Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-11-02/Dispatches

Regarding WP:MILHIST's review process, we are chronically in need of more reviewers for both the peer review and A-class reviews. For example, John Kourkouas was not promoted just today because of a lack of reviews! Please consider reviewing one or two. :-)
And as to this dispatch, Tony, you did an excellent job. Thank you for the pleasurable read. Regards, —Ed (talk • contribs) 05:12, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'll echo the above, this was an *excellent* read, well done. Manning (talk) 07:08, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for this nice article and the exceptional work on the inner border. Our German article doesn't measure up to this. I did a lot of work on the victims of the Berlin wall in de:wp. One little thing: You say …in a highly controversial judgement were given only suspended sentences of 15 months… The judgment was not as controversial as one might think. Most trials against former border guards (called Mauerschützenprozesse) ended with suspended sentences between 12 and 18 month, but a lot where even acquitted. Only a few cases had sentences of more than 5 years. Most trials outside of Berlin didn't get any media coverage at all. Regards, --Blunt. (talk) 08:19, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Blunt. Interesting points. I'll ask ChrisO now whether he thinks "highly" should be deleted, or whether a more major change is required. Tony (talk) 09:10, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]