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The Wagner dynasty

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Hi! Yes, definitely an article for Melchior. I've taken some notes from that book I was talking about, so I'll have enough material for a reasonable article. H.M. Wagner's brother George might be possible as well ... the book has a chapter about him which I haven't read yet, and I believe he founded at least one school in Brighton, so I'll see what else I can come up with. Progress on H.M.W. is slow but steady: still a lot of work to do on the controversies, especially. Then I'll need to think about Arthur! Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 22:55, 18 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Sir Malcolm Colquhoun, 9th Baronet for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Sir Malcolm Colquhoun, 9th Baronet is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sir Malcolm Colquhoun, 9th Baronet until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Flaming Ferrari (talk) 13:54, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Philip Lindsley

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Thank you for this article Victuallers (talk) 16:01, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi – yes, I'll get down there at some point in the next few days. When I went past on the bus on Saturday (that's when I noticed it had opened) I didn't see any significant changes from when it was the Rock 'n' Roller Bar. Unfortunately the main part of the building (i.e. the bit that used to be Blockbuster Video) is still empty; the bar is only in the corner part of the building. Maybe the two parts are in different ownership. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 13:21, 9 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Stephen Duncan

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Thanks for writing. I came across Duncan a while ago while doing the history of Issaquena County. He had a huge plantation there. I may go looking for some details about it to add to the Duncan article. Sorry about the redlinks. I'm always uncertain about removing them, so feel free to add them back. Great article. Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 19:16, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Leland Stanford Jr

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Hi! I'm a bit confused about yr Category re-edit to the Leland Stanford Jr page. It'd be helpful if you could provide the rationale, hopefully with a reliable citation, to the Talk page there. Tnx! jxm (talk) 02:36, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Brighton and Hove

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Hello! Sorry I haven't had a chance to go down there recently; have been unexpectedly busy off-Wiki. I expect to have more time after this weekend to resume article and photography work, weather permitting of course! (It has turned wet today, but the forecast is improving.) If I haven't been down to Gothic House before 18th May, I will certainly have a chance on that day, because on that day I will be going on an tour inside Embassy Court (as part of the Brighton Festival Fringe). Of course I will take lots of pics inside, and hopefully from the roof terrace if we go up there! On the same day I will be going on a tour of the cemeteries, so I might get a chance to photograph graves of notable people. Let me know if there are any graves you would particularly like me to look out for, for articles you have done in the past.

Henry Michell Wagner is very close to completion now; and recently I have been working on a series of Brighton-related articles which I will put live soon. (Architects, buildings and suburbs.) However, another thing I have been working on but have got sidetracked away from, and which you may like to help with, is a complete overhaul of List of people from Brighton and Hove. After some discussion with others, it was decided that a table format would be better and would make unreferenced entries more obvious, so I have started building it starting at the "A" section. Meanwhile, I have been purging dubious entries and putting them on the talk page, formatting and adding new references, and adding more info where possible. As you will see, I have only got to the "B" section! I'll be working on it from time to time, and if you feel like helping out you'd be very welcome: it's a very large job. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 11:52, 1 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again – thanks for your notes. Sadly the Embassy Court tour has completely sold out (there are five in total during May), so that will have to wait until next year; same with the cemeteries tour. The festival has obviously been very popular this year! On Prestonville, I saved a map from OpenStreetMap somewhere on my computer, so I'll upload it later. Not sure where to put it in the article; I might have to shuffle some of the pics. If you want to add to the List of people from Brighton and Hove, don't worry about the table formatting; just add any new entries as a normal bullet point below the table and I'll come along and sort out the formatting. It will be a long time before I get to the bottom and get it all formatted, so it's very much a work in progress. Elm Grove is a very interesting area, especially the views across the city of course, so there's plenty to write about; more to come over the next day or two. I have a lot more pics to upload as well, so keep an eye on the link to the Commons category. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 08:38, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hi – thanks for the link to the video; lots of interesting scenes in there! The "Alice Dreams" shop is down Gardner Street in the North Laine, the men near the end of the video were at the top of Madeira Place on St James's Street (with a brief glimpse of a Brighton & Hove bus going past), with the Brighton Wheel and the Gelateria diLuca ice cream place also visible, and I've been trying to work out which church the married couple are standing outside. It looks very familiar, but I can't place it! I had a look in Category:Music videos but there are no "geographical" subcategories, so at the moment it's probably best just to keep it within Category:Brighton in fiction (I also looked at Category:Music in Brighton and Hove, but it's not really in the scope of that.) Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 12:06, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The spelling in the Elkman infobox generator (http://www2.elkman.net/nrhp/ ) is spelled differently than the article's name. I cannot get it to work in Focus, so I cannot verify. Please check.

The infobox generator gives much of the information for the infobox. It does have mistake, but it is a good source. KudzuVine (talk) 19:53, 1 May 2014 (UTC) + The NRHP nomination spells it with an "e." Template:Requested move can be used if you wish to rename it. KudzuVine (talk) 22:22, 1 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Loves Pride 2014

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Hi Zig. In case you are not aware, there is an upcoming campaign to improve coverage of LGBT-related topics on Wikipedia, culminating with an international edit-a-thon on June 21. See Wiki Loves Pride 2014 for more information. If you are interested, you might consider creating a page for a major city (or cities!) near you, with a list of LGBT-related articles that need to be created or improved. This would be a tremendous help to Wikipedia and coverage of LGBT culture and history. Thanks for your consideration, and please let me know if you have any questions! --Another Believer (Talk) 16:02, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Old Melbourne Hotel

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I actually started a draft awhile ago but never got around to working on it. Am just working on Australian beer articles but happy if you want to have a go at it - Melbourne Hotel, Perth otherwise I'll tackle it in the next week. Dan arndt (talk) 13:27, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Terrace Hotel

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An article already exists covering this building. Dan arndt (talk) 14:27, 19 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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St Georges Terrace

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The Category is clearly identified as "buildings and structures on St Georges Terrace" not people or persons associated with St Georges Terrace. Also it is not correct in saying he owned "most of St Georges Terrace". Dan arndt (talk) 04:05, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Gay culture in Perth

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Kind of unfortunate you didn't reach out to the Wikipedian community during your stay in Perth - we could probably have given you some tips much earlier in your stay.

I don't doubt that your representation of the elite western suburbs or younger people in that region is pretty spot-on - there's plenty of Perth people who regard the western suburbs set as another species - but there's a world of Perth outside there, especially in the north and south. In electoral terms, there's 42 state electorates in Perth but just three of them (Cottesloe, Nedlands and Churchlands) in the west.

Friends of mine in the teaching profession have noticed the current generation coming through are quite socially libertarian and compassionate in their views compared to previous generations - although it should be emphasised they all work in the state system. Thinking across my friends, a fair number are gay, bring their partners to social events or pubs or etc and nobody really cares. Big change from even 10 or 15 years ago. General attitude in Perth to most things is "as long as it's not in my face, I don't care", and that has afforded a greater degree of tolerance in Perth than, for example, one sees in Adelaide or Brisbane. It also unfortunately has a "cloak of invisibility" effect. Melbourne has the virtue of being big, people have been moving there for years and it's overall a more socially progressive place comparable with Vancouver, Berlin or San Francisco due in part to a very different history (research Deakinite liberalism if you're ever bored). Every country seems to have one...

As for venues - there used to be a strong but highly insular scene in Perth based around the Court, Connections and a Thursday night venue (which moved and changed names several times), but the whole scene basically died because of its exclusion of newcomers or those different to its predetermined norms which was probably a product of the pre-1989 days. To this day the Pride Parade/Fair Day is run by the same people who ran it in the 1990s, and all it's done is shrink - it's almost shut down at least three times. Full legalisation in 2002 and increasing community acceptance combined with the refusal of the organised gay community to adapt means younger people have found ways around it, such as attending "straight" venues or interfacing with university Queer Collectives. People in fields like art or drama pretty much have their own subculture. Fun world of smaller cities...

As for WLP, I'd thought about helping it out but really can't think of too many things we can help with! In Wikipedia article terms there are no links for the relevant legislation or other such things, which could well be developed. Orderinchaos 02:10, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I fail to see

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Any purpose on putting 'under-construction' tag on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Glaskin - it is an article that has been worked on for over 6 years, and the refs and items that I see there seem sufficieint, is there something that you have access to that the average reader doesnt have? satusuro 07:57, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hardly going to go anywhere in 24 hours after 6 years, and your question - sorry if you cannot research that yourself, I have no easy access to the material that would answer that easily. It is not online... satusuro 08:10, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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