User talk:Dudley Miles

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Possible mentor/guide?

Hi, @Dudley Miles. Recently, I reached out to Ealdgyth about her possibly being my guide/mentor as I work on the article for Edward I, which I plan to nominate for FA by the end of the year. She said she was unable to assist at this time, but pointed to you as someone who could help me out. Can I get your opinion on this? It's alright if you are caught up with other business, though. Thanks, Unlimitedlead (talk) 19:09, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

It is very good news that you are working on Edward. No one has worked on 13th and 14th century kings of England since the sad retirement of the excellent hchc2009. My speciality is late Anglo-Saxon England and my knowledge of the later medieval period is limited, but I am happy to help as far as I can. I suggest that when you have got the article as far as you can you put it up for Wikipedia:Peer review and ping me to contribute. That way, you may get comments from other people as well. Dudley Miles (talk) 20:56, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

I still lurk in the background occasionally... ditto, if you remind me when it's up for peer review, very happy to take a look at it! Hchc2009 (talk) 18:24, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

Great. Dudley Miles (talk) 21:52, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

Oh wow, I did not expect to see you here! Hope you're doing well, and thank you for your offer! Unlimitedlead (talk) 14:24, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi, I recently pinged you both in the PR. Thanks, Unlimitedlead (talk) 14:03, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

I did not get the ping. This is because you did it as an edit of your nomination. Pinging only works if you do it as a new message with its own signature. I will look at the article in the next few days. Dudley Miles (talk) 15:16, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

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Unlimitedlead (talk) 22:58, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks and the same to you Unlimitedlead. Dudley Miles (talk) 08:36, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Original Barnstar
		I'm honestly impressed. Dish-bearers and butlers in Anglo-Saxon England, which you created around ten days ago, is almost at FA-status. That has to be some kind of record. Thank you for all you do for Wikipedia! Unlimitedlead (talk) 02:47, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Unlimitedlead. The article was actually drafted in a sandbox. so 10 days is misleading. Dudley Miles (talk) 09:09, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Still impressive, nonetheless. Speaking of sandboxes, I do have to ask: when you are working on a pre-existing article in your sandbox, when you are done, do you just paste everything into the original article? What exactly is that process like? Unlimitedlead (talk) 13:48, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

I copy the existing article into a sandbox and cut out anything unreliable. I then go through the sources adding anything relevant. At this stage it is just a jumble of notes, which is why I prefer working in a sandbox. Once I have arranged and checked it I then overwrite the article with a comment "General revision". So far no one has objected, but I may have a problem some day. Dudley Miles (talk) 15:39, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Promotion of Dish-bearers and butlers in Anglo-Saxon England

Congratulations, Dudley Miles! The article you nominated, Dish-bearers and butlers in Anglo-Saxon England, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:05, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy Kalends of January

		Happy New Year!
		Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free and may Janus light your way. Ealdgyth (talk) 13:45, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year to you Ealdgyth and I hope you have a successful year. Dudley Miles (talk) 19:14, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Edgar, King of England

Hi Dudley, just dropping by really quick to congratulate you for your work on the aforementioned article. I'm very impressed by how thoroughly you have expanded and illustrated it; I hope to see it at FA and DYK this year? Cheers, Unlimitedlead (talk) 03:54, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Many thanks. I will put it up for FA but I have never got involved with DYK. Dudley Miles (talk) 09:07, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Peer review

I have nominated Edgar, King of England for peer review and should be grateful for any feedback. Thanks. Dudley Miles (talk) 09:24, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Familiarity to IP edits

Hi Dudley, I noticed you made this reversion, which I support. The IP's other edits seem dubious and possibly familiar but I can't place what their previous incarnation may have been. Wondered if you had any thoughts? Mutt Lunker (talk) 16:38, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

No I am afraid I can't. As you are no doubt aware, the use of the word Celtic for British post-Roman people is generally rejected by historians, and I do not remember previously coming across an editor pushing the word. Dudley Miles (talk) 17:32, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

Fair enough, thanks. I think they have elements of other editors but with other aspects that maybe don't fit the bill. Mutt Lunker (talk) 18:52, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Sheepwalk Lake

The article Sheepwalk Lake has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Unsourced, no indication of notability.

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 18:30, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Mattdaviesfsic you do not seem to be aware that the article was sourced and notable until today. It is about a nature reserve managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust, but an editor connected with the trust removed the management information and the ref because it no longer manages the site. I think it is probably still notable as a nature reserve, but as I do not see any source which looks like an RS I will not oppose deletion. Dudley Miles (talk) 21:27, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Edgar, King of England

On 14 February 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Edgar, King of England, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that King Edgar of England wanted to marry Wufhild, but she rejected him to become a nun instead? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Edgar, King of England. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Edgar, King of England), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 02:53, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

TFL notification

Hi, Dudley. I'm just posting to let you know that Norfolk Wildlife Trust – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for March 17. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 21:43, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

Edgar

Hello, Dudley. Just out of curiosity, can I ask when you plan to take Edgar to FA? It looks like the PR is a bit slow... Unlimitedlead (talk) 02:53, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

I emailed a historian a couple of days ago asking him to comment on the article. He has not replied so far and I will give him a few more days and if he does not reply I will decide what to do. Dudley Miles (talk) 08:56, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Invitation to WP:CIII

Hello. Just in case you missed it, there's a task force up at WP:CIII which you may be interested in. There is, of course, no obligation to participate, but if you do, it is very much appreciated.

Best wishes, Tim O'Doherty (talk) 17:45, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. Modern royalty is way outside my area of interest. Dudley Miles (talk) 17:48, 13 March 2023 (UTC)·

Ah, sorry. I'd seen your dedicated work improving articles on Anglo-Saxon and English royalty, and thought you might be interested. Thanks anyway. :) Tim O'Doherty (talk) 17:58, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

WikiJournal of Humanities Submission

Hello, Mr. Miles. I noticed that you have had Æthelflæd published to the WikiJournal of Humanities, and I recently submitted one of my own articles to undergo this process. Is there anything you can tell me about it? Thank you, Unlimitedlead (talk) 21:48, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

I decided not to submit any more articles after Æthelflæd, mainly because hardly anyone reads it. In the last few months academia.edu seems to have started pushing the article to its members, but it still gets only one view a day, compared with 840 a day for the Wikipedia version. Some submissions have got stuck for years without reviews, although I cannot now find the page which listed timescales. They do seem to have a far bigger editorial board now, who may be trying to improve things, but the 2020 and 2021 journals only had one article each, which suggests that they still have a way to go. The upside was that I did get a review by a leading historian. Dudley Miles (talk) 22:25, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for sharing your experience. I too would enjoy the honour of having some of my writings examined by an expert, and maybe it wouldn't hurt my self esteem to be able to say that I have a published work :) Unlimitedlead (talk) 22:31, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Editor of the Week

		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week in recognition of your great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

User:Unlimitedlead submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I nominate Dudley Miles (talk · contribs · count · logs) to be Editor of the Week for his outstanding help around FAR and PR. I was genuinely shocked when I discovered that Dudley had never been Editor of the Week before, so I'd like to rectify that. I think we can all admit that the royalty section of Wikipedia is not as active as other sectors. However, Dudley has constantly managed to push out quality article after quality article; not only that, but he has helped me at my current FAR, this PR, and this PR out of his own fruition. After 15+ years of magnificent service to Wikipedia, Dudley richly deserves an EotW award. This nomination was seconded by User:AirshipJungleman29 and User:Gog the Mild

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Thanks again for your efforts! ―Buster7 ☎ 17:29, 18 March 2023 (UTC)