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Hello, FTC Gerry, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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I have been hoping someone with your knowlage on fire control computers would come along and help the Iowa-class battleship articles; it seems that no matter how hard I try; I simply can't find information on the fire control systems they used, and those articles really need that help. TomStar81 (Talk) 03:17, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fire control edits

Awesome updating of the fire control section in the article, but there are no sources cited for the material you have added. Ordinarily, this would not be a problem as the articles we have don't usually have heavy citations, however Armament of the Iowa class battleship is featured, and is by definition held to a high standard than other articles here. If the information you added can't be cited then it will be removed (in a best case senario), otherwise the article runs the risk of losing its featured article status (worst case scenrio). Also, if you are interested in Wikipedia's armed service article you may want to look into jioning the Military history Wikiproject. TomStar81 (Talk) 07:20, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry too much about it; I have no intention of reverting you additions, they are what I have been looking for. My concern is merely over article quality, and if there are no good cites for that then I will take you on your word from past experiences. They only problem is that if/when the article ends up on FARC tha may have to be cut out to allow the retention of FA class quality. Keep up the good work though! TomStar81 (Talk) 21:26, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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5"/38 caliber gun

Good work on this article! I started it in May, 2006, because my former ship had one of them on the fantail. It sure has grown from there. Two things to keep in mind: 1) put references in where you can, and 2) don't let the article get so long that only a scholar would read it. A good way to handle length is to be sure the introductory section summarizes the stuff below. Keep up the good work. Lou Sander 12:37, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]