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Talk:Lord Charles Wellesley

message: Our convention is that articles should not begin with honorifics, unless unavoidable, for disambiguation.
Two of the less important members of :Category:Wellesley family flout this convention, this article and Lord George Wellesley.
I suggest this article should be retitled Charles Wellesley (General) and the other retitled George Wellesley (Wing Commander).  Geo Swan (talk) 02:45, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (royalty and nobility) suggests courtesy titles such as Lord are acceptable if the subject was more commonly known by this title. Barret (talk) 21:36, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  move
Talk:Michael Carver

message: The article reads like his resume. But field marshal is the top position, isn't it? What about him or his techniques got him to the very top? What was different or extraordinary about Carver?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.172.186.229 (talk) 00:29, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I have now substantially expanded the article so it is now a biography rather than a resume. Dormskirk (talk) 23:46, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  So why was the guy a field marshal? 

message: Would an interview with Michael Carver from 1987 be useful here as an external link? Focus of conversation is nuclear weapons policy. http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_3AD67E7A38374AFC9C2CBBF58EA2790F (I helped with the site, so it would be conflict of interest for me to just add it.) Mccallucc (talk) 21:14, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  External link to interview on nuclear policy?
Talk:Nigel Bagnall

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-- Marchjuly (talk) 04:02, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Now adjusted accordingly. Dormskirk (talk) 10:04, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use rationale for File:Nbagnall.jpg
Talk:Trinity Square, Gateshead

message: First problem, it's Trinity Square, not Trinity Centre ... perhaps some confusion with the Tricorn Centre? Savvo (talk) 16:21, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

message: Would it be possible for someone in Gatehead/Newcastle to take a picture of the demolition, please? (I don't live in Ncl any more) Bob talk 12:20, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Done and done. Spent the whole of monday afternoon there snapping. Fintan264 (talk) 15:55, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Excellent, thanks. Bit sorry to see it go, really. Bob talk 21:19, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Demolition photograph 

message: As Runa Islam was nominated for the Turner Prize a couple of years ago I thought her film on the car park is probably significant enough for a mention. The piece is entirely about this car park so it's very relevant.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.34.188.194 (talk) 16:44, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: 'Other depictions'
Talk:James Gabriel Montresor

message: According to the article, he rose from being a matross to chief engineer at Gibraltar in 20 years. Pretty rapid promotion even by the standards of 18th century Britain. On looking at the matross article, I find that a "Matross was a soldier of artillery, who ranked next below a gunner. (my emphasis). [And that] the duty of a matross was to assist the gunners in loading, firing and sponging the guns." If the previous two sentences are correct, Montresor's story seems to be all the more remarkable.
RASAM (talk) 21:31, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Rapid promotion
Talk:Hubert Gough

message: Blammed a few typos, added a few metric conversions and took out about three dozen duplicated wikilinks. The analytical sections could do with some material from the German side to balance the claims of writers and historians, some of whom rely on polemical secondary and tertiary writing of dubious accuracy.Keith-264 (talk) 11:23, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  CE 

message: If anybody has a constructive suggestion as to where or whether the article should be split, feel free to get a conversation going.
Will write up a proper intro when I get a sec. I agree it needs one (most people only read the intro and maybe scroll down to the analysis) but I'd just never got round to writing one.Paulturtle (talk) 03:28, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Splitting 

message: The lede image (presumably a doctored photo) is good, but the caption needs amendment. It was apparently published in 1917 (when Gough was 47), but it clearly shows him as a much younger man – I would say in his early 20s, i.e. in the early 1890s, which also fits the general style of uniform. It's therefore misleading to style him "Lieutenant General", which he didn't become until 1917. His cap badge is that of the 16th Lancers, but I can't tell (and I'm not sure if it's possible to tell) whether he's a second lieutenant or a lieutenant. Can anyone date it more precisely? GrindtXX (talk) 23:54, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Photo was added by somebody called Farawayman on 10 Aug 2009. No idea where it comes from. He has recently (within the last month or two) become active on wikipedia again for the first time in five years, so he might respond if you ask him nicely! Paulturtle (talk) 01:25, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lede image
Talk:Tom Brown (British Army soldier)

message: The article states "On the battlefield he was knighted as a Knight banneret by King George II, becoming the last man to be so honoured."
Yet the article List of knights banneret of England, which is based on several lists from reliable sources does not include mention of this man. -- PBS (talk) 13:06, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like an very early edit of mine - I would remove it Kernel Saunters (talk) 16:06, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks I will remove it. If a source is found it can always be readded. -- PBS (talk) 19:25, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  This ref alludes to the fact that his knighthood is a myth  Kernel Saunters (talk) 12:32, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Banneret
Talk:John Chard

message: I made a minor contribution adding a note about Falklands/Malvinas but was reverted quickly. Beyond the personal or political opinions the dispute is real as the war of 1982 it was. I believe that Wikipedia spirit is about the true, hidden a fact about the islands is twist the truth. Talk about this isn't bad for John Chard's memory, and yet, remember that many people died, whatever your side, in 1982. --200.45.164.203 (talk) 02:59, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why hidden something true?
Talk:John Hewson (regicide)

message: Pauline Gregg's biography of Lilburne has Thomas Hewson introducing Lilburne to Bastwick. Charles Matthews (talk) 10:24, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: There's no evidence Thomas Hewson was related to John, although its certainly possible. Robinvp11 (talk) 15:20, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Lilburne
Talk:Gerry Sayer

message: Just updated the article with information from two sources (listed in article), both give a different date for his death, the test flying website gives 21 October, and the Flight article has 22 October. I have kept with the early date for now, unless anybody has another source. As he went missing the second date might be when he was officially declared dead. MilborneOne (talk) 09:16, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Old news, but John Grierson says 21 October in Jet flightLexysexy (talk) 02:36, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of death 

message: He is an Old Colcestrian and on the schools war memorial in the library. Nhyty (talk) 11:29, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  CRGS Pupil
Talk:William Robert Broughton

message: The article says 
That's a bit vague. Like, who applied for a court-martial, Stopford or Broughton? And why? I checked the ref but it goes to a book which I don't have. Moriori (talk) 00:20, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: The existing wording is succinct but I find it neither vague nor confusing. Dury put Broughton in charge of the expedition. Drury died (on 4 March). Broughton went ahead with the expedition anyway (sailing on 4 June). Broughton arrived at Batavia (on or around 9 August), where he met Stopford. Stopford thought himself the senior officer and assumed command. Broughton felt that Stopford was outside the limits of his station (Cape of Good Hope). Broughton applied for a court-martial. The Admiralty refused the request. What is it you think needs adding?--Ykraps (talk) 06:56, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Court-martial
Talk:John Quilliam

message: Train's History, 1845 says that he "was impressed out of a collier in Castletown harbour"
HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE ISLE OF MAN
 FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES. TO THE PRESENT DATE
 BY JOSEPH TRAIN., F. S. A. SCOT.
http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/tr1844/ch23.htm#371 Humphrey Tribble (talk) 19:54, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  He was pressed from a collier
Talk:John Jeffries

message: I came here upon learning of John Jeffries' role in the first flight over the English Channel (see Note 1). This article describes him as a Boston-born military surgeon in the British Army. Within those English Channel and British Army contexts, I assumed that his birth place was the British Boston (in Lincolnshire). His graduation from Harvard College suggested the American Boston instead, but he got his medical degree in Britain. He moved to British territory (Nova Scotia) following the American Revolution. Because of this British-American duality, I think this article should be specific about which Boston was his birth place. I would have changed it already, and Boston, Massachusetts seems obvious now, but I couldn't find a quotable source (see Note 2).
Note 1: The article text omits the most important aspect of his 1785 exploit. By hot air balloon, he and Blanchard made the very first successful human flight between England and France.
Note 2: The Jeffries Family Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society is already the reference source for the dates of his birth and death, but that brief biography does not state the place of his birth.
ChrisJBenson (talk) 02:34, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shouldn't his place of birth be more specific (e.g. Boston, Massachusetts)? 

message: Is it 1744 or 1745? Sources seem to differ. Woodshed (talk) 02:30, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Even our very own article can't make up its mind.  We have 1744 in the lede, but 1745 in the infobox.  Absurd.  --  Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 08:10, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth year
Talk:David Mitchell (Royal Navy officer)

message: * https://archive.org/stream/biographianaval07chargoog#page/n111/mode/2up
* https://archive.org/stream/memoirssecretse00mackgoog#page/n220/mode/2up
* https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Mitchell,_David_(DNB00)
* http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/herts/vol3/pp91-111#h3-0014
* http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18836
* https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ry5EAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA310
Chuntuk (talk) 13:10, 3 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Useful links
Talk:Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet

message: Can anyone help with identifying the other medal (obscured by the arm) Duckworth is wearing?--mrg3105 (comms) ♠♥♦♣ 06:49, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  the other medal 

message: Easily meets the B-class criteria. A few suggestions for improving it Mrg.
*That infobox is huge, and in way too much detail. I would suggest removing most of the "units;" perhaps just notable ones, or long-term ones? It is far too long though. 
:Each commanded vessel represents a certain stage in Duckworth's elevation in command. In this sense each is important. It may be that other articles on high ranking officers lack this information? However, I'll see what can be done to shorten the infobox
*Can you separate the notes and references? IE use  and  (see Manchester United F.C. records and statistics for implementation). This would separate those lumps of text from the citations. It would make it a lot easier to read. Incidentally, can they not be integrated into the text a bit more?
:Will have a look, never used before 
*Reference formatting. You have several bare external links, these need publisher info, dates, retrieval dates etc, citation templates help with these. 
:Will have a look
*There are some issues with neutrality and writing style; "...a fitting end to a long and distinguished service with the Royal Navy" Not really encyclopedic is it?
:Hmmm, is it encyclopaedic that he had a a long and distinguished service, or that dying on the post is not a fitting end. Dying in the command post was always considered a statement of dedication, as in "going down with the ship" was. Duckworth signed his last official Navy document a few hours before passing and while in extreme "discomfort", which I think is as muc a mark of a professional naval officer as going down with the ship 
*I suspect that a number of those red-links have articles, you just need to find their names (and then create redirects). 
:You may be right, and I will keep looking. I had found some before
*If you want a more specific review and more in-depth then open up a peer review at Milhist. It is looking good though, good work. 
:This will do for now. Thank you
Regards. Woody (talk) 22:04, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Assessment 
Talk:Peter Puget

message: I haven't had any luck getting a birth date. Most of this information is from Wing's book, although many of the details should be easy to confirm rewinn 06:00, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Birth date

message: Is it known whether or not he pronounced the final T in Puget?  --Amble (talk) 23:27, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronunciation?

message: HMS_Chatham_(1788) contains "Chatham's first significant voyage ... . Her commander was Lieutenant William Robert Broughton, ...".  Peter_Puget contains "Puget was given command of Chatham when her first captain was murdered in Hawai'i ...".  This suggests that Broughton was murdered in Hawai'i, whereas according to William_Robert_Broughton he died in Italy.  So, who was murdered in Hawai'i?  Regards, ... PeterEasthope (talk) 16:23, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Captains of the ''Chatham''
Talk:1408

message: Contradiction: one article claims Yongle was completed until 1403 while this one states - 1408. Decide !
75.72.127.154 00:50, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]

message: As far as I can tell, there has never been any superstition about the number 1408 being unlucky.  This idea seems to have originated with the Stephen King story/movie of the same name.  If anyone has a source for this being an actual superstition then please feel free to add it back in, but otherwise this should not be in the article. CKarnstein (talk) 19:19, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Superstition
Talk:George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly

message: 393. Sir Philip Hoby to Sir W. Cecil.
1552, Aug. 21.	Where Cecil writes that one Monsieur Obrye is looked for to come out of France shortly, to answer the spoiling and taking of English ships by the French, doubts not he will come with fair words, according to their accustomed manner; but trusts the Council will order the matter that the poor Englishmen be recompensed, as the case requireth. As to Cecil's intention to go to the baths in September, reminds him that as that month is cold here, and hot in other countries, baths here cannot be good to amend Cecil's cold legs against winter. Recommends rest and liberty. Asks Cecil's aid with the Council for his own leave of absence, as Sir Arthur Darcy, Lieutenant, is sufficient enough to look unto this place of charge. Prays to be commended to the Duke of Northumberland, who cometh shortly to the Court; is glad to hear of the excellent service he hath done the King, especially in bringing to light who were the conveyers away of the Earl of Huntley, and causing them to be put to execution. As to the wine he sends, it is to my Lady and not to Cecil : his adventure was great, and he cannot tell what it stands him in.—The Tower, 21 August 1552. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=111966
Is this the same Earl and if so, is this the same capture as that mentioned ant Pinknie? Rich Farmbrough, 16:44, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Carried off
Talk:Five Finger Mountain legends

message: No it does not. It is a legend of how a Byzantine Greek chased Saracens away from Cyprus. Turkic people were not in the area at the time. Aristovoul0s 21:49, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not even aware of these legends. But this was moved from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus article so I assumed that they could be related with the Turkish sector of the island.--Húsönd 22:05, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The Five Finger Mountain legends are tales belonging to the Northern Cypriot folklore
Talk:Hugh Palliser

message: https://morethannelson.com/the-battle-of-ushant-27-july-1778-and-the-political-aftermath/
https://www.google.com.au/search?rlz=1C1GIGM_enAU712AU712&biw=1920&bih=938&ei=zozmW7vrDYHRrQHosbOAAg&q=Sir+Robert+Harland+Battle+of+Ushant+second+in+command&oq=Sir+Robert+Harland+Battle+of+Ushant+second+in+command&gs_l=psy-ab.3..33i21k1j33i160k1l2.7426.11487.0.11627.19.17.0.0.0.0.274.2062.0j6j4.10.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..9.10.2059....0.Qv6f046yR7I 
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=eKhXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=Admiral+Sir+Robert+Harland&source=bl&ots=NwGut90vAM&sig=ZRXu_MNG2Jj9i5Q_f1vsinhYksg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiHvMrOqMneAhXVEHIKHRkUBSE4ChDoATABegQIBBAB#v=onepage&q=Admiral%20Sir%20Robert%20Harland&f=false 
Sir Robert Harland at the Battle of Ushant was second in command.
Sir Hugh Palliser was third in command.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.73.147.230 (talk) 07:50, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified
Talk:Richard Henry Bonnycastle

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replies: text: See also Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Kyuko. MER-C 11:55, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright problem removed
Talk:John Fryer (Royal Navy officer)

message: I can find no reference to the flogging of Fryer in the primary sources. It would seem unlikely in any case - as he was a warrant, not to say a wardroom, officer and should have been immune from such a punishment.If it had happened, one would expect it to be referred to in such places as the Bounty Saga Chronology
I have marked it as "Citation needed" and think the comment should be removed to this page unless a source can be supplied.
--Jmrichardson 14:13, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flogging? 

message: That Fryer received no promotions after the Mutiny is incorrect. He rose to the rank of Post Captain and served as Commander of at least 3 ships: HMS Serapis, 1801, HMS William, 1804, and HMS Abundance, 1806. James Galloway 13:44, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Promotion
Talk:John de Robeck

message: While I tend to agree that forcing the Dardanelles would have worked, the summary states as fact and certainty an eventuality viewed through the fog of war. Surely the whole can be worded better.Czrisher 01:13, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV 

message: He was born in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The flag used is for the Irish Republic. Should we use a different one? Ozdaren 23:16, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Flag

message: The assertion that there were no forces available (or none that the royal navy were prepared to commit) capable of tackling SMS Goeben seems baseless given that the attacks were led by HMS Queen Elizabeth, a larger, more modern battleship than any available to the defenders. Infact the Goeben was the only dreadnought style capital ship on the Turkish-German side.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.70.55.124 (talk) 00:17, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Goeben
Talk:Gilbert Stephenson

message: *http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/SearchResults.aspx?GeoType=London&st=adv&sb=date&exact=Gilbert%20O.%20Stephenson&
hits in the London Gazette to improve referencing.  David Underdown (talk) 15:31, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gazette search results 

message: Article reassessed and graded as B class. --dashiellx (talk) 19:50, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008 
Talk:Edgar O'Ballance

message: Edgar O'Ballance  was the originator of the phrase "mad dog of the Middle East" when referring to 
Muammar al-Gaddafi whilst on the lecture circuit in the USA. President 
Ronald Reagan picked up on this and used the phrase himself in April 1986.--palmiped |  Talk   06:55, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mad dog of the Middle East