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The Bugle: Issue LXVII, September 2011

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Glen Cooper (RAAF Officer)

Hi Zawed, Great work with the Glen Cooper (RAAF Officer) article. It's a really interesting read. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 10:58, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

• Thanks! Zawed (talk) 07:59, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
  • Heh, I guess Nick was alerted to your fine work the same way I was, new links suddenly appearing in wing articles we'd worked on... ;-) Yes, well done -- as MilHist's resident RAAF biographer (though Nick's done one or two of them as well!), thanks for taking Cooper off my long list (yes, hadn't even made my short list, just the faintest gleam in the eye)... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:44, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXX, January 2012

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DYK for John Joseph Scanlan (soldier)

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for your fine work in expanding the encyclopedia article George Furner Langley. The original barnstar, because Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. Shirt58 (talk) 09:49, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Have you thought of putting the article up for a DYK to recognise your work on it? It was just a tiny stub until you improved it! --Shirt58 (talk) 09:55, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I appreciate the thought. It's always nice to know that someone notices the work you do. I'm not fussed about the DYK, I'm the most unimagainitive person out there, so I have real trouble coming up with a good 'hook'! Zawed (talk) 23:15, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Battleship assessments

As you update the battleship assessments, please update the relevant OMT page at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Operation Majestic Titan/Phase I as well. Thanks in advance.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 03:55, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Will do. Cheers. Zawed (talk) 09:42, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Charles Henry Brown

I just patrolled Charles Henry Brown as part of new page patrol - nice article! I hope you're going to submit it to did you know. :) — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 10:02, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback. Regarding the DYK, I don't see a good "hook" in there unfortunately. Zawed (talk) 08:25, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXI, February 2012

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4th Infantry Brigade (New Zealand)

Thanks for this fantastic article about a little-known formation of the New Zealand Army. Were you planning to add the brigade's World War II service as well? Cheers and thanks Buckshot06 (talk) 06:30, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback, it is appreciated. I hadn't planned on adding WWII service anytime soon as my main focus is on WWI stuff at the moment. Zawed (talk) 10:05, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

OK, if you don't mind, I will add the dates of the service in WW II as well. Buckshot06 (talk) 21:45, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

I actually had this article up for B-class assessment at MILHIST which it has failed because of the WWII additions. The assessing editor has suggested having the article based only on its WWI service and having a separate article for the WWII unit, but I wonder if the better way to deal with this is to add the re-raising of the infantry brigade as a background section to the 4th New Zealand Armoured Brigade article. Zawed (talk) 23:10, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXII, March 2012

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DYK for Herbert Ernest Hart

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The Bugle: Issue LXXIII, April 2012

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GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive

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Pavle Đurišić ACR

G'day, Could you have a look at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history/Assessment/Pavle_Đurišić? Looks to me like it now has four reviewers (including yourself) that support it for A Class, but because User:Grandiose started the review (but limited it to images), it seems like it's stuck waiting on someone to actually tick off on it? If not, please let me know what else is needed? Thanks, Peacemaker67 (talk) 01:38, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

I've confirmed my support, I assume it is up to a co-ordinator to close the review and promote the article. Zawed (talk) 08:23, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. Peacemaker67 (talk) 09:01, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for John Wilson Crawford

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The Bugle: Issue LXXVI, July 2012

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WikiProject Biography on talk pages

FYI... there is no "priority" or "importance" parameter associated with the WikiProject Biography banner. They were removed a few years ago. They have been replaced with specific work-group priority parameters. For example, military-priority, sports-priority, politician-priority, etc. Bgwhite (talk) 20:39, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

That explains why it never shows up on the Talk page. I should have figured that. Thanks.Zawed (talk) 08:27, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXVII, August 2012

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Thank you

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The Bugle: Issue LXXIX, October 2012

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Congratulations!

		The WikiChevrons
		The WikiChevrons are hereby bestowed upon Zawed for his fine efforts in the November 2012 Military History monthly article writing Contest, placing first with a total of 29 points from 5 articles. Congratulations! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:54, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

On a personal note, well done on your inaugural win -- great to see a new name take first place, especially a fellow biographer... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:57, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Ian! Zawed (talk) 06:45, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

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Merlin O'Neill

Thank you for your assistance on the O'Neill article. AustralianRupert left me a couple of suggestions to improve the article to B class and you have completed one of them. He would like to see more on his personal life and particularly the circumstances of his death. No joy there, as the main source of material, the US Coast Guard Historian's Office official bio doesn't have squat on his personal life. I have looked elsewhere for a credible source for personal material, but have had no luck. As a service, the Coast Guard historically has not paid a lot of attention to the history of the service, because they never had much money budgeted for the activity. They get by with a staff of three. As a retired Coast Guardsman, this is somewhat disappointing, but I also understand that the Coast Guard is the red-headed stepchild of the US Armed Forces and is shorted by our Congress when funds are voted each year. Since I have exhausted my resources on O'Neill, this is as far as the article will go in my estimation. Surely it is better material than a stub though. Your thoughts? Cuprum17 (talk) 14:14, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

I think all that is needed for this to be a B-class is a "Later life" section. This could be created by taking the sentence referring to his retirement and awards and then adding a sentence that reads something like: O'Neill died in Baltimore, Maryland at the age of 82. I would have done this myself when I was expanding the lead but I realised that the online citation that was used didn't mention his location of death and I didn't want to add in uncited material - I assume you have a source that refers to his place of death? Perhaps an obituary could be tracked down if the newspapers in Maryland place their older editions online? I have managed to find this: www.cnic.navy.mil/navycni/groups/public/.../cnicc_054869.doc which refers to his wife. The award itself would be useful to include in the later life section. Zawed (talk) 22:47, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

I would have used the Baltimore Sun newspaper obit, but as luck would have it, it is a pay site to view the page that the obit was on. "Find a Grave" does nothing more than repeat verbatim the bio that is on the Coast Guard Historian's website, which if you will recall doesn't mention his life after retirement. The link you provide will not come up except as a 404 error on my computer. I can not find a reference anywhere that says he died at Baltimore. I am going to try the Washington DC papers for an obit tomorrow when it have a little time to deal with it. Thanks for your help and suggestionsand I will get to the bottom of this somehow. Cheers... Cuprum17 (talk) 00:55, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

The text of the article I linked to reads:

CWO4 Guertin is 2008 recipient of Admiral Merlin O’Neill Award

By Rick Thompson Pax River Public Affairs Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael R. Guertin is the 2008 recipient of the Adm. Merlin O’Neill Officer of the Year Award. Sponsored by the Southern Maryland Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America, the award recognizes “the most outstanding junior officer at NAS Patuxent River,” said MOA Chapter President Joseph B. Bush. “This is a great occasion,” said Pax River Commanding Officer Capt. Andy Macyko during the presentation last Wednesday at the Fleet Readiness Center hangar (Bldg. 301) before the members of FRC Mid-Atlantic Pax River Site. “This award recognizes those young officers who take a special interest in their Sailors, in their community, and in the development of others in their charge.” The award was announced Oct. 17 and the ceremony held just five days later, because Guertin had volunteered for a year-long Individual Augmentation tour in Bahrain and was to leave at 3 a.m. last Friday on a flight out of Norfolk, Va. In addition to the O’Neill Award, Guertin received the NAS Patuxent River Award for Leadership Excellence from Macyko. Bush related the history behind the O’Neill Award, noting that O’Neill “was a highly-decorated officer who served in the Mediterranean and the Pacific during World War II. What distinguished him was the interest he took in junior officers. He was very involved in their development.” After receiving the honor, Guertin thanked “you troops out there for your outstanding support and outstanding efforts to accomplish what we did during the years I have been here.” In nominating Guertin for the award, Fleet Readiness Center Mid-Atlantic Commanding Officer Steven Bartlett said, “CWO4 Guertin is a dynamic naval officer who has a magnificent conceptualization of command requirements, tenaciously addresses problems as they arise, identifies the solutions and implements them,” and called Guertin “the finest officer I’ve served with in 28 years.” According to Bartlett, Guertin is “caring and committed to our Sailors, and aggressive in achieving the command mission and supporting the fleet. His outstanding dedication to excellence and professionalism combine to suit him perfectly as an aviation maintenance manager.” He continued, “CWO4 Guertin’s contributions have had a resounding impact on the command’s ability to maintain critical aircraft readiness throughout Naval Test Wing Atlantic. His emphasis on quality maintenance and customer support coupled with a determination to provide the tools necessary to win the Global War on Terrorism have led to the completion of over 38,484 maintenance actions during his tour.” Bartlett also noted Guertin’s community activities, among them support of fundraisers for the Calvert Marine Museum, church council president, Boy Scout troop committee chairman, Cub Scout den leader, and assistant coach of a school softball team. In addition, Guertin is Command IA Sponsor, providing “exceptional counsel and detailed information of support and availability of resources for 28 IA spouses while their loved ones were deployed to fight the Global War on Terrorism” and command representative for the Drug Education for Youth (DEFY) Program, said Bartlett. Four other officers were finalists for the award. They are: Lt. Cmdr. Juan Gutierrez, nominated by the H-60 Helicopter Program (PMA-299) Commanding Officer Capt. Dean Peters, who cited his “enthusiasm, proactive communication, leadership by example, trust in individuals and unsurpassed dedication to the fleet.” Throughout his time at PMA-299, Gutierrez has “displayed tremendous bandwidth and inexhuastible determination, as well as the maturity characteristic of more senior officers,” said Peters, who also noted the nominee’s “ability to forge cooperation between the various stakeholder organizations. This cooperation was a direct result of proactive communication at unprecedented levels and unwavering trust in the working-level individuals from industry and the test squadrons.” Gutierrez’ community activities have involved helping paint a local elementary school, volunteering with Habitat for Humanity and raising money in the Northeast Florida “Cycle to the Shore” Multiple Sclerosis 150 Road Bike Race. Maj. Brian Kelly nominated by Precision Strike Weapons (PMA-201) Program Manager Capt. Mathias Winter for the award, saying Kelly “is the person to whom I go to solve the most difficult problems.” According to Winter, Kelly’s “superior leadership and acquisition process in bringing interoperable, cost-effective and lethal direct attack capability to our war fighters today is unsurpassed.” Winter added, “He was able to make huge strides in progress in the Joint Weapons arena with an innate power of persuasion and ability to build teamwork and consensus unmatched by other junior military officers.” In the community, Kelly is a youth sports coach, active in baseball and basketball. Lt. Matthew Kiser “has been the driving force behind the complex efforts required to execute operational testing of the pre-planned product improvement for the MH-60R and MH-60S helicopters,” said VX-1 Commanding Officer Capt. John Slaughter in nominating him for the award. He added that Kiser guides “an extensive team of officers, enlisted and contractors as they coordinate a challenging schedule of testing at sites ranging from Patuxent River to Jacksonville to San Diego, as well as ships at sea.” Slaughter said, “Lt. Kiser’s direct involvement, impressive knowledge and diligent persistence have directly contributed to the success of VX-1’s mission and will have profound impacts on naval aviation for decades to come.” Kiser’s volunteer activities include being the squadron Combined Federal Campaign coordinator, Navy Marine Corp Relief Society Fund Drive coordinator and federal voting assistance officer, as well as a squadron volunteer tax assistant. Lt. Cmdr. Eric Schuchard, currently the Mission Systems Teat Team lead project officer at VX-20, was nominated by VX-20 Commanding Officer Cmdr. John Lemmon, who called him “a superb project officer with a unique ability to execute his many duties without compromising his standard of excellence.” Lemmon said, “Lt. Cmdr. Schuchard and his test teams have successfully completed numerous critical developmental programs to support the fleet and provided much-needed capability to forward-deployed squadrons.” In addition, “he and his team have produced hundreds of software problems reports and his efforts have guaranteed that fleet operators receive quality systems that are capable of performing the desired mission.” Schuchard has “served as a dedicated volunteer to his local church by devoting numerous off-duty hours to adult and youth programs,” wrote Lemmon. “His mentorship of children ages 4-6 instills in them the qualities of a model naval officer and quality human being.” The Admiral Merlin O’Neill Award was established in by the Military Officers Association of America Southern Maryland Chapter at the behest of the admiral’s widow, Mrs. Esther O’Neill. O’Neill, who was recognized for his interest in the development and recognition of junior officers, moved to Southern Maryland after his retirement and lived in the area until his death in 1981.

I will try to incorporate your find in the article in the Retirement section that I added this morning. I paid the Washington Post for a copy of O'Neill's obituary and gleaned a couple of interesting facts from it, which I promptly put in the article with the Washington Post reference. User:Hawkeye7 graded the article a B class before I could actually get that done. Since he did that, I had to get it done, because he raised the bar on me...point of honor! Anyway, thanks for the encouragement and help; without it, I probably wouldn't have come as close as this to completing the B class requirements. My ultimate goal will be to get the rest of the Commandant articles to at least B class. Out of 20, two are B class, so I have my work cut out for me. Again, thanks and if I can return the favor sometime, let me know. Cheers, Mate... Cuprum17 (talk) 12:45, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

		The Guidance Barnstar
		For going that extra mile...er, kilometer. Thanks! Cuprum17 (talk) 12:50, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Just checked out the article, the new section looks good. Thanks for the Barnstar too!

PS you should enter it in the article competition. Zawed (talk) 20:47, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

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Congratulations

		The WikiProject Barnstar
		I am delighted to present you with this WikiProject Barnstar in recognition of your extensive contributions to the Military history WikiProject, as evidenced by your being nominated for the 2012 "Military history newcomer of the year" award. We look forward to seeing more of your excellent work in the coming year! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 15:09, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Ian and those that voted. Cheers. Zawed (talk) 21:35, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Morval

Thanks for your assessment, the later fighting on the Somme does get a lot bittier as four armies attacked and two defended. I haven't done enough about the French armies but the lack of anglophone sources is quite a handicap. Despite the manifold inadequacies of his prose, Phillpott is all I can find, apart from the cameo appearances in the Official History. Apropos Flers–Courcelette, they are two villages nearly two miles apart, rather than one place like Sailly-Saillisel so I think that linking them with a hyphen may give the impression that they are one place. The OH uses a dash and spaces Flers – Courcelette but the mos specifies no gaps. What do you think?Keith-264 (talk) 09:22, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

The article on the Battle of Flers-Courcelette uses a hyphen, which is why I suggested a check of the use of dashes, but checking the MOS again just now, it would suggest the use of an unspaced n dash is more appropriate. I would go with that (which I think is how you have used it anyway...) Zawed (talk) 09:52, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

I'll put the dashes back and see what happens, thanks again.Keith-264 (talk) 09:55, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

B class assessments

Greetings Zawed, I took the plunge yesterday and assessed some pages with incomplete B class checklists, courtesy of your good example. Do you have any suggestions for a beginner? ThanksKeith-264 (talk) 09:33, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Gidday Keith, it is good to hear you are doing B-class assessments, there is a massive backlog there. I need to get back into doing them, but I have been focused on article writing lately. When assessing, I prefer bios given that is the type of article that I have written the most of on WP. Even so, I find that it is usually easy to tell whether an article is still a start class, the hard one is whether it is C or B-class, and this usually hinges on the the B2 criteria (content/coverage). It is usually straightforward to check off B1. Every paragraph finishes with a cite, plus any quotes should be cited - I will usually check the type of references as well; any website refs need to be reliable. The other criteria should be straightforward; B3 (has lead, headings and more than a section of content), B4 (reads well) and B5 (has infobox and/or image). I usually prefer a conservative approach, so if I can't decide between B/C class, I will usually go C. I would rather have a B-class article tagged as C-class than a C-class tagged as B-class. Its not exactly a suggestion to help with assessments but one thing I try and do when assessing is do what is necessary to fulfill the B3 to B5 criteria. A lot of these articles haven't been worked on substantively for months even years; who knows when a motivated editor will next come along. It will usually only take 5 or 10 minutes to knock most articles in shape to satisfy B3 to B5 at least. An infobox should be able to be put together relatively easily from the content of the article; if it can't this would indicate B2 criteria is not met. It is easy enough to expand the lead, add headings and do a quick copyedit to fix major spelling and grammatical mistakes. I will also add cite required tags where appropriate if the article is already reliably cited in most places and only missing a few to satisfy B1. I would be happy to look at any articles you were uncertain of. Zawed (talk) 10:41, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I decided to judge what was there on the technical stuff (infobox, footnotes etc) and what wasn't on the general criteria - prose, structure etc. Mind you it took half an hour to work out how to format the banner (even copying the layout of the Morval one that you did). Now all I have to do is avoid the temptation to dive in and start changing things, like I have on the Somme pages.... (apropos, I'm getting the Ancre Heights close to a review).Keith-264 (talk) 11:34, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

October to December 2012 Milhist Peer, A-class and FAC reviews

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		By order of the Military History WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted work on the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured Article Candidate reviews for the period Oct–Dec 2012, I am delighted to award you this Content Review Medal. AustralianRupert (talk) 10:21, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you muchly. Zawed (talk) 10:10, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXII, January 2013

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: The month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at Mongol naval power Op-ed: Crisco 1492 on war films

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John Hamilton review

Zawed, thanks for reviewing John Hamilton (American Revolution) over at the MilHist request board. I appreciate your edits, and think they improved the article tremendously. I noticed, however, that you hadn't altered the assessment templates at Talk:John Hamilton (American Revolution); I would do that myself, but since I'm participating in the MilHist contest this month (and hopefully am doing well), I don't want to raise the appearance of impropriety. Thanks for your help! Cdtew (talk) 13:55, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Whoops, I plumb forgot to do that. I have updated assessment templates now. Zawed (talk) 20:34, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! Sorry to bug you. Cdtew (talk) 21:02, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

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Alexander Godley

Hi Zawed, will you be taking this to A-class after GA? I want to review a few GANs, and I prefer the ones where I know someone will be checking my work. - Dank (push to talk) 00:16, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Gidday Dan, yes, the plan is take Godley to ACR once it has gone through a GA review. Cheers. Zawed (talk) 04:13, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Great, I can get to it later today. - Dank (push to talk) 11:37, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I appreciate that. Zawed (talk) 21:17, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXIII, February 2013

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at US Army leadership since World War II

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Article Feedback deployment

Hey Zawed; I'm dropping you this note because you've used the article feedback tool in the last month or so. On Thursday and Friday the tool will be down for a major deployment; it should be up by Saturday, failing anything going wrong, and by Monday if something does :). Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 23:24, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

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Deception

Thanks a bunch for your GA and A-Class reviews of my deception articles :) It's much appreciated! --Errant ^(chat!) 14:34, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

No worries, they are interesting reading. Zawed (talk) 05:41, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXIV, March 2013

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at refugees during the Battle of France Interview: Editors discuss writing articles about the former Yugoslavia Op-ed: Prioryman on German V-weapon sites and the historian's responsibility

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Belated congratulations

		The WikiChevrons
		The WikiChevrons are hereby bestowed upon Zawed for his fine efforts in the February 2013 Military History monthly article writing Contest, placing first with a total of 32 points from 4 entries. Congratulations! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:25, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Ian! Zawed (talk) 09:38, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

GA review of Coast Guard Squadron One

First, let me thank you for undertaking the review on the article. Secondly, this is the first article that I have submitted for a GA review and I am unsure how to proceed with the correction and replies on the review page. It is new territory for me and I would be ever so grateful for some guidance where you feel it is necessary. Cuprum17 (talk) 14:26, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

You're doing fine so far. Please bear with me as I will probably take a few days to go through the article; it's a long one! :) Zawed (talk) 09:20, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

No worries. As I said, I'm new to the process so I wouldn't know what to expect anyway. Thanks for the help. Cuprum17 (talk) 13:57, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

I tried to create the page for your duplicate link suggestion, but after the creation of the page it just sits there, a lump if you will. Have I done something wrong? I am in very unfamiliar territory with this part of the operation. Help me out? ...and thanks for your forbearance! Cuprum17 (talk) 14:09, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

That's fine, we'll get there :). It's not like I'm a GA expert either so I may be more (or perhaps less) picky than some other reviewers might be. The page itself doesn't do anything but if you have done it correctly, when you go to the article page, in the toolbox section on the left hand side there should be a "Highlight Duplicate Links" link. Click on that and it should bring up a page listing all links that appear more than once. I can't remember if it distinguishes between links in the infobox/lead/main body, but according to the MOS it is ok to have the same link appear once in each of those sections, i.e. a link that appears in the lead once, can be used again on its first appearance in the main body of the article. Cheers. Zawed (talk) 22:09, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Hey, it works! I just had to have the right key to put in the ignition switch...great tool. Thanks for the help...and just for the record, you are MY GA expert...well, I'm off to kill off some duplications...Cheers! Cuprum17 (talk) 22:28, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Contratulations

		The Military history A-Class medal
		On behalf of the coordinators of the Military History Project, I'm pleased to present you with this A-class medal in recognition of your great work in developing the Howard Kippenberger, Herbert Ernest Hart, and Alexander Godley articles to A class status. Nick-D (talk) 10:16, 22 April 2013 (UTC)