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Deleting old citations

Thanks for your edit on TDL-4. Note however that you shouldn't delete citations just because the URL is dead; instead try to repair it. ·· gracefool 💬 20:55, 15 March 2016 (UTC) reply

You have new message/s Hello. You have a new message at FockeWulf FW 190's talk page. Thanks for the information gracefool :) FockeWulf FW 190 ( talk) 22:07, 15 March 2016 (UTC) reply

Your last edits

Hi! I reverted some of your last revisions, because these things are already present in the navbox in bottom of the article. So there's no reason to double it. Anyway thank you for your interest in editing these articles! -- RezonansowyakaRezy ( talk | contribs) 15:18, 25 March 2016 (UTC) reply

Instead of this you can consider to add a new item to the list in the navbox, it's right here: {{ Hacking in the 1980s}}. For example: 1260 (computer virus), has been created in 1989, it can be included in this navbox, so I added it and included the navbox in the bottom of that article. -- RezonansowyakaRezy ( talk | contribs) 16:15, 25 March 2016 (UTC) reply
I found a nice guideline on it – MOS:SEEALSO. It's a part of a Wikipedia's Manual of Style. There are many tips how to improve the Wikipedia and deal with articles issues. If you have any questions, just ask me! -- RezonansowyakaRezy ( talk | contribs) 16:28, 25 March 2016 (UTC) reply

Thanks for the tips Rezonansowy I really appreciate it. It will improve my editing . FockeWulf FW 190 ( talk) 21:11, 25 March 2016 (UTC) reply

I definitely think it's worth doing. That said, I also definitely don't have time in the foreseeable future. If you led the charge, I'd probably join in.  :-) Risc64 ( talk) 23:44, 2 April 2016 (UTC) reply

Computer virus

Hello  FockeWulf FW 190: Thank your for your contributions in Computer virus, that was a neat edit, did not focus on that, any way, I would like to make that article reach good article standards, I have done some improvements that makes it a B class article right now, can you please guide me on that? it's my first GA goal. 967Bytes ( Contact) 17:51, 24 April 2016 (UTC) reply


Glad you liked my user name, and I hope you know what do I mean exactly by 967Bytes :) . As for the article, Yep, the article really needs some focused work, and that's why it will my first GA project in WP. This is the current structure first the definition then the content:

  1. Vulnerabilities and infection vectors
    1. Software bugs
    2. Social engineering and poor security practices
    3. Vulnerability of different operating systems to viruses
  1. Infection targets and replication techniques
    1. Resident vs. non-resident viruses
    2. Macro viruses
    3. Boot sector viruses
  1. Stealth strategies
    1. Read request intercepts
    2. Self-modification
      1. Encrypted viruses
      2. Polymorphic code
      3. Metamorphic code
  1. Countermeasures
    1. Antivirus software
    2. Recovery strategies and methods
      1. Virus removal
      2. Operating system reinstallation
  1. Historical development
    1. Early academic work on self-replicating programs
    2. The first computer viruses
    3. Viruses and the Internet


OK so I suppose I should

  • redefine the computer virus, where I will make the shortest most effective definition then a full stop followed by important information and facts in the first section.
  • as for the structure (outline) it's most important for me to know what contents to write before starting the project, here is an outline draft:

the definition (shorted)

  1. Background (about overall computer/network security)
  2. Overview (overview of a virus/ reason for making viruses)
  3. History (Historical development)
    1. Early academic work on self-replicating programs
    2. The first computer viruses
    3. Viruses and the Internet
  1. Virus operation/function
    1. Virus parts
      1. Infection mechanism
      2. Trigger
      3. Pay load
    2. Virus life time
      1. Dormant phase
      2. Propagation phase
      3. Triggering phase
      4. Execution phase
    3. Virus challenges
      1. Performance challenges
        1. Code optimization
        2. Double-infection checking
      2. Antivirus challenges
  1. Virus classifications
    1. By target
      1. File infecter
        1. resident/Memory resident
        2. non resident/direct
          1. Overwriting virus
          2. Companion virus
          3. Parasitic infectors (Prepending, Appending)
      2. Boot sector Viruses
      3. Operating system virus
      4. Macro viruses
      5. Program/File Infecter
      6. Multipartite/multiple characteristics
    2. By infection mechanism/concealment strategy
      1. Encrypted/Armored virus
      2. Stealth virus
      3. Polymorphic virus
      4. Metamorphic virus
  1. challenges/Vulnerabilities and infection vectors
      1. Software bugs
      2. Social engineering and poor security practices
      3. Vulnerability of different operating systems to viruses
  1. Countermeasures
    1. prior infection
      1. Practices and policies (training & backup)
      2. Antivirus software
    2. upon infection
      1. Recovery strategies and methods
      2. Virus removal
      3. Operating system re-installation

+images of infections + example codes of viruses + pictorial clarification will be used. 967Bytes ( Contact) 18:17, 25 April 2016 (UTC) reply

Great job noticing the "badware" in the article malware, I visited that website and was suspicious and was about to remove it, searched books about it and did not find any, though of good faith and left it there :D . 967Bytes ( Contact) 18:07, 3 May 2016 (UTC) reply

Computer virus wont be soon a featured article, it will take more time than I thought :/, English good/featured article standards are way too amazing ^_^, I have downloaded so far Kali Linux latest version and started making virus source codes in order to post it in the article, but the encrypted virus -in order to make stealth virus- consumes a huge amount of power for long time in order to encrypt the virus, it's rain season, and as a 100% dependable on solar power (after Saudi_Arabian-led_intervention_in_Yemen bombarded all electricity power plants to pro Houthi areas) I have to stick to eco friendly applications that does not consume CPU resource :D. any ways, I am reading those books I have downloaded, I think you noticed that by the references I used:

  1. Computer Network Security and Cyber Ethics - 4th Edition
  2. Computer Viruses - the gist of it - Erwin Calamer
  3. Guide to Computer Network Security 3rd Edition
  4. Hacking Bootcamp - How to Hack Computers, Basic Security and Penetration Testing - David Maxwell
  5. How to Hack Computers_ how to h - Joel Tope
  6. Computer Viruses for Dummies (ISBN - 0764574183)
  7. Computer Security Principles and Practice (2nd Edition)
  8. Computer Security Fundamentals 2nd ed. - W. (Chuck) Easttom (Pearson, 2012) BBS
  9. The Giant Black Book of Computer Viruses

can't ready them all, I just search every book for the topic I am writing on to use it as a reference, which seems they cover most of it so far. If you have any suggestion or any other good book to use please don't hesitate to post it's name here, and I will obtain it in some way :) 967Bytes ( Contact) 11:46, 4 May 2016 (UTC) reply

Kevin Mitnick comes to mind, his books may have some information on the social aspects of a computer virus.

I'm not sure if this helps FockeWulf FW 190 ( talk) 15:25, 4 May 2016 (UTC) reply

Hi, FockeWulf.

I moved the list of attack tools you added to resource exhaustion attack to the above new article.

Thanks for the contribution. For what it's worth, though, it needed a lot of scrubbing. Specifically:

  • there were many grammar and spelling errors
  • you didn't always use full sentences
  • none of the references have any information other than URLs (they should have titles, website names, access dates, etc.)
    • this problem still exists, so it'd be great if you could add the additional info (there are third-party web apps that automate this)
  • some of the additions may not be notable
  • relevant terms weren't wikilinked

Best, Risc64 ( talk) 03:08, 7 May 2016 (UTC) reply

Thanks for improving the article and creating the list.

I appreciate feedback and see some things I need to improve on.

Also could some information be shared on where I may find the web applications for references?

FockeWulf FW 190 ( talk) 03:58, 7 May 2016 (UTC) reply

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Edits to CloudFlare

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Since I locked them out of their favorite article, Koobface, they have been spreading to other virus articles. I protected Conficker just now. If you see another article that is getting targeted by the scammer, please leave me a note and I will semi-protect it. -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 18:43, 24 July 2016 (UTC) reply

Re: Semi-protect request

Re your message: Done! Zombie (computer science) is likely the next one that needs semi-protection. I have put it on my watchlist. If another IP or account does the usual thing, I will semi-protect it. -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 21:30, 24 July 2016 (UTC) reply

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Just thought I'd let you know there are more efficient ways to revert multiple edits. You can go to the history page, click the timestamp of the last good revision, click the edit tab, enter an edit summary explaining your revert and then save your edit. Or to make it easier, you can use Twinkle or request rollback permission. nyuszika7h ( talk) 13:59, 25 August 2016 (UTC) reply

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Re: semi-protect request

Re your message: Done times three. =) I also blocked the accounts involved with the spamming. I left the IPs unblocked as they are dynamic and no point blocking them now. I'm sure they will now move on to a different target. -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 02:53, 28 August 2016 (UTC) reply

Fixing redirects

Hello. I've noticed you fixing some wikilinks to avoid redirects - per WP:NOTBROKEN, there's actually no need to worry about this, in most cases. -- McGeddon ( talk) 15:03, 30 August 2016 (UTC) reply

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Please take care using WP:HG. The edits you rolled back were not "tests". ... richi ( hello) 16:37, 4 October 2016 (UTC) reply

Blitzkrieg revert

Hi, you removed my edit from Blitzkrieg about Pervitin. Then perhaps you should also remove that claim from page [1] ?

And did you check the Spiegel reference which I have linked therein [2] ?

I am not going to try to put it there again, I am seriously tired by wikipedia reverting every useful edit. 91.232.52.167 ( talk) 10:23, 15 October 2016 (UTC) reply

Mailinator

I've removed proposed deletion from the Mailinator article, as I believe the subject to be notable and improvement to be possible. I note that Spamgourmet and TrashMail also have their own articles and I think Mailinator is equally notable.

Merging all three services in to Disposable email address might make sense, but I think the best thing is to improve the article.

Zwilson ( talk) 11:01, 21 October 2016 (UTC) reply

Welcome to WP Tanks

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User name

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 used as an account name seems unnecessarily militaristic and POV. Would you consider changing it? K.e.coffman ( talk) 00:31, 17 November 2016 (UTC) reply

Please disregard - there's nothing wrong with your username. K.e.coffman is on something of a crusade around here. Parsecboy ( talk) 11:02, 30 November 2016 (UTC) reply

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BackConnect Inc.

The portions of the article that you have removed seem to be very similar to present portions that can be seen on many other related articles, including CloudFlare. I do not see this as being "advertising" in either case. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Austintwoods ( talkcontribs) 19:23, 15 December 2016 (UTC) reply

Declined speedy deletion nomination of Indoona

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Speedy deletion declined: Hacking: The Art of Exploitation

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removing my edits

Hello,

May I ask why you are removing my edits to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_LAN_messengers?

s!mpL3 LAN Messenger is a lan messenger and has a place on the page.

Thanks AoRaToS ( talk) 20:44, 3 January 2017 (UTC) reply

Comparison_of_LAN_messengers

Hello,

Could give me an explanation about removing Softros LAN messenger on this page /info/en/?search=Comparison_of_LAN_messengers

It was here a few years, I've updated all information about this app. If my updates has any issues, let me know.

Thanks.

Viperrey ( talk) 16:45, 16 January 2017 (UTC) reply

Comparison of social networking software

To whom it might concern,

We had our social network software - mooSocial listed in the Comparison of social networking software page for a while now. We have been keeping it up to date as possible. We believe it is in the same categories with the products listed in this page. It came to our attention which you were doing cleanup of this page and removing our product listing. Could you please let me know why it was removed and if possible, what I should avoid to keep our listing from being removed in the future? Thank you in advance for your assistance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Comparison_of_social_networking_software&oldid=758638207

Regards, Ryan N — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryannguyen999 ( talkcontribs) 08:31, 19 January 2017 (UTC) reply

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Malaysia Airlines Flight 17#Hacking incident that arose from this plane shootdown incident. Mamasanju ( talk) 15:07, 20 January 2017 (UTC) reply

Thanks

Thanks for removing one of the last links to me in Wikipedia! The Greg Lindahl page has been deleted like 5 times already. Greg ( talk) 18:18, 18 May 2017 (UTC) reply

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Hello FockeWulf FW 190. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Minger Email Address Verification Protocol, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: not an eligible subject for A7 speedy deletion. Thank you. So Why 14:02, 26 September 2017 (UTC) reply

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Your speedy message

Hello! Thanks for the speedy notification. However your text say "you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion".". There is no such button. Also the text is somewhat misleading, since it links "Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable." Speedy isn't about notability, it's about "credible claim of significance", which is basically a criterion about whether the thing actually exists or not. You may want to fix up your text, while I contest this speedy. Thanks! -- grin 07:30, 26 October 2017 (UTC) reply

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Deleting old citations

Thanks for your edit on TDL-4. Note however that you shouldn't delete citations just because the URL is dead; instead try to repair it. ·· gracefool 💬 20:55, 15 March 2016 (UTC) reply

You have new message/s Hello. You have a new message at FockeWulf FW 190's talk page. Thanks for the information gracefool :) FockeWulf FW 190 ( talk) 22:07, 15 March 2016 (UTC) reply

Your last edits

Hi! I reverted some of your last revisions, because these things are already present in the navbox in bottom of the article. So there's no reason to double it. Anyway thank you for your interest in editing these articles! -- RezonansowyakaRezy ( talk | contribs) 15:18, 25 March 2016 (UTC) reply

Instead of this you can consider to add a new item to the list in the navbox, it's right here: {{ Hacking in the 1980s}}. For example: 1260 (computer virus), has been created in 1989, it can be included in this navbox, so I added it and included the navbox in the bottom of that article. -- RezonansowyakaRezy ( talk | contribs) 16:15, 25 March 2016 (UTC) reply
I found a nice guideline on it – MOS:SEEALSO. It's a part of a Wikipedia's Manual of Style. There are many tips how to improve the Wikipedia and deal with articles issues. If you have any questions, just ask me! -- RezonansowyakaRezy ( talk | contribs) 16:28, 25 March 2016 (UTC) reply

Thanks for the tips Rezonansowy I really appreciate it. It will improve my editing . FockeWulf FW 190 ( talk) 21:11, 25 March 2016 (UTC) reply

I definitely think it's worth doing. That said, I also definitely don't have time in the foreseeable future. If you led the charge, I'd probably join in.  :-) Risc64 ( talk) 23:44, 2 April 2016 (UTC) reply

Computer virus

Hello  FockeWulf FW 190: Thank your for your contributions in Computer virus, that was a neat edit, did not focus on that, any way, I would like to make that article reach good article standards, I have done some improvements that makes it a B class article right now, can you please guide me on that? it's my first GA goal. 967Bytes ( Contact) 17:51, 24 April 2016 (UTC) reply


Glad you liked my user name, and I hope you know what do I mean exactly by 967Bytes :) . As for the article, Yep, the article really needs some focused work, and that's why it will my first GA project in WP. This is the current structure first the definition then the content:

  1. Vulnerabilities and infection vectors
    1. Software bugs
    2. Social engineering and poor security practices
    3. Vulnerability of different operating systems to viruses
  1. Infection targets and replication techniques
    1. Resident vs. non-resident viruses
    2. Macro viruses
    3. Boot sector viruses
  1. Stealth strategies
    1. Read request intercepts
    2. Self-modification
      1. Encrypted viruses
      2. Polymorphic code
      3. Metamorphic code
  1. Countermeasures
    1. Antivirus software
    2. Recovery strategies and methods
      1. Virus removal
      2. Operating system reinstallation
  1. Historical development
    1. Early academic work on self-replicating programs
    2. The first computer viruses
    3. Viruses and the Internet


OK so I suppose I should

  • redefine the computer virus, where I will make the shortest most effective definition then a full stop followed by important information and facts in the first section.
  • as for the structure (outline) it's most important for me to know what contents to write before starting the project, here is an outline draft:

the definition (shorted)

  1. Background (about overall computer/network security)
  2. Overview (overview of a virus/ reason for making viruses)
  3. History (Historical development)
    1. Early academic work on self-replicating programs
    2. The first computer viruses
    3. Viruses and the Internet
  1. Virus operation/function
    1. Virus parts
      1. Infection mechanism
      2. Trigger
      3. Pay load
    2. Virus life time
      1. Dormant phase
      2. Propagation phase
      3. Triggering phase
      4. Execution phase
    3. Virus challenges
      1. Performance challenges
        1. Code optimization
        2. Double-infection checking
      2. Antivirus challenges
  1. Virus classifications
    1. By target
      1. File infecter
        1. resident/Memory resident
        2. non resident/direct
          1. Overwriting virus
          2. Companion virus
          3. Parasitic infectors (Prepending, Appending)
      2. Boot sector Viruses
      3. Operating system virus
      4. Macro viruses
      5. Program/File Infecter
      6. Multipartite/multiple characteristics
    2. By infection mechanism/concealment strategy
      1. Encrypted/Armored virus
      2. Stealth virus
      3. Polymorphic virus
      4. Metamorphic virus
  1. challenges/Vulnerabilities and infection vectors
      1. Software bugs
      2. Social engineering and poor security practices
      3. Vulnerability of different operating systems to viruses
  1. Countermeasures
    1. prior infection
      1. Practices and policies (training & backup)
      2. Antivirus software
    2. upon infection
      1. Recovery strategies and methods
      2. Virus removal
      3. Operating system re-installation

+images of infections + example codes of viruses + pictorial clarification will be used. 967Bytes ( Contact) 18:17, 25 April 2016 (UTC) reply

Great job noticing the "badware" in the article malware, I visited that website and was suspicious and was about to remove it, searched books about it and did not find any, though of good faith and left it there :D . 967Bytes ( Contact) 18:07, 3 May 2016 (UTC) reply

Computer virus wont be soon a featured article, it will take more time than I thought :/, English good/featured article standards are way too amazing ^_^, I have downloaded so far Kali Linux latest version and started making virus source codes in order to post it in the article, but the encrypted virus -in order to make stealth virus- consumes a huge amount of power for long time in order to encrypt the virus, it's rain season, and as a 100% dependable on solar power (after Saudi_Arabian-led_intervention_in_Yemen bombarded all electricity power plants to pro Houthi areas) I have to stick to eco friendly applications that does not consume CPU resource :D. any ways, I am reading those books I have downloaded, I think you noticed that by the references I used:

  1. Computer Network Security and Cyber Ethics - 4th Edition
  2. Computer Viruses - the gist of it - Erwin Calamer
  3. Guide to Computer Network Security 3rd Edition
  4. Hacking Bootcamp - How to Hack Computers, Basic Security and Penetration Testing - David Maxwell
  5. How to Hack Computers_ how to h - Joel Tope
  6. Computer Viruses for Dummies (ISBN - 0764574183)
  7. Computer Security Principles and Practice (2nd Edition)
  8. Computer Security Fundamentals 2nd ed. - W. (Chuck) Easttom (Pearson, 2012) BBS
  9. The Giant Black Book of Computer Viruses

can't ready them all, I just search every book for the topic I am writing on to use it as a reference, which seems they cover most of it so far. If you have any suggestion or any other good book to use please don't hesitate to post it's name here, and I will obtain it in some way :) 967Bytes ( Contact) 11:46, 4 May 2016 (UTC) reply

Kevin Mitnick comes to mind, his books may have some information on the social aspects of a computer virus.

I'm not sure if this helps FockeWulf FW 190 ( talk) 15:25, 4 May 2016 (UTC) reply

Hi, FockeWulf.

I moved the list of attack tools you added to resource exhaustion attack to the above new article.

Thanks for the contribution. For what it's worth, though, it needed a lot of scrubbing. Specifically:

  • there were many grammar and spelling errors
  • you didn't always use full sentences
  • none of the references have any information other than URLs (they should have titles, website names, access dates, etc.)
    • this problem still exists, so it'd be great if you could add the additional info (there are third-party web apps that automate this)
  • some of the additions may not be notable
  • relevant terms weren't wikilinked

Best, Risc64 ( talk) 03:08, 7 May 2016 (UTC) reply

Thanks for improving the article and creating the list.

I appreciate feedback and see some things I need to improve on.

Also could some information be shared on where I may find the web applications for references?

FockeWulf FW 190 ( talk) 03:58, 7 May 2016 (UTC) reply

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Edits to CloudFlare

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For your work defending computer virus articles against the technical support scammers.

Since I locked them out of their favorite article, Koobface, they have been spreading to other virus articles. I protected Conficker just now. If you see another article that is getting targeted by the scammer, please leave me a note and I will semi-protect it. -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 18:43, 24 July 2016 (UTC) reply

Re: Semi-protect request

Re your message: Done! Zombie (computer science) is likely the next one that needs semi-protection. I have put it on my watchlist. If another IP or account does the usual thing, I will semi-protect it. -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 21:30, 24 July 2016 (UTC) reply

Re: Possible COI articles & users

Re your message: Sorry about the delay in getting back to you. I've been very busy outside of Wikipedia. Most of those accounts have been inactive for a very long time. The recent articles have mostly been moved to the creator's user space. I would recommend just cleaning up whatever else is suspect on the other articles. -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 03:16, 22 August 2016 (UTC) reply

Reverting multiple edits

Just thought I'd let you know there are more efficient ways to revert multiple edits. You can go to the history page, click the timestamp of the last good revision, click the edit tab, enter an edit summary explaining your revert and then save your edit. Or to make it easier, you can use Twinkle or request rollback permission. nyuszika7h ( talk) 13:59, 25 August 2016 (UTC) reply

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Re: semi-protect request

Re your message: Done times three. =) I also blocked the accounts involved with the spamming. I left the IPs unblocked as they are dynamic and no point blocking them now. I'm sure they will now move on to a different target. -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 02:53, 28 August 2016 (UTC) reply

Fixing redirects

Hello. I've noticed you fixing some wikilinks to avoid redirects - per WP:NOTBROKEN, there's actually no need to worry about this, in most cases. -- McGeddon ( talk) 15:03, 30 August 2016 (UTC) reply

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Please take care using WP:HG. The edits you rolled back were not "tests". ... richi ( hello) 16:37, 4 October 2016 (UTC) reply

Blitzkrieg revert

Hi, you removed my edit from Blitzkrieg about Pervitin. Then perhaps you should also remove that claim from page [1] ?

And did you check the Spiegel reference which I have linked therein [2] ?

I am not going to try to put it there again, I am seriously tired by wikipedia reverting every useful edit. 91.232.52.167 ( talk) 10:23, 15 October 2016 (UTC) reply

Mailinator

I've removed proposed deletion from the Mailinator article, as I believe the subject to be notable and improvement to be possible. I note that Spamgourmet and TrashMail also have their own articles and I think Mailinator is equally notable.

Merging all three services in to Disposable email address might make sense, but I think the best thing is to improve the article.

Zwilson ( talk) 11:01, 21 October 2016 (UTC) reply

Welcome to WP Tanks

Welcome!
Welcome to the Tanks WP! Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 03:48, 28 October 2016 (UTC) reply

We have moved from a WP to a special project of Milhist, feel free to add yourself as a participant. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 01:55, 30 October 2016 (UTC) reply

User name

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 used as an account name seems unnecessarily militaristic and POV. Would you consider changing it? K.e.coffman ( talk) 00:31, 17 November 2016 (UTC) reply

Please disregard - there's nothing wrong with your username. K.e.coffman is on something of a crusade around here. Parsecboy ( talk) 11:02, 30 November 2016 (UTC) reply

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BackConnect Inc.

The portions of the article that you have removed seem to be very similar to present portions that can be seen on many other related articles, including CloudFlare. I do not see this as being "advertising" in either case. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Austintwoods ( talkcontribs) 19:23, 15 December 2016 (UTC) reply

Declined speedy deletion nomination of Indoona

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Speedy deletion declined: Hacking: The Art of Exploitation

Hello FockeWulf FW 190. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not unambiguously promotional. Thank you. Jackmcbarn ( talk) 18:30, 19 December 2016 (UTC) reply

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removing my edits

Hello,

May I ask why you are removing my edits to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_LAN_messengers?

s!mpL3 LAN Messenger is a lan messenger and has a place on the page.

Thanks AoRaToS ( talk) 20:44, 3 January 2017 (UTC) reply

Comparison_of_LAN_messengers

Hello,

Could give me an explanation about removing Softros LAN messenger on this page /info/en/?search=Comparison_of_LAN_messengers

It was here a few years, I've updated all information about this app. If my updates has any issues, let me know.

Thanks.

Viperrey ( talk) 16:45, 16 January 2017 (UTC) reply

Comparison of social networking software

To whom it might concern,

We had our social network software - mooSocial listed in the Comparison of social networking software page for a while now. We have been keeping it up to date as possible. We believe it is in the same categories with the products listed in this page. It came to our attention which you were doing cleanup of this page and removing our product listing. Could you please let me know why it was removed and if possible, what I should avoid to keep our listing from being removed in the future? Thank you in advance for your assistance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Comparison_of_social_networking_software&oldid=758638207

Regards, Ryan N — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryannguyen999 ( talkcontribs) 08:31, 19 January 2017 (UTC) reply

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Malaysia Airlines Flight 17#Hacking incident that arose from this plane shootdown incident. Mamasanju ( talk) 15:07, 20 January 2017 (UTC) reply

Thanks

Thanks for removing one of the last links to me in Wikipedia! The Greg Lindahl page has been deleted like 5 times already. Greg ( talk) 18:18, 18 May 2017 (UTC) reply

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Hello FockeWulf FW 190. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Minger Email Address Verification Protocol, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: not an eligible subject for A7 speedy deletion. Thank you. So Why 14:02, 26 September 2017 (UTC) reply

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Your speedy message

Hello! Thanks for the speedy notification. However your text say "you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion".". There is no such button. Also the text is somewhat misleading, since it links "Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable." Speedy isn't about notability, it's about "credible claim of significance", which is basically a criterion about whether the thing actually exists or not. You may want to fix up your text, while I contest this speedy. Thanks! -- grin 07:30, 26 October 2017 (UTC) reply

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User group for Military Historians

Greetings,

"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.

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April 2018 Milhist Backlog Drive

G'day all, please be advised that throughout April 2018 the Military history Wikiproject is running its annual backlog elimination drive. This will focus on several key areas:

  • tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
  • adding or improving listed resources on Milhist's task force pages
  • updating the open tasks template on Milhist's task force pages
  • creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various lists of missing articles.

As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the scope of military history will be considered eligible. This year, the Military history project would like to extend a specific welcome to members of Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red, and we would like to encourage all participants to consider working on helping to improve our coverage of women in the military. This is not the sole focus of the edit-a-thon, though, and there are aspects that hopefully will appeal to pretty much everyone.

The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 April and runs until 23:59 UTC on 30 April 2018. Those interested in participating can sign up here.

For the Milhist co-ordinators, AustralianRupert and MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 10:54, 27 March 2018 (UTC) reply

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 00:53, 1 September 2018 (UTC) reply

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 00:35, 15 September 2018 (UTC) reply

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 06:22, 15 September 2018 (UTC) Note: the previous version omitted a link to the election page, therefore you are receiving this follow up message with a link to the election page to correct the previous version. We apologies for any inconvenience that this may have caused. reply

Have your say!

Hi everyone, just a quick reminder that voting for the WikiProject Military history coordinator election closes soon. You only have a day or so left to have your say about who should make up the coordination team for the next year. If you have already voted, thanks for participating! If you haven't and would like to, vote here before 23:59 UTC on 28 September. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 03:29, 26 September 2018 (UTC) reply

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Nominations now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards

Nominations for our annual Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards are open until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2018. Why don't you nominate the editors who you believe have made a real difference to the project in 2018? MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 02:26, 3 December 2018 (UTC) reply

Voting now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards

Voting for our annual Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards is open until 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December 2018. Why don't you vote for the editors who you believe have made a real difference to Wikipedia's coverage of military history in 2018? MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 02:17, 16 December 2018 (UTC) reply

Backlog Banzai

In the month of September, Wikiproject Military history is running a project-wide edit-a-thon, Backlog Banzai. There are heaps of different areas you can work on, for which you claim points, and at the end of the month all sorts of whiz-bang awards will be handed out. Every player wins a prize! There is even a bit of friendly competition built in for those that like that sort of thing. Sign up now at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/September 2019 Backlog Banzai to take part. For the coordinators, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 08:18, 22 August 2019 (UTC) reply

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 02:38, 1 September 2019 (UTC) reply

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

G'day everyone, voting for the 2019 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 03:37, 15 September 2019 (UTC) reply

March Madness 2020

G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team reply

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 02:04, 1 September 2020 (UTC) reply

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

G'day everyone, voting for the 2020 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2020. Thanks from the outgoing coord team, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 05:17, 15 September 2020 (UTC) reply

April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive

Hey y'all, the April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive begins at 00:01 UTC on April 1, 2021 and runs through 23:59 UTC on April 31, 2021. Points can be earned through reviewing articles on the AutoCheck report, reviewing articles listed at WP:MILHIST/ASSESS, reviewing MILHIST-tagged articles at WP:GAN or WP:FAC, and reviewing articles submitted at WP:MILHIST/ACR. Service awards and barnstars are given for set points thresholds, and the top three finishers will receive further awards. To participate, sign up at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_History/April 2021 Reviewing Drive#Participants and create a worklist at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/April 2021 Reviewing Drive/Worklists (examples are given). Further details can be found at the drive page. Questions can be asked at the drive talk page. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 17:21, 31 March 2021 (UTC) reply


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