User talk:Alansplodge

Hi

Hi, thanks for your answer on the Reference desk, but who are you? Why don't you have a user page? The Great Cucumber (talk) 20:25, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Ref desk - writing quote found

I feel a little lazy hearing how you found the quote I was searching for ... I must have a low frustration tolerance. Thanks again, nonetheless!

If you have the inclination to acquaint yourself with Dillard, I think you're in for a treat. Especially Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Teaching a stone to talk, or her autobiography, An American Childhood. 198.161.238.18 (talk) 16:43, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks.

Cheers for the swift and accurate reply re the Faroe Isles. I thought no-one else knew they existed ! Really strange about the Danes paying for the tunnels too, I never knew that.

Plymouth

Thanks for writing more detail about Plymouth's history. I think the history section is now as big and detailed as it should get. We have a history of Plymouth article for extra details. The article is currently a "good article", which means its reliability needs to be maintained. In my opinion, citing Plymouth Data is fine. I checked up about that ages ago on Wikipedia and other users said that other sources should be used, if available i.e. historical books, but that otherwise Plymouth Data is "okay". Cyber-heritage, however, is not reliable. Do you have any other sources you could use for that one? Jolly Ω Janner 19:19, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Tolmers Scout Camp

An article that you created, Tolmers Scout Camp has been proposed for merging into the region article Scouting in East of England. I did not make this proposal, but I found a meregto tag on the article, and agreed with it, so I am doing the work on it. I have added the mergefrom to the target article, adviced the Scouting Project and now you, and will add justification for the merge soon to Talk:Scouting in East of England. Please comment there when I have done so. --Bduke (Discussion) 02:02, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Elizabeth II's descent from Brian Boru

Hey it me from the question on the reference desk. You describe a line of descent for me between Brian Boru and Elizabeth II, but can you give me a full line with the names of every person in the generation. Just put it on Descent of Elizabeth II from William I; I'm trying to show all of Elizabeth II's connections to all the past monarchs in the British Isles, including Ireland. Thanks a lot.--Queen Elizabeth II's Little Spy (talk) 02:02, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Colonel Grantham discussion

Hi, just to let you know I have copied and pasted our discussion to my talk page because I am going on holiday tomorrow, and the discussion at the reference desk will probably be archived before I get back. -- role^player 02:01, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Les Parisoises

Apropos your comment on "Nigeroise," Jacques Barzun, in one of his books, notes that Rouget de Lisle's song that became the French anthem was popularized by guys from Marseilles, but was in fact composed at the request of another city. Had things worked out differently, muses Barzun, the folks in Rick's American Cafe might have sung La Strasbourgeoisie. --- OtherDave (talk) 18:06, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

More on crickets!

Thank you for your suggestions on crickets at refdesk! The article is now at Crickets as pets and needs some attention to grammar and flow.

Chirp! East of Borschov 08:31, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Awesome

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Gogmagog

Hi, do you want to bluelink Gogmagog (folklore) with the material you added to the article on the band (now movoed to Gogmagog (band)? DuncanHill (talk) 20:41, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

No problem - until you mentioned him on the refdesk I'd never got around to reading what was behind the bluelink (he's mentioned in some other articles I've edited). Thanks for making the stub. DuncanHill (talk) 18:19, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

WP:IAMNOTASCOTSMAN

Alansplodge, yir coament hir was well ootae order, yir tekkin the pish en aw, ye wide radge! In aw ma puff, Ahs nivir been claeser to Scotland than Nikko, that tourist toon in Japan. Mind, Ahs read aw ae thon Irvine Welsh novels. --Shirt58 (talk) 13:12, 21 October 2010 (UTC) ps: I've also been mistaken for a person from the subcontinent.

Thank you!

Alan, may I say thank you for posting that lovely article on chest tombs. It's fair made my day reading that one! --TammyMoet (talk) 10:13, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Scouting

Hi. Have to say g'day from Australia to a fellow Scout. I'm on the outskirts of Melbourne. Group Leader of a growing group of 50 something members.And yes, my Scouts "marched" in a local community parade a month ago. Could not keep in step to save themselves! HiLo48 (talk) 11:46, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

I'm about 15 km further east of Wantirna, in a place called Mooroolbark. I actually have a couple of Cubs in my Group who live in Wantirna now, and are recent immigrants from London! They have just moved to Wantirna, and I guess they will join a group there soon. Glad you know something of our geography. I don't know much about London! Keep up the good work. HiLo48 (talk) 12:13, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Lohamei haGeta'ot's aqueduct

Hiya! I'm on the kibbutz for the entire month, and have taken some rather fetching photos of the lovely aqueduct. Would you like to add one or two for the article? If they are not excellent though, I can take others with my actual camera rather than cell camera. :p Just name the section of the aqueduct. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 06:10, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Actually, are we sure that it was Ottoman? From the source: "An early aqueduct was built in the Hellenistic period. From this aqueduct, which was mostly underground, several sections were discovered, including a Kilometer long section near Ness Harim, and two more sections in Kibbutz Lochamei Hagetaot." There are in fact two visible sections on and near Lohame haGeta'ot. So is it Ottoman or Hellenistic? xD Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 06:45, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

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13 Pounder Naval Gun

I came across this page which says that WWI Royal Navy motor launches were fitted with a 13 pounder gun on a naval pedestal mounting. This looks rather different to the QF 13 pounder 6 cwt AA gun. The page goes on to say that they were removed from MLs and mounted on Defensivly Armed Merchant Ships. An example of one was indeed recovered from a sunken merchant ship in 1982 and now stands on dispaly at Scarborough harbour. Does anyone know the official designation of this naval gun? We should at least mention it in this article, if not give it a seperate page. Alansplodge (talk) 13:36, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

That is definitely a 13-pounder in your linked article. Weird, I wouldn't have thought it would have been much use as a naval gun. If you can dig up any more authoritative info, the place to refer to the gun's naval deployment would not be in the AA gun article, but in Ordnance QF 13 pounder. regards, Rod. Rcbutcher (talk) 13:53, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

The gun in the motor launch photos is definitely the barrel and recuperator from a 13-pounder field gun, on a naval pedestal mounting - the short barrel with the recuperator above is unmistakable. I think after they proved unsuited to trench warfare, there were a lot of spare guns available for whatever use they could be fitted to, such as AA. Rod. Rcbutcher (talk) 16:13, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Red link and WP:EASTEREGG

Dear Alansplodge, I've changed back the "corrections" you made to Algerine class gunboat, Gipsy class destroyer and a couple of others. Just because there's a red link doesn't mean you should pipe it to something else (in this case, a ship index page). In fact WP:EASTEREGG says you should not do so, including piping HMS Barracouta to Cherokee class brig-sloop. Nevertheless, thanks for the good work on HMS Leven, and more power to your elbow. Yours, Shem (talk) 22:35, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Good luck with William Fitzwilliam Owen - if there's anything I can do to help, please ask. Shem (talk) 23:10, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Port Durnford, & Spencer rifle

Just a lot of thanks for your super-answer on Port Durnford (Humanities, 19 September 2011) T.y. Arapaima (talk) 08:55, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

You are too kind ! If you happpen to have another day off, may I ask you something more  : I'm looking desperately for a JPG of an Indian brave with a Spencer rifle , I want it to be in the § "Evolution" of my french article "Spencer (arme)". I'm pretty sure I saw that photo, but can't remember where... Do you know if it is in Commons ? T.y. , thanks a lot beforehand Arapaima (talk) 09:20, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks a lot too for "Indians + Spencer rifle" ! Bonne chance à toi aussi, et merci ! (Good luck to you too, & thanks !) Arapaima (talk) 10:07, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Movie Title

Hi Alan

Thank you for the suggestion but it is not likely to be Zardoz far from it I do not remember Sean Connery in it. It was not a big film. I wonder whether it would be possible do dig the films showing at the Metropole Cinema London SW1 in the Autumn of 1973.

Sincerely Dona Lay — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.146.182.142 (talk) 18:34, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Movie title from 1973

Thank you for trying. I have a problem with registering with Britmovie somehow I cannot fulfil the field "add a title for the film" A Cloackwork what does it mean? for example I quote a british film The Scarlet Pimpernel what title I have to add for this?

Regards Sincerely Dona Lay — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.146.182.142 (talk) 23:43, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

I've just registered without any problem. The "Clockwork" thing is a quiz to prevent spam. The answer is "Orange" as in Clockwork Orange. Alansplodge (talk) 00:03, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for your ready help on Ref. Desk, & best wishes for 2012

I incidentally happen to look supra at the rubric "Les Parisoises". In french, we say Les Parisiennes, La Marseillaise , La Strasbourgeoise.

BTW, I just nearly completed the translation into french of Military history of African Americans in the American Civil War , I'd appreciate if you'd look at it...Hal Jespersen has done it yet (& told me to be prudent while handling the "Black Confederates" hypothesis) but the more experts on it, the best. T.y. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arapaima (talk • contribs) 17:36, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

BEF and Dunkirk

Do you have any books which quote the exact figures for the numbers evacuated from Dunkirk? The issue is on Talk:British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)#Approximate, from which I have noticed that the first paragraph of the evacuation section is not referenced. I have spent an hour and a half looking through internet pages and PDFs of book snippets but they all give the same numbers apart from Churchill's tome.

My first instinct was to ref the numbers in the article, but after looking into the Dunkirk evacuation article for refs (as it looked like the BEF section might have been copied from there) it seems that the only possible source was (AJP) Taylor; unfortunately the Taylor book in the bibliography does not seem to be available online, and searches do not appear to have those numbers in.

Any help would be appreciated Chaosdruid (talk) 23:19, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the ref. It would seem even more convoluted than I orignally though, I will take a better look later tonight.

BTW - did you ever add any more on the second BEF? I remember we had the beginnings of a discussion about it, but seems we didn't go any further than opening sentences? Talk:British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)#The_.22Second_BEF.22_and_the_campaign_after_Dunkirk Chaosdruid (talk) 15:08, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Deleted post

There is a discussion which concerns you at Wikipedia talk:Reference desk#Deleted Birther soapboxing. SpinningSpark 19:38, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Tong Tusham

"Tung Tusham" must have been a typo for "Tung Fushan", which is rendered as "Dong Fushan" in the modern Pinyin transcription. I've expanded a bit the coverage in Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012_April_6#Tung_Tusham_Island. -- Vmenkov (talk) 06:16, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for valuable help

Thank you for the valuable references and the timely completion of the response to my inquiry about the name of the SBS during the Korean War. Rnfriedman44 (talk) 10:28, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

The fate of British war dead

Hi Alan.

Your presence is requested over at User talk:Arwel Parry#The fate of British war dead for a discussion on the above subject that I've commenced there.

Cheers. -- ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ ^{[your turn]} 08:01, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Done. Alansplodge (talk) 23:29, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

"Some success..." indeed!

Dear Alan, your recent search on my Language ref desk query is serving me well. That Flickr page link you posted on Hebraized Latin Fonts was my virtual introduction to a still-active Flickrista in Switzerland who's evidently a typographer and fellow archivist. I'm looking forward to sending him some links to Holocaust-era graphic artists - one of whom, Pesach Ir-Shay, né Irsai István, he's already documenting but may not have seen the artist's Bergen-Belsen diary illustrations, nine originals of which are located downstairs and down the hall from my daytime office but also can be viewed online :-) Seriously distracting as typography collections are, I do believe I'll get some good advice from following this lead. So you have my hearty and heartfelt thanks and appreciation for your efforts. -- Cheers, Deborahjay (talk) 13:54, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

Joseph Spiess

Hi. I am not sure you read the information I gathered on Joseph Spiess on WP:RD/H.

Joseph Spiess was born in 1838 see his birth certificate. This "proposal" explains why he was awarded the "Légion d'Honneur" and when (7 August 1913) — AldoSyrt (talk) 08:27, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

In response to your message on my talk page. He was Alsatian. This birth certificate was issued by the Préfecture of Seine département (for his marriage), but his birth place is Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin département). This birth certificate was issued in 1894 when Alsace was annexed to Germany. In 1872 Joseph Spiess choose to remain French see here. (Note. If you follow this link, you can click on the arrows to have access to his whole file recorded by the "Légion d'Honneur") — AldoSyrt (talk) 22:55, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

"A unique achievement by her mother"

Thank you for the laugh. --NellieBly (talk) 02:44, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Anthony Knyvett (1507-1554)

Hi. Would you mind if I tagged the question and answer at Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities#Sir_Anthony_Knyvet with the {{WPRDAC attention}} template, to mark the fact that a new stub article was created because of it and help monitor the RD's influence on mainspace content? - Karenjc 08:32, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Volunteer Training Corps (World War I)

Interesting article! If you haven't seen it already, you might be interested in the House of Lords second reading, of the 1915 Bill, which has a short potted history of the formation of the volunteers. Andrew Gray (talk) 20:18, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Boni & Liveright

Thanks awfully for the colophon, but the article seems to have pleased some french book-nerds to the extent that they removed in the legend the mention I'd made of your contribution. But you may find it in the first versions of the article. Thanks again for your help, take care. T.y. Arapaima (talk) 18:31, 7 November 2012 (UTC) Actually, they have even removed the monk colophon, & added some others ! Must be some colophon nerd ...Hope they wont think the louse-eradication jpg is not congruent in the chapter "Lutte contre les ligues de vertu"  ;-) ...T.y. Arapaima (talk) 18:38, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

MoDAH b'ashmaTEE

...which is transliterated Hebrew for "Mea culpa#Popular meaning." The admission of guilt plus explanation I wrote after our recent comments on the "Top hats among jew [sic] men RD/H query was intended for your Talk page, but it came out so cute I decided to share it with everyone who's following the discussion thus far. Seriously, you have my sincere appreciation for helping out on these queries which I, at least, find annoying and even mildly disturbing. -- Cheers, Deborahjay (talk) 08:47, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

You must be thirsty after that research

For your work in digging up references for Air National Guard units with special weapons, please enjoy this yard of ale. I updated the 174th Air Refueling Squadron article accordingly. Regards, Orange Suede Sofa (talk) 17:18, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

A yard of ale for you

Damned good thrashing

Hello Alan. I was delighted with this edit.

That's the sort of talk we should have more of. People should be threatened with damned good thrashings much more often than they are these days. Or with being whipped to within an inch of their lives. Or simply with being killed in an unspecified way. The sorts of things all good loving parents traditionally said to their children every day of the week. It never did them any harm. Why, just look at me.  :)

I think I'll revive this excellent practice of making hollow* threats of extreme violence, and I'll start with the next frail old person on a walking frame who doesn't get out of my way quickly enough. Or the next bank teller who short changes me by 5 cents. I'll start small, though. First, it'll be a thorough dressing down, and when that fails to have any appreciable effect on their unacceptable behaviour, as it surely will, the next step will be a threat of a damned good thrashing. Yes, that'll teach them a thing or two. Who says the age of tradition and chivalry is dead? Thanks for reminding me what the joy of life is all about. :)

(* Naturally, I'd never actually carry these threats out. Good Lord, no! I abhor violence. All the fun is in the threatening.) -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 22:23, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Your choice of possible targets reminds me of the early days of the internet, when I encountered some pompous old goons imitating their ancient ancestors by waxing lyrical about how the youth of today have no manners, don't respect their elders or the law, and so on. The particular ungodly practice that this goon-gathering found disturbing was that children sometimes rode their bicycles on the pavement. (This was before pavement cycle lanes became fashionable.) "It's against the law!", they cried. Being pompous old goons, it was not surprising that one of them quickly informed us that he took the law into his own hands, and gave such children "a good clout" to "knock them flying" off their cycles, and thus make them respect "the law". Much virtual goon-guffawing ensued.

I added my approval, and said that this was indeed an ideal way to uphold the law. That, in fact, I had tried it for the first time that very afternoon, knocking the postman off his bicycle and into a large thornbush. That particular postman always rode his bicycle on the pavement, I told them, but I bet he won't do it again!

The shocked virtual silence that greeted this revelation was most satisfying.

Round here both kids and postmen still ride their bicycles on the pavement, without any problems for the most part. I can't remember if either kids or postmen dismount from their cycles when making use of a school crossing patrol, though. It would be amusing if so - cycling on the pavement, but dismounted when in the road. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 22:49, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Enfield railway station

Hi, I noticed you expanded the Hertford Loop. Do you have any information on Enfield railway station (predecessor to its replacement, Enfield Chase)? Simply south...... walking into bells for just 6 years 23:55, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks anyway. Simply south...... walking into bells for just 6 years 16:37, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

Saving you some effort

Hi Mr Splodge, and Merry Christmas. My Christmas gift to you is this. I noticed you linked a category thusly:

• Category:Advertising agencies of the United Kingdom

You could have saved yourself some key strokes etc by doing it thusly:

• Category:Advertising agencies of the United Kingdom.

That is, double bracket it as you would normally, but insert an extra colon before the word Category, and that converts it into a link, rather than categorising the entire page on which it appears.

Yo ho ho and Cheers. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 18:52, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

James Archibald Ewart

Again let me thank you Alansplodge for the information you found on google for James Ewart. It seems to me that you used a method to search in google whch I don't know. I would therefore be grateful if you could please explain this method to me. Thank you. Simonschaim (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 05:37, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

A simple trick is to put the search term into inverted commas, which will only display exact matches. I tried "James Archibald Ewart", "James A Ewart" "J A Ewart" and "James Ewart". I finally found results on Google Books which you can find under the search bar, where it says "Web, Shopping, Images, More". If you click on "More" you get a drop-down menu - click on "Books". I think the search term that worked was was "James Ewart" Headmaster as there were quite a lot of James Ewarts. Hope this helps. Alansplodge (talk) 23:17, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. This has certainly helped and it has also taught me something for the future.Simonschaim (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 08:50, 21 January 2013 (UTC) 

Thanks for your response

I must say I was impressed with your prompt response to my, admittedly, poor phrasing of a question at the reference desk. You were spot on! Dare I say that the reference librarian at my local branch would've simply rolled his/her eyes at my question. Thanks for you time! Now I have a new subject on WP to research and hopefully edit constructively. Contributors like you make Wikipedia great, so, again, thanks! Ditch ∝ 22:26, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

The question was regarding the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon. Ditch ∝ 02:38, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Apology

I reverted your message at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities by mistake, sorry about that just a a bit of finger trouble. MilborneOne (talk) 16:42, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Stanley Spencer

Hi there. Just to let you know (if you don't see the RD/H entry before it scrolls off), the text and photos from "Motoring Illustrated" are available at User:Tevildo/MotoringIllustrated. And Beaulieu is positively infested with wild horses, re the Buffalo question. Tevildo (talk) 13:31, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Stanley Spencer

Happening upon your post at the help desk, I thought there must not be a lot of sources so I checked and it looks like there quite a bit, Since I performed the searches, I thought I'd drop them by in case they might be useful. Chronicling America; Trove; Brooklyn Daily Eagle full view book links; News sources. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:44, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

I've looked. No, can't find a first date of flight:-( Point of order you might like to know. I know the current stub hasn't been edited by you so I assume you're working on it offline, but the stub says the name of the ship was "Mellin" and the New Zealand article you named at the ref desk could easily be seen to support this. However, this article tells us the ships was "built ... to the order of Messrs. Mellin" which puts the New Zealand article, where it also looks like Mellin is the name of the ship, in a new light. This article also has a good bit of detail about the makeup of the ship, the materials used, the weight, etc. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:40, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

By (LLoyd) George, I think it's Mackenzie King

Per the recent reference desk discussion, I'm of the opinion Mackenzie King should be used rather than King in his article. Comments would be appreciated at Talk:William Lyon Mackenzie King#Naming convention. Clarityfiend (talk) 20:03, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

DYK for British Volunteer Corps

The DYK project (nominate) 16:04, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

Diagonal line for cavalry

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Walford High School/West London Academy

Hi there. I have recently created the article Alec Reed Academy, and having researched its history have redirected West London Academy to the article, as that is what Alec Reed Academy was known as until 2012. By doing this I noticed that you have added Walford High School to the Walford (disambiguation) article, and have stated that this school was renamed West London Academy in 2005. I can find no evidence of this, I have found that the school was previously known as Compton High School before 2003 but no mention of Walford High School. Do you know where you sourced this information from? Bleaney (talk) 17:48, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

No it was me being dim! If I had looked beyond Compton High School I would have found that it was previously known as Walford. For some bizarre reason I thought you had been caught up in a hoax in reference to EastEnders! It seems that this poor school has been failing for a long time, and gets a name change every few years or so. Anyway, sorry for the bother. Bleaney (talk) 15:59, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for all your help with this article, youve been great. Bleaney (talk) 18:58, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Woman at Brandenburg Gate

Hi, I was interested to read your comment about an iconic news video of a tearful woman demanding to be allowed to walk through the Brandenburg Gate "just once in my life". I've never seen this clip. I've looked for it on Youtube, but I can't find it there, nor anywhere else for that matter. Do you know where I can see it? Many thanks, --Viennese Waltz 15:59, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks very much, certainly a powerful and moving moment. --Viennese Waltz 06:44, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

Hi! Did you write the article about the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, or did you copy-paste the text from somewhere else? I'm asking because I'd like to nominate it for DYK. It looks great! Surtsicna (talk) 23:26, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

I figured it was your own work, so I nominated at it. See Template:Did you know nominations/Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth :) Surtsicna (talk) 09:39, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

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Brunei

Thank you for answering my question :) But that's the old 1984 Brunei Constitution, this is the current one http://www.agc.gov.bn/agc1/images/LOB/cons_doc/dokumen-dokumen_perlembagaan_2008.pdf , and doesn't mentioned the things that were on the 1984's Const. any more, but now only as for current the purposes of the English language on Section 2 - "An official version in the English language shall be provided of anything which, by this Constitution or by any written law or by the Standing Orders, is required to be printed or in writing, and such version shall, in addition to the official Malay version, be accepted as an authentic text" , so can English still even be described as "Recognised" in regards to that Section 2? Alevero987 (talk) 04:13, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

I think that if the English language is actually mentioned by name in the constitution, then it IS recognized for some purposes, although the obvious thrust of the thing is that Malay should be the primary language. That's only my opinion and I'm no constitutional expert. It seems to me to be a rather minor quibble and I won't object if you decide to remove English from the refbox. Alansplodge (talk) 12:11, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks.

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Merci, chéri

May the green fairy visit your dreams!

Thank you, Alan. Coming from you, this brittle star is meaningful. ---Sluzzelin talk 01:17, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

By the way, I don't know whether you know it or even appreciate this kind of time-waster, but I found it enjoyable: geoguessr.com. And see also xkcd's take: ---Sluzzelin talk 03:35, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

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Royal Military Canal

Hi, Vale's history of the South Staffordshire Regiment confirms that the 2nd Battalion - who were part of 31st Ind Inf Brig - were based in Hythe in the later part of 1940. This was after September though, so not sure who was there at the height of the invasion threat as 31st Brig wasn't mobilised until July 1940. NtheP (talk) 16:06, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

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You say badge I say patch

Sorry about the wrong deletion. I thought I was on Formation badges when I eliminated the talk page.

	Here is a semihemidemibarnstar for <correcting my error>

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Getting away with things

Hi Alan. I saw this, and I was going to retort that life is not about what one is able to get away with. But then I reflected that it actually is exactly that, most of the time.

May your 2014 be replete with getting away with as much stuff as possible. Cheers. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 23:15, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

Coronation of Queen Victoria

Thanks for adding the music, which I've only just noticed, and the other 2 you've done! Johnbod (talk) 13:53, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra

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DYK for Cornwell Scout Badge

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Boom Boom?

Can I assume that's the same as badump bump? I was unable to find a definition. μηδείς (talk)

Yes. I have replied on the RefDesk and amended the article that you linked to show "boom boom" as a British English alternative. Thanks. Alansplodge (talk) 17:09, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Musical taste

I saw your note on polyphonal choral music from the Renaissance and wanted to say that we share the same taste. Living in the States, I don't often run into people who appreciate that genre. Cheers. Marco polo (talk) 15:42, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

In response to your note, my taste probably goes back to my experience in a men and boys' choir in an Episcopalian (i.e., Anglican) church some decades ago. Our choirmaster in fact had us sing pieces by Byrd and Tallis, sadly not including the magnificent Spem in alium, which our small and amateur choir could not have pulled off. You are lucky that this kind of music is appreciated in England. It is possible to hear this music live in the States, but only occasionally and in a few places. Best wishes. Marco polo (talk) 18:48, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

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Apologize

Just wanted to make it clear I didn't really find your question in regard to whitefish problematic, and that my sarcastic response was really taking a jab at the talk page, not you. Interestingly, textbooks do make a distinction between them and oilfish which has importance ecologically, commercially, and shows the power of convergent evolution. μηδείς (talk) 16:11, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

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