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Casualty list Kokoda

Hi AR, pls see User:Cinderella157/sandbox. This is my first attempt at a table. Might need a bit of massaging. It needs a home. Where do you think? Cinderella157 (talk) 08:06, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

G'day, thanks for the link. Just to clarify, what does "3–28", "2–2" and "–7" etc signify? I found the figures a little unclear (but it might be my flu addled brain)... Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 00:39, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

Officers - other ranks. The flu must be addling you unless the services have changed so much - though I acknowledge that they might need to be clarified for the uninitiated :) Cinderella157 (talk) 01:46, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

Sorry, I forgot about his post. Ah, yes that makes sense now, although reports and returns do not break such things down like this anymore. I'm not sure where it would go, though. To be honest, I'm not a fan of using tables too much in articles and would be a bit concerned that it was giving any article too much detail (good for a book, though, but not an encyclopedia article IMO). Anyway, belated Merry Christmas! Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 05:52, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi, I’m just a little annoyer sending You an annoying message to annoy You with a pointless notification

Hi, I’m just a little annoyer sending You an annoying message to annoy You with a pointless notification — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.28.155.211 (talk) 18:40, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, Redolta. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 05:52, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry, merry!

From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 21:42, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry Christmas to you, too. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 05:52, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

An article to delete

Could I get the assistance of an admin like yourself to remove the article Ole Kristian Temte (as I am not)? The tag has been there for over the week required and nothing productive has happened apart from the user (who is the person the article is about) trying to constantly remove the template. Thanks in advance. Holdenman05 (talk) 23:22, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

G'day, sorry, I've been away for a little while on holidays. It appears that this has been dealt with, though. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 05:52, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

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VeblenBot is down

AustralianRupert, I saw your edit summary for your closure of Shiva as a community reassessment, and thought I should let you know that VeblenBot has been deactivated. Neither of the people involved in it are supporting it any more, and it was shut down over a month ago for some reason. Both AnotherClown and I have been editing the User:VeblenBot/C/Wikipedia good article reassessment‎ page directly; it controls which community reassessments are seen on the WP:GAR page. I've already removed Shiva, and have recently been removing and adding community reassessments as needed. Ideally, of course, it would be best to have someone new either take over the VeblenBot functionality for GAR or write new code to do likewise, but no one showed any interest in doing so when this need was posted to the Bot request page. Perhaps you know someone who might be interested? BlueMoonset (talk) 15:53, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset: G'day, thanks for that. I wasn't sure if it was working, but then the GAR page seemed to update so I assumed it was...now I know it was yourself and Anotherclown fixing my mistakes. Sorry. Anyway, I will remember to update the page directly from now. Regarding a bot request, User:Hawkeye7 has done some great work with User:MilHistBot and User:FACBot, and might be able to help. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 21:54, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

VeblenBot GAR functionality is not on the VeblenBot's list of duties. I can create a new Bot for you, but not before mid-January. It's hard to do Bot work while in vacation. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:30, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Cheers, Hawkeye. Have a good vacation. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 23:33, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Military Historian of the Year

		The Golden Wiki
		For "... work on the battles of the Kokoda Track campaign and particularly the Battle of Isurava - not to mention your many other contributions, both as an editor and co-ordinator", I have the pleasure of presenting you with this Golden Wiki as a co-winner of the 2016 Military history WikiProject Military Historian of the Year award. In addition to your contributions, it was also said that "it is always a pleasure to collaborate with [you] and [your] manner is an example of leadership are such to which all Wikipedians should aspire." Congratulations! For the Military history WikiProject, TomStar81 (Talk) 08:56, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Let me be the first to congratulate you, Rupert. Richly deserved! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 09:05, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

And I'll be the second -- another great year for you, Rupert. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:06, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Congrats, well deserved! Zawed (talk) 09:27, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Thank you all. Happy New Year! Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 10:26, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words. Its disappointing for me at times to see that a lot of what I do seems to fly below the radar, otherwise I think I would end up at least nominated for consideration for Military Historian of the Year (although I'm grateful I still get a spot in the Coordinator's pool courtesy of the community). All the same, you and your fellow nominees should be proud for having been singled out for recognition by the community. On this day we honor all of you and your achievements over these last 12 months, and wish you all the best in the coming year. TomStar81 (Talk) 10:51, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Congratulations AR, and happy new year b.t.w! I always find your work enjoyable to read, which is a great knack, which our best contributors share. Also good to see some new names in the mix this year, with great potential. Cheers mate! Irondome (talk) 22:50, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, Irondome. All the best for 2017! Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 04:00, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Happy New Year, AustralianRupert!

Happy New Year!

AustralianRupert,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Thanks, Donner, all the best for 2017 to you, too. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 07:44, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

I Closed Out the Cecil E Harris Peer Review

Hey Rupert, just giving you a heads up that I read the FAQ and followed the instructions to close out the peer review for Cecil E. Harris. Thanks again, Finktron (talk) 20:35, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

G'day, no worries, I have archived it now also. Good luck with the GA nom. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 00:59, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

Quarterly Milhist Reviewing Award: Oct to Dec 16

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		On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons for reviewing a total of 30 Milhist articles at PR, GAN, ACR or FAC during the period October to December 2016. Your ongoing efforts in supporting Wikipedia's quality content processes are greatly appreciated. Cheers, Zawed (talk) 07:05, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

User:VeblenBot/C/Wikipedia good article reassessment

AustralianRupert, I just tried to add a recently created community assessment GAR, Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Codename: Gordon/1, to the VeblenBot's GAR page, but it isn't showing up in the list there or on the WP:GAR page itself. I thought all I needed to do was replace the last two fields in the name (article and page), and update the date and time, which I did.

I'm pretty sure it's the date that's the problem. This is the first reassessment with a 2017 date (2017-01-06). I just did a test, and changed "2017" to "2016", and the link to "Codename: Gordon" showed up as you'd expect. I suppose if we need to fake 2016 dates to get the articles to show up, we can easily do this, but in case you know something else that can be changed I thought I should ask here. I don't see that the dates actually matter a whole lot if a bot isn't actually making use of them.

Thanks for any help or advice you can give. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:41, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset: G'day, yes I see what you mean. If I change "2017" to "2016" it does indeed show up on User:VeblenBot/C/Wikipedia good article reassessment. That said, I have just checked WP:GAR and Codename: Gordon seems to be showing up there now, even though it doesn't appear on the VeblenBot page. Very strange. Sorry, I don't think I can help here. My coding skills and ability to troubleshoot in this realm aren't good. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 23:08, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

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Alexander Mayes (cricketer) - need help with military unit link

I am just trying to flesh out this article on Alexander Mayes and he served in 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion. I am not a milhistory expert. Should I be linking this to 25th Brigade (Australia)? Thanks Kerry (talk) 02:17, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

G'day, Kerry, I added what I could glean from his online service record. Because they are hand written in many cases, and not complete, the records aren't that easy to decipher, sorry. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 07:13, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

History merge

Can you possibly merge the history of User:KAVEBEAR/George Beckley and George Charles Beckley? I am going to maintain the user space as a separate sandbox but want the history of the older draft merged to the current active article. Thanks!--KAVEBEAR (talk) 21:06, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

G'day, I've done this now. Only one edit couldn't be merged, though, as it overlapped the history of the other article. It might be best for me to delete this edit, so that you can later merge anything that you produce in the sandbox without any dramas. If that is what you want, please let me know. You would then have to recreate the page when you decide to work on it again. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 00:44, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Yes this is fine. Thanks. --KAVEBEAR (talk) 10:10, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

• Thanks for some help with the history-merging. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 23:53, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
  • No worries, happy to help where I can. I am still off work until next week, so have a bit of time. After that, my editing will have to drop significantly. I have been recently trying to re-envigorate peer review also. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 00:42, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Knights Cross awards

Rupert, we need to deal with this. Coffman is disrupting what I thought was a resolved issue, this time at the Featured level. will you email me please? auntieruth (talk) 16:05, 13 January 2017 (UTC)