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- 1 2016
- 2 Happy New Year, Hawkeye7!
- 3 George Grimson Article
- 4 Your GA nomination of Jacob L. Devers
- 5 DYK for Arthur V. Peterson
- 6 Your GA nomination of Seth Neddermeyer
- 7 Template links
- 8 The Signpost: 06 January 2016
- 9 WikiCup 2016: Game On!
- 10 Oct - Dec 15 Quarterly Article Reviews
- 11 Your GA nomination of Seth Neddermeyer
- 12 Talkback
- 13 Tech News: 2016-02
- 14 DYK for Norman Hilberry
- 15 Your GA nomination of Chicago Pile-1
- 16 The Signpost: 13 January 2016
- 17 Tech News: 2016-03
- 18 Your GA nomination of X-10 Graphite Reactor
- 19 Your GA nomination of X-10 Graphite Reactor
- 20 Your GA nomination of X-10 Graphite Reactor
- 21 Ok, so one of them is still wrong.
- 22 "German Air Force" or "Bundeswehr Luftwaffe"
- 23 Salamaua–Lae campaign
- 24 The Signpost: 20 January 2016
- 25 Whenever you're ready
- 26 Tech News: 2016-04
- 27 A beer for you!
- 28 Edited your nom
- 29 The Bugle: Issue CXVIII, January 2016
- 30 The Signpost: 27 January 2016
- 31 Congrats
- 32 Sorry
- 33 Hey, whaddaya trying to do? Make me change my vote?
- 34 Neumann
- 35 Tech News: 2016-05
- 36 no need for thanks <g>
- 37 RfA
- 38 Working at DYK absent the full toolset
- 39 Not sure if that's appropriate
- 40 I don't make this offer to everyone
- 41 Retirement..... really?
- 42 2007
- 43 Your RfA results
- 44 A beer for you!
- 45 Bugger
- 46 And your retirement plan is......????
- 47 DYK for Charles V. Shank
- 48 Commiserations...
- 49 Oh, no! Not another tribble!
- 50 License tagging for File:Harrie Massey.jpg
- 51 Canberra meetup invitation
- 52 Disambiguation link notification for February 5
- 53 Source review
- 54 Thanks for your support
- 55 Template:Did you know nominations/Nimrod (computing)
- 56 Tech News: 2016-06
- 57 The Signpost: 03 February 2016
- 58 DYK for X-10 Graphite Reactor
- 59 Landing at Lae
- 60 A beer for you!
- 61 Wikipedia Library Newspapers.com renewal
- 62 The Signpost: 10 February 2016
- 63 Tech News: 2016-07
- 64 Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 6, 2016
- 65 A barnstar for you!
- 66 The Signpost: 17 February 2016
- 67 Reference errors on 21 February
- 68 Wikipedia library Newspapers.com renewal
- 69 Tech News: 2016-08
- 70 Your GA nomination of Tom Kilburn
- 71 DYK for Battle of Dumpu
- 72 The Signpost: 24 February 2016
- 73 DYK for Landing at Lae
- 74 Battle of Wareo
- 75 The Bugle: Issue CXIX, February 2016
- 76 Tech News: 2016-09
- 77 WikiCup 2015 March newsletter
- 78 Your GA nomination of Metallurgical Laboratory
- 79 A cup of tea for you!
- 80 Disambiguation link notification for March 2
- 81 WikiCup 2016 March newsletter (update)
- 82 Your GA nomination of Metallurgical Laboratory
- 83 Your GA nomination of Tom Kilburn
- 84 Re:Pronunciation
- 85 Australian sports
- 86 Your corruption of article on John von Neumann
- 87 Tech News: 2016-10
- 88 The Signpost: 02 March 2016
- 89 Quick Question
- 90 Disambiguation link notification for March 9
- 91 DYK for Landing at Scarlet Beach
- 92 Nafziger
- 93 Wikiproject Military History is pretty good
- 94 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Suicide in the Trenches
- 95 The Signpost: 09 March 2016
- 96 Tech News: 2016-11
- 97 Disambiguation link notification for March 16
- 98 Your GA nomination of Landing at Scarlet Beach
- 99 The Signpost: 16 March 2016
- 100 Manhattan Project
- 101 Template:Did you know nominations/AN/APQ-7
- 102 Tech News: 2016-12
- 103 Disambiguation link notification for March 23
- 104 Your GA nomination of Landing at Scarlet Beach
- 105 Take a look at Chicago Pile-1
- 106 The Bugle: Issue CXX, March 2016
- 107 The Signpost: 23 March 2016
- 108 DYK for Tom Kilburn
- 109 Tech News: 2016-13
- 110 The Signpost: 1 April 2016
- 111 Tech News: 2016-14
- 112 Your GA nomination of Alan Shepard
- 113 Question
- 114 ANI Notice
- 115 DYK for Stephen Jurika
- 116 Battle of Kaiapit
- 117 Your GA nomination of Alan Shepard
- 118 Disambiguation link notification for April 10
- 119 WP:Military History
- 120 Tech News: 2016-15
- 121 The Signpost: 14 April 2016
2016
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Happy New Year, Hawkeye7!
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George Grimson Article
Hope you had a good New year. Recently, you assessed the George Grimson article as "C-class", but yet it remains a "stub-class" article. Adamdaley (talk) 23:39, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) FWIW I've now added the MILHIST banner and assessed as C class. Anotherclown (talk) 23:44, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Jacob L. Devers
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DYK for Arthur V. Peterson
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Seth Neddermeyer
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Template links
WP:NOPIPE and WP:NOTBROKEN aside, a redirect in a navbox is broken, as it does not display correctly on the target page. The link is supposed to be a bold 'non-link' on the page in question - if the link is a redirect, it doesn't do that, but instead is still is an active link, making it look like there is a different page for the subject. - The Bushranger One ping only 10:59, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
- But... I am looking at it, and it does wok that way. I have put it back. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:29, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of Seth Neddermeyer
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Request to revisit the discussion. North America1000 06:54, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
Tech News: 2016-02
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DYK for Norman Hilberry
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Chicago Pile-1
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Your GA nomination of X-10 Graphite Reactor
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Your GA nomination of X-10 Graphite Reactor
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Your GA nomination of X-10 Graphite Reactor
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Ok, so one of them is still wrong.
I refer to this RV. "commenced construction of the plutonium semiworks, codenamed X-10" or "[X-10] was the world's second artificial nuclear reactor". The lede bounces back and forth. I don't believe the chemical extraction side was referred to as X-10, and since that is definitely part of the semi works then my edit was correct, or the rest of the lede is wrong. So which is it? Maury Markowitz (talk) 20:29, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
- The first one is right. X-10 was the codename for the plutonium semiworks, of which the reactor was part. So what do we have?
- "The X-10 Graphite Reactor was the world's second artificial nuclear reactor"
- "In September 1942, Compton asked a physicist, Martin D. Whitaker, to form a skeleton operating staff for X-10"
- "By March 1944, there were some 1,500 people working at X-10"
- "Exterior of the Graphite Reactor at the X-10 site"
- "the cost of construction at X-10" (Clear here that we are talking about the entire facility)
- "X-10 operated as a plutonium production plant until January 1945"
- "X-10 supplied the Los Alamos Laboratory with the first significant samples of plutonium"
- "The X-10 chemical separation plant"
- "The X-10 Graphite Reactor was shut down on November 4, 1963"
- "One reactor of similar design to the X-10 Graphite Reactor is still in operation today"
- I think the wording is consistent. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:03, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
- So the chemical plant beside the reactor is also known as "the X-10 Graphite Reactor"? Maury Markowitz (talk) 23:23, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
"German Air Force" or "Bundeswehr Luftwaffe"
I think it would be good if you would voice your opinion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 January 20. Thanks MisterBee1966 (talk) 07:54, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
Salamaua–Lae campaign
G'day Hawkeye, I've been trying to reference the Salamaua–Lae campaign article this weekend, but have come up blank with the base development information in the Aftermath section of the article. Given the sources you were able to bring to the Battle of Milne Bay article, I was wondering if you might be able to check your library to see if you can add the last couple of references. Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 08:53, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
- No worries. Looks like I wrote it back in March 2007. I know where it all comes from. Hawkeye7 (talk) 10:41, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
- Great! Thanks. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 10:45, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
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Whenever you're ready
—Ready whenever you are. Don't feel any need to rush. And good luck. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:46, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
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A beer for you!
This is a very special beer. It refills daily for those in the midst of a request of adminship. Cheers! MurderByDeletionism"bang!" 18:57, 25 January 2016 (UTC) |
Just what I've always wanted! Thank you! Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:49, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
Edited your nom
[25] I'm assuming you didn't actually memorize Russian poetry by a small Iranian village. But notifying you, just in case you actually did. (I guess there could have been an anonymous Russian poet known only for living there, so becoming known by...) --GRuban (talk) 22:57, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for that. In the wake of the Vietnam War, the educational authorities decided that the Cold War was lost, and that we should all learn Russian. I found it a difficult subject, not least because I missed a term as a result of a surgical operation. You could pass by passing the exam, or by memorising and reciting a Pushkin poem. So that's what we did. Hawkeye7 (talk) 07:49, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
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Congrats
Congratulation Hawkeye7, you're gonna be an admin! (N0n3up (talk) 04:04, 29 January 2016 (UTC))
Sorry
I've opposed your bid to become an admin, with a degree of regret and awkwardness. My best to you all the same. Tony (talk) 13:19, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
- Sorry here, too, for not voting, but I won't be voting in any 2016 RfAs because of my work with relevant RfCs. (I suspect we'll be seeing several more big ones this year.) Best of luck, Hawkeye (and Tony, good to see you here). - Dank (push to talk) 16:15, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks Dan. One thing that is worth a second look is what bits are needed for ArbCom. There was a couple of hasty RfCs when it was thought that I might win a seat; but it looks now like it has been shelved until next year. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:30, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- I've considered closing RfCs related to Arbcom, mostly because what Arbcom does and doesn't do has a big impact on RfA (as you may have recently noticed). But I'm probably out of my depth there. - Dank (push to talk) 22:39, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks Dan. One thing that is worth a second look is what bits are needed for ArbCom. There was a couple of hasty RfCs when it was thought that I might win a seat; but it looks now like it has been shelved until next year. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:30, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
Hey, whaddaya trying to do? Make me change my vote?
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For shame, for shame! Anmccaff (talk) 23:51, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
Neumann
Sadly I don't have the time to review the article in a way that would do it justice, but congrats on tackling it looks fantastic. --Errant (chat!) 11:03, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
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no need for thanks <g>
I was proud to support your RfA. Collect (talk) 21:14, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- Per your inquiry, the answer was probably in part here. But I'll be trying again, probably next spring or so...maybe summer, probably after the Belmont Stakes and the flurry of horse article editing surrounding the triple crown races concludes. I'd most certainly by interested in your input on how I might do a better job next time or if there are ways I could handle things better. Montanabw(talk) 23:04, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
Congrats! Ditto on Collect's comment. I still think you'd be a good arb - go for it next year. Smallbones(smalltalk) 03:27, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
RfA
I expected the decision to go against you. I hope the Bureaucrats come to the right decision. I will ask one to have a look at your RfA...SethWhales talk 23:24, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- Does this mean it's in the bag?Keith-264 (talk) 07:56, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
- See Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hawkeye7 2/Bureaucrat chat Nick-D (talk) 09:51, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
- Ah wellKeith-264 (talk) 20:48, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
Working at DYK absent the full toolset
I wonder if the DYK-relevant pages could be set to template-protection, and you could leverage your template-editor rights? Do you think that would fly, from a technical or consensus perspective? Or am I completely off the mark... –xenotalk 02:46, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
- I don't think so. Why don't you do it? Hawkeye7 (talk) 10:34, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
- Do what? Certainly not present the argument for it, I'm a relatively unknown around those parts. Which pages would need to be template-protected instead of fully-protected for you to work there? –xenotalk 13:50, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
- I don't know if we can do that, as the protection comes via the cascading protection from the main page. I don't know enough about such things? I guess it could be request to lift that cascading protection? If possible, it would definitely be a very good idea at looking at. Harrias talk 17:41, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
- Yes, it would involved lifting the cascading protection on the main page, so I don't think it is practical. By "do it", I meant "approve the DYK hooks". Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:16, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
- We could probably change the cascading full-protection to cascading template-editor protection, but the question then becomes - is the community comfortable opening up editing of the mainpage to another 130 users who weren't specifically vetted for such a role? –xenotalk 00:21, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
- Yes, it would involved lifting the cascading protection on the main page, so I don't think it is practical. By "do it", I meant "approve the DYK hooks". Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:16, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
- I don't know if we can do that, as the protection comes via the cascading protection from the main page. I don't know enough about such things? I guess it could be request to lift that cascading protection? If possible, it would definitely be a very good idea at looking at. Harrias talk 17:41, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
- Do what? Certainly not present the argument for it, I'm a relatively unknown around those parts. Which pages would need to be template-protected instead of fully-protected for you to work there? –xenotalk 13:50, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
Not sure if that's appropriate
Maybe I'm being overly paranoid, I can see how this could have happened unintentionally. But I don't think it's entirely appropriate to notify/thank among others the 4 bureaucrats ([40] [41] [42] [43]) who were positive towards your nomination, because they are still in the process of deciding the result. Anyway, I just felt I had to get that off my chest, and I don't want to cause any hassle. Feel free to remove this comment after you have read it. -- intgr [talk] 11:47, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Hawkeye thanked Avi for his work on the RFA, not his support (which Avi did not offer in any case), and the other three crats have recused themselves from the discussion, so the point, however well-meant, seems moot. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:11, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
I don't make this offer to everyone
You're a great editor who's feeling rather cheesed off at the moment. I get it. RfX is tough, even for successful candidates.
Take the advice on my usertalk and come chat with me in March. Because if you choose to, you can turn this around, and I'll happily turn this into a bluelink with a nomination in a few months if you do. --Dweller (talk) 13:58, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
Retirement..... really?
So what if you don't get the position as an admin? Think of all of the readers you help out/make smile when you improve articles on the topics that interest you. Shouldn't that be enough motivation? - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 14:20, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
- Please don't leave over it. Take some time out if you need to but don't leave for good. You'll be sorely missed :)--5 albert square (talk) 20:33, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
- It would be more motivating if I got some feedback from them. As it is, all I can see is page hit counts. But thanks. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:47, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
- +1. Did you really join the project just to be an admin? Surely you joined to edit articles? --GRuban (talk) 20:58, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
- We once had such a feedback mechanism, but it had flaws. Maybe this is something we should look back into? Mz7 (talk) 22:14, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
- It would be more motivating if I got some feedback from them. As it is, all I can see is page hit counts. But thanks. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:47, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
2007
Back in 2007, one RfA was basically not deemed successful with 201 supports and 71 opposes, but the usual RfA in those days had far more votes than any recent ones - even with auto-notification to editors. The issue then was (get this) how opposed the candidate was to off-Wiki sites that must not be named <g>. Collect (talk) 14:44, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
Your RfA results
I regret to inform you that your recent request for adminship was closed as "no consensus to promote". I encourage you to review the comments in the discussion and on the talk page to see if there are areas in which you could make changes. This may allow you to have a successful RfA in the future. Thank you for your patience during the bureaucrat chat and during the RfA process itself. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:53, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
A beer for you!
Sorry about the result, but thanks for bearing "the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" for the betterment of Wikipedia. And thanks for your note. --Jules (Mrjulesd) 19:04, 2 February 2016 (UTC) |
To cut the b.s., I think the reason for the failure was because you were in the lower half of the 65-75% discretionary zone, it's probably as simple as that. Whatever the 'crats might say it's basically a numbers game. A no consensus result means you could try again, and probably pass, in six months time. Now I do think you could answered the questions a little differently, please contact me if you like for my views on a strategy. But if you've had enough of RfAs I understand, you have to be pretty brave to put yourself through that. Which makes you a bigger person than many. --Jules (Mrjulesd) 19:17, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
Bugger
Sorry to see it went the way it did. I didn't expect it to be plain sailing but I wouldn't have nominated you if I didn't think you had a chance, nor if I didn't think you'd be a good admin. Okay, you got a lot of opposition; some of it we foresaw, some of it we didn't. There is certainly a feeling that you haven't learnt from the evens of four years ago, or haven't moved on, or haven't shown enough contrition. But remember very nearly two hundred of your peers supported you. That's quite an incredible turnout. The lengthy and well thought-out rationales from many of those editors, among them some of the most respected editors on Wikipedia, show that you have the trust of a significant majority of the community. Beyond that, even most of the opposers spoke highly of you and praised your work and your dedication to Wikipedia. To me, it says a lot about you that even many of your detractors went out of their way to praise your contribution. Besides, most admin work is boring grunt work that's forgotten about in seconds whereas you article work will be around in one form or another for decades. People will remember Wikipedia as an encyclopaedia—not necessarily a perfect one, but one that could at least provide a decent overview of any subject imaginable—not for all the vandals that were blocked, and that's down in no small part to you. So my advice would be not to focus on the final tally, but to dust yourself off and do what you do best. And if you find yourself in Blighty, let me know and I'll buy you a drink. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:20, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
And your retirement plan is......????
I'm sorry the RFA didn't work out. This time. You're the reason I got my first FA. Absolutely the reason, because you encouraged me to go forward with the effort. I was at the point of completely throwing in the towel. If it wasn't for your being there at the exact correct moment to encourage me, I'd still be diddling around in the shadows somewhere. And besides that, you're a coordinator at WP MH - fulfill the term. Your content contributions on the Manhattan Project have been somewhat extraordinary. So, what's more important - the small handful who opposed at RFA, or those educators out there who are quite probably using your articles to teach students about the Manhattan Project. Carry on and try again later. We salute you for your tireless contributions. — Maile (talk) 22:58, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
DYK for Charles V. Shank
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
Commiserations...
G'day Hawkeye. I am sorry to see your RfA ended up as it did. I followed it closely and winced at every new oppose – it truly can be a dreadful and unforgiving process. I hope that the last week or so hasn't dampened your enthusiasm for Wikipedia, content creation, or your eventual return to admin ranks. Just remember... we all love you at Milhist! Warm regards, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:19, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
- Do we ever... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:35, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
- I'd third Peacemaker and Ian. I hope that you don't let the folks with an ancient grudge and love of piling onto admins get you down - you're a better editor then them all stuck together. Nick-D (talk) 07:30, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
- I am sorry that your request for the tools did not succeed; although the !vote was about two to one in favour, we do know that it is not a simple mumerical majority decision. unfortunately, while a number of well-respected admins supported you, a similar number opposed. I would be happy to support again after a reasonable interval. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 13:11, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
- I'd third Peacemaker and Ian. I hope that you don't let the folks with an ancient grudge and love of piling onto admins get you down - you're a better editor then them all stuck together. Nick-D (talk) 07:30, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
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And Hawkeye7, I want to extend an invitation to you (it's actually a plea for help) to collaborate on a new project I just created, WP:Project Accuracy, for which I'd like to recruit other FP/GA/DYK editors to join. I'm in the embryonic stages of development - just now working on the header but I'm not very well-versed on changing syntax in templates, so I will probably just create a page header of my own design. I'm not sure why the TP isn't connecting or what categories to include or .... well, any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Atsme📞📧 03:07, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
- A tribble! Always wanted one. Always willing to help out. Hawkeye7 (talk) 07:18, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
- I've got an ~in use~ template at the top of the page but you can ignore it if you see anything that needs fixing. Oh, and what I'd like to do is establish a 5 person PAC = Project Accuracy Coordinators who will oversee the project, and vet the fact-check promotion candidates who apply. This project is actually the foundation for a much bigger plan I proposed to WMF during their current community consultation re: their "Reach strategy. My suggestion was in regards to protection and promotion of articles that have passed stringent reviews and accuracy checks (and will carry our project seal which you can see at the project page). I tested the waters a tiny bit at Drmies TP, and now I'm hoping to get a good team together comprising content creators/FA participants/reviewers for PAC. Let me know if you're interested. Atsme📞📧 07:48, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
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Hey Hawkeye, do you have some spare time to perform a source review on Ride the Lightning for formatting and reliability? The FA nomination is here. I usually wait for the FA coordinators to make a request at the project's talk page, but I want to get pass the image/source procedures as quickly as possible, so I can focus on other issues. Thanks in advance.--Retrohead (talk) 23:04, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
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Are you keen to take this to GAN? If you are, I will put in the nom as a co-nom. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 01:28, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
- Sure. I thought the entire Huon Peninsula campaign could become a Good Topic, but we are still a couple of articles short. Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:52, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
- G'day, I'll have a go at improving Battle of Finschhafen, but I might have to try to get a few books from the library, so it could take a while. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 02:06, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
- I was intending to have a go at it too, but I am still bogged down on the landing at Scarlet Beach. My idea was the Battle of Finschhafen would cover everything between Scarlet Beach and Sattelberg. Hawkeye7 (talk) 03:38, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
- Yes, that sounds like a good idea. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 03:39, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
- I was intending to have a go at it too, but I am still bogged down on the landing at Scarlet Beach. My idea was the Battle of Finschhafen would cover everything between Scarlet Beach and Sattelberg. Hawkeye7 (talk) 03:38, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
- G'day, I'll have a go at improving Battle of Finschhafen, but I might have to try to get a few books from the library, so it could take a while. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 02:06, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
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G'day, Hawkeye, I was thinking of taking Battle of Wareo to GA next as part of the effort to get all the Huon Peninsula battle articles to GA. One concern I have, though, is the Japanese logistics section, which seems quite limited. I wonder if you have anything that you would like to add to the article before I nominate it. It was many years ago that I worked on it last, so I will need to get my head back into the article over the next week or so. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 10:53, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- Sure. I have plenty of information on this. Hawkeye7 (talk) 10:58, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- Cheers, hope you are having a good weekend. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 11:11, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- G'day, Hawkeye, I've nommed this for GAN now with you as a co-nom. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 09:46, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
- G'day, Hawk, not sure if you are still keen on working on the Wareo and Finschhafen articles, but I have the Coates book for another couple of weeks or so, then I have to return it, unfortunately...I also have to go away for a week or so with work at the end of next week. If you have the time, Wareo still needs a bit of work regarding logistics, and Finschhafen...well, I'm completely out of my depth and it probably needs a considerable effort to bring it up to GA. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 12:41, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
- G'day, Hawkeye, I've nommed this for GAN now with you as a co-nom. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 09:46, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
- Cheers, hope you are having a good weekend. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 11:11, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
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I'll be glad to help you, if you tell me the correct pronunciation. Let me see: it's pronounced as if spelled Deevers, isn't it? イヴァンスクルージ九十八(会話) 20:56, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- Oh, wait, sorry; I saw it later :) イヴァンスクルージ九十八(会話) 20:58, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
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Australian sports
I'd like to find someone to help with TFAs on Australian sports (such as Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 18, 2016). Any suggestions? - Dank (push to talk) 03:46, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- Sure. I can help you with that. Hawkeye7 (talk) 08:45, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- Great, give it a few whacks. We're aiming for roughly 1150 characters in the text the readers see (not counting "Full article" and below); this page gives you a character counter. - Dank (push to talk) 13:15, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- That's 1409 characters, I usually aim for 1150, I'll have a look now. - Dank (push to talk) 18:27, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
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Your corruption of article on John von Neumann
You have made many changes to the article John von Neumann, including adding statements directly contradicted by the cited sources and removing statements supported by cited reliable sources. I reverted two changes, then realized how many other problems you had introduced. I do not know what your purpose is, but this is really an extraordinary harm that you have made.
81.158.250.223 (talk) 19:39, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- The purpose was to properly reference the article. Nothing properly referenced was removed. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:50, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
- Then use "citation needed". Additionally, making up a story about the cause of his divorce, etc., does not fall under "properly reference the article".
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- Then use "citation needed". Additionally, making up a story about the cause of his divorce, etc., does not fall under "properly reference the article".
You can readily confirm that the book does not attribute the divorce to the car accident, but rather to Mariette wanting to party more: page 172 and following. Additionally, the book does not state that they had two parties per week, at least not on the pages cited.
Those are two examples of false claims that you have added to the article. An example of a true claim that you removed from the article is that von Neumann was fluent in Greek.[77] That von Neumann did know Greek is stated in the same book: page 48.
- True, but the following sentence was about the professor of Byzantine history, and I couldn't find it in the reference given, or in Macrae. So I removed it while I went looking for it. I did eventually find it somewhere else, but forgot to put it back into the article. Now I guess I need to find it again, unless you happen to have a source. Hawkeye7 (talk) 10:12, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
- The "Professor of Byzantine History" thing is in the source given (Life magazine)[78], but as it there is said that he made the statement "jokingly", that part is better left out. Fram (talk) 10:22, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
- That's it!!! Thanks for that. I remember now. That's why I didn't put it back in. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:01, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
- Macrae also says that the rest of the family denies that Johnny and Max could converse in ancient Greek at age six. So I thought it best to leave that whole sentence out. Hawkeye7 (talk) 06:58, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- Macrae does not say that the rest of the family denies that he knew Greek. Rather, Macrae says that the rest of the family denies that Johnny "converse[d] at the lunch table with his father in [Greek]" and the rest of the family did not understand; perhaps such conversations occurred only a few times and the rest of the family did not recall. The same page tells that his father instilled in him a love a Greek (and that Greek was a required subject in high school). A google search readily turns up other reliable sources: e.g. [79] which cites Poundstone (1993)—which is already cited in the article. 81.158.250.223 (talk) 00:15, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- Macrae also says that the rest of the family denies that Johnny and Max could converse in ancient Greek at age six. So I thought it best to leave that whole sentence out. Hawkeye7 (talk) 06:58, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
I have now looked at five of your edits and found three in serious error. 81.158.250.223 (talk) 22:26, 7 March 2016 (UTC) s.
You have now repeatedly demonstrated that your edits to the article should not be relied upon. What should be done? There seem to be two approaches: either someone needs to go through all your edits, checking each individually, or the article needs to be reverted to what it was before you started editing it. 81.158.250.223 (talk) 00:15, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
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[94] I downloaded it from carl, it looks like a RS but I'm unsure how much to include in OOB articles, since some of the pdfs are 20 pages long. Is there a rule of thumb or a WP: on OOBs? Regards Keith-264 (talk) 03:43, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- Wow. What a source. I don't know of any rules about OrBats. I would toss it all in. Hawkeye7 (talk) 04:05, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
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- Only a minor disagreement. No big. You are the fourth family member of an Atomic pioneer to contact me. I have written or improved about 100 articles related to the Manhattan Project, bringing a dozen or so all the way to featured status, including the main article. There were lots of biographies. Some are famous; some ought to be famous, but are not; and some are obscure. Isidor Isaac Rabi is currently a featured article candidate. Drop by and post a review. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:51, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
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Take a look at Chicago Pile-1
Seen as you've done the lions share of work on the article, I thought it best to run this edit that I've made, by you. Essentially, prior to this edit, the article suggested that the rod removal was done by hand, however the reference below suggests that in the final moments it was not in fact done by hand. So I was wondering if you could clarify this ambiguity?
Richard Fox, who made the control-rod mechanism for the pile, remarked that the manual speed control that the operator had over the rods was simply a variable resistor, controlling an electric motor that would spool the "clothesline" wire over a pulley that also had two lead weights attached to ensure it would 'fail-safe' and return to its zero position when released.[1]
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I saw your post on User talk:Dicklyon. I'm also having a problem with this guy's war-on-commas. (See here) Did you come to any resolution? Cheers - theWOLFchild 17:02, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
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DYK for Stephen Jurika
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Battle of Kaiapit
Was just having a look at ANZAC Day and saw you've got a rather nice Australian Military History today's featured article set for it. Nice work! I had hoped for a good Australian MILHIST article to pair with a Maori Battalion image I prepared for POTD. =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 00:11, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Alan Shepard
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WP:Military History
Hey! relatively new editor here. I wanted to comment on the military history WikiProject. I think its one of the best and biggest one. Perhaps even more extensive than others. Looks good. Quite expansive. I'll be ha ppy to just read through everything. DesertGrass (talk) 04:09, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
Tech News: 2016-15
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The Signpost: 14 April 2016
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