User talk:Bryan TMF

Welcome!

Bryan, welcome to Wikipedia. I can see that things have got off on the wrong foot, so I'd like to apologise for what it's worth.

You're clearly a very knowledgeable person and should be given respect for that. I think BilCat, the guy who was removing the link on the F-5 article, may have been acting a little hasty without explaining the rules. Generally we don't like people adding links to websites they operate or contribute towards. Self-promotion is normally frowned upon. I certainly hope you don't think the action taken was personal.

Anyway, I think the website you mention is very good so I have put it back in. I've also put your original contributions back in - I hope you don't mind. I've tried to improve certain articles about Taiwan's military over the years, but my knowledge is limited. So we would all really value it if you could help us out. If you run into any problems, don't worry just drop me a message and we can work it out.

Cheers, John Smith's (talk) 10:14, 12 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bryan TMF, and Please excuse this intrusion as you have been around a bit already but if no one has said it before: Welcome to Wikipedia!

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Good luck, and have fun. FWIW, Bzuk (talk) 15:11, 12 September 2009 (UTC).[reply]

September 2009

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to Cheng Kung class frigate, is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources, please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. -MBK₀₀₄ 08:13, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also, per your declaration of conflict of interest on your userpage, you are not allowed per policy to use those websites as references during your editing. -MBK₀₀₄ 08:15, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar award

		Taiwan Barnstar of Merit
		Awarded to Bryan TMF by John Smith's (talk) for contributions to WikiProject Taiwan, specifically for your tireless work on the ROCA, ROCN, ROCAF and other Taiwan-related military pages. John Smith's (talk) 16:33, 11 January 2010 (UTC).[reply] 11 January 2010

Right to leave

The Right to Leave used to be a wiki standard -- anyone had the right to leave a wiki, and to take what they had contributed with them -- usually implying that they could remove it from the wiki as well.

We've moved on a bit since the Meatball days, but there is still a lot of value in those ideals. I think you should absolutely have the right to remove content you added from an article. This is simply a matter of being polite -- it is not a question of licensing. And even if you remove your material from the article, it isn't "deleted" from the collective unconscous -- it will always be there in archives and old revisions. But other editors should respect your desire to step away from the article for a time.

I will take a look; I have no power to change what others do, but I can lend my voice to your request and point out this very old wiki-policy which has served other communities well. –SJ + 02:04, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help on this. I'll see what happen in the discussion page on the U-2 article turn out, but still wish to remove my contributions from the page. Thanks again.Bryan TMF (talk) 01:16, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Glad to see you're still editing articles. If you ever need support with something, let me know. By the way, I tried to visit the Taiwan military forum but it doesn't seem to exist. Was it closed or something? John Smith's (talk) 14:32, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your support, John Smith's. I only have problem with the U-2 page. As for Taiwan Military Forum, it's closed since late March due to the Mike H/admin got tired of all the spambots registering on the TMF's old and outdated software. So he called it quits, after no moderators wanted to take over.

June 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed content from Lockheed U-2. When removing text, please specify a reason in the edit summary and discuss edits that are likely to be controversial on the article's talk page. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the text has been restored, as you can see from the page history. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. BilCat (talk) 07:58, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

September 2010

Good to see you back! Bzuk (talk) 17:26, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Was happy to be back, but just saw BilCat wiped out my edit of OH-6's "The Quiet One" section for no good reason....Bryan TMF (talk) 10:08, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Put in a cite and that will get around any issues. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 15:32, 22 September 2010 (UTC).[reply]

I did, with 2 cite/ref, but they were in Chinese. So I guess that's why it got deleted?

I've responded on the OH-6 talk page, but I came here to "clear my good name", as I don't delete material "for no good reason", ever. Btw, another user had added a Clean-up tag to that section, so I'm not the only one who thought it had problems. Since the sources were in CHinese, I couldn't read them myself to rewrite it comprehensibly, so my only option was to revert to the previous version. The rest of the issues are discussed on the talk page. - BilCat (talk) 15:44, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Additional Tien Kung Information

Hi Bryan,

You don't know me but I used to read about your postings in TaiwanMilitary.org (sad to see that it is offline now). I am new to Wikipedia and so didn't want to just edit other people's work and accidentally "step on their toes" so to speak. I have some information (not classified) on the Tien Kung systems which I would like to post on its Wiki page (I revised the information on that page offline). The primary source of my information is the now defunct Taiwan Defense Review, on which I was a long-time subscriber. Let me know if you will be interested to read my revisions. I could either post it here on your user talk site or email it to you.

Milotan1050 (talk) 06:14, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to revise the page, and if necessary, quote reference(s). Don't really need me to proof read it first.

Also, welcome to wikipedia.Bryan TMF (talk) 06:49, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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