User talk:Keith D/Archive 33

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Sir James Hudson

Could you assess this new one for Yorkshire Project please ? - he is a Bessingby lad. Also, I can't find any cats for people from Yorkshire or people from East Riding - there might not be any - if there are, could you insert for me. Thanks. Acabashi (talk) 23:17, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

I have done the Yorkshire project assessment. It looks like the categories have been sorted out by someone else while I was away. Keith D (talk) 18:41, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Ecclesfield School

Hi Keith - Could you check this one please - Can a six edit newbie put a protection notice on a page ? And how does a six edit newbie know about such things ? Acabashi (talk) 18:29, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) What he put on the page was a misplaced request for page protection. I've removed it and told him where to ask - ie WP:RPP. He's a six-edit newbie established since Dec 2010, but only interested in the one article: presumably a pupil, teacher or parent there? PamD 19:05, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Pam for looking after this while I was away. Keith D (talk) 18:44, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Article on Yorkshire dialect

Hi, Keith.

I noticed that you reviewed the article on Yorkshire Dialect back in 2007. I've done a lot of work on the article recently and hope that I've improved it. My main concern was to get everything referenced. You may notice that I have used one source (Petyt, 1985) a lot, but this is a 400-page book and is based on research of >100 speakers in West Yorkshire, so I think that this is justified. I have also used Urban Voices a lot, which is a standard text-book on British/Irish accents.

Is there a procedure for reviewing the article's C-rating? I hope that it's better than that now.

Best wishes Epa101 (talk) 09:23, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi, just back from holiday so have only just had a look at the article though I had noticed your edits to it in recent weeks. Thanks for all the work you have done on this article. I have given it a B-class rating for now. Sorry but I have no specific knowledge of the topic so any detailed review would need to be done by someone with a good grasp of the subject. A couple of minor comments -

1. Ref 53 there appears to be an entry in the URL field of the template that is not a URL.
2. the KM Petyt references use both "Dialect and accent in industrial West Yorkshire" and "Dialect & Accent in Industrial West Yorkshire" these should all be "and" or "&" and standardise capitalisation depending on the title of the book.
3. "the accent of Hull and East Yorkshire" is a bit confusing as it could refer to the East Riding of Yorkshire or to the eastern part of Yorkshire.
4. "In the S.E.D." - I assume S.E.D. refers to the Survey of English Dialects may be could clarify by putting abbreviation after it in brackets.

Keith D (talk) 19:25, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi, Keith. I didn't realise that you'd already replied. You're right that the references need to be cleaned up. I'll see to that soon. With regards to point 3, the source is concerned with Hull but makes occasional points about the East Riding. I can't say that I know the rural East Riding well enough to comment on its speech. I imagine that there must be some point where west and east meet (perhaps Goole?). SED does refer to the Survey of English Dialects. I'll clarify that. Thanks for changing the rating! Epa101 (talk) 17:59, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

I've investigated the part on the SED, which had escaped my attention previously. Actually the mapping of the Yorkshire dialect border had nothing to do with the SED, and the three researchers mentioned operated independently. The sentence had merged four projects into one. I have now altered it. Epa101 (talk) 18:39, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Market weighton map

Is the map link necessary? There are already several types of historical maps that are linked through geohack eg this http://ooc.openstreetmap.org/?zoom=15&lat=53.867815&lon=-0.664976&layers=B0000 is just the same as http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#487,441,1 Oranjblud (talk) 13:14, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

They have been added to station articles to give a direct link to OS for the station. You can get at them via the coords but that is a pain in the neck having to find them that way. A better method may be the box that gives direct links. Keith D (talk) 13:19, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Distance of Newport from London

Hi there. There is a debate running at Talk:Newport in which you might have an interest. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:09, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Ashby Canal extension

I know it was some time ago that you left a message on the Ashby Canal talk page about the new extension and stop lock, but I went there yesterday, and have uploaded three of my pictures to Commons, under Category:Ashby Canal. Bob1960evens (talk) 17:20, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Nutts Corner

Hi Keith D

Can you delete RAF Nutts Corner (and the talk page) for me please so i can move the Nutts Corner article to RAF Nutts Corner please as the Nutts Corner is all about the RAF station and the RAF one just redirects to it?

Thanks

Gavbadger (talk) 22:46, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

OK, have done the delete. Keith D (talk) 22:54, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Thank you! Gavbadger (talk) 22:56, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Dubious claims

The claims on Akebar where not dubious, they are real, just unrecognised. But I agree not to put them on the page, until I get evidence from an independent source.

SaluteChciken (talk) 00:12, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

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Missed your post

Hi Keith, Sorry I missed your post on May 3rd about WikiProject Yorkshire. Then it got archived. I'll alter the archive timing so it is less likely to happen again. I have been away myself and just editing on my phone for about a month. I should be around for a couple of weeks now, though, hopefully!! --Harkey _Talk 18:25, 21 May 2012 (UTC)