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[edit] Rebecca

Ooh, thanks for your additions to the Rebecca riots article. I have been meaning to do something with the article for ages, but never got a chance to sit down to it. Nice to see it growing. Telsa 10:32, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Burma Campaing

It has been a pleasure working with you on the Burma campaign. What is your source for the Japanese information you have been adding as the books I have been reading on the subject are all from a British or American perspective? Philip Baird Shearer 07:42, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. Philip Baird Shearer 08:49, 4 October 2005 (UTC)


Your last addition to the Burma Campaign is I think contriversial:

Most were Indians. During the period ... This flight permanently changed the racial mix of Burma.[1]
  1. ↑  So I think it must have a Wikipedia:footnote with a source. --Philip Baird Shearer 09:14, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fort Mackinac

I was more interested in changing the Michimackinac reference which was quite incorrect and thought that the fort should also be identified. I agree that it is appropriate to put in both places some people only skim to headings they are interested in. Dabbler 01:19, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] RQMS/CQMS

I'm not sure where you're from, but in the British Army and Royal Marines an RQMS is a WO2. A CQMS/SQMS/BQMS is a Staff/Colour Sergeant. Only the RSM is a WO1. -- Necrothesp 21:18, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Was in RSigs 1980-81, TA 1982-83. Probably age has clouded the memory, but things may have been slightly different in technical arms. Certainly, I recall the RQMS (Tech) was a WO1; the SqnQMS (Tech) was a WO2 (for a detached unit with one of everything). HLGallon 12:32, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

I have to say that in my experience (also TA plus studying the military and military history for years), I have never encountered an RQMS who was anything other than a WO2 or a CQMS/SQMS/BQMS who was anything other than a SSgt/CSgt. It may be different in a few units, but as a general rule that's the case. -- Necrothesp 19:16, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

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If you have any questions, just leave a message on my talk page. Thanks again. --bluemask 16:55, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Battle of Orewin Bridge, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Gurubrahma 07:01, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Canadian Units of the War of 1812

Great Job !! SirIsaacBrock 11:18, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll be making minor additions as and when I can verify the information and get round to doing it. HLGallon 14:02, 18 March 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Image Tagging Image:Kohima ridge.jpg

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[edit] Your Contributions

First off, I left a note on the Engagement on Lake_Huron talk page. Second, thanks a lot, now I'm gonna be up reading your articles. I blame you if I'm grumpy in the morning! TKE 05:36, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Kohima ridge.jpg

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[edit] Megiddo POW count

It was very confusing, and I'm glad you informed me. Please, though, take into consideration the possibility of citing the difference of strength and casualties, so as to make it less confusing. Эйрон Кинни (t) 00:17, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Numbering footnotes (thanks, but....)

You tried to number the footnotes at Battle of Prestonpans in this edit. I appreciate the effort, but the numbers came out wrong -- i.e. footnote 1 in the text corresponded to number 4 in the notes. In this edit I redid the notes using m:cite.php, which is now the recommended method for notes (plus it made the numbers correct). Thanks for your contributions and happy editing!--Craig Stuntz 12:56, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

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[edit] Dismissal of Bucknall and Erskine

Hi - apologies for that, you are correct. Note however that you wrote that Bucknall was dismissed on 2 July, not August, and Erskine the following day, which led me to believe that it was related to something else, and caused the revert. Next time I go check and just change the date. :-) Nice work on the article by the way. Andreas 22:00, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Battle of Cherbourg

Hi. I left a short message on the discussionpage of this article which was created by you. Maybe you can use some of it. Would you like to take part in Meta:Imperialism and world wars? Would be great. Regards, John N. 13:26, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Battle of Mackinac Island (1812)

I see that you've recently created this article, and you did a wonderful job I might add. However, it seems to already exist. see Battle of Mackinac Island. I redirected your page to the one that already exists, and you switched it back. Ok. That's cool. Perhaps it would be beneficial to combine the two pages somehow? They seem to be fairly similar. I dunno. Just seems sorta redundant, on the other hand, maybe you know something I don't and they aren't the same battle. I'm curious, please reply.--SweetNeo85 17:42, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] German General Staff Article

Appreciate your points. Not sure why you have this thing about tautologies?

I made some changes in the article precisely because the below comment.

The introduction is pretty poor. I have absolutely no idea what the German General Staff is after reading it... -- Pluke 22:23, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
As far as your point about tautologies. I'm just trying to make the article a little "exciting" instead of sterile. As for the "institutionalization of excellence," I think that the article now explains the importance of that. Please review latest edits. Also, please check out Colonel Dupoy's book, "A Genius for War." I read it 20 years ago as a junior officer and it remains an excellent work. Also, it might prove useful to add your comments to the discussion section of the article itself. SimonATL 01:52, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
HL - I really haven't poked around Wikipedia on subjects such as the German Army, Prussian Army, etc. Thanks for your comments. Maybe we should back track and consider the plight of some high school kid who might have watched "Saving Privat Ryan" and gotten interested in the German Army. I'm trying to think about how to introduce such people to the subject of the military, in general, to military organization, ranks, branches, specialties, staffs, generalship and things along that line. I'll keep thinking but maybe I'll start by doing more research on wiki articles in place and take it from there. As a young staff officer in the US Marine Corps in the late 70s, I was shocked at the ignorance of my peers on these subjects. The Marine Corps had no concept, at that time, of introducing even its own junior officers to an intellectual or thinking approach to military subjects. Marine Corps Commandants beginning with Al Gray, (interestingly, a former Korean War sergeant with no college degree) began to reemphasize military education. General Krulak took it further, having been raised by his dad, another Krulak general (3 star) and quite a man of letters. Maybe you already know all about this. I'm just trying to give you a little background. I too was a young high school kid, interested in military and political/military affairs but an Ohio farm boy with a dad who knew no more about the military than his own personal experience as an enlisted sailor in WW-II. So I'm thinking how best to introduce someone like myself, young or old, interested in the military and history and theory of it all. Military Science and History goes beyond just biographies of interesting historical characters or particular battles. Historical characters and battles was all I read about as a kid, having no further point of reference. Hope this shows you where I'm coming from. Simon - SimonATL 03:47, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
re Fred the Grosse, I meant to refer to Frederick I of Prussia, King "in" Prussia not Frederick the Great - glad you caught that. That's one of the things that's about wiki with its multiple editors always improving and correcting - well, at least in theory!SimonATL 14:47, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

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