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George Orwell
[edit]There is plenty of evidence that he served in Ceylon. I am an Orwell fan of a kind and have several books about him. For example, "Orwell, The Authorised Biography" by Michael Shelden has a whole chapter (6) called "Servant of the Empire" about his time there. Bduke (talk) 07:52, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
- @Bduke: Thanks for this - I guess you have provided the citation I lacked. I am left wondering why is his service in Ceylon not in the main article? Obviously an oversight ripe for you to change (certainly of significant interest and the timing is critical) with citation to support the category - my challenge was around a category out of context, which is valid. All you need to do is cite the relevance to Orwell's story and by that, to serving police officers in Ceylon (to justify the category, which I will endorse). But as far as I am aware, he may have docked there on the way to Burma but never served as a policeman in Ceylon and as far as I know, Sheldon doesn't suggest any differently. Geneus01 (talk) 20:08, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
- Apologies. I made a mistake and confused what I wrote. He served in Burma, not Ceylon. He may have visited Ceylon but I have no information on that. Bduke (talk) 01:52, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- @Bduke: I have done far worse...Geneus01 (talk) 07:02, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- Apologies. I made a mistake and confused what I wrote. He served in Burma, not Ceylon. He may have visited Ceylon but I have no information on that. Bduke (talk) 01:52, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
I have sent you a note about a page you started
[edit]Hi Geneus01. Thank you for your work on Henry Loftus (1725–1792). Another editor, Scope creep, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:
Really liked this, although I noticed the notes aren't referenced.
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scope_creepTalk 21:26, 19 January 2026 (UTC)
- @Scope creep: I have engaged in scope creep in my attempts to disambiguate 18th Century "Henrys Loftus", of which there are quite a few. The latest is Lord Henry Loftus, who collaborated with that other Henry whose biography you liked. Would you mind casting a critical eye over the latest Henry? Geneus01 (talk) 09:15, 9 March 2026 (UTC)
- @Geneus01: Yip. scope_creepTalk 09:20, 9 March 2026 (UTC)
- @Geneus01: Its looks a very decent article. Geez there wasn't much on beforehand. There is still outstanding comment I made above, about the notes not being referenced which are a general requirement for a good article. I guess its a habit. I would also expand the lead somewhat as it doesn't summarise the article proper. I noticed he prorogued Parliament in 1767 which seems to be only done once a century sort of thing. Remember when Boris Johnson tried to do it 2019 I think, and it was big news. It caused an uproar. So that should probably be mentioned in the lede with a short summary of life. 2 or 3 lines should do it. Its now a really well written and well rounded. scope_creepTalk 09:32, 9 March 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks for your kind comments: on your remarks about the notes, I went back to them on the other Henry and noted that all but three or four were followed by inline citations inside or outside the note itself - I hoped that the "outside" citations implied that the note itself derived its source from the same citation as the main text - I can double up for cover though. The remaining few I am still trying to source to published references (I obtained them from inadmissible primary sources and will delete them if I can't trace them back to secondary). I tend to use notes to extract relevant information from the main text that might otherwise break the narrative flow (trying to keep it simple).
- I will give a mention to prorogation, which happened because Townshend had a hissy fit about something he wanted to push forward and needed time to build Parliamentary support (by annoying everyone) from the Loftus Squadron, amongst others. I am trying to row back comments on the Townshends to protect the living (the current Marquess Townshend). I think they got annoyed with me when I rewrote another Townshend article.
- I have given subjective background comments in the article Talk page, as I had the other Henry (not sure whether doing so is frowned upon). Geneus01 (talk) 09:50, 9 March 2026 (UTC)
- I expanded the lead but did not include prorogation because that act was singularly Townshend's - Loftus took advantage of prorogation (to strengthen his hand) but that doesn't really belong in his lead I would argue. Geneus01 (talk) 10:33, 9 March 2026 (UTC)
I have sent you a note about a page you started
[edit]Hi Geneus01. Thank you for your work on Arthur Loftus (1724-1781). Another editor, Klbrain, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:
It's likely the parliamentarians are notable, but it would be good to confirm this with additional sources. The constiuency pages might help with suggestions. Not that the 'succession box' didn't look right (given that it suggests that he service for some years after his death), so I've amended to match the constituency pages. The 2nd constituency looked wrong too. So, another set of eyes on the these details would be helpful.
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You are a better man than I. Long ago I chose to give up on long edits on Wikipedia (as they made it very hard to unlogged users to do so, since I fixed the freaking cookies deletions, due to be a contributor to Wikibooks, it seems it removed the issue now, even so when the cookie times out it is very annoying to hoops to activate the login again).
Most of the time on Wikipedia I will unload on the talk page, I do edit here and there (but I would favour anonymous editing) as over time it permits a kind of public profile around one's interests if some actions aren't taken consciously to make it less reliable. In any case I have the page under observation now (I'm building my own conceptual mapping, that is not really around encyclopedian articles, that do not favour political correctness, cultural pressure and consensual views but reflect and serve to prune my own reality model without other human bias).
This is my local entry its based on the entry section and merges things I had already in it(I normally extend a concept until the page gets too big locally and then start other topics if they have interest to me). See ZenNote and Obsidian if you have interest in having your individualized record keeping or mental mapping...
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Fossil; (from Classical Latin, lit. 'obtained by digging'); any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past []Geological age]].
Mostly Organic material or organize life traces that by Geologic processes became Mineralized and Preserved. Remains and examples of source material include Bone, Seashell, Exoskeleton, stone imprints of animals or Microbe, objects preserved in Amber (fossil Resin), Hair, Petrified wood and DNA remnants.
The totality of fossils is known as the Fossil record. Though the fossil record is incomplete (never constituted or found), numerous studies have demonstrated that there is enough information available to give a good understanding of the pattern of diversification of life on Earth, and it can fill some of the gaps in our understanding of the sequence of evolution on earth.
Chemical analysis can reveal biological traces in minerals.
Bromlites, fossilized digestive remains such as coprolites (poop) and regurgitates (vomit) are very rare but do exist.
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To me my main interests in this subject is the chemistry and processes. the how and the what can and does remain and for how long. Here and else were even as part of Exobiological processes (including other types of environments like for instance changes in what would happen on the Moon, Mars or Venus). I also have a deep curiosity to what changes in this respect under the deep pressure of our seas... have you learned about the life islands that whale bodies create as they fall into the depth for life to colonize the bare deserts that are the abyssal areas, its fascinating... Panic2k4 (talk) 19:13, 26 July 2026 (UTC)
- If I am foolish enough to do this, I will take that guidance and expect the occasional pitch from yourself (and others no doubt). I am with you on off planet environments (that's where a clear understanding of what a fossil is becomes very important) and indeed all hostile environments in general (low diversity high abundance potential). I will be giving it some distance however (as a geo-focus rather than bio), which will rub some up the wrong way but it needs simplifying (what Wikipedians might call decomplexification). Wikipedia looks down on experts with detailed content knowledge, so maybe I will succeed?
- Thanks for the headsup. Geneus01 (talk) 05:13, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
- One could and probably should, since the article is for a representative reflection of global culture, cater to some minority views. But one is not obliged to do any work here, so it is more like a preventive task...
- Even majority vies may need to be thwarted a bit, one of the aspects I keep an eye on is on time keeping and accessing it, there is much fudging and avoidance in covering problems and rarely a mention that there is not a universal origin point or more that arbitrary scale measurement (the scale depends on and human perception and capacity to measure) as well that most human models of reality are centred on human bias.
- From the Devil placing the fossils on Earth to the Greeks linking the dinosaurs bones to Titan and the Gods actions... humans have attempted to make sense and control reality... giants did really exist...
- Good luck. I see already bureaucracy rise its head... and cringe... Panic2k4 (talk) 12:10, 27 July 2026 (UTC)