User talk:Magicpiano

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Age of Discovery review

Thanks for the review, Magicpiano. It is really helpful. I can proceed to add sources and image information. The Siberian exploration chapter was developed by another user, and it is a field were I myself have no knowledge, but I can research for sources, as well as in completing the "global impact" chapter. However a review on English would be great, as I'm not a native speaker. If you could help on this, that would be greatly appreciated. --Uxbona (talk) 21:19, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

May overthrow

Thanks for reviewing. Passing GA review wasn't my primary intention, I wanted to read more opinions, someone to check grammar, style (it is my first "big" article). Btw, you mentioned copyright status of those two images. Wedding photo is taken in 1901. By now it si certanly in public domain. The second photo was made before 1917, possible in 1900s, too (judging by his uniform). -- Bojan  Talk  18:14, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

The images may very well be public domain; my point is that the evidence presented thus far is not conclusive. Assuming these photos were taken at a time when copyright was death of author+70 (as the file pages assert), it is necessary to know when the author died. These two images have no author listed; if the author died in 1950 (at age 80, say), the images are still under copyright. To be included in Commons, they must also satisfy US copyright law, which is based on publication date; this requires evidence of when the photo was actually first published. (If they were originally in a private collection, they may not have been published until after 1923.) Magic♪piano 18:59, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Siege of Trsat

Hi Magicpiano! You have been very helpful with your comments on Peer review some time ago. I have improved the article since, and I was wondering if you have any suggestions. Should I nominate it for GA, or is it to soon for that (probably needs copyediting). Regards, Kebeta (talk) 16:58, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Fort Albany

... The French forays had already caused the New Englanders to consider projects of invading Canada. In the course of his spying mission of 1705, Vetch had discovered how weak the military situation of the country was. He had reported to London that it could easily be conquered, and in the spring of 1709 New England (p. 159) received the promise that an expeditionary fleet would be sent out. Thereupon Colonel Nicholson assembled on Lake George a force of 1,500 regulars and militiamen and 300 warriors from four of the Iroquois nations. Only the Senecas remained faithful to the treaty of 1701. Meanwhile, Vaudreuil was gathering his forces in Montreal and keeping a close watch on the frontier. In July he sent M. de Ramezay to Lake Champlain with a troop of 1,500 soldiers and Indians. At Scalp Point they dispersed an advance scouting party of English, but on the Indians' refusal to attack the entrenched camp on Lake George, the expedition returned to Montreal. However, the English still had no news of the promised fleet (which had been diverted instead to the aid of Portugal), and when Colonel Nicholson learned that the French were concentrating their forces at Chambly, he burned his camp and retreated with his troops to Corlaer.

All these military activities had little effect on the country's economy. Agriculture, fishing, exports and industries (with the exception of shipbuilding) were surprisingly active. In spite of the failure of the Canada Company, the fur trade was recovering, but even in the midst of war considerable quantities of furs were attracted by higher prices to New York. In 1707, 12 canoes carrying contraband went up the Richelieu and into English territory. Trade was especially active in the rich fur country of Hudson Bay where both French and English were established. The furs from the English posts on James Bay (Rupert, Monsipi and Kichiskouane) were sent out by the sea route through the Hudson Strait. At the northern forts, Bourbon and Neuve-Savane, the French received twice as many furs as the English, but they took them out by canoe, following the rivers and lakes down to the Ottawa.

A few private individuals in New France conceived of the idea of taking advantage of the war to organize a raid on the beaver stores of the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1709 the Governor, who had himself invested 1,000 crowns in the venture, sent out a detachment of ninety men under d'Ailleboust de Manthet. Their plan was to seize the furs at Fort Albany for the benefits of the promoters of the enterprise, but in the assault on the fort, Manthet and thirteen of his troops were killed. As Vaudreuil had no very satisfactory explanation to offer for having engaged in such an undertaking for his own profit, his conduct in the affair was severely censured by the King and the Minister.

The term of office of Jacques Raudot and his son Antoine-Denis (p. 160) had begun auspiciously in 1705. ...

-- Mathieugp (talk) 21:52, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Fabulous. Thanks again! Magic♪piano 22:14, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

reading

Piano, I apologize for not getting to your article. Yours is on of several that I have not read while I try to finish my dissertation. If you still need someone to look it over, please let me know--email works best these days! auntieruth (talk) 21:19, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

GA Reviews

Hey. I'm gonna keep on reviewing some of your articles - loving the early Revolutionary history - but I'm down with a potent version of manflu at the moment. I'll be back up in a few days. Skinny87 (talk) 14:43, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

No worries mate; you've drained my pipeline, so it'll probably be at least a week before there are any more of them. Magic♪piano 14:49, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

William Walton

I see that you gave an earlier version of the William Walton article a review two years ago. I have recently expanded and revised it and put it up for peer review. If you have time, I'd be grateful for your comments. – Tim riley (talk) 16:30, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much for running your editorial eye over the article again, and for your encouraging comments. — Tim riley (talk) 21:42, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Siege of Port Royal (1710)

Wow - very impressive editing. You give me confidence in the quality that is possible on wiki and inspire me to continue to contribute. Thanks. --Hantsheroes (talk) 01:50, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Battle of Red Bank

Since you seem to be a bit of an expert on the American Revolutionary war i was wondering if you knew if there were any british forces engaged at all at the Battle of Red Bank, the battle box indicates that the forces there were british but the text of the article only mentions hessians, and makes no mention of which german state they came from (though i assume it is hesse-kassel since that is the nationality of the commander).XavierGreen (talk) 06:51, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

I'm not familiar with the Philadelphia campaign in detail. Donop's regular command was probably all Hesse-Kassel (it was during the NY-NJ campaign, except for a few attached British dragoons), but he might have had Ansbachers and/or Waldeckers in his command for the action. I don't know if any British were involved. You might ask User:Alphageekpa, he's worked on some of the Philadelphia campaign articles. Magic♪piano 14:39, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

According to this source, all of the land troops were Hesse-Kassel. There was a Royal Navy effort that failed to arrive in time to support them; two ships were lost due to obstructions in the river and American naval opposition. This latter is mentioned in the article, but no fleet commanders are identified for either side there or in the above source. Magic♪piano 02:46, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

		The WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves
		By order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of your consistently high-quality contributions to military history on Wikipedia. Your article writing, particularly seen in the areas of the French and Indian and American Revolutionary Wars, is outstanding both in numbers and in caliber: as of October 2010, you have authored five featured articles, numerous good articles, one featured topic, and five good topics. Thank you so much for your diligent work. For the coordinators, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 23:12, 11 October 2010 (UTC)