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Military commissariat

Hello, I am currently editing the page 'military commissariat' and noticed that the information you provided did not have any citations, I was wondering if you remembered where you got your information from and if there is more to add? I am interested in your comparison to the Quartermasters in the US. You will see the information under the 'other european countries' heading. Thank you! Jijiathome (talk) 00:06, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

@Jijiathome:Thank-you - I had previously added historical information relating to Britain to the Commissariat page; then, subsequently, I discovered the 'Military Commissariat' page, but only added a couple of brief details. Sorry for lack of reference; I got a fair bit of information from here, page 53 ff: [1].Barabbas1312 (talk) 11:49, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

@Barabbas1312: thank you so much, wow! Jijiathome (talk) 23:05, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Heugh lighthouse

Just thought I would drop in and say thanks for the nice article on the Heugh lighthouse. I noticed it mentioned that it was the first gas lit lighthouse, which piqued my interest as I have created an article on the Savudrija Lighthouse, which was first lit by coal gas in 1818 (I have yet to add that to the article though). Looking elsewhere I noticed that Rowlett mentions in the Upstate New York listing that the Barcelona Light used natural gas from 1831. So maybe worth saying that it was the first British lighthouse that used natural gas. (I will watch here if you reply)- Happy Editing...Jokulhlaup (talk) 17:19, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Many thanks - looking again at sources, I see it is more precisely referred to as the 'first lighthouse to be reliably [or sustainably] lit by gas - a claim which might still stand, as several earlier gas-powered lighthouses had problems. Apologies for omitting this crucial word I'll amend the entry to correct the wording, and to make clear that this is may be open to dispute.

Thanks for having another look, your correction seems fine to me, and nicely done...Jokulhlaup (talk) 18:03, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

Grade I listed buildings in the City of London

Thank you for taking photos to fill the remaining gaps in Grade I listed buildings in the City of London! Ham II (talk) 08:19, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

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Victualling Commissioners

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Royal Military Academy, Woolwich

Hi - Many thanks for your edits to the article on the the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. I have added a few references to the article but I am not sure where you got the South Sea Bubble connection from - although the timing is about right. Are you able to add a source? Thanks Dormskirk (talk) 20:48, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks - same source, different chapter! Added; and continuing to edit...--Barabbas1312 (talk) 21:15, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

Great. Many thanks. Dormskirk (talk) 21:41, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

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Chattenden

Hi - Many thanks for your excellent work on Chattenden. I have now established a separate article at Chattenden and Lodge Hill Military Camps. Please feel free to expand it further. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 10:24, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

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Hi - I have requested deletion of the redirect etc at Royal Military College of Science so that the move you originally intended can be completed properly. I hope this helps. Dormskirk (talk) 23:05, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

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Beautiful work Barabbas! Can I tempt you to join this challenge? We'll have a contest for the Northeast soon! So far we have nearly 1900 articles. We'd love for you to be a part of it!♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:31, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

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Coronation of the British monarch

Greetings, I would just like to know what you mean in your recent additions to the lead: "however, it has also always been distinct from these in presenting a constitutional (rather than absolutist) model of monarchy, with its unique requirement that the monarch first swear an oath..." Don't other coronations also feature an oath-taking? Regards. --OrbisR (talk) 12:12, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

@OrbisR: Thanks; I will try to redraft to make it clearer (and will remove the unhelpful 'unique'). Roy Strong's book (much quoted in the article) emphasizes the promissio regis (coronation oath) as a distinctive element of the English coronation service from Saxon times onwards: "The placing of [it] at the opening of the Coronation service remained through the centuries one of the defining documents as to the nature of the monarchy [...] in England, [which] never became, as it did in France, absolute. It always remained conditional upon being faithful to the three pledges given in the oath to maintain peace, administer justice and maintain equity and mercy". --Barabbas1312 (talk) 20:49, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

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Royal Military College of Science

Hi - Do think you could add any missing references to your helpful edits to this article? I think I have found most of them. Thanks, Dormskirk (talk) 23:51, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

Your edits at Lundy Suggestion

Thanks for your extensive contributions to lighthouse details across Wikipedia. It is fine to leave a tag on a non-contentious statement which requires clarification. It can also help other editors. In the mean time the source on the Lundy page doesn't mention Dungeness. Thanks. Mramoeba (talk) 19:05, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

@Mramoeba: Thanks - evidently forgot which Trinity House page I was reading at the time! Have aimed to fix but have left the tag in place.Barabbas1312 (talk) 19:56, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Royal Marine Depot, Deal

Hi - Please can you add some citations to your very helpful recent edits. I have assumed that History of the Royal Marines in Deal / Walmer is your main source but please amend if you have got better sources. Thanks. Dormskirk (talk) 09:25, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

@Dormskirk: Thanks - will try to keep improving, but may be delayed till after the weekend.Barabbas1312 (talk) 16:43, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

No problem at all. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 16:48, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

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@Dormskirk: Thanks for this, and likewise for multiple other assorted recent 'thank-you's - much appreciated!Barabbas1312 (talk) 19:35, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Help in Sunderland

Hi, how are you? Sorry to bother you about it.

There is a graffiti in Sunderland with Raich Carter, here's a link: [2].

I don't know how to do it, so could I please ask you to upload that photo to Wiki? I would like to add it to theCity of Sunderland, Hendon, Sunderland, Raich Carter and Sunderland AFC articles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maxim.il89 (talk • contribs) 14:50, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

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MOD Feltham and Feltham House

Hi - Many thanks for your excellent work on MOD Feltham and Feltham House. Are you OK if I transfer it to a separate article (probably as Feltham Barracks) to allow expansion? Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 19:41, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

@Dormskirk: Splendid, yes - thanks.Barabbas1312 (talk) 20:27, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Will do. Thanks. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 21:41, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

JFC -> Strategic Command

Thank you for catching this. I was aware of it as I made the UKSC -> SC (UK) page move, but did not actually do it!! Cheers and Merry Christmas Buckshot06 (talk) 10:00, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

Scarborough lighthouse

Hi; do you have a page for the Scarborough Lighthouse as the current link on the Scarborough Town is a redlink? Thanks and regards. The joy of all things (talk) 09:15, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

@The joy of all things: Belatedly (!) yes: Scarborough Pier LighthouseBarabbas1312 (talk) 09:20, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Ta! Regards. The joy of all things (talk) 09:26, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

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@Insertcleverphrasehere: Too kind! - thanks very much for your encouragement, much appreciated. Barabbas1312 (talk) 09:16, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

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Bells

Hi - Many thanks for your excellent additions to the town hall articles in relation to bells and their makers! Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 22:08, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Thank-you likewise for your extremely thorough and very welcome addition of so many pages on Town Halls and the like - much appreciated. Barabbas1312 (talk) 22:16, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi - I have now written a little article on Hoddesdon Town Hall and transferred you excellent research on the bells at Hoddesdon to that article. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 23:05, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

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Deptford Docks Error

I believe there is in error in the Deptford Dockyard article, under the Victorian rebuilding subhead. The 4th sentence states that one of Joseph Huddart's rope making machines was installed in 1838. The source for that quote is referring to the Deptford docks in Sunderland on the Wear, not the Deptford on the Thames. 208.81.36.179 (talk) 23:06, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Many thanks - Deptford in Sunderland was I believe the site of the first ever factory for machine-made rope (Fothergil's, dating from the 1790s); but it seems Huddard's machinery was indeed installed in Deptford Royal Dockyard (on the Thames) as well - see A treatise on Ropemaking by R Chapman ("formerly Foreman to Messrs. Huddart & Co., Limehouse; and Master Ropemaker of H.M. Dockyard, Deptford"), and Huddart's article in A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers, which describes the Admiralty purchasing his original patent ropemaking machine and installing it in Deptford Dockyard. There must be something about patent ropemaking and places called Deptford! Barabbas1312 (talk) 00:56, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Portland articles

Hi Barabbas1312, I hope you don't mind me approaching you regarding this.

Of course, I don't mind the content from my website (portlandhistory.co.uk) being used as a source of information, but I am wondering how much is intended to be used considering additions from it are being made each day at the moment. I feel certain parts of the Portland Harbour page are beginning to rely on my work a little too much (even the referenced Fiona Taylor book - which contains information on Portland Harbour actually stolen ad verbatim from my website at the time; something the publisher was subsequently made aware of and is rectifying in future editions).

I do a lot of work on Wikipedia too, but I've largely left alone the many Portland-related articles that I started for quite a few years now, in favour of doing my Portland website. I've always been quite happy keeping my website and Wikipedia separate really, and I did not think it met Wikipedia's guidelines for reliable sources considering it is completely self-published. It has also not been publicly accessible for a few days, yet material has still been cited from it since then. Ajsmith141 (talk) 16:28, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks ever so much. I first contributed to the Portland Harbour page some ten years ago - I tend to edit articles when I look up information out of interest or curiosity and find gaps, inconsistencies (or in some cases errors). Your very helpful website answered some of my questions (especially around the tangled history of Osprey, HMUDE etc.), which is why I duly cited it - legitimately and fairly, I believed. I'm happy not to use your website in future and will remove some of the current references, albeit reserving the right to continue to edit pages using alternative sources. Barabbas1312 (talk) 12:23, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply and your understanding. That's no problem. I have no issue with my website being used sparingly - I was just becoming a little concerned as the majority of recent additions were being sourced from it. I imagine there are other sources available in book form etc which are more appropriate under Wikipedia's guidelines. The contributions you make to Wikipedia are very useful though and I'm not suggesting otherwise! Thanks also for the latest edit to the Portland Harbour page. Ajsmith141 (talk) 15:13, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Indeed - and I've only just realised that the multiple 'dead linked' citations relating to an 'Encyclopedia of Portland History' also related to your website (or a previous incarnation of it?) - which makes your concern all the more understandable. Barabbas1312 (talk) 16:00, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Ah yes, that's correct. The name was only changed to 'Portland History Website' at the beginning of this year as people often seemed to refer to it as that anyway (in line with its url). Ajsmith141 (talk) 16:41, 6 April 2024 (UTC)