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- Understood. In hindsight, I did copy a small phrase from the source instead of paraphrasing it. Now I know I should paraphrase better to avoid copyright problems. Thanks for bringing this up. Findingmoney100 (talk) 02:37, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
A note...
[edit]...about some of your edits. In this edit, you removed the sclass template in exchange for standard, piped wiki-link. I'm not sure why, but it has since been reverted. Please don't remove these templates, instead we add them in place of the standard wiki-links when found.
Also, adding/changing wiki-links such as [[guided missile cruiser|guided-missile cruiser]] and [[Guided-missile destroyer|guided-missile destroyers]] is not necessary. You will usually find there is a redirect for both hyphenated and non-hyphenated versions, and, wiki-links do not need to be piped to begin with in lower case and simply adding an 's' on the end will make it appear as part of the link. Hope this helps - wolf 21:29, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight IIA armament (5"/54, SeaRAM)
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Template:Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight IIA armament (5"/54, SeaRAM) has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. WikiCleanerMan (talk) 15:43, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
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DYK for Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
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On 30 March 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Arleigh Burke-class destoyers are hardened against electromagnetic pulses? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Arleigh Burke-class destroyer), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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SeaRAMs & Burkes
[edit]Hello! I saw your edit here and was wondering if there's a source confirming that those Burkes have only one SeaRAM launcher. I can believe that there's one per hull, since other ships of similar size have only one, but I'd rather make sure before stating it in the infobox. Regards, Orange Suede Sofa (talk) 05:19, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
- Yep happy to address this. Two of the SeaRAM sources in the article—for DDG-84 and for DDG-80—explicitly say their config is one Phalanx + one SeaRAM. The source for DDG-117 refers to its SeaRAM as "the SEARAM" (maybe not the best evidence, but worth mentioning). All this obviously on top of actual images showing the Phalanx + SeaRAM configuration—for example: DDG-51, DDG-64, DDG-71, DDG-75, DDG-78 (I'm not sure if images can be used as sources for this, but just to show they do indeed have a single SeaRAM).
- There's this (not cited in the wiki article) that says: "The idea [...] was to replace the aft mount with SeaRAM".
- If you still feel the article needs a source that explicitly confirms these ships have one SeaRAM, let me know. Findingmoney100 (talk) 06:35, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
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