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Hi Rama, in the expression "Icard, enseigne de vaisseau non entretenu", how would you translate the "non entretenu"? Thanks and regards, Acad Ronin ( talk) 20:10, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Rama, I saw that you added a line to French battleship Dunkerque here] - thanks for adding the info, but could I trouble to you add a citation for it? It took a while to get the article into pretty decent shape, and I'd rather not have unsourced material creep back in. Thanks! Parsecboy ( talk) 11:59, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
FYI, a review has been done. It's ticked, so I think it passed. But there are some notes therein you might find of interest. Maile66 ( talk) 15:43, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
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Please see my initial comments. Thanks. — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 04:46, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Rama, thanks for adding this. I have long wondered what the 36-pounder carronade/obusier was. Do you have any good rule-of-thumb for when a British description of a captured vessel refers to a 36-pounder carronade, whether to call it a carronade or an obusier? I would like to link to your article where appropriate, but not be inaccurate. Regards, Acad Ronin ( talk) 22:26, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Rama, I am currently having difficulty with the user User talk:Johnfos and noticed on the talk page of the anti-nuclear movement you also had trouble with them.
I would appreciate if you came over to my talk page, and to the talk page of the anti-nuclear movement and helped moderate the article. I have made some edits to the Anti-nuclear Movement page with references but Johnfos continues to just revert the edits without stating why.
I also recently posted to Johnfos' talk page politely asking for them to revert their 'not in citation given' tags regarding a Yale Paper, but he simply deleted my request from his talk page.
The misleading picture is below, following the recent Yale University paper, Benjamin K. Sovacool's estimates have undue weight on wikipedia, Nuclear powers total life cycle CO2/kWh emissions are, according to the Yale paper, much less than what Savacool states. The picture supporting Sovacool is here, and my update edits can be found by going to each page where the picture is used - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sovacool_2008_life-cycle_study.png
It is posted,o n the Benjamin K. Sovacool page, Where Johnfos has added the tag 'not in citation given' to both statements, and on the Nuclear Power amongst others.
I explained to Johnfos why both statements I made are in the Yale University paper, but like I said he just deleted the post I made to his talk page and is now accusing me of being a sock.
I wrote to his talk page yesterday with the following -
Appreciate your time Rama,
Sincerely Boundarylayer ( talk) 09:48, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi Rama. I've recently been doing some work on modern French battleships (along with User:Sturmvogel 66), and we've made some good progress so far. My most recent project has been on French aircraft carrier Béarn, though I've had trouble finding many details on her inter-war service. I know you tend to do earlier French naval history, but I thought you might be able to lend a hand here. Thanks. Parsecboy ( talk) 16:59, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for your noting VN was "fringe". If you want a fringe explanation of where Voltaire Network gets their facts, you should investigate the department of disinformation at the Ministry of Intelligence and National Security (Iran) and disinformation. You were indeed on the right track. Also look into Veterans Today which republishes articles from Iran's Press TV and Mehr News Agency which is operated by Iran's MOIS intelligence agency. There are in fact a lot of links between VN and Iranian media which have not been documented in the article. Redhanker ( talk) 04:23, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi Rama, I would like to do a short article on the class, but only have info on the three vessels that the British captured ( Etna (1795), French corvette Mignonne (1797), and Torche (1795)). I have no sources on the other three, and so don't even know their names, let alone launch and end-years. Do you have access to sources for the info? I would be glad to start the article if you could fill in the missing info, or let me know it and I would fill it in. Regards, Acad Ronin ( talk) 21:06, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
I really couldn't care less either way but the generally accepted approach has been to describe cardinals born in what is now Italy as an Italian Catholic Cardinal. The article Italian people has all of the proper acknowledgements about the history of "Italians" in general which is where I always like Italian to. My only concern would be that having created about 50 articles (possibly more) for cardinals of the 17th century, I've used the above description for most of them (as most were born in cities and regions now considered part of modern-day Italy). I don't mind if we need to go and change them all, really, (though I don't see the point) but Mazarin's article is now really the only odd one out because of this ongoing Italian/not-Italian business. Would appreciate your thoughts. I'm going to post the above on the article talk page so feel free to respond there if you like. Stalwart 111 07:33, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi Rama, thanks for the shout out above, that was nice! I'm in the midst of one of my periodic spasms of Wikipedia editing and could use some French assistance with Battle of the Raz de Sein. Some British sources claim the French captain Louis L'Hériter died of his wounds in the aftermath of the battle, but others that he returned to France and continued in service. I suspect the latter, but have no direct textual evidence. Can you help? Best regards-- Jackyd101 ( talk) 14:25, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Rama,
Thanks for the kind words. The HEIC vessel that burned at Salvador was definitely the Queen. I didn't pay any great attention to the various descriptions of the action available via Google books, as I was looking for any corroboration of the story of the Queen's crew joining the Kent, and any name of a regiment the troops were from. I had no luck on either. The lack of mention of any regiment is particularly curious as that would be standard. I.e., someone would have said, "100 men of the XXth Foot were captured." So, my sense is that it was a pretty fair fight, with Surcouf handling his vessel well, and Rivington making a sailing mistake that ultimately cost him his life. Is there anything in the French sources about what happened to Kent in the prize court? I like doing the occasional story on the HEIC ships as there are some good sources on their description and voyages in the National Archives on line, info from the letters of marque database, Hardy & Hardy, and other bits and pieces, plus some paintings. So one can put together some decent articles. Anyway, thanks again and regards, Acad Ronin ( talk) 11:50, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
The East India files in the National Archives and the letter of marque all give Kent's armament as twenty-six guns. One source I found who was discussing, in 1810, the EIC's operations, opined that she might have had a few more, but stated that he didn't know. The figures for the number of people on board her do seem to be roughly accurate. A letter from one of Kent's officers from Salvador reported that she had taken on some 300 people from Queen after the fire, apparently all troops and passengers in that he does not mention her crew, most of whom died in the fire (70 out of some 100), probably due to drowning. Some 30 troops died in the fire, being unable to escape from below decks. However, that would suggest that she had a large number of troops aboard, several hundred, and that seems high. Post-capture accounts suggest there were only about 100-150. And the discussion of passengers does not suggest that there were 100-150 of them. I ams till digging out what I can.
On a seperate matter. Are you sure that the Kent that Pomone recaptured was an East Indiaman? I have found no source that suggests that that Kent was captured and recaptured, and the London Gazette prize money notice refers to the Kent in question as a West Indiaman. Regards, Acad Ronin ( talk) 19:18, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
“ | In July 1800, the two HEIC ships Kent and Queen, both of 1500 tons and mounting 38 guns, were ferrying several infantry companies and a number of officers and passagers to Calcutta, when, as they sailed in the Bay of San-Salvador, in Brazil, a fire broke out on Queen, which it consumed entirelf. Her consort, Kent, picked up two hundred and fifty sailors and soldiers from the burnt ship, which raised her complement to 437 combattants, not counting General Saint-John and his staff. | ” |
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Hi Rama, If you can start the article on the brig Salamine (the one captured with Junon Courageuse, Alerte, etc.), and let me know where and when you have done so, I will fill in the English info, including her measurements. She was active, capturing a couple of privateers and several merchant vessels before being sold. Unfortunately, I no longer have access to Roche or Demerliac. Regards, Acad Ronin ( talk) 19:45, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
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Salut Rama, I have just finished two articles: French corvette Poulette (1781) and HMS Poulette (1799). The first was a naval vessel and the second was originally a privateer by the name of Foudroyant. For the first I have some info from Demerliac and the Fonds, but for both or either any further info you might have from other French sources would as usual be welcome.
By the way, do you think I have the right Prévalaye (Pierre-Dimas Thierry, Marquis de la Prévalaye) in the article on the corvette Poulette? Regards, Acad Ronin ( talk) 23:54, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
Salut Rama, do you know anything about the French frigate Brune, captured by the Ottomans in 1799 at Siege of Corfu (1798–99)? She is not listed in List of French sail frigates. Regards, Acad Ronin ( talk) 14:38, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
Rama, I enjoyed working with you on your GAN nomination for French ship Vengeur du Peuple. I was wondering if you would be able to (or mind) lending a helping hand for the MILHIST Good Article effort by reviewing one or two good article nominations at WP:GAN#WAR. I've found that oftentimes reviewing articles gets yours reviewed quicker! If you have any questions about the process of reviewing, look at WP:GAN/I and WP:GA?. Happy editing! Cdtew ( talk) 14:02, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
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Well done! Please continue to monitor my copyediting: I'm trying to help out a bit before assessing your DYK nomination. I think it's quite an excellent article, and I'm enjoying my involvment very much. :) SteveStrummer ( talk) 20:42, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi Rama, you wouldn't happen to have anything on this vessel, would you? I looked in the Fonds and found nothing. She is a pretty minor vessel, but it would be nice to have at least a launch date. Regards, Acad Ronin ( talk) 15:07, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Rama, do you have anything on the above? She shows up in the Fonds, mostly because of a notably unsuccessful trip to Mauritius with two deputies from the Directoir, who met a strongly hostile local population that ran them out of the island. On her return trip to France she captured the Lady Shore (1793 ship), an Indiaman, near the Cape. Regards, Acad Ronin ( talk) 00:57, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Rama, in the expression "Icard, enseigne de vaisseau non entretenu", how would you translate the "non entretenu"? Thanks and regards, Acad Ronin ( talk) 20:10, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
This was probably done erroneously but there was the GA icon on the top of this new article when it has never gone through the Good Article process. Just a friendly reminder that all articles in order to get a GA rating have to go through GA noms. Much Ado, -- MOLEY ( talk) 01:31, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Rama, I saw that you added a line to French battleship Dunkerque here] - thanks for adding the info, but could I trouble to you add a citation for it? It took a while to get the article into pretty decent shape, and I'd rather not have unsourced material creep back in. Thanks! Parsecboy ( talk) 11:59, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
FYI, a review has been done. It's ticked, so I think it passed. But there are some notes therein you might find of interest. Maile66 ( talk) 15:43, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
On 26 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article French corvette Sphinx (1829), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the French corvette Sphinx paddle steamer (model pictured) participated in the transfer of the Luxor Obelisk from Egypt to Paris? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/French corvette Sphinx (1829). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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Please see my initial comments. Thanks. — Crisco 1492 ( talk) 04:46, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Rama, thanks for adding this. I have long wondered what the 36-pounder carronade/obusier was. Do you have any good rule-of-thumb for when a British description of a captured vessel refers to a 36-pounder carronade, whether to call it a carronade or an obusier? I would like to link to your article where appropriate, but not be inaccurate. Regards, Acad Ronin ( talk) 22:26, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Rama, I am currently having difficulty with the user User talk:Johnfos and noticed on the talk page of the anti-nuclear movement you also had trouble with them.
I would appreciate if you came over to my talk page, and to the talk page of the anti-nuclear movement and helped moderate the article. I have made some edits to the Anti-nuclear Movement page with references but Johnfos continues to just revert the edits without stating why.
I also recently posted to Johnfos' talk page politely asking for them to revert their 'not in citation given' tags regarding a Yale Paper, but he simply deleted my request from his talk page.
The misleading picture is below, following the recent Yale University paper, Benjamin K. Sovacool's estimates have undue weight on wikipedia, Nuclear powers total life cycle CO2/kWh emissions are, according to the Yale paper, much less than what Savacool states. The picture supporting Sovacool is here, and my update edits can be found by going to each page where the picture is used - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sovacool_2008_life-cycle_study.png
It is posted,o n the Benjamin K. Sovacool page, Where Johnfos has added the tag 'not in citation given' to both statements, and on the Nuclear Power amongst others.
I explained to Johnfos why both statements I made are in the Yale University paper, but like I said he just deleted the post I made to his talk page and is now accusing me of being a sock.
I wrote to his talk page yesterday with the following -
Appreciate your time Rama,
Sincerely Boundarylayer ( talk) 09:48, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi Rama. I've recently been doing some work on modern French battleships (along with User:Sturmvogel 66), and we've made some good progress so far. My most recent project has been on French aircraft carrier Béarn, though I've had trouble finding many details on her inter-war service. I know you tend to do earlier French naval history, but I thought you might be able to lend a hand here. Thanks. Parsecboy ( talk) 16:59, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for your noting VN was "fringe". If you want a fringe explanation of where Voltaire Network gets their facts, you should investigate the department of disinformation at the Ministry of Intelligence and National Security (Iran) and disinformation. You were indeed on the right track. Also look into Veterans Today which republishes articles from Iran's Press TV and Mehr News Agency which is operated by Iran's MOIS intelligence agency. There are in fact a lot of links between VN and Iranian media which have not been documented in the article. Redhanker ( talk) 04:23, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi Rama, I would like to do a short article on the class, but only have info on the three vessels that the British captured ( Etna (1795), French corvette Mignonne (1797), and Torche (1795)). I have no sources on the other three, and so don't even know their names, let alone launch and end-years. Do you have access to sources for the info? I would be glad to start the article if you could fill in the missing info, or let me know it and I would fill it in. Regards, Acad Ronin ( talk) 21:06, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
I really couldn't care less either way but the generally accepted approach has been to describe cardinals born in what is now Italy as an Italian Catholic Cardinal. The article Italian people has all of the proper acknowledgements about the history of "Italians" in general which is where I always like Italian to. My only concern would be that having created about 50 articles (possibly more) for cardinals of the 17th century, I've used the above description for most of them (as most were born in cities and regions now considered part of modern-day Italy). I don't mind if we need to go and change them all, really, (though I don't see the point) but Mazarin's article is now really the only odd one out because of this ongoing Italian/not-Italian business. Would appreciate your thoughts. I'm going to post the above on the article talk page so feel free to respond there if you like. Stalwart 111 07:33, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi Rama, thanks for the shout out above, that was nice! I'm in the midst of one of my periodic spasms of Wikipedia editing and could use some French assistance with Battle of the Raz de Sein. Some British sources claim the French captain Louis L'Hériter died of his wounds in the aftermath of the battle, but others that he returned to France and continued in service. I suspect the latter, but have no direct textual evidence. Can you help? Best regards-- Jackyd101 ( talk) 14:25, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Rama,
Thanks for the kind words. The HEIC vessel that burned at Salvador was definitely the Queen. I didn't pay any great attention to the various descriptions of the action available via Google books, as I was looking for any corroboration of the story of the Queen's crew joining the Kent, and any name of a regiment the troops were from. I had no luck on either. The lack of mention of any regiment is particularly curious as that would be standard. I.e., someone would have said, "100 men of the XXth Foot were captured." So, my sense is that it was a pretty fair fight, with Surcouf handling his vessel well, and Rivington making a sailing mistake that ultimately cost him his life. Is there anything in the French sources about what happened to Kent in the prize court? I like doing the occasional story on the HEIC ships as there are some good sources on their description and voyages in the National Archives on line, info from the letters of marque database, Hardy & Hardy, and other bits and pieces, plus some paintings. So one can put together some decent articles. Anyway, thanks again and regards, Acad Ronin ( talk) 11:50, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
The East India files in the National Archives and the letter of marque all give Kent's armament as twenty-six guns. One source I found who was discussing, in 1810, the EIC's operations, opined that she might have had a few more, but stated that he didn't know. The figures for the number of people on board her do seem to be roughly accurate. A letter from one of Kent's officers from Salvador reported that she had taken on some 300 people from Queen after the fire, apparently all troops and passengers in that he does not mention her crew, most of whom died in the fire (70 out of some 100), probably due to drowning. Some 30 troops died in the fire, being unable to escape from below decks. However, that would suggest that she had a large number of troops aboard, several hundred, and that seems high. Post-capture accounts suggest there were only about 100-150. And the discussion of passengers does not suggest that there were 100-150 of them. I ams till digging out what I can.
On a seperate matter. Are you sure that the Kent that Pomone recaptured was an East Indiaman? I have found no source that suggests that that Kent was captured and recaptured, and the London Gazette prize money notice refers to the Kent in question as a West Indiaman. Regards, Acad Ronin ( talk) 19:18, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
“ | In July 1800, the two HEIC ships Kent and Queen, both of 1500 tons and mounting 38 guns, were ferrying several infantry companies and a number of officers and passagers to Calcutta, when, as they sailed in the Bay of San-Salvador, in Brazil, a fire broke out on Queen, which it consumed entirelf. Her consort, Kent, picked up two hundred and fifty sailors and soldiers from the burnt ship, which raised her complement to 437 combattants, not counting General Saint-John and his staff. | ” |
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I willingly admit I am not the strongest writer so if you have an idea for a more interesting or appealing DYK for the article I would be open to taking a look at it. Mkdw talk 06:58, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Rama, If you can start the article on the brig Salamine (the one captured with Junon Courageuse, Alerte, etc.), and let me know where and when you have done so, I will fill in the English info, including her measurements. She was active, capturing a couple of privateers and several merchant vessels before being sold. Unfortunately, I no longer have access to Roche or Demerliac. Regards, Acad Ronin ( talk) 19:45, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
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Salut Rama, I have just finished two articles: French corvette Poulette (1781) and HMS Poulette (1799). The first was a naval vessel and the second was originally a privateer by the name of Foudroyant. For the first I have some info from Demerliac and the Fonds, but for both or either any further info you might have from other French sources would as usual be welcome.
By the way, do you think I have the right Prévalaye (Pierre-Dimas Thierry, Marquis de la Prévalaye) in the article on the corvette Poulette? Regards, Acad Ronin ( talk) 23:54, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
Salut Rama, do you know anything about the French frigate Brune, captured by the Ottomans in 1799 at Siege of Corfu (1798–99)? She is not listed in List of French sail frigates. Regards, Acad Ronin ( talk) 14:38, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
Rama, I enjoyed working with you on your GAN nomination for French ship Vengeur du Peuple. I was wondering if you would be able to (or mind) lending a helping hand for the MILHIST Good Article effort by reviewing one or two good article nominations at WP:GAN#WAR. I've found that oftentimes reviewing articles gets yours reviewed quicker! If you have any questions about the process of reviewing, look at WP:GAN/I and WP:GA?. Happy editing! Cdtew ( talk) 14:02, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
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Well done! Please continue to monitor my copyediting: I'm trying to help out a bit before assessing your DYK nomination. I think it's quite an excellent article, and I'm enjoying my involvment very much. :) SteveStrummer ( talk) 20:42, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi Rama, you wouldn't happen to have anything on this vessel, would you? I looked in the Fonds and found nothing. She is a pretty minor vessel, but it would be nice to have at least a launch date. Regards, Acad Ronin ( talk) 15:07, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
On 10 May 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that French admiral Latouche-Tréville, who had defeated Horatio Nelson at Boulogne, was chastised by his superior because he had brought a female companion to war? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett ( talk) 00:04, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi Rama, do you have anything on the above? She shows up in the Fonds, mostly because of a notably unsuccessful trip to Mauritius with two deputies from the Directoir, who met a strongly hostile local population that ran them out of the island. On her return trip to France she captured the Lady Shore (1793 ship), an Indiaman, near the Cape. Regards, Acad Ronin ( talk) 00:57, 11 May 2013 (UTC)