Talk:Francis Willughby

message: The above was incorrectly placed in this biography. Shyamal (talk) 10:28, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: When I removed that section it was uncited and looked dubious. It can certainly be included with a proper citation. Shyamal (talk) 09:54, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed text 

message: I've removed the claim that the collection is Ray and Willughby's. Much of it certainly isn't, as the collection is from the city, not the Hall, and many specimens are more recent; also, the claim is uncited and I can't find evidence of its truth. If you know of such, by all means replace it with the citation. Chiswick Chap (talk) 20:19, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Natural history collection at Wollaton Hall

message: :A very good read. On the book of probabilities in games of chance, once highly profitable and jealously guarded information, are there other authorship claims? cygnis insignis 08:14, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: , not quite sure what you are asking. Since the manuscript no longer exists, we know nothing of its contents. Ray and FW were both competent mathematicians, but AFAIK Ray never mentioned it, and far more of his manuscripts survive than FW's  Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:30, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Apologies, I get that a lot, it's not just you ;| It is not clear to me how this lost work is being discussed, although that is not an uncommon occurrence, or the nature of the evidence on its subject matter (Wardhaugh). The quote is from Willughby, I'm supposing, who and where the quote is from might be added. Maybe you have scraped out all that can be said about the lost book, or I am overlooking something and being a bother, it was the only query I had in a well written and informative article. Regards, cygnis insignis 13:51, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: And for next time you have a similar ref situation, there is a similar system that clicks through again to full citation. There is an example demostrated in a recent FA, red-capped parrot, someone with a script could convert this article if you thought it desirable. cygnis insignis 14:02, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: , the quote is actually by his daughter, now clarified and sourced. Wardhaugh has little more; he talks about the work on probabilities by contemporaries, and suggests that he may have worked on cards and dice, since he dealt with these in the book of games, but it's all guesswork. As for the refs, I ended up with the system i always use in my FAs, so I'm comfortable with as is. Thanks again, Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:35, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: , no worries, should be a breeze getting this to FA. cygnis insignis 15:38, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Cygnis insignis

message: The preview of this article says that Willughby was a "psychological condition" regarding body odor.. April's fool? --Alricb (talk) 16:02, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Temporary vandalism Peaceray (talk) 00:06, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

text: "First naturalist to capture and accurately describe a hippogryph" or "thestral" would be an April Fool prank. "Smell my farts" or "Mehmet + Suzie 4 Ever!!!" is always just middle-school vandalism. — LlywelynII 01:35, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weirdness in preview 

message: Should be given somewhere on the page, since his major works were written in it and the transcription in the nonobvious Franciscus Willughbeius (nom.) and Francisci Willughbeii in the genitive form that appears in the titles of his books. The full names of the works should be given in the notes since you have that section anyway. — LlywelynII 01:32, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Added the nominative case form in lead. Shyamal (talk) 05:40, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Latin Name