User talk:Mark Sublette

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[edit] Howdy - on Linking

I saw your Esso Club article and see you were attempting to make a link.

Instead the format is:

  • '#REDIRECT ESSO Club' - without the ' and with the [[ ]] around the link

and the link automatically transfers... I already did it. But keep it up!

Tfine80 2 July 2005 23:59 (UTC)

[edit] re: Stolen C-130

If you have a better reference link, please include it instead of or in addition to mine. If should be some reputable source, not a forum or a blog. Also, I see you struggle with signing on my talk page. Actually, you can sign with ~~~~ (see WP:SIG). WP will substitute you signature. Also, the buttons at the top of the of the editing form has a sign button (3rd from the right) --rogerd 04:47, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] University of South Carolina

Hi, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind lending your opinion to a content dispute that I am currently involved in on University of South Carolina. As you know, USC has a strong rivalry with Clemson University. I feel that the athletics section of the article should discuss this rivalry, and I feel that this discussion should include a reference to the overall record between the two schools in various major sports. Other editors have disagreed, and feel that the record should not be mentioned. As it happens, Clemson leads in two of the discussed sports and USC leads in the third. I would appreciate it if you would consider lending your opinion on this issue on Talk:University of South Carolina. Thanks! Ëvilphoenix Burn! 00:42, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] preserved c-130s

Two things about this. First, they're both AC-130s, and there's a separate article for that model; are they really appropriate here? Second, there are thousands of C-130s still in service - is listing preserved airframes even practical? Just curious. ericg 23:18, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Clemson Probation

I have revised your revision of my edit regarding the above. If you follow the link I added to my revision, click on Major violations, search Clemson then public report, you will find that my facts are accurate, including at least one major violation by the Clemson head coach in 1981. Please be careful to document the factual basis of your edits before editing my posts as I always report based on documented evidence.

Rsh55 01:39, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Claude Moore Colonial Farm

Hey there Mark. I removed your addition of trivia to this article, because it was unencyclopedic and not verified. You also might want to take a look at Wikipedia:Avoid trivia sections in articles. Regards, Gzkn 08:28, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I'm currently on recent changes patrol, which means I'm on the lookout for vandalism and the like (your edit wasn't vandalism though!). I use a nifty tool called Lupin's anti-vandal tool to spot questionable changes such as this one. The tool often spits out false positives though, so sometimes I take a look at edits which may need improvement instead. Anyway, hope you're enjoying your Reggae! :-) Good job so far with Claude Moore Colonial Farm. Happy editing! Gzkn 08:43, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Virginia Aviation Museum

To be frank, I think the article would be better off not listing every single aircraft that's on display, but instead focus on the museum itself (its history, what aspects of it make it unique, etc.). However, I think you'll find that http://vam.smv.org/ might contain what you're looking for (see the Aircraft section). :-) Gzkn 09:07, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] A request for assistance

Would you support the concept of moving the Earhart "myths" to a separate page or article? The reason for my suggesting this is that the main article should be an accurate and scholarly work while the speculation and conspiracy theories surrounding the disappearance of Amelia Earhart are interesting, they belong in a unique section. Most researchers, as you know, discount the many theories and speculation that has arisen in the years following her last flight. Go onto the Earhart discussion page and register your vote/comments...and a Happy New Year to you as well. Bzuk 05:02 3 January 2007 (UTC).

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[edit] it will remain mystery if Super power over shadow it.

it will remain as it is if no futher offical investigation is made.User talk:Yousaf465

I will check my sources then will add it's date.User talk:Yousaf465

found it.User talk:Yousaf465

pl send me the link i will check if can find any details.User talk:Yousaf465 Im not as yet got time to comeplete the detail of those crash will try on week end.User talk:Yousaf465

[edit] Robert Goralski

It was Robert Abernethy & Nancy Dickerson who co-anchored live coverage of Air Force One landing at Andrews Air Force Base on November, 22, 1963, NOT Robert Goralski. See There Was a President, by NBC News. Goralski was at the White House that day and anchored live coverage of the new president arriving at the White House.

You can also check this out for more info: [1]

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[edit] B-17 Photo upload

Hi, Mark. In response to your question about uploading an image, the easiest way is to follow the steps in the Wikipedia "Upload file" menu item in the toolbox located on the left menu bar (under the search window). After you have selected an image, one of the first "prompts" is to identify the source in relation to the Summary (author, source, URL, fair use rationale if applicable, extra {{tags}}, etc.). Most often images need to have a tag and in the case of a B-17 image, it is most likely to receive a

—general US military. Bzuk 22:12 9 February 2007 (UTC).

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[edit] FYI

Just happened in the last few days [2]. Thought you may be interested.--Looper5920 10:09, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Roundels

Unfortunately, I don't know about availability of roundels. Most articles just use national flags (see UH-60 Black Hawk for example}. You might want to drop the question on the Aircraft Project talk page, though. Unrelated to that...is your father in the Southern California area? I was introduced to an elderly Sublette (can't remember first name or rank) by some friends at the Mojave Airport a few years back, during a Veteran's Day celebration. Just thought it might be a small world. Akradecki 14:57, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BQZip01 message

Sublette, thanks and Howdy. Yeah, I'm a band nerd/geek/BQ. Great overall job on the documentation. I used to be in Special Operations and I was the Wing Liaison for 13 Accident/Safety Investigation Boards for Special Ops aircraft, so if you want to know the details of any of those accidents (especially the MC-130 crashes in 2003 and beyond). I also still have a few contacts there and/or can get you some basic info. I think it is important to note that Spirit 03 was the last gunship to be brought down and that it has not been involved in a Class A mishap since that date. Should we include that? BQZip01 05:50, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Special Ops...can't say why...lol. BTW, I madea a typo there. It should have been Spirit 03 BQZip01 06:11, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

Knowing what it is like to be consumed with completing a list I present you with this.Cheers--Looper5920 07:44, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

The Barnstar of Diligence
I award this Barnstar of Diligence to Mark Sublette for his dedication to the List of C-130 Hercules crashes having made over 450 edits during a 7 month period to make this list what it is today. Cheers — Looper5920 07:44, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Southern Air Transport

I noticed your note about SAT being a CIA operation...I've heard that too, but I was wondering if they still are? They've got 3 747s sitting in storage here at Mojave, supposedly being used as a parts source for their flying aircraft. Also, FWIW, what do you know about Tepper being CIA, since they fly C-130s? Akradecki 16:33, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

BTW, I just created an article on Tepper Aviation...a copy edit and any C-130 related additions would be appreciated. I'll be adding a pic or two of Tepper -130s that have been in and out of MHV later this evening. Akradecki 21:19, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hardee's citations?

Hi, Mark! I noticed you've added some content to the Hardee's article. Some of it seems like OR, and not of it is cited. Do you plan on adding references soon? -- Mikeblas 21:04, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Norton brat, eh?

Sounds like you were in heaven!! Once upon a time, Mojave was fairly open like that...I remember wandering the flightline in the early 90s.... now, with N-G and Scaled, security is everywhere, even for those of us with ramp badges. If you have interest in this little mystery, I can email to you the pics I also emailed to David.... Akradecki 03:43, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Condolensces

Mark, my thoughts and prayers go out to you with the loss of your sister. Akradecki 14:47, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Ditto here. BQZip01 talk 21:18, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

That's what anonymous friends whom you've never seen or actually met are for! On a completely unrelated topic, I've been working on a little something: the Texas A&M University page. It's been put up for Featured Article status and any feedback you could give would be helpful. BQZip01 talk 15:37, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Good Bull story

Thought you might need some cheering up and though you would get a kick out of this joke and story. BQZip01 talk 21:18, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Tepper C-130

As a follow-up to our earlier conversation, on Friday I got a nice tour of a Tepper L-382 (67X). In the pics I'd posted to the article, it's shown all white, but now it has the Tepper blue stripes as well. It's the most immaculate 130 I've ever been aboard, and the five-panel glass cockpit is stunning. The guy who conducted the tour also confirmed the CIA link, but that's not a wiki-usable source, of course. Akradecki 05:18, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Boeing F-99 Bomarc

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[edit] Welcome back, and C-130 question

Mark, welcome back...and thanks for the note. As you get back into the swing of things, a quick question. I know you research crashes, but do you track old C-130 airframes? There's one here at Mojave that's being used for R&D purposes. AKRadecki 00:53, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Re:Seeking Mojave R&D Herc i.d.

Hi Mark, Serial is 54-1639. That's about all I can see for markings. AKRadeckiSpeaketh 21:49, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] B-50 designation

Mark, thanks for finding that source on the B-50 Superfortress's designation. It's certainly better written than the one I've been reveting! I've added ref tags to the B-50 and XB-44 pages. - BillCJ 06:30, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gone & done it

Well, I've gone and done it and the Aggie Band article is up for Featured Article status. I know you used to be in a band, so I thought it might interest you , even though you are involved in the aircraft arena. Anyhow, any feedback (especially support) would be greatly appreciated. BQZip01 talk 08:36, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!!!

Well folks, thanks to your reviews and comments, the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band is now a featured article on Wikipedia. It should take a day or so to update, but it's a done deal. Thanks for the help, Mark Sublette. In addition, if you want to work on the Clemson band article (assuming there is one), I'd be happy to review it at sometime in the future. BQZip01 talk 19:39, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Request for assistance

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[edit] Congrats!

We have an alumni band, but it really is for the older crowd...of which I am quickly becoming part of at a rate of 3600 sec/hour. Our alumni band has usually 200-300 members. In 1994, they had a mass band reunion and had a massive Block T with about 5000 former members. Good times... BQZip01 talk 07:14, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Covert use of Forest Service C-130s?

Hi Mark, while working on an article on the 2002 air tanker crashes (draft is here), I've come across a couple of references to a scandal back in the 1990s about C-130As that were obtained by the U.S. Forest Service from the Air Force, and then used for covert missions while on the books as air tankers. This is one reference (go to the bottom of the rather lengthy page) and this is another. Do you have any information on this? If it was a legit scandal, rather than just another conspiracy theory, it might make for an interesting article in its own right. AKRadeckiSpeaketh 23:33, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RFC/USER discussion concerning (ThreeE)

Hello, Mark Sublette. Please be aware that a request for comments has been filed concerning ThreeE's conduct on Wikipedia. The RFC entry can be found by "ThreeE" in this list, and the actual discussion can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/ThreeE, where I would appreciate your participation and comments. — BQZip01 — talk 12:05, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cause of France crash?

Mark, I'm looking for a source that tells what the investigation concluded to be the cause in the Sept 6 2000 C-130A air tanker crash in France...any ideas? AKRadeckiSpeaketh 20:07, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the link! I find it curious that that link, as well as the NTSB summary, are still only preliminary and have no probable cause information, 7 years after the incident. I am, of course, wanting to find out if this was a wing structure incident like the three U.S. crashes, or was caused by something unrelated. Oh well. Thanks much! (And thanks for the reply on the covert use issue.) AKRadeckiSpeaketh 23:03, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] C-130 related copyedit?

Mark, if you have time, I've gone live with the article 2002 airtanker crashes, and would much appreciate a copyedit and any C-130 specialty info you might feel needs to be added. AKRadeckiSpeaketh 00:11, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Oops! My bad!

You wrote- Thanks for catching that C-130K item... Mark Sublette 19:37, 2 October 2007 (UTC)Mark SubletteMark Sublette 19:37, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, It confused me to. The details of the first incident hit the news just as the second incident occurred. ps. any thoughts of putting lastest incidents at the top of the page? or would it take too much to change the whole page top to bottom? Talskiddy 07:58, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Another copyedit request for C-130-related article

Mark, I'm finally done with the U.S. Forest Service airtanker scandal article...this is the event that I asked you for sources regarding covert use. Turns out that, although there were allegations of covert use, there was never any corroborating evidence, only testimony from one whistleblower. Anyway, if you sleeping problems tonight, reading through this new article will probably solve them! AKRadeckiSpeaketh 20:37, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Mark, thanks for the offer on the identies...that would be a big help. I'd like to add a subpage list of those. Unfortunately, the one "official" list I found was redacted to remove the aircraft numbers. AKRadeckiSpeaketh 21:03, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Not to worry - the Production List spells out all the ownership transfers. Also, Lars lists Reagan as being based in Oregon.

Sub*

Mark Sublette 21:06, 8 October 2007 (UTC)C. Mark SubletteMark Sublette 21:06, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gunboat Tyler

Could you take a look at this article you created, in light of the existence also of the article USS Tyler (1857)? It seems that the info about her participation in the Sultana rescue should be merged into 'USS Tyler', leaving 'Gunboat Tyler' as a redirect. Thanks! Maralia 03:33, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks - you're a peach! Maralia 14:10, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ocean Isle Beach tragedy

There is an item already started in the Ocean Isle Beach article. That is probably best place for it to fit into WP. I understand your feelings and need to do something. I will keep and eye there. use my talk page to communicate with me if you like. I am a WP admin. I also have been in some touch with the frat folks alumni in Columbia SC who are working hard to provide long-term and appropriate comfort and support to people closest to this very very sad thing. My email is vgn700@aol.com if you would rather communicate off-line. Please flag your email Ocean Isle Beach in subject line if you do, as I geta lot of email and wouldnt want to miss it. Good luck on helping and in feeling more peace. They are in God's hands now, and everyone else must go on. Mark in Historic Triangle 22:29, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

I have been working fairly steadily since our earlier communication to keep this portion of the OIB article up-to-date and on balance. Hopefully, we are achieving some of what you were feeling a need for. Reading about the waterside gathering for Travis Cale was particularly moving for me; you might benefit as well. Here is a link: Mourners recall young man who touched lives. Best wishes. Mark in Historic Triangle 18:12, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] BTHO Auburn

Thanks for the greetings. I was at the game and that was a rough loss. Could've tied it up or even had a chance at another possession if the refs hadn't taken 20-40 seconds to spot the ball every time. Oh well, on to next year... (FYI, BTHO means "Beat the hell outta"; welcome to Aggie Terminology. :-) ) — BQZip01 — talk 02:35, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request for reliable source

Thanks for your addition to Jaws 2. However, at the moment that information does not have a reliable source. Could you please add a suitable source for this information, otherwise it will have to be removed. Forum posts, etc., are not acceptable. Cheers. The JPStalk to me 18:51, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply :) Since we don't have a reliable source, I've removed it. It's classed as a 'good article' so it's important to maintain standards of verifiability. Cheers. The JPStalk to me 22:29, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I there!

Im new here can you tell me how to cite Refrences? well Im Bark2 from San bernardino , CAli. Bark2 (talk) 03:38, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Norton Air Force Base

Good day Mark, I see that you are making some additions to the Norton article. This is a great thing since this base deserves much better representation. I just wanted to caution you in regards to some of the additions that you are making (such as the C-130 testing) you will want to be sure to cite your sources. Otherwise some one will come up and remove them. Thanks for the help and keep up the great work! --Trashbag (talk) 04:18, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] warning

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[edit] Military history WikiProject coordinator elections

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[edit] Adminship

I'd recommend against it now, but please contact me if you decide to do so. — BQZip01 — talk 04:38, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Milhist coordinators election has started

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[edit] Boeing B-29 Survivors

Just to drop you a quick note to inform you that a new and improved version of Boeing B-29 Survivors has been posted over the last effort - Simular in scope closer to my P-40/B-25 Survivors series - still I have to go back and brink the version-1 of Republic P-47 Survivors to the version-4 format think you will like it. Have you done any work on the Lockheed Constellation survivors?? If not, going to start one soon209.212.28.50 (talk) 15:51, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about that the above was from Davegnz (talk) 15:53, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DC Meetup on May 17th

Your help is needed in planning Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 4! Any comments or suggestions you have are greatly appreciated. The Placebo Effect (talk) 19:23, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Norton

Yes I googled him. In a lot of cases in the late 40's, the Air Force renamed bases in honor of local airmen, rather than Geograpically. Norton was one of those bases i wish I had been assigned to.. never was able however. Thank you and take care.. Bwmoll3 (talk) 12:33, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 4

Please note that there is a DC Meetup planned for May 17th at 5:00 p.m., though a place has not yet been set. You're receiving this notice because you posted to the page for the prior meetup - Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 3 - but haven't indicated whether or not you're interested in attending this one. (Apologies if in fact you have.) BetacommandBot (talk) 01:08, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

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