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[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia!

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[edit] Cricket Quiz

Just got an edit conflict trying to post Q187. Which was you wondering where the next question was! Well, it's there now. :-) Johnlp 21:26, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

  • It is my turn to ask Q.189. So if you are interested in asking a question, you can do it now. Tintin (talk) 15:29, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Since it is getting late, I'll ask one myself this time. Sorry. Tintin (talk) 14:48, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Katherine vs Catherine Parr

I noted that you changed the spelling of Katherine/Catherine Parr's name in the article on Jane Grey. You stated that the "correct" spelling is with a C. I am just curious what your source is for that claim? Susan E. James, one of Parr's most recent academic biographers, has actually pointed out that neither spelling is actually correct, since Parr herself consistently signed her name "Kateryn" in all of the documents of the period. See Susan E. James, Kateryn Parr: The Making of a Queen (Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 1999). Having done considerable archival research on Jane Grey, research that included examining firsthand many documents actually signed by Parr's own hand, I can attest that James is correct. So unless modern "authorities" are prepared to argue that Parr did not know how to spell her own name, I prefer to spell her name as she spelled it herself: Kateryn. Of course, that would not be "popular" on Wikipedia, where convenience and popular tradition usually outweigh historical fact. Better we should continue to misspell her name (whether Katherine or Catherine) than suffer the difficulty of adjusting our brains to the correct spelling, right? PhD Historian 21:13, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Consistency is a virtue, and should definitely be striven for by Wikipedia. For purely personal reasons, I pay close attention to spelling names exactly as the individual identified spelled it. I concede, however, that modern scholarly historians are often far less meticulous, preferring convenience over accuracy. Changing "Katherine" to "Kateryn" would no doubt prove a nightmare in an open-source format such as Wikipedia, especially since most historians use the modernized form. However, since it can clearly be demonstrated that Ms Parr spelled her name with an initial "K," I am inclined to favor "Katherine" over "Catherine," if we must bow to convenience and accept a modernized spelling. Just for fun, I will point out that referring to her as Katherine "Parr" is similarly a convenience at odds with actuality. Her last husband was a Seymour; the penultimate was a Tudor. She is properly Kateryn Parr Seymour. The maiden name Parr is used largely to distinguish her from Henry VIII's two other wives named Katherine (of Aragon and Howard, both also, like Parr, spelled with initial K's), though she did, in an ironically proto-feminist fashion, often sign her name "Kateryn P" while married to Henry VIII. PhD Historian 02:34, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Guildford vs Guilford

On the subject of variant spellings of Guildford Dudley's name (Guilford, Guilford, Gylford, Dudley, Duddley, Duddeley, Dudly), you might check my entry on the Talk: Lady Jane Grey page. The subject was discussed at some length in the past. I stand by my assertion that since we have no extant copy of Guildford's complete autograph signature (all I've ever been able to find is a signature that uses only the initial G), and since we can be fairly certain that his name is derived from his mother's maiden name, the correct modernized spelling should be "GuilDford." But that's just my opinion. PhD Historian 21:48, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mark Clattenburg

Hi. I would like to raise two points regarding your attempt to retain NPOV in the above article. It includes much that is not, such as "Hibbert's was controversial" (opinion) and "some feel" (who exactly? Me? You? Andy Gray of Sky?) regarding Dirk Kuyt. These incidents are almost impossible to keep NPOV, which is why my original edit did not mention them. In fact, the only incident which seemed to inflame the senses of the many unregistered editors (and some registered) who flooded the article with bias and outrage on Saturday and Sunday was the failure to award a penalty to Joleon Lescott of Everton in the dying seconds. The article became semi-protected for that reason. I managed to create an account of the match which seemed to satisfy the editors who posted to the article talk page. Events today have muddied the waters somewhat, and the article as it exists does not conform to consensus reached so far. I would advise you to visit the talk page, and preferably post to join the consensus-building, which appears to say that if Clattenburg does not receive censure because of his performance, the incident should be removed from the article. That censure is not yet forthcoming, which brings me to my second point.

It relates to the "not officiating next weekend" subject. As you will see from the BBC Sport source which refers, this is because of a planned holiday and not as a result of a sanction from the PGMOL. Therefore the inclusion of this part is not relevant, as the criteria for a statement of this kind is clearly the possibility of a punishment being handed out, such as that suffered by Rob Styles after the famous Chelsea penalty incident. Inclusion of this particular version with this particular source reference is mere trivia, as it does not relate at all to the Everton v. Liverpool match.

The article does not need chapter and verse about every single decision of note which was made by Clattenburg that day. I am therefore (once more) being bold and rolling the article back to where it was after the last post to the talk page, which seemed to be favourable to interested editors there. I would prefer you to post to the article talk page if you have aproblem with this, rather than here or at my user talk page. Thanks. Ref (chew)(do) 00:30, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for patrolling it again, re: "November 24 Bolton v. Man. United" POV edit. Well done. Ref (chew)(do) 21:46, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Amdy Faye

The BBC states he has been arrested, but doesn't really claim it to be in connection with fraud. Should this be mentioned? Thanks, Mattythewhite (talk) 19:28, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rounding-up of career stats

Hi. As you seem to have decided that absolute accuracy is required in referee "Career statistics" sections, perhaps you would like to continue onward past Mark Clattenburg to all the other pages with stats (all current, and two most recently retired, Premiership referees), and correct them? Because I do not round up on two decimal places, due to it not being a matter of life or death, and as it is subject to a round-off error - and also due to there being no discernible guideline or rule regarding this (Wikipedia is, after all, an encyclopedia, not a statistical reference centre, and I have only bowed to consensus in maintaining these lists, one particular IP having been on a recent campaign in order to include all Premier League referees - my own opinion would be that all stats be removed in the articles, but I don't intend to try this).

Please note that the next time I calculate their stats, probably midweek, I will still not be rounding up on two decimal places, so perhaps you will need to keep checking. Thanks. Ref (chew)(do) 20:19, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] CricketQuizPage

Thanks for Recreating the Quiz page, can you tell me what actually happened? and thanks for Fixing This i asked Tintin sir to do that but he seems offline! Bharath628 (talk) 15:05, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi KingStrato we need your help Again, Ovshake have Messed up 737 again Please Re:Create . Thanks Bharath628 (talk) 18:04, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

I Fixed it , Thanks anyway :-) Bharath628 (talk) 08:39, 1 June 2008 (UTC)