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[edit] Wikipedia:Naming conventions (military units)

Hi. My watchlist shows that you were interested enough to work on a military-topic article, so I wanted to make sure you were aware of the new Wikipedia:Naming conventions (military units) project, in case you didn't see any of the announcements. — B.Bryant 22:33, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] German-speaking Wikipedians' notice board

Hello! As someone who often edits articles relating to German history, you might be interested in the relatively new Wikipedia:German-speaking Wikipedians' notice board. Happy editing! Olessi 19:50, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of WW2 ships

Noticed your useful additions to the list. You might be interested in this site: http://www.german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/destroyer/index.html It gives the correct Zerstorer classes. Forgive my impertinence if you knew this and planned to do the corrections. Folks at 137 22:09, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Military ranks

Hi! Can you please bring the German article on comparative military ranks into accordance with the English one?--Nixer 11:13, 30 March 2006 (UTC) I can try, Nixer, but I am not too adept with the table formatting part of it. I also, I confess, got pretty discouraged with all the amateurish meddling on both the English and the German pages and sort of gave up on it. But I'll take a new look in a few days.Cosal 01:28, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

I've moved your comment to Shuppiluliuma from her user page to user talk page where it belongs. Just wanted to let you know in case you thought your comment was deleted. Cheers. —Khoikhoi 00:47, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

No problem, let me know if there's anything else you need help at. :-) —Khoikhoi 01:17, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
I'll answer your question in three points:
  • Talk pages on articles are for discussing that specific article (i.e. Talk:Pizza for the Pizza page)
  • User talk pages are for messages to that specific user (i.e. User talk:Khoikhoi if you want to talk directly with me)
  • User pages should only be edited by that user (i.e. you shouldn't edit my user page unless I give you permission) :-)
Hope that helped! —Khoikhoi 05:01, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Teutonic Knights

I took out the sentence on what Salza allegedly felt because in the absence of any documentation to that effect nobody knows what he felt. His feelings also are irrelevant in an encyclopedia. Cosal 18:37, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Then the proper thing to do would be requesting a supporting citation of course, instead of removing the information. --Lysytalk 19:02, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
Point taken. I certainly did not intend to vandalize the article. However, it does not seem that a lot of contributors stop to ask (and ask whom?) before making changes to existing articles. In any case, I still do not consider it appropriate to cite someone's "feelings" unless these were recorded by that person in writing or conveyed to witnesses who documented this. Oh well. Cosal 22:07, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
I think you are right on this one, but still ... I know it's more painful but let's wait some time and see if the reference for this assertion is provided. There's no hurry and once the information has been marked with citation request (should be timestamped) we can assume it might eventually get referenced or removed by someone. I've also rephrased it to avoid the "feeling" word. Generally, the particular sentence is of minor importance IMHO, anyway. --Lysytalk 06:35, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pierre d'Aubusson

Thanks for your corrections of my poor English... regards. Yvan23 14:05, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please source your contributions

Your recent contribution(s) to the Wikipedia article Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha are very much appreciated. However, you did not provide references or sources for your information. Keeping Wikipedia accurate and verifiable is very important, and as you might be aware there is currently a drive to improve the quality of Wikipedia by encouraging editors to cite the sources they used when adding content. If sources are left unreferenced, it may count as original research, which is not allowed. Can you provide in the article specific references to any books, articles, websites or other reliable sources that will allow people to verify the content in the article? You can use a citation method listed at inline citations that best suits each article. Thanks! --NMChico24 02:34, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tirpitz amends

I've noticed that you exerted much effort to insert "the" in front of ship names. It wasn't grammatically necessary, however. It's just as correct (perhaps a better style but that's subjective) to refer to "Tirpitz" as the "Tirpitz". I don't know why, but English is not always logical. Perhaps because it's a name, not a noun - I wouldn't refer to a person as "the John". Folks at 137 00:23, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, Folks, I basically agree with you and would have preferred to keep it without the article -- but other WIKI-experts have pounded me in the past for not including the article before ships' names, and so, since I was already on the page I just went ahead and did it throughout. Cosal 00:31, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
Like I say, English is inconsistant and maybe the context changes it. As a native English speaker, I prefer to cut out as many "noise words" as possible. I'd be interested in examples. One naval handbook I have uses both styles in the same volume - probably depends on the author. Having re-read part of the article, I'm getting confused! The sentence "By April, 1944, the Tirpitz had been repaired and posed a renewed threat." seems to me a correct use of the definite article, whereas later on, in "Tirpitz underwent sea trials in early August 1944 ..." the article would be superfluous. Not sure why. I think I shall go and have a beer! Sorry if I've been a nuisance. Folks at 137 21:04, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
No nuisance at all. I went through a few other ship articles and agree that they read better without "the". So I took them all out. But it is odd that in some sentences it somehow sounds/reads better with the article and in others not. Cosal 23:49, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SMS Wiesbaden

Hi Cosal,

I noticed you recently created the article about SMS Wiesbaden. I just wanted to let you know that you can announce any new Germany-related articles at Portal:Germany/New article announcements and Portal:Germany/New articles. That way other users interested in the topic can see them and might improve them.

You may also be interested in the WikiProject Germany.

Thanks,

--Carabinieri 00:50, Saturday March 31, 2007 (UTC) 2007

[edit] Your edits to Skirmish of the Berlin Schloss

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