User talk:BHA
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Hi there Morwen,
Apologies if unsolicited messaging is not the norm for Wikipedia - whilst I am a regular browser of it I am unused to some of the finer mechanics of how this works.
I have posted a query on the Talk page of the 'Baroness Flather' page that I was hoping you could resolve (it pertains to a large amount of pain-stakingly edited pages being reverted under what I imagine to be the assumption that I was commercially spamming).
Best Regards
Gareth
[edit] Hi
Leaving me message on the my talk page was right thing to get my attention! :)
It's irrelevant whether its commercial spam or noncommercial spam: random external links to organisations people happen to be a member of is inappropriate - you may find external links interesting. In a few cases such as Shreela Flather, Baroness Flather you added prose as well as an external link : the prose here is acceptable. Morwen - Talk 15:52, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- And further to that, I've restored a few of those "X is a member of the British Humanist Society" style things. Morwen - Talk 15:56, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Distinguished Supporters
When I first saw this, I didn't realise it had a special meaning. I thought:
- is a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association
was simply a slightly unencyclopedic way of saying that someone is a humanist.
Now I realise my error, and that "Distinguished Supporter" has a particular meaning. Please could you write something explaining what a Distinguished Supporter is (it's probably best to add this as a new section of the British Humanist Association article)? Thanks, JRawle (Talk) 13:01, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] atleast call your people by the right names!
Sir David Wetherall is known as "Sir David" or "Sir David Wetherall" never "Sir Wetherall" !!! Sir#Formal_styling, ugh. — Dunc|☺ 15:02, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Cheers for pointing that out Dunc - it's not a mistake I tend to make, but I have been doing a lot of repetitive entries involving Lords and Ladies etc who, of course, tend to be abbreviated to their surnames, so I'm sure the Wiki Community will forgive me for my temporary oversight (which you kindly rectified - cheers) :-P BHA 16:18, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
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- One further point: "Lord" isn't a prefix in the way that other titles are. In the case of peers, their personal name is replaced by a title, created by Letters Patent from the Queen. It's true that this often incorporates their surname, but not always. Hence Dennis Turner is Lord Bilston, not "Lord Turner [of Bilston]".
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- When you link a peer's name, the "Lord" or "Baroness" should be part of the link (unlike "Sirs" where this is optional). There are lots of missing links in the list. You can find peers' articles by Googling for "Baron Whatever of Whevever". The you can format the link as I did for Lord Bilston's above. I've fixed three links in the list that were broken (i.e. red links).
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- Finally, I was going to give you a tip to sign your comments with ~~~~, but it seems you've already discovered that! There's no need to replace an "unsigned" notice with your signature, though – some might frown upon this! We all forget to sign from time to time. JRawle (Talk) 17:17, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
