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Theroadislong (talk) 17:51, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Theo Brown folklorist. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 18:02, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Theo Brown folklorist, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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Theroadislong (talk) 22:56, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've worked a bit on your article. Please add more information and proper references (proof-links). Some facts on the article are completely unreferenced. -- Bbarmadillo (talk) 12:17, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Eagleash was:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

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Eagleash (talk) 23:08, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Praseodymium-141 was:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

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¹⁴¹Pr {^contribs/_{Best page}} 20:42, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I believe he is sufficiently notable to warrant a Wikipedia page - but evidently I have not made the case. I should say that his importance rests on his writing rather than his soldiering career - but as his writings are based on his career, the two come together. His books are still popular, and of special interest for the history of the British in India, and the development of Assam. It seems a pity that people who have read him cannot find anything about him on the internet - which is why, at the suggestion of a bookseller, I started this project to gather what little there is into a page. I hope you will reconsider - maybe it can be provided as a 'stub' ? Charles.bowyer (talk) 17:46, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Asilvering was:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

 The comment the reviewer left was:

Please clarify the sourcing in this article. Where are these dates coming from? How do we know he has an OBE? Please also have a look at some other military biographies to compare the general format - this is very confusing to read.

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asilvering (talk) 05:24, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Leonard Arthur Bethell. Thanks! asilvering (talk) 22:12, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have improved the OBE reference. In fact, I had the page number wrong. Charles.bowyer (talk) 21:06, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Mccapra (talk) 18:17, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for creating Marcel de Baer.

I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:

You need to support each major statement about this subject with a footnote. Whole paragraphs show no sourcing at all

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Mccapra (talk) 21:38, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mccapra: - many thanks for your comment. I take your point. My problem is - I know the current family, who have a large archive of his papers, publications, news clippings and what have you. I have referenced them in some places as 'de Baer family archive' but I have a suspicion this is not an acceptable form of reference for Wikipedia ??

However, the family are approaching the National Archive UK to have his papers stored and made accessible for study. Once this is done, I believe, the references can be made more acceptable ?

The Catch 22 is - the Archive wanted to see a Wikipedia article to confirm that he is indeed sufficiently notable to have his papers stored with them.!

Which is - if you think about it - a serious tribute to Wikipedia. Charles.bowyer (talk) 10:30, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mccapra The archive has now moved to the British Library, and I have made consequent edits to the article. I have also removed the 'more footnotes' tag - I thought you might like to take a look as you added that tag originally. Charles.bowyer (talk) 12:17, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Charles.bowyer! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor at Mnemonics in trigonometry that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia—it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Thank you. Apocheir (talk) 21:59, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I thought it minor because it was only a small number of words.

As for the edit itself, as a teacher, I can assure you that the two mnemonics I added are current and popular with schoolchildren in UK, and the others are not. Most of them, I have never heard of. Charles.bowyer (talk) 07:25, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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