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[edit] Baronetcies

Welcome aboard. Please join us at Wikipedia:WikiProject Baronetcies - Kittybrewster 22:54, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! I'd be delighted. Laura1822
Great! You choose. I have put a few ideas on the project page. It is a slow process. There is a lot of stuff at Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page that needs to come across. - Kittybrewster 23:25, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
What about your grabbing List of baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom and putting them into strictly alphabetical order? - Kittybrewster 17:10, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Well done; please would you do your greased lightning bit on Baronetage of England. Stage 1 then done. - Kittybrewster 10:30, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
Done! Laura1822
Very well done. Next please could you do Rayment Abdy column or the unproven chappies ? - Kittybrewster 04:52, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Peerage

"Is there a To Do list for this project? I can't find one. Is there an overall plan? Is there a list of pages that need copyediting or fact checking? Thanks!"

Not afaik, yes and to some extent. If you look at the project page you can see what's supposed to be at each title. ie

  • The history of the title and associated titles including creation dates.
  • The remainder (i.e., the rule for inheritance of the title if other than heirs male of the body lawfully begotten)
  • A list of the holders of the titles and of the associated titles.
  • Status (extant/dormant/abeyant/extinct)
  • Heir Apparent or Heir Presumptive

If you take a look at List_of_hereditary_baronies_in_the_peerages_of_the_British_Isles and start clicking on titles it only took me a second to find Baron_St_Helens which doesn't have the heir listed and so on... Alci12 16:35, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I don't have access to sources that will provide me with information about current peers, their heirs, etc. What I have is a set of 19th century peerages and a stack of photocopies from Cokayne. Shall I just sort of wander around and fill in dates of creation when I can? Or anything else I notice? Laura1822 20:22, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Google works wonders as there are various sites they will often tell you the heirs to various peerages (title + heir or title + children searches) google groups like [1] can be very helpful for births deaths. Dates of creation are great and your period bits may help fill in some holders/details or create articles. We often have an article for the first holder of a title and the present holder but nothing for those between simply becuase those details tend to be harder to find. As ever anything helps and whatever you can do will help. Alci12 10:46, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sir Colin Campbell

Well done. And who was James's successor as Governor of Ceylon? - Kittybrewster 00:41, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

I can post basic genealogical info from the standard 19th century sources, but I don't know anything about him. Laura1822 00:47, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Naturally, he's only a knight so there's nothing in the peerages. But I found:

[edit] Katherine of Anjou or Hungary

Howdy, posting here because I see that you are working on the article on Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor. I am confused about his third wife, or rather, her mother. The Wiki article says her mother was Katherina of Anjou. The Genealogics website says she was Katherine of Hungary. Neither gives any info on her parents. I've searched through those listed as Counts of Anjou of this period and cannot find her listed as a daughter of any of them. I found a tree at WorldConnect saying she was a daughter of Charles I of Hungary, but the wiki article doesn't list any daughters -- sorry! There's my answer, staring me in the face! I can't find any other references to confirm or deny, and I don't know where else to look. Any ideas? I will add a note in the article on Charles IV, for your reference. Thanks for your hard work! Laura1822 17:09, 22 September 2006 (UTC) p.s. Thank you for trying to work out "King of Germany." It's a very confusing nomenclature!

Well, I was just going to write a note to say that I could see it there. Charles came from the Angevin line that ruled Naples and his father had become King of Hungary. Here's a good place to dig around those families of Charles IV. Are you working on him? I was going to have a go at expanding that page and cleaning it up a bit, so maybe we can co-operate.qp10qp 17:52, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
No, I wasn't working on him specifically; I am working on my personal genealogical database, focusing on the Habsburgs but filling in info all around. Wikipedia is one of the best sources available and it was through working on this family that I decided to become an editor. I would be happy to help you with copyediting or any specific research you require. Thanks so much for your response! Oh, and for the terrific link! Laura1822
Well (doffs cap), if I'd known I was talking to a Habsburg…
On your other question, there's no real protocol where to answer on user:Talk pages. Some people post a note at the top stating their preference. The most common style is for users to answer questions on the other's page, but I like to put questions and answers together so that they make sense. Some people are touchy about being asked questions on user pages rather than article talk pages, but not most. I do think it's a good idea to copy any detailed editing talk to the article Talk page in question. Anyway, best of luck (walks backwards out of the room). qp10qp 19:15, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Oops! I'm no Habsburg! I just maintain a database of royals and nobles for fun! Sorry for the confusion! Thanks for your answer to my question-- I think it makes a lot more sense to keep questions and answers together, too; but should I put a copy of my answers on your Talk page, i.e., always create a duplicate set on my Talk page and the other person's Talk page? Laura1822

[edit] your message

hello Laura1822, and a belated welcome to Wikipedia from my side as well. Thank you for your kind message, that's really sweet of you. Of course you can use anything from my page, this is Wikipedia after all :-) let me know if you ever need help and I can do anything. with kind regards Gryffindor 22:19, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

thank you so much! I love my new peace dove! Laura1822

[edit] George Byron, 6th Baron Byron

Good Morning :-) The request of move of the artice above can you find on Talk:George Byron, 6th Baron Byron#Requested move. Perhaps you would like to add your comment from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Peerage there. Greetings Phoe 00:21, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

Thank you very much. - Kittybrewster 21:59, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

The pleasure is entirely mine! Laura1822 04:16, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I am sorry

The welcome bot seems to have forgotten you, so I thought I would offer you a round tuit to make up for the discourtesy. I think you may need it. - Kittybrewster 19:53, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Thank you! Someone gave me a whole stack of round tuits in about 1976. I lost them a long time ago! Laura1822 23:22, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Joyous Entry

i have made a stab at answering your question on left at Talk:Philip_I_of_Castile at Mary of Burgundy. If you like, you could also add the info to the Joyous Entry page. Eusebeus 12:08, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

The Joyous Entry (Joyeuse Entree in French / Blijde Inkomst in Dutch) was the physical act of the Lord entering his domain and receiving fealty from his subjects. It thus attains something of the significance of Coronations, except, of course, the various provinces of the Low Countries which had the Blijde Inkomst were not subject to kingship. When, exactly, the ceremony attains this consitutional singifiance is not known to me, but it would be different for the various provinces presumably - Brabant and Flanders being the most significant. Eusebeus 15:38, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

[2] - Kittybrewster 12:00, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Hello, and thank you for leaving your own welcome on my 'Discussion' page. Poor old Kittybrewster is getting some stick on this one, so I'm sure that he'd appreciate some support - even if only moral! Incidentally, I take it that you've seen what he thinks of lawyers as posted on his User page... .--Major Bonkers 09:35, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Please improve Arbuthnot Road. - Kittybrewster 11:26, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
What I know about Hong Kong would fit onto a postage stamp, but I have posted on a couple of Hong-Kong-related project pages asking for assistance. I will also go do a bit of Googling to see if I can find some info. Don't these people have anything better to do, like improve the articles they're interested in? Laura1822 00:53, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Personal attacks

I didn't find your comments on User talk:Kittybrewster to be helpful, as warnings and blocks are not a matter of public opinion but of the application of policies. The no personal attacks policy, contrary to your comments, does not justify personal attacks under any circumstances. Please review that page if you're still confused about the policy. As for your claims that Kittybrewster is being "stalked" and "harassed," Tyrenius and I have both asked for diffs substantiating those claims, and none were forthcoming. | Mr. Darcy talk 01:30, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your comments on my talk page which I certainly found helpful and encouraging. I think MrDarcy is unduly harsh in dishing out blocks which (I think) he seems to see as punishment; Tyrenius is less harsh but is supportive of Darcy; he is also generally more thoughtful, WP:AGF, fair and constructive. In fact I often agree with Tyrenius but rarely with Darcy – which I think is allowed. Darcy seems to assume life is long enough for people to run about scooping up a train of differences – which may be true for him but is not for me. As you put it, I prefer to let it go and end it now. I am probably about to be blocked for a comment about the excellent Proteus. In America you say “different than”, in England we say “different from” (and similar to and compared with) and some folks say “different to” which is not very Jane Austen. - Kittybrewster 10:09, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Vintagekits' Request for Comment

Hi! Re the Request for Comment for User:Vintagekits, you need to re-endorse/sign again. According to a helper you signed off in the wrong area, and need to endorse the area directly above where you endorsed the RfC called Users certifying the basis for this dispute. Thanks!!O'Donoghue 17:24, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much for pointing this out to me, but the description of the section you cite is: Users who tried and failed to resolve the dispute. I do not think I have done that. I have commented/voted on a few AfDs and stated my opinion publicly on Kittybrewster's Talk page, but I have avoided getting involved in any depth. Laura1822 17:38, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notability of Baronets

Could you consider the comments I have left here? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Baronetcies#Overall Thanks. David Lauder 08:08, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] End to the "bad faith" issue

Please see here where Kitty states that he forced the AfD therefore it was not a bad faith nomination. Can you please now strike through that statement.Vintagekits 13:44, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

For your congratulations on my barnstar. It was most unexpected Most of us try to do our best for the project but there are some who are just blatantly disruptive and real nasty bullies. Others are on a power thing - usually directed against the wrong people. It is a shame because so much constructive work could be done here. David Lauder 17:56, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gulf Coast Article

Sorry it's taken so long to reply, I've been in NM for a long time. About the section, I think that if it's going to be such a problem with vandalism and such, it wouldn't be worth putting back up. Because I only counted counties that touch the Gulf, it doesn't really show the gulf's impact on other population, which is nearly impossible to see. I put it there just to be a kind of interesting fact thing, so, we aren't missing too much without it on there. AlaGuy 18:06, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Hi Laura. Could please tell me about this: Laura1822/monobook.js? What is that mean for?--Muddyb Blast Producer (talk) 06:36, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Oooh y dear friend, I didn't understand you well. My English is too poor. If you want me to understand you, you have to write simple English for help! Please forgive me for mess you up! Tell me again in simple way! Cheers,--Muddyb Blast Producer (talk) 06:02, 12 March 2008 (UTC)