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Talk:Harlech Castle

message: That links to an article that doesn't contain the word "siege" at all... and neither the year "1468" when it was supposed to end. It does seem to talk about various other sieges, but it doesn't look like a very appropriate link to me. Shinobu (talk) 15:44, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seven-year-siege 

message: I've gone through and given the article a scrub over and expanded it a bit, removing some close paraphrasing in places, and drawing on some of the latest research from the 2007 conference. A couple of points:
* I've dropped the reference to a "seven year siege"; it isn't used in the more recent literature, probably because it summons up images of encamped armies outside the castle for seven years, which certainly wasn't the case. The current literature talks about a final month-long (or three week) siege, which is what I've gone with here.
* I'm really not sure if Harlech counts as being in North Wales or not; I think so, so I've opted for North Wales here, but more experienced hands may feel it is in Mid-Wales: please correct if necessary!
* I couldn't find a wikilink for Egryn Abbey - if anyone knows of one, do add it in... Hchc2009 (talk) 16:34, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expansion... 

message: To clarify the links that existed between the County of Savoy and King Henry III and Edward I of England which led to James of St George’s role in the Edwardian castles of wales. Savoie-Carignan (talk) 08:22, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Role of the House of Savoy in the building of Harlech Castle
Talk:Dolwyddelan Castle

message: It’s greatly improved, for which many thanks. I think I would mention its status as a Scheduled monument and a Grade I listed building, certainly in the body, and probably in the lead as well. You could also put the SM status in the info box. KJP1 (talk) 07:42, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Added it to infobox at least. DankJae 18:30, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

text: Thanks for having a look! I've mentioned the listing and scheduling in the lead, and thanks to @DankJae for sorting the infobox. A.D.Hope (talk) 13:31, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestion 

message: "Predates" is shorter than  "was built before". It means the same thing, and it is adequately separated by its context here from the homograph describing the act of predation.  But it is also a more learned and much rarer usage over which, I suspect, many of its intended audience will stumble briefly. At this edit it has been reinstated. I suggest that we should change "predates" to "was built before". Comments? Richard Keatinge (talk) 17:24, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting. Normally I also prefer the simplest forms, avoiding a "learned" word if another simpler expression expresses the same (even when I personally fully understand the "learned" form). But in this case, I personally feel "predates" is better. While English is my second language, I have seen the word "predates" many times and completely understand its meaning (even though my native language, Danish, doesn't have a word for it). So, surprisingly to me, I lean somewhat towards "predates" over "was built before". But I have no strong opinion about it. Jhertel (talk) 13:06, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

text: * I'm not sure how we'd go about assessing how well the word is understood, but I think it falls into the vocabulary a general reader with some interest in the subject would understand (which is why I reverted it). A.D.Hope (talk) 10:25, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Support 'predates'. I prefer predated rather than post-dated in another circumstance as well!SovalValtos (talk) 10:54, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: "Predates" vs. "was built before"
Talk:Carew Castle

message: The person who uses this account has serous issue with ghosts and paranormal. They persistently alter, embellish and generally vandalise any ghost-related stories see here 1. Please be alert to this behaviour.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.161.148.21 (talk) 19:06, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  IP: 24.XX.XX.XX  (Vancouver, Canada) 

message: Really?? Any sources? I thought he was the constable of Pembroke Castle!31.53.163.122 (talk) 09:40, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  A pirate captain? 
Talk:Aberdyfi Castle

message: :Aberdyfi has an RFC for possible consensus over the usage of alternate spellings for the name of the community on the English language Wikipedia. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Tk420 (talk) 10:27, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:Aberdyfi]] has an [[WP:RFC|RFC]]
Talk:Candleston Castle

message: This: "the name Candleston is derived from their name, variously spelled Cantulupo, Cantilupo, Cantelo. In 1596 it was called Cantelowstowne and in 1635 Cantloston." I think falls into the point from the close paraphrasing article that there are some times not too many ways to paraphrase. I switched the order of the spelling of the latin names and switched the order of the names and years in the next sentence. Sometimes, there are not a lot of CP options; If I reorder the next sentence it gets out of chronological order.
Any suggestions, though, to help me out would be much appreciated!--CaroleHenson (talk) 19:35, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: CP 2

message: This is interesting information, but I'm unable to find a source for this. The text mentions the book name, but does not have complete citation information.
:Lewis Nicholl, whose family owned Candleston in the 20th century, researched the descent of the manor in his book The Normans in Glamorgan. He  mentions the nine daughters of Hopkin,Hopkin may have come from Brecon or possibly  descended from Griffith Gwyr or Gower poss. lords of Penrhos Castle who all married within Glamorgan, as being joint heiresses of the Cantilupe's of Candleston. It appears Hopkin's father Howel had married a daughter and heiress of "Sir William Cantilupe". Six of these daughters included Katherine, Maud, Gladys, Wenbllian, Joan and Elizabeth. Nicholl states that The Denys family at one time held a share of Candleston, whether via Joan le Eyre or Joan daughter of Hopkin is uncertain.
Does anyone have source info that ties Hopkin ap Howel, Howel or William Cantilupe's daughter to Candleston?--CaroleHenson (talk) 21:57, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Heiresses of Hopkin ap Howel Ychan of Tythegstone 

message: Sir Richard Herbert was said to have inherited Candleston, but he died 21 years before his father-in-law, Mathew Cradock, if the 1531 date is correct. This is confusing to me. The dates also look to be too close. If Mathew Cradock was born about 1468 - and daughter's first child was born in 1501, that means he would have been a grandfather at about 33 years of age.
By the way, I wrote the Sir Richard Herbert article - one of my early articles before I knew better than to include "Sir" in the name of the article. Anyway, I've spot-checked sources and the sources seem to confirm that Sir Richard Herbert (d. 1510) was the son-in-law of Mathew Cradock, and the dates of death seem to be correct for both men, but I feel like I might be missing something.
Any comments or ideas would be much appreciated!--CaroleHenson (talk) 22:45, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sir Richard Herbert
Talk:Ewloe Castle

message: This page seems to get a lot of unnecessary edits.
It should be noted that the Preeko. Started it and they already had articles deleted. Likewise the next edits came from Canada user:24.69.59.9.
None of it is referenced and should be removed post-haste.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.137.74.149 (talk) 09:25, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism - Ghosts
Talk:Cilgerran Castle

message: Hello! During late June, July and some of August, I'm working on a paid project sponsored by the National Trust to review and enhance coverage of NT sites. You can find the pilot edits here, as well as a statement and contact details for the National Trust. I am leaving this message when I make a first edit to a page; please do get in touch if you have any concerns. Lajmmoore (talk) 16:05, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  National Trust pilot
Talk:Carreg Cennen Castle

message: I removed this sentence as it appears it may be original research - can a reference be supplied? The soils could derive their colour from glacial till formed from ORS, rather than bedrock. And the ORS has not been pushed up on both sides. I'll see about adding some referenced material on this latter point. cheers Geopersona (talk) 03:28, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Red-hued soils 

message: An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect :Castell carreg cennin and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 September 12#Castell carreg cennin until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  Jr8825 • Talk 21:49, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Castell carreg cennin" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]
Talk:Deganwy

message: The etymology given is wrong. "Early British Kingdoms" is not a reliable source, and in this case it directly contradicts Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson's Language and History in Early Britain. I'm changing it, but leaving the link to EBK since it seems to be a popular site. -- Goueznou 96.248.112.199 (talk) 15:24, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology 

message: The details of the destruction of Deganwy Castle in this article differ from the details given in the dedicated Deganwy Castle article. Elvum (talk) 22:11, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deganwy Castle
Talk:Wiston Castle

message: It is actually said that every one hates Kung fu fighting in china  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.180.203.247 (talk) 19:35, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Every one hates Kung fu fighting 

message: Lauran Toorians has expressed the opinion that the Wizo of Pembrokeshire is a different person to Wizo/Wice of Wiston in Lanark in a journal article - 
Toorians, Lauran, “Wizo Flandrensis and the Flemish settlement in Pembrokeshire”, Cambridge Medieval Celtic Studies 20 (Winter, 1990): 99–11
He states on page 110 " Actually, there is no way to be sure that these Pemrokeshire Flemings were the same people as their Scottish namesakes; their names were common ones, the chronology is insecure (in the sources they appear in Pembrokeshire a few years earlier than in Scotland), and the Scottish Flemings seem to have retained their interests in scotland during the following years"
He goes on to state on page 112  " Probably William of Brabant was succeeded as chief in FLemish Daugleddau by Wizo ( a namesake of the Lanarkshire Wice), who came directly from Flanders to Pembrokeshire. If this interpretation is right, it would mean that Wizo arrived in Wales in or shortly after 1110, but before 1112 as we have already seen above."
There is also Scottish Charter evidence demonstrating Wice of Wiston (ie the Strathclyde/Lanarkshire Wizo) was active in that area after 1147, some 15-17 years after he died. In further explanatory notes, Toorians states "Wizo must have died shortly before 1130 and was succeeded by his son Walter fitz Wizo". 
Scottish Charter Kelso Lib 336 People of Medieval Scotland database dated to 24 May 1153 X 24 March 1160: 
 Wice of Wiston has given, granted, and established by this his charter, to Kelso Abbey the church of Wiston (LAN), his villa with its two chapels of the villa of Robert, brother of Lambin, (i.e. Roberton) and the villa of John, stepson of Baldwin, (i.e. Crawford John) to be held by them in perpetual alms, with the land, teinds, pastures, wood, and the other easements of the _villa_ and with all other just pertinents of the church, for the salvation of his lord, King Malcolm, and his brother William, and for the salvation of his soul, his spouse and his heirs and for the soul of his father, his mother and all of his ancestors and successors.
Happy to discuss this further, but I don't think it is accurate to assume this Wice was the same person who settled in Strathclyde. 
Comes.amanuensis (talk) 05:36, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wizo Flandrensis in Scotland
Talk:Denbigh Castle and town walls

message: How did this page go so long with that remarkably stupid wikivertisement for some nobody musician tacked onto the bottom?  What the crap, guys?  Alright, I removed it.  But if he dares show his face in these parts again... 68.113.198.92 05:39, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism

message: Checked prose and punctuation, isbn 13d the references, auto ed, duplicate wikilinks, the odd typo and double space. RV as desired. Regards Keith-264 (talk) 11:06, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank! Hchc2009 (talk) 11:20, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  CE
Talk:Flint Castle

message: Anybody know if you can enter the castle, keep, towers before opening time? CJ DUB 01:01, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No access to the keep is through the main castle, across a gantry bridge. Gfours 12:07, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Entry before/after hours? 

message: I was recently in Flint Castle (again); and had a fantastic chat with an elderly chap who used to live in Flint and was taking his Grand Kids there from Cumbria. He said that there was a tunnel that led from the Castle towards the town, this tunnel was uncovered s good few years ago whilst repairs where underway on the sewers down the main street (approx 600m+ from the castle). Can anyone verify this claim and add it to article? Gfours (talk) 10:41, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  General Information 

message: The castle was designed by Richard L’Engenour or Richard of Chester and not Master James  as he did not arrive in England until April of 1278 a full building season had taken place by then.  Vicky Perfect  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.162.148.174 (talk) 08:42, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Original architect

message: This article is about the history of the castle not the ongoing social problems of Flint
Information that problems at the castle have occurred is fine, but the POV on the causes is best left out.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.42.253.187 (talk) 14:11, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent castle problems.
Talk:Llandovery Castle

message: I preferred the previous uncropped image as it gave much more information about the present context of the castle than the current cropped one. Neither however are as good i.m.h.o. as say this one which has not yet been imported into Wikimedia - https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7147047 thanks Geopersona (talk) 07:51, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Castle image
Talk:Cyfarthfa Castle

message: Not worthy of comment in the main article, but perhaps of interest to passing researchers, is an auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, on 4 April 1906, “The Property of R. T. Crawshay, Esq., late of Cyfarthfa, South Wales”, including “Port. (All of which had been lying in the Cellar at Cyfarthfa Castle for at least 20 years before being removed to London in 1889).” (My pictures 21036-9.) JDAWiseman (talk) 20:53, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wine auction 
Talk:Coity Castle

message: :Removed questioned July 2018 NPOV tag. There are original research and citation needed tags. Placed article tags for more exposure and possible help.
:The article opening lead states "is a Norman castle" but the second sentences states "Now in ruins". The infobox states, "Condition	Ruined".
:In the "15th century" subsection there is content presented as a quote, Wikipedia:Quotations#General guidelines, that needs a source or removing.  --  Otr500 (talk) 06:57, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Article issues
Talk:Clyne Castle

message: Removed this:
Image:http://www.swansea.info/Property/images/ClyneCastle.jpg|The Castle
Image:http://www.swansea.info/Property/images/Elev8.jpg|The Houses which now replace the student accommodation blocks
. 
This doesn't currently work: maybe it did once but according to Help:Images and other uploaded files#Embedding external images:
:External images can not always be embedded, this depends on the settings of the project: it has been disabled on Meta and many Wikipedias, including the English and German, to prevent vandalism and "bandwidth theft" from other sites, but it is still allowed on some wikis, e.g. on the Dutch Wikipedia.'
The links are to
* http://www.swansea.info/Property/images/ClyneCastle.jpg
* http://www.swansea.info/Property/images/Elev8.jpg
Does anyone have legit photos we can use?
--John Stumbles 13:02, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Abergavenny Castle

message: Just as an FYI,
* my main goal is to update content with reliable secondary non-fiction sources 
* I am also reworking and adding content based upon research  - There's likely more that can be found, but it's a good start
* I'll do an AWB clean up at the end to fix spelling, order of citations, etc. 
* will update summary - ok as it is
* roll-up mid-sentence citations - not needed
Any comments or suggestions are appreciated. If you want an example of where I'm headed, see Newport Castle.--CaroleHenson (talk) 14:41, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I've finished my updates unless anyone sees anything I've missed.--CaroleHenson (talk) 22:41, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I've found a few errors - for example, the 1175 massacre was not in any sense a "battle" or an "attack", it was a massacre of unarmed Welsh nobles by de Braose and his men.  I'll make some further changes from my offline sources.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 15:58, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ediits 
Talk:Peel Castle

message: Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 20:01, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008 

message: We need a reference to St. German's, because this article on Peel Castle is mention at St. German's. Yours, GeorgeLouis (talk) 17:07, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  St German's 
Talk:Caergwrle Castle

message: I think there should be some mention of the Caergwrl Bowl being discovered here. EdwardLane (talk) 12:00, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: museumwales.ac.uk says the bowl was found in a field below the castle, but this article from the BBC suggests there may have been a hillfort on the site. If that was the case, I think it would be worth including a sentence or two on the importance of the site before the medieval castle was built. Nev1 (talk) 12:26, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Caergwrl Bowl
Talk:Korakuen Stadium

message: assigned to GHQ, Tokyo from 1947 to 1949. I attened basebal at Koraku-en stadiom during the Summers of 1948 and 1949. After the 1948 regular season, a group I was associated with, along with Mr. Frank Shaughnessy, President of the International Baeball league and owner of the Montreal Royals, sponsored a five-city barnstorming tour of Japan bt the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast league. They played five games each in five Japanese cities, starting in Tokyo. Seals' manager, "Lefty" O'Doul was a baseball hero to the Japanese fans. A large photo of him was displayed, along with pictures of such American starrs as Babe Ruth, Lou Gerigh, etc. Mr. Shaughnessey's son, John was my supevisor and we worked at the stadium during the exhibition series. We introduced the Hot Dog to Japan. The stadium was packed full of fans, not even standing room and we were told that there were 300,000 people in the parking lots and streets outside, for all five games ! I'm told that we "sold" one million hot dogs during the series. Leading up to this phenomenon, Mr Shaughnessy and the International league was sending shipments of one hundred dozen baseball bats and balls, donated to the Japanese high schools (universities)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Johncharlesoneill (talk • contribs) 18:25, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: I was in the U.S. Army
Talk:Patrick Wymark

message: Is that a scar on his lower lip/jaw?
If so, how did he get it?
209.86.226.20 (talk) 10:42, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I came to this page to ask the same question.  I just noticed the mark in the final scene of Where Eagles Dare.  It looks to me like the kind of scar one might get from biting one's lower lip very hard.  —  President Lethe (talk) 07:58, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Scar? Lower lip/jaw
Category talk:Baseball venues in the United States

message: "Baseball Venue" is kind of an awkward term compared to "Baseball Park". Why are we using it? "Baseball Venue" doesn't even have a Wikipedia article. Are there any venues listed here that are not parks? Jason Quinn (talk) 15:06, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why "Baseball Venues" instead of "Baseball Parks"? 

message: I propose a new subcategory, Baseball venues in the United States by state for consistency with categories Baseball teams/leagues in the United States by state and American baseball players by state.  Also, this would separate all of the state-delimited baseball venue categories from the broader organization-delimited ones, such as Major league baseball venues, which would remain here.  I would like some feedback on this proposal. Waz8:T-C-E 02:50, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: With no opposition, I decided to "be bold" and forge ahead. Waz8:T-C-E 03:07, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed new subcategory
Talk:Middletown Mansfields

message: I deleted the category that was added because, as far I can tell, they were not a NABBP team, only a NAPBBP team.  Please let me know if this might be an error.Neonblak talk -  04:12, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category 

message: Since neither the MLB nor the Baseball Hall of Fame consider the NAPBBP a "major league" (see National Association of Professional Base Ball Players), the Mansfields probably shouldn't be described as a major league team, correct? benwildeboer  D(talk - contribs) 03:21, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Major League Status
Talk:Microsystems International

message: Microsystems International Limited (MIL) was a subsidiary of both BNR & Northern Telecomm. It was a semiconductor manufacturing company based in Kanata Canada, outside Ottawa. MIL manufactured Silicon ingots, wafers, semiconductor parts, and board level systems. This included: high power components like power diodes and SCRs; LEDs and gates; and computer parts such as shift registers, RAM, EPROM, and CPUs (designed internally). They purchased the Intel 1103 Dynamic Ram technology from Intel and was one of it's subsidiary manufacturers. Most of their RAM production was sold as board systems which they producted internally. The MIL designed and built 4 bit CPU sat between the Intel 4004 and 4040 architectures in power and capability (and timeframe).
MIL also produced a 4 function calculator making everything from the control chip (a purchased design), keypad, LED display, to the case. It was made for the Canadian market. (Forget who - maybe Simpsons?)
Note:
As I was a Waterloo Co-Op student at MIL for 2 work terms (8 months total) I feel that someone with more knowledge of its history should integrate the above into the main article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.107.0.85 (talk) 17:40, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  MIL details