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This barnstar is awarded to Gog the Mild for copy edits totaling over 6,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE February 2019 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg ( talk) 21:08, 25 February 2019 (UTC) |
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A small token of appreciation for your outstanding work on this place. - LouisAragon ( talk) 13:43, 2 March 2019 (UTC) |
Hi Louis. That is extremely generous of you. I am not sure what I have done that is so outstanding, but the barnstar is much appreciated nonetheless. Gog the Mild ( talk) 17:52, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
Zawed, well yes. I was wetting myself the first time I put something in for ACR, and highly nervous about my first FAC. For what it's worth I have found ACR a more testing stage than FAC. I don't thing that most articles have gone through ACR before FAC, so ours will look relatively polished and have far fewer glaring errors. There will be the usual irritating personal opinions and odd interpretations of the MoS, but if push comes to shove the FAC coordinators are more than ready to overrule or ignore that sort of input. Just nominate one. I'll review it straight away, so you will be off to a flying start. Or if you want, I'll give one a GOCE type copy edit plus comments on where it might be picked at at FAC; there are a couple of experienced editors I do this for. Gog the Mild ( talk) 12:41, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
This is to let you know that the Siege of Aiguillon article has been scheduled as today's featured article for April 1, 2019. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 1, 2019, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.
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Thank you, and all who helped, for "a turning point in the Hundred Years' War which has been almost completely ignored by historians. In 1346 Prince John, the French King's son and heir, marched a "huge" army into Gascony, supported by a large siege train, five cutting edge gunpowder cannon and every military officer in the royal court. They besieged Aiguillon, "the key to Gascony". The English commander, the Earl of Lancaster, adroitly avoided battle, harassed the French communications, and repeatedly ran supplies through to the besieged town. After more than five months John abandoned the siege under direct orders from his father, who needed all the troops he could muster to face an unexpected invasion in the north by Edward III. John's army arrived two weeks after the French army of the north had been crushingly defeated at the Battle of Crecy."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:33, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
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Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Gascon campaign of 1345. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 15:53, 6 March 2019 (UTC) |
Good day to you, sir! WP Spaceflight is undergoing a bit of a renaissance with more articles spawning these days. We're overtaxing our few qualified editors, however. Would you be able to assist with our FAC and GAC backlog and/or perhaps get the assistance of some of your colleagues in milhist?
Much obliged for any help you can render (and I'd leave mine alone until I can update the refs with the complete ones now updates for Solrad 1).
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G'day Gog, I appreciate that the ACR source review of this article has been a bit of a "hospital pass", but am wondering if you could take another look and decide about whether to support or oppose on sourcing. The referencing is rather non-standard, there are some MOS issues, and there looks to be a few things outstanding, but I'm not sure whether you consider them to be major or minor, or even how many of them are outstanding. Cheers, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 02:49, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
Hi Gog the Mild. Just checking to see if you have seen the comments at Talk:Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (consul 23 BC)/GA1. It looks like it is close to passing. AIRcorn (talk) 22:06, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
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This barnstar is for Wiki-gnoming it all over the place! GenQuest "Talk to Me" 23:01, 10 March 2019 (UTC) |
@ GenQuest: What a pleasant surprise. It seems to be my day for barnstars. Many thanks. I do like to do a bit of Wiki-gnoming of an evening. It is nice that it is appreciated.
PS. Any reason for it being 50px rather than the more normal 100px? Gog the Mild ( talk) 23:18, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I stumbled across what I think was one of the books I had in the back of my mind in the Razing of Friesoythe article's ACR today. I've added material from it discussing Allied retaliation policies, which form part of its brief discussion of Friesoythe. The book is slightly frustrating in that it's vague about the frequency of such retaliations, noting that they were uncommon but then focusing on those which occurred (something I find is a frequent problem in this kind of revisionist work by academics, especially during the 1990s when they were rather naive about how their work would be used by the far right). Let me know what you think. Nick-D ( talk) 05:57, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
On 12 March 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Cape Ecnomus, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Battle of Cape Ecnomus in 256 BC was probably the largest naval battle ever? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Cape Ecnomus. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Battle of Cape Ecnomus), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Hey Gog I don't wanna disturb you but I just realised that your A-class of the Battle of Cape Ecnomus nomination is already a month dead. Just curious when you will continue the nomination? If I disturb you then sorry for disturbing you just curious when you will response. Cheers mate. CPA-5 ( talk) 18:19, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
Congratulations on the articles promotion. You will see I have finished off my review. You appear to have missed my last (much earlier) comment per:
By this time Douglas had marched south to Bamburgh, perhaps hoping for a repeat of the events of 1319, when Edward II had broken off a siege of Berwick after a Scottish army had advanced on York, where his queen was staying, and devastated Yorkshire. Whatever concerns Edward III had for his queen, he knew that Bamburgh could easily withstand a siege. The Scots did not have the time to construct the kind of equipment that would be necessary to take the fortress by assault. The Scots devastated the countryside but Edward III ignored this.
I have broken this sentence down but still have some concerns that I can't resolve myself. "Perhaps hoping" is speculative and comes under words-to-watch unless it is attributed? That "he knew" is opinion expressed in a wiki voice. Again, I think it should be attributed. That Edward "ignored this", is similar but not of the same import (ie of marginal concern).
English casualties were reported as fourteen; some chronicles give a lower figure of seven.[59][60]
Two sources are cited but "some" is both imprecise and more than one, and there are guidelines re words-to-watch, imprecision in writing and being specific in attribution. There are lots of ways to address this (including a footnote) but it depends on who said what - who says fourteen and who says some chronicles? With this info, I could be more forward with a course.
Hope these points are sufficiently clear. Regards, Cinderella157 ( talk) 10:17, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
English casualties were reported as fourteen;[61][62] however, Nicholson, observes that some chronicles have given lesser figures as low as seven.[62]Note, Nicholson has already been introduced more fully.
By this time Douglas had marched south to Bamburgh. Nicholson, suggests [concudes/reports - your choice] that Douglas hoped for a repeat of the events of 1319.[ref] In that year, Edward II had broken off a siege of Berwick after a Scottish army had advanced on York, where his queen was staying, and devastated Yorkshire. Whatever concerns Edward III had for his queen, Nicholson observes that Edward knew that Bamburgh could easily withstand a siege.[ref][While]The Scots did not have the time to construct the kind of equipment that would be necessary to take the fortress by assault. The Scots devastated the countryside but Edward III ignored [was not diverted by] this.
Douglas intended to repeat the events ...Similarly, remove "knew":
Bamburgh was well fortified and provisioned.(If this was indeed the case and the reason for Edwards confidence). But I am trying to propose only minimal changes. Hope this clarifies the rationale for my concerns. Regards, Cinderella157 ( talk) 22:28, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
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Hi Cuprum17, that is extremely kind of you. It is pleasing that my humble Wiki-gnome efforts have received some recognition. Thank you. Gog the Mild ( talk) 18:28, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
See Gog the ship SMS Lothringen got promoted. I told you everything would be fine. As long you believe in your felow wikipedians then everything would be okay. Cheers. CPA-5 ( talk) 20:41, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
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Hi Gog, would you take a look at Rhine_Campaign_of_1795 again before I nominate for A-class? Thank you! Cheers, auntieruth (talk) 13:31, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
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@ RetiredDuke: This is extremely kind of you. It is always good to have one's input appreciated, and this does, indeed, inspire me to step once more into the breach. Thank you. Gog the Mild ( talk) 19:38, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
NOT run IABot with the option Archive non-dead sources (or some option like that) checked on. ∯WBG converse 10:34, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
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Hello Gog:
I've finished the copy edit you requested of the article Donner Party. I think it's ready for its appearance as TFY.
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Hey Gog. Is there anything left for me to do at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Safavid occupation of Basra (1697–1701)? Its been some days so I was wondering. - LouisAragon ( talk) 16:16, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi Gog, just picked up that there is a discrepancy in dates in the article. 3 August is listed in text in lead as end of Chevauchée, however in infobox 28 September is shown. Can you check which is correct? Regards Newm30 ( talk) 22:03, 8 May 2019 (UTC)3 August 1347
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Hi Gog. Hope, all is well. If you are fine, can you copy edit this stub-sized draft.? (Especially 'Content and Style' section needs paraphrasing for style). Feel free to trim anything. -- Gazal world ( talk) 14:14, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi Gog, I am just reading while in hospital (routine surgery) and found on via article Genoese crossbowmen that the French lines of Genoese crossbowmen mercenaries at the Battle of Crécy were led by Ottone Doria and Carlo Grimaldi. Not sure if that is shown in article? Regards Newm30 ( talk) 14:38, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
No. (I deleted it from the infobox as unsourced.) What is the source?
I hope that everything runs smoothly while you are in. Gog the Mild ( talk) 14:40, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
Gog, the following seems to identify him https://books.google.com.au/books?id=qIMlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=Ottone+Doria&source=bl&ots=1CfAwXgIGA&sig=ACfU3U2DYoox2nCTHHbeoTFmfmF3YN1ZKA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjvu_bK7I7iAhVm73MBHeY_A4QQ6AEwD3oECAUQAQ, I just can't read page number as phone won't let me zoom in. Surgery went well and feel better than previous. Regards Newm30 ( talk) 16:24, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
G’day Gog, feeling a bit sore after the surgery but will keep plugging away. Was just wondering whether Edward Balliol should be listed as a commander in the English column either under English banner or Disinherited banner? I’m not sure what arms (heraldry) he would hold as the “alternate” King of Scotland. I will check if McAndrew says anything about his seal during this time. Regards Newm30 ( talk) 12:22, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for reviewing the article, unfortunately I have leaking roof problem, amongst other things, so cannot invest the time to address the points. Urselius ( talk) 18:21, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
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Hello Gog:
The copy edit your requested for History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present) before its TFA appearance has been completed.
I had to expand the lede as almost a decade of the team's history was not mentioned in it. I also got rid of all the citations in the lede and made sure all of its the text was also in the body of the article.
It seems in good shape to me at this point, but I welcome any comments.
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Aha, that makes sense. I'd wanted to make sure that I contacted all the high-contribution editors for the article so as not to exclude anyone who did a lot of work on it. Now that I double-check with the whocolor tool I see what you're saying. Rather an oversight on my part given the array of FAs and GAs you've worked on in a far more extensive manner, and are within-scope of what the WikiJournal of Humanities tackles. Do you have any favourites that you've worked on? The articles on the Siege of Berwick (1333), Battle of Neville's Cross, Battle of Auberoche, or Battle of Bergerac are possibilities, but that's only based on articles that you've already worked on extensively, rather than new ones you might be interested in doing, so it's certainly only a suggestion. T.Shafee(Evo&Evo) talk 00:10, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
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Gog, I hereby grant you this award for your efforts in expanding the articles for the Hundred Years' War (1337–1360). Newm30 ( talk) 01:21, 18 May 2019 (UTC) |
@ Newm30: Thank you very much. It may be a little immature of me, but I find these tokens of appreciation from other editors very motivating. I now feel inspired to crack on with Battle of Crecy.
And thank you for your contributions to
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PS I hope that you are keeping well(er than when last we communicated).
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Hi
You did an edit
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Please revert that edit and then please confirm that to me, thanks. --
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Dear Gog the Mild, I was wondering if your generous offer to review or copy edit an article of mine still stands? In case you are interested, I just nominated Trachodon mummy at GAN, the plan is to eventually bring it to FAC. I think this is a fun and varied piece! Thanks, -- Jens Lallensack ( talk) 18:48, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
Having addressed most if not all of your recommendations, and added some new material, I have re-nominated the article. Urselius ( talk) 19:56, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
Good afternoon, Gog. When reviewing an FAC recently (can't recall which) I noticed that you had done the image review. I am short of one for my current FAC, despite a request through the usual channels, and if you are free and disposed to do the review I should be most grateful. Quite understand if not, of course. Tim riley talk 17:03, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
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For writing and copyediting Gujarati literature related articles such as Mansukhram Tripathi. Nizil ( talk) 17:34, 27 May 2019 (UTC) |
Hi Nizil, thank you very much, I am honoured. I just do a bit of polishing for the editors who do the hard work, but nevertheless, it always gives me a warm glow when this is appreciated. So please accept my appreciation for your thoughtfulness. Gog the Mild ( talk) 20:17, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
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I humbly ask if you would consider reviewing one of my two GANs? My DYK target date is July 1, and I'd like to have one of the GANs pass before I make the DYK nom. Not that I'm asking you to pass a GAN, but to give it an honest review. No doubt I will need all manner of help to get things ready. (Of the other articles for a six-hook DYK, three have expansions prepped and another I need to assemble.) The GANs are Poutine (food and drink GAN, has been copy edited) and Made in Canada (tv show, has not been copy edited). If you don't have time next week, please let me know and I'll pester someone else. – Reidgreg ( talk) 20:31, June 1, 2019 (UTC)
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I've finished my copy edit of the upcoming TFA History of aluminium.
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G'day Gog. Just wondering if Sumption goes into any detail in relation to the "chevauchée" by Edward III into Scotland, known as Burnt Candlemas in Lothian, Scotland in 1356. This was undertaken after the sacking of Berwick and unsuccessful siege of Berwick Castle by the Scottish in 1355. Edward III demanded that Edward Balliol renounce his right to the Scottish kingship before the chevauchée. Regards Newm30 ( talk) 04:36, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
Hey Gog, just a reminder when you add new entries to Wikipedia:Four Award/Records to put them in alphabetical order. The last 3 you added weren't in alphabetical order (I moved them to the right spot). Cheers, « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 22:50, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
On 9 June 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Chevauchée of Edward III, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when the English army invaded France in 1346 they burnt a 40-mile-wide (64 km) swath of destruction to within 2 miles (3 km) of Paris? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Chevauchée of Edward III), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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A fictional portrayal of the Battle of Crécy is included in the Ken Follett novel World Without End. The book describes the battle from an English knight's perspective, that of an archer, and from that of a neutral observer. This novel was made into a telefilm in 2012 and the Battle of Crécy is included, albeit in a very summarized form.
Another depiction can be found in Warren Ellis' and Raulo Caceres' graphic novel Crécy, which frames the battle as a narration by a Suffolk archer; or in Bernard Cornwell's fictional account of an archer in the Hundred Years' War, Harlequin (UK title), part of the Grail Quest novel series, or The Archer's Tale (US title). The lead character Thomas of Hookton, is an English archer who fights in the battle.
The battle appears in "The campaign of 1346, as an historical drama" by Christopher Godmond.
It is also portrayed in Ronald Welch's Bowman of Crécy and in David Gilman's Master of War.
The protagonist of P.C. Doherty's The Death of a King (1985) is present at the battle and describes it from the perspective of a bowman on the right flank near the village of Crécy.
In G. A. Henty's historical fiction book St. George for England, the main character is present at the battles of Cressy and Poitiers. [1]
The battle is a crucial episode in the life of the hero Hugh de Cressi (his name is apparently a coincidence), in the H. Rider Haggard novel Red Eve. The battle is described in some detail, including, for example the failure of the Genoese bowmen, attributed in the book, as above, to wet strings; and also the merciless treatment of the French wounded. [2]
In Michael Jecks 2014 book Fields of Glory, the entire campaign is viewed from the point of view of a vintaine of archers under the command of the non fictional Sir John de Sully commencing with the landing in Normandy and terminating with a detailed description of the eventual final battle at Crecy. [3] It highlights the devastating effects of the chevauchée as the English laid waste to the countryside in an attempt to bring the French army into the field to protect its inhabitants. citation needed
The battle features at the climax of another 2014 novel, Son of the Morning, by Mark Barrowcliffe writing as Mark Alder. A fantasy take on the Hundred Years' War, the novel depicts English and French forces as being supported by devils and angels. [4]
The battle is referred to several times – though never seen directly – in Michael Crichton's 1999 science-fiction novel Timeline, in which a group of archaeologists are transported back in time to fourteenth-century France. Crichton gives credit to the English for winning the battle in the face of vastly superior forces, citing the English willingness to adopt a less ceremonial style of battle and instead using what he calls "shock troops" – mercenary archers who were paid a wage for their services, trained on a daily basis much like modern soldiers, and were deadly accurate in their ability to make enemy kills from a distance of what would today be the equivalent of two or more football fields, something that would have been impossible for the French chevaliers with their short-range style of fighting.
In Shakespeare's play Henry V (act II scene IV) the King of France refers to the battle when he warns his noblemen not to underestimate Henry, who is:
...bred out of that bloody strain
That haunted us in our familiar paths:
Witness our too much memorable shame
When Cressy battle fatally was struck,
And all our princes captiv'd by the hand
Of that black name, Edward, Black Prince of Wales;
Whiles that his mountain sire, on mountain standing,
Up in the air, crown'd with the golden sun,
Saw his heroical seed, and smiled to see him,
Mangle the work of nature and deface
The patterns that by God and by French fathers
Had twenty years been made. This is a stem
Of that victorious stock; and let us fear
The native mightiness and fate of him.
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Hi Goran tek-en. I wonder if you can help me in formatting a request for a map for a FAC properly? (I had the same request up previously, but made such a mess of it that no one at Maps could understand what I was asking for.) The "standard" map[s] for the Battle of Cape Ecnomus is this:
However it is inaccurate. I could describe the changes needed, or the three maps above could be replaced with the three similar ones on this web site.
My problem is that I do not know how to get the first map to show on the map requests page, and so I can't make clear what I would like. I imagine that it is simple once you know how, but I don't. If you could share with me how to do this, I would be grateful.
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As much as I appreciate the extra vote, I saw you accidentally voted twice on Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Mercury Seven/archive1. You may want to remove the most recent one. Thanks! Kees08 (Talk) 23:43, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
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Hi Gog and thanks for creating the article. It has been on my interest list. I was reading online that the chevauchée was led through the lands of John I, Count of Armagnac, during initial part, as he had reverted allegiance back to France. Does Sumption mention this? Juillac was hard to find initially but will need to look at former province further. Anyway will await your expansion and I will always fill red links if I can. Regards Newm30 ( talk) 12:51, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
Gog, was wondering if Scottish raids in 1355, battle of Nesbit Moor, sacking of Berwick and Burnt Candlemas could be written into prelude? Regards Newm30 ( talk) 17:48, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
@ Newm30: That looks great. Some minor suggestions:
Otherwise it looks great. And thank you very much. Gog the Mild ( talk) 11:40, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
Following up on the 18th Div article. Two editors went over the article and made quite a few changes. In your opinion, is it now ready to meet FAC 1a, or would you suggest additional work? EnigmaMcmxc ( talk) 17:21, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
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G'day Gog, just a nudge that you can nominate Battle of Blanchetaque for TFA now as noms are open for August. Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 08:31, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
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Are these numbers right? Because I thought I was granted more reviews than I thought I performed as well. Wonder if it is counting number of signatures total instead of number of reviews with your signatures? That would match closer to the number I received. Kees08 (Talk) 18:54, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
A couple of people have been working on articles that will be featured on the main page during the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. I was wondering if you would be interested in looking at the articles sometime between now and then (couple weeks from now) for copy editing and to see if there are any glaring problems. Trying to minimize the number of complaints, since a couple of complaints on a few articles would add up to a lot on one day. Let me know and I can give you a list; I am doing one last check of the easier ones myself right now. Kees08 (Talk) 18:57, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
Kees08, fascinating. I have finished a first run through Zond 5. Obviously, feel free to revert or query anything I have got wrong or which you don't understand. There are some queries on the articles talk page. If you could respond to them I will have a second, more detailed, run through. Gog the Mild ( talk) 20:24, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
Hello Gog:
I notice you have a working tag beside 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division as well as more recently Zond 5. Is 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division completed and ready for archiving?
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Hi Gog, can you review edits to Alexander Seton (died 1332) on 23 July by 31.48.73.180 and rollback if you think it’s warranted? Newm30 ( talk) 04:08, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
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@ Serial Number 54129: Exceedingly useful. I only have half a dozen of those, so that is going to keep me out of trouble for a while. What an unexpected pleasure. Many thanks. Gog the Mild ( talk) 12:49, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
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Thank you for the article about a "battle from the Hundred Years' War. The English army was trapped by the French in an area stripped of food. At Blanchtaque the English escaped by fighting their way across a tidal ford of the River Somme, against a French blocking force. Two days later the English fought and heavily defeated the main French army at the Battle of Crecy."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 05:57, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
G’day Gog, I was curious whether you had any insight as to why Walter Manny’s banner (Or, three chevrons sable - Gold three chevrons black) is shown in the picture in the infobox? I couldn’t see any mention of Manny in the text. Regards Newm30 ( talk) 06:47, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
In the article on Walter it mentions that Edward III, according to Froissart, fought incognito under Manny’s banner. Regards Newm30 ( talk) 01:54, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
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Hi - thanks for volunteering to look at this. I confess that when I got up this morning I was considering withdrawing the GA nom, as I'm not sure that the history section is really detailed enough - none of the refs I've found give any detail about its usage since the 17th C. I'll quite understand if you think it fails because of that, but would be very grateful for any other suggestions you could give me for improvements. Cheers GirthSummit (blether) 17:25, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
Hello:
The copy edit you requested from the GOCE of the article Bernard Fanning has been completed. It's good to go for the front page.
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Hi Masumrezarock100. That is very touching of you and much appreciated. Thank you. Gog the Mild ( talk) 20:58, 10 August 2019 (UTC)
G'day, Gog, hope you are well. Taking you up on your offer here: [2] Just letting you know PM and I have nominated the 10th Battalion for ACR as conom. If you are free to review, that would be fantastic. Thanks for your time. Regards, AustralianRupert ( talk) 10:50, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
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I've had a run through Hillary Clinton as requested, and I think it's in good shape for its TFA appearance.
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Hope you are doing well. I am thinking about nominating Weathering with You for GA review. I've checked the article, and I think it needs to be improved a little to meet the GA criteria. Unfortunately I don't have keen eyes, so I am unable to see what's needs to be improved. If you could suggest some improvements, I'd appreciate that. Or do you think I should nominate it now? Masum Reza 📞 17:58, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
All of that said, there is little to fault with what is there. It is good, clear, well written and solidly referenced. (Except for "The other songs include "Voice of Wind" (風たちの声 "Kaze-tachi no Koe"), "Celebration" (祝祭 "Shukusai") and "We'll Be Alright (大丈夫 "Daijōbu").) So I suspect that it could be worked up into a GAN, but I don't think that it is there yet.
As I said, this is completely outside my area, so treat everything I say with care. Let me know if you do want to work Weathering with You towards GAN and I will keep an eye on it and perhaps offer occasional advice. Gog the Mild ( talk) 18:58, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
" I will post any thoughts re improvements for ACR or FAC on the talk page."
Much obliged, A-Class review will be my next step for this article. Not sure, with it being such a short one, if it would be a good candidate for a FA review though. With the shorter divisional articles, I have usually stopped at A-Class. EnigmaMcmxc ( talk) 13:35, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
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How does this article look as far as taking it to the next quality level? Eddie891 Talk Work 14:42, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi Gog - I hope you don't mind me reaching out to you for a bit of help here, but you seemed to know what you were doing with regards to image copyright during our recent GAN, and I thought you might be able to help me out. While digging around for sources for another listed building I am writing an article about, I came across this - the genuinely fascinating story of the benefactor who paid for its construction. There's obviously an article in it (indeed, there's probably a novel in it, if I had the time/talent), but I'm thinking about images. The subject died in the second half of the nineteenth century, so I'm thinking that any images of her I can get would be copyright free (?). Can I simply copy the picture from this blog and stick it on Commons with a generic 'old image' tag, or is it more complicated than that?
Apologies for what is probably a dumb question, but I've never actually been through the process of uploading an image before - I've always used ones that were already on Commons, and I'm wary of breaching copyright by just grabbing stuff off the internet. I'd be entirely satisfied (and very grateful) if you just want to just point me at a relevant guideline page rather than typing out an answer, if that's possible. Cheers GirthSummit (blether) 18:30, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
Good idea. Surely Walkers will want to keep on the right side of the person writing the Wikipedia article on their head office? And you seem to be in full steam ahead mode. Good for you. Gog the Mild ( talk) 20:35, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
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My copy edit of Taylor Swift is finished. It's good to go on the front page on the 23rd.
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In this edit you added access dates to a bunch of references that had not had them previously - why? The article was consistently not using access dates for refs that had set publication dates. Nikkimaria ( talk) 17:36, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
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[[ Image:Symbol question.svg|25px]] Hello! Your submission of Black Prince's chevauchée of 1355 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it 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! MX ( ✉ • ✎) 18:13, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
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This barnstar is awarded to Gog the Mild for copy edits totaling over 6,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE August 2019 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg ( talk) 16:09, 28 August 2019 (UTC) |
On 29 August 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Black Prince's chevauchée of 1355, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1355, the English marched 675 miles (1,100 km) through French territory and took so much booty that they discarded silver objects to be better able to carry off gold and jewellery? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Black Prince's chevauchée of 1355. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Black Prince's chevauchée of 1355), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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I see you have 6 GAs reviews on your list to do in one day. :O I'm impressed with your enthusiasm to take all of them at the same time. I've only ever had at maximum 2 at one time LOL. keep up the good work! Maybe i'll see you at the backlog drive? ;) MrLinkinPark333 ( talk) 23:53, 29 August 2019 (UTC) |
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Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Black Prince's chevauchée of 1355. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 20:34, 30 August 2019 (UTC) |
Congrats! – Reidgreg ( talk) 21:09, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
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Thank you for the article! Nice to see your first FAC today, "about a battle from Edward III's annus mirabilis of 1346. During it the English defeated the French dauphin at the siege of Aiguillon, the French king at the Battle of Crécy, and the Scottish king at Neville's Cross. By the end of the year they were besieging Calais, which they were to take and hold for two hundred years. A large and well equipped Scottish army marched into England, spurred by Philip VI of France to intervene under the terms of the Auld Alliance in order to take pressure off northern France. Little opposition was expected, but the English marcher lords raised an army half the size of the Scots, marched rapidly north and met them on the edge of the northern English city of Durham. - The Scots mishandled their army, they were goaded by longbow fire into attacking across broken ground, part of their force fled without engaging and they were routed with heavy loss. The Scottish king was taken prisoner; he was to be held for eleven years. The battle was part of the Second War of Scottish Independence, which continued, bloodily, but strategically the English had cleared their rear and were able to concentrate on the war with France." - I will open a peer review tomorrow for Clara Schumann, - informal checking, copy-editing and comments welcome for a recent GA of which I wrote almost nothing ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:15, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
Today, I am proud of a great woman on the Main page, Márta Kurtág, finally! - Here's my ideal candidate for arbcom. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:30, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
Thank you today for what you did for Odaenathus, "king of Palmyra, king of kings of the East, saviour of Rome (at least in the minds of Roman writers), and the actual reason for Palmyra's rise! His wars against Persia healed the wounded pride of Rome which was shattered by the capture of emperor Valerian, the first Roman emperor to be captured by an enemy! But Odaenathus is overshadowed by his wife, Zenobia, and thats why not a lot of people know his story even though Zenobia contributed nothing to the power of Palmyra; she merely used what her husband built, including his army, generals and resources. Yet, she gets all the glory; the idea of a warrior queen is more attractive for people."! - I have a FAC open, did you know? And - shocking contrast - had nominated a sad DYK which appears today: Hevrin Khalaf - protest! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:50, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
I see that you've done something of value on the India page, but can't figure out what. What is archive-URL? If you could explain in a few lines, I'd be delighted. Fowler&fowler «Talk» 16:30, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for taking the time to write about our experiences together at my RfA. I really appreciate your unflagging reviews of GANs. Considering our perpetual backlog it's so appreciated. One final thanks for your understanding of my being a little slow with A Big Mooncake for Little Star. As I am able to resume normal activities I look forward to getting that up to GA standard with you. Best, Barkeep49 ( talk) 00:43, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
Thank you today for Lancaster's chevauchée of 1346, of "Hundred Years' War. The war in Gascony was crucial to the events of the war in 1346, but was overshadowed by the English victory at Crécy in August. The Earl of Lancaster had successfully kept the cream of the French army away from Crecy by holding out at the Siege of Aiguillon before south west France was stripped of troops to face Edward III in north east France. Lancaster then took 2,000 men and cut a swathe through French territory on a mounted raid lasting seven weeks, covering 350 miles, capturing numerous French towns and castles, and sacking the provincial capital ..."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:54, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
Hello! Thanks for your help with this article. I was hoping you might kindly take a look at the FA review if you have time. With many kind thanks -- [E.3] [chat2] [me] 15:21, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
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Hi thank for archiving those referneces, and rescuing them at the India team. Can you please do it for the India FT at Olympics. Thank you. Dey subrata ( talk) 20:19, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
Hello:
I have finished a copy edit of the upcoming TFY article India. Fowler&fowler who has done a lot of work recently on the article was in touch with me and I have given him a couple of suggestions to improve the article.
In any event, it is in good shape for its TFY appearance.
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Hi again - you were good enough to offer me advice (and to put up with my excitedness) when I was working on Margaret Macpherson Grant recently. I was able to convince Walkers Shortbread to donate some images (no free shortbread, unfortunately), and have now nominated it for GA. If you're interested, I'd love to work with you on a review - only if you fancy it though of course, if you're busy or not that fussed I will of course wait my turn in the queue. Cheers GirthSummit (blether) 21:42, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
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There's more where this came from... GirthSummit (blether) 15:45, 26 September 2019 (UTC) |
Will work for shortbread. @ Girth Summit: Many thanks. Gog the Mild ( talk) 15:47, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments. Absolutely understand that my style will never be to all tastes. But I very much appreciate your broad view. KJP1 ( talk) 23:22, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
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On behalf of the members of WikiProject Military history, in recognition of your election to the position of Coordinator, I take great pleasure in presenting you with the Coordinator's stars, and wish you the best luck in the coming year! Cheers, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 03:42, 29 September 2019 (UTC) |
May I ask you a question? I struggle to master the word whom, but I do not know when you have to use? I asked numerous people like Americans and my English teacher in the past but they do not know how to explain to me or they've never mastered it at all. I know you can say the word if it is about a lot of people like this example "The attack took place who killed 200 people whom of which 50 were British, 50 were American and rest were other groups and nationalities"? But could you kindly explain to me how to master the word? Cheers. CPA-5 ( talk) 17:24, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
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I congratulate you on your elevation to the ruling junta of Milhist. Chetsford ( talk) 00:48, 30 September 2019 (UTC) |
@ Chetsford: Now then, is that any way to address a superior officer? The beatings shall continue until morale improves. He, he; seriously, many thanks. I shall endeavour to continue the standards of my illustrious predecessors. Gog the Mild ( talk) 09:56, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
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To be honest, you seem to have accumulated more than enough of these things in the relatively short time that you've been here, but I guess that's what good old hard work will do... Thanks for your diligent reviews of Capture of Wakefield, helping refine that article, and hopefully help me build a blueprint for future related articles. Your advice is sound, but also your willingness to engage and explain your reasoning when required. Mostly, thank you for helping this user, who has a tendency to waffle, to "put it more shortly"! Harrias talk 12:25, 30 September 2019 (UTC) |
@ Harrias: One can never have too much appreciation. I am pleased that you found my input into the article useful. I look forward to seeing it at FAC. Gog the Mild ( talk) 13:21, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
G'day Gog, as you are a newly-minted coord, would you mind verifying my personal tally for Backlog Banzai? Thanks, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 05:22, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
We're on. Could you please hand out the one, two and three stripes, the WikiChevrons and my Barnstar? The templates are in the Military history awards section of the Coords Handbook page except for the Barnstar, for that the template is on the Barnstars page. I'll do the rest. Cheers, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 01:32, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
Do you still want maps for the articles, as requested here last February? Happy to help if you're interested in me sorting out the request. Amitchell125 ( talk) 21:02, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
@ Amitchell125: That looks fine. Can we start with just the top sub-map.
Does that all make sense and is it doable?
Many thanks. Gog the Mild ( talk) 12:58, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for the barnstar! Much appreciated. Amitchell125 ( talk) 11:04, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I am bringing to your notice that, I have nominated the article of "List of international goals scored by Sunil Chhetri", where you also helped me to rescue those citation for the article. Though almost reviewed substatially by editors, but still would like if you leave a comment at my 1st FLC nomination. And also my 2nd FLC nomination, its the "List of highest individual scores in ODIs" where you helped in copyediting and also archived the citations. I will truly appreciate your words in both of these nominations. Thank you. Dey subrata ( talk) 21:48, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
Hi, Gog the Mild. When you reverted my changes you mentioned that "the countries included in the Balkans region for the purposes of this [Military History Project] task force are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, the Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Moldova, Romania, Slovenia and Turkey.". Just wanted to ask you which criteria apply when deciding whether a military history article belongs to a country's area of interest: the battle site (whether it is currently included within the borders of the respective state or was part of that respective country), the belligerents? Many thanks in advance. Mentatus ( talk) 21:58, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
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For placing second in the WikiProject Military history September 2019 edit-a-thon Backlog Banzai, I hereby award you the Silver Wiki on behalf of the project coordinators. Well done! Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 02:23, 2 October 2019 (UTC) |
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For scoring an amazing 5,816 points in the WikiProject Military history September 2019 edit-a-thon Backlog Banzai, I hereby award you the WikiProject Barnstar. Well done! Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 02:26, 2 October 2019 (UTC) |
G'day Gog, I have been working through the creation of the map for this chevauchée. Can you review proposed map here and provide any comments. I know that Foix county name and Tarn river identifiers need moving. Are there any additional towns or regions to be shown on the map? I am looking forward to the next work of yours. Regards Newm30 ( talk) 02:47, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
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This barnstar is awarded to Gog the Mild for copy edits totaling over 20,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE September 2019 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg ( talk) 17:18, 2 October 2019 (UTC) |
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This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Gog the Mild for copyediting two long articles during the GOCE September 2019 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg ( talk) 17:18, 2 October 2019 (UTC) |
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This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Gog the Mild for copyediting one of the five longest articles – 11,684 words – during the GOCE September 2019 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg ( talk) 17:18, 2 October 2019 (UTC) |
Thanks for your work on the drive, and congrats on your Milhist Coordinatorship. I'll try to review the TFA copyedit situation and see if the GOCE coordinators can take some of that off of your hands. – Reidgreg ( talk) 17:18, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
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On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the WikiChevrons for participating in 42 reviews between July and September 2019. Peacemaker67 ( talk) via MilHistBot ( talk) 00:30, 5 October 2019 (UTC) |
If you search "Iran six day war", you see there are not so many sources about this. So I don't think this is possible to find a RS. However, this article (in Persian) only says "Iran provided oil for Israel during Arab-Israeli wars." I know Wikipedia is not a reliable source, but this article says: "During the 1967 Six-Day War, Iran supplied Israel with essential oil and petroleum."
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Hello. I hope you are having a wonderful week so far. Thank you for your input at the Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Deactivators/archive3. I must admit that I have a lot to learn about becoming a better reviewer, and I find it helpful to see how other editors respond to different types of review. If you have the time or interest, I was wondering if you could do a cursory glace through the Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wrath of the Darkhul King article. I am interested in putting it up for an FAC sometime in the future, but I am unfamiliar with video game articles. I thought asking for second opinions would be beneficial to avoid nominating something that is potentially unprepared for the FAC space . Apologies for the complete randomness of the request. Aoba47 ( talk) 00:20, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
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Hi Gog, I hope all is well. You were kind enough to provide some comments at the Baker Street robbery PR; this has now moved on to FAC. If you have sufficient time or inclination, I'd be most grateful to hear any further comments. Cheers - SchroCat ( talk) 15:56, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
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This barnstar is awarded to Gog the Mild for copy edits totaling over 4,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE October 2019 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg ( talk) 11:02, 22 October 2019 (UTC) |
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Why thank you Eastfarthingan, that is appreciated. I have noticed you keeping an eye on my progress. I hope that you like the end result. Gog the Mild ( talk) 22:37, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
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Gog, you've got this at WP:TFAP for October 2020. Ealdgyth has this on her tentative list for next month ... does that work for you? - Dank ( push to talk) 14:11, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
Well done, reverting all the mischief, by our anonymous, IP-hopping, citevar troll. Thanks! Mathglot ( talk) 05:50, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
User:IWannaBeTheVeryWorst is persistently vandalizing pages. Could you please block him, and maybe perform an IP check?
(Sorry if you're not the one to contact for this, I'm new here. I just know you're an admin.)
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Why Dr. Blofeld, how generous of you. That is most unexpected and much appreciated. Depending on the answer to my queries here, I may be able to add some more to the challenge. Gog the Mild ( talk) 17:32, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
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For your hard work on military history and featured content and contribution to the 10,000 Challenge. Much appreciated! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:31, 5 November 2019 (UTC) |
Check the history of the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup article. He/She has done it previously at 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup and at ICC Men's T20 World Cup there were dead links too where the editor reverted the archiving. At 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup I can't revert again, as that user is trying to get a chance of edit war to bring AIV against me. The user is kind of dispalying as if he/she owns the articles. He/She previously too did not allow me to edit in those articles and accuse me of following the editor which I have no interest in. Please address and revert his edits at the article. Thank you. Dey subrata ( talk) 11:44, 8 November 2019 (UTC)
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Hi Gog, if you have time to take a look at Fall of Phnom Penh I'd appreciate it. Unfortunately there are no free use photos available. thanks Mztourist ( talk) 06:22, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
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The Copyeditor's Barnstar |
Thank you very much for your extensive copyediting of the
Fortification of Frankfurt article, and thank you very much for adding the beautiful infobox as well. Your work gave me the enthusiasm to do a re-verification of the historic sources and to buy the book the original author had mainly used for creating the article.
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Hello:
Just a quick note to say I went through 2005 ACC Championship Game and fixed a number of issues. I think it's now good to go as a TFA.
Regards,
Twofingered Typist ( talk) 22:03, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
G'day Gog, I am going to be effectively incommunicado 8-18 December, so am wondering if you would mind starting the voting phase of MHOTY and MHNOTY on 15 December? A quick look at last year's archives [6] will show you what to do, which is basically adding a subsection for voting and spots for the votes for each nominee. I'll be back for the end of voting and am happy to tidy up at the end. Let me know? Cheers, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 10:05, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi Gog, the image en:File:Map of route of Black Prince chevauchée of 1355.svg is ready for use if you wish to use. If you need references on image, let me know and I will add. This will prevent any problems with creator. Regards Newm30 ( talk) 10:23, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
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The Military history A-Class medal with oak leaves | |
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the A-Class medal with Oak Leaves for Battle of Sluys, Battle of Calais (1349), and Battle of Lagos. CPA-5 ( talk) via MilHistBot ( talk) 00:30, 3 December 2019 (UTC) |
Just noticed this message in an edit summary so I dropped in to say "I Care". Your nominations and Seconds and comments and involvement at EotW have been outstanding and valuable to the lifeblood of the project. Your participation is very much appreciated and, hopefully, will continue into the new year. ― Buster7 ☎ 14:50, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello:
I've finished a run-through of You Only Move Twice before its TFA appearance.
The length of the plot section was a huge issue with the article. (Most of the edits since it passed FA seem to have been to the plot.) I found a version shortly after July 2007 and worked on it; the plot now falls below the 500 word threshold. I've also tweaked the rest of the article.
Cheers,
...to me sometime back: have you given any further thought on the matter? TomStar81 ( Talk) 01:43, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
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This barnstar is awarded to Gog the Mild for copy edits totaling over 30,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE November 2019 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Tdslk ( talk) 03:48, 4 December 2019 (UTC) |
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Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Long Articles, 3rd Place | |
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Gog the Mild for copyediting 3 long articles during the GOCE November 2019 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Tdslk ( talk) 03:48, 4 December 2019 (UTC) |
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Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Longest Article, 2nd Place | |
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Gog the Mild for copyediting one of the five longest articles – 12,970 words – during the GOCE November 2019 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Tdslk ( talk) 03:48, 4 December 2019 (UTC) |
If this sounds interesting to you, I'd be most grateful for any comments you may care to make at the peer review. Cheers – SchroCat ( talk) 16:57, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors December 2019 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the December 2019 GOCE newsletter, an update of Guild happenings since the September edition. Our Annual Report should be ready in late January. ![]() Election time: Nominations for the election of a new tranche of Guild coordinators to serve for the first half of 2020 will be open from 1 to 15 December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31 December at 23:59 UTC. Positions for Guild coordinators, who perform the important behind-the-scenes tasks that keep our project running smoothly, are open to all Wikipedians in good standing. We welcome self-nominations so please consider nominating yourself if you've ever thought about helping out; it's your Guild and it doesn't run itself! September Drive: Of the thirty-two editors who signed up, twenty-three editors copy edited at least one article; they completed 39 requests and removed 138 articles from the backlog, bringing the backlog to a low of 519 articles. October Blitz: This event ran from 13 to 19 October, with themes of science, technology and transport articles tagged for copy edit, and Requests. Sixteen editors helped remove 29 articles from the backlog and completed 23 requests. November Drive: Of the twenty-eight editors who signed up for this event, twenty editors completed at least one copy edit; they completed 29 requests and removed 133 articles from the backlog. Our December Blitz will run from 15 to 21 December. Sign up now! Progress report: From September to November 2019, GOCE copy editors processed 154 requests. Over the same period, the backlog of articles tagged for copy editing was reduced by 41% to an all-time low of 479 articles. Request archiving: The archiving of completed requests has now been automated. Thanks to Zhuyifei1999 and Bobbychan193, YiFeiBot is now archiving the Requests page. Archiving occurs around 24 hours after a user's signature and one of the templates {{ Done}}, {{ Withdrawn}} or {{ Declined}} are placed below the request. The bot uses the Guild's standard "purpose codes" to determine the way it should archive each request so it's important to use the correct codes and templates. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators; Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Miniapolis, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from
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Your edits to Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster have created duplicate lists of sources and notes. If you intend to fix this, please put a suitable template at the top of the article indicating it is under construction, and then fix it. A suitable template would be {{ Under construction}}.
Unless I see an indication that the duplication problem will soon be fixed, I will revert all your edits to the article. Jc3s5h ( talk) 16:16, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello:
I've now finished running through Brothers Poem an upcoming TFA posted on the GOCE Requests page. As the subject area is way out of my wheelhouse you might want to give it a quick look to make sure I haven't stepped in it somewhere. Thanks. BTW, I've updated the TFA page.
Cheers,
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This is to let you know that the Battle of Calais article has been scheduled as today's featured article for January 1, 2020. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 1, 2020, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.
For Featured Articles promoted on or after October 1, 2018, there will be an existing blurb linked from the FAC talk page, which is likely to be transferred to the TFA page by a coordinator at some point.
We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:17, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi Gog, I was thinking of putting up Battle of Huế and Mayaguez incident, both of which I've worked on extensively over the past few years, for GA. Would you mind taking a look at them and giving some initial thoughts before I do so? I put Mayaguez Incident up for GA back in 2011: Talk:Mayaguez incident/GA1 and believe that most of the outstanding issues identified then have been addressed, together with making further improvements to the page. thanks Mztourist ( talk) 14:18, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialog, peoples rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension.
Hi Buster7 and thank you. And may you have an appropriately enjoyable festive season too.
Re EotW, I am aware that the next two up are my noms, so I have been holding off putting up any others. There also seem to be several in the pipeline. But if you start to get short let me know as I can think of several worthy recipients whom I would be happy to nominate.
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This edit to the article for Perth Amboy, New Jersey has an edit summary saying that it was "Rescuing 137 sources and tagging 0 as dead." If none of them were dead why did they need to be rescued? Why should the article be inflated by more than 20% with webarchive links that serve no purpose? As much as I appreciate my local fire department, I'd prefer that they only rescued me when I was in some sort of danger, not just because they had a habit of performing unnecessary rescues at their whim. Am I missing something? Alansohn ( talk) 21:27, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
Thank you today for Gascon campaign of 1345, introduced: "The Hundred Years' War was started when Philip VI of France confiscated the English fief of Gascony. Despite this, activities in Gascony during the war receive little attention - in the general literature as well as on Wikipedia. I have been attempting to remedy the latter situation and so would like to present for FAC an account of "the first successful land campaign of... the Hundred Year's War"! - I have a FAC in need open, DYK? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:14, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello:
Just wanted to let you know the "primary" editor of Arthur Gilligan found that I introduced three unintentional factual errors to the article which were the result of minor word changes resulting from my limited understanding of cricket. My apologies! I gather this is to be added to a list of other pre-TFA copy edited articles where errors occurred to be presented to you at some future date. Oh, thanks for the recent TFA article view stats. Cheers, Twofingered Typist ( talk) 13:56, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
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This year's Reviewer of the Year is Rosguill. Having gotten the reviewer PERM in August 2018, they have been a regular reviewer of articles and redirects, been an active participant in the NPP community, and has been the driving force for the emerging NPP Source Guide that will help reviewers better evaluate sourcing and notability in many countries for which it has historically been difficult.
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While New Page Reviewers are an experienced set of editors, we all benefit from an occasional review. This month consider refreshing yourself on Wikipedia:Notability (geographic features). Also consider how we can take the time for quality in this area. For instance, sources to verify human settlements, which are presumed notable, can often be found in seconds. This lets us avoid the (ugly) 'Needs more refs' tag.
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Hi Gog I was a little testy when I responded about the footnote, and although I hope that did not come through in the response, I fear it may have. If so, please accept my apologies. I know that you are somewhat embroiled in issues of copy editing right now, and it's not my intention to add to that. I will say, though, that with WP's requirement for summary style and concision, it's often not possible to provide a detailed explanation of some aspects of any given subject. I always strive to convey nuances I don't feel able to expand upon fully in very carefully chosen words, and it can be quite frustrating when a well-intentioned copy editor comes along and, for the laudable sake of clarity of prose, effectively strips the narrative of that nuance. It doesn't help that the 55th (West Lancashire) Division article is missing a significant chunk of context about the difficulties both the TF and the military authorities faced before and on the outbreak of WWI, which is why I've unfortunately felt it necessary to oppose at FAC (and that's a shame, because I know from long ago how diligent an editor the nom is). Anyways, Merry Christmas, or whatever well-wishing phrase is appropriate for you at this time of year. Factotem ( talk) 16:54, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
There is a discussion going on at the Easter Rising talk page about whether the rising should be considered part of the Great War in the infobox because it was significantly influenced by it. Can you please contribute? 98.221.136.220 ( talk) 20:12, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
Enjoy. - Dank ( push to talk) 12:23, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
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The Modest Barnstar | |
This barnstar is awarded to Gog the Mild for copy edits totaling over 2,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE December 2019 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Mini apolis 22:07, 22 December 2019 (UTC) |
Hello Gog the Mild: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, DBig Xrayᗙ Happy Holidays! 18:25, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
Yes my brother happy Christmas and boxing day may we see more of it. Tbiw ( talk) 19:17, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
Let sing or form a Christmas song Tbiw ( talk) 19:19, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
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The Golden Wiki | |
As voted by the members of the project, please accept this Golden Wiki as the Military Historian of the Year for 2019. Well done on your back to back wins! Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 06:29, 31 December 2019 (UTC) |
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Four Award | |
Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Razing of Friesoythe. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 16:49, 31 December 2019 (UTC) |
Gog the Mild,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable
New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Thanks Eddie: A happy and productive new year to you too. Gog the Mild ( talk) 18:27, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. We are relaxing the rule that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2020 will count; now to be eligible for points in the competition, you must have completed significant work on the content at some time! Any questions on the rules or on anything else connected to the Cup should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 ( talk · contribs · email), Godot13 ( talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 ( talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi Gog - I read through this discussion about the GA review backlog with interest yesterday, and have been mulling it over. I've long been against the idea of QPQ for GA reviews, believing that each of us should do what we are good at and enjoy doing - as you know, I spend much of my time removing vandalism and spam, and doing new page reviews, and I'd like to think that I earn enough brownie points that way to justify asking for the occasional GA review from an experienced editor, but I've never felt quite confident enough to attempt a GA review myself. However, I appreciate the frustration that a big backlog can cause (nobody has picked up St Rufus Church yet, it's been almost a week!), so perhaps it's time I dipped my toe in that particular pool. In that discussion, an editor mentions the idea of mentoring GA reviewers - is this something that you would consider doing for me (or can you point me in the direction of someone who does GA review mentoring)? GirthSummit (blether) 10:56, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
One action for you above.
Now read the article. If you are happy with "broadness", "focus", "neutral" and "originalresearch", indicate so on the checklist. If not, let me know. Does it comply with the MoS for the four areas in the checklist? You can't downcheck it for other MoS non-compliances, although you may wish to mention them, making it clear that they will not effect your GAN judgement. Was "the prose ... clear and concise ... and the spelling and grammar ... correct"? If not, either copy edit it yourself, or flag up each case on the GAN page. Then report back here again. Gog the Mild ( talk) 15:22, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi again - the author has reorganised the structure a bit (moved things around) and changed one or two of the section titles. I'd be content to tick 1a, 1b and 2c, but I wouldn't mind a steer on whether the citations are properly formatted - I'm not intimately familiar with the Harvard style, it looks alright to me but you might spot something I've missed. Any other concerns? GirthSummit (blether) 17:38, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
...and because I get the feeling that its important to others here too I've decided to do a run for the 2019 year. Its gonna be a little more difficult this year though since my primary source for the material to be checked is missing, but I'll figure something out. For now though I need to get back to work on my day job stuff; I'll get started on the project this evening if there is time. If you'd like to help your welcome to, I'll tell you what I do and where I go to cross check for stuff. TomStar81 ( Talk) 16:34, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
Hey mate I saw you are working with the Military History Article Writing Contest in last month's Bungle edition. I've moved the text to the January edition because I believe it summarises more the recent news from December and the last month's edition summarises more the November news. Or is this a mistake? Cheers. CPA-5 ( talk) 20:16, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
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The Writer's Barnstar | |
On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, I hereby award you the Writer's Barnstar, for placing second in the December 2019 Military History Article Writing Contest, achieving 40 points from three articles. Congratulations, Zawed ( talk) 20:47, 3 January 2020 (UTC) |
I saw you did the source review on Teriitaria II before the article was promoted to A-class. It is now an FAC so feel free to look at the nomination. Векочел ( talk) 02:07, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
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The WikiChevrons | |
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the WikiChevrons for participating in 44 reviews between October and December 2019. Peacemaker67 ( talk) via MilHistBot ( talk) 00:30, 11 January 2020 (UTC) |
Please can you do it for the 2020 JNU Attack article. Thank you. Dey subrata ( talk) 03:40, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
Feature article reviews have been introduced to the WikiCup for the first time this year. There was some reluctance by the FAC community about permitting this as they did not want the quality of FAC reviews to be lowered. As a result we adopted this rule, mentioned on the WikiCup scoring page. "You must mention in your review that you are planning to claim WikiCup points for the review." So please add such a statement to your review of Randall Davidson, and any other reviews of FACs in the future for which you wish to claim WikiCup points. Thanks. Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 10:06, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
This archival cleanup by you seems mostly OK, but you marked two refs with url-status=dead which I've switched back to live, since for me they're live.
Assuming that I'm correct :), this is only a minor bug, since the only "bad" effect is that readers will be more likely to go to the archive than the live source.
Hope this feedback is useful - overall, this sort of bot-aided archiving is a critically important long-term task for Wikipedia's verifiability, so thanks for doing the work! Boud ( talk) 23:04, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
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Sir, I apologize for delay in responding. If the offer on the collaboration on the Battle of Phintias is still valid, I would like to seek your guidance. Regards, Maglorbd ( talk) 06:35, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
Can I get you to cast your eyes over Reginald de Warenne with an eye to an FAC reasonably soon? Yes, that means I'll be doing reviews more also. I'm going to ask @ SandyGeorgia: to look it over also... anyone else watching this page or his is welcome to copyedit, with the understanding that I'll be watching like a hawk for any distortions of the sourcing.... I realize he's a bit before your time but ... it can't be THAT difficult! Ealdgyth - Talk 00:06, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
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Gog the Mild, I think, since your GA review was opened but never started in earnest, the best thing to do would be for you to request a G7 speedy deletion of the page. If you'd prefer, I can do a G6. I'll adjust the GA nominee template so that it uses page 2 again rather than page 3. Thanks, and sorry this one didn't work out. BlueMoonset ( talk) 17:27, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for your image and source review at the Marshall's Elm FAC, but you might want to pop back and add your signature! Harrias talk 20:32, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Oh, thanks for for the barnstar a while back by the time. It seems to have mostly passed me by at the time, and I apparently didn't say anything! I genuinely enjoy reviewing articles, but I can get a bit carried away with it at times, so it is nice to know that it is appreciated nonetheless. Harrias talk 11:47, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi Gog, I've nominated Tet Offensive attack on US Embassy, if you could please pick it up. regards Mztourist ( talk) 03:50, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
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You're awesome for taking on the "pre-review" of Bath School disaster. Muchly appreciated. Shearonink ( talk) 23:18, 8 February 2020 (UTC) |
No problem. And thank you; it's nice to be appreciated. Another couple of sessions and we should be able to wrap it up.
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On 9 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Battle of the Aegates, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Battle of the Aegates in 241 BC ended the First Punic War after 23 years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of the Aegates. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Battle of the Aegates), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 00:02, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I would like to create some kind of collaborative workspace where coordinators or members of various WikiProjects would gather and provide updates and information on what is going on at each wikiproject, i.e. regarding their latest efforts, projects, and where interested editors can get involved.
You are a coordinator at one of the most active WikiProkjects, so I wanted to get your brief input on whether you'd be interested in helping me to make this happen. I see a few possible options for making this happen, so I would like to get your input and feedback on this. which of the options below would you prefer? also, please reply to the brief questions below.
Please feel free to let me know what you think of this idea, and please let me know your preference, regarding the options above. if you do not see any need for this idea, that is totally fine. However, I think that the majority of editors lack awareness of where the truly active editing is taking place and at which WikiProjects, and I would like to do whatever I can to help make people more aware of where the activity is, what they can do to help, and also which areas of Wikipedia offer ideas and efforts that might help them in their own editing activities. Please feel free to let me know. -- Sm8900 ( talk) 05:11, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
Your adding of archive links where they are not needed adds lots of bloat and endangers the status of articles because they can be considered too large. It also makes them harder to edit. Please set the bot to only do this to deadlinks. -- BullRangifer ( talk) 01:06, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
I haven't forgotten about this, but due to scheduling conflicts I think the earliest I'm gonna have any appreciable amount of time to work on it won't be until March. January and February have been rather challenging for me from a time management perspective, so much so that I haven't really had a chance to get enough sleep between jobs and hospital visits and jury duty. TomStar81 ( Talk) 07:32, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
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I'm just starting to go through this prior to an A-class nomination, but I've got stuck at the first sentence, "The first Siege of Hull was the first major action of the First English Civil War." The repetition of "first" is winding me up, but each seems important and irreplaceable to me, having written those words. I wonder if without a set of new eyes, you could suggest any alternatives? Harrias talk 18:52, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
That was a great idea you had to suggest to the Promoters that the DYK be run on March 4 (anniversary of the event). It is in the special holding area now to be run on that date. If it is in the #1 slot position with the picture I suspect it will get a lot of views. I plan on making that a Good Article in the future and have submitted it to the Guild of Copy Editors to look over before I do the nomination for GA.-- Doug Coldwell ( talk) 22:57, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
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Hello Gog:
It’s been a month, now, and there’s no sign of any movement on this, so I’ve gone with Plan B and fixed it, per the guidelines I quoted. There's an explanation on the talk page. If any of the FAC reviewers feel I have acted precipitately, I’m open to challenge, but a flat-out IDONTLIKEIT isn’t going to cut it any more. Regards,
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On 23 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Drepana, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Battle of Drepana was ill-fated for the Romans because their sacred chickens refused to eat? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Drepana. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Battle of Drepana), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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I've recently nominated an article about a type of home garden as an FA; this is my first attempt to do so. I've noticed that you're among the recently frequent reviewers of FA noms, so I wonder if it's okay to ask you to review it. If you can and have spare time, a review would be appreciated. Thank you! Dhio- 270599 07:52, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
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I have looked-over the refs for the FAC of Barren Island, Brooklyn. If you have any time would you mind doing a spot-check of the refs? Everything seems fine - I think I checked all of them but refs to the FA degree aren't necessarily one of my specialities & I'd appreciate if you could maybe just do a spot-check. Thanks, Shearonink ( talk) 22:13, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for all that :). Shearonink ( talk) 16:34, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
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If you look at pl:Obrona Helu it does exactly what you want. But I don't think our template has this functionality. Something to bring to milhist general talk? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:44, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
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Hi, do you need the pdfs of Walbank's Commentary on Polybius? The Cambridge Ancient History for the first part of the Roman Republic is downloadable here. T8612 (talk) 20:29, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
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Left a message for ya a few hours ago. Ominae ( talk) 11:22, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
How does one make {{CongBio|M000797}} render as an inline ref? See Patsy Mink and why would anyone "program" (not sure if that is even the right word) a template to render something like this as an external link rather than a ref? Perhaps as it is a US template, you don't know, but you have far more technical skill than me. Maybe Vanamonde93 who does lots of political articles knows if you do not. Trying to get this one up to GA so we can do FA for Asian-Pacific American month in May. Thus, any help would be fabulous. SusunW ( talk) 17:20, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
@ Vanamonde93 and Gog the Mild:, I see "United States Congress & M000797. sfn error: no target: CITEREFUnited_States_CongressM000797 (help)" I have no idea how to fix it so yes Gog, because the help page is Greek to me. SusunW ( talk) 17:45, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
@ Gog the Mild, Vanamonde93, and Girth Summit: I have been holding off nominating Mink for GA because I had so many reviews pending. Now that the drive has whittled those down, and I have 3 that should pass this week, I have nominated Mink. The issue is that we need it approved ASAP. (Okay, there is also an issue with images, which is clearly spelled out on the talk page). Though I feel bad about bumping others that have waited longer for review, Asian-Pacific American month is in May and that would be an ideal time for her to appear on the front page. Would one of y'all be willing to do the review? Thanks very much for your consideration. SusunW ( talk) 14:13, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
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Hi Gog, I hope you're keeping well as this coronavirus sweeps the world. If you're up for doing any GA reviews please let me know. best regards Mztourist ( talk) 11:27, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
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Hi, it seems there is a duplicate in First Punic War: ...hard-fought battle of the Battle.... Hanberke ( talk) 11:57, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
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On 22 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Battle of the Lipari Islands, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during the initial naval battle of the First Punic War, the Roman sailors fled, with their commander and the entire fleet captured by the Carthaginians? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of the Lipari Islands. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Battle of the Lipari Islands), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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On 26 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Battle of the Bagradas River (255 BC), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a Roman army in Africa was wiped out by a Carthaginian attack led by an elephant charge in 255 BC? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of the Bagradas River (255 BC). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Battle of the Bagradas River (255 BC)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Hi Gog, saw you are active in ancient/medieval war articles. Any advice how to name an article about a war that's not known by any specific name? Specifically, in the history of the Emirate of Granada there were a lot of wars which involve multiple states on each side (so they can't be just A-B war), and with multiple geographic areas (so it can't just be War in [Someplace]). For example, the war described in the early part of Nasr_of_Granada#Reign involves Granada vs an alliance of the Marinids, Castile, Aragon, and locations include Ceuta in North Africa as well as several towns on the Spanish coast. Any idea? HaEr48 ( talk) 00:19, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
( talk page watcher) @ HaEr48: Second woot The Gog says. The trick with page titles, and the easiest way of conforming to the guides, is to establish the lowest common denominator, e.g. place/date. —— SN 54129 17:47, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
On 27 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mercenary War, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during the Mercenary War, Carthaginian rebels killed 700 prisoners by cutting off their hands, castrating them, breaking their legs, and throwing them into a pit to be buried alive? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mercenary War. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Mercenary War), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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@ Ealdgyth: A barnstar from a FAC coordinator! For a FAC in progress!! My cup runneth over. Thank you.
Yeah. Someone had fun with their copy of Polybius, back in the day. If Mercenary War were to be promoted it would be my fourth FA on a First Punic War topic. (Speaking loosely.) And not a primary source between them. I am hoping that there will be another half dozen to come, including First Punic War itself. Gog the Mild ( talk) 17:09, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
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Hey, Gog! You asked at User talk:Vanamonde93/Main page editor about tasks at DYK. One common task is setting preps -- pulling approved hooks into a prep set -- which is a bit like putting together a complicated puzzle. For instance, we alternate within a prep set the bio and non-bio hooks. We don't want more than a certain number of US hooks or military hooks or music hooks. We need a quirky in the last slot. We can't use all long hooks, or all short ones. And if today's set has a bio hook in the image slot, tomorrow's set get a non-bio image. We need a new set every day, and it's often best if a single editor tries to do a full set, or at least to do most of the hooks in that set, just to prevent working at cross-purposes. If the MPE proposal eventually passes, it's quite likely multiple of our current prep setters will apply for the right, which means they won't have as much time to set preps (plus they probably shouldn't move preps they've set to queue), which means we'll need more prep setters. If you're interested, I can show you how to start. Ping me if you respond here, real life is keeping me from maintaining good control over my watch list right now. --valereee ( talk) 19:02, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
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Greetings Gog the Mild,
Having not been through the FA process before, I was wondering if perhaps you might be willing to mentor me through it for the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. I think the article is in pretty reasonable shape, but I would welcome your feedback and advice. Thank you! CThomas3 ( talk) 16:51, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
On 30 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Adys, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after the Battle of Adys, the peace terms offered to the defeated Carthaginians were so harsh that they decided to fight on? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Adys. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Battle of Adys), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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On 3 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Siege of Lilybaeum (250–241 BC), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Romans besieged Lilybaeum for nine years without capturing the Carthaginian city? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Siege of Lilybaeum (250–241 BC). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Siege of Lilybaeum (250–241 BC)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru ( talk) 00:02, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
I responded to your FAC comments on the Hyborian War article here, but the more I think about them more I think the article would benefit from including all of them.
I'm open to withdrawing the nomination and reworking as recommended if you're open to reviewing it before I repost. I'm on no schedule, so the timeline would be up to you.
Alternatively, since it would likely take me less than a week to rewrite as you note, I can rework while the nomination is open (I'm already underway). I'd defer to your knowledge there as I'm not familiar with nomination timelines. Airborne84 ( talk) 01:38, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
Gog the Mild I've made the updates you recommended. I couldn't get the company to upload high-res images under a free license, so I had to make do with lower-res fair use images. If you think a different direction is needed with images, can do. Would greatly appreciate your review before renominating. At your convenience, of course. Airborne84 ( talk) 06:33, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
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Hello, Gog to Mild! I was wondering if you could provide feedback for my FAC MAX Yellow Line. It's a fairly short article and I would really appreciate it. I was hoping to pay it back with a review of one of your existing FACs, but all of them looked way too intimidating for me. I'm sure you'll have plenty more future FACs that I'll have better knowledge of. Anyway, hoping to hear from you. Thanks! -- truflip99 ( talk) 22:09, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi Gog, were you going to nom Battle of Sluys for TFA? June is open now. Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 01:31, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi mate, it's been awhile right? I hope you're and your family is pretty good; don't worry mine are as well (for now at least). Anyway I just expanded and cited an article called " National Liberation Front of Provence" which is the most mysterious rebel group in France. There is not a lot of known about them and I believe it's a B (for sure) but it's too small for a GA (I believe). It so mysterious, there are baraly English sources about it so everything is from French newspapers. Of course I need an outsider as reviewer to confirm it meets the criteria. My idea was if you are intrested I can add it into the WP:GOCE Requests to copy-edit it? Both you get points or how it works over there plus you can correct my poor English grammer and it's in a great shape even it's a B. Are you interested it's not that long though?~Because I know if I put it over there I need to wait probaly weeks before they'll edit it. :) Cheers. CPA-5 ( talk) 23:16, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
On 13 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gisco (died 239 BC), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Carthaginian general Gisco was taken prisoner by mutinous soldiers while issuing their pay? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gisco (died 239 BC). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Gisco (died 239 BC)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Maile ( talk) 00:05, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello Gog the Mild,
I have seen that you've done the MAN 630 article's assessment. Apparently, you believe that both the referencing and citation, and the coverage and accuracy criterions are not met. I wonder why; the article has proper inline citations, and the technical description section reasonably covers the vehicle's basic design. Where exactly does the article contain inaccuracies, and where does it lack inline citations? Best regards, -- Johannes ( Talk) ( Contribs) ( Articles) 12:33, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
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Can't believe I got the term dates mixed up! It's the head's fault - she gave me a maths planning document which had the wrong dates on it - I've been working from that rather than the official school calendar, I didn't even think to check it myself. I only realised the dates were mixed up on Friday morning - my weekend was a very different shape from what I'd been hoping for! Nevertheless, I've taken a quick look at what's in your sandbox, and I like the structure of it. I'll try to find some time this week, but will definitely have more next week, to see what I can add in from whatever sources we've got at home; should we set up a talk page at your sandbox for discussion? GirthSummit (blether) 07:46, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Propagandist! You need to turn your mind towards more worthy topics! etc... I hope all is well otherwise. Cheers - SchroCat ( talk) 10:43, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
On 19 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Cape Hermaeum, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that shortly after the Battle of Cape Hermaeum, most of the victorious Roman fleet was destroyed in a storm, with the loss of over 100,000 lives? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Cape Hermaeum. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Battle of Cape Hermaeum), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Maile ( talk) 00:03, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi there,
I've noticed that you are quite a prolific reviewer on FAC. I started this nomination almost a month ago, and sadly it has been quite overlooked and not generating enough interest. I'm writing to you hoping you could consider reviewing it, or maybe invite other serious reviewers you know to have a look at it. Any comments for improvement will be greatly appreciated. If you have no time or interest in it, then ignore this message. Shahid • Talk2me 18:24, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Hey, I noticed that you recently broke into the top 2,500 Wikipedians by edit count. A meaningless milestone, but congrats nonetheless and thanks for your many contributions!
Keeping busy as a Milhist coordinator? Still working on blurbs and FAs? I'm finishing my 15th review for the GA drive, and seem to have found my stride there. After that, probably back to copy editing, see if we can get the backlog to one month. – Reidgreg ( talk) 16:38, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello mate, WBM is unable to archive this web page. Can you archive this one at WBM, or anyother way if possible?? Let me know, or archive and ping me. Drat8sub ( talk) 23:20, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
On 22 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Treaty of Lutatius, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a draft condition of the Treaty of Lutatius to end the First Punic War, stipulating that Carthage pay Rome 57,000 kg (126,000 lb) of silver, was rejected as insufficient? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Treaty of Lutatius. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Treaty of Lutatius), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru ( talk) 12:02, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
On 27 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Panormus, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Roman army repelled an elephant charge at the Battle of Panormus by throwing javelins? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Panormus. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Battle of Panormus), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ( talk • contribs) 12:01, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
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LOL. Lor' bless you sir. Most kind. Gog the Mild ( talk) 16:16, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
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For all of the help you have given to me and others, for writing great articles, and for (perhaps the hardest thing to do on-wiki) being unfailingly kind and helpful. A long overdue award for a very deserving editor. Keep up the good work. Best wishes, Eddie891 Talk Work 17:21, 1 June 2020 (UTC) |
Wow! Eddie, you are making me blush. Thank you very much, I appreciate it. Gog the Mild ( talk) 17:33, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
No worries...I’m not that cranky...just tired. I want to point out that I’m not ignoring it..but the desktop DID die and while I have a new one ordered, it may be mid month before I get it much less get migrated to it. Don’t want you thinking that I’m ignoring your comments, I’m just a lot restricted at the moment in my editing...I have the tablet (which is what I’m using for this post) and a very very very very slow laptop that is ...less than ideal. To put it mildly. And what time I can deal with it needs to be reserved for the paying stuff...I am not upset and I figure we can get the article up to snuff ...but it might take a bit because of the aforementioned dead desktop...notm through any lack of goodwill on either of our sides. -- Ealdgyth ( talk) 19:12, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
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it does seem strange to me that you would include an article about a Pacifist in the Project. Seems more appropriate to tag it WikiProject Anti-war, which I have now done. Roundtheworld ( talk) 10:41, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
I wrote an article on Nesta Obermer and though I figured out how to convert past $ to current $, I have zero clue how to convert $ to ₤. Since she is British (okay legally since she married a foreigner in 1925 she lost her British citizenship, but that's a technicality) it seems logical to me that it should show both currencies, but then is there a template that not only shows x $ = x ₤ and currently is y? You know all the technical stuff baffles me and if you can help, that'd be great. If not, no worries. Hope all is wonderful in your world. We survived tropical storm Cristobal with only minimal damage, not true for many of our neighbors. But, today the sun is shining and my roof is drying out. Hopefully the plasterers will be able to start weatherizing tomorrow. SusunW ( talk) 19:31, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
So the best we can do is pick a conversion rate, say 0.78, calculate manually and insert a bracketed or footnoted "Equivalent to £XX,000 in 2020." Let me know if you would like me to do this. Gog the Mild ( talk) 20:38, 10 June 2020 (UTC)This template is currency agnostic, which means it doesn't convert between different currencies. Thus, if you wanted to know how much DM 1,000.00 marks in 1960 are worth nowadays, entering 2441.35 would provide a result (2069.05) still in marks, not in euros. Consequently, if you need a result in another currency than the one in which the original value is stated, for now you must do the conversion manually.
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Hi. I am writing to intrioduce myself, and to ask your help with a currrent effort that I am working on. I am currently the Lead Coordinator for WikiProject History. I am trying to get this WikiProject to be somewhat active, in some role that could serve the general Wikipedia community positively.
I would like to ask for your help and for you to perhaps take on a role there. I am trying to provide some support to restore the function of article assessment and article review for WikiProject History as a whole. My best method for doing so is simply to find editors who are experienced at these functions at active Wikiprojects in the field of history, and add their names to the working groups at WP:History; that way, I can help visitors to our WikiProject history with finding an experienced editor who can help them with these processes.
Please note, my overall long-term goal is not to reinvent the wheel; ie, I do not plan to try to make this WikiProject into the dominant WikiProject for all history articles. There is a simple reason for this; the primary support by WikiProjects for editing history articles at Wikipedia is currently provided by a large number of highly-active WikiProjects, each of which covers a specific topic or sub-topic within the overall area of history as a whole. In the aggregate, these existing active WikiProjects are all highly effective, and together they suffice to fully cover the whole field of history.
So therefore, my goal with WP:History is to serve as an information resource and clearinghouse of sorts, to help new or inexperienced editors to find helpful information and resources to enable them to get familiar with the topics of history as a whole, and to find their way to information, resources, active historical WikiProjects, and experienced editors who can help with promoting active editing in relevant topics.
In my opinion, the most comprehensive and active WikiProject for historical topics is WP:Milhist. this is because by its very nature, military history intrisically includes all eras, all societies, all cultural levels, and all groupings within human society and world history as a whole. for this reason, I consider experienced coordinators like yourself at WP:Milhist to be one of the best possible sources for experience and advice, for those seeking to play a greater role in editing this area.
Could you please let me know any thoughts you may have? Would it be okay for me to add you in some role at WP:History? I am open of course to any feedback or comments that you may have. Please feel free to comment. I appreciate your help. thanks!!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 16:57, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I found two pictures of a rostrum on Commons ( here and here). This ram was found on the spot of the Battle of the Aegates and therefore would fit nicely in the article. I don't know the copyright status of the pictures though. Caption should be something like "Rostrum found on the site of the battle, with the names of the quaestors C. Papirius and M. Publicius Malleolus, who built the ship. Malleolus later became consul in 232 BC." Reference is Jonathan Prag, " Bronze rostra from the Egadi Islands off NW Sicily: the Latin inscriptions", in Journal of Roman Archaeology 27 (2014): 33-59. T8612 (talk) 15:15, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
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It's a Good Article and a current Featured Article nominee. It's been reviewed and edited significantly and three editors told me to look for other editors to review it. Here's the featured article page: Laura Harrier FAC. Please help. Thanks. Factfanatic1 ( talk) 07:24, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
When you're up for a diversion, the article Battle of Asakai went through GOCER for DYK. I thought it was kindof hilarious, and was wondering how a Milhist vet would appraise it. – Reidgreg ( talk) 22:48, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
I'm not sure where you meant to create EditBattle of Lagos but I don't think it should be in mainspace... Schazjmd (talk) 16:16, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you today for Battle of Sluys, about the "first significant clash of the Hundred Years' War was this naval battle. It was a disaster for the French, who lost 90% of their ships captured and 90% of their men killed, including the two senior military officers of the realm. Illustrating why the war was to last so long, it had virtually no operational or strategic effect."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:04, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
It took a lot of nudging, but I was finally able to get SandyGeorgia over there to review the Hyborian War nomination. Good and bad. She took a wire brush to it. :) In the end, good though—if it gets by her, I'm guessing it'll be meaningful to the FAC coordinators. You probably know more about her than I do, but it looks like she's experienced and well known on Wikipedia. And fantastically busy. Was happy she took the time to review it, even if just in part so far. I'll dig in and respond. Let me know if I'm off on anything and once it looks good, I'll let her know on her talk page. She apparently hates the ping tool. Airborne84 ( talk) 23:25, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
SG's comments look fairly harmless. Let me know if you feel I am incorrect in that regarding any of them. You could really do with at least one more comprehensive review - ie, more like Ichthyovenator's than Hurricane Noah's. Possibly BOZ may be persuaded to offer one? Gog the Mild ( talk) 10:09, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi Gog the Mild. Hyborian War's day at TFA is Wednesday, August 19. I tried looking it up—do you know what time of the day TFA's hit the main page? Thanks! Airborne84 ( talk) 16:15, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
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Pravega, that is exceedingly good of you. Thank you very much. Gog the Mild ( talk) 19:42, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi, you may have seen my message to the editor who archived the Cymmer Colliery explosion FAC. Given I had responded to all of the items you raised and that our discussion was ongoing, I hope you might withdraw your initial oppose recommendation and suggest to Ealdgyth that we continue our discussion within the previous FAC framework. ~ RLO1729 💬 20:53, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
RLO1729, sorry to arrive late to the game. I too, have not read the archived discussion, but if Gog the Mild has offered his assistance in this area, I recommend jumping on it. Gog has a wealth of experience and is a tremendous resource. Hope that helps. Airborne84 ( talk) 20:05, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
I am seeking a FAC mentor. I saw you listed your name at Wikipedia:Mentoring for FAC. Can you help me with What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? it has been archived twice. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA talk 17:08, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for your feedback on the Landis Battery. Sometimes you just need told something isn't at the state you thought is was. Saved me embarrassment a botched FAC would have brought (my first ACR attempt, First Battle of Newtonia was only not a total disaster because Kges1901 was willing to work with me on the article instead of quick-opposing).
I no longer think anything I've worked on is near FA-level yet, the three I view as the best all have glaring issues. Landis Battery has prose issues, Newtonia has two weaker sources (O'Flaherty has at best average credentials, same with Wood) and the 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate) relies heavily on two books by Tucker, which is probably unavoidable. You saved me some embarrassing nominations and lack of preparation. Hog Farm Bacon 03:57, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
@ The Rambling Man: do like to ... be pro-active ... about your noms. Yeah, that's the ticket/wording. If you guys ever get too over-eager, I will do more than make a snide comment in an FAC close... you'll know you've been hit with an anvil. -- Ealdgyth ( talk) 14:17, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
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Based on some conversation I've had with the source reviewer for the First Battle of Newtonia ACR review, that ACR looks rather likely to pass very soon. I'd be interested in taking that article forward to FAC. Would you be willing to serve as a FAC mentor for me, since it would be my first nomination? Hog Farm Bacon 04:57, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
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This is to let you know that Battle of Lagos has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 18 August 2020. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 18, 2020. Thanks! Ealdgyth ( talk) 14:02, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for the article about "a naval battle from the age of sail. One where Clausewitz's friction was working overtime and few things went right for either side."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:52, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
This is to let you know that Battle of Crécy has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 26 August 2020. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 26, 2020. Thanks! Ealdgyth ( talk) 14:46, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for the article about the "The 14th-century battle in which Edward III, leading an Anglo-Welsh army across northern France, brought the much larger French army under Philip VI to battle. Famously the French suffered a humiliating defeat, largely due to the English use of longbows. A contemporary described the hand-to-hand combat which ensued as "murderous, without pity, cruel, and very horrible"."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:48, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
Not sure exactly what you were trying to do here, but you seem to have accidentally put a TFA nomination in the article namespace. Vahurzpu ( talk) 15:18, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
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Hi Hog Farm, you are most welcome. And thanks for the barnstar, appreciated. I confess, that while you were getting a hard time from PM67 I was wondering if I had given you naff advice, but you came through it admirably. Gog the Mild ( talk) 18:20, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
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Here you go. Harrias talk 10:40, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
I've been playing around, trying to learn a new skill: SVG maps. I was looking at Mercenary War, and wanted to see if I could improve the "manoeuvres" map ( File:Guerra mercenaria (cropped).png). How is this SVG? It is very editable, that's part of the joy of SVGs... Harrias talk 20:54, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
Harrias Well I am currently working on creating two new articles where it would be useful, so thank you.
Cheers. Gog the Mild ( talk) 17:49, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
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This barnstar is awarded to Gog the Mild for copy edits totaling over 8,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE July 2020 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Tdslk ( talk) 18:10, 9 August 2020 (UTC) |
Hi - if you have a moment, would you be willing to give Rusco Tower a quick once-over? I'm planning to put it forward for GA; given the impending Dunbar review (when do you want to push the button on that by the way?) I might hold off for a bit, but a second pair of eyes would be appreciated if yours are free. GirthSummit (blether) 20:23, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
Looks like this review is going to fail, but I wanted to thank you for your help. Regardless of its rating, I think the article is significantly improved from where it was when we started, and your assistance in getting it to that point is greatly appreciated. CThomas3 ( talk) 18:15, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
Hope all is well on your side of the pond. Things have been stressful, but I think are finally sorting themselves out. I've never had this happen before, but I am sure it must happen. On the article for LaNada War Jack, I get the same ISBN number for two of her books. Colonization Battlefield... and Native Resistance.... Not sure what to do about it, as one is clearly wrong, but how would I know? Ideas on how to fix it? SusunW ( talk) 19:37, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
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This barnstar is awarded to Gog the Mild for copy edits totaling over 6,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE February 2019 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg ( talk) 21:08, 25 February 2019 (UTC) |
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A small token of appreciation for your outstanding work on this place. - LouisAragon ( talk) 13:43, 2 March 2019 (UTC) |
Hi Louis. That is extremely generous of you. I am not sure what I have done that is so outstanding, but the barnstar is much appreciated nonetheless. Gog the Mild ( talk) 17:52, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
Zawed, well yes. I was wetting myself the first time I put something in for ACR, and highly nervous about my first FAC. For what it's worth I have found ACR a more testing stage than FAC. I don't thing that most articles have gone through ACR before FAC, so ours will look relatively polished and have far fewer glaring errors. There will be the usual irritating personal opinions and odd interpretations of the MoS, but if push comes to shove the FAC coordinators are more than ready to overrule or ignore that sort of input. Just nominate one. I'll review it straight away, so you will be off to a flying start. Or if you want, I'll give one a GOCE type copy edit plus comments on where it might be picked at at FAC; there are a couple of experienced editors I do this for. Gog the Mild ( talk) 12:41, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
This is to let you know that the Siege of Aiguillon article has been scheduled as today's featured article for April 1, 2019. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 1, 2019, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.
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Thank you, and all who helped, for "a turning point in the Hundred Years' War which has been almost completely ignored by historians. In 1346 Prince John, the French King's son and heir, marched a "huge" army into Gascony, supported by a large siege train, five cutting edge gunpowder cannon and every military officer in the royal court. They besieged Aiguillon, "the key to Gascony". The English commander, the Earl of Lancaster, adroitly avoided battle, harassed the French communications, and repeatedly ran supplies through to the besieged town. After more than five months John abandoned the siege under direct orders from his father, who needed all the troops he could muster to face an unexpected invasion in the north by Edward III. John's army arrived two weeks after the French army of the north had been crushingly defeated at the Battle of Crecy."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:33, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
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Good day to you, sir! WP Spaceflight is undergoing a bit of a renaissance with more articles spawning these days. We're overtaxing our few qualified editors, however. Would you be able to assist with our FAC and GAC backlog and/or perhaps get the assistance of some of your colleagues in milhist?
Much obliged for any help you can render (and I'd leave mine alone until I can update the refs with the complete ones now updates for Solrad 1).
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G'day Gog, I appreciate that the ACR source review of this article has been a bit of a "hospital pass", but am wondering if you could take another look and decide about whether to support or oppose on sourcing. The referencing is rather non-standard, there are some MOS issues, and there looks to be a few things outstanding, but I'm not sure whether you consider them to be major or minor, or even how many of them are outstanding. Cheers, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 02:49, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
Hi Gog the Mild. Just checking to see if you have seen the comments at Talk:Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (consul 23 BC)/GA1. It looks like it is close to passing. AIRcorn (talk) 22:06, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
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This barnstar is for Wiki-gnoming it all over the place! GenQuest "Talk to Me" 23:01, 10 March 2019 (UTC) |
@ GenQuest: What a pleasant surprise. It seems to be my day for barnstars. Many thanks. I do like to do a bit of Wiki-gnoming of an evening. It is nice that it is appreciated.
PS. Any reason for it being 50px rather than the more normal 100px? Gog the Mild ( talk) 23:18, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I stumbled across what I think was one of the books I had in the back of my mind in the Razing of Friesoythe article's ACR today. I've added material from it discussing Allied retaliation policies, which form part of its brief discussion of Friesoythe. The book is slightly frustrating in that it's vague about the frequency of such retaliations, noting that they were uncommon but then focusing on those which occurred (something I find is a frequent problem in this kind of revisionist work by academics, especially during the 1990s when they were rather naive about how their work would be used by the far right). Let me know what you think. Nick-D ( talk) 05:57, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
On 12 March 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Cape Ecnomus, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Battle of Cape Ecnomus in 256 BC was probably the largest naval battle ever? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Cape Ecnomus. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Battle of Cape Ecnomus), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Hey Gog I don't wanna disturb you but I just realised that your A-class of the Battle of Cape Ecnomus nomination is already a month dead. Just curious when you will continue the nomination? If I disturb you then sorry for disturbing you just curious when you will response. Cheers mate. CPA-5 ( talk) 18:19, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
Congratulations on the articles promotion. You will see I have finished off my review. You appear to have missed my last (much earlier) comment per:
By this time Douglas had marched south to Bamburgh, perhaps hoping for a repeat of the events of 1319, when Edward II had broken off a siege of Berwick after a Scottish army had advanced on York, where his queen was staying, and devastated Yorkshire. Whatever concerns Edward III had for his queen, he knew that Bamburgh could easily withstand a siege. The Scots did not have the time to construct the kind of equipment that would be necessary to take the fortress by assault. The Scots devastated the countryside but Edward III ignored this.
I have broken this sentence down but still have some concerns that I can't resolve myself. "Perhaps hoping" is speculative and comes under words-to-watch unless it is attributed? That "he knew" is opinion expressed in a wiki voice. Again, I think it should be attributed. That Edward "ignored this", is similar but not of the same import (ie of marginal concern).
English casualties were reported as fourteen; some chronicles give a lower figure of seven.[59][60]
Two sources are cited but "some" is both imprecise and more than one, and there are guidelines re words-to-watch, imprecision in writing and being specific in attribution. There are lots of ways to address this (including a footnote) but it depends on who said what - who says fourteen and who says some chronicles? With this info, I could be more forward with a course.
Hope these points are sufficiently clear. Regards, Cinderella157 ( talk) 10:17, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
English casualties were reported as fourteen;[61][62] however, Nicholson, observes that some chronicles have given lesser figures as low as seven.[62]Note, Nicholson has already been introduced more fully.
By this time Douglas had marched south to Bamburgh. Nicholson, suggests [concudes/reports - your choice] that Douglas hoped for a repeat of the events of 1319.[ref] In that year, Edward II had broken off a siege of Berwick after a Scottish army had advanced on York, where his queen was staying, and devastated Yorkshire. Whatever concerns Edward III had for his queen, Nicholson observes that Edward knew that Bamburgh could easily withstand a siege.[ref][While]The Scots did not have the time to construct the kind of equipment that would be necessary to take the fortress by assault. The Scots devastated the countryside but Edward III ignored [was not diverted by] this.
Douglas intended to repeat the events ...Similarly, remove "knew":
Bamburgh was well fortified and provisioned.(If this was indeed the case and the reason for Edwards confidence). But I am trying to propose only minimal changes. Hope this clarifies the rationale for my concerns. Regards, Cinderella157 ( talk) 22:28, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
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Hi Cuprum17, that is extremely kind of you. It is pleasing that my humble Wiki-gnome efforts have received some recognition. Thank you. Gog the Mild ( talk) 18:28, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
See Gog the ship SMS Lothringen got promoted. I told you everything would be fine. As long you believe in your felow wikipedians then everything would be okay. Cheers. CPA-5 ( talk) 20:41, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
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@ RetiredDuke: This is extremely kind of you. It is always good to have one's input appreciated, and this does, indeed, inspire me to step once more into the breach. Thank you. Gog the Mild ( talk) 19:38, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
NOT run IABot with the option Archive non-dead sources (or some option like that) checked on. ∯WBG converse 10:34, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for reviewing article. If you're ready to pass the article, don't forget to update the talk page according to Wikipedia:Good_article_nominations/Instructions#Passing, so that the bots will trigger the formalities. Just a reminder so that it won't slip your attention. Thank you! HaEr48 ( talk) 16:56, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
Hello Gog:
I've finished the copy edit you requested of the article Donner Party. I think it's ready for its appearance as TFY.
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Hey Gog. Is there anything left for me to do at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Safavid occupation of Basra (1697–1701)? Its been some days so I was wondering. - LouisAragon ( talk) 16:16, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi Gog, just picked up that there is a discrepancy in dates in the article. 3 August is listed in text in lead as end of Chevauchée, however in infobox 28 September is shown. Can you check which is correct? Regards Newm30 ( talk) 22:03, 8 May 2019 (UTC)3 August 1347
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Hi Gog. Hope, all is well. If you are fine, can you copy edit this stub-sized draft.? (Especially 'Content and Style' section needs paraphrasing for style). Feel free to trim anything. -- Gazal world ( talk) 14:14, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi Gog, I am just reading while in hospital (routine surgery) and found on via article Genoese crossbowmen that the French lines of Genoese crossbowmen mercenaries at the Battle of Crécy were led by Ottone Doria and Carlo Grimaldi. Not sure if that is shown in article? Regards Newm30 ( talk) 14:38, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
No. (I deleted it from the infobox as unsourced.) What is the source?
I hope that everything runs smoothly while you are in. Gog the Mild ( talk) 14:40, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
Gog, the following seems to identify him https://books.google.com.au/books?id=qIMlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=Ottone+Doria&source=bl&ots=1CfAwXgIGA&sig=ACfU3U2DYoox2nCTHHbeoTFmfmF3YN1ZKA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjvu_bK7I7iAhVm73MBHeY_A4QQ6AEwD3oECAUQAQ, I just can't read page number as phone won't let me zoom in. Surgery went well and feel better than previous. Regards Newm30 ( talk) 16:24, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
G’day Gog, feeling a bit sore after the surgery but will keep plugging away. Was just wondering whether Edward Balliol should be listed as a commander in the English column either under English banner or Disinherited banner? I’m not sure what arms (heraldry) he would hold as the “alternate” King of Scotland. I will check if McAndrew says anything about his seal during this time. Regards Newm30 ( talk) 12:22, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for reviewing the article, unfortunately I have leaking roof problem, amongst other things, so cannot invest the time to address the points. Urselius ( talk) 18:21, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
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Hello Gog:
The copy edit your requested for History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present) before its TFA appearance has been completed.
I had to expand the lede as almost a decade of the team's history was not mentioned in it. I also got rid of all the citations in the lede and made sure all of its the text was also in the body of the article.
It seems in good shape to me at this point, but I welcome any comments.
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Aha, that makes sense. I'd wanted to make sure that I contacted all the high-contribution editors for the article so as not to exclude anyone who did a lot of work on it. Now that I double-check with the whocolor tool I see what you're saying. Rather an oversight on my part given the array of FAs and GAs you've worked on in a far more extensive manner, and are within-scope of what the WikiJournal of Humanities tackles. Do you have any favourites that you've worked on? The articles on the Siege of Berwick (1333), Battle of Neville's Cross, Battle of Auberoche, or Battle of Bergerac are possibilities, but that's only based on articles that you've already worked on extensively, rather than new ones you might be interested in doing, so it's certainly only a suggestion. T.Shafee(Evo&Evo) talk 00:10, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
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Gog, I hereby grant you this award for your efforts in expanding the articles for the Hundred Years' War (1337–1360). Newm30 ( talk) 01:21, 18 May 2019 (UTC) |
@ Newm30: Thank you very much. It may be a little immature of me, but I find these tokens of appreciation from other editors very motivating. I now feel inspired to crack on with Battle of Crecy.
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PS I hope that you are keeping well(er than when last we communicated).
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Hi
You did an edit
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Please revert that edit and then please confirm that to me, thanks. --
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Dear Gog the Mild, I was wondering if your generous offer to review or copy edit an article of mine still stands? In case you are interested, I just nominated Trachodon mummy at GAN, the plan is to eventually bring it to FAC. I think this is a fun and varied piece! Thanks, -- Jens Lallensack ( talk) 18:48, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
Having addressed most if not all of your recommendations, and added some new material, I have re-nominated the article. Urselius ( talk) 19:56, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
Good afternoon, Gog. When reviewing an FAC recently (can't recall which) I noticed that you had done the image review. I am short of one for my current FAC, despite a request through the usual channels, and if you are free and disposed to do the review I should be most grateful. Quite understand if not, of course. Tim riley talk 17:03, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
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For writing and copyediting Gujarati literature related articles such as Mansukhram Tripathi. Nizil ( talk) 17:34, 27 May 2019 (UTC) |
Hi Nizil, thank you very much, I am honoured. I just do a bit of polishing for the editors who do the hard work, but nevertheless, it always gives me a warm glow when this is appreciated. So please accept my appreciation for your thoughtfulness. Gog the Mild ( talk) 20:17, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
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I humbly ask if you would consider reviewing one of my two GANs? My DYK target date is July 1, and I'd like to have one of the GANs pass before I make the DYK nom. Not that I'm asking you to pass a GAN, but to give it an honest review. No doubt I will need all manner of help to get things ready. (Of the other articles for a six-hook DYK, three have expansions prepped and another I need to assemble.) The GANs are Poutine (food and drink GAN, has been copy edited) and Made in Canada (tv show, has not been copy edited). If you don't have time next week, please let me know and I'll pester someone else. – Reidgreg ( talk) 20:31, June 1, 2019 (UTC)
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G'day Gog. Just wondering if Sumption goes into any detail in relation to the "chevauchée" by Edward III into Scotland, known as Burnt Candlemas in Lothian, Scotland in 1356. This was undertaken after the sacking of Berwick and unsuccessful siege of Berwick Castle by the Scottish in 1355. Edward III demanded that Edward Balliol renounce his right to the Scottish kingship before the chevauchée. Regards Newm30 ( talk) 04:36, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
Hey Gog, just a reminder when you add new entries to Wikipedia:Four Award/Records to put them in alphabetical order. The last 3 you added weren't in alphabetical order (I moved them to the right spot). Cheers, « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 22:50, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
On 9 June 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Chevauchée of Edward III, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when the English army invaded France in 1346 they burnt a 40-mile-wide (64 km) swath of destruction to within 2 miles (3 km) of Paris? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Chevauchée of Edward III), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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A fictional portrayal of the Battle of Crécy is included in the Ken Follett novel World Without End. The book describes the battle from an English knight's perspective, that of an archer, and from that of a neutral observer. This novel was made into a telefilm in 2012 and the Battle of Crécy is included, albeit in a very summarized form.
Another depiction can be found in Warren Ellis' and Raulo Caceres' graphic novel Crécy, which frames the battle as a narration by a Suffolk archer; or in Bernard Cornwell's fictional account of an archer in the Hundred Years' War, Harlequin (UK title), part of the Grail Quest novel series, or The Archer's Tale (US title). The lead character Thomas of Hookton, is an English archer who fights in the battle.
The battle appears in "The campaign of 1346, as an historical drama" by Christopher Godmond.
It is also portrayed in Ronald Welch's Bowman of Crécy and in David Gilman's Master of War.
The protagonist of P.C. Doherty's The Death of a King (1985) is present at the battle and describes it from the perspective of a bowman on the right flank near the village of Crécy.
In G. A. Henty's historical fiction book St. George for England, the main character is present at the battles of Cressy and Poitiers. [1]
The battle is a crucial episode in the life of the hero Hugh de Cressi (his name is apparently a coincidence), in the H. Rider Haggard novel Red Eve. The battle is described in some detail, including, for example the failure of the Genoese bowmen, attributed in the book, as above, to wet strings; and also the merciless treatment of the French wounded. [2]
In Michael Jecks 2014 book Fields of Glory, the entire campaign is viewed from the point of view of a vintaine of archers under the command of the non fictional Sir John de Sully commencing with the landing in Normandy and terminating with a detailed description of the eventual final battle at Crecy. [3] It highlights the devastating effects of the chevauchée as the English laid waste to the countryside in an attempt to bring the French army into the field to protect its inhabitants. citation needed
The battle features at the climax of another 2014 novel, Son of the Morning, by Mark Barrowcliffe writing as Mark Alder. A fantasy take on the Hundred Years' War, the novel depicts English and French forces as being supported by devils and angels. [4]
The battle is referred to several times – though never seen directly – in Michael Crichton's 1999 science-fiction novel Timeline, in which a group of archaeologists are transported back in time to fourteenth-century France. Crichton gives credit to the English for winning the battle in the face of vastly superior forces, citing the English willingness to adopt a less ceremonial style of battle and instead using what he calls "shock troops" – mercenary archers who were paid a wage for their services, trained on a daily basis much like modern soldiers, and were deadly accurate in their ability to make enemy kills from a distance of what would today be the equivalent of two or more football fields, something that would have been impossible for the French chevaliers with their short-range style of fighting.
In Shakespeare's play Henry V (act II scene IV) the King of France refers to the battle when he warns his noblemen not to underestimate Henry, who is:
...bred out of that bloody strain
That haunted us in our familiar paths:
Witness our too much memorable shame
When Cressy battle fatally was struck,
And all our princes captiv'd by the hand
Of that black name, Edward, Black Prince of Wales;
Whiles that his mountain sire, on mountain standing,
Up in the air, crown'd with the golden sun,
Saw his heroical seed, and smiled to see him,
Mangle the work of nature and deface
The patterns that by God and by French fathers
Had twenty years been made. This is a stem
Of that victorious stock; and let us fear
The native mightiness and fate of him.
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Hi Goran tek-en. I wonder if you can help me in formatting a request for a map for a FAC properly? (I had the same request up previously, but made such a mess of it that no one at Maps could understand what I was asking for.) The "standard" map[s] for the Battle of Cape Ecnomus is this:
However it is inaccurate. I could describe the changes needed, or the three maps above could be replaced with the three similar ones on this web site.
My problem is that I do not know how to get the first map to show on the map requests page, and so I can't make clear what I would like. I imagine that it is simple once you know how, but I don't. If you could share with me how to do this, I would be grateful.
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Hi there, Gog. I think it is possible you made some kind of confusion when submiting your latest topic for consideration. So. You created a featured topic proposal, but submitted under "Good Topics" here and then put notices on the articles' talk pages saying it's a good topic candidate. But it was submited as featured, that why the link is red on the talk pages. I would fix it myself, but I didn't want to overstep. Cheers, RetiredDuke ( talk) 21:36, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
On 15 June 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Siege of Calais (1346–1347), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the largest English army to serve overseas prior to 1600 was gathered at the Siege of Calais in 1347? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Siege of Calais (1346–1347). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Siege of Calais (1346–1347)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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I was wondering if you could run your archiving bot on the Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill article. I'm currently reviewing it for GAN and a large percentage of links have unfortunately died, making it difficult to assess them. Thanks! Femke Nijsse ( talk) 08:52, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
This is to let you know that the Siege of Berwick (1333) article has been scheduled as today's featured article for July 20, 2019. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 20, 2019, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.
We also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors up to the day of this TFA.
I'm unlikely to run your Caen TFARP for 26 July this time. Although we have recently relaxed the rules to allow two TFAs in a month by the same FA nominator, they need to be on unrelated topics, such as a bird and a constellation (to give a recent example). Two medieval battles in a week is too much, cheers Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:57, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
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The elusive & bashful WikiGnome |
Gog the Mild |
Editor of the Week for the week beginning June 23, 2019 |
Guild of Copy Editors member, a WikiGnome, and a WikiProject Military History member. 55% of 20.000 edits are to mainspace. Kind and cooperative cohort that gives proper feedback. Outstanding maintenance work and copy editing. |
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keeping Wikipedia neat and tidy by rescuing sources and tagging dead links |
Notable work(s) |
Chevauchée of Edward III (1346), Gascon campaign of 1345, Siege of Aiguillon, Siege of Berwick (1333) |
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Thanks again for your efforts! ― Buster7 ☎ 19:24, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
As much as I appreciate the extra vote, I saw you accidentally voted twice on Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Mercury Seven/archive1. You may want to remove the most recent one. Thanks! Kees08 (Talk) 23:43, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
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The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar | |
This barnstar is awarded to Gog the Mild for copy edits totaling over 4,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE June 2019 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg ( talk) 00:19, 25 June 2019 (UTC) |
Thanks for your work in the blitz, and thanks also for voting in the elections! – Reidgreg ( talk) 00:19, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi Gog and thanks for creating the article. It has been on my interest list. I was reading online that the chevauchée was led through the lands of John I, Count of Armagnac, during initial part, as he had reverted allegiance back to France. Does Sumption mention this? Juillac was hard to find initially but will need to look at former province further. Anyway will await your expansion and I will always fill red links if I can. Regards Newm30 ( talk) 12:51, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
Gog, was wondering if Scottish raids in 1355, battle of Nesbit Moor, sacking of Berwick and Burnt Candlemas could be written into prelude? Regards Newm30 ( talk) 17:48, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
@ Newm30: That looks great. Some minor suggestions:
Otherwise it looks great. And thank you very much. Gog the Mild ( talk) 11:40, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
Following up on the 18th Div article. Two editors went over the article and made quite a few changes. In your opinion, is it now ready to meet FAC 1a, or would you suggest additional work? EnigmaMcmxc ( talk) 17:21, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
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G'day Gog, just a nudge that you can nominate Battle of Blanchetaque for TFA now as noms are open for August. Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 08:31, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
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Are these numbers right? Because I thought I was granted more reviews than I thought I performed as well. Wonder if it is counting number of signatures total instead of number of reviews with your signatures? That would match closer to the number I received. Kees08 (Talk) 18:54, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
A couple of people have been working on articles that will be featured on the main page during the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. I was wondering if you would be interested in looking at the articles sometime between now and then (couple weeks from now) for copy editing and to see if there are any glaring problems. Trying to minimize the number of complaints, since a couple of complaints on a few articles would add up to a lot on one day. Let me know and I can give you a list; I am doing one last check of the easier ones myself right now. Kees08 (Talk) 18:57, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
Kees08, fascinating. I have finished a first run through Zond 5. Obviously, feel free to revert or query anything I have got wrong or which you don't understand. There are some queries on the articles talk page. If you could respond to them I will have a second, more detailed, run through. Gog the Mild ( talk) 20:24, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
Hello Gog:
I notice you have a working tag beside 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division as well as more recently Zond 5. Is 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division completed and ready for archiving?
Thanks,
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Hi Gog, can you review edits to Alexander Seton (died 1332) on 23 July by 31.48.73.180 and rollback if you think it’s warranted? Newm30 ( talk) 04:08, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
—— SerialNumber 54129 12:33, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
@ Serial Number 54129: Exceedingly useful. I only have half a dozen of those, so that is going to keep me out of trouble for a while. What an unexpected pleasure. Many thanks. Gog the Mild ( talk) 12:49, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
This is to let you know that Battle of Blanchetaque has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 24 August 2019. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 24, 2019. Thanks! Ealdgyth - Talk 16:34, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for the article about a "battle from the Hundred Years' War. The English army was trapped by the French in an area stripped of food. At Blanchtaque the English escaped by fighting their way across a tidal ford of the River Somme, against a French blocking force. Two days later the English fought and heavily defeated the main French army at the Battle of Crecy."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 05:57, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
G’day Gog, I was curious whether you had any insight as to why Walter Manny’s banner (Or, three chevrons sable - Gold three chevrons black) is shown in the picture in the infobox? I couldn’t see any mention of Manny in the text. Regards Newm30 ( talk) 06:47, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
In the article on Walter it mentions that Edward III, according to Froissart, fought incognito under Manny’s banner. Regards Newm30 ( talk) 01:54, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
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This barnstar is awarded to Gog the Mild for copy edits totaling over 40,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE July 2019 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg ( talk) 22:56, 2 August 2019 (UTC) |
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This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Gog the Mild for copyediting three long articles during the GOCE July 2019 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg ( talk) 22:56, 2 August 2019 (UTC) |
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This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Gog the Mild for copyediting one of the five longest articles – 11,853 words – during the GOCE July 2019 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg ( talk) 22:56, 2 August 2019 (UTC) |
I'm glad that you finished that long article on time! The drive had the highest editor participation since May 2015, and brought the copy editing backlog to a record low of 585 articles! Much thanks for taking part! – Reidgreg ( talk) 22:56, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi - thanks for volunteering to look at this. I confess that when I got up this morning I was considering withdrawing the GA nom, as I'm not sure that the history section is really detailed enough - none of the refs I've found give any detail about its usage since the 17th C. I'll quite understand if you think it fails because of that, but would be very grateful for any other suggestions you could give me for improvements. Cheers GirthSummit (blether) 17:25, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
Hello:
The copy edit you requested from the GOCE of the article Bernard Fanning has been completed. It's good to go for the front page.
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I appreciate your contributions to articles. Thanks for copyediting articles and being a valuable member of Guild of copy editors. :) Masum Reza 📞 20:55, 10 August 2019 (UTC) |
Hi Masumrezarock100. That is very touching of you and much appreciated. Thank you. Gog the Mild ( talk) 20:58, 10 August 2019 (UTC)
G'day, Gog, hope you are well. Taking you up on your offer here: [2] Just letting you know PM and I have nominated the 10th Battalion for ACR as conom. If you are free to review, that would be fantastic. Thanks for your time. Regards, AustralianRupert ( talk) 10:50, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
Hello:
I've had a run through Hillary Clinton as requested, and I think it's in good shape for its TFA appearance.
Regards,
Twofingered Typist ( talk) 13:48, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
Hope you are doing well. I am thinking about nominating Weathering with You for GA review. I've checked the article, and I think it needs to be improved a little to meet the GA criteria. Unfortunately I don't have keen eyes, so I am unable to see what's needs to be improved. If you could suggest some improvements, I'd appreciate that. Or do you think I should nominate it now? Masum Reza 📞 17:58, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
All of that said, there is little to fault with what is there. It is good, clear, well written and solidly referenced. (Except for "The other songs include "Voice of Wind" (風たちの声 "Kaze-tachi no Koe"), "Celebration" (祝祭 "Shukusai") and "We'll Be Alright (大丈夫 "Daijōbu").) So I suspect that it could be worked up into a GAN, but I don't think that it is there yet.
As I said, this is completely outside my area, so treat everything I say with care. Let me know if you do want to work Weathering with You towards GAN and I will keep an eye on it and perhaps offer occasional advice. Gog the Mild ( talk) 18:58, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
" I will post any thoughts re improvements for ACR or FAC on the talk page."
Much obliged, A-Class review will be my next step for this article. Not sure, with it being such a short one, if it would be a good candidate for a FA review though. With the shorter divisional articles, I have usually stopped at A-Class. EnigmaMcmxc ( talk) 13:35, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
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How does this article look as far as taking it to the next quality level? Eddie891 Talk Work 14:42, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi Gog - I hope you don't mind me reaching out to you for a bit of help here, but you seemed to know what you were doing with regards to image copyright during our recent GAN, and I thought you might be able to help me out. While digging around for sources for another listed building I am writing an article about, I came across this - the genuinely fascinating story of the benefactor who paid for its construction. There's obviously an article in it (indeed, there's probably a novel in it, if I had the time/talent), but I'm thinking about images. The subject died in the second half of the nineteenth century, so I'm thinking that any images of her I can get would be copyright free (?). Can I simply copy the picture from this blog and stick it on Commons with a generic 'old image' tag, or is it more complicated than that?
Apologies for what is probably a dumb question, but I've never actually been through the process of uploading an image before - I've always used ones that were already on Commons, and I'm wary of breaching copyright by just grabbing stuff off the internet. I'd be entirely satisfied (and very grateful) if you just want to just point me at a relevant guideline page rather than typing out an answer, if that's possible. Cheers GirthSummit (blether) 18:30, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
Good idea. Surely Walkers will want to keep on the right side of the person writing the Wikipedia article on their head office? And you seem to be in full steam ahead mode. Good for you. Gog the Mild ( talk) 20:35, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
Hello:
My copy edit of Taylor Swift is finished. It's good to go on the front page on the 23rd.
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In this edit you added access dates to a bunch of references that had not had them previously - why? The article was consistently not using access dates for refs that had set publication dates. Nikkimaria ( talk) 17:36, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
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[[ Image:Symbol question.svg|25px]] Hello! Your submission of Black Prince's chevauchée of 1355 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it 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! MX ( ✉ • ✎) 18:13, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
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This barnstar is awarded to Gog the Mild for copy edits totaling over 6,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE August 2019 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg ( talk) 16:09, 28 August 2019 (UTC) |
On 29 August 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Black Prince's chevauchée of 1355, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1355, the English marched 675 miles (1,100 km) through French territory and took so much booty that they discarded silver objects to be better able to carry off gold and jewellery? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Black Prince's chevauchée of 1355. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Black Prince's chevauchée of 1355), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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I see you have 6 GAs reviews on your list to do in one day. :O I'm impressed with your enthusiasm to take all of them at the same time. I've only ever had at maximum 2 at one time LOL. keep up the good work! Maybe i'll see you at the backlog drive? ;) MrLinkinPark333 ( talk) 23:53, 29 August 2019 (UTC) |
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Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Black Prince's chevauchée of 1355. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 20:34, 30 August 2019 (UTC) |
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Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 02:38, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
The fourth round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 454 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with over 400 points being eliminated, and all but two of the finalists having achieved an FA during the round. Casliber, our 2016 winner, was the highest point-scorer, followed by Enwebb and Lee Vilenski, who are both new to the competition. In fourth place was SounderBruce, a finalist last year. But all those points are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.
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Thank you for the article! Nice to see your first FAC today, "about a battle from Edward III's annus mirabilis of 1346. During it the English defeated the French dauphin at the siege of Aiguillon, the French king at the Battle of Crécy, and the Scottish king at Neville's Cross. By the end of the year they were besieging Calais, which they were to take and hold for two hundred years. A large and well equipped Scottish army marched into England, spurred by Philip VI of France to intervene under the terms of the Auld Alliance in order to take pressure off northern France. Little opposition was expected, but the English marcher lords raised an army half the size of the Scots, marched rapidly north and met them on the edge of the northern English city of Durham. - The Scots mishandled their army, they were goaded by longbow fire into attacking across broken ground, part of their force fled without engaging and they were routed with heavy loss. The Scottish king was taken prisoner; he was to be held for eleven years. The battle was part of the Second War of Scottish Independence, which continued, bloodily, but strategically the English had cleared their rear and were able to concentrate on the war with France." - I will open a peer review tomorrow for Clara Schumann, - informal checking, copy-editing and comments welcome for a recent GA of which I wrote almost nothing ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:15, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
Today, I am proud of a great woman on the Main page, Márta Kurtág, finally! - Here's my ideal candidate for arbcom. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:30, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
Thank you today for what you did for Odaenathus, "king of Palmyra, king of kings of the East, saviour of Rome (at least in the minds of Roman writers), and the actual reason for Palmyra's rise! His wars against Persia healed the wounded pride of Rome which was shattered by the capture of emperor Valerian, the first Roman emperor to be captured by an enemy! But Odaenathus is overshadowed by his wife, Zenobia, and thats why not a lot of people know his story even though Zenobia contributed nothing to the power of Palmyra; she merely used what her husband built, including his army, generals and resources. Yet, she gets all the glory; the idea of a warrior queen is more attractive for people."! - I have a FAC open, did you know? And - shocking contrast - had nominated a sad DYK which appears today: Hevrin Khalaf - protest! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:50, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
I see that you've done something of value on the India page, but can't figure out what. What is archive-URL? If you could explain in a few lines, I'd be delighted. Fowler&fowler «Talk» 16:30, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for taking the time to write about our experiences together at my RfA. I really appreciate your unflagging reviews of GANs. Considering our perpetual backlog it's so appreciated. One final thanks for your understanding of my being a little slow with A Big Mooncake for Little Star. As I am able to resume normal activities I look forward to getting that up to GA standard with you. Best, Barkeep49 ( talk) 00:43, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
Thank you today for Lancaster's chevauchée of 1346, of "Hundred Years' War. The war in Gascony was crucial to the events of the war in 1346, but was overshadowed by the English victory at Crécy in August. The Earl of Lancaster had successfully kept the cream of the French army away from Crecy by holding out at the Siege of Aiguillon before south west France was stripped of troops to face Edward III in north east France. Lancaster then took 2,000 men and cut a swathe through French territory on a mounted raid lasting seven weeks, covering 350 miles, capturing numerous French towns and castles, and sacking the provincial capital ..."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:54, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
Hello! Thanks for your help with this article. I was hoping you might kindly take a look at the FA review if you have time. With many kind thanks -- [E.3] [chat2] [me] 15:21, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
G'day everyone, voting for the 2019 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 03:37, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
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Hi thank for archiving those referneces, and rescuing them at the India team. Can you please do it for the India FT at Olympics. Thank you. Dey subrata ( talk) 20:19, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
Hello:
I have finished a copy edit of the upcoming TFY article India. Fowler&fowler who has done a lot of work recently on the article was in touch with me and I have given him a couple of suggestions to improve the article.
In any event, it is in good shape for its TFY appearance.
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Hi again - you were good enough to offer me advice (and to put up with my excitedness) when I was working on Margaret Macpherson Grant recently. I was able to convince Walkers Shortbread to donate some images (no free shortbread, unfortunately), and have now nominated it for GA. If you're interested, I'd love to work with you on a review - only if you fancy it though of course, if you're busy or not that fussed I will of course wait my turn in the queue. Cheers GirthSummit (blether) 21:42, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
G'day everyone, the voting for the XIX Coordinator Tranche is at the halfway mark. The candidates have answered various questions, and you can check them out to see why they are running and decide whether you support them. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 07:36, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
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There's more where this came from... GirthSummit (blether) 15:45, 26 September 2019 (UTC) |
Will work for shortbread. @ Girth Summit: Many thanks. Gog the Mild ( talk) 15:47, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments. Absolutely understand that my style will never be to all tastes. But I very much appreciate your broad view. KJP1 ( talk) 23:22, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
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The Coordinator stars | |
On behalf of the members of WikiProject Military history, in recognition of your election to the position of Coordinator, I take great pleasure in presenting you with the Coordinator's stars, and wish you the best luck in the coming year! Cheers, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 03:42, 29 September 2019 (UTC) |
May I ask you a question? I struggle to master the word whom, but I do not know when you have to use? I asked numerous people like Americans and my English teacher in the past but they do not know how to explain to me or they've never mastered it at all. I know you can say the word if it is about a lot of people like this example "The attack took place who killed 200 people whom of which 50 were British, 50 were American and rest were other groups and nationalities"? But could you kindly explain to me how to master the word? Cheers. CPA-5 ( talk) 17:24, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
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I congratulate you on your elevation to the ruling junta of Milhist. Chetsford ( talk) 00:48, 30 September 2019 (UTC) |
@ Chetsford: Now then, is that any way to address a superior officer? The beatings shall continue until morale improves. He, he; seriously, many thanks. I shall endeavour to continue the standards of my illustrious predecessors. Gog the Mild ( talk) 09:56, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
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To be honest, you seem to have accumulated more than enough of these things in the relatively short time that you've been here, but I guess that's what good old hard work will do... Thanks for your diligent reviews of Capture of Wakefield, helping refine that article, and hopefully help me build a blueprint for future related articles. Your advice is sound, but also your willingness to engage and explain your reasoning when required. Mostly, thank you for helping this user, who has a tendency to waffle, to "put it more shortly"! Harrias talk 12:25, 30 September 2019 (UTC) |
@ Harrias: One can never have too much appreciation. I am pleased that you found my input into the article useful. I look forward to seeing it at FAC. Gog the Mild ( talk) 13:21, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
G'day Gog, as you are a newly-minted coord, would you mind verifying my personal tally for Backlog Banzai? Thanks, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 05:22, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
We're on. Could you please hand out the one, two and three stripes, the WikiChevrons and my Barnstar? The templates are in the Military history awards section of the Coords Handbook page except for the Barnstar, for that the template is on the Barnstars page. I'll do the rest. Cheers, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 01:32, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
Do you still want maps for the articles, as requested here last February? Happy to help if you're interested in me sorting out the request. Amitchell125 ( talk) 21:02, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
@ Amitchell125: That looks fine. Can we start with just the top sub-map.
Does that all make sense and is it doable?
Many thanks. Gog the Mild ( talk) 12:58, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for the barnstar! Much appreciated. Amitchell125 ( talk) 11:04, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I am bringing to your notice that, I have nominated the article of "List of international goals scored by Sunil Chhetri", where you also helped me to rescue those citation for the article. Though almost reviewed substatially by editors, but still would like if you leave a comment at my 1st FLC nomination. And also my 2nd FLC nomination, its the "List of highest individual scores in ODIs" where you helped in copyediting and also archived the citations. I will truly appreciate your words in both of these nominations. Thank you. Dey subrata ( talk) 21:48, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
Hi, Gog the Mild. When you reverted my changes you mentioned that "the countries included in the Balkans region for the purposes of this [Military History Project] task force are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, the Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Moldova, Romania, Slovenia and Turkey.". Just wanted to ask you which criteria apply when deciding whether a military history article belongs to a country's area of interest: the battle site (whether it is currently included within the borders of the respective state or was part of that respective country), the belligerents? Many thanks in advance. Mentatus ( talk) 21:58, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
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For placing second in the WikiProject Military history September 2019 edit-a-thon Backlog Banzai, I hereby award you the Silver Wiki on behalf of the project coordinators. Well done! Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 02:23, 2 October 2019 (UTC) |
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For scoring an amazing 5,816 points in the WikiProject Military history September 2019 edit-a-thon Backlog Banzai, I hereby award you the WikiProject Barnstar. Well done! Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 02:26, 2 October 2019 (UTC) |
G'day Gog, I have been working through the creation of the map for this chevauchée. Can you review proposed map here and provide any comments. I know that Foix county name and Tarn river identifiers need moving. Are there any additional towns or regions to be shown on the map? I am looking forward to the next work of yours. Regards Newm30 ( talk) 02:47, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
This barnstar is awarded to Gog the Mild for copy edits totaling over 20,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE September 2019 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg ( talk) 17:18, 2 October 2019 (UTC) |
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Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Long Articles, 3rd Place | |
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Gog the Mild for copyediting two long articles during the GOCE September 2019 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg ( talk) 17:18, 2 October 2019 (UTC) |
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Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Longest Article, 3rd Place | |
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Gog the Mild for copyediting one of the five longest articles – 11,684 words – during the GOCE September 2019 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg ( talk) 17:18, 2 October 2019 (UTC) |
Thanks for your work on the drive, and congrats on your Milhist Coordinatorship. I'll try to review the TFA copyedit situation and see if the GOCE coordinators can take some of that off of your hands. – Reidgreg ( talk) 17:18, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
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The WikiChevrons | |
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the WikiChevrons for participating in 42 reviews between July and September 2019. Peacemaker67 ( talk) via MilHistBot ( talk) 00:30, 5 October 2019 (UTC) |
If you search "Iran six day war", you see there are not so many sources about this. So I don't think this is possible to find a RS. However, this article (in Persian) only says "Iran provided oil for Israel during Arab-Israeli wars." I know Wikipedia is not a reliable source, but this article says: "During the 1967 Six-Day War, Iran supplied Israel with essential oil and petroleum."
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Hello. I hope you are having a wonderful week so far. Thank you for your input at the Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Deactivators/archive3. I must admit that I have a lot to learn about becoming a better reviewer, and I find it helpful to see how other editors respond to different types of review. If you have the time or interest, I was wondering if you could do a cursory glace through the Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wrath of the Darkhul King article. I am interested in putting it up for an FAC sometime in the future, but I am unfamiliar with video game articles. I thought asking for second opinions would be beneficial to avoid nominating something that is potentially unprepared for the FAC space . Apologies for the complete randomness of the request. Aoba47 ( talk) 00:20, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
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Hi Gog, I hope all is well. You were kind enough to provide some comments at the Baker Street robbery PR; this has now moved on to FAC. If you have sufficient time or inclination, I'd be most grateful to hear any further comments. Cheers - SchroCat ( talk) 15:56, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
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Why thank you Eastfarthingan, that is appreciated. I have noticed you keeping an eye on my progress. I hope that you like the end result. Gog the Mild ( talk) 22:37, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
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Gog, you've got this at WP:TFAP for October 2020. Ealdgyth has this on her tentative list for next month ... does that work for you? - Dank ( push to talk) 14:11, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
Well done, reverting all the mischief, by our anonymous, IP-hopping, citevar troll. Thanks! Mathglot ( talk) 05:50, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
User:IWannaBeTheVeryWorst is persistently vandalizing pages. Could you please block him, and maybe perform an IP check?
(Sorry if you're not the one to contact for this, I'm new here. I just know you're an admin.)
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Why Dr. Blofeld, how generous of you. That is most unexpected and much appreciated. Depending on the answer to my queries here, I may be able to add some more to the challenge. Gog the Mild ( talk) 17:32, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
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Check the history of the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup article. He/She has done it previously at 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup and at ICC Men's T20 World Cup there were dead links too where the editor reverted the archiving. At 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup I can't revert again, as that user is trying to get a chance of edit war to bring AIV against me. The user is kind of dispalying as if he/she owns the articles. He/She previously too did not allow me to edit in those articles and accuse me of following the editor which I have no interest in. Please address and revert his edits at the article. Thank you. Dey subrata ( talk) 11:44, 8 November 2019 (UTC)
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Can I ask what you fixed with this diff: [5]? The ACR instructions say to "Add A-Class=current to the {{ WPMILHIST}} project banner at the top of the article's talk page (this should be added immediately after the class= or list= field, see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax)." As far as I can tell I correctly inserted the A-class= field after the class= field, and the diff doesn't appear to make any technical difference to the banner. If it is breaking something doing it this way around, then we should change the ACR instructions. Harrias talk 21:14, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
Hi Gog, if you have time to take a look at Fall of Phnom Penh I'd appreciate it. Unfortunately there are no free use photos available. thanks Mztourist ( talk) 06:22, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
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Thank you very much for your extensive copyediting of the
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Hello:
Just a quick note to say I went through 2005 ACC Championship Game and fixed a number of issues. I think it's now good to go as a TFA.
Regards,
Twofingered Typist ( talk) 22:03, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
G'day Gog, I am going to be effectively incommunicado 8-18 December, so am wondering if you would mind starting the voting phase of MHOTY and MHNOTY on 15 December? A quick look at last year's archives [6] will show you what to do, which is basically adding a subsection for voting and spots for the votes for each nominee. I'll be back for the end of voting and am happy to tidy up at the end. Let me know? Cheers, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 10:05, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi Gog, the image en:File:Map of route of Black Prince chevauchée of 1355.svg is ready for use if you wish to use. If you need references on image, let me know and I will add. This will prevent any problems with creator. Regards Newm30 ( talk) 10:23, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
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Hello:
I've finished a run-through of You Only Move Twice before its TFA appearance.
The length of the plot section was a huge issue with the article. (Most of the edits since it passed FA seem to have been to the plot.) I found a version shortly after July 2007 and worked on it; the plot now falls below the 500 word threshold. I've also tweaked the rest of the article.
Cheers,
...to me sometime back: have you given any further thought on the matter? TomStar81 ( Talk) 01:43, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
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Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Longest Article, 2nd Place | |
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If this sounds interesting to you, I'd be most grateful for any comments you may care to make at the peer review. Cheers – SchroCat ( talk) 16:57, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
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Hello and welcome to the December 2019 GOCE newsletter, an update of Guild happenings since the September edition. Our Annual Report should be ready in late January. ![]() Election time: Nominations for the election of a new tranche of Guild coordinators to serve for the first half of 2020 will be open from 1 to 15 December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31 December at 23:59 UTC. Positions for Guild coordinators, who perform the important behind-the-scenes tasks that keep our project running smoothly, are open to all Wikipedians in good standing. We welcome self-nominations so please consider nominating yourself if you've ever thought about helping out; it's your Guild and it doesn't run itself! September Drive: Of the thirty-two editors who signed up, twenty-three editors copy edited at least one article; they completed 39 requests and removed 138 articles from the backlog, bringing the backlog to a low of 519 articles. October Blitz: This event ran from 13 to 19 October, with themes of science, technology and transport articles tagged for copy edit, and Requests. Sixteen editors helped remove 29 articles from the backlog and completed 23 requests. November Drive: Of the twenty-eight editors who signed up for this event, twenty editors completed at least one copy edit; they completed 29 requests and removed 133 articles from the backlog. Our December Blitz will run from 15 to 21 December. Sign up now! Progress report: From September to November 2019, GOCE copy editors processed 154 requests. Over the same period, the backlog of articles tagged for copy editing was reduced by 41% to an all-time low of 479 articles. Request archiving: The archiving of completed requests has now been automated. Thanks to Zhuyifei1999 and Bobbychan193, YiFeiBot is now archiving the Requests page. Archiving occurs around 24 hours after a user's signature and one of the templates {{ Done}}, {{ Withdrawn}} or {{ Declined}} are placed below the request. The bot uses the Guild's standard "purpose codes" to determine the way it should archive each request so it's important to use the correct codes and templates. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators; Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Miniapolis, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from
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Unless I see an indication that the duplication problem will soon be fixed, I will revert all your edits to the article. Jc3s5h ( talk) 16:16, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello:
I've now finished running through Brothers Poem an upcoming TFA posted on the GOCE Requests page. As the subject area is way out of my wheelhouse you might want to give it a quick look to make sure I haven't stepped in it somewhere. Thanks. BTW, I've updated the TFA page.
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We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:17, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi Gog, I was thinking of putting up Battle of Huế and Mayaguez incident, both of which I've worked on extensively over the past few years, for GA. Would you mind taking a look at them and giving some initial thoughts before I do so? I put Mayaguez Incident up for GA back in 2011: Talk:Mayaguez incident/GA1 and believe that most of the outstanding issues identified then have been addressed, together with making further improvements to the page. thanks Mztourist ( talk) 14:18, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialog, peoples rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension.
Hi Buster7 and thank you. And may you have an appropriately enjoyable festive season too.
Re EotW, I am aware that the next two up are my noms, so I have been holding off putting up any others. There also seem to be several in the pipeline. But if you start to get short let me know as I can think of several worthy recipients whom I would be happy to nominate.
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This edit to the article for Perth Amboy, New Jersey has an edit summary saying that it was "Rescuing 137 sources and tagging 0 as dead." If none of them were dead why did they need to be rescued? Why should the article be inflated by more than 20% with webarchive links that serve no purpose? As much as I appreciate my local fire department, I'd prefer that they only rescued me when I was in some sort of danger, not just because they had a habit of performing unnecessary rescues at their whim. Am I missing something? Alansohn ( talk) 21:27, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
Thank you today for Gascon campaign of 1345, introduced: "The Hundred Years' War was started when Philip VI of France confiscated the English fief of Gascony. Despite this, activities in Gascony during the war receive little attention - in the general literature as well as on Wikipedia. I have been attempting to remedy the latter situation and so would like to present for FAC an account of "the first successful land campaign of... the Hundred Year's War"! - I have a FAC in need open, DYK? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:14, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello:
Just wanted to let you know the "primary" editor of Arthur Gilligan found that I introduced three unintentional factual errors to the article which were the result of minor word changes resulting from my limited understanding of cricket. My apologies! I gather this is to be added to a list of other pre-TFA copy edited articles where errors occurred to be presented to you at some future date. Oh, thanks for the recent TFA article view stats. Cheers, Twofingered Typist ( talk) 13:56, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
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Hi Gog I was a little testy when I responded about the footnote, and although I hope that did not come through in the response, I fear it may have. If so, please accept my apologies. I know that you are somewhat embroiled in issues of copy editing right now, and it's not my intention to add to that. I will say, though, that with WP's requirement for summary style and concision, it's often not possible to provide a detailed explanation of some aspects of any given subject. I always strive to convey nuances I don't feel able to expand upon fully in very carefully chosen words, and it can be quite frustrating when a well-intentioned copy editor comes along and, for the laudable sake of clarity of prose, effectively strips the narrative of that nuance. It doesn't help that the 55th (West Lancashire) Division article is missing a significant chunk of context about the difficulties both the TF and the military authorities faced before and on the outbreak of WWI, which is why I've unfortunately felt it necessary to oppose at FAC (and that's a shame, because I know from long ago how diligent an editor the nom is). Anyways, Merry Christmas, or whatever well-wishing phrase is appropriate for you at this time of year. Factotem ( talk) 16:54, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
There is a discussion going on at the Easter Rising talk page about whether the rising should be considered part of the Great War in the infobox because it was significantly influenced by it. Can you please contribute? 98.221.136.220 ( talk) 20:12, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
Enjoy. - Dank ( push to talk) 12:23, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
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This barnstar is awarded to Gog the Mild for copy edits totaling over 2,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE December 2019 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Mini apolis 22:07, 22 December 2019 (UTC) |
Hello Gog the Mild: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, DBig Xrayᗙ Happy Holidays! 18:25, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
Yes my brother happy Christmas and boxing day may we see more of it. Tbiw ( talk) 19:17, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
Let sing or form a Christmas song Tbiw ( talk) 19:19, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
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As voted by the members of the project, please accept this Golden Wiki as the Military Historian of the Year for 2019. Well done on your back to back wins! Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 06:29, 31 December 2019 (UTC) |
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Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Razing of Friesoythe. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 16:49, 31 December 2019 (UTC) |
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Thanks Eddie: A happy and productive new year to you too. Gog the Mild ( talk) 18:27, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. We are relaxing the rule that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2020 will count; now to be eligible for points in the competition, you must have completed significant work on the content at some time! Any questions on the rules or on anything else connected to the Cup should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 ( talk · contribs · email), Godot13 ( talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 ( talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi Gog - I read through this discussion about the GA review backlog with interest yesterday, and have been mulling it over. I've long been against the idea of QPQ for GA reviews, believing that each of us should do what we are good at and enjoy doing - as you know, I spend much of my time removing vandalism and spam, and doing new page reviews, and I'd like to think that I earn enough brownie points that way to justify asking for the occasional GA review from an experienced editor, but I've never felt quite confident enough to attempt a GA review myself. However, I appreciate the frustration that a big backlog can cause (nobody has picked up St Rufus Church yet, it's been almost a week!), so perhaps it's time I dipped my toe in that particular pool. In that discussion, an editor mentions the idea of mentoring GA reviewers - is this something that you would consider doing for me (or can you point me in the direction of someone who does GA review mentoring)? GirthSummit (blether) 10:56, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
One action for you above.
Now read the article. If you are happy with "broadness", "focus", "neutral" and "originalresearch", indicate so on the checklist. If not, let me know. Does it comply with the MoS for the four areas in the checklist? You can't downcheck it for other MoS non-compliances, although you may wish to mention them, making it clear that they will not effect your GAN judgement. Was "the prose ... clear and concise ... and the spelling and grammar ... correct"? If not, either copy edit it yourself, or flag up each case on the GAN page. Then report back here again. Gog the Mild ( talk) 15:22, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi again - the author has reorganised the structure a bit (moved things around) and changed one or two of the section titles. I'd be content to tick 1a, 1b and 2c, but I wouldn't mind a steer on whether the citations are properly formatted - I'm not intimately familiar with the Harvard style, it looks alright to me but you might spot something I've missed. Any other concerns? GirthSummit (blether) 17:38, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
...and because I get the feeling that its important to others here too I've decided to do a run for the 2019 year. Its gonna be a little more difficult this year though since my primary source for the material to be checked is missing, but I'll figure something out. For now though I need to get back to work on my day job stuff; I'll get started on the project this evening if there is time. If you'd like to help your welcome to, I'll tell you what I do and where I go to cross check for stuff. TomStar81 ( Talk) 16:34, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
Hey mate I saw you are working with the Military History Article Writing Contest in last month's Bungle edition. I've moved the text to the January edition because I believe it summarises more the recent news from December and the last month's edition summarises more the November news. Or is this a mistake? Cheers. CPA-5 ( talk) 20:16, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
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On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, I hereby award you the Writer's Barnstar, for placing second in the December 2019 Military History Article Writing Contest, achieving 40 points from three articles. Congratulations, Zawed ( talk) 20:47, 3 January 2020 (UTC) |
I saw you did the source review on Teriitaria II before the article was promoted to A-class. It is now an FAC so feel free to look at the nomination. Векочел ( talk) 02:07, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
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Please can you do it for the 2020 JNU Attack article. Thank you. Dey subrata ( talk) 03:40, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
Feature article reviews have been introduced to the WikiCup for the first time this year. There was some reluctance by the FAC community about permitting this as they did not want the quality of FAC reviews to be lowered. As a result we adopted this rule, mentioned on the WikiCup scoring page. "You must mention in your review that you are planning to claim WikiCup points for the review." So please add such a statement to your review of Randall Davidson, and any other reviews of FACs in the future for which you wish to claim WikiCup points. Thanks. Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 10:06, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
This archival cleanup by you seems mostly OK, but you marked two refs with url-status=dead which I've switched back to live, since for me they're live.
Assuming that I'm correct :), this is only a minor bug, since the only "bad" effect is that readers will be more likely to go to the archive than the live source.
Hope this feedback is useful - overall, this sort of bot-aided archiving is a critically important long-term task for Wikipedia's verifiability, so thanks for doing the work! Boud ( talk) 23:04, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
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Sir, I apologize for delay in responding. If the offer on the collaboration on the Battle of Phintias is still valid, I would like to seek your guidance. Regards, Maglorbd ( talk) 06:35, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
Can I get you to cast your eyes over Reginald de Warenne with an eye to an FAC reasonably soon? Yes, that means I'll be doing reviews more also. I'm going to ask @ SandyGeorgia: to look it over also... anyone else watching this page or his is welcome to copyedit, with the understanding that I'll be watching like a hawk for any distortions of the sourcing.... I realize he's a bit before your time but ... it can't be THAT difficult! Ealdgyth - Talk 00:06, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
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Gog the Mild, I think, since your GA review was opened but never started in earnest, the best thing to do would be for you to request a G7 speedy deletion of the page. If you'd prefer, I can do a G6. I'll adjust the GA nominee template so that it uses page 2 again rather than page 3. Thanks, and sorry this one didn't work out. BlueMoonset ( talk) 17:27, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for your image and source review at the Marshall's Elm FAC, but you might want to pop back and add your signature! Harrias talk 20:32, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Oh, thanks for for the barnstar a while back by the time. It seems to have mostly passed me by at the time, and I apparently didn't say anything! I genuinely enjoy reviewing articles, but I can get a bit carried away with it at times, so it is nice to know that it is appreciated nonetheless. Harrias talk 11:47, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi Gog, I've nominated Tet Offensive attack on US Embassy, if you could please pick it up. regards Mztourist ( talk) 03:50, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
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On 9 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Battle of the Aegates, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Battle of the Aegates in 241 BC ended the First Punic War after 23 years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of the Aegates. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Battle of the Aegates), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Hi. I would like to create some kind of collaborative workspace where coordinators or members of various WikiProjects would gather and provide updates and information on what is going on at each wikiproject, i.e. regarding their latest efforts, projects, and where interested editors can get involved.
You are a coordinator at one of the most active WikiProkjects, so I wanted to get your brief input on whether you'd be interested in helping me to make this happen. I see a few possible options for making this happen, so I would like to get your input and feedback on this. which of the options below would you prefer? also, please reply to the brief questions below.
Please feel free to let me know what you think of this idea, and please let me know your preference, regarding the options above. if you do not see any need for this idea, that is totally fine. However, I think that the majority of editors lack awareness of where the truly active editing is taking place and at which WikiProjects, and I would like to do whatever I can to help make people more aware of where the activity is, what they can do to help, and also which areas of Wikipedia offer ideas and efforts that might help them in their own editing activities. Please feel free to let me know. -- Sm8900 ( talk) 05:11, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
Your adding of archive links where they are not needed adds lots of bloat and endangers the status of articles because they can be considered too large. It also makes them harder to edit. Please set the bot to only do this to deadlinks. -- BullRangifer ( talk) 01:06, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
I haven't forgotten about this, but due to scheduling conflicts I think the earliest I'm gonna have any appreciable amount of time to work on it won't be until March. January and February have been rather challenging for me from a time management perspective, so much so that I haven't really had a chance to get enough sleep between jobs and hospital visits and jury duty. TomStar81 ( Talk) 07:32, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
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I'm just starting to go through this prior to an A-class nomination, but I've got stuck at the first sentence, "The first Siege of Hull was the first major action of the First English Civil War." The repetition of "first" is winding me up, but each seems important and irreplaceable to me, having written those words. I wonder if without a set of new eyes, you could suggest any alternatives? Harrias talk 18:52, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
That was a great idea you had to suggest to the Promoters that the DYK be run on March 4 (anniversary of the event). It is in the special holding area now to be run on that date. If it is in the #1 slot position with the picture I suspect it will get a lot of views. I plan on making that a Good Article in the future and have submitted it to the Guild of Copy Editors to look over before I do the nomination for GA.-- Doug Coldwell ( talk) 22:57, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
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Hello Gog:
It’s been a month, now, and there’s no sign of any movement on this, so I’ve gone with Plan B and fixed it, per the guidelines I quoted. There's an explanation on the talk page. If any of the FAC reviewers feel I have acted precipitately, I’m open to challenge, but a flat-out IDONTLIKEIT isn’t going to cut it any more. Regards,
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On 23 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Drepana, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Battle of Drepana was ill-fated for the Romans because their sacred chickens refused to eat? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Drepana. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Battle of Drepana), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Hi!
I've recently nominated an article about a type of home garden as an FA; this is my first attempt to do so. I've noticed that you're among the recently frequent reviewers of FA noms, so I wonder if it's okay to ask you to review it. If you can and have spare time, a review would be appreciated. Thank you! Dhio- 270599 07:52, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team
And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.
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These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).
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I enjoyed your opinion piece in the Signpost greatly, and it made me reflect further on the huge activation energy it now takes to get involved in Wikipedia. Thanks for sharing. Kevin ( alt of L235 · t · c) 22:25, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
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You asked me to let you know when this went to FAC. I didn't expect it to take me 14 months, but here I am! :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:58, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
Just wanted to let you know I put Bath School disaster up for FAC. Thank you for all your help. Shearonink ( talk) 15:19, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
Can I request a second copy edit from the GOCE after an article has been expanded and changed considerably from when I received a first copy edit from User:A21sauce? The article I have in mind is William Morrison (chemist). I did a lot of additional copy editing and updating getting it prepared for a GAN in the near future.-- Doug Coldwell ( talk) 16:23, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
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I have looked-over the refs for the FAC of Barren Island, Brooklyn. If you have any time would you mind doing a spot-check of the refs? Everything seems fine - I think I checked all of them but refs to the FA degree aren't necessarily one of my specialities & I'd appreciate if you could maybe just do a spot-check. Thanks, Shearonink ( talk) 22:13, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
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How does one make {{CongBio|M000797}} render as an inline ref? See Patsy Mink and why would anyone "program" (not sure if that is even the right word) a template to render something like this as an external link rather than a ref? Perhaps as it is a US template, you don't know, but you have far more technical skill than me. Maybe Vanamonde93 who does lots of political articles knows if you do not. Trying to get this one up to GA so we can do FA for Asian-Pacific American month in May. Thus, any help would be fabulous. SusunW ( talk) 17:20, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
@ Vanamonde93 and Gog the Mild:, I see "United States Congress & M000797. sfn error: no target: CITEREFUnited_States_CongressM000797 (help)" I have no idea how to fix it so yes Gog, because the help page is Greek to me. SusunW ( talk) 17:45, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
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Hi, it seems there is a duplicate in First Punic War: ...hard-fought battle of the Battle.... Hanberke ( talk) 11:57, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
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On 22 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Battle of the Lipari Islands, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during the initial naval battle of the First Punic War, the Roman sailors fled, with their commander and the entire fleet captured by the Carthaginians? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of the Lipari Islands. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Battle of the Lipari Islands), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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On 26 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Battle of the Bagradas River (255 BC), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a Roman army in Africa was wiped out by a Carthaginian attack led by an elephant charge in 255 BC? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of the Bagradas River (255 BC). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Battle of the Bagradas River (255 BC)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Hi Gog, saw you are active in ancient/medieval war articles. Any advice how to name an article about a war that's not known by any specific name? Specifically, in the history of the Emirate of Granada there were a lot of wars which involve multiple states on each side (so they can't be just A-B war), and with multiple geographic areas (so it can't just be War in [Someplace]). For example, the war described in the early part of Nasr_of_Granada#Reign involves Granada vs an alliance of the Marinids, Castile, Aragon, and locations include Ceuta in North Africa as well as several towns on the Spanish coast. Any idea? HaEr48 ( talk) 00:19, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
( talk page watcher) @ HaEr48: Second woot The Gog says. The trick with page titles, and the easiest way of conforming to the guides, is to establish the lowest common denominator, e.g. place/date. —— SN 54129 17:47, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
On 27 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mercenary War, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during the Mercenary War, Carthaginian rebels killed 700 prisoners by cutting off their hands, castrating them, breaking their legs, and throwing them into a pit to be buried alive? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mercenary War. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Mercenary War), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Yeah. Someone had fun with their copy of Polybius, back in the day. If Mercenary War were to be promoted it would be my fourth FA on a First Punic War topic. (Speaking loosely.) And not a primary source between them. I am hoping that there will be another half dozen to come, including First Punic War itself. Gog the Mild ( talk) 17:09, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
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Hey, Gog! You asked at User talk:Vanamonde93/Main page editor about tasks at DYK. One common task is setting preps -- pulling approved hooks into a prep set -- which is a bit like putting together a complicated puzzle. For instance, we alternate within a prep set the bio and non-bio hooks. We don't want more than a certain number of US hooks or military hooks or music hooks. We need a quirky in the last slot. We can't use all long hooks, or all short ones. And if today's set has a bio hook in the image slot, tomorrow's set get a non-bio image. We need a new set every day, and it's often best if a single editor tries to do a full set, or at least to do most of the hooks in that set, just to prevent working at cross-purposes. If the MPE proposal eventually passes, it's quite likely multiple of our current prep setters will apply for the right, which means they won't have as much time to set preps (plus they probably shouldn't move preps they've set to queue), which means we'll need more prep setters. If you're interested, I can show you how to start. Ping me if you respond here, real life is keeping me from maintaining good control over my watch list right now. --valereee ( talk) 19:02, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
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Greetings Gog the Mild,
Having not been through the FA process before, I was wondering if perhaps you might be willing to mentor me through it for the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. I think the article is in pretty reasonable shape, but I would welcome your feedback and advice. Thank you! CThomas3 ( talk) 16:51, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
On 30 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Adys, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after the Battle of Adys, the peace terms offered to the defeated Carthaginians were so harsh that they decided to fight on? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Adys. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Battle of Adys), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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On 3 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Siege of Lilybaeum (250–241 BC), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Romans besieged Lilybaeum for nine years without capturing the Carthaginian city? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Siege of Lilybaeum (250–241 BC). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Siege of Lilybaeum (250–241 BC)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru ( talk) 00:02, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
I responded to your FAC comments on the Hyborian War article here, but the more I think about them more I think the article would benefit from including all of them.
I'm open to withdrawing the nomination and reworking as recommended if you're open to reviewing it before I repost. I'm on no schedule, so the timeline would be up to you.
Alternatively, since it would likely take me less than a week to rewrite as you note, I can rework while the nomination is open (I'm already underway). I'd defer to your knowledge there as I'm not familiar with nomination timelines. Airborne84 ( talk) 01:38, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
Gog the Mild I've made the updates you recommended. I couldn't get the company to upload high-res images under a free license, so I had to make do with lower-res fair use images. If you think a different direction is needed with images, can do. Would greatly appreciate your review before renominating. At your convenience, of course. Airborne84 ( talk) 06:33, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
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On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, I hereby award you the Writer's Barnstar, for placing second in the April 2020 Military History Article Writing Contest, achieving 98 points from 10 articles. Congratulations, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 03:39, 5 May 2020 (UTC) |
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Hello, Gog to Mild! I was wondering if you could provide feedback for my FAC MAX Yellow Line. It's a fairly short article and I would really appreciate it. I was hoping to pay it back with a review of one of your existing FACs, but all of them looked way too intimidating for me. I'm sure you'll have plenty more future FACs that I'll have better knowledge of. Anyway, hoping to hear from you. Thanks! -- truflip99 ( talk) 22:09, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi Gog, were you going to nom Battle of Sluys for TFA? June is open now. Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 01:31, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi mate, it's been awhile right? I hope you're and your family is pretty good; don't worry mine are as well (for now at least). Anyway I just expanded and cited an article called " National Liberation Front of Provence" which is the most mysterious rebel group in France. There is not a lot of known about them and I believe it's a B (for sure) but it's too small for a GA (I believe). It so mysterious, there are baraly English sources about it so everything is from French newspapers. Of course I need an outsider as reviewer to confirm it meets the criteria. My idea was if you are intrested I can add it into the WP:GOCE Requests to copy-edit it? Both you get points or how it works over there plus you can correct my poor English grammer and it's in a great shape even it's a B. Are you interested it's not that long though?~Because I know if I put it over there I need to wait probaly weeks before they'll edit it. :) Cheers. CPA-5 ( talk) 23:16, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
On 13 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gisco (died 239 BC), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Carthaginian general Gisco was taken prisoner by mutinous soldiers while issuing their pay? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gisco (died 239 BC). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Gisco (died 239 BC)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Maile ( talk) 00:05, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello Gog the Mild,
I have seen that you've done the MAN 630 article's assessment. Apparently, you believe that both the referencing and citation, and the coverage and accuracy criterions are not met. I wonder why; the article has proper inline citations, and the technical description section reasonably covers the vehicle's basic design. Where exactly does the article contain inaccuracies, and where does it lack inline citations? Best regards, -- Johannes ( Talk) ( Contribs) ( Articles) 12:33, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
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Can't believe I got the term dates mixed up! It's the head's fault - she gave me a maths planning document which had the wrong dates on it - I've been working from that rather than the official school calendar, I didn't even think to check it myself. I only realised the dates were mixed up on Friday morning - my weekend was a very different shape from what I'd been hoping for! Nevertheless, I've taken a quick look at what's in your sandbox, and I like the structure of it. I'll try to find some time this week, but will definitely have more next week, to see what I can add in from whatever sources we've got at home; should we set up a talk page at your sandbox for discussion? GirthSummit (blether) 07:46, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Propagandist! You need to turn your mind towards more worthy topics! etc... I hope all is well otherwise. Cheers - SchroCat ( talk) 10:43, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
On 19 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Cape Hermaeum, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that shortly after the Battle of Cape Hermaeum, most of the victorious Roman fleet was destroyed in a storm, with the loss of over 100,000 lives? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Cape Hermaeum. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Battle of Cape Hermaeum), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Maile ( talk) 00:03, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi there,
I've noticed that you are quite a prolific reviewer on FAC. I started this nomination almost a month ago, and sadly it has been quite overlooked and not generating enough interest. I'm writing to you hoping you could consider reviewing it, or maybe invite other serious reviewers you know to have a look at it. Any comments for improvement will be greatly appreciated. If you have no time or interest in it, then ignore this message. Shahid • Talk2me 18:24, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Hey, I noticed that you recently broke into the top 2,500 Wikipedians by edit count. A meaningless milestone, but congrats nonetheless and thanks for your many contributions!
Keeping busy as a Milhist coordinator? Still working on blurbs and FAs? I'm finishing my 15th review for the GA drive, and seem to have found my stride there. After that, probably back to copy editing, see if we can get the backlog to one month. – Reidgreg ( talk) 16:38, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello mate, WBM is unable to archive this web page. Can you archive this one at WBM, or anyother way if possible?? Let me know, or archive and ping me. Drat8sub ( talk) 23:20, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
On 22 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Treaty of Lutatius, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a draft condition of the Treaty of Lutatius to end the First Punic War, stipulating that Carthage pay Rome 57,000 kg (126,000 lb) of silver, was rejected as insufficient? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Treaty of Lutatius. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Treaty of Lutatius), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru ( talk) 12:02, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
On 27 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Panormus, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Roman army repelled an elephant charge at the Battle of Panormus by throwing javelins? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Panormus. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Battle of Panormus), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ( talk • contribs) 12:01, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
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It gives me great pleasure to give thanks for your 50 contributions to the Did you know? section of the Main Page, many on military history, bringing interest to the subject by reminding Wikipedia's readership of some exceptional facts. – Reidgreg ( talk) 15:36, 27 May 2020 (UTC) |
LOL. Lor' bless you sir. Most kind. Gog the Mild ( talk) 16:16, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
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For all of the help you have given to me and others, for writing great articles, and for (perhaps the hardest thing to do on-wiki) being unfailingly kind and helpful. A long overdue award for a very deserving editor. Keep up the good work. Best wishes, Eddie891 Talk Work 17:21, 1 June 2020 (UTC) |
Wow! Eddie, you are making me blush. Thank you very much, I appreciate it. Gog the Mild ( talk) 17:33, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
No worries...I’m not that cranky...just tired. I want to point out that I’m not ignoring it..but the desktop DID die and while I have a new one ordered, it may be mid month before I get it much less get migrated to it. Don’t want you thinking that I’m ignoring your comments, I’m just a lot restricted at the moment in my editing...I have the tablet (which is what I’m using for this post) and a very very very very slow laptop that is ...less than ideal. To put it mildly. And what time I can deal with it needs to be reserved for the paying stuff...I am not upset and I figure we can get the article up to snuff ...but it might take a bit because of the aforementioned dead desktop...notm through any lack of goodwill on either of our sides. -- Ealdgyth ( talk) 19:12, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
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it does seem strange to me that you would include an article about a Pacifist in the Project. Seems more appropriate to tag it WikiProject Anti-war, which I have now done. Roundtheworld ( talk) 10:41, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
I wrote an article on Nesta Obermer and though I figured out how to convert past $ to current $, I have zero clue how to convert $ to ₤. Since she is British (okay legally since she married a foreigner in 1925 she lost her British citizenship, but that's a technicality) it seems logical to me that it should show both currencies, but then is there a template that not only shows x $ = x ₤ and currently is y? You know all the technical stuff baffles me and if you can help, that'd be great. If not, no worries. Hope all is wonderful in your world. We survived tropical storm Cristobal with only minimal damage, not true for many of our neighbors. But, today the sun is shining and my roof is drying out. Hopefully the plasterers will be able to start weatherizing tomorrow. SusunW ( talk) 19:31, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
So the best we can do is pick a conversion rate, say 0.78, calculate manually and insert a bracketed or footnoted "Equivalent to £XX,000 in 2020." Let me know if you would like me to do this. Gog the Mild ( talk) 20:38, 10 June 2020 (UTC)This template is currency agnostic, which means it doesn't convert between different currencies. Thus, if you wanted to know how much DM 1,000.00 marks in 1960 are worth nowadays, entering 2441.35 would provide a result (2069.05) still in marks, not in euros. Consequently, if you need a result in another currency than the one in which the original value is stated, for now you must do the conversion manually.
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I just archived Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Reginald de Warenne/archive1 because it's obvious I'm going to need to take FAC under some more intense management for a bit, but I'd like to get Reginald into shape ... so can we work together on the talk page to get your concerns dealt with? -- Ealdgyth ( talk) 15:58, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
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Hi. I am writing to intrioduce myself, and to ask your help with a currrent effort that I am working on. I am currently the Lead Coordinator for WikiProject History. I am trying to get this WikiProject to be somewhat active, in some role that could serve the general Wikipedia community positively.
I would like to ask for your help and for you to perhaps take on a role there. I am trying to provide some support to restore the function of article assessment and article review for WikiProject History as a whole. My best method for doing so is simply to find editors who are experienced at these functions at active Wikiprojects in the field of history, and add their names to the working groups at WP:History; that way, I can help visitors to our WikiProject history with finding an experienced editor who can help them with these processes.
Please note, my overall long-term goal is not to reinvent the wheel; ie, I do not plan to try to make this WikiProject into the dominant WikiProject for all history articles. There is a simple reason for this; the primary support by WikiProjects for editing history articles at Wikipedia is currently provided by a large number of highly-active WikiProjects, each of which covers a specific topic or sub-topic within the overall area of history as a whole. In the aggregate, these existing active WikiProjects are all highly effective, and together they suffice to fully cover the whole field of history.
So therefore, my goal with WP:History is to serve as an information resource and clearinghouse of sorts, to help new or inexperienced editors to find helpful information and resources to enable them to get familiar with the topics of history as a whole, and to find their way to information, resources, active historical WikiProjects, and experienced editors who can help with promoting active editing in relevant topics.
In my opinion, the most comprehensive and active WikiProject for historical topics is WP:Milhist. this is because by its very nature, military history intrisically includes all eras, all societies, all cultural levels, and all groupings within human society and world history as a whole. for this reason, I consider experienced coordinators like yourself at WP:Milhist to be one of the best possible sources for experience and advice, for those seeking to play a greater role in editing this area.
Could you please let me know any thoughts you may have? Would it be okay for me to add you in some role at WP:History? I am open of course to any feedback or comments that you may have. Please feel free to comment. I appreciate your help. thanks!!! -- Sm8900 ( talk) 16:57, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I found two pictures of a rostrum on Commons ( here and here). This ram was found on the spot of the Battle of the Aegates and therefore would fit nicely in the article. I don't know the copyright status of the pictures though. Caption should be something like "Rostrum found on the site of the battle, with the names of the quaestors C. Papirius and M. Publicius Malleolus, who built the ship. Malleolus later became consul in 232 BC." Reference is Jonathan Prag, " Bronze rostra from the Egadi Islands off NW Sicily: the Latin inscriptions", in Journal of Roman Archaeology 27 (2014): 33-59. T8612 (talk) 15:15, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
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It's a Good Article and a current Featured Article nominee. It's been reviewed and edited significantly and three editors told me to look for other editors to review it. Here's the featured article page: Laura Harrier FAC. Please help. Thanks. Factfanatic1 ( talk) 07:24, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
When you're up for a diversion, the article Battle of Asakai went through GOCER for DYK. I thought it was kindof hilarious, and was wondering how a Milhist vet would appraise it. – Reidgreg ( talk) 22:48, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
I'm not sure where you meant to create EditBattle of Lagos but I don't think it should be in mainspace... Schazjmd (talk) 16:16, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you today for Battle of Sluys, about the "first significant clash of the Hundred Years' War was this naval battle. It was a disaster for the French, who lost 90% of their ships captured and 90% of their men killed, including the two senior military officers of the realm. Illustrating why the war was to last so long, it had virtually no operational or strategic effect."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:04, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
It took a lot of nudging, but I was finally able to get SandyGeorgia over there to review the Hyborian War nomination. Good and bad. She took a wire brush to it. :) In the end, good though—if it gets by her, I'm guessing it'll be meaningful to the FAC coordinators. You probably know more about her than I do, but it looks like she's experienced and well known on Wikipedia. And fantastically busy. Was happy she took the time to review it, even if just in part so far. I'll dig in and respond. Let me know if I'm off on anything and once it looks good, I'll let her know on her talk page. She apparently hates the ping tool. Airborne84 ( talk) 23:25, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
SG's comments look fairly harmless. Let me know if you feel I am incorrect in that regarding any of them. You could really do with at least one more comprehensive review - ie, more like Ichthyovenator's than Hurricane Noah's. Possibly BOZ may be persuaded to offer one? Gog the Mild ( talk) 10:09, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi Gog the Mild. Hyborian War's day at TFA is Wednesday, August 19. I tried looking it up—do you know what time of the day TFA's hit the main page? Thanks! Airborne84 ( talk) 16:15, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally,
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Well, if you remember, we were struggling with some FIFA links, guess what !! Those links were properly archived actually. I don't know why those were not displaying that time as acting as dead link. But yesterday when I was checking it was showing archived though with some different structures. So thanks for those archives and being there to help, were important links. Let's have a fresh cup of tea, hope you will enjoy it.
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Thank you for your contribution to the WikiProject Military history related articles. ❯❯❯ Praveg A=9.8 19:39, 7 July 2020 (UTC) |
Pravega, that is exceedingly good of you. Thank you very much. Gog the Mild ( talk) 19:42, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi, you may have seen my message to the editor who archived the Cymmer Colliery explosion FAC. Given I had responded to all of the items you raised and that our discussion was ongoing, I hope you might withdraw your initial oppose recommendation and suggest to Ealdgyth that we continue our discussion within the previous FAC framework. ~ RLO1729 💬 20:53, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
RLO1729, sorry to arrive late to the game. I too, have not read the archived discussion, but if Gog the Mild has offered his assistance in this area, I recommend jumping on it. Gog has a wealth of experience and is a tremendous resource. Hope that helps. Airborne84 ( talk) 20:05, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
I am seeking a FAC mentor. I saw you listed your name at Wikipedia:Mentoring for FAC. Can you help me with What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? it has been archived twice. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA talk 17:08, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for your feedback on the Landis Battery. Sometimes you just need told something isn't at the state you thought is was. Saved me embarrassment a botched FAC would have brought (my first ACR attempt, First Battle of Newtonia was only not a total disaster because Kges1901 was willing to work with me on the article instead of quick-opposing).
I no longer think anything I've worked on is near FA-level yet, the three I view as the best all have glaring issues. Landis Battery has prose issues, Newtonia has two weaker sources (O'Flaherty has at best average credentials, same with Wood) and the 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate) relies heavily on two books by Tucker, which is probably unavoidable. You saved me some embarrassing nominations and lack of preparation. Hog Farm Bacon 03:57, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
@ The Rambling Man: do like to ... be pro-active ... about your noms. Yeah, that's the ticket/wording. If you guys ever get too over-eager, I will do more than make a snide comment in an FAC close... you'll know you've been hit with an anvil. -- Ealdgyth ( talk) 14:17, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
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Based on some conversation I've had with the source reviewer for the First Battle of Newtonia ACR review, that ACR looks rather likely to pass very soon. I'd be interested in taking that article forward to FAC. Would you be willing to serve as a FAC mentor for me, since it would be my first nomination? Hog Farm Bacon 04:57, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
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This is to let you know that Battle of Lagos has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 18 August 2020. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 18, 2020. Thanks! Ealdgyth ( talk) 14:02, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for the article about "a naval battle from the age of sail. One where Clausewitz's friction was working overtime and few things went right for either side."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:52, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
This is to let you know that Battle of Crécy has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 26 August 2020. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 26, 2020. Thanks! Ealdgyth ( talk) 14:46, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for the article about the "The 14th-century battle in which Edward III, leading an Anglo-Welsh army across northern France, brought the much larger French army under Philip VI to battle. Famously the French suffered a humiliating defeat, largely due to the English use of longbows. A contemporary described the hand-to-hand combat which ensued as "murderous, without pity, cruel, and very horrible"."! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:48, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
Not sure exactly what you were trying to do here, but you seem to have accidentally put a TFA nomination in the article namespace. Vahurzpu ( talk) 15:18, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
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Many thanks for your help in preparing First Battle of Newtonia for it's FAC. Hog Farm Bacon 16:59, 3 August 2020 (UTC) |
Hi Hog Farm, you are most welcome. And thanks for the barnstar, appreciated. I confess, that while you were getting a hard time from PM67 I was wondering if I had given you naff advice, but you came through it admirably. Gog the Mild ( talk) 18:20, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
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Here you go. Harrias talk 10:40, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
I've been playing around, trying to learn a new skill: SVG maps. I was looking at Mercenary War, and wanted to see if I could improve the "manoeuvres" map ( File:Guerra mercenaria (cropped).png). How is this SVG? It is very editable, that's part of the joy of SVGs... Harrias talk 20:54, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
Harrias Well I am currently working on creating two new articles where it would be useful, so thank you.
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This barnstar is awarded to Gog the Mild for copy edits totaling over 8,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE July 2020 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Tdslk ( talk) 18:10, 9 August 2020 (UTC) |
Hi - if you have a moment, would you be willing to give Rusco Tower a quick once-over? I'm planning to put it forward for GA; given the impending Dunbar review (when do you want to push the button on that by the way?) I might hold off for a bit, but a second pair of eyes would be appreciated if yours are free. GirthSummit (blether) 20:23, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
Looks like this review is going to fail, but I wanted to thank you for your help. Regardless of its rating, I think the article is significantly improved from where it was when we started, and your assistance in getting it to that point is greatly appreciated. CThomas3 ( talk) 18:15, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
Hope all is well on your side of the pond. Things have been stressful, but I think are finally sorting themselves out. I've never had this happen before, but I am sure it must happen. On the article for LaNada War Jack, I get the same ISBN number for two of her books. Colonization Battlefield... and Native Resistance.... Not sure what to do about it, as one is clearly wrong, but how would I know? Ideas on how to fix it? SusunW ( talk) 19:37, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article
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