User talk:Ham II
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Always precious
Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:43, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
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Hijack alert
Did you see how this article got hijacked? I suppose both should have articles. Johnbod (talk) 18:31, 10 March 2025 (UTC)
- Template:Re No, that wasn't on my radar – thanks! That article is now a duplicate of Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting and the changes should be reverted. The attribution of the painting in Le Mans to Artemisia seems to be pretty shaky (this page has a good overview, and see also this), so the best article title for it might be Allegory of Painting (Le Mans). Ham II (talk) 16:32, 11 March 2025 (UTC)
- Sounds right. Johnbod (talk) 02:26, 13 March 2025 (UTC)
File:Information.svg The redirect Archbishop William Henry Elder has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Template:Section link until a consensus is reached. ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 13:29, 21 March 2025 (UTC)
The Signpost: 22 March 2025
Only twelve years after you took the picture
..., I've done the matching article! Hope you're well. KJP1 (talk) 12:28, 27 March 2025 (UTC)
- Template:Re How time flies! I was always quite pleased with how that picture turned out, from the first year I took part in Wiki Loves Monuments. Thank you for doing the building justice in written form, to add to the visual. Ham II (talk) 11:25, 30 March 2025 (UTC)
The Signpost: 9 April 2025
Saint Peter's Basilica
Morning Ham, and oof, sorry for contacting you after the close, I totally missed this... but I don't like this move at all. First of all, the opening premise for the move rationale, saying Template:Xt is as far as I know completely false. As someone in the UK, it's far more often "St." than "Saint"... see [1] for just one example. Secondly, some suppporters cited WP:COMMONNAME, but again the evidence I can see - particularly for ngrams - suggests strongly that sources usually render it with the abbreviated "St." rather than spelled out. It's slightly more WP:CONCISE too, as a minor addendum.
I can see there was a lot of support, but given that the reasons given for the move were almost entirely incorrect, would you mind relisting it for another week so that this can be discussed further? Thanks — Amakuru (talk) 08:25, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- PS - just realised you were the nominator, not the closer, so ignore the above! That said, if this is relisted I'm hopeful that you may be tempted to reconsider based on the evidence above... Cheers and sorry for bothering you — Amakuru (talk) 08:27, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Amakuru. There's a reason I wrote that "St." with a full stop "is considered to be American and Canadian English"; I've a feeling that most people in Britain wouldn't think there was anything North American about "St.", but nonetheless "St" without the full stop does seem to be the British English convention in publishing. New Hart's Rules in my 2014 edition (p. 111) says: "Template:Xtn" The TfL page you linked to goes against the organisation's own style guide: "Template:Xtn". Ham II (talk)