== The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVII (March 2009) ==
== The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVII (March 2009) ==
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid lightsteelblue;" | By the order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, you are hereby awarded the ''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history/Awards#WikiChevrons_with_Oak_Leaves|WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves]]'' in recognition of your distinguished service as a coordinator of this project, your thorough article reviews, and your exemplary contributions to 14 featured articles, one featured topic, and many A-Class and good articles. For the coordinators, -'''[[User:MBK004|MBK]]'''<sub>[[User talk:MBK004|004]]</sub> 20:02, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Thoughts for collaboration on Little-Saturn & Uranus
Ok, so here's my thinking for Operation Uranus and Operation Little-Saturn and the process for it. I've already started adding to Uranus, and I have less information on Little-Saturn. My thinking is that I'll start with Uranus, while you start with Little-Saturn, and then we'll switch and add anything the other misses on the article we didn't do. That way, there's some method to the madness (and we won't drive one another nuts by continuously adding over one another and reverting each other's edits) and we can build on one another's work.
One more thing, how will we work this for the wikicup? Are we both able to claim an article we jointly worked on, or does that not work?
Happy New Year! Hope everything's warm down there in San Diego! Cam(Chat) 05:50, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
sounds good to me. Cam(Chat) 05:51, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Would I be correct to guess that I have the liberty to make slight modifications afterwards as well? Cam(Chat) 05:54, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
sounds good. Cam(Chat) 17:51, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Holy crap! Very impressive work so far. Cam(Chat) 00:00, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
For continually-excellent FA-Contributions in the field of Military History (now ranking you 28th all-time at WP:WBFAN), I am pleased to award you another set of Wikichevrons. Best regards, Cam(Chat) 21:26, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
And no worries about the Uranus/Little Saturn. Take your time (I've gone off and am now working on Operation Windsor in the meantime). Cam(Chat) 21:26, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Cam's rfa and articlehistory
Hi, I noticed that you didn't sign your support in Cam's RFA. Would you mind signing it? It is number 41 at time of writing.
On another note, if you ever need any help with the articlehistory template, just leave a note on my talkpage. Once you get the hang of them, they are easy. The hardest part is finding the oldid, the rest is on Template:ArticleHistory/doc. So, if you have any questions, just leave them on my talkpage, regards. Woody (talk) 20:19, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Operation Winter Storm
I'm impressed (as are others I see here) with your work - so much so I'm a little intimated to note that the lead section of Operation Winter Storm seems longer than I would expect on a Wikipedia article. Do you think that much detail is necessary in the lead in this case? I've seen campaign article's much shorter. I'll look for a reply here - not need to travel to my talk page. (John User:Jwytalk) 20:24, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
My leads tend to be rather long; for example, Third Battle of Kharkov, has a fairly long lead (although shorter than Winter Storm). It will be shortened as I copyedit it to make sentences simpler and all of that. Basically, what I do is I make a lead by taking information from each section. Then I go through it many times over and take out what I think isn't really necessary. Thanks for the comments and for your compliments, JonCatalán(Talk) 20:28, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds good. Keep it up! (John User:Jwytalk) 20:44, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Sure. Ping! me when you are ready for Operation Little Saturn to go through GAN, and I'll review that. Cam(Chat) 23:30, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
As I said, I really think that putting a conversion template in every time "12-inch" is mentioned in a section in dreadnought is rather over the top. The MOS agrees in respect of science articles, why not military history ones? The Land (talk) 13:45, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You're very welcome. :) Terrakyte (talk) 16:46, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Wehrmacht
Hi, I just went to do the review you request and found that it had already been done! I think the article is excellent and would also have passed it would significant comment, but I do have a query about the title: its a little confusing grammatically. "Wehrmacht forces for the Ardennes Offensive": Does this mean German forces in the Ardennes Offensive or German forces prepared for the Ardennes Offensive. The article seems to cover both and my immediate reaction is that "German forces in the Ardennes Offensive" is probably the most grammatically correct title. I could be wrong, and it might be worth gathering further opinions on this, but it is the one thing that stands out from the article as a potential problem. Regards--Jackyd101 (talk) 17:08, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Reading the discussion you link to, my preference is probably "deployed for", although its current position will do until wider consenus can be developed.--Jackyd101 (talk) 17:16, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIV (December 2008)
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Request for involvement
Dear Catalan
I was hoping I could get a return on that GA nomination I passed. ;) In all seriousness, I noticed you are a coordinator for WP:MILHIST, and I was hoping I could employ your expertise. Would you mind if I ask for your input on a discussion I've started regarding the Iran-Iraq War article? Recently, text on the prosecution and aftermath of the war was moved to other articles to cut down the size of the main one, but there still remains a huge amount on how Iran and Iraq were supported by foreign powers. I have cited the MOS on war articles to argue that the text on the prosecution and aftermath should be moved back, and that the text on foreign support should be trimmed instead. The discussion can be found here: [1]. If you do get involved, thank you very much. Terrakyte (talk) 22:09, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your comments. Terrakyte (talk) 22:32, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Spencer has had 1 successful "In the news" nomination.
From the Judges
This years WikiCup started off great! It's only the second full week of competition, and we already have a lot of content promoted. We have some very close pools, such as Pool A and J. We also have some pools who have not been very active yet, but hopefully that will start changing in the coming weeks.
Garden and iMatthew have also opened a new pool, the "Judge's Pool" where we are competing against each other and following the same rules as all of you. This pool however, will never have any effect on the actual competition, but you can still check back often to see how we are doing compared to yourself.
That's it for this newsletter edition, everyone. Any questions or comments are always welcome on the WikiCup talk page, or our user talk pages. Until next time, Garden. and iMatthew // talk // 13:55, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Current leaders
In this round of the WikiCup, the top three contestants from each pool will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:
Pool A
Catalan (138)
Gary King (86)
Spencer (67)
Pool B
Sceptre (22)
Spittlespat (7)
Greatestrowerever, Malinaccier (6)
Pool C
Candlewicke (60)
Scorpion0422 (24)
Steven Walling (9)
Pool D
NapHit (27)
ThinkBlue (18)
97198 (11)
Pool E
X! (69)
Sasata (10)
LOTRrules (4)
Pool F
Bedford (29)
RyanCross (21)
the_ed17, Howard the Duck (5)
Pool G
Sunderland06 (46)
Skinny87 (16)
What!?Why?Who?, Pedro_João, Ceranthor (2)
Pool H
Juliancolton (133)
Tinucherian (41)
Ottava Rima (28)
Pool I
Durova (144)
Theleftorium (121)
Wrestlinglover (15)
Pool J
Paxse (78)
Climie.ca (67)
Useight (46)
All scores are accurate as of the time the newsletter was sent out.
I've responded [2]. I appreciate the feedback. Cla68 (talk) 01:14, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Golden wiki
2008 "Military historian of the Year"
By order of the Members of the Military History WikiProject, for your "extensive contributors, including 12 featured articles as well as a featured topic and a featured picture" I award you this Golden Wiki. --ROGER DAVIEStalk 03:34, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much indeed for the barnstar and kind words :) Much appreciated, --ROGER DAVIEStalk 12:51, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Possible images for Operation Uranus
While looking through other Wikipedias' articles on Operation Uranus, I found some exceptional Bundesarchiv images on the Russian version of the article. I just thought to let you know, in case you thought any would make a worthwhile addition to the article. And congratulations on your MILHIST award! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Emw2012 (talk • contribs)
Congrats on ur latest award, and may you continue to get many more.
The commons link on The portal page links to Italian Wars on commons. I wonder if you were wanting to link it to commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tank and not the Italian Wars?? CHeers. Sniperz11@CS 12:36, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Suggestion
Hi Jon, in light of your work for MILHIST would you like to collaborate on restoring some material from the Spanish Civil War? A reasonable amount of it may be public domain under the life plus 70 year rule by now, but I'm not sure which items that would be. There's a handful of material at the Library of Congress (the best online source for high res. historic graphic files), and probably more at your disposal. Ping me at my user page and let's talk. :) DurovaCharge! 22:53, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
As I saw that you were getting interested in restoration, Jon, I was just about to leave a message that you might want to work with Durova. I've seen some of her excellent restorations over at Portal:Feminism. Awadewit (talk) 16:23, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I have actually been looking up Spanish copyright laws. I think protection of Spanish images extends until 70 years after the death of the author; I would have no idea when the author of any given photograph died (let alone who the author is). So, arguing PD is going to be difficult. :( Like I said on Durova's talk page, I also lack a scanner (mine broke). Well, actually, maybe I could do it at the university. JonCatalán(Talk) 16:27, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hot damn you're actually doing it. Suh-weet! Gary King (talk) 04:40, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Spanish images
There are certain people responsible for images who can be contacted directly. My experience with the German military is that you always find a nice bored bureaucrat. The problem is finding this wo/man. I suggest to first establish contact for a small scale transfer with a limited purpose. The smaller and easier to handle the task seems the more likely is our bureaucrat to do the job. If we have established precedence it's much easier to launch the next request and refine the way we ask. After a series of successful requests from the different institutions we can launch a big deal. So, for getting starting, you have to provide me with some small tasks and a bit of background information on them. Greetings Wandalstouring (talk) 13:22, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You did that before and it didn't work. The fact that you're Spanish doesn't help. The problem is how you write the email and what you ask for. As I said, give me a list of small topics and some background information. Wandalstouring (talk) 09:31, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations - it's a great article. Cheers, Paxse (talk) 19:02, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
RE: Messines
You've got yourself a deal. Cam(Chat) 06:21, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. Best of luck with the semester, the course-load you described gives me nightmares just thinking about it.
IS Tanks
I can't think of much else. I also have Zaloga (1984) Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War Two, and the less-useful Perrett (1987) Soviet Armour Since 1945. Glad to look up anything for you in these. —MichaelZ. 2009-01-16 19:38 z
Would you mind taking another look at Dreadnought and its A-class review - I think you'll find it much more to your liking. Regards, The Land (talk) 18:44, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! What do I need to do to get you to support it? ;-) The Land (talk) 19:14, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, you guys are racking up the DYK's fast! Good articles are also coming in quite quickly, and we also have a few new Featured articles. This is coming along great so far; we're glad to see almost everyone working on something.
Also, Thehelpfulone is our newest judge. He will, starting Monday, be helping maintain the WikiCup and help us ensure all runs smoothly. It's hard to gain consensus between two editors, so I guess "majority rules" (with three people) will start to apply while we make our decision. :-P
In this round of the WikiCup, the top three contestants from each pool will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:
Pool A
Catalan, Gary King (191)
Spencer (127)
Pool B
Shoemaker's Holiday (112)
Sceptre (34)
Spittlespat (9)
Pool C
Candlewicke (182)
Scorpion0422 (72)
Steven Walling (16)
Pool D
97198 (79)
NapHit (29)
ThinkBlue (25)
Pool E
Sasata (91)
X! (69)
Straight Edge PXK (6)
Pool F
Bedford (55)
RyanCross (31)
the_ed17 (24)
Pool G
Sunderland06 (104)
Ceranthor (34)
Skinny87 (17)
Pool H
Juliancolton (230)
Tinucherian (64)
Ottava Rima (28)
Pool I
Durova (319)
Theleftorium (196)
J Milburn (65)
Pool J
Climie.ca (101)
Paxse (97)
Useight (81)
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re: A-class review
Sorry again for my slow response to your prompting. I had another read of the article when you prompted me on the 12th, but something else came up and I forgot to update my comments. I'm afraid that I still don't think that the article is quite at A-class yet - in essence, I think that the article needs a thorough copy-edit from a fresh set of eyes. Please let me know if you'd like me to expand my comments. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 11:11, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Having come across you dealing with the peer review of the Junkers Ju 87 article and seeing you are an experienced editor, I was hoping you would have some input on the above. Some recent reversals are in progress over some "facts" on the Elliptical wing design section. As far as I can see the "cited" data (which I have marked with a verification tag) is not from a published source. Could you take a look? Regards, Dapi89 (talk) 00:49, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The content is continuing to pile in, it's great! Nothing significant this issue, but we currently have a straw poll going on regarding the point values of featured pictures, sounds, and lists. Garden., iMatthew // talk, and TheHelpfulOne
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WikiCup At a Glance
As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a total of:
In this round of the WikiCup, the top three contestants from each pool will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:
Pool A
Catalan (254)
Gary King (215)
Spencer (150)
Pool B
Shoemaker's Holiday (189)
Sceptre (35)
Spittlespat (10)
Pool C
Candlewicke (250)
Scorpion0422 (146)
Steven Walling (29)
Pool D
97198 (89)
ThinkBlue (37)
NapHit (31)
Pool E
Sasata (140)
X! (105)
Straight Edge PXK (9)
Pool F
Bedford (101)
the_ed17 (40)
RyanCross (32)
Pool G
Sunderland06 (107)
Ceranthor (67)
jj137 (50)
Pool H
Juliancolton (355)
Tinucherian (71)
Ottava Rima (28)
Pool I
Durova (462)
Theleftorium (264)
J Milburn (88)
Pool J
Climie.ca (135)
Paxse (134)
Useight (116)
All scores are accurate as of the time the newsletter was sent out.
17:23, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
Good luck...
I saw this. Good luck with taking a break...kudos that you can get yourself off. Hope to see you around sometime! Cheers friend, —Ed 17(Talk / Contribs) 19:59, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
[reply]
I took care of the archiving. Have a nice Wikibreak, and come back soon! Dabomb87 (talk) 23:22, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Something for you
The Content Review Medal of Merit
In recognition of your contribution in improving Military history articles through A-Class and Peer Reviews, during the fourth quarter of 2008, please accept this Content Review Medal. -MBK004 04:07, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
We're still going strong. Couple of things though; please note that you must make it known you are in the WikiCup when nominating FAs, FLs, FPos, FPs, and FSs. This is to lower the possibility of bias. We're also changing the way you get to the next round. Now, the top two from each round get through, along with ten wildcards. This means that even if you're not in the top two you can still get into Round 2, so even if you're in the group of death you can still go through. Hopefully this will be fairer for all. We've also unfortunately had our first withdrawal - Truco has left the Cup. Best wishes for him in the future. Garden., iMatthew // talk, and TheHelpfulOne
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WikiCup At a Glance
As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a total of:
In this round of the WikiCup, the top two contestants from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:
Pool A
Gary King (452)
Catalan (254)
Pool B
Shoemaker's Holiday (233)
La Pianista (61)
Pool C
Candlewicke (400)
Scorpion0422 (249)
Pool D
97198 (148)
NapHit (63)
Pool E
Sasata (233)
X! (210)
Pool F
Bedford (202)
the_ed17 (148)
Pool G
Sunderland06 (142)
Ceranthor (134)
Pool H
Juliancolton (491)
Tinucherian (95)
Pool I
Durova (887)
Theleftorium (458)
Pool J
Mitchazenia (671)
Paxse (291)
Wildcards
Useight (250)
J Milburn (181)
Spencer (177)
Climie.ca (169)
Rambo's Revenge (100)
Tinucherian (95)
WereSpielChequers (77)
Wrestlinglover (67)
Rlevse (65)
10. ThinkBlue (57)
10. Skinny87 (57)
All scores are accurate as of the time the newsletter was sent out.
20:25, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
Delivered by J Milburn, on behalf of the judges. 20:25, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXV (January 2009)
The January 2009 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 03:18, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
congrats!
On being military historian of the year! Just found out via The Bugle.--Cerejota (talk) 04:21, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Looking to be adopted !!
I have been a contributor on and off for some months but could definitely use help, especially regarding in article referencing, redirects to other inter-Wikipedia articles, and so forth. I consider myself a relatively good writer but would certainly accept constructive criticism there as well.
You can see my profile...I hold a Masters in Business Administration and am currently working on my Masters in Military History. My strongest areas are probably WWII European theater and Russian History. I also am an expert in baseball (sorry to brag, but I have been following it avidly for 32 years and have over 200,000 cards).
There's not really much to say this week, everyone is still doing well. There was a discussion on shortening the length of round one, but the idea is dead in the water. Thanks for contributing! GARDEN, iMatthew // talk, and TheHelpfulOne
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WikiCup At a Glance
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In this round of the WikiCup, the top two contestants from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:
Pool A
Gary King (673)
Catalan (254)
Pool B
Shoemaker's Holiday (308)
La Pianista (62)
Pool C
Scorpion0422 (483)
Candlewicke (451)
Pool D
97198 (210)
NapHit (97)
Pool E
Sasata (262)
X! (210)
Pool F
Bedford (275)
the_ed17 (161)
Pool G
Sunderland06 (144)
Ceranthor (136)
Pool H
Juliancolton (559)
Tinucherian (100)
Pool I
Durova (1135)
Theleftorium (656)
Pool J
Mitchazenia (777)
Paxse (371)
Wildcards
Useight (325)
Spencer (215)
Climie.ca (203)
J Milburn (202)
Rambo's Revenge (110)
Rlevse (93)
WereSpielChequers (82)
Dendodge (74)
ThinkBlue (72)
Wrestlinglover (72)
All scores are accurate as of 22:40, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
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Congratulations
...on today's vandal-magnet ;) Nice article, I enjoyed the read. EyeSerenetalk 12:47, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Guys! Well it's Thehelpfulone's first time properly looking at the scores as he made this newsletter and he's impressed on how much work you have all done. It's a shame to say that RyanCross has withdrawn from the Cup. We have almost hit 200 DYKs, not far off from 100 GA's and Durova has passed the 1000 point mark on points, with 1347 points so congratulations to her! GARDEN, iMatthew // talk, and TheHelpfulOne
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Pool A
Gary King (792)
Catalan (254)
Pool B
Shoemaker's Holiday (419)
La Pianista (66)
Pool C
Scorpion0422 (530)
Candlewicke (502)
Pool D
97198 (240)
ThinkBlue (141)
Pool E
Sasata (412)
X! (211)
Pool F
Bedford (284)
the_ed17 (169)
Pool G
Sunderland06 (157)
Ceranthor (137)
Pool H
Juliancolton (582)
Tinucherian (110)
Pool I
Durova (1347)
Theleftorium (840)
Pool J
Mitchazenia (779)
Matthewedwards (503)
Wildcards
Useight (396)
Bedford (284)
Catalan (254)
97198 (240)
Spencer (238)
Climie.ca (234)
J Milburn (216)
X! (211)
the_ed17 (169)
Sunderland06 (157)
All scores are accurate as of 17:15, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
21:42, 22 February 2009 (UTC) TheHelpfulBot 21:42, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Possibly unfree File:Iglesia.jpg
An image that you uploaded or altered, File:Iglesia.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the image description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. (ESkog)(Talk) 17:39, 25 February 2009 (UTC) --(ESkog)(Talk) 17:39, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
We have 31 days left, just one month left in the first round. The first two months have already produced spectacular results, and we're hoping to see a great race to the end of the round. Get those nominations in for them to count for this round, but remember that any nominations that are not promoted before the end of this round, will still count for round two if you make it. We unfortunately had another contestant, What!?Why?Who?, withdraw this week and we wish them the best.
We saw some big jumps in content upgrades this week! We saw 33 new good articles, 3 new featured articles and lists, 8 featured pictures, 5 featured sounds, and 24 did you know items. (Also note, there are 111 good articles and 222 did you know items as of this newsletter). Keep it up during the final push to round two. GARDEN, iMatthew // talk, and TheHelpfulOne
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Pool A
Gary King (1012)
Spencer (292)
Pool B
Shoemaker's Holiday (566)
La Pianista (68)
Pool C
Scorpion0422 (580)
Candlewicke (580)
Pool D
97198 (313)
ThinkBlue (248)
Pool E
Sasata (480)
X! (211)
Pool F
the_ed17 (299)
Bedford (290)
Pool G
Ceranthor (177)
Sunderland06 (159)
Pool H
Juliancolton (604)
Tinucherian (112)
Pool I
Durova (1528)
Theleftorium (913)
Pool J
Mitchazenia (816)
Matthewedwards (625)
Wildcards
Useight (549)
Paxse (454)
Climie.ca (259}
Catalan (254)
J Milburn (232)
Rambo's Revenge (201)
Rlevse (129)
NapHit (99)
WereSpielChequers (92)
Howard the Duck (82)
Wrestlinglover (82)
Dendodge (78)
Steven Walling (69)
All scores are accurate as of 15:02, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
Contestants in italics are those crawling up behind the wildcards.
17:48, 1 March 2009 (UTC) TheHelpfulBot 17:48, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
There has recently been some conjecture as to how to describe the victory by the German forces. Can you or other members of the project group please assist in the discussion on the talk page. I intend to call for a consensus decision in order to establish the infobox statement regarding the outcome of the battle. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 12:53, 2 March 2009 (UTC).[reply]
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Nominations for the Military history WikiProject coordinator election
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Imperial Napoleonic triple crown
Your Imperial Napoleonic Majesty, outstanding work! Especially on Arena Active Protection System - I would recommend formatting the Notes subsection using {{Harvnb}}. Cirt (talk) 20:18, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Could you please trim your entry at User:Durova/Triple crown winner's circle/Nominations to either 5 per DYK/GA/FC line, or make them so there they each have the same number per DYK/GA/FC throughout? In other words, if 11 DYKs, GAs, FCs, etc. Cirt (talk) 20:24, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Since Jon is pretty much inactive at the moment and the nomination was done on his behalf, I have tried to fulfill your request. -MBK004 20:53, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, but this is not what I meant. The request was not about having some kind of formatting spacing issue - but rather an uneven number of nom entries per DYK/GA/FC. In other words, do not submit 5 DYKs, 4 GAs, and 2 FCs. If it is a regular triple crown nom, submit one of each. If it is an Imperial, submit two of each. etc. Get it? Cirt (talk) 20:55, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know where the uneven number of FC/GA/DYK is coming from, there are 12 for each type. -MBK004 21:03, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
So there are. Sorry about that, my apologies. I'll go and update the main list now. Cirt (talk) 21:05, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I think it's safe to say that this week is probably your last chance to nominate anything for promotion to count in this round, so start planning that all-important final push. Bear in mind that anything not promoted this month will still count in the next round if you go through. It's looking very close in the Wildcards section, so if you don't see yourself there, don't panic—you may not be too far off the pace! GARDEN, iMatthew // talk, and TheHelpfulOne
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In this round of the WikiCup, the top two contestants from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:
Pool A
Gary King (1087)
Spencer (353)
Pool B
Shoemaker's Holiday (873)
Spittlespat (77)
Pool C
Scorpion0422 (788)
Candlewicke (658)
Pool D
ThinkBlue (386)
97198 (360)
Pool E
Sasata (581)
X! (215)
Pool F
Bedford (331)
the_ed17 (313)
Pool G
Sunderland06 (228)
Ceranthor (183)
Pool H
Juliancolton (632)
Dendodge (219)
Pool I
Durova (1932)
Theleftorium (1060)
Pool J
Mitchazenia (1167)
Matthewedwards (695)
Wildcards
Useight (648)
Paxse (468)
Rlevse (290)
J Milburn (288)
Climie.ca (262)
Catalan (255)
Rambo's Revenge (241)
Tinucherian (159)
Ottava Rima (159)
PeterSymonds (127)
Neurolysis (108)
WereSpielChequers (107)
NapHit (100)
All scores are accurate as of 12:12, 15 March 2009 (UTC).
Contestants in italics are just behind the wildcards.
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There are currently 13 members with 20 or 20+, and it has been less than a week so far, that means there is one spot left. The turnout has been great. Have A Great Day! Lord R. T. OliverThe Olive Branch 21:16, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Military history WikiProject coordinator election
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What a brilliant finale to Round 1. With so little in it it was always going to be a tight contest, particularly in the all-important wildcard places. Congratulations to all those who have made it to Round 2, and commiserations to all who have been eliminated. I hope you continue to contribute as fully as you have been in the tournament, if not better!
As has been stated before, Round 2 begins Wednesday, April 1 2009. I hope you are all ready!
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Pool A
Gary King (1154)
Spencer (377)
Pool B
Shoemaker's Holiday (1055)
La Pianista (74)
Pool C
Scorpion0422 (944)
Candlewicke (806)
Pool D
ThinkBlue (444)
97198 (374)
Pool E
Sasata (604)
X! (216)
Pool F
Rlevse (405)
Bedford (331)
Pool G
Sunderland06 (236)
Ceranthor (190)
Pool H
Juliancolton (686)
Dendodge (220)
Pool I
Theleftorium (1107)
Durova (961)
Pool J
Mitchazenia (1180)
Matthewedwards (702)
Wildcard winners
Useight (659)
Paxse (507)
Rambo's Revenge (333)
the_ed17 (330)
J Milburn (302)
Climie.ca (265)
Catalan (256)
Ottava Rima (190)
Wrestlinglover (169)
Tinucherian (162)
All scores are accurate as of the end of Round 1.
21:27, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Delivered for the WikiCup by GARDEN at 21:27, 31 March 2009 (UTC). Queries to my talk.[reply]
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVII (March 2009)
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By the order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of your distinguished service as a coordinator of this project, your thorough article reviews, and your exemplary contributions to 14 featured articles, one featured topic, and many A-Class and good articles. For the coordinators, -MBK004 20:02, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]