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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXIII (January 2008)

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Welcome back!

Good to see you back and editing again! How's life? --ROGER DAVIES talk 07:47, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Glad to hear you've well :) Re: this, it's a great improvement (featured list?) but desperately needs references. The bible is:
  • James, E.A. British Regiments 1914–1918, UK (1988): Naval & Military Press ISBN 0 906304 03 2
Good luck! --ROGER DAVIES talk 14:20, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Brian sterner

I have nominated Brian sterner, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian sterner. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Carom (talk) 20:54, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

You do not Feel that this article satisfies the criteria for inclusion? Who the hell cares what you feel? The entry existed for less then 2 minutes before you jumped all over it with your delete nomination. There wasn't any time to expand or refine the article.

This entry is an example of police brutality, intended to compliment the primary police brutality entry. However obscure this incident is, it will be useful as a research tool for those interested in police brutality.

I don't need to defend or justify my entry to you, nor do I need your invitation to do so. What I need is for self-important jerks to stop challenging and threatening to destroy my my entries so I can actually spend some time working on them, instead or arguing for their existence. I can't work on an entry if I have to spend all my time on the discussion boards

Who the hell made you king of Wikipedia? You are out of line. Who's you boss, somebody needs to put you in line.--Douglasfgrego (talk) 21:54, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

dnvrfantj

That's funny, the IP you just reported, I was about to report because he blanked a page. Good Job! Dnvrfantj (talk) 06:04, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Blocked indefinitely. --ROGER DAVIES talk 18:03, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Wehrmacht anyone?

Hi, I'm a relatively new editor who has undertaken to revamp, expand and increase in number the articles concerned with the Eastern Front (World War II). I see you have done some work on the Germany forces, and was wondering if you could, when you have the time, to scan the Wehrmacht articles and perform rudimentary German terminology quality control. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to contribute.--mrg3105 (comms) If you're not taking any flak, you're not over the target. 06:40, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Matt Nemeth

Please dont delete Matt Nemeth article. See this.

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:qnTX80qHgR4J:www.thuda.net/Matt%2520Nemeth%2520uses%2520foul%2520language.php+matt+nemeth&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us —Preceding unsigned comment added by Channab13 (talk • contribs) 03:56, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Patrolling pages

Thanks for your work on patrolling new pages. I noticed that you only mark pages as 'patrolled' if they are worthy of inclusion. However, after you tag an article for speedy deletion, you should also mark it as patrolled so other editors don't waste their time re-reviewing it. (See patrolled pages. for more info). Thanks Shootthedevgru (talk) 01:55, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

A7 Speedy deletion nomination of Blake Whitney (S&S character)

Yo, I removed your speedy nomination of Blake Whitney (S&S character), because WP:CSD criterion A7 only applies to real people, not fictional characters. Best, скоморохъ 03:43, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Nope, I think speedy is mostly for types of articles that the encyclopedia is regularly spammed with i.e. bands, internet memes, biographies. Fictional non-vandalism has to be taken to WP:PROD or WP:AFD. скоморохъ 03:48, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Military history of Canada

Replied chez-moi to avoid fragmentation. --ROGER DAVIES talk 10:03, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Hello Carom. Thanks for your support at the Military history elections. With your aid I was able to commision this ship to help plunder the coast of Military history for the third time. Na, just kidding. If you ever require any astance all you have to do is ask and you will see my ship on the horizon. Kyriakos (talk) 12:57, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you



Milhist Coordinator elections
Thank you very much for your support in the recent Military history Wikiproject elections. I went into it expecting to just keep my seat and was astonished to end up with the lead role. I anticipate a rather busy six months :) --ROGER DAVIES talk 13:20, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Haut-Koeningsbourg castle, Alsace.

Thanks



Milhist Coordinator election
Thank you very much for your support in the recent Military history Wikiproject election. I'm more than happy to serve the project for another six months! --Eurocopter (talk) 15:08, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Russian-Circassian War

Thank you

The WikiProject Barnstar
As a thank you for your coordination services to the Military history WikiProject, from February 2007 to August 2007, please accept this belated barnstar.--ROGER DAVIES talk 18:05, 29 February 2008 (UTC)


The WikiProject Barnstar
In gratitude for your coordination services to the Military history WikiProject, from August 2007 to February 2008, please accept this barnstar.--ROGER DAVIES talk 18:05, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter

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JSTOR request

Hello Carom,

Think you could help me procure the article "Forgotten Allies: The Military Contribution of the Colonies, Exiled Governments, and Lesser Powers to the Allied Victory in World War II." from JSTOR? Oberiko (talk) 18:22, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

JSTOR request II

Hi Carom, Seems this business is moving faster than I thought - I thought I'd be the first one to ask! Would you be able to access this article - http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0047-1607(1993)21%3A1%2F2%3C84%3AEAWARS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-1 - (ECOMOG and West African Regional Security: A Nigerian Perspective, Gani J. Yoroms, Issue: A Journal of Opinion, Vol. 21, No. 1/2 (1993), pp. 84-91) through JSTOR for me? Best regards Buckshot06 (talk) 22:25, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Thankyou Carom. I've just sent you an email message with my e-mail address, to avoid being drowned in bot spam if I list it here. Best regards Buckshot06 (talk) 22:40, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

translation of German terms

I don't know whether these two terms really translate or should be used in German.

  1. schweizer Stoss:holding the pike with both hands next to its center of gravity and fencing with it, used by Swiss mercenaries until they faced Landsknechts who had a different way to hold their pikes and used their pikes in aggresive maneuver and not for defence of the battle column(Hartz) and the skirmishers on the flanks.
  2. deutscher Stoss the pike has its center of gravity in the lower third and is held with both hands at the end(not the sharp and point one), one arm is stretched in front and the other can move the pike up and down. It is very tiresome and for this reason as few ranks as possible lowered their pikes from the vertical transporting position. It was first used by the Landsknecht formations. It is considered very difficult to master and for this reason not enough trained units didn't adopt it, so both stances coexisted, although the deutscher Stoss had the "longer pike", giving it a cutting edge in any push of pikes.

It would be great if you could find out how these terms translate. Any English book about pike warfare should have a section on this(and my library hasn't any). Wandalstouring (talk) 16:16, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXIV (February 2008)

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5th Army (Soviet Union)

Hi Carom, thanks for your helpful peer review here. I've gone through your comments and (I hope) incorporated everything. Is there anything else you think I should do before I put it up for an A-class review? Cheers and thanks Buckshot06 (talk) 22:55, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

JSTOR III

'The mysterious high-numbered Red Army rifle divisions' James F Goff, Journal of Slavic Military Studies, Vol 11, Issue 4, Dec 1998 ([1])- can you find it on JSTOR or one of your other databases? Cheers and thanks, Buckshot06 (talk) 11:02, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

formatting question

Carom, I'm wondering if you'd be able to answer a question for me:

I've been working extensively on the Battle of Verrieres Ridge, and it's improved significantly since it failed its GA in July. However, one thing is still causing me a bit of aggravation: The footnotes and Citations are interspersed. I've received several comments suggesting that I change this. However, I can't, for the life of me, figure out how to do so (granted, my wikimarkup skills are quite rudimentary, so that might have something to do with it). I'm stumped. Would you happen to know how to separate footnotes from citations in a ref-list? Thanks, Cam (complaints) 05:56, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. I just took the footnotes and put the information back into the actual article.

Cam (complaints/Discussion) 18:34, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm planning to do a little more tweaking on the article, and then renominate it for GA.

Cam (complaints/Discussion) 05:50, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Sydney Smith

Argh, I added "Sydney Smith (forensic scientist)" but now I see he already has page Sydney Smith (forensic expert). I will fix it, and fix Sidney Smith. Thanks for the categories, that alerted me to it. Colfer2 (talk) 22:17, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

I will merge in my new references soon! Colfer2 (talk) 22:32, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Done, the article is better now. Thanks for your help. Colfer2 (talk) 21:22, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
In fact, I found an interesting 2008 controversy about him! Colfer2 (talk) 21:24, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

re: B-Class assessments

Thanks for the message. I've had a look at that editor's contributions and they've made one or two minor slip ups. I haven't said anything yet but will monitor and if the problem continues, I'll ask them to be more careful. --ROGER DAVIES talk 20:29, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Content fork

Sending ALEXANDER JOHN FRENCH VC to AfD felt like a waste of time. But it did not really fit any speedy criterion. Have you tried using the {{prod}} tag? -- RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 19:55, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Zedla RfA

Sorry for the delay but just want to drop a quick note saying thanks for participating in my RfA which closed and passed earlier this week. I'm keeping the comments raised in the opposition about rounding out my experience in mind, it's something I hope to spend more time on. If you have any comments I'm always open to the counsel of others. Sincerely – Zedla (talk) 02:35, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

JSTOR IV

Would you mind winkling this out - http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0032-3195(198721)102%3A1%3C148%3ATAAV%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C - a book review of Krepenovich's 'The Army and Vietnam'? Thanks very much, Buckshot06 (talk) 01:37, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

A question about the WWII portal

Hi Carom. I just noticed the WWII portal is being skewed by the subpage you created earlier this month for links to Wikiquote, Commons, etc:Portal:World War II/World War II Wikimedia. For some reason, the images on the subpage aren't reading the width and height parameters in the templates you used, but I'm not knowledgeable enough to fix it myself. Can you take a look at the subpage and see if you can fix the images? If you want to reply, you can here, I'll see it. Regards, Parsecboy (talk) 18:41, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Actually, disregard that note. In playing around with the template, I figured out that the size parameters should just be plain numbers, without a "px" attached. Cool. I'll see ya around. Regards, Parsecboy (talk) 18:43, 25 March 2008 (UTC)


Eyre

But were they? one of the reasons i support the further reading tag is you cannot be had for things not fitting properly with the text - do we know they were used for refs? sigh, its all a bit of the bother as I am about to add some more further reading items... cheers and greetings from down here SatuSuro 12:59, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

14th (Light) Division

Rather than engage in an edit war with User:Leithp I would respectfully disagree with his interpretation of WP:MILHIST Division title naming convention, especially in this case. There are no less than 11 articles in Wikipedia on military units named some variation of "14th Division". In the present case "14th (Light)Division" on its own does not tell us which nation it refers to. All militaries capable of maneuver warfare use light infantry so Leithp's assertion that it is unique and does not need to be disambiguated is inaccurate. Pen of bushido (talk) 04:08, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Something for you

The Content Review Medal of Merit  
In recognition of your much appreciated reviews of military history articles, I am delighted to award you this Content Review Medal. --ROGER DAVIES talk 06:14, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Help

Your name came up here as a person to ask about seperating an interconnected "notes" and "references" section. How do I do that? TomStar81 (Talk) 08:42, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank You. TomStar81 (Talk) 06:51, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXV (March 2008)

The March 2008 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
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WP:Lectures on the 6th

Kim is starting the lectures on April 6th around 15:00 UTC (although that is apparently open to discussion). Just a reminder... Xavexgoem (talk) 14:15, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

A-class review of Armia Krajowa

In March you've commented on the Armia Krajowa article, which have eventually passed the A-class review. Since then I have been steadily expanding the article (my goal is to FA it one day), but in recent days a content dispute is threatening to destabilize this article; your comments would be much appreciated here.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 01:45, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Portal:British Army

I was wondering if you could spare the time for a peer review of this portal? The editor has been slaving away (with help already from you) and really wants input from others. I know you're busy, which makes your input, if you can manage it, so much more appreciated. :) All the best, --ROGER DAVIES talk 00:22, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

JSTOR

Are you able to help me with an article? I'm looking for Wrong, Michela, The Emperor Mobutu Transition - Issues 81 & 82 (Volume 9, Number 1 and 2), 2000, pp. 92-112. Really appreciate it if you could dig that out. (Also be great to get this one as well if possible: http://www.jstor.org/pss/219502) Best regards Buckshot06 (talk) 07:26, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

News! Tag & Assess 2008 is coming ...

Milhist's new drive – Tag & Assess 2008 – goes live on April 25 and you are cordially invited to participate. This time, the task is housekeeping. As ever, there are awards galore, plus there's a bit of friendly competition built-in, with a race for bronze, silver and gold wikis! You can sign up, in advance, here. I look forward to seeing you on the drive page! All the best, --ROGER DAVIES talk 11:01, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

One Stripe (200 articles)
Two Stripes (400 articles)
Three Stripes (600 articles)
Tireless Contributor Barnstar (1000 articles)
Chevrons (2000 articles)
Working Man's Barnstar (3000 articles)
Barnstar of Diligence (4000 articles)
Third place overall
Second place overall
First place overall

WP:Lectures

They are today (27 April 2008) at 15:00 UTC. Here is the skype link & here's the IRC link. Xavexgoem (talk) 15:04, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Lectures time

Yeah, we're posting on time for once (40 minutes early). Todays lecture is by Vassyana (an expert mediator), who will be talking about how to deal with conflicts, whether you are a mediator or not. Hope to see you there! --Kim Bruning (talk) 14:15, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Portal:Genocide

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Portal:Genocide, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

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I placed this here as you were the creator of the page. --Philip Baird Shearer (talk) 11:21, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

your message

Sorry I did not do anything. Thanks. 72.153.91.162 (talk) 04:57, 21 May 2008 (UTC)