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[edit] Walter Atom

A tag has been placed on Walter Atom, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template {{hangon}} to the page and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Realkyhick 22:51, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Walter Minor

A tag has been placed on Walter Minor, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template {{hangon}} to the page and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. --Finngall talk 23:21, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to ignore our policies by introducing inappropriate pages to Wikipedia, you will be blocked. IrishGuy talk 01:10, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

This is your last warning. The next time you create an inappropriate page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. IrishGuy talk 01:20, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] June 2007

Please do not delete content from articles on Wikipedia, as you did to Pratt & Whitney R-1830. Your edits do not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use Wikipedia:Sandbox for test edits. Thank you. assuming good faith considering significant contribution to article in past ChrisLamb 01:13, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to blank out (or delete portions of) page content, templates or other materials from Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing. IrishGuy talk 01:17, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

You have been temporarily blocked from editing in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy for abuse of editing privileges. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make constructive contributions. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} below.

IrishGuy talk 01:18, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Still here?

Hey Idsnowdog, are you still getting these messages? Post here if you're still reading this. Maury 03:40, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Still here?

Yes I am still here but I have petitioned to have my contributions removed. When they have been removed I will leave. I have no faith that any further contributions on my part will ever be approved. This is IrishGuy's sandbox and he choose who contributes. It's a shame because he lacks good judgment and abuses his power. idsnowdog.

Thank You

Sure they would be "approved". The only problem with what you were doing was that your newly-created articles lacked any kind of context whatsoever - they were just batches of specifications. That sort of thing would usually get deleted on sight on Wikipedia, since the article gives the reader no way of knowing what the heck those specifications are describing: they're completely meaningless to almost anyone who stumbles across them. Maury's re-added the two Walter engines linked earlier on this page, and added a few words of context to each of them to let people know "OK - this is an article about a plane engine". With that in place, there's no problem with them, and no-one could delete them without due process first. As I see it, IrishGuy did the right thing in deleting the articles as they stood, but should definitely have explained to you what the problem was, and how to avoid the same thing happening again: description first, specifications later. So anyway, I wish you'd stay, because you evidently have lots to contribute. --Rlandmann 20:44, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
Ooops - sorry, I just re-read the page histories: you added the context, not Maury. I think you've been wronged (but you should still have written in some description before added specifications, to avoid this kind of misunderstanding). --Rlandmann 20:52, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
Nobody is asking you to leave, nor is this my personal sandbox. As I noted before you were creating myriad stubs that had no context at all. They consisted of a single sentence and then Specifications that the average laymen wouldn't understand. Your block was a short one and it was only to stop you from blanking articles. It has expired by this time and you are welcome to continue editing as long as you don't simply blank articles. IrishGuy talk 21:07, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Idsnowdog; don't let one bad experience get you down. I know the internet can be extremely impersonal, but imagine the problems we'd have if we all wrote off the human race after an encounter with someone in a bad mood! This situation is not entirely dissimilar. Don't let this chain of events fool you into thinking this sort of thing is typical, it is not. Please return. I for one appreciate your interest in aircraft engines, sharing it myself, and if you have any questions, feel free to drop a note on my talk page.

Maury 02:07, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

I thank you for your consideration and I did grossly generalize in my reaction. What is aggravating is when you want to convey something that is personally important to you and receive what appears to be a categorical denunciation. I realize that after reading the histories of many that have objected to my contributions, is that they are trolls! They have had frivolous articles rejected and want to sour other people on the experience.

Is there a good way to format articles for inclusion on this forum? I have basic HTML editing skills and I notice that there is a different markup language being used here. What frustrates me is finding a good editor to make attractive contributions. I would prefer something in a WYSIWYG format on the Linux platform.

Thank You Idsnowdog 02:31, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

While the software does accept some HTML, many HTML abbreviations aren't usable. There are many formatting shortcuts such as using '' to create italics like ''this'' which creates this. You can find most of the information you are looking for in the manual of style. You can also use the help desk located here for other specific questions you may have. IrishGuy talk 12:57, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Finishing touches for engines

Hi again Idsnowdog - I've just gone step-by-step through your Cirrus Major article to demonstrate the last finishing touches that aircraft engine articles usually contain - you can see them commented in the page history of the article. Hope this helps! Cheers --Rlandmann 21:59, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

I thank you very much for your additions and corrections. This Cirrus company is really a quagmire! The more I read and the more I got confused? Hopefully we have done some justice to the subject.

Thank You Idsnowdog 22:02, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Re: Uses to Applications

Replied there. Cheers --.anaconda 03:33, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

I am currently busy at the moment. You can ask for such task to be done at Wikipedia:Bot requests. Please note that such mass changes are probably better done using WP:AWB or a similar tool rather than a completely automated bot. Tizio 07:30, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Exceptional newcomer

The Exceptional Newcomer Award
Hi Idsnowdog - I'd like to present you with this Wikipedia award as a way of saying how happy I am we didn't lose you during that shaky start. You're doing incredible and long overdue work on tidying up our coverage of aero engines and the links between the engines and the planes that used them. Please keep up the good work! Rlandmann 20:14, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trace links

Yes - very, very easy! Go to any article, then click on "What links here" - it's over on the left-hand side of the page, underneath the search box. --Rlandmann 21:36, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hope you don't mind...

I did a rewrite :-) Let me know what you think! Maury 22:12, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lead sentences

Just a tip because someone slapped a Context tag on your Continental I-1430 article yesterday and because your Shvetsov M-25 article today didn't have any context either. Remember that there are many different ways that someone might stumble across the article, and they won't necessarily know whether it's an article about an aero engine, a washing machine, or something from Star Trek.

A standard lead sentence might look something like:

The Foo F-1234 was a radial engine for aircraft that was produced in New Zealand during the 1950s.

Or something like that.

Not only is it good practice, but it might help avoid articles being listed for deletion by over-zealous new page patrollers!

It would also be really helpful if you could categorise new articles and add the standard footer - by now I'm sure you know what these look like. :)

Cheers and keep up the good work. --Rlandmann 01:06, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Small request

Just a little request - when you create a brand-new article, please note it on the new aircraft articles page to invite other project members to chip in with what they might know about the engine. --Rlandmann 22:09, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

I wasn't aware there was such a thing? I will have to remember that. Idsnowdog 22:34, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] .30 machine gun table

I notice that you have added a large table comparing various types of .30 machine guns on a long series of pages.

While useful information, I think it would work better if you had created a new page - called it "Comparison of .30 calibre machine guns" then linked each page it. That way if any further information comes your (or anyone else's way) they can add it to the page just the once rather than having to search through for many pages with the same information.

dawkeye 15:29, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

This may help too: Help:Tables. ;-) Happy editing. Hersfold (t/a/c) 22:29, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
Another hint: Verify your sources. There were several data errors especially with german guns of all calibers. I fixed it at least for the 20 mm versions. --Denniss 14:33, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
My source may not sync up with yours. There is also considerable variation depending upon the round fired. I will try to use the numbers quoted on Wikipedia though. Idsnowdog 23:48, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Aircraft armament project

I have created an aircraft gun page of World War II under my user page and I invite everybody to contribute to it before I publish it. Idsnowdog 18:17, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Aircraft Gun Table

The aircraft gun table thing looks like a good idea overall. SirBob42 02:30, 20 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Fiat A.14.JPG

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[edit] BMW engines

Hi there! Just wanna thank you for helping with the BMW engines. I got the development history of them, but I dont have specifications or know the aircraft they were used in. Would you mind looking over the rest of the engines and help me out? I have been working my butt off trying to get the history of BMW written out and organized on en.wikipedia. Thanks !! QwazywabbitMsg me 22:48, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

I will see what I can do!Idsnowdog 22:51, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed Merger

I want to merge the Northrop YA-13, Northrop XA-16 and Northrop A-33 into the Northrop A-17 article. At the same time I plan to update it with at least two other sources. And I plan to leave redirects in the old article's places. I fully expect the final article to meet B-class criteria. Please give a pro or con on the talk page. Thanks --Colputt 15:01, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Engine linking

I notice that you have been linking engines and armament in aircraft articles I have created. Just wanted to say thank you for helping. MilborneOne (talk) 17:39, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright Question: Sources of Tables

Dear Idsnowdog,

would you please provide the works cited for your data tables on WW2 machineguns and automatic cannon?

They look very similar to the Gun Tables created by Emmanuel Gustin at his site The WWII Fighter Gun Debate: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/8217/fgun/fgun-pe.html

Consider e.g. the sequence in which the weapons are listed by caliber, nation, and type. Mr. Gustin is a published author in this field, he has worked with Tony Williams on the Flying Guns series of books that deal with aircraft armaments from WW1 to the present. Copying someone else's work into Wikipedia without acknowledgement would not be a good idea. Textor (talk) 07:11, 18 January 2008 (UTC)