Thanks for assessing all those. :3 Bl a st 03.04.07 0421 (UTC)
I got around to nominating the pic I contacted you earlier about. Here is the nomination: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/M198 howitzer. If you have time, please vote and comment on the pic. Thanxs! =D Jumping cheese Cont @ct 05:18, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
I have some great news. RADM DeLoach from the Pentagon called me and they are interested in my work and want me to work in collaboration on a project about Hispanic Naval and USMC grads. It can be done in Wiki and I told them yes. I was thinking about recruiting you and ERcheck. I don't know how it is going to be done yet, but I was wondering if you would like to be part of it.
This is part of an e-mail that I received from Rear Admiral DeLoach:
Tony the Marine, The honor is mine to speak to such a dedicated patriot, educator, and writer. I marvel at your ability to collect, research, and synthesize vast of amount of material into great stories and articles about our cultural heritage. You are truly performing a great service for the future generations of our Country...
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I am interested in the Marine Corps, and the articles on this site, as I am an active duty US Marine, and former member of VMFA(AW)-121. I'll definitely take a look at the Portal.
Tom 05:37, 5 April 2007 (UTC)slayermet420
I've expanded this somewhat. I would say it's better than a stub. -- Ian Pitchford 19:06, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Hey Thanks for the message. I am currently in HMH-363, I am a Sgt in the Flight Line shop. Also just to let you the word I heard was that this sqaudron is going to changed to the CH-53K models and not the MV-22. V-22 is supposed to replace all the CH-46 sqaudrons first. Ch53mechwest 19:45, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Do you have a copy of the book that Image:VMS-3.jpg came from? If so, could you scan a better quality version? The uploaded version has striations that might not be in the original. — ERcheck ( talk) 22:51, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
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Do you know when Image:Fa18 vmfaaw533 ph1-call.jpg was taken? I've found a 1982 A-6E Intruder DOD image that could be also added to VMA-533 if there were a section on the 1980s. (DOD image DMSC8208132, currently on History Division's homepage.) — ERcheck ( talk) 00:26, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
In the third paragraph of the History section of VMTB-341, MAG-24 has its first mention. Was VMTB-341 a part of MAG-24 from its commissioning? If so, I think it is worth stating explicitly and earlier — either in the intro and/or the first paragraph of the history section. — ERcheck ( talk) 11:30, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
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Looking at statistics and requirements:
Criteria:
Rather than picking USMC as the topic, something link Marine Corps aviation, or even narrower, Marine Corps squadrons. However, if you look at the further "Recommendations", it suggests that all articlse follow a similar format. So, if Marine Corps squadrons were the topic, the List would be the parent article and all of the individual squadron articles would be the rest. So, are all of the articles written? Are all of the articles of equal high quality? All have have the same format, so that works. More narrowly — Active Marine Corps aquadrons.
Looking for other ideas — I look at the template on the USMC page for possible topics:
Bottom line, I think USMC is too broad; and articles with clear links need to be considered and upgraded with a plan toward being featured.
I think it would be an easier task to get the Portal to featured status.
After my exposition above, what do you think? — ERcheck ( talk) 02:16, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
I got a message on my Visitors' talk page suggesting Featured topics. As such, I've started a discussion on the Portal talk page. — ERcheck ( talk) 15:48, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
I reviewed a few similar featured portals — Portal:Military_of_Australia and Portal:United States Navy. The USMC portal is closer in structure to the Australian portal.
Thoughts on things to do:
— ERcheck ( talk) 02:42, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Take a look at this local effort to honor Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipients from Texas:
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See Marine Corps Institute. — ERcheck ( talk) 09:24, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't know if you have this talk page on your watchlist. See suggestion for article title change for the List of famous U.S. Marines. — ERcheck ( talk) 01:49, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
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When you have a minute, check your e-mail. — ERcheck ( talk) 02:29, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Take a look — Willard Keith. I've made a first pass at the article on Captain Keith. — ERcheck ( talk) 11:58, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
The reason why I failed it was the that the objection had been raised in the discussion that there were too many redlinks. In view of this, I couldn't promote it, no matter how many support votes. (By the way, it's not a election process... there has to be a consensus, and the closing editor has to feel that any objections have either been dealt with or aren't valid). Now, in my edit summary I put "fail List of United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons (14 days, too many redlinks)". However, 15 mins later, I promoted two other lists, and so you presumably didn't see my edit summary.
I personally feel that closed FLC nominations should be boxed out with a conclusion by the closing editor (like AfD debates (in fact, I'm going to propose this when I'm done writing to you.
The list is a top-notch one, and the redlinks is the only thing which is holding it back. It may be that some of the redlinks for inactive squadrons will end up pointing to the same article (e.g. all the Marine Reserve Scouting Squadrons); or that some squadrons just simply aren't notable enough (and thus end up with no links).
I hope I've answered your question satisfactorily - please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any further questions or querries. Tompw ( talk) 21:30, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
I was the culprit who added Co F to the infobox for Louis H. Wilson. I agree that in almost all cases, "Commands" should be at Battalion level or above. However, it was as Commanding Officer of F Co, 2/9 that Captain Wilson earned the Medal of Honor. — ERcheck ( talk) 23:06, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
You will be greatly missed. Your body of contributions to Wikipedia, especially to Marine Corps topics, speaks for itself. Thanks for the collaborations, encouragement, and inspiration. Best of luck in all your future endeavors! — ERcheck ( talk) 11:20, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Hey Loop, take a look at this and tell me what you think. Its a hard one. -- ProdigySportsman 21:12, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
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I thought you'd like to see my suggestion, since this list is something you've put a lot of work into. Bahamut0013 16:10, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
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This page has been vandalized again. I don't have administrator privileges to revert the edit or lock the page. Pen of bushido 12:55, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
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I enjoyed reviewing much of the work you have done -- BZ! Question for you...is there any reason why there are no company sized unit listed on Wikipedia? Is there a restriction on this? I was going to write an article on 4th Force Recon Co (USMCR), but did not see any other military articles at the Company level. FieldMarine 13:55, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
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I'm going to echo that sentiment. It's good to see you around. I kinda took your work as a model for the last few months on how to edit military-related articles. bahamut0013 ♠ ♣ 15:07, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
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Hey Looper5920, A Happy Belated Marine Corps birthday and Veterans Day. Would have written sooner, but I was working on a couple of articles. Hey, check out the article that I wrote about Herman Bottcher, he was one hell of a guy that deserved the Medal of Honor. Tony the Marine 18:08, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
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What do you think of splitting said list into Ground Combat units and Logistics units? Aviation already has its own article and two lists, I see no reason not to have a similar structure for the rest of the MAGTF. The only reason I hesitate is that there are few articles on Wikipedia about the logistics units, and having more red links than blue is sometimes a deathnote. Maybe we can even consolidate all of the inactive units and squadrons into a single page. Thoughts? bahamut0013 ♠ ♣ 13:55, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
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That is from Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines. So are my reverts uncivil? Probably. Do I care? Not really.-- Looper5920 ( talk) 00:47, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for assessing all those. :3 Bl a st 03.04.07 0421 (UTC)
I got around to nominating the pic I contacted you earlier about. Here is the nomination: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/M198 howitzer. If you have time, please vote and comment on the pic. Thanxs! =D Jumping cheese Cont @ct 05:18, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
I have some great news. RADM DeLoach from the Pentagon called me and they are interested in my work and want me to work in collaboration on a project about Hispanic Naval and USMC grads. It can be done in Wiki and I told them yes. I was thinking about recruiting you and ERcheck. I don't know how it is going to be done yet, but I was wondering if you would like to be part of it.
This is part of an e-mail that I received from Rear Admiral DeLoach:
Tony the Marine, The honor is mine to speak to such a dedicated patriot, educator, and writer. I marvel at your ability to collect, research, and synthesize vast of amount of material into great stories and articles about our cultural heritage. You are truly performing a great service for the future generations of our Country...
Tony the Marine 03:12, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
I am interested in the Marine Corps, and the articles on this site, as I am an active duty US Marine, and former member of VMFA(AW)-121. I'll definitely take a look at the Portal.
Tom 05:37, 5 April 2007 (UTC)slayermet420
I've expanded this somewhat. I would say it's better than a stub. -- Ian Pitchford 19:06, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Hey Thanks for the message. I am currently in HMH-363, I am a Sgt in the Flight Line shop. Also just to let you the word I heard was that this sqaudron is going to changed to the CH-53K models and not the MV-22. V-22 is supposed to replace all the CH-46 sqaudrons first. Ch53mechwest 19:45, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
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Do you know when Image:Fa18 vmfaaw533 ph1-call.jpg was taken? I've found a 1982 A-6E Intruder DOD image that could be also added to VMA-533 if there were a section on the 1980s. (DOD image DMSC8208132, currently on History Division's homepage.) — ERcheck ( talk) 00:26, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
In the third paragraph of the History section of VMTB-341, MAG-24 has its first mention. Was VMTB-341 a part of MAG-24 from its commissioning? If so, I think it is worth stating explicitly and earlier — either in the intro and/or the first paragraph of the history section. — ERcheck ( talk) 11:30, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
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Looking at statistics and requirements:
Criteria:
Rather than picking USMC as the topic, something link Marine Corps aviation, or even narrower, Marine Corps squadrons. However, if you look at the further "Recommendations", it suggests that all articlse follow a similar format. So, if Marine Corps squadrons were the topic, the List would be the parent article and all of the individual squadron articles would be the rest. So, are all of the articles written? Are all of the articles of equal high quality? All have have the same format, so that works. More narrowly — Active Marine Corps aquadrons.
Looking for other ideas — I look at the template on the USMC page for possible topics:
Bottom line, I think USMC is too broad; and articles with clear links need to be considered and upgraded with a plan toward being featured.
I think it would be an easier task to get the Portal to featured status.
After my exposition above, what do you think? — ERcheck ( talk) 02:16, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
I got a message on my Visitors' talk page suggesting Featured topics. As such, I've started a discussion on the Portal talk page. — ERcheck ( talk) 15:48, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
I reviewed a few similar featured portals — Portal:Military_of_Australia and Portal:United States Navy. The USMC portal is closer in structure to the Australian portal.
Thoughts on things to do:
— ERcheck ( talk) 02:42, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Take a look at this local effort to honor Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipients from Texas:
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See Marine Corps Institute. — ERcheck ( talk) 09:24, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't know if you have this talk page on your watchlist. See suggestion for article title change for the List of famous U.S. Marines. — ERcheck ( talk) 01:49, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
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When you have a minute, check your e-mail. — ERcheck ( talk) 02:29, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Take a look — Willard Keith. I've made a first pass at the article on Captain Keith. — ERcheck ( talk) 11:58, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
The reason why I failed it was the that the objection had been raised in the discussion that there were too many redlinks. In view of this, I couldn't promote it, no matter how many support votes. (By the way, it's not a election process... there has to be a consensus, and the closing editor has to feel that any objections have either been dealt with or aren't valid). Now, in my edit summary I put "fail List of United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons (14 days, too many redlinks)". However, 15 mins later, I promoted two other lists, and so you presumably didn't see my edit summary.
I personally feel that closed FLC nominations should be boxed out with a conclusion by the closing editor (like AfD debates (in fact, I'm going to propose this when I'm done writing to you.
The list is a top-notch one, and the redlinks is the only thing which is holding it back. It may be that some of the redlinks for inactive squadrons will end up pointing to the same article (e.g. all the Marine Reserve Scouting Squadrons); or that some squadrons just simply aren't notable enough (and thus end up with no links).
I hope I've answered your question satisfactorily - please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any further questions or querries. Tompw ( talk) 21:30, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
I was the culprit who added Co F to the infobox for Louis H. Wilson. I agree that in almost all cases, "Commands" should be at Battalion level or above. However, it was as Commanding Officer of F Co, 2/9 that Captain Wilson earned the Medal of Honor. — ERcheck ( talk) 23:06, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
You will be greatly missed. Your body of contributions to Wikipedia, especially to Marine Corps topics, speaks for itself. Thanks for the collaborations, encouragement, and inspiration. Best of luck in all your future endeavors! — ERcheck ( talk) 11:20, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Hey Loop, take a look at this and tell me what you think. Its a hard one. -- ProdigySportsman 21:12, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
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This page has been vandalized again. I don't have administrator privileges to revert the edit or lock the page. Pen of bushido 12:55, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
Are you online? Do you have time to look at USMC coordination? — ERcheck ( talk) 13:35, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
I enjoyed reviewing much of the work you have done -- BZ! Question for you...is there any reason why there are no company sized unit listed on Wikipedia? Is there a restriction on this? I was going to write an article on 4th Force Recon Co (USMCR), but did not see any other military articles at the Company level. FieldMarine 13:55, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
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Nice to see you around. Tony the Marine 04:07, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm going to echo that sentiment. It's good to see you around. I kinda took your work as a model for the last few months on how to edit military-related articles. bahamut0013 ♠ ♣ 15:07, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
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Let me know if you see the continued additions of info on CWO2 D.T. Harrington to the 3d CAG article. I left a note for the IP editor — revert/sockpuppetry/meatpuppetry warning. If it continues, I'll immediately block the IPs and possibly reprotect the page. — ERcheck ( talk) 00:15, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
The pictures in this article are templated such that they are occulting the text of the article. I don't know enough about Wikipedia coding to troubleshoot the problem. I was wondering if you would be willing to take a look at it..... Pen of bushido 19:50, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Happy 232nd Birthday to the United States Marine Corps! See these "232 reasons to love your Corps". — ERcheck ( talk) 00:03, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
Hey Looper5920, A Happy Belated Marine Corps birthday and Veterans Day. Would have written sooner, but I was working on a couple of articles. Hey, check out the article that I wrote about Herman Bottcher, he was one hell of a guy that deserved the Medal of Honor. Tony the Marine 18:08, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
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What do you think of splitting said list into Ground Combat units and Logistics units? Aviation already has its own article and two lists, I see no reason not to have a similar structure for the rest of the MAGTF. The only reason I hesitate is that there are few articles on Wikipedia about the logistics units, and having more red links than blue is sometimes a deathnote. Maybe we can even consolidate all of the inactive units and squadrons into a single page. Thoughts? bahamut0013 ♠ ♣ 13:55, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
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That is from Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines. So are my reverts uncivil? Probably. Do I care? Not really.-- Looper5920 ( talk) 00:47, 18 November 2007 (UTC)