Talk:Mark Phillips

message: Should include arms (with forget-me-nots!) -- is there a public-domain picture or is anyone willing to make one?  --Daniel C. Boyer 21:33, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Forget-me-nots? If Mr Phillips has arms, and you can cite a source for their blazon, I know just the man to recreate them! DBD 22:28, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Arms

message: I propose merging Felicity Tonkin to this article. She is only notable because of the impact of her conception and birth on her father, her father's first wife (the Princess Royal) and the Royal Family. She is only a subset of any other given article. See also Talk:Felicity Tonkin#Notability and discuss here. Charles 14:27, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: *That's the point, it's to get rid of a useless article. Charles 17:29, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Therefore we can know say that the merge has occured (rather than that it is merely proposed) and delete her article, yes? Kevin McE (talk) 19:48, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Presumably, yes. Charles 20:26, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge proposal

message: How can one be retired from military service after only 9 years, except for being retired for disability?  Since he was an active equestrian after he left military service, it would seem to rule out disability?  Mustered out, or honourably discharged, seem more appropriate. 99.20.118.250 (talk) 04:51, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Retired from Military?

message: It says in the "Issue" box under the birth column for Felicity Tonkin "DNA testing 1991 confirmation". Earlier in the article it gives her birth as August 1985, and also that Phillips was confirmed as the father after DNA testing DONE in 1991. As is, a reasonable person would interpert it to mean that a DNA test done in 1991 needs to be confirmed, which surely is not the case. 74.69.8.195 (talk) 14:15, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: New Zealand Herald article at https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/royal-scandal-zara-tindalls-secret-nephew-born-in-nz/IXPU6D2W22DNIJBL7WT5TEB7VU/ and cited as a reference states that "A DNA test in 1991 confirmed Phillips as her father". This is the same reference used on the Zara Phillips page. So DNA test result is indeed "confirmed". Mivens (talk) 10:18, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  daughter (?)Felicity Tonkin 

message: Actually an IP user, who is blocked because of vandalism, added the names of these books to the articles of Mark, Zara and Anne in November 2010. It seems that those books do not contain any information about Zara's birth out of wedlock and the sentence was also removed from Zara and Anne's articles. Keivan.fTalk 18:30, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the clear explanation. That was some time ago, I see. But the IP wasn't blocked because of vandalism, it seems, but for "making legal threats"? Martinevans123 (talk) 19:08, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well actually I didn't know why the administrators had blocked him. I just thought it was because of vandalism, as it's the common reason of blocking. Keivan.fTalk 04:55, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zara 

message: He continued to style himself Captain Mark Phillips, as captains are customarily allowed to use this honorific rank in civilian life.
:Unless something has changed pretty recently, the only captains who can use their rank in civilian life, are those cavalry officers (like Phillips) whose job, either in the service or afterwards, has principally involved horses. As not many people know of this little item of etiquette, it is easy to assume wrongly that Phillips is out of order in using this rank. Valetude (talk) 18:23, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  ‘Captain’ as honorific 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The "Personal life" section in the body of the article lists four children: Peter, Zara, Felicity Tonkin, and Stephanie.  But the Infobox only lists the first two of these.  I thought I should check here before changing it: is there some reason for the discrepancy? Gronk Oz (talk) 01:00, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that's because Peter and Zara have their own articles whereas the others don't. Usually, non-notable children are only in the infobox as a number (e.g. "Children = 4, incl Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall"). Celia Homeford (talk) 12:32, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  I do like that proposal.  The notable ones get linked, without denying the existence of the others.  I like it so much I will be Bold and make that change - thanks!--Gronk Oz (talk) 14:29, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Children in Infobox vs body of article 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: Not moved. Clear consensus against moving Mark Phillips, who was the husband of a British royal. No consensus for or against politician moves. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 00:59, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Note: WikiProject England, WikiProject Royalty and Nobility, WikiProject Olympics, WikiProject British Royalty, and WikiProject Equine have been notified of this discussion. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 07:46, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 27 March 2024