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  • Watch for the use of redundant qualifiers attached to present tense verbs that need no qualification. e.g. Nicklaus currently holds the record...--> Nicklaus holds the record...
  • Common nicknames aren't needed in the nickname section of the infobox (e.g. Kenny <--> Kenneth)
  • User:Carptrash has a compilation of 23 POV/weasel words to BOLO for in the first section of his userpage.

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  • Useful Wiki stuff: Wikipedia:Manual of Style; Wikipedia: Citation templates; Wikipedia:Citing sources; Wikipedia:Footnotes; Template:disambig - more of this is on User:Boing! said Zebedee under the heading Stuff for Reference; User:Truthanado also has a lot more of this useful stuff on his or her user page.
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    Special note: In good faith or borderline cases like the Mlpearc delinking matter --> report on WP:AN/I rather than WP:AIV as this is for vandalism only

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[edit] New Orleans museum ship

Re: In 1992, during a visit to New Orleans, I took a river tour. I noticed, on the opposite bank a mile or so upriver from the city, a WWII Escort "Jeep" Carrier . The tour guide said that it was in the process of being turned into a memorial/museum. I saw some photographs of New Orleans- post Katrina. I didn't see the ship. Whatever happened to it?Hokeman 18:17, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

I dont know of this - what is a WWII Escort "Jeep" Carrier? - is it a Landing craft tank or smaller like a LCVP? May be able to track it down still. - mervyn 12:04, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

An escort or "jeep" carrier was the smallest type of aircraft carrier used in WWII. They were used primarily for convoy escort duty in the Atlantic; although a few were also used in the Pacific. Some fought heroic actions (e.g. Taffy 3 in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.) I have tried everything I could think of to find that ship- internet searches,looking through old photo albums- to no avail. I still need to hear from my buddy who went on the trip with me to see if he has any photo's. If I find out anything, I'll keep you posted. Thanks for your help.Hokeman 17:21, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Could this be the answer? -- USS Cabot , more info here: [8] alas no longer with us. mervyn 15:37, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
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