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Hi Joe N,

Right now I am putting in a final polish on Walter Oesau. Can I please bother you to review ? I am planning on a Peer Review and a subsequent B Review. But the reason I am requesting for your review is because I want to know where it stands if submitted for a GA review. I'd appreciate your time if you could spare. Thanks Perseus71 (talk) 18:03, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Sure, no problem. While I haven't done very much in the way of GA reviews, I can tell you that the referencing looks good. The images that are in there are also good, but it'd be nice if there could be more - between the Bf-109 diagram and the portrait of him there's only one image. The main problem that I've noticed is that it really needs a copyedit. It's worse than the JG1 article I reviewed, and if it didn't get GA that'd be why. Otherwise, Western Front could be disambiguated to [[Western Front (World War II)|Western Front]] and I'd recommending changing the main article links to see also in the individual sections, as they merely provide more context and background information than more coverage of his exploits. – Joe Nutter 22:02, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

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Hi Joe, just wondered if you were happy with my responses to your comments at: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Dreadnought. Thanks! The Land (talk) 21:58, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

There still is no citation at the end of the first paragraph in "Long-range gunnery," the second in Armament, the first in "Position of main armament," the third in the same section, the first in "Main armament power and caliber," the fourth, fifth, and seventh in the same section, the third and fourth in Secondary armament, the first in Underwater protection, the third in Propulsion, the first in Anglo-German arms race, the first in US Dreadnoughts, the second in Japan, the second in The Super-Dreadnoughts, the first, second, fourth, and fifth in In Action, and the sixth and ninth in From 1914 Onwards. The referencing was the main reason that I withheld my support from it, and the main objection you'll encounter at FAC. – Joe Nutter 13:29, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

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Upcoming elections

You must stand. You're ideal, with a sensible head on hardworking shoulders :)) You'll be an asset :) – Roger Davies talk 05:26, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

OK, I guess I will, based on the discussion at WT:MHCOORD. Thank you for the invitation. – Joe Nutter 01:32, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

The coordinator election pages are now all set up. Feel free to nominate yourself here. — Roger Davies talk 07:46, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I will. – Joe Nutter 21:16, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Rollbock

I accidentally reverted your change to the milhist talk page, but immediately undid my mistake. Hope this didn't cause any inconvenience and sorry for being careless. Nev1 (talk) 18:53, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

No problem, don't worry about it. I know I've done that several times myself. – Joe Nutter 18:57, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

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It is great to see such diversity in the Military History WikiProject. Even though we don't agree I still respect your opinion and it seems that one of us will have to bow to the consensus of the WikiProject. Have A Great Day! Lord R. T. Oliver The Olive Branch 01:18, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

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I wish to thank you for your gracious support during my bid for a position as Coordinator of the Military history Wikiproject in the recent March 2009 elections. I was initially apprehensive to stand for election as I was unsure on how well I would be received, but I am pleasantly surprised and delighted to have been deemed worthy to represent my peers within the project. I assure and promise you, I will strive to do my upmost to justify your trust in myself with this esteemed position. Thank you, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 01:15, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Soldiers of the 4th Australian Division crossing a duckboard track through Chateau Wood, Ypres on 29 October 1917.

Re: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Polish culture during World War II

Thanks for the comment and copyediting! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 19:51, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

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I seem to have drawn a crowd of support!

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Thank you very much! I hope that I can successfully serve as a coordinator for at least the next six months. – Joe N 00:57, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
The Same to you also, Congrats! Have A Great Day! Lord Oliver The Olive Branch 01:09, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Well done from me too, looking forward to working with you. EyeSerenetalk 10:07, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations on your election to assistant coordinator. Welcome to the ACW task force. I maintain the ACW portal and build pagespace related to the conflict. If you need anything, feel invited to call on me. BusterD (talk) 23:20, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Thank you! It looks like I'll probably be one of the two task force coordinators for ACW, so I look forward to working with you. – Joe N 23:23, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

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When archiving PR's...

...please don't forget to add/update the {{ArticleHistory}} template. ;) Thanks for helping out with the archiving! —Ed 17 (Talk / Contribs) 23:56, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Did I? I thought I had remembered to check it for all the ones I did - for one it was already updated. Sorry, – Joe N 23:59, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

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I have granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe I can trust you to use rollback correctly by using it for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback, User:Knowzilla/New Rollbacks School and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck. -MBK004 23:01, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! I'm very pleasantly surprised, and will be sure to read all of those to try to minimize the inevitable mistakes that I'll make while I'm learning. – Joe N 23:29, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
Don't be surprised, I believe that all coordinators should at least have rollback because we should keep a close watch over the TFAs that are in our scope when they are on the Main Page, and rollback is the best tool for that job. Consequently, USS Iowa turret explosion will be the TFA on 19 April and Ironclad warship on 12 April. -MBK004 23:51, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

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Well, being one of said coordinators I can't really say I'm surprised, but thank you very much. – Joe N 13:46, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

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Polish culture during World War II

In the past you've copyedited this article once. It has however failed the recent FAC nomination due to objections that this article has not been sufficiently copyedited before and that there are some "prose issues". I'd like to ask you to consider copyediting it again (I am not an native speaker of English so I cannot spot those "prose issues" myself). Thank you, --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 23:30, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

To be honest, the best I can do is basic grammatical and minor stylistic things, and I took care of all of those I could find back during the ACR. I would, however, recommend that you list it and contact some of the people listed at WP:MHL#COPYEDIT, who could probably do a much better job than me. – Joe N 00:35, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, that's a useful link I didn't know about before! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 01:17, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
No problem, I hope you can find someone there who can help you out with it. – Joe N 20:38, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks for your reviews

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Thank you! – Joe N 20:19, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

OA Revert

I completely disagree with your revert. If the OA has secret rituals and practices and even has an FAQ before publishing anything, how can you say that it is not based at least in part on secret societies, such as the Freemasons??? Purplebackpack89 (talk)

Perhaps you could specify the structure coming from Freemasonry, as is explained in more detail in the Founding and development section? I just don't want it to seem to imply that the OA is like a secret society. – Joe N 16:42, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

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Hi Joe, I'm thinking of taking this article to FAC within the next week, and am wondering if you have any comments on it? Nick-D (talk) 00:04, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

I'd say it looks good and was an interesting read, but I'd like to know more about why the RAAF and RAN thought that finishing off this submarine was so important. You mention that they thought it was damaged, but it seems that that would make it less of a priority, since it wasn't an immediate threat, so it'd be nice if that were clarified. – Joe N 01:02, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
OK, thanks Joe. I'll check my sources, but I don't think that any special priority was given to this sub - the RAAF and RAN tried to hunt all of the subs they detected and it was standard Allied ASW doctrine to throw all available assets at subs and hunt them until they were destroyed. Nick-D (talk) 03:05, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

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Watling Street

+Thanks Joe. Sorry if I mess up your talk page with this message. I will get the hang of this editing thing. Up until now, I've only really done minor edits. I think I know a reliable source for Watling Street. I will change it tommorrow as it is 2:07 in the morning and I need some sleep. Thanks, user:Quindie —Preceding undated comment added 01:07, 13 August 2009 (UTC).

I've gone ahead and created a new section for your comment, but that's fine, just add it in whenever you get a chance. – Joe N 20:37, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks and a request!

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

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

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I'd be glad to write a paragraph with those things in it. I'll try to get to it later today or tomorrow, I'm rather busy right now, which is why I had the delayed response. – Joe N 20:49, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Here's my paragraph, more or less what you asked for. In the next six months, I plan on doing what I have mostly done for the last six months. This mostly is A-Class reviews, but also includes discussion on the coordinator talk page and other assorted tasks as they pop up. The main thing I think that I could achieve is the main thing I've accomplished in the last six months: working on A-Class reviews and trying to review every one before it is promoted or closed. I generally check articles for readability and format, and anything else I notice while I'm reading through it. What gave me happiness? Mainly seeing articles that I've reviewed start off being nowhere close to the criteria, and then working with the author to make it better. Knowing that I have helped to improve, even in small ways, many articles which went on to become samples of Wikipedia's best work also satisfies me. As for things that irritate me related to coordinator jobs, I can't really think of much at the moment, but in general on Wikipedia I don't like unreferenced additions to an article that had only high-quality, sourced content. If an article is generally accurate and referenced readers will be less likely to notice a bit of unreferenced content. Finally, to be honest, I don't have any real suggestions for new coordinators, since this is only my second term I'm still somewhat new myself.
Let me know if there's anything else you'd like to know. – Joe N 23:27, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

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Congrats on your election as Coordinator for the Military history Project. In honor of your achievement, I present you with these stars. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:20, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

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Thank you! I'm glad to be able to continue my role. – Joe N 14:47, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

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M22 Locust

Hey, Thanks for the support in the ACR. Which article did you see the Locust mentioned in? I really need to expand that section, but until nowe the only sources I've found are third-hand info from translated Russian forum posts, which aren't RS. Skinny87 (talk) 20:55, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

The article I was thinking of was Operation Pleshet, but going back I can't seem to find the mention I remember seeing earlier. You can try to see if I just missed it, or if was removed, or maybe I was imagining the whole episode. – Joe N 00:06, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Ah, I see. Well, I've dropped a note on the article's talkpage to see if anything can be dug up. Cheers, Skinny87 (talk) 10:56, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
OK, sorry I couldn't be of more help. Perhaps the editor who brought the article to A-Class may be able to share some of his sources, but I don't know why I was confused about the mentions - I could have sworn I had seen it discussed there. – Joe N 13:26, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

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Battle of Algiers

why source it if we have two good articles about the so called "battle": Battle of Algiers (1957) and Algerian War - the Battle of Algiers was a urban guerrilla campaign by some 1400 Algerians against the French authorities in a city that at the time had around 300,000+ inhabitants - it compromised of executions, bombings by the guerrillas and arrest campaigns by the French authorities - it is laughable and ridiculous to claim that all and every Algerian victim of the Algerian War) supposedly died/ was wounded in the battle of Algiers, when in fact city life went on as normal. --noclador (talk) 23:38, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

A large discussion on the topic of citations in the article was held here a while back, which I encourage you to read regarding sourcing of the article. Also, I would like to note the the Battle of Algiers article does not list casualties, while Algerian War gives (uncited) figures of up to 1.5 million dead - surely an estimate of a fifth of that, including wounded, for a large battle in that war is reasonable? – Joe N 23:47, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Cologne War comments

I've incorporated your comments into the article. Would you take another look at Cologne War? Auntieruth55 (talk) 17:50, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Of course, thanks for reminding me. – Joe N 00:55, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

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Lebaudy Patrie assessment

Thanks for your comments on the assessment review, re sandwiching of text between images. I have experimented with the section you mention, but there isn't enough text to play with - the only other solution would be to reduce the size of the images, something I'm reluctant to do, since they're thumbs already. By all means have a go yourself - perhaps you can sort it out better than I can. I appreciate the comments anyway and thanks for your help. --TraceyR (talk) 00:21, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

I've shuffled them a bit, but now the bow view goes on into the next section. If that's a big problem for you, we can change it back, but this way it isn't sandwiched for me, and I have a widescreen laptop so it probably won't be for anyone. – Joe N 03:09, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
It looks fine. The only (minor) point is that the bow view is referenced in a paragraph which is now further from the image, but that's a minor point. I'm not thinking of getting this one to GA/FA at the moment, so this is good. And the Patrie has now made the A grade on both Aviation and MilHist projects, so that's a great outcome for 2009. Happy New Year! --TraceyR (talk) 13:00, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, happy New Year to you as well. – Joe N 15:16, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
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