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Cooperation

We seem to have a number of common interests, and it might he satisfying to work together more closely. May I suggest you look at my user page, which should amplify on this?

Clandestine HUMINT and Covert Action

I rewrote some of the introduction, and did some restructuring of the flow in the rest of the article. More specific advice, here or on the talk page, would be appreciated. There's an outline of the set of general intelligence articles on which I've worked on my userpage, which might help show how this article relates to others.

I'm glad you are working with this; it's always helpful to have someone else with whom I can try ideas. Certainly, there's nothing wrong with bolding the subject; I didn't realize the MOS called for it. For other purposes, I've had objections to bolding where I've used it, for example, to show the letters of a phrase that forms an acronym, bolding the first (or other) letters that go into the acronym.

As soon as I finish at least one cup of coffee, I see something that would help flow, and also politically since there's always an undercurrent of claims of excessive US focus. In this case, it really makes sense to put the British work first, since they had operating clandestine HUMINT and covert operations before the US did. I'm not going to try to trace it back to the office of Sir Francis Walsingham, spymaster for Elizabeth I, but the SIS/MI6 certainly operated in the First World War, and SOE/PWE were formed before the US entered WWII. Howard C. Berkowitz (talk) 12:44, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Disaster management

I just discovered, from looking at your userpage, that there is a project, and I'd like to learn more. Some of my background is on my userpage. I've also done such things as worked on the next-generation Army Forward Surgical Team facility. Howard C. Berkowitz (talk) 16:32, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

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Stop

If this is added again, you will be blocked. The article's subject has stated this is incorrect. John Reaves 02:50, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

No problem, I will stay away. But the reference says that he wrote the book. Cannot see how this is controversial. --rxnd (talk) 11:14, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

That was a warning, there is no requirement that you be warned 3 times before being blocked. John Reaves 14:54, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Coalinga, California earthquake

In view of your creating WikiProject Disaster management/Naming, Please feel free to chime in at Talk:Coalinga, California earthquake on the name of the artilce. -- Bebestbe (talk) 23:26, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

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Category:Firearm accident victims

Hi there, I don't have any special interest in the subject, but I just happened to come across Category:Firearm accident victims, which you created. I do a lot of work "straightening out" category structures, and I immediately noticed that both of the parent cats involve deaths, but the category name doesn't specify "deaths" -- so I wondered if it should be renamed, or if it needs different parent cats. Given the ambiguity in the category name, I rather suspect that it includes both deaths and injuries. However, I don't really have time to go through all of the 27 articles to ascertain how it's being used, so I'd appreciate any help you could give me so I can figure out how to proceed. Best, Cgingold (talk) 12:39, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

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Photo requests

Hi! You are in the category of users in Geneva. If so, would it be alright if you took some photos of the following in the Geneva area?

• Geneva:
  • HQ of STMicroelectronics, 39, Chemin du Champ des Filles Plan-Les-Ouates, CH 1228. WhisperToMe (d) 16 décembre 2011 à 07:33 (CET)
  • HQ of Foster Wheeler - 80 Rue de Lausanne 1202 Geneva, Switzerland WhisperToMe (d) 31 décembre 2011 à 05:34 (CET)
• Lancy:
  • HQ of Geneva Public Transport - 950 Route de la Chapelle 1 1212 Grand-Lancy 1
• Meyrin:
  • HQ of EasyJet Switzerland - Route de l’Aéroport 5, 1215 Genève WhisperToMe (d) 18 février 2012 à 05:52 (CET)
  • HQ of Skyguide - Route de Pré-Bois 15-17 1215 Geneva 15 WhisperToMe (d) 16 décembre 2011 à 07:33 (CET)

Thank you, WhisperToMe (talk) 04:54, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

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