Talk:Battle of Vågen

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[edit] Date of the battle, August 2 or 12?

Some references seem to set the date of the battle to August 12, rather than August 2. Indeed the first article Wikipedia had on this subject (and which I just found) was entitled Action of 12 August 1665. Does anyone know for certian what is the right date? Sjakkalle (Check!) 06:56, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Dates of this period can be given in Old Style or New Style.--MWAK 14:52, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The idiocy of article ratings

Not really a discussion, just a comment on the "ratings" given by participants in the myriad of "projects" out there. This article has just been relegated from "class B" to "start-class" in the "Military history Wikiproject". <angry rant>And that just serves as an example, as far as I'm concerned, of how meaningless these project-ratings are. As far as I can see, this is a good article (and, no, I haven't contributed to it). But still, it is branded "start-class", with no explanation, no details about what should be done to improve the article, what is lacking or wrong. Nothing at all, just the word "start-class". How does this contribute to improving wikipedia? As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't. It only serves as discouragement to real contributors, who write or contribute to articles, and are then slapped in the face with a "start-class". What's the point? </angry rant>--Barend (talk) 12:55, 11 March 2008 (UTC)