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I award you one for finding Trekphiler's page. Aren't you glad you answered the phone? TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 23:11, 11 March 2010 (UTC) (Hope you enjoy your first!) |
- Yeah, I've had the same issue before... Delete this one? TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 23:22, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
What do you mean by "delete this one"? Rin tin tin 1996 (talk) 23:24, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
- Well, since you really only got awarded one ;p, I'd ask you only keep the userpage one. No worry over copying, so no smack necessary. ;D I've had the same issue come up before, so I should make clear "I award" is intended as a "wait to get it"... Andy Sipowicz i have ways of making you talk 23:27, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Oh, okay. I have a subpage I made for awards, so is it all right if I take the user page one and put it there. (I already deleted the other one. Rin tin tin 1996 (talk) 23:40, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
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Greetings I have been trying to add good information to deer hunting and this guy BOB keeps erasing what I wrote. He is a nature lover and does not want information dispursed Can you help. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oksana the russian (talk • contribs) 21:40, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
Stopping vandalism
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[edit]Err...no. Sorry. 21655 and adminships don't gel. I appreciate the offer, though. 21655 ταλκ/01ҁ 18:32, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
Okay, I understand. Rin tin tin 1996 (talk) 19:04, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
- No. I have no aspiration of becoming an admin -- at least, not for now. I haven't been really involved in WP all that much anymore. I just come on to check my watchlist. The vandal-fighting can wait.
- I feel honoured that you'd consider me adminship material though. None too many others would, given my prior stupidity. 21655 ταλκ/01ҁ 22:17, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
Re: Birthday
[edit]Obrigado. 21655 ταλκ/01ҁ 14:13, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi!
In response to your note on the election page, you can of course withdraw any time you like :) The normal route is to just remove the voting section and the tally, with an edit summary saying you're withdrawing. However, before you do that, you may like instead consider the alternative, which is taking a more active part in the process, to show people what you're made of. With ten days to go before voting concludes, that may well be enough time to get some of the elusive extra votes. You can particpate more by reviewing and improving your candidate statement and your responses to questions (people do read them!); putting good questions to the other candidates; and making thoughtful/insightful comments when you vote. While you may not be elected this time, this experience will stand you in good stead at the next elections (in October). The project needs regular invigoration with injections of new blood and everyone was a newcomer once! Roger Davies talk 13:08, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
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BG Paul Johnson
[edit]Sorry I haven't responded sooner, but I just got back from vacation. I'm afraid I could only find one source you didn't list in the article: D-M commander promoted to brigadier general. There might be information on the rescue incident (I haven't checked), especially around the time of the incident, but I don't have the time to look for it just now. I hope that helps. Askari Mark (Talk) 23:30, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Adoption
[edit]Greetings Rin tin tin, I see you're up for adoption, and I'm in the market. If ever you need advice or answers, just ask me -- any question, any time. I'd like to help however I can. Happy editing - Draeco (talk) 05:14, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
Sino-Japanese war
[edit]Hi,
just saw that you tried to add the US as combatant in Second Sino-Japanese War. I'd agree on that, and I think the Soviet union also deserves credit, but last time I tried that I found myself arguing on the talk page with some (apparently) Chinese nationalist users. Actually, I think that listing the US and USSR under combatants does not diminish the fact that the ROC did 85% of the job in mainland China, no one is denying this. Still, I think they should be listed and I'd say the Wang Jingwei regime, Manchukuo and Mengjiang may also deserve a mention on the other side. Other users argued that collaborators were "insignificant", but the Wang Jingwei regime had a force of about 600 000 men, that's hardly insignificant. My other argument was that the Communist Party of China should be listed as a different belligerent than the ROC, since the second united front was in name only, at least after 1941. Would you have an opinion on that ? I had been adressing some of these issues here, and I thought that you might be interested in sharing your thoughts. Cheers, Jean-Jacques Georges (talk) 18:35, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
- An edited infobox with all the combatants would look like this. Compare the differences, it's actually quite simple to modify. You should discuss the issue of including all the combatants on the article's talk page AND on the military project talk page, as the article is edited by some opinionated Chinese editors, and the discussion might hit a brick wall. Cheers, Jean-Jacques Georges (talk) 08:45, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
Okay, and I started a discussion on the talk page. Rin tin tin 1996 (talk) 20:02, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
- I found the discussion (It's short) that eliminated them from the userbox [[1]]
- Yep, not much of a discussion, actually. The problem is that not many users seem to actually care about these subjects, outside Chinese ones, who may sometimes contribute under a particular flag. Jean-Jacques Georges (talk) 09:35, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
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5,600,000 3600 Soviets (1937-40) 900 US aircraft(1945)[1] | 4,100,000[2] (including 3,200,000 Japanese and 900,000 Chinese collaborators[3] | ||||||
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Nationalist-1,320,000 KIA, 1.797,000 WIA, and 120,000 MIA[4] Communist-447,000 KIA and WIA 17,530,000 civilians2. | 480,000+ KIA[citation needed], approx. 600,000 WIA [5] | ||||||
1 Chiang Kai-shek led a Chinese united front that included Nationalists, Communists and regional warlords. 2 The official PRC statistics for China's civilian and military casualties in the Second Sino-Japanese War from 1937-1945 are 20 million dead and 15 million wounded. The figures for total military casualties, killed and wounded are: Nationalist 3.2 million; Communist 500,000The offical account of the war published in Taiwan reported the Nationalist Chinese Army lost 3,238,000 men ( 1.797,000 WIA; 1,320,000 KIA and 120,000 MIA.) and 5,787,352 civilians casualties[6] An academic study published in the United States estimates military casualties: 1.5 million killed in battle, 750,000 missing in action, 1.5 million deaths due to disease and 3 million wounded; civilian casualties: due to military activity, killed 1,073,496 and 237,319 wounded; 335,934 killed and 426,249 wounded in Japanese air attacks [7] |
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[edit]As this would effect the project as a whole, I would suggest bringing the matter up to the community at large on the main milhist talk page. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:12, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
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[edit]I am old but my memory is not that bad yet. Yes I am sure this was my first election :-) MisterBee1966 (talk) 16:17, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
Bacon Challenge 2011 (signing up)
[edit]Hey Rin-tin-tin. Thanks for signing up for the Bacon WikiCup 2011. Just wanted to let you know that you should also place your name under the participants at the Bacon Challenge 2011 page too. I would have done it for you, but I though you'd might want to add a witty comment along with your signature and the such. Thanks, ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 03:51, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
- Oh, and please respond here (if you do) :) ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 03:52, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
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below, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. jpgordon::==( o ) 15:37, 30 March 2010 (UTC){{unblock|I'm sorry about doing this. I evidently need to read the page on meatpuppetry, because I was unaware of the policy to declare you are sharing an IP address with another user. I did influence what this user did, but I feel I deserve a second chance. It was an single incident [2] which will never happen again. Rin tin tin 1996 (talk) 16:04, 30 March 2010 (UTC)}}
- Are you claiming that you and User: Main man1999 are different people? Tim Song (talk) 22:51, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
- Yes. He lives in the same house as me. Rin tin tin 1996 (talk) 22:58, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
- Okay, I'm inclined to AGF and reduce the block to a week or so. Waiting for the blocking admin to comment. Tim Song (talk) 03:27, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you, Tim. Rin tin tin 1996 (talk) 03:33, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
- I've no problem with this. --jpgordon::==( o ) 03:54, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks. I've reduced the block to one week. Tim Song (talk) 04:32, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
- I've no problem with this. --jpgordon::==( o ) 03:54, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you, Tim. Rin tin tin 1996 (talk) 03:33, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
- Okay, I'm inclined to AGF and reduce the block to a week or so. Waiting for the blocking admin to comment. Tim Song (talk) 03:27, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
- Yes. He lives in the same house as me. Rin tin tin 1996 (talk) 22:58, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
Making Redirects
[edit]Basically go to the page, edit it, and make the text read as below: - Draeco (talk) 17:56, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
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Second Sino-Japanese war
[edit]Yes, I saw, that's cool. I think you'd better look if your edits are not undone by the usual Chinese nationalists (not that I want to badmouth anyone, but that's the impression it gives me). I just undid an edit which had canceled your work, which was predictable. If necessary, argue about it on the talk page and on the military project page (and invite users to go discuss on the project otherwise you might be ganged upon by a group of users on the Second Sino-japanese war talk page). cheers Jean-Jacques Georges (talk) 20:04, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks for the barnstar
[edit]Thank you for the barnstar! Its my first non guestbook barnstar. I think I will join WP:MILHIST I do alot of millitary aviation stuff. Sign My Guestbook! User:Sumsum2010 23:56, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
Mediation request
[edit]A request has been made at WP:MEDCAB concerning the Second Sino-Japanese War. If all parties agree, I would be happy to act as an informal mediator. Regards -- Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 19:23, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
- The other two parties have accepted. As a formality, could you also like to state your agreement please? Regards -- Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 18:31, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
- I see that you are busy on Simple at the moment. Does the fact that you have not officially signed up on here mean that you no longer wish to proceed with mediation? As filing party, it is obviously important that you participate. Regards -- Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 07:19, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Secret pages
[edit]I notice you have a 'secret page'.
Here is my philosophy on 'secret pages'.
They're a waste of time and effort. I wasn't even looking for it - I was simply going through the list of "new pages created in userspace in the past 30 days".
There are so many ways to quickly see what pages exist in someone's userspace that to think that there can ever truly be a 'hidden page' is to deceive oneself.
To repeat: 'secret pages' are a waste of time and effort. Wikipedia is supposed to be analogous to a library, not a playground; your work on the Paul Johnston proto-article shows that you're capable of better.
Remember, to tag your own userpages for deletion, just add {{db-u1}}. DS (talk) 23:42, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you; that was very mature of you. DS (talk) 12:00, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi there! You awarded me a Barnstar a few days back but didn't include a description to say what it was for. May I ask why you awarded it to me? Happy editing! Laurinavicius (talk) 19:39, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
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I have nominated User:Rin tin tin/My hidden Page for deletion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Rin tin tin/My hidden Page. Cunard (talk) 01:11, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
Userpage design
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- 25 constructive mainspace edits. This means adding verifiably sourced content, not just spelling fixes, vandal reverts, that sort of thing.
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If you would like me to design a userpage for you, please do one of the above, and leave a message on my talkpage with the relevant diffs (or a link to your patrol log), as well as any notes about colours or whatnot. → ROUX ₪ 23:48, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
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The Bugle: Issue LVIII, December 2010
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Bacon Challenge 2011 coming to a close
[edit]Dear ever-so-valiant Bacon Challenge 2011 participant:
Almost a year ago, the Bacon Challenge 2011 kicked off for the third year in a row with the annual mission of expanding and bettering Wikipedia's coverage of bacon. We are almost at the end of this year's Bacon Challenge, which ends on March 1st. I am pleased to say that, during this time period, Bacon Challenge participants have done a great job. Ten new pages have been created. Two articles have been granted the status of being good articles. Over one hundred reliable sources have been placed into articles, and over 7,500 words have been added. Six articles have been featured on Wikipedia's main page under the "Did you know..." section. These are all excellent results.
The Bacon WikiCup has also been exciting to watch. Contributors have been racking up more and more points as the deadline approaches. As I post this message, Worm That Turned is in the lead, with
Cirt in second, and
Acather96 in third.
Cirt currently has created the most new pages, while
Worm That Turned has done the most work in expanding articles and achieving DYKs.
Acather96 has done the most work with image uploads. Remember, while the Bacon Challenge is ending in just a few days, it's not too late to make any last-minute contributions to get a few more Bacon WikiCup points. Everyone who contributes at least something will earn a virtual commemorative medal, so if you haven't contributed anything bacon-related to Wikipedia, now's your chance. Contributions can be submitted up until the end of March 7th, but only for contributions that were done before the beginning of March. The extra week is provided for participants to report any last-minute contributions, and to allow for any contributions that require a timely process (such as a good article or DYK nomination) to go through. At the end of the event, scores for the Bacon WikiCup will be completed and re-checked, and prizes will be distributed. Thanks and good luck! ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 04:12, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXI, March 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXII, April 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXIII, May 2011
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Invitation to the Bacon Challenge 2012
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Hello! You have been invited to take part in the Bacon Challenge 2012. In case you don't know or need a refresher, the Bacon Challenge is an annual celebration of bacon on Wikipedia in which editors come together to help create, expand, and improve Wikipedia's coverage of bacon. The event lasts all the way through National Pig Day 2012, giving participants plenty of time to work at their pleasure. In addition to the Bacon Challenge is the Bacon WikiCup 2012, a side event to the Challenge in which all bacon-related contributions done by those participating in the Challenge are submitted and scored by the scorekeeper (me) based on the scoring chart. At the end of the Challenge, the user with the most points in the Bacon WikiCup will win a shiny trophy for their userpage. In addition, the users who score the highest in specific categories (not yet finalized, but the categories include most image uploads, most article creations, most DYK submissions, and more) will win barnstars. Finally, all participants will receive a medal. While the awards are nice, in the end, the important thing is to have fun and enjoy what we're all here for, which is improving Wikipedia.
If you decide to participate, great! You may add your name to the participants list at the main page of the Bacon Challenge 2012, and pick up the userbox for your userpage if you desire. Signing up for the Challenge will also automatically enter you into the Bacon WikiCup. If you don't wish to participate, that's fine too - maybe next year! In the meantime, if you know anyone who might also be interested in participating, feel free to invite them! The Challenge is open to anyone and accepts participants at any time, so feel free to let anyone who might be interested know.
Note that I, the scorekeeper of the Bacon WikiCup, will be on vacation starting on the 18th of June all the way up until the 5th of July. I will have limited access to the internet, so I may or may not be able to score users' contributions during this time. Sorry for any delay in scoring (but since the Challenge lasts for more than half a year, there's no rush, right? (= ).
I'm looking forward to another fun, successful year. Thanks! ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 22:46, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LXIV, June 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011
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Renovation
[edit]I see you have put yourself up for user page renovation. If you still wish to continue, please post so on my talkpage. Thanks!Levonscott User talk:Levonscott User:Levonscott 11:17, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LXVI, August 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXVII, September 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXVIII, October 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXIX, November 2011
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Military Historian of the Year
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The Bugle: Issue LXX, January 2012
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The Bugle: Issue LXXI, February 2012
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The Bugle: Issue LXXII, March 2012
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The Bugle: Issue LXXIII, April 2012
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The Bugle: Issue LXXIV, May 2012
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Getting Wikimedians to the Olympic Games
[edit]Hi. I am part of an effort to get Wikimedians access to the 2016 Summer Olympics as accredited reporters and photographers. Part of this effort includes covering the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Two Wikimedians have credentials to attend these games as reporters through Wikimedia Australia. As English Wikipedia does not allow original reporting, this is largely through Wikinews with a project page found at Wikinews:Paralympic Games. If you are interested in helping to get Wikimedians to the next Summer Olympics,I'd encourage you to assist with Wikinews efforts, and also to work on all language 2012 Summer Paralympic Wikipedia articles before, during and after the Games to demonstrate a track record of success. Thank you. --LauraHale (talk) 04:23, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
Military history coordinator election
[edit]The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 09:47, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Military history coordinator election
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
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Nominations for the Military history Wikiproject's Historian and Newcomer of the Year Awards are now open!
[edit]The Military history Wikiproject has opened nominations for the Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year. Nominations will be accepted until 13 December at 23:59 GMT, with voting to begin at 0:00 GMT 14 December. The voting will conclude on 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:41, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
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Voting for the Military historian and Military newcomer of the year now open!
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
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Nominations for the Military history WikiProject historian and newcomer of the year awards now open!
[edit]On behalf of the Military history WikiProject's Coordinators, we would like to extend an invitation to nominate deserving editors for the 2015 Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards. The nomination period will run from 7 December to 23:59 13 December, with the election phase running from 14 December to 23:59 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:05, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
Military history WikiProject coordinator election
[edit]Greetings from the Military history WikiProject! Elections for the Military history WikiProject Coordinators are currently underway, and as a member of the WikiProject you are cordially invited to take part by casting your vote(s) for the candidates on the election page. This year's election will conclude at 23:59 UTC 23 September. For the Coordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:01, 16 September 2016 (UTC)
Invitation to the African Destubathon
[edit]Hi. You may be interested in participating in the African Destubathon which starts on October 15. Africa currently has over 37,000 stubs and badly needs a quality improvement editathon/contest to flesh out basic stubs. There are proposed substantial prizes to give to editors who do the most articles, and planned smaller prizes for doing to most destubs for each of the 53 African countries, so should be enjoyable! So it would be a good chance to win something for improving stubs on African sportspeople, including footballers, athletes, Olympians and Paralympians etc, particularly female ones, but also male. Even if contests aren't your thing we would be grateful if you could consider destubbing a few African articles during the drive to help the cause and help reduce the massive 37,000 + stub count, of which many are rated high importance (think Regions of countries etc). If you're interested in competing or just loosely contributing a few expanded articles on African Paralympians, Olympians and committees etc, please add your name to the Contestants/participants section. Diversity of work from a lot of people will make this that bit more special. Thanks. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:14, 6 October 2016 (UTC)
Voting for the Military history WikiProject Historian and Newcomer of the Year is ending soon!
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March Madness 2017
[edit]G'day all, please be advised that throughout March 2017 the Military history Wikiproject is running its March Madness drive. This is a backlog drive that is focused on several key areas:
- tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
- updating the project's currently listed A-class articles to ensure their ongoing compliance with the listed criteria
- creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various task force pages or other lists of missing articles.
As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.
The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the military history scope will be considered eligible. More information can be found here for those that are interested, and members can sign up as participants at that page also.
The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 March and runs until 23:59 UTC on 31 March 2017, so please sign up now.
For the Milhist co-ordinators. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) & MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:24, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
2017 Military history WikiProject Coordinator election
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2017 Military Historian of the Year and Newcomer of the Year nominations and voting
[edit]As we approach the end of the year, the Military History project is looking to recognise editors who have made a real difference. Each year we do this by bestowing two awards: the Military Historian of the Year and the Military History Newcomer of the Year. The co-ordinators invite all project members to get involved by nominating any editor they feel merits recognition for their contributions to the project. Nominations for both awards are open between 00:01 on 2 December 2017 and 23:59 on 15 December 2017. After this, a 14-day voting period will follow commencing at 00:01 on 16 December 2017. Nominations and voting will take place on the main project talkpage: here and here. Thank you for your time. For the co-ordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:35, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
User group for Military Historians
[edit]Greetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
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April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
[edit]Hey y'all, the April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive begins at 00:01 UTC on April 1, 2021 and runs through 23:59 UTC on April 31, 2021. Points can be earned through reviewing articles on the AutoCheck report, reviewing articles listed at WP:MILHIST/ASSESS, reviewing MILHIST-tagged articles at WP:GAN or WP:FAC, and reviewing articles submitted at WP:MILHIST/ACR. Service awards and barnstars are given for set points thresholds, and the top three finishers will receive further awards. To participate, sign up at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_History/April 2021 Reviewing Drive#Participants and create a worklist at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/April 2021 Reviewing Drive/Worklists (examples are given). Further details can be found at the drive page. Questions can be asked at the drive talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:24, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
- ^ Taylor, Jay, The Generalissimo, p.645.
- ^ Chung Wu Taipei "History of the Sino-Japanese war (1937-1945)" 1972 pp 535
- ^ Jowett, Phillip, Rays of the Rising Sun, p.72.
- ^ Clodfelter, Michael "Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Reference", Vol. 2, pp. 956.
- ^ http://www.san.beck.org/21-Summary.html#a5
- ^ Hsu Long-hsuen "History of the Sino-Japanese war (1937-1945)" Taipei 1972
- ^ Ho Ping-ti. Studies on the Population of China, 1368-1953. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1959.