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Contents
- 1 Please comment on Talk:Albert Cashier
- 2 Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/German war effort closed
- 3 Review Request
- 4 The Bugle: Issue CXLVIII, August 2018
- 5 Mentor sought
- 6 Les bon assessors
- 7 Thanks
- 8 FAC mentor?
- 9 Troll
- 10 Prime Minister of Australia
- 11 Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
- 12 Australian Flag Society article
- 13 Administrators' newsletter – September 2018
- 14 Operation Linebacker II
- 15 The Bugle: Issue CXLIX, September 2018
- 16 Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
- 17 Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
- 18 FAC help
- 19 Lion-class battleship ACR
- 20 1944 versus 1942
- 21 July to September 2018 Milhist article reviewing
- 22 Administrators' newsletter – October 2018
- 23 1942 and 1944
- 24 The Bugle: Issue CL, October 2018
- 25 Sockpuppet, October 2018
- 26 maybe
- 27 Apparent link-spamming
- 28 Books & Bytes, Issue 30
- 29 History wars
- 30 Thanks
- 31 Administrators' newsletter – November 2018
- 32 I'm back
- 33 Socking by User:Kuru666.
- 34 FAC comments addressed
- 35 The Bugle: Issue CLI, November 2018
- 36 Source check
- 37 Landing at Jacquinot Bay
- 38 Allied naval bombardments of Japan during World War II
- 39 ArbCom 2018 election voter message
- 40 Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Incubator/World War II anniversary
- 41 No. 1 Wing RAAF
- 42 Help needed
- 43 Military history WikiProject World War I Op-Ed Series
- 44 Nominations now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards
- 45 Administrators' newsletter – December 2018
- 46 FA mentor
- 47 Like Moxy said I will wait and see what others have to see before I do anything else
- 48 The Bugle: Issue CLII, December 2018
- 49 A barnstar for you!
- 50 Operation Pamphlet scheduled for TFA
- 51 Advice Sought
- 52 mail
- 53 Voting now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards
- 54 Sl00gnawg9pf
- 55 your assistance please...
- 56 Your GA nomination of Operation Obviate
- 57 Happy "whatever floats your boat"!
- 58 Your GA nomination of Operation Obviate
- 59 Books & Bytes, Issue 31
- 60 Happy Holidays
- 61 Apollo 11 reviews
- 62 2018 Military Historian of the Year
- 63 Request for semi-protection page
- 64 Administrators' newsletter – January 2019
- 65 2018 Year in Review
- 66 The Bugle: Issue CLIII, January 2019
- 67 Congratulations from the Military History Project
- 68 Judicial independence in Australia
- 69 Ibuki ACR
- 70 Galland
- 71 war crimes of the Wehrmacht
- 72 Administrators' newsletter – February 2019
- 73 Apology
- 74 The Bugle: Issue CLIV, February 2019
- 75 Books & Bytes, Issue 32
- 76 Harvey Carter?
- 77 Administrators' newsletter – March 2019
- 78 Risstrom
- 79 Mentoring for FAC
- 80 The Bugle: Issue CLV, March 2019
- 81 death and bushfire
- 82 patience please
- 83 Talk:Syrian Civil War
- 84 Fighter-bomber attacks on the United Kingdom during 1940
- 85 Congratulations from the Military History Project
Please comment on Talk:Albert Cashier
You have previously participated in discussions about the use of gendered pronouns in the biography of Albert Cashier. An Rfc about this topic is taking place at Talk:Albert Cashier, and your comments are welcome. Mathglot (talk) 18:36, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/German war effort closed
An arbitration case regarding German war effort articles has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:
- For engaging in harassment of other users, LargelyRecyclable is indefinitely banned from the English Wikipedia under any account.
- Cinderella157 is topic banned from the history of Germany from 1932 to 1945, broadly construed. This topic ban may be appealed after six months have elapsed and every six months thereafter.
- Auntieruth55 is reminded that project coordinators have no special roles in a content dispute, and that featured articles are not immune to sourcing problems.
- Editors are reminded that consensus-building is key to the purpose and development of Wikipedia. The most reliable sources should be used instead of questionable sourcing whenever possible, especially when dealing with sensitive topics. Long-term disagreement over local consensus in a topic area should be resolved through soliciting comments from the wider community, instead of being re-litigated persistently at the local level.
- While certain specific user-conduct issues have been identified in this decision, for the most part the underlying issue is a content dispute as to how, for example, the military records of World War II-era German military officers can be presented to the same extent as military records of officers from other periods, while placing their records and actions in the appropriate overall historical context. For better or worse, the Arbitration Committee is neither authorized nor qualified to resolve this content dispute, beyond enforcing general precepts such as those requiring reliable sourcing, due weighting, and avoidance of personal attacks. Nor does Wikipedia have any other editorial body authorized to dictate precisely how the articles should read outside the ordinary editing process. Knowledgeable editors who have not previously been involved in these disputes are urged to participate in helping to resolve them. Further instances of uncollegial behavior in this topic-area will not be tolerated and, if this occurs, may result in this Committee's accepting a request for clarification and amendment to consider imposition of further remedies, including topic-bans or discretionary sanctions.
For the Arbitration Committee,
- -Cameron11598(Talk) via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:32, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
Review Request
Nick
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/María Sáez de Vernet
Would you mind reviewing this closure. I don't believe this was a candidate for a non-admin closure but in particular he missed the recommendations by AlanScotWalker concerning closure. WCMemail 12:03, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
- No, I didn't, but my closure was based on the consensus that the subject in question is independently notable. GSS (talk|c|em) 14:33, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
- The closure looks fine to me: lots of experienced editors had looked into the matter, and had reached the conclusion that the article should be kept. The kind of comment AlanScotWalker made goes without saying: an AfD closure doesn't preclude a move, though I'd suggest that any such more go through a formal WP:RM procedure given the AfD comments. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 04:55, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXLVIII, August 2018
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Mentor sought
Hi Nick. I have an article, Razing of Friesoythe, the apple of my eye, which I wish to submit for FAC. The instructions state "Editors considering their first nomination, and any subsequent nomination before their first FA promotion, are strongly advised to seek the involvement of a mentor". On the list of possible mentors was your name - an easy decision. So can I persuade you to take two paces forward and help me get this article through the FA process? If so, do you have any thoughts, suggestions or instructions before I formally submit it. Assuming that you think that it is submittable.
I should warn that this is the first Wikipedia article I wrote, the first article I submitted for B class assessment (at the time that seemed a heady ambition for it), my first GA, my first (and still highest viewing) DYK, and the only article I have submitted for peer review or ACR. So objective I ain't. That said, it got a thorough going over at ACR and views seemed positive.
So, what do you think? Gog the Mild (talk) 00:18, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, I'd be very happy to help. I'll look in on the article over the weekend, and leave some comments about its suitability for FAC. From having reviewed it at the ACR, I agree that it is certainly well on track. Regards Nick-D (talk) 10:39, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
- @Gog the Mild: I've left some comments on the article's talk page. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 23:45, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
Les bon assessors
The Teamwork Barnstar | ||
It is with great pleasure that I award this barnstar jointly and severally to auntieruth, AustralianRupert, Kees08, Nick-D, Peacemaker67 and Zawed. It has been earned partly for helping to nurse Razing of Friesoythe through ACR. I was awed and humbled by the amount of attention, effort, detail and support the six assessors brought to the task. But mostly it has been earned by your doing the same thing for many, many other articles week after week, month after month. Assessors sans peur et sans reproche. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:28, 17 August 2018 (UTC) |
Thanks
For blocking the sock. Can you keep an eye on my talk page, in case the harassment continues? A several-hour semi would be appreciated if she returns. Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 00:31, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
- No worries at all Bill - I'd be happy to do that. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 00:41, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
FAC mentor?
Hello Nick-D,
I had a Facebook conversation the other day with a retired editor with lots of experience with Featured articles. This editor had helped me with the Good article review of Harry Yount, and the article reached that goal in 2013. This editor expressed the opinion that this could be a Featured article, so I am asking if you would be willing to assist me with that process. Thanks for your consideration. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 00:12, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
- Hi Cullen, I'd be happy to provide some advice on this article. I'll leave comments on its talk page over the next few days. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 00:49, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks, I appreciate it. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 19:16, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
- @Cullen328: I've posted an informal review at Talk:Harry Yount. I think that the article is well on the path to FA, but needs some improvements first. As well as adding some references, I'd suggest fleshing out the coverage of how Yount was seen at the time and is regarded now. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 00:57, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks, I appreciate it. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 19:16, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
Troll
See Ahunt's talk page, where an IP hopping troll is causing havoc. This is the IP that Sarek blocked earlier. Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 07:48, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
- Yet another example of why we shouldn't permit people to edit without first registering an account. Nick-D (talk) 07:52, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
- You'd never catch me editing with a open IP. Don't these trolls realize how much we know about them from a bare IP? It's one reason I'm against open editing in general, as it leaves kids open to predators. Someday some kid will get killed, and the Foundation will get a lot of the blame, and rightly so. But it will be too late then. - BilCat (talk) 08:10, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Prime Minister of Australia
Howdy. Not sure whatcha did, but the result was Gillard, Abbott & Turnbull being knocked out of the living former PMs section. GoodDay (talk) 22:41, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
- That doesn't seem to have been anything I did - my only recent edit was to revert an IP who was fiddling with the photos for no stated reason. It appears to be fixed now. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 22:51, 27 August 2018 (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, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:53, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Australian Flag Society article
I agree to your deletion request for now. It might be that another wikipedian proposes an article on the same subject in the future which I will feel free to contribute or not contribute to. Aussieflagfan (talk) 07:12, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – September 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2018).
- None
- Asterion • Crisco 1492 • KF • Kudpung • Liz • Randykitty • Spartaz
- Optimist on the run → Voice of Clam
Interface administrator changes
- Following a "stop-gap" discussion, six users have temporarily been made interface administrators while discussion is ongoing for a more permanent process for assigning the permission. Interface administrators are now the only editors allowed to edit sitewide CSS and JavaScript pages, as well as CSS/JS pages in another user's userspace. Previously, all administrators had this ability. The right can be granted and revoked by bureaucrats.
- Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour.
- Some abuse filter variables have changed. They are now easier to understand for non-experts. The old variables will still work but filter editors are encouraged to replace them with the new ones. You can find the list of changed variables on mediawiki.org. They have a note which says
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- The Arbitration Committee has resolved to perform a round of Checkuser and Oversight appointments. The usernames of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, and they will be requested to assist in the vetting process. The deadline to submit an application is 23:59 UTC, 12 September, and the candidates that move forward will be published on-wiki for community comments on 18 September.
Operation Linebacker II
Nick, when you get back, could you look at Talk:Operation Linebacker II#Editwar? The issues should be self-explanatory. I'm trying to find a source, but it may take me awhile as I'm not that familiar with quality sources on the subject. If you aren't either, do you know of some other editors who might be? Thanks. (Yeah, I know I didn't handle my initial response well at all.) - BilCat (talk) 00:31, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
- Hi @BilCat: while I don't have any sources at hand, I think that text is largely right, but exaggerates things a bit. Linebacker II seems to have been effective as it was a short sharp shock in which the scope of the US bombing campaign was expanded for a limited period in response to a breakdown in negotiations. My understanding is that it worked as the North Vietnamese were motivated to cut a deal at this time, unlike during the massive US bombing campaign over previous years. The USAF still didn't "fully unleash its power" though, as rule of engagement remained in place and (obviously) nuclear weapons weren't used. The use of naval mines, which the article barely mentions, to close North Vietnamese ports was apparently particularly effective. I'd suggest asking for other editors' input at WT:MILHIST. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 10:37, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXLIX, September 2018
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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 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, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:35, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 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, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:22, 15 September 2018 (UTC) Note: the previous version omitted a link to the election page, therefore you are receiving this follow up message with a link to the election page to correct the previous version. We apologies for any inconvenience that this may have caused.
FAC help
- Me and Iazyges are working on promoting multiple of his A-class and GA articles. I would like some help with going through the mess of FAC. Thanks, Clikity (talk) 20:16, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
- Hello, Which articles are you referring to, and how can I assist? Regards, Nick-D (talk) 00:39, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
- @Nick-D His articles displayed on his user page (opus meum). We are trying to promote a large amount of them soon. We would like some advice to help us get the articles through the FAC process. He's tried and failed, but I think we will succeed this time. Go look at his articles and see what looks best. Clikity (talk) 02:35, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, That's rather a lot of articles to look through. Can you please let me know which ones you are focusing on? Also, what kind of feedback would be helpful here? Nick-D (talk) 03:35, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
- Okay, the two we are doing right now are Iazyges and Marcian. I would like a review for these. --Clikity (talk) 13:33, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
- I provided a pre-FAC review of Iazyges a few months ago: what would be helpful at this stage? I'll try to look in on the other article over the next week or so. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 10:00, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
- Hi Nick-D. I am about to start a copy edit of Marcian for GOCE, so if you haven't looked at it already, you may wish to hold off for a day or two. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:37, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
- I provided a pre-FAC review of Iazyges a few months ago: what would be helpful at this stage? I'll try to look in on the other article over the next week or so. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 10:00, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
- Okay, the two we are doing right now are Iazyges and Marcian. I would like a review for these. --Clikity (talk) 13:33, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, That's rather a lot of articles to look through. Can you please let me know which ones you are focusing on? Also, what kind of feedback would be helpful here? Nick-D (talk) 03:35, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
- @Nick-D His articles displayed on his user page (opus meum). We are trying to promote a large amount of them soon. We would like some advice to help us get the articles through the FAC process. He's tried and failed, but I think we will succeed this time. Go look at his articles and see what looks best. Clikity (talk) 02:35, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
- Hello, Which articles are you referring to, and how can I assist? Regards, Nick-D (talk) 00:39, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
Lion-class battleship ACR
I responded to your comments a while ago, but I expect that you've been distracted of late. I know that I have been!--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 17:52, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
- Oops, sorry: I completely missed that. I'll check in today. Thanks very much for the prompt. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 22:09, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
1944 versus 1942
2 versions of the message deleted as they could have been misconstrued, about the 44 scare monolith. Have left a general introduction to the issues as I see them at the WA noticeboard. Hope it goes well. I gotta get something more specific to the photo than the 43 anti aircraft emplacement. JarrahTree 23:25, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for that. The coverage of the Fremantle-Perth defences in the AWM's photo database is largely focused on 1943, unfortunately. There also aren't many photos of the submarine base. If the WA State Library or Archives has better coverage, it would be great. Nick-D (talk) 10:19, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Western_Australia JarrahTree 14:10, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
July to September 2018 Milhist article reviewing
Content Review Medal of Merit (Military history) | ||
On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded the Content Review Medal of Merit for reviewing a total of 14 Milhist articles at PR, GAN, ACR or FAC during the period July to September 2018. Thank you for supporting Wikipedia's quality content processes. Kges1901 (talk) 10:41, 3 October 2018 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste |
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- Following a request for comment, the process for appointing interface administrators has been established. Currently only existing admins can request these rights, while a new RfC has begun on whether it should be available to non-admins.
- There is an open request for comment on Meta regarding the creation a new user group for global edit filter management.
- Partial blocks should be available for testing in October on the Test Wikipedia and the Beta-Cluster. This new feature allows admins to block users from editing specific pages and in the near-future, namespaces and uploading files. You can expect more updates and an invitation to help with testing once it is available.
- The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team is currently looking for input on how to measure the effectiveness of blocks. This is in particular related to how they will measure the success of the aforementioned partial blocks.
- Because of a data centre test, you will be able to read but not edit the Wikimedia projects for up to an hour on 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time.
- The Arbitration Committee has, by motion, amended the procedure on functionary inactivity.
- The community consultation for 2018 CheckUser and Oversight appointments has concluded. Appointments will be made by October 11.
- Following a request for comment, the size of the Arbitration Committee will be decreased to 13 arbitrators, starting in 2019. Additionally, the minimum support percentage required to be appointed to a two-year term on ArbCom has been increased to 60%. ArbCom candidates who receive between 50% and 60% support will be appointed to one-year terms instead.
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1942 and 1944
I find it quite excruciating to watch ga/fa discussions where I have worked with the archival material (1942 and 1944), and am aware of the nuances of meanings for journalists and military officials of the time (1940s were a different age) - and the perceptions that this latter time and context have so little appreciation to nuances of then. Arrgghh. I think I should stay away from the discussion. JarrahTree 01:28, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CL, October 2018
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Sockpuppet, October 2018
Letting you know that a sockpuppet by the name of Ah_Ger_K that you added a sockpuppet block message to in September removed your block message today, which appears to be against WP policy. I've reverted that edit. If I am in error and did not understand the situation correctly, feel free to correct my edit. Zinnober9 (talk) 03:22, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, My understanding is that blocked editors can remove block messages if they want. The reason for the block is permanently recorded in their block log. If the editor asks to have this account unblocked, the reviewing admin will also check the talk page history and contact the blocking admin. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 03:26, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
maybe
needs attention [1] - not exactly the most civil editor that I have seen JarrahTree 10:07, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, Is this a one-off? I've blocked the account, but did this happen out of the blue? Regards, Nick-D (talk) 10:06, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
Apparent link-spamming
Nick, User:Cowanb has been adding links to a website he apparently has connections with to a bunch of aircraft articles. See here for an example. Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 23:24, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, Have you discussed this with them? While ADF-serials doesn't meet our criteria for a RS (I think), it's a high quality amateur website which is often the best source on the use of various aircraft by the Australian military. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 10:04, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
- No, I haven't discussed this with the user yet, as I wanted to get your opinion first, as being from Australia, you might greater knowledge of the site, which you did. My main issue is that the link isn't being used as a source regarding sevice in the Australian military, but is being added indiscriminately to the EL section of many aircraft articles, including some which may not have served in Australia. User:MilborneOne has begun removing the links as COI spam, and I agree with him that it is. - BilCat (talk) 22:51, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
Books & Bytes, Issue 30
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History wars
You reverted an edit that I made to History wars. Anyone seriously studying the history wars will be interested in seeing some primary source documents. Moreover, some historians (e.g. Keith Windschuttle) have claimed that other historians have willfully misrepresented primary sources. The wikilink that my edit provided, to Historical Records of Australia, comprises tens of thousands of pages of primary source documents (a large majority of which are online). Thus, anyone who wants to check the claims of misrepresentation, or who is seriously studying the history wars, will find the wikilink helpful. Hence, I ask you to undo the revert. FlagrantUsername (talk) 22:22, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, Links included in see also sections should generally have a clear link to the topic of the article. The histories wars article discusses a dispute in Australian historiography, and I don't see how it helps readers to list various collections of primary sources - not least as this implies that there might be something controversial about the collection in this context. Can you work the link into the body of the article to explain the link? (for instance, do some historians argue that (over) reliance on these sources leads to a biased perspective? Regards, Nick-D (talk) 22:27, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
- According to MOS:SEEALSO, "The links in the "See also" section might be only indirectly related to the topic of the article because one purpose of "See also" links is to enable readers to explore tangentially related topics". Moreover, your claim that "there might be something controversial about the collection" makes no sense to me. The wikilink is clearly useful to someone studying the topic. As for editing the body of the text, you are welcome to do so. FlagrantUsername (talk) 22:37, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
- But how are these topics related? You're coming across as spamming links to this article you created to be frank, and I don't see how it's helpful to readers. Can you please work the link into articles? If you're unable to explain the link in the article, I'd suggest that it's probably not going to be very useful for readers. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 22:39, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
- You have previously violated WP:BRD. You are now violating WP:GF. Your comment also does not seem to consider the arguments that my comments have raised.
- I kindly ask you to read the article History wars and the article Keith Windschuttle (which is cited by History wars), then consider the position of someone studying this topic, and then reconsider my comments above. Afterward, if we still have no agreement, we could go to WP:DR; if we do that, my preference would be for WP:DRR/3. FlagrantUsername (talk) 04:37, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, I'm familiar with the topic of the article (I also wrote much of the article on the Australian Frontier Wars). I genuinely don't see how people who are studying the history wars will understand the purpose of linking to these documents without any context. As noted above, can you please work this into the article? I have no idea how I've violated BRD, of AGF given that I'm discussing this with you following your bold addition of the link, and am actually keen to see this added to the article in a way in which readers can understand and use. Surely you can come up with a referenced sentence which could be added to the History Wars article explaining how this is relevant if there's a reason for a see also link? I'd suggest starting a discussion on the article talk page if you'd like broader input on this matter before escalating to central dispute resolution boards (as recommended at WP:DR, etc). Regards, Nick-D (talk) 04:44, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
- You earlier said that I was “coming across as spamming links to this article [I] created”. Despite that, you now claim that you “have no idea how [you’ve] violated” WP:AGF. Your claim is amazing.
- Hi, I'm familiar with the topic of the article (I also wrote much of the article on the Australian Frontier Wars). I genuinely don't see how people who are studying the history wars will understand the purpose of linking to these documents without any context. As noted above, can you please work this into the article? I have no idea how I've violated BRD, of AGF given that I'm discussing this with you following your bold addition of the link, and am actually keen to see this added to the article in a way in which readers can understand and use. Surely you can come up with a referenced sentence which could be added to the History Wars article explaining how this is relevant if there's a reason for a see also link? I'd suggest starting a discussion on the article talk page if you'd like broader input on this matter before escalating to central dispute resolution boards (as recommended at WP:DR, etc). Regards, Nick-D (talk) 04:44, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
- But how are these topics related? You're coming across as spamming links to this article you created to be frank, and I don't see how it's helpful to readers. Can you please work the link into articles? If you're unable to explain the link in the article, I'd suggest that it's probably not going to be very useful for readers. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 22:39, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
- According to MOS:SEEALSO, "The links in the "See also" section might be only indirectly related to the topic of the article because one purpose of "See also" links is to enable readers to explore tangentially related topics". Moreover, your claim that "there might be something controversial about the collection" makes no sense to me. The wikilink is clearly useful to someone studying the topic. As for editing the body of the text, you are welcome to do so. FlagrantUsername (talk) 22:37, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
- You are right that I should have opened this discussion on the article Talk page. My excuse is that I had initially assumed your revert was due to a simple oversight on your part; so it was not worth cluttering up that Talk page. I have now opened a relevant discussion there.
- As for Australian Frontier Wars, the article is so biased that it could harm the reputation of Wikipedia, at least for anyone interested in Australia. I have now added an NPOV notice to the article and opened a relevant discussion on the article’s Talk page.
- FlagrantUsername (talk) 21:22, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
- OK. I think we're in agreement on the Frontier Wars article - can you please add material to the article on the topic? I'm not sure what you're hoping to achieve with fairly confrontational tactics - I'm keen to see these articles improved, and throwing accusations of bias and personal attacks around really isn't helping anyone. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 21:26, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
Thanks
G'day Nick, thanks for your tweak on Rescue and Communication Squadron RAAF. I wonder if you wouldn't also mind taking a look at RAAF Squadron Berlin Air Lift? Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 09:53, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, That article looks great. I've made a few minor wording tweaks. It's a fascinating story - in 2011 I visited the memorial to the Berlin airlift at the Platz der Luftbrücke and was pleased to see a small acknowledgement that Australia had been involved, though I can't remember what it was exactly! (and, from checking my photos, I didn't photograph whatever it was). Nick-D (talk) 10:03, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
- (talk page watcher) There's book on it, only 66AUD :) ——SerialNumber54129 10:41, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
- Cheers, Nick. My wife and I are hoping to visit Germany in the next couple of years (she is German on her mother's side), so I might see what I can find and maybe take some pics. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 10:32, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – November 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2018).
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I'm back
I'm back. I feel better. I've just asked how to approach an article at the tea house. I apologize for anything that was rude/abusive. Tigerdude9 (talk) 18:41, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
Socking by User:Kuru666.
Hi the articles that were edited by Kuru666 are regularly being targeted by what I am sure are socks. I wonder if there is anything that can be done? Cheers. Dom from Paris (talk) 20:46, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
- Happy to protect those article - can you please tell me which ones are being affected? Nick-D (talk) 09:56, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks very much here they are, some have already been protected but for relatively short periods and each time the protection comes off they get socked.
- They have been editing others but the edits do not seem tendentious but I'll keep an eye out for more but as they are IP hopping it's not an easy task. cheers. --Dom from Paris (talk) 11:33, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, I've only protected one of those articles as there wasn't recent block evasion at the others - please see my comments above. I've watchlisted some of this person's main targets and will respond if this resumes, but please drop me a line (or report it at WP:RFPP) if this returns. As a reminder, edits made as part of block evasion can and should be reverted on sight. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 04:49, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for that. I'm watching them too and will continue to revert. Cheers. Dom from Paris (talk) 07:08, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, I've only protected one of those articles as there wasn't recent block evasion at the others - please see my comments above. I've watchlisted some of this person's main targets and will respond if this resumes, but please drop me a line (or report it at WP:RFPP) if this returns. As a reminder, edits made as part of block evasion can and should be reverted on sight. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 04:49, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
FAC comments addressed
I've responded to your comments over at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/HMS Erin/archive1. See if they're satisfactory.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 05:12, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLI, November 2018
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Source check
Nick, would the source used in this diff be considered reliable? It reads more like an armchair editorial. Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 07:15, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
- Hi Bill, the tone of that article is a bit odd, but it's presented as a news source, and news.com.au is a reliable source. It's the central website for the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloids and the somewhat more substantial newspaper The Australian, and has decent editorial standards. The source is suitable for the material it's being used to cite, and could also be drawn on more extensively (BTW, it seems only yesterday that various over-excited commentators and thinly-disguised Russian propaganda was presenting the Su-57 as being the greatest warplane of all time, and vastly superior to anything the West could produce...). Regards, Nick-D (talk) 07:50, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
Landing at Jacquinot Bay
G'day, Nick, I was wondering if you would be keen to take the Landing at Jacquinot Bay article to ACR? From mid-next week, I have a bit of time off from work before the December posting period, so was thinking it might be a good diversion. I have access to some of the sources, but not all (for instance not Charlton, or Bradley), so was hoping that you might have them. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 09:55, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, Yes, I'd be very happy to do that. I still have copies of those books, and am also planning a trip to the National Library of Australia next week in case there's any other works which need to be consulted (the only one which springs to mind is Alan Powell's War by Stealth: Australians and the Allied Intelligence Bureau, 1942–1945 which may have some extra material on pre-landing AIB/guerrilla operations, but as Long summarises this topic there's no reason to wait to check before starting the nomination). Regards, Nick-D (talk) 10:11, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
- Cheers, Nick, the nomination page is here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Landing at Jacquinot Bay. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 10:32, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot for starting this. Nick-D (talk) 10:35, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
- G'day, Nick, just letting you know I have to travel interstate tomorrow and will be without reliable internet until around 8 December. If I get a chance to check in on the review while I'm gone, I will, but in the meantime can I ask that you keep an eye on it? Thanks. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 01:42, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
- Yes, definitely. Best wishes for your trip. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 09:19, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
- G'day, Nick, just letting you know I am back, for at least a week. The trip went OK. I will be tied up with moving house (NT to Victoria) next week, and will be with limited access over the period 17 to 31 Dec, but should hopefully be able to contribute in some manner. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 05:03, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know, I hope your trip went OK. Your job certainly keeps you mobile! Nick-D (talk) 05:23, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
- Yes, this is my 8th posting in 14 years, and my sixth move since being married. I/we haven't been posted to WA or Tasmania, unfortunately, though, which I hope to one day achieve. Tasmania is difficult in my role, but WA might happen one day. Anyway, the trip went okay. I was helping my mother who hasn't been well...I've been a terrible son, as work has kept me away for several years, so it was important to go back and spend a week with her. I also got to catch up with some old friends in Brisbane, which was fantastic, but also a little heartbreaking to see how some have not fared so well. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 06:05, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
- G'day, Nick, just letting you know I will be offline for a bit. Possibly back on 20 Dec, but it depends on the hotel wifi situation. Worst case, I might not have internet until the New Year, unfortunately. I'd been hoping we might get the review done before I left, but there is still some work to be done. Sorry. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 07:37, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
- Yes, this is my 8th posting in 14 years, and my sixth move since being married. I/we haven't been posted to WA or Tasmania, unfortunately, though, which I hope to one day achieve. Tasmania is difficult in my role, but WA might happen one day. Anyway, the trip went okay. I was helping my mother who hasn't been well...I've been a terrible son, as work has kept me away for several years, so it was important to go back and spend a week with her. I also got to catch up with some old friends in Brisbane, which was fantastic, but also a little heartbreaking to see how some have not fared so well. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 06:05, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know, I hope your trip went OK. Your job certainly keeps you mobile! Nick-D (talk) 05:23, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
- G'day, Nick, just letting you know I am back, for at least a week. The trip went OK. I will be tied up with moving house (NT to Victoria) next week, and will be with limited access over the period 17 to 31 Dec, but should hopefully be able to contribute in some manner. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 05:03, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
- Yes, definitely. Best wishes for your trip. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 09:19, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
- G'day, Nick, just letting you know I have to travel interstate tomorrow and will be without reliable internet until around 8 December. If I get a chance to check in on the review while I'm gone, I will, but in the meantime can I ask that you keep an eye on it? Thanks. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 01:42, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot for starting this. Nick-D (talk) 10:35, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
- Cheers, Nick, the nomination page is here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Landing at Jacquinot Bay. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 10:32, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I've selected the above as TFA on 26 December 2018. Any questions, please let me know.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:34, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know (was this a way to mark the end of the season of peace and goodwill to all men?). Nick-D (talk) 08:53, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Incubator/World War II anniversary
Hello, do you think this should be archived as the 70th anniversary of the end of the war has long passed? Kges1901 (talk) 00:29, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
- Yes, I think so - I had no memory of it even existing! It seems that it was started in 2011 and unfortunately didn't lead to much coordinated activity. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 07:17, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
No. 1 Wing RAAF
It's my understanding that the arrival of the Spitfire VIIIs to this wing was long-delayed and long-planned, but there's no mention of what marks of Spitfire the Second World War wing was originally equipped with, which is probably important. Could this be added? Buckshot06 (talk) 18:27, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, The article says that the No. 1 Wing was initially equipped with the Spitfire Vc, though perhaps not clearly enough! (please see the second last para in the 'Reestablishment' section). Regards, Nick-D (talk) 21:48, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
Help needed
Nick, Can you please see User_talk:Llammakey#Page_moves and advise whether you can mediate as the matter, removing "the" from ship name pages is currently being discussed at Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_(ships)#Proposed_amendment? If you cannot can you advise who might be able to assist. Regards Newm30 (talk) 04:58, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, I'm not sure what the issue is here? (which pages have been moved?, what steps have been taken to resolve this?, etc). As there's a centralised talk page discussion of the matter, I'd suggest that it's the best way of resolving it. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 05:44, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
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- Thank you again for your huge contribution to The Bugle Tom. I've enjoyed reading these articles. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 08:54, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
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FA mentor
Hi Nick, I wonder if you would be interested in mentoring me with a possible FA nomination. Louis Antoine de Saint-Just was approved as GA several years ago and it's been stable ever since. I have always been too timid to seek FA reviews, but my personal situation has changed and here I am. Might you be able to have a look and give me some advice? SteveStrummer (talk) 22:39, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
- Hi Steve, Sure, I'll look in on that article and leave suggestions on the talk page, most likely on the weekend. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 09:22, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks so much! SteveStrummer (talk) 20:41, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
- @SteveStrummer: I've posted an informal review on the article's talk page. The article is well on track for FA status, but I think it would benefit from a copy edit and some tweaks to provide somewhat more comprehensive coverage of its subject. I hope that this is helpful, and I'd be happy to discuss the comments. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 09:58, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks so much! SteveStrummer (talk) 20:41, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
Like Moxy said I will wait and see what others have to see before I do anything else
I am going to wait and see like I was told Jack90s15 (talk) 22:16, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLII, December 2018
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A barnstar for you!
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We also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors on the day before and the day of this TFA. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:54, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
Advice Sought
Hi Nick,
Please see Talk:Gibraltar. It seems an editor has decided to return and is raising again disputes from 8 years ago. To be honest it comes across to me as trolling. The main problem I saw with this editor's previous editing history is that eventually we discovered that they did not have access to any of the sources they were quoting. Instead they were relying on sourcing via google snippets and in some cases the source they claimed supported their edit did not. Another problem is their revert warring, they've just rolled back 8 years citing WP:BRD as there was a "consensus" 8 years ago.
I am keeping my replies to a minimum but wondered if you had any advice on responding to this editor. WCMemail 13:06, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, It looks like they're in a minority of one in the talk page discussion, though only a few editors have discussed the change. You may wish to advertise for wider input, which would probably be more productive than continuing to butt heads. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 10:14, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
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Voting now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards
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Sl00gnawg9pf
Is continuing to make disruptive edits even after you blocked them. Could you revoke their talk page access? Sakura CarteletTalk 00:27, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, I've just removed their ability to edit their talk page. Thanks for letting me know about this. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 00:58, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
your assistance please...
If you have time, would you please look at Mathew Golsteyn?
After a tweet from the POTUS, I figured Golsteyn was a topic that merited a standalone article. My intention, as always, is to keep my contributions fair, and free of bias. Of course, the more controversial a topic is, the harder it is satisfy everyone an article is balanced.
If what I wrote contains hidden bias I figured the best thing to do was invite the input of an intelligent and informed person who I know has a different perspective than mine.
Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 19:06, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, Thanks for asking for feedback. I don't know much about this incident, but Mr Golsteyn fails WP:ONEEVENT. The incident is notable though (especially given the president's intervention), and I'd suggest restructuring the article accordingly. The article contains multiple serious negative claims about this person not clearly supported by any reference, which is also not acceptable. I agree with the IP editor's decision to reduce this to almost nothing given the referencing issues. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 09:28, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
- Okay, thanks for your input.
- Interpretations for WP:ONEEVENT vary. My interpretation?
- The POTUS tweet would be one event;
- the FOX interview of 2016 - I think that is another event;
- his awarding of a Silver Star, for events of 2010-02-20, it is unrelated to the killing of 2010-02-18, so, I think that too is a separate event;
- Multiple discussions at WT:MILHIST have reached the conclusion that being awarded a medal other than the highest available is not grounds for notability. The only reason that Mr Golsteyn's Silver Star has attracted attention is due to the alleged killing. Nick-D (talk) 07:28, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
- the 2011 CIA job interview polygraph, where he first confessed to the killing - it triggered an interagency memo, which the army couldn't ignore, that triggered the first inquiry. That inquiry lasted three years. The Board of inquiry left what would have been a career killing letter of reprimand, in his personnel file. The Board of Inquiry gave him a general discharge. It seems to me that these are multiple events.
- merely mentioning that Will Swenson was his friend, in an Amazon book review, triggered an extensive investigation in Swenson's background, including interviewing his friends, family, neighbors; and put in question and delayed his receipt of his Medal of Honor. I started to document that, in Swenson's article, until I saw someone else had already added coverage of it. So, I see that too as a separate event.
- Golsteyn's Silver Star, and several other events I mentioned, fall short of measuring up to our inclusion criteria, all by themselves. A Medal of Honor would have made him notable, all by itself. But almost none of our millions of BLP had their notability established by a single notability factor. Almost all of our millions of BLP have their notability established by adding up the cumulative notability of multiple factors that establish some notability. The Silver Star, or even the Distinguished Service Cross, doesn't confer strong enough notability, all by itself, but even a Bronze Star, confers some notability, enough to be included in the notability calculation, in my opinion.
- Nick-D, you responded to my request for input, in less than 24 hours. Thanks for that!
- You are an administrator, so I am going to defer to your advice. I already reverted that IP contributor, before I came here. It was an IP address from a range used by a wikistalker, who harrassed me for months, prior to their earning an indefinite block for something else, and I figured it was that wikistalker returning again. But, out of deference to your opinion, above, I will restore it.
- However, since I have some questions about your advice, I am going to ask for more feedback, elsewhere. Geo Swan (talk) 17:12, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks again for your good faith advice. I started a section at WP:BLPN#Mathew Golsteyn. I didn't mention you by name, but I did provide a link to my reply, above. Geo Swan (talk) 00:54, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
- @Geo Swan: I've replied to your views on ONEEVENT above. I'm genuinely troubled about your lack of understanding of WP:ONEEVENT, desire to focus the article on this person and inclusion of unreferended negative BLP material given all the problems you've had on these topics in the past. Nick-D (talk) 07:28, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
- Your talk page, your rules. You are allowed to use non-standard indentation on your own talk page. But your non-standard indentation disrupted the numbering of my numbered points. So, my apologies, I took the liberty of refactoring your non-standard indentation, so I could refer to the points, by number, in my reply. Geo Swan (talk) 13:08, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
- Personally, I am a big believer in human freedom. And, as how that relates to the wikipedia's readers, I want them to be free to traverse the wikipedia's content in the way that makes the most sense to them. I think a reader who starts at Donald Trump on social media#Trump's tweet about Mathew Golsteyn, should be able to click on the Mathew Golsteyn link, so they can read about Mathew Golsteyn, or Unlawful Command Influence. Once they arrive at Mathew Golsteyn, they should be reading about Mathew Golsteyn, if they want to read about the Battle of Marjah, they should have a link to that article available -- which is the way I wrote it, prior to the big informationectomy you endorsed.
However, lots of contributors like to take related topics, and merge multiple related topics into omnibus articles. Our reader's freedom to traverse the wikipedia's content is seriously impaired, following excessive merging. When Donald Trump's tweets on Golsteyn, and the controversy over stripping Golsteyn of his Silver Star, and how Golsteyn's online footprint triggered an investigation in Swenson, and how Duncan Hunter supported Golsteyn, are all shoehorned into the article on the Battle of Marjah, readers don't get to traverse our content as freely. When Golsteyn has his own article, on which links to the other topics he is related to, readers can click on the links they think might be interesting, and, if, after reading a sentence or two, or a paragraph or two, they decide they aren't interested, they can hit the back button, and read something else. But all the Golsteyn content is merged into another article, they can't go to a related article, because they are all mashed together. If they get to other topics within the article that covers multiple topics, by scrolling, or searching, they can't return to where they were, in the other, related, article, with the back button, because everything has been all mashed together.
- You referred to the killing, as an "alleged killing". Since he openly acknowledged killing the Afghan, on National TV, I suggest the doubt that would trigger using the modifier "alleged" is unnecessary, and misleading.
You said Trump's tweet was "obviously a comment on the alleged killing." Someone could just as easily say it was an obvious instance of Unlawful Command Influence. I suggest that the meaning of Trump's tweet is not clear. The BBC reporting on it explicitly said the meaning wasn't clear.
- As DGG said, at BLPN, the intent of BLP1E is to protect previously unknown private people who, briefly, make the news. To the extent an event triggers on-going coverage, where RS return to add new material, over the course of months, or years, it is no longer meaningful to think of that as a BLP1E. And, once someone chooses to be interviewed on National TV, they are no longer an unknown private person, and we should stop extending to them the protection we extend to previously unknown private people, who made the news coincidentally.
- Hmmm. Is this in MILHIST FAQ? I don't want to seem disrespectful to the MILHIST, but hasn't this issue also come up at AFD, where some AFD closures seemed to favour the interpretation that a lesser award conveys a lesser but still meaningful measure of notability? There are prizes, like the Nobel, and Pullitzer, which, like a Victoria Cross, or Medal of Honor, convey enough notability for an individual to merit a stand-alone article, all by themselves. But BLP articles about literary or scientific types do mention less prestigious awards. While no one suggests those less prestigious awards are as prestigious as the Nobel or Pullitzer, no one questions whether they convey a lesser but still meaningful measure of notability. Can you explain why military awards should be so exceptional?
WRT to his Silver Star, you ignore a key point. Silver Star's may be relatively common, compared with a Victoria Cross or Medal of Honor, but the Army stripping someone of a medal, that is exceptional. Please don't ignore this point.
- Interagency memos like this are rare, exceptional, and thus convey notability.
- People reading about Swenson, and the controversy over his Medal of Honor, who want to read about the guy whose online comment triggered the Swenson's controversial inquiry, will want to read about Golsteyn, not the Battle of Marjah.
- You provided a very brief defense of the anonymous IP's informationectomy. I draw your attention to my reply. I suggested your assertion that the article needed to be stubified, because "of negative statements ... not ending with any references." seemed to be based on a non-standard interpretation of how often references should be used.
- I closed that reply with "...I would still appreciate you being specific as to which aspects you think were poorly referenced. If you are too busy to read any of the article's references, how about picking the first passage that you think was not properly supported, naming it here, and asking for someone to explain how it was supported." Geo Swan (talk) 14:48, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
- You are a long-established editor. You have a long history of problems with WP:BLP, including having dozens of articles deleted due to violations of WP:ONEEVENT and WP:COATRACK. You understand how referencing works. You know that you need to take responsibility for crafting high quality and well referenced articles that are compliant with BLP. Yet you keep getting into the same problems. Your response to this case suggests that you simply do not get it, and posting walls of text arguing that the multiple editors who believe that this is a WP:ONEEVENT violation are wrong is also unhelpful and indicates that you are unwilling to pay attention to the views of others, even when you start discussions seeking this (in this thread and that at WP:BLPN you sought the views of myself and other editors, and have then not only dismissed them but sought to argue with them point by point, which is obviously not in line with Wikipedia's ethos of collaborative editing and makes me wonder why you even sought others' views). I'd strongly suggest that you cease editing articles concerning living people. Nick-D (talk) 22:39, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
- @Geo Swan: I've replied to your views on ONEEVENT above. I'm genuinely troubled about your lack of understanding of WP:ONEEVENT, desire to focus the article on this person and inclusion of unreferended negative BLP material given all the problems you've had on these topics in the past. Nick-D (talk) 07:28, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks again for your good faith advice. I started a section at WP:BLPN#Mathew Golsteyn. I didn't mention you by name, but I did provide a link to my reply, above. Geo Swan (talk) 00:54, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Operation Obviate
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Happy "whatever floats your boat"!
G'day Nick, I'm not usually into this Xmas wishes stuff, but I really wanted to say thanks for all your work on The Bugle this year. It is an critical thread in the tapestry of the project. Thanks very much, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 09:02, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot - I really appreciate it. Best wishes for the season to you as well! Nick-D (talk) 09:13, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Operation Obviate
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Books & Bytes, Issue 31
Books & Bytes
Issue 31, October – Novemeber 2018
- OAWiki
- Wikimedia and Libraries User Group update
- Global branches update
- Bytes in brief
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Happy Holidays
Best wishes for this holiday season! Thank you for your Wiki contributions in 2018. May 2019 be prosperous and joyful. --K.e.coffman (talk) 22:33, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
Noël ~ καλά Χριστούγεννα ~ З Калядамі ~ חנוכה שמח ~ Gott nytt år! |
Apollo 11 reviews
Would you be willing to do me a favour and have a look at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Apollo 11/archive1 or Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Buzz Aldrin? I'm trying to get the Apollo 11 articles ready for the July 2019 anniversary, and time is short. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:01, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
2018 Military Historian of the Year
2018 Military Historian of the Year | ||
As voted by your peers within the Military history WikiProject, I hereby award you the Bronze Wiki for sharing third place in the 2018 Military Historian of the Year Award. Congratulations, and thank you for your efforts in 2018. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 01:05, 31 December 2018 (UTC) |
- Thank you very much - I really appreciated the nomination, and especially the rationale for it. Nick-D (talk) 01:13, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
- You are very welcome. I think the work Ian and yourself do in making The Bugle happen while also doing other stuff like creating awesome content, is significantly underappreciated. Regards, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:33, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
Request for semi-protection page
Hello Nick-D,can you make both page Royal Malaysian Air Force and Equipment of the Royal Malaysian Air Force as a semi-protection page since it was always edit by unknown users with no source and they also change the information as they wish.I've already watch that page constantly and it seem hard to stop this matter.Hope you can make consideration about this.Thank you. Kistara (talk) 03:25, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, The amount of vandalism on those pages doesn't seem too bad at the moment - there hasn't even been much IP editing recently. Can you please provide diffs illustrating the recent vandalism you're concerned about? Regards, Nick-D (talk) 04:43, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – January 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2018).
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- There are a number of new or changed speedy deletion criteria, each previously part of WP:CSD#G6:
- G14 (new): Disambiguation pages that disambiguate only zero or one existing pages are now covered under the new G14 criterion (discussion). This is {{db-disambig}}; the text is unchanged and candidates may be found in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as unnecessary disambiguation pages.
- R4 (new): Redirects in the file namespace (and no file links) that have the same name as a file or redirect at Commons are now covered under the new R4 criterion (discussion). This is {{db-redircom}}; the text is unchanged.
- G13 (expanded): Userspace drafts containing only the default Article Wizard text are now covered under G13 along with other drafts (discussion). Such blank drafts are now eligible after six months rather than one year, and taggers continue to use {{db-blankdraft}}.
- The Wikimedia Foundation now requires all interface administrators to enable two-factor authentication.
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- Starting on December 13, the Wikimedia Foundation security team implemented new password policy and requirements. Privileged accounts (administrators, bureaucrats, checkusers, oversighters, interface administrators, bots, edit filter managers/helpers, template editors, et al.) must have a password at least 10 characters in length. All accounts must have a password:
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- Following the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: AGK, Courcelles, GorillaWarfare, Joe Roe, Mkdw, SilkTork.
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2018 Year in Review
The WikiChevrons | ||
For your work on South China Sea raid, Boeing CH-47 Chinook in Australian service, Bougainville counterattack, Second Australian Imperial Force in the United Kingdom, Operation Boomerang, and Western Australian emergency of March 1944 I hereby award you these WikiChevrons. Congrats! TomStar81 (Talk) 19:15, 4 January 2019 (UTC) |
The Featured Article Medal | ||
For your work on South China Sea raid, Boeing CH-47 Chinook in Australian service, Bougainville counterattack, Second Australian Imperial Force in the United Kingdom, and Western Australian emergency of March 1944 I hereby award you the Featured Article Medal. Congrats! TomStar81 (Talk) 19:15, 4 January 2019 (UTC) |
The Australian Barnstar of National Merit | ||
For your work onBoeing CH-47 Chinook in Australian service, Second Australian Imperial Force in the United Kingdom, and Western Australian emergency of March 1944 I hereby award you The Australian Barnstar of National Merit. Congrats! TomStar81 (Talk) 19:15, 4 January 2019 (UTC) | ||
this WikiAward was given to Nick-D by TomStar81 (Talk) on 19:15, 4 January 2019 (UTC) |
The World War Barnstar | ||
For your work on South China Sea raid Bougainville counterattack, Second Australian Imperial Force in the United Kingdom, Operation Boomerang, and Western Australian emergency of March 1944 I hereby award you the World War Barnstar. Congrats! TomStar81 (Talk) 19:15, 4 January 2019 (UTC) |
The Half Barnstar | ||
For your work on Bougainville counterattack you are hereby awarded The left Half of the Half Barnstar. Congrats!TomStar81 (Talk) 19:15, 4 January 2019 (UTC) |
The Bugle: Issue CLIII, January 2019
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Congratulations from the Military History Project
Military history reviewers' award | ||
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the The Milhist reviewing award (2 stripes) for October to December 2018 reviews. MilHistBot (talk) 01:06, 8 January 2019 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste |
Judicial independence in Australia
Thanks for taking the time to edit Judicial independence in Australia. Just out of curiosity, is there anything directly about not including quotations in the lead? I am only asking because it is common in legal journals in Australia so I had looked at MOS:LEAD which didn't seem to rule it out. And yes I am familiar with WP:beans. Cheers Find bruce (talk) 00:49, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Bruce, Starting encyclopedia articles with a quote is fairly unusual - they tend to be very "flat". The advice at MOS:QUOTE is to use quotations fairly sparingly, which I think is in line with this. If you could find a way to work it in, the quote might be a good way of concluding the lead, or at any other point in the article. Congratulations on your work on this article - it's really well developed, and it's always great to see quality thematic articles like it - they tend to be a bit of a weak point for Wikipedia. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 10:06, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
Ibuki ACR
At long last I've reworked the article in response to your last comments. See if they're satisfactory. Ibuki--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:43, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Sturmvogel 66: Sorry for my slow reply - I was on holiday (in Japan as it happens). Those changes look good to me. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 04:02, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
- I realized as much later; I shoulda gotten off my ass to respond earlier, but it's all good now. I saw that correction that you made to the Mikasa article. So the restoration is more superficial than thorough? Did you happen to get a brochure or something to document that part of its history? As I've struck out almost entirely and I don't think that I can send it to ACR or FAC without that bit.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 12:28, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
- Mikasa's exterior has been restored to roughly what she looked like (albeit obviously done on the cheap - for instance, the "main guns" have had to be braced with other bits of metal, presumably as the "guns" were made from soft metal), but the interior is totally different: no engines, the layout is large museum rooms rather than proper naval compartments, etc. I'm drafting a review of the ship at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/February 2019/Review essay which might be of interest. All the brochures on the ship in the shop were unfortunately in Japanese. I took a photo of a 1950s-era photo of the ship, which shows her looking basically like a tin shed set in concrete, which illustrated the extent to which she was stripped after World War II. I took lots of photos of the ship's exterior - please let me know if you have any requests. I also found a couple of monuments to World War II-era IJN battleships in a park near the train station, including a gun from the Japanese battleship Mutsu. I'll upload a photo of it, but the monuments are non-PD as Japan doesn't have freedom of panorama for artistic works. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 07:40, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
- I was afraid of that. I'll probably have to ping somebody on the Japanese wikipedia for help documenting the restoration. You might be able to claim fair-use if you can put together an article on the monuments, though.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 15:31, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
- Mikasa's exterior has been restored to roughly what she looked like (albeit obviously done on the cheap - for instance, the "main guns" have had to be braced with other bits of metal, presumably as the "guns" were made from soft metal), but the interior is totally different: no engines, the layout is large museum rooms rather than proper naval compartments, etc. I'm drafting a review of the ship at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/February 2019/Review essay which might be of interest. All the brochures on the ship in the shop were unfortunately in Japanese. I took a photo of a 1950s-era photo of the ship, which shows her looking basically like a tin shed set in concrete, which illustrated the extent to which she was stripped after World War II. I took lots of photos of the ship's exterior - please let me know if you have any requests. I also found a couple of monuments to World War II-era IJN battleships in a park near the train station, including a gun from the Japanese battleship Mutsu. I'll upload a photo of it, but the monuments are non-PD as Japan doesn't have freedom of panorama for artistic works. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 07:40, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
- I realized as much later; I shoulda gotten off my ass to respond earlier, but it's all good now. I saw that correction that you made to the Mikasa article. So the restoration is more superficial than thorough? Did you happen to get a brochure or something to document that part of its history? As I've struck out almost entirely and I don't think that I can send it to ACR or FAC without that bit.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 12:28, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
Galland
I saw your remarks for the first time today. Duly noted. I'll get around to doing something to address them when I have more time. Dapi89 (talk) 14:57, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
war crimes of the Wehrmacht
@Nick-D:Jack90s15 (talk) 05:46, 3 February 2019 (UTC) is the trial transcripts ok to put if I only put that for a source,for the war crimes of the Wehrmacht? since it shows why the IMT did not declare it to be, and it shows they acknowledged the war crimes the IMT, and it does confuse the reader with multiple trials
- There's no point adding more references to support already-referenced material. Nick-D (talk) 05:47, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
@Nick-D:Jack90s15 (talk) 06:01, 3 February 2019 (UTC)ok I get it now what you mean it is linked the war crimes of the Wehrmacht page, to the Nuremberg trials page and that one shows they did convict members of the high command, as criminals.and again thank you for showing me what I was doing wrong, I will stand guard for war crimes of the Wehrmacht page and stop, any vandalism like that one time I did for the page!
Administrators' newsletter – February 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2019).
- Enterprisey • JJMC89
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- Harro5 • Jenks24 • Graft • R. Baley
Interface administrator changes
- A request for comment is currently open to reevaluate the activity requirements for administrators.
- Administrators who are blocked have the technical ability to block the administrator who blocked their own account. A recent request for comment has amended the blocking policy to clarify that this ability should only be used in exceptional circumstances, such as account compromises, where there is a clear and immediate need.
- A request for comment closed with a consensus in favor of deprecating The Sun as a permissible reference, and creating an edit filter to warn users who attempt to cite it.
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Apology
I unreservedly apologise for my Undo, Nick. I had come back to my computer, tired, after a long break and was confused between this and another matter. It was complicated also by my computer being controlled by that of a family member, also a Wikipedia contributor, until I spotted it and resumed independent operation. Over all, a real train wreck. The take-home message for me is to ensure I am fully alert before going near Wikipedia. Again, my apologies. I understand how annoying it was.
DAHall (talk) 10:49, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
- No worries at all - no damage done. Best wishes for your future contributions. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 09:10, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLIV, February 2019
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Books & Bytes, Issue 32
Books & Bytes
Issue 32, January – February 2019
- #1Lib1Ref
- New and expanded partners
- Wikimedia and Libraries User Group update
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Harvey Carter?
[2] I think this may well be another sock of Harvey Carter. Would you mind taking a look? WCMemail 09:47, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
- @Wee Curry Monster: I'm not sure to be honest - it's pretty likely. I think that a SPI check is needed here. Nick-D (talk) 09:14, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – March 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2019).
Interface administrator changes
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- The RfC on administrator activity requirements failed to reach consensus for any proposal.
- Following discussions at the Bureaucrats' noticeboard and Wikipedia talk:Administrators, an earlier change to the restoration of adminship policy was reverted. If requested, bureaucrats will not restore administrator permissions removed due to inactivity if there have been five years without a logged administrator action; this "five year rule" does not apply to permissions removed voluntarily.
- A new tool is available to help determine if a given IP is an open proxy/VPN/webhost/compromised host.
- The Arbitration Committee announced two new OTRS queues. Both are meant solely for cases involving private information; other cases will continue to be handled at the appropriate venues (e.g., WP:COIN or WP:SPI).
- paid-en-wpwikipedia.org has been set up to receive private evidence related to abusive paid editing.
- checkuser-en-wpwikipedia.org has been set up to receive private requests for CheckUser. For instance, requests for IP block exemption for anonymous proxy editing should now be sent to this address instead of the functionaries-en list.
- The Arbitration Committee announced two new OTRS queues. Both are meant solely for cases involving private information; other cases will continue to be handled at the appropriate venues (e.g., WP:COIN or WP:SPI).
- Following the 2019 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Base, Einsbor, Jon Kolbert, Schniggendiller, and Wim b.
Risstrom
I never claimed this article was actually any good, and it's not surprising that some of these things need better referencing, but it's not going to happen: the presumption of non-notability for current and former political candidates will trump WP:GNG every time unless the article is incredibly well-done, and no one is going to waste their time making an article that strong with an AfD being as aggressively pursued as that one.
The 2004 election was uniquely controversial because its the one time in Senate history where a major party has directed their preferences such as to elect a party from the opposite political extreme over minor parties on their own side of politics, and Risstrom, as the person who missed out as a result of that act, is remembered for it, with the sources to back it up. I'm much busier in real life than I used to be, and it's absolutely not a productive use of my time to spend half a day trawling through them and putting a good article together when people clearly aren't paying any further attention than "unsuccessful candidate" before responding with "KILL IT".
The city council issue is similar: the sources exist as much for Risstrom as they do for his peers, but having sufficient breadth and depth of sources to pass WP:GNG if he were something other a city councillor doesn't matter when you've got enough people with opinions about city councillors.
I sometimes don't mind trying to do that work if I sense that people are genuinely interested in seeing a bad article rewritten to WP:GNG standards, but the idea that some in that AfD seem to have that people are going to spend half a day rewriting an article in this situation in the hope that some of those people might change their minds, given the attitudes displayed, is just never going to happen. It's just part and parcel of Wikipedia that there are some areas that are inevitably going to have crap articles because good work is too likely to be arbitrarily whacked for anyone to bother doing decent work. The Drover's Wife (talk) 05:33, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
- As a lefty, I remember being pretty annoyed by the ALP's preferencing in 2004, and agree that it was controversial at least in lefty circles. From memory, the ALP was trying to do something clever to get an extra senator elected by swapping preferences with Family First, which turned out to be a really bad idea when voters didn't vote in the way that was expected, leading to FF ending up with the preferences the ALP thought would end up with them. It's one of the reasons I like the recent reforms to Senate voting. I certainly take your point about notability, etc, here, and apologies if I've bugged you. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 09:24, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
Mentoring for FAC
Hi Nick! I've been working on the James P. Hagerstrom article for a while; it passed A-Class a few months ago and I think it's almost ready for FAC. As this would be my first nomination, I would appreciate your thoughts on its readiness and your guidance as to any pointers or things to improve in the article. Thanks, /~huesatlum/ 17:03, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
- Hi, I'd be happy to do that. I'll leave some comments on the article's talk page over the next few days. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 21:27, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLV, March 2019
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death and bushfire
I just did a total misfire at one of our intrepid hard working cat everything eds from across th ditch... And realise my misfire involved an understanding of why some articles are strange... From your knowledge, does a coroner who reviews death due to arson/bushfire have any scope of stating a death was 'murder' ? I am intrigued by the totally unmaintained article that leads me to this query https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Australian_bushfire_season The coroner in my understanding has no capacity to designate a death in that way yet we have a mess of categories suggesting crime, murder and other things... maybe we need to review bushfire season articles that have that designation? JarrahTree 00:43, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
- Hi, I don't have much knowledge of legal issues I'm afraid. However, according to this authoritative-looking website, coroners in NSW and Victoria "are prohibited from indicating or suggesting in any way in their findings or recommendations that a named person has committed an offence". However, their findings of the facts which led to a death can lead to separate criminal proceedings. As such, if a bushfire hasn't led to a successful criminal prosecution for murder, it seems inappropriate to categorise them as such. This is especially the case for recent bushfires, as there are obviously BLP implications of saying that people/organisations responsible for them committed murder! Nick-D (talk) 00:55, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you so much for your thorough response - I have removed the 2005/2006 categories - and appreciate the information as well. JarrahTree 01:01, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
patience please
I am currently sitting with Graham M- S - and it is quite a misnomer to allocate I Corps - that is the American corps headquartered in Rockhampton - it was not an Australian item. If you are near a phone and want a conversation about this try my number now - and please delete that when you read this thanks... JarrahTree 06:10, 11 March 2019 (UTC) It would be great if you could call. JarrahTree 06:14, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
The Australian army has not used roman numerals for corps or division names. War Diaries, for 1 Aust Corps always refer to the unit as 1 Aust Corps, minutes and instructions from army HQ always referred to 1 Aust Corps - I Corps is not Australian but was in fact an the name of the American Corps based in Rockhampton. Graham McKenzie-Smith, Graham Robert (2018), The unit guide : the Australian Army 1939-1945, Big Sky Publishing, ISBN 978-1-925675-14-6 is happy to discuss further online or offline - the issue is a misnomer against perhaps lazy historians? - thanks - cheers JarrahTree 06:22, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
- I think that a requested move would be needed here given that different sources use different things. For evidence of the official history using roman numerals, please see page 643 of the index of the final volume of the army history The Final Campaigns here. Gavin Long uses roman numerals for both US and Australian Army corps - I don't think he's a lazy historian! Different chapters of the recent Australia 1944-45: Victory in the Pacific use 1st Corps and I Corps (each chapter was written by a different author). Graham's excellent works are also obviously highly relevant, but I don't think that there's a clear cut case for using 1st Corps per WP:COMMONNAME. It would be a good topic to discuss though, with the outcome being applicable to the articles on II and III Corps. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 06:25, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
- we are still here if I could entice you to a conversation... if we dont hear from you, no problems JarrahTree 06:38, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
Talk:Syrian Civil War
There's a post from March 23rd that posted about a possible phishing scam-site link that had been in the article. Could you please take a look at it and rev-del or whatever?...if it is a phishing attempt the info shouldn't even be left in the archives... Shearonink (talk) 00:44, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
- Hi, I've just removed this link, AGF in relation to the report. A search on Wikiblame says that the link was in the article for more than 500 revisions, so revision deletion isn't practical here as doing so would hide huge numbers of good edits. It seems unlikely anyone will follow the link from an old version of the article. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 09:25, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
Fighter-bomber attacks on the United Kingdom during 1940
I think this should cover the war until 1943. Perhaps renaming it Fighter-bomber attacks on the United Kingdom during World War II would be better. Dapi89 (talk) 16:26, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
- Yes, I agree - it's a very interesting part of the air war. I set out to write a 1940-43 article a few years ago, but only got up to 1940. As the OK quality coverage of that year had been sitting in my user space for years, I decided to move it into article space so we at least had a little bit of coverage. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 00:21, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
Congratulations from the Military History Project
Content Review Medal of Merit (Military history) | ||
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the The Content Review Medal of Merit (Military history) for January to March 2019 reviews. Peacemaker67 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:33, 3 April 2019 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste |