User talk:Bgpaulus

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All searches include Article (0), Template (10), Category (14), and Portal (100) namespaces. Coming back soon to reformat this as a table. ► Bgpaulus (WORDS & DEEDS) ◄ 00:14, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Older conversations

Sir Alexander Temple

Thanks for correcting the typo in spelling February. The baptism date 1583/4 is a convention often used to indicate an old style date (before the change of the calendar in 1752). For the moment I have changed it back to this format. Is there a Wikipedia convention for dealing with Julian dates? Rjm at sleepers (talk) 21:12, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for correcting my misunderstanding, Rjm. I wasn't aware of the convention and had mistaken the "1583/4" for uncertainty regarding the year of baptism, but this led me to this which, in turn, led me to this. The answer to your question seems to lie somewhere in this section of the WP:MOS. There was quite a bit to absorb, but it does seem to me that your use of the dual year convention is correct and proper. Cheers! ► Bgpaulus (WORDS & DEEDS) ◄ 22:05, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

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Fixed in this edit. ► Bgpaulus (WORDS & DEEDS) ◄ 03:25, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Mel Kelly article

Hello Bgpaulus

Thanks for your feedback on the page 'Mel Kelly'.

I would like to add the following new sections: 'Prizes – English', 'Prizes – German' And I have also include external references for each of the awards. Questions: Is it better to have just one external link or more than one?

Prizes – English

May 2006 – Cologne - Evaluation

May 2008 – Prague - Evaluation,

May 2008 – Prague - International

May 2008 – Bamberg - Table Topics

May 2009 – Dusseldorf - Evaluation

May 2010 – Barcelona - Table Topics

May 2012 – Poznan - International

Nov 2013 – Budapest - Humorous

Prizes – German

Nov 2013 – Budapest - Table Topics

Nov 2014 – Krakow - Humorous

May 2014 – Frankfurt - International

Best Regards,

Kelly mel52 (talk) 12:38, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Discussion

Hi, Kelly mel52. All Wikipedia articles must strive for verifiable accuracy, so each award should probably cite at least one reference, so I think it would help to also include information on the organizations that gave out the 11 awards listed. I'll try reformatting this information into a sortable table shortly. Cheers! ► Bgpaulus (WORDS & DEEDS) ◄ 20:24, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

Hello Bgpaulus

Thanks for your feedback.

Toastmasters International is a world leader in communication and leadership development. The membership is more than 332,000 memberships. Members improve their speaking and leadership skills by attending one of the 15,400 clubs in 135 countries that make up the global network of meeting locations. Toastmasters District 59 consisted of all countries in continental Europe until 30th June 2014.

Since 1st July 2014 Toastmasters District 59 consists of Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland.

Toastmasters District 95 was born on July 1st 2014 and consists of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Ukraine.

Best Regards,

Kelly mel52 (talk) 23:31, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi, Kelly mel52. Sorry for the delay; I got busy IRL for a few days, but I'm back now. I'll be working on this in my sandbox, although we can continue to converse here. Hopefully, that won't be too awkward for you. Cheers! ► Bgpaulus (WORDS & DEEDS) ◄ 00:25, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Okay, so I just now added the table of awards to the article, along with a couple more minor tweaks. Now, we get to sit back and see if anyone wants to make any changes to it. Keep in mind, per this fundamental Wikipedia policy, "once you have posted it to Wikipedia, you cannot stop anyone from editing text you have written." Cheers! ► Bgpaulus (WORDS & DEEDS) ◄ 23:05, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi Bgpaulus,

Thanks for the updates. Can you please add the following citations to the About/Intro section?

Kelly began his comedy career in 2014. He has founded the biggest English-German comedy club in Munich “Comedy Club Munich” and started his first comedy tour in Germany with “Die Irren on Tour” in February 2016.

The other missing citations, I will forward on shortly.

Best Regards

Kelly mel52 (talk) 00:16, 24 March 2016 (UTC)