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Priory Midsomer Norton

Hi, Thanks for your edits to Midsomer Norton & Church of the Holy Ghost, Midsomer Norton suggesting The Priory is older than the church, however Images of England entry (which is likely to be more reliable than the Moody Goose site) says "Early-mid C17" while the church is "probably 15th C". We might need more evidence for definitive evidence, but it would probably be worth doing an article on the Priory as it is II* listed.— Rod ^talk 11:00, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

? nomination of Midsomer Norton for GA

If you think it meets the Good article criteria would you be willing to nominate Midsomer Norton at Wikipedia:Good article nominations. You have made the most edits to the article and I've already nominated Frome, Somerset at GAN today. If you think there are things which still need doing first I'd be happy to discuss, perhaps at Talk:Midsomer_Norton#What else is needed to get this article to GA.— Rod ^talk 14:01, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

User:Pyrotec has now started the GA review at Talk:Midsomer Norton/GA1. I've partly dealt with a couple of the comments, but several need access to books about the local area & I was wondering whether you are able to get hold of them to answer the queries.— Rod ^talk 14:51, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know the Cornwall book mentioned in the review but I have got Collier, Peter (1986). Colliers Way: The Somerset Coalfield. Ex Libris Press. ISBN 978-0948578052. out of the library in Midsomer Norton before now. If you are there could you look for page nos for the Athill & Oakley books? I'm sure lots of the local history books will have something to help answer some of the points raised. I can't find anything backing up "Norton Canonicorum" or the rest of that paragraph. Any contributions would be useful.— Rod ^talk 22:41, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

To add the page number use |page=97 If it is multiple pages use |pages=X-X. The online ref you gave just goes top a (spectacular) picture - do you mean this?— Rod ^talk 20:11, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Go for it - the web site seems to have good provenance. Once you made the edits add a note on the review page so the reviewer knows what has been done & what is outstanding. Also put where problems are being encountered, normally they are very supportive.— Rod ^talk 20:24, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't really want to raise this during a GA nomination, but I spotted a problem with the article - it doesn't have a population figure. I've found numbers for Norton Radstock (both BANES & ONS) but not Midsomer Norton as it is not a separate parish or ward. I've sent an email to the council & asked in the library, but no useful responses. Any ideas?— Rod ^talk 08:17, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks but I'm not giving my credit card details to Farlex, just to have a look to see what figure they give. The link on that page is to Norton Radstock where we have a ref for 21,325. They may just be recycling old wikipedia content when MSN & Radstock were the same article.— Rod ^talk 18:34, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Norton Radstock is 21,325 (2001 census) from the ONS) & that Radstock is 5,286 ONS However I’m aware that NR includes Clandown & some of the villages so I can’t just subtract the figures. The BANES page at http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/BathNES/councilanddemocracy/statisticsandcensusinformation/default.htm lists NR & Radstock but doesn’t give any figures for Midsomer Norton.— Rod ^talk 20:00, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The one from ONS ward data looks good - but need to make it clear it has been aggregated from 2 source documents. Well done & thanks.— Rod ^talk 20:13, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've added it with 2 refs - may not be best format, will play later but it's kid story time now.— Rod ^talk 20:51, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on your first GA.— Rod ^talk 07:45, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

An eye

Hey Pete--I saw your good work at Future plc, thanks. I've gone a step further and removed everything that couldn't be sourced (so I removed your tags also...), which was a lot since I could find only one reliable source. I have the feeling that there's an employee at work on that article, so if you feel like keeping an eye out, please do so. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 21:05, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I saw what you did: good stuff. Thanks. Drmies (talk) 06:49, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a reliable source for the company's foundation and ownership info. [1] - X201 (talk) 09:42, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Can you please tell me why you deleted my edit to disco?--The happy frog (talk) 00:39, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Punt (boat)

Re your reversion of Jonathan Bowen's edit to Punt (boat), perhaps you can explain the relevance to Category:Culture in Lancashire, as one example? David Biddulph (talk) 14:11, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

David Cameron's relationship to Tony Adams

Hi Petinterpol, Thanks for the detail. However, the fact remains that Adams and Cameron are not related. All we can say is that a relative of Cameron has married a relative of Adams. That does not mean that Cameron and Adams are related. If the Telgraph claims otherwise then they are wrong. MidnightBlue (Talk) 10:57, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ha, ha! Mothers-in-law can be difficult, I'd be careful with that one. Of course you are related to her, but not to any members of her family, save her husband and children. MidnightBlue (Talk) 12:06, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Confused of Norwich...

Hi Peteinterpol... Perhaps you could explain why you have twice removed our addition to the life and times of Arthur Smith? Being a Norwich magazine, we felt it pertinent to ask him questions relating to his time at the UEA, and this is one nugget that he offered. I thought the inclusion would provide details of his richer tapestry. If we add again, could you please not remove? 82.2.17.115 (talk) 01:05, 5 December 2010 (UTC)Outlineonline[reply]

Hello Peteinterpol, can I echo the above question? You edited my addition to Arthur Smith's page. I am a student of comedy and studied with Mr Smith at the prestigious Skyros Centre, (you can google that for confirmation) and have been an avid, nay almost focused collector of comedians ephemera. Simon Munnery, a great admirer of Mr Smith now sells tour only published material as does John Barrowman who sells a beautiful book of family recipes he co-wrote with his sister.

Any thoughts?

13th - Hello there. You deleted my addition regarding Arthur Smith and then told me not to revert your deletion of my addition. This seems a little odd. You say that the deletion was because of a grammatical confusion. Would you revert my comment and change to what you consider the appropriate grammar? Also you changed the connection to being a famous English Jew. I deleted this because Arthur is not Jewish. I know this because I asked him myself. If wikipedia is about making the most accurate resource you have reintroduced a non factually correct element. I will revert changes in a couple of days if you have no opinion or reply. I am unsure of how best to communicate here being new and am finding your assertions slightly off putting as to wanting to join the wiki community. Would you require me to confirm my association with Arthur to give you the policer of this page the confidence you need? Is this how wikipedia works? regards - confused of Arthur Smith Land. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fortom (talk • contribs) 17:03, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fortom (talk • contribs) 10:43, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

expansion thanks

Thanks for working on Peter Alexander (artist)! tedder (talk) 17:29, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. When I first saw the page I thought it wouldn't be hard to find evidence of notability, given that long list of exhibitions. Peteinterpol (talk) 19:55, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Midsomer Norton, Radstock & Westfield etc

Thanks for all the good work you have been doing sorting Norton Radstock into Midsomer Norton & Radstock. Until a few minutes ago I had never heard of the parish of Westfield, Radstock, Somerset. If you have the time/inclination could you also update the list of parishes at Bath and North East Somerset & also at List of civil parishes in Somerset?— Rod ^talk 20:08, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Westfield, Somerset is now probably eligible for Wikipedia:Did you know if you wanted to nominate it.— Rod ^talk 08:16, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Chris Harris edit

Really? Dabs are cheap; I figured it would help in the kind of case where somebody isn't sure whether it's a true double-barrelled name, as opposed to one of those "always uses the middle name" cases once reserved for Victorian lady poetesses but so common nowadays. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:57, 15 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Orangemike. I understand the point you are making and that your entry was of course in good faith. I had never heard of Mr Heaton-Harris before so I don't know if his name is often shortened to Harris in general usage. If so, I would keep him on the list. If not then I don't think it is sensible to add him to what is a very long list of people who are harder to find with every new name added. But I would welcome the views of any other editors, particularly if there is any official Wikipedia policy or guidance on this. Any views, anyone? Best wishes. Peteinterpol (talk) 19:16, 15 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's a question of whether he is often called by that variant of his name; WP:MOSDAB leaves it to the judgement of the editor(s). I'd say, as I said, that it's cheap and harmless; but I don't feel strongly on the matter, so I'll leave it to you (I hope I'm not being swayed by his website, which makes him look like as sleek and smarmy a bit of Tory nastiness as I hope never to meet in a dark alley [or at a bargaining table]). --Orange Mike | Talk 20:37, 15 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

American or British English

I reverted your small change on the Copley High School article. The general rule of thumb is for articles that are clearly tied to a specific country, you use the English spellings of that country. Since Copley High School is in the US, you would use "colors" instead of "colours". For British school articles, you would use British spellings. See MOS:TIES. Happy editing! --JonRidinger (talk) 22:27, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi and Thank you

Hi Peteinterpol, first of all I would like to thank you for updating the page Somer Valley FM. As you may of noticed, we have recently been updating the page with news of many developments since this page was launched.

We have been told, some of what we have been trying to post up has been described as promotional wording and therefore is unacceptable. Since we can not see any obvious commercial aspect to our copy, we would be very grateful if we could have a telephone conversation to discuss this.

Since it is clear that you wish to continue helping with our wiki page, it would make sense for us to communicate directly as we are all working in the best interest of such a positive community project. Would you mind supplying telephone contacts for our station manager to get in touch. He can be reached on Email: [email protected], Office Line : 01761 411755.

Many thanks,

Somer Valley FM — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.27.149.39 (talk) 14:26, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

???

	HELP
	Can you please contact me on 01761402353 to discuss this please? JCS1911 (talk) 15:16, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Re: AIV

hi Pete and thanks for your report at AIV. I just wanted to tell you that I have removed it since, unfortunately, the user has been warned already, and we usually wait for stronger warning to be left on their talk page before we take further action. It seems they have stopped now, but if they start again, they should get blocked soon. Thanks again. -- Luk ^talk 21:40, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Downside School

The reasoning behind my edit is quite sound. It's positioning on the page is not good. Firstly, it must be remembered that Downside is a monastery where children are sent to receive a catholic education. Monastery first and then school second. Your source is not reliable since it is a newspaper. Dom Nicholas was not known as Fr Nick. I think this is a poor attempt to call him Satan. He was known as Hittler or Peck. The source is not good because it requires us to pay for a subscription to a News International publication, an organisation which is of dubious reputation and parts of which are under ongoing police criminal investigations. Reporters all have the same stories and so are paid to put their own spin on them. It would be an idea to list sources that we can click and verify immediately. This is the whole point of wikis policy of sources - so that we can immediately look them up. Fr Nicholas was wrong and his misdeeds were actually referred to the police who at the time decided not to take any action. The fourth monk mentioned is Dom Antony, and the allegation against him had no substance especially since the victim told police it was all lies. Mind you the alleged victim did not actually make the complaint! Last year Downside indeed received an "inadequate" rating from Ofsted because it did not meet new criteria set. This would relate in allowing access to monastic gardens and the Abbey church unsupervised. This reasoning is obvious because the community does receive many guest and I am sure people such as the Dalai Lama have not had criminal record checks. Improvements were also needed for the reporting abuse thus aiding in its prevention. In November 2011 there was a followi up inspection and Downside was compliant in all areas. The Independent Schools commission went a little further and so there are further improvements to follow. Whilst child abuse is repugnant and Dm Nicholas is right to be punished, the prominence of your piece is not correct. It would find a better place towards the end and edited. Your piece is the largest I the entry. We want an encyclopaedia not a personal crusade. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Denhaagandy (talk • contribs) 16:44, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

MI5

Whenever I come into the UK I get interrogated by MI5. Why would they do that? It is bloody inconvenient.... Aaaah they must be scared of something, but cannot prove. That is the way we work. But then if MI5 are frightened, don't they have a reason to be. Without proper sources that we can all see, do not amend the Downside page. The Times is not a proper source since we cannot check it. As i mentioned other users unless they subscribe to the Times ie pay cannot check your source. As per rules of wiki newspapers are not reliable sources although they are ok to use.

You failed to mention that Downside has been inspected in November and the report in published in January shows that Downside is compliant in all areas. This was 6 months after the previous one. The OFSTED report prior said that Downside was good in all areas.

Continue along your current lines I can only see one outcome. Please for your own sake do not continue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Denhaagandy (talk • contribs) 20:00, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Downside school

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Thank you so much for sharing your comments with others. My lawyers say I have a case now in the courts to present a legal action. We can seperately agree a smaller piece and a more accurate one regarding DownsideDenhaagandy (talk) 10:57, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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downside

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Westfield, Somerset

Hi, please fill out the bare url references with Template:Citation.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:38, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Frome - Notable People

Pete, I just undid your undo. Please note my edit summary (which I admit I should have made last time). Note I am not adding this name, just correcting the info provided. Cheers, Rojomoke (talk) 13:08, 10 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Susan

Susan Chilcott was born in Timsbury or lived there. She can hardly have been to any other school. You might ask the school authorities if their records show she was there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.149.17.16 (talk) 13:10, 16 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Reply to John: Thank you for this. But I am puzzled as to why you think there were no reliable sources for the information. There were four citations, including such reliable sources as the BBC and the Guardian. Not sure what the problem is? Peteinterpol (talk) 19:07, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure why you would not be sure. As we have been discussing in talk, on a BLP we cannot discuss rumours, especially those attributed to a tabloid newspaper. --John (talk) 19:12, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The reason is as follows: you removed content that had four reliable, independent citations (not all of which referenced the Daily Mail) and accused me of not including a reliable source. Can you clarify why the sources are not reliable? Peteinterpol (talk) 19:37, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As we have been discussing in talk, on a BLP we cannot discuss rumours, especially those attributed to a tabloid newspaper. --John (talk) 19:57, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for your tweak to River Somer. Do you have a reference for the alternative derivation of Midsomer?— Rod ^talk 07:42, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Rod. Thanks for this. Yes, it is explained in some detail in the 'History' section of the Midsomer Norton page, with supporting references. Incidentally, I did recently read of a further (uncited) explanation offered by someone at Radstock Museum, who believes that the name of the River Somer was invented by visiting Victorian cartographers from London. They are said to have asked locals the name of the river and got the response "the Brook". The visitors did not believe it could have no actual name. So they took "Somer" from the name of the town and applied it to the river. The circumstantial evidence for this is that many locals do still call it "the Brook". Anyway, hope that helps. Peteinterpol (talk) 09:34, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Robinson (ref3 on the Midsomer Norton page) has largely been discredited but it is verifiable so I will add something on the river article.— Rod ^talk 09:46, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for updating the Coton page, and I'm glad we could agree William M. Connolley (talk) 22:22, 30 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, glad we are on the same page on this! Peteinterpol (talk) 22:27, 30 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Deadlink on F. Pratten and Co Ltd

Do you have any sources for the claim on F. Pratten and Co Ltd about the demolition of the site for housing in 1994? - the current link to the Somerset Guardian is no longer working.— Rod ^talk 18:04, 24 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ah ok, thanks Rodw, would have thought that would be out there somewhere so will have a look. Peteinterpol (talk) 18:43, 24 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wondered if you had managed to find anything on this as I have returned to the Somerset Project cleanup list and there is a Pratten related deadlink on Midsomer Norton as well?— Rod ^talk 19:11, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry Rodw, I've really struggled with this. All I can find is this non-notable source that I can see in part probably derives from the WP article itself, but intriguingly has other interesting material that sounds credible. Peteinterpol (talk) 19:39, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Dua Lipa incorrect information

Firstly Kosovo is not a country, it is currently only an independent province of Serbia It has only 50% recognitions from 219 nations and has no EU, NATO, INTERPOL, membership Please change all your Kosovo references to Kosovo ( province of Serbia ) Also at the time of her birth she was born in SERBIA not Kosovo Please make the changes as soon as possible

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Miksyd Think you have left this for the wrong person. I didn't make the changes you mention. Peteinterpol (talk) 09:30, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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