Hello. You left a note on the talk page of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, in Dec 2012 pointing editors to a book reference but giving no reason why the reference was posted or what the intent was - to correct something in the article, to provide a needed citation, or some other reason. If you could come back to the talk page and explain your point it can be addressed promptly. Thank you for your help in ongoing attempts to make this a better article. History Lunatic (talk) 06:41, 11 September 2013 (UTC)History Lunatic Advice?[edit]Hello again! What do you do when a language problem such as this makes it very hard to get the right result? SergeWoodzing (talk) 17:26, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
Hunan[edit]See my comment at Language#Chinese_dialects. -- Vmenkov (talk) 18:31, 25 September 2013 (UTC) Speedy deletion declined: Yohannes IV[edit]Hello The Emperor's New Spy. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Yohannes IV, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Deletion of this page may be controversial or is under discussion. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 23:22, 28 September 2013 (UTC) October 2013[edit]
Thanks, BracketBot (talk) 04:41, 6 October 2013 (UTC) List of Danish monarchs[edit]There is a Help Desk request asking about the List of Danish monarchs article (under the heading "Hi").[1] Since you contributed to that article,[2] please consider posting at the Help Desk. Thanks. -- Jreferee (talk) 11:58, 4 November 2013 (UTC) Advice[edit]I'd advice you to see family line of Mukhranians before you label them as "Kings of Georgia". Jaqeli (talk) 13:48, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
Recent move of Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn[edit]Hello The Emperor's New Spy. I have made an (informal) request for review of the recent move you initiated (18th 0f June) of 'Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn' to 'Alastair, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn' to the editor (BDD) who made the move. I have two reasons: 1) All articles on this Wikipedia on British Peers include a surname in the article title. That goes for articles on peers and courtesy title holders called Windsor as well. Those members of the House of Windsor that do not have the title of HRH revert to the naming conventions for peers. See also the recent discussion on George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews. Also see these article titles: Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster, Claire Windsor, Countess of Ulster, Xan Windsor, Lord Culloden, Sylvana Windsor, Countess of St Andrews and Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick. For consistency I would think that it therefore should be 'Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn' as well. Also this seems to be the way to name this article per NCROY. 2) I can see hardly any discussion on the talk page in the section where the move was requested. Only a remark by the proposer of the move saying "— Only three sources call him Alastair Windsor [3]. More sources leave it out [4]". This reasoning shouldn't override Wikipedia policy. Also no one seems to have participated in the discussion further. Thanks! Gerard von Hebel (talk) 19:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC) Olof Hunger[edit]Hello. I missed Olof II. But I didn't missed Olof Haraldsen, which induced me to believe that Hunger was erroneously numbered because of him. I hope my mistake didn't cause you too much hustle. Cheers, walk victor falk talk 02:32, 1 December 2013 (UTC) Catherine of Naples[edit]I find it odd that there is nothing (as far as I can tell) about Joanna I and Louis I of Naples' daughter Catherine. She was apparently over 15 when she died; her mother was already a married and pregnant queen by that age. Furthermore, Catherine was her mother's only surviving child and thus certainly heir presumptive to the crown of Naples. Her marriage alone would have been of great political significance. How come I can come up with no information about any marriage plans, or about her at all? Can you see something that I may be missing? Surtsicna (talk) 00:11, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
Re:David Narin's wife[edit]Hello, New Spy, and happy holidays. Sorry for a late reply. I was way too much preoccupied with real life. Back to Narin's family, according to the recent genealogies published in Georgia, David VI was married twice, first to Tamar Amanelidze and second to Theodora, daughter of the emperor Michael VIII. He had the following sons: Vakhtang, Michael and Constantine of the first marriage; and Alexander of the second marriage. On the other hand, Toumanoff informs us: "According to the Georgian sources, David IV married a daughter of the Emperor Michael VIII Palaeologus. Pachymeres, on the other hand, reports that David married a natural daughter of Michael's sister-in-law, the wife of his brother, the Despot John, and daughter of the Sebastocrator Constantine Tornices. Two of David's sons were named Constantine and Michael, presumably for his queen's maternal grandfather Tornices and for the Emperor (who may have been her father after all?). Curiously enough, a recent student of the Palaeologan genealogy mistook David's wife for a daughter of the Despot John himself; A. Th. Papadopulos, Versuch einer Genealogie der Pafoiologen, 1269-1408 (Munich 1938) 4-5 and Gen. Table. — The Tornicii may have been descended from the Bagratid princes of Taraun; N. Adontz, 'Les Taronites a Byzance,' Byzantion 11 (1936) 21-46." Toumanoff, Cyril (1949–51). The Fifteenth-Century Bagratids and the Institution of Collegial Sovereignty in Georgia. Traditio: 173. Honestly, I don't even know what is the primary source for David's first wife Tamar Amanelidze, but she is invariably present in the secondary sources published in Georgia and Russia. I hope this helps. --KoberTalk 06:09, 1 January 2014 (UTC) OK, if you want to keep it by dynasty it's not bad, but I mean I just wanna avoid having 22 parallel "entries" in the content box.
Materialscientist has reverted my edit on this article for no reason. If you yourself can validate them and maintain them, I thank you. 193.136.149.253 (talk) 15:45, 22 February 2014 (UTC) Talk:Peter III of Aragon might interest you.--EeuHP (talk) 23:06, 24 February 2014 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for May 12[edit]Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited List of rulers of Lorraine, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Nancy (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 08:57, 12 May 2014 (UTC) coat of arms for Kings of Poland[edit]Re [5] and all the similar changes. Uhh... why not? And you might want to discuss this kind of thing first. I'm undoing those edits for now.Volunteer Marek (talk) 00:20, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
Constance of Brittany[edit]Hello The Emperor's New Spy. I saw you edited some of my own edits on Constance, Duchess of Brittanys' page. I've added a comment on the Talk page (article: Abdicated??). I really think Constance was both Duchess of Brittany and Countess of Richmond until her death in 1201, since her charters mention these titles even after her "abdication". From what I read in Everard and Jones's book The Charter of Duchess Constance of Brittany and Her Family (1171-1221), she only included her son into the government of the Duchy, but didn't abdicate. So that's that. Maybe my edits were a bit muddled, as I don't get on with informatics very well. Sorry for that. By the way, I see that Constance's birth date is June 12, 1161. Do you know if that's right? I've never seen such a date and even on French Wikipedia they say she was born toward 1161 but don't specify the exact date. Aziliz Breizh (talk) 14:16, 27 June 2014 (UTC) A table of superlatives for V&A's grandkids?[edit]Hi, I've been toying with a table to match and supplement the various superlatives (e.g., first grandson born, last great-grandchild to die) in the Overview I wrote for Grandchildren of Victoria and Albert. I've filled about three-quarters of the 36 cells so far (see table below). (1) Do you think this table is worth adding somewhere? (2) Can you correct any errors and fill any blanks? [I deliberately tried to use the shortest title that still identifies the subject, and left out wikilinks from my working spreadsheet, although they'd go into anything published.] (3) Do you think it worth trying to give a simple 51-line table at the article's start with single lines for each of the 42 grandkids listed under their respective parents, and followed by any spouse(s) and (e.g.) a simple "(2 sons, 3 daughters)" or "no issue". Thanks for your thoughts. —— Shakescene (talk) 22:42, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
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It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:03, 9 January 2015 (UTC) Thank you for creating the House of Haro. Would you be interested in expanding it with in-line referenced info? I am especially interested in finding out more about the connections to members of this family who moved to America (for example Cristóbal de Oñate and his ancestry). Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 22:26, 29 August 2015 (UTC) Blanche of Castile[edit]Hello, I see that you had moved the article from Blanche of Castile (1315–1375) to Blanche of Castile, Infanta of Portugal. All the sources that I added, some online, deny that she ever married Peter I of Portugal, so the title of the article is totally misleading and incorrect. She was never an infanta of Portugal (and would never have been since Portuguese infantes were those born of a Portuguese king, not of a foreign king) and never married Peter I. The article should be moved back to her original name, with the dates of birth and death. I had requested this but was told to check with you first since you had moved it. I also see that you had moved Constance Manuel to Constance of Peñafiel. The same here. She is mostly known by her surname Manuel (I can reference this with many sources), not by the lordship of Peñafiel. If you do a search in google books for Constanza Manuel, you will get 35,500 hits vs. only 1,500 for Constance of Peñafiel. There was another article the name of which I cannot remember now where I had moved it to another name so as not to have the title first (e.g. Infante so and so) after checking with a sysop. I don`t believe it is correct to make exceptions for Portuguese nobles and royalty and the name of the articles should not include the title in the first place. Since the titles of the articles Blanche of Castile (1315–1375) and Constance Manuel are now redirect pages, I don't know how to to about moving them from their current titles back to the orginal ones. Many thanks, --Maragm (talk) 09:37, 28 October 2015 (UTC) pd. I've requested the page move at the respective talk pages of both articles. --Maragm (talk) 13:22, 28 October 2015 (UTC) ps: Also requested this move. --Maragm (talk) 14:43, 28 October 2015 (UTC) Hi, Grand Duke of Luxembourg[edit]Hi The Emperor's New Spy. Given your comments made back in 2011 here, it would be very much appreciated indeed if you were able to comment at the present move discussion to Monarchy of Luxembourg that was opened this Friday. Many thanks.--Nevé–selbert 18:35, 24 September 2016 (UTC) Copying within Wikipedia requires proper attribution[edit]
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Completion of your recent graphics request[edit]--♫CheChe♫ talk 17:03, 26 January 2017 (UTC) Category:Countesses of Barcelona has been nominated for discussion[edit]![]() Template deletion[edit]I can't get the template right for notifying you but I have nominated the Template:Portuguese infantas by marriage for deletion. Here's the entry. Maragm (talk) 10:44, 1 October 2017 (UTC) ArbCom 2017 election voter message[edit]Hello, The Emperor's New Spy. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC) Category:Soissonaire queens consort has been nominated for discussion[edit]![]() Nomination of List of consorts of Bar for deletion[edit]![]() The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of consorts of Bar until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:23, 9 January 2019 (UTC) Category:Countesses of Barcelona has been nominated for discussion[edit]![]() Category:Lords of Balaguer has been nominated for discussion[edit]![]() Category:Recipients of the Golden Rose has been nominated for discussion[edit]![]() Category:Countesses of Cervera has been nominated for discussion[edit]![]() Nomination for deletion of Template:Grand Ducal Family of Tuscany[edit]
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