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DYK for Charles Clarke (RAF officer)
On 6 August 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Charles Clarke (RAF officer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Charles Clarke acted as a watcher for The Great Escape and helped forge papers for the escapees? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Charles Clarke (RAF officer). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Charles Clarke (RAF officer)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Brigadiers in the Women's Royal Army Corps
Should the individual list of Brigadiers in the Women's Royal Army Corps be added to the List of female British general, flag and air officers? It will take time to find their date of promotion. BlueD954 (talk) 09:11, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
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Esther Eidinow
Hi User:Gaia Octavia Agrippa, re the page Esther Eidinow, both ‘PhD’ and ‘DPhil’ are abbreviations for ‘Doctor of Philosophy': https://uni-of-oxford.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/185/~/what-is-a-dphil%3F. I edited it so as to make it more accessible to readers. I think the introduction is stronger if it introduces the subject according to their professional status rather than their nationality, but as you wish. Srsval (talk) 19:04, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks for dropping by Srsval! You are correct that both PhD and DPhil mean Doctor of Philosophy, however Oxford uses DPhil as its abbreviation not PhD and therefore we as Wikipedia editors should use DPhil: it isn't for us to "correct" the abbreviations used by others or to standardise valid alternatives. The link you have provided makes it clear that Oxford doesn't use PhD:
A DPhil is the Oxford equivalent of a PhD
. This also applies to other universities who use non-standard abbreviations, eg Harvard uses AM rather than MA for Master of Arts degrees [1]. As long as both the long form and abbreviation of the degree are included, I would hope that there shouldn't be any confusion for the reader. - As for the introduction, the Wiki standard is "Name (DOB/DOD) nationality occupation/notable activity" for people: the occupation is given in the simplest terms that cover someone's whole career, not just their current status, eg "politician and journalist" or "actor and former soldier". Further guidance can be found at MOS:BLPLEAD. I should have given more detailed reasoning when I partly-reverted your edit, so I hope what I've said here is acceptable, Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk 12:24, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
Deleted article
Hello. Just over two years ago, when you removed the article about Joseph Poole on 23rd June 2017, I was not checking in on Talk. As a result the process went ahead without me being aware and I didn’t realise until later. Had I been aware, I would have copied the full content before deletion to retain in my personal records. Please provide me with the full text. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gill Poole (talk • contribs) 11:07, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
- Hello Gill Poole! I myself didn't actually delete it. I nominated the article and it was deleted by one of Wikipedias administrators (User:SoWhy). You should contact them, and they'll hopefully be able to give you a copy, Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk 17:16, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
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Baroness Wilcox edit
Hi User:Gaia Octavia Agrippa. Thanks for your redirect of Debbie Wilcox. I hadn't seen the existing Baroness Wilcox, and yes I assume the newer Baroness will be Baroness of Somewhere, so we'll have to wait and see what the full title given is before renaming the page. Thanks for spotting that. Llemiles (talk) 20:09, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
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The Bugle: Issue CLXI, September 2019
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Deletion of article
Hello. Just over two years ago, when you removed the article about Joseph Poole on 23rd June 2017, I was not checking in on Talk. As a result the process went ahead without me being aware and I didn’t realise until later. Had I been aware, I would have copied the full content before deletion to retain in my personal records. Please provide me with the full text. Thanks. Gill Poole Gill Poole (talk) 15:32, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- As I said above, I didn't delete the article myself. User:SoWhy has reached out on your talk page. Please follow those instructions to get a copy, Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk 08:50, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
Done. Thanks. Gill Poole —Preceding undated comment added 14:49, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
Renaming Category:Staff of Ridley Hall, Cambridge
Hi, I see you created Category:Staff of Ridley Hall, Cambridge in 2016. Just to let you know that I have requested a speedy rename to Category:Academics of Ridley Hall, Cambridge, along with four similar categories, which I hope will not be controversial. I saw the categories because of a discussion on renaming Category:Leaders of British universities to Category:Heads of universities and colleges in the United Kingdom. TSventon (talk) 16:55, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know TSventon! I've commented (opposed) on the deletion page itself, but basically the categories cover more than just academic staff. As theological colleges, they have chaplains who might not have any academic role but a purely religious/pastoral one: a quick check of one of the cats shows one chaplain that fits this. I would suggest that this stays an exception and doesn't be renamed. Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk 20:38, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
- I had checked all the members of the categories and think that it would be reasonable to include chaplains in an academic staff category in the context of a theological college. Chaplains' religious/pastoral work contributes to the training of priests or ministers and at least one chaplain later became a college principal. However I am happy to leave the names as they are as you disagree. TSventon (talk) 10:10, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- I do disagree: academics are researchers and teachers, chaplains can be purely pastoral so calling all of them academics is misleading. This follows Category:University and college chaplains in the United Kingdom which doesn't categorise chaplains as academics. Staff is best for theological colleges because of this, Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk 08:58, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
- I had checked all the members of the categories and think that it would be reasonable to include chaplains in an academic staff category in the context of a theological college. Chaplains' religious/pastoral work contributes to the training of priests or ministers and at least one chaplain later became a college principal. However I am happy to leave the names as they are as you disagree. TSventon (talk) 10:10, 13 September 2019 (UTC)