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Did Ham get all the SoV RoV stuff mixed up like that? It would be a worry YellowMonkey ( cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 15:27, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
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North Staffordshire Regiment got GA and it wouldn't have happened without your help. Cheers. NtheP ( talk) 09:01, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
Hello,
I recently discovered an old book published in 1974 in Lebanon. It contains a great deal of photographs related to the Yom Kippur War. The book is not copyrighted. Does this mean I can use these photos here, or are there other considerations to take into account? Thanks. -- Sherif9282 ( talk) 15:11, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Good work on Symo. Looks much better. Aaroncrick ( talk) 08:39, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
Now moving onto Hauritz! :) Current Australian players art aren't real good so your work is much appreciated. Aaroncrick ( talk) 03:35, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your hints and advice. I will probably take you up on the offer to shoot some questions as i bumble along. Westedit ( talk) 14:51, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
Your edits of this page were both helpful and educational for me in my novice state. I can see I need to read up on the referencing protocols (long time out of Uni!!). Westedit ( talk) 02:07, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for the review and I appreciate the assistance. I will start working on your suggestions. -- Kumioko ( talk) 15:52, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
ROTFLMAO!!!!! Thank you. I didn't realise I needed that! Pdfpdf ( talk) 13:16, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. Maybe the bot does need adjusting. Does 'AustralianRupert' mean you're Army? Buckshot06( prof) 04:59, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
and is much appreciated. I have pinned it up on my electronic wall of my cyber-study. The tool is also much appreciated, if only as a matter of curiosity. Thank you for both.
I am raking through my beginner's articles and revamping them, in light of what I have learned. I ask for assessment when I have finished. When I am done, I have taken them as far as I can with my resources. The request for assessment is as much an attempt to get info on further development by the next editor as it is to gain a rating.
I do feel that Albert Ball is a Class A article, but another assessor assures me otherwise. I find that puzzling, as I can't spot any shortcomings in the material. It's too bad, as Ball's tale is a moving one, and one I should like to see become a featured article someday.
Georgejdorner ( talk) 15:53, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
I added addtional references to hopefully get B1 to yes for James Edward Carpenter. Please check if this is adequate.
In addtion, have you had a chance to review his brother's page? General Louis Henry Carpenter? It is up for GA review.
Thank you! Jrcrin001 ( talk) 19:37, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for all the help! While some copy-editing needs to be done, Louis H. Carpenter is close to A/FA status. When you get a chance, please stop by and check it out. Jrcrin001 ( talk) 06:19, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Dude, how can you asses an underconstruction article ? Something that is already undergoing some repair work. Kindly revert back your asseses. Nefirious ( talk) 05:26, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
I am refering to the article History of Weapons. I am concerned because I am still the lone editor of the article. The tag I believe is specially created so that the readers or the one assessing can easily make out that the article is underconstruction and changes are likely to be made. If under these conditions an article is assesed I personally believe that the morale of the editors gets drained off. Nefirious ( talk) 10:47, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the polite reply and trying to help me. I really appreciate that. I take your point. Thanks for helping me out. God bless you. Nefirious ( talk) 10:16, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
could you be more specific please, on what is missing, and what else you think should be included? Auntieruth55 ( talk) 17:45, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
ndash: Dammit, I thought I'd combed every inch of this article for offending hyphens and blow me I missed one in the infobox right at the top of the page :-) Thanks NtheP ( talk) 08:10, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi mate, if you're interested have a look at Rhodesian Bush War. An interesting topic that seriously needs some neutral editors. Cheers. Anotherclown ( talk) 03:34, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
You will see that I have made a lot of progress, and I thank you for helping tweak the punctuation. Since I am a wikinoob can you tell me what I am doing wrong with the dashes? Also, when I have filled in some of the references and built up the core section (WWII) I will be asking you to reassess. Is that OK? Friendofleonard ( talk) 02:55, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
Hello again. I have done more work on the Leonard Murray page and, while I feel it needs more photos, I do not have the time to go through the long-winded photo registration process right now. The basic article I think is now more or less complete. Could you be so kind as to give it another assessment? Many thanks, for your time and earlier advice. Friendofleonard ( talk) 03:22, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of I Anzac Corps at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Materialscientist ( talk) 09:18, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
I happened to read your comments om DYK-rejection/5-day rule, and that you want to "give up on this." Here's a tip: Next time you do try again (I hope you will) create a subpage to your userpage (User:AustralianRupert/mytest or something like that). Anything you do on that page doesn't count for DYK; the clock starts ticking once you move it into main space. Seb az86556 ( talk) 08:06, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
I already left a message on the contests talk page but I hope you don't mind me asking a followup questoin. When we submit an article for the contest do we submit them 1 at a time or can I submit several as a group. For example I have several in GA or FLC currently that should be done in August and I have about a dozen I need to create (and a couple more to submit). Anyway, do I wait until they are done? or Submit them all now, at least the ones in GA and FLC. -- Kumioko ( talk) 19:48, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, so in regards to something like this where there were basically 3 of us who got the article up to GA. Do we all get credit for it or does that, or just to the one who submitted it. -- Kumioko ( talk) 10:38, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Yes they did go to India. Finally got cracking on it, and the manager Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Keith Johnson (cricket administrator)/archive1 YellowMonkey ( cricket photo poll!) paid editing=POV 02:49, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
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Thanks for all your additions and changes on this, especially all those ****ing dashes! Cheers Buckshot06( prof) 05:00, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
I am really appreciate the wprl you did for researching about Sarfaraz Khan Marwat at Articles for Dletion. It was a nice research. Regards, -- LineofWisdom ( talk) 16:32, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
Have you seen this? Is it feasible? YellowMonkey ( cricket photo poll!) paid editing=POV 01:25, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
I've just happened across Anotherclown's articles after seeing his work on some Aus in VN articles. I think he should start going to GAs/As/FAs. I've encouraged him but I'm not sure what he thinks. Maybe you can too as you have had a lot of contact with him. YellowMonkey ( cricket photo poll!) paid editing=POV 07:04, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
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I believe there are still citation problems with this article. It would be far clearer if citations, footnotes and references sections could be combined. This can be achieved by proper citations whcih will automatically be displayed in the references section.-- RadioFan ( talk) 16:16, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
(outdent) Will do — I was being lazy. I was just trying to get rid of a redlink without doing too much work (it is 3am here). Thanks. — AustralianRupert ( talk) 17:08, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I've nominated Ronnie Tod, an article you worked on, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Wikipedia:Did you know. You can see the hook for the article here, where you can improve it if you see fit. David Underdown ( talk) 15:11, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Just had a better look at Saunders, he briefly mentions Foxforce (pp. 262-263). He's very sketchy on the details but it seems it was formed sometime in September and disbanded sometime in October 1944. Made up of No. 9 Cdo, who were brigaded with a number of Greek units including the Greek Sacred Regiment. 1 October landed at Poros; 12 Oct landed Piraeus. Marched into Athens and then disbanded. That's pretty much it. Might not be enough for a stub. AustralianRupert ( talk) 14:25, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
It may not fall within your field of interest, but I have recently been sidetracked into List of breweries in Australia and learned all sorts of things that I found interesting. (e.g. with the exception of Coopers Brewery, ALL major Oz breweries are owned by the Foster's Group or Lion Nathan, and Lion Nathan is 46% owned by that well-known Australian company, Kirin. i.e. If it ain't bad enough that the Chinese own our coal, steel and electricity, the Japanese own about quarter of our breweries!) Pdfpdf ( talk) 00:43, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
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Thanks for the advice, I'll keep it in mind. Packerfansam ( talk) 22 August 2009
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Hi, AustralianRupert! Thank you for assessment of Klis Fortress. Well, GregorB who has some knowledge of the subject, has fixed some grammar errors in the article. Should I put the article back on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Requests or should I fill a request at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors? Regards. -- Kebeta ( talk) 11:50, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Although you state that there is a rule of thumb that there be at least one cite per para, you are the only assessing editor I have come across who seems to use that rule.
I feel that an assessing editor, or other interested reader, should be able to click on a cite and verify the chunk of information they have just read. I also feel that doing this para by para is tedious and unnecessary.
Georgejdorner ( talk) 17:20, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Rupert, my good fellow, I have a great deal of respect for your editorial talents. There is only this single point of contention betwixt us, this matter of citation spacings. I have started noting on the Talk page of articles when I have successfully cited a source for every fact in the bio. I also mark up in the article text when citations seem to be needed. My version of balance and fair play. Georgejdorner ( talk) 04:44, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
G'day, mate, I hope your move is not one that can be compared to the effects of a minor house fire. I had enough difficulty moving from the first to the third floor not too long ago.
I have since discovered that your "rule of thumb" about citations is actually a Wikipedia requirement. That doesn't change my feelings about what I expressed, but it does prove to me that it is not just your little bugaboo. I hope there are no hard feelings between us; certainly, there are none on my side.
Thank you for resizing the graphic in Flavio Baracchini. I'll follow up on your tip, and see what I can learn on my own.
I wish you and yours much happiness in your new home, and I wish you the best of luck in your new assignment.
Georgejdorner ( talk) 19:08, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
I hope you do not think I am not pounding upon a deceased equine here, but...
Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Style guide, under Sourcing and citation states:
"There is no numerical requirement for a particular density of citations or for some predetermined number of citations in an article..."
How, then, can the Assessment Section require at least one citation for every paragraph in an article, without contradicting the style guide?
Georgejdorner ( talk) 03:08, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Samuel H. Starr was going to be just a stub article then I found all this nifty information including scans of several letters of his. I got carried away and it is now at B class. I have asked for a peer review on the talk page prior to GA review. Any help appreciated as always. Jrcrin001 ( talk) 17:51, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the edits made to HMAS Sydney (R17) over the past couple of days. No matter how many times I read the relevant guidelines, I can never seem to get the hang of all the horizontal lines. -- saberwyn 07:29, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
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As per the discussion at WT:MILHIST, I've started a deletion discussion for the 722nd Ordnance Company (United States). Please come and give your opinion. Cheers Buckshot06( prof) 21:05, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi. What's exactly the reason to add talkheader in this one? This doesn't seem to be a hi-visible page and no discussion is going on. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 02:46, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
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Thanks for rating same. I noticed you left one of the B subrates (B5) blank so I took the liberty of making it a YES as well: [1] ... the article does have a map of transport circa 1920 as well as a number of images, although it doesn't have an infobox. (do you think it should have one similar to Army_Corps_of_Engineers, which it belonged to while it was in the Army?) If you disagree with my change please feel free to revert me. Thanks. ++ Lar: t/ c 00:38, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
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I put all facts I can find in an article, and cite as many sources as possible. If you find some area of a flier's life is not covered, it is because I didn't find anything on it. If I do stumble across something else later, I will return and amend the article.
If you keep this in mind, you will see that addressing requests for such information to me is futile. However, it might be very handy to nudge some later editor that has that very info.
You might want to consider addressing your requests to all and sundry; I believe it will be more helpful that way.
Best regards. I hope your new assignment works out well for you.
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Hey duder. I've found some more articles he created which look non-notable through his contributions. I'm prodding some now, but any more help would be appreciated. Skinny87 ( talk) 14:52, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
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Hi AustralianRupert, hope you're well. Would you mind doing a quick review of the article again and telling me what you think needs tweaking before I put it up for A-class again? Maybe you could leave your comments on the talkpage. Cheers and thanks Buckshot06( prof) 22:38, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
No worries, happy to help. Good luck with the review when it comes. — AustralianRupert ( talk) 07:09, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
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Cologne War FAC Auntieruth55 ( talk) 20:41, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
the FA mavens won't like the Done template. they want us to strike. :( But thanks for support. :) Auntieruth55 ( talk) 23:26, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
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Hi, AustralianRupert.
I have just finished the B-class review (Milhist), and now return it to you to see if you agree with my so-called improvements. I am reasonably sure of most, but some may have been simply American vs. Commonwealth style issues. Specifically, I have made one word of several compound words (e.g. counterattack for counter attack, northeast for north east or north-east, and so on). If this is merely a style issue, feel free to revert, and I will not be embarrassed, nor will I alter the B rating.
I would sorely like to see a map, if one is available, and a poor map is better than no map at all. This is a suggestion that I make every time I get the opportunity, and it is not aimed solely at your article; as it is not required by the Laws of Wikipedia, it has no force, but I hope you will agree and will join me in my campaign.
Cheers, PKKloeppel ( talk) 20:11, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
Long time no see. Hubert Humphrey was fond of saying "If you don't like the results of the system, don't give up. Get involved and change the system." As you can see, that's what I'm trying to do here. At this point, I could honestly care less about my father's article, but I found the arguments that being a war hero was not "notable" deeply offensive. Therefore, I'm trying to shake the trees a little bit and see if we can't hash through this mess a little better. I'd appreciate your help. WP:N Rapier1 ( talk) 19:08, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments at the Military History Assesssment talk page on the articles around these topics. I do appreciate it very much, it is nice to get words of encouragement and we know it is nowhere near perfect yet. They would probably be assessed as start class, depending on your criteria, but might even stay as a stub by your standards. The thing is to get it on the radar so others with more expertise can edit it, since they can work with reasonably good confidence that all the information from "the horse's mouth" (the Hungarian, or we think in one case the Polish) is there. Frankly I think someone decided to create the skeleton for this topic and then got bored of it very quickly. So, we have done the five articles that did not exist and are now translating the others that did, there are eight in total.
Of course that is all just a start, but on the way we do the biographies, geography etc etc so slowly, slowly we can piece it together into the larger overview articles, and a lot of the stuff, by then, will already be there. i.e. very much a bottom-up approach to this one. Partly this comes from our (my girlfriend User:Monkap and I work together on these) conviction that if we just plunged in at one of the "top level" articles it would not stand a chance right now, even though our changes would be improvements, they would get deleted straighta way by disgruntled editors. So, we are hovering under the radar, so to speak.
Anyway, to businesss: In a map I have just anglicised, File:Jellasics EN.jpg, there is a chap Palatine Stephen who is Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary. I am not familiar with the word "Palatine" except as a street name, of course I can look it up, but I would judge my vocabulary as being pretty good and if I don't know it, I doubt others will. Would you agree there? Would you have any suggestions how to put it?
I totally agree with you about military terms and the likely audience for this, I imagine, would be a mix of people interested in battles etc. generally, and people interested in Hungarian history generally, so we needn't be too too technical. It would be great, though, if there were part of the military history project, people one could go to on these kind of lexical matters. In one article from the twelfth century they are firing bazookas, which seems to me unlikely, but without the original I don't know what it was they were firing. I also had problems with "cannon" in Battles of Latrun, this was from French, they insisted it should be "cannon" which seemed a bit outdated for a twentieth century war, I translated as "mortar" but it got changed back. This kind of thing happens with translation generally, but is exacerbated by the technical vocab. that the military (like many other fields) employs, and some kind of "military dictionary" or at least "phrase book" would be extremely useful. Of course that still leaves room for the translator's judgment, but would be a start.
Totally agree and understand about the colloquial vs. technical use of army, troop, legion etc and it is exacerbated by the elegant variation; in context it more often seems these terms are just interchanged to avoid repetition.
Thank you very much for your encouragement, it is very nice, for a change, to find a project where people are enthusiastic and willing to help other editors (whose interest in the military aspect of things may be only incidental) instead of just stamping over them telling them how shit it is, as happens at other projects i.e. they forget people come to an article for different reasons and with different expectations.
Very best wishes Si Trew ( talk) 13:14, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
{{
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and all the articles use that. A bit of a mouthful I know, but I am not happy with a few of the flags, but at least then once we get consensus it only has to be changed in one place. Russia is a bit iffy because it is the Imperial flag of 1914-1918, Croatia is the modern flag which must be wrong, and Italy is the modern flag and must be wrong because Italy didn't even exist then. All these came from the existing nascent articles, so I have precedent in using them, but they are just plain wrong and I can't find better (but I am useless at searching for these things).
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Thank you for your help with the WP:MILHIST project tagging, at Portal talk:Biological warfare. Much appreciated, Cirt ( talk) 08:44, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
I'm referring to this edit summary. I'm not all that familiar with the coding for those sections because I haven't yet had much of a need to touch them. Maybe instead of just being bitey, you might try assuming that someone, newbie or experienced editor, just doesn't know that particular coding. -- Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 13:54, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi, after reading one of your articles at newpage patrol, I was surprised to see that an editor who writes at your standard hadn't already been approved as an wp:Autoreviewer. So I've taken the liberty of rectifying that. Ϣere SpielChequers 18:43, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
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Thanks for your support on this one. Unfortunately it timed out, so I re-nominated it (on 19 December). If and when you have time, could you have another look? Thanks! -- TraceyR ( talk) 10:04, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
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Just seen that prod you set up for the US Army signaller. Medal citations are funny things, aren't they? Similar exploits in the British Army have got the VC - am I right in remembering that? Buckshot06 (talk) 03:03, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
Mil hist of Asia - might be one of your shorter lifed tags - I specifically did not tag it as I have every intention of putting it up for Afd as soon as possible in the new year - my withdrawal of the afd does not endorse the idea of a cat like that in any way - it is as problematic as the article Military history of Asia Satu Suro 04:52, 31 December 2009 (UTC) Apologies for not clarifying that in the main entry at the mil hist noticeboard Satu Suro 05:06, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
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Would it be too much trouble for you to revisit your comments at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of Osan? The review has passed its time-deadline and is about to be closed. - MBK 004 00:54, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
G'day mate, no problems, I enjoy reading your articles and you put alot of expertise and hardwork into them. I think I am getting better with time with article creation and quality and have a wide area of interest that sometimes is distracting but also means if I am bored I can switch tasks. I still do not think I am not on par with you in terms of quality of my articles but as time and new references are bought, I am sure I will improve. Thanks for recognizing my efforts, it is appreciated. If you ever need a hand with any articles or redlinks let me know. Regards (Cam) Newm30 ( talk) 02:38, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi As you did the B Class for Hitchens, I thought you might consider looking over the A Class review. There seems to be a lack of reviewers at the moment and I would appreciate your comments. -- Jim Sweeney ( talk) 19:21, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
Would you mind contributing your opinion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/609th Air Communications Squadron? Buckshot06 (talk) 09:41, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
I left a message with a warning that any future edits like the one you highlighted will result in a block. Our editor seems to be new, so I am trying to be generous since we all get moody on the articles we edit from time to time, but I will use the block tool if this continues on vandalism grounds. TomStar81 ( Talk) 22:13, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks for the work you did on 153rd Infantry Regiment (United States), especially helping with the citations. If you have time I would appreciate the same help on 206th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)!
I changed the Military history project box in Talk:Burmese–Siamese War (1548–49) from South Asia Task force to Southeast Asia, hope you don't mind Sodacan ( talk) 02:43, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
Could you take another look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/John S. Loisel? I've tried to fix what you noted (with the exception of the footnotes you mentions, which I have no clue how to fix). I really appreciate your help thus far - it has been extremely generous.
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I'm about to fix the dab problems and saw you are editing now too. I don't want us to be trying to submit at the same time so I'll wait for an OK from you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marine79 ( talk • contribs) 13:09, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
1964 list of wrecks - I am having the time of my life on wp shipwrecks (not) - and saw that was the voyager year - as for milhist internals - didnt know there wasnt a list - geeze youse guys are eccentric Satu Suro 05:23, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
Howdy. Thanks again for your help with both Maryang San and Kapyong... I can't believe I missed some of those refs. Both those articles are fairly mature (one has been up for nearly two months and through most of an ACR without that being picked up). Kapyong even got nearly 10,000 hits from a DKY and noone picked it up. That tool is so awesome I have run it over some of my other large articles and found both my A class articles ( Battle of Bita Paka and Operation Coburg) had a pile of unconsolidated refs too! So cheers again. Take it easy. Anotherclown ( talk) 08:17, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
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Howdy. I have drawn a map for Battle of Suoi Bong Trang, a new article I finished on the weekend. If you're not too busy can you have a look at both the article and the map and let me know what you think? It took about five hours and still looks like a monkey drew it with a crayon between his teeth. Its still probably the best map I have drawn to date (I have made a few efforts in the past for other articles that I never uploaded because they were horrid). Thanks again. Anotherclown ( talk) 10:41, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
Yeah, I saw that. Interesting, then he/she/they had a go at some other user page. I guess it means I've been around a bit now and am becoming visible/annoying? Having said that, it's only the second time my user page has been vandalised. Although the first time doesn't really count, as they were pointing out my own stupidity and were correct to do so (an embarrasing typo on the page)...;-) — AustralianRupert ( talk) 11:53, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
In regards to the source, I have no doubt it does say "Morris, not knowing who held Kokoda, recalled them to base" but this is not supported by other sources nor by the situation at Kokoda. Owen was in contact with Port Moresby and the Japanese did not attack and take the airfield until that night. Morris should hve known Kokoda was still in allied hands so why would he disregard Owen's communications and think the airfield may be in Japanese hands? Cheers Wayne ( talk) 13:47, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
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I read your article on the Australian Army Reserve with great interest. I have a comment to make on the effects of conscription on the CMF in the period 1965-72, although this is a personal anecdote with very little value to Wikipedia. I was in a CMF battalion in Queensland between 1969 and 1973. I went in as a conscript, but I'd previously spent some time in the Regular Army. The battalion led a pretty relaxed life. Most of the officers were quite old and had been there a long time, and a lot of the ORs were surprisingly old too. Turnover was low - most of them had been there for years. I hesitate to use the word "slack", but training and performance standards were not particularly high. A lot of the weapons and equipment were old and unreliable; when I first joined we still trained with Owen guns and No. 36 grenades, and wore British khaki webbing over our greens. Some of the battalion trucks were Second World War vintage. Before conscription, it was a blokey club for men who liked camping in the bush at weekends and firing weapons at the rifle range.
Conscription brought in a large number of young blokes, all the same age, who on average were brighter and had more education and technical skills than the volunteers. A lot of them very quickly rose to NCO level, and a few went to OCTU and got their First Appointment. Their technical abilities meant that within a few years, specialist areas like the battalion intelligence section, the medics, the cooks, the signallers and the motor mechanics were all filled by conscripts who did those things in their civilian lives. Senior officers and mid-ranks like WO and Staff Sergeant were still held by long-term volunteers - some of them ex-Regular - but by 1972 most of the Corporals, Sergeants and platoon commanders, even a few Captains, were conscripts.
So when conscription ended, the guts fell out of the battalion. On the Monday morning after Gough Whitlam was elected, outside the Q-Store there was a queue of blokes waiting to hand in their kitbags. I stayed on till the end of 1973, and by that time more than half of the NCOs and most of the skilled tradespeople were gone. The battalion was back to the older blokes who liked to camp in the bush.
I assume similar things happened in every CMF unit across the country. I don't know whether this effect of conscription has been widely recognised, or whether the Millar Report understood what had happened in the CMF. I've been very sceptical about the value of conscription ever since, because I've never heard anyone in either military or political circles talk about planning for its end. Peter Bell ( talk) 01:39, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
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Hi AustralianRupert. I have started adding detail to Arnold_Potts#Kokoda_Track_Campaign, would you mind having a look and giving me an opinion? There is actually quite a lot about Potts in the main Kokoda Track campaign article.
I am setting out to relate the story (as told by Brune<ref>Brune, Peter (2003). A Bastard of a Place: The Australians in Papua. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-74114-403-5. http://books.google.ca/books?id=oWx1oq8RPcQC&lpg=PP1&dq=A%20Bastard%20of%20a%20Place%20%3A%20The%20Australians%20in%20Papua&client=firefox-a&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=true.</ref>) of his leadership in the fighting withdrawal, and follow up with the story of his dismissal, victim of larger forces etc. It's a very good story. Problem is most of it is already embedded through Kokoda Track campaign.
I am aware that the Potts page as I have left it tells half the story, then closes abruptly - I will have to decide smartly whether to continue in this vein or go for a much less ambitious biography. Your thoughts? SpoolWhippets ( talk) 12:25, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks for assessing the articles that I requested. Have A Great Day! Lord Oliver The Olive Branch 15:07, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi, just wondering whether you can point out why the 34th Brigade is see also on this page? Regards Newm30 ( talk) 23:40, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
G'day, thanks for the Redlink Remover Barnstar, much appreciated. Do you think a sentence is required after the link or within the article so as to provide a "reason" as there is no reference within the page, to remove any confusion as to why the 34th Brigade is also worth looking at?
P.S. Not sure whether naval military interests you, but I have created the List of ships assigned to the Australia Station. (Cam) Newm30 ( talk) 02:19, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
Cheers! I'm really enjoying doing the maps. Please let me know if you pick up any errors or can think of any improvements. Its also very easy for me to make slightly different versions, so bear that in mind. Have a great day SpoolWhippets ( talk) 21:49, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi, just letting you know I have created an article on 27th Battalion and Soraken. I have also included the battle of Ratsua on the Bougainville campaign box. I am lost while the alexbot new article pages are down. Newm30 ( talk) 01:47, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
I was wondering what your opinion was on whether the following battles on Bougainville should be captured individually or contained in other battles preludes? The battles in question, but not limited to, are Little George Hill, Artillery Hill, Mosigetta, Mawareka, Puriata River, Soraken. Or perhaps these should these be contained in the overarching article Bougainville Campaign or potentially sub-campaign articles e.g. Central Bougainville campaign, Northern Bougainville campaign and South Bougainville campaign? Newm30 ( talk) 00:44, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
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Thank you for noticing that! I have corrected the error. Have A Great Day! Lord Oliver The Olive Branch 12:02, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi I believe the template opens automatically when the article is viewed ? but yes it would be better closed. By the way well done in the Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/March 2010 hope you get in. -- Jim Sweeney ( talk) 12:32, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
I've added some info to the intro of this article. I have to admit, introductions aren't my strong point, so if this isn't good enough I'd be very glad if you could give me some further pointers. And just call me Gaia if you like. Thanks, Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk | Sign 20:38, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi, just thought you would like to know I have created 21st Battalion (Australia), Battle of the Coconut Grove and Koiari Raid. Hope to be able to bring up all US battles in Bougainville to at least start asap. Newm30 ( talk) 11:18, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
I have responded to all of your concerns in this review. — Ed! (talk) 02:27, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for all the feedback. Really appreciated it. -- Corneredmouse ( talk) 22:21, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
Some more references, using National Library's digitalisation of newspapers. Darwn Mobile Force newspaper articles Regards Newm30 ( talk) 11:30, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
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Hi - congratulations on your election as coordinator. Also - I have just been dropping in some detail maps to your Bougainville battle articles. Let me know if they are OK, or if I have missed anything out. Also for future notice - is it OK etiquette to just plonk them into the article or should I be uploading them then notifying the main editor of the article (in this case you) so you can put it in as you see fit? cheers SpoolWhippets ( talk) 22:33, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
That's very kind of you AR, but don't worry, you beat me fair and square (by seconds) to the last slot! In all seriousness though, I'll still keep an eye on the task force page and I can't imagine anyone will mind my helping out if I can. Ranger Steve ( talk) 12:15, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
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Hello AustralianRupert! Thanks so much for your kind and helpful analysis. No need to apologize about overkill. I've recently retired from a legal research position with the U.S. Courts so the citation of authority comes naturally. As a first timer I just wasn't sure what was appropriate. I've addressed your suggestions and added some additional documentation, perhaps too much. Just let me know. Luckily, I'm professionally inclined towards the retention of any and all research materials, so working these cites back in was not much trouble. Thanks again for your assistance and your encouragement. -- Mdunn30 ( talk) 15:45, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
Rupert, do you know how to make the convert template {{convert}} be more precise? It's showing that 2 km = 1 mile which it doesn't. I've tried fiddling by using the precision nomenclature, but I cannot get it right. The Battle of Dürenstein (under battlefield site) has this problem. Also, thanks for reading Mount Saint Peter's Church. :) Auntieruth55 ( talk) 20:01, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Pdfpdf,
Just to let you know, I've sent you an offsite email. I just found your email from December. Apologies for not having replied sooner. Natually, I'll give myself an uppercut. Take care. — AustralianRupert ( talk) 23:47, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
I'm almost embarassed to admit I use IE, so I only EVER see 1 column. One day I must use a different browser to see what 2 cols looks like. Which browser do you use?
I'm sure 2 cols must look OK - I doubt you would have done it if it didn't look OK.
By-the-way, there'll probably be a couple of hundred refs by the time the list becomes semi-stable.
Thanks for your help. Cheers,
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Thanks I have added a notability tag to the article for now and have tried to find sources for the article which is a bit of a mess. -- Jim Sweeney ( talk) 14:50, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
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Hi there. As you have an analogous GA/GAN, can you have a look at Wikipedia:Featured_article_review/Military history of France/archive1 please? There is a big stalemate between two editors and nobody else is participating. It is about whether the contents are focussed and cover the nominal topic. YellowMonkey ( vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 01:12, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi again. Can you look at this FAR? I only know about the Indochina stuff, but judging from the stuff in that section, and the generally odd weighting to various things, the content seems to have been put together in an ad hoc way. I think you would know a lot more about the whole geopolitical stuff in there especially the Cold War/Korea/end of WWII etc YellowMonkey ( vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 06:52, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks for your support on that! Auntieruth55 ( talk) 00:15, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
You can DIY with Dougie and all the other vandal attacks YellowMonkey ( vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 04:02, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
I have granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe you can be trusted to use rollback correctly, and for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck and thanks. — Ed (talk • majestic titan) 07:11, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
Those phantom by night airfield creators who havent any idea about tags or categories - you can have them ;) Satu Suro 14:26, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your review. I think I addressed you comments MisterBee1966 ( talk) 12:19, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
Tanks for the review! I've implemented why they were struck into Construction. Could you also review Kii class battleship, please. Buggie111 ( talk) 22:33, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Just letting you know I will be creating the bio's for John Field and John McKinna soon. Newm30 ( talk) 11:49, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
You rated this article "Start" class a while back. I've made some edits and added some info etc. Could you please, when you have time, take another look as I think it might qualify for "B-class" now. Many thanks Corneredmouse ( talk) 09:47, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
Could you tell me why it fails "coverage and accuracy"? I don't find anything wanting. I'm asing you since you'd be the type of reader who deson't know about ships. Buggie111 ( talk) 16:45, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Hey Rupert, could you have a squiz at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Douglas MacArthur/archive1? I'm trying to get the five-star general promoted. Hawkeye7 ( talk) 05:25, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
That book - damn - will try to get a look this week - too many threads too many fields of thought :( - sorry Satu Suro 00:36, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the barnstar! Much appreciated. Best, Historical Perspective ( talk) 17:42, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
Great will revert I did a quick search and could find no mention. -- Jim Sweeney ( talk) 12:29, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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Dear Canberran (per your stay at RMC) and decorated article writer, please lend a hand YellowMonkey ( bananabucket!) 06:31, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for cleaning things up. I shouldn't re-write an article at 5 in the morning. :P - The Bushranger Return fire Flank speed 01:59, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks that's my first one of those. -- Jim Sweeney ( talk) 16:22, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
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Hey mate. When I was home on leave I placed Operation Crimp up for GA and as part of the review the question of some additional US sources has been raised. Unfortunately the majority of the sources I have used are Australian, although was able to get my hands on the American official history (and the PAVN). When I was rewriting it I looked fairly widely for American sources and have added as much US info as I could find (although most of it is gleaned from Australian works). Just wondering if you might be able to have a bit of a dig around and see what else you can find? I would do it myself but I'm kind of buggered now. BTW I will be offline for a bit but I will come back to this as soon as I can. The link for the GA review is here. I hope this isn't asking too much given your real life commitments. Cheers. Anotherclown ( talk) 14:40, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi - sorry to bother you but I recall that you have had previous involvement with the West India Regiment article and have knowledge of the subject. There has recently been a small scale edit war on the WIR site concerning the slightly obscure subject of whether the Regiment saw active service against the Turks in Palestine during the final months of World War I. I believe that the cited references given make it clear that it was two battalions of the wartime raised British West Indies Regiment that fought against against the Turks, while the regulars of the WIR, after respectable service in German Africa, simply guarded lines of communication. The dispute could probably be resolved quickly and amicably but some ugly charges of racism by "white historians and ignorants who cannot deal with real history" are being made by an anonomous editor who does not appear to realise that both units were recruited from exactly the same black Caribbean population. If you have the time, as an informed third party could you look at the article and perhaps comment in your diplomatic way. I admit the sources that I used could be wrong but I dislike seeing a good article that a number of people have contributed to being distorted in this way. Cheers. buistR 08:31, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
I finally got some information I was waiting for and I added it to Louis H. Carpenter. This confirmed and updated dates for ranks, assignments, and positions. I also finally confirmed his service with the 5th United States Colored Cavalry Regiment. I would appreciate if you took a look at it. With another review, do you think this will finally get to A/FA status?
Please let me know. Jrcrin001 ( talk) 08:51, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
The man with everything at his fingertips! Ta, Pdfpdf ( talk) 12:43, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
Having problems with Indian editors at the PNS Ghazi article. I've reported them at the NPOV noticeboard and the OR noticeboard but it seems that nobody wants to get involved. So I end up just going in circles with the same Indian editors, who claim that Indian news sources are neutral/reliable and the article should be built up solely on them. I need some advice. Are editors afraid of getting involved in Indo-Pak-related disputes? Do I need to go to the "Arbitration cabal"? Thanks.-- Hj108 ( talk) 12:20, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
I've fixed all of your concerns. My book makes a special note of Kenworthy, so I decided to throw that in. Could you please re-review, and could you please be a bit snappy, as this is a MilHist contest submission. Buggie111 ( talk) 15:59, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
I've split it into two sections + a small lead. no more info can be found. Reasses? Buggie111 ( talk) 02:57, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi, how are you? I just got a copyvio alert for 27th Battalion (Australia) from Theleftorium. Can you provide feedback please. Regards Newm30 ( talk) 16:35, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
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Yes good catch moved article thanks. -- Jim Sweeney ( talk) 10:23, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
Do you think something should be added about No. 101 (Folbot) Troop, they did go on to form part of the SBS ? There is some mention of them here [4] -- Jim Sweeney ( talk) 11:40, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
No probs dude :) EnigmaMcmxc ( talk) 22:28, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi there. I've finished the repairs on the Canberra FAR. Can you use your local knowledge to see if anything is missing please? YellowMonkey ( vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 03:41, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Military_history/Archive_94#Use_of_flag_icons_and_command_structure_parameter_in_infoboxes, Hammersfan, 18/06/10, 12.47 BST
Here is a image from the IWM [6] the caption is: Captain Gerald C S Montanaro of 101 Troop, Special Service Brigade, leads one of his men during combined operations training in the presence of the King at Inverary in Scotland, 9 October 1941. The officer is carrying a Luger pistol with drum magazine.
Montanaro was OC 101 Troop, 6 Commando does not help with North Africa but you may want to use it.
There is also this one [7]
the caption is Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade in Osnabruck, 4 April 1945. a bit of artistic licence could be used as you know 6 Commando was part of the brigade.
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There were two battles which took place at Urumqi in 1933. As you know, i already created an article about the second one, at Battle of Urumqi. This one started in December 1933 and extended into January 1934. However, there was the earlier battle, which only took place in i believe the spring of 1933. I didn't want to call the second battle, the Battle of Urumqi (1934) because it started in the winter of 1933. I want to create an article about the first battle, should i use the alternate spelling of Urumqi, which is Urumchi? (then it would be Battle of Urumchi, or should i change the second battle to Battle of Urumqi (1934) and call the first one Battle of Urumqi (1933)? Whats the naming convention for this? Дунгане ( talk) 18:24, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your suggestions regarding the article about Col. Lucius B. Northrop, the Confederate States of America Commissary-General. I have added a startup infobox, but have not yet finalized it (for example, I don't know how to image the colonel's Confederate insignia of rank). Bigturtle ( talk) 18:31, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
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Thank you very much for your time. The following hours/days I'll make the appropriate adjustments and update the GA review page. Alexikoua ( talk) 17:08, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
Thanks again for your time. By the way, incredible work within the scope of wp:milhist! Cheers! Alexikoua ( talk) 23:01, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
Do u have some time to read a discussion and give your opinion ? Blablaaa ( talk) 17:30, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
Ok I have given up how did you add the IWM template to image of the two commandos training on the No. 6 Commando article I have tried numerous combinations with no success. -- Jim Sweeney ( talk) 20:47, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I've responded yo your comments on the DYK nom page. Can you please review it again. Here's the link. Thnx Regstuff ( talk) 05:49, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for changing the settings of the city bombing template to allow it to be collapsed - much appreciated. Nick-D ( talk) 11:56, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
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The format follows what is done for most Commonwealth regiments - for example if you check any of the British Army's armoured units, they are all stated as being part of the Royal Armoured Corps. This is also the case with infantry regiments; so, the page for the Royal Australian Regiment (for example) states that it is part of the RAIC, whereas individual RAR battalions show which individual brigade they belong to. Hammersfan 02/07/09, 10.25 BST
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Did Ham get all the SoV RoV stuff mixed up like that? It would be a worry YellowMonkey ( cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 15:27, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
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North Staffordshire Regiment got GA and it wouldn't have happened without your help. Cheers. NtheP ( talk) 09:01, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
Hello,
I recently discovered an old book published in 1974 in Lebanon. It contains a great deal of photographs related to the Yom Kippur War. The book is not copyrighted. Does this mean I can use these photos here, or are there other considerations to take into account? Thanks. -- Sherif9282 ( talk) 15:11, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Good work on Symo. Looks much better. Aaroncrick ( talk) 08:39, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
Now moving onto Hauritz! :) Current Australian players art aren't real good so your work is much appreciated. Aaroncrick ( talk) 03:35, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your hints and advice. I will probably take you up on the offer to shoot some questions as i bumble along. Westedit ( talk) 14:51, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
Your edits of this page were both helpful and educational for me in my novice state. I can see I need to read up on the referencing protocols (long time out of Uni!!). Westedit ( talk) 02:07, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for the review and I appreciate the assistance. I will start working on your suggestions. -- Kumioko ( talk) 15:52, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
ROTFLMAO!!!!! Thank you. I didn't realise I needed that! Pdfpdf ( talk) 13:16, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. Maybe the bot does need adjusting. Does 'AustralianRupert' mean you're Army? Buckshot06( prof) 04:59, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
and is much appreciated. I have pinned it up on my electronic wall of my cyber-study. The tool is also much appreciated, if only as a matter of curiosity. Thank you for both.
I am raking through my beginner's articles and revamping them, in light of what I have learned. I ask for assessment when I have finished. When I am done, I have taken them as far as I can with my resources. The request for assessment is as much an attempt to get info on further development by the next editor as it is to gain a rating.
I do feel that Albert Ball is a Class A article, but another assessor assures me otherwise. I find that puzzling, as I can't spot any shortcomings in the material. It's too bad, as Ball's tale is a moving one, and one I should like to see become a featured article someday.
Georgejdorner ( talk) 15:53, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
I added addtional references to hopefully get B1 to yes for James Edward Carpenter. Please check if this is adequate.
In addtion, have you had a chance to review his brother's page? General Louis Henry Carpenter? It is up for GA review.
Thank you! Jrcrin001 ( talk) 19:37, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for all the help! While some copy-editing needs to be done, Louis H. Carpenter is close to A/FA status. When you get a chance, please stop by and check it out. Jrcrin001 ( talk) 06:19, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Dude, how can you asses an underconstruction article ? Something that is already undergoing some repair work. Kindly revert back your asseses. Nefirious ( talk) 05:26, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
I am refering to the article History of Weapons. I am concerned because I am still the lone editor of the article. The tag I believe is specially created so that the readers or the one assessing can easily make out that the article is underconstruction and changes are likely to be made. If under these conditions an article is assesed I personally believe that the morale of the editors gets drained off. Nefirious ( talk) 10:47, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the polite reply and trying to help me. I really appreciate that. I take your point. Thanks for helping me out. God bless you. Nefirious ( talk) 10:16, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
could you be more specific please, on what is missing, and what else you think should be included? Auntieruth55 ( talk) 17:45, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
ndash: Dammit, I thought I'd combed every inch of this article for offending hyphens and blow me I missed one in the infobox right at the top of the page :-) Thanks NtheP ( talk) 08:10, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi mate, if you're interested have a look at Rhodesian Bush War. An interesting topic that seriously needs some neutral editors. Cheers. Anotherclown ( talk) 03:34, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
You will see that I have made a lot of progress, and I thank you for helping tweak the punctuation. Since I am a wikinoob can you tell me what I am doing wrong with the dashes? Also, when I have filled in some of the references and built up the core section (WWII) I will be asking you to reassess. Is that OK? Friendofleonard ( talk) 02:55, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
Hello again. I have done more work on the Leonard Murray page and, while I feel it needs more photos, I do not have the time to go through the long-winded photo registration process right now. The basic article I think is now more or less complete. Could you be so kind as to give it another assessment? Many thanks, for your time and earlier advice. Friendofleonard ( talk) 03:22, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of I Anzac Corps at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Materialscientist ( talk) 09:18, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
I happened to read your comments om DYK-rejection/5-day rule, and that you want to "give up on this." Here's a tip: Next time you do try again (I hope you will) create a subpage to your userpage (User:AustralianRupert/mytest or something like that). Anything you do on that page doesn't count for DYK; the clock starts ticking once you move it into main space. Seb az86556 ( talk) 08:06, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
I already left a message on the contests talk page but I hope you don't mind me asking a followup questoin. When we submit an article for the contest do we submit them 1 at a time or can I submit several as a group. For example I have several in GA or FLC currently that should be done in August and I have about a dozen I need to create (and a couple more to submit). Anyway, do I wait until they are done? or Submit them all now, at least the ones in GA and FLC. -- Kumioko ( talk) 19:48, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, so in regards to something like this where there were basically 3 of us who got the article up to GA. Do we all get credit for it or does that, or just to the one who submitted it. -- Kumioko ( talk) 10:38, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Yes they did go to India. Finally got cracking on it, and the manager Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Keith Johnson (cricket administrator)/archive1 YellowMonkey ( cricket photo poll!) paid editing=POV 02:49, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
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Thanks for all your additions and changes on this, especially all those ****ing dashes! Cheers Buckshot06( prof) 05:00, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
I am really appreciate the wprl you did for researching about Sarfaraz Khan Marwat at Articles for Dletion. It was a nice research. Regards, -- LineofWisdom ( talk) 16:32, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
Have you seen this? Is it feasible? YellowMonkey ( cricket photo poll!) paid editing=POV 01:25, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
I've just happened across Anotherclown's articles after seeing his work on some Aus in VN articles. I think he should start going to GAs/As/FAs. I've encouraged him but I'm not sure what he thinks. Maybe you can too as you have had a lot of contact with him. YellowMonkey ( cricket photo poll!) paid editing=POV 07:04, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
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I believe there are still citation problems with this article. It would be far clearer if citations, footnotes and references sections could be combined. This can be achieved by proper citations whcih will automatically be displayed in the references section.-- RadioFan ( talk) 16:16, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
(outdent) Will do — I was being lazy. I was just trying to get rid of a redlink without doing too much work (it is 3am here). Thanks. — AustralianRupert ( talk) 17:08, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I've nominated Ronnie Tod, an article you worked on, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Wikipedia:Did you know. You can see the hook for the article here, where you can improve it if you see fit. David Underdown ( talk) 15:11, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Just had a better look at Saunders, he briefly mentions Foxforce (pp. 262-263). He's very sketchy on the details but it seems it was formed sometime in September and disbanded sometime in October 1944. Made up of No. 9 Cdo, who were brigaded with a number of Greek units including the Greek Sacred Regiment. 1 October landed at Poros; 12 Oct landed Piraeus. Marched into Athens and then disbanded. That's pretty much it. Might not be enough for a stub. AustralianRupert ( talk) 14:25, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
It may not fall within your field of interest, but I have recently been sidetracked into List of breweries in Australia and learned all sorts of things that I found interesting. (e.g. with the exception of Coopers Brewery, ALL major Oz breweries are owned by the Foster's Group or Lion Nathan, and Lion Nathan is 46% owned by that well-known Australian company, Kirin. i.e. If it ain't bad enough that the Chinese own our coal, steel and electricity, the Japanese own about quarter of our breweries!) Pdfpdf ( talk) 00:43, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
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Thanks for the advice, I'll keep it in mind. Packerfansam ( talk) 22 August 2009
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Hi, AustralianRupert! Thank you for assessment of Klis Fortress. Well, GregorB who has some knowledge of the subject, has fixed some grammar errors in the article. Should I put the article back on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Requests or should I fill a request at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors? Regards. -- Kebeta ( talk) 11:50, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Although you state that there is a rule of thumb that there be at least one cite per para, you are the only assessing editor I have come across who seems to use that rule.
I feel that an assessing editor, or other interested reader, should be able to click on a cite and verify the chunk of information they have just read. I also feel that doing this para by para is tedious and unnecessary.
Georgejdorner ( talk) 17:20, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Rupert, my good fellow, I have a great deal of respect for your editorial talents. There is only this single point of contention betwixt us, this matter of citation spacings. I have started noting on the Talk page of articles when I have successfully cited a source for every fact in the bio. I also mark up in the article text when citations seem to be needed. My version of balance and fair play. Georgejdorner ( talk) 04:44, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
G'day, mate, I hope your move is not one that can be compared to the effects of a minor house fire. I had enough difficulty moving from the first to the third floor not too long ago.
I have since discovered that your "rule of thumb" about citations is actually a Wikipedia requirement. That doesn't change my feelings about what I expressed, but it does prove to me that it is not just your little bugaboo. I hope there are no hard feelings between us; certainly, there are none on my side.
Thank you for resizing the graphic in Flavio Baracchini. I'll follow up on your tip, and see what I can learn on my own.
I wish you and yours much happiness in your new home, and I wish you the best of luck in your new assignment.
Georgejdorner ( talk) 19:08, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
I hope you do not think I am not pounding upon a deceased equine here, but...
Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Style guide, under Sourcing and citation states:
"There is no numerical requirement for a particular density of citations or for some predetermined number of citations in an article..."
How, then, can the Assessment Section require at least one citation for every paragraph in an article, without contradicting the style guide?
Georgejdorner ( talk) 03:08, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Samuel H. Starr was going to be just a stub article then I found all this nifty information including scans of several letters of his. I got carried away and it is now at B class. I have asked for a peer review on the talk page prior to GA review. Any help appreciated as always. Jrcrin001 ( talk) 17:51, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the edits made to HMAS Sydney (R17) over the past couple of days. No matter how many times I read the relevant guidelines, I can never seem to get the hang of all the horizontal lines. -- saberwyn 07:29, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
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As per the discussion at WT:MILHIST, I've started a deletion discussion for the 722nd Ordnance Company (United States). Please come and give your opinion. Cheers Buckshot06( prof) 21:05, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi. What's exactly the reason to add talkheader in this one? This doesn't seem to be a hi-visible page and no discussion is going on. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 02:46, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
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Thanks for rating same. I noticed you left one of the B subrates (B5) blank so I took the liberty of making it a YES as well: [1] ... the article does have a map of transport circa 1920 as well as a number of images, although it doesn't have an infobox. (do you think it should have one similar to Army_Corps_of_Engineers, which it belonged to while it was in the Army?) If you disagree with my change please feel free to revert me. Thanks. ++ Lar: t/ c 00:38, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
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I put all facts I can find in an article, and cite as many sources as possible. If you find some area of a flier's life is not covered, it is because I didn't find anything on it. If I do stumble across something else later, I will return and amend the article.
If you keep this in mind, you will see that addressing requests for such information to me is futile. However, it might be very handy to nudge some later editor that has that very info.
You might want to consider addressing your requests to all and sundry; I believe it will be more helpful that way.
Best regards. I hope your new assignment works out well for you.
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Hey duder. I've found some more articles he created which look non-notable through his contributions. I'm prodding some now, but any more help would be appreciated. Skinny87 ( talk) 14:52, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
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Hi AustralianRupert, hope you're well. Would you mind doing a quick review of the article again and telling me what you think needs tweaking before I put it up for A-class again? Maybe you could leave your comments on the talkpage. Cheers and thanks Buckshot06( prof) 22:38, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
No worries, happy to help. Good luck with the review when it comes. — AustralianRupert ( talk) 07:09, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
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Saw you were interest in the earlier discussion. You may wish to comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/101st Chemical Company (United States). Buckshot06( prof) 20:55, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
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Cologne War FAC Auntieruth55 ( talk) 20:41, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
the FA mavens won't like the Done template. they want us to strike. :( But thanks for support. :) Auntieruth55 ( talk) 23:26, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
Materialscientist ( talk) 13:21, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi, AustralianRupert.
I have just finished the B-class review (Milhist), and now return it to you to see if you agree with my so-called improvements. I am reasonably sure of most, but some may have been simply American vs. Commonwealth style issues. Specifically, I have made one word of several compound words (e.g. counterattack for counter attack, northeast for north east or north-east, and so on). If this is merely a style issue, feel free to revert, and I will not be embarrassed, nor will I alter the B rating.
I would sorely like to see a map, if one is available, and a poor map is better than no map at all. This is a suggestion that I make every time I get the opportunity, and it is not aimed solely at your article; as it is not required by the Laws of Wikipedia, it has no force, but I hope you will agree and will join me in my campaign.
Cheers, PKKloeppel ( talk) 20:11, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
Long time no see. Hubert Humphrey was fond of saying "If you don't like the results of the system, don't give up. Get involved and change the system." As you can see, that's what I'm trying to do here. At this point, I could honestly care less about my father's article, but I found the arguments that being a war hero was not "notable" deeply offensive. Therefore, I'm trying to shake the trees a little bit and see if we can't hash through this mess a little better. I'd appreciate your help. WP:N Rapier1 ( talk) 19:08, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments at the Military History Assesssment talk page on the articles around these topics. I do appreciate it very much, it is nice to get words of encouragement and we know it is nowhere near perfect yet. They would probably be assessed as start class, depending on your criteria, but might even stay as a stub by your standards. The thing is to get it on the radar so others with more expertise can edit it, since they can work with reasonably good confidence that all the information from "the horse's mouth" (the Hungarian, or we think in one case the Polish) is there. Frankly I think someone decided to create the skeleton for this topic and then got bored of it very quickly. So, we have done the five articles that did not exist and are now translating the others that did, there are eight in total.
Of course that is all just a start, but on the way we do the biographies, geography etc etc so slowly, slowly we can piece it together into the larger overview articles, and a lot of the stuff, by then, will already be there. i.e. very much a bottom-up approach to this one. Partly this comes from our (my girlfriend User:Monkap and I work together on these) conviction that if we just plunged in at one of the "top level" articles it would not stand a chance right now, even though our changes would be improvements, they would get deleted straighta way by disgruntled editors. So, we are hovering under the radar, so to speak.
Anyway, to businesss: In a map I have just anglicised, File:Jellasics EN.jpg, there is a chap Palatine Stephen who is Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary. I am not familiar with the word "Palatine" except as a street name, of course I can look it up, but I would judge my vocabulary as being pretty good and if I don't know it, I doubt others will. Would you agree there? Would you have any suggestions how to put it?
I totally agree with you about military terms and the likely audience for this, I imagine, would be a mix of people interested in battles etc. generally, and people interested in Hungarian history generally, so we needn't be too too technical. It would be great, though, if there were part of the military history project, people one could go to on these kind of lexical matters. In one article from the twelfth century they are firing bazookas, which seems to me unlikely, but without the original I don't know what it was they were firing. I also had problems with "cannon" in Battles of Latrun, this was from French, they insisted it should be "cannon" which seemed a bit outdated for a twentieth century war, I translated as "mortar" but it got changed back. This kind of thing happens with translation generally, but is exacerbated by the technical vocab. that the military (like many other fields) employs, and some kind of "military dictionary" or at least "phrase book" would be extremely useful. Of course that still leaves room for the translator's judgment, but would be a start.
Totally agree and understand about the colloquial vs. technical use of army, troop, legion etc and it is exacerbated by the elegant variation; in context it more often seems these terms are just interchanged to avoid repetition.
Thank you very much for your encouragement, it is very nice, for a change, to find a project where people are enthusiastic and willing to help other editors (whose interest in the military aspect of things may be only incidental) instead of just stamping over them telling them how shit it is, as happens at other projects i.e. they forget people come to an article for different reasons and with different expectations.
Very best wishes Si Trew ( talk) 13:14, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
{{
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and all the articles use that. A bit of a mouthful I know, but I am not happy with a few of the flags, but at least then once we get consensus it only has to be changed in one place. Russia is a bit iffy because it is the Imperial flag of 1914-1918, Croatia is the modern flag which must be wrong, and Italy is the modern flag and must be wrong because Italy didn't even exist then. All these came from the existing nascent articles, so I have precedent in using them, but they are just plain wrong and I can't find better (but I am useless at searching for these things).
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Thank you for your help with the WP:MILHIST project tagging, at Portal talk:Biological warfare. Much appreciated, Cirt ( talk) 08:44, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
I'm referring to this edit summary. I'm not all that familiar with the coding for those sections because I haven't yet had much of a need to touch them. Maybe instead of just being bitey, you might try assuming that someone, newbie or experienced editor, just doesn't know that particular coding. -- Thejadefalcon Sing your song The bird's seeds 13:54, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi, after reading one of your articles at newpage patrol, I was surprised to see that an editor who writes at your standard hadn't already been approved as an wp:Autoreviewer. So I've taken the liberty of rectifying that. Ϣere SpielChequers 18:43, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
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Thanks for your support on this one. Unfortunately it timed out, so I re-nominated it (on 19 December). If and when you have time, could you have another look? Thanks! -- TraceyR ( talk) 10:04, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
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Just seen that prod you set up for the US Army signaller. Medal citations are funny things, aren't they? Similar exploits in the British Army have got the VC - am I right in remembering that? Buckshot06 (talk) 03:03, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
Mil hist of Asia - might be one of your shorter lifed tags - I specifically did not tag it as I have every intention of putting it up for Afd as soon as possible in the new year - my withdrawal of the afd does not endorse the idea of a cat like that in any way - it is as problematic as the article Military history of Asia Satu Suro 04:52, 31 December 2009 (UTC) Apologies for not clarifying that in the main entry at the mil hist noticeboard Satu Suro 05:06, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
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Would it be too much trouble for you to revisit your comments at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of Osan? The review has passed its time-deadline and is about to be closed. - MBK 004 00:54, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
G'day mate, no problems, I enjoy reading your articles and you put alot of expertise and hardwork into them. I think I am getting better with time with article creation and quality and have a wide area of interest that sometimes is distracting but also means if I am bored I can switch tasks. I still do not think I am not on par with you in terms of quality of my articles but as time and new references are bought, I am sure I will improve. Thanks for recognizing my efforts, it is appreciated. If you ever need a hand with any articles or redlinks let me know. Regards (Cam) Newm30 ( talk) 02:38, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi As you did the B Class for Hitchens, I thought you might consider looking over the A Class review. There seems to be a lack of reviewers at the moment and I would appreciate your comments. -- Jim Sweeney ( talk) 19:21, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
Would you mind contributing your opinion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/609th Air Communications Squadron? Buckshot06 (talk) 09:41, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
I left a message with a warning that any future edits like the one you highlighted will result in a block. Our editor seems to be new, so I am trying to be generous since we all get moody on the articles we edit from time to time, but I will use the block tool if this continues on vandalism grounds. TomStar81 ( Talk) 22:13, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks for the work you did on 153rd Infantry Regiment (United States), especially helping with the citations. If you have time I would appreciate the same help on 206th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)!
I changed the Military history project box in Talk:Burmese–Siamese War (1548–49) from South Asia Task force to Southeast Asia, hope you don't mind Sodacan ( talk) 02:43, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
Could you take another look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/John S. Loisel? I've tried to fix what you noted (with the exception of the footnotes you mentions, which I have no clue how to fix). I really appreciate your help thus far - it has been extremely generous.
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I'm about to fix the dab problems and saw you are editing now too. I don't want us to be trying to submit at the same time so I'll wait for an OK from you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marine79 ( talk • contribs) 13:09, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
1964 list of wrecks - I am having the time of my life on wp shipwrecks (not) - and saw that was the voyager year - as for milhist internals - didnt know there wasnt a list - geeze youse guys are eccentric Satu Suro 05:23, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
Howdy. Thanks again for your help with both Maryang San and Kapyong... I can't believe I missed some of those refs. Both those articles are fairly mature (one has been up for nearly two months and through most of an ACR without that being picked up). Kapyong even got nearly 10,000 hits from a DKY and noone picked it up. That tool is so awesome I have run it over some of my other large articles and found both my A class articles ( Battle of Bita Paka and Operation Coburg) had a pile of unconsolidated refs too! So cheers again. Take it easy. Anotherclown ( talk) 08:17, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
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Howdy. I have drawn a map for Battle of Suoi Bong Trang, a new article I finished on the weekend. If you're not too busy can you have a look at both the article and the map and let me know what you think? It took about five hours and still looks like a monkey drew it with a crayon between his teeth. Its still probably the best map I have drawn to date (I have made a few efforts in the past for other articles that I never uploaded because they were horrid). Thanks again. Anotherclown ( talk) 10:41, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
Yeah, I saw that. Interesting, then he/she/they had a go at some other user page. I guess it means I've been around a bit now and am becoming visible/annoying? Having said that, it's only the second time my user page has been vandalised. Although the first time doesn't really count, as they were pointing out my own stupidity and were correct to do so (an embarrasing typo on the page)...;-) — AustralianRupert ( talk) 11:53, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
In regards to the source, I have no doubt it does say "Morris, not knowing who held Kokoda, recalled them to base" but this is not supported by other sources nor by the situation at Kokoda. Owen was in contact with Port Moresby and the Japanese did not attack and take the airfield until that night. Morris should hve known Kokoda was still in allied hands so why would he disregard Owen's communications and think the airfield may be in Japanese hands? Cheers Wayne ( talk) 13:47, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
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I read your article on the Australian Army Reserve with great interest. I have a comment to make on the effects of conscription on the CMF in the period 1965-72, although this is a personal anecdote with very little value to Wikipedia. I was in a CMF battalion in Queensland between 1969 and 1973. I went in as a conscript, but I'd previously spent some time in the Regular Army. The battalion led a pretty relaxed life. Most of the officers were quite old and had been there a long time, and a lot of the ORs were surprisingly old too. Turnover was low - most of them had been there for years. I hesitate to use the word "slack", but training and performance standards were not particularly high. A lot of the weapons and equipment were old and unreliable; when I first joined we still trained with Owen guns and No. 36 grenades, and wore British khaki webbing over our greens. Some of the battalion trucks were Second World War vintage. Before conscription, it was a blokey club for men who liked camping in the bush at weekends and firing weapons at the rifle range.
Conscription brought in a large number of young blokes, all the same age, who on average were brighter and had more education and technical skills than the volunteers. A lot of them very quickly rose to NCO level, and a few went to OCTU and got their First Appointment. Their technical abilities meant that within a few years, specialist areas like the battalion intelligence section, the medics, the cooks, the signallers and the motor mechanics were all filled by conscripts who did those things in their civilian lives. Senior officers and mid-ranks like WO and Staff Sergeant were still held by long-term volunteers - some of them ex-Regular - but by 1972 most of the Corporals, Sergeants and platoon commanders, even a few Captains, were conscripts.
So when conscription ended, the guts fell out of the battalion. On the Monday morning after Gough Whitlam was elected, outside the Q-Store there was a queue of blokes waiting to hand in their kitbags. I stayed on till the end of 1973, and by that time more than half of the NCOs and most of the skilled tradespeople were gone. The battalion was back to the older blokes who liked to camp in the bush.
I assume similar things happened in every CMF unit across the country. I don't know whether this effect of conscription has been widely recognised, or whether the Millar Report understood what had happened in the CMF. I've been very sceptical about the value of conscription ever since, because I've never heard anyone in either military or political circles talk about planning for its end. Peter Bell ( talk) 01:39, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
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Hi AustralianRupert. I have started adding detail to Arnold_Potts#Kokoda_Track_Campaign, would you mind having a look and giving me an opinion? There is actually quite a lot about Potts in the main Kokoda Track campaign article.
I am setting out to relate the story (as told by Brune<ref>Brune, Peter (2003). A Bastard of a Place: The Australians in Papua. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-74114-403-5. http://books.google.ca/books?id=oWx1oq8RPcQC&lpg=PP1&dq=A%20Bastard%20of%20a%20Place%20%3A%20The%20Australians%20in%20Papua&client=firefox-a&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=true.</ref>) of his leadership in the fighting withdrawal, and follow up with the story of his dismissal, victim of larger forces etc. It's a very good story. Problem is most of it is already embedded through Kokoda Track campaign.
I am aware that the Potts page as I have left it tells half the story, then closes abruptly - I will have to decide smartly whether to continue in this vein or go for a much less ambitious biography. Your thoughts? SpoolWhippets ( talk) 12:25, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks for assessing the articles that I requested. Have A Great Day! Lord Oliver The Olive Branch 15:07, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi, just wondering whether you can point out why the 34th Brigade is see also on this page? Regards Newm30 ( talk) 23:40, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
G'day, thanks for the Redlink Remover Barnstar, much appreciated. Do you think a sentence is required after the link or within the article so as to provide a "reason" as there is no reference within the page, to remove any confusion as to why the 34th Brigade is also worth looking at?
P.S. Not sure whether naval military interests you, but I have created the List of ships assigned to the Australia Station. (Cam) Newm30 ( talk) 02:19, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
Cheers! I'm really enjoying doing the maps. Please let me know if you pick up any errors or can think of any improvements. Its also very easy for me to make slightly different versions, so bear that in mind. Have a great day SpoolWhippets ( talk) 21:49, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi, just letting you know I have created an article on 27th Battalion and Soraken. I have also included the battle of Ratsua on the Bougainville campaign box. I am lost while the alexbot new article pages are down. Newm30 ( talk) 01:47, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
I was wondering what your opinion was on whether the following battles on Bougainville should be captured individually or contained in other battles preludes? The battles in question, but not limited to, are Little George Hill, Artillery Hill, Mosigetta, Mawareka, Puriata River, Soraken. Or perhaps these should these be contained in the overarching article Bougainville Campaign or potentially sub-campaign articles e.g. Central Bougainville campaign, Northern Bougainville campaign and South Bougainville campaign? Newm30 ( talk) 00:44, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
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Thank you for noticing that! I have corrected the error. Have A Great Day! Lord Oliver The Olive Branch 12:02, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi I believe the template opens automatically when the article is viewed ? but yes it would be better closed. By the way well done in the Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/March 2010 hope you get in. -- Jim Sweeney ( talk) 12:32, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
I've added some info to the intro of this article. I have to admit, introductions aren't my strong point, so if this isn't good enough I'd be very glad if you could give me some further pointers. And just call me Gaia if you like. Thanks, Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk | Sign 20:38, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi, just thought you would like to know I have created 21st Battalion (Australia), Battle of the Coconut Grove and Koiari Raid. Hope to be able to bring up all US battles in Bougainville to at least start asap. Newm30 ( talk) 11:18, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
I have responded to all of your concerns in this review. — Ed! (talk) 02:27, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for all the feedback. Really appreciated it. -- Corneredmouse ( talk) 22:21, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
Some more references, using National Library's digitalisation of newspapers. Darwn Mobile Force newspaper articles Regards Newm30 ( talk) 11:30, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
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Hi - congratulations on your election as coordinator. Also - I have just been dropping in some detail maps to your Bougainville battle articles. Let me know if they are OK, or if I have missed anything out. Also for future notice - is it OK etiquette to just plonk them into the article or should I be uploading them then notifying the main editor of the article (in this case you) so you can put it in as you see fit? cheers SpoolWhippets ( talk) 22:33, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
That's very kind of you AR, but don't worry, you beat me fair and square (by seconds) to the last slot! In all seriousness though, I'll still keep an eye on the task force page and I can't imagine anyone will mind my helping out if I can. Ranger Steve ( talk) 12:15, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
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Hello AustralianRupert! Thanks so much for your kind and helpful analysis. No need to apologize about overkill. I've recently retired from a legal research position with the U.S. Courts so the citation of authority comes naturally. As a first timer I just wasn't sure what was appropriate. I've addressed your suggestions and added some additional documentation, perhaps too much. Just let me know. Luckily, I'm professionally inclined towards the retention of any and all research materials, so working these cites back in was not much trouble. Thanks again for your assistance and your encouragement. -- Mdunn30 ( talk) 15:45, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
Rupert, do you know how to make the convert template {{convert}} be more precise? It's showing that 2 km = 1 mile which it doesn't. I've tried fiddling by using the precision nomenclature, but I cannot get it right. The Battle of Dürenstein (under battlefield site) has this problem. Also, thanks for reading Mount Saint Peter's Church. :) Auntieruth55 ( talk) 20:01, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Pdfpdf,
Just to let you know, I've sent you an offsite email. I just found your email from December. Apologies for not having replied sooner. Natually, I'll give myself an uppercut. Take care. — AustralianRupert ( talk) 23:47, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
I'm almost embarassed to admit I use IE, so I only EVER see 1 column. One day I must use a different browser to see what 2 cols looks like. Which browser do you use?
I'm sure 2 cols must look OK - I doubt you would have done it if it didn't look OK.
By-the-way, there'll probably be a couple of hundred refs by the time the list becomes semi-stable.
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Thanks I have added a notability tag to the article for now and have tried to find sources for the article which is a bit of a mess. -- Jim Sweeney ( talk) 14:50, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
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Hi there. As you have an analogous GA/GAN, can you have a look at Wikipedia:Featured_article_review/Military history of France/archive1 please? There is a big stalemate between two editors and nobody else is participating. It is about whether the contents are focussed and cover the nominal topic. YellowMonkey ( vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 01:12, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi again. Can you look at this FAR? I only know about the Indochina stuff, but judging from the stuff in that section, and the generally odd weighting to various things, the content seems to have been put together in an ad hoc way. I think you would know a lot more about the whole geopolitical stuff in there especially the Cold War/Korea/end of WWII etc YellowMonkey ( vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 06:52, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks for your support on that! Auntieruth55 ( talk) 00:15, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
You can DIY with Dougie and all the other vandal attacks YellowMonkey ( vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 04:02, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
I have granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe you can be trusted to use rollback correctly, and for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck and thanks. — Ed (talk • majestic titan) 07:11, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
Those phantom by night airfield creators who havent any idea about tags or categories - you can have them ;) Satu Suro 14:26, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your review. I think I addressed you comments MisterBee1966 ( talk) 12:19, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
Tanks for the review! I've implemented why they were struck into Construction. Could you also review Kii class battleship, please. Buggie111 ( talk) 22:33, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Just letting you know I will be creating the bio's for John Field and John McKinna soon. Newm30 ( talk) 11:49, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
You rated this article "Start" class a while back. I've made some edits and added some info etc. Could you please, when you have time, take another look as I think it might qualify for "B-class" now. Many thanks Corneredmouse ( talk) 09:47, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
Could you tell me why it fails "coverage and accuracy"? I don't find anything wanting. I'm asing you since you'd be the type of reader who deson't know about ships. Buggie111 ( talk) 16:45, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Hey Rupert, could you have a squiz at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Douglas MacArthur/archive1? I'm trying to get the five-star general promoted. Hawkeye7 ( talk) 05:25, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
That book - damn - will try to get a look this week - too many threads too many fields of thought :( - sorry Satu Suro 00:36, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the barnstar! Much appreciated. Best, Historical Perspective ( talk) 17:42, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
Great will revert I did a quick search and could find no mention. -- Jim Sweeney ( talk) 12:29, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
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Dear Canberran (per your stay at RMC) and decorated article writer, please lend a hand YellowMonkey ( bananabucket!) 06:31, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for cleaning things up. I shouldn't re-write an article at 5 in the morning. :P - The Bushranger Return fire Flank speed 01:59, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks that's my first one of those. -- Jim Sweeney ( talk) 16:22, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
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Hey mate. When I was home on leave I placed Operation Crimp up for GA and as part of the review the question of some additional US sources has been raised. Unfortunately the majority of the sources I have used are Australian, although was able to get my hands on the American official history (and the PAVN). When I was rewriting it I looked fairly widely for American sources and have added as much US info as I could find (although most of it is gleaned from Australian works). Just wondering if you might be able to have a bit of a dig around and see what else you can find? I would do it myself but I'm kind of buggered now. BTW I will be offline for a bit but I will come back to this as soon as I can. The link for the GA review is here. I hope this isn't asking too much given your real life commitments. Cheers. Anotherclown ( talk) 14:40, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi - sorry to bother you but I recall that you have had previous involvement with the West India Regiment article and have knowledge of the subject. There has recently been a small scale edit war on the WIR site concerning the slightly obscure subject of whether the Regiment saw active service against the Turks in Palestine during the final months of World War I. I believe that the cited references given make it clear that it was two battalions of the wartime raised British West Indies Regiment that fought against against the Turks, while the regulars of the WIR, after respectable service in German Africa, simply guarded lines of communication. The dispute could probably be resolved quickly and amicably but some ugly charges of racism by "white historians and ignorants who cannot deal with real history" are being made by an anonomous editor who does not appear to realise that both units were recruited from exactly the same black Caribbean population. If you have the time, as an informed third party could you look at the article and perhaps comment in your diplomatic way. I admit the sources that I used could be wrong but I dislike seeing a good article that a number of people have contributed to being distorted in this way. Cheers. buistR 08:31, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
I finally got some information I was waiting for and I added it to Louis H. Carpenter. This confirmed and updated dates for ranks, assignments, and positions. I also finally confirmed his service with the 5th United States Colored Cavalry Regiment. I would appreciate if you took a look at it. With another review, do you think this will finally get to A/FA status?
Please let me know. Jrcrin001 ( talk) 08:51, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
The man with everything at his fingertips! Ta, Pdfpdf ( talk) 12:43, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
Having problems with Indian editors at the PNS Ghazi article. I've reported them at the NPOV noticeboard and the OR noticeboard but it seems that nobody wants to get involved. So I end up just going in circles with the same Indian editors, who claim that Indian news sources are neutral/reliable and the article should be built up solely on them. I need some advice. Are editors afraid of getting involved in Indo-Pak-related disputes? Do I need to go to the "Arbitration cabal"? Thanks.-- Hj108 ( talk) 12:20, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
I've fixed all of your concerns. My book makes a special note of Kenworthy, so I decided to throw that in. Could you please re-review, and could you please be a bit snappy, as this is a MilHist contest submission. Buggie111 ( talk) 15:59, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
I've split it into two sections + a small lead. no more info can be found. Reasses? Buggie111 ( talk) 02:57, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi, how are you? I just got a copyvio alert for 27th Battalion (Australia) from Theleftorium. Can you provide feedback please. Regards Newm30 ( talk) 16:35, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
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Do you think something should be added about No. 101 (Folbot) Troop, they did go on to form part of the SBS ? There is some mention of them here [4] -- Jim Sweeney ( talk) 11:40, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
No probs dude :) EnigmaMcmxc ( talk) 22:28, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi there. I've finished the repairs on the Canberra FAR. Can you use your local knowledge to see if anything is missing please? YellowMonkey ( vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 03:41, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Military_history/Archive_94#Use_of_flag_icons_and_command_structure_parameter_in_infoboxes, Hammersfan, 18/06/10, 12.47 BST
Here is a image from the IWM [6] the caption is: Captain Gerald C S Montanaro of 101 Troop, Special Service Brigade, leads one of his men during combined operations training in the presence of the King at Inverary in Scotland, 9 October 1941. The officer is carrying a Luger pistol with drum magazine.
Montanaro was OC 101 Troop, 6 Commando does not help with North Africa but you may want to use it.
There is also this one [7]
the caption is Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade in Osnabruck, 4 April 1945. a bit of artistic licence could be used as you know 6 Commando was part of the brigade.
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There were two battles which took place at Urumqi in 1933. As you know, i already created an article about the second one, at Battle of Urumqi. This one started in December 1933 and extended into January 1934. However, there was the earlier battle, which only took place in i believe the spring of 1933. I didn't want to call the second battle, the Battle of Urumqi (1934) because it started in the winter of 1933. I want to create an article about the first battle, should i use the alternate spelling of Urumqi, which is Urumchi? (then it would be Battle of Urumchi, or should i change the second battle to Battle of Urumqi (1934) and call the first one Battle of Urumqi (1933)? Whats the naming convention for this? Дунгане ( talk) 18:24, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your suggestions regarding the article about Col. Lucius B. Northrop, the Confederate States of America Commissary-General. I have added a startup infobox, but have not yet finalized it (for example, I don't know how to image the colonel's Confederate insignia of rank). Bigturtle ( talk) 18:31, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
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Thank you very much for your time. The following hours/days I'll make the appropriate adjustments and update the GA review page. Alexikoua ( talk) 17:08, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
Thanks again for your time. By the way, incredible work within the scope of wp:milhist! Cheers! Alexikoua ( talk) 23:01, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
Do u have some time to read a discussion and give your opinion ? Blablaaa ( talk) 17:30, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
Ok I have given up how did you add the IWM template to image of the two commandos training on the No. 6 Commando article I have tried numerous combinations with no success. -- Jim Sweeney ( talk) 20:47, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I've responded yo your comments on the DYK nom page. Can you please review it again. Here's the link. Thnx Regstuff ( talk) 05:49, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for changing the settings of the city bombing template to allow it to be collapsed - much appreciated. Nick-D ( talk) 11:56, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
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