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Alexander the Great edition triple laurel crown

Your majesty, I am pleased to award the coveted Alexander the Great edition triple laurel crown to Hawkeye7. This special award recognizes the rare editor who contributes at least 15 pieces of Featured content, 15 Good articles, and 15 "Did you know?" entries. Thank you for your contributions to the project! SMasters (talk) 06:50, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your hard work on Military related articles which would have been left untouched for the years to come. Bidgee (talk) 11:00, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations

The Barnstar of Awesomeness
Awarded to Hawkeye7, as part of AustralianRupert's 2012 New Year Honours List, in recognition of their work on several highly visible topics throughout 2011. Thank you and keep up the good work! AustralianRupert (talk) 10:14, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Many thanks for assessing the various biographical articles that I have been working on. Dormskirk (talk) 11:05, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

GA Review

Hi, I'm with the Wikipedia:WikiProject AP Biology 2011. I've been working on the Olympic marmot as part of a project, and now, multiple reviewers have told me that it's ready to be reviewed for GA! I nominated it, but TCO suggests to recruit reviewers to facilitate the process, and he directed me to you and a few other users. I would like to ask if you weren't too busy, to do the GA review for the Olympic marmot. I'd really appreciate it! I'm going to ask a few of the other names he gave me about this too, and whoever has the time to get to it first can review it. Thanks! Imthebombliketicktick (talk) 17:42, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Main page appearance: Battle of Bardia

This is a note to let the main editors of Battle of Bardia know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on January 3, 2012. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 3, 2012. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask featured article director Raul654 (talk · contribs) or his delegate Dabomb87 (talk · contribs), or start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. The blurb as it stands now is below:

Australian troops enter Bardia.

The Battle of Bardia was fought over three days between 3 and 5 January 1941, as part of Operation Compass in the Second World War. Australian Major General Iven Mackay's 6th Division assaulted the strongly held Italian fortress of Bardia, Libya, assisted by air support and naval gunfire, and under the cover of an artillery barrage. The 16th Infantry Brigade attacked at dawn from the west, where the defences were known to be weak. This allowed the infantry and 23 Matilda II tanks of the 7th Royal Tank Regiment to enter the fortress and capture all their objectives, along with 8,000 prisoners. In the second phase of the operation, the 17th Infantry Brigade exploited the breach made in the perimeter. On the second day, the 16th Infantry Brigade captured the township of Bardia, cutting the fortress in two. On the third day, the 19th Infantry Brigade advanced south from Bardia, supported by artillery and the Matilda tanks. Meanwhile, the Italian garrisons in the north surrendered to the 16th Infantry Brigade and the Support Group of the British 7th Armoured Division. The victory at Bardia enabled the Allied forces to continue the advance into Libya and ultimately capture almost all of Cyrenaica. (more...)

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Blamey

G'day, Hawkeye, I'm currently working on expanding the 2nd Battalion (Australia) article offline. In relation to Thomas Blamey, I've come across this in Bean (vol 6, 1942, p. 193): "short term in command of the 2nd Battalion and 1st Brigade". Currently the AWM's article [1] on the 2nd Battalion only provides an incomplete list of battalion commanders (I've managed to find at least four, when they currently only have two), and it doesn't list Blamey. Nor does the AWM timeline for him mention a battalion: [2] I'm just wondering if in the course of your research for the wiki article you came across anything that confirmed that it was the 2nd Bn that he commanded and it had any dates of when Blamey was in command. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 11:53, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, I've found it in the article now. Apologies, I should have read it closer. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 12:04, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

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Greetings

Hi Hawkeye. I don't think we've met before, but I see you are working on the Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, an article that has interested me for a long time. The current arbitration case is emotionally charged. I've been through a lot of cases User:Jehochman/Arbitration, and my unsolicited, possibly unwelcomed advice is that you should either strenuously defend yourself, or else admit failures. If you decide to admit failures you can either pledge to learn from mistakes and not repeat them, or you can resign if you don't want to deal with the stresses of being an admin. Any of those paths will lead to a better result than letting people demonize you without hearing your side of the story. The current discussion is making me feel uncomfortable, like you might get over-sanctioned for any errors. Best regards, Jehochman Talk 16:18, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Thankyou for you advice. It is hard to know how to handle these things. I originally thought that it would be straightforward to fix up the article, which looked fairly good, but has turned out that there are a number of books referenced without page number, and blocks without references. I have added two more sections. A third, on the legacy of the bombings, is needed. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:15, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Jeremy Doyle

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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Gday Hawkeye. There seems to be a named ref that is missing some info at Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (# 113 - <ref name="Generals"/>). From going back through the article history it looks like it might be the fol:

{{cite web| title = The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II, A Collection of Primary Sources| publisher=[[George Washington University]]| date = August 13, 1945| format = PDF| work=National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 162| url = http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/72.pdf| coauthors = General Hull Colone Seazen}}

Do you know if this is right? I didn't want to just add it without checking. Cheers. Anotherclown (talk) 10:40, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Yes, that's right. Fixed it, and a couple of other refs. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:48, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Great, thanks again. Anotherclown (talk) 00:29, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

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Request for evidence at Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Civility enforcement/Evidence

As you blocked Malleus in 2011, would you please respond to Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Civility enforcement/Evidence#Requests for further evidence - Collaborative evidence collectionrcement/Evidence. Thank you. Dougweller (talk) 09:10, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Canberra Capitals

Hi. :D Hola! :D I'm working on some articles on my user space about members of the Canberra Capitals. When I get them to DYK length, I'd like to move them over to the main space and if you could nominate them for DYK, that would be awesome. ;)

Drafts that are close to being ready and need a copy edit before a move and nomination:

--LauraHale (talk) 09:57, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Civility enforcement/Evidence/Blocks

In the course of an ongoing case, the Arbitration Committee has decided to collect all relevant information regarding Malleus Fatuorum's block log and, as such, has created a table of all blocks, which can be found here. Since you either blocked or unblocked Malleus Fatuorum, you are welcome to comment, if you wish. Salvio Let's talk about it! 14:03, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

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John Scanlon/Scanlan

Hi there, I've noticed you have tidied up my recent expansions on a couple of articles relating to Aussie generals so I thought I would raise this matter with you. In working on the expansion of the John Scanlon article, I realised the page was created with incorrect spelling of the surname (it should be Scanlan as per the references). I have created a new page - John Joseph Scanlan (soldier) - and turned the original page/talk page into redirects but perhaps the original page should be deleted altogether given the spelling of the surname? Apologies if this matter should be raised another way. Cheers. Zawed (talk) 10:23, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

No worries. Looks very good. What you should do now is submit the article to Template talk:Did you know. If you would prefer, I can nominate it for you. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:19, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
Thanks! I don't know much about the DYK process so I will leave that up to you if you don't mind. Cheers! Zawed (talk) 08:31, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Request barnstar

I know I was a pain in the ass, but I helped that MP article. May I please have a barnie like you gave to others?TCO (Reviews needed) 05:36, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Milhist FA, A-Class and Peer Reviews Oct-Dec 2011

The Content Review Medal of Merit
By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted contributions to the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured article reviews for the period October–December 2011, I am delighted to award you the Content Review Medal. Buggie111 (talk) 17:29, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Southeast Pacific Area

Hawkeye7, would you mind please reviewing my current writings at Panama Sea Frontier and give any advice on appropriate writing-up of the Southeast Pacific Area? Thanks for your help, Buckshot06 (talk) 22:21, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

  • Looks good. I have taken the liberty of splitting it in two, so there are now separate articles on the Panama Sea Frontier and the Southeast Pacific Area. Hope this is okay. Hawkeye7 (talk) 05:35, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

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Assessment of Point Class Cutter

Thank you for your assessment of the article Point class cutter that you provided; but I couldn't help notice that you assessed it as B class and then changed it to C class. I am curious about what caused you to change your mind and also what in your opinion could be done to the referencing to make it complete or better? I'm trying to learn here and not criticize. Thank you for any help or guidance you can provide. Cheers. Cuprum17 (talk) 02:02, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Another editor pointed out that two small sections were still uncited. My apologies for the confusion. Hawkeye7 (talk) 02:07, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
Overlooked those, Mate. I put them in; would you mind looking at it again and re-assess? Thanks. Getting late and I have to go to work in the morning...Have a nice day! Cuprum17 (talk) 03:39, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
Re-assessed B-class. Hawkeye7 (talk) 09:38, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

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Ping

Hey mate, did you notice this? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:07, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Alice Coddington

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DYK for Brigitte Ardossi

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DYK for Carly Wilson

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DYK for John Joseph Scanlan (soldier)

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Happy Australia Day! Thank you for contributing to Australian content!

Australian Wikimedian Recognition (AWR)
Thank you for your contributions on English Wikipedia that have helped improve Australian related content. :D It is very much appreciated. :D Enjoy your Australia Day and please continue your good work! LauraHale (talk) 01:39, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

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Congratulations for being nominated as one of the military historians of the year for 2011 in recognition of your quality articles on high-profile subjects, including J. Robert Oppenheimer, Manhattan Project, Relief of Douglas MacArthur and Thomas Blamey. I am pleased to award you the WikiChevrons in recognition of this achievement. For the Coordinators, Nick-D (talk) 03:24, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Marianna Tolo

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DYK for Lauren Jansen

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DYK for Hannah Bowley

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Milne Bay ACR

G'day, Hawkeye, would you mind if I put myself down as a co-nom on the Milne Bay ACR? I've been meaning to nominate it, but have found myself caught up in trying to rework Colonial forces of Australia (it's been a big job as it was a large article lacking almost any references when I came to it). I'm not sure I will be able to take the lead on the ACR as work is getting pretty busy now (Feb is when we have the first platoons of the year march-in for training and then March we are out in the field), but I should be able to help out with some of the questions that might arise. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 09:52, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Please do. That would be great. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:07, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Jessica Bibby

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DYK for Natalie Porter

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Template:Campaignbox Battle for Australia

In regards to this comment, the template was sort-of my fault ;) I created the Battle of Australia article on which it was based before reading the historiography on this topic (the article looked like this at the time the template was created by Grant65 (talk · contribs)). I've since re-written the article, though it's still not very good. I'd support the template's deletion. Nick-D (talk) 10:49, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

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Manhattan Project

In case you finished "watching" the discussion, I replied to your last on my page.--Reedmalloy (talk) 23:50, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear Hawkeye7,


My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.


So a few things about the interviews:

  • Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
  • Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
  • All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
  • All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
  • The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.


Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 01:14, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Support

I know it's difficult waiting for the arbcom case that's been put off twice. You're a great admin and a great writer. Let me know if I can help. - Dank (push to talk) 23:37, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

What should be in Campaign Box templates

Hi can you check the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#What should be in Campaign Box templates to check I have not misrepresented your comments. Jim Sweeney (talk) 12:10, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

96th Engineer Battalion

Hello, you may be interested in my edit of the 96th Engineer Battalion article you have largely contributed to. It is based on information that was on the ABC. AprilHare (talk) 01:21, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

"stewed most of the time"

I guess you're sick and tired of discussing that, but I'm not getting the "stewed" part in "who's apparently some sort of koala (ie a protected species who is stewed most of the time)". Are koalas literally stewed (when poached or hunted) or did you mean that as an euphemism for "drunk"? It looks like NYB interpreted it as the latter in the ArbCom proposed decision. ASCIIn2Bme (talk) 17:35, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Where does NYB say that? - Dank (push to talk) 17:57, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
"referring to another editor as 'stewed most of the time' was highly inappropriate" ASCIIn2Bme (talk) 18:20, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
A google search for "stewed koala" found the more literal interpretation plausible as well [3]. ASCIIn2Bme (talk) 18:33, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Okay, so NYB didn't say that it meant "drunk". - Dank (push to talk) 18:53, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
So, how do interpret a statement about a living human said to be "stewed most of the time"? ASCIIn2Bme (talk) 19:52, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

As you put it on your user page, Dank, Wikipedia is no place for humor. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:05, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

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Did you know help: Australian women water polo players

Hey! :D Do you remember how I did the Canberra Capitals and took every player on the current squad to WP:DYK? I'm drafting articles about the current Australia women's national water polo team 2012 Summer Olympics squad on my user space. I'm hoping to take these articles to WP:DYK in a week or two. (Trying to get pictures for the articles first.) If you could help improve the article drafts in my user space in preparation for eventually moving them to the main space, that would be fantastic. The articles I'm working on are:

At length
At length - Existing article merge
Not at length
Require merging DYK check elsewhere

They are all properly cited. They need help fixing the grammar, the flow, the organisation and possibly with information box info. If you can help improve them in my user space before they are eventually moved over and nominated, I would be happy to help give you credit on the DYK nomination. :) --LauraHale (talk) 02:42, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Reginald Pinney

I know it's not the most exciting of biographies, but the Sassoon link is hard to resist! I've made a few improvements based on your comments - please let me know if there's anything else you feel is missing. Shimgray | talk | 17:37, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

re Fascinating case

Thanks so much! Sure, lemme first get started on revamping the page with sourced info, and get back to you. — Cirt (talk) 21:52, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Civility enforcement closed

An arbitration case regarding Civility enforcement has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

  1. Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs) is desysopped for wheel warring and conduct unbecoming of an administrator, in the face of previous admonishments regarding administrative conduct from the Arbitration Committee. Hawkeye7 may re-apply for the administrator permissions at RFA at any time.
  2. Thumperward (talk · contribs) is admonished for conduct unbecoming an administrator, and for failing to adequately explain his actions when requested by the community and Arbitration Committee.
  3. John (talk · contribs) is admonished for reversing another administrator's actions while said actions were under review through community discussion.
  4. Malleus Fatuorum (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic banned from any page whose prefix begins with Wikipedia talk:Requests for Adminship. This remedy explicitly does not prevent him from !voting on RFA's; however, should his contributions to a specific request for adminship become disruptive, any uninvolved admin may ban him from further participation in that specific RFA. Further, Malleus Fatuorm is admonished for repeatedly personalizing disputes and engaging in uncivil conduct, personal attacks, and disruptive conduct.
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Discuss this
  • I don't know how I feel about this... Like I said during the evidence collection phase. The actions taken against you rest entirely upon the notion, do we believe you when you said that you were aware of Malleus' FC comment. Does we believe your revised version of the events leading to the reblock or was your original statement binding? If you were unaware of Malleus' comment, then IMO the desysop is entirely appropriate---your rationale was way off. However, if you were aware of Malleus comment, then IMO the desysop is inappropriate (but your personal attack meritted a final warning.) So the question is, did you know or not? After the fact you said you did... and after 2 months to consider it and your contributions here to WP, I think we should have AGF that you did. ArbCOM let the merits of MF's positive contributions provide a shield against his transgressions, but yours don't seem to have been taken into as much consideration. Anyways, I hope you stick around and contribute productively to the community... you don't need the bit to be involved.---Balloonman Poppa Balloon 15:57, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
    • I think ArbCom felt they had no choice to desysop you. That's not to say I think it was a fair or right or just remedy (like Balloonman, I can't decide how I feel about it), but once they arrived at the conclusion that you had acted improperly, ArbCom would look weak (in view of you having been admonished just a few months ago) if they didn't do something tangible. That said, I disagree with Balloonman that they didn't take into account your many excellent contributions as they did Malleus'—I think the absence of even any proposed remedy beyond the desysop shows that they recognise that, despite what may have been lapses in judgement in this and the Racepacket case, you are a valuable editor. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:23, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
      • I have no doubts. As I said to you at the time, you made a brave and correct decision. It would have been easy to sidestep action as the vast majority of your former colleagues did. You had the short straw thrust into your hand by the inappropriate action of the preceding Admin. involved in this saga, which only adds to the irony of the decision to single you out for exceptional treatment when in fact you deserved to be exonerated. Leaky Caldron 17:50, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Hawkeye7, far as I'm concerned, Arbcomm was wrong to take the bit from you. @-Kosh► Talk to the Vorlons►Moon Base Alpha-@ 19:47, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

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I know it is little consolation for the loss of the bits, but you did much more to try to uphold WP:CIV than our pusillanimous Arbitrators. Wehwalt (talk) 12:00, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

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Nicholas Haussegger

Thanks a lot for your quick B-class review of Nicholas Haussegger. However, the WPMILHIST is still marked stub. If you could fix that, I'd appreciate it. Thanks. Djmaschek (talk) 20:47, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Operation Alsos

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New Army website

Hi, As part of the long-overdue revamp of the Army website, almost all of the content from the Army History Unit's page has been removed! [4]. This includes the very-useful PDF versions of the papers from the Army history conferences they posted last year. Do you have any contacts in the AHU you could contact to see if they're planning on re-posting this material? (they no longer have a contact email for the AHU online). Thanks, Nick-D (talk) 06:57, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Rowena Webster

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DYK for Zoe Arancini

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DYK for Glencora Ralph

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Bugle op-ed?

Hi mate, as we haven't had any submissions yet for the March Bugle op-ed, it occurred to me that it'd be interesting to have one looking at MilHist (and perhaps WP as a whole) from the perspective of a professional historian such as yourself. Perhaps it might focus on the differing standards in terms of style, referencing, POV, etc, or something else again as you see fit. Anyway, if you'd like to do it, we'd ideally need the draft in under two weeks to make it into this month's edition, so let me know... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 05:04, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Any interest on this, mate? Perhaps expand and 'opinionate' the report you put in Project News? Up to you, just let me know... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:11, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
Aaargh. I was hoping I could produce something on the long weekend, but was unable to do so. I can write up an expanded version of the report on Saturday. I promise to have that. Hawkeye7 (talk) 19:03, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
Done. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:51, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you sir, I've added that to the op-ed page. Thanks, nice work, and good luck! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 22:10, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Belated tks from me too, mate. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:13, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Just checking the Project News page, I was thinking when I suggested expanding and 'opinionating' the original AWM bit that the Op-Ed would, for this month's issue overall, replace rather than augment the Project News blurb, since the Op-Ed would be a superset of the news bit. Happy to go with majority opinion here so what do both of you think, Hawkeye/Ed? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:27, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Whichever way you prefer. Hawkeye7 (talk) 00:42, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

United States v. The Progressive

I think we should just gut the whole thing and start over, so your idea of making the body the new lead (for now) is a good one, to start, and once we're done expanding the subsections with new sourced info - we can rewrite the lede. Wanna split up the subsections? — Cirt (talk) 14:41, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

    • The idea was that anyone coming to the article would still find something in the meantime. The alternative would have been to create the new version in user space.
    • For the moment, I suggest that we keep a similar structure to what is there now:
      1. Background: nuclear weapons, the atomic energy acts of 1946 and 1954, development of the Teller-Ulam design, Morland writes his article for the Progressive
      2. Prior restraint: First Amendment, Free Speech in America, doctrine of Prior Restraint, Scientific American case, New York Times and other relevant cases
      3. Trial: The trials themselves, legal issues, in camera hearings, John Glenn, Chuck Hansen, the case is dropped
      4. Legacy:
    • Since I am a techno-military historian, I would like to write the Background section, and leave the Trial to you. Once I have finished the background I will start on the Prior Restraint section. Or, if you prefer, you can do that and we can converge on the Trial section. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:00, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, I'd like to start on the Prior restraint stuff, in that particular article, that topic's probably my favorite of all. :) — Cirt (talk) 20:02, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

I have finished the background section now, so I will be moving on to the Trial, starting with a paragraph on Morland and what he did. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:54, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK for R Force

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DYK for Teigan Van Roosmalen

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DYK for Alicia McCormack

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Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge

Many thanks for all the assessments you have done on the articles I have been seeking to improve. In the case of Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge I think you have kindly assessed the article as 'B' for mose wikiprojects but left it as 'start' for military history. Do you think you could please go back and have another look? Many thanks in anticipation. Dormskirk (talk) 21:11, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Victoria Brown (water polo)

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DYK for Kate Gynther

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DYK for Rebecca Rippon

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DYK for Melissa Rippon

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Alicia McCormack

The reason for my deletions in this article are given on the talk page. The fact that the prince bowed to McCormack is not an event of sufficient notability to be in the introduction of an article about her life, even though it is a very good hook for the Wikipedia DYK. The fact of his bowing to her is still within the body of the article.

A hook doesn't need to be a really notable fact; it can be merely attention-getting. It is a journalistic, rather than an encyclopedic, device.

My other deletion was a bit of typically Australian journalistic ignorance- the use of a figure of speech "brought to his knees" with the added buzz of "literally"- in entirely the wrong context. Bowing has nothing to do with being brought to ones knees. The fact that some imbecile journalist wrote it doesn't make it necessarily stuff for inclusion in an encyclopedic article.

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DYK for Charles Turner (water polo)

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/List of field marshals of the British Army

Hey Hawkeye. Could you take another look at the above when you get a minute. :) Cheers, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:34, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Hi Hawkeye7 - I think I Have now sorted out the referencing for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Please could you take another look? Thanks. Dormskirk (talk) 12:25, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

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The ALP's aversion to knighthoods

Hi there, Hawkeye7.

Some time ago I raised a question at Talk:Australian Labor Party#Position on titles, knighthoods etc. So far, nothing concrete has been forthcoming by way of a reliable source.

But I've just come across your post at Talk:John Northcott, which tells me my understanding is basically correct. But it's unsourced too. I'm wondering if you can contribute anything useful to my question at the ALP talk page? Cheers. -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 08:55, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Butting in, I've responded at the ALP talk page with an RAAF source that I believe speaks directly to your query, Jack. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:56, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks, Ian. -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 11:42, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

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John Sherman Cooper

Just a note to let you know that John Sherman Cooper, an article you commented on when it was up for A-class review at WP:MILHIST, has now been nominated at FAC, if you would like to comment. Thanks. Acdixon (talk · contribs) 14:01, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks for reviewing 1740 Batavia massacre. You keep coming through for myself and Laura, so here is a local beer to pay you back. If you ever come my way (interesting military history here), rightfully expect a real one. Thanks! Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:31, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

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The Admiralty Islands campaign was a series of battles in the New Guinea campaign of World War II in which the United States Army's 1st Cavalry Division occupied the Japanese-held Admiralty Islands. Acting on reports from airmen that there were no signs of enemy activity and the islands may have been evacuated, General Douglas MacArthur accelerated his timetable for capturing the islands and ordered an immediate reconnaissance in force. The campaign began on 29 February 1944 when a force landed on Los Negros, the third largest island in the group. By using a small, isolated beach where the Japanese had not anticipated an assault, the force achieved tactical surprise, but the islands proved to be far from unoccupied. A furious battle developed for control of the Admiralties. In the end, air superiority and command of the sea allowed the Allies to heavily reinforce their position on Los Negros. The 1st Cavalry Division was then able to overrun the islands. The campaign officially ended on 18 May 1944. The Allied victory completed the isolation of the major Japanese base at Rabaul that was the ultimate objective of the Allied campaigns of 1942 and 1943. A major air and naval base was developed in the Admiralty Islands that became an important launching point for the campaigns of 1944 in the Pacific. (more...)

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AWM review

Really enjoyed reading about the meeting of the Australian War Memorial and MilHist Wikipedia. Do you know what their position is, regarding the use of their photo collection, to illustrate Wikipedia articles?--Rskp (talk) 03:10, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

GA Review Battle of Magdhaba

Really sorry, but I missed your review of this article, until today. I've made almost all the changes you request, but I guess its now out of date. What could the next step be? --Rskp (talk) 00:47, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

I will have look, and pass it if everything is okay. Hawkeye7 (talk) 00:54, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Still some unresolved. Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:19, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks a lot. I've reinstated a ref to the one water bottle which had been cut some time ago and changed the page number of the appendix from the online to the actual page number to conform with other refs. --Rskp (talk) 04:11, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
I've added the geo coords, and linked the war artist's name. Your article is promoted. Hawkeye7 (talk) 05:06, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the coords and most particularly, for promoting the article. Its been quite a saga. --Rskp (talk) 06:45, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

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Admiralty Islands revert

Greetings, Hawkeye7. I see you reverted a good faith copyedit I made to the above. I do not see why, and have restored it. The paragraph reads cleaner as edited. If you'd like to discuss this, feel free. I do not expect to see another arbitrary revert. Yours. Wikiuser100 (talk) 01:32, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Well, that's queer. I restored my edit, then posted the above. Returning to the Admiralty page there is no record of my restore, just your revert of your revert of my edit. I'm not sure what gives, but I hope that we can find some place to agree. If you'd prefer the last sentence to read something like "A furious battle for control of the Islands ensued," feel free. The phrase "the islands" having been repeated twice in the 1st sentence of that paragraph is what caught my eye and let to my edit. Cheers.Wikiuser100 (talk) 01:36, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
That's because I already restored it, so your doing so did not stick. If you'd like to do some copy editing, let me know. I have a stack of articles on softball that need attention. Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:53, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Pretty much I do drive-by edits. I read an article. I see something that needs clean-up, I make an edit, move on. After nearly 10,000 of them it becomes reflexive.
Softball? Sure. Where's your list? Cheers. Wikiuser100 (talk) 01:58, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
If you go to Jodie Bowering you can see the whole team in the template at the bottom of the page. All have been refurbished for the World championships. The ones that are red linked can be found via User:LauraHale, filed under "Softball to length, waiting picture"; they are are waiting for our wiki-photographer uploading a picture to commons. Hawkeye7 (talk) 02:04, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK assistance

Hi. An emergency came up and I have to go home to the USA tomorrow. I'll be unavailable/sporadically for the next 48 to 72 hours. If you could look after my DYK nominations (I think I have about 40 floating around at the moment) until then, that would be great. Any fixing, responding would be useful. : / --LauraHale (talk) 01:25, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

No worries. Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:28, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

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Please stop - just for a little while

Please stop nominating Olympian articles to DYK - or if you feel compelled - please state in the picture nominations that they can be posted without a picture. I appreciate the hard work Laura and yourself are putting into these articles, but there are practical reasons why this is a very disruptive process.

Firstly, you can only have one, maybe two, sports articles per queue. Furthermore, they can't all be about Olympians because sports are a very popular topic and you have to keep a sense of variety in DYK queues. (I'm pretty sure that's not a written rule but I know it's how DYK goes).

Secondly, you can only have a picture of a person (or a frog, or a building, etc. etc.) once every 4 queues. Again, we have the problem that if we just went through the Olympians every 4 queues there would be no space for other nominations with pictures of famous people.

I'm sure you can understand what a backlog this will create and that this is potentially a big problem for DYK and whilst I applaud your efforts I would ask you to consider letting some newbies and other community members have their moment in the spotlight. PanydThe muffin is not subtle 13:54, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Firstly, unlike some people, every DYK article has been accompanied by at least one review, thus greatly reducing the backlog. So many other editors have been given a guernsey when their article might not have run. Other editors submitting blocks of articles like this have exploited a loophole to avoid reviewing anything.
Secondly, the presence of an image does not guarantee that it is used. The is DYK Supplementary Rule J6. The rule you are pretty sure is not written down most certainly is; it is J4. Select those you like; the others can run without their pictures.
Thirdly, this is all for now. Laura has departed for the US (see note above) so there will be no more articles for a while. I will be handling the ones on the queue. I wish I could help you by working on the prep areas, but regrettably I cannot.
Fourthly, I hope that it is appreciated that this has been a major cooperative effort by Wikimedia Australia and Softball Australia. Unfortunately, Jay had to turn down a similar offer from the Kookaburras.
Hawkeye7 (talk) 19:29, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Khaled Ali - originally reviewed by LauraHale

Could you just put a final tick on the nom? It's been through a grueling review, was finally given approval by Nikkimaria, who made a few final edits to the article. Unfortunately, one introduced a factual error into the article and another removed a major point of the sentence. I pointed this out and subsequently corrected the two problems (not via undo, but by re-writing). Given the extremely long review, it would perhaps be a good idea to have a final green tick for the convenience of whoever does the promoting. Also, I revised my preferred hook, and listed the revision as ALT5. As for the hook points, it is the same as ALT3, so it doesn't need further checking, but probably adds to the rationale for adding another approval tick at the very end. Thanks in advance. Marrante (talk) 13:22, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Done. Everything looks fine to me. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:43, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you. Marrante (talk) 12:39, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

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United States Education Program: Wiki-Project Management -- Interview Request

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Hi Hawkeye!

Hi Hawkeye! Thanks for co-coordinating an event for WikiWomen's History Month! I am trying to gather information on a few things for a summary I'm writing about the month! It'd be great to know the following information, if possible:

  • How many participants did the event have?
  • How many new editors created accounts? (A list of editors would be awesome!)
  • Is it possible that all of the article and contribution outcomes can be shared on the WWHM outcomes page?

Any thoughts you can share about successes, participant experience, lessons learned, things one wishes they would have done differently, ways WMF and chapters can support these events, and so forth, would be wonderful. Thank you so much and all you do for improving women's representation and participation in Wikipedia. Sarah (talk) 19:25, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Roe v. Wade FAR

Hi Hawkeye! The Roe v. Wade FAR has been ongoing for a while and has been moved to the FARC section. It could use some comments on whether the article should be kept or delisted. Thanks! Dana boomer (talk) 14:23, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Dispute resolution survey

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National Association of Drug Court Professionals

Greetings, Hawkeye7. User:LauraHale left a note directing me to you in her absence. She had one issue with my DYK nomination, and it has been waiting for a decision for over a week. Would you be so kind as to take a look at it when you get an opportunity? Many thanks! Mgrē@sŏn 15:07, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

New article

G'day Hawkeye, in an attempt to kill off the main redlinks associated with the Bougainville Campaign, I quickly wrote Battle of Hellzapoppin Ridge and Hill 600A today. I don't have many American sources and my one Japanese source is largely silent on this battle (as it was relatively minor), so unfortunately the article is currently mostly sourced to just one main reference. I was wondering if you would mind taking a quick look at the article and (1) seeing if anything leaps out at you as being wrong and (2) if possible, adding one or two more sources (if you have them). Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 15:40, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

  • I made some minor additions and assessed the article as B class. I do have a couple of good additional sources, but cannot do anything for a few days. The only thing that leapt out at me was the reference to the "US High Command". Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:26, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
    • Cheers, I wasn't sure about that wording when I wrote it yesterday. I've reworded it now. Thanks for adding Tanaka. There's no rush with the extra refs, but I certainly appreciate any help you can give. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 23:07, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks for the Template Info

Thanks for the template for showing public use of items prepared by the Institute for Heraldry (US Army). Maybe I'll be able to put some pretty pictures in my articles now. Lineagegeek (talk) 21:55, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Peer review/Carrier Strike Group Seven/archive1

Would you consider commenting on this peer review? Buckshot06 (talk) 02:10, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for assessing a number of my articles recently. Djmaschek (talk) 15:39, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

1740 Batavia massacre

Greetings Hawkeye7, this is a notice to let you know that 1740 Batavia massacre, which you have previously reviewed or copyedited, has been nominated at FAC. Should you be willing to review the article, feedback is welcome at the nomination page. Thank you. Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:52, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Help with women's national team articles

Clock has started ticking on these:

Please help. :( --LauraHale (talk) 07:14, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

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Angie Ballard

Hi Hawkeye7. LauraHale suggested you might be interested in doing a GA review for Angie Ballard (Aussie wheelchair paralympian). No problem if you're not, and no rush if you are, but I agreed it was worth mentioning. --99of9 (talk) 11:02, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Will do. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:31, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
All issues addressed I think. --99of9 (talk) 05:55, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

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Harry Chauvel at Maribyrnong camp during the Citizen Military Force (CMF) in 1923

Harry Chauvel (1865–1945) was a senior officer of the Australian Imperial Force who fought at Gallipoli and in the Middle East during the First World War. He was the first Australian to attain the rank of lieutenant general and later general, and the first to lead a corps. The son of a grazier, Chauvel was commissioned in 1886 as a captain in a unit organised by his father. After seeing service during the 1891 Australian shearers' strike, he became a regular officer in 1896, and commanded a company of the Queensland Mounted Infantry in the Boer War. He commanded of the 1st Light Horse Brigade and later the 1st Division at Gallipoli. In March 1916, Chauvel became commander of the Anzac Mounted Division. He won victories at Romani and Magdhaba, and nearly won the First Battle of Gaza. At Beersheba in October 1917, his light horse captured the town and its vital water supply in one of history's last great cavalry charges. By September 1918, Chauvel was able to effect a secret redeployment of three of his mounted divisions and launch a surprise attack on the enemy that won the Battle of Megiddo. After the war, Chauvel was appointed Inspector General, the Army's most senior post. (more...)

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Singapore strategy FAC

As you may have noted, I have struck my comments from this FAC as a response to [5]. While this is no reflection on you or the article, I feel that the acceptance that featured articles can be purchaased completely undermines the integrity of the FAC process. As such, I ant nothing to do with the process and ask that my comments be ignored.Nigel Ish (talk) 18:26, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Not everything you disagree with is vandalism.

This isn't vandalism either. You need to take more time over your reverts, reconsider your edit summaries, and assume good faith a bit more. Chaheel Riens (talk) 07:08, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Battle of Wareo

G'day, Hawkeye, I'm not sure if you've seen the Battle of Wareo article yet. It was created earlier this month and has a bit of content, but needs work still, particularly the Aftermath and the lead. I've expanded the Background a little (hopefully an improvement), but was wondering if you could help out with the Aftermath. Not sure if you are interested, but if you are I'm sure the article would be greatly improved by your input. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 03:56, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

RAF Warwick

Hello Hawkeye7

Was the grading of the RAF Warwick for C-class related solely because of the lack of reference for the first paragraph of the based units section or was it something else?

Gavbadger (talk) 20:59, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Yes. It needs to be fully referenced to make B class. I used to give these a bit of leeway, but now that the C class has been created it seems wrong to do so. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:02, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXIII, April 2012

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Justin Bieber on Twitter

I appreciate the help with cleaning up that article. I noted a few more dead links on User_talk:Crisco_1492#Justin_Bieber_on_Twitter--there may well be more. Thank you, Drmies (talk) 20:46, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Aimee Murch

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

Neither of those edits were vandalism and they should not have been reverted by you. Both articles should be deleted and are ridiculous entries in wikipedia. Also please have enough respect to sign your comments to my talk page. 24.235.129.212 (talk) 21:40, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

I didn't revert them. Two other editors did. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:53, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
Make that three. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:02, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Justin Bieber on Twitter

PanydThe muffin is not subtle 08:03, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Lady Gaga on Twitter

PanydThe muffin is not subtle 08:03, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Can you tell me why you think Second Thirty Years War is bogus, please?

Please look at Talk:Second_Thirty_Years_War#Why_is_this_considered_bogus_and_why_is_it_still_stub_class.3F as I don't see either what more I'm expected to do, or how you can dispute the artcle?

Thanks to someone's help, every single book now has its ISBN. But if you'd looked at the Henig or Dray articles online, you'd see what I'm saying is true. Henig's article starts with the statement that every historian now accepts this, and Dray, building on F.W. Hiney's work shows how the abnormality of Hitler is the sole cause. They argue convincingly that had war broken out upto and including Munich, then you could argue for there being other causes, which might include a post-WW1 imbalance (which would lend credence to the 30 years war thesis). But after Munich then it must be Hitler alone, the 'Novus Actus Interveniens' in Rich's words. If you read these articles, you'll see what I've written is correct.

As I show, Bell convincingly shows that the mid-20s rapprochment under Stresseman, with the Treaty of Locarno and the proposed iron and steel cartel, meant that there was absolutely no reason why a second war MUST break out. So if Bell's right, then the 30 years war thesis is wrong. Ditto Henig, Dray, Goda, Rich, Weinberg, Broszat, Hildebrande, Hillgrubber etc.

Neither my ex-tutor nor any of my ex-fellow students who've seen the page think that there's anything wrong with it, all feeling it accurately represents the debate and the current state of the historiography.

So can you please tell me why you think its bogus? Which historians are you disagreeing with? Which statements require additional refernces? (Can't you just put a citation needed where required? I also re-wrote the Listen to Britain page last week which was in the film project. Someone suggested I move it to MilHist, which I did, and when I asked for reassessment, it was upgraded to a C, with 3 citations needed added. I did this - as well as totally rewriting the first section, thus adding another 3 books to the bibliography - and it was immediately upgraded to a B).

But if you don't tell me which historians you dispute or statements need citations, how am I meant to be able to improve the page?

You obviously can't be an expert on this subject or you wouldn't be disputing the latest historiography from the world's top historians. There is a consensus about this. The whole theory in effect comes solely from two comments. Foch saying the Treaty of Versailles was simply an armistice for 20 years and Churchill's introduction saying that both his histories should be seen as part of the same war.

Fritz Fischer's books in the 60s linked the German war aims, but this says more about German attitudes at the time, as the baby-boom generation were trying to challenge their parents' ideas of Hitler being an abherration and it not being their fault.

Likewise A.J.P. Taylor's book of the same period, Origins of WW2 was basically saying all Germans are bad, they've always been like this. Before he died, he basically disowned the book as one of his worst, and if you look in my bibliography, you'll see several differnt historian's who've written chapters in Martell's Origins of WW2 recondidered which is all about destroying Taylor's arguments.

But as shown, since the 80s the whole consensus has shifted against the 30 yrs war thesis. If you feel it needs extra refences, why can't you just add citation neeeded as normal?

And if you don't know enough about the subject to be aware of the historiography of the last 30 years, how can you claim it is bogus? How can you dispute the arguments of the world's top historians from a position of ignorance? The whole point of writing this page is to bring these views to an audience previously unaware of them - that's wiki for me.

Why claim it's bogus without reading the articles online I linked in the bibliography? And why would I waste time writing a bogus page, when you could google the books from the bibliography, and probably in many cases find articles confirming what I claim the authors are saying? I've got all but one of the books here if you have any questions.

There are B-class articles with much smaller scope, far fewer refernces and a much shorter bibliography. So please, as a newbie, how am I meant to prove the evracity of what I've written if you're not prepared to read the articles or check my refernces?

Is it accepted wiki practice for an editor to describe a page as bogus when they aren't aware of the historiography and aren't prepared to check the online sources refernced?

Regards. Ganpati23 (talk) 15:53, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Request posted on multiple talk pages. It looks like User:Hchc2009 has answered his question on the article talk page - Dank (push to talk) 17:37, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Conant article

While conducting the B-class assessment, I went over the James Bryant Conant article and cleaned up a few minor typos. I also came across something that you might wish to fix. In the President of Harvard section there was a sentence fragment, "Hanfstaengl wrote out a for 2,500 marks to Conant for a scholarship," I added the word "check" and ended the clause with a period. It seems like there may have been an explanatory clause after the comma because the next sentence does not seem to fit. I'm guessing that students rioted because of Hanfstaengl's Nazi connections, but I'm not in a position to add the missing material, if any. Djmaschek (talk) 22:25, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

No, you got it correct. RE-worded a bit. Hanfstaengl seems to be somewhat obscure today. The real hassle is trying to convey the pro-Nazi sympathies of the Harvard "brahmins". Hawkeye7 (talk) 00:00, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

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Infobox

Re: [8]. Tell me which one and I'll add it, let's check one more for the B-class drive. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 02:55, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK

Thank you for your review of Mary Ellen Bagnall Oakeley. Anne (talk) 22:04, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

I look forward to seeing it on the front. page. Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:00, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

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Bugle interview

Hey Hawkeye. The Bugle is going to start a semi-regular series called the "Article writers' guide", and the fist subject is biographical articles. Would you mind adding your views to the questions here, and adding any questions you feel are necessary? Thanks! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:28, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Hawkeye! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 03:56, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Lauren Jackson

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Possibly unfree File:George Vasey.jpg

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You may want to join me in tilting at windmills at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/Various_PD-Australia_after_1945 ;) Nick-D (talk) 08:43, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
FYI, I think I've addressed this one. (OK: I hope I've addressed this one!) But I did it here - not on the page you've identified. I hope the two of you accept the challenge. I encourage you to, and if you need/want any help/support, I'm happy to join the cause. Pdfpdf (talk) 12:58, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
Hmmmm. How sad. Those unknown unknowns will get you every time! Ho hum. Pdfpdf (talk) 13:37, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
Is there any scope to raise this with the AWM? If they were to slap a Wikimedia-friendly CC tag on the images they consider PD (which I'd imagine would be fairly uncontroversial and straightforward) this paranoia would go away. It seems to have the potential for a win-win (they get better use made of their images, and we can use their images more easily). Nick-D (talk) 00:03, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
There was a WOG push to using CC, but it is not compatible with Wikipedia. They cannot really put a license on stuff in the public domain. but I can ask. Hawkeye7 (talk) 04:41, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
Yeah, it's painful that they chose that license as the default. The ABS is using a Wikimedia-friendly CC license though, as are a few others. I imagine that the AWM will be bemused to be asked to license something they say they're no longer able to enforce copyright on... Nick-D (talk) 06:34, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Commander-in-Chief of the Forces - Thanks.

Hi Hawkeye7 - Many thanks for assessing James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth and helping me lift all 63 holders of the posts of Commander-in-Chief of the Forces and Chief of the General Staff to 'B' class. Very much appreciated. Dormskirk (talk) 21:12, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Very many thanks for The WikiChevrons. Dormskirk (talk) 22:26, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
No worries. You earned them. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:55, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Vannevar Bush

Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article Vannevar Bush you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Viriditas (talk) 12:48, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

ref=harv ?

Hello and many thanks for promoting my DYK hook for the Stephen Hopkins article. I noticed that you modified all of the references in the bibliography with the subject addition, but I don't know what it means. Can you enlighten me?Sarnold17 (talk) 12:52, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

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Congratulations again... again!

 The Military history A-Class medal with swords 
In recognition of your continued outstanding article work, you are hereby awarded the A-Class Medal with Swords for the articles Kenneth Nichols, Alsos Mission and Battle of Goodenough Island, promoted to A-Class between March and May 2012. On behalf of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, Ian Rose (talk) 15:26, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Elyse Penaluna

Hi there. I have been forwarded here from LauraHale's talkpage as I have some reviewed Elyse Penaluna's DYK. and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. The nomination can be seen here if you want to sort it out before LauraHale returns in a couple of days. Cheers, Mentoz86 (talk) 12:52, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

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Re: GA

Just a heads up, I'm going to try and finish up the review of Vannevar Bush in the next 12 hours. Viriditas (talk) 22:27, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, but it isn't done. I'll try again tomorrow. Viriditas (talk) 12:12, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Week away

G'day, Hawkeye, I have to go out bush for a week leaving this Monday, so I will have to leave the Milne Bay review with you until probably Tuesday 12 June. Apologies for this. I will be online today, though, so if any more comments come up I should be able to respond. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 00:15, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

G'day, Hawkeye. Sorry to do this to you again, but I have to go away again with work. I will be gone from early Sunday until probably next Saturday (23 June, but maybe Friday if all goes well). I should be able to check in again tonight, but I will leave the Milne Bay FAC with you after that. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 23:53, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
No worries Rupert! Hawkeye7 (talk) 03:04, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Benard Kieran

You just want a DYK nom for Benard Kieran. :P :D :D :D :D Thanks for help. Now favourite Australian, get back to work before the penguin attacks you.--LauraHale (talk) 05:41, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

Vortex Ring Gun Review

The Vortex Ring Gun article is rated C class. The deficiency for B class rating or higher is references. Could you give me an example on the article's Talk Page how I can improve my referencing? Best regards, George Luceyg (talk) 18:21, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

Mac the night

Re this: is there MOS on it? "Overnights" are usually rendered 4/5 in the sources I've seen... (Most of those have been British, to be sure.) TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 06:39, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

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John Chapman

Thanks for assessing this article (and most of the others I put up). I cocked up who replaced who as DCGS but in what capacity was Chapman in New Guinea and the Philippines? I'm pretty limited in source material and the article is based on the easily found stuff; his ADB entry, the official histories and a few newspaper articles and none mention service in those countries. It seems that the article isn't wrong but rather incomplete and I would like to rectify this if possible. Cheers. Zawed (talk) 05:03, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thank you for the copy edit of Sudan women's national football team‎. :) Much appreciated.

LauraHale (talk) 09:40, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

I can has copyedit!

GAN

See Talk:Justin Bieber on Twitter/GA1. Regards, ⇒TAP 20:06, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

http://www.popeater.com/2011/04/13/justin-bieber-quits-twitter/ is the source used by that article. --LauraHale (talk) 23:02, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
I'd be happy if the date of leaving and the date of coming back is included in the article. Also - my GA reviews are hard to pass. :) ⇒TAP 23:11, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/bieber-quits-twitter-2011144 is more Twitter bieber splits from April 2011. --LauraHale (talk) 00:09, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
http://popcrush.com/justin-bieber-paparazzi-israel-twitter-rant/ more. http://www.etonline.com/news/109756_Justin_Bieber_Displeased_with_Paparazzi_in_Israel/ and http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20053319-10391698.html . Also http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/cmu-beef-of-the-week-61-justin-bieber-v-the-heathen-paparazzi/ . --LauraHale (talk) 00:20, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Benard Kieran

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Rwanda women's national football team

Rwanda women's national football team. :D I'm one of your favourite Wikipedians. Please help me copyedit? You're able to get these random factoids into workable text. --LauraHale (talk) 09:09, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

Time to do an FAC review?

Hi. I know you are a black-belt when it comes to history-related FAs ... do you have time to look at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders/archive1? It is a fascinating event from the Cold War, so you won't be bored. Cheers. --Noleander (talk) 14:24, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Vannevar Bush

The article Vannevar Bush you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Vannevar Bush for comments about the article. Well done! There is a backlog of articles waiting for review, why not help out and review a nominated article yourself? Viriditas (talk) 10:31, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

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Triple Alliance (1788)

Thankks for reviewing this. If you could post on its talk with more info on what is missing, I'll try to address the issues. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 20:29, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Dano-Swedish_War_(1658–1660)#References_needed

In the past you have been involved in reviewing this article for GA class. I am afraid it is not up to modern standards, and begun a discussion at the page listed above. Your input would be appreciated. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 12:13, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Abby Bishop

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:03, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Kristi Harrower

Yngvadottir (talk) 00:03, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

AWM images

Hi Hawkeye, Liam Wyatt/Wittylama (talk · contribs) has put me in touch with the AWM's webmaster in regards to the possibility of them releasing images under a CC-By license - I'm not sure if this duplicates the efforts you and Laura have made, however. I've started a sort-of centralised discussion of this at: User talk:Nick-D#Draft email to the AWM, and would greatly appreciate your comments. Feel free to email me if you'd like to raise anything off-Wiki (I'm not sure if you have my email address, but if not the 'email this user' button works for me). Thanks, Nick-D (talk) 07:07, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

No, go for it. There is no duplication. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:56, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
OK, excellent. Nick-D (talk) 08:07, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK medal

The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
Congrats.  :) Well earned. Now get 50. ;) LauraHale (talk) 11:49, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

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inquiring about revert

hi...I see from your edit history on that article that you like to control it, and are very revert happy. What's up? This is a WIKI. Do you know what that means? You don't own any article, so stop acting like you do. You should NEVER revert someone simply because you don't like the edit.

WP policy is to undo only when there's clear vandalism, or truly inaccurate things, etc, (that you have to prove is inaccurate, not just assert that it is), etc. Just saying "not true" in your edit comment is not a real explanation or valid clear reason to undo a good-faith edit. I mean, if it was not the reason for the term "Manhattan Project", then just what WAS the reason for that name? You didn't exactly say, did you.

You could have stated HOW it was "not true"...instead of rudely reverting...with no real explanation. I mean, if I'm wrong, then point out exactly how, in black and white, chapter and verse, as it were, and then I'll admit the error. But that still doesn't excuse the lack of real explanation in the edit comment. You coulda stated briefly just what the reason is for the name "Manhattan Project". You notice that this article does NOT even really say why clearly. The article is therefore lacking in a way.

So please tell me why exactly they named it "Manhattan Project" if the "Columbia University" thing was not part of it. I'd like to hear it. Hashem sfarim (talk) 08:10, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Still no answer

Why is there no clear unambiguous reason for the name "Manhattan Project"? Even in that subsection of "Project", it's not clear, though "Columbia University" is brought up there, as seemingly part of it. So doesn't that prove the point? Again, tell me, just what was the reason(s) for the name "Manhattan Project"? (Can you do something besides idiotically revert, with no real clear answer or explanation, sir?) If Columbia University (being in Manhattan) was not part of it, then how was it not? And then just what was the actual reason for the name? Why do I keep hearing crickets from you guys on that? Hashem sfarim (talk) 09:17, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

I know you were just being WP:BOLD, so don't feel bad about the quick revert. Since we are talking about the rules, be aware that the lead must be a summary of the article, and any facts in it have to appear in the article. I'm sure you also know that this is a feature article, that has been subject to careful review, and that any passing editor is obliged to remove unsourced material, lest it lose its featured status. The article is clear about the reason for the name: Since engineer districts normally carried the name of the city where they were located, Marshall and Groves agreed to name the Army's component of the project the Manhattan District It also acknowledges that the district headquarters was located in New York due to the presence there of Stone & Webster and Columbia University. Cheers. Hawkeye7 (talk) 09:30, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive

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DYK Prep 2 problem

Thanks for loading Prep 2, but there's just one small problem – you forgot to load the Credits. See How to promote an accepted hook. —Bruce1eetalk 08:09, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Justin Bieber on Twitter sscreenshot

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Prep

My hawkeye tells me that you are not yet done with prep 1 because it has the lead hook once more, too much of a good thing ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:54, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Isidor Isaac Rabi

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Piercing point DYK

So, I saw a bot moved the DYK for piercing point to the 'waiting' list, and I got a credit on my talk, and a credit got placed on the talk page claiming an appearance on 26 June 2012, but I can not find it, either on the main page or the page Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2012/June#26_June_2012, as is claimed... am I missing something? I have to think that it has been skipped since it is the 27th now. Sorry to annoy, but this is my first DYK process. QFL 24-7 bla ¤ cntrb ¤ kids ¤ pics ¤ vids 00:52, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

My apologies. Somehow, the hook must have gone astray. I have added it it the prep area again, so it will correctly appear on the front page. Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:26, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks so much! I owe you one! QFL 24-7 bla ¤ cntrb ¤ kids ¤ pics ¤ vids 19:44, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Gay Womens Alternative

I don't know if the logo was also passed DYK, but FYI it is doubtful the image is free.– Lionel (talk) 02:21, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Discussion at Template:Did you know nominations/First Motion Picture Unit

You are invited to join the discussion at Template:Did you know nominations/First Motion Picture Unit. – Lionel (talk) 04:13, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Thank you, Hawkeye, prep area 3 looks great! This is my first pic on the main page--it's pretty exciting. Anyway I looked at the other hooks compared to ours: 6 wikilinks seem like a lot. Wondering if we can we get away with only Rudolf Ising and First Motion Picture Unit? – Lionel (talk) 20:05, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
I've unlinked "World War II". What you might consider is adding a reference to the First Motion Picture Unit in Ising's page. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:26, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Translation of Singapore strategy

Hello Hawkeye7,

after I finished the translation of Air raids on Japan by Nick-D today, I started to translate your Featured Article Singapore strategy today and just want to know, as you have better access to the used sources, if I may ask you questions coming up during the translation and the later review process previous to get the german version of the article to an promotion? Best regards --Bomzibar (talk) 22:21, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

That is wonderful. I have all the sources on the shelves here, and will help with anything I can. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:30, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
Thats great, so first, do you maybe have the ISSN for:
  • Christopher M. Bell: The Singapore Strategy and the Deterrence of Japan. Winston Churchill, the Admiralty and the Dispatch of Force Z. In: The English Historical Review.
    • issn=0013-8266
  • Matthew Jones: Up the Garden Path? Britain's Nuclear History in the Far East, 1954–1962. In: The International History Review.
    • issn=0707-5332
  • Rab Paterson: The Fall of Fortress Singapore. Churchill's Role and the Conflicting Interpretations. In: Sophia International Review.
    • issn=0288-4607
and the Volume number of:
  • Andrew Field: The Royal Navy Strategy in the Far East 1919–1939. Preparing for War against Japan. (= Cass Series - Naval Policy and History.).
  • W. David McIntyre: The Rise and Fall of the Singapore Naval Base, 1919–1942. (= Cambridge Commonwealth Series.).
  • Stephen Wentworth Roskill: The War at Sea. Volume I: The Defensive. (= History of the Second World War.)?
The first is needed in de.Wiki and the last is the Volume number in the series as expected for the full references in de:Wiki. Thanks --Bomzibar (talk) 22:36, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
Hope this helps Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:07, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
Yes, it does. If you want you can see the translation-progress over here. --Bomzibar (talk) 08:10, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

In the section Operation Mastodon you wrote the british nuclear stockpile consisted of 53 nuclear weapons of which most were old type. If most of them were old type, how could 48 new type bombs be deployed to Singapore? Or called the plan for the stationing of 48 such bombs as quick as they were availabe? If so, it should be made clearer. --Bomzibar (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:55, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, when they became available. Will update to make this clearer. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:28, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
Have I understand it correctly that the Scimitars were able to carry Red Beards? Because I haven't found any info about that in the article about the Scimitar. --Bomzibar (talk) 21:11, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
Yes, they carried Red Beards. See here and here Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:21, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

It is a little unclear with the numbers of troops and casualties at the fall of Singapore. Are the 14.000 local troops casualties or the total strength they had at the battle? And how about the indian troops? If the 67.000 troops are the casualties, the numbers don't fix the total of 139.000 casualties. --Bomzibar (talk) 10:44, 2 July 2012 (UTC) Sorry, I mixed some numbers, my fault! --Bomzibar (talk) 10:46, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Can you maybe explain me the sentence:

The idea of invading Japan and fighting its armies on its own soil was rejected as impractical, but the British naval planners did not expect that the Japanese would willingly fight a decisive battle against the odds.

The Problem I have with it is the meaning. Do you mean, the japanese wouldn't fight a decisive naval battle or do you mean a land battle? And for my view if a decisive battle is not expected the naval planners wouldn't plan a blockade as the fleet has to be splitted and could be attacked in small parts. Can you explain this to me or make it any clearer? And another thing: Is it intended that some sentences are nearly the same as they were in the introduction? In my opinion there is a lot of repetition in the whole article from the introduction (linking some things three to four times in the article is only one sign). Regards --Bomzibar (talk) 17:21, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

A naval battle. Changed to but British planners did not expect that the Japanese would willingly fight a decisive naval battle against the odds. Your view is correct, and that was a problem for the planners. They could not force the Japanese to fight, and blockading would be difficult. later sections detail how they intended to run the blockade.
The introduction is a summary of the article, and has to stand entirely separate from it, as in some cases one is used without the other. That is why some things are linked in the introduction and again in the article. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:33, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

In the section Second World War, you date the Arcadia Conference to February 1941 but the conference was held in Dezember 1941 and January 1942. Could it be that you have added the wrong date or meant an other conference? --Bomzibar (talk) 19:18, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Oops, Wrong conference. Changed to the U.S.–British Staff Conference (ABC–1). Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:12, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Im done with the translation (de:Singapur-Strategie. Thank you for all your help until now so far. I will put the article in the review section for one or two months now and try to get it awarded afterwards.

Another thing: We have a central writers competition in de:Wiki twice a year. The next one is in September and I plan to compete against the others with a translation of your excellent article about the relief of Douglas MacArthur. As it is a translation and I will depend on your help if there are any complex questions coming up, I would name you as co-author in the competition. This means if the article reaches a high rank you could choose one of the donated prices as I wont do it because I want to stay incognito. I want to ask if that is okay for you? --Bomzibar (talk) 13:08, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, that is fine. No worries. Hawkeye7 (talk) 13:24, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Fort Smith trolley DYK problem

I'm puzzled by a change to the DYK hook for the Fort Smith Trolley Museum, made when you moved it to Prep3, because it should be a hook that introduces two new or expanded articles, but you used a hook that only mentions one. As I mentioned in the original nomination, ALT2 was proposed before I knew whether I'd be able to make the article about Birney Safety Streetcar No. 224 long enough to be DYK-eligible in its own right. After I found time (and references) to enable that, the nomination became a double-article DYK nomination, and the sole reviewer understood this and checked both articles and passed both (and also made the Streetcar 224 article bold in the hook). Perhaps I should have gone back and struck-out the ALT2 as no longer needed. In any case, this nomination met all qualifications as a double-new-article DYK, and I don't see any good reason not to give DYK publicity to both articles.

Currently, prep3 has the following:

The discussion at the nomination page centered on a hook mentioning that the museum has four NRHP-listed vehicles. If you prefer one mentioning the National Cemetery, there are still at least two alternative wordings that would work, but would add the second DYK-eligible article, and still be well under 200 characters:

Or

SJ Morg (talk) 21:44, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

I see you've already switched it. Thanks for the fast action. SJ Morg (talk) 21:59, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
My apologies. Sometimes the discussion gets a little hard to follow. Switched to ALT4. You will receive credit for both articles. You were correct by the way: the 200 character limit is usually lifted for double hooks. Good work on both articles. You might want to drop the Fort Smith Trolley Museum a line and let them know it will be on the front page. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:03, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Revert

Please don't revert improvements. Thanks in advance, Arcandam (talk) 05:13, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

WOW, so no one can disagree with your edits? Sorry but you made a bold change, he disagreed with it, so now discuss it. Bidgee (talk) 05:27, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
WOW, did I write that? Oh, wait, I didn't. Feel free to prove your additions are an improvement, as you should, per WP:BURDEN. Note that WP:BURDEN is policy and WP:BRD is an essay... Arcandam (talk) 05:33, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for July 4 (don't overlook)

Hellow Hawkeye! A have a tiny favor to ask: I notice you sometimes do hook promotions for DYK. If you're doing that today, please don't overlook that From Dictatorship to Democracy, which has passed review, has been suggested for July 4, but has not yet been moved to the July 4 "special events holding area". I realize there are no guarantees in such matters (i.e., administrative discretion must be used). But I just wanted to mention this, so that it is not accidentally overlooked when the July 4 hooks are moved to prep. I would move the hook myself to the July 4 special area, except that I'm the nominator, so I'm not sure if that's kosher. Many thanks for your consideration. -- Presearch (talk) 21:12, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. BTW, FWIW, if there's a choice between running the FDTD hook on July 4 without the image (as now configured in Prep 3), versus on some other day with the image, I'd prefer the latter (with the image). FWIW. (I know you must juggle many factors...) Thanks! -- Presearch (talk) 02:13, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

@aplusk

Can you also move @aplusk back over the Ashton Kutcher on Twitter redirect.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:56, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

I suppose the reasoning would be the same, perhaps mo so as it is so strange. Done. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:11, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Comisserations

Comisserations on your FAC being withdrawn. Sometimes a difficult FAC process might get you down. If the article is kept, I hope to see it one day become a FAC. Fifelfoo (talk) 02:20, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

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No worries! Good luck with the article! Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:26, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Doug

As one of the reviewers, congratulations on getting Douglas Macarthur to FA after a very long haul (well, two in fact). I didn't get a chance to finally support after you actioned my one outstanding comment, but the end result is more than satisfactory -- well done! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 02:24, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Congratulations from me as well Nick-D (talk) 02:29, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
Thank you both! Much appreciated. Hawkeye7 (talk) 06:04, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Sgt. Pepper straw poll

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2012 Australian Summer Paralympians article help request

Hey. In honour of Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, I'm trying to get articles created about members of the team who don't have articles yet. This is a fairly big job and I could use a bit of assistance. If you have time, can you add information and sources to articles, add pictures to articles (Flickr? Commons?), fix prose on articles where sources have been included now (mostly men's athletics) and otherwise help prep them for DYK? I'd be happy to give you credit at DYK for all the articles you help improve. Thanks in advance. --LauraHale (talk) 05:54, 9 July 2012 (UTC)


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GA review

1966 NASA T-38 crash has been reviewed and is pending feedback. ResMar 04:19, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Assesment of article

You recently assessed Sudarshan laser-guided bomb and classified it as C-class in your comment here. Since you did not change the individual criterion, I assume you think that the article still lacks in Referencing and citation. Can you explain how, and where, so I could look into it. This would help me immensely. Thanks! Anir1uph (talk) 10:01, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

I've marked it with a {{citation required}} tag. You also need to clean up all the close paraphrasing concerns. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:08, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
I have added refs replacing your tag. I have also tried making the wording more neutral. I also added limitations with refs. Can you suggest more improvements to qualify the article for a better rating? Regards, Anir1uph (talk) 11:57, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey! As per my comment above, can you go through the changes i made to the article, re-evaluate it/suggest more changes/illustrate further shortcomings? It'l be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Anir1uph (talk) 01:30, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/History of Brasenose College, Oxford

Did you consider the alt? Just checking because the reviewer was keen on it and I'm weakly in favour over the original. Thanks, Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 15:47, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

No, my apologies. I misread your comment to mean that you favoured the catchier original hook. Switched to the ALT hook. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:18, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

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A beer for you!

Thanks for reviewing my DYK nomination. Cheers!!!

Also have a look here see if you can help a bit. Ayanosh (talk) 03:23, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

B class

Thank you for your speedy re-assessment of the First Passchendaele page. May I have your advice on doing a fair share of B-class assessments? Yesterday I had a look round lists of articles with incomplete B-class criteria, for subjects I thought were in my field and ended up fitting citations into them instead.Keith-264 (talk) 09:49, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Could you take a look at ...

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Congrats from me too -- tks for beating me to it, Nick...! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:11, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Assembling DYK prepare areas

There's been a number of recent prep areas where too many bios appear in a row. One example is Prep 2, where you added the last two entries, both bios, leaving the final four hooks all bios. WP:DYKSG, rule J4, says: "Mix your hooks up. Try to avoid having two hooks of the same general type next to one another in the update (for example, two US hooks or two bio hooks together)." J3 also chimes in: "as a general rule you should never have more than 50% of hooks on US-related topics, biographical topics, or any other topic, except when it seems unavoidable." We sometimes do four bios, but this set had five, over 70% of the total.

It's going to be harder over the next few weeks with all but a few Olympics hooks being bios, but we need to do it the best we can. The occasional duo may be unavoidable, but four or five in a row is not. It may take a little longer to find a suitable mix of hooks, but it's important to do so. I'll be moving the Hilde hook out to the next available prep area—Orlady pointed out to me that it would be better to run it during Europe's day rather than its late night—which will allow a separation of the last four in prep 2 into a double and a single with something else between them. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:00, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

July Bugle

Hi mate, I've prepared your piece on the Brisbane workshop for this month's issue here, can you just check you're happy with it -- no strong feelings on the particular title I used (except I decided against including the city name to avoid multiple Australia references on the issue's front page) so feel free to tweak... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:31, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK hook changed

Hi, as the admin who promoted it, I wanted to give you notice of a change I made to a DYK hook that is in the queue; see Talk:Michaela DePrince#DYK nomination.  Sandstein  07:34, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

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Mas Deu

What can I do to improve the Battle of Mas Deu to B-class? I cannot see any missing citations. Could you tag them please? I appreciate all the many times you have reviewed my articles. Thanks. Djmaschek (talk) 03:00, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

B class. Hawkeye7 (talk) 04:55, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for General MacArthur's escape from the Philippines

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Lauren Jackson GA

Just letting you know that Lauren Jackson has been promoted to GA - very well done on the extra work! I will also be letting LauraHale know of this as well since you took over the review. Congratulations to both of you - this article was really excellent. The fastest one I've ever reviewed. :D Regards ☠ Jaguar ☠ 20:25, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Robert L. Eichelberger

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Why the swap

re this, why? Felice Bauer was put in P2 for timing, 100th anniversary. PumpkinSky talk 00:11, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

I wanted Oliver Cromwell to run in the day slot in the UK. Sorry. :( Moved Bauer back to Prep 2. Hawkeye7 (talk) 00:18, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
You wanted one hook to run at a certain time and swapped two entire sets, with no discussion? There's a whole thread on timing for Bauer on WT:DYK. PumpkinSky talk 00:22, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
This one: Wikipedia_talk:DYK#Felice_Bauer_13_Aug PumpkinSky talk 00:25, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

USCGC Point Glass

Thank you for the assessment on USCGC Point Glass (WPB-82336). I have an idea where she is now, but nothing with reliable references. I think she is owned by the Sea Scouts in Galveston, Texas; however I can't find anything reliable to put in the article. I may have to contact them and see if there is a Galveston newspaper article that can be used for a reference. I know where she was right after September 11, 2001. I was on active duty with the Coast Guard and we were patrolling the intercoastal waterway at Port Arthur, Texas when one of the crew spotted her. She appeared to be undergoing an overhaul at the pier. By that time NOAA owned her and she was based out of Port Arthur. Cuprum17 (talk) 00:39, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Euphoria (Usher song)

Hi, How are you Hawkeye? I guess you are well. Can you tell me why this was still not prepared for DYK on the main page, but still it was reviewed on August 7, 2012. Cheers! — Tomica (talk) 10:01, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

  • Really busy. I only did two of the prep areas in that time, and passed over it in favour of hooks with more arresting pics. The ones with pics sort of form a separate queue; at the present time, ones without pictures are in greater demand, and will move faster. Anyhow, if you think appealing on my talk page will get it moved quicker, you're quite right; I have moved it to the prep area. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:28, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Teeology

Hi Hawkeye7, I've just raised this at Wikipedia talk:Did you know because the article was too short for DYK - only 1306 characters, well short of the minimum 1500. Concerns were also expressed at Wikipedia:Main_Page/Errors [9] about the promotional nature of the article and possible copyright violation. Mikenorton (talk) 08:21, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

My apologies - I didn't check the edit history, or I would have realised that the article was shortened after approval and promotion - please do remove this thread from your talk page if you prefer. Mikenorton (talk) 16:10, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Abebe Fekadu

Abebe Fekadu. --LauraHale (talk) 08:35, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

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Please don't forget to include the August 17 special occasion hooks

They need to be included in the DYK set you're currently building. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:28, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

Yes, rounding them up now. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:30, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

Good article reassessment

I have initiated a community reassessment of an article you passed, Netball and the Olympic Movement. The review can be found here. AIRcorn (talk) 08:38, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for making the Harv fixes for the article. I despise that cite style, but I was trying to be consistent with WP:CITEVAR, even though I think that somebody converted the existing refs to Harvard format after I improved the article a while back. So I didn't know the proper format for multiple authors because I never voluntarily use that style. But you shouldn't taken the time to add the years of publication as I never use them unless need to disambiguate different books by the same author(s). I've never understood the common usage of the date in the various citation styles as it adds unnecessary typing to the cite. But that's just me, trying to convey as much as possible with as little work as possible!--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 22:27, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Promotion of My "Did You Know?" Article

Thank you very much for promoting my article. I have a question--would it be possible for you to look at two other articles that I submitted for a DYK nomination?

Thank you very much. Futurist110 (talk) 02:34, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

"Remove personal attacks"

If you want to remove messages from your talk page, that's your prerogative. But which have you deemed "personal attacks"? That's a serious accusation. —David Levy 15:49, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

I await your response. —David Levy 03:00, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

I'm among those whose posts you excised with the edit summary "Remove personal attacks". As noted above, this is a serious accusation. Please either explain how the relevant policy was violated (thereby enabling involved parties to understand your concerns and defend themselves) or issue a retraction.
This is my final request before I raise the matter elsewhere. Thank you. —David Levy 12:10, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Preview

Did you notice this? Looking forward, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:46, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

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Paralympics DYKs for Kayla Clarke and Melissa Tapper

Hawkeye, I see that Laura's already on her way to London, so I was wondering whether you could address the outstanding issues on these two DYKs of hers? You had already made one post regarding Kayla Clarke, so I imagine you can handle this one; I'm hoping you can also take a look at Melissa Tapper. Thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 05:50, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

Adding one more: Template:Did you know nominations/Richard Eliason, which has apparently lost its hook fact after someone else worked on the article. Can you take a look and see whether a new hook is warranted, or the material is appropriate to restore? Thanks. BTW, if you're not the right person to ask, do you know whether Laura has someone else covering for her? BlueMoonset (talk) 22:32, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
I've just made a new proposal for a Kayla Clarke hook. If you like it, we'll need to find a new reviewer. Also, the Jennifer Blow hook was above the maximum length, though this wasn't caught by the reviewer. Can you please supply a new, sub-200 hook? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:15, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Adding: Melissa Tapper also needs another go-round. Should be straightforward, though. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:44, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
There's a new suggestion for a Jennifer Blow hook, and the Kayla Clarke proposal still needs a thumbs up or down from you. Both ALTs will need an independent reviewer; having proposed both, I won't be able to review them. Now that the Paralympics hooks are being loaded in earnest, there's a bit more urgency... BlueMoonset (talk) 06:00, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Michelle Rzepecki

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Thanks for assessing Eldorado Air Force Station

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DYK for Nicole Esdaile

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Template:Did you know nominations/Cody Meakin

Sorry to bother you again, but this one of Laura's was approved despite having a 231-character hook. It's a great hook otherwise, and I was about to promote it when I realized it had length problems, and then noticed that one of the hook facts wasn't even given in the article. (It is, fortunately, in the sources.)

Can you please address the issues? Laura's going to owe you a big one when she gets back! BlueMoonset (talk) 16:12, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

Hook fact still isn't given in article despite revised hook. I can't promote until they're aligned. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:40, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Abebe Fekadu

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DYK for Meica Christensen

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DYK for Tyan Taylor

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DYK for Jennifer Blow

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Evaluation of Operation Red Hat

Do you have any advice for improvement or areas that are lacking? My goal is to get this to B-Class and thought this would be pretty close to C-Class. Thank you for the evaluation. *moved from evaluation request pageJohnvr4 (talk) 17:16, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

  • The big one is getting it completely referenced. Every paragraph should end with a reference. Getting the supporting materials in order is usually simple. A picture or an infobox would be enough. THe latter will give you a C. Both will get you a B. Hawkeye7 (talk) 17:26, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the feedback. I wasn't sure about references for paragraphs or sentences (especially the potentially controversial ones.) This gives me great hope and I will get these items of concern straightened out ASAP. Again, thank you for your time and expertise. Johnvr4 (talk) 21:00, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
Reference at end of paragraphs issue resolved.Johnvr4 (talk) 14:44, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
Not quite. I've added a pair of citation required tags to help you out. Hawkeye7 (talk) 15:40, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
Doh, Some proofreader I am. must be sittin' too close to the monitor or something ...Thank you for holding my hand.Johnvr4 (talk) 22:55, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

GA review for Robert L. Eichelberger

I will be reviewing the Eichelberger article for GA status. dci | TALK 01:49, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. That is much appreciated. I am still in London for the Paralympic Games, so if I need access to my books, there will be a few days' day in responding. Your indulgence is appreciated. Hawkeye7 (talk) 05:28, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
Of course; I may be a few days delayed myself as I have found myself very busy in real life. dci | TALK 23:52, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

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Good Article Nomination

Could you review Terry Bywater for me? Thine Antique Pen (talk) 09:32, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

Issues addressed. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 10:35, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
Could you also possibly review Matt Byrne for me? :) Your review on Bywater was appreciated. :D Thine Antique Pen (talk) 16:16, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

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Threat to block another admin

Hawkeye, I was alarmed to see this expressed in an edit summary. Graham seems to be doing a fine job in cleaning up articles in that field. This threat is hard to understand. Tony (talk) 03:30, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

The content is being indiscriminately removed, without any reason. WP:UNDUE isn't a rationale as this is the major part of what she did at the most important sporting competition for the sport. It isn't citation dumping, which was an accusation orginally, because the sources used were unique, and while some sources were used twice in a row, they were for different facts. Beyond that, the information that was indiscriminately removed is necessary for the article going to Good Article. Also, Hawkeye7 isn't an admin, so he cannot block even if he wants to. --LauraHale (talk) 04:08, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

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Para-alpine skiing

Congrats. Passed GA. Can you check the links you added though are piped to the correct article titles, spotted a lot of redirects. Also link the mon skis and such in the equipment section too. Thanks.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:31, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

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G'day Hawkeye7, a bit unclear on why you went to GAN after a successful ACR. Biography have it as A-Class too, and I thought MILHIST A-Class was 'preferred' to GAN? Confused is all. Happy to do the review, of course. Peacemaker67 (send, over) 03:54, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

I was trying to put the articles on commanders in the South West Pacific Area together into a Good Topic Command in the South West Pacific theatre of World War II, but they don't recognise the A class review, so I was running the articles that were not yet GA through the GA process. Hawkeye7 (talk) 04:03, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
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MacArthur Medal of Honor

The award directly violated the 1918 statute requiring that the recipient be "in action involving actual conflict with an enemy" and also "distinguish himsle fconspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty." Dwight Zimmerman and Jon Gresham, Uncommon Valor: The Medal of Honor and the Six Warriors Who Earned It in Afghanistan and Iraq (NY: St. Martin's Press, 2010) documents the MacArthur medal very thoroughly. According to the authors, "on at least one occasion, political expediency has trumped regulations, as was the case in the Medal of Honor awarded to General Douglas MacArthur." In their words, Marshall proposed the medal because "awarding MacArthur the Medal of Honor would offset any Japanese propaganda that accused MacArthur of cowardly deserting his post." Marshall actually asked MacArthur's chief of staff for a nomination before he knew of any acts of valor- thus, the award was basically "pre-approved" no matter what Sutherland came up with, and Sutherland could not find an act of valor. Sutherland wrote to Marshall and said the award "should be based upon [MacArthur's] utter contempt of danger under terrific aerial bombardments" and for his "magnificent leardership and vision." These are not acts of valor, but simply MacArthur performing his normal duties as commanding general (which cannot be used to justify a modern Medal of Honor nomination- which is what the staute means by requiring actions "beyond the call of duty"). Marshall cited Lindbergh in an attempt to strengthen the package, but Lindbergh's award is not a precedent for MacArthur because Lindbergh's medal was authorized by a special Act of Congress that technically allowed the award to contradict the 1918 statute (basically, it circumvented all of the criteria by creating separate Medal of Honor standard just for Lindbergh, since he was not acting as a military servicemember and no armed conflict was ongoing). MacArthur's award had no such Act of Congress (although one was proposed), so his medal cannot be compared with Lindbergh's. The Act of Congress route was also used for General Adolphus Greely, as well as Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett for their North Pole flight.

As an aside, some historians argue that MacArthur deserved the award because it was previously deserved for his actions in World War I, similar to how Academy Award nominees sometimes are given an Oscar for the next mediocre film after a close loss. Maybe so, but there is a historical consensus that this particular award broke all of the rules, and the staute authorizing the medal. The historiography is very clear. I see the same repeated in James H. Willibanks, America's Heroes: Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War to Afghanistan (Santa Barbara, ABC-CLIO, 2011), Elliott Converse, The Exclusion of Black Soldiers from the Medal of Honor in World War II (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1997), D. Clayton James, The Years of MacArthur, Volume II, 1941-1945 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975) and Geoffrey Perret, There's a War to Be Won: The United States Army in World War II (NY: Random House, 1991).Foxtrot5151 (talk) 15:47, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Here's a better cite. According to Stanley Weintraub, 15 Stars: Eisenhower, MacArthur, Marshall : three generals who saved the American century (NY: Free Press, 2007), 58, Marshall admitted to the President that the award's motivation was "among other things, to offset any propoganda by the enemy directed against [MacArthur's] leaving his command and proceeding to Australia in compliance with your orders." Marshall told Sutherland that the medal was forthcoming, and asked him "to transmit ... your recommendations and supporting statemetn with appropriate description of any act believed sufficient to warrant this award." Foxtrot5151 (talk) 16:08, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

The article already says that MacArthur had already been twice nominated (for Vera Cruz and Châtillon), and that Marshall cited Lindbergh as a precedent. So we have the matter of legislation vis a vis Lindbergh. I have amended it to read:

George Marshall decided that MacArthur would be awarded the Medal of Honor, a decoration for which he had twice previously been nominated, "to offset any propaganda by the enemy directed at his leaving his command".[1] Eisenhower pointed out that MacArthur had not actually performed any acts of valor as required by law, but Marshall cited the 1927 award of the medal to Charles Lindbergh as a precedent. Special legislation had been passed to authorize Lindbergh's medal, but while similar legislation was introduced authorizing the medal for MacArthur by Congressmen J. Parnell Thomas and James E. Van Zandt, Marshall felt strongly that a serving general should receive the medal from the President and the War Department.

Hope this addresses your concerns. Hawkeye7 (talk) 19:28, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

I'm fine with that revision, thanks. I'm pulling the sources because I'm interested in writing an article about memorialization of MacArthur. I think his memorial at West Point (which features the quote "no substitute for victory") is interesting, because it was approved right after the Tet Offensive. Allowing a memorial that features a revision of the quote that got him fired is highly questionable, as well as the decision to make cadets memorize a version of that quote (which they still do).

I am intending to enrich some of the information under the Chief of Staff section- I just read MacArthur's memoirs. The section would benefit from MacArthur's own recollections of his time as chief. In particular, he recounts a vitriolic exchange with Roosevelt that is particularly pertinent to a civil-military relations study of the man. You'll understand when you read it- I'd appreciate any format edits to conform to the page.Foxtrot5151 (talk) 20:11, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

A shelf of books about MacArthur
It is always a poor assumption that I would not have read something. It is here on the shelf here, and I've read through it several times. The problem when writing the article was rather the reverse; people kept complaining that the article was far too long, and we had to go over it several time chopping bits out. They also constantly complained that it did not cover <<some topic>> in enough detail. Your additions are fine, but beware, because at some point additions may trigger another pruning effort. There is plenty of scope for spin-off articles though. I've already written two: President Truman's relief of General Douglas MacArthur and Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines.

The words on the MacArthur monument at West Point (yes, it has its own article!) are from his 1962 speech at West Point. An article about memorialization of MacArthur would be interesting. The hero image from the 1940s and 1950s was replaced in the 1970s, and now he is a highly controversial and divisive figure. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:00, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Yes, but the "no substitute for victory" quote goes back much further than the speech itself. After he was fired, he used it both in his speech to Congress and to the Corps of Cadets as an attempt to revision what it meant. However, he first used it in several telegrams to Eark Blaik in the 1940s, as encouraging notes to the Army Football Team (this is the origin of the "written in red on every beachhead from Australia to Tokyo" version of the quote, which was cabled to an Army cheerleader in 1949). This was an attempt to make an analogy between football and war, and explains why it was also Earl Blaik's favorite quote. Interestingly, this quote appeared in the USMA Bugle Notes in the summer of 1951 (without context), just after MacArthur was fired for the much more famous version of that quote in his letter to the House Minority leader, Joseph Martin. The quote was removed from the Bugle Notes a few years ago, but it is still in the knowledge book given to new cadets during basic training. Foxtrot5151 (talk) 21:27, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Interesting. I am reminded that no one ever got round to writing the First Captain article. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:33, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

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Note that your revert of my "malicious edit" (WP:AGF?) reintroduced clearly incorrect material in the article. Apparently it is more important for you taht LauraHale gets another DYK credit than that our articles (and certainly the ones that reach the main page) are correct? Fram (talk) 11:41, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

You are way out of line. I have checked it, another editor has checked it. There is nothing wrong. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:46, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
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Hello Hawkeye7. Thanks for having taken the time to review two articles, as requested. With regard to Fort Bowyer, I really thought that I had got there with regard to referencing and citation. It had been lacking inline citations. Please can you provide some pointers as to what further work would be required to raise the standard via Talk:Fort Bowyer Similarly, in relation to Pensacola, I had hoped that the addition of more inline citations would have raised the quality of the article. Would it be possible to provide some pointers as to what further work would be required to raise the standard via Talk:Battle of Pensacola (1814) Best wishes Keith H99 (talk) 07:28, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for adding the Missing Citation tag where appropriate. Keith H99 (talk) 16:27, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

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Kenneth Walker (1898–1943) was a United States Army aviator and a Army Air Forces general who had a significant influence on the development of airpower doctrine. Walker graduated from the Air Corps Tactical School in 1929, then served as an instructor there. He supported the creation of a separate air organization, not subordinate to other military branches, and was a forceful advocate of the efficacy of strategic bombardment. He published articles on the subject, and became part of a clique known as the "Bomber Mafia" which argued for the primacy of bombardment over other forms of military aviation. He advanced the notion that fighters could not prevent a bombing attack, and helped develop the doctrine of industrial web theory, which called for precision attacks against carefully selected critical industrial targets. In 1942, during World War II, Walker was promoted to brigadier general and transferred to the Southwest Pacific. He frequently flew combat missions over New Guinea, for which he received the Silver Star. On 5 January 1943, he was shot down and killed while leading a daylight bombing raid over Rabaul, for which he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. (Full article...)

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Jungle division

Hello Hawkeye7. I've recently done some work to Jungle division, and recall you had previously expressed some concern about it a few years ago [10]. I'm considering taking it to GA and was just wondering if you would be willing to have a look at it when you have time and let me know if the issues remain or if you felt it was now adequate? Any suggestions for further additions or amendments would be greatly appreciated. Also one of the footnotes lacks a citation - any chance you have something that could be used there? Thanks again. Anotherclown (talk) 01:42, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

James Bryant Conant

Gday again. I think there may a referencing error in James Bryant Conant. The following is included in the reference list but I can't seem to see a corresponding short citation:

Kistiakowsky, George; Westheimer, Frank (1979). "James Bryant Conant". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 25: pp. 209–232. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1979.0006
Should it be moved to a "further reading" section or is there a citation missing? Regards. Anotherclown (talk) 21:39, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for that. I am just working on it at the moment. It will be used. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:43, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
Not a problem at all. Anotherclown (talk) 07:14, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

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Admiral Ramage...

Hi -

You recently uploaded an image of Admiral Ramage to Wiki Commons, and used it in Lawson P. Ramage's page. Unfortunately you titled the picture for Admiral James L. Ramage, a different bloke ☺ I initiated a file name change over there. JMOprof (talk) 21:33, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Ooops. Thanks for that! Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:51, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
No trouble. I watch WW2 sub skippers. Looks to be all fixed. JMOprof (talk) 03:52, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
Like Mort Mumma? Hawkeye7 (talk) 04:23, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
Not until now. There's a page that could use some work. Thanks for the pointer, I think. ☺ JMOprof (talk) 14:41, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
I've just overhauled Jig Dog Ramage's article. Found the pic of Lawson while looking for pix of Jig Dog and thought it would look good in the article. I wasn't doing Mort but his brother Al. The only submariner I've worked on is Ralph Waldo Christie. Hawkeye7 (talk) 17:12, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
Christie's is a fine article. Well done. Mort Mumma in progress, but you set a high bar. Chime in if you have a mind. 100% improvement so far. I found this JMOprof (talk) 20:35, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Oppenheimer

I ran across this review of a new biography in the LRB today and thought it might interest you. Hope all is well! Andrew Gray (talk) 15:24, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

I'll probably buy. Building up a shelf of books on Oppenheimer. Doesn't sound like he's found anything that the reader couldn't find in the Wikipedia article though. Hawkeye7 (talk) 17:06, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
  1. ^ James 1975, p. 129.
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