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I created the "Barnstar of Recovery" |
| The background image is the international sign for first aid, with a traditional barnstar symbol mounted on it (the image is called the "CPR Star"). It's meant to symbolise a user giving a dying article the "kiss of life". It was first made for User:Shawis on 7 January 2008 after he saved an article I nominated for deletion with some skilful reference finding. It has since been awarded to over 100 users! (as of December 9, 2008) |
I got HMS Cardiff (D108) up to FA class and she got over 50,000 hits on the main page!
For those interested, I originally came across her article after a request for help from one of her former crew, Griffiths911. He has some amazing photos of her service during the Falklands War that you should check out. It took me just over three months to achieve FA, involving lots of research, but it all paid off when I was able to impress Griffiths with some facts even he didn't know! Here's what she looked like before I got started, if you fancy a laugh ;)
After taking another article up to FA (against my previous advice), I can reaffirm that you shouldn't push past the GA mark. The FA process's strict guidelines boil down to nitpicking that hurts an article's content. The point of this encyclopaedia and our improving of articles is to educate, not win glossy awards. Having an article on the main page is pretty unpleasant too. A lot of anons edit the article's lead, in the hope that their bad grammar will show up on the main.
To see the photos I've uploaded click here...
AFD
I hate the large amount of unsourced trivial crap there is on Wikipedia, I do not believe that it "doesn't do any harm".
If something is rubbish then it's mere existence drags the encyclopaedia down. This project will not be taken seriously unless we stop articles like "Knuckles the Echidna"[1][2] being longer than ones about; The Internet, William Shakespeare and Echidnas!
Falklands War books I've read/have:
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Author |
Coverage of XX377 |
| Battle for the Falklands |
Max Hastings & Simon Jenkins |
0 (Roll of honour) |
| Four weeks in May |
David Hart Dyke |
0 |
| Hostile skies |
David Morgan |
0 |
| Official history of the Falklands campaign Vol I |
Lawrence Freedman |
0 |
| RAF Harrier: ground attack Falklands |
Jerry Pook |
0 |
| Razor's edge |
Hugh Bicheno |
Lost my copy! |
| The red and green life machine |
Rick Jolly |
3 pages |
| Sea Harrier over the Falklands |
Sharkey Ward |
0 |
| Sink the Belgrano |
Mike Rossiter |
0 |
| Sod that for a game of soldiers |
Mark Eyles-Thomas |
0 |
| Through fire and water |
Mark Higgitt |
0 |
| Vulcan 607 |
Rowland White |
0 |
| Watching men burn |
Tony McNally |
0 |
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The Original Barnstar |
| Congratulations on getting your article up to GA! Keep up the good work! Justin(Gmail?)(u) 17:54, 6 April 2008 (UTC) |
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The Special Barnstar |
| About time someone decorated your user page with a barnstar, expecially with all your work on HMS Cardiff (D108). Well done mate. Justin talk 15:36, 29 April 2008 (UTC) |
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The WikiChevrons |
| For working on HMS Cardiff and promoting what I believe to be the first destroyer ever to achieve Featured Article status I herby award you with the WikiChevrons. Congratulations, and keep up the good work. TomStar81 (Talk) 04:37, 23 May 2008 (UTC) |
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The Content Review Medal of Merit |
| In recognition of your contribution in improving Military history articles through A-Class and Peer Reviews, during the period March-May 2008, please accept this Content Review Medal of Merit, --ROGER DAVIES talk 02:11, 1 July 2008 (UTC) |
