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To either side along the bluff rim, the defenders' lines had collapsed and were pinching in upon the ramphead. In moments, all would be caught in a vice from which none would escape. They had to fall back at once, to reform their lines at the perimeter of the Gardens of Life where they might consolidate their strength and gain the support of the Black Watch. But they needed time to do that, and someone must give them that time. Red hair flying, the Free Corps Commander snatched the crimson and gray battle standard of his company and rammed it between the ramp stones. Here the Free Corps would make its stand. Rallying his Bordermen to him, he formed a narrow phalanx at the center of the ramphead. Then he ordered the Elves and Trolls to fall back. No one questioned the order; Stee Jans had been given command of the army. Quickly they abandoned the Elfitch, moving back toward the ranks of the Black Watch that ringed the Gardens of Life. In moments, the remnants of the Free Corps stood alone. "What is he doing!" Ander screamed to Allanon, horrified. But the Druid did not answer. The Demons attacked. Up the ramp they charged, howling with rage. Incredibly, the Free Corps withstood the assault and thrust it back. All the while the Elven defenders continued to slip free of the noose that threatened to snare them. Again the Demons came up the Elfitch, and again the Free Corps thrust them back. No more than two dozen Bordermen remained alive. At their head stood the tall figure of Stee Jans. Regrouping before the Gardens of Life, the defenders who had fled the Elfitch looked back, watching the tiny knot of men who still held against the Demon rush. A silence settled over their ranks. They knew how this must end. Now the whole of the Carolan lay open. Stee Jans wrenched free the battle standard, lifted the gray and crimson pennant high above his head, and the Free Corps battle cry rang out. Then slowly, deliberately, the little band began to move back across the Carolan, back towards the Elven defenders who ringed the Gardens of Life. Not a single Borderman broke formation. Not a single Borderman ran. Ander's breath escaped from his lips with a sharp hiss. It was a hopeless retreat. At his elbow, Browork's battered face shoved into view. "It's too far, Bordermen!" he muttered, almost to himself. A wave of Demons edged over the lip of the ramphead, snarling. North and south among the Carolan, they began to mass. "Run!" Ander whispered. "Run, Stee Jans!" But there was no time left to run. Shrieks filled the morning air, and the whole of the Demon army swept forward... —Terry Brooks, The Elfstones of Shannara (New York: Ballantine Books, 1982), 531–32.

That El Alamein museum essay we discussed...

...is here in draft -- any comments welcome! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 15:32, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Nice work! As a review, you may want to assess more of what you're describing, but otherwise I like it. Nice anecdotes. :-) Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 18:28, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Ta, added a bit more so think that's a wrap. I've put it under op-ed for now, as Nick did last month, but if a purpose-written op-ed is available we could move my bit to the review section. I'll try and knock off the remaining A-Class blurbs tomorrow night if you want to do the editorial again and perhaps awards/honours... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 15:03, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

We could always just make a one-off "review essay" section too, because we do have DCI's 'revitalizing WP:HISTORY' sort-of op-ed in the holding section. I can do those tonight or tomorrow for sure. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 19:38, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Sorry took a while to reply, must've missed that last post. Yes I noticed that draft op-ed so no prob running it as such -- I'll see how I go creating the one-off review essay section without buggering anything up... ;-) I've created the other pages/headers, checked that there were no awards in November (that saved some work!) and finished off the A-Class blurbs with assistance from Hawkeye, so the main thing remaining is From the editors, which I probably won't have time for before Xmas (and I think we'd better get the issue out by Xmas at least)...! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 16:24, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

No worries, I got caught up in the Malleus debacle just before my brother managed to wreck our wifi while hooking up a new computer. ;-) No awards? Strange. I'll try to write up a small bit now and finish it off in a couple hours. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 18:33, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Hi mate, had a quick look at everything and just tweaked here and there, so as far as I'm concerned feel free to despatch the thing...! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:37, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Tweaked a few more things (yes, I'm pedantic!) and I'll get Edwardsbot to dispatch it now. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 10:39, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

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OK, I've taken your advice. Tony (talk) 08:54, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I feel that's for the best. Sorry for all the hassle on a post that really wasn't intended for me! Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 08:58, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

A Merry Christmas for Mr. Ed

Hey, Ed. I wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas. You're a really nice guy and has helped me countless times before and I'm really, really grateful. I hope you're doing fine. Regards! P.S.: I'm right now in my home town in Fortaleza. My book is in Brasília where I live now. I'be back to Brasília on 3 January and then I'll be able to do what you requested. Is that ok? --Lecen (talk) 11:27, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

Right back at you, Lecen. Thanks for all your help with my articles as well. That will work – the FAC will run into the beginning of my semester, but I can deal with that. Thanks! Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 18:33, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Merry Christmas for 2011

The ed17,

Would like to say "Merry Christmas" for 2011! Hope you have a wonderful day and have good memories with family and friends. Adamdaley (talk) 00:34, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

	Merry Christmas!
	Merry Christmas, Ed! Hope you have a great holiday season. Buggie111 (talk) 00:42, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

:(

Ed

Baw, you ruined Kevin and my Christmas edit to your userpage :( – GorillaWarfare (talk) 03:32, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

You guys edit conflicted me! I'll put the pic at the top of my talk page, ya whiner. :-) Also - no sad faces on Christmas and that's awesome image of the Grinch. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 03:36, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

What a punk. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:38, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Much better :] And yeah, it was the best free image I could find :P – GorillaWarfare (talk) 04:17, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

And to you too

Saw this. Merry Christmas, have a great 2012! sonia♫ 04:27, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Dangit, I missed your talk page while doing rounds of Christmas greetings. Sorry 'bout that. Either way, hope you have a great time with your family over the greatest day of the year! Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 06:09, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Season's tidings!

FWiW Bzuk (talk) 12:40, 25 December 2011 (UTC).

Merry Christmas!

Christmas, Michigan, is a small town along M-28 in the Upper Peninsula	Merry Christmas
	Here's wishing you and yours safe travels, full gas tanks and good writing in the new year! Imzadi1979 (talk) 22:47, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Re: Interview?

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Hi. Regarding this edit, you need to bump the key (use 0212) and you used ~~~~, which will sign as the bot, not as you. You probably want to insert your signature code directly and then append a timestamp (~~~~~). --MZMcBride (talk) 14:09, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Heh, that'll teach me to use an old revision. Thanks MZM. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 19:57, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Fiction and Amagi

I'd like to discuss the reversion of my edit you made to the Amagi class battlecruiser, perhaps you missed that the section title was called "Fiction"?

This edit is absolutely relevant to the Amagi page; It relates directly to this class of ship in the fictional Destroyermen_(book_series), which is notable enough in Wikipedia standards to have multiple pages devoted to the series in the encyclopedia. Let me quote you from the opening paragraph of the Destroyerman page: "The books chronicle the (fictional) adventures of the crews of the destroyer USS Walker (DD-163) and the Japanese battlecruiser Amagi...".

What you reverted was absolutely a relevant edit to the page. I would also like to bring to your attention similar "Fiction" sections in the pages of USS Walker (DD-163), USS Mahan (DD-102), USS S-19 (SS-124), and references to fiction in other pages such as the USS Nautilus (SSN-571) - so there is precident to have references to fiction where the article in question is extensively referred in fictional novels. With that in mind I would like to discuss the return of the "Fiction" section to the Amagi with you in one form or another, since I believe that it meets notability standards. Timmccloud (talk) 16:37, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm still opposed to including anything that has absolutely nothing to do with the real ship in prose. I could agree to a link to the series in a "See also" section, but that's about it. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 19:57, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

I think a "see also" is a fine compromise. Will you do it, or shall I? Timmccloud (talk) 23:31, 27 December 2011 (UTC) :)

It's done! :-) Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 05:30, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

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Nice.[1] :) Kaldari (talk) 05:06, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, it really was bugging me. :-) Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 05:30, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

SW talk

Happy New Year, Ed,

I appreciate your respect, and it is truly mutual and I am happy that you are patching things up with the newly renamed Scotty. Yes, he was a bit too tough in that comment, but he has, in general, been far more agreeable of late. So, I try to recognize improvement when I see it. Take care, Ed. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 05:59, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

I do see what you're trying to do, but I felt I needed to highlight that one specific comment he made. Nothing against you intended. :-) Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 10:30, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Oh, I know that. Feel free to call me Pollyanna any time you want. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 16:01, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Re:Contestants

Replied on my talk. J Milburn (talk) 02:12, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Talk page stalkers: NARA on-wiki ExtravaSCANza participation

Hey TPSers, how are you all doing? I'm asking you all to take a look at User:The ed17/NARA to brainstorm ideas and a structure on how we can help the National Archives ExtravaSCANza. My hope is that the success of this event will ensure that others will be organized in the future, even without Dominic as a Wikipedian-in-Residence, so we all benefit from the high-quality, formerly non-digitized media uploaded to the Commons. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 10:43, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Ready to go...

Ok, I've signed up everyone as of now, revealed the pool and sent around welcome messages. (See this, in case it's helpful. At the very least, it has a pre-typed welcome message!) I think it's pretty much ready to go. As I say, doing this now, as I am busy this evening. Happy new year! J Milburn (talk) 17:49, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Cock-up with the welcome notes, caused a little bit of drama. My fault. Should all be fixed now, I hope it doesn't marr the competition. J Milburn (talk) 19:05, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Nice job! Sorry about the late reply, I saw this last night and decided I wasn't in a very good state to be editing. Doesn't look like it was much of a mistake, we'll be fine. Happy New Year to you too! Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 03:56, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

snark

What I would have preferred to say over there was a comparison to the Wicked Witch of the West sending out her winged monkeys. Fly my pretties... fly! cackle cackle Brad (talk) 05:03, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Eh, it's no different from any other clique here on Wikipedia. I'm sure that if one of Parsecboy's articles were FARed, you, me, SHIPS, and the battleship editors would be doing the same thing. :-) Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 07:11, 2 January 2012 (UTC)