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[edit] Augustaion

Updated DYK query On 2 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Augustaion, 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.

--BorgQueen (talk) 04:31, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

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

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[edit] Double-headed eagle

Lol...thanks for the Info on Armenia`s coat of Arms...I overlooked the innter portion of the crest, sorry for the trouble. AdrianCo (talk) 00:47, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New! BCAD drive from Milhist

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[edit] Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina

Very correct assessment. You have put the finger on the precise problem. I, for once, am working on that. (last year I rather worked on not omiting details, not so much on soursing correctly and fully) The solution is outsourcing to smaller articles: it takes much longer than I thought, and until good references are given for all those... It will be very slow process to improve the article. Come back in 6 months! :-) Dc76\talk 22:58, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

thank you very much Dc76\talk 23:08, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] SIOP and related topics

Would you mind taking another look at Single Integrated Operational Plan and reassessing the references? You won't hurt my feelings if they are inadequate, as I wasn't the original author.

The title is becoming a little problematic, since the term SIOP has been superceded. Indeed, there were pre-SIOP Air Force nuclear war plans (DROPSHOT comes to mind)--are these in scope for history?

The US also had a concept of RISOP, Red Integrated Strategic Operating Plan (I think -- we just called it RISOP), which was the best guess of US intelligence about the Soviet equivalent to the SIOP. There's a good deal of discussion of similarities and differences in US and Soviet doctrine in some of the references I added, especially from the Air University. These may be getting too far afield.

Should there be more references to arms limitation, and national means of technical verification? I mention these because some SIOP revisions reflected the constraints of arms control agreements.

What about changing doctrine as far as platforms? For example, the US gave up on high-altitude supersonic bombers (e.g., XB-70) with advances in Soviet SAMs, and changed to low-altitude penetration with reinforced B-52s. The Soviets continued development of the MiG-25, which seems to have been conceived as a XB-70 killer. Mobile missiles and large-scale cruise missile deployments affected both sides, just as much as the better-known ballistic missile defense.

Howard C. Berkowitz (talk) 16:42, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Some diagrams should be useful, and I can draw some. IIRC, the original government public document, Glasstone's The Effects of Nuclear Weapons, is online. As it is, there's a delicate balance of the basis of casualty estimates versus getting into the physics of nuclear weapons effects. Intuitively, this is not the article that should get mathematical.
Actually, there are quite a few topics that this touches tangentially, but probably should be in their own articles. I'm not sure how deeply some of the command and control, positive control, etc., need to be covered, since only the higher headquarters have a real sense of what options are being executed. I understand that the land-based ICBM crews don't necessarily know the actual targets.
Balance is the question, as books have been written on these topics. Howard C. Berkowitz (talk) 01:30, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Stop the War Coalition‎

Given your downgrading of the StWC article within your project, do you intend to bring it to the attention of WP:GAR? The fact that you assessed the article as start class, suggests that it isn't even close to beign a GA by Wikipedia-wide standards.--Peter cohen (talk) 23:19, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. See what you think of the article after work has finished. But my understanding is that if an article is rated GA, then it should be at least that level by each project; and, conversely, if the projects think it's weaker than GA, then it shouldn't be rated GA. WP:GAR would just allow other editors to express their opinions, it running on the same basis as other not quite-a -vote systems in WIkipedia such as deletion.--Peter cohen (talk) 22:38, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Osroene

You have edited over the recently vandalized version of this page, can you please, restore the edit which had all grammar corrections, references and improvements, and then incorporate your edits. Thanks. Atabek (talk) 21:13, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, it's alright now. Atabek (talk) 01:51, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Byantine-Arab Wars (780 - 1180)

The reason why the Strategos of the Armenikon Thema was put there was bcause this commander found himself on the frontline always and the Phocas family came from here. Tourskin (talk) 15:26, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Balkan war

Let me explain. The Bulgarian active army of the war actually fielded 10 divisions. The tenth division was formed on 20th september 1912 and it had two brigades. If you calculate the divisions in each army and the two divisions which had individual task you will see that the number was ten. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Avidius (talk • contribs) 21:41, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Spelling

Are you saying to rename it Paleologos? If so I would support that. That is the common translation that I see like at church and other places. Whatever it takes to get rid of Despoina. Grk1011 (talk) 00:52, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

I agree, but concerning Despina, that is the accepted spelling in English. on google Despina -> 1.6 million hits, Despoina -> 180,000. You could find someone in america with their last name spelt palailogos, but i doubt there are many greeks with their names spelt Despoina in English. It falls under the category of "Use English which overides the translit rules. Despoina is just not the accepted spelling. Grk1011 (talk) 01:08, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
haha, i didnt even think of that. If so, then shouldn't we take the Despina out of the title? was that her real name that she went by? Its not like the article on George Washington is named Mr. George Washington. Grk1011 (talk) 01:24, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Timeline of World War II (1942)‎

Noticed you assessed the article. But you are not member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 12:35, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm, can you assess the article Science and technology in Nazi Germany. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 12:43, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
I know this. I will incorporate all the stuffs in other field including physiology, botany, zoological research, chemistry etc. I know at present the article is very much limited in its scope because it only depicts aviation and rocketry. I just want to know if the the article in its present size is stub or start class. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 13:05, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
I am confused if the article is under scope of Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 13:07, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Greek Flags

Hello Dragases! The form of crown in the new flags you added is very good and far more accurate! However, I would suggest using a lighter shade of blue, since the very dark colour has only recently come into official use (during and after the Colonels' regime, to be exact). Historically, and certainly during the kingdom, the colours ranged from this to this. Thank you and cheers, Cplakidas (talk) 15:36, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi, Cplakidas. Thanks for the feedback. I've adjusted the colour to a lighter shade, but, without an accurate picture or illustration of the flag at the time, it's all down to guess-work. If I find one, I'll modify them to the correct colour once and for all. Cheers. Dragases (talk) 02:30, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Template:Country data Greece

It looks like Andrwsc has already done it; sorry I couldn't be of more help. east.718 at 17:40, April 1, 2008

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

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[edit] Maurice's Balkan campaigns

Do you feel like doing the Greek version? Tagmatarchos (talk) 07:37, 5 April 2008 (UTC) Sigidunum was only sacked by the Avars. As the Romans always bought off the Avars, the Avars in all likelihood handed the city back. Tagmatarchos (talk) 14:49, 25 April 2008 (UTC) Citation: Even though it was possible to buy peace from the Avars and to persuade them to withdraw from Roman territory, they repeatedly violated peace terms.Tagmatarchos (talk) 14:51, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Schöne Karte, die Du da beigesteuert hast. Kannst Du sie auch in den deutschen Eintrag einfügen?Tagmatarchos (talk) 10:04, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Komnenian Army

Thanks for the input on the Komnenian army page.

If you feel like sorting the notes to bibliography transfer it would be most appreciated, as I don't have a feel for the bibliographic template in use.

I intend to write a section on tactics at some point.

Regards Urselius (talk) 12:22, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi,

I've seen your message on my talk page, thanks for the appreciative comments. I agree that a great deal of the arms and armour section are applicable to the whole period from c. 950 to 1204. However, there is an effect that changing sources have on the available evidence - the earlier part of the period has a number of military treatises which describe equipment, whilst the 12th century is particularly rich in images of military saints showing very good detail of armour, though the century is largely devoid of military writing. There might be some argument for a certain amount of duplication between the general and specific wiki pages, with some change of emphasis and some variation of content between them. Having the reader flicking constantly between pages to get a reasonable idea of the subject matter is probably not desirable and having a certain amount of duplication not too distracting.

Regards,

Urselius (talk) 15:14, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] BCAD - thank you!

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By order of the coordinators, for your good work assessing B-class military history articles, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Service Award. --ROGER DAVIES talk 18:44, 17 April 2008 (UTC)


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[edit] News! Tag & Assess 2008 is coming ...

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[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Alexandros Papagos.jpg

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[edit] Castlesteads

Hi, I noticed you mentioned in the Castlesteads' article that it could be the site of the battle of Camlann. Unfortunately you didn't provide a source and the battle of Camlann article didn't provide one either, however I think it's referring to a Castlesteads near Hadrian's Wall. As such I'm going to remove the mention of the battle from the article. It's a real shame because I think it would be really cool if Greater Manchester had a link with King Arthur. Never mind. Nev1 (talk) 22:43, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

I can see this problem arising again, do you think the page should be moved (say to Castlesteads, Greater Manchester) and turn the Castlesteads page into a disambiguous page? Nev1 (talk) 00:04, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Done, as I'm sure you'd noticed. Nev1 (talk) 01:40, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image

Hi, can you upload this image. It will be good image can be used in the article. I am still not well-versed in uploading images outside Flickr. It's probably copyrighted. In this case, a {{Non-free historic image}} tag would be appropriate, as it is a unique historic image, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the person who took the image or the agency employing the person. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 17:06, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

When you are changing the flow of sentences, can you please change the position of the references at the same time. This edit resulted in information not supported by reference at the end of the sentence. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 17:50, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
Have some patience for 5 to 10 minutes. I will explain you. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 17:53, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
See this version. In this version you rearranged the sentences where the reference for the fact "The anti-tobacco movement was influenced by the ideological concept of racial hygiene and bodily purity" became It's Not Just PR: Public Relations in Society. But the reference which support this fact is Nazi War on Cancer. After each single sentence, the reference which supports the sentence should be used.

Adam was a boy (1). Adam went to a public school (2). Adam died in a road accident (3). Three different sentence are supported by three different references. If the sentences are rearranged as Adam who died in road accident, went to public school (2)(3), you will say the references are supporting all the information. But care should be taken which reference supports which information. In this case, the format will be Adam who died in road accident,(3) went to public school(2). Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 18:15, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Regarding the questions you raised, all the information are supported by Nazi War on Cancer. The decrease in tobacco consumption during the Second World War was certainly due to Nazi measures where the laws were aggressively implemented. You can see in the Measures section that at the end of the 1930s, the Nazis enacted more and more laws which was lacking at the first half of the 1930s. This aggressive measure was responsible for declining tobacco rate, not war. Please note that soldiers were allowed to smoke, war did not prevent them from smoking, a fact on which Hitler lamented. You will find this in the Hitler's attitude section. And regarding your second query, this factor is also mentioned by Proctor. He used the word "muted" which I reworded to "silenced". I think he probably want to mean that the outcome of the health research often restricted from the public probably due to the pressure from tobacco industry. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 18:27, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

I found another interesting image. It shows the graph of the total number of cigarettes produced in Germany from 1932 to 1944. I think this image will be needed. And here is another image which should be used in the Measures section. Three images are enough for the article. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 19:48, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jews of Byzantium

Thank you, Cplakidas, for your compliment and suggestions. You are correct in saying that the article only deals with the legal status of the Jews of Byzantium. Maybe the solution is to expand the article, rather than move it. I think that "Legal Status of the Jews during the Byzantine Empire" would be somewhat cumbersome, especially given that there would not be a more general article for the Jews of the Byzantine Empire. Your point on "Byzantium" vs. "Byzantine Empire" is well taken. How can I change that? Saepe Fidelis (talk) 09:38, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll get working on it. Saepe Fidelis (talk) 12:23, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Vladimir Kokkinaki

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[edit] DYK

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[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:EKSE patch.jpg

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[edit] Medieval Bulgarian Army

Thank you very much far that constructive comment. I think that you should move the things in the history section to the tactics because I can miss something. Those quotations from the medieval authors are taken directly from Zlatarski but I will try to find the edition. I will expand the battles in the first section and the Ottoman advance. One of the major difficulties would be to find book in English, as most of the book in the net are not free.

Good luck on the exams ;-) I just finished mine two days ago and I hope you would be successful as well. Best, --Gligan (talk) 15:29, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Latest DYK

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[edit] Image

Hi there, can you please upload this image for the article Anti-tobacco movement in Nazi Germany. The article is currently for GA review, your comments will be appreciated. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 04:36, 14 June 2008 (UTC)