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[edit] Italian War of 1542–1546

If you have a bit of free time, might you be able to stop by Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Peer review/Italian War of 1542–1546 and take a look at the article? You're one of the few editors that really knows this period, so I'd be very interested in any comments you might have. Thanks! Kirill 12:39, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Holly King (myth)

Hello Larry. Recently I removed some of your contributions from the Yule log article because they are derived from Yule: A Celebration of Light and Warmth by Dorothy Morrison, published by Llewellyn Worldwide. My reasoning for this is that the publisher has a history of providing the public with misinformation and this book appears to be no different. I presented the link to an administrator who specializes in Celtic matters to take a look at the Holly King (myth) article to see if she can add something to it or work it further into shape since the source material is also questionable and seems to have far more to do with modern Wicca than historical accounts. Please understand that it is not my attention to cause offense, it's just something I've noticed popping up around Wikipedia now and then. It used to be all over when I first started editing. :bloodofox: (talk) 00:11, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter — Issue XXII (December 2007)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XXII (December 2007)
Project news
Articles of note

New featured articles:

  1. Battle of Albuera
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  3. Battle of the Gebora
  4. Constantine II of Scotland
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  2. Evacuation of East Prussia
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Warning

Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. Rather than reverting, discuss disputed changes on the talk page. The revision you want is not going to be implemented by edit warring. Thank you.--CreazySuit (talk) 22:34, 23 January 2008 (UTC)


My problem is the word "occupied", otherwise your attempt at a compormise is fine, I kept everything but removed "occupied" , keep in mind that the word occupied has strong POV projections, and is a word to be avoided when writing a neutral page. if the sassanids had taken over the native land or the heartland of the eastrn roman empire, then we could use the word "occupied" in a neutral manner, but we're talking about Egypt here, which was not a native land of eastern roman empire. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CreazySuit (talk • contribs) 22:40, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

larry, the wording already makes it clear that the land was taken from Byzantines, readers can make up their own mind about it being conquest or occupation, we shouldn't label it with our own POV projections, one man's "occupation" is another man's "conquest"!!!--CreazySuit (talk) 23:01, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

occupation means illigally taking a land, and has POV projections. Also, Prussian-Hussar is obviously you, please do not use a sockpuppet, this is against the rules, and you can get banned for it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CreazySuit (talk • contribs) 23:09, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Sassanid Empire

I did not initially see the 3RR report. The template was brought to my attention by another user. I did not think blocks for 3RR or edit warring would serve any purpose here, so I decided to protect the page. That way, a consensus can be formed more quickly. Nishkid64 (talk) 21:49, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Military history WikiProject coordinator elections

The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process is starting. We are aiming to elect nine coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by February 14! Kirill 03:29, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Milhist coordinators election has started

The February 2008 Military history WikiProject coordinator election has begun. We will be selecting nine coordinators to serve for the next six months from a pool of fifteen candidates. Please vote here by February 28. --ROGER DAVIES talk 11:28, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] MedCab request

In response to your post at WT:MEDCAB#Sassanid Empire infobox?:

Problem is it's voluntary and no one actually assigns the cases, it's a lot more informal than that. I would note however that there is a response from another mediator at Template_talk:Sassanid_Empire_infobox#RfC.3F. Apparently not where the real discussion is going on. Your basic dispute seems to be with User:CreazySuit, have you notified that user? There is no mention of this matter on the article's talk page.--Doug.(talk • contribs) 00:10, 21 February 2008 (UTC) (Note: you can respond here or move the whole discussion to my talk page, either is fine, Thx)
I was the mediator who posted the RfC option. I will take on this case if it is still in dispute, to start where I'd left off. There are many details in the Sassanid article proper regarding the template, too, and I've gone over them as well as the template talk. If CreazySuit makes a formal response to the case, I think I (or maybe Doug?) will pick it up. From there, we can discuss stuff. Please leave me a note if you have any questions or comments. Thanks! Xavexgoem (talk) 01:06, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Your Madsen machine gun edit

Hi, Larry. Thank you for adding a new section to the Madsen machine gun article. One little request, though, could you also add your sources for the section (in in-text cites)? Thank you in advance. Manxruler (talk) 19:06, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Michael Fish (fashion)

I have nominated Michael Fish (fashion), 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/Michael Fish (fashion). 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. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Megapen (talk) 22:04, 13 May 2008 (UTC)


[edit] {{ Underconstruction }}

Add {{ Underconstruction }} if you do not want anyone to delete a page since you are editing it.--Megapen (talk) 22:15, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

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