User talk:Sturmvogel 66/Archive 3

DYK for Russian battleship Georgii Pobedonosets

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Materialscientist (talk) 12:00, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

January 2010

Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. You may also click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you. I've had to place enough unsigned templates after your entries to warrant a template even though you're a regular. -MBK₀₀₄ 05:47, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I get forgetful sometimes.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 05:50, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

And I got back to you at my page. You know, I have a 100% edit summary use in mainspace and 99.9% in all others: [1]. -MBK₀₀₄ 07:13, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Irish Oak

Thanks for your attention to the Irish Oak. I'm going to give it a rest for a short time. Then I would rather return to the original plan of pushing Irish Mercantile Marine during World War II which I see as the 'umbrella' article, before attending to individual ships or companies. When Irish Mercantile Marine during World War II makes the grade, follow up with another ship - other than the Irish Oak - such as the MV Kerlogue, which is regarded as the 'exemplar'. An advantage of the Irish Oak is that John Clarke is still with us. However from a wikipedia pov it also introduced OR issues. He says (and I believe him, it makes sense) that the Irish Oak did warn the convoy and that the Greek deliberately sabotaged the engines - but we can't say that. I'm wikibreaking for a while. Regards ClemMcGann (talk) 13:01, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Sounds like a plan; just pay attention to the structure and language used to avoid copy edit requirements, etc. when you work on the other articles. It won't be OR if you can get him to say something in public which you can then quote! ;-) --Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 14:15, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

An editor has agreed to copy-edit the article. Will it need to be resubmitted or are you willing to review the article once it has been copyedited. Mjroots (talk) 19:33, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

I'll take a look at it when it's done and pass it if it meets the criteria. Or note what still needs to be done.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 19:38, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Would you mind taking a look at the article now please? Shir-El too (talk · contribs) has done a lot of work copy-editing recently. Mjroots (talk) 09:09, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Did you miss this request? Hopefully you'll see it this time. If you had already seen it and hadn't got round to doing it please accept my apologies. Mjroots (talk) 09:12, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Iowa class battleship FAR

I have nominated Iowa class battleship for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:52, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

I've attempted to address some of the FAR comments made concerning the article, I would appreciate it if you could update your edits accordingly so I could figure out what still needs to be worked on. TomStar81 (Talk) 09:59, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Just in case...

Ping Parsecboy (talk) 02:27, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for GA work

Thanks for giving me the time to come up with required details at Harold M. McClelland. Your insistence made me at times frustrated and huffy, but it resulted in a much better article. You rock! Binksternet (talk) 19:37, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Hey, no problem. I've been the beneficiary of some extended criticism myself which has torqued me on occasion, but the article has usually been better off for it. Amazing the blind spots we develop, isn't it? Now let's see if we can get the other two up to speed as they have many of the same sorts of issues.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 19:41, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Yermolayev Yer-2

Hi, I was wondering if you were aware that your article Yermolayev Yer-2 had been reviewed for GAN here, since you haven't responded. Regards, —mattisse (Talk) 23:44, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

I responded, that's what the indented lines are; I just forgot to sign the responses. I was getting read to ping the reviewer to see if he's looked at the revisions or not.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:48, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

35th Infantry Division (United States)

Sturmvogel, you seem well connected. I wanted to know if you had heard anything about the 39th IBCT being placed under the 35th ID and 45th IBCT being moved to another division. The 2009 Kansas Adjutant General's Report (http://kansastag.ks.gov/AdvHTML_Upload/Annual%20Report%202009.pdf) reports it that way. The Previous Kansas AG (2007 and 2008)reports still had the 45th IBCT in the 35th and no 39th IBCT. Shrike6 (talk) 01:22, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Kansas should know since the HQ of the 35th is in Leavenworth. However, I'd suggest checking with the relevant AGs (Oklahoma (45th), Texas (36th ID), and Arkansas (39th)) to verify. I'm not in the division any longer so I don't know why such a change would have been made.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 01:28, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for looking...

... at Melbourne-Voyager collision. I should be able to get those facts cited in the next 24 hours. Would you be willing to cruise back in a day or two and see if you are satisfied enough to mark it as B class? -- saberwyn 02:02, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Absolutely. Just let me know when.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 02:03, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

The first of many...

		The Military history A-Class medal
		For prolific work on Sd.Kfz. 10, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 and Petlyakov Pe-8; promoted to A-Class between June 2009 and January 2010, by order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, you are hereby awarded the Milhist A-Class medal. -MBK004 02:34, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, maybe it's about time I started playing in the majors rather than down in double and triple A.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 02:36, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Melbourne–Voyager collision

Hi there, I noticed you rated this article as C class with a "no" for B class criteria 1 (referencing). See Talk:Melbourne–Voyager collision Could you please exlain why you think this article fails this criteria as it seems to me to be well referenced with extensive in line citations. Am I missing something? - Nick Thorne ^talk 07:37, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Content on the ships wasn't cited...I was going to ping Sturmvogel in a little while to say it was now cited, and it was ready for a re-review (see discussion two headings up). -- saberwyn 07:55, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

It's B-class now.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 14:24, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

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Yer-2 GA

Hi Sturmvogel. Sorry about the n00bish tackling of the GA. Can you please check the last few issues, so we can close this. Dhatfield (talk) 23:08, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

It's kinda of a PITA, but not bad once you get used to it, although it can be excruciating if the article is on the border line between passing and failing.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 00:19, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Stovin

Thanks for the note. It's a bit of a problem, this - I've never managed to find anything. I've left a comment on the review. Shimgray | talk | 20:21, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Admin?

I've had a look at you contributions, and with the exception of a low edit summary counter I think you have the makings of a potential administrator. Would you be interested in an rfa? I'd be happy to offer a nom if you'd like. TomStar81 (Talk) 23:45, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Almost 8,500 edits is actually a lot for an RfA.[2] The problem might be that you only write articles and don't participate much at ANI and the like, but I got through mine without many of those. Your call for if you want to or not. If so, good luck :) —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 23:50, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Maybe, depends on what's involved. I'm not even sure that I'm pulling my weight as a coordinator. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 00:28, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

In general, becoming an admin involves answering a bunch of questions (civilly of course :). Folks at RFA will be interested in you edit count, what you have edited, and whether or not you can demonstrate sufficient knowledge of our policy and guideline related material to be trusted with admin tools. As an admin, I can tell you that its a do-nothing job, really, your only called upon in certain cases to help when users can not do the task. I got in on the strength of a good name and solid editing, and you've been an outstanding coordinator, so I think you've got a chance. Its ultimately your decision, so what ever you decide to do I'll honor that decision. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:44, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Having looked over the responsibilities of an admin and dealt with a few asshats in my time here, I don't think that I'll bother. I'd prefer to concentrate writing, but thanks very much for the thought. Maybe in a few years, if I stick with this long enough I might have written most of what I want to get written and might be looking for other things to do.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:09, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Alright, then. If you change your mind though I am still willing to nominate you, so don;t be shy to ask. Take care! TomStar81 (Talk) 02:29, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Russian battleship Sinop

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Materialscientist (talk) 06:01, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

The battleship Imperator Nikolai I

You've removed whole section about The battleship Imperator Nikolai I [3]. What's incorrect with it. ThanksJo0doe (talk) 07:56, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

I've started a whole new article on her at Russian battleship Imperator Nikolai I (1916) as she's really her own class, although heavily based on Imperatritsa Mariya. I still need to update the template and some other minor fixes.Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:42, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Per 23 December 1911 (old style) Order of the Naval Minister - all battleships build for Black Sea flit officially designated as Imperatritsa Mariya type. Jo0doe (talk) 19:48, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Considering that Nikolai I wasn't ordered until 1914, I don't think that that order had much relevance to the later ship.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:06, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

You partially right - initially (11 February 1911 (old)) there were 3 battleships, 9 destroyers and 6 submarines. Nikolai I order was a respond to Sultan Oman and Reshad V - after 17 March 1914 report to Duma and 24 June 1914 new legislation act increased procurement budget were for Nikolai I was allocated 42. 4 millions of gold rubles.Jo0doe (talk) 20:13, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Milhist task force reorganisation

I've now completed the merger of the Romanian military history task force into the Balkan military history task force. As you were listed as a coordinator of the Romanian task force, I've transferred your coordinatorship over; you may wish to update your watchlist accordingly. All the best, EyeSerene^talk 12:07, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your work.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:43, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 and Dermatology-related content

I noticed that you are participating in the 2010 WikiCup. I have been working on the Bolognia push which is a project to make sure Wikipedia has an article (or redirect) on every know cutaneous condition. With that being said, there are still many cutaneous condition stubs to be made, and Bolognia could be a source for a lot of DYK articles, etc. Therefore, I was thinking maybe we could help one another... a competative WikiCup that also serves to improve dermatologic content on Wikipedia. I could e-mail you the Bolognia login information if you have any interest? ---kilbad (talk) 05:03, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, but I have no real interest in dermatological articles.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 06:00, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Borodino class battlecruiser

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Materialscientist (talk) 18:00, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Russian battleship Chesma (1886)

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NW (Talk) 00:00, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Cruiser Molotov/Slava

The reference, you asked for, is (in Rissian, of course): Чернышев А. А. Крейсера типа "Максим Горький" // "Морская коллекция", № 2, 2003. [Cruisers of Maksim Gorky type / Morskaya Kollektsiya magazine; (http://www.wunderwaffe.narod.ru/Magazine/MK/2003_02/index.htm, section "Молотов"). Also I've seen the same in book: Кузин В. П., Никольский В. И. Военно-морской флот СССР. 1945-1991. Санкт-Петербург, 1996. [USSR Navy, 1945-1991]. The page i'll specify. Leonid Kharitonov (talk) 17:04, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response. Now all I need is the location of the book publisher and the page number.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 17:52, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Ekaterina II class battleship

Regarding the Ekaterina II class battleships, I would say the gun arrangement in very unusual, but not quite unique - see Siegfried class coastal defense ship and Odin class coastal defense ship for example. No hard feelings for your edit. Milesli (talk) 08:10, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

That's what my source says. But you're right.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:44, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Contest

Hey, I noticed your update on the contest page. My offer to help with the contest still stands. If you'd like we can split up the score maintenance between the two of us, or some other arrangement. It'll be a lot for one person to handle, and I think splitting the work between two (or more) of us will help ensure that the contest lives on. Thoughts? (I'm watching this, so feel free to just reply here) -SidewinderX (talk) 03:55, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I have no doubt that I'll need help, especially with the stuff I'm not familiar doing. And I appreciate your offer. I'm not worried about scoring since it's not much different than assessments and we all know how many of those I do; it's more the end of the month that's a PITA to deal with. But I'm almost done with though you're welcome to jump in and finish it off at Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Contest/Newsletter/December 2009--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 07:21, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

German Type UE II submarines

Hello. Since you are a member of Wikiproject Ships and MILHIST, I was wondering if you could help me out in starting German Type UE II submarines. Every submarine in that category has been created but the class itself is still a red link.--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 23:42, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks so much! What else can be put in the page?--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 00:21, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Best thing to do for ideas is to look at the other submarine class articles. It needs a class navbox and a list of the individual subs in the class. Plus a design history and description. You need to do this sort of thing for yourself if you're going to do a lot of this, as I don't have a lot of interest in, nor references for, submarines. I'm happy to kibitz, but don't expect me to do this for you again. You got lucky today because I was taking a break between sections of one of my Russian battleship articles. Oh, and watch the name, class article names are not plural.

Oh. Sorry. But thanks for the help. Now I know how to start these kind of artilces. And I already have a nav box and i'm listing the ships now. Once again, thanks for the help.--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 00:36, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Don't sweat it. The easiest way to do this sort of stuff is to copy an example that you like and change the data to suit. Just be consistent and willing to spend the time to do it right. That's how I learned to do navboxes and most other stuff involving templates.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 01:03, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Well, I finished it. Thanks for starting the article out for me :)--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 03:28, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Russian battleship Ekaterina II

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Materialscientist (talk) 12:00, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Kudos to you, sir, for your great work on this article! I found it be a very enjoyable read! Thanks, — Kralizec! (talk) 03:17, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 03:40, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Tad of help

I've noticed that you are part of WP:OMT. Could you help by telling me what needs to be added to User:Buggie111/ Russian battleship Sevastopol (1895) before it will be able to survive CSD?

Cheers,

Buggie111 (talk) 01:20, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

At least a semi-complete infobox with specifications, a paragraph of her history and the usual sort of navboxes and categories, I expect. I can't do a full work-up right now, but I can probably provide some information if you need it.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 01:28, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Buggie111 (talk) 01:28, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

HMS Lion photo caption

Hi there, since you've helped to make this a GA, I'm presenting my query to you.. The caption for the photo at top of infobox reads "HMS Lion after her rebuild in 1912". There's nothing in the text about any rebuild.. seems unlikely so soon after launch. The caption is also ambiguous : is the photo dated 1912, or is it referring to a rebuild in 1912 ? regards, Rod Rcbutcher (talk) 04:19, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

She was originally designed with the mast behind the forward funnel, but was modified during construction to switch their positions to avoid funnel smoke on the bridge and gunnery spaces. I was going to put that in the class article since Princess Royal needed the same modification.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 04:26, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Bucklew

Sorry, Chief, just got back from SHOT Show and the Safari Club Show and am playing catch-up with real-life! I implemented most of what you asked for and will look into the rest tonight and tomorrow. My schedule was "lighter" when I first nominated it...apologies.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 19:30, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

No problem, I just want to know if you planned to work on it further. Take as much time as you need.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 19:35, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

December Aviation Contest

		First Place in the December 2009 round of the Aviation Contest
		Congratulations Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:07, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

16-inch/50 range

Thanks for adding that range, and doing the armaments page too. The 42,345 yard figure is also the one at the first external link; your source looks to be better one to use. Because of the history, and because miles are sometimes used for that range, I think it should be in nautical miles, too. I don't think {{convert}} will give us both numbers starting with yards. It would do {{convert|20.907|nmi|ft m|0}} → 20.907 nautical miles (127,033 ft; 38,720 m), but that's not acceptable. But no problem;we can still add the conversions without using a template: 42,345 yards (38.72 km; 20.91 nmi).

Now, for my curiousity, do you have any idea why this numbers would be expressed to such an implausible precision in the first place? Nobody's really going to know the maximum range to the nearest yard or the nearest five yards, and there aren't any other units I can figure out that would make this number a more reasonably rounded number, unless it was 42,350 yards converted to kilometers with two decimal places, and then back to yards again, but that's still only 50-yard precision at the least. (42,345 yd = 127,035 ft = 38,720 m = 24.060 mi = 20.907 nmi [intl] = 20.894 nmi [Admiralty] = 20.893 nmi [pre-1954 US] = 5.2177 Norwegian geographical miles = 127,777 shaku = 1.2548×10⁻¹² parsec, nothing with less than 4 apparently significant digits).

Good grief! Do you realize that to use that number with a clear conscience, we'd have to specify whether we are measuring from the breech or from the muzzle, for a gun whose barrel is 22²⁄₉ yards long on the inside? Even at an elevation of 30 degrees, multiply that by cosine 30° and you've still got 19¼ yd in the lateral direction. Even at 45°, it would be 15.7 yards, more than three times the 5-yard precision for the range we have, so it would be either 42,360 yards from the breech if the other number is from the muzzle, and 42,330 yards from the muzzle if the number we have is from the breech.

Also, does it need to specify the type of round used (I think armor-piercing in this case, at least I saw AP with a range figure somewhere); I don't know anything about the choices available. Gene Nygaard (talk) 21:13, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

I think the output is based on the input in terms of significant figures, but I'd have to check, but it should be controllable. It's all right there at the beginning of the conversion template doc page. However, I really see no need to convert to nmi as the Navy specified yards. What are needed, IMO, for those non-nautical folks, are conversions in miles, as I certainly can't divide by 1780 in my head, and meters, from which km can be derived by the reader. Hell, I didn't even know that there were different kinds of nmi, I was taught the nice and simple 2000 yards, none of this minute of arc stuff. And if you access the navweps.com link you'll find that, IIRC, both the AP and HE rounds have the same range. But, regardless, I'm not going to get all wrapped around the axle about the ranges as they are, at best, only approximations. But I will go back and add a miles block to the conversions.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:45, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

It isn't the output that's a problem; it is the input. My main point is that 42,345 yards isn't a believable "approximation", no matter how well it is sourced. Why such a strange number? It just doesn't make any sense.

So which part of the gun are we measuring from? The breech or the muzzle? Gene Nygaard (talk) 23:46, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Who says it's an approximation? It's entirely possible that the Navy test-fired one to that exact range. Or maybe that's the number they got after adjustments for standard meterological conditions. Dunno, and quite frankly, I don't care. That's the official Navy number and that's good enough. You're getting all wrapped around the axle about this unnecessarily. We have a sourced number, that's good enough. And I doubt that the Navy measured from either muzzle or breech, probably instead from the gun position as is commonly done in field artillery. A yard or two one way or another just doesn't matter; artillery is an area effect weapon, not a precision weapon.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:59, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:WikiCup#Sturmvogel 66

There is a subthread discussing your contribution of a good topic here- basically, I'm not really seeing it as a legitimate claim, but you're welcome to add any thoughts. J Milburn (talk) 23:06, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Russian battleship Slava

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Materialscientist (talk) 18:00, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 January newsletter

We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. We've had some shakeups regarding late entries, flag changes and early dropouts, but the competition is now established- there will be no more flag changes or new competitors. Congratulations to Sasata (submissions), our current leader, who, at the time of writing, has more listed points than Hunter Kahn (submissions) and TonyTheTiger (submissions) (second and third place respectively) combined. A special well done also goes to Fetchcomms (submissions)- his artcle Jewel Box (St. Louis, Missouri) was the first content to score points in the competition.

Around half of competitors are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. 64 of the 149 current competitors will advance to round 2- if you currently have no points, do not worry, as over half of the current top 64 have under 50 points. Everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places in round 2! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, by email or on IRC. Good luck! J Milburn, Garden, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) at 00:21, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Contest

I noticed that you were updating the contest and that my name was not on the score board so I added it, with no points. I will let someone else do that. I hope thats ok. --Kumioko (talk) 02:58, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

It's fine, but you should check in with Ian Rose; he updated the table.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 05:19, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Congratulations

		The WikiChevrons
		The WikiChevrons are hereby bestowed upon Sturmvogel 66 for his exemplary efforts in the January 2010 Military History monthly article writing Contest, placing first with a total of 152 points from 23 articles. Well done! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 03:26, 1 February 2010 (UTC)|}

Well done, maybe next month Ill make better competition. Cheers --Kumioko (talk) 03:31, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Russian battleship Imperatritsa Mariya

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The DYK project (nominate) 06:01, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

FAC

"Thunderbird":

Thanks for your comments on my FAC. You answered some questions there which deserve a personal response.

Although I've been around for a while, my only experience with editorial reviews has been in the FA process. In two prior FACs with which I've been connected there was no active project. I am of course aware of the WP:SHIPS project, but have not been involved wtih its internal review processes. I have no experience with the GAs process, but am somewhat leery of it, as I have seen one GA review (coincidentally on a ship, but not my article) which I thought was unhelpful. So on my present article I decided to go to a familiar venue.

I have taken your suggestions into account, and addressed them on the page. I will also add to the article a short summary of the protection scheme of the ship.

Best regards, Kablammo (talk) 15:28, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

WP:SHIPS is pretty inactive, but MILHIST is very active and it might prove useful. GARs can go either way, depending on the individual reviewer, but A-class or peer review will give you a mix of people.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 19:40, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Contest Questions

I was just looking through the old contest results and noticed my name on a few articles I submitted months ago (I forgot they were there).

1. Do the old articles count towards the total articles column or only the ones done under the new scoring system? Its fine either way I was just curious.
2. I noticed on the scoring table that there is nothing for getting a list to FL but I thought I saw somewhere that was worth 10 point so thats what I gave myslef when I added the featured list to the articles I added to the contest. Was that correct?
3. I have several articles that are currently stubs or starts that are very close to B class, but I didn't necessarily do all the work this month. If I submit these, having not done all the edits to get it to B this month, is that in the spirit of the contest (Some are down to just needed some minor cleanup and a couple inline citations to get there)? I can give you examples if you need one.

Im just trying to clarify for the next month and thanks in advance for the help.--Kumioko (talk) 15:59, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Russian battleship Imperator Aleksander III

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Please check my ALT1. Materialscientist (talk) 22:36, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks, nice to be appreciated.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:20, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

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Article for expanding

SS City of Flint - indeed intresting story more details are here [4]. What do you think? German Telegram

The American Government is trying to build up the seizure of the American ship City of Flint as an unfriendly act on the part of Germany in order to push the repeal of the arms embargo in Congress. We should therefore avoid anything with respect to the treatment of the ship and the American crew that the American Government could exploit to that end. If war material, including airplane parts, should be found in the cargo, it would constitute a flagrant violation of the Neutrality Act. Reliable reports indicate very brisk arms smuggling operations from

Jo0doe (talk) 14:55, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Fort Krasnaya Gorka and Petropavlovsk

See here [5] [6] There no Leon Trotsky there and none instantly machine-gunned happened - excluding by part of fort garrison itself. Thanks.

• If you need any clarification for ru Aviation (like Mig-3 gun-sight) or something else - just ask - I'll help. Regards Jo0doe (talk) 15:36, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

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I saw Andy's comment on the review. do you want help? Auntieruth55 (talk) 15:46, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Yes, please. I know that I'm not a great writer, but his comments seem unsupportable to me.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 19:08, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

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check Pe-8 now. I hope it's more readable. Pls make sure I didn't mess up your references. Auntieruth55 (talk) 22:51, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

I made a few changes, but we've already had one edit conflict so I'll stop until you're done. One point is that I used the TB-7 designation when referring to event before it was redesignated in 1943.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:23, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

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I cannot post by clicking on the edit button, and I am having mega problems with wikipedia. Nothing I type is saving. This is the third time I've posted this message. I think you should refer throughout to the Pe-8, not the TB-7 and then the Pe-8. The article is entitled the Pe-8 (not the TB-7), and it's confusing to the reader to do it otherwise. It took me some time to figure out that is what you were doing when I first read it. If you wanted me to copy edit for you (which I just spent 5 hours doing), why are you reverting most of the suggestions I've made? I expected you'd revert some, but to revert the active tense back to the passive tense makes no sense to me. Have you looked here for drawings? Auntieruth55 (talk) 01:02, 7 February 2010 (UTC) Auntieruth55 (talk) 01:02, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

I haven't changed a single tense on you; check the history. I corrected a few errors of fact. I guess the TB-7/Pe-8 is just me being fussy. I didn't expect any issues with its use because I mention both names in the lede. I'm sorry to hear that your connection to wiki is having problems and I appreciate the time you've spent on helping me. I owe you big time and your GARs, etc. will get prompt attention as that's about the best way I can think to repay you as I doubt that you'll need the editing help.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 01:21, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

the problem seems to have been the Beta version. I've signed out of that, and have not had any trouble. Thanks for the action on the Potato War. Auntieruth55 (talk) 20:25, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

I looked at it once and was not impressed. Now I'll be sure to steer even more clear of it. Glad you figured out what the problems was; that sort of thing tends to elevate my blood pressure.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:27, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

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It is still giving me fits, and this is the only way I can post to anything. I guess it was my wiki interface that makes it look like the edits were reversed. Sorry to snap at you. :) What is Kombrig? (Commander Brigade?) This needs clarification. Also, a way around the TB-7 / Pe-8 thing is simply to call it the aircraft or the plane or the bomber, or whatever, through the development section.  :) Auntieruth55 (talk) 15:14, 7 February 2010 (UTC) Auntieruth55 (talk) 15:14, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(dates_and_numbers)#Unit_conversions

Hello, I am contacting you because you are serious contributor to ordnance-related articles. I propose to add an additional note to the "manual of style", warning not to use literal conversions for gun names, where the calibre, gun weight or projectile weight used in the gun name is just a convenient approximation rather than an exact measurement. This applies to cases such British "4.7 inch" guns, British "18 inch torpedoes", "6 pounder guns" etc... in such cases, using the {{convert}} template produces incorrect results and should not be used. In such cases we need to hardcode "4.7-inch (120-mm)", "18-inch (450-mm)". Currently well-meaning folks keep going through these articles and adding {{convert}} everywhere without understanding the subject matter, producing rubbish like "18 inch (460 mm) torpedo" and 12 pounder (5.4 kg).. We also ne3ed, in my opinion, to agree to what degree we abbreviate calibres in conversion e.g. 12-inch = 305 mm, 4-inch = 102 mm, 6-inch = 152-mm, etc.. What is your opinion on this ? regards, Rod. Rcbutcher (talk) 10:15, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Rod, I agree with you about the user names although that's really only going to be easy when dealing with 'pounder'-type designations. I think that we do need to a note to be careful about the nominal caliber vs. the actual caliber, ie German 28 cm is really 28.3 cm. That sort of thing is easy to do on the individual weapon pages, but a hell of a lot harder for ship articles, forex, where the weapon isn't the primary focus. As for rounding I'm generally OK with to the nearest whole digit until you get down to small arms sizes where you should probably match the number of significant digits, 5.55 mm=.223, etc. About the only significant exception that I can think of are the 17.7-inch torpedoes which should probably retain their 3 significant digits.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 10:45, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

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Petlyakov Pe-3 GA review

I have reviewed the article, and passed it. It was an easy, quick review, because the article was an easy pass. My only comment is about adding a reference to the Finnish army utilizing a captured one. Thanks for making an article that was quite interesting to read. I didn't even imagine that bright guns would make night flying hard. Now I know. Thanks, and congrats. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 03:44, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Well, now you know :-)! Thanks for the review.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 03:46, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Sign your supports

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You really need to rid yourself of this habit. [7] -MBK₀₀₄ 05:52, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, OK!--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 05:53, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

You're appreciated

Talk:Main_Page#Four_Simple_Words —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 16:30, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Snicker. Nice to be appreciated for my 35 days of Russian battleships and battlecruisers. Kinda makes up for my Pe-8 article getting slammed at FAC. Well, maybe not, but still... --Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 18:36, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure it was slammed, but perhaps not appreciated. ;) Auntieruth55 (talk) 18:42, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Maybe, maybe not. But it was interesting to read a big discussion about the declining numbers of reviewers and reviews for FA, etc on the coordinators page, as several people there mentioned that they'd noticed much more of an emphasis on prose quality since about '08 and that they no longer submitted FACs as the process had become unfriendly. Rather resonated for me as I don't feel that my article was particularly lacking in quality. Now, I'll grant that I'm not a prose stylist, but neither do I think that I write badly. So my ego is feeling a bit bruised right now.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 18:59, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Pe-8

Sorry to see this. Spruce it up some more and try again. Maybe one of the other editors in MH can help, perhaps one who knows more about these bombers than I do. Auntieruth55 (talk) 16:31, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Just a note, I am going through the article to look for any further issues, unless you don't want me to. Looking at some of your correspondence above, I'm sorry if you felt like you took a beating at FAC. I'm just trying to make sure articles are in the best possible shape when they go through. If my demeanor was offensive, I apologize and would welcome any feedback on how I can improve. --Andy Walsh (talk) 20:27, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Andy, I don't mind, but the only comment of yours that got me was the one about the lengthy sentence, so don't worry about that. As for feeling hard done by, I wouldn't be bothered if I understood better why people were so critical of my writing as it seems just as workman-like as are the bulk of the FAs that I've read. I really can't recall any FA where the prose was noticeably outstanding, but maybe that's just something I don't pick up on. I know I'm not a great prose stylist, but I don't think that I'm any worse than the other editors who have written FAs. Auntieruth55 did a rewrite/extensive copy edit and there were only a couple of instances that I thought were significant improvements, including one where I'd been floundering for weeks, and the rest just seemed to not to be particularly meaningful. But maybe I'm just a bit tone-deaf for this sort of thing.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:41, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

I understand. Many prose changes people request at FAC (actually probably most) are subjective. If I see little errors or MoS problems, I usually just fix them myself, or I oppose the article if a lot of work is needed. In your case, not a lot of work was needed but we are so short on reviewers I find myself diving in to fewer and fewer articles. Anyway, I will finish going through Pe-8 and hopefully you can have it back at FAC after your other one is done. --Andy Walsh (talk) 20:49, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

FAC

Hey there! First off, thanks for all your hard work around here. I hope to see Petlyakov Pe-8 back at FAC again in the future.

I just wanted to draw your attention to a recent change in the FAC instructions. It is set up now so if you have a nomination archived, you need to wait 2 weeks before nominating another. It's a new guideline so easy to gloss over. You can ask an FAC delegate for leave to nominating something right away, or they may remove the new nomination. In your case, HMS Lion (1910) should have waited 2 weeks after Petlyakov Pe-8 was archived. --Andy Walsh (talk) 03:12, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

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Joachim Helbig review

Hi, could you please have a second look at the article? I tried to address everything but some questions remain unanswered (I couldn't find the answers) MisterBee1966 (talk) 18:04, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

The question you posed is very difficult to answer indeed. Schumann (page 80) states that Helbig was posted to the III./KG 152 "Hindenburg" in April 1937. According to Schumann and Taghon volume 1 page 22 and 23 III./KG 152 was redesignated II./LG 1 on 1 November 1938. If this is true then Helbig would have served in the II Gruppe. MisterBee1966 (talk) 21:14, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

I thought as much, but the term Kampfaufklärungs is confusing and raises many possibilities as I mentioned earlier.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:19, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

In case you're interested my personal collection of WW2 related books can be found here User:MisterBee1966/Library. MisterBee1966 (talk) 21:58, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Not bad; we overlap a lot although I've got more technical/operational histories and fewer of the biographies and medal winner-type books.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 22:05, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

A historic copyright issue

This diff shows you are concerned with text from Plane Spotting World. As the proprietor of that site all I can say to assist you is that PSW uses, as it says at the foot of each page, GNU Free Documentation License 1.2

I am not sure what the issue is at Wikipedia, but I hope this will assist you with resolving whatever concerns you have or had. Forgive me if this is a dead issue. I would have expected our PSW community to raise this with you instead of me. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 20:07, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Le Van Duyet

Thanks for the review, I've replied YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars photo poll) 07:10, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Phil Bucklew

I thought I got everything outstanding a week or 2 ago? Prose cleanup, married life, photo, etc?--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 21:29, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Sorry about that, I didn't check it before posting to your talk page. I promoted it.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:49, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Assessment/Yermolayev Yer-2

I left some comments for you at the A-class review, but it appears you've been busy as of late since more than a week has gone by without a reply. When you get a moment you can check and see if my clarification helped any, and you can take a peak at Joe N's comments as well. TomStar81 (Talk) 10:54, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

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Military Order of St. Hubert is waiting for GA too. Do you have time? Auntieruth55 (talk) 02:53, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Probably not tonight, but likely tomorrow.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 02:56, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the reviews on the battle and Schmitt. If you have a chance to look at Karl Aloys zu Fürstenberg‎ at ACR, I'd appreciate it. Auntieruth55 (talk) 01:51, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

GA review ongoing for AH-64 Apache

Thank you for taking this review onto your hands, it has allowed the quality of the page to continue to improve and will benifit the rest of the wikipedia users. I regret however that I will be unavailable for over a week, until the 11th of next month. Could you postpone any final verdict until then, so that I will be able to come back and respond to any updated instructions and queries? There are other more experienced and knowledgable editors that are working on the page as well, so there is a good chance they will be able to do the work requested, but should reform not be forthcoming and failing looks like an option, I would appreciate the hold until then in order to come back and straighten it out. My apologies for my poor netiquettique. Kyteto (talk) 23:42, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Just wanted to add a note of thanks for the successful review over on the AH-64 Apache article, good improvements were made throughout, and I'm glad it is now a GA. Thank you for reviewing it, and I hope we bump into each other on another project. :) Kyteto (talk) 23:24, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

You guys earned it. I know correcting all the citations and such couldn't have been much fun, but I'm glad that y'all followed through.

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have you checked back on this? Auntieruth55 (talk) 17:07, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks for reviewing - it confirms my impression about the lead as well, and those of the others in the series. I'll have a go at recasting Rochonvillers and the others, which owe too much to the first writing two years ago; I haven't been ruthless enough with rewriting. Acroterion _(talk) 18:56, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

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consolidate sources

I've just worked on an article that would benefit from the citation consolidation (named ref). Would you do it? Battle of Schliengen. Auntieruth55 (talk) 04:12, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

GA Review of Jagdgeschwader 11

I have added the missing citations for this article. Could you please take a look to see if those are in order ? Thanks Perseus71 (talk) 13:12, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Your point is noted. I will make sure its incorporated. However, it will take me a little bit of time ti finish it though. Perseus71 (talk) 01:20, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi!

I went over all the citations. Here's the issue. There's two ways you can present citations. One is Long footnotes

<ref>Author Name ''Book Name'', page 34. Academic Press, 2005.</ref>

There's also another style of Shortened Notes.

<ref>Miller 2005, p. 34.</ref>
or just

<ref name="Donaldcaldwell07"/>

Both have been Approved/supported by Wikipedia:Cite. I am using the second method as I quote from several pages of same book. I have no intention of purposefully providing bogus citations. I feel that because I used the short code, the notes are pointing to that first reference of Page 80 in your example. If you wish I can change from

<ref name="Donaldcaldwell07"/> to

<ref>Miller 2005, p. 34.</ref>

Please do let me know your thoughts. Perseus71 (talk) 15:10, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

I am relatively indifferent to the form of the citation; I'm only really concerned about the citation supporting the paragraph/fact/statement. And the citations as they currently are do not do so because page 80 of Miller and Caldwell, forex, doesn't support anything past 1943, IIRC. So validate every use of the same citation as I strongly suspect that all the references to Parker's book do not refer to page 385.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 22:03, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Here's my point about the citation style. If I use

<ref name="Johnweal99">Weal, (1999) p. 51–53</ref>

It shows in the Citation section, reference to the very first entry from that book. Say page 24. Evenif my citation content says otherwise. Only if I use

<ref>Weal (1999), pages 51–53.</ref>

That I get desired results. In many cases where the Citation section pointed to Page 185, my cite was actually pointing to somewhere else!.

Anyway, I have changed every single of the references/citations to reflect exact page numbers that have the concerned content. I request you to take a look.Perseus71 (talk) 04:09, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Ah, OK, now I understand what you were doing before. Each different page citation needs a unique name, so you can only consolidate citations with the same page and source. So now you can consolidate your repeated citations, like #40-42, like so: <ref name=cm184>Caldwell & Muller, pp. 184–185</ref> for the first entry and <ref name=cm184/> for all subsequent uses. So I'll start the GA review here in the next couple of days as you now probably meet the basic standards. Don't forget to validate your external links; I think that one is dead.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 13:21, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK for French battleship Courbet (1911)

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German Battleship Bismarck

Hello, can you please explain )on that article's talk page) why you dropped the above to C class due to "lack of citations", when the article contains more than 70? I don't know trhe protocols for this but would propose asking for this to be re-assessed immediately. Thanks, bigpad (talk) 23:10, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Many facts were cited, many were not. I didn't want to bother with noting them, but I've now done so. Add the necessary cites and I'll be happy to reassess it as B-class.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:27, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply and for adding the cite tags into that article (which I've just seen). bigpad (talk) 16:15, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

GAN nomination of Russian battleship Imperatritsa Mariya

Hi there Sturmvogel 66! Thanks for your suggestions about User:Buggie111/ Russian battleship Sevastopol (1895), it's been coming along rather nicely. About your GA nomination of Russian battleship Imperatritsa Mariya: I've looked it over, and think it will pas, but I'm not so sure about WP:MOS and have asked for a Second Opinion. Feel free to fix the few concerns I have expressed here. Once again, thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia and WP:OMT, and have fun editing!

YT, Buggie111 (talk) 03:44, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK for French battleship Jean Bart (1911)

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Nice work; I really enjoyed this article! — Kralizec! (talk) 22:12, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Glad you liked it.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 22:14, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

JG 11

It was not his fault it was a dodgy cite techy problem. I have fixed them now. Dapi89 (talk) 18:25, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

You've caught some of them, but missed others. Look at citation f for Caldwell and Miller, p. 80, forex. That page covers stuff in 1943 and has no bearing on incidents in 1944 as per that citation. I'd advise y'all to review every one of the cites to make sure that they actually support the fact or statement being cited.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:26, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Tim Cross

just wanted to say thanks for the review! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:00, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome; it was a well-written article.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:22, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Battle of San Marino

I spotted your comments just as I was off to bed - I think that's the first "uncontested" GA review I've seen in a while...

Thanks muchly! Shimgray | talk | 00:14, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Well, short articles make it easier to review and it read easily. It may have helped that I'm already familiar with the Italian Campaign and didn't need something expanded that a less knowledgeable editor might have needed, but...--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 00:19, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Hello Sturmvogel 66,

I just wanted to say thank you so much for assessing Andrew Hull Foote! Have a Great Day! Lord Oliver ^{The Olive Branch} 00:50, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 01:45, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

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USS maine

Nice work on the Maine article! --Badger151 (talk) 00:21, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Still got a little clean-up to do on the description section. I'll probably put it out for a peer review once I'm done to discuss the conspiracy and copy vio problems.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 02:35, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

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USS Maine

Okay, there was nothing wrong with the changes I made... in fact, separating the armor entries for easier reading and adding links where they should be are as helpful as one can get... did you even look at the changes I made? I doubt it, seeing as how the only comment was "not everything has to be abbreviated, ya know"... that may be, but nothing else I did needed to be changed... not that the abbreviations were wrong, either... if one considers that non-abbreviated conversion sequences can strech the page unnecassarily, I'd say that reverting back to them has done more harm than eliminating them did... Magus732 (talk) 03:23, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK for HMS Queen Mary

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DYK nomination of Lion class battlecruiser

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Koenigsmacker

Thanks for reviewing those articles. I've referenced the cites and found better information on the site's potential use as a park. You'd think as the main location around Thionville for fighting in 1944, it'd be high on the list for public access. While I wouldn't ordinarily rely on a trip report like that found on bunkertours.com, it was written by Nick Catford, a reputable published author on the subject of subterranea. Acroterion _(talk) 02:27, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

You looking at this?

There's been about 7 billion reviews. I'm going to put it on hold, put only if your actually paying attention. Buggie111 (talk) 13:57, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

I'd actually forgotten about this, but I'll start addressing some of the issues raised now.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 15:39, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Lion class battlecruiser

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Do 217

Do we have any more Bundes photos for this article? I want to expand it, but pics are lacking. Can anything be done? I have asked two other editors. Dapi89 (talk) 16:25, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

I really haven't looked. There might be some that are still unindexed, but I don't know.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:31, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

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Aviation-related articles

Hi mate, do you think you could assess a couple of articles I have an interest in against the Aviation B-Class criteria, namely Les Holden and Neville McNamara? They're already at B-Class for MilHist but not Aviation, and with the end of the contest round the corner... ;-) By the same token, any of yours still awaiting similar assessment? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:34, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

I'll be happy to take a look, although I've just been matching the MilHist assessment as a cross-assessment as per the last couple of A-class articles I had. I'd appreciate it if you take a look at my ACR Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Sovetsky Soyuz class battleship, particularly if you have any ideas on how to expand the lead.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 02:12, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Tks buddy, will do. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 04:55, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 00:59, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

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I've fixed all the issues you brought up at the FAC. Cam ^(Chat) 19:44, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

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