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Charles Darwin
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SchroCat (
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Output
Hello SchroCat, sorry for this. But would you like to leave your output on the
AM DB9 nomination? (The source review and image review have thankfully been concluded). Best, 750h+ | Talk 10:08, 15 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Hi 750+, I will do. I'm just leaving it open for others before I come in - partly because I've gone over it too recently and want to read with a fresh pair of eyes, and partly because I have promised a couple of other reviews first. I've got it watchlisted, however, and I will be there at some point (it's going to take six weeks or so to get through, so there's plenty of time!) Cheers -
SchroCat (
talk) 10:47, 15 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Oh okay, thanks for the response. 750h+ | Talk 10:52, 15 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Excellent. You’ve got a few others lined up to look over it too, and I am waiting for the right point to weigh in, so it’s all looking very positive at the moment. -
SchroCat (
talk) 04:57, 22 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Sapper's Wife (H. C. McNeile)
According to birth and marriage records, accessible at FreeBMD, in the third quarter of 1891 Violet Evelyn B Douglas was born; in the fourth quarter of 1914 Herman C McNeile married Violet B Douglas; and in the fourth quarter of 1916 Michael A M McNeile was born to a mother with the maiden name of Baird-Douglas. It seems fairly clear from that information that her surname was not simply Baird, but Douglas, or possibly Baird-Douglas. So referring to her as simply "Baird" is erroneous. What exactly do the Sources you quote say ?
RGCorris (
talk) 15:58, 26 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Well that’s a lot of
WP:OR you’ve got going on. Exactly, the ONDB says “On 31 October 1914 he married Violet Baird (b. 1890/91)”. It’s possible that, as with some families, there is a difference in the names for sons and daughters. It’s not uncommon in some social circles. My family, for example, has men using double barrelled surnames, but women have the first part of the surname as the last of their forenames, and the second part of the surname as their only surname. It’s possible this is the case here. Either way, the ONDB trumps the OR and referring to her as Baird in entirely correct. -
SchroCat (
talk) 19:49, 26 April 2024 (UTC)reply
ps. Is there a reason we’re having this discussion on this quiet backwater of a page, rather than the article’s talk page, where other interested parties can chip in? -
SchroCat (
talk) 01:52, 27 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Second FAC
Hi
SchroCat (I deeply deeply apologise for the number of messages I’ve sent) but the
DB9's promotion is imminent (eight supports; I pinged the FAC co-ords to ask them if it could be promoted); David Fuchs allowed me to promote another article, and so that shall be this one, the
Aston Martin Rapide. Would you mind taking a look at it? Best, 750h+ | Talk 05:46, 27 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Hi 750, I’ll try and get round to it. I’ve got a few lined up to do before I can though. -
SchroCat (
talk) 10:24, 27 April 2024 (UTC)reply