User talk:Valentinejoesmith/Archive 1

'ALL: CONTRIBUTE AT THE BOTTOM PLEASE'

Ukraine/the Ukraine

Hi. Thanks for discussing the issue. You really are mistaken in a sense that Ukraine without article is a consensus on WP. If you interested, see Ukraine and Name of Ukraine: the issue is discussed there en mass. I'll insist on removing the the.

As for Internal Troops/gendarmerie in general, it is beyond my priorities (unless we're talking about particular UA troops). However, the guy who asked me to copyedit and watch that article, might be interested more. Thanks, Ukrained 18:02, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

I just saw you message to Ukrained. I was surprised the first time I encountered this one as well, but he's right; the use in English has shifted, and the definitive article is now omitted. The reason is probably that omitting it makes the name sound more like a "real" name of a country, and not a mere geographical region. Best regards. Valentinian ^(talk) 21:58, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Marcel Lefebvre

Welcome to Wikipedia.

As happens for many things in real life, not everything is absolutely cut and dried with regard to "excommunicate" and "archbishop". But we can certainly continue to speak of Marcel Lefebvre as an archbishop. A priest remains a priest, even if he is excommunicated. And an archbishop remains an archbishop. It is much more doubtful whether someone who is dead may be spoken of as excommunicated, a penalty that applies to the living. Lima 04:16, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Number of the Beast (disambiguation)

[1] --Commander Keane 22:33, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Internal Troops

Hi there! Thanks for volunteering to help! Actually, you can help on Internal Troops (and some other pages I hope) without your knowledge of local languages. What I have in mind is something theoretical :). You see, we lack a definition, a term, a classification there. I mean the subject (the troops) is described pretty well for now. But WHAT are those troops in military/legal terms: a gendarmerie? A military police (which I doubt)? A special kind of civil police? What about some "motorized rifle" (a term mentioned deep in the article by one of the authors)? So why don't we develop this issue? If you're OK with that, let's put our findings on the article's talkpage. Cheers, AlexPU 10:49, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

About our first results: I read gendarmerie and became more convinced that our Internal Troops are gendarmes indeed. Going to study also military police.

One more question, Valentine. Can you draw Wiki templates, tables, infoboxes and other HTML-related stuff?AlexPU 18:24, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

France in the American Revolutionary War

Hello, I'm the french writer of this article [the former one, from Wiki-fr]. The "official" can be replace by the "main" trade partner. I mean UK became the de facto first trade partener.

About the "This article is inadequate, and I propose it be deleted.", I think this article have to be completly translate from french to english before to ask things like that. User:Yug 09:19, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

That's fine, with just have to improve wikis :] Yug (talk)

18:04, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey, thanks for your corrections to the St. Agnes Cathedral stub.

Hey, thanks for your corrections to my recently written Mykola Tomenko!AlexPU 19:12, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism of the Battle of Tsushima

I have given the "troll" (IP: 68.193.171.101) a subst:blatantvandal-n warning. Cheers, Jean-Paul 20:11, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

User 69.10.123.4

I am completely unfamiliar with that user. I'm not sure what you are asking me. IrishGuy 08:14, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

OK. It was the Pocahontas article. The user was putting in unsubstatiated nonsense as if it were fact. IrishGuy 19:38, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Speedies

Hi Valentinejoesmith. Thanks for all your work tagging speedies. I wanted to let you know that "spam" is not a speedy criteria (though I wish it was). I've been deleting your speedies for other reasons, usually because it was a non-notable thing/person/whatever. Have a read at WP:CSD for more. Thanks again for tagging. Cheers! --Fang Aili ^talk 20:15, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

William Alexander Percy

Hi Joe, thanks for writing. I understand your concern, though you are mistaken on a couple counts. Number one, the user name is William Armstrong Percy, not William Alexander Percy. William Armstrong Percy is a cousin of William Alexander Percy, who was a successful southern writer in the earlier part of the twentieth century. He died in 1942.

Secondly, the person actually writing to is not William Armstrong Percy. My name is Aidan; I am a writer's assistant to Dr. Percy, part of which entails work on wikipedia, particularly in regards to his family, one of the south's most prominent families in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Dr. Percy has a wikipedia account, which I often use. If it would make you more comfortable, I'm happy to edit these articles under my own account name, so as to avoid any confusion.

You should know that there is an article up about Dr. Percy, at William Armstrong Percy, III, and I agree that it is bad form to have posted it under his name. However, the work is mine; I simply forgot under whose account I was editing. I will repost it under my own account. My sincerest apologies for the confusion. I am relatively new to the wikipedia community and therefore am still working some of the kinks out. I appreciate your message. William percy 20:24, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi Joe. Can you please be a little more clear with me? Are you suggesting that I not post the article about Dr. Percy at all, even under a different account? I didn't exactly understand your last message; it sounded like you were being a little inimical about grammar and such, but I'm assuming that I simply read it incorrectly.

Furthermore, the outing article seems perfectly legitimate. Dr. Percy has written one of the three major books on outing, and in writing that article, we not only worked from his book, but from the other two important contributions - the Signorile book and the Larry Gross book - so that the article would be balanced and offer due credit to all relevant parties. I look forward to your response. William percy 20:41, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

William Armstrong Percy III

My initial cursory examination doesn't indicate a hoax or vanity; I'm willing to assume good faith and say it's legit. Though I would not be opposed to an AfD and getting some other opinions. --Fang Aili ^talk 20:32, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Léon Weil

I have finished with my changes to the Léon Weil article. Please expand it as you see fit, but be sure to give references. The original French article can be found at [:fr:Léon Weil]]. You may also want to change some of the categories or links. TruthbringerToronto 23:39, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Have a barnstar!

I hearby award this Working Man's Barnstar to Valentinejoesmith for his tagging of ye aresload of speedy deletes. Thank you! --Fang Aili ^talk 01:47, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Speedy Delete

I don't mind at all, I just think it needs to be seriously wikified. skorpion 02:48, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

I have moved the page to Hebrew High School of New England in line with the name on their website. skorpion 02:56, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

okie doike. I have seriously modified article. Take a look see. Hebrew High School of New England V. Joe 03:02, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

improper speedy tags

Please use appropriate tags. I know that to the admins they just want to know to speedy it, but to someone creating their first article it is a horrible affront. If you were twelve and heard there was a place online where you anyone could contribute and you wrote an article on yourself, only to have it called "nonsense" just seconds after creating it, YOU WOULD CRY or at the very least never want to have anything to do with the project. We have some very young (i.e. 13 or 14) admins here so young contributors are valuable as well. We have more descriptive templates than {{d}} for a reason. If you can't be bothered to use more descriptive tags properly, than please use {{d}}, but please don't tag incorrectly, especially with {{deletebecause|nonsense.}}. That's just rude. —WAvegetarian•(talk) 04:00, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Sorry for the strong response, but I've been personally involved with some new contributors who have been bitten to the point that they left. You are doing good and necessary work as a NP patroller. As you seem to have made this the bulk of your contributions to the wiki, I advise you to take a look at WP:CSD. Each criteria has its own abbreviated template which you can use. Most have both an extra short and a medium short, e.g. {{db-a7}} and {{db-bio}} for articles about people or clubs that don't make a claim of notability. There is also {{db-band}} for non-notable band articles. Two more that you will often have use for are {{db-a6}} or {{db-attack}} (articles created primarily to attack the subject) and {{db-a1}} (a catch all for extremely short articles that don't give any meaningful content or context). You can see the message created by each by clicking on the links. Thanks for all your work. —WAvegetarian•(talk) 04:13, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

David Ignatius Foletta?

I don't know who this person is either. Why do you bring him up? 04:43, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Krystal Carey Chandler

Huh? I'm not really sure what you're talking about, but in any event, happy editing. Tewfik^Talk 04:47, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem, keep up the good work. Tewfik^Talk 04:57, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Mediation

Hey, I saw you added a few cases for mediation, thats good but you did do it slightly wrong (dont worry the complete process isn't clear). On the main page you just need the links to the mediation subpage (it is just a pointer) and no information. Then you follow the link (for example for your neni case: Wikipedia:Mediation_Cabal/Cases/2006-06-08_neni) and paste this into the edit window: {{subst:medcab2}} Then hit save and the template will appear - you can then fill in this template wit hthe relevant info etc. for the case. This way you will quickly get a mediator assigned to the case. Thanks  Tmorton166 (Errant Emote)  ^talk 07:51, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Fergal O'Hanlon

Hi, can't see a problem with your edit. I'm not sure if you thought that the sentence in question was one I inserted, it wasn't. Stu ^{’Bout ye!} 07:57, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

CSD categories and templates

Joe, you might check out Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion, particularly the section on deletion templates. Generally, they recommend that {{delete}} not be used. Try {{db|''reason''}} instead if you don't want to memorize all the templates (though memorizing them does make it a little easier. Cheers and good luck new page patrolling! --Kchase02 T 10:47, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Reply from Mr. Mod

You may think I'm new. I'm not. This is my secondary account. If I was new, I wouldn't have all those help pages on my user page. Just wanted to let you know.

Mr. Mod 22:31, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

ALL, PLEASE POST AT THE BOTTOM V. Joe 22:33, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Pink monkey

I found this article during Recent Changes patrol. I don't think it meets the criteria for speedy deletion, but I do think it should be nominated at WP:AFD. I didn't want to change the template without speaking to you first. (from user Gingko100)

Sorry if I forgot to sign the first time. I'll change the template. Thanks! --Ginkgo100 ^{talk · contribs} 04:12, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

A Whole New Mind

I see you tagged this for speedy deletion. Please note that notability is not in itself a valid speedy deletion criterion. (see WP:CSD). It can only be used as a reason for speedy deletion when the article concerns a person of whom the notability is not addressed in the article. Please take the article to WP:AFD or WP:PROD instead. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:31, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Speedy delete tagging of pages

Hi, I see you've tagged a lot of pages with speedy delete tags. To make the life of admins easier, can you please either give a bit more info about why the page should be deleted, rather than simply 'notability'. Notability per se is not a reason for deletion, but may bring the article into one of the categories for speedy delete. Please read WP:CSD carefully and use the appropriate reasoning from there. Also, it is helpful if you can use an edit summary with your edits to show what you have done to each page. Cheers. Kcordina ^Talk 10:08, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, but not quite new

VJoe- thanks for the hearty welcome! However, I am not really new to Wikipedia! My contributions to Wikipedia. I just don't have a cool user home page yet. Perhapsh I should put some effort into it. (grin) DavidBailey 11:55, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Adam Rapp

Please take a closer look at articles, before you throw a speedy delete on them. This page certainly does not meet the criteria, and might have been deleted, if it weren't on my watchlist. Ckessler 21:10, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

That's ok, I caught it. I appreciate the work you do on patrolling new pages. Ckessler 21:12, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Hocine Haciane

Hi, I wanted to let you know that I removed the speedy deletion tag that you placed on this article because generally, olympic athletes are considered notable. I've also improved the article to reflect some of the sources that I found. Regards, Accurizer 21:41, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Richard Wolfson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Wolfson

I understand you are an scientifically illiterate individual, but Prof. Wolfson is a well-known solar physicist and is an author of widely-used textbooks. Please do not insert the deletion-candidate tag based purely upon your (lack of) knowledge. -- Orz 22:05, 9 June 2006 (UTC) Wikipedia:CivilityV. Joe 22:10, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Request for help

can u help zsfzsf with his user page? email him at zfleisher@shaw.ca

Can you help me put table of contents with links? email me at zfleisher@shaw.ca

ZF: All you have to do is type topic and you've got a table of contents. Sorry, I don't do email accounts on wikipedia. Working as a New pages patroller predcludes that possibility. V. Joe 22:25, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Can you make a section for me with my user boxes?

No. I don't use user boxes, therefore I don't know how to. Might I suggest that you experiment? V. Joe 22:31, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

No. What I mean is that articles have a table of contents. Can you make all of my user boxes under a topic?

Not really, I'm not sure how to. V. Joe 22:33, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Could you find some one who could?

It would be better if you learnt how so you could do it in the future. Try the tutorial. V. Joe 22:36, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Is there a tutorial for user boxes/user pages? can you send me the link?

I don't know. Wiki design is not something I focus on. Just follow the links on the welcome someone left you. If you don't have one I'll leave it. Please sign your contributions with 4 tildes like this ~~~~ V. Joe 22:40, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

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J. W. Smith

On the speedy tag - info on Smith is currently monopolizing the economic democracy page, and I wanted to create a new home for it (as I suspect that phrase is by no means unique to Smith). It looks like Smith is some sort of cranky anti-corporate type, but his books are on Amazon, the IED is registered with the IRS, and his name popped up as giving presentations at various conferences, so he's likely going to squeak by the notability criteria. Let me move the stuff from the other article this evening, and you can remove the speedy tag at that time if you like. Once it's done it can be put up for AfD - I certainly have no strong views one way or the other. - David Oberst 22:18, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Actually, it looks like economic democracy may have been a redlink that User:Robbjedi tried to clean up, but only did enough research to find the Smith stuff. Most of the puffier info seemed to come in later edit by User:Roger4911, and then toned down[2] by an anon. I'll do some work on it tonight. - David Oberst 22:33, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Jahangir Siddiqui Air

It is a private airline launched in Pakistan. It is owned one of the major financial institution in Pakistan. It could be considered a major news in aviation industry in Pakistan. Thanks for your concern and comment. Siddiqui 22:56, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

I am on a Wikibreak. Though I try to check things up once in a while. I will add more info in a week. Thanks.

Siddiqui 23:02, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

lorem ipsum

Dude, the template {{lorem ipsum}} is not a foreign language, it's a place-holder to mock up a page that isn't finished yet. No translate tag, please. Plus you missed the side bar that shows the cell software development article is intended to break out and expand existing material in cell microprocessor, but I'm trying not to muck with the main article until the pod-ships have landed. MaxEnt 23:12, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Oops V. Joe 23:13, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

I understand you are trying to create an encyclopedia. What i write is facual and serious. I appoligive if it upsets people.Tyluthan 23:52, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Speedy deletion

Regarding the article Rip This Joint, which you tagged for speedy deletion with the reason "it is patent nonsense", I wanted you to know that I have removed the speedy deletion tag. This article does not qualify for speedy deletion because patent nonsense means a jumble of words or letters that is incoherent to the point of being meaningless, like "\SOKZDHjngoaidjroqenb" or "My giraffe box eat break llama quack tyrannosaurus sticky tape". If you still want the article to be deleted, please use the WP:AFD process. Thanks! Stifle (talk) 00:17, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Your request for Wikipedia:Mediation_cabal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mediation_Cabal/Cases/2006-06-08_neni/Active_Discussion

That is the link to your mediation discussion, which I will be mediating. Please respond on the discussion page, and also on my talk page that you received this. Danl 01:51, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

updated

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mediation_Cabal/Cases/2006-06-08_neni

check it out, and tell me what you think.

The Barnstar

Thanks for that. I'd always sort of wondered what these were given for, so now I know. BigHaz 02:45, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Speedy tags....please slow down!

Hi, I saw you tagged Pal Shazar for speedy deletion. Could I ask you if you could be a little more careful while doing speedies? That page made it clear that the band released 2 albums...which should at least be a clue that there might be some followup needed before deletion. Thanks! Rx StrangeLove 04:54, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Just to add a note....not properly tagging speedies creates more work and doesn't help out at all. I see a bunch of requests on your talk page to be more careful when tagging speedies. Please, do not place speedis tags on pages that do not qualify. Rx StrangeLove 04:58, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

You tagged the Pal Shazar page for speedy deletion based on the reason "does not assert the importance or significance of its subject". The article specifically indicated significant connections to other Wikipedia articles, plus other context and content. Please rely on more objective criteria based on the actual article, rather than on your lack of awareness about a particular subject. Please also consider that unjustified tagging for deletion might, ironically, be a type of vandalism. Thanks! x 19:50, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Glenn Bahr

Thanks. I'm not overly happy with it right now (I agree with you on the style issue) and I've asked for some input. You know how when you look at something for a long time and you know it's just not right, but damn if you can think of a way to fix it? That's me right now. AnnieHall 05:45, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

I understand the quotes, though I had been lead to believe that if there were more than 4 lines being quoted the text should be indented rather than placed in quotes. AnnieHall 05:45, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Tact

Hi. I noticed that you added some anti-spam messages to this user's page. You might want to move them to the user talk page, or he won't get the message alert. Joyous! | Talk 20:14, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

• I think most of his stuff is a copyright violation, anyway. I dropped a message on his talk page asking if he had permission to post it here: so far, no response. If I don't get some sort of feedback from him soon, I can just speedy them all as blatant copyvios. I want to give him a chance, first, though. Joyous! | Talk 20:20, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Gaza Beach Massacre

Personally I would have it deleted as unverified. Even if it did actually happened, what sort of historical perspective can you get in two days time? I was on Recent_changes_patrol. This is how I noticed the article. --E Asterion ^{u talking to me?} 20:50, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

I tried to NPOV it as much as possible. I also added the official response from both sides and a possible explanation in the last paragraph. Feel free to update it. Thanks, --E Asterion ^{u talking to me?} 21:25, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem. I just can't stand people using wikipedia as a soapbox, whatever side they are on. Regards, --E Asterion ^{u talking to me?} 21:30, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Merge Tag

I think if you were at all familiar with the miniseries From the Earth to the Moon (HBO) you would understand why the cast list is so big and why recommending the list be merged with the article makes no sense, especially since you tagged it only 5 minutes or so after I moved it from the main article to begin with. I've removed the tag as it really makes no sense. If you want to discuss it further, I'm happy to.Michael Dorosh 21:51, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Somerled of the Isles

You are absolutely right Rex Insularum would translate as King not Lord of the Isles. In fact both titles are completely out of place-I have never come across the designation Rex Insularum-which seems to be a pure invention here-and the title Lord of the Isles-Dominus Insularum-does not appear until the fourteenth century. Somerled was known to his Gaelic speaking contemporaries as ri Innse Gall-which translates as King of the Hebrides. I've made the necessary changes on the Somerled page. In general I would say to to you-on the assumption that you have an interest in aspects of Scottish history-always seek corroboration of the information uncovered. I have come across an unbelievable amount of nonsense on these pages. Hope this helps. Rcpaterson 23:19, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your message. The title Dominus Insularum-Lord of the Isles-was in fact assumed in 1336 by John MacDonald of Islay in a letter to Edward III, who, amongst other titles, was also known as Dominus Hibernie-Lord of Ireland. In this he was seeking confirmation of a land grant from Edward Balliol, who was trying to establish himself as King of Scotland with the help of the English. He could not style himself as 'king' because this would be a challenge to the accepted order of things. But Lord of the Isles-poetic or not-was still something fairly significant, greater than any earl or duke, and a companion of kings. Rcpaterson 00:25, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

More like an under or sub king, a concept fairly familiar in the Gaelic and Celtic world. Rcpaterson 02:16, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

message

I already knew about the 4 ~ and have skimmed most of those pages. Thanks anyway though Falco1029 05:08, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Low self esteem

Hello! The above AfD nomination was not correctly formatted. Have you read Template:AfD in 3 steps? This gives you the instructions for nominating an article for AfD and is usually infalliable.  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  07:34, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

AfD nomination

Hello, Valentinejoesmith. I redirected the article that you nominated for deletion, or redirection as it were. :-) You don't have to bring such matters to AfD, you can redirect the article yourself. You can also merge and move pages without an AfD nomination (in case you don't know). However, if the redirect, merge or move might be controversial, it is best to ask if there are any objections on the talk page first.

There was another problem with the nomination. An AfD subpage was not created. After putting the first AfD template ({{subst:afd1}} on an article and saving, you will see a red link to create an AfD subpage. You'll need to add some code and your reasoning for deletion to this page and then save it (the code is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion#How to list pages for deletion). That subpage is where the discussion takes place. The Articles for Deletion page has instructions on the whole process. Let me know if you need any assistance or if I was unclear about something. Thanks, Kjkolb 07:46, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

List of King George V Playing Fields (Norfolk)

I have reverted the stub you added. Rationale is that it is not a stub at all. The page is an incomplete list. As such it is part of a family of currently incomplete lists whcih will become complete over time. Since the sole information they are to contain is the list itself they cannot logically be stubs. Fiddle Faddle 09:37, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Please consider using the "Show preview" button

I came accross your edits to a new of new articles, and you seem to make a large number of small edits in the space of a few minutes, frequently you back out the edit almost instantly or make a typo in the edit and then make another typo. The preview button lets you check your changes (and make sure categories and stub types exist) - before they are commited to the article history. Everyone makes mistakes, but having a large number of edits in the article history makes it confusing to review peoples changes (since a simple diff reveals nothing). Anyway. Good luck. Megapixie 10:13, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Pal Shazar Article

"1) First of all, please post any additions to my talk page on the BOTTOM of the page. That way I can see them immediately" - Can do. Wouldn't want to inconvenience you unneccessarily, huh? Don't you hate it when people do that?
"2) You are correct, perhaps I should not have attached a speedy deletion to the article." - Yes, please be more careful.
"However, the article needs some work." - Nice little irrelevant dig.
"3) Please watch the copyright status of your pictures, etc." - That was a valid issue that was corrected, so don't worry aboout that. x 20:09, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Woodchipper

No problem, I don't like the sounds of "alleged" myself, even though it honestly nowadays seems to have been a media invention. If you have a better idea, that would be much welcome, though perhaps we should move to the article's talkpage since it's likely to generate other's attention as well. Any suggestions or improvements are welcome, though:) Sherurcij ^{(talk) (Terrorist Wikiproject)} 21:25, 11 June 2006 (UTC) My reply Sheruji: My biggest problem with the article besides "Alleged" is just that it makes the title (and therefore) seem a little hysterical. It reminds me of a Monty Python skit, truthfully. Although the article is balanced, paradoxically, as far as POV towards the existence of the shredder, sensationalism is also a form of POV imbalance. Personally I suspect something like that existed, but it was more the sort of sadism practiced by Uday Husseisn and that it didnt exist at Abu Gharib. AG, incidentally, bothers me, because it is clearly a historical prison as well as a political one, almost like Sing-Sing. Making AG about the scandals is rather like making the article on Sing-Sing about the Sacco and Venzetti (sp) trial. Sorry to be so pedantic, but my feels on the article are rather that of a pedant in nature. Thanks V. Joe 21:39, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

battleships

You know, it is not absolutely essential that the title of an article appear in the first few, words, so long as it shows up in the first line or two. Nevertheless, I have modified my article on Cerberus class battleships to meet what I feel are your over-strict requirements.--Anthony.bradbury 21:28, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

editing

Hi there: from the number of comments on this page, it is obvious that you have a deep involvement with Wiki: that's great; so do I. I have been editing about as long as you have. Could I suggest, in all humility, that if you feel that an article needs Wikifying, such as you indicated in respect of my article on Cerberus class battleships your initial approach might be to talk on my discussion page? I recognise fully that we all have the right to edit as mercilessly as seems appropriate, but entering a criticism indicating that an article is not correctly Wikified is not quite the same as editing. I'm not trying to fight, and as my other communication says, have changed the first paragraph of the article. Talk to me.--Anthony.bradbury 21:41, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Reply Hi again, see reply on your talk page. I've been a bit obessive lately, I admit, but my wiki-speed will probably slow when I get out of summer school. One last semester...V. Joe 21:45, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi. May I wish you the best of luck with summer school; I hope all goes well for you.

My interest in ships, particularly warships, may well equal yours; just from the fact that you are in summer school I can infer that the duration of my interest must exceed yours. I am at present writing a series of articles on the ironclad warships of the Victorian era, starting with HMS Royal Sovereign. I have got as far as HMS Magdala. If you have any comments to make, I would be happy to receive them; my non-cyberspace friends do not know what a battleship is/was, never mind naming any.--Anthony.bradbury 22:02, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi again: as I am sure you know, HM Government and the US Government were hardly on speaking terms for many years after the War of 1812, which, in my opinion, was a result of significant idiocy on the part of both Governments. My data on Erickson and Monitor dates from some time after the war, when tempers had cooled and data was available. I have no original data from the war period - my data relating to ships of the period derive from secondary sources. Sorry.--Anthony.bradbury 22:38, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

uh...

If you read Jewish Encyclopedia, you'll quickly learn that its copyright has expired. Thanks for your diligence tho. Cheers, Tomer^talk 22:54, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Executive Order

Thanks for adding stub. I will turn some keywords in this article into interwiki links. Fred Hsu 00:19, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

My wife is in law school and I am editing her first contribution to wiki. It is not really clear whether executive orders are real laws. But people have been treating them as such since their inception. It is right to tag it as a law stub. Fred Hsu 00:30, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Aneris

You're right I didn't verify sources in the article on Aneris. Now I have! Please check it and see if I did it right. Thanks! Binky The WonderSkull 06:59, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Just a little note. On your user page you might want to check the spelling of obessesive. ;) Binky The WonderSkull 07:01, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Vedeneyev article

Thanks for your addition to the Vedeneyev article on the M-14P engine. However, your addition to the motorcycle stub is incorrect - the engine is a 9-cylinder radial aeroplane engine. Please, next time, also fill in the Edit summary. Thanks. Daleh 09:36, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Re: Wolfe Tones

=( Spaingy

Please clarify

Could you please explain me your reent edit to "Consorcio Jurídico Metropolitano"? Thanks. Esaborio 07:19, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. Esaborio 07:28, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Gaza beach incident

Hi V. Joe. I've tidied the refs etc., making it pretty clear (unless challenged by later evidence) what happened. I don't think it was a hoax, though. The Palestinians almost certainly thought it was a stray IDF shell from the bombardment that had just finished. — JEREMY 09:46, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Pizza Shops

Thanks, man - I wouldn't have noticed that he was trying again ("Pizza Shop (film)" and "Pizza Shop (Film)" are different files, you see). I'm giving him one last chance before a block. DS 12:07, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Re Michelangelo the Artist- an Appraisal

Hi Valentinejoesmith.

I'm Amandajm. I wrote that page as part of Michelangelo's biographical page, but it was a bit detailed- so the technical stuff got moved to one place and the Appraisal got a page on its own.

When I moved it, I inadvertently left the references behind. I have now pasted the references in. You will notice that several sources have been cited in small letters within the text itself, as well.

There is a sistine chapel ceiling page, but what I have written doesn't belong there as it covers three of the four major works,not just the ceiling, including the David and I will probably include something on the Pieta.

I think that there is a place for critical appraisal within an encylclopedia as large as this one. What is really being looked at in some depth here is the Theology behind the works of art. Without a grasp on the Christian thinking of the time, (the two major strands of it,) it is difficult to understand the various works.

Just to put you in the picture, I've been an art historian/teacher for forty years. i'd be obliged if you don't encourage people to chop it about until it's finished. It's easy to make nonsense out of something and then it's no use to anyone.

--Amandajm 15:44, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi again! I deleted the content of the article on Michelangelo again. I wrote the content in its entirity. I will add some material to the other pages on Michelangelo and try to keep every word of it verifiable.

How does one get rid of a page, then?

--Amandajm 01:13, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your prompt reply V.Joe. I'll incorporate the main points into other articles. Right now I need help. Whoever wrote the article on Sistine Chapel ceiling made a serious error in describing the order of the paintings. The order has conceptual and philosophical ramifications. So it really matters, apart from being simply innaccurate.

Problem- the previous writer did a nice little diagram to support the description and of course it is wrong also. You can't see the door or altar in the beautiful pic of the ceiling, and he has located them at the wrong ends. I need someone who knows how to edit diagrams to reverse the words altar and door (main door, I think it might say). Should probably read entrance. There are actually a couple of smaller doors, but only one main entrance.

I'll hhave to learn how to do diagrams, but I'm terribly experienced at this sort of thing and people have to keep telling me things.

--Amandajm 01:36, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

I think that the article contains altogether too much original research. I've got a very good knowledge of Michelangelo, but I have been a teacher rather than a writer and haven't bothered to publish. Which means that I can't cite my own work as having authority. (I've been studying and talking about and teaching about Michelangelo for about 50 years). So I think we ought to cut the content and I'll rewrite it in a form that constitut fact. Thanks for having a look at the diagram. I found out who made it, and I'v sent him a message.

--Amandajm 03:01, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Theresa Karminski Burke

Thank you for tagging the article on Burke, I didn't have time to really work on the article except to start a new article and the basics.

Re tagging

Hello Valentinejoesmith, I noticed you adding a style editing tag to my newly created article Gwen Media. I was wondering if you could instruct my on how to improve my article, basically I don’t understand the “advertisement” part of the tag and need help on making my article my neutral.

P.S. I will cite my sources.

Zippokovich 22:19, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for that stub on Cleveland Dear!

Don't know how I missed putting it on. Good eye! --Deville (Talk) 04:00, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Talk needs to be on talk pages

Hi - perhaps the user's page was a redlink, but you need to be careful to put talk on talk pages. [3] I will move your comments to User talk:Amandajm and delete the history so that it shows red until the user wants to create it. Regards--A Y Arktos\^talk 02:48, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thiruppugazh

This AfD nomination is empty, please consider completing it. Sandstein 18:49, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Never mind, I think I sort of did it for you. Sandstein 18:53, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Comment moved towards bottom

Hey, Joe why did you nominate my graffiti page up for speedy deletion I was only trying to get Daddy Yankee haters some room to vandilize freely without getting blocked. {{From user:Daddy Yankee Answer: to (misquote) my parents: because if you had one, everyone else would have to have one.) Cheers V. Joe 23:32, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Stubby cooler

Hi Joe,

Thanks for your input on Stubbie cooler - I have now added the info on Coozie. If you think this solves the worlview issuem please remove the template and category. Cheers Parasite 00:36, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Just a Hello

I've run into your name a few times in the past week, so I'm just dropping a line to say hi. Happy editing to you! Teke 06:03, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Another Hello

David-the-Monk 06:27, 16 June 2006 (UTC) Thanks for the help, Joe!

Have a barnstar!

I hearby award this Working Man's Barnstar to Valentinejoesmith for his tagging of ye aresload of speedy deletes. Thank you! --Fang Aili ^talk 01:47, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikify Notice on William Leighton Leitch

Just curious why you put the notice there. It's not my article, but I didn't see anything really wrong formatting wise (It's a pretty small article so most of the guidelines don't really apply). If it's something small you should probably just fix it. Falls End (T, C) 21:27, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Catsorting

Hi, please excuse me if someone has raised this before, but I notice when you enter categories in articles such as Mary Heebner you enter the catsort the wrong way around. It's supposed to look like [[Category:1951 births|Heebner, Mary]] instead of [[Category:1951 births|Mary Heebner]], so that the name is alphabetized by the last name in the category list. Regards, Ziggurat 04:07, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Gaza Beach Blast

It is the current version that is POV - it implies there was a 16 month ceasefire which Hamas observed, and rightfully renounced once the Israelis shelled the beach for no apparent reason. I will provide sources that describe Hamas shellign during the 16 month period, and re-add that statement. (This comment added by user: isarig. Signed: V. Joe 19:36, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Cherek Bear-Shoulders

I didn't recommend it for deletion because of the subject, but because it was an empty article with no words. If someone puts content in, I'd have no problem. Cheers back at cha Czolgolz 19:47, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

David Myatt

I agree with you regarding your Myatt entry in the List of Converts to Islam page - a supporter of terrorism, so move to terrorist category. Coolmoon 20:24, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Internal Troops

Hey, VJoe, I've recently developed Internal Troops with gendarmerie stuff following our discussions with you. Hope to cooperate with you further. BTW, take a look at Military communication and Signal Corps. Maybe you'll get interested in developing those topics (e.g. regarding copyediting or US info).AlexPU 22:17, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

New page

Hello :) I noticed you've looked at my History of the Jews in Serbia page -- I am trying to get it to be a redirect to my main article Jews in Serbia (the History of the Jews in Serbia page did not exist 5 minutes ago!!). If you could lend some expertise in this endeavour, that would be cool! (I assume you're some sort of Wikipedia administrator!)

Cheers, AWN2 16:47, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

27.VII.2006

Hi Joe -- thanks for the feedback on the page. As for Serbia's role in WWI, I am not sure of the details and haven't researched it fully. Thanks for the redirect on the page -- it works seamlessly! =) Cheers AWN AWN2 09:01, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

28.VII.2006

Ah yes, good ol' Gavrilo Princip! I'm trying to focus the article on the Jews of Serbia (with background where required), I'll see over the next few days if I can add more on the WWI period. Cheers AWN AWN2 00:05, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Boot (village)

If there is no objection or better suggestion, I'm going to rename this article to Boot, Cumbria for the reasons given on Talk:Boot (village)--Niro5 14:52, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Donyale Luna

no problem ... she's an interesting character ... I'll add more as I find out more ... Mowens35 16:27, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

RE: Emily Browning

Thank you for your message in relation to this matter. Just so you know, I found the info on a emily browning fan site (http://www.emily-browning.com) but i do understand your position as it has not been publisize very much. RockerballAustralia 07:26, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

RE: Emily Browing (continued)

Apology accepted. RockerballAustralia 06:25, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

pjcard userpage

Why are you trying to delete my user page, literally less than a minute after I began it. You are allowed one so why not me? Pjcard 15:52, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh I saw what i did. Sorry! Thanks for the help. Pjcard 15:53, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Holocaust cruelty article

Is the article ok, i researched it very thoroughly and would hate it to be deleted

"Deflowering"

Listing this on AFD was overkill; I just redirected it to virginity, which already discusses use of the term. It's not a matter of notability (which this term is due to pervasiveness of use), it's simply a matter of its lack of substance as an independent topic. I also deleted your AFD page, as the listing was not completed and has no need to be. Postdlf 20:01, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

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Air Marshal S. Radhakrishnan

Hi,

I am currently doing a lot of context cleanup work and found your comments on the talk page of this article. I have also put the following message on the article's talk page.

I believe that the context is the Indian Air Force owing to his inclusion on the List of Ezhavas - Ezhavas being the single largest caste based community of Kerala, India.

Hope it helps/is interesting!

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Thanks mate

Thanks for adding the 'stub' on Ray Barnett article. I get stuck on stubs and I thought this article had to be added. Thanks again, karma:exalt

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AfD

I reformated your AfD to match the formatting on the summary page. You may want to revisit it. --Justanother 23:30, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

There were just some errors in the formatting that messed up the summary page. No big deal. Good luck. --Justanother 23:41, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Rudolf Kreitlein

Bloody hell! You got in there quick! He he.

Jeannette

I just read the discussion about Nachshub. (Isn't there a possibility to edit this word? Nachschub!)
You wrote:
"It was driving me crazy not knowing what the names of some of the German regiments meant. I don't speak a word of German, so if anyone knows more or could translate, it would be fine."
I guess I could help you.
German is my mothertongue and I am a member of the german army. That could be helpful, couldn't it?

Janet1983 00:00, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Jean-Michel Aulas

Fair deal; no worries. Sometimes I fear I may be a little quick on the draw or a little heavy-handed, but as I said -- no worries... --Mhking 18:04, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

WP:PROD

Per policy, a prod tag can be removed by anyone with or without justification. I have reverted this. Please don't do such things in the future. - crz crztalk 18:12, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Take care

Hi, you removed someone's comment from the talk page of Talk:Trial of Saddam Hussein [4]. I presume this happened accidently due to an edit conflict but please take great care about this as it can great numerous problems. In cases of edit conflicts in the talk page, given that your comment is usually self-standing the easiest thing to do is to just copy the comment and re-edit the page and paste it where appropriate. Nil Einne 03:27, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

About an edit summary on Trial of Saddam Hussein

From Wikipedia:Three-revert rule#Detail:

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This policy does not apply to self-reverts, correcting simple vandalism, reverting the edits of a banned or blocked user, or other specific scenarios listed in the Exceptions section below.

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Just thought you might want some reassurance. _JD^talk 19:36, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Malachi Ritscher

Thanks for doing the categories. Very lazy of me. Sadly, one of the points about this story is that the mainstream media does not seem to have picked up on it, so, for the time being, no better refs than those supplied. Clearly the article is open to question w.r.t. notability. I guess I'm going down the path that when an apprantly sane person self-immolates as a protest, that's probably notable. Even when the mainstream does not pick it up. Still. Good new article patrolling on your part. --Tagishsimon (talk)

I would, but your guess is as good as mine on the birthdates. What would I copy and paste to put "This is a Canadian Political Stub , you can help by expanding it" on the bottom of the page?

Thanks, d44

User:MakuOnline

Thanks. I'll keep an eye out for a while. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 16:36, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Re:MakuOnline

I saw those. I reverted them, along with a picture (that wasn't his) of Venom. I can't see the picture at work, but I know what the original picture was before it was changed. If the picture that is currently there (because I saw that you reverted the picture back) is over a "literal" Venom, then it cannot be used under fair use criteria, or any other criteria. All images of the character "Venom" (not Topher Grace) have been removed from circulation by the request of Sony. Any images that are being used are being used illegal under copyright violation; this includes personal screencaptures from the trailer that was shown at the ComicCon. This is because the trailer shown at the ComicCon wasn't officially released and was stolen via a camera phone. If the images isn't of Topher Grace then it will need to be removed. Bignole 17:02, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Would have been pretty annoying if they had been :/ RHB 19:54, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I'll have to get round to doing that at some point, but getting them created was the main thing today. Thanks again RHB 20:01, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Steve White

No problem. I had just created the disambiguation page and so it was still on my mind when I saw the edit. (Emperor 19:24, 14 November 2006 (UTC))

Kathleen Connelll

Is there a reason to have a full list of CA State Controllers on her page? If you have a reason it will stay but otherwise I'm gonna toss it. Alamar2000 01:33, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Deletion Request

Hi - it appears that Crzrussian (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) decided that the article didn't meet A7 (non notability) in such a way as to allow for speedy deletion. He did, however, put a prod tag on - 5 days from now, the article may be deleted. I'm afarind I can't go around this and delete it until the five days sre up, when I can make a proper decision. My edit was merely to remove the hangon request, which was putting the page into a category in which it didn't need to be! Note that if the prod tag is removed, you should take the article to WP:AFD, if you wish. Happy editing, Martinp23 21:41, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Mansfield Hosiery Mills CC

No worries. Some of these cricket club articles do look a bit obscure but on WP:CRIC we've decided, after a lot of debate, that for England and Wales at least clubs at the highest level of amateur cricket are notable enough for an article, though the articles will probably never be long. This is one of the nicer names on the list. A couple of us will probably be gently working our way through the others over the next few weeks, so expect a few more oddities to come out of the woodwork. Cheers. Johnlp (talk) 22:23, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Arilang1234

Hi,my information tells me that both the China Media Project site and the Journalism and Media Studies Center site (mentioned in the infringement warning) are licensed under Creative Commons. Well I am new(relatively speaking) and still learning, and still trying to work out all these rules. Could you help me out in this regards?Arilang1234 (talk) 22:06, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

You may be right... but I will have to find out at a later time V. Joe (talk) 23:33, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I still need your helps in the future, as I am very green on wikipedia.Arilang1234 (talk) 00:00, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi, its me again. Have you find out anything about Creative Commons yet? The China Media Project where I copy all the material from, is under Creative Commons lisenceArilang1234 (talk) 02:17, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Just to check any update on China Media Project?Arilang1234 (talk) 21:34, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

• Any news on China Media Project? It has been too many days.Arilang1234 (talk) 02:24, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Friedel scientists lineage

What a prompt reaction ! You have posted it in less than one minute after the creation of the "Friedel scientists lineage" page ! How do you do to be so fast ? I have been gathering information on the subject for more than two weeks and this lineage is simply amazing. Cheers, Shinkolobwe (talk) 18:10, 14 October 2008 (UTC)Shinkolobwe

Eh, I'm a new page patroller... The article is a good start, but the problem is mostly that this might be better handled a {{disambig}} page, or by an article on the family... just like an article on a family of peers. Cheers V. Joe (talk) 18:16, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Joe, Thank You for your advices. How can I rename this too complicated page name Friedel scientists lineage simply into Friedel family ? I intend to do more that just basic disambiguation to emphasize this amazing lineage. Can you do this rename for me as a WP editor before I go further ? Thanks. Cheers, Shinkolobwe (talk) 18:41, 14 October 2008 (UTC)Shinkolobwe.

warning template

you broked it. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3AWarn&diff=245255640&oldid=222047407 69.138.72.24 (talk) 02:43, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Zombie Pub Crawl

Hi Joe,

First, I am not a promoter (the event, incidentally is always free, and not really commercial--although I have never attended it). I created this page because I have read about this event for years, and it seems unbelievable that this cult event has no wikipedia page yet. The event has attained cult status in a city of several million people, and is known regionally and elsewhere to many more; but beyond that, it has played at least a partial role in inspiring similar pop cultural events in other cities nationwide (see article links). That alone should make it notable enough. Just because it is of more interest to people in or near Minnesota than to others doesn't detract from the fact that it is of some (albeit small) relevance and interest in popular culture nationally.

Perhaps more importantly, it meets the criteria of notability laid out in the guidelines since it is mentioned in multiple reliable sources, some of which I have already included in the article (I haven't yet had time to add more, I just wanted to get the article started, not spend my weekend defending it). This event has been explored in articles in at least 3 or 4 significant newspapers, a number of web publications, and who knows how many blogs. It is related to, though distinct from the larger Zombie Walk article--which seems to have been deemed notable enough. As I say, even if you don't think it is sufficiently notable (which for the reasons I just stated, I would argue it is) this article needs to stay for at least six months to a year so it can be discovered by other editors, have time to establish itself and be improved by other editors. Putting new articles such as this one of a more local flavor--but which still have some other significance--in front of a firing squad before they get a chance to become established and allow editors to further illuminate their relevance is a very slippery slope.

Summary: The article is of an small but nonetheless real importance local to regional (arguably national) areas of pop culture. It meets notability criteria. The subject has grown organically into a sufficient pop cultural relevance with at least tenuous national influence. To delete such an article right of the bat, or put it on automatic deletion review track when it has met notability and other criteria is a bad idea. Cheers. AdRem (talk) 02:33, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Great, so would you remove the tag then? Maybe the article shouldn't stand--but I think it deserves a shot for a while. AdRem (talk) 17:09, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Sure V. Joe (talk) 17:11, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

the argonauts(band)

Hey there. I requested an article on the Argonauts a while ago to no avail, so thought i'd create one. Obviously this is my first time so it's going to be a bit ropey, but I want to work on it and get it right, so please don't delete it. The band was recently the subtest of a bbc radio programme where they were interviewed for 25 mins and played 4 songs so I think this qualifies their notability?

All the best,

Jon —Preceding unsigned comment added by Godshonestjon (talk • contribs) 19:52, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

McDojo

No problem, the article has it's issues but I was a little surprised by that edit :D --Nate1481 09:30, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

I don't think pointing out what had actually happened and asking to discuss is particularly assuming bad faith, & my comment above was polite and friendly, I'm a little confused. --Nate1481 16:50, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

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Date/Place of birth missing

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re:Monclar

You're welcome. I found the article quite interesting. Manxruler (talk) 17:08, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, M. le General Monclar was most interesting in the French component of the UN force during the Korean war. Do you have the article for that? V. Joe (talk) 18:51, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

please repost

Hi, I had to revert an edit you made (on Carter), because I think it messed up the formatting of the page and we had to go back to an earlier version. Could you please repost your edit. Thanks and apologies, Jacob2718 (talk) 20:22, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Not a problem, truthfully, I hope I can refind it... ACK V. Joe (talk) 20:24, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

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Dead kids are not 'porno'

V.Joe, your comments "(images of dead Palestinian children) can certainly be a form of pornography and often are to people who are members of death-cults, neo-nazi organizations and others who we might find unpleasant. To me, Hamas is all three" are highly offensive and wholly inappropriate. Consider a substitution of the word "Jewish" for "Palestinian" and "Israel" for Hamas" and tell me what sort of reaction you would expect. You were politely asked to strike out the vile comments, your blithe refusal to do so is noted. RomaC (talk) 04:07, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Roma, You did not politely ask me (and WanderSage, and Tundra Buggy)to change or strike-out our comments. You demanded it. I don't do well with demands. And I dislike your implied threat.

Unfortunately, the nature of Hamas is a death-cult, and the use by largely (but not completely) Muslim youths unhappy with their lives in both Muslim countries and non-Muslim country to compare the poverty they might face in Egypt and the discrimination (quite real) in France or Sweden. This is a form of pornography as I understand it. (Namely, literature or images to encourage fantasies.) Hamas does not belong to the level of Fatah or even the Muslim Brotherhood (alternatively non-Islamic terrorist organizations, like the PIRA or the 1930s era Ku Klux Klan or the Red Brigades), but instead to the likes of Al-Qaeda or Aztec priests with sacrificial knives dripping blood. (Instead of feeding Quetzalcoatl with blood, these men wish to feed God with blood, the blood of the Israelis, but also the blood of themselves and their children. I cannot envision a God, compassionate and merciful, who wishes these things.) This is not the faith of the Muhammad (to me, a historical figure, not a religious one) who banned female infanticide any more than the Inquisition was the faith of the historical Yeshua. I have a limited sympathy for the Palestinian people but very little for Fatah and none at all for Hamas. These images were also taken of a human tragedy, of whatever cause, and posted in a very public place to garnish sympathy for a cause. I appeal to you, where are the pictures of the dead children from Checyna (Russian and Chechnik) or from Tamil. V. Joe (talk) 14:49, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

V.Joe, I am disappointed but unfortunately not surprised that you refuse to apologize for or strikeout your reprehensible comments associating dead Palestinian children with pornography and "death-cults." Your argument above provides me no evidence of coherent thinking, I'm sorry to have wasted your time. RomaC (talk) 09:32, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Does this mean I disagree with you? V. Joe (talk) 16:40, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Moved paragraph

Who cares about hamas? these are innocent dead children. I am completely against dead children on both sides, nevertheless, the numbers speak. Civilian palestinan deaths of wich are many children and women far outnumber those in israel. You or anyone else are most welcome to add images that would please the other side if that is our goal. My goal is to speak up for those civilians. Do you think these children are hamas fighters? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Contrieng (talk • contribs) 20:18, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Very often I believe that they might be. Nonetheless, it is a strawman, since your images are not copyrighted in any case. But ask yourself, do you believe that Hamas would allow humanitarian aid into Israel if the situation was reversed?V. Joe (talk) 21:11, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

I do not understand how images of dead children are propaganda! Please do not remove the images without discussion.

Please post commentary to the bottom of the pageV. Joe (talk) 14:51, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello (moved)

I do not understand how images of dead children are propaganda! Please do not remove the images without discussion.

ISM picture fraud?

Do you have a reference for that?--Cdogsimmons (talk) 01:45, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Interestingly, when I read the source for that information, [5] it does not actually say what our article seems to say, that ISM faked the pictures. It seems to say that they presented them out of context. I have added cite needed tags and removed the incorrect analysis of the Mother Jones article.--Cdogsimmons (talk) 19:35, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

OK. However, even if ISM did not fake the picture, they changed the context in order to suit a political view. This means that what they say ought to be taken with a grain of salt. Indeed, anything involving ISM should say something like "ISM, previous known for manipulating images involving the Israeli Palestine conflict..." V. Joe (talk) 21:19, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm not saying they didn't screw up, but I don't think that should completely exclude them as a source. The picture can still be attributed to them and people can take that for what it's worth. I agree with you completely that what they say should be taken with a grain of salt. But to me, that doesn't add up to creating phony pictures of dead Palestinian babies. Plus, if adding a political tinge to a photo's caption were grounds for excluding sources, we wouldn't have any sources to work with.--Cdogsimmons (talk) 23:32, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Screw up? No, ISM didn't "screw-up" as you put it. "Screw-up" suggests a mistake, something caused by accident. ISM instead deliberately manipulated photographs, misrepresented the activities of one of its members (the unfortunate, but somewhat dim and somewhat maleficent Rachel Corrie) in order to manipulate public opinion and gather support for its cause and organization. They also tried to hide unflattering pictures of Corrie to from Western media outlets (The picture/footage of her screaming "death to the Jews" while burning Israeli and American flags made great copy for the right-wing media once discovered. She was also photographed/filmed throwing stones at Israeli soldiers.) Therefore, caveat emptor (let the buyer aware) applies doubly to an organization or person who has chosen to be a fraud or a trickster. (This is why Bill Clinton cannot practice law, and few people still consider Dan Rather a serious journalist). I hope that this picture is not faked, but the ISM has long forfeited the benefit of the doubt. The ISM prefers to paint itself as a neutral observer, but as long been revealed as a shill for the most radical of Hamas demands (Actual, non-demographic destruction of the Jewish State.) V. Joe (talk) 16:49, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Speedy tagging

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The Australasian Institute of Policing - Deletion without consultation or cause

Dear Valentinejoesmith, Please do not remove material from Wikipedia without just cause for doing so. The Australasian Institute of Police is a legitimate, registered, not-for-profit organisation that has been established for policing. Do you have anything to do with policing? On what possible authority or motivation would you remove such an informational item without even having the basic courtesy of discussing this with people? I note that this is not the first time that you have done such... Perhaps you might consider deleting the Institutes of Medicine, Architecture, Acccounting, Technology and all the other education, training and professional bodies that exist in the world and are mentioned on Wikipedia???? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.108.194.237 (talk) 09:59, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Dear unsigned: The material based on the Australasian document is based on a website taken straight from its website. (aka a Copyright violation) It also is NOT as signifigant in Australian policing as the Constitutional relationship between Australia and her Police. Consider the "Policeman's Benevolent Society" in the United States. Cheers 15:04, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Dear VJS - And I am the author of the material upon the AiPol site therefore under both Australian and US law have licence to reproduce my own work in any location that I choose to do so. Given that you are a very long way from Australia and do not have any connection with policing either there, or here, may I suggest that you focus upon your own back yard and leave any censorship to those of us downunder. May I remind you that you removed the article due to 'blatant advertising' not under breach of copyright... I think that if you ask those within the medical profession (or any other profession for that matter) how important their professional body is for the sharing and building of knowledge that increases the performance of their profession...and would not see any article relating to their Institutes as 'advertising'. As mentioned above, perhaps you need to take a quick tour of the other professional Institutions and the valuable work that they provide before censoring material that has absolutely no connection to you, nor do you have any knowledge of what-so-ever. Stay in your own sand-box... Regards, Ian Lanyon - Secretary, AiPol —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.25.230.150 (talk) 22:16, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

First of all, Wikipedia is a user contributed website. I contributed because I find your article to be spam & also was a copyright violation without a specific realize. Secondly, if you are in fact an employee or agent for AiPol, it is quite inappropriate for you to schil the institution. Lastly, WP:DAB & assume good faith. I am trying to protect the crediblity of wikipedia, not to promote a website or professional association. V. Joe (talk) 00:34, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Dear V. Joe - Might I correct you, that you didn't contribute, you deleted...there is a significant difference there my friend. My final word on the matter would be to ask you, who better to contribute an article than those who have direct knowledge and authority of the subject matter than someone directly involved with the Australasian Institute of Policing? This is not 'schil' but rather enlightening those who might be interested of the existence of a not-for-profit entity who's sole purpose is to enhance the service that poice provide to their communities... Regards, Ian —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ian.lanyon (talk • contribs) 07:03, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

I didn't delete. I'm not an admin, I recommended deletion. A recommendation which I stand by. V. Joe (talk) 17:33, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

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I did edit you changes for musharraf because they are higly biased towards musharraf.And you removed every antimusharraf line.The article must be neutral.We must find a middle way —Preceding unsigned comment added by Almortian (talk • contribs) 20:25, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Quite so

The trouble is... the criticism so quoted was highly removed from the facts. Musharraf, whatever his other virtues or vices, is a combat veteran and was decorated by the Pakistan Army for his courage in the field. Both "good guys" and bad guys share this trait (Wellington & Benedict Arnold) V. Joe (talk) 16:25, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Hello, regarding : DEFAULTSORT:Turowicz, Wladyslaw Jozef Marian in this edit ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karl_Von_Hess&curid=23965372&diff=307812050&oldid=307797066 . What is: Turowicz, Wladyslaw Jozef Marian ? May I delete it without repercussion ? Peace, rkmlai (talk) 21:16, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

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Pete Seeger

Yes, I've lost things that I was sure I posted too, so I understand that. As for Pete Seeger - obviously I disagree with you. If you think describing a man of age 90 who has spent a lifetime and is still out there on the frontlines actively working for environmental and other causes as "tireless" is biased, all I can say is I wish you the same strength in your own old age (and me too). As you may see, the word is out of the intro at the moment, but I really do think when objections were raised to your edit - which after all reflects your own biases, right? - it would have been a better approach to talk about the edit rather than just reinstating it. By the way - as I asked on the talk page, would you be more comfortable with the word "tireless" if I added citations for it? I think it would be easy to find reliable, neutral sources who would characterize Pete as tireless. Cheers. Tvoz/talk 04:59, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Not especially. I think the problem with tireless is simply this... which is more factual? Al Gore is a tireless campaigner for climate change prevention? or Al Gore was awarded the Noble Prize for Science for his efforts to prevent climate change and has been rewarded an honorary degree from many institutions.. V. Joe (talk) 16:20, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Well, when Al Gore is 90 years old and still out there on the stump, fighting for the environment - I'll call him "tireless". Tvoz/talk 03:53, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

I think I shall have to beg to differ. Al Gore isn't fighting for the environment... but money and power for himself and his investors V. Joe (talk) 04:07, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

And I'm afraid your politics are influencing your editing. Tvoz/talk 03:55, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

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Nickname for V.Adm. Theodore Wilkinson

Correction to my previous note, just above: I put the answer to your question on the "discussion page" for the Wilkinson bio, not on my own talk page. Do you think the origin of his nickname ought to go into the bio? Tswilk3 (talk) 13:49, 2 September 2009 (UTC) Yes. But please do provide a "written source" for the information about the Admiral. Just like "doing" any other history... V. Joe (talk) 16:23, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

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Excuse me why in the world would you delete my article ikaros osx. IT is written with sources, and exact information. iKaros is a hackintosh distro.

did you just delete it cause you wanted too? —Preceding unsigned comment added by BenjaminINFO (talk • contribs) 16:52, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Dude you have problems...

So is this what you do for fun? —Preceding unsigned comment added by BenjaminINFO (talk • contribs) 16:57, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

I'll abuse you

Don't talk rubbish in front of me. What can you to me you ediot,duffer,donkey,monkey,funky,bloody.Don't even try to open your lips in front of me. Be in your limit. --Shubhankar.rocks (talk) 20:44 7 November (UTC)

Make me the administrator

If you will not make me the administrator then i will kill you as i am the related to the family of the president of India. Don't try to even block me. --Shubhankar.rocks (talk) 21:01 7 November (UTC)

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Anthony Norris Groves - UNPOV tag

Hi

Regarding:

1) "He passed in the presence of his Master" (I have never seen someone's death described that way in Wikipedia.) It is filled with POV, in that wikipedia does not take a position in the existence of Jehovah... and if you were a believer, it is also presumptuous to assume that His will is that Groves went to see God (as opposed to the other guy) 2) "He considered his life a failure..." Please cite this. 3) ..."Did not live long enough to see the worldwide impact of his ideas and example on a new generation of "faith missions" springing from the 1859-60 Revivals." Again, this sounds like it was written as a celebration of Groves' life... which is entirely inappropriate to an encyclopedia & to NPOV.

1. This is common expression for the passing of a Christian from this world into eternal life. That you haven't seen it described this way in Wikipedia doesn't detract from the reality of it. I don't know who originally posted it but I can understand why you might find it contentious. Perhaps a solution would be to replace it with "His niece, Lydia Muller, wrote at the time 'Leaning his head on his hand, he sweetly fell asleep in Jesus, at twelve on Friday, May 20th, 1853'". This conveys the sentimentality of the original post, as well as being a direct quote (taken from "Memoir of AN Groves with the Supplement") from an eyewitness.

2. I have not read the above-named Memoir so can't comment on this point.

3. It is indisputable fact that there was a revival of Christianity in 1859-60. It is true that his teachings had influence on this. It is true that he died before the revival occurred. It seems this is a factual statement, not a "celebration of ... life"

Silver Shiney (talk) 17:02, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

re UNPOV Anthony Norris Groves

Hi.

Not sure if I'm using the correct method of replying to you - I'm still very much an amateur at Wikipedia, so apologies if I'm breaking protocol.

"Hi, to answer your questions, it is still not eh place to write about the existance of a Christian God as a known fact. I personally am quite sure of His existance, and even more sure about the existance of a Satan, neither, however, are facts in the scientific term. (this is what faith is about)."

I don't see why it isn't the place to write about the existence of a Christian God - there is abundant proof of His existence. You can't prove your mother's love scientifically but we don't need faith to know that it is there!

"As for a Christian revival in 1859-1860, it is certainly geocentric to refer to this as such. there was an indisputed revival of the Christian Brotherhood in England at this time... but there is none at all for a world-wide or even Christendom-wide "Great Awakening" of the scale as seen in the Americas and Britain around 1660."

Groves put his trust in God to supply ALL his needs. George Muller was greatly influenced by this and from that, a great many individuals and organisations around the world trust in God for all their needs. I know - I deal with them on a daily basis. Whilst most of these may quote Muller as their inspiration, Muller (amongst others) got his inspiration from Groves, so it is therefore perfectly true to say there was a "worldwide impact of his ideas and example on a new generation of "faith missions" ".

"---I agree with you in re: direct quotes from obituaries and such... If you can find a quote from Lydia Miller than would certainly clean-up the POV."

The quote I gave you is from page 501 of "Memoir of AN Groves with the Supplement" - Third Edition, published in 1869 by James Nisbet & Co, Berners Street, London. I have the book in front of me even now.

Silver Shiney (talk) 09:36, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Protocol

You reply in quite the correct place.

Non sectarianism/"big tent"

Wikipedia is very diverse and includes wikipedians (sp) of any religious stripe or none. There are outstanding editors who are Christian (from "snake-handler" to liberal Episcopalians), Jewish (from reform to ultra-orthodox), Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Jain and atheists. Not talking about God or Christianity as established facts help keep Wikipedia a secular encyclopedia (not the Catholic Encyclopedia or even the 1911 Britannica . An article is certainly not the place to witness. (You will find that sort of thing on the Arabic language Wikipedia.)

Muller/Groves: I don't know anything at all about the gentlemen in question or their status with the almighty.

Please consider using the book reference function to place a tag on it. I'm not (obviously) familiar with the text in question.

Cheers:

V. Joe (talk) 17:12, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

UNPOV Anthony Norris Groves

Hi

Thanks for your response.

"An article is certainly not the place to witness." - Agreed, but perhaps the Talk section is?

On the subject of neutrality and providing proof, evolutionists are permitted to put their theories forward as scientific fact, when science actually disproves it. It is therefore not unreasonable for Christian contributors to state the factual existence of God

"Muller/Groves: I don't know anything at all about the gentlemen in question or their status with the almighty." I know little about Groves (haven't had the opportunity to read the book I refer to) but anyone studying the life of Muller would be challenged to deny that what he accomplished is outside the realm of human achievement. The Wiki page on his life is quite sound.

"Please consider using the book reference function to place a tag on it. I'm not (obviously) familiar with the text in question." Does that mean you'd be happy for me to remove the UNPOV marker?

Regards Silver Shiney (talk) 22:00, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

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The Douglas Porch Article

Hey I saw what you did with the Douglas Porch article and how you contacted . I thought that was pretty cool that he took the time to write back to you. Although I have never given one of these out, I thought that some initiative on your part deserved some recognition. I also looked through your talk page archives and saw that it had been some time since you'd been given something, so that played into my decision as well. Keep up the good work, sir.

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Hey, just in case you missed it, there is an oppurtunity to get a free dinner this Tuesday August 11 and a chance to meet and hang out talk about Wikipedia:WikiProject United States Public Policy and WP:GLAM/SI. Sorry that this is so late in the game, I was hoping the e-mail would be a better form of contact for active members (if you want to get on the e-mail list send me an User e-mail ). Hope that you can attend, User:Sadads (talk)12:42, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

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DC Meetup #12

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Prince Imperial

Hi, Just added a note to your comment on Louis Napoleon, the Prince Imperial. He can't have been a british army officer as the condition for him to go to military training in England was that he wasn't allowed to take commission in the army. Source: Saul Davids "Zulu. The Heroism and Tragedy of the Zulu War of 1879" (2006?) p 311. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shieldfire (talk • contribs) 13:52, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

This I did not know. He had to have been something though. Do you know what his official status was with the British Army, if any? He was definitely killed in action by a Zulu, and I doubt he would have enlisted or taken a warrant...

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The Bugle: Issue LVI, October 2010

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Hello, I left you a message at Talk:Josef Šnejdárek.Cimmerian praetor (talk) 16:37, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LVII, November 2010

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WikiXDC: Wikipedia 10th Birthday!

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Hello. I answered a question from 2009 you left in the discussion page for the article on Emil Mazuw. Its about his postwar status as a prisoner. 70.234.252.216 (talk) 05:35, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LVIII, December 2010

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The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011

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Wikimania 2012 bid, DC chapter & next meetup!

1. At WikiXDC in January, User:Harej proposed that DC submit a bid to host Wikimania 2012. A bid and organizing committee is being formed and seeks additional volunteers to help. Please look at our bid page and sign up if you want to help out. You can also signup for the bid team's email list.
2. To support the Wikimania bid, more events like WikiXDC, and outreach activities like collaborations with the Smithsonian (ongoing) and National Archives, there also has been discussion of forming Wikimedia DC, as an official Wikimedia chapter. You can express interest and contribute to chapter discussions on the Wikimedia DC Meta-Wiki pages.
3. To discuss all this and meet up with special guest, Dutch Wikipedian User:Kim Bruning, there will be a meetup, Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 16 this Tuesday at 7pm, at Capitol City Brewery, Metro Center. There will be a pre-meetup Wikimania team meeting at 6pm at the same location.

Apologies for the short notice for this meetup, but let's discuss when, where & what for DC Meetup #17. Also, if you haven't yet, please join wikimedia-dc mailing list to stay informed. Cheers, User:Aude (talk)

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The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011

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DC Meetup: May 7 @ Tenleytown Library

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The Bugle: Issue LXI, March 2011

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The Bugle: Issue LXII, April 2011

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The Bugle: Issue LXIII, May 2011

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Regarding independent sources for page on Gary DeMar/ American Vision

Hi I came across the following article from the Southern Poverty Law Center. http://splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/winter/the-hard-liners

In the article, SPLC declared American Vision, along with 12 other groups, to be a "Hate Group". This action was taken because: "Even as some well-known anti-gay groups like Focus on the Family moderate their views, a hard core of smaller groups, most of them religiously motivated, have continued to pump out demonizing propaganda aimed at homosexuals and other sexual minorities. These groups’ influence reaches far beyond what their size would suggest, because the “facts” they disseminate about homosexuality are often amplified by certain politicians, other groups and even news organizations."

I hope this helps Pete 75.68.20.183 (talk) 04:13, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Smithsonian Archives of American Art Backstage Pass

Archives of American Art Backstage Pass! - You are invited!

The Smithsonian is hosting its first Backstage Pass at the Archives of American Art in, Washington, D.C., on Friday, July 29. 10 Wikimedians will experience the behind the scenes aspects of archiving the world's largest collection of documents and photographs related to American art. After a complimentary lunch, an edit-a-thon will take place and prizes will be awarded. Followed by an evening happy hour. We hope you'll participate! SarahStierch (talk) 17:01, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

GLAM-Wiki Baltimore meetup

You are invited to the first Wikipedia Baltimore meetup on Saturday, July 23, 10:00am-12:30pm at the Walters Art Museum. Come meet Wikimedians, learn about GLAM-Wiki partnerships, get involved, and discuss future wiki outreach and activities in the Baltimore area!

There also is a Wikipedia & Cultural Heritage at the Young Preservationist Happy Hour on Friday, July 22, 6:30pm at the Midtown Yacht Club, an unpretentious neighborhood pub.

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The Bugle: Issue LXIV, June 2011

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; medal recipients; contest results Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at Finland and Spitfires Op-ed: Fifelfoo and hunting for plagiarism

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The WikiProject National Archives Newsletter

The first ever WikiProject National Archives newsletter has been published. Please read on to find out what we're up to and how to help out! There are many opportunities for getting more involved. Dominic·t 21:45, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

The WikiProject National Archives Newsletter July 2011 News Featured article contest This week, our first multilingual featured article contest was announced. We are aiming to improve the articles on the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, or Bill of Rights to featured or good status in English and other languages. Prizes for winners will be a gift package from the National Archives including a book of your choice or a tote bag, and other swag, plus, of course, a special barnstar. August 6 backstage pass Plans are in the works for a meetup and backstage pass event at the National Archives II facility in College Park, MD. There will be a regular social meetup, a discussion with Dominic about WP:NARA, a tour of the building by NARA staff, and then time for a scanathon and editathon in the research rooms and library until the building closes at 5 pm. Keep your schedules open! From our recent uploads: ...see more. Special requests: This section includes special requests from the NARA staff: Archival Recovery Team The National Archives' Archival Recovery Team (ART) is a team of law enforcement agents and archivists who investigate NARA's lost and stolen documents. They have received media attention ([6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13]) and would like to request an article be written for the team, if Wikipedians deem it notable. It is hoped that making more information about the group available on Wikipedia will increase public awareness of the documents they are seeking to recover. Ongoing Today's Document challenge The Today's Document challenge is an opportunity for Wikipedians to get their work related to National Archives holdings spotlighted on Archives.gov and the National Archives' tumblr. Each day the National Archives selects a document related to the day's date to showcase. The goal is to get articles related to the selected documents on the main page in ""Did You Know...?" the same day that the National Archives features the document. Alternatively, other appropriate articles related to National Archives holdings not already selected will be used for new documents of the day by NARA staff and posted to their tumblr. Wikisource WP:NARA has a sister WikiProject on Wikisource, WS:NARA. On Wikisource, editors transcribe, proofread, and arrange documents. This helps to make little-known documents more discoverable, or well-known documents more searchable, and improves accessibility. See the files being worked on. If you are new to Wikisource and would like to participate, there are experienced Wikisourcerors willing to be mentors. New contributions A list of some recent contributions to the project: Wikipedia District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act (Fetchcomms) Court of the Patriarchs (CutOffTies) Opposition to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom (Fetchcomms) Wikisource1 Memorial of Queen Liliuokalani in relation to the Crown lands of Hawaii Petition from women of Brookline Resolutions of the Joint Committee on the Washington Monument H. R. 4982 A Petition For Universal Suffrage Susan B. Anthony petition for remission of fine Alexander Hamilton's commission to take rank as Colonel 1Credit goes to Prosody, Theornamentalist, Inductiveload, Digipoke, George Orwell III, Kathleen.wright5, BirgitteSB, and Zhaladshar Tools Archives.gov grabber (Slakr) Future plans Major image contribution The National Archives has hundreds of thousands of digitized documents in its holdings. We are working on a bulk upload to Commons of one particular cache of about 123,000 TIFF master files in the next few days! Once uploaded, these will require a massive community effort to help categorize the files on Commons and add them to articles on Wikipedia or transcribe them on Wikisource. Inclusion in the online catalog We are currently working on a system for including links to pages on Wikimedia projects in the National Archives online catalog. The Wikimedia projects are hosting an increasing number of transcriptions of National Archives documents and high-quality image and video files that are not available through NARA's own site. Links to these Wikimedia pages in the documents' actual catalog records will benefit the end user by providing them access to further resources about the documents, and they will also demonstrate the National Archives commitment to supporting Wikimedians' efforts. To stop receiving this newsletter, please remove your name from the list.

DC Meetup, July 29

DC Meetup 21 - Who should come? You should. Really.
	DC MEETUP 21 is July 29! This meet up will involve Wikipedians from the area as well as Wiki-loving GLAM professionals. See you Friday! SarahStierch (talk) 16:32, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

DC-area Meetup, Saturday, August 6

National Archives Backstage Pass - Who should come? You should. Really.
	On Saturday, August 6, the National Archives is hosting a Wikipedia meetup, backstage pass tour, and edit-a-thon in College Park, Maryland. Meet staff and fellow Wikipedians, go behind the scenes at the National Archives, help digitize documents, and edit together! Dominic·t 21:45, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; medal recipients; contest results Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at Zeebrugee and Afghanistan Op-ed: WereSpielChequers examines RfA

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The Bugle: Issue LXVI, August 2011

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; medal recipients; contest results Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at Carthage and Australia in Palestine Op-ed: Remembering 9/11

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You're invited! Wikimedia DC Annual Membership Meeting

DC Meetup 23 & Annual Membership Meeting

Wikimedia District of Columbia, the newest officially recognized chapter, is holding its Annual Membership Meeting at 1pm on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at the Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library. Agenda items include: election of the Board of Directors for the next two years approval of a budget for the 2011-2012 fiscal year report on the activities and accomplishments of the past year social gathering afterwards at a nearby restaurant Candidate nominations are open until 11:59pm EDT on Saturday, September 24. We encourage you to consider being a candidate. (see see candidate instructions) The meeting is open to both the general public and members from within the DC-MD-VA-WV-DE region and beyond. We encourage everyone to attend! You may join the chapter at the meeting or online.

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DC-area Meetup, Saturday, October 8

National Archives Backstage Pass - Who should come? You should. Really.
	You are invited to the National Archives in College Park for a special backstage pass and scanathon meetup with Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, on Saturday, October 8. Go behind the scenes and into the stacks at the National Archives, help digitize documents, and edit together! Free catered lunch provided! Dominic·t 16:36, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue LXVII, September 2011

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; medal recipients; contest results Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content Book reviews: Nick-D and Ian Rose look at Australian air power Op-ed: Buggie111 ruminates about WikiLife and WikiDeath

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You're invited! Wikipedia Loves Libraries DC

Wikipedia Loves Libraries DC & edit-a-thon
Wikipedia Loves Libraries comes to DC on Saturday, November 5th, from 1-5pm, at the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library. We will be holding an edit-a-thon, working together to improve Wikipedia content related to DC history, arts, civil rights, or whatever suits your interests. There may also be opportunities to help with scanning historic photos plus some swag! You're invited and we hope to see you there!
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Fine Art Edit-a-Thon & DC Meetup 26!

Fine Art Edit-a-Thon & Meetup - Who should come? You should. Really.

FINE ART EDIT-A-THON & DC MEETUP 26 is December 17! The Edit-a-Thon will cover fine art subjects from the Federal Art Project and the meet up will involve Wikipedians from the area as well as Wiki-loving GLAM professionals. You don't have to attend both to attend one (but we hope you do!) Click the link above and sign up & spread the word! See you there! SarahStierch (talk) 16:33, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXVIII, October 2011

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; medal recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D analyzes three books from Osprey Publishing Review essay: Nick-D reviews the new Bundeswehr Military History Museum

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The Bugle: Issue LXIX, November 2011

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors – MHotY coming; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at the Congolese Wars Review essay: Ian Rose goes to El Alamein Op-ed: DCI's call to revitalize WikiProject History

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National Archives ExtravaSCANza

You are invited to the National Archives ExtravaSCANza, taking place every day next week from January 4–7, Wednesday to Saturday, in College Park, Maryland (Washington, DC metro area). Come help me cap off my stint as Wikipedian in Residence at the National Archives with one last success! This will be a casual working event in which Wikipedians are getting together to scan interesting documents at the National Archives related to a different theme each day—currently: spaceflight, women's suffrage, Chile, and battleships—for use on Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons. The event is being held on multiple days, and in the evenings and weekend, so that as many locals and out-of-towners from nearby regions1 as possible can come. Please join us! Dominic·t 01:42, 30 December 2011 (UTC) 1 Wikipedians from DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Newark, New York City, and Pittsburgh have been invited.

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Military Historian of the Year

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The Bugle: Issue LXX, January 2012

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The Bugle: Issue LXXI, February 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks into two recent Milhist books Op-ed: Ian Rose discusses article assessments

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You're invited: Smithsonian Institution Women in Science Edit-a-Thon!

Who should come? You should. Really.
	She Blinded Me with Science: Smithsonian Women in Science Edit-a-Thon will be held on Friday, March 30, 2012 at the Smithsonian Archives in Washington, D.C. This edit-a-thon will focus on improving and writing Wikipedia content about women from the Smithsonian who contributed to the sciences. It will be followed by a happy hour meetup! We look forward to seeing you there!

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Speedy deletion nomination of Krystal Carey

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The Bugle: Issue LXXII, March 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks into two recent Milhist books Op-ed: Hawkeye on Wikipedia collaborating with the AWM

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Wikimedia DC Meetup & Dinner

Please join us for a Wikimedia DC Meetup & Dinner on Saturday, May 5. This will be a great opportunity to meet other Wikimedians from the DC area, discuss upcoming Wikimedia DC activities and events, and have fun over dinner and drinks. All ages are welcome! Kirill [talk] 04:12, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXIII, April 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Bomzibar on Subhas Chandra Bose; Hawkeye on corps commanders; Nick-D on American special forces Op-ed: The Land on commemorating World War I

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You're invited: Smithsonian Institution Archives Edit-a-thon!

Please join us for the second Smithsonian Institution Archives Edit-a-thon! This event will focus on Smithsonian history including the history of the Institution's museums, archives, research centers and the people behind them. This will be a great opportunity to learn about the Archives, work within them & with staff, and learn more about the world's largest museum complex. We hope you'll join us on Friday, May 25. Please sign up here! Sarah (talk) 21:52, 7 May 2012 (UTC) Note: You received this message because you were listed here. If you no longer wish to receive messages of this nature, please remove yourself from that list.

The Bugle: Issue LXXIV, May 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Bomzibar on Chiang Kai-shek; Nick-D on the Falklands War Interview: Article writers discuss biographies Op-ed: Nick-D examines using news articles as sources

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GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D on the Chaco War and the Bougainville Campaign Op-ed: Remembering conflict

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The Bugle: Issue LXXVI, July 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors: Wikimania 2012; special projects note Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D on the Australian 25th Battalion Interview: Article writers discuss buildings and fortifications Op-ed: Hawkeye7 reports on a weekend workshop

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You're invited to Masterpiece Museum Edit-a-Thon!

"Masterpiece Museum" Edit-a-Thon at the Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Smithsonian American Art Museum and Wikimedia DC present the "Masterpiece Museum" Edit-a-Thon. Drawing from their vast vaults of art, the caretakers of the Smithsonian American Art Museum have meticulously drawn forth canvas jewels to import into Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia articles. The museum directors and staff are excited about this project, and would love to have experienced Wikimedians help in the effort! Kirill [talk] 18:09, 29 July 2012 (UTC) When August 10, 2012, 10 AM - 4 PM Where Smithsonian American Art Museum, 7th & F St NW, Washington, DC Signup Details & signup

The Bugle: Issue LXXVII, August 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D on the legacy of World War II Op-ed: Bomzibar on German military history

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Proposed deletion of Corps Volontaires Coree

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Military history coordinator election

The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 10:05, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Backstage at the Smithsonian Libraries

Backstage at the Smithsonian Libraries is part of Wikipedia Loves Libraries 2012, the second annual continent-wide campaign to bring Wikipedia and libraries together with on-site events. Running this fall through October and November, libraries (and archives) will open their doors to help build a lasting relationship with their local Wikipedian community.

Organized by Wikimedia DC, this event will take place on October 12, 2012, and will include new editor training, a "backstage pass" tour of the National Museum of Natural History, and an edit-a-thon. Everyone is welcome to attend!

Kirill ^[talk] 18:50, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXVIII, September 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: AustralianRupert on artillery in South Australia, and Nick-D on Venice's empire Op-ed: Nick-D on the "Kokoda: Beyond the Legend" conference

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The Bugle: Issue LXXIX, October 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; milestone for the Fortifications task force; contest results Articles: The month's new Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/October 2012/Hawkeye7 on mission command Op-ed: The ed17 on how The Bugle could be improved

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The Bugle: Issue LXXX, November 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: The month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Sturmvogel_66, AustralianRupert, and Nick-D look at ships, soldiers, and railways Op-ed: Nick-D on navigating the FA and A-Class review processes

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DC Meetup #33

December 10 is Ada Lovelace's birthday! Not only was she the world's first computer programmer, but also the world's first female open source developer! Come celebrate with Wikimedia District of Columbia at Busboys & Poets for an informal get together!

The Washington, DC event will be held on Monday, December 10, 2012 at Busboys & Poets on 5th St NW & K St NW near Mt Vernon Square. The area is easily accessible by the Red Line Chinatown stop and the Yellow Line and Green Line Mt Vernon Square stop, as well as by WMATA buses.

Kirill ^[talk] 14:07, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Wikimedia DC Holiday Party and Wiki Loves Monuments Exhibition

Please join Wikimedia DC and four other local media nonprofits—the National Press Club's Young Members Committee, 100Reporters, IRE and the Fund for Investigative Journalism—in winding down another year with a night of well-mannered frivolity.

The festivities will take place on Friday evening from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM in the Zenger Room on the 13th Floor of the National Press Club, located on 529 14th Street NW, near Metro Center. There will be meat and vegetarian appetizers as well as a cash bar with specially reduced drink prices all night long. In addition, we will be exhibiting the finalists of the Wiki Loves Monuments photo contest at the event.

Hope to see you there! Kirill ^[talk] 04:32, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXI, December 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: The month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Simon Harley on British battleships and Nick-D on the French Resistance Interview: Five editors discuss some less-represented areas of military history Op-ed: Ian Rose looks back on 2012

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXII, January 2013

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: The month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at Mongol naval power Op-ed: Crisco 1492 on war films

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DC happy hour on Thursday, February 28!

Please join Wikimedia DC for Happy Hour at the Capitol City Brewery at Metro Center on Thursday, February 28 at 6 p.m. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

For more information and to sign up, see Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 34. Hope to see you there! Harej (talk) 02:18, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXIII, February 2013

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at US Army leadership since World War II

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Invitation to a discussion: Wikipedia and legislative data

Hi Valentinejoesmith, since you are interested in meetups in DC, I'd like to invite you to attend the Cato Institute's "Wikipedia and Legislative Data" events on March 14. (There's also an all day workshop on March 15; let me know if you are interested, we may be able to add more people.)

There will be an introduction to Wikipedia and open edit-a-thon in the afternoon, and a Sunshine Week Reception in the evening. I hope you can make it!

• Please sign up here
• Announcement on Cato's blog
• Background from Cato sponsor Jim Harper's perspective
• Background from Wikipedian Pete Forsyth's perspective

Hope to see you there! -Pete (talk) 20:01, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, March 9!

Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Guapo's at Tenleytown-AU on Saturday, March 9 at 5 PM All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

For more information and to sign up, please see Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 35. Hope to see you there! Kirill ^[talk] 13:53, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

You are invited to a Women in the Arts Meetup & Edit-a-thon on Friday, March 29

In honor of Women's History Month, the Smithsonian and the National Museum of Women in the Arts are teaming up to organize a Women in the Arts Meetup & Edit-a-thon on Friday, March 29, 2013 from 10:00am - 5:00pm. The event is focused on encouraging women editors while improving Wikipedia entries about women artists and art world figures. This event is free of charge, but participation is limited to 20 volunteers, so RSVP today! Sarasays (talk) 23:08, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXIV, March 2013

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at refugees during the Battle of France Interview: Editors discuss writing articles about the former Yugoslavia Op-ed: Prioryman on German V-weapon sites and the historian's responsibility

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You are invited to the "All Things GW" editathon on Saturday, April 20

The "All Things GW" editathon on Saturday, April 20, 2013 from 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. is a rare chance to go behind the scenes in the University Archives of the GW Libraries and use their unique resources to research and update Wikipedia pages related to The George Washington University and the Foggy Bottom neighborhood. Did you miss our last D.C. history editathon? This is your is your chance to come edit with wiki-friends using different great collection! The event includes a behind-the-scenes tour of the University Archives and a show-and-tell of some of its most interesting treasures, snacks, and the editathon.

Participation is limited to 30 volunteers, so RSVP today! Dominic·t 07:22, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

DC meetups on April 19 and 20

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for two exciting events this weekend:

On the evening of Friday, April 19, we're hosting our first-ever WikiSalon at our K Street office. The WikiSalon will be a twice-monthly informal meetup and collaborative editing event to help build the community of Wikimedia enthusiasts here in DC; please join us for its inaugural session. Light refreshments will be provided.

On Saturday, April 20, we've partnered with the George Washington University to host the All Things GW Edit-a-Thon at the Teamsters Labor History Research Center. Please join us for behind-the-scenes tours of the University Archives and help edit articles about GWU history.

We look forward to seeing you at one or both of these events! Kirill ^[talk] 20:02, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXV, April 2013

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Sturmvogel 66 and Hawkeye7 look at aspects of the Pacific War Op-ed: ErrantX considers the rabbit hole of research

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DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, May 11!

Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, May 11 at 5:30 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

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DC WikiSalon on May 24

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of May 24 at our K Street office.

The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill ^[talk] 18:17, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXVI, May 2013

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Dumelow on the French Foreign Legion and Nick-D on New Zealand military history Op-ed: Nick-D on military history tourism

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Webinar / edit-a-thon at the National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Join us at the NLM next week, either in person or online, to learn about NLM resources, hear some great speakers, and do some editing!

organized by Wiki Project Med

On Tuesday, 28 May there will be a community Wikipedia meeting at the United States National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland - with a second on Thursday, 30 May for those who can't make it on Tuesday. You can participate either in-person, or via an online webinar. If you attend in person, USB sticks (but not external drives) are ok to use.

Please go to the event page to get more information, including a detailed program schedule.

If you are interested in participating, please register by sending an email to pmhmeet@gmail.com. Please indicate if you are coming in person or if you will be joining us via the webinar. After registering, you will receive additional information about how to get to our campus (if coming in-person) and details about how to join the webinar. Klortho (talk) 00:42, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

DC WikiSalon on June 6

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of Thursday, June 6 at our K Street office.

The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill ^[talk] 11:47, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

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Have time on Saturday?

I'm sorry for the last-minute notice, but on Saturday, June 8, from 3 to 6 PM, Wikimedia DC and the Cato Institute are hosting a Legislative Data Meetup. We will discuss the work done so far by WikiProject U.S. Federal Government Legislative Data to put data from Congress onto Wikipedia, as well as what more needs to be done. If you have ideas you'd like to contribute, or if you're just curious and feel like meeting up with other Wikipedians, you are welcome to come! Be sure to RSVP here if you're interested.

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DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, June 15!

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Join us this Sunday for the Great American Wiknic!

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DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, July 13!

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You're Invited: Luce and Lunder Edit-a-thon at the Smithsonian

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DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, August 24!

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Are you free on Wednesday? Join us at the Wikimedia DC WikiSalon!

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of Wednesday, August 24 at our K Street office.

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXIX, August 2013

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Meet up with local Wikipedians on September 14!

Are you free on Saturday, September 14? If so, please join Wikimedia DC and local Wikipedians for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages are welcome!

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Are you free next Thursday? Join us at the Wikimedia DC WikiSalon!

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WikiProject Military history coordinator election

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Are you free next Thursday? Join us at the Wikimedia DC WikiSalon!

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next WikiSalon, which will be held from 7 to 9 PM on Thursday, September 26 at our K Street office.

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXXX, September 2013

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Are you free on Sunday? Join us for a special Wikimedia DC WikiSalon!

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for a special WikiSalon at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library's Digital Commons Center. We will gather at 3 PM on Sunday, October 13, 2013 to discuss an important topic: what can Wikipedia and the DC area do to help each other? We hope to hear your thoughts and suggestions; if you have an idea you would like to pursue, please let us know and we will help!

Following the WikiSalon, we will be having dinner at a nearby restaurant, Ella's Wood Fired Pizza.

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The Bugle: Issue XCI, October 2013

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Meetups coming up in DC!

Hey!

You are invited to two upcoming events in DC:

• Meetup at Capitol City Brewery on Saturday, January 25 at 6 PM. Please join us for dinner, drinks, socializing, and discussing Wikimedia DC activities and events. All are welcome! RSVP on the linked page or through Meetup.
• Art and Feminism Edit-a-Thon on Saturday, February 1 from Noon – 5 PM. Join us as we improve articles on notable women in history! All are welcome, regardless of age or level of editing experience. RSVP on the linked page or through Meetup.

I hope to see you there!

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Coming up in February!

Hello there!

Our February WikiSalon is coming up on Sunday, February 23. Join us at our gathering of Wikipedia enthusiasts at the Kogod Courtyard of the National Portrait Gallery with an optional dinner after. As usual, all are welcome. Care to join us?

Also, if you are available, there is an American Art Edit-a-thon being held at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Professor Andrew Lih's COMM-535 class at American University on Tuesday, February 11 from 2 to 5 PM. Please RSVP on the linked page if you are interested.

If you have any ideas or preferences for meetups, please let us know at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/DC.

Thank you, and hope to see you at our upcoming events! Harej (talk) 18:42, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue XCV, February 2014

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DC Meetups in March

Happy March!

Though we have a massive snowstorm coming up, spring is just around the corner! Personally, I am looking forward to warmer weather.

Wikimedia DC is looking forward to a spring full of cool and exciting activities. In March, we have coming up:

• Evening WikiSalon on Wednesday, March 12 from 7 PM – 9 PM. Meet up with Wikipedians for coffee at the Cove co-working space in Dupont Circle! If you cannot make it in the evening, join us at our...
• March Meetup on Sunday, March 23 from 3 PM – 6 PM. Our monthly weekend meetup, same place as last month. Meet really cool and interesting people!
• Women in the Arts 2014 meetup and edit-a-thon on Sunday, March 30 from 10 AM – 5 PM. Our second annual Women in the Arts edit-a-thon, held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Free lunch will be served!

We hope to see you at our upcoming events! If you have any questions, feel free to ask on my talk page.

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An exciting month of wiki events!

Hello there,

I am pleased to say that April will be a very exciting month for Wikipedia in Washington, DC. We have a lot of different events coming up, so you will have a lot to choose from.

First, a reminder that our second annual Women in the Arts Edit-a-Thon will take place on Sunday, March 30 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Coming up in April, we have our first-ever Open Government WikiHack with the Sunlight Foundation on April 5–6! We are working together to use open government data to improve the Wikimedia projects, and we would love your help. All are welcome, regardless of coding or editing experience. We will also be having a happy hour the day before, with refreshments courtesy of the Sunlight Foundation.

On Friday, April 11 we are having our first edit-a-thon ever with the Library of Congress. The Africa Collection Edit-a-Thon will focus on the Library's African and Middle East Reading Room. It'll be early in the morning, but it's especially worth it if you're interested in improving Wikipedia's coverage of African topics.

The following day, we are having our second annual Wiki Loves Capitol Hill training. We will discuss policy issues relevant to Wikimedia and plan for our day of outreach to Congressional staffers that will take place during the following week.

There are other meetups in the works, so be sure to check our meetup page with the latest. I hope to see you at some of these events!

All the best,
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Two edit-a-thons coming up!

Hello there!

I'm pleased to tell you about two upcoming edit-a-thons:

• This Tuesday, April 29, from 2:30 to 5:30 PM, we have the Freer and Sackler edit-a-thon. (Sorry for the short notice!)
• On Saturday, May 10 we have the Wikipedia APA edit-a-thon, in partnership with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, from 10 AM to 5 PM.

We have more stuff coming up in May and June, so make sure to keep a watch on the DC meetup page. As always, if you have any recommendations or requests, please leave a note on the talk page.

Best,

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Meet up with us

Happy May!

There are a few meetups in DC this month, including an edit-a-thon later this month. Check it out:

• On Thursday, May 15 come to our evening WikiSalon at the Cove co-working space in Dupont Circle. If you're available Thursday evening, feel free to join us!
• Or if you prefer a Saturday night dinner gathering, we also have our May Meetup at Capitol City Brewing Company. (Beer! Non-beer things too!)
• You are also invited to the Federal Register edit-a-thon at the National Archives later this month.

Come one, come all!

Best,

James Hare

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Washington, DC meetups in June

Greetings!

Wikimedia DC has yet another busy month in June. Whether you're a newcomer to Wikipedia or have years of experience, we're happy to see you come. Here's what's coming up:

• On Wednesday, June 11 from 7 to 9 PM come to the WikiSalon at the Cove co-working space. Hang out with Wikipedia enthusiasts!
• Saturday, June 14 is the Frederick County History Edit-a-Thon from 11 AM to 4 PM. Help improve local history on Wikipedia.
• The following Saturday, June 21, is the June Meetup. Dinner and drinks with Wikipedians!
• Come on Tuesday, June 24 for the Wikipedia in Your Library edit-a-thon at GWU on local and LGBT history.
• Last but not least, on Sunday, June 29 we have the Phillips Collection Edit-a-Thon in honor of the Made in America exhibit.

Wikipedia is better with friends, so why not come out to an event?

Best,

James Hare

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The Bugle: Issue XCIX, June 2014

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The Great American Wiknic and other events in July

I am pleased to announce our fourth annual picnic, the Great American Wiknic, will take place at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, July 13 from 1 to 5 PM (rain date: July 20). We will be hanging out by the statue of Dante Alighieri, a statue that was donated to the park in 1921 as a tribute to Italian Americans. Read more about the statue on Wikipedia. If you would like to sign up for the picnic, you can do so here. When signing up, say what you’re going to bring!

July will also feature the second annual Great American Wiknic in Frederick, Maryland. This year’s Frederick picnic will take place on Sunday, July 6 at Baker Park. Sign up here for the Frederick picnic.

What else is going on in July? We have the American Chemical Society Edit-a-Thon on Saturday, July 12, dedicated to notable chemists, and our monthly WikiSalon on Wednesday, July 16.

We hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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The Bugle: Issue C, July 2014

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Battle of Fort Stevens Edit-a-Thon!

Greetings!

Sorry for the last minute update, but our friends at the DC Historical Society have scheduled a Battle of Fort Stevens Edit-a-Thon to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War battle fought in the District. The event will last from noon to 2 PM on Wednesday, July 30. Hope you can make it!

Best,

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Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet

Come one and come all. To a presentation at the Laurel Historical Society about how you can help verify, validate, and edit the information that is on the front line of local history.

Picture your self leading the masses to improve Wikimedia one article at a time.

• Show the Internet who is the better editor.
• Be the creator of culture that you know you are.
• Spread the knowledge of noteworthy people who no one but you cares about.
• Lead the charge to a better Wikipedia --- eventually.

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Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet

See you at the Laurel Pool Room, 9th and Main Street, Laurel, MD on Thursday, September 11, 2014 at 7:00 PM EST. See http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/205494212/ for more information. Geraldshields11 (talk) 02:13, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Wikimedia DC invites revolutionaries, free thinkers, and other sundry editors to a DC WikiSalon

The WikiSalon is a special meetup usually held during the first and third full weeks of every month, from 7 PM to 9 PM. It's an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss Wikimedia wikis and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own.

If you're coming by Metro, the closest station is Dupont Circle (on the Red Line). If you're driving, a lot of parking opens up downtown after 6:30 PM, so finding a parking space (even a free one) should be easy. Once you've found the building, go to Cove on the second floor. We will be in the conference room.

When: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Where: The Cove, Dupont Circle, 1730 Connecticut Avenue NW, 2nd floor, 20009, DC

For more information, see http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/205500822/

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Wikimedia DC's Wonderful meetups

Wikimedia DC's Upcoming meetups

• Thursday, September 11: “Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet, One Article at a Time!”

  A presentation at the Laurel Historical Society about how you can help verify, validate, and edit the information that is on the front line of local history. Laurel Pool Room, 9th and Main Street in Laurel, MD. 7 PM.

• Wednesday, September 17: WikiSalon

  Come for the pizza, stay for the conversation. 7 PM – 9 PM

• Saturday, September 20: September Meetup

  Get dinner and drinks with fellow Wikipedians! 6 PM

• Sunday, September 21: Laurel History Edit-a-Thon

  Local history for Wikipedia! 10:15 AM – 4 PM

• Saturday, September 27 – Sunday, September 28: Please RSVP for the Open Government WikiHack at Eventbrite by clicking on the link. The National Archives and Records Administration and Wikimedia DC are teaming up to come up with solutions that help integrate government data into Wikipedia. 10:30 AM – 5 PM each day

My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 22:50, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CII, September 2014

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WikiProject Military history coordinator election

Greetings from WikiProject Military history! As a member of the project, you are invited to take part in our annual project coordinator election, which will determine our coordinators for the next twelve months. If you wish to cast a vote, please do so on the election page by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September! Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 22:07, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

The wonderful annual meeting! And more!

Hello, fellow Wikipedian!

I am excited to announce our upcoming Annual Meeting at the National Archives! We'll have free lunch, an introduction by Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, and a discussion featuring Ed Summers, the creator of CongressEdits. Join your fellow DC-area Wikipedians on Saturday, October 18 from 12 to 4:30 PM. RSVP today!

Also coming up we have the Human Origins edit-a-thon on October 17 and the WikiSalon on October 22. Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

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The Bugle: Issue CIII, October 2014

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The Bugle: Issue CIII, October 2014, Redux

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The Bugle: Issue CIV, November 2014

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Nominations for the Military history Wikiproject's Historian and Newcomer of the Year Awards are now open!

The Military history Wikiproject has opened nominations for the Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year. Nominations will be accepted until 13 December at 23:59 GMT, with voting to begin at 0:00 GMT 14 December. The voting will conclude on 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:36, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Nominations for the Military history Wikiproject's Historian and Newcomer of the Year Awards are now open!

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End-of-the-year meetups

Hello,

You're invited to the end-of-the-year meetup at Busboys and Poets on Sunday, December 14 at 6 PM. There is Wi-Fi, so bring your computer if you want!

You are also invited to our WikiSalon on Thursday, December 18 at 7 PM.

Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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Voting for the Military historian and Military newcomer of the year now open!

Nominations for the military historian of the year and military newcomer of the year have now closed, and voting for the candidates has officially opened. All project members are invited to cast there votes for the Military historian and Military newcomer of the year candidates before the elections close at 23:59 December 21st. For the coordinators, TomStar81

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The Bugle: Issue CV, December 2014

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Hawkeye7 on armoured reconnaissance and German scientists, Nick-D on time travelling historians Op-ed: TomStar81 looks at the World War I Christmas truce Timeline: This month in World War I

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The Bugle: Issue CVI, January 2015

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Museum hacks and museum edits

Hello there!

Upcoming events:

• February 6–8: The third annual ArtBytes Hackathon at the Walters Art Museum! This year Wikimedia DC is partnering with the Walters for a hack-a-thon at the intersection of art and technology, and I would like to see Wikimedia well represented.
• February 11: The monthly WikiSalon, same place as usual. RSVP on Meetup or just show up!
• February 15: Wiki Loves Small Museums in Ocean City. Mary Mark Ockerbloom, with support from Wikimedia DC, will be leading a workshop at the Small Museum Association Conference on how they can contribute to Wikipedia. Tons of representatives from GLAM institutions will be present, and we are looking for volunteers. If you would like to help out, check out "Information for Volunteers".

I am also pleased to announce events for Wikimedia DC Black History Month with Howard University and NPR. Details on those events soon.

If you have any questions or have any requests, please email me at james.harewikimediadc.org.

See you there! – James Hare

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Wikimedia DC celebrates Black History Month, and more!

Hello again!

Not even a week ago I sent out a message talking about upcoming events in DC. Guess what? There are more events coming up in February.

First, as a reminder, there is a WikiSalon on February 11 (RSVP here or just show up) and Wiki Loves Small Museums at the Small Museum Association Conference on February 15 (more information here).

Now, I am very pleased to announce:

• Tuesday, February 17 from 10 AM to 3 PM there will be #WikiTurgy at the University of Maryland. Join fellow theatre enthusiasts for a “mass act of public dramaturgy!”
• Thursday, February 19 from 10 AM to 4 PM we are hosting the Howard University Black History Edit-a-Thon. We are working in partnership with the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of African-American and African diasporic history.
• Tuesday, February 24 from 6 PM to 8 PM we have the Black History Month “First Edit” at NPR. Help improve Wikipedia and help others make their first edit to Wikipedia!
• Finally, our monthly dinner meetup is on Saturday, February 28.

There is going to be a lot going on, and I hope you can come to some of the events!

If you have any questions or need any special accommodations, please let me know.

Regards,

James Hare

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The Bugle: Issue CVII, February 2015

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book review: Nick-D on the British Pacific Fleet Op-ed: TomStar81 looks at the advent of chemical warfare Timeline: This month in World War I

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Editing for Women's History in March

Hello,

I am very excited to announce this month’s events, focused on Women’s History Month:

• Sunday, March 8: Women in the Arts 2015 Edit-a-thon – 10 AM to 4 PM

  Women in the Arts and ArtAndFeminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Free coffee and lunch served!

  More information • RSVP on Meetup

• Wednesday, March 11: March WikiSalon – 7 PM to 9 PM

  An evening gathering with free-flowing conversation and free pizza.

  More information • RSVP on Meetup (or just show up!)

• Friday, March 13: NIH Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon – 9 AM to 4 PM

  In honor of Women’s History Month, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is organizing and hosting an edit-a-thon to improve coverage of women in science in Wikipedia. Free coffee and lunch served!

  More information • RSVP on Meetup

• Saturday, March 21: Women in STEM Edit-a-Thon at DCPL – 12 PM

  Celebrate Women's History Month by building, editing, and expanding articles about women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields during DC Public Library's first full-day edit-a-thon.

  More information • RSVP on Meetup

• Friday, March 27: She Blinded Me with Science, Part III – 10 AM to 4 PM

  Smithsonian Institution Archives Groundbreaking Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Free lunch courtesy of Wikimedia DC!

  More information • RSVP on Meetup

• Saturday, March 28: March Dinner Meetup – 6 PM

  Dinner and drinks with your fellow Wikipedians!

  More information • RSVP on Meetup

Hope you can make it to an event! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please let me know.

Thanks,

James Hare

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The Bugle: Issue CVIII, March 2015

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book review: Recent external reviews Review essay: Nick-D on the Australian Fleet Air Arm Museum Op-ed: TomStar81 on submarine warfare in World War I Timeline: This month in World War I

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Upcoming attractions in DC

Hello!

Here are some upcoming DC meetups in April and May:

• Tuesday, April 14: National Archives Hackathon on Wikipedia Space with American University – 2:30-5pm

  See the latest work on the Wikipedia Space exhibit in the new NARA Innovation Hub and brainstorm on new ideas for a public exhibit about Wikipedia

• Friday, April 17: Women in Tech Edit-a-thon with Tech LadyMafia – 5-9pm

  Team up with Tech LadyMafia to improve Wikipedia content on women in the history of technology.

• Saturday, April 25: April Dinner Meetup – 6 PM

  Dinner and drinks with your fellow Wikipedians!

• Friday, May 1: International Labour Day Edit-a-Thon – 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM

  An edit-a-thon at the University of Maryland

Hope to see you at these events! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please let me know.

Cheers,

James Hare

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The Bugle: Issue CIX, April 2015

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at the landing at Anzac Cove Op-ed: TomStar81 on the debut of poison gas in World War I Timeline: This month in World War I

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The Bugle: Issue CX, May 2015

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The Bugle: Issue CXI, June 2015

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The Bugle: Issue CXII, July 2015

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The Bugle: Issue CXIII, August 2015

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I'm his daughter Carla. Thanks for keeping his story current. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.19.153.65 (talk) 03:37, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

My greatest respect to you both. I'm glad I can help V. Joe (talk) 14:53, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXIV, September 2015

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors, coordinator elections have begun Articles: Abbasids to a Yugoslav monitor Book reviews: Economics of warfare, Japan, and light horse Op-ed: We can (not) advance Timeline: This month in World War I

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WikiProject Military history coordinator election

Greetings from WikiProject Military history! As a member of the project, you are invited to take part in our annual project coordinator election. If you wish to cast a vote, please do so on the election page by 23:59 (UTC) on 29 September. Yours, Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 05:21, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXV, October 2015

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The Bugle: Issue CXVI, November 2015

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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Nominations for the Military history WikiProject historian and newcomer of the year awards now open!

On behalf of the Military history WikiProject's Coordinators, we would like to extend an invitation to nominate deserving editors for the 2015 Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards. The nomination period will run from 7 December to 23:59 13 December, with the election phase running from 14 December to 23:59 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:05, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXVII, December 2015

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-Class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on the German retreat from France in 1944 Op-ed: TomStar81 on empires of World War I Timeline: This month in World War I

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Code for death dates; dates in text

This code is designed for infoboxes, not for text. Please do not add it to the opening sentence of Lead sections. Also, you do not need to add birth/death dates after the names of blue-linked people in the text of articles. If anyone is curious about the person's dates, they can click on the bluelink. Finally, if you do add someone's dates in the text, for example (1929–2007), use an ndash, not a hyphen. See WP:DASH. -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:23, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXVIII, January 2016

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D on Jefferson Davis; Hawkeye7 on Australia's war in Vietnam Op-ed: TomStar81 discusses British World War I conscription Timeline: This month in World War I

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February events and meetups in DC

Greetings from Wikimedia DC!

February is shaping up to be a record-breaking month for us, with nine scheduled edit-a-thons and several other events:

• On Friday, February 12, NPR will host a Black History Month First Edit event.
• On Saturday, February 13 and Sunday, February 14, we're working with the Wiki Education Foundation to hold a series of four edit-a-thons at the AAAS 2016 Annual Meeting.
• On Tuesday, February 16, we're holding the Smithsonian American Art Museum and American University WikiWorkshop with Professor Andrew Lih's class.
• On Saturday, February 20, the Smithsonian American Art Museum will host the African American Artists Edit-a-Thon.
• On Friday, February 26, Howard University will host its second annual Black History Month Edit-a-Thon.
• On Saturday, February 27, we have three different events. In the morning, we're holding an Accessibility Edit-a-Thon at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. In the afternoon, we'll host our second February WikiSalon at Cove Dupont Circle, followed by our monthly dinner meetup at Vapiano.

We hope to see you at one—or all—of these events!

Do you have an idea for a future event? Please write to us at info@wikimediadc.org!

Kirill Lokshin (talk) 16:41, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CXIX, February 2016

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-Class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on nuclear weapons in Britain and Nick-D on Australia's war in the Pacific Op-ed: TomStar81 looks at the Kamurun Campaign of 1914–16 Timeline: This month in World War I

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March events and meetups in DC

Greetings from Wikimedia DC!

Looking for something to do in DC in March? We have a series of great events planned for the month:

• On Wednesday, March 9, we'll host our first March WikiSalon at Cove Dupont Circle.
• On Friday, March 11, the National Archives will host the Women in the Civil War Edit-a-Thon.
• On Saturday, March 19, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian will host the Color History with the Smithsonian! event, and we'll hold our second Accessibility Edit-a-Thon at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.
• On Sunday, March 20, the American Chemical Society will host the Computers in Chemistry Edit-a-Thon.
• On Saturday, March 26, we'll host our second March WikiSalon at Cove Dupont Circle, followed by our monthly dinner meetup at Vapiano.

Can't make it to an event? Most of our edit-a-thons allow virtual participation; see the guide for more details.

Do you have an idea for a future event? Please write to us at info@wikimediadc.org!

Kirill Lokshin (talk) 16:30, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CXX, March 2016

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The Bugle: Issue CXXI, April 2016

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The Bugle: Issue CXXII, May–June 2016

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The Bugle: Issue CXXIII, July 2016

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The Bugle: Issue CXXIV, August 2016

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The Bugle: Issue CXXV, September 2016

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Military history WikiProject coordinator election

Greetings from the Military history WikiProject! Elections for the Military history WikiProject Coordinators are currently underway, and as a member of the WikiProject you are cordially invited to take part by casting your vote(s) for the candidates on the election page. This year's election will conclude at 23:59 UTC 23 September. For the Coordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:00, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXVI, October 2016

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The Bugle: Issue CXXVII, November 2016

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New deal for page patrollers

Hi Valentinejoesmith,

In order to better control the quality of new pages, keep out the spam, and welcome the genuine newbies, the current system we introduced in 2011 is being updated and improved. The documentation and tutorials have also been revised and given a facelift. Most importantly a new user group New Page Reviewer has been created.

Under the new rule, you may find that you are temporarily unable to mark new pages as reviewed. However, this is nothing to worry about - most current experienced patrollers are being accorded the the new right without the need to apply, and if you have significant previous experience of patrolling new pages, we strongly encourage you to apply for the new right as soon as possible - we need all the help we can get, and we are now providing a dynamic, supportive environment for your work.

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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Valentinejoesmith. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

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The Bugle: Issue CXXVIII, December 2016

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The Bugle: Issue CXXIX, January 2017

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The Bugle: Issue CXXX, February 2017

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March Madness 2017

G'day all, please be advised that throughout March 2017 the Military history Wikiproject is running its March Madness drive. This is a backlog drive that is focused on several key areas:

• tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
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• creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various task force pages or other lists of missing articles.

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The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 March and runs until 23:59 UTC on 31 March 2017, so please sign up now.

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXI, March 2017

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXII, April 2017

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Silver Star citation

I just read your post on the talk page of John Howard (American actor). You may have found the citation by now (since your post was in 2009), but if not, please see this page. It's near the bottom under "COX, JOHN RICHARD, JR." Eddie Blick (talk) 00:08, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXIII, May 2017

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXIV, June 2017

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXVI, August 2017

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXIX, November 2017

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2017 Military Historian of the Year and Newcomer of the Year nominations and voting

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The Bugle: Issue CXL, December 2017

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The Bugle: Issue CXLI, January 2018

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The Bugle: Issue CXLIII, March 2018

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April 2018 Milhist Backlog Drive

G'day all, please be advised that throughout April 2018 the Military history Wikiproject is running its annual backlog elimination drive. This will focus on several key areas:

• tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
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The Bugle: Issue CXLIIV, April 2018

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The Bugle: Issue CXLVIII, August 2018

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The Bugle: Issue CL, October 2018

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The Bugle: Issue CLIII, January 2019

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Croton-on-Hudson, New York / Notable people / Howard Major Buckley

Hello. I noticed that you entered Howard Major Buckley in the Croton-on-Hudson, New York article's Notable people section in your edit to the article 18:01, 23 December 2006 (the section was then called "Famous Natives, Residents and Former Residents"). However, Baker's article states his birthplace as Croton Falls, New York - which is a different place than Croton-on-Hudson. I found no evidence that Baker ever lived in Croton-on-Hudson. Do you have any evidence that he did? DocRuby (talk) 15:42, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

I was not aware of the distinction- please feel free to make the changeV. Joe 15:47, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

I'm just going to remove it from the COH Notable people page/section. If you want to add it to the North Salem, New York#Notable_people page/section (that's a redirect from Croton Falls) you could refer to your edit of 18:01, 23 December 2006 or later in the CoH page's history for the content you originally posted. DocRuby (talk) 15:52, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CLX, August 2019

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Backlog Banzai

In the month of September, Wikiproject Military history is running a project-wide edit-a-thon, Backlog Banzai. There are heaps of different areas you can work on, for which you claim points, and at the end of the month all sorts of whiz-bang awards will be handed out. Every player wins a prize! There is even a bit of friendly competition built in for those that like that sort of thing. Sign up now at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/September 2019 Backlog Banzai to take part. For the coordinators, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:18, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:39, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

G'day everyone, voting for the 2019 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:37, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXI, September 2019

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D looks at the legacy of World War II

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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election half-way mark

G'day everyone, the voting for the XIX Coordinator Tranche is at the halfway mark. The candidates have answered various questions, and you can check them out to see why they are running and decide whether you support them. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:37, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXII, October 2019

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at three works Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on writing a military biography

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The Bugle: Issue CLXIII, November 2019

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Willbb234 on Allied pilots, Hawkeye7 on the defence of Australia and logistics in Indochina, Nick-D on Australian commandos Op-ed: Hawkeye7 reports back on a high-profile history symposium

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The Bugle: Issue CLXIV, December 2019

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The Bugle: Issue CLXV, January 2020

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The Bugle: IssueICLXVI, February 2020

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G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team

The Bugle: Issue CLXVII, March 2020

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The Bugle: Issue CLXVIII, April 2020

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The Bugle: Issue CLXIX, May 2020

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The Bugle: Issue CLXX, June 2020

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXI, July 2020

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXII, August 2020

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The Bugle: Issue Issue CLXXIII, September 2020

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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXIV, October 2020

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXV, November 2020

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Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago

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Ten years!

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Precious

medal of honor

Thank you for beginning articles that made it to quality, such as Battle of Grand Port and Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center, for recipients of the Medal of Honor such as Clarence M. Condon, for adding categories, for service from 2005, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVI, December 2020

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D looks at the war in Ukraine

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Craig Frost

He REALLY DOES live in Temperance and his wife REALLY IS 18 years old. There's NOTHING defamatory about that statement. I DON'T CARE if you think that statement is libel and slander, you know.--2601:153:881:3D60:6914:8B6A:7BB7:8634 (talk) 04:05, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Please provide a verified source for this assertion. V. Joe (talk) 14:45, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXVII, January 2021

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, February 2021

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, February 2021

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXIX, March 2021

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXX, April 2021

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on Montgomery's doctrine and Nick-D on Mussolini's wars

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Use of the "Expert needed" template without category or reason parameters

Hey, I've been doing some maintenance category cleanout and noticed that you added the {{Expert needed}} template to Fabian Ajogwu, but you didn't specify a WikiProject category. Not specifying a category makes the template unhelpful, and adds it to the useless Category:Articles needing unspecified expert attention. Additionally, it's crucial to add a reason= parameter, or it will probably be removed because nobody can tell what the problem is. I added a category for you, but please supply parameters when using that template in the future (i.e. {{expert needed|Politics|ex2=Economics|ex3=Finance & Investment|reason=These GDP figures look like they might be miscalculated}}. Cheers! jp×g 23:42, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Same goes for Odell Barnes (entrepreneur). jp×g 23:43, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXXI, May 2021

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick- D and Hawkeye7 look at intelligence gathering, doctrine and strategy

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXXII, June 2021

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D on RAAF aircraft, Hawkeye7 on mission command and nuclear secrecy

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