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Whack!
You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know you did something silly.

Worldbruce (talk) 15:01, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Future use

Happy New Year, KJP1!

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No Swan So Fine - And a very Happy New Year to you, Swan. I must say that getting the shots of the Cerberus Privy was a particular highlight of my year. What odd things bring us pleasure. All the very best. KJP1 (talk) 21:26, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

For Sterling Landscaping Work at Stowe Gardens

The Capability Brown Wig
For helping out so splendidly during someone else's GAN Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:45, 22 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The Capability Brown wig! That, I’ve not seen, but I shall wear it with pride. KJP1 (talk) 18:49, 22 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

To do

Christopher Hussey (historian) - Needs work. KJP1 (talk) 22:00, 26 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Teamwork Barnstar
Thank you so much for your contributions to Belton House so far. You have really filled out the bibliography and done a lot of good replacing not so good references with sterling ones. –♠Vamí_IV†♠ 13:33, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Misleading (i.e. plain wrong) sources

Your comment about the Burges book at the Soyer FAC is very much to the point. Someone may well see the incorrect statement about WB's visiting the Middle East and innocently add it to the article. It might be a good idea if you were to post a note on the talk page of WB's article explaining that the statement on page so-and-so of Whatshisname's book that WB visited the Middle East is wrong, and add citations substantiating the fact that he never went further east than Constantinople. Ssilvers and I had to bat off the much perpetuated and wholly inaccurate myth that Richard D'Oyly Carte's real name was Richard Doyle McCarthy, and we've left a note refuting it on the article talk page. Might help, might not, but better than nothing. Ever thine, Tim riley talk 14:36, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Monmouthshire listed buildings

On the Grade I and II* lists I have replaced the "Cadw listed building header" with the equivalent wikitable code for now (I think these are the only ones, but if their are any other lists like these that use the header, but not the row template, these will need to be changed too). If the templates are changed and the columns are rearranged it would cause problems if using only the header without the matching row template. By removing the header template it means that changes made to the templates won't have an impact on these articles. Once the updating of the templates is complete these articles can be reworked as needed and the templates added back into them, but they won't have been messed up at any point during the updating process. EdwardUK (talk) 16:52, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

EdwardUK - You are at complete liberty to change around anything on the Monmouthshire lists, but I can’t guarantee I’ll understand what you’ve done! Anyways, they look very nice. I’ve replied to the latest comment on the Wales page. I wonder if the best way is to put the Monmouthshire Parks list into the new format and offer it up to viewing. I can cut and paste the sandbox into your format, unless you have an easier way of transferring it. All the very best. KJP1 (talk) 16:10, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I think copy/paste is how I would do it. Making a second list below the original version, transferring the entry from the top of the first list to the bottom of the new list, using the grid ref link on the original list to get the decimal numbers for lon/lat parameters, and moving the completed date into the notes. Then, after error checking the new version, I would delete it from original list and add the next entry onto the second list in the same way. This makes it is possible to convert the information a few entries at a time over several edits rather than all in one go so I would be more likely to spot any mistakes. I would also probably wait until I had the full table completed before adding more info and references to the notes section (coflein maybe?). I will have a go at doing the list for RCT parks as it will also give me more of a chance to test out the template. Once we have completed a few lists I also have the code for a navbox in my sandbox which can be added to each article. EdwardUK (talk) 17:25, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I have created the articles for RCT and Merthyr Tydfil and I've added an alt= parameter to the row template for improved accessibility. I left out the site type column (it didn't seem necessary on such short lists, but it could easily be added by setting the parameter to yes if wanted). The template seems to be working well so it is mostly general things that should need to be improved (manual of style, punctuation, etc - I'm never quite sure with some of these things). Also I have created the navbox for use on the articles: {{Register of parks and gardens in Wales}}. EdwardUK (talk) 21:06, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Penrhyn Castle

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Penrhyn Castle you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Desertarun -- Desertarun (talk) 11:02, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Penrhyn Castle

The article Penrhyn Castle you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Penrhyn Castle for comments about the article, and Talk:Penrhyn Castle/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Desertarun -- Desertarun (talk) 16:02, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Powis Castle

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Powis Castle you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Tim riley -- Tim riley (talk) 12:41, 8 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Powis Castle

The article Powis Castle you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Powis Castle for comments about the article, and Talk:Powis Castle/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Tim riley -- Tim riley (talk) 11:04, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Great to see you're still promoting notable castles and are still active! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:46, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Dr. Blofeld - Good to hear from you, Dr. B, and glad you're still around too. So many buildings articles still to write and to improve. All the best. KJP1 (talk) 12:16, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Penrhyn Castle

On 17 March 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Penrhyn Castle, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the country house Penrhyn Castle (interior pictured) is a mock castle? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Penrhyn Castle. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Penrhyn Castle), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Aoidh (talk) 12:02, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

St. Julian's Church

Hi, GAR comments now addressed, I think. Amitchell125 (talk) 16:59, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Amitchell125 - Indeed they are, and it's now passed. KJP1 (talk) 07:29, 18 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hearst Castle

Do you think my comments at the peer review count as making "significant contributions to the article prior to the review"? If not, I'll be happy to review it for GA. Pray ponder. Tim riley talk 14:54, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Tim riley / SchroCat - Tim, a grand offer which I’d gratefully accept. You’re down at 68 on the list of contributors, with 20 edits - I assume correcting my grammatical howlers! - that ranks at 0% in the article’s overall split. I’d never diminish your contributions as “insignificant” - not least because you’d ask what they (didn’t) signify - but I think you’re fine for GA purposes. I was going to ask if you/Schrocat would mind having a look at Registered historic parks and gardens in Monmouthshire, which has got stuck at FLC with one support. I wanted it as a bookend to the Grade I/II* Monmouthshire buildings lists, which you were both kind enough to look at a few years ago, but for unfathomable reasons, people don’t seem that excited by some of Monmouthshire finest allotments. KJP1 (talk) 15:24, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'll look in at the Monmouthshire parks page. You might see if Dudley Miles is minded to have a look at it: I have had the pleasure of reviewing several similar articles by him, and he knows of what he speaks. Meanwhile I'll ask my GP for an injection to anaesthetise my aesthetic senses to enable me to look in at the frightful Hearst Castle. Tim riley talk 15:38, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Tim riley - It will hurt! Far worse than anything Burges did. But if renowned aesthete - is that a false title? - John Julius Norwich could cope with it… KJP1 (talk) 15:43, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it's a false title. I cannot deny being a great admirer of Lord Norwich – a real title – but quandoque bonus dormitat Venta Icenorum. (No, I didn't know Venta Icenorum was the Roman name for Norwich, and having looked it up I confidently expect to have forgotten it by bedtime.) Tim riley talk 15:54, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Hearst Castle

Good afternoon. I'm pleased to tell you that I've begun reviewing the article Hearst Castle you nominated for GA-status, according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Tim riley -- Tim riley (talk) 16:03, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've left a few comments on the review page – nothing earth-shaking. I shan't bother putting the review on formal hold unless you would prefer me to. Tim riley talk 12:13, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]