I have returned from my Wikibreak. And how better to mark that by archiving my talk page?--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:17, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
Great to see you back, Sturm! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:04, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
Just because I assume you hate recieving WikiLove, and goats got added to the options list for reasons I'm not aware of... ;-) Welcome back!
Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 18:53, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
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((lang|ru))
markup goes around the original-language word. Example: Russian самизда́т samizdat, 'self-published'. It can also be done with a single ((lang-ru))
template: ((lang-ru|самизда́т|samizdat|self-published))
, which produces: Russian: самизда́т, romanized: samizdat, lit. 'self-published'. (That's a bit long-winded for every use, so we don't always use that template; once the order is established, it's annoying to the reader to have "Russian:", "translit.", and "lit." again and again in the same material.) Doing it with ((lang|ru))
and manual markup instead of ((lang-ru))
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I'm assuming these removals imply the source isn't a reliable one? - The Bushranger One ping only 03:48, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
Hello, I've nommed a good topic on the Type 1934-class destroyers, after getting the lead article (Type 1934-class destroyers) to GA. I've listed you as a main contributor since you've done a ton of the work involved; Though I should tell you, and ask if you think I should add anyone else in on to the "Main contributors". Cheers. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 14:50, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
So the 2017 WikiCup has come to an end. Congratulations to the winner, to the other finalists and to all those who took part. 177 contestants signed up, more than usual, but not all of them submitted entries in the first round. Were editors attracted by the cash prizes offered for the first time this year, or were these irrelevant? Do the rules and scoring need changing for the 2018 WikiCup? If you have a view on these or other matters, why not join in the WikiCup discussion about next year's contest? Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:59, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!
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The Military history A-Class medal with diamonds | |
On behalf of the WikiProject Military history coordinators, you are hereby awarded the Military history A-Class medal with diamonds for your excellent work on developing St Vincent-class battleship, HMS Neptune (1909), and German destroyer Z1 Leberecht Maass to A-Class status. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 13:35, 28 November 2017 (UTC) |
Nice article. But I was wondering about the name...this says "Adelaide". Seems more likely to me, but I don't have your source in front of me. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 21:06, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
Gotta say, you were definitely a worthy opponent for The World Contest. I'm impressed and more than a little embarrassed that you always managed to be two articles ahead me - good show. Enjoy the book money my friend, you earned it. –Vami_IV✠ 23:10, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Sturmvogel 66! I saw you wrote some Canadian biographies for the WIR Contest. If you'd like, you can also submit these to The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada. Please use this link for convenience. Thanks for all your amazing work on the contest! – Reidgreg (talk) 12:08, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
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--Ipigott (talk) 11:25, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
Hi there. I don't edit in military history at all, but I ran into you through your comment at User talk:OberRanks and thought you'd be interested in this discussion at Talk:Lion Guard. This appears to be OR's typical pattern, and dealing with it can end up being quite time-consuming. They were warned by ArbCom years ago not to engage in this sort of conduct. I don't even know if you can call it original research. (I am not watching this page, so please ping me if you want my attention.) --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 23:22, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
Also, looks like your beating me to it, expanding the articles on the SS and police. I am actually prohibited from writing on Wikipedia about these as I'm under a publishing contract right now. I think you will like a book which is due out next year. In the meantime, keep up the good work! -O.R.Comms 02:48, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
As we approach the end of the year, the Military History project is looking to recognise editors who have made a real difference. Each year we do this by bestowing two awards: the Military Historian of the Year and the Military History Newcomer of the Year. The co-ordinators invite all project members to get involved by nominating any editor they feel merits recognition for their contributions to the project. Nominations for both awards are open between 00:01 on 2 December 2017 and 23:59 on 15 December 2017. After this, a 14-day voting period will follow commencing at 00:01 on 16 December 2017. Nominations and voting will take place on the main project talkpage: here and here. Thank you for your time. For the co-ordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:35, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
Hello, and great work on the Women in Red contest! Would you mind adding a short paragraph talking about your work at User:Eddie891/sandbox/WomenInRedContest for coverage on The Signpost? Thank You! Eddie891 Talk Work 18:44, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
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The WikiProject Barnstar | |
For your content work and for coming back to the project I am pleased to personally award you with this barnstar and add you to my 2017 New Years Honours List. Thank you for your contributions to WikiProject Military History. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 13:06, 21 December 2017 (UTC) |
...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 00:30, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
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Happy Holidays! Happy New Year! | |
Thinking of you and wishing you good health and happiness. --Rosiestep (talk) 00:47, 24 December 2017 (UTC) |
Cheers, Sturm. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 04:58, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
as that could be verging on harassment by now :) but I was slightly unsure as to how to take your final sentence. >SerialNumber54129...speculates 17:28, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
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The Guidance Barnstar | |
Thanks for all your ideas, suggestions and help. Maybe see you soon ;) Take care! >SerialNumber54129...speculates 20:08, 30 December 2017 (UTC) |
Hi,
I was wondering why you said "way too borad" at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kotor-class_frigate&oldid=prev&diff=818124394 , the ship class is in active service and it is therefore logical to connect/link to the page List of naval ship classes in service. Dragnadh (talk) 19:25, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
I understand your point. I find the list also very broad and cluttered, however, I did not make it and it seems to be used by others, that's why I though to link active classes to it, in a way to help. It would be better to have a list of submarines(exist already: List of submarine classes in service), frigates, destroyers etc. I do not mind splitting the current page up, but I will probs get into arguments with people who already made that bloated page. Dragnadh (talk) 19:55, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
Sturmvogel 66 I opened a discussion at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_naval_ship_classes_in_service#Split_this_article_into_multiple_articles I would appreciate your input there. Dragnadh (talk) 20:28, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
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Content Review Medal of Merit (Military history) | |
On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons for reviewing a total of 12 Milhist articles at PR, GAN, ACR or FAC during the period October to December 2017. Thank you for supporting Wikipedia's quality content processes. AustralianRupert (talk) 04:34, 3 January 2018 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste |
The article HMS Erin you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HMS Erin for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Parsecboy -- Parsecboy (talk) 20:21, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
Seeing the above planned title in Osprey's 2018 New Vanguard series obviously caught my attention. ;-) But you might be interested in Soviet Destroyers of World War II, Italian Cruisers of World War II, and British Ironclads 1860–75: HMS Warrior and the Royal Navy's 'Black Battlefleet'. cc Parsecboy Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 03:31, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
The article Centurion-class battleship you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Centurion-class battleship for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 01:02, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
Hi, some queries have been posted to the Talk page; would appreciate your feedback. K.e.coffman (talk) 00:25, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
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The Military history A-Class medal with diamonds | |
On behalf of the WikiProject Military history coordinators, you are hereby awarded the Military history A-Class medal with diamonds for your excellent work on developing German destroyer Z2 Georg Thiele, Russian battleship Petropavlovsk (1894), and HMS Vanguard (1909) to A-Class status. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 04:58, 11 January 2018 (UTC) |
The article HMS Centurion (1892) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HMS Centurion (1892) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 05:01, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
The article HMS Barfleur (1892) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HMS Barfleur (1892) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 05:01, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
Saw your ping, sorry for the delay, I've been very busy. I'm assuming it's in reference to requested changes to the article. I hope to have a crack at it in the next day. I just haven't had the time to get on but I'll see what I can set aside tonight or tomorrow. Thank you again. LargelyRecyclable (talk) 02:48, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
Hello , I'm Comrade John from other language Wikipedia.
Just like the title said , what kind of ships and how many ships that Royal Navy wanted to build in the 1938, 1939, and 1940 Naval Programmes ?
I just looked at "Lion-class battleship" , something makes me wonder but can't find information online , so yeah.
Thank you. -- Comrade John (talk) 19:56, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
Hello,
Are you going to continue your review of the above?Georgejdorner (talk) 00:05, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
My apologies; real life issues have kept me mostly offline this last week. I've finished the review and have requested a second opinion on the article.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 01:00, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
The article French cruiser Pothuau you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:French cruiser Pothuau for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Parsecboy -- Parsecboy (talk) 14:41, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
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The Military history A-Class medal with diamonds | |
On behalf of the WikiProject Military history coordinators, you are hereby awarded the Military history A-Class medal with diamonds for your excellent work on developing Petropavlovsk-class battleship, German destroyer Z3 Max Schultz, and Type 1934-class destroyer to A-Class status. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 23:32, 19 January 2018 (UTC) |
I'm sorry. I really did not mean to cause the acrimony I seem to have caused. I became interested in the International Squadron after encountering it multiple times in ship histories, and when I found McTiernan it seemed to me to be a scholarly and well-researched work that shed a lot of light on the squadron and clarified vague discussions of various aspects of the squadron's operations mentioned in and corroborated by other sources. I found the International Squadron article that existed consisted of three sentences, and so I saw an opportunity to really improve Wikipedia's coverage of the topic, which I thought I had done. It seems to me that we should be able to build articles based on existing sources that include reasonable levels of scholarship and then improve on them over time as other (better) sources are found, and I would ask that we follow that approach rather than delete everything based on some arbitrary standard that may not reflect true scholarship. And, after working on the article for a month or so, I have no sources that contradict the McTiernan in any major way, and have tried to indicate cases where sources disagree on precise figures or dates.
As for the citation format, I meant no harm. I have not encountered anyone angered by the format I used before, and do not understand why it would provoke an emotional reaction. But I assume there is a good reason, and so, for that, again, I apologize. If it's that important to you, I can backtrack and fix it so that you don't have to, although please give me a week or two to find to do it in my spare time.Mdnavman (talk) 17:45, 25 January 2018 (UTC)mdnavman
The article Japanese battleship Ise you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Japanese battleship Ise for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Courcelles -- Courcelles (talk) 23:41, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I've created Wikipedia:Contests/Toolkit/Template based on the very successful women contest model. It will make setting up a new contest really easy on any topic. You might be interested in running a contest for the US or ships or something based on the model. If so I'd be happy to help you set it up and guide you to getting a grant and participants.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:48, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
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The WikiChevrons | |
On behalf of the Wikiproject Military History coordinators, I hereby award you the Writer's Barnstar for placing equal first in the January 2018 Military History Article Writing Contest with 98 points from 11 articles. Congratulations! AustralianRupert (talk) 08:27, 8 February 2018 (UTC) |
I feel you may have forgotten this - you didn't respond to the ping, either. dannymusiceditor Speak up! 17:58, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
This is to let you know that the HMS St Vincent (1908) article has been scheduled as today's featured article for March 3, 2018. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 3, 2018. Hope you're doing well.--Wehwalt (talk) 11:53, 11 February 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for the ship which "had a typical career for a WWI-era British dreadnought. A few shells fired during the Battle of Jutland mid-way through the war and that was all the combat she experienced. Aside from a few other unsuccessful attempts to intercept German ships, her war consisted of monotonous training in the North Sea."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:53, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
Hello Sturmvogel
I notice you removed the source I added to the infobox here (viz), with the edit summary "cited in the main body". Is there a rule, then, that says if some information is given twice it can only be sourced once?
The reason for adding the source was that, if the information is wrong (or at least, different to any information the reader may have, as it was here, and here) and there's no indication where it came from, then it is unverifiable (something we do have a rule about): And if the information is to be sourced, then it is logical to put it with the information it is supporting, so that the reader doesn't have to scour the article to find it.
So is there a good reason why we shouldn't source infoboxes? Xyl 54 (talk) 01:03, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
The article Type 97 automatic cannon you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Type 97 automatic cannon for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Wilhelmina Will -- Wilhelmina Will (talk) 04:21, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
The article Japanese cruiser Sakawa you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Japanese cruiser Sakawa for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Krishna Chaitanya Velaga -- Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk) 05:21, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
Hi, greetings As per the page above, if it is no a disam page, and would like to make it to a list page, then the title should change to List HMS Englinton. As the present stage, no citation and content does not constitution an article. Thank you. CASSIOPEIA(talk) 16:35, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
You deleted the alt text for an image in this article without explanation, which causes certain readers to display the file name fo rthe image. The main purpose of alt text is to provide a description of an image for readers with visual impairment. See WP:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility/Alternative_text_for_images. I'd be happy to discuss this further, perhaps on the talk page of the article. Easchiff (talk) 03:15, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
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And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. With 53 contestants qualifying, the groups for round 2 are slightly smaller than usual, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining users.
Our top scorers in round 1 were:
Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.
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What exactly was unneccesary?
HandsomeFella (talk) 20:50, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
The article German destroyer Z34 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German destroyer Z34 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Iazyges -- Iazyges (talk) 07:21, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
The article German destroyer Z30 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German destroyer Z30 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Parsecboy -- Parsecboy (talk) 13:01, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
The article German destroyer Z27 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German destroyer Z27 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Parsecboy -- Parsecboy (talk) 21:21, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
The article German destroyer Z28 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German destroyer Z28 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Parsecboy -- Parsecboy (talk) 13:21, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
The article German destroyer Z29 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German destroyer Z29 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Parsecboy -- Parsecboy (talk) 13:21, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
The article German destroyer Z26 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German destroyer Z26 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Parsecboy -- Parsecboy (talk) 13:21, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
This is a good example of an article that is taken to FA in obscurity (except to you, the person writing it) and then, years later, unexpectedly being on the front pages of media sources across the Western world, resulting in the 200,000+ views this article has received the last couple of days. Thus, it's especially good that you sacrificed your time to honor this ship with an article of that quality so so many people could read and learn from. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.130.15.14 (talk) 19:01, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
The article German destroyer Z17 Diether von Roeder you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German destroyer Z17 Diether von Roeder for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Iazyges -- Iazyges (talk) 17:01, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
The article German destroyer Z23 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German destroyer Z23 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Iazyges -- Iazyges (talk) 17:01, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
The article German destroyer Z24 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German destroyer Z24 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Iazyges -- Iazyges (talk) 17:02, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
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The GA barnstar | |
Thanks for all your GA reviews generally, but for Emanuel Moravec specifically. Chetsford (talk) 19:45, 9 March 2018 (UTC) |
The article German destroyer Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German destroyer Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Parsecboy -- Parsecboy (talk) 21:02, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
The article German destroyer Z25 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German destroyer Z25 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 09:02, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
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The Military history A-Class medal with diamonds | |
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the A-Class medal with Diamonds for German destroyer Z4 Richard Beitzen, HMS Erin, and Japanese aircraft carrier Hiyō MilHistBot (talk) 20:39, 16 March 2018 (UTC) |
Frankly, very surprised by your attitude towards Bertke, and by extension to Don Kindell, since the books are mostly based of his work. Are you saying Don Kindell have no qualifications to be considered a reliable source?? Crook1 (talk) 14:58, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks for the correction on the Asama - I hadn't spotted it up there! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drwong64 (talk • contribs) 22:14, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
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The WikiChevrons | |
For coming first in the March 2018 Milhist article writing contest, with 226! points from 23 articles, you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons. Well done. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 04:30, 2 April 2018 (UTC) |
Thanks, Peacemaker.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 11:22, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Never the Bride is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Never the Bride until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. GRuban (talk) 11:20, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
The article German destroyer ZH1 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German destroyer ZH1 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Parsecboy -- Parsecboy (talk) 12:21, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
Hey mate. I knew that paragraph was unsourced, but I found something that drove me to do it anyway. The Turks during WW2 had a class of two cruisers. Each of these vessels was lighter, lesser ranged and lesser armed than Murgescu (2 x 88 mm and 4 x 37 mm). So taking them as the lowest common denominator, I found it a bit unfair that Murgescu has no shot at being called a cruiser, despite sharing a sea with two lesser warships that were cruisers. Besides, she would deserve it. Murgu may have been small, but she fought like a lioness and dished it out like a ship twice her size. She'll always be an "honorary cruiser" to me. That said I won't try to re-add that section, I was aware I was kinda trying my luck with it anyway. Torpilorul (talk) 17:52, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
By the way, it goes without saying, but I'm a huge naval hipster. Most are "the smaller the navy the less I care", but I take a small navy as a challenge. And since I'm pretty much done with my country's navy (as much as I love it, there's only so much you can write about it, it's still of microbial size compared to the Great Powers), I'm gonna take on a real challenge: pre-WW2 Albania. Already have some sources I saved up for this. Torpilorul (talk) 17:11, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
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[The IWM says this is the Imperieuse in WW I, what do you say? Are you saying the Audacious was not re-named the Imperieuse in 1914? Broichmore (talk) 15:56, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
I was sort of biding my time to see how you responded to Eric's feedback before I dug in. What do you think? I could always try to help with some revisions from an outsider's perspective. --Laser brain (talk) 23:42, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
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On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons for reviewing a total of 27 Milhist articles at PR, GAN, ACR or FAC during the period January to March 2018. Thank you for supporting Wikipedia's quality content processes. AustralianRupert (talk) 07:53, 20 April 2018 (UTC) |
This is to let you know that Russian battleship Pobeda has been scheduled as today's featured article for 10 May 2018. Please check that the article needs no polishing or corrections. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 10, 2018. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:27, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for "one of five Russian pre-dreadnought battleships captured during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05. She participated in all of the major naval battles of the war and was eventually sunk by Japanese artillery during the Siege of Port Arthur. After the war, she was refloated by the Japanese and incorporated into their navy after three years of repair. She was not very active in Japanese service, serving mostly in training roles, but her most significant service was during the Battle of Tsingtao during World War I when the Japanese besieged the German-held Chinese port. She was disarmed during the early 1920s in accordance with the Washington Naval Treaty and may have been broken up around the same time, although some sources suggest that she was not scrapped until the end of World War II."! What a story. - What a talk page, all thee quality articles! I have some GAs open. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:19, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:
So far contestants have achieved twelve featured articles between them and a splendid 124 good articles. Commendably, 326 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2018 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met; most of the GARs are fine, but a few have been a bit skimpy.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:10, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
This is to let you know that the Andrea Doria-class battleship article has been scheduled as today's featured article for June 21, 2018. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 21, 2018.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:20, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
Hey Sturm, you've written in these articles that they were originally ordered by the Argentine Navy, but Conway's and Kasuga-class cruiser has them as being ordered by Italy. Is Conway's wrong, I presume? (The Warship 2014 article seems like a stronger source.) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:02, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Greek destroyer Vasilissa Olga you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Courcelles -- Courcelles (talk) 15:20, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
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Would you mind having a look at weather the photos are licensed correctly. GreatLakesShips retagged them yesterday, but I'm not sure that they are tagged correctly since I am not the best with this type of thing. Thank you in advance A 10 fireplane (talk) 15:44, 22 May 2018 (UTC) A 10 fireplane (talk) 15:44, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
The article French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc (1899) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc (1899) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Courcelles -- Courcelles (talk) 13:01, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
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The Writer's Barnstar | |
On behalf of the Wikiproject Military History coordinators, I hereby award you the Writer's Barnstar for placing second in the May 2018 Military History Article Writing Contest with 63 points from 6 articles. Congratulations! AustralianRupert (talk) 07:01, 3 June 2018 (UTC) |
Strum, it appears that the Tegetthoff-class battleship article is getting close to completion. I've been working on it for quite a while now and I'm just waiting to touch it up with some additional sources, and maybe some sort of "Legacy" section to talk about the impact the ships had after the War.
That said, before I try to push for an A-class nomination or something of that sort, I'd like your help with the image situation. I simply don't know where to start. Everything is on the table of course, which means that I can delete pictures that I need to delete but I just don't know how to go about doing this. Mind giving me a hand?--White Shadows New and improved!
Hey Sturm, I forget if you have easy access to old editions Warship International or not - I'm trying to scrounge up information on old Italian screw corvettes, and I found a reference to one of them in the 1977 edition that might have some useful technical details (Conway's is next to useless on the pre-unification ships). If not, I can probably get it from OSU. Thanks. Parsecboy (talk) 11:59, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
So get this, the music video to Coldplay's song "All Your Friends" includes a brief clip of the Szent István sinking. If you go to YouTube and find the video, fast forward to 1:35 and you'll see it. Any idea how to (if at all?) incorporate that into the article as well as Tegetthoff-class battleship?--White Shadows New and improved!
The 2018 award was announced today. Here are some links to news articles about it: Washington Post article [3], PR Newswire [4], and Chicago Sun Times [5]. TeriEmbrey (talk) 15:07, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
The third round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Contestants managed 7 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 120 good articles, 1 good topic, 124 DYK entries, 15 ITN entries, and 132 good article reviews. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 458 GA reviews, in comparison to 244 good articles submitted for review and promoted. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process; several submissions, particularly in abstruse or technical areas, have needed additional work to make them completely verifiable.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk), Vanamonde (talk) 04:55, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
Sturmvogel,
I'd like your input regarding what citation method to use for List of battleships of Japan. I went through hours of work redoing all the citations only to find out that I'm going against WP:CITE. Rather than attempt a fati accompli and just ignore the fact that I broke established precedent by changing citations without establishing consensus, I started a thread over there for folks to discuss what citation style the list will use. I have no problems reverting all of my edits if we conclude that the old style should remain in place. Since you're a regular contributor to these type of lists and I recall reading a post of yours regarding WP:CITE rules, I thought it would make sense to ping you about this so you can give any input you'd like.
Thanks, --White Shadows New and improved!
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Content Review Medal of Merit (Military history) | |
On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded the Content Review Medal of Merit for reviewing a total of 10 Milhist articles at PR, GAN, ACR or FAC during the period April to June 2018. Thank you for supporting Wikipedia's quality content processes. AustralianRupert (talk) 09:33, 5 July 2018 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste |
We spoke a while ago about citing specific page numbers from sources. In some of the more complicated articles, there are two sections, one for all the pages from a single source used, and then a bibliography section listing all the sources. Its time I learned how to do this, so would be appreciative if you could point out the instructions on how to build these sections into articles. Thank you! -O.R.Comms 03:22, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
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Seven years now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:25, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
Thank you today for Russian battleship Retvizan, "ordered from an American shipyard because Russian ones were already at full capacity building ships for Tsar Nicholas II's naval expansion program to defend his recently acquired territory in northern China. Damaged several times during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–045, she was sunk when the Imperial Japanese Army besieged Port Arthur. The ship was salvaged by the Imperial Japanese Navy and repaired for service with the name Hizen. She served in minor roles during World War I and was sunk as a target in 1924."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:03, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
Thank you today for German torpedo boat Albatros, "One of six Type 23 torpedo boats built during the 1920s. The ship participated in the Spanish Civil War and briefly in World War II, firing the first shot of the German invasion of Norway in 1940. The ship ran aground and was wrecked a few days later while trying to avoid Norwegian coastal artillery."! Happy 2020! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:19, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
Thank you today for Japanese battleship Hyūga, "built during World War I, Hyuga didn't see any action during the war and had a pretty typical career for a Japanese battleship during the interwar period. Patrolling off the Siberian coast during the Japanese intervention in the Russian Civil War, ferrying supplies to the survivors of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, and, most of all, patrolling off the Chinese coast during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the preceding "incidents". Despite being rebuilt at great expense before World War II, the ship saw almost no combat before she was converted into a hybrid battleship/carrier in 1943. By the time the conversion was finished the Japanese were critically short of aircraft and pilots, so Hyuga's air group never flew off her in combat. The ship was used to decoy American carriers away from the landings during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944 and returned to home waters early the following year where she was sunk by American carrier aircraft."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:16, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
The article Type 1936B destroyer you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Type 1936B destroyer for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of White Shadows -- White Shadows (talk) 18:21, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
The article HMS Bedford (1901) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HMS Bedford (1901) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 00:21, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
A bit surprised to get TEN deletion requests on the old Reichsmarine T-boats. All pictures - surprise - were taken after 1923 and before the war. All were published too before the war and in Germany nobody claims a copyright. Nach dem deutschen Urheberrecht besteht bei diesen einfachen Aufnahmen ein derartiger Schutz nicht. I cannot unterstand, who has an advantage not to use these pictures. --erb. 00:20, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
Hey Sturm, do you happen to have access to the Warship International article "Phantom Fleet: The Confederacy's Unclaimed European Warships" that you used in HMS Wivern (1863)? I could probably use it for the Augusta-class corvette article. Parsecboy (talk) 11:05, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
Hello Sturmvogel! It was nice to meet you at Leadership Bootcamp this year. My student workers are trying out FA nominations for Aldus Manutius (already nominated) and Scarface (1932 film). I just realized that Aldus Manutius doesn't have alt text for the images, so I'm adding it now. Do you have advice for getting these pages to FA status? Thanks, Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 21:27, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article HMS Terrible (1895) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Courcelles -- Courcelles (talk) 20:41, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
The article HMS Terrible (1895) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HMS Terrible (1895) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Courcelles -- Courcelles (talk) 22:02, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
The article HMS Powerful (1895) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HMS Powerful (1895) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 03:42, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
The article Powerful-class cruiser you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Powerful-class cruiser for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Parsecboy -- Parsecboy (talk) 21:01, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
The article HDMS Niels Juel (1918) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HDMS Niels Juel (1918) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 00:41, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
I'm sorry about messing up the order of your sources on German torpedo boat T4, apparently User:Lingzhi/reviewsourcecheck displays that as an error. Eddie891 Talk Work 22:42, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
The fourth round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The eight users who made it to the final round had to score a minimum of 422 points to qualify, with the top score in the round being 4869 points. The leaders in round 4 were:
During round four, 6 featured articles and 164 good articles were promoted by WikiCup contestants, 13 articles were included in good topics and 143 good article reviews were performed. There were also 10 "in the news" contributions on the main page and 53 "did you knows". Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck, and let the best editor win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:31, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
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On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, I hereby award you the WikiChevrons, for placing first in the August 2018 Military History Article Writing Contest, achieving 189 points from 28 articles. Congratulations, Cinderella157 (talk) 12:51, 3 September 2018 (UTC) |
Operation Hailstone, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. I also hope that you may help invite other Wikipedians interested, that more people will join the discussion. Many thanks! Regards, SænmōsàI will find a way or make one. 08:26, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
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The Cleanup Barnstar | |
For your positively Herculean efforts to find images and sources for, and otherwise significantly improve, numerous Wikipedia articles regarding World War II-era German torpedo boats in an effort to prevent them from sinking into the ocean of obscure Internet content, you are hereby presented with this barnastar and a standing ovation. Bravo! 47thPennVols (talk) 20:30, 14 September 2018 (UTC) |
Hi. I have a question about the language that appears in an number of articles:
My understanding is that SS and the Order Police were being amalgamated together as the war progressed, so it would not necessarily mean that "SS" = "Waffen-SS". Could you elaborate on that? --K.e.coffman (talk) 04:13, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
OK, I'll remove the strictly honorary bit. I phrased it that way because I think that most casual readers do not understand the distinction between SS and the Waffen-SS. I think that it's important to make that distinction, but I'm happy to take suggestions for better phrasing.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 22:42, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
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It's a battlecruiser design and it has a Wikipedia page which has links to sources of drawings of the proposed design. What more is needed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ushio01 (talk • contribs) 16:12, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
Hello. Help improve the quality of the article Maureen Wroblewitz on Wikipedia:Did you know? articles. Thanks you. 113.160.130.156 (talk) 10:04, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
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I added a picture to this article. Is this the correct mortar?
The mortar in this category doesn't match your description because it's breech loaded and too tall for muzzle loading a shell that heavy.Snowdawg (talk) 17:44, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
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On behalf of the members of WikiProject Military history, I present you with these Coordinator stars as a mark of the responsibilities you have volunteered to take on for the project for the next year. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 01:42, 29 September 2018 (UTC) |
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The WikiChevrons | |
On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, I hereby award you the WikiChevrons, for placing first in the September 2018 Military History Article Writing Contest, achieving 161 points from 27 articles. Congratulations, Kges1901 (talk) 09:44, 1 October 2018 (UTC) |
Hi, I see you've improved this a lot - thanks! I just GAN'd it, and I thought you might be interested. L293D (☎ • ✎) 21:47, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
That was the whole point of posting here: I created the article, you improved it using sources I don't have access to but you seem to. Of course, I should probably asked you before GANing it. Any pre-GAN improvement suggestions? Thanks. L293D (☎ • ✎) 02:51, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Do you have access to The Gathering Storm: The Naval War in Northern Europe September 1939 – April 1940? The GA reviewer asked if the 19 deaths caused by Admiral Scheer's bombardment were civilian or military. If you don't, I'll ask at WT:MILHIST. L293D (☎ • ✎) 16:38, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
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Content Review Medal of Merit (Military history) | |
On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded the Content Review Medal of Merit for reviewing a total of 11 Milhist articles at PR, GAN, ACR or FAC during the period July to September 2018. Thank you for supporting Wikipedia's quality content processes. Kges1901 (talk) 10:44, 3 October 2018 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste |
Thanks!--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 14:23, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
Would you kindly remove the SS Police Regiments such as 18th SS Mountain Police Regiment from the Russian, Soviet, and CIS military history task force? I do not think they can legitimately be considered part of Russian military history. Kges1901 (talk) 20:07, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
Would it be okay with you if I nominated Type 23 torpedo boat and member ships for GA? Maybe we could even finish a good topic. I know it could be considered drive-by, so I'm consulting you. L293D (☎ • ✎) 16:17, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I wanted to ask you about the two proposals I posted at WT:SHIPS#Related subject; there seems to be general approval for them, but its certainly not a reviewed/closed discussion with a consensus decided one way or the other. I would like to see these added to WP:SHIPMOS, if possible, before that discussion gets archived. You know your way around WP:SHIPS, do you have a suggestion on how best to get that done? Thanks - wolf 06:19, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
The article Soviet destroyer Baku you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Soviet destroyer Baku for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 03:21, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
See also that guideline regarding consistent reference style.
You just re-introduced inconsistency (as well as an invalid link to commons and an un-italicized ship name).
Cheers.
HandsomeFella (talk) 17:53, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
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The Military history A-Class medal with diamonds | |
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the A-Class medal with Diamonds for Japanese battleship Hyūga, Japanese battleship Ise, and Lion-class battleship. MilHistBot (talk) 05:02, 22 October 2018 (UTC) |
Hey, just wanted to apologize in case I came off as pedantic for the Petropavlovsk-class battleship FAC. I realized it was a trivial objection in the grand scheme of things, and "grammar" is ultimately an arbitrary thing, after all. ceranthor 14:57, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
The article Soviet destroyer Tbilisi you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Soviet destroyer Tbilisi for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 00:22, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
Hello
In Soviet destroyer Moskva there is photo of other ship - just as there is no photo of Moskva. But here is photo of ship. Can you consider changing this photo? PMG (talk) 10:13, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
Hey Jason, I see you have a copy of Warship 1997-1998 - there's an article in it titled "The German Navy from Versailles to Hitler" that might be useful for me - could you scan it when you have the chance? Thanks. Parsecboy (talk) 17:14, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
Hello Sturmvogel 66:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!
– A 10 fireplane (talk) 15:20, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
A 10 fireplane (talk) 15:20, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
Please review the proposed newsletter in my Sandbox1. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:36, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
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The WikiChevrons | |
On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, I hereby award you the WikiChevrons, for placing first in the October 2018 Military History Article Writing Contest, achieving 98 points from 17 articles. Congratulations, Kges1901 (talk) 22:30, 2 November 2018 (UTC) |
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Sturmvogel 66, I noticed that you weren't pinged when the nominator made their latest reply to issues you had raised in your review. Please stop by when you get the chance. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:21, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
Greetings sir. I've taken note with quite a bit of surprise of your recent edit. You are obviously more versed into warships than I am, I've seen your work on the Regele Ferdinand class and I praise you for that, hoping that you'll eventually extend the same service to the other Romanian Navy ships, Murgescu included. Thus I am certain you had reasons to undo my edit. I would like to note, however, that the Kaibokan are the closest Axis warships to the Allied frigates and destroyer escorts, as well as being by far the most numerous of this type of warship fielded by the Axis. There are also many similarities between Murgescu and the Type D in particular. Thus, I do personally find it relevant to have a comparison between Murgescu and the Type D, as the latter was a representative of the main type of Axis escort ship. Prefectul (talk) 10:24, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
On 10 November 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article German torpedo boat Albatros, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that despite clear orders to fire only if fired upon, the German torpedo boat Albatros crippled the Norwegian ship Pol III after being rammed, thus firing the first shot of the Norwegian Campaign? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/German torpedo boat Albatros. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
Can you please sign this petition requesting certain historic photos be released for Wikimedia Commons? (URAA+Russian retroactive copyright law+copyright internationalization+different wikis fairuse rules=Wikinightmare) Please do spread the word of the petition to other Wikipedians too. Thanks, --PlanespotterA320 (talk) 22:50, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
The article NMS Regele Ferdinand you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:NMS Regele Ferdinand for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of L293D -- L293D (talk) 19:02, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
The article Regele Ferdinand-class destroyer you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Regele Ferdinand-class destroyer for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AustralianRupert -- AustralianRupert (talk) 05:01, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
The article NMS Regina Maria you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:NMS Regina Maria for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of L293D -- L293D (talk) 02:02, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
Would it be okay with you if I nom'd other type 39s like T23? Again, I made a DYK on that one and even wrote a small part of it. L293D (☎ • ✎) 03:45, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
The article Type 40 torpedo boat you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Type 40 torpedo boat for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Djmaschek -- Djmaschek (talk) 04:21, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
I've been following your progress with making the articles about the Romanian warships into "good article"s. Thankyou for this, it sure is an appreciated "birthday gift" from you come 1 December, the day of the centenary of the union with Transylvania. However, I'd like to express my personal hopes that you won't stop solely at the four destroyers as far as the Romanian Navy is concerned. Regards. Prefectul (talk) 13:49, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
On 28 November 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article German torpedo boat T24, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after being damaged twice by Allied ships, escorting a blockade runner, and hitting two mines, the German torpedo boat T24 was sunk by air-launched rockets? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/German torpedo boat T24. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Maile (talk) 00:03, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
On 1 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article German torpedo boat T22, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the German torpedo boat T22, along with two other torpedo boats, was blown up by naval mines while laying a minefield? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/German torpedo boat T22. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Alex Shih (talk) 00:03, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
On 2 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article NMS Regele Ferdinand, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after Soviet air attacks damaged the fuel system of the Romanian destroyer Regele Ferdinand in May 1944, an unsuccessful attempt was made to refuel the ship using a bucket brigade? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/NMS Regele Ferdinand. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Alex Shih (talk) 00:03, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
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The Teamwork Barnstar | |
In recognition of the role you played in cleaning up my God-awful spelling and grammar in the World War I Op-Ed series published by the Military history WikiProject's newsletter The Bugle over the last four years, I hereby present you with this teamwork barnstar. It is thanks to so many different editors like you who took the time to copyedit the nearly four year long series that it ended up being as successful as it was, and I am grateful for your help since spelling and grammar are not my strongest suites. Yours sincerely, TomStar81 (Talk) 14:39, 2 December 2018 (UTC) |
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The Civility Barnstar | |
By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this barnstar in recognition of your near super-human demonstration of Voltairean principle, which by rights should alone have been enough to convince anyone of your good faith. I am quite sure that I could not have remained so civil; and also sure that you served as an example to more than just me. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:03, 3 December 2018 (UTC) |
Hello. I noticed you reverted my edit on the article above, where I changed "a RAF" to "an RAF". "An" is used before words starting with a vowel sound, regardless of whether the word begins with a vowel letter. See English articles#Distinction between a and an. For example, it is "an hour" (our), not "a hour". "RAF" is pronounced letter by letter - "arr ei eff", so "an" should be used instead of "a". - Shuipzv3 (talk) 08:17, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
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The WikiChevrons | |
On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, I hereby award you the WikiChevrons, for placing first in the November 2018 Military History Article Writing Contest, achieving 94 points from 12 articles. Congratulations, Kges1901 (talk) 23:10, 4 December 2018 (UTC) |
I was looking through the article, and it has the ship arriving in Halifax on 10 April 1940 and returning to Toulon escorting a convoy on 10 April - one of those must be a typo, but which one? Parsecboy (talk) 14:23, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
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Happy Saturnalia | |
Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and troll-free. Ealdgyth - Talk 17:09, 18 December 2018 (UTC) |
On 19 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article NMS Regina Maria, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Soviet Union seized the Romanian destroyer Regina Maria and commissioned it into their navy despite Romania having switched sides to join the Allies? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/NMS Regina Maria. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Maile (talk) 12:02, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
The article Type 41 torpedo boat you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Type 41 torpedo boat for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Parsecboy -- Parsecboy (talk) 21:22, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
The article Soviet destroyer Gnevny (1936) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Soviet destroyer Gnevny (1936) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CaptainEek -- CaptainEek (talk) 05:02, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
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Austral season's greetings |
Tuck into this! We've made about three of these in the last few days for various festivities. Supermarkets are stuffed with cheap berries. Season's greetings! Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:41, 24 December 2018 (UTC) |
Happy editing, into 2019 and beyond! --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:07, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
On 31 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article NMS Mărăști, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Romanian destroyers Mărăști and Mărășești both changed owners three times and were renamed four times during their careers? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/NMS Mărăști. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Maile (talk) 00:01, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
On 31 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article NMS Mărășești, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Romanian destroyers Mărăști and Mărășești both changed owners three times and were renamed four times during their careers? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Maile (talk) 00:01, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
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2018 Military Historian of the Year | |
As voted by your peers within the Military history WikiProject, I hereby award you the Silver Wiki for sharing second place in the 2018 Military Historian of the Year Award. Congratulations, and thank you for your efforts in 2018. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 01:01, 31 December 2018 (UTC) |
Greetings Sturm, I wanted to say happy New Year and hopefully you'd have a great 2019. I know you would see this message, even it's not 2019 overthere but here it would be that's why say it. Anyway I would say: "you Americans follow us the Europeans into the future". Cheers and have a great day and year. CPA-5 (talk) 13:15, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
Hello and Happy New Year!
Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup, the competition begins today. If you have already joined, your submission page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and we will set up your submissions page. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2019, and which you have nominated this year, is eligible for points in the competition, the judges will be checking! Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will make it to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:14, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
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The Writer's Barnstar | |
On behalf of the Wikiproject Military History coordinators, I hereby award you the Writer's Barnstar for placing second in the December 2018 Military History Article Writing Contest with 127 points from 20 articles. Congratulations, Kges1901 (talk) 18:26, 1 January 2019 (UTC) |
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On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, I hereby award you the Military History Writers' Contest Cup, for consistent performance during the 2019 Military History Article Writing Contest, accumulating a total of 1,037 points from 755 articles throughout the year. Congratulations and thank you for your efforts! Kges1901 (talk) 18:28, 1 January 2019 (UTC) |
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The WikiChevrons | |
For your work on Russian battleship Petropavlovsk (1894), HMS Vanguard (1909), Design A-150 battleship, Borodino-class battlecruiser, HSwMS Thordön (1865), Greek destroyer Vasilefs Georgios, Greek destroyer Vasilissa Olga, Japanese battleship Hyūga, Powerful-class cruiser, HMS Powerful (1895), HMS Terrible (1895), Petropavlovsk-class battleship, and HMS Erin you are hereby award the WikiChevrons. Congrats! TomStar81 (Talk) 19:09, 4 January 2019 (UTC) |
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The Featured Article Medal | |
For your work on Russian battleship Petropavlovsk (1894), HMS Vanguard (1909), Design A-150 battleship, Borodino-class battlecruiser, Petropavlovsk-class battleship, and HMS Erin you are hereby awarded The Featured Article Medal. Congrats! TomStar81 (Talk) 19:09, 4 January 2019 (UTC) |
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WikiProject Ships Barnstar | |
For your work on Russian battleship Petropavlovsk (1894), HMS Vanguard (1909), Design A-150 battleship, Borodino-class battlecruiser, HSwMS Thordön (1865), Greek destroyer Vasilefs Georgios, Greek destroyer Vasilissa Olga, Japanese battleship Hyūga, Powerful-class cruiser, HMS Powerful (1895), HMS Terrible (1895), Petropavlovsk-class battleship, and HMS Erin you are hereby award the WikiProject Ships Barnstar. Congrats! TomStar81 (Talk) 19:09, 4 January 2019 (UTC) |
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The Half Barnstar | |
For your work on Design A-150 battleship I hereby award you The Right Half of the Half Barnstar. Congrats! TomStar81 (Talk) 19:09, 4 January 2019 (UTC) |
Hi, the ship was launched on 13 September 1900 (old style), every Russian source says that. Not sure where you got October, most likely it's September 26 taken from some book already updated to new style. Ship was officially commissioned on May 20 1905 (again old style) which again makes it June 2 (new style). Ship was also not in service in 1903, it was undergoing sea trials, repairs in 1904 and for example main casements were not installed until late 1904. Please revert those changes you made. Thank you. Crook1 (talk) 23:27, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
I am not sure about this but the GA submissions from MaranoFan and Lee Vilenski, who are in the top three currently does not meet the scoring criteria. Both the users worked through the articles during 2018, before the competition even began. Please let me know if I have made a mistake. ImmortalWizard(chat) 16:17, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
The article Soviet destroyer Gordy (1937) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Soviet destroyer Gordy (1937) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Parsecboy -- Parsecboy (talk) 17:41, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
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The WikiChevrons | |
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the WikiChevrons for October to December 2018 reviews. MilHistBot (talk) 01:07, 8 January 2019 (UTC) |
The article Soviet destroyer Smely (1939) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Soviet destroyer Smely (1939) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ed! -- Ed! (talk) 05:21, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
The article Soviet destroyer Serdity (1940) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Soviet destroyer Serdity (1940) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ed! -- Ed! (talk) 05:21, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
The article Type 44 torpedo boat you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Type 44 torpedo boat for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ed! -- Ed! (talk) 22:02, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
The article Seeteufel you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Seeteufel for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Eddie891 -- Eddie891 (talk) 22:22, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
The article Soviet destroyer Skory (1939) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Soviet destroyer Skory (1939) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ed! -- Ed! (talk) 04:22, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
Hey, I finally got around to the Bretagne ACR, and there are a couple of questions from Peacemaker that I figure you'll be able to answer better than I can, since I don't have Jordan & Caresse. When you get a minute, can you take a look? Parsecboy (talk) 20:02, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
Speaking of joint projects, I've finished a rewrite of HMS Resolution (09) - you wrote the technical section on that one, so that would certainly fit the bill - you'll probably want to look it over for anything you can add before it ends up at ACR. I think you've done the same for all of the Revenges, so I might write up the service histories for the other two to give us more joint articles for the pipeline. We ought to get to Royal Oak at some point too, but since it's already an FA, there isn't a ton of motivation on my part ;) Parsecboy (talk) 17:10, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
The article Soviet destroyer Strogy (1939) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Soviet destroyer Strogy (1939) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ed! -- Ed! (talk) 00:42, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
The article Soviet destroyer Statny (1939) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Soviet destroyer Statny (1939) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Parsecboy -- Parsecboy (talk) 21:02, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
The article Soviet destroyer Stroyny you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Soviet destroyer Stroyny for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Parsecboy -- Parsecboy (talk) 21:02, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
The article Soviet destroyer Svirepy you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Soviet destroyer Svirepy for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ed! -- Ed! (talk) 04:02, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
The article Soviet destroyer Slavny (1939) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Soviet destroyer Slavny (1939) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ed! -- Ed! (talk) 04:41, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi Sturmvogel. I dislike coming begging, but you were kind enough to do the source review for Battle of Auberoche at ACR, Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of Auberoche. It is currently at FAC with five supports but no source nor image review. If you could see your way clear to doing a source review I would be most grateful. Plus, obviously, owe you a QPQ. Regards. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:41, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
The article Soviet destroyer Surovy (1940) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Soviet destroyer Surovy (1940) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ed! -- Ed! (talk) 03:41, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
Just a heads up, I found a depiction of the boat at File:Nezamozhnik1926-1949c.jpg. I'm not sure it has the right license, but I figured you might be interested, since the current article doesn't have a pic of the destroyer itself. L293D (☎ • ✎) 19:34, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
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The Military history A-Class medal with diamonds | |
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the A-Class medal with Diamonds for French battleship Courbet (1911), Japanese cruiser Ibuki (1943), and Soviet destroyer Nezamozhnik. Peacemaker67 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:30, 29 January 2019 (UTC) |
The article Soviet destroyer Shaumyan you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Soviet destroyer Shaumyan for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ed! -- Ed! (talk) 01:21, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
Hello, thank you for starting the review. I just saw your message and will begin addressing your critiques now. Jgefd (talk) 17:01, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
Re: this comment, I apologise for having closed the discussion before you had a chance to comment further. But since you did not express an opinion on whether to keep or to delist, and as no other editors pinged responded, I thought it was time to close the GAR. I'm happy to continue the discussion either on your Talk page, on mine, or on the article's Talk -- whichever you prefer. --K.e.coffman (talk) 04:39, 2 February 2019 (UTC)
most historians do that as a matter of coursewould apply to us as Wikipedians. --K.e.coffman (talk) 06:08, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
I hate the current system where any source can be challenged for any reason whatsoever and then it has to be defendedsounds odd. I don’t have any issue defending sources that I use. If you have the courage of your convictions, defend away; that’s what RSN is for. --K.e.coffman (talk) 06:48, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
I'd never base a complete article on Meyer's autobiography or similar sources...-- but Bracke is somehow okay to single-source a GA article from? In re "hyper-specialised sources", then make a proposal at WP:RS, start an RfC, and so on. Complaining about the current guideline being somehow unfair will not bring about the change that you want. --K.e.coffman (talk) 01:19, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
Hello, following your message here, because CodrinB is busy, I've updated the copyright tags. Thank you for review. --Turbojet (talk) 20:00, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I have spent most my time on Wikipedia fighting vandalism but am starting to get into editing articles. I have taken on the task of getting Anti-torpedo bulge up to GA status but am not really sure where to start. Do you have any suggestions as to what I should do first? A 10 fireplane Imform me 04:14, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
Hey, I'm planning on starting reworking the article tomorrow, and I was wondering if you'd object to me switching everything over to sfn templates - I've started using these and I've found them to be less fiddly with repeated citations (I hate having to keep track of named refs) and they make it easy to see refs that aren't used in an article. If not, no biggie, but I figured I'd check. Parsecboy (talk) 01:11, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
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The article Royal Sovereign-class battleship you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Royal Sovereign-class battleship for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ykraps -- Ykraps (talk) 07:21, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
Happy Valentine's Day Sturm. I hope you have/had a great Valentine's Day with your loved one. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 21:14, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
On 20 February 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article HMS P222, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the British submarine HMS P222 was ordered to escort an Allied convoy to Malta on the surface, with the intent that it would be spotted by enemy aircraft? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/HMS P222. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi, you may not have noticed because my response was a few days late, but I recently responded to your most recent critiques of History of Maputo. Best, Jgefd (talk) 02:01, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
Greetings. Regarding the 37 mm guns of the four Romanian destroyers, does the source specifically identify them as the SK C/30 model? I for one, imagine that they would simply say something along the lines of "37 mm Rheinmetall" or "German 37 mm" or "37 mm flak" and you went with the C/30 because it's the naval version. Which would be a fair presumption, but from my findings I have reasons to doubt that. Given that these guns were not part of the original armament, they weren't imported along with the ships, they were separately added afterwards, and thus they should appear on the Romanian list of imported artillery from the Reich. But they don't. Furthermore, Romania had little reason to import 37 mm German guns, since it could make them. A local factory acquired the licence for 360 pieces in 1938. This would also explain why they were only fitted in 1939, Romania would have had to produce them first. Thus, the 37 mm guns may well be in fact 3.7 cm Flak 36/37. Simply put, I found no records in my sources - both Romanian and Mark Axworthy's Third Axis, Fourth Ally - that Romania used any 37 mm AA guns other than the ones it produced under licence. Still, all of this assuming that the source you used doesn't specifically mention the gun as C/30, but if it does then excuse me for bothering. Prefectul (talk) 04:55, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
Hello. I saw that you used Axworthy in the Marasti articles. Do you happen to actually have access to the whole book? Prefectul (talk) 19:16, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2. With 56 contestants qualifying, each group in Round 2 contains seven contestants, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for Round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining contestants.
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This is to let you know that the French battleship Courbet (1911) article has been scheduled as today's featured article for April 16, 2019. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 16, 2019, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.
We also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors on the day before and the day of this TFA. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:24, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for the article about another battleship, with "a typical career for a French dreadnought of her generation. Her participation in World War I mostly consisted of swinging around a mooring buoy as she was tasked to prevent a breakout into the Mediterranean by the Austro-Hungarian fleet, aside from helping to sink a small Austro-Hungarian cruiser. Between the wars, she was extensively modernized, but not enough that the French didn't use her as a training ship during the 1930s. After bombarding Rommel's 7th Panzer as it approached Cherbourg, France, she sailed to Britain where she was seized by Perfidious Albion a few weeks later. They used her as a target ship before she was sunk as a breakwater off the Normandy beaches in 1944."! Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:34, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
On 13 March 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article HMS Simoom (P225), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that all 15 torpedoes fired by HMS Simoom (pictured) during her career missed their targets, but 3 hit and sank a destroyer instead? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/HMS Simoom (P225). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
On 14 March 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article HMS Stonehenge (P232), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that HMS Stonehenge disappeared with all hands in the Indian Ocean in 1944 but her exact location is still unknown? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/HMS Stonehenge (P232). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
The article HMS Bulwark (1899) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HMS Bulwark (1899) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of L293D -- L293D (talk) 19:01, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
I'm sure you noticed, the FAC for Albatross has been closed because it failed to gather support fast enough. So, how do things go from there? Do people usually re-nominate, and hope more people will participate? I'm a bit disappointed, because I feel the article was up to the FA standards.
Also, would you mind E-mailing me the entry for HMS Sea Dog in Akermann's Encyclopedia of British Submarines 1901-1955, page 347? I'm planning on a new wave of GAs for the S-class boats, and google preview doesn't show page 347. Thanks. L293D (☎ • ✎) 19:10, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
I renominated it yesterday.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:51, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
On 17 March 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article HMS Stratagem, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the British submarine HMS Stratagem sank only one ship in its 13-month-long career—only three days before it was itself sunk? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/HMS Stratagem. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru (talk) 01:51, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
Hey, I'm running up against a brick wall - I'm writing up French battleship Vérité, and Jordan & Caresse state that she left the Dardanelles in Dec. 1914 but the jerks don't say where she went - the next time she appears (unless I'm missing something) is in Salonika in 1916. I checked Corbett and he doesn't have much to add either. I'd assume she went back to the Armee Navale for the duration of 1915, but obviously I don't know for sure. Do you have anything in your library that might shed any light? Parsecboy (talk) 12:57, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
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The article German torpedo boat T26 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German torpedo boat T26 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 03:42, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
The article Kiev-class destroyer you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Kiev-class destroyer for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Saskoiler -- Saskoiler (talk) 19:43, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
The article German torpedo boat T27 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German torpedo boat T27 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Parsecboy -- Parsecboy (talk) 10:41, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
Recently I've had a tiny bit of a dispute with a fellow editor, over the Mareșal-Hetzer relationship. I added in the heading of Hetzer's article what Axworthy says at page 229: that a German lieutenant-colonel by the name of Ventz, a Waffenamt delegate to Romania, admitted in May 1944 that the Hetzer was indeed designed along the lines of the Mareșal. I have the tank expert Steven Zaloga to back this up too, in page 31 of his Tanks of Hitler's Eastern Allies, and I can get up to two more books on Google Books to confirm it if necessary. At the same time, this fellow editor removed my sourced addition to the heading (admittedly sourced only to Axworthy, not also Zaloga), stating that certain authors which he deems to be "Axis tank experts" make no such claim. I proceeded to ask him two more questions. Given that Steven Zaloga appears to be a tank expert overall, isn't he implicitly an Axis tank expert as well? This would answer one of the points he's raising. And also, if these authors he quotes are "Axis tank experts" (to quote his own words), do they also address the tanks of Hungary and Romania, which were also part of the Axis? After 2 days, I have received no answer. There's also the factor of "pre-1995", as I like to call it. Before Axworthy established Romania's full role in WW2 within Western scholarly work, nobody even knew about the Mareșal, its great similarity to the Hetzer and it preceding the Hetzer by months. So there should also be the question of these authors using updated information. Finally, because the authors he calls "Axis tank experts" do not support the claim, he argues that this should be considered "disputed". Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't something "disputed" when there is something to counter it? And with 4 sources available right away, 2 of which reliable, 1 by a reputable expert in WW2 tanks overall, is this really disputed? Thankyou for taking the time to read this. I ask because I'm not sure how to proceed. I would re-add my sentence to the Hetzer heading, this time sourced to Zaloga, but I don't want to risk an edit conflict. Yet at the same time, I don't think this whole situation is right. Prefectul (talk) 06:55, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
The article SMS Lika you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:SMS Lika for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Parsecboy -- Parsecboy (talk) 12:21, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
The article SMS Balaton you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:SMS Balaton for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Parsecboy -- Parsecboy (talk) 12:41, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
The article SMS Triglav you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:SMS Triglav for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Parsecboy -- Parsecboy (talk) 16:41, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
The article Type 1936 destroyers you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Type 1936 destroyers for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 23:41, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
The article South Dakota-class battleship (1920) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:South Dakota-class battleship (1920) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Parsecboy -- Parsecboy (talk) 00:03, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
On 21 April 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article HMS Splendid (P228), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that HMS Splendid attacked a heavy German merchant ship, but instead sank an Italian destroyer? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/HMS Splendid (P228). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
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On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the A-Class medal with Diamonds for French battleship Bretagne, French battleship Jean Bart (1911), and French battleship Jauréguiberry Peacemaker67 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:30, 29 April 2019 (UTC) |
The second round of the 2019 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to scored 32 points to advance into round 3. Our top four scorers in round 2 all scored over 400 points and were:
Other notable performances were put in by Barkeep49 with six GAs,
Ceranthor,
Lee Vilenski, and
Canada Hky, each with seven GARs, and
MPJ-DK with a seven item GT.
So far contestants have achieved nine featured articles between them and a splendid 80 good articles. Commendably, 227 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2019 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. The judges are pleased with the thorough GARs that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.
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I would be grateful if you could find time to get around and make NMS Amiral Murgescu a good article as well. Aside from the 4 destroyers - with which you've already dealt with - she is the sole "big" warship of the Romanian Navy in WW2. Prefectul (talk) 13:34, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
I reckon that for good article status it's best to have access to whole books, as off snippets or pages from Google Books may be out of context or outright incomplete. The only full book useful that I have, and even that - courtesy to you (again, thankyou very much), is Axworthy's. As you have it too, you've probably went through her available info yourself. If nothing else, then may what I'll write below at least help you edit easier, when using info from this book:
It is worth noting that in all of her mining missions she was not alone. But - as she was reported to have been the sole Romanian minelayer with sonar - it was her presence that was decisive. I hope I could help. Prefectul (talk) 19:24, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
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For placing first in the April 2019 Milhist article writing contest, with 110 points from 18 articles, I hereby award you these WikiChevrons on behalf of the project. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:52, 9 May 2019 (UTC) |
Hey, I've gotten around to doing the article and it's in decent shape - it still needs to have the armor section expanded and a section on modifications added. I figured I might leave that to you, if you're interested, since you have Raven & Roberts. Parsecboy (talk) 17:38, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
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For taking the time and effort to review the article 149th Armor Regiment, I hereby present to you this barnstar. The article would not have improved in its quality without you. RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 05:58, 17 May 2019 (UTC) |
I've added a discussion point about one of the references used for HMS_Acasta_(H09) article on the Talk page which you might want to consider. Aeonx (talk) 15:08, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
Hey, I noticed on the Forces de haute mer article that you had the ref screwed up slightly - I fixed it there, but you'll want to check anywhere else you've used it. Parsecboy (talk) 14:18, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
You don’t know the subject! Read sources before doing smth. La-9 was a post-WWII variant of La-7 but with all-metal construction and improved wing.
Read this to know the subject better (in Russian) - https://books.google.com/books?id=Klk6DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=ru&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false All original plant drawings, production tables, variants etc. Sure, I will cite it, but need time to finish everything)))
La-7 —-> experimental “130” —-> La-9 https://books.google.com/books?id=kY5HBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA2&lpg=PA2&dq=ла-7+ла-9+якубович&source=bl&ots=1__WgIHg4L&sig=ACfU3U25TpNcTHJYus3olTio05YdegERxA&hl=ru&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi53PPgvbDiAhVsrlkKHSKwDSEQ6AEwF3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=ла-7%20ла-9%20якубович&f=false The whole chapter 5 in the book of the same author. The chapter is about La-9 and the title of the chapter is “all-metal La-7”, by the way...
Yes, the translation programs help us a lot )))
The article German torpedo boat T29 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German torpedo boat T29 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Parsecboy -- Parsecboy (talk) 13:22, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
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G'day Sturm, if you could check the last one of mine in the May monthly contest, I think we're done. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:43, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
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For placing first in the May 2019 Milhist article writing contest, with an incredible 180 points from 34 articles, I hereby award you these WikiChevrons on behalf of the project. Well done! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:03, 4 June 2019 (UTC) |
Thanks, mate.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 03:28, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
Hey, do we want to include this one? It's markedly smaller than the other French battleships of the period, and Jordan & Caresse call it a "coast defence battleship" and include it only in an appendix. Parsecboy (talk) 20:22, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
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On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the A-Class medal with Diamonds for Normandie-class battleship, German torpedo boat Albatros, and Russian battleship Dvenadsat Apostolov Peacemaker67 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:30, 9 June 2019 (UTC) |
Hi Sturm. I may get the chance to assess some of your GANs. If I do, would you prefer me to do a 'straight' assessment against the GA criteria, or assume that they will be moving on to at least ACR and be a little pickier? I am easy either way. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:25, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
The article German torpedo boat T30 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German torpedo boat T30 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Gog the Mild -- Gog the Mild (talk) 19:21, 16 June 2019 (UTC)
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The article HMS Kent (1901) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HMS Kent (1901) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AustralianRupert -- AustralianRupert (talk) 02:41, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi. Long time no see. Hope you're well! We're due another contest at some point me thinks!♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:21, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
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Given your work on the article, it seems only right to mention this. You're probably the best judge, after all. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 6.7% of all FPs 22:12, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
The article HMS Glasgow (1909) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HMS Glasgow (1909) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AustralianRupert -- AustralianRupert (talk) 06:02, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
Yeah, sorry about those "when" tags. I wasn't smart enough to actually read the cited source material before I added them; I just saw a pair of highly vague statements... in a featured article.
Speaking of, is anyone scutinizing the punctuation in these articles before nominating them, or... is it fashionable nowadays to have gaps in commas and periods? I'm somewhat out of the loop on Wikipedia's current standards; been a while since I've actively edited, but it seems like some people have been slipping in their vigilance. I don't know, when I re-read MOS:COMMA, it didn't easily clarify — for me, anyway — where it'd be better to use other punctuation, so I've kind of been making it up as I go, trying to... well, trying to organize and reword things so they flow a little better, instead of having a forest of commas. Any advice would be appreciated; I'd hate to end up in an edit war with someone over comma use. :( Magus732 (talk) 15:07, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
The article Revenge-class battleship you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Revenge-class battleship for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Gog the Mild -- Gog the Mild (talk) 17:41, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
The article Andrei Pervozvanny-class battleship you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Andrei Pervozvanny-class battleship for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 01:21, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
You may be interested in this: File:Russian Fleet (1892) il. 07 Chesma - Restoration, cropped.jpg. This is the image you have in your lead for the GA article Russian battleship Chesma (1886) and is now restored and looking nice and shiny. Of course I'm not telling you to vote one way or the other - that's up to you. The FPC is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Chesma. Geoffroi (talk) 05:35, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
When you get a chance, please could you take a look at a statement I have made on the WikiCup talk page. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:12, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
The article Japanese cruiser Agano you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Japanese cruiser Agano for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 01:21, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
The article Christopher Cradock you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Christopher Cradock for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AustralianRupert -- AustralianRupert (talk) 02:22, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
Damn Sturm two of your ARCs nominations are ready for A-class. Both have four supports. Good job soldier. ;) Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 14:18, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
The third round of the 2019 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round needed to score at least 68 points, which is substantially lower than last year's 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Contestants managed 4 (5) featured articles, 4 featured lists, 18 featured pictures, 29 good articles, 50 DYK entries, 9 ITN entries, and 39 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and it is imperative to claim them in the correct round; one FA claim had to be rejected because it was incorrectly submitted (claimed in Round 3 when it qualified for Round 2), so be warned! When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:12, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
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On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the WikiChevrons for participating in 40 reviews between April and June 2019 Peacemaker67 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 03:02, 4 July 2019 (UTC) |
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For placing first in the June 2019 Milhist article writing contest, on behalf of the coordinators I hereby award you these WikiChevrons. Well done! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:43, 6 July 2019 (UTC) |
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The Military history A-Class medal with diamonds | |
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the A-Class medal with Diamonds for French battleship France, HMS Bulwark (1899), and Japanese battleship Yashima Peacemaker67 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:30, 16 July 2019 (UTC) |
The article Lord Nelson-class battleship you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Lord Nelson-class battleship for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 02:22, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
Hey, you have Friedman's book on US cruisers, don't you? Does he treat the St. Louis-class cruiser (1938) as a class apart from the rest of the Brooklyns? I'd never seen them described as such and I just checked Conway's, and they lump them all together. I'd like to merge the articles if possible. Oh, and can you send me scans of the relevant pages on the Brooklyns please? I figure I'll get around to doing them all at some point, if only to procrastinate finishing the Richelieus ;) Parsecboy (talk) 20:15, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
Were you yanking my chain on the Brooklyns? He refers to "the last two modified Brooklyn, the St. Louis and the Helena" and "the nine Brooklyns and their heavy half-sister, Wichita". Parsecboy (talk) 18:45, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
Happy 21st July cannot wait for the firework have a nice day. :p Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 10:01, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
This is to let you know that Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 2 August 2019. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 2, 2019. Thanks! Ealdgyth - Talk 17:13, 27 July 2019 (UTC)
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On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, I hereby award you the WikiChevrons, for placing first in the July 2019 Military History Article Writing Contest, achieving 75 points from 9 articles. Congratulations, Kges1901 (talk) 13:21, 1 August 2019 (UTC) |
The article SMS Csepel you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:SMS Csepel for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 02:02, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
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The Military history A-Class medal with diamonds | |
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the A-Class medal with Diamonds for French battleship Iéna, French battleship Gaulois, and Lyon-class battleship Kges1901 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:30, 17 August 2019 (UTC) |
The article Japanese cruiser Unebi you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Japanese cruiser Unebi for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Iazyges -- Iazyges (talk) 00:03, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
The article French destroyer Vauquelin (1931) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:French destroyer Vauquelin (1931) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Iazyges -- Iazyges (talk) 00:03, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
The article HMAS Perth (D29) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HMAS Perth (D29) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 06:02, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi Sturmvogel. I wonder if I could ask a favour? Please feel entirely free to respond "No". I have felt the need for a specialist article on Cog (warship) for a while, and have finally got round to making a start on doing something about it. The sketchy outline is here. There is a lot still to do, but hopefully the approach I am taking is clear. I know, as you know, nothing about how to put together ship articles and even less about sailing ships. (OK, I have read the Hornblower novels.) I would appreciate it if you could skim what I have so far and let me know if in your opinion there are any sections or subsections missing, or superfluous. Obviously feel free to comment on or alter anything else you wish, but the top line overview is what I feel I need, lest I waste a lot of time. Thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:17, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
In the month of September, Wikiproject Military history is running a project-wide edit-a-thon, Backlog Banzai. There are heaps of different areas you can work on, for which you claim points, and at the end of the month all sorts of whiz-bang awards will be handed out. Every player wins a prize! There is even a bit of friendly competition built in for those that like that sort of thing. Sign up now at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/September 2019 Backlog Banzai to take part. For the coordinators, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:18, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
Hey, Sturm, I hope you don't mind if I'll clean-up a little bit in you FA-classes? Like changing remands of both kinds of English styles or linking stuff which hasn't been linked or changing little things some sentences? About the last part if one of my changes doesn't fit in the context or doesn't seem necessary (especially in American English) then you can ping me mate. :) Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 11:45, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
You reverted my page move of French ship marengo. But there have been many ships of the same name so the title should be disambiguated by launch year as stated in the rules you sent me https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ship_Marengo Why do you disagree? Alan Evans (talk) 21:00, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
The article French destroyer Le Chevalier Paul (1932) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:French destroyer Le Chevalier Paul (1932) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 01:22, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
Good morning. Had replaced some redlinks in a few articles a few years ago, and a more senior editor pointed out that the redlinks were meant for articles likely to be created. They then advised that redlinks that have existed for over half a decade – and definitely those existing for over a decade – have gone long past the notion of "likely". They also pointed me to WP:REDBLUE for some help in holding my temptation to keep all redlinks, no matter how old and proven unlikely to leap to existence many years after the fact. You will notice that I left other redlinks in place that were "only" four years old in those articles, holding out hope that they were going to become real. With regard to the German M-class minesweepers, there are articles on only 2 of the 118 such ships, making it unlikely that the other 116 (including the 3 in the article we're talking about) would suddenly be vaulted to an importance that would attract their own pages, after nearly a decade as redlinks. As such, I did not exactly drop redlinks, but instead salvaged the information by adding the link to the M-class minesweeper (Germany) group, so that the reader could still find out more about these ships. Jmg38 (talk) 04:32, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
Unrelated - looking at your user page, you've j-u-u-st beat me for number of US states you've been in, but it looks like you have almost all 13 that I haven't been to yet. Cool. Jmg38 (talk) 04:36, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
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The Military history A-Class medal with diamonds | |
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the A-Class medal with Diamonds for List of battleships of Japan, Japanese aircraft carrier Zuihō, and Japanese battleship Hatsuse. Kges1901 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:30, 31 August 2019 (UTC) |
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:38, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
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On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, I hereby award you the WikiChevrons, for placing first in the August 2019 Military History Article Writing Contest, achieving 112 points from 13 articles. Congratulations, Kges1901 (talk) 12:43, 1 September 2019 (UTC) |
The fourth round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 454 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with over 400 points being eliminated, and all but two of the finalists having achieved an FA during the round. Casliber, our 2016 winner, was the highest point-scorer, followed by Enwebb and Lee Vilenski, who are both new to the competition. In fourth place was SounderBruce, a finalist last year. But all those points are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.
Round 4 saw the achievement of 11 featured articles. In addition, Adam Cuerden scored with 18 FPs, Lee Vilenski led the GA score with 8 GAs while Kosack performed 15 GA reviews. There were around 40 DYKs, 40 GARs and 31 GAs overall during round 4. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.
As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).
If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:44, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
The article French destroyer Kersaint (1931) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:French destroyer Kersaint (1931) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Gog the Mild -- Gog the Mild (talk) 09:22, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
The article French destroyer Le Triomphant you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:French destroyer Le Triomphant for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AustralianRupert -- AustralianRupert (talk) 11:21, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
The article German torpedo boat T32 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German torpedo boat T32 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 01:41, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
The article French destroyer Tartu (1931) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:French destroyer Tartu (1931) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Gog the Mild -- Gog the Mild (talk) 09:41, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
I come to you as the warship guru; though my request is somewhat of a different era! I'm hoping you might at least be able to point me in the right direction if you don't have the answer. I'm currently working Siege of Lyme Regis towards A-class and hopefully FA status. I mention two ships that helped to reinforce the besieged town; the Mary Rose, and the Ann Joyce. I'm not necessarily bothered about making them blue links, but I would at least like to be able to link them both. Given that my Google searches don't show up anything about ships named Ann Joyce, is it sufficient to target the red link to English ship Ann Joyce, or do I need to know, and include the year, as seems to be the convention? Harrias talk 19:28, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
The article French destroyer L'Audacieux you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:French destroyer L'Audacieux for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Kges1901 -- Kges1901 (talk) 23:21, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
Try using a little maturity, and you can keep your "no shit" to yourself. Maybe try communicating without profanity. MartinezMD (talk) 15:00, 8 September 2019 (UTC)
The article French destroyer Fleuret (1938) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:French destroyer Fleuret (1938) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AustralianRupert -- AustralianRupert (talk) 09:42, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
The article German torpedo boat T34 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German torpedo boat T34 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of DannyS712 -- DannyS712 (talk) 13:41, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
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The article Italian monitor Faà di Bruno you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Italian monitor Faà di Bruno for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CPA-5 -- CPA-5 (talk) 09:01, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
The article German torpedo boat T35 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German torpedo boat T35 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CPA-5 -- CPA-5 (talk) 22:42, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
The article German torpedo boat T36 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German torpedo boat T36 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 08:21, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi Sturmvogel. I hope that you are going to be nominating yourself to be a MilHist coordinator again. If you are undecided, can I urge you to take two paces forward. Gog the Mild (talk) 12:46, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
The article French destroyer Le Hardi you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:French destroyer Le Hardi for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 22:41, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
The article Cannone navale da 381/40 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Cannone navale da 381/40 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Kges1901 -- Kges1901 (talk) 15:42, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
The article French destroyer Mameluk you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:French destroyer Mameluk for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 03:01, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
The article German torpedo boat T21 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German torpedo boat T21 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 03:01, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
G'day everyone, voting for the 2019 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:37, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi, so it seems a decade ago you added a table to the 2nd Armoured Division (United Kingdom) article, which contained the tanks the division had before it shipped out of the UK. It would appear, based off the edit you made, the table would also be sourced to p. 35 (along with the other information you inserted into the article). If you still happen to have this source, would you be able to verify that this is correct so I can add an inline citation to the table? Kind regards, EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 04:05, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
The article French destroyer Épée (1938) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:French destroyer Épée (1938) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CPA-5 -- CPA-5 (talk) 09:41, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
The article French destroyer Le Flibustier you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:French destroyer Le Flibustier for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CPA-5 -- CPA-5 (talk) 19:41, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
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The article German torpedo boat T20 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German torpedo boat T20 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 00:22, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
This is to let you know that the Russian battleship Retvizan article has been scheduled as today's featured article for October 23, 2019. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 23, 2019, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.
For Featured Articles promoted on or after October 1, 2018, there will be an existing blurb linked from the FAC talk page, which is likely to be transferred to the TFA page by a coordinator at some point.
We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors up to the day of this TFA. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 05:50, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
The article French destroyer Casque (1938) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:French destroyer Casque (1938) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CPA-5 -- CPA-5 (talk) 19:22, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
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On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the A-Class medal with Diamonds for Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci, French battleship Brennus, and Russian battleship Borodino. Zawed (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:35, 21 September 2019 (UTC) |
The article German torpedo boat T19 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German torpedo boat T19 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 02:02, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
G'day everyone, the voting for the XIX Coordinator Tranche is at the halfway mark. The candidates have answered various questions, and you can check them out to see why they are running and decide whether you support them. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:37, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi, could you put the nomination on hold? It looks like I need to work through some issues; it would probably take me a week or so. I would like to have the extra time. --K.e.coffman (talk) 17:54, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
The article French destroyer Le Malin you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:French destroyer Le Malin for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 02:01, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
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The article HMS B9 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HMS B9 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 01:21, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
The article French destroyer Siroco (1939) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:French destroyer Siroco (1939) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 01:21, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article German torpedo boat T18 you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CPA-5 -- CPA-5 (talk) 22:02, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
The article French destroyer Cassard (1931) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:French destroyer Cassard (1931) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 23:41, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
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The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
This is for your valuable efforts for countering Vandalism and protecting Wikipedia from its threats. I appreciate your effort. You are a defender of Wikipedia. Thank you. PATH SLOPU 10:50, 28 September 2019 (UTC) |
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The Coordinator stars | |
On behalf of the members of WikiProject Military history, in recognition of your election to the position of Coordinator, I take great pleasure in presenting you with the Coordinator's stars, and wish you the best luck in the coming year! Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:44, 29 September 2019 (UTC) |
Greetings!
After a successful first iteration of the “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000.
The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which have been dedicated to creating and improving content that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this global edit-a-thon, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section.
On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing participants in the following manner:
For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 00:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
The article HMS B8 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HMS B8 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 01:21, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
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The WikiChevrons | |
On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, I hereby award you the WikiChevrons, for placing first in the September 2019 Military History Article Writing Contest, achieving a record-breaking 262 points from 40 articles. Congratulations, Kges1901 (talk) 21:56, 1 October 2019 (UTC) |
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Military history service award | |
On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded these stripes for your efforts during the Backlog Banzai. Thank you for your contributions. Gog the Mild (talk) 10:21, 2 October 2019 (UTC) |
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The WikiChevrons | |
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the WikiChevrons for participating in 39 reviews between July and September 2019. Peacemaker67 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:30, 5 October 2019 (UTC) |
After creating a merger proposal for a Manx ferry which also served for the US Navy, I checked for other similar instances, and found these. You created the Vindex article, which passed a GA in 2011, while in 2015, the Viking article was created, and a link to it inserted into the Vindex article. To me, it seems wrong to have two articles for what is clearly one ship, but I wanted your input before proposing a merger, particularly as the one article is a Good article, so a simple merger would be likely to affect that. Harrias talk 12:03, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
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I assume it was your intention to integrate the list of ship's captains of HMS Resistance into the text. You clearly forgot to do so! Shipsview (talk) 08:54, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
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The Invisible Barnstar | |
Thanks for your participation in the September 2019 GA Backlog drive. Your 4 reviews made a difference, as did your willingness to review an old nomination. The work of editors like you helped bring down the unreviewed backlog by over 35%. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 19:46, 16 October 2019 (UTC) |
I created the Book:Battleships of Japan, so if someone would like to put the FTC up... Parsecboy (talk) 16:08, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
There are a couple of problems that Peacemaker caught during his review of the French list (see here) - there's a discrepancy between the displacement figure for Brennus cited in the article and that in the list (I checked Jordan & Caresse and they have it at 11,400t, which is what I have in the list - I don't know where 11,370t is coming from), and then there are date discrepancies for all three Charlemagnes between the class article and the individual article. Can you double check Gille and correct whichever are wrong? Parsecboy (talk) 12:13, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
Hello
I want to thank you for your work. I translated your articles to pl.wiki and started voting in pl.wiki Featured topic candidates. That is probably best source of information about this warships in Polish language.
So - thank you for your work. Let`s just say that it`s internationally recognized :) PMG (talk) 10:12, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is Adam Cuerden (submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 91 featured pictures, including 32 in the final round. Our finalists this year were:
All those who reached the final will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field. Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!
Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.
We have opened a scoring discussion on whether the rules and scoring need adjustment. Please have your say. Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2020 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth 14:18, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
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The Military history A-Class cross | |
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the A-Class cross for HMS Audacious (1912), Russian battleship Knyaz Suvorov, Soviet cruiser Kalinin, Japanese battleship Kawachi, and Soviet destroyer Soobrazitelny (1940). Gog the Mild (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:31, 6 November 2019 (UTC) |
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The WikiChevrons | |
On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, I hereby award you the WikiChevrons, for placing first in the October 2019 Military History Article Writing Contest, achieving 71 points from nine articles. Congratulations, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 22:36, 6 November 2019 (UTC) |
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The article Le Hardi-class destroyer you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Le Hardi-class destroyer for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 23:42, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
Hey, Sturm, would it be okay with you if I nominated German torpedo boat Albatros for TFA? Would you have any special advice before attempting a nomination? L293D (☎ • ✎) 03:55, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
This is to let you know that the German torpedo boat Albatros article has been scheduled as today's featured article for January 2, 2020. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 2, 2020, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.
We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:30, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello
In HMS Nelson (28) you put "became a private ship". I don't want to start GA review, but in my opinion this need some more description. It's description that he was not flagship? PMG (talk) 11:05, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article HMS Nelson (28) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Nick-D -- Nick-D (talk) 10:40, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
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By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this award in totally inadequate recognition of the tremendous work you have put into bringing Battleships of Japan to Featured Topic status. To apply an overused word literally - awesome. Gog the Mild (talk) 11:39, 7 July 2019 (UTC) |
This is to let you know that the Japanese battleship Hyūga article has been scheduled as today's featured article for January 27, 2020. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 27, 2020, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.
For Featured Articles promoted on or after October 1, 2018, there will be an existing blurb linked from the FAC talk page, which is likely to be transferred to the TFA page by a coordinator at some point.
We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:26, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
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Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:39, 20 December 2019 (UTC) |
Hi. I noticed you reverted my edit of the sources at HMS Gloucester (62).[8] I made the edit after reading the style guide at ((Cite book)), which states:
I'm aware that local consensus on articles can overturn most guidance, so I won't contest your reversion. However, you may want to note the guidance, as other editors are likely to follow it. From Hill To Shore (talk) 02:56, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
The article HMS Nelson (28) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HMS Nelson (28) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Nick-D -- Nick-D (talk) 01:01, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
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The Silver Wiki | |
As voted by the members of the project, please accept this Silver Wiki as the first runner-up in the Military Historian of the Year awards for 2019. Well done! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:35, 31 December 2019 (UTC) |
Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. We are relaxing the rule that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2020 will count; now to be eligible for points in the competition, you must have completed significant work on the content at some time! Any questions on the rules or on anything else connected to the Cup should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
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On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, I hereby award you the Military History Writers' Contest Cup, for consistent performance during the 2019 Military History Article Writing Contest, accumulating a staggering total of 1,412 points from 209 articles throughout the year. Congratulations and thank you for your efforts! Gog the Mild (talk) 19:29, 3 January 2020 (UTC) |
Absolutely amazing. Well done. Setting yourself a high bar for this year! Gog the Mild (talk) 19:29, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
Hey Sturm, I'm seeing a reference to Jaime I on page 179 in a snippet view on Google - could you send me what they have on the ship? I'm trying to beat them into shape for eventual FAC runs. Thanks. Parsecboy (talk) 13:31, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Comandanti Medaglie d'Oro-class destroyer you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of L293D -- L293D (talk) 14:21, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
Your comment here resonated with me, although it's sort of lost in a thread about mixed topics. I did most of the work on what is Musical instrument today and certainly have the expertise to bring it to Featured quality, but the task is utterly daunting. When I even dipped my toe in the pool, I discovered vicious disagreement over the authoritative works in the field and so on. I'm sure I could nominate it and try to steamroll it through hoping no one appears with a dissenting view, but that's not really the spirit of collaboration. --Laser brain (talk) 17:30, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article German torpedo boat T17 you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 10:21, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
What's your opinion of this? Think it's enough to warrant a stand-alone article? I've refrained from doing articles on the two unfinished Bayerns for some time now, but I wonder if Nottelmann might push it up and over the bar for a stand-alone article. Parsecboy (talk) 19:04, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
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The WikiChevrons | |
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the WikiChevrons for participating in 22 reviews between October and December 2019. Peacemaker67 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:31, 12 January 2020 (UTC) |
The article Comandanti Medaglie d'Oro-class destroyer you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Comandanti Medaglie d'Oro-class destroyer for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of L293D -- L293D (talk) 03:41, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi Sturmvogel. I've been on Wikipedia for a little over two weeks (but have made over 100 edits). I've read through several of the pages regarding article review and I couldn't find if an article is required to make the progress from B to Good article to A to featured article or if it can be nominated for any of the levels at any time if the person doing the nominating feels it has met all the requirements. You have authored many excellent articles so I am hoping you will know this answer.
If you have the time, would you mind looking over the article 119th Field Artillery Regiment and let me know your thoughts? I believe it meets all featured article standards but I might have missed something. Also, I am not sure how or where to put it up for review. Do I do so on the talk page for the article or on the taskforce page for United States military history where I found the article tagged as needing citations two weeks ago?
Thank you for your time. Boston1775 (talk) 02:50, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
I added some comments on the article talk page. Boston1775 (talk) 03:02, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
Up through WW2 the US Navy used a very specific set of rules for naming ships: Battleships for states, cruisers for cities, submarines for fish and other sea-creatures, oilers for rivers, tugboats for Indian tribes etc. Aircraft carriers were explicitly named for (1) famous battles and (2) historic Navy ships. The carrier Hornet was named, directly, for the brig Hornet of the War of 1812, NOT the insect, just as Essex was named for the 32-gun frigate and Ranger was named for John Paul Jones' ship. Hornet CV-12 was named for CV-8 after her loss in 1942.
The article German torpedo boat T17 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German torpedo boat T17 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 02:01, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
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I'm soliciting your input on behalf of The Signpost for the upcoming "community view" piece. If you could, please contribute to that draft which article written on en-wp since November 1st, 2015 you think is most significant. I know that you're very content-focused and likely have insight to which articles out of the million written since November 2015 are really important. We'd need your input (110 words or less) within seven days, if not sooner. Thank you for your time. Chris Troutman (talk) 04:27, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi Sturm. I wonder if you could help me with a couple of WikiCup queries? Both around the bonus points.
Thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:53, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
# [[ARTICLE]] [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/ARTICLE/archive#]]
, but you just had # [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/ARTICLE/archive#]]
. Without the link to the article, it couldn't find the interwiki links to give a multiplier. Harrias talk 23:05, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Welcome aboard Sturm! It's been too long since the last one! I was tempted to do another Dragon but I want to see the whole thing improved!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:28, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
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On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, it gives me great pleasure to award you the WikiChevrons, for coming first in the January 2020 Military History Article Writing Contest, achieving a stunning 228 points from 70 articles. Congratulations, Gog the Mild (talk) 15:46, 3 February 2020 (UTC) |
Hi Sturm. You kindly carried out a source review for Battle of Sluys when it was at ACR - Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of Sluys. It is now up for FAC -Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Battle of Sluys/archive1 - (not before time I hear you say) and in want of a source review. Just saying. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:44, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
I'm trying to rationalize the List of ironclad warships of France page a bit and I've got a bit of a problem deciding where to stick Rochambeau - she's the only casemate ironclad the French acquired, and it seems a bit much to create a separate section for her. She's currently in the floating battery category, which isn't right either. Any thoughts? Parsecboy (talk) 13:21, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
Had a look at Sieche - he has 8 August as the date of the bombardment of Antivari - does that jive with Freivogel? Parsecboy (talk) 14:24, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
Have created French ironclad Furieux - cite bomb away ;) Parsecboy (talk) 14:57, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
G'day Sturm, were they all fitted with Skoda guns? Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 00:05, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article HMS Raleigh (1919) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AustralianRupert -- AustralianRupert (talk) 10:00, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
The article HMS Raleigh (1919) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HMS Raleigh (1919) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AustralianRupert -- AustralianRupert (talk) 06:01, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
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Hello Sturmvogel, I believe you are a Wikicup judge this year?
I'm asking because I noticed the scoring bot had not updated BabbaQ's score, and in reformatting his submissions so the bot would recognize them, noticed that some of them look ineligible, notably in the DYK section where he submitted a number of articles he's done no or next to no work on. It looks as if he erroneously thought that merely reviewing other's submissions qualified for a score, which does not appear to be the case. These submissions I have commented out on his submissions page, but I would appreciate it if you checked them over as I have little familiarity with Wikicup.
BabbaQ also made a number of submissions for ITN, I haven't commented these out because he has done at least some work on the articles in question and I have no idea how Wikicup assesses these articles, so perhaps you could take a look through those too. Many thanks, Gatoclass (talk) 10:31, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team
And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.
Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.
If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:47, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter; L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead,
Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:30, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
Don't forget to add your entries to the bottom list. Thanks!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:26, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
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See this for speed:
Finaly this:
The maximum designed speed of the Beogad-class was 38 knots, but Beograd as achieved 39,2 knots. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Андрејевић (talk • contribs) 13:21, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
Please, if you don't like the resulting edit on the paqe ranges, then edit them so that they are all full. Your misuse of the rollback left some of them with 2 digits and some with 3. Thanks. – S. Rich (talk) 00:28, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
I wonder if you could find the time to resume your review of the USS Tucker (DD-374) article. I misspoke when I said that the reference used was from Friedman’s 1982 edition, it is from Friedman’s 2004-revised edition. Embarrassing, but true! In any event, I look forward to the next phase of your review. Pendright (talk) 22:49, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
Can you please provide some source for this allegation? -- Derim Hunt (talk) 16:10, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
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Content Review Medal of Merit (Military history) | |
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the The Content Review Medal of Merit (Military history) for participating in 10 reviews between January and March 2020. Peacemaker67 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:33, 3 April 2020 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste |
I think it was you a few years ago who challenged something that I put in about the Akagi and Hiryu having port side bridges. I knew I had seen it online but couldn't find it again for a long time. Now I have, and here it is:
"They experimented with some port side superstructures, figuring that it could be put to advantage to facilitate signaling when ships where in formation under radio silence. The Akagi had one of the port side superstructures."
I presume this means Akagi operating with Kaga to its port side, and Hiryu operating with Soryu to its port side so that each carrier had its bridge and signalling masts on the side nearest the other carrier.
Tupelo the typo fixer (talk) 15:16, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
I don't think the reduction in distance by thirty meters would have been the reason, rather it would have been to obtain clear line of sight unobstructed by smoke or whatever was happening on the deck. While I agree that air operations would not have been conducted in circumstances where visibility is so poor that the position of the bridge would have mattered, I don't think that the need to read signals would have been limited to times when air operations were underway. As for the turbulence that you mentioned, that could have been solved by simply moving the bridge aft, would not have required both moving it aft and switching to port side as was in fact done. If turbulence and not signalling had been the real reason, wouldn't Kaga and Soryu have also received port side bridges? Tupelo the typo fixer (talk) 22:50, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for the detailed explanation. You really convinced me by describing the history of the bridge placements on the Shōkakus. Until now I didn't know that Zuikaku's bridge was a little forward of her sister's. From photos it looks to me like the front of Shōkaku's bridge is about where the back of Zuikaku's is. Tupelo the typo fixer (talk) 22:15, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
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Hello Sturmvogel 66,
Well, we finally meet after a long running battle back and forth!
I have to disagree with you on this one. I have studied the attack on Pearl Harbor for many years and have a vast library of books and research materials on the attack. Cmdr Mitsuo Fuchida led 49 B5N2 Kate high level bombers in the first wave of the attack. Lt Cmdr Shigeharu Murata led the 40 B5N2 Kate Torpedo Bombers. It was two high level bombers from Fuchida's group of 49 that dropped the bombs on Arizona.
I have this in several documents and it is even referenced in Mitsuo Fuchida's book Wounded Tiger that he led the way with his band of 49 level bombers. In the formation to his right, was Murata with his 40 torpedo bombers.
I do know what I am talking about. You are not dealing with someone who just picked up his first book on the attack on Pearl Harbor. I lived on O'ahu for two years and spent numerous hours at the Arizona Memorial Museum speaking with survivors on the attack. I was all over the island visiting the different sites of the attack.
I would appreciate it if you would refer to Cmdr Mitsuo Fuchida's B5N2 Kates as "high level bombers" as they were properly designated. They did drop their 800kg bombs from an altitude of approx 10,000 feet.
Other documents I have refer to them as horizontal bombers.
I would enjoy conversing with you on the attack on Pearl Harbor. I am always looking to pick up additional information.
Thank you very much!
Lanemiker — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lanemiker (talk • contribs) 22:07, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
Hello Sturmvogel,
Thank you for your explanation. I still think the article on Wiki would be better served if it stated that the B5N2 Kates that dropped the bombs on Arizona was written as "horizontal bombers" as this was the role they were in the attack on Battleship Row. Fuchida led the 49 B5N2 Kate horizontal bombers, not torpedo bombers. Murata led the 40 B5N2 Kate torpedo bombers. I still think 10,000 is pushing the envelope as a "medium" bomber. They were referred to in many on my documents as "high level" bombers.
Why is the mentioning of the B5N2 Kates as torpedo bombers correct as you state it? Did you write the article for Wiki? Maybe you need to go back and do a little more homework on the attack on Pearl Harbor. I know that the Kates served multiple roles that day, but to say the Arizona was sunk by a B5N2 Kate torpedo bomber is not correct!
Did Lt Cmdr Shigekazu Shimazaki, leader of the Second Wave, lead with B5N2 Kate torpedo bombers? No! He flew B5N2 Kate horizontal bombers when he attacked Hickam Field. Did Lt Tatsuo Ichihara lead his B5N2 Kates to attack NAS Kaneohe Bay in the second wave, fly torpedo bombers? No! He led his attack with horizontal bombers! This is written in J Michael Wegner, Robert J Cressman and John F Di Virgilio's book "No One Avoided Danger, NAS Kaneohe Bay and the Attack of December 7th 1941. All of these gentlemen are very prominent Pearl Harbor historians. I have worked with other prominent Pearl Harbor historians over the years, one being the late David Aiken.
I wish that you see it through to change the title of the B5N2 Kates that bombed Battleship Row as "horizontal bombers."
We might just have to agree to disagree on this.
Have a nice day!
Best Regards, lanemiker — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lanemiker (talk • contribs) 17:41, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
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On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the A-Class cross for Italian battleship Conte di Cavour, Francesco Caracciolo-class battleship, Russian battleship Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya, French battleship Suffren, and French battleship Mirabeau. Gog the Mild (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:30, 9 April 2020 (UTC) |
Hi Sturm
If I do a standard review for a FAC and some time later come back and do an entirely separate source or image review - eg see Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Changsha Kingdom/archive1 or Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Loveday, 1458/archive1 - can I claim points for each of the two reviews. It seems reasonable that I should be able to, but I wanted to check.
Gog the Mild (talk) 15:21, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
OK, so maths was never my strong point (actually, that's rhetorical, it is) but I have one DYK entry in the WikiCup - Mathos. After it the bot has added (1.4x multiplier, 5 extra base points, 7 bonus points).
Firstly, I only count five languages, so should it be 1.2x? Secondly, I think the bonus points should be 8 for age (2012 creation) plus five for foreign Wikis. So where does the "7 bonus points" come from? Then what about the "5 extra base points"? Which seems to be correct but contradicts the "1.4x multiplier".
Finally, this is the only thing I have bonus points for, and on the summary I have 11 bonus points. Which doesn't relate to anything. I assume that the bot knows what it is doing, but I would be grateful for a break down.
Oh, and as a favour, any chance of bumping your GAN assessment of Third Punic War up the queue a bit?
Cheers. Gog the Mild (talk) 11:27, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi, just to announce that I've filed a £250 grant request for a "Summer Focus of the Week" feature for destubbing articles which will be run from May 1 to the end of July. £20 is planned to be rewarded each week, £10 most articles destubbed for the allocated focus of the week and £10 for the most destubbed for any topic of choice in total, a full £20 if most for the focused area. While it is intended to be more relaxed and open than an official contest, allowing editors to take a break some weeks from staying on focus and editing as they normally do, the winner will be whoever wins the most prize money at the end, so it is likely that some weeks they will need to tackle entries from the regional area allocated. The Summer Focus of the Week is planned to commence on May 1 with a 10 day focus on SouthEast England but will cover many regions of the globe by the end of the scheme. S E England was originally planned as a full blown contest (which you signed up for) but it will now be run as part of this 50,000 Challenge and I will redirect the contest page to the 50,000 Challenge. Hope this will be something enjoyable over the next few months!† Encyclopædius
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Thank you for the article about the ship, "designed to defeat enemy armored cruisers defending convoys of merchant ships, but ended up fighting battleships when she was sent to Port Arthur before the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05. She was badly damaged in the Battle of the Yellow Sea and was scuttled in harbor once the Imperial Japanese Army could bombard it effectively. She was salvaged by the Japanese and placed into service. She was then sold back to the Russians during World War I and was in the White Sea when the British decided to intervene in the Russian Civil War in 1919. Although her crew had earlier declared their allegiance to the Bolsheviks, they did nothing to stop the British landings. She was eventually scrapped in 1924, well after the British withdrew from the war."! - Thank you also for taking up the GA review of my song of defiance ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:01, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
today a composer pictured who wrote a triple concerto for violin, harp and double bass, in honour of the composer who died and my brother who plays double bass. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:43, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.
Our top scorers in round 2 were:
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If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth. - MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:44, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
HMCS Queen is barely more than 800 bytes. It needs to be nearer 1500 for a destub. Can you programme in the measuring tool than Rosie mentioned? Also entries placed on the list need to be mostly or fully sourced, HMCS Porte de la Reine (YMG 184) isn't sourced. We're aiming for 50,000 sourced destubs no less than 1.2 kb prose. Can you remove the ones which don't quality or improve them? Cheers.† Encyclopædius 12:52, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
Sturmvogel 66, you weren't pinged directly when the nominator said they had finished addressing the issues you'd raised in your review, so I thought I'd let you know that the nomination is ready for you to take another look. Thank you very much. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:57, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi, did you see the added material that someone put into the Midway article? I'm sure that he got it from Parsell & Tully and that it's accurate, but I'm wondering if it should really be that? Can't quite make up my mind as to reverting it.... Cheers! Hayford Peirce (talk) 15:18, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi! The picture in the Leningrad-class destroyer page is leningrad itself, the ship's name is way too long to say Минск(Minsk), and it looks to be Ленинград(Leningrad), I've been looking at it for a while and I can only identify it as Leningrad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FinnishEditor (talk • contribs) 20:45, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
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G'day Sturmvogel66, thank you for fixing my fat finger accidental stuff up of one of the references in the article. Cheers, have a beer.
- Nick Thorne talk 14:21, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
Nice touch there, Petrel, spreading your second revert across six edits on what you apparently view as your article, restoring your overlinking. You didn't quite get them exactly one minute apart, but it was a good effort. Below are a few editing suggestions to make it easier for you and others to collaborate on the encyclopedia. Please preview, consolidate, and summarize your edits:
Thanks in advance for considering these suggestions. Eric talk 14:20, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
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Hello Sturmvogel,
could you give me some explanation, why did you reverted my edits on articles of French cruiser Georges Leygues and HMS Glasgow (C21), please? From my point of view, If it is mentioned in the article, that these ships served under U.S. command during the War, why couldn't be there information about, who led that task force? What is the problem for article itself?
Thank you for your explanation
with regards
AntonyZ (talk) 18:05, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
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Yet again you are my fiercest rival :D! I considered sending a loaf of French bread, but this seemed funnier and more to the point in my mind. To paraphrase Homer, "The same encyclopedia shall be blackened by the ink of us both." ♠Vami_IV†♠ 05:29, 21 June 2020 (UTC) |
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Over 800 GA reviews?! Thanks for your prolific high quality reviewing. Wikipedia really benefits from it. Best wishes, Eddie891 Talk Work 00:12, 25 June 2020 (UTC) |
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For all the reviewing and writing you do at WP:MILHIST Hog Farm (talk) 01:54, 27 June 2020 (UTC) |
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It would be helpful if you could respond at the WikiCup talk page here, as that will provide a consensus view on how to proceed with round 4, which starts tomorrow. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:52, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
My recent edit made several improvements to the article. 1. It did NOT add whitespace. The AutoEd feature adds an invisible space before bullets which is in accordance with MOS:BULLET. (In turn, the space helps with MOS:ACCESS.) 2. If you think the invisible whitespace was a cosmetic edit, then your own revert of the invisible whitespace was "cosmetic". 3. My edit added a preferred ISBN-12 to a citation. 4. The edit added consistency to the range of page number citations. (Although I did miss one.) 5. The edit corrected a MOS:DASH problem. 6. The ship name was given proper italics. Your revert of these 6 improvements was a misuse of the revert tool. It seems you do not like the changes I make to particular articles – WP:FAOWN may be a problem. Accordingly, please self-revert and stop interfering with my enjoyment of making gnomish improvements. Thanks. – S. Rich (talk) 04:55, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
Topliss, pp. 247–49 Burt, pp. 244–45 Hough, pp. 143–44 Hough, pp. 152–53 Hough, pp. 148–52 Hough, pp. 184–85 Newbolt, pp. 236–37
The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
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For recently completing your 800th Good Article review, I hereby award you this Premium Reviewer Barnstar. You have made an incredible contribution to the Good Article process and to the output of WikiProject Military history through your reviewing, particularly of ship articles. Well done, and thank you. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:31, 4 July 2020 (UTC) |
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On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the WikiChevrons for participating in 17 reviews between April and June 2020. Peacemaker67 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:33, 5 July 2020 (UTC) |
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Normality returns. Congratulations on another impressive collection of articles, and here is a set of Wikichevrons in recognition of your hard work in coming first with 154 points from 41 articles. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:06, 5 July 2020 (UTC) |
Hey, I sent you an email the other day :P Parsecboy (talk) 11:59, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
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--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:52, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
Just asking again what I can do to proceed for Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:44, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
... asking again ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:35, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
Bonjour Sturmvogel,
Is it 49 or 51 ?
Thanks,
Mike Coppolano (talk) 08:08, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions, but in one of your recent edits to Gibson Girl, it appears that you have added original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. You added material to this article, but did you check the source cited first? If you l didn't, then you need a Reliable source about Canada. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 04:54, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
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For great content writing work with European navies. Each month, you have a long list of quality new articles at WP:MILCON on this subject. Hog Farm Bacon 04:48, 1 August 2020 (UTC) |
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On behalf of the Wikiproject Military History coordinators, I hereby award you the Writer's Barnstar for placing second in the July 2020 Military History Article Writing Contest with 141 points from 36 articles. Congratulations, Gog the Mild (talk) 19:37, 1 August 2020 (UTC) |
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Grüß Gott. Ah, alas, you have bested me again. You've done an absolutely astonishing amount of work over the past two months and kept me very busy. I don't feel bad in saying that I was looking forward to buying more books, but I also don't feel bad in saying that I couldn't have lost to a more capable editor. I'd be honored if you hung up those Grunwald Swords on your wall somewhere. Ein Prosit, Sturmvogel. ♠Vami_IV†♠ 06:51, 2 August 2020 (UTC) |
Thanks, you kept up with me better than I though you could, to be honest. I really didn't think those last 20 destubs would be needed. I had vague plans at making a run at the England section as well, but you put paid to that pretty quickly.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 18:03, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
Sturmvogel 66, just a friendly reminder that the nominator is waiting for you to return to your review here; the last post was a query from Gerda Arendt to you a little over three weeks ago. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:12, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
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Hi Sturmvogel 66, I'm sorting out the prizes for the Challenge. Could you email me at richard.nevellwikimedia.org.uk so we can sort out the details? Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 09:07, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Japanese destroyer Kaba (1945) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 02:02, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
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Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:06, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were
Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:53, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
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On behalf of the Wikiproject Military History coordinators, it is an honour and a pleasure to award you these WikiChevrons for once again placing first in the August 2020 Military History Article Writing Contest with a ridiculous number of points for a silly number of articles. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:15, 4 September 2020 (UTC) |
Hey there, left a small question on the talk page of HMS_Ocean_(1862) Omegastar (talk) 04:12, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
It took you 10 days to begin the review and the moment I began addressing the issues I get an automated failure notice!?--Catlemur (talk) 16:49, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
Moved down from above, where I suspect it got lost. Things have moved on since then, but all of the subsequent 143 bonus points all seem straight forward.
OK, so maths was never my strong point (actually, that's rhetorical, it is) but I have one DYK entry in the WikiCup - Mathos. After it the bot has added (1.4x multiplier, 5 extra base points, 7 bonus points).
Firstly, I only count five languages, so should it be 1.2x? Secondly, I think the bonus points should be 8 for age (2012 creation) plus five for foreign Wikis. So where does the "7 bonus points" come from? Then what about the "5 extra base points"? Which seems to be correct but contradicts the "1.4x multiplier".
Finally, this is the only thing I have bonus points for, and on the summary I have 11 bonus points. Which doesn't relate to anything. I assume that the bot knows what it is doing, but I would be grateful for a break down.
Oh, and as a favour, any chance of bumping your GAN assessment of Third Punic War up the queue a bit?
Cheers. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:19, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
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Hey, I was under the impression that Roche's book is self published (it's listed as such in Worldcat and catalogue.bnf.fr). He has this book, also self-published, and this one, published by an "Éd. LTP", but I can't figure out what that means (there's a Liturgy Training Publications, but it's obviously not that). Parsecboy (talk) 16:07, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
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Since you are interested in becoming a delegate, I just want to make sure one thing before making it official. The process has some off and on turnover and inactivity with previous appointees. I just want to make sure that you can definitely fit closing Featured Topics into your schedule. GamerPro64 15:02, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
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On behalf of the members of WikiProject Military history, in recognition of your election to the position of Coordinator, I take great pleasure in presenting you with the Coordinator's stars, and wish you the best of luck for the coming year! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) 16:27, 29 September 2020 (UTC) |
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Thank you for your steady flow of GAs, and for reviewing. The bot is confused now, and so am I. What can we do. You put a lot of work in the Bach review, and history should not be changed. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:13, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
On 3 October 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Continental Iron Works, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that New York's Continental Iron Works, founded in 1861 by Thomas F. Rowland, built the Union Navy warship that engaged in the first battle between ironclads? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Continental Iron Works. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Continental Iron Works), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
You have reverted my addition of a thesis to the article on HMS Zealand, as you state that it is not reliable. I have done a quick search has not shown me any such rule. Also why is there a Wikipedia template allowing the citing of a thesis.
I had added this thesis which is from a New Zealand university (and therefore would have been checked and reviewed) to provide a link to additional information on the visit of this battlecruiser to NZ. Because of the ship's importance to us here in NZ I had intended at at some future point to expand the section in the article describing the visit. Obviously this thesis as well as newspaper reports would have formed the basis of this description.
Would creating a " Further Reading" section and putting it in there be acceptable? John Prattley (talk) 23:06, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
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On behalf of the Wikiproject Military History coordinators, it is an honour and a pleasure to award you these WikiChevrons for placing first in the September 2020 Military History Article Writing Contest. Congratulations. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:19, 5 October 2020 (UTC) |
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On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the WikiChevrons for participating in 25 reviews between July and September 2020. Harrias (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 05:28, 7 October 2020 (UTC) |
The article Japanese destroyer Sugi (1944) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Japanese destroyer Sugi (1944) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 04:02, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
Hey can you close a couple of the featured topic nominations? GamerPro64 14:55, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
I finished the rest. You can read my contributions to see what I did. And if you have any questions, let me know. GamerPro64 02:50, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
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music today, - enchanting, said a critic about the Mendelssohn that I heard on 3 October, - this video is older, and the YT in the article comes with a Bach encore as she played for us. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:04, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
16 October memories --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:06, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
The article Japanese destroyer Tsuta (1944) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Japanese destroyer Tsuta (1944) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Harrias -- Harrias (talk) 10:02, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
The article HMS Frobisher (D81) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HMS Frobisher (D81) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 15:21, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
This is to let you know that Japanese battleship Yashima has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 9 November 2020. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 9, 2020. Thanks! Ealdgyth (talk) 14:07, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
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This is to let you know that French battleship Iéna has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 23 November 2020. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 23, 2020. Thanks! Sorry for the double hit this month... --Ealdgyth (talk) 15:11, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
The article French ironclad Valeureuse you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:French ironclad Valeureuse for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 08:21, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
The article French ironclad Savoie you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:French ironclad Savoie for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Simongraham -- Simongraham (talk) 12:21, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
Red Tail Squadron, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Hog Farm Bacon 19:43, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
The article Japanese destroyer Kaede (1944) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Japanese destroyer Kaede (1944) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 14:21, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Japanese destroyer Yanagi (1944) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Georgejdorner -- Georgejdorner (talk) 18:01, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
"Pruitki's crew was obsolete..."? I can see how a ship can be obsolete, but a crew?Nigel Ish (talk) 13:07, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
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On behalf of the Wikiproject Military History coordinators, I hereby award you the WikiChevrons for placing first in the October 2020 Military History Article Writing Contest with 89 points from 10 articles. Congratulations, Hog Farm Bacon 19:52, 2 November 2020 (UTC) |
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The article Japanese destroyer Yanagi (1944) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Japanese destroyer Yanagi (1944) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Georgejdorner -- Georgejdorner (talk) 21:41, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
Am I right in thinking this is the same ship? Uploaded as File:Agence Rol - 23-10-11, Toulon, cuirassé Suffren - Original.jpg; restored version (Not quite done, but well on the way) is at File:Agence Rol - 23-10-11, Toulon, cuirassé Suffren.jpg. If it is, I think it's a better lead image, and I'll happily restore it. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.7% of all FPs 04:16, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
I have recently realized you reverted my edit on HDMS Tordenskjold, and I came here to thank you! I made a very stupid mistake, in which I accidentally referred to the 15" torpedo tube as the 14" main gun, and I would never have caught that had you not reverted it. Thank you for bringing my attention to that mistake by reverting it! Alex Paul L. (talk) 15:36, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
G'day Sturm, I must have grabbed this one just before you, as my username is against Reviewer at the top. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:25, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
The article French aviso Savorgnan de Brazza you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:French aviso Savorgnan de Brazza for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 04:01, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
I found two images for this on Gallica: [9] and [10] - it's possible there's others, as I'm not sure porte-avions was the only French term used at the time. The one at Le Havre seems to be much higher quality.
This certainly isn't as clear-cut as the Suffren image (which is now a featured picture), but I'd say the Le Havre image might be of use in the article, but maybe not as the lead? Not sure how well this'll clean up, though. There's some macro issues that worry me a little, hence why I cropped it a bit tightly. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.7% of all FPs 13:57, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
The article Japanese destroyer Kaya (1944) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Japanese destroyer Kaya (1944) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Djmaschek -- Djmaschek (talk) 20:21, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
The article HMS Hawkins (D86) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HMS Hawkins (D86) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 20:21, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
The article HMS Afridi (F07) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HMS Afridi (F07) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Peacemaker67 -- Peacemaker67 (talk) 07:02, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
The article HMS Rodney (29) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HMS Rodney (29) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 05:41, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
The article HMS Mashona (F59) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HMS Mashona (F59) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Djmaschek -- Djmaschek (talk) 22:01, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
The article Japanese destroyer Keyaki (1944) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Japanese destroyer Keyaki (1944) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 07:21, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Hey Sturmvogel. Can you close Wikipedia:Featured topic removal candidates/Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster/archive1 I think there is consensus. GamerPro64 20:23, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
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On behalf of the Wikiproject Military History coordinators, I hereby award you the Writer's Barnstar for placing second in the November 2020 Military History Article Writing Contest with 66 points from 7 articles. Congratulations, Zawed (talk) 09:27, 8 December 2020 (UTC) |
The article HMS Mohawk (F31) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HMS Mohawk (F31) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 06:01, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
This is to let you know that the Francesco Caracciolo-class battleship article has been scheduled as today's featured article for January 24, 2021. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 24, 2021, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.
For Featured Articles promoted recently, there will be an existing blurb linked from the FAC talk page, which is likely to be transferred to the TFA page by a coordinator at some point.
We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 17:23, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
The article HMS Lord Clive you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HMS Lord Clive for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Simongraham -- Simongraham (talk) 08:01, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
The article Bell P-59 Airacomet you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Bell P-59 Airacomet for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 18:22, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
The article USS Miantonomoh (1863) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:USS Miantonomoh (1863) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 18:22, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
The article Curtiss XBTC you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Curtiss XBTC for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jaguar -- Jaguar (talk) 00:02, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
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Hi Sturmvogel, I've just recently joined you as a delegate for featured/good topics. I was wondering what you and GamerPro64 think about renaming the Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates page to Wikipedia:Featured and good topic candidates so it's more all encompassing of the page's actual use? If you guys agree, is this something we'd even need an RM for, or perhaps we could do it ourselves? Best, and happy holidays to you both! Aza24 (talk) 10:44, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
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Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free. Ealdgyth (talk) 15:25, 25 December 2020 (UTC) |
The article Japanese destroyer Tsubaki (1944) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Japanese destroyer Tsubaki (1944) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 07:01, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
The article HMS General Craufurd (1915) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:HMS General Craufurd (1915) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Simongraham -- Simongraham (talk) 17:41, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
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The WikiProject Barnstar | |
For being nominated for the 2020 Military Historian of the Year award, it gives me great pleasure to award you the WikiProject Barnstar on behalf of the Military History project. Thank you for you contributions throughout the year. Eddie891 Talk Work 13:57, 31 December 2020 (UTC) |
The article Curtiss XBT2C you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Curtiss XBT2C for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jaguar -- Jaguar (talk) 14:01, 31 December 2020 (UTC)