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Try posting on the WikiCup talk page and explain the issue. I'm not necessarily the best person to answer the question, but I will have a look at it when I get a chance. J Milburn ( talk) 22:18, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
I've replied to the GAN for U-41.-- White Shadows you're breaking up 22:28, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Once you pass U-41 and I get U-40 to Ga status, all German Type IXA submarines will be at GA-class. With that in mind, could I nominate it for a GTC even though the "main article" is included in German Type IX submarine? The GTC template would look like this:
Would I have to create an article in the Type IXA submarines individually or would it pass anyway?-- White Shadows you're breaking up 01:15, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
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to be a little more discursive at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga than usual about what I'm doing and about the trade-offs and judgment calls? I'm asking permission because I think the job of a copyeditor generally includes not drawing attention to their own work, but every once in a while, I should be as open as possible to see if everyone is on the same page, so to speak. (Watching) - Dank ( push to talk) 15:18, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi Sturm, I wanted to let you know I've reviewed the article (the review is here). The only real problem is with one of the images, which I've noted on the review page. I think Ed will be able to help us out with the answer. Parsecboy ( talk) 16:44, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Sturm, shoot me an email, I have a source on Hood that I want to send you — Ed (talk • majestic titan) 20:22, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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Quick explanation. I changed "2 Parsons turbines" to 2 "paired sets" as a sort of minimal change. But I think "paired sets" still isn't great. Usually when you say "set," that implies 2 or 3 turbines acting as stages that are combined into a single assembly through reduction gearing. That's not really the case with direct-drive turbines. So in Lion's case, the turbines work together only in the sense that one takes steam from another. So it's really more accurate to say it had 4 turbines. But if you prefer "paired sets," that works too. Just my 2 cents.
Best regards, Orpy15 ( talk) 03:32, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
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I've expanded the service record section even more and I've added another comment to the ACR itself. Just wanting to let you know :)-- White Shadows you're breaking up 23:17, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
You would need to ask a current coordinator to do so since Sturm is no longer one. Please leave a note in the ACR for closure section at WT:MHCOORD and we will take care of the request post haste. - MBK 004 02:33, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
I'm thinking of working on it myself actually - its indirectly related to my current RL work and I've already visited 3 times this year! Lemme know if you start – equally I'll let you know if I do (when my life calms down a bit). Cheers for the GA, Ranger Steve ( talk) 17:47, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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I've got several refs on it, if you need any help taking it to G/FA. Buggie111 ( talk) 13:20, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
Hey Sturm, I've got some comments and questions about stuff I didn't catch the first time around:
I've just noticed a discrepancy in what we've written in the article. In "Design", you've said:
However, in the "Acquisition and construction" section, I've put:
I'm at work for the next few hours, but if I transcribe Stevens' words on the subject when I get home, can you compare them with what Roberts says...see if we can work out the discrepancy? -- saberwyn 23:43, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
From The Navy and the Nation, p. 173:
Having had the damage [to the hull plates during launch] repaired, the battle cruiser completed a most successful full-power trial, maintaining 26 knots for eight hours, with 27.48 knots on her best run over the measured mile.
-- saberwyn 05:43, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
Roberts quotes a maximum 26.89 kn on the Polperro mile with 55,881 shp. No speed is listed for the 8-hour trial, but shp was only 48,420. Burt quotes 26.79 kn and 55,140 shp for the measured mile, but only 44,596 shp for the 8-hour trial. Now both Roberts and Burt likely only had access to whatever documents were in the UK so Stevens could be using some document from a RAN observer at the trials, but I think that the 27.48 kn figure is likely a bit high given her designed speed of 25 kn. If it had been that high something would have been mentioned in the British records. For a while I was inclined to put trial speeds in the infoboxes, but have since reconsidered and use the lower of the two as more likely representative of what the ship could do in service with a foul bottom, etc. Exceptions are best dealt with in the main body as we've done here. At any rate I'll be interested to see what Stevens cites in support.-- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 06:21, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
Piggybacking here, I've decided (reluctantly) that I'm not going to be able to stay out of conflicts at FAC. I'll try to do the best job I can to help this article (HMAS Australia) pass, and if that results in changes you don't like, then my recommendation is to concede the point on the individual article, and we'll start a general conversation after the article is finished at WT:FAC. More often than not, the issue isn't as cosmic as people think it is, but if we see a lot of fundamental disagreements between SHIPS editors and FAC reviewers, we can simply present our positions at WT:FAC and lay out what we need and what the options are. I'm optimistic. I'll go do some editing now to address Tony's questions, and then come back here if I need to say something more than I say at in the FAC review. - Dank ( push to talk) 14:51, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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Gatoclass ( talk) 00:03, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
Sturm, did you get McLaughlin out of storage yet? I've blown through nearly all of my sources (only two left, not counting the ex links), and I'd like to have some stuff cited. Help? Buggie111 ( talk) 18:39, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
comments? Auntieruth55 ( talk) 17:26, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
Sturm, could you please save your rewording until after it's DYK? Your dangling just within the limit (2480 is necesary, it's now at 2486). Thanks, Buggie111 ( talk) 17:11, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
Heh, I saw that as a six! Sorry there. Buggie111 ( talk) 20:38, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
I just noticed you picked up the XTSF article. Thanks, I hope it isn't too short for GA (there really isn't anything else to say on the subject, though, barring a trip to Washington and digging through archives anyway...). :) - The Bushranger Return fire Flank speed 03:55, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
Just to let you know, I've reviewed the article for GA, there are just a few outstanding issues before I'll pass it. Unfortunately, one of those are the images. Parsecboy ( talk) 11:24, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
As you commented on Bushranger's GRumman XTSF article and it's chances on a GAN, I'd like you to do the same thing to mine. What else would you like to see? Another img? More history? You can send me off onto anything. Buggie111 ( talk) 15:02, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
Also, could you please relook the Reshadieh. I've added as much stuff as I could grab from my Conways, bar the Turkish batrooms. Any help? Buggie111 ( talk) 16:30, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
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Overdue recognition for expanding the knowledge contained in Wikipedia! - The Bushranger Return fire Flank speed 23:27, 25 May 2010 (UTC) |
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Keep up the good work, and keep those DYKs coming! - The Bushranger Return fire Flank speed 23:27, 25 May 2010 (UTC) |
Thanks!-- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 01:39, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
fixed Auntieruth55 ( talk) 17:52, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
Well it's been a week and no new comments have come in. I belive that consensus has formed to show that such an article like this one is allowed. Would you like to continue your GAN of the article for me?-- White Shadows you're breaking up 20:37, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
Just to let you know, I've reviewed the article here - just a minor clarification is needed before I'll pass the article. Parsecboy ( talk) 14:08, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
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Hi, I am reviewing your GA nomination and have left a few comments at Talk:HMS Dreadnought (1906)/GA1. Regards, Xtzou ( Talk) 14:50, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
I've made the changes you suggested on the Army of the Danube order of battle. Will you revisit the ACR and see if these are satisfactory? Thanks. Auntieruth55 ( talk) 21:01, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
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I understand (and appologise) that I'm badgering you now but if you're not going to review the IXA's then can you please give it to someone else to review? I need this for the WC and once this article is passed I'll be able to for the GTC for all Type IXA submarines.-- White Shadows you're breaking up 00:56, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
I've replied to your comments there. Thanks.-- White Shadows you're breaking up 18:37, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Sturmvogel, I've had time to copy those articles you were after. I don't have your email address though - could you please ping me an email? cheers, Nick-D ( talk) 06:39, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
I've also replied here as well :)-- White Shadows stood on the edge 22:37, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
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For being instrumental in the improvement of a large number of articles, including Good Topics concentrating around Russian battleships, British battlecruisers, and multitude of other articles on or relating to battleships or battlecruisers, for your incredible performance in both the WWI contests due in large part to your improvement of battleship and battlecruiser articles, and for your willingness to tackle such a wide variety of such articles, I hereby present you with the Titan's Cross in Bronze. Congratulations Sturmvogel 66, and keep up the good work. For the members of Operation Majestic Titan, TomStar81 ( Talk) 22:38, 18 June 2010 (UTC) |
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Hi Sturmvogel 66, I've responded to your comments at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/No. 6 Commando. Would you mind reviewing my changes and stating whether I've addressed them adequately or not? Cheers. AustralianRupert ( talk) 08:21, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi Sturmvogel, I have one outstanding comment on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/List of battlecruisers of Russia ACR from 18 June. Can you please stop by and state what has been done to address it, or explain it? I'm happy to support the article for A class, just need my one minor comment responded to. Cheers. AustralianRupert ( talk) 00:52, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the info from Ballard :) -- saberwyn 21:26, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
should be good now: Talk:Étienne Hastrel de Rivedoux/GA1. auntieruth (talk) 21:31, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
They seem to have been practising page 179 and Cunningham and Matapan seem to bear that out. GraemeLeggett ( talk) 08:55, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
You mentioned in your FLC for the battlecruisers of Russia that "McLaughlin, in three different articles or books, provides the most in depth coverage of the three designs" if that's the case then why "oppose" my FLC for the battleships of AH just because it is lacking info from a $130 book that simply re-states info that is already cited?-- White Shadows stood on the edge 21:57, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
I'd suggest asking if anyone else can get at least a scan or copy of the relevant pages of Greger for you. It's not on Google Books. Look it up on OCLC/Worldcat and maybe it will be somewhere handy to one of the OMT members. That's probably more essential than Sokol for this list and I'd be satisfied if you got a hold of that. And it may well not change a single thing in your list, but you can't know that in advance. The first priority for any fact is that it be verifiable and you've met that standard. But the second thing is that it must be as correct as you can determine, and that you've not accomplished yet. Ever wonder why I've written so many GAs, but so few FA and A-class articles? It's mainly because I don't have the sources to take many of them any higher than GA. There's a whole book on the French Courbet and Bretagne-class dreadnoughts in French, but there's no copy in the United States (literally!) and I can't afford the 70 Euros it would cost to order it from France. And I'll oppose anybody's attempt to take any of those articles up to FA if they haven't gotten a hold of that book. I often chose what to write based on what source I have access to, not necessarily what I like. Forex, I have very little interest on pre-dreadnoughts of any type or nation, but I have very detailed sources close at hand so I've written a bunch of articles on them. Same with my submarine articles.-- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 03:02, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I'm trying to identify the gun in this photo gun uploaded to Commons.. Uploader says it's in Warneton, Belgium. Is it a modernised version of the German 77mm FK 16 ? Apparently Belgium received some after WWI and upgraded them as Canon de 75mm mle GPFIII. This gun and site appears well preserved so it must have some significance to Belgium. regards, Rod. Rcbutcher ( talk) 07:48, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
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For prolific work on Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga, HMS Princess Royal (1911) and List of battlecruisers of Russia; all promoted to A-Class in June 2010, by order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, you are hereby awarded the Milhist A-Class medal. - MBK 004 04:07, 1 July 2010 (UTC) |
Thanks. The WikiCup has given me a little more incentive to work at the higher levels than I had earlier.-- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 05:20, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
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HI, I see you worked on this article so I'm referring this issue to you. The Queen Mary article states she fired 1250 pound shells, i.e. the light shell. The BL 13.5 inch Mk V naval gun article states Queen Mary fired the heavy 1400 pound shell. ?? Rod Rcbutcher ( talk) 14:13, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
I still think you did the majority of the work and therefore should legitimately be the primary nominator of the article for FAC and claim the points if it is promoted. I'll help out with responding to concerns from the FAC reviewers. Cla68 ( talk) 19:41, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
Hello Sturmvogel, I know for a fact that there are certail bots/tools/widgets on WP that you can use to measure Article Readability or Double Redirections or too many blue links of the same term and so forth. Two years ago someone had shown me some of those but for the life of me I can't find them. Can you please guide me to correct direction ? TIA ' Perseus 71 talk 15:59, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
Hey do you know what the ISBN is for Sokol's book?-- White Shadows There goes another day 00:16, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
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I've replied there just to let you know.-- White Shadows There goes another day 00:57, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
Um sturm, did you miss this: If a nomination is archived, the nominator(s) should take adequate time to work on resolving issues before re-nominating. None of its nominators may nominate or conominate any article for 2 weeks unless given leave to do so by a delegate; if such an article is nominated without asking for leave, a delegate will decide whether to remove it. in the FAC instructions? You need to withdraw your new FAC... - MBK 004 01:18, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
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No sources will be brought. So, how long do you want to wait until we can remove it because nobody brought sources? In my opinion thats a bad idea. Blablaaa ( talk) 21:03, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
I've made a couple of passes at the article tonight. I've got a bad feeling that LifeTM is about to get busy for me, but I'll try to keep chipping away at the article when I can over the next fortnight.
In the meantime, a couple of questions. Feel free to intersperse replies.
That's as far as I got so far. More as I make them up. --
saberwyn 11:06, 15 July 2010 (UTC) Updated --
saberwyn 09:26, 16 July 2010 (UTC) That's the first pass completed. Once I get all your replies, I'll either start a second pass or start spot-checking, depending on how Life gets. --
saberwyn 11:57, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
Just to let you know, I reviewed the article for GA here. Just so you know, I'm out of town at the moment, and chances are I won't have a ton of time to get back to any fixes you make until saturday night at the earliest. Parsecboy ( talk) 13:45, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I just approved your DYK for HMS Furious (47). I'd just like to note that the lead seems overlong; in my opinion, most of the third paragraph, which reads like an article itself, could be deleted. Sincerely, Yoninah ( talk) 19:30, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
I have gotten Sokol's book now :) I'll be adding citations into the text of the list soon an re-nominate it when I am done. Does that sound good?-- White Shadows It's a wonderful life 02:38, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, made all the changes requested but did not realize that I had to identify the changes made on the review form. FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 14:17, 18 July 2010 (UTC).
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-- Cirt ( talk) 12:03, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
Don't forget to bold the article that the hook is about when nominating DYKs. Mjroots ( talk) 08:33, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
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— Rlevse • Talk • 12:02, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi Sturm, can you please add {{subst:GAN|subtopic=History}} to the talk page for Evstafi class battleship? That way I can start the review (I think you may have neglected this part when you nominated it). Many thanks. Anotherclown ( talk) 13:07, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
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— Rlevse • Talk • 12:06, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
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— Rlevse • Talk • 00:03, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
Hey, Sturmvogel,
I've got Japanese battleship Kirishima at GAN. To avoid the staggering wait-times for reviews these days, howsabout we trade. If you'd be willing to review my article, I'll review HMS Glorious and Russian battleship Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya for you. Cam ( Chat)( Prof) 01:29, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
Howdy, not sure if you saw my note in the GA review but there is one dead link in this article. Of course the article easily meets the GA criteria IMO so I promoted it but are you able to have a look at the link please? Cheers. Anotherclown ( talk) 04:00, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
I've completed uploading, I believe, all the images I have of the ship. I'll start working on the article text hopefully this week. Cla68 ( talk) 07:24, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
Did you not find anything about it in Mclauglin? I'm fine without it, but I don't want the same thing to happen to Sevastopol as to Franz Ferdinand. Could you please ref it somewhere? I'm going to be signing off now for a while, to unpack and do other generic stuff Buggie111 ( talk) 03:11, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
Hello Sturmvogel,
Quick question on this article. Even if I improve it significantly, do you think it will not pass the GAN muster unless its citing Knoke's "I flew for Fuhrer" ? TIA ' Perseus 71 talk 20:15, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
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The DYK project ( nominate) 12:02, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for your constructive participation in the above review. Although the review still has a week or two to run, it may be eligible for early closure. If you get the chance, would it be possible for you to check back to see if your comments have been satisfactorily addressed? Thanks, EyeSerene talk 07:50, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
Query at DYK over this one. Gatoclass ( talk) 15:27, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Sturmvogel. You reviewed the above list when it was at FLC a couple weeks ago. It has been re-submitted, here; would you mind revisiting to ensure your original concerns have been resolved? Thanks, Dabomb87 ( talk) 02:52, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
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— Rlevse • Talk • 18:04, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
I'll be happy to field any questions you want me to field. The question about leads is interesting to me, I could do a quick survey of leads in OMT FAs and try to give a detailed answer of how and why we do leads the way we do. Just let me know want you want and what will be helpful, I'm a little pressed for time for another week. - Dank ( push to talk) 18:47, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
Having review and passed this article, how far off do you think this is from a successful ACR? I've got a copy of "Iron Coffins", a very good U-boat related book, with me tat I bought a few weeks ago so I can add that in as well if need be. Any thoughts?-- White Shadows It's a wonderful life 02:51, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
I've reviewed the article and left notes on the talk page. I've put the nomination on hold for seven days to allow the issues to be addressed. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, here, or on the article talk page with any concerns, and let me know one of those places when the issues have been addressed. If I may suggest that you strike out, check mark, or otherwise mark the items I've detailed, that will make it possible for me to see what's been addressed, and you can keep track of what's been done and what still needs to be worked on. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:59, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
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Hi, Sturmvogel: Thanks for checking out City class ironclad. I have cleaned it up some, and have added citations where they were needed (I think). Would you please look it over again and see if it now meets B-class criteria? PKKloeppel ( talk) 15:26, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
Could you have another look at the article please? The last time your concern regarding the lack of personal information and lack of info pertaining to the years 44-45 refrained you from supporting the article for A-class which caused the article to fail A-class review. I believe that the article has improved a little in these areas. Please let me know if a new nomination for A-class has a good chance of succeeding. Thanks MisterBee1966 ( talk) 14:14, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Just asking for you to comment on the FLC again if you'd like :)-- White Shadows Nobody said it was easy 16:43, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Yes.-- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 18:16, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
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Great work! Little Mountain 5 16:33, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
Give me a few mins before you launch her into hostile waters. - Dank ( push to talk) 20:01, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
I'm currently on the assessment run, but it's quite a surprise to see you've already gotten some articles. - MBK 004 01:55, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Twinkle is completely separate from WP:Rollback. Twinkle gives you the ability to use a custom edit summary and more options, whereas rollback is ONLY for clear un-questionable vandalism. I definitely recommend Twinkle, but I also recommend rollback because it is quicker for those clear-cut cases. I've gone ahead and flipped the switch.:
I have granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe you can be trusted to use rollback correctly, and for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck and thanks. - MBK 004 02:21, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Well, the first thing I would do is make a sandbox page in your userspace to organize and plan it. You need to decide what content you want to feature: articles and/or types of articles (ships, ship classes, biographies, other related articles), images, quotes, DYKs, etc. Then list what you have available, probably by quality. Then decide if you have enough articles of high enough quality (personally, I'd say the minimum should be B-class, though others may feel A/GA-class is the minimum) to actually build it. Consider the featured portal criteria and honestly ask yourself if it is even possible to meet them at some point in the future. Does it serve as an entryport for a reader interested in learning more about ironclads?
Next, take a look at Wikipedia:Portal/Instructions. You'll have to decide layout, colors, etc. It may seem a bit confusing to look at all of that code, but you can peek at P:BB or ask (Juliancolton or myself are pretty knowledgable). For the mostpart, you just have to copy in the code skeleton, and it will transclude all of your subpages inside of the decorative box, which in turn will transclude the content sub-subpage with the feature or other content.
I'd be glad to help you get started, if you can peice together what you have in mind. I'm afraid I don't really have the time or the motivation to help you do more than get started (skeleton in place and bare bones content); generation of the content would be on you or whatever parties might be interested. If you haven't noticed, my own participation has been slacking lately due to some personal issues; but I'd be glad to help start you off.
Oh, and I found File:BS Bismarck.png by luck, I didn't create it. You can try looking through Commons ( User:Anynobody is a pretty good artist and might help you), or ask the Graphic Lab to convert a photo to an icon. bahamut0013 words deeds 23:32, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
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Try posting on the WikiCup talk page and explain the issue. I'm not necessarily the best person to answer the question, but I will have a look at it when I get a chance. J Milburn ( talk) 22:18, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
I've replied to the GAN for U-41.-- White Shadows you're breaking up 22:28, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Once you pass U-41 and I get U-40 to Ga status, all German Type IXA submarines will be at GA-class. With that in mind, could I nominate it for a GTC even though the "main article" is included in German Type IX submarine? The GTC template would look like this:
Would I have to create an article in the Type IXA submarines individually or would it pass anyway?-- White Shadows you're breaking up 01:15, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
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to be a little more discursive at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga than usual about what I'm doing and about the trade-offs and judgment calls? I'm asking permission because I think the job of a copyeditor generally includes not drawing attention to their own work, but every once in a while, I should be as open as possible to see if everyone is on the same page, so to speak. (Watching) - Dank ( push to talk) 15:18, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi Sturm, I wanted to let you know I've reviewed the article (the review is here). The only real problem is with one of the images, which I've noted on the review page. I think Ed will be able to help us out with the answer. Parsecboy ( talk) 16:44, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Sturm, shoot me an email, I have a source on Hood that I want to send you — Ed (talk • majestic titan) 20:22, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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Quick explanation. I changed "2 Parsons turbines" to 2 "paired sets" as a sort of minimal change. But I think "paired sets" still isn't great. Usually when you say "set," that implies 2 or 3 turbines acting as stages that are combined into a single assembly through reduction gearing. That's not really the case with direct-drive turbines. So in Lion's case, the turbines work together only in the sense that one takes steam from another. So it's really more accurate to say it had 4 turbines. But if you prefer "paired sets," that works too. Just my 2 cents.
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I've expanded the service record section even more and I've added another comment to the ACR itself. Just wanting to let you know :)-- White Shadows you're breaking up 23:17, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
You would need to ask a current coordinator to do so since Sturm is no longer one. Please leave a note in the ACR for closure section at WT:MHCOORD and we will take care of the request post haste. - MBK 004 02:33, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
I'm thinking of working on it myself actually - its indirectly related to my current RL work and I've already visited 3 times this year! Lemme know if you start – equally I'll let you know if I do (when my life calms down a bit). Cheers for the GA, Ranger Steve ( talk) 17:47, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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Materialscientist ( talk) 18:02, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
I've got several refs on it, if you need any help taking it to G/FA. Buggie111 ( talk) 13:20, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
Hey Sturm, I've got some comments and questions about stuff I didn't catch the first time around:
I've just noticed a discrepancy in what we've written in the article. In "Design", you've said:
However, in the "Acquisition and construction" section, I've put:
I'm at work for the next few hours, but if I transcribe Stevens' words on the subject when I get home, can you compare them with what Roberts says...see if we can work out the discrepancy? -- saberwyn 23:43, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
From The Navy and the Nation, p. 173:
Having had the damage [to the hull plates during launch] repaired, the battle cruiser completed a most successful full-power trial, maintaining 26 knots for eight hours, with 27.48 knots on her best run over the measured mile.
-- saberwyn 05:43, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
Roberts quotes a maximum 26.89 kn on the Polperro mile with 55,881 shp. No speed is listed for the 8-hour trial, but shp was only 48,420. Burt quotes 26.79 kn and 55,140 shp for the measured mile, but only 44,596 shp for the 8-hour trial. Now both Roberts and Burt likely only had access to whatever documents were in the UK so Stevens could be using some document from a RAN observer at the trials, but I think that the 27.48 kn figure is likely a bit high given her designed speed of 25 kn. If it had been that high something would have been mentioned in the British records. For a while I was inclined to put trial speeds in the infoboxes, but have since reconsidered and use the lower of the two as more likely representative of what the ship could do in service with a foul bottom, etc. Exceptions are best dealt with in the main body as we've done here. At any rate I'll be interested to see what Stevens cites in support.-- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 06:21, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
Piggybacking here, I've decided (reluctantly) that I'm not going to be able to stay out of conflicts at FAC. I'll try to do the best job I can to help this article (HMAS Australia) pass, and if that results in changes you don't like, then my recommendation is to concede the point on the individual article, and we'll start a general conversation after the article is finished at WT:FAC. More often than not, the issue isn't as cosmic as people think it is, but if we see a lot of fundamental disagreements between SHIPS editors and FAC reviewers, we can simply present our positions at WT:FAC and lay out what we need and what the options are. I'm optimistic. I'll go do some editing now to address Tony's questions, and then come back here if I need to say something more than I say at in the FAC review. - Dank ( push to talk) 14:51, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
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Gatoclass ( talk) 00:03, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
Sturm, did you get McLaughlin out of storage yet? I've blown through nearly all of my sources (only two left, not counting the ex links), and I'd like to have some stuff cited. Help? Buggie111 ( talk) 18:39, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
comments? Auntieruth55 ( talk) 17:26, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
Sturm, could you please save your rewording until after it's DYK? Your dangling just within the limit (2480 is necesary, it's now at 2486). Thanks, Buggie111 ( talk) 17:11, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
Heh, I saw that as a six! Sorry there. Buggie111 ( talk) 20:38, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
I just noticed you picked up the XTSF article. Thanks, I hope it isn't too short for GA (there really isn't anything else to say on the subject, though, barring a trip to Washington and digging through archives anyway...). :) - The Bushranger Return fire Flank speed 03:55, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
Just to let you know, I've reviewed the article for GA, there are just a few outstanding issues before I'll pass it. Unfortunately, one of those are the images. Parsecboy ( talk) 11:24, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
As you commented on Bushranger's GRumman XTSF article and it's chances on a GAN, I'd like you to do the same thing to mine. What else would you like to see? Another img? More history? You can send me off onto anything. Buggie111 ( talk) 15:02, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
Also, could you please relook the Reshadieh. I've added as much stuff as I could grab from my Conways, bar the Turkish batrooms. Any help? Buggie111 ( talk) 16:30, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
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The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal | |
Overdue recognition for expanding the knowledge contained in Wikipedia! - The Bushranger Return fire Flank speed 23:27, 25 May 2010 (UTC) |
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Keep up the good work, and keep those DYKs coming! - The Bushranger Return fire Flank speed 23:27, 25 May 2010 (UTC) |
Thanks!-- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 01:39, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
fixed Auntieruth55 ( talk) 17:52, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
Well it's been a week and no new comments have come in. I belive that consensus has formed to show that such an article like this one is allowed. Would you like to continue your GAN of the article for me?-- White Shadows you're breaking up 20:37, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
Just to let you know, I've reviewed the article here - just a minor clarification is needed before I'll pass the article. Parsecboy ( talk) 14:08, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
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Hi, I am reviewing your GA nomination and have left a few comments at Talk:HMS Dreadnought (1906)/GA1. Regards, Xtzou ( Talk) 14:50, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
I've made the changes you suggested on the Army of the Danube order of battle. Will you revisit the ACR and see if these are satisfactory? Thanks. Auntieruth55 ( talk) 21:01, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
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I understand (and appologise) that I'm badgering you now but if you're not going to review the IXA's then can you please give it to someone else to review? I need this for the WC and once this article is passed I'll be able to for the GTC for all Type IXA submarines.-- White Shadows you're breaking up 00:56, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Sturmvogel 66, I've responded to your comments at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/No. 6 Commando. Would you mind reviewing my changes and stating whether I've addressed them adequately or not? Cheers. AustralianRupert ( talk) 08:21, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi Sturmvogel, I have one outstanding comment on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/List of battlecruisers of Russia ACR from 18 June. Can you please stop by and state what has been done to address it, or explain it? I'm happy to support the article for A class, just need my one minor comment responded to. Cheers. AustralianRupert ( talk) 00:52, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the info from Ballard :) -- saberwyn 21:26, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
should be good now: Talk:Étienne Hastrel de Rivedoux/GA1. auntieruth (talk) 21:31, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
They seem to have been practising page 179 and Cunningham and Matapan seem to bear that out. GraemeLeggett ( talk) 08:55, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
You mentioned in your FLC for the battlecruisers of Russia that "McLaughlin, in three different articles or books, provides the most in depth coverage of the three designs" if that's the case then why "oppose" my FLC for the battleships of AH just because it is lacking info from a $130 book that simply re-states info that is already cited?-- White Shadows stood on the edge 21:57, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
I'd suggest asking if anyone else can get at least a scan or copy of the relevant pages of Greger for you. It's not on Google Books. Look it up on OCLC/Worldcat and maybe it will be somewhere handy to one of the OMT members. That's probably more essential than Sokol for this list and I'd be satisfied if you got a hold of that. And it may well not change a single thing in your list, but you can't know that in advance. The first priority for any fact is that it be verifiable and you've met that standard. But the second thing is that it must be as correct as you can determine, and that you've not accomplished yet. Ever wonder why I've written so many GAs, but so few FA and A-class articles? It's mainly because I don't have the sources to take many of them any higher than GA. There's a whole book on the French Courbet and Bretagne-class dreadnoughts in French, but there's no copy in the United States (literally!) and I can't afford the 70 Euros it would cost to order it from France. And I'll oppose anybody's attempt to take any of those articles up to FA if they haven't gotten a hold of that book. I often chose what to write based on what source I have access to, not necessarily what I like. Forex, I have very little interest on pre-dreadnoughts of any type or nation, but I have very detailed sources close at hand so I've written a bunch of articles on them. Same with my submarine articles.-- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 03:02, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I'm trying to identify the gun in this photo gun uploaded to Commons.. Uploader says it's in Warneton, Belgium. Is it a modernised version of the German 77mm FK 16 ? Apparently Belgium received some after WWI and upgraded them as Canon de 75mm mle GPFIII. This gun and site appears well preserved so it must have some significance to Belgium. regards, Rod. Rcbutcher ( talk) 07:48, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
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For prolific work on Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga, HMS Princess Royal (1911) and List of battlecruisers of Russia; all promoted to A-Class in June 2010, by order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, you are hereby awarded the Milhist A-Class medal. - MBK 004 04:07, 1 July 2010 (UTC) |
Thanks. The WikiCup has given me a little more incentive to work at the higher levels than I had earlier.-- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 05:20, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
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The WikiChevrons are hereby bestowed upon Sturmvogel 66 for his great efforts in the June 2010 Military History monthly article writing Contest, placing first with a total of 88 points from 13 articles. Well done! Cheers, AustralianRupert ( talk) 10:55, 1 July 2010 (UTC) |
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HI, I see you worked on this article so I'm referring this issue to you. The Queen Mary article states she fired 1250 pound shells, i.e. the light shell. The BL 13.5 inch Mk V naval gun article states Queen Mary fired the heavy 1400 pound shell. ?? Rod Rcbutcher ( talk) 14:13, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
I still think you did the majority of the work and therefore should legitimately be the primary nominator of the article for FAC and claim the points if it is promoted. I'll help out with responding to concerns from the FAC reviewers. Cla68 ( talk) 19:41, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
Hello Sturmvogel, I know for a fact that there are certail bots/tools/widgets on WP that you can use to measure Article Readability or Double Redirections or too many blue links of the same term and so forth. Two years ago someone had shown me some of those but for the life of me I can't find them. Can you please guide me to correct direction ? TIA ' Perseus 71 talk 15:59, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
Hey do you know what the ISBN is for Sokol's book?-- White Shadows There goes another day 00:16, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
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— Rlevse • Talk • 18:02, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
I've replied there just to let you know.-- White Shadows There goes another day 00:57, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
Um sturm, did you miss this: If a nomination is archived, the nominator(s) should take adequate time to work on resolving issues before re-nominating. None of its nominators may nominate or conominate any article for 2 weeks unless given leave to do so by a delegate; if such an article is nominated without asking for leave, a delegate will decide whether to remove it. in the FAC instructions? You need to withdraw your new FAC... - MBK 004 01:18, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
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— Rlevse • Talk • 06:02, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
No sources will be brought. So, how long do you want to wait until we can remove it because nobody brought sources? In my opinion thats a bad idea. Blablaaa ( talk) 21:03, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
I've made a couple of passes at the article tonight. I've got a bad feeling that LifeTM is about to get busy for me, but I'll try to keep chipping away at the article when I can over the next fortnight.
In the meantime, a couple of questions. Feel free to intersperse replies.
That's as far as I got so far. More as I make them up. --
saberwyn 11:06, 15 July 2010 (UTC) Updated --
saberwyn 09:26, 16 July 2010 (UTC) That's the first pass completed. Once I get all your replies, I'll either start a second pass or start spot-checking, depending on how Life gets. --
saberwyn 11:57, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
Just to let you know, I reviewed the article for GA here. Just so you know, I'm out of town at the moment, and chances are I won't have a ton of time to get back to any fixes you make until saturday night at the earliest. Parsecboy ( talk) 13:45, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I just approved your DYK for HMS Furious (47). I'd just like to note that the lead seems overlong; in my opinion, most of the third paragraph, which reads like an article itself, could be deleted. Sincerely, Yoninah ( talk) 19:30, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
I have gotten Sokol's book now :) I'll be adding citations into the text of the list soon an re-nominate it when I am done. Does that sound good?-- White Shadows It's a wonderful life 02:38, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, made all the changes requested but did not realize that I had to identify the changes made on the review form. FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 14:17, 18 July 2010 (UTC).
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Don't forget to bold the article that the hook is about when nominating DYKs. Mjroots ( talk) 08:33, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
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— Rlevse • Talk • 12:02, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi Sturm, can you please add {{subst:GAN|subtopic=History}} to the talk page for Evstafi class battleship? That way I can start the review (I think you may have neglected this part when you nominated it). Many thanks. Anotherclown ( talk) 13:07, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
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— Rlevse • Talk • 00:03, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
Hey, Sturmvogel,
I've got Japanese battleship Kirishima at GAN. To avoid the staggering wait-times for reviews these days, howsabout we trade. If you'd be willing to review my article, I'll review HMS Glorious and Russian battleship Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya for you. Cam ( Chat)( Prof) 01:29, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
Howdy, not sure if you saw my note in the GA review but there is one dead link in this article. Of course the article easily meets the GA criteria IMO so I promoted it but are you able to have a look at the link please? Cheers. Anotherclown ( talk) 04:00, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
I've completed uploading, I believe, all the images I have of the ship. I'll start working on the article text hopefully this week. Cla68 ( talk) 07:24, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
Did you not find anything about it in Mclauglin? I'm fine without it, but I don't want the same thing to happen to Sevastopol as to Franz Ferdinand. Could you please ref it somewhere? I'm going to be signing off now for a while, to unpack and do other generic stuff Buggie111 ( talk) 03:11, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
Hello Sturmvogel,
Quick question on this article. Even if I improve it significantly, do you think it will not pass the GAN muster unless its citing Knoke's "I flew for Fuhrer" ? TIA ' Perseus 71 talk 20:15, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
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The DYK project ( nominate) 12:02, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for your constructive participation in the above review. Although the review still has a week or two to run, it may be eligible for early closure. If you get the chance, would it be possible for you to check back to see if your comments have been satisfactorily addressed? Thanks, EyeSerene talk 07:50, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
Query at DYK over this one. Gatoclass ( talk) 15:27, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Sturmvogel. You reviewed the above list when it was at FLC a couple weeks ago. It has been re-submitted, here; would you mind revisiting to ensure your original concerns have been resolved? Thanks, Dabomb87 ( talk) 02:52, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
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— Rlevse • Talk • 18:04, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
I'll be happy to field any questions you want me to field. The question about leads is interesting to me, I could do a quick survey of leads in OMT FAs and try to give a detailed answer of how and why we do leads the way we do. Just let me know want you want and what will be helpful, I'm a little pressed for time for another week. - Dank ( push to talk) 18:47, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
Having review and passed this article, how far off do you think this is from a successful ACR? I've got a copy of "Iron Coffins", a very good U-boat related book, with me tat I bought a few weeks ago so I can add that in as well if need be. Any thoughts?-- White Shadows It's a wonderful life 02:51, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
I've reviewed the article and left notes on the talk page. I've put the nomination on hold for seven days to allow the issues to be addressed. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, here, or on the article talk page with any concerns, and let me know one of those places when the issues have been addressed. If I may suggest that you strike out, check mark, or otherwise mark the items I've detailed, that will make it possible for me to see what's been addressed, and you can keep track of what's been done and what still needs to be worked on. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:59, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
Anotherclown ( talk) 02:14, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
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The WikiChevrons | |
The WikiChevrons are hereby bestowed upon Sturmvogel 66 for their great efforts in the July 2010 Military History monthly article writing Contest, placing first with a total of 186 points from 31 articles. Well done! Cheers, AustralianRupert ( talk) 11:36, 7 August 2010 (UTC) |
Hi, Sturmvogel: Thanks for checking out City class ironclad. I have cleaned it up some, and have added citations where they were needed (I think). Would you please look it over again and see if it now meets B-class criteria? PKKloeppel ( talk) 15:26, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
Could you have another look at the article please? The last time your concern regarding the lack of personal information and lack of info pertaining to the years 44-45 refrained you from supporting the article for A-class which caused the article to fail A-class review. I believe that the article has improved a little in these areas. Please let me know if a new nomination for A-class has a good chance of succeeding. Thanks MisterBee1966 ( talk) 14:14, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Just asking for you to comment on the FLC again if you'd like :)-- White Shadows Nobody said it was easy 16:43, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Yes.-- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 18:16, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
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Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Courageous class battlecruiser. |
Great work! Little Mountain 5 16:33, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
Give me a few mins before you launch her into hostile waters. - Dank ( push to talk) 20:01, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
I'm currently on the assessment run, but it's quite a surprise to see you've already gotten some articles. - MBK 004 01:55, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Twinkle is completely separate from WP:Rollback. Twinkle gives you the ability to use a custom edit summary and more options, whereas rollback is ONLY for clear un-questionable vandalism. I definitely recommend Twinkle, but I also recommend rollback because it is quicker for those clear-cut cases. I've gone ahead and flipped the switch.:
I have granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe you can be trusted to use rollback correctly, and for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck and thanks. - MBK 004 02:21, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Well, the first thing I would do is make a sandbox page in your userspace to organize and plan it. You need to decide what content you want to feature: articles and/or types of articles (ships, ship classes, biographies, other related articles), images, quotes, DYKs, etc. Then list what you have available, probably by quality. Then decide if you have enough articles of high enough quality (personally, I'd say the minimum should be B-class, though others may feel A/GA-class is the minimum) to actually build it. Consider the featured portal criteria and honestly ask yourself if it is even possible to meet them at some point in the future. Does it serve as an entryport for a reader interested in learning more about ironclads?
Next, take a look at Wikipedia:Portal/Instructions. You'll have to decide layout, colors, etc. It may seem a bit confusing to look at all of that code, but you can peek at P:BB or ask (Juliancolton or myself are pretty knowledgable). For the mostpart, you just have to copy in the code skeleton, and it will transclude all of your subpages inside of the decorative box, which in turn will transclude the content sub-subpage with the feature or other content.
I'd be glad to help you get started, if you can peice together what you have in mind. I'm afraid I don't really have the time or the motivation to help you do more than get started (skeleton in place and bare bones content); generation of the content would be on you or whatever parties might be interested. If you haven't noticed, my own participation has been slacking lately due to some personal issues; but I'd be glad to help start you off.
Oh, and I found File:BS Bismarck.png by luck, I didn't create it. You can try looking through Commons ( User:Anynobody is a pretty good artist and might help you), or ask the Graphic Lab to convert a photo to an icon. bahamut0013 words deeds 23:32, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
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I addressed the comments you made at the FAC, if you have any other comments that could improve the article, please let me know. Thanks for taking the time to review it, I appreciate it. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 03:34, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
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For prolific work on HMS Indefatigable (1909), Courageous class battlecruiser and Borodino class battlecruiser; promoted to A-Class between July and August 2010, by order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, you are hereby awarded the A-Class medal with Oak Leaves. Parsecboy ( talk) 18:19, 20 August 2010 (UTC) |