User talk:DuncanHill

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A new beginning

I just came across this discussion Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2021 May 8#Harry and Meghan. You said it was "rubbish" they married on the Wednesday, giving two reasons:

Ludicrous, that case applied the English common law as it stood before 26 Geo. 2, c. 33, and furthermore not even Meghan has claimed they followed the form of solemnization of marriage

(12:44, 8 May 2021).

Section XVII of 26 Geo. 2, c. 33 says Provided always, That this Act, or any Thing therein contained, shall not extend to the Marriages of any of the Royal Family.

Our article says The only indispensible requirement was that the marriage be celebrated by an Anglican clergyman. You are good at finding sources. What was "the form of solemnization of marriage" you had in mind? Are you suggesting there is only one form, and if a word is omitted or altered that invalidates the marriage? 31.113.9.21 (talk) 13:12, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am not engaging with this. DuncanHill (talk) 14:24, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you much!

I know this belongs on the talk page, but you deserve a SPECIAL expression of gratitude for repairing the errors I introduced in the Harvard sfn reference formatting for a certain article. You were so gracious in your edit summary, and kindly alerted me to what I had done incorrectly. Thank you so much! FeralOink (talk) 16:09, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@FeralOink: You're welcome, and thank you for your kind words, they are much appreciated. DuncanHill (talk) 16:13, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Louis Eliot

I'm not really getting this. The first thing you removed is the statement that the subject is first in line for his father's earldom. Since he is the eldest son, isn't that obvious? 185.59.127.58 (talk) 12:40, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The bulk of what I removed (the Biography and Personal life sections) was tagged as unreferenced in July 2023. It is not acceptable to have so much unreferenced material in a biography of a living person. Also, he wasn't the eldest son, he was the second. DuncanHill (talk) 16:21, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

An award for you

Duncan, I was so impressed by your reference to "AI tosh" that I was moved to bestow upon you the following award. Enjoy, and carry on being impressive. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 22:02, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

PS. I note that I also awarded you membership on 20 June 2015. Congratulations on being the first double recipient. In honour of this, your membership is hereby instantly upgraded to Full Membership. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 22:22, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Dreaming the same Impossible Dream"		The Like-Minded Persons' Club
		For displaying here common sense and uncommon good taste by agreeing with me or saying something I would have said if only I'd had the presence of mind, I hereby bestow upon you Provisional Membership of the Like-Minded Persons' Club. To qualify for Full Membership, simply continue to agree with me in all matters for at least the next 12 months. (Disagreements are so vulgar, don't you think? And, as Bruce Chatwin said, Arguments are fatal. One always forgets what they are about)

@JackofOz: I gratefully accept the provisional membership, but regretfully must decline the full - like Old Jolyon "I would despise the club that would take me". Also, I couldn't abide a world, or a club, which required me to agree with anyone I actually liked and respected. I suspect that you may have similar misgivings, or at least I hope you do. DuncanHill (talk) 22:22, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As you wish. I understand your position, naturally, and I admire your adherence to your principles. If only more people could be more like us. (Not too many, of course. My supply of Club memberships is intentionally limited, to preserve its integrity. It's not unlike the Order of Merit and the Order of the Companions of Honour in this respect.) -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 22:58, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for the name check, but...

...in fact I was not responsible for those errors, neither in Trinity College, Oxford nor in History of Trinity College, Oxford. They were the result of edits prior to mine. Harfarhs (talk) 11:32, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Harfarhs: It was your edits that introduced the no-target errors. You changed the date of the Hopkins citation template from 2005 to 2007 without changing the dates in the harvnb refs in the text. This meant that there was no longer any "Hopkins 2005" source for them to link to. I have Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors watchlisted. When an edit adds an article to that category it shows up in my watchlist, with the editor's name, and a link to the diff. I fixed the errors by changing the date in the harvnb to match the source. DuncanHill (talk) 12:19, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dracula

Thanks for reverting me, I need more coffee I think. Total failure on my part to read the original diff correctly. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 21:56, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Premeditated Chaos: No problem! The original diff did say "adding/improving reference(s)" so easy mistake to make. Is it one of those pre-loaded edit summaries do you know? DuncanHill (talk) 21:59, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, it might be, but I don't use the mobile app so I can't say for sure. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 22:12, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you for your contribution in Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities#For information. I admit that I was... disconcerted by the attitude of the first two contributors, which does not correspond to what I have encountered so far on French Wikipedia. I understand that I posted my message on the wrong page and I apologize. I will follow your advice. Have a nice day, Égoïté (talk) 13:38, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lord Leslie

Hi I have a question about the revert on the Lord Leslie article. There has been numerous discussions that "the armorial register" is not an independent nor reliable source. It is essentially self published. Just wanted to know why you returned this to the article especially as it is not associated with an inline citation. Nayyn (talk) 13:40, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Nayyn: I restored it because its removal caused a no-target error. It is used by Reference 1, as I noted in my edit summary. If you want to remove it as unreliable then you also need to remove any references calling it, and replace them with a {{citation needed}} template. DuncanHill (talk) 13:45, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Sirhowy River

Thank you very much for your edits. Much appreciated. I should be extremely grateful for your help about how to install https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Trappist_the_monk/HarvErrors.js and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Harv_and_Sfn_no-target_errors, tasks which I've never previously undertaken. John Desmond (talk) 13:26, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@John Desmond: Hi John, thanks for the thanks :) To install User:Trappist the monk/HarvErrors.js just click on it and then click on "Install". You'll get a warning box about user scripts - this is a standard warning, so click OK and proceed. You'll need to clear your browser's cache after installing, there are instructions on the page for most common browsers. Once you've done this then you should see harv and sfn no-target errors highlighted in the Reference section of articles with errors. When you've been editing an article this is really helpful to spot any mistakes in the referencing. You can also watchlist the category which contains all articles with this type of error. To do that go to Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors and click on "watch". You'll then need to go to your Watchlist and make sure that "page categorisation" is unchecked. You'll then see articles being added or removed from the category on your watchlist. You probably don't need to do this unless, like me, you want to make a hobby of fixing these errors. I hope that all makes sense - and thank you for asking. All the best, DuncanHill (talk) 13:47, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]