User talk:Commander Zulu

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		The Original Barnstar
		For adding so much content of quality to so many pages. Deon Steyn 11:51, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A welcome from Sputnik

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[edit] service pistol

Sorry about the calibre thing, I use British English myself (being South African) and didn't realise this was also one of the British versus American cases. Can you believe that I would change it to the "wrong" way... hehehe....

And thanks for the the "award" and the help with the sniper rifle page... sigh... he still has not agreed to submit to mediation so tomorrow I will see about arbitration... what a waste of everyone's time. Deon Steyn 13:46, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

No worries! The calibre/caliber thing can get confusing at times, and the way I figure it, there's quite enough firearm topics on WP written by Americans, so the Commonwealth deserves more use than it's currently getting. ;-)

As for the sniper rifle thing... there's the potential for an excellent article there, if he'd only listen to what we're all saying. It's a shame to have to go to arbitration, but as you say, it's only going to end up being an even bigger waste of everyone's time and effort otherwise... and you don't need to thank me for the Barnstar Award- you've earned it!--Commander Zulu 13:56, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] DYK

On 27 July 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Service pistol, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

[edit] Peer review

Just to let you know, when you ask for a second peer review, it's perfectly fine to simply put the request directly under your original one; anyone dropping by will see it there. Creating a second-level (==) heading for it, in particular, is a really bad idea, as it screws up the table of contents on the main peer review page. Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 14:26, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for that... I'll make a note for next time! --Commander Zulu 14:30, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Webley

Meh, I'm going to be off to Wikimania tomorrow, so I won't have much time to help with this; but I'll see what I can do about the footnotes, at least, today. It might be worthwhile asking around for a few people to copyedit the article; it's often easier than trying to figure out the problems that people are seeing in one's own writing. Kirill Lokshin 04:16, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Collaboration?

Seeing as you know your stuff, perhaps in the future you'd like to cooperate on individual pages for the Lee-Enfield and Webley Variants. I own a hefty amount of literature on both weapons as well as access to the former QAD(O)Pattern Room which is now located in Leeds, plus I strongly believe that there's sufficient interest in such materiel. Any interest? Cheers, --Harlsbottom 15:35, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Absolutely! I'm a published writer on Historic firearms in Australia, and of course have my own library (well, selection ;) of reference material. Always wanted to visit the Royal Pattern Room, but the last time I was in the UK it wasn't open so I had to content myself with the Tower of London and their Puckle Gun... --Commander Zulu 00:33, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Good to hear. Out of interest what have you published? I'm always looking to expand my firearms book collection... --Harlsbottom 14:40, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Nothing in book form, I'm afraid... just articles in a well-known shooting magazine at this stage! Still, it would be nice to get a book published eventually... --Commander Zulu 05:25, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

If you're not otherwise interested in the elction, would you consider voting for me in the [Coordinator Election]? I basically plan to get things done without anyone trampling over everything. --Harlsbottom 00:28, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Cheers! Out of interest what magazines do you have in Australia? Here in Britain there are hardly any and we have to rely on American stuff. Last I heard the Australian government cracked down on firearms ownership. --Harlsbottom 12:01, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

We get all the American ones, as well as quite a few local ones- Australian Shooter, Sporting Shooter, Guns Australia, Hunter, Australian & New Zealand Handgun, to name a few... have a look at this article: Gun politics in Australia for more info on the Australian arms laws, if you're interested. --Commander Zulu 15:55, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Webley Revolver

I removed my objection. I was too harsh on your page. --GoOdCoNtEnT 07:36, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Webley Revolver

In general, I feel that articles on Wiipedia need to cite their sources exhaustively. When I looked over this article for A-class review, I felt that it didn't cite well enough to be in the 2nd-best tier of articles. I might be wrong - other editors may not feel the same way, and if you renominate the article, different reviewers may disagree with my original assessment and pass the article. On the second count, organization, my initial reaction to the overall setup of the artice was negative. I feel that the best articles on Wikipedia should also be the easiest to navigate. Again, I didn't feel that this article was organized in a way that compared favorably to other top-drawer articles. As with the citations, other editors may disagree. There is no limit on good faith renominations; if you feel that this article cannot be imporoved in either area that I mentioned in my objection, nominate it again, with a comment in the nomination box that explains why you are renominating without changes (or with minimal changes).

And don't take criticism so personally - it's not a personal attack. When I review an article, I don't look at the history page to see who has edited it - it really isn't important. My criticisms are of the article as a whole, not of your contributions, or of you personally.

Carom 16:57, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Re: Firearm caliber articles

WRT consulting you about modifying "your" articles, please see Wikipedia:Ownership of articles. Riddley 14:17, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Image:USSROfficerTT33.JPG

This is an extremely well-known propaganda photo published by the Soviet Government in 1943. My understanding is that it's in the public domain as a result.

On a different note, this bot of yours causes more problems than it solves, you know. It's systematically tagged almost every WWII era Soviet photo for deletion, which is going to cripple the Soviet Military History aspect of Wikipedia. Reign it in or deactivate the bot! --Commander Zulu 10:55, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

1943 is in a grey area: some WWII photos from then are public domain, while others aren't. For more details, see Template:PD-USSR, Template talk:PD-USSR, and Commons:Template talk:PD-Soviet.

As for the re-tagging, this is because {{PD-USSR}} turns out to be based on a misunderstanding of law. The cutoff date for public domain is either 1942 (for works by WWII vets), or 1946 (for all other works). Consequently, all images using that tag need to be re-tagged or deleted. --Carnildo 20:36, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Beretta Cx4 Storm

Could use your help in helping resolve a dispute with the Beretta Cx4 Storm article. Thanks Yaf 03:47, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lee Enfield Dispute... Help?

I noticed you've got an interest in an article I'm having a dispute with. Could you help me out on the Lee Enfield article... same 'fiction' entries. Which ones would you consider noteworthy. Is there anything substantive there?.--Asams10 04:16, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Battle of Ghazni

Hi There,

Just created this article, Battle of Ghazni during the First Anglo-Afghan War. I was wondering if you could fix up anything which is incorrect or add to this battle or link this battle to other articles so that it generates traffic. Thankyou. Mercenary2k 02:55, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

You rock fellow shooter. Goldfishsoldier 09:27, 14 December 2006 (UTC)