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U-66

Hey, I see you expanded the article on U-66. I don't think you were aware of it, but I had a userpage draft in my userspace on this topic since about January of last year. I've added my info into the article, so I suggest you check if any of yours was accidentally deleted. Cheers, Buggie111 (talk) 20:53, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I think I've found what happened on May 4th - have a look at your VP thread. Peridon (talk) 15:22, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WWI

Could we get you to read over MOS:IMAGELOCATION - " avoid sandwiching text between two images that face each other, and between an image and an infobox or similar.".Moxy (talk) 14:48, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Here is an example File:World war 1 sandwich text.jpg.Moxy (talk) 18:55, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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I have looked at the example and to be honest, I think that having 'sandwich'ed text is a lot better than having acres of white space, IMO; or is there another way round this & if so, what is it? RASAM (talk) 19:58, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure what you mean by white spaces - I don't see this. You on a modern computer?Moxy (talk) 16:50, 17 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pretty modern. I got it (a new computer) in February this year, with Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10 and believe me, the white space I see on some pages is horrendous. When I look at a typical page, over 80% of the pictures seem to be to the right, hence the white space. And besides, the code for each image is such that it automatically defaults to the right. Other images are marked 'right' and go there. Still others are marked 'left' and go there, so I don't think there is a problem with this rechner. Maybe yours is a little bit crook.

Now I think about it, my old computer (with Windows XP and IE 7), didn't seem to have this problem ! RASAM (talk) 21:14, 17 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Yeah, the 103rd was pretty much all my work. Thankyou for the copyedit; I don't usually blind revert changes. Buckshot06 (talk) 21:58, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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20th’s assault, destroyed three aircraft himself and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross]] for his performance.

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1945, the brigade received orders to evacuate the pocket by sea and report to the [[Swinemünde]] (now [[Bremerhaven]]-[[Stettin]] area to participate in the defence of the [[Oder]] line. The

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Avro York & Gatow

Great that you put in such a lot of work in order to have the format of the York article in better shape; thanks!
Just a tiny bit of a correction, concerning the 15 March 1949 accident:
Gatow is not located "southwest of West Berlin", it is in the southwest part of West Berlin itself (now called Berlin only). Once you are dealing with the York article again, you might want to correct it. - Regards --Uli Elch (talk) 07:29, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks; I try.

I was stationed in west Berlin in the early seventies with the British army. So I should have known. Maybe I'd got it into my head that Gatow in the late forties was sw 'of' instead of 'in' the Großstadt; (it was inside the wall in my time there). My mistake. RASAM (talk) 15:03, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, can you help me on something?

In the Execution by firing squad article, I put that two German spies were executed by American firing squad in Toul, France. But from the looks of it, countries-by-countries that used firing squad only lists if it's under the occupation and administration of military forces or civilian administration who implemented its rules on a foreign country. I don't think France was under US occupation and implemented its rules on the country by US occupation military and civilian leaders as they let the previously sympathetic French leader back to their own places before WWII begin. What is your view on this? Is this fine? Thanks XXzoonamiXX (talk) 03:15, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, XXzoonamiXX

I don't think I can be of much use to you on the subject of 'Execution by firing squad', except to say maybe that part of northern France was under American martial law for a short time during World War II ? I originally put the bit about a First World War execution in because it seemed to me to be a good example of a lack of recoil in a soldier's rifle which was soon noticed. I think it's examples like this that might have prompted the introduction of cartridges with wax bullets.

As for Toul, I thought you had misspelt Toulon, which of course is in southern France. A quick look at the Toul article soon put me right !

Sorry I couldn't be of more help

RASAM (talk) 20:23, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Neuve Chapelle

Question for you here. Talk:Battle of Neuve Chapelle Keith-264 (talk) 17:04, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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the first leg of her voyage in the [[Northwestern Approaches]]. On 17 February 1942, she joined [[[List of World War II convoys|Convoy WS 16]] – 21 troopships headed for Suez and Bombay &

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Officer Commanding]] in Chief or (GOC-in-C) ''Northern Command'', [[India]] in 1946 and 1947).

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Iron Coffins

Hello
I gather you have added stuff from Herbert Werner's book "Iron Coffins" to a number of articles in the past; I'm sorry for all your hard work but I've just raised the issue of its reliability as a source at MILHIST. It's here if you wish to comment. Xyl 54 (talk) 12:05, 6 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking the trouble to track me down and let me know about changes to the Werner article. I will reply on the MILHIST page in due course.

RASAM (talk) 12:35, 6 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Just to let you know I've posted the proposal about splitting the article (here). As you did most of the work on it, do you have any thoughts one way or the other? Xyl 54 (talk) 22:48, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know about the split; my main concern would be that although I can see the sense in keeping the book "Iron Coffins" separate from any Herbert Werner article, I would be worried that an HW biography only offering would be too short, and condemned to be a stub for a long time. Indeed, in the early days of the article's life, somebody wanted to put it on some sort of list, there was even talk of deletion (read the talk page). I defended it, saying something like: 'to have survived the war' would make him (HW) notable'.

If there is more material available (from a reliable source, natch), I would say: Go for it!

RASAM (talk) 21:48, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fair point. I was pleased that the general view in the discussion was that the book has enough notability for a stand-alone article, but there's no hurry about making the split. I wouldn't want to jeopardize the Werner article, though (to use the Papillon example yet again) being the author of a best-selling book is notability enough: Charriere doesn't merit an article for anything he did as a small-time crook. I'm happy to leave it until the Werner article is more secure. Regards, Xyl 54 (talk) 22:34, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I hope you do not have too long to wait. All the best.

RASAM (talk) 18:12, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Submarine pens

Dear RASAM,

I noticed you added the 'Background' section on the page on 'Submarine pens'. This mentions the research on air protection carried out by the Naval Construction Office in Berlin in the 1930s. I assume you refer to the Marinekonstruktionsamt. Do you have any reference for that? I am looking for any information on the continuity between the submarine pens of the First and Second World Wars.

Best,

W — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wbekers (talk • contribs) 16:17, 1 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Wbekers
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To try and answer your query, I see that I edited 'Submarine Pen' on 160911 and 'Valentin Submarine Pens' on 250813; so I'm not sure which article you mean.
I think one of the references that I used was "Hitler's U-Boat Bases" by Jak P. Mallman Showell (2002) [You'll have to get the ISBN from the page]. Another might be the 'U-boat.net' website, (but beware, it has a lot of typos in it).
I can't remember any mention of the Marinekonstruktionsamt in either source.

Sorry I can't be of more help, but both contributions are lost in the mists of time.
Good luck.

Regards

RASAM

Hi RASAM,

Sorry for any confusion. I did mean the article 'Submarine Pen'. It contains the following information: The mid-1930s saw the Naval Construction Office in Berlin give the problem serious thought. Various factions in the navy were convinced protection for the expanding U-boat arm was required. An RAF raid on the capital in 1940 plus the occupation of France and Great Britain's refusal to surrender was enough to trigger a massive building programme of submarine pens and air raid shelters.

I assumed that the 'Naval Construction Office' would be the 'Marinekonstruktionsamt'. I will have a look in Showell (2002) first.

Thank you!

Wbekers

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Trivial awards

Hi RASAM!

Sorry to pester you, I see you added content to the Ernst Röhm and Hermann Göring articles. I'm having some trouble with one editor about what is allowed to be added and what isn't, regarding linking to an existing stand-alone article. I'm not asking for you to take sides, I'm trying to get some guidance here. I added to the content of the article by creating an Awards and Decorations section. I then added some awards and decorations and provided links to their own stand-alone pages on wiki. One editor in particular has now decided that some of them are "trivial" and I, and presumably anyone, is not allowed to refer to these stand-alone articles. I have had several sections of added content on the Röhm page, and others, deleted because of this so-called trivial/menial business, yet when I've asked for a hard and fast list of all the articles I'm not allowed to refer to via links, I've not been given one. I'm not sure why a stand-alone article exists if you're not allowed to link to it? What do you think I should do here? Just never refer to an existing article via a link or persevere and hope for the best. As it stands now I just add links and wait and see if they are deleted under this new totally ambiguous decision by this editor, and then wait for the inevitable aggressive warning. Not sure what to do! Sorry for bothering you Troy von Tempest (talk) 02:43, 16 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Troy von Tempest

I have looked at my Contributions page and gone as far back as 050916; I can find no mention of ever having been on the Ernst Röhm or Hermann Göring/Goering pages/articles. I don't remember going to them, either.

I think you have the wrong editor.

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