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[edit] Response to your comment

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[edit] Links

No problem friend. Don't feel some guilt or something like that. I've just done some maintenance. Btw, I am watching your professional edits for some time and must say you look like an expert for World War II. Do you study a history or something similar ? - Darwinek 19:44, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

I feel the same satisfaction creating and editing all these articles. Surely it will help many people. I believe Wikipedia will become really a huge encyclopedia in a few years. It just started in 2001, I am here since 2004 and must say it's every year twice larger. Anyway, if you will need some help or assistance in future (I am an admin), just let me know. :) - Darwinek 07:18, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ooops

Forgot to say thanks for all your help on sources, etc - which was why I awarded the barnstar in the first place! John Smith's 18:58, 4 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Article for peer review

Hi, I have nominated the article Axis naval activity in Australian waters for peer review and Kirill has suggested that I ask you to have a look at the article. If you've got the time I'd really appreciate any feedback. Thanks, --Nick Dowling 00:31, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for your comments. --Nick Dowling 10:07, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Battle of Savo Island

Bravo!
Bravo!

Congratulations on your sixth (sixth!) featured article! Here's some champagne to celebrate the occasion! ;-) Kirill Lokshin 02:42, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Japanese links

Hi, Cla68. Do you need to add the links to the Japanese articles, when the interwiki links are already there: "ja:第三次ソロモン海戦", etc. And why as external links? —wwoods 07:31, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help re WWII Aleutian Islands (Alaska) Campaign

Hi, Cla88. I need some help with the detail regarding Amchitka's role in WWII, and Kirill suggested that you might be able to help. I've found two sources, but these contradict each other slightly, giving different names for the people involved. Can you help with this? Thanks, Jakew 14:54, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks very much for your comments. I've now revised the coverage of the section on WWII, and I'm now much happier with it. The main problem I had was that the sources were giving different names for the makers of certain decisions, but I've decided to omit names. I like to keep some human interest, but ultimately the article is about an island.
If the mood takes me, I might do a little work on the main Aleutian Islands Campaign article, as it could certainly use some work. However, I seem to have unintentionally adopted nuclear test sites as a personal project, and there are many more to do once I've finished this one... Cheers, Jakew 11:18, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Where did you find the guadalcanal maps?

I'm looking for a map that zooms in on Kolombongara island, where did you find the solomon islands map so that I can find the others? --Sugarcaddy 18:58, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

I also agree on the ganging up thing, I had to fight 13 people at once. --Sugarcaddy 19:02, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Response to your Japanese War Crime comments

Hey, what was wrong with the testimony edit of the nurse who stated she helped cover up bodies in West Tokyo. It had references and quotes by the people who investigated that issue. The nurses name is Toyo Iishi. If we don't give specifics in that article section people tend to delete it. Then later as time goes on references will get lost or forgotten, then people tend to state that the information is not true. I will try to re-edit it without the qoutes by the investigator which could be seen as POV, I believe they stated "legacy of Japans rampage" or something. But I think the name of the individual who testified needs to be included, otherwise the article which is sensitive to begin with is always being changed with people asking for proof. It reminds me of the holocaust section where some people keep saying it never happened. Anyways I'll add the name of the nurse, but I won't put in the quotes. Please check it out and see if you have problems with it and let me know, thanks. --4.23.83.100 10:50, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Japan dislikes and likes

I guess for me the museum was frustrating because I was with a bunch of people who kept saying how horrible it was, and one stupid girl who said to the Japanese with us "I want to apologize for what my country did to you" followed by solemn nods from other foreigners in our group. But there is no mention of what preceded the bombing, other than the "cold, calculated" process America took to decide what city to bomb. It most definately is designed to elicit sympathy from the rest of the world. Even my own girlfriend said while we were there "I hate Americans." So much for fostering "peace." I have never introduced the atomic bombings into conversations when talking with a Japanese person; they always do.--Nobunaga24 01:36, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Campaignbox Pacific 1941

I think Template:Campaignbox Pacific 1941 should be kept for three reasons. Firstly, if we are following Allied commands in our definition of campaigns/theatres, it corresponds somewhat with the short-lived American-British-Dutch-Australian Command, which preceded the three Allied supreme commands formed in mid-1942 --- the Pacific Ocean Areas (command), South West Pacific Area (command) and the South East Asia Command. Second, I also think that if we combine the Pacific 1941 items in the other two (or three) they will become too big and unwieldly. Third, "Pacific 1941" covers the period of the Japanese offensives up to and including Midway, after which the tide of war turned. Thanks, Grant65 | Talk 07:03, 26 October 2006 (UTC)


[edit] More featured articles!

I think you might be the first person to ever have two featured articles promoted simultaneously. Congratulations! :-) Kirill Lokshin 20:49, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Koreans in the Japanese military

It's well-known that Koreans were often used as POW camp guards and some individual Koreans perpetrated some terrible abuses. However, to mention them in that context makes it sound like torture was somehow peculiar to Koreans, when it was really an aspect of the brutal Japanese military culture of the time. Grant65 | Talk 13:42, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Axis naval activity in Australian waters nominated for FA status

Hi, I have just self nominated Axis naval activity in Australian waters for Featured Article status. If you'd like to vote or make a comment, the nomination page is: Featured article candidates/Axis naval activity in Australian waters‎ Cheers, --Nick Dowling 22:58, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Thanks for your advice and vote of support. --Nick Dowling 07:25, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] For you

Presented for the amazing work you have done on the pacific Theater during WWII. If I can ever be of help please let me know. Cheers--Looper5920 01:25, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Aoba Regiment picture on Wikimedia Commons

Hello. I've read your explanation on my user page for tagging commons:Image:GuadAoba.jpg as U.S. Goverment work. I think that I've found ideal tag for that photo, and for other similar photos: commons:Template:PD-Japan-oldphoto. I've tagged commons:Image:GuadAoba.jpg, and you should only provide image source. Bojan 15:07, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help with an A-Class review

My apologies for bothering you with this, but might you be able to chip in on this A-Class review? The usual crowd seems decidedly absent, and I'd prefer not to have the article sit in limbo because we haven't been able to round up some reviewers. Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 04:57, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

moved to user page.

I came here, saw this and decided not to start a new section. But anyway:

[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 02:54, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Guinea campaignbox

If you have a minute, could you take a look at Template talk:Campaignbox New Guinea? I've done a major expansion/reorganisation and have "compressed" some battles as sub-campaigns. Grant65 | Talk 16:39, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! Grant65 | Talk 08:15, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Well spotted. (I had a redlink to Battle of Driniumor‎.) On a related note, after much pondering and changes of mind I have also created Battle of Aitape as a dab and moved "Battle of Hollandia" to Operations Reckless and Persecution with several redirects. Grant65 | Talk 03:23, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bougainville campaignbox

Looks like we were both working on Bougainville simultaneously. I had decided to group the Japanese counterattacks of March 9-17, 1944, as "Bougainville counterattack", (see http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-P-Rabaul/USA-P-Rabaul-17.html) but I'm assuming that you have split it up into smaller actions(?) I'm fine with it either way -- the problem with the theatre as a whole from the point of view of military history is that there were so many small, interlocking actions. Grant65 | Talk 13:17, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

BTW, isn't Landings at Cape Torokina already covered under Battle of Empress Augusta Bay? Grant65 | Talk 13:20, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
NM, I just saw your answer at Talk:Battle of Empress Augusta Bay. Grant65 | Talk 13:22, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

After thinking about it, I think it is somewhat confusing to have a "Battle for Bougainville" within "Bougainville campaign". Since you don't mind, I'll change it to Bougainville counterattack, with it showing as "Japanese counterattack" in the campaignbox. Grant65 | Talk 17:24, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

I've just added that photo to the article, replacing the photo of the sub on the back of a truck. It fits in nicely with the photo of the funeral of the Australians killed in the attack. --Nick Dowling 10:42, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Battle of Edson's Ridge

I saw the request for A-class review in the WPMILHIST pages. Nice, complete article. One quick question:

  • Background section - 2nd paragraph: Was the goal to secure the islands by night fall of the 8th, or was the goal simply to secure the islands (which was accomplished by the 8th)?

— ERcheck (talk) 21:12, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

The goal was to secure the islands of Tulagi, Gavutu, and Tanambogo as well as the airfield on Guadalcanal (which was accomplished by the 8th). Since it may not be clear enough, I'm going to try to rewrite that sentence. Cla68 23:33, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks.... the article is well on its way to Featured. — ERcheck (talk) 23:48, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

I left an additional comment on the Peer review page. — ERcheck (talk) 13:56, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cactus Air Force

Since you are the go to guy for the Pacific War I thought I'd ask you to take a look at the CAF page and let me know what you think about the layout. My biggest concern right now is that it is presented in a logical format where the info flows. Do you think the sections are what the need to be? Any advice you can give is appreciated. Thanks--Looper5920 08:56, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] British Solomon Islands Protectorate

Hi, happy new year from me also. I have changed the terminology at Battle of the Tenaru because "United Kingdom" in military history is usually understood as meaning the British Isles and forces recruited and emanating from there. British Solomon Islands Protectorate is now a redirect to Solomon Islands as the present state is a direct successor of the colonial one.

BTW, I just discovered 15,900 Google hits for "British Solomon Islands Protectorate Defence Force" and 17,300 hits for "BSIPDF"! So that is clearly worth an article too. Sadly ironic that the present day Solomons is a failed state which barely even has a polic force, let alone a military. Grant65 | Talk 04:51, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. It's comparable to the situation with the (British) Indian Army, in which units/formations were referred to as "Indian _ Brigade", "Indian _ Division" , "Indian _ Corps" etc, when a majority of the subordinate units/personnel originated in India, even if other units in the formation were actual British Army units. Grant65 | Talk 05:50, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
I've started a stub article for British Solomon Islands Protectorate Defence Force. Information is very scarce. Grant65 | Talk 11:06, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Peer review/Armia Krajowa

Thank you for your comments, I believe I have addressed most of them. If you have time, could you look at the recent dispute on the article's talk page and offer some comments on that issue? I am afraid as long as there are only two opposed voices we are rather deadlocked.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  03:12, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Thanks

I just noticed the acknowledgement on your user page. "Advice on preparing a history article for FA" is a good read too. Grant | Talk 11:35, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Quick question

Was wondering if you thing that Cactus Air Force maybe sonmeday has a chance of being nominated for FA-status. I know it is a long way off but it does have some potential. Was wondering if you thought it was worth a chance?--Looper5920 13:45, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Favor

As one of the editors I really trust I was hoping you could do me a favor and take a read through List of United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons. You may have noticed that it has been my pet project for awhile. I am still working on the intro but I was hoping you could just go through and copyedit. Right now I still need to add the Post WWII info and edit some of the earlier stuff. It needs a fresh set of eyes to make sure it is on the right track. When it is complete one of these days I am hoping to put it up for WP:FLC. Anyway, if you have a few spare moments please give it the once over. Cheers.--Looper5920 07:00, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE: US Navy officer references

Honestly the web has very few resources for lower ranking officers and enlisted personnel, even famous ones. Two that come to mind are Barbara Rainey the first female Naval Aviator and Doris Miller the first African American awarded the Navy Cross neither have significant bios on the internet. You may want to try Arlington Cemetery (If the officer is buried there) they sometimes have decent bios on certain famous officers. Your best bet is the library but even then your limited by the officers notability. If the officer is notable enough they will have a biography somewhere, but thats not to say it will be easy to find. I wish I had a better answer but, I have found most of the time you will have to piece together small tidbits of information from various sources in order to really get anywhere. Sorry I couldn't be more help. As for John McCain Sr. I did find a small bio on Arlington site here Cheers — WilsBadKarma (Talk) 07:58, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Book question

I just purchased Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II written by Ikuhito Hata and Yasuho Izawa (1970) and edited by Don Cyril Graham (1989). I was wondering if you own this one amongst your library and if so have you been using it? It has some numbers for the Guadalcanal campaign and a others but I would want to bounce them off what you have to make sure we are putting a good product out there. Some seem legit and others seem a bit high. Let me know--Looper5920 09:45, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

This is the first time I've heard of this book. Does it cite its sources? One problem, from what I've seen, of Japanese history books translated into English is that they often don't have a reference list or bibliography. So, it's hard to tell how credible the information they contain is. Henry Sakaida's book on Japanese Navy Aces is considered credible so that book might serve as a cross-reference for this one, but I don't have that book either. If the numbers in Hata/Izawa's book differ greatly from numbers in Frank's or Lundstrom's books, then I'd probably go with what Frank or Lundstrom say. But, that book must have some good information, because in searching the web it looks like it was used as a reference for at least one article in World War II magazine. Cla68 13:54, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Video Still

You made and uploaded the video still for the 190th/Blues and Royals friendly fire article. I need to capture a video still for another article that I'm preparing to start but don't know how to do it. How do you capture a video still into a .jpg or .gif file? Cla68 09:34, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

VideoLAN has the built in function to screen capture. I use and recommend that. VideoLAN is also an excellent video player and it can even play corrupt video files to a degree. -- Cat chi? 09:58, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Battle of Savo Island

Hmmm, all I was trying to do was correct Crutchley's name, reinstate Getting's name and maybe one or two other minor touches. I think we were both working on it at the same time and one or two edits got tangled up. I've seen this happen at least once before. I certainly wasn't trying to alter the stuff you are talking about. Grant | Talk 00:48, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations on another one of your articles making the featured article!! Great work! --Kralizec! (talk) 11:11, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USS Lexington (CV-16)

Hello. Someone today took exception to a bit of text you added back in December. Please see also their comments on the talk page. I guess what would be nice is reverifying that was the text from the book? Shenme 00:49, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Melbourne

I just noticed you added it to your user page. It was announced a week or so ago that its going to be the production base for The Pacific, the successor to Band of Brothers and most of the shooting will be done in other parts of Australia. From what they'e said, it looks like the story will focus on the 1st Marine Div.Grant | Talk 15:11, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

I look forward to checking it out when it gets shown here on Japanese cable TV. I was in Melbourne on a work trip so I didn't get to see as much of it and the surrounding area as I wanted to. Cla68 22:57, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your FPC

Seeing your nomination for Fatured Picture, I thought you might want to support your own nomination - I don't think you'd have nominated an image you didn't like! :) J Are you green? 23:58, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bud Holland's DOB

I got his date of birth from the Social Security Death Index. There are only two "Arthur A. Holland"s in the index. One of them (SSN 225-72-0756, issued in Virgina) has "24 Jun 1994" a the date of death. There is no real doubt it's him. You can add a note of that source to the article if you think it is appropriate. http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

66.24.243.60 07:43, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 15 May 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article USS Iowa turret explosion, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Carabinieri 22:45, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Nice work on this article! Kudos, to you sir! --Kralizec! (talk) 16:44, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] contact

Contact is a new service and honor the milhist project has introduced. I want to suggest you as a possible contact. Could you please name some subjects you are quite familiar with and willing to help(answer questions, reviews) within our scope. Wandalstouring 10:42, 17 May 2007 (UTC)


You were elected contact (It took so long because I had to reduce my wikitime). You will be notified about peer reviews within your scope. Please help us to find other editors capable of becoming a contact. Wandalstouring 07:50, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Michael Brown Okinawa assault incident Peer Review request

Hi Cla68,

I noticed you listed Michael Brown Okinawa assault incident at Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan#Peer review requests. I apologize if the instructions there were unclear. The purpose of that list is to inform editors who work on Japan-related articles of relevant peer-review requests that have already been submitted to Wikipedia:Peer review. Since this article has not been submitted there, I removed it from the list, but I encourage you to submit it to WP:PR according to the nomination procedure and list it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan#Peer review requests again. (If, like me, you find editing tables tedious, you probably already know it's easy to copy and paste from an old version.)

I've added to the instructions and hope they're more clear now. Since it's a wiki, you can of course edit them too.

The article looks interesting and I wish you success in getting a peer review.

Best regards,

Fg2 00:43, 19 May 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Unrestricted Warfare (book)

Since you are an expert in military history, I wonder if you might have an opinion as to the article on this book. Is being used as a truncheon to beat up on George Soros, but apart from that I wonder if the book is sufficiently notable as to warrant its own article. I am suspicious by the lack of a prominent publisher, and the sensationalist claims being made. --Samiharris 16:05, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks very much for helpful reply and suggestions. --Samiharris 22:55, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Congrats on getting the B-52 article updated!

Gig 'em! — BQZip01 — talk 04:43, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Outstanding! Good work, and many happy returns! Check-Six 05:59, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Review

This review might interest you: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of Cape Esperance Greetings Wandalstouring 14:51, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peer review request for Battle of Cape Esperance

There's a new peer review request for Battle of Cape Esperance that may be of interest to you; any input there would be appreciated. Thanks! Wandalstouring 15:00, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Actually, that's me, cla68, that submitted that article. I changed my signature recently. CLA 22:49, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
OK, I didn't check that. Wandalstouring

[edit] Ironclad Warship

I've made some changes following your comments at the recent A-class review of Ironclad warship and would be interested to hear your thoughts before renominating the article. Many thanks, The Land 13:59, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] contact userbox

This user is a contact for the
Military history WikiProject.

[edit] Peer review request for Attack on Sydney Harbour

There's a new peer review request for Attack on Sydney Harbour that may be of interest to you; any input there would be appreciated. Thanks! Wandalstouring 16:13, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Contribution

Hello. I am currently trying to contribute to a battle in respect to giving a reason why a Viking force had to withdraw from a native attack, which I think was instrumental to the article itself and since the person in question received her place in history for that act. Its my understanding that Wikipedia is meant for contributions, but the people at that region see fit to leave the situation vague. They have told me that I cannot simply copy and past from references and, in short order, I re-wrote the small addition in my own words. I don't see what the problem here is, however, they simply revert my edits and give me vague conclusion to why they have done so. The site is intended to be used for non-commercial reproduction so we have no problems in copyright infringement. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. InternetHero 23:03, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Coordinator election

Congratulations! You have been elected to serve as a coordinator of the Military history WikiProject. When you get a chance, please stop by the coordinators' work area and take a look at the various open tasks and ongoing discussions there. Kirill 00:29, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Congrats!

Assistant Cooridinator of the Military History Wikiproject, August 2007 — February 2008
Assistant Cooridinator of the Military History Wikiproject, August 2007 — February 2008

Congrats on your election as an assistant coordinator. In honor of your achievement, I present you with these stars. I wish you luck in the coming term. TomStar81 (Talk) 01:01, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

  • Congrats to you on your election as an asst coordinator! I look forward to working with you in the future. LordAmeth 13:47, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello Cla68. Congratulations and thanks for your support at the Military history taskforce elections. I hope our coordination would continue to be for the benefit of the Encyclopedia. - FayssalF - Wiki me up® 01:29, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Coordinator stuff

Just a note: please try to drop by the coordinator work area sometime soon if you haven't already. Thanks! :-) Kirill 15:28, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Travel

Ok, no problem. Good luck on your trip. Kirill 23:25, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] POTD notification

POTD
POTD

Hi Cla68,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:EnterpriseBurningHellcat.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on September 8, 2007. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-09-08. howcheng {chat} 16:57, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] POTD notification

POTD
POTD

Hi Cla68,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:U.S. Soldiers at Bougainville (Solomon Islands) March 1944.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on October 5, 2007. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-10-05. howcheng {chat} 23:35, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request

I would love to see an article on Battle of Koromokina Lagoon. Could you create it? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Talk"? 19:10, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Sure, I'll try to start a stub article on it this weekend. Cla68 22:43, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Great - yours and the projects work on WWII Pacific theatre is awesome -a pleasure to read. All the best ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Talk"? 22:54, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Super work. Thanks!! Keep up the great work ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Talk"? 09:01, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ebird.afis.mil & Blackwater USA, military network only access?

Hi Cla, someone asked on Blackwater USA's talk what was going on with the external links to ebird.afis.mil, which it appears only viewers from a military network apparently? You added the first ones here. Please let us know on the article talk page? Thanks! • Lawrence Cohen 06:07, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cactus AF

I wasn't suggesting it didn't influence deliveries to Guad, just that it wasn't that simple, & IJA's perceptions of Vandegrift's strength needs to be mentioned, IMO. Trekphiler 08:01, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tagging/Assessing

Hey, notice you're doing great work on adding the MILHIST tag to talkpages you're creating. Just wanted to pass on a thought- when I do that, I also delete the article from the Assessment Drive list- means that nobody has to come back to it for a while. Cheers Buckshot06 23:10, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fishy

Have a look at the Tautog infobox? It's showing "struck" rather than "stricken", & won't accept a change to that without wiping out the section entirely. Nor will it accept an add "as built" without putting it in a weird place... Trekphiler 15:56, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

It appears that it's using a different infobox template than the other related submarine articles that uses "struck" instead of "stricken" and doesn't have an "as built" field. The infobox probably needs to be switched from the "Infobox Ship" to "Ship Table Header 01" as in the USS Thresher (SS-200) article. Cla68 20:46, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Second Ostend Raid

Thankyou for your support at the above successful FAC.--Jackyd101 18:33, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi could you expand Mariana and Palau Islands campaign a bit cheers ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Talk"? 18:04, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Done. Cla68 13:36, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Your're terrific!!! thanks ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Talk"? 13:54, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks and a request...

Hi Cla68, thanks for providing "references" to articles, but I'm worried that such an addition is misleading. Don't get me wrong, it's good to have the information put in there (assuming they are indeed reliable sources), but I fell it's important we are careful not to give people the impression they were used to actually write the article. They are kind of link additional material that may contain some of the info in the article, but not all, and may contain additional.

Please continue to add the sources, but, please put them either as a (general) "Further Reading" section, or if you can link them to specific info, it's even better if you can add them as in-line cites.

I'd be happy to hear your thoughts on this. thanks --Merbabu 09:21, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

I understand what you're saying. Books that aren't actually used for the article should be in a "further reading" section. The thing is, a lot of those articles are so undeveloped that by putting the book in the "references" section, I'm indirectly advocating that whoever decides to improve that article should really consider using that book. If I'm the one who ever decides to improve the article, usually with FA as the goal, then I'll probably use that book as one of the references. Of course, that doesn't mean that the book can't be listed at first in the "further reading" section and then moved to the references section at a later time. Cla68 22:24, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USS Illinois (BB65)

I found the citation you request on the A-class review page for USS Illinois (BB-65), would you reconsider your poistion on the article? TomStar81 (Talk) 07:20, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Yamashita's gold

Can you do me a favour and take a look at Talk:Yamashita's gold? Thanks. Grant | Talk 08:12, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

I don't know anything about the subject but it looks like you're correct in your position on the article's content. I'll help you out if you need it. Cla68 (talk) 08:22, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. If you could explain why agree with me on the talk page, I would appreciate it. Grant | Talk 13:19, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] VNQDD and Bazin

Done, thanks, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:01, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Might be able to use something here

Not sure if you are familiar with it but if you go here and type in Provide Comfort there are about 850 images that come up. May be able to use one or two of them.--Looper5920 (talk) 07:16, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. That's actually where I already found most of the images that I have. Cla68 (talk) 07:45, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Yen Bai mutiny

Hi there again. I made some more updates, mainly pruning down the military reform section and forking it. Thanks, `Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:47, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 1962 South Vietnamese Presidential Palace bombing

Hi there Cla. I've gone through and hopefully improved the article. Regards, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:08, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Changed to support. Good work. Cla68 (talk) 00:00, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peer Review for Blackwater Worldwide, please help!

Blackwater Worldwide, an article under this WikiProject, is up for Peer Review to move to Featured Article status. Please help out and offer up reviews, advice, or edits to the article or review at:

Thanks! Lawrence Cohen 14:42, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks and Happy New Year

Firstly, let me wish you a very happy New Year and thank you for all your help in the Milhist Tag & Assess 2007 drive.

Secondly, although the Tag & Assess 2007 drive is now officially closed, you are very welcome to continue tagging and assessing until 31 January 2008. Any articles you tag and assess during this time will be credited fully to your tagging tally for further award purposes.

Thirdly, if you can find the time, it would be great to have your feedback/comments and participation in the recently-set-up Tag & Assess workshop The idea is to see what lessons we can learn from the 2007 drive to make the 2008 one more efficient and enjoyable.

Thanks again for your help, --ROGER DAVIES talk 10:34, 3 January 2008 (UTC) Happy New Year —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fdws (talk • contribs) 06:29, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Possible edit warring on project article

There seems to be some issues going on over on the article : Military history of African Americans, in particularly in the section Military history of African Americans#Confederate States Army. Could you take a look at the article's edit history as well as the discussion, Talk:Military history of African Americans, and possibly give some input? Thanks. Sf46 (talk) 23:56, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

I looked at it and left a comment on the talk page. Cla68 (talk) 00:54, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Non-English operational codenames

This might be of some interest to you; it's probably a matter you're more qualified to comment on, in any case. Kirill 14:07, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] re: Help with Matanikau Offensive

My pleasure; they were insignificant endash corrections. Best regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:45, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ernie pyle death

Please ping me if you get a better image file of that photo. It can take a little while to handle the correspondence, but people have been surprisingly helpful offsite about these things. DurovaCharge! 05:54, 7 February 2008 (UTC)