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I have classified this article as a start. It could do with expansion on Johns' life and career. As yet, I haven't added anything about his early life. Capitalistroadster 07:27, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hugh's birth
Seems the freemason site was a little mistaken in both the year and place. I could not find Hugh anywhere in 1923 when checking the GRO Indexes, but did pin him down in late 1922. You got six weeks to register a birth, so a listing in the following quarter was entirely acceptable.
As for the place, it's possible the family moved to Farnham when Hugh was very young and Hugh simply thought he was born there. I plan to email the masons about this. Analog Kid 21:12, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Analog Kid for your work on this. Capitalistroadster 03:51, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. I do genealogy as a hobby, so enjoy the research.
Had word back from the masons today and it turns out they had conflicting data, their original records saying '22 but other external sources saying '23. After taking a look at the evidence, the contact I made there agreed with my assessment and changed the text of the obituary. Analog Kid 13:50, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Date format
This isn't a flame to anyone, just a thought. Wikipedia is a worldwide encyclopedia, not just an American one. Perhaps Americans make more updates than anyone else, hence the prevalence of US date-format on everything, however I haven't seen a rule saying they have to be displayed that way. Hugh was British, ergo I used British format. I think it's more logical anyway to work from the smallest unit of time up to the largest.
If it's a problem for anyone, feel free to change the dates back again. I just don't believe every page needs to be standardised to American by default, that's all. Analog Kid 21:40, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I reverted your edits because the functionality you want (choice of how to display dates) is included in everyone's "My preferences": under "Date and time", you can select which way round you want things to appear. That way, everyone's happy and edit wars are avoided. Bencherlite 14:27, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough, I didn't know about that feature. I guess as Wikipedia was started in the US, their date format is the set standard, but it's good they've coded in the alternative for UK and European visitors. Thanks for the 411. Analog Kid 13:06, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
