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Operation Majestic Titan

I have officially created the page User:TomStar81/Operation Majestic Titan, which outlines the basic goal I have of getting all the US battleship articles up to FA. Its still a draft (a few things will be added along the way), but I have a question for you. Out of curiosity, would be interested in becoming an 'adviser' such as it were for the op? You, MBK, and The ed17 have been a part of this longer than anyone else I can think of, and I could use a few extra people to keep tabs on and aid any newcomers to the op as we go along. If you decide you would like to assist in that capacity I would be happy to name you one of the people to whom others may addressed questions or ask for help from. TomStar81 (Talk) 04:46, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I expect that more will be needed along the way, but at present the (hopefully) four of us should be enough to handle any questions or comments that crop up. TomStar81 (Talk) 04:53, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

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The Bugle: your feature

Are you still up for this? It would be great if you could but it's no problem if you're short of time and want to carry it over to the next issue.  Roger Davies talk 03:52, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Cam, if you are short on time, I might be able to crank something out on WP:OMT... —Ed (TalkContribs) 05:12, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks for your review

Military history reviewers' award
By order of the coordinators, for your help with the WikiProject's Peer and A-Class reviews April to June 2009, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award.  Roger Davies talk 12:22, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space

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Chevrons!

The WikiChevrons
For writing 1 academy page during the academy writing contest I hereby award you The WikiChevrons. TomStar81 (Talk) 02:08, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
Congrats for being the first person to receive an award in the contest. I'd have waited until the newsletter came out to award you this, but since I am beginning to wonder when exactly that will happen I figure there is no harm in dishing out the first gong early :) Thanks for the help, and do contribute more if you have the chance to. TomStar81 (Talk) 02:08, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XL (June 2009)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XL (June 2009)
From the coordinators
Articles of note

New featured articles:

  1. Battle of the Coral Sea
  2. Battle of Vimy Ridge
  3. Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes
  4. Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
  5. Military history of Australia during World War II
  6. Otto Becher
  7. Moltke-class battlecruiser
  8. Yamato-class battleship

New featured lists:

  1. List of Medal of Honor recipients (Veracruz)
  2. List of Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipients
  3. List of United States Military Academy alumni (athletic figures)
  4. List of United States Military Academy alumni (engineers)

New featured pictures:

  1. Governor Davey's [sic] Proclamation to the Aborigines
  2. Test Baker, Operation Crossroads
  3. Tuskegee airmen

New A-Class articles:

  1. Army of the Tennessee
  2. Battle of Bosworth Field
  3. Battle of Corydon
  4. Battle of the Coral Sea
  5. Battle of Ticonderoga (1777)
  6. Helgoland class battleship
  7. Operation Sky Monitor
  8. Rupert Downes
  9. Sd.Kfz. 10
  10. Werner Mölders
Project news
The Academy content drive
  • Introduced in February, The Academy is an online school for new members. This month, we're launching a drive to increase the breadth and depth of its content. If you can help, by writing four to six paragraph articles, please do so! Barnstars galore to be won!
Awards and honours
Editorial: How to prepare an A-Class Review

Perhaps the most important—and, indeed, most respected—aspect of the Military History project is our rigorous A-Class Review (ACR) system, which puts articles through the most robust review outside of WP:FAC. Although reviewing might seem daunting to newcomers, this article will give you an outline of three popular reviewing methods so you can actually start contributing yourself.

  1. General nit-pick - this is one of the easiest - and one of the most common - reviewing styles seen throughout Wikipedia. It is a similar approach to that you would see in proofreading and classroom marking. Basically, it is a general overview of the article, not getting too specific on aspects of the prose. The most common statements include This article could benefit from a light copyedit before going to FAC or You might want to check the endash and emdash placement in the article. It's a style that is incredibly easy to manage, and one that requires little-to-no experience in previous reviewing.
  2. Specialization - it often is the case that those who have been reviewing articles for a long time will move away from the general review towards more specific areas of articles. As an example, Tony usually stays within the realm of prose and copyediting while reviewing Featured Article Candidates, Tom used to focus almost entirely on external links and disambiguations, while others specialize their focus exclusively on copyediting, reference formatting, dashes, punctuation and flow, image licensing, and a host of other areas. This is a review method that is not nearly as time-consuming as other methods, as it allows you to quickly scan an article, spot the things that you work on, and how they need to be fixed.
  3. Sectional - My preferred style of reviewing, this is one of the most informative styles. Unfortunately, it is also one of the most time-consuming and exhaustive styles. Essentially, it involves going through the entire article, section by section, and pointing out every major (and often many of the minor) flaws present within each section. Everything from prose to reference formatting to content. It is a reviewing style that is exhausting, and often takes two or three goes through the article to get everything (sometimes even more), but it gives the article's main contributors two benefits. First, everything is well organized, mostly under section headers like this one, and it often makes finding individual sentences or refs much easier, as they are within that section. Secondly, it points out a lot of the problems from a lot of the areas.

Best of luck, and happy Reviewing! Cam (Chat)

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WikiCup participates in the Wikipedia:The Great Wikipedia Dramaout

Hello all, iMatthew here. I just wanted to let you know about "The Great Wikipedia Dramaout" which starts this Saturday. The goal of the Dramaout is to spend five days working on improving articles and abstaining from any of Wikipedia's drama. I don't think that any of you will have a problem focusing on articles for five days, because of course, any work you get done during the Dramaout will count towards your score in the WikiCup. Details are on the page; hope to see you all signing up! :) iMatthew talk at 00:27, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

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Question

Hello. Could you show me how you created the user box links that are at the top of your page? The links with the pictures and "About Me, etc...etc..." Wikifan12345 (talk) 04:39, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

I tried that but I got this: [Wikifan12345

Did I do something wrong? Wikifan12345 (talk) 21:36, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Ok I think I got it working but I have one more question: User:Wikifan12345/Usernav

When I click on the pictures, it doesn't take me to my user page or talk page. Only when I click on the text. How can I fix this? Wikifan12345 (talk) 01:55, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the fix. You've been a major help! Wikifan12345 (talk) 07:21, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLI (July 2009)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XLI (July 2009)
From the coordinators

Don't forget that the next Military history coordinator elections take place in September. You might like to start thinking about whether you are interested in standing. More information to follow in the next edition of The Bugle. In the meantime, enjoy the remainder of the holiday season and come back refreshed and raring to go!  Roger Davies talk 02:00, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Articles of note

New featured articles:

  1. Albert Kesselring
  2. Adrian Cole (RAAF officer)
  3. Ba Cut
  4. Battle of Bosworth Field
  5. Battle of Corydon
  6. Edgar Towner
  7. Helgoland class battleship
  8. Maiden Castle, Dorset

New featured lists:

  1. Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
  2. Commandant of the Marine Corps
  3. List of First World War Victoria Cross recipients
  4. List of Jewish Medal of Honor recipients
  5. List of African American Medal of Honor recipients
  6. Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps

New featured pictures:

  1. Burning of the United States Capitol
  2. Charge of the Light Brigade
  3. Vice Admiral John Duncan Bulkeley, USN

New A-Class articles:

  1. 7th Infantry Division (United States)
  2. British Army during World War I
  3. Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347
  4. Convoy GP55
  5. HMS Endeavour
  6. John Lerew
  7. Kaiser class battleship
  8. List of foreign recipients of the Knight's Cross
  9. SMS Blücher
Project news
  • We current have an astonishing fifty articles within our scope up for promotion to Good Article and it's a bit backlogged. Can you help with reviewing to speed up the process?
  • The Military history Academy content drive is underway with nearly twenty new essays so far. More contributions are welcome. Just click on the one of the redlinks here and start writing!
  • Are you missing out on an A-Class medal? These are for editors who have significantly contributed to three or more military history A-Class articles promoted since 1 August 2008. Alternatively, perhaps you can help with reviewing? For more information, see here.
  • More eyes would be welcome on the ten articles currently being peer reviewed. It doesn't take long to peer review an article and your perspective is appreciated!
Contest department
Awards and honours

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An exciting opportunity to get involved!

As a member of the Aviation WikiProject or one of its subprojects, you may be interested in testing your skills in the Aviation Contest! I created this contest, not to pit editor against editor, but to promote article improvement and project participation and camraderie. Hopefully you will agree with its usefulness. Sign up here, read up on the rules here, and discuss the contest here. The first round of the contest may not start until September 1st-unless a large number of editors signup and are ready to compete immediately! Since this contest is just beginning, please give feedback here, or let me know what you think on my talkpage. - Trevor MacInnis contribs 23:58, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347

Hello! Some time ago you had expressed an interest in copyediting the article. It is now undergoing a FAC, and the prose is the main issue. If you have time for it, I'd be grateful for any help. Best regards, Constantine 10:11, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

No problem! I appreciate that RL has priority. Thanks in advance for your help :) Constantine 10:13, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Nominations open for the Military history WikiProject coordinator election

The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process has started; to elect the coordinators to serve for the next six months. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 (UTC) on 12 September!
Many thanks,  Roger Davies talk 04:24, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

You forgot to change the name parameter, so I went ahead and did this for you. TomStar81 (Talk) 03:54, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLII (August 2009)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XLII (August 2009)
From the coordinators
  • The voting phase of the eighth coordinator elections, for the October–March term, started on 13 September and will run until 23:59 Sat 26 September.

    Each candidate garnering twenty or more endorsements will be appointed, to a maximum of fifteen. This election has a strong field of sixteen candidates running, offering many skills and representing all aspects of the project.

  • The Contest Department is going from strength to strength and drew a massive number of entries in August (see the results below). If you haven't fielded any entries yet, please think about doing so. It's great fun!  Roger Davies talk 14:02, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Articles of note

New featured articles:

  1. Convoy GP55
  2. George Koval
  3. HMS Endeavour
  4. James Newland
  5. John Lerew
  6. Kaiser class battleship
  7. Keith Johnson (cricket administrator)
  8. König class battleship
  9. Siward, Earl of Northumbria
  10. Unification of Germany
  11. Victoria Cross for Australia

New featured lists:

  1. List of Second World War Victoria Cross recipients
  2. List of Victoria Cross recipients by campaign
  3. Marine Corps Brevet Medal
  4. Order of battle at the Battle of San Domingo

New featured pictures:

  1. "Students Going to Man the Fortifications"
  2. "Our New 'First Lord' at Sea"

New A-Class articles:

  1. 24th Infantry Division (United States)
  2. Bayern class battleship
  3. Derfflinger class battlecruiser
  4. Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld
  5. Ellis Wackett
  6. No. 3 Commando
  7. Operation Pleshet
  8. SMS König
  9. SMS Hindenburg
Project news
  • People with an interest in clearly presenting battle information, and First World War buffs, will find the discussion about a new campaign box for the Battle of the Somme interesting.
  • With the recent increase in enthusiasm, Wikipedia-wide, for creating "outline" articles, there's an ongoing discussion here. The idea is to produce guidelines for overview articles for Milhist editors and reviewers.
  • Proposals have been made to introduce a new self-scoring "honour" system for Contest Department entries. Contributions, especially from regular nominees, are welcome.
Contest Department
Awards and honours
Editorial: Getting to FAC via A-Class - some interesting new facts
Well, it’s official. Milhist articles have a much better than average chance of success as featured article candidates. MBK004 has done some useful number-crunching following the fortunes of the 97 Milhist featured article candidates submitted between January and July this year. The research shows that 70% of Milhist articles were promoted against an overall average of 51%.

Looking behind the figures, some other interesting facts emerge. First, 84% of our promoted articles had successfully passed a Milhist A-Class Review before going on to FAC. Second, of the 29 Milhist articles that failed, less than half (41%) had had an A-Class Review. Third, the 97 Milhist articles accounted for 16% of all FACs submitted between January and July of this year.

The clear lesson is that if you want a string of featured articles to your credit, you may find Milhist's A-class Review process to be of benefit to you!  Roger Davies talk


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GA review

May I ask your GAReview for Arrow (missile)? Flayer (talk)

User:Suyogaerospace picked it, but your assistance would be appreciated anyway! Thank you! Flayer (talk) 04:16, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
That's me again. Unfortunately User:Suyogaerospace didn't even started the review process. Flayer (talk) 07:49, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Military history coordinator elections: voting has started!

Voting in the Military history WikiProject coordinator election has now started. The aim is to elect the coordinators to serve for the next six months from a pool of sixteen candidates. Please vote here by 23:59 (UTC) on 26 September!
For the coordinators,  Roger Davies talk 22:09, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Your input requested

Hey there Cam, been a while ;) I'm currently copyediting Hill 262, and there's a discrepancy between this and Villers-Bocage in the details of when the Poles got into Chambois/onto the hill. If you have the time, anything you can uncover from your sources would be much appreciated. More information on the talkpage at the top of the Notes section. Regards, EyeSerenetalk 11:55, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Cam. Some sources I've seen seem to support Chambois first then Hill 262, but of those some are ambiguous (they can be read as both happening at the same time). Totally unrelated, but do you think it's worth adding your Normandy project to milhists special projects as discussed on the coords page? EyeSerenetalk 17:25, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks and a request!

Thanks for your service as coordinator on WPr Military History for the last six months. Great job, the Wikiproject has matured some more. Lots more needs to be done though.

Would you consider giving a para here on what you planned to do, what you could achieve, what gave you happiness, what irritated you and your suggestions for the road ahead to the new team?

All the best for the new elections!

AshLin (talk) 04:18, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Congrats!

Coordinator of the
Military history WikiProject,
October 2009 - March 2010

Congrats on your election as Coordinator for the Military history Project. In honor of your achievement, I present you with these stars. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:19, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

The WikiProject Barnstar
In gratitude for your coordination services to the Military history WikiProject, from March 2009 to September 2009, please accept this barnstar. --TomStar81 (Talk) 02:24, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLIII (September 2009)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XLIII (September 2009)
From the coordinators

Greetings to all members of the Military history WikiProject, and to those outside the project who receive this news letter as well! My name is TomStar81, and it with a great sense of pride that I assume the position of lead coordinator for the project. On behalf of all the coordinators, both new and returning, we wish to thank those of you who participated in the September elections, and we look forward to working to advance the goals of the project for the next six months.

With the elections concluded, there are two changes. First, Roger Davies has been appointed a coordinator emeritus, joining our first coordinator emeritus Kirill Lokshin. Secondly, for the first time ever, the lead coordinator for the Military history WikiProject will be taking a lengthy wikibreak. For those who were unaware of this, I am an undergraduate student, and will be taking a leave of absence, effective end September, to focus on graduating in December. However, with fourteen coordinators, and two coordinators emeritus, I am confident the needs of the project will be well taken care of. For the VIII coordinator tranche, TomStar81 (Talk)

Articles of note

New featured articles:

  1. Battle of Grand Port
  2. Derfflinger class battlecruiser
  3. Fredonian Rebellion
  4. Hermann Detzner
  5. Henry Wells (general)
  6. Joe Hewitt (RAAF officer)
  7. Simon Bolivar Buckner
  8. SMS Hindenburg
  9. Werner Mölders

New featured lists:

  1. List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War I

New featured topics:

  1. Derfflinger class battlecruisers
  2. Lists of Victoria Cross recipients by campaign

New featured pictures:

  1. Beijing Castle in the Boxer Rebellion
  2. Fort Baker at San Francisco Bay
  3. RAN Squirrel helicopter

New A-Class articles:

  1. 1982 British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident
  2. Brazilian cruiser Bahia
  3. I Corps (United States)
  4. North Carolina class battleship
  5. Siege of Kimberley
  6. SMS Derfflinger
  7. SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm
  8. SMS Lützow‎
Project news
Contest Department
  • This month witnessed an all new and improved scoring system and process established in the Contest Department, which has run both smoothly and successfully. A total of 54 articles were entered this month by 11 editors. Parsecboy placed first with an astonishing 143 points, followed by Sturmvogel 66 on 105 points. They receive the Chevrons and the Writer's Barnstar respectively. Honorable mentions go to the_ed17 (41), Auntieruth55 (38), AustralianRupert (17), Radeksz (12) and Ian Rose (11), with our thanks going to Piotrus, Abraham, B.S., Skinny87 and David Underdown, who also fielded entries. All interested editors are encouraged to submit entries for next month's contest; it can be a rather exciting experience!
Awards and honours

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Talk page protection

I just noticed that you have indefinitely semi-protected your user talk page. I have nothing against this, but you should be aware that there is consensus that was formed at ANI or AN (I'd have to look it up) that if you choose to keep this you will need to have an unprotected talk page available for IPs and newly-registered non-autoconfirmed users to be able to contact you, much like I do with User talk:MBK004/Anon and have it linked to on your main talk page. -MBK004 01:01, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Protected for one week. I'm inclined to re-block the user for block evasion on the other IP, but hopefully the protection will elicit some constructive dialog. -MBK004 22:54, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
Guess not, I just re-blocked for evasion. Looks like we may have a long-term problem. -MBK004 23:32, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
You may be interested in his rantings post-block while waiting for his unblock request to be actioned: [1] he is going on about how we are a cabal and I have a clear bias, am a bastard and will become the subject of an improper Admin conduct RFC if he isn't unblocked and the protection removed. Roger might get a kick out of that. -MBK004 00:02, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Hope you don't mind

[2]Ed (talkcontribs) 05:21, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Not particularly. Feel free to join in, particularly in the area of design and armour in the main class page. I would request that we keep all developments on my sandbox page first (and I would like any potential DYKs if you don't mind me requesting;) before we transfer them to the main page. Cam (Chat) 05:40, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
Yes, of course, and did you know that DYK credit can be handed out to more than one editor? ;-) Parsec and I have done it more than once. I don't have much on the design, but I am trying to get my hands on Whitley's Battleships of World War II; if I can do that, we should be set. —Ed (talkcontribs) 05:50, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
The Sesquipedalian Barnfish
For an extremely fine contribution, way above and beyond the call of duty, I award you this prestidigious limited edition barnstar.  Roger Davies talk 12:24, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
For inspiring it.  Roger Davies talk 12:24, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Goodwood

Just a quick request, before going down the formal lines, to keep a watch out on the Operation Goodwood article. The guy, who am fairly certain is the one i mentioned to you by the same use of terminology, is claiming he is going to start stamping BS figures into the article - although i am going to give him the benefit of the doubt for the moment and see if he actually has sources.--EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 17:32, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

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Finished with your comments now.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:14, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

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