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Oh boy, do I! Been in a long and protracted argument with someone who's English is less than perfect over HMS Zealous (R39) when he was trying to add some points of view. And now another chap, who didn't get the article he wanted deleted seems to be trying to push for it again. Happy days. Lots of love, Benea 21:39, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
Be bold - edit away! ;) Neil ム 18:07, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
You've done a great job copyediting the
Edward Low article. Are you available for invitation gigs? :) --
Malleus Fatuarum 20:29, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi! I've placed a response to your query over on my talk page. Sorry I'm not much help though... Cheers, Plasma east 03:16, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
I think Talk:Holland 602 type submarine is a new record, even for me! -- Kralizec! ( talk) 06:55, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi, and thanks for your comments about the F3 (ship) page. I was intending to ultimately redirect and rework the page to a new one, using whatever name NCL decides to officially call her, and filling in all of the missing data as it is made public. However, I see that there are several pages on Wikipedia that specifically address classes of ships, i.e. the Sovereign class of RCCL. With that in mind, I have no objection to you renaming the F3 (ship) page and reworking whatever is appropriate therein. Bear in mind, that NCL may replace the F3 moniker with something more marketable. For example, their recently launched Norwegian Gem is the last of the Jewel class of ships. Which reminds me that the former needs to be updated to represent her launch and other details, while the latter is not yet a page on Wikipedia, but one that I'd be happy to work on. -- OneCyclone 19:57, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Hello and thanks for the invite. I'm not sure if I'll have time to edit very regularly, but I'll do what I can, when I can. Hollingsworth 22:31, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
It means that ,since battlecruiser SMS Goeben was present in Turkey, Malta defenders simulated the return in action of those powerful guns, to defend Malta by eventual incursions. It was fiction, but as psicological side it worked: they were 100 t guns since 1884, and Malteses could liked the idea of being defended by this beasts. Even if Goeben had no need to close enough to be eventually stroke by their shells.Such things happens in wars.-- Stefanomencarelli 20:34, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
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Cheers, i've just asked an admin to block him again! Best, -- Eurocopter tigre 18:47, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
You're going to like this. Rama 12:27, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi... this request would be if you're not too busy with other stuff.. Since you've helped improve the article, and since you had some commentary about referencing which seems to possibly be in conflict with the GA review on the talk, I'd appreciate any input you might have, from addressing points raised, up to and including working with me to correct any and all of them. I don't agree with all of the points but do think some of the points are worth addressing. Thanks. ++ Lar: t/ c 19:22, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
While the reviewer does have some good points, I take issue with this:
The article fails to provide the bare minimum of inline citations; one at the end of each paragraph and for quotations.
because it is in direct conflict with this quote from the Good article criteria
at minimum, provides in-line citations from reliable sources for direct quotations, statistics, published opinion, counter-intuitive or controversial statements that are challenged or likely to be challenged, and contentious material relating to living persons
A requirement of "one at the end of each paragraph" is not even demanded by FA criteria. Argh. I'll jump into this after I take a bit of time to blow off steam. Maralia 20:24, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
Weird, you got to it a second before I did! Benea 16:16, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
I know you've sent me an email, you told me so on my talk page. It's not that I don't check my email regularly, I've never checked it, because I hadn't even noticed that there was an email facility. I don't know what you said in your email yet, because I haven't yet worked out out how to see my emails. :) -- Malleus Fatuarum 15:38, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
Hey thanks for the invite & will join. Nitraven 13:11, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the pointer on using the USS template for ship names. I appreciate your meticulousity! I added it to my "recipe"/tip sheet on editing National Historic Landmarks / National Register of Historic Places articles, currently at User:Doncram/Recipe, and I will apply it myself. In that "recipe", by the way, I provide some instruction on getting to the National Park Service documents (text and photo sets) for sites that are NHLs. There is good stuff there for many ships and shipwrecks (that are NHLs), you might want to know about that source. I have been adding that source to many ship and shipwreck pages in states that I have covered. For example, I just added a link to the 13 photo set available for the USS North Carolina article (for that one, oddly, just the photo set not the usual NRHP text write-up was available). Best regards, doncram 18:26, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for proposing the deletion. The template should certainly go, and I should work harder at my spelling. Best wishes -- Jll 08:20, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
You are right - it is a duplicate! Thanks for catching it, and thank you for the courtesy of advising me. -- MChew 06:44, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
Hey Maralia, it's interesting that you did a minor edit to Alice Bailey and also have an interest in ships. Well, interesting to me, at least, because a while back I created SS City of Everett, and would love to have a ship fan take a look. I'm not into ships much, but I saw a reference to that boat in the whaleback article or something, and, given the "firsts" she accomplished, I thought she deserved her own article. I found what I could on the 'net, but I wonder if anyone with some ref books on ships might dig out more info, especially any more details about how she was lost. I've never created a ship article so I probably formatted it wrong, too. Of course, maybe you hate steamships or something, I dunno... but if you feel like having a look, that would be nice. Thanks for your fix on AAB, btw. :) Eaglizard 21:30, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
During my thirteen hours at work yesterday, I appear to have assessed about 600 articles for {{ WikiProject Ships}} and {{ WPMILHIST}}. Is it little wonder that my head hurts so much today? -- Kralizec! ( talk) 13:10, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
Dearest boat loving sinner Maralia, I am delighted that you shared this with me. Basking in the everlasting glow of Oleg has given my life True Porpoise and Meaning! May never-ending joy rain down on you like the cascading tresses of his golden hair! Sincerely, one of the blessed minions in the holy army of midget Oleg warriors, Kralizec! ( talk) 21:17, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
Much thanks for all your great edits and research. ++ Lar: t/ c 23:17, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
(undent)Thanks for looking into the email (incidentally, some if it was removed, but two sections remain). I've gone through the CC again and made a list of phrases I want to improve. I'm not yet sure how I would improve them, but I'll try to get to it by the time you get to the ones from above. Maralia 21:48, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for inviting me to Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships. As soon as I have overcome my current health issues I will look into that. I'm sure it is very interesting. Manxruler 04:02, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the typo fix in SIGINT Operational Platforms by Nation. If you feel up to it and are interested, please feel free to review the part on ship platforms, which might be within your interests. Today, I'll try to link ship platforms (these will be UK) to some experimental work (in Radar MASINT) on Passive Covert Radar.
Power failure last night. Now, I've got to fix a problem with the uploaded image of a US government picture (AN/TPQ-36 counterbattery radar) apparently not getting tagged with the no-copyright material. That seems to happen, rather randomly, to about 1 in 5 of the images I think I'm properly uploading File:MASINT-TPQ36.
Happy birthday!! (Like you, I decided I was not going to touch the "Niagra" naming issue with a 3.04 m pole.) My wife's 33rd birthday is tomorrow (I always have loved Scorpio women). I am thinking about getting her an ice cream cake ... what do you think? -- Kralizec! ( talk) 18:10, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
Happy birthday, man! This cake is, like, way bigger than the one you gave me... not that I'm bragging or anything. The only thing I'm better at than baking is modesty. Enjoy! TomTheHand 03:38, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
Blocked. -- Ricky81682 ( talk) 03:43, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
Looks good; I think being an ONI operative during a war is sufficient qualification. Thanks for all your tagging work! Kirill 03:08, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
You're welcome. I'm happy to do it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lsisson ( talk • contribs) 04:18, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Hey Grrrrl!
I was unaware of the USS Tyler (1857) article when I created the Gunboat Tyler article. As per yr suggestion, I have transferred all of the useful poop from the Gunboat article to the USS Tyler page, and dumped the old article.
Kiss-kiss!
Mark Sublette 09:14, 25 October 2007 (UTC)Mark Sublette Mark Sublette 09:14, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Well done for tackling some of those recent edits to the Edward Low article. I've been gobsmacked at what's been done to that article over the last few days. -- Malleus Fatuarum 22:33, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
"You fail to see my point: these edits were harmful to the actual content of the article. You have muddled the actual verifiable information with your edits, as well as refactoring prose in ways that were not improvements. This is not what I expect from an FA reviewer."
Wow, you're full of a lot. Let's just keep our distance. Leranedo 00:53, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
Oh gracious do I need that! Thanks, and you've got mail. Maralia 01:34, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
As recommended, I'm practising the art of "political niceties," so I offer this cookie in letter format given that its the best I am able to do. Cookie. Leranedo 02:02, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, not my thing at all, but glad you can take it on. Johnbod 13:43, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
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Seeing that you are developing a page for the MV Golden Nori in your name space ( User:Maralia/Golden Nory) I though you would like to know that an article about the hijacking has been created: Action of 28 October 2007. The article is a bit messy, so I suggest you go ahead and make one for the MV Golden Nori. If I have time in the future I’ll try to organize all these Somali pirate articles, perhaps into one. Anyway, good luck with your article. – Zntrip 05:04, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
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The TomStar81 Spelling Award | ||
Be it known to all members of Wikipedia that Maralia has corrected my god-awful spelling on the page USS Kentucky (BB-66), and in doing so has made an important and very significant contribution to the Wikipedia community, thereby earning this TomStar81 Spelling Award and my deepest thanks. Keep up the good work! TomStar81 ( Talk) 23:09, 3 November 2007 (UTC) |
A few more eyes have looked over the article USS Kentucky (BB-66) and have suggested some changes which have been implamented. Would you be willing to give the article another look for the A-class assessement? TomStar81 ( Talk) 21:36, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Have another ASCII barnstar for your help in getting Edward Low to featured article status! * Neil ☎ 14:35, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
Given your participation in this October 30 discussion, you may be interested to know that the involved categories have been renominated. The new discussion can be found here. – Black Falcon ( Talk) 07:20, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. I've done a thorough update. Take a look and see if you agree that it should stay. Cheers. -- Mass147 08:39, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, I had hoped we had seen the last of him a few months ago, but he's still alive and kicking. Oh well, I guess. Parsecboy 18:30, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
No I have looked I don't follow yyou at all, I have responded on my talk, easier to keep it in one place. Giano 13:50, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
...thank you for your participation. I withdrew with 83 supports, 42 opposes, and 8 neutrals. Your kind words and constructive criticism are very much appreciated. I look forward to using the knowledge I have accrued through the process to better the project. I would like to give special thanks to Tim Vickers and Wikidudeman for their co-nominations.
Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Ships#Assessment_status_report Um, it's been two weeksdays and a reminder post (left by me) has been ignored. Perhaps you could tell me how to keep updating this?-
MBK004 15:39, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for responding to my distress over the COI incident. When Wiki goes haywire, it's nice to have friends and to know that others understand how upsetting such a thing can be. Next, I am going to work on my response to the bot-folk about why it is so troubling, but first, my thanks. Kind regards, SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 22:04, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
im a newb of two days im 14 and i have serious adhd, entuisum is the least of your worries -- ANOMALY-117 ( talk) 04:07, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
Hiya. Read your note in the SHIPS discussion about your Photoshop key. If you are unable to resolve the issue, may I recommend you try GIMP? When I left academia and no longer had free access to Photoshop, I found The Gimp to be an excellent application at the perfect price! Take care, good luck, and happy Thanksgiving! -- Kralizec! ( talk) 19:44, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi Maralia. You left a message on my talk last week, and I assumed you meant you had sent me an email. I never got one, but have been having some problems with email lately. I just wanted to make sure if I had assumed incorrectly, or it was another glitch with my email. Thanks. Parsecboy ( talk) 15:33, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
Just wanted to say thanks for supporting me! Please find your thank you card here, should you wish to see it. I'm honored to have received your support, and thank you for the kind words in your support vote. All the best, ~ Eliz 81 (C) 02:24, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
On HMS Loch Achray (K426). An edit conflict. What are the odds? Benea ( talk) 18:57, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
A bit late, I know, but it takes time for the penny to drop on this side of the puddle ...
Otherwise, as you've probably noticed Jacky Fisher is on hold. I got stalled on research (waiting for books) and other things (like Hamlet) took over. I'll return to Fisher later now I have the material.
I see, understandably, that your interest has waned in Tag & Assess 2007. Can I persuade you to at least get your tally to 2,000 so you can get the barnstar out of it? I know that this wasn't your primary motivation but I'd like to see you rewarded.
Finally, I've started working on a sortable list of common words requiring transmogrification into other English spelling variants. It covers all (plus some) of the main variants I've encountered on Wikipedia so far. In embryonic form, it's here. Could you please take a look and comment? The idea is to de-mystify EngVar conversion, as I'm sure fear of the unknown is the root cause of many disputes.
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Hi, I was adding some information to the page and linking when we bumped heads. Sorry about that, you may want to review the article. Thanks -- Shinerunner ( talk) 17:13, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
I got the email, but my access is limited to reading them on my phone at the moment. I'm replying via the power of Special:Emailuser/Maralia. Neil ☎ 09:47, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
No worries - I wasn't meaning to suggest that. Johnbod ( talk) 17:31, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
We miss you `round the Ships watercooler! Hope you have not found a new obsession and forgotten about us already! -- Kralizec! ( talk) 00:31, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for assessing all those destroyer articles, I know there's a lot of them! Nick mallory ( talk) 09:43, 30 November 2007 (UTC)\
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Retained; see current talk page or following archive period. Maralia ( talk) 16:32, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
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I looked at the MoS issues that you had mentioned nearly a month ago. Honestly, I am still lost. Can you provide me examples from the article of Belarus that deal with "Words as words"? The foreign words are being addressed by other editors who have a clue on what it is about, since I'm lost. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 04:08, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
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Well what do u think would make the category better? I don't want it deleted. Mcelite ( talk) 19:03, 7 December 2007 (UTC)mcelite
Retained; see current talk page or following archive period. Maralia ( talk) 16:32, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
That was so dumb -- thanks for catching my mistake so fast. -- A. B. (talk) 15:32, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
Retained; see current talk page or following archive period. Maralia ( talk) 16:32, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Do you have access to Ships of the Royal Navy? If so, could you help with the above page? Thanks. Neddyseagoon - talk 12:43, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
I wondered why your name popped up in the list of 'this page links here...'. Then I found out and thought I'd better go into hiding. I think the rest of your pages are safe. For now...! There's an incentive to get cracking on that list! ttfn, Benea ( talk) 20:29, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
Just wanted to drop a quick note to say you did a great job with copyediting at Stephen Mallory the other day. I wish there were more editors like you on wikipedia. (c; — Eric Herboso 22:44, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
Please see this discussion: Talk:HMS_Vanguard_(23)#Switch_from_.7B.7BWikiProjectBannerShell.7D.7D_to_.7B.7BWikiProjectBanners.7D.7D. Thanks, - MBK 004 00:34, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
Retained; see current talk page or following archive period. Maralia ( talk) 16:32, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
I've done a little work on the {{ warship}} issue, but I've run into some problems. First, the good news:
Template usage | Equivalent wikicode | Final result |
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{{User:TomTheHand/warship|USS|Enterprise|CVN-65}} | [[USS Enterprise (CVN-65)|USS ''Enterprise'' (CVN-65)]] | User:TomTheHand/warship |
{{User:TomTheHand/warship|HMCS|Kootenay|H75|6}} | [[HMCS Kootenay (H75)|HMCS ''Kootenay'']] | User:TomTheHand/warship |
{{User:TomTheHand/warship|HMCS|Ottawa|H60|3}} | [[HMCS Ottawa (H60)|''Ottawa'']] | User:TomTheHand/warship |
Essentially, if you supply it with a prefix, ship name, and classification symbol, you can then use the same spiffy output configuration options as in {{ USS}}. | ||
Now, the bad news: | ||
Template usage | Equivalent wikicode | Final result |
{{User:TomTheHand/warship|Japanese battleship|Yamato|2}} | [[Japanese battleship Yamato (2)|Japanese battleship ''Yamato'' (2)]] | User:TomTheHand/warship |
{{User:TomTheHand/warship|Japanese battleship|Yamato|4=2}} | [[Japanese battleship Yamato|''Yamato'']] | User:TomTheHand/warship |
You can't just supply it with a prefix, a ship name, and an output type. The third parameter you pass in is interpreted as the classification symbol. You've got to specifically set the fourth parameter (output type). I'd like for it to accept something more intuitive, like disp=2, but I'm not sure how to do that while still making it automatically understand four parameters if you supply it that way. TomTheHand ( talk) 00:30, 18 December 2007 (UTC) |
Hey,
I noticed that you had voted for the deletion of the International Centers of Commerce template because you felt it was an advertisement. I just want to let you know that I have changed the text so that the template does not appear like an advertisement, but rather an informational template to tell people about the top 10 centers of financial flow. The template now does not show "Mastercard Worldwide" on it, but rather says source. I hope you will change your mind and your vote on the Templates for deletion: International Centers of Commerce
Thanks, Nikkul ( talk) 04:39, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the note and the tidy. I don't think I'm going to make a habit of ship articles, but Strathaird fills in a potential redlink in what the Cricket Project hopes will be its first featured topic, a series of articles related to the 1948 Australian tour of England, its personalities and the matches played. Anyway, it's fun to get out into an area I know absolutely nothing about occasionally, and I found it interesting stuff. It's also nice to go into an area where "mid-importance" articles are still there to be written: in cricket, most of them have already been done! Johnlp ( talk) 12:29, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for providing comments on how to to improve the article at the successful FA nomination of Vasa (ship). Happy holidays and all that!
Peter Isotalo 08:18, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Retained; see current talk page or following archive period. Maralia ( talk) 16:32, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Retained; see current talk page or following archive period. Maralia ( talk) 16:32, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
I knew Hollywood would never lie to me! Pirate monkeys off the starboard bow, a fearsome sight to behold. Pirate monkeys battling Tirpitz the nautical pig, now there'd be a sight to see. My money's on the pig! Benea ( talk) 05:48, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Yup, I think it would make more sense there. I did a quick search for SeaBreeze and I didn't find an article.. Guess I should've searched harder. I'll do the merge here in a bit. —Cliffb ( talk) 01:33, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
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Oh boy, do I! Been in a long and protracted argument with someone who's English is less than perfect over HMS Zealous (R39) when he was trying to add some points of view. And now another chap, who didn't get the article he wanted deleted seems to be trying to push for it again. Happy days. Lots of love, Benea 21:39, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
Be bold - edit away! ;) Neil ム 18:07, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
You've done a great job copyediting the
Edward Low article. Are you available for invitation gigs? :) --
Malleus Fatuarum 20:29, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi! I've placed a response to your query over on my talk page. Sorry I'm not much help though... Cheers, Plasma east 03:16, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
I think Talk:Holland 602 type submarine is a new record, even for me! -- Kralizec! ( talk) 06:55, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi, and thanks for your comments about the F3 (ship) page. I was intending to ultimately redirect and rework the page to a new one, using whatever name NCL decides to officially call her, and filling in all of the missing data as it is made public. However, I see that there are several pages on Wikipedia that specifically address classes of ships, i.e. the Sovereign class of RCCL. With that in mind, I have no objection to you renaming the F3 (ship) page and reworking whatever is appropriate therein. Bear in mind, that NCL may replace the F3 moniker with something more marketable. For example, their recently launched Norwegian Gem is the last of the Jewel class of ships. Which reminds me that the former needs to be updated to represent her launch and other details, while the latter is not yet a page on Wikipedia, but one that I'd be happy to work on. -- OneCyclone 19:57, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Hello and thanks for the invite. I'm not sure if I'll have time to edit very regularly, but I'll do what I can, when I can. Hollingsworth 22:31, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
It means that ,since battlecruiser SMS Goeben was present in Turkey, Malta defenders simulated the return in action of those powerful guns, to defend Malta by eventual incursions. It was fiction, but as psicological side it worked: they were 100 t guns since 1884, and Malteses could liked the idea of being defended by this beasts. Even if Goeben had no need to close enough to be eventually stroke by their shells.Such things happens in wars.-- Stefanomencarelli 20:34, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
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Cheers, i've just asked an admin to block him again! Best, -- Eurocopter tigre 18:47, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
You're going to like this. Rama 12:27, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi... this request would be if you're not too busy with other stuff.. Since you've helped improve the article, and since you had some commentary about referencing which seems to possibly be in conflict with the GA review on the talk, I'd appreciate any input you might have, from addressing points raised, up to and including working with me to correct any and all of them. I don't agree with all of the points but do think some of the points are worth addressing. Thanks. ++ Lar: t/ c 19:22, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
While the reviewer does have some good points, I take issue with this:
The article fails to provide the bare minimum of inline citations; one at the end of each paragraph and for quotations.
because it is in direct conflict with this quote from the Good article criteria
at minimum, provides in-line citations from reliable sources for direct quotations, statistics, published opinion, counter-intuitive or controversial statements that are challenged or likely to be challenged, and contentious material relating to living persons
A requirement of "one at the end of each paragraph" is not even demanded by FA criteria. Argh. I'll jump into this after I take a bit of time to blow off steam. Maralia 20:24, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
Weird, you got to it a second before I did! Benea 16:16, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
I know you've sent me an email, you told me so on my talk page. It's not that I don't check my email regularly, I've never checked it, because I hadn't even noticed that there was an email facility. I don't know what you said in your email yet, because I haven't yet worked out out how to see my emails. :) -- Malleus Fatuarum 15:38, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
Hey thanks for the invite & will join. Nitraven 13:11, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the pointer on using the USS template for ship names. I appreciate your meticulousity! I added it to my "recipe"/tip sheet on editing National Historic Landmarks / National Register of Historic Places articles, currently at User:Doncram/Recipe, and I will apply it myself. In that "recipe", by the way, I provide some instruction on getting to the National Park Service documents (text and photo sets) for sites that are NHLs. There is good stuff there for many ships and shipwrecks (that are NHLs), you might want to know about that source. I have been adding that source to many ship and shipwreck pages in states that I have covered. For example, I just added a link to the 13 photo set available for the USS North Carolina article (for that one, oddly, just the photo set not the usual NRHP text write-up was available). Best regards, doncram 18:26, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for proposing the deletion. The template should certainly go, and I should work harder at my spelling. Best wishes -- Jll 08:20, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
You are right - it is a duplicate! Thanks for catching it, and thank you for the courtesy of advising me. -- MChew 06:44, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
Hey Maralia, it's interesting that you did a minor edit to Alice Bailey and also have an interest in ships. Well, interesting to me, at least, because a while back I created SS City of Everett, and would love to have a ship fan take a look. I'm not into ships much, but I saw a reference to that boat in the whaleback article or something, and, given the "firsts" she accomplished, I thought she deserved her own article. I found what I could on the 'net, but I wonder if anyone with some ref books on ships might dig out more info, especially any more details about how she was lost. I've never created a ship article so I probably formatted it wrong, too. Of course, maybe you hate steamships or something, I dunno... but if you feel like having a look, that would be nice. Thanks for your fix on AAB, btw. :) Eaglizard 21:30, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
During my thirteen hours at work yesterday, I appear to have assessed about 600 articles for {{ WikiProject Ships}} and {{ WPMILHIST}}. Is it little wonder that my head hurts so much today? -- Kralizec! ( talk) 13:10, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
Dearest boat loving sinner Maralia, I am delighted that you shared this with me. Basking in the everlasting glow of Oleg has given my life True Porpoise and Meaning! May never-ending joy rain down on you like the cascading tresses of his golden hair! Sincerely, one of the blessed minions in the holy army of midget Oleg warriors, Kralizec! ( talk) 21:17, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
Much thanks for all your great edits and research. ++ Lar: t/ c 23:17, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
(undent)Thanks for looking into the email (incidentally, some if it was removed, but two sections remain). I've gone through the CC again and made a list of phrases I want to improve. I'm not yet sure how I would improve them, but I'll try to get to it by the time you get to the ones from above. Maralia 21:48, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for inviting me to Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships. As soon as I have overcome my current health issues I will look into that. I'm sure it is very interesting. Manxruler 04:02, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the typo fix in SIGINT Operational Platforms by Nation. If you feel up to it and are interested, please feel free to review the part on ship platforms, which might be within your interests. Today, I'll try to link ship platforms (these will be UK) to some experimental work (in Radar MASINT) on Passive Covert Radar.
Power failure last night. Now, I've got to fix a problem with the uploaded image of a US government picture (AN/TPQ-36 counterbattery radar) apparently not getting tagged with the no-copyright material. That seems to happen, rather randomly, to about 1 in 5 of the images I think I'm properly uploading File:MASINT-TPQ36.
Happy birthday!! (Like you, I decided I was not going to touch the "Niagra" naming issue with a 3.04 m pole.) My wife's 33rd birthday is tomorrow (I always have loved Scorpio women). I am thinking about getting her an ice cream cake ... what do you think? -- Kralizec! ( talk) 18:10, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
Happy birthday, man! This cake is, like, way bigger than the one you gave me... not that I'm bragging or anything. The only thing I'm better at than baking is modesty. Enjoy! TomTheHand 03:38, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
Blocked. -- Ricky81682 ( talk) 03:43, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
Looks good; I think being an ONI operative during a war is sufficient qualification. Thanks for all your tagging work! Kirill 03:08, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
You're welcome. I'm happy to do it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lsisson ( talk • contribs) 04:18, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Hey Grrrrl!
I was unaware of the USS Tyler (1857) article when I created the Gunboat Tyler article. As per yr suggestion, I have transferred all of the useful poop from the Gunboat article to the USS Tyler page, and dumped the old article.
Kiss-kiss!
Mark Sublette 09:14, 25 October 2007 (UTC)Mark Sublette Mark Sublette 09:14, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Well done for tackling some of those recent edits to the Edward Low article. I've been gobsmacked at what's been done to that article over the last few days. -- Malleus Fatuarum 22:33, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
"You fail to see my point: these edits were harmful to the actual content of the article. You have muddled the actual verifiable information with your edits, as well as refactoring prose in ways that were not improvements. This is not what I expect from an FA reviewer."
Wow, you're full of a lot. Let's just keep our distance. Leranedo 00:53, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
Oh gracious do I need that! Thanks, and you've got mail. Maralia 01:34, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
As recommended, I'm practising the art of "political niceties," so I offer this cookie in letter format given that its the best I am able to do. Cookie. Leranedo 02:02, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, not my thing at all, but glad you can take it on. Johnbod 13:43, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
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Seeing that you are developing a page for the MV Golden Nori in your name space ( User:Maralia/Golden Nory) I though you would like to know that an article about the hijacking has been created: Action of 28 October 2007. The article is a bit messy, so I suggest you go ahead and make one for the MV Golden Nori. If I have time in the future I’ll try to organize all these Somali pirate articles, perhaps into one. Anyway, good luck with your article. – Zntrip 05:04, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
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The TomStar81 Spelling Award | ||
Be it known to all members of Wikipedia that Maralia has corrected my god-awful spelling on the page USS Kentucky (BB-66), and in doing so has made an important and very significant contribution to the Wikipedia community, thereby earning this TomStar81 Spelling Award and my deepest thanks. Keep up the good work! TomStar81 ( Talk) 23:09, 3 November 2007 (UTC) |
A few more eyes have looked over the article USS Kentucky (BB-66) and have suggested some changes which have been implamented. Would you be willing to give the article another look for the A-class assessement? TomStar81 ( Talk) 21:36, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Have another ASCII barnstar for your help in getting Edward Low to featured article status! * Neil ☎ 14:35, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
Given your participation in this October 30 discussion, you may be interested to know that the involved categories have been renominated. The new discussion can be found here. – Black Falcon ( Talk) 07:20, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. I've done a thorough update. Take a look and see if you agree that it should stay. Cheers. -- Mass147 08:39, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, I had hoped we had seen the last of him a few months ago, but he's still alive and kicking. Oh well, I guess. Parsecboy 18:30, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
No I have looked I don't follow yyou at all, I have responded on my talk, easier to keep it in one place. Giano 13:50, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
...thank you for your participation. I withdrew with 83 supports, 42 opposes, and 8 neutrals. Your kind words and constructive criticism are very much appreciated. I look forward to using the knowledge I have accrued through the process to better the project. I would like to give special thanks to Tim Vickers and Wikidudeman for their co-nominations.
Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Ships#Assessment_status_report Um, it's been two weeksdays and a reminder post (left by me) has been ignored. Perhaps you could tell me how to keep updating this?-
MBK004 15:39, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for responding to my distress over the COI incident. When Wiki goes haywire, it's nice to have friends and to know that others understand how upsetting such a thing can be. Next, I am going to work on my response to the bot-folk about why it is so troubling, but first, my thanks. Kind regards, SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 22:04, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
im a newb of two days im 14 and i have serious adhd, entuisum is the least of your worries -- ANOMALY-117 ( talk) 04:07, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
Hiya. Read your note in the SHIPS discussion about your Photoshop key. If you are unable to resolve the issue, may I recommend you try GIMP? When I left academia and no longer had free access to Photoshop, I found The Gimp to be an excellent application at the perfect price! Take care, good luck, and happy Thanksgiving! -- Kralizec! ( talk) 19:44, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi Maralia. You left a message on my talk last week, and I assumed you meant you had sent me an email. I never got one, but have been having some problems with email lately. I just wanted to make sure if I had assumed incorrectly, or it was another glitch with my email. Thanks. Parsecboy ( talk) 15:33, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
Just wanted to say thanks for supporting me! Please find your thank you card here, should you wish to see it. I'm honored to have received your support, and thank you for the kind words in your support vote. All the best, ~ Eliz 81 (C) 02:24, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
On HMS Loch Achray (K426). An edit conflict. What are the odds? Benea ( talk) 18:57, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
A bit late, I know, but it takes time for the penny to drop on this side of the puddle ...
Otherwise, as you've probably noticed Jacky Fisher is on hold. I got stalled on research (waiting for books) and other things (like Hamlet) took over. I'll return to Fisher later now I have the material.
I see, understandably, that your interest has waned in Tag & Assess 2007. Can I persuade you to at least get your tally to 2,000 so you can get the barnstar out of it? I know that this wasn't your primary motivation but I'd like to see you rewarded.
Finally, I've started working on a sortable list of common words requiring transmogrification into other English spelling variants. It covers all (plus some) of the main variants I've encountered on Wikipedia so far. In embryonic form, it's here. Could you please take a look and comment? The idea is to de-mystify EngVar conversion, as I'm sure fear of the unknown is the root cause of many disputes.
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Hi, I was adding some information to the page and linking when we bumped heads. Sorry about that, you may want to review the article. Thanks -- Shinerunner ( talk) 17:13, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
I got the email, but my access is limited to reading them on my phone at the moment. I'm replying via the power of Special:Emailuser/Maralia. Neil ☎ 09:47, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
No worries - I wasn't meaning to suggest that. Johnbod ( talk) 17:31, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
We miss you `round the Ships watercooler! Hope you have not found a new obsession and forgotten about us already! -- Kralizec! ( talk) 00:31, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for assessing all those destroyer articles, I know there's a lot of them! Nick mallory ( talk) 09:43, 30 November 2007 (UTC)\
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Retained; see current talk page or following archive period. Maralia ( talk) 16:32, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
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I looked at the MoS issues that you had mentioned nearly a month ago. Honestly, I am still lost. Can you provide me examples from the article of Belarus that deal with "Words as words"? The foreign words are being addressed by other editors who have a clue on what it is about, since I'm lost. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 04:08, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
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For caring - I'm sure you know where, it helps the world keep going Herby talk thyme 19:12, 4 December 2007 (UTC) |
Well what do u think would make the category better? I don't want it deleted. Mcelite ( talk) 19:03, 7 December 2007 (UTC)mcelite
Retained; see current talk page or following archive period. Maralia ( talk) 16:32, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
That was so dumb -- thanks for catching my mistake so fast. -- A. B. (talk) 15:32, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
Retained; see current talk page or following archive period. Maralia ( talk) 16:32, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Do you have access to Ships of the Royal Navy? If so, could you help with the above page? Thanks. Neddyseagoon - talk 12:43, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
I wondered why your name popped up in the list of 'this page links here...'. Then I found out and thought I'd better go into hiding. I think the rest of your pages are safe. For now...! There's an incentive to get cracking on that list! ttfn, Benea ( talk) 20:29, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
Just wanted to drop a quick note to say you did a great job with copyediting at Stephen Mallory the other day. I wish there were more editors like you on wikipedia. (c; — Eric Herboso 22:44, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
Please see this discussion: Talk:HMS_Vanguard_(23)#Switch_from_.7B.7BWikiProjectBannerShell.7D.7D_to_.7B.7BWikiProjectBanners.7D.7D. Thanks, - MBK 004 00:34, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
Retained; see current talk page or following archive period. Maralia ( talk) 16:32, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
I've done a little work on the {{ warship}} issue, but I've run into some problems. First, the good news:
Template usage | Equivalent wikicode | Final result |
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{{User:TomTheHand/warship|USS|Enterprise|CVN-65}} | [[USS Enterprise (CVN-65)|USS ''Enterprise'' (CVN-65)]] | User:TomTheHand/warship |
{{User:TomTheHand/warship|HMCS|Kootenay|H75|6}} | [[HMCS Kootenay (H75)|HMCS ''Kootenay'']] | User:TomTheHand/warship |
{{User:TomTheHand/warship|HMCS|Ottawa|H60|3}} | [[HMCS Ottawa (H60)|''Ottawa'']] | User:TomTheHand/warship |
Essentially, if you supply it with a prefix, ship name, and classification symbol, you can then use the same spiffy output configuration options as in {{ USS}}. | ||
Now, the bad news: | ||
Template usage | Equivalent wikicode | Final result |
{{User:TomTheHand/warship|Japanese battleship|Yamato|2}} | [[Japanese battleship Yamato (2)|Japanese battleship ''Yamato'' (2)]] | User:TomTheHand/warship |
{{User:TomTheHand/warship|Japanese battleship|Yamato|4=2}} | [[Japanese battleship Yamato|''Yamato'']] | User:TomTheHand/warship |
You can't just supply it with a prefix, a ship name, and an output type. The third parameter you pass in is interpreted as the classification symbol. You've got to specifically set the fourth parameter (output type). I'd like for it to accept something more intuitive, like disp=2, but I'm not sure how to do that while still making it automatically understand four parameters if you supply it that way. TomTheHand ( talk) 00:30, 18 December 2007 (UTC) |
Hey,
I noticed that you had voted for the deletion of the International Centers of Commerce template because you felt it was an advertisement. I just want to let you know that I have changed the text so that the template does not appear like an advertisement, but rather an informational template to tell people about the top 10 centers of financial flow. The template now does not show "Mastercard Worldwide" on it, but rather says source. I hope you will change your mind and your vote on the Templates for deletion: International Centers of Commerce
Thanks, Nikkul ( talk) 04:39, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the note and the tidy. I don't think I'm going to make a habit of ship articles, but Strathaird fills in a potential redlink in what the Cricket Project hopes will be its first featured topic, a series of articles related to the 1948 Australian tour of England, its personalities and the matches played. Anyway, it's fun to get out into an area I know absolutely nothing about occasionally, and I found it interesting stuff. It's also nice to go into an area where "mid-importance" articles are still there to be written: in cricket, most of them have already been done! Johnlp ( talk) 12:29, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for providing comments on how to to improve the article at the successful FA nomination of Vasa (ship). Happy holidays and all that!
Peter Isotalo 08:18, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Retained; see current talk page or following archive period. Maralia ( talk) 16:32, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Retained; see current talk page or following archive period. Maralia ( talk) 16:32, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
I knew Hollywood would never lie to me! Pirate monkeys off the starboard bow, a fearsome sight to behold. Pirate monkeys battling Tirpitz the nautical pig, now there'd be a sight to see. My money's on the pig! Benea ( talk) 05:48, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Yup, I think it would make more sense there. I did a quick search for SeaBreeze and I didn't find an article.. Guess I should've searched harder. I'll do the merge here in a bit. —Cliffb ( talk) 01:33, 31 December 2007 (UTC)