User talk:Jeremy Bolwell

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[edit] Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester

Hi and thanks for your edits to Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester. However, we only capitalise the first word in a section heading, and king, baron etc. are only capitalised if they are part of a formal title (eg. 'the King of France', but 'the French king'. See Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(headings)#Capitalization and Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(capital_letters)#Titles for more info and examples. Modest Genius talk 21:15, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Distances in km please

Hi Jeremy, When you're adding paths to Long-distance footpaths in the UK could you please add the distance in km as well as miles, to be consistent with all the other entries on the page, and to comply with the conversions section of WP:MOS. The whole article was only in km until I put a lot of work into it to add the miles, around 31 October - I'm not a metric fanatic, but the WP convention is to give both units so please convert as you add! Thanks, PamD (talk) 19:14, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Canals of Great Britain

Could I bring these sites to your attention: http://www.lhcrt.org.uk/ http://www.m6toll.co.uk/about/environment.asp Also, Mr Michael Fabricant MP (UK) is involved with the LHCRT. Thanks, Tom Blacker —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.109.238.40 (talk) 00:42, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Monmouthshire geo stubs

HI thanks for your contrbiutions to the missing villages -I live in the vale of glamorgan! Could you do a favour though and start adding {{Monmouthshire-geo-stub}} at the bottom of articles -see Llansoy. This way we know which articles need developing thanks ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Talk"? 17:40, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References

I've noticed that in all your extremely valuable and useful contributions on Monmouthshire and Wales there is a distinct lack of inline references, which is Wikipedia's preferred style of ensuring that the information the articles contain is verifiable. Rather than attaching bold template messages to your articles, I thought I'd raise it with you here first. The guidance is at WP:REF. I'm far from faultless at this myself but hope I'm getting better - a couple of examples of referenced articles I've done recently are Partrishow and Sudbrook, Monmouthshire. Happy to help at any time. Regards, Ghmyrtle (talk) 23:24, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

PS - apologies for mistakenly "vandalising" your user page just now - my fault entirely, sorry.... Ghmyrtle (talk) 23:27, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Timeline of Jane Austen

Thank you for all of your helpful additional links on the Timeline of Jane Austen. I just wanted to let you know that it is always a good idea to check the links after you make them. Several of the links you created were to disambiguation pages, meaning they were to pages that list all of the possible articles with that title. Usually we try to link directly to the correct page. Thanks again! Awadewit | talk 01:14, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Geograph photos

Hi Jeremy, I see you've linked to several Geograph photos from the Rhymney Valley Ridgeway Walk article, but in fact you can upload any Geograph photo onto Wiki Commons and then use it in the article - that's how I did the ones in Leeds Country Way. There's a template {{geograph}} to use in specifying the permissions. PamD (talk) 09:44, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

I just reverted your edits to River Usk as you added far too many links, which looked ugly and broke up the flow of the text. I have migrated one of the image across to commons and it really is very easy. In the example image I migrated, its geograph number was 410993 and its owner was mfjordan. To upload the image I saved it to local disk, went to the Wikimedia Commons upload form, pointed to the file on local disk then gave it a sensible name. Then I simply put the following text into the Commons image upload form. {{subst:geograph | 410993 | mfjordan}} All other text on the form can be deleted. It is that easy and looks so much better than ugly inline links. --Cheesy Mike (talk) 17:53, 5 January 2008 (UTC) :b.t.w. if you need any help, just ask. --Cheesy Mike (talk) 17:55, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Linking dates...

Hi. You recently wiki-linked a number of years in the Kennet and Avon Canal and Caen Hill Locks articles. While there is nothing 'wrong' with that, you will find that many editors follow the guidance of WP:DATE, and do not link years, centuries, etc. There is further explanation at Wikipedia:Only make links that are relevant to the context#Dates. Cheers. EdJogg (talk) 22:09, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

And the same in Stony Stratford. Please re-read WP:DATE. (but correct link for River Ouse was valid and welcome. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 13:23, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
And the same for Berkswell. I also removed superfluous links that you added. - Erebus555 (talk) 17:13, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Horton Point (horse)

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Horton Point (horse), suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add {{db-author}} to the top of Horton Point (horse). Dana boomer (talk) 21:18, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Please keep to conventions on page

Hallo, When you're adding to Long-distance footpaths in the United Kingdom could you please format the distances in the established way? The non-breaking space (so that in "73 kilometres" you never get the 73 on one line and the "kilometres" on the next) is available by a mouseclick in the toolbox below the editing window. It is convention that we spell out "kilometres" and abbreviate "mi" (yes, I hate that abbreviation, but there it is). A lot of time has been spent tidying up that page for consistency, so please help by adding anything new in constistent style. Thanks. PamD (talk) 18:12, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wales dates

Hi Jeremy - good job on copyediting and wikilinking various Wales articles (your name keeps cropping up in my watchlist, so I can see you've been busy!). My only comment is to nudge you in the direction of Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Limit links to other time period related articles which says "Wikipedia has articles on days of the year, years, decades, centuries and millennia. Link to one of these pages only if it is likely to deepen readers' understanding of a topic." (emphasis in original) Wikilinking lots of individual years probably doesn't add to the utility of the article and may even distract from the other, useful, wikilinks you've been adding. Regards, BencherliteTalk 00:55, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Linking

Please don't overlink, in general it's only necessary to link something on the first occasion it is mentioned, and more common terms shouldn't be linked at all. David Underdown (talk) 12:11, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Visitor attractions in Wales

Hello again, Jeremy - just to suggest that adding Category:Visitor attractions in Wales to places like Harlech Castle is unnecessary, since Category:World Heritage Sites in Wales is a sub-category of the "Visitor attractions" category and so World Heritage Sites are effectively included there already. See no 3 of these guidelines. Regards, BencherliteTalk 16:05, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Your Welsh religion category changes are overcategorization as well; please don't do this. BencherliteTalk 10:42, 13 June 2008 (UTC)