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On 5 March 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Michael Beaumont, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in 1990, Michael Beaumont, feudal ruler of Sark, overcame a nuclear physicist's one-man invasion attempt and remains the only inhabitant allowed to keep pigeons and unspayed bitches? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Michael Beaumont. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
On 8 March 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lady Mary Fox, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that British king William IV's daughter, Lady Mary Fox (pictured), wrote a feminist narrative about a mysterious land now known as Australia? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lady Mary Fox. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
On 14 March 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article William Frederick Collings, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Sarkese ruler William Frederick Collings made his disabled heiress climb cliffs and hunt, and sent her a consolation telegram to say he was sorry her firstborn was a girl? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William Frederick Collings. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
I saw that you moved Haseki to Haseki sultan, but I think the "s" of sultan should be capitalized, like Valide Sultan. I also checked Turkish Wikipedia about this. I tried to correct it, but I couldn't. So please correct it yourself. Thanks. Keivan.fTalk 21:10, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
Good evening my friend. Of Course there is a source that suggests that the crown passed according to male-preferance cognatic primogeniture. Article 45 of the constitution of Kingdom of Greece describes that clearly. http://norfid.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/suntagma-ths-elladas-19521.pdf --Peeperman (talk) 18:30, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
The Greek Crown, and its constitutional rights are heritable and contained in the direct and legimate descendants of King George I by seniority, with male preference. Explanation reference: The fact of the article is that by preference the Greek Crown is inherited by the issues of the current monarch by seniority, with male preference. That's it. Sorry for my bad English! --Peeperman (talk) 19:06, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
I'm trying to bring consistency to the intros of all 266 papal bios articles. If you're gonna revert my capitalization of pope? then do so for all those articles. GoodDay (talk) 14:06, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
Editor of the Week | ||
Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week, for contributing to Wikipedia for sheer joy rather than for recognition. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project) |
Surtsicna edits articles primarily related to Royal Families and nobility |
Surtsicna |
Editor of the Week for the week beginning March 31, 2013 |
One of the many silent workers on Wikipedia, Surtsicna has been an example for all of Wikipedia through his ceaseless editing without a single page about himself. His 30000+ article edits and 140+ articles created speak volumes about his dedication to the project. His articles are based primarily on Medieval nobility and royal families and have been the focus of over 40 DYKs. His simple talk page showcases the humility of the type of underappreciated editor who forms the backbone of this encyclopedia. |
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Many thanks! This message is probably the nicest Wikisurprise I've ever had. I'll try to live up to the praise :D Surtsicna (talk) 10:26, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
Looks like that editor has already reached 3RR? Maybe someone should add a warning template at their Talk Page? Or even file at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring? Martinevans123 (talk) 18:21, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
...for these edits. I had just run out of steam on Isabeau when I read the first sentence and gulped because it was wrong. I couldn't get it right, so thanks so much for stepping in there. Truthkeeper (talk) 22:38, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
I saw that you removed those templates, because they add nothing to the articles. But you just removed them from the articles of the British Royal Family members, but I think we should remove them from the articles of all Royal Families. What do you think? Also, I removed a paragraph from the beginig of the article of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall because I think all of those things were in the other sections. They really weren't important things. You can see it on the revision history of the article. Should I remove that paragraph again? Keivan.fTalk 13:00, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
Hello, Surtsicna. Regarding the removals you made to these articles, as seen here and here, I'm stopping by your talk page to let you know that I replied to them via WP:Dummy edits. You can see my replies here and here. I obviously understand why you made the removals, and I have stated similar about the ridiculousness of the notion of oral sex causing pregnancy, but I decided that I should point out to you that some people have pondered the question with regard to fellatio. Flyer22 (talk) 17:43, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for your kind words about this article! I'm planning to nominate it for GA status after the DYK is done. You might be interested in a related article - I've collaborated with another editor to write an article on one of her most famous gardens, Gibraltar (Wilmington, Delaware). There's a DYK nomination of it that still needs reviewing, at Template:Did you know nominations/Gibraltar (Wilmington, Delaware). Prioryman (talk) 22:43, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
Hello, Surtsicna,
The third paragraph of the section entitled "Later reign" starts with the following words:
"In 1053 Edward ordered the assassination of the south Welsh prince, Rhys ap Rhydderch in reprisal for a raid on England,..."
Well, I think it should read: "In 1052 Edward ordered..."
... Because in the third paragraph of the Wikipedia's entry or article "Rhys ap Rhydderch" anyone can read the following:
King Edward the Confessor of England ordered the killing of Rhys in reprisal for his raiding of England, the decision being made at the royal court held at Christmas, 1052.[3] Rhys was killed, according to the D version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, because he "did harmful things". The chronicle of Florence of Worcester recorded a bit more information, stating that Rhys was killed at "Bulendun", which may be Bullen's Bank near Clyro in Radnorshire.[4]
More about EDWARD THE CONFESSOR,
Also, the fourth line of the third paragraph of the section entitled "Canonisation" reads: "... canonization...". I think this should be changed in order to read: "... canonisation..." as it appears in the title of the section.
A salute from Guadalajara, Mexico.
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189.162.136.115 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.162.136.115 (talk) 05:20, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
noble ladies
Thank you for quality articles on people of European nobility, especially women such as Beatrice of Falkenburg, maintaining articles of the topic, removing trivia, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:31, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks you for noticing, especially the removal of trivia! Articles on nobility seem to be especially prone to it. Surtsicna (talk) 15:18, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
The Succession Act may have received Royal Assent and passed into law, but its provisions don't come into effect until such time as the Lord Pres (Clegg) says so. That is to say, the throne still, as of right now, descends according to the 1701 Act. DBD 16:25, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
Hello, Surtsicna. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you have been involved. The discussion is about the topic Coronations in Poland, Coronations in Norway, etc. It looks like, you have not used any of the usual channels for a series of controversial page-moves, not only regarding Poland and Norway, but also Hungary and Russia... Regrettably, your new titles seem to lack the necessary wp:consensus. Thanks, Poeticbent talk 21:52, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
Please check the Dutch Royal Site attached. She is styled with the formal name of Queen, but she is NOT Queen of the Netherlands. This was officially stated by the Royal House and the Dutch Government. Her name is Queen Maxima, her title is Princess of the Netherlands. I have attached prove of this with the appropriate page, where you offer nothing to the contrary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.73.2.3 (talk) 23:31, 30 April 2013 (UTC) The title of the page should -according to Wiki rules- actually read Máxima, Princess of the Netherlands just as Charles, Prince of Wales or Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.73.2.3 (talk) 23:57, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
I may not be fully aware of all wikipedia's conventions but please can you explain why you have removed Catharina-Amalia's photograph from her page?
Jwasanders (talk) 10:02, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
On 2 May 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Privilege of Buda, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Treaty of Buda enabled Louis I of Hungary to become king of Poland because his uncle had no legitimate sons, but had to be followed by the Treaty of Košice because Louis himself had no sons? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Privilege of Buda. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
I strongly disagree with your revert. The article subsection is on the current line of succession to the throne, and these two Princes are no longer in that line since the accession of the current King.
Yes, they could return to the line if their mother were Queen, but she is not. If she ever is, that will be the right time to include these two princes in a chart showing the succession.
I am going to re-revert, and put something on the article's talk page so we can have some additional input from other people. P M C 10:05, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Union of Hungary and Poland at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! —♦♦ AMBER(ЯʘCK) 21:42, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
On 9 May 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Union of Hungary and Poland, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the union of Hungary and Poland fell apart due to the regent Elizabeth of Bosnia's reluctance to give up her grip on power by moving from Buda to Kraków, where she had no supporters? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Union of Hungary and Poland. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Monte delle doti at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 20:20, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks for cleaning up Queen Noor. 89.242.200.100 (talk) 20:01, 15 May 2013 (UTC) |
G'day Surtsicna, you appear to have started to unilaterally remove the royal styles templates as you believe them to be pointless and to add nothing. Per previous discussions on this subject, there are reasons that other editors have found it useful to include them (and a few editors who disagreed). Wearing my reader hat (rather than my editor hat), I certainly find this information of interest. Given the past history I think that if you really want to eliminate them, this needs to be raised for discussion. From my perspective, I am more concerned about preserving the information, if there is a better way to do this (eg incorporating into another template) and editorially the alternative it makes sense, then you won't get any objection from me. If I there has been a recent discussion on the subject that I have missed, my apologies and feel free to point me to it. Cheers, AusTerrapin (talk) 17:07, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
Sorry if I stepped on your toes, but that edit not only did not have an edit summery, but it literally read: "Fraciscus PP", which looks like vandalism to me. I'd rather protect the integrity of Wikipedia 100 times over by reverting possible, and I did say "possible" in my edit summery, than be wrong a few times on the "good faith" issue.--JOJ Hutton 19:22, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
How do you arrive at the standpoint that Prince Gustav and Princess Sigrid did not bear those titles, and then proceed to move them without discussion to article names with phonetically non-empathetic patronyms (we should avoid Swedish lessons on English WP)? I'm not too pleased about it. A bit arbitrary? --SergeWoodzing (talk) 01:16, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Hussein bin Abdullah, Crown Prince of Jordan at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Crispulop (talk) 12:58, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi Surtsicna, I've sent Isabeau to peer review in preparation for another run at FAC. Because you had some comments in regard to content, I thought I'd alert you - that's a good place to raise issues before FAC. Thanks, Victoria (talk) 15:58, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
I saw that you annulled my changes, he can not be crown prince of a country that does not exist, on serbian wiki is named by his proper name Aleksandar II Karađorđević -Milicevic01 (talk) 17:13, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
I don't understand why you reverted my edit, which was surely an improvement. I can see the wedding on TV right now and for some hours to come. Do you believe you have better information? Bishonen | talk 14:06, 8 June 2013 (UTC).
On 10 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hussein bin Abdullah, Crown Prince of Jordan, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 18-year-old Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan, son of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania, has served as regent several times since reaching the age of majority? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hussein bin Abdullah, Crown Prince of Jordan. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:06, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Wedding of Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 14:25, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
On 13 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Penelope Lyttelton, Viscountess Cobham, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Penelope, Viscountess Cobham, is known as the "Quango Queen" due to her involvement in many quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Penelope Lyttelton, Viscountess Cobham. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Sheikh Maktoum.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 05:48, 14 June 2013 (UTC) |
Hello! Your submission of Irina Aleksandrovna Ovtchinnikova at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Redtigerxyz Talk 10:26, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
Hey Surtsicna! Fantastic job on the article for Prince Leopold Clement of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha! I've had it on my Wikipedia to-do list for years now, so I was elated to see that you drafted such a comprehensive article on him! I'll remove him from my list, and will keep on the lookout for additional images. Thanks again for all extraordinary contributions to Wikipedia! -- Caponer (talk) 20:06, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Prince Leopold Clement of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! czar · · 05:41, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
I have opened up discussion at Talk:Enthronement of the Japanese Emperor#Title Move Discussion. You are invited to provide your opinion in the interest of consensus. Boneyard90 (talk) 14:07, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks for reviewing Mansoor al-Jamri for DYK. I'm glad you asked me to change the hook as it was absolutely not appropriate. I would like you to have this as a reward for the niceness you displayed while reviewing. Mohamed CJ (talk) 23:12, 17 June 2013 (UTC) |
Thank you very much for your appreciation, as well as for considering me fit to review the article for GA status. However, I will be away for several days, so I'm afraid I'll have to pass. I wish you best of luck with the GA review, though I doubt you'll need it. I'll make sure this barnstar stays on my talk page :) Surtsicna (talk) 23:21, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
Just letting you know that when I added my comments to the talk page discussion about moving this article, I added a bolded "move" just above your reply, in accordance with what seems to be general practice with "keep/delete" or "move/retain" discussions like this. I hope you don't mind; if you do, please accept my profound apologies, and feel free to remove the "move." - Ecjmartin (talk) 00:03, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
Nice work on Prince Leopold Clement of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Indulge me in a nit-pick. I think "mistress" strongly implies "the female sexual partner of a married man". A married man can have a mistress; an unmarried man has a girlfriend who puts out. I'm willing to admit there may be no easy encyclopedic way of expressing that. - Nunh-huh 05:55, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
On 18 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wedding of Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Christopher O'Neill (pictured) declined a royal title upon marrying Princess Madeleine of Sweden? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wedding of Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:03, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
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For exemplary rebuttal of intrusive inanity dumped on your talk page Qexigator (talk) 12:55, 20 June 2013 (UTC) |
Many thanks for the barnstar, Qexigator! It's terrible that I even had to earn it, but I was truly shocked by such impertinence. Hopefully, I'll never get to give you such a barnstar. Surtsicna (talk) 18:05, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
On 21 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Irina Aleksandrovna Ovtchinnikova, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Prince Peter of Greece lost his dynastic rights by marrying a twice-divorced Russian commoner soon after Edward VIII abdicated the British throne to marry a twice-divorced U.S. commoner? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Irina Aleksandrovna Ovtchinnikova. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
On 22 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark's incestuous feelings for his mother may have sparked his interest in marriages between one woman and several men? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
On 23 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Eva Brunne, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Eva Brunne (pictured) is the first openly lesbian bishop in the world? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eva Brunne. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:02, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
Per WP:ELNO points #1, #4, #12 and #13, we are not here to promote "Find-A-Grave". Any person can go out and take a picture of the grave at Arlington, donate to the WMF, and then post it on the article. We do not need to link to this site to get an image of the headstone. It's a spam external link. Doc talk 11:23, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello, I'm The Theosophist. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Catherine of Bosnia. If this was a mistake, don't worry: I restored the removed content. If you would like to experiment, you can use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Unfortunately, the image you removed was actually an image of Catherine of Bosnia. Catherine of St Sava is an alternative name of her. Be more careful. The Theosophist (talk) 01:52, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
I am extremely sorry for this. I had thought that you had supposed that it was a different person, only from the fact that the image had another name and that you didn't know that she used both names. Sorry again.--The Theosophist (talk) 12:07, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
OK, I agree that the box is not needed.
Concerning straightforward sources, do you mean that when we have sources that someone was born in 1834 and died in 1879 but we don't have sources stating that he was 45 years old, we can't add the age?--The Theosophist (talk) 13:35, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
I see. May I ask another question? If I have sources stating that A was B's legitimate son and I also have sources that B was married to C and they both married only once in their lifetime, is it considered original research to state that A was a son of C?--The Theosophist (talk) 13:50, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
On 28 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Prince Leopold Clement of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Prince Leopold Clement's failure to marry his girlfriend led her to burn his face with acid and commit suicide after fatally wounding him? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Prince Leopold Clement of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 11:37, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
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