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I also notice that you've contributed some information concerning Warner Bros. Animation, ie Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs, and Lauren Bacall in Slick Hare. If you have a piqued interest in animation and related projects, you might consider joining the animation Wiki-project (or, for a more general scope, the wiki-project dedicated to films). I'm an active participant of both myself, and I'm sure we'd all love to see you around. Have a Happy New Year! — Cinemaniac (talk • contribs) 22:03, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Small edit, great edit

Wow. Just your one little edit, and the article gets historical context and makes sense. I'm frankly envious - I can only wish I'll someday make an edit like that. Well done indeed! --Shirt58 (talk) 10:07, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Madeira uprising moved to draftspace

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Siege of Asemus moved to draftspace

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Siege of Asemus (July 30)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by SafariScribe were:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of events). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Siege of Asemus has been accepted

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I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi Rwestera. Thank you for your work on Raid on Petropavlovsk (1905). Another editor, MPGuy2824, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

on the target page there is no indication of such a raid. please add a sentence or two about the raid, with a good ref

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|MPGuy2824}}. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

-MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:33, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Russian Wikipedia has expanded information on both this and the Commander Islands raid. See https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0_(%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80)

Quoted (via Google Translate): From 6 August to 25 August , Suma, under the flag of Rear Admiral Togo Masamichi and Izumi conducted reconnaissance of the southern coast of Kamchatka and the Commander Islands . Having left Korsakovsk on 6 August , the ships arrived at Shimushu (Shumshu) Island on 10 August . On August 12, the ships split up in Vilyuchenskaya Bay: Suma headed for Petropavlovsk , and Izumi headed for the Cape Vertikalny lighthouse to search for retired lieutenant Shigetada Gunji ( Japanese:郡司成忠) (in Russian-language sources - Sechu Gunji) [ 45 ] who had been detained by the Russian authorities . Suma, approaching Petropavlovsk , fired at the barracks, but, having encountered no resistance, landed troops. At the roadstead, the American steamship Australia was detained with a cargo of military contraband and sent with a prize crew to Yokosuka [ 46 ] [ 47 ] . On August 16, Suma and Izumi approached Bering Island , where a landing force was sent to inspect the village of Nikolskoye [ 48 ] . On August 19, the ships returned to Petropavlovsk , where on August 20 , a landing force was sent again, leaving a letter to the district chief demanding the release of retired lieutenant S. Gunji. On August 25, Suma and Izumi returned to Korsakovsk [ 49 ] .

I can't find English sources for this, but find it notable that the Japanese made landings in and briefly occupied both Petropavlovsk and Bering Island. Rwestera (talk) 23:04, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi Rwestera. Thank you for your work on Raid on Commander Islands (1905). Another editor, MPGuy2824, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

no indication of such a raid is there on the target page. please add a sentence or two about it, with a good reference.

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|MPGuy2824}}. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

-MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:34, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]