{"id":24059,"date":"2024-10-17T08:35:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T07:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=24059"},"modified":"2024-10-17T22:52:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T21:52:53","slug":"misc-web-wizardy-my-first-wikipedia-edit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=24059","title":{"rendered":"MiSC\/WEB WiZARDY: My First Wikipedia Edit!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Marcus De La Poer Beresford.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve tried to edit Wikipedia entries before. But for reasons I now forget, I\u2019ve never succeeded. Until today. I had to register anew. Bit of a pain. But once done, I created my first contribution to Wikipedia. Of which I\u2019m very proud, and pleased as Punch!*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What exactly is it? I hear nobody ask me\u2026 well, it\u2019s the addition of the 2022 book, listed below, in the bibliography section of Wikipedia\u2019s entry on Marcus Hugh Tristram de la Poer Beresford<\/a>, 7th Baron Decies, an Anglo-Irish hereditary peer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why? Because I\u2019ve just read – and will shortly be reviewing – de la Poer Beresford\u2019s very<\/em> good book, Peninsular and Waterloo General: Sir Denis Pack and the War Against Napoleon<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A terrific book.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With the author sharing the Beresford surname with one of Pack\u2019s fellow Napoleonic-era generals, I decided I\u2019d check if they were related. They are. And it turns out Marcus\u2019 previous Napoleonic history book was all about his illustrious ancestor:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Something else I\u2019d like to read.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It also transpired that the bibliography on the Wiki page wasn\u2019t up to date. Berefords\u2019s Denis Pack book wasn\u2019t listed. So I fixed that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Polichinello\/Polichinelle(?).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve never really been that interested in the Commedia del\u2019Arte (my pal Tim is!). Until now. Why so? Well, it turns out our Punch, of Punch n\u2019 Judy fame, is a bastardised descendent of the Commedia character Polichinello (also sometimes spelled Polichinelle). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, I hope that now I can start contributing more to Wikipedia. We shall see, I suppose?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve tried to edit Wikipedia entries before. But for reasons I now forget, I\u2019ve never succeeded. Until today. I had to register anew. Bit of a pain. But once done, I created my first contribution to Wikipedia. Of which I\u2019m very proud, and pleased as Punch!* What exactly is it? I hear nobody ask me\u2026 … <\/p>\n

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