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Is this the best silly British story you have ever heard?
When British people say they are “less paranoid” than Americans, what are some examples of what they mean?
This is a good example:- "I was staying on a campsite in rural Surrey. After coming from work I got off the train and headed out of the village into pitch darkness. Another chap followed me, so I turned to him and asked “Sorry, I forgot. Is it my turn to be the serial killer or yours?”. And so we walked home together that night."
Xmas letter - 2023
This year has not been easy although I have survived. I am getting old. On the good side, I am still walking 5 to 7 km every day. There are three walks that I do regularly. To the south east, I can walk through Lord Reserve and Koornang Park and then via the beginning of the Rosanna Street Reserve to Packer Park. To the south west I can get to the Rosstown Reserve. Ross was a complete idiot who build a factory at one place and a storage building at another place quite a distance away, and then a railway between the two, before going bust. The railway is now the Rosstown Reserve which is a lovely walk. I often walk it to Princes Park, which is quiet a large park. To the north west I can get to the Caulfield Racecourse, which is open to the public in the morning, but not the afternoon when the horses are exercised. There is a nice small park just to the south of the racecourse. You can also walk though a tunnel to the middle of the racecourse, where there are two small lakes.
However, my memory is clearly not as good as it was. I am still spending quite a time on Wikipedia, but not creating new articles. I check my watch list, which shows edits to articles I an interesting in, many times a day. I then revert nonsense that many add to Wikipedia. It is amazing that it actually works, but it certainly does. It works because of hundreds of people like me that quickly revert nonsense. While editing Wikipedia, I learn quite a lot. Posted to family and friends on 20 December, 2023.
2024
Hi all, I hope you had a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year. At 84 I am beginning to think I am getting old. My memory is not what it was. However I am still able to do a walk every day, usually of 5 to 7 km and sometimes more. There are three nice walks to the east, west and north. My son, James, and his wife, live a bit further into Melbourne and I see them at least once a week and we chat every day by Facebook or phone. My son, Michal, who lives in New Zealand, phones me every couple of days. I have a zoom chat with them and my two daughters, Barbara and Alison who live in the UK, every week.
However, my memory is not getting better, so I am investigating moving into an aged care home which is not very far from where I live at present. I have now visited it and it is a nice place and near where I often walk. I will be allowed to go out everyday for a walk. Recently I have not been going to various events unless I go with Jim and Guia and it will be nice to be chatting to people much more frequently than I do now. I am still not sure when I will actually move in. I will keep you informed.
I should have dated the 2 paragraphs above. It was a few weeks back from today. I am still uncertain about what is happening. However, I gather I will still have my computer in the care home. Bduke (talk) 03:07, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
I am now living in Arcare Carnegie - Aged Care Facility. As you see I do have my computer here working well and I spend quite a time on it. Bduke (talk) 05:21, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
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Seventy years ago
Today, 15/05/2024 is the 70th anniversary of Roger Bannister ↗ running the first 4 minute mile. Only a few years after that I lived as the Senior Student in an annex of the Queen's College, Oxford ↗ University, opposite to the Oxford University Running track. The staff there had watched the race from the room I lived in. For those who now think a 4 minute mile is no big deal, it was a massive deal until Roger did it. After that many others did it.
Lookwide Camp
Want to look at Lookwide Camp ↗? Thanks! --evrik <sup>(talk)</sup> 05:25, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
:A nice article that I see is mostly written by you. Well done. Bduke (talk) 10:58, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
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Dear @Bduke,
I'm contacting you as I'm not extremely expert of Wikipedia procedures, however a significant portion of important information from the page Molecule editor ↗ is being removed as it has been deemed not relevant since such software does not have a Wikipedia article associated.
Could you please take a look at the talk page and see if such removal is justified and how the problem may be fixed?
I'm writing to you just because you're listed in the Chemistry project, I'm not sure whether this is the correct approach to take.
Thank you Davidoskky (talk) 20:53, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
:Done and replied to Davidoskky. Bduke (talk) 02:28, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
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Hey @Bduke. Your wiki edit anniversary is today, marking 20 years of dedicated contributions to English Wikipedia. Your passion for sharing knowledge and your remarkable contributions have not only enriched the project, but also inspired countless others to contribute. Thank you for your amazing contributions. Wishing you many more wonderful years ahead in the Wiki journey. :) -<span style="color:#990000">❙❚❚</span><span style="color:#339966">❙❙</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#000"> GnOeee </span><span style="color:#006699">❚❙❚</span><span style="color:#339966">❙❙</span> ✉ 07:46, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
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WikiProject Yorkshire Newsletter - July 2026
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- Welcome to the 219th WikiProject Yorkshire ↗ monthly newsletter.
- Thanks to the contributions of our many members and supporters, WikiProject Yorkshire ↗ has become a leading local British WikiProject in terms of the total number of articles supported (up from 21,830 last month to 21,946 on 29 June 2026). In the area of GAs WikiProject Yorkshire ↗ at 249 is ahead of WikiProject Greater Manchester ↗ who have 89. WikiProject Yorkshire ↗ also has the lead in FAs at 101 while WikiProject Greater Manchester ↗ has 66 out of a total number of 5,911 articles.
{{classicon|FA}}Currently we have 84 Yorkshire featured articles:
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ↗ • York City F.C. ↗ • Joseph Priestley ↗ • Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C. ↗ • Valley Parade ↗ • William Wilberforce ↗ • History of Bradford City A.F.C. ↗ • Last of the Summer Wine ↗ • Ealdred (archbishop of York) ↗ • Paulinus of York ↗ • Wilfrid ↗ • HMS Endeavour ↗ • Cosmo Gordon Lang ↗ • Thomas of Bayeux ↗ • Cottingley Fairies ↗ • Wilfred Rhodes ↗ • Guy Fawkes ↗ • Yorkshire captaincy affair of 1927 ↗ • Roy Kilner ↗ • George Macaulay ↗ • Frederick Delius ↗ • Battle of Towton ↗ • Halifax Gibbet ↗ • Gerard (archbishop of York) ↗ • George Hirst ↗ • Geoffrey (archbishop of York) ↗ • Len Hutton ↗ • Hedley Verity ↗ • Abe Waddington ↗ • Bobby Peel ↗ • Æthelwold ætheling ↗ • Preparing for a Fancy Dress Ball ↗ • The Combat: Woman Pleading for the Vanquished ↗ • The Wrestlers (Etty) ↗ • Bootham Crescent ↗ • History of York City F.C. (1922–1980) ↗ • William Etty ↗ • History of York City F.C. (1980–present) ↗ • William Sterndale Bennett ↗ • Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges, One of his Ministers, as She Goes to Bed ↗ • The World Before the Flood ↗ • Musidora: The Bather 'At the Doubtful Breeze Alarmed' ↗ • North Eastern Railway War Memorial ↗ • York City War Memorial ↗ • Northern England ↗ • Albert Pierrepoint ↗ • RSPB Dearne Valley Old Moor ↗ • Keldholme Priory election dispute ↗ • 2018 World Snooker Championship ↗ • 2019 World Snooker Championship ↗ • Capture of Wakefield ↗ • 2017 World Snooker Championship ↗ • 2017 EFL Championship play-off Final ↗ • 1985 World Snooker Championship ↗ • Cardiff City F.C. 2–1 Leeds United F.C. (2002) ↗ • 1986 World Snooker Championship ↗ • 1988 Football League Second Division play-off Final ↗ • 2020 World Snooker Championship ↗ • 1984 World Snooker Championship ↗ • 1925 FA Cup Final ↗ • 2006 Football League Championship play-off Final ↗ • Acamptonectes ↗ • 1997 Football League First Division play-off Final ↗ • 1987 World Snooker Championship ↗ • 1989 World Snooker Championship ↗ • 2014 World Snooker Championship ↗ • 1983 World Snooker Championship ↗ • 1988 World Snooker Championship ↗ • 2015 World Snooker Championship ↗ • 2002 World Snooker Championship ↗ • 2021 World Snooker Championship ↗ • 1982 World Snooker Championship ↗ • 2016 World Snooker Championship ↗ • 2022 World Snooker Championship ↗ • 1981 World Snooker Championship ↗ • 1980 World Snooker Championship ↗ • Ian Carmichael ↗ • 2023 World Snooker Championship ↗ • 1858 Bradford sweets poisoning ↗ • Dracula ↗ • Poisoning of Abbot Greenwell ↗ • James Cook ↗ • Joe Johnson (snooker player) ↗ • Dredge (video game) ↗
{{classicon|FA}} There are also 17 featured lists:
York City F.C. Clubman of the Year ↗ • List of York City F.C. managers ↗ • List of York City F.C. players ↗ • List of York City F.C. seasons ↗ • List of Bradford City A.F.C. seasons ↗ • List of York City F.C. records and statistics ↗ • List of Leeds United F.C. seasons ↗ • List of Scarborough F.C. seasons ↗ • List of awards and nominations received by Arctic Monkeys ↗ • List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cleveland ↗ • List of Hull City A.F.C. seasons ↗ • List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Northern England ↗ • Sheffield United F.C. league record by opponent ↗ • York City F.C. league record by opponent ↗ • List of York City F.C. players (25–99 appearances) ↗ • List of York City F.C. players (1–24 appearances) ↗ • Kate Rusby discography ↗
'''Thank you and well done''' to all those who contributed.
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{{icon|FA}} Dredge (video game) ↗ promoted to FA on '''31 May 2026'''<br />
{{icon|GAN}} Zayn Malik ↗ nominated for GA on '''18 June 2026'''<br />
{{icon|GA}} Edward Victor Appleton ↗ promoted to GA on '''20 June 2026'''<br />
{{icon|GAN}} 1999 World Snooker Championship ↗ nominated for GA on '''22 June 2026'''<br />
{{icon|GAN}} Doncaster Racecourse ↗ nominated for GA on '''24 June 2026'''<br />
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There are 107 members of WikiProject Yorkshire! No new members have joined us since the June newsletter.
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; '''Assessment'''<br />Assess and review ↗
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After discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Yorkshire ↗ in April 2008.
'''Specific aims''' for the project are:-
- To complete tagging and assessment of all Yorkshire related articles (See Assessment)
- To recruit more active editors (See Member News)
- To bring our top level article Yorkshire ↗ up to Featured article ↗ status
- To bring all other top priority articles (currently 19 with 2 at FA) to at least Good article ↗ status
- To set up a weekly or monthly selected article improvement drive
- To produce a regular news letter for circulation to members
;'''Priority Articles'''
The '''top priority articles''' that have been identified to date are as follows -
- Bradford ↗ • Charlotte Brontë ↗ • Count Dracula ↗ • Doncaster ↗ • East Riding of Yorkshire ↗ • Henry Moore ↗ • Kingston upon Hull ↗ • Leeds ↗ • Northern England ↗ • North Yorkshire ↗ • Ripon ↗ • Sheffield ↗ • South Yorkshire ↗ • Wakefield ↗ • West Yorkshire ↗ • William Wilberforce ↗ • York ↗ • Yorkshire ↗ • Yorkshire and the Humber ↗
The number has been kept deliberately low to give us a fighting chance of improving them to at least GA status, also so we can concentrate our efforts on these first.
;'''WikiProject Yorkshire Collaboration of the Month Project'''
The July 2026 articles selected below are an editor choice as there were no nominations on the project talk page.
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- The special page Special:RangeCalculator ↗ has been created for any users to use to find an IP range. (phab:T268429 ↗)
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- Following a series of motions ↗, changes to the contentious topics procedure ↗ to restructure awareness ↗ have been implemented.
- The arbitration case ''Michael Jackson ↗'' has been closed.
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- The 2026 Developing Countries WikiContest ↗ will run from 1{{nbsp}}July to 30{{nbsp}}September. '''Sign up now ↗'''!
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