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Edits at Alfred Hitchcock

Thanks for your edits on Hitchcock. The article has been somewhat languishing for over 2 months at my GAN nomination for it, and the nomination category as a whole has had no activity for this time period at all. I think the length of the biography for him is slowing down finding a reviewer. Since the article looks fairly good, it occurred to me that nominating it at FAC might get things into motion since they are more amenable to longer articles. The instruction at FAC, however, recommend that editors without a peer review under their belt like me should try doing a joint nomination. If you might have any interest in this article, then with your 5 peer reviewed articles maybe you could team with me for a joint FA nom for Sir Alfred? ManKnowsInfinity (talk) 14:41, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

I mostly do small improvements to articles, rather than major changes, but if you feel that you can cover off any major comments by the reviewers then I am happy to help with the nomination. Though I will be without internet access from tomorrow until 12 November as no BT connection in Hull. Keith D (talk) 19:33, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

Sounds good. If its my taking up the larger edits on the article and your taking up the shorter edits then I think it should go well. My own thinking was to start the assessment for this about 2 weeks from now on Nov 14 or Nov 15, whichever sounds better for you. In the meantime, I usually believe in double-checking things and if you have time to double check the photos and images, then I'll give the main body of the article another read through from top to bottom. Let me know if the Nov 14 or Nov 15 dates sound reasonable to start things moving on the assessment. ManKnowsInfinity (talk) 20:24, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

I would go for 15 Nov to give another day to catch-up on watchlist though the new limit on the entries means you miss lots of changes.

Let's go with the 15th of November. ManKnowsInfinity (talk) 15:00, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

A quick look at the images and File:Number 13.jpg has no author information which may be a problem for the nit-pickers.

I'll examine this image today further. If the history and description is not good I might try to see what the article looks like after its deleted. This is the image here: [1]. Since the image is before 1947, then it should be public domain in UK with or without the author stated as source. Your call if you would like to retain it. ManKnowsInfinity (talk) 15:00, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

I would keep it but I suspect that in an FA review that this will be picked up as a problem that needs fixing. Keith D (talk) 23:59, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

I would suggest converting the rest of the short references to use harv-linkage as one of the references uses that format already. Keith D (talk) 20:55, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

If I recall, all of the references were formatted. Do you mean converting all of them even if formatted? Otherwise, those were nice edits by you on the article over night and on the references you looked at. Later today, I'll try to do a second go-through on the citation again. ManKnowsInfinity (talk) 15:00, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

No I was suggesting converting the plain entries like "Leitch, 2002, p. 115" to the linked versions as per "Truffaut 1984, p. 153" for consistency. Keith D (talk) 23:59, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Found it. That should be all the Leitch references in Harvard now. I noticed over the week-end that someone has added another image to the N by NW section which might mean some image bunching there if you could take a look. Otherwise, its November 15th and if you think the article is ready to green light for the joint nomination process then possibly you could start it tonight. ManKnowsInfinity (talk) 16:31, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

I have spotted a funny on the Spoto reference, ref 31 & 34, these uses a date range while the entry in the "Further reading" section has a specific date. Would be worth checking out, if you have access, to see if it should be just a specific date and if the page numbers are for 1992 edition. Keith D (talk) 17:16, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

That funny notation is from the previous editor trying to encode that there were two editions of the book. That previous editor clearly used the 2nd edition which matches the ISBN indicated for 1992, which I have updated in those citations. Should be good now. ManKnowsInfinity (talk) 18:22, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

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18:45, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Mitch Mitchell

I was puzzled by your comment re FindMyPast, but 1946 is indeed the correct birth year not 1947.

See here

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/57073641_mitch-mitchell-hendrix-era-passport

A passport which was auctioned just this moth, also confirms the correct birth year. That, along with the birth record and the employment form makes it quite clear! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.97.205.123 (talk) 18:30, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

I was just trying to point out that the birth was registered in 1946 and not 1947. Keith D (talk) 23:54, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

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19:19, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Ackworth

Hi Keith. Just trying to cite an unreferenced section in Ackworth and the Notable people section has really small text (compared to the rest of the article) which carries on through the Ref section and into the External links. It was like that before I got there, I promise! There is a table above and I tried re-formatting that, but it seems nothing I am doing is correcting it. Any ideas? Thanks and regards. The joy of all things (talk) 20:16, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

I have removed the 95% size from the table, I think that fixes the problem. The <div> tag was unclosed. Keith D (talk) 20:24, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

As ever, thanks very much; it was about the one thing I didn't try and I should have seen it! Regards. The joy of all things (talk) 20:35, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Lillian Bilocca edit

Thanks for rescuing my incompetent referencing. I'll try to learn to do better next time! MacAuslan (talk) 18:05, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Albert Kitson, 2nd Baron Airedale

Thanks again - can you check please new refs. I added a file of old Gledhow Hall photo. T. 101.189.107.58 (talk) 06:13, 20 November 2017 (UTC)