, if you are still prepared to give your opinion on it, I would love to hear it. Best, Daicaregos (talk) 14:41, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
- The article looks good, and I see that Malleus has had a go at the prose so that's good news. I can't guaranttee being able to have a proper read through before next week, but I'll make an effort. Nev1 (talk) 20:22, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks. There's no rush Nev, it's taken months to get to this stage. Another couple of weeks shouldn't make much difference. Your help thus far has been invaluable. Malleus has been fantastic, BTW. Thanks for recommending him to me. The way he sees things is inspired. I am in awe. Glad you're still interested, though. Thank you. Saw you hung up your admin boots. Hope everything's alright. All the best, Daicaregos (talk) 20:50, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
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Kenilworth
Hi, I know Kenilworth Castle well as I used to live in the area, and would be happy to look over the article and give my opinion on its structure. However I'm in the final stages of a major project at work for the last two weeks with at least another week or so to go, so any review work I do will have to wait until after that is completed. Regards--Jackyd101 (talk) 07:38, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the welcome
Posted on the Richard I page too, but wanted to make it more personal as well. Thanks especially for the links ... hope this was the right spot to put this. QuantumOfHistory (talk) 21:08, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
Mary Rose at FAC
Since you have been an active commentator, reviewer or editor of the article Mary Rose, I'd like to announce that it's been nominated for featured article status. The nomination can be found at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Mary Rose/archive1. I would very much appreciate your comments, suggestions for improvement or support of the nomination.
Peter Isotalo 23:37, 16 February 2010 (UTC)