User talk:Climie.ca

User:Climie.ca/About                     User Page User Talk Articles About Me Gallery Sandbox Library Normandy The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : LII (June 2010) The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue LII (June 2010) Front page Project news Articles Members Editorial Project news Catch up with our project's activities over the last month, including the new Recruitment working group and Strategy think tank Articles Milhist's newest featured and A-Class content Members June's contest results plus the latest awards to our members Editorial LeonidasSpartan shares his thoughts on how, as individual editors, we can deal with frustration and disappointment in our group endeavour To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please list yourself in the appropriate section here. This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 18:34, 6 July 2010 (UTC) DYK nomination of Japanese battleship Kirishima Hello! Your submission of Japanese battleship Kirishima at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Nsk92 (talk) 16:30, 25 July 2010 (UTC) I've added an alt which I think is more interesting. ;-)  Ed (talk • majestic titan) 19:04, 31 July 2010 (UTC) The hook, imo, must be narrowed to "be built in a Japanese private shipyard". Earlier, Vickers built many IJN battleships and it was privately held, wasn't it? East of Borschov 07:44, 3 August 2010 (UTC) Talk:SMS Viribus Unitis/GA1 I've replied :)--White Shadows It's a wonderful life 15:23, 26 July 2010 (UTC) Kirishima review Talk:Japanese battleship Kirishima/GA1--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 18:29, 31 July 2010 (UTC) WikiCup 2010 July newsletter We are half-way through our penultimate round, and nothing is yet certain. Pool A, currently led by Sasata (submissions) has ended up the more competitive, with three contestants ( Sasata (submissions), Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) and TonyTheTiger (submissions)) scoring over 500 points already. Pool B is led by Casliber (submissions), who has also scored well over 500. The top two from each pool, as well as the next four highest scorers regardless of pool, will make it through to our final eight. As ever, anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Planning has begun for the 2011 WikiCup, with open discussions concerning scoring and flags for next year's competition. Contributions to those discussions would be appreciated, especially concerning the flags, as next year's signups cannot begin until the flag issue has been resolved. Signups will hopefully open at some point in this round, with discussion about possible changing in the scoring/process opening some time afterwards. Earlier this round, we said goodbye to Hunter Kahn (submissions), who has bowed out to spend more time on the book he is authoring with his wife. We wish him all the best. In other news, the start of this round also saw some WikiCup awards sent out by Suomi Finland 2009 (submissions). We appreciate his enthusiasm, and contestants are of course welcome to award each other prizes as they see fit, but rest assured that we will be sending out "official" awards at the end of the competition. If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 22:32, 31 July 2010 (UTC) Request for arbitration regarding Blablaaa You are involved in a recently-filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests#Blablaaa and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the following resources may be of use— Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests#Requests for Arbitration; Wikipedia:Arbitration guide. Thanks, Kirill [talk] [prof] 22:15, 31 July 2010 (UTC) DYK for Japanese battleship Kirishima — Rlevse • Talk • 12:04, 6 August 2010 (UTC) Make sure you add it to Wikipedia:DYKSTATS#Non-lead_hooks_with_over_11.2C000_views!  Ed (talk • majestic titan) 04:05, 7 August 2010 (UTC) The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : LIII (July 2010) The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue LIII (July 2010) Front page Project news Articles Members Editorial Project news New parameter for military conflict infobox introduced; Preliminary information on the September coordinator elections Articles Milhist's newest featured and A-Class content Members July's contest results, the latest awards to our members, plus an interview with Parsecboy Editorial Opportunities for new military history articles To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please list yourself in the appropriate section here. This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 22:16, 18 August 2010 (UTC) DYK nomination of Japanese battleship Hiei Hello! Your submission of Japanese battleship Hiei at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Bejinhan talks 12:47, 19 August 2010 (UTC) Kongo class Hey Cam, I don't know if you have one already set up, but I created a GT template here for when you've got Kongo done. Good luck on the FAC for Haruna, and here's to OMT's next GT! Parsecboy (talk) 02:28, 20 August 2010 (UTC) Re:University Thanks for the message. You are to date one of the few to have commented on anything in the section, though I suspect that others have read the section and are merely keeping there opinions to themselves. As far as UTEP is concerned, I know that the University has its current faculty, staff, and students to consider but the parking situation sucks, the tuition keeps going up, special events the university books force us out of the lots we are supposed to be in, and on top of all of this a guy who wants to come back to an institution of higher education to pursue a masters degree at a time when UTEP is trying to push for tier one status and should be doing everything in its power to help those who want to return is told that until such time as he actually gets back in they won't shove him an class or giving him a parking permit or allow him to retain an officer's seat in a club run by friends he has known for years. To me, all of this is university bullshit, and there is no excuse for any of it. This is exactly the kind of thing that keeps UTEP from being as big as UTA, or UTSA, or any of the other Texas universities in the UT system. TomStar81 (Talk) 08:08, 23 August 2010 (UTC) I concur. And the drug war in Mexico isn't helping UTEP either. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:40, 24 August 2010 (UTC) "As a result of moving 2,878 kilometres (1,788 mi) across the country for university, I will be completely unavailable from 2-6 September. Thank-you for your understanding." Jeez, and people think of Canada as a pretty small place! ... i take it you live the back of beyond with the mounties and polar bears? :p--EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 12:03, 26 August 2010 (UTC) Not really. I moved from the fourth-largest city to the fifth-largest city. Ottawa's just a lot warmer, much more humid, and has better politics. Cam (Chat)(Prof) 22:28, 8 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Japanese battleship Hiei The DYK project (nominate) 18:03, 29 August 2010 (UTC) WikiCup 2010 August newsletter We have our final eight! The best of luck to those who remain. A bumper newsletter this week as we start our home straight. Pool A's winner was Sturmvogel_66 (submissions). Awarded the top score overall this round, Sturmvogel_66 writes primarily on military history, favouring Naval warfare. Pool B's winner was Casliber (submissions). Awarded the top score for featured articles this round, Casliber writes primarily on natural sciences, especially botany and ornithology. Pool A's close second was Sasata (submissions). Awarded the top score for featured pictures this round, Sasata writes primarily on natural sciences, favouring mycology. Pool B's close second was ThinkBlue (submissions). Awarded the top score for good articles and topics this round, ThinkBlue primarily writes content related to television and film, including 30 Rock. The first wildcard was TonyTheTiger (submissions). Awarded the top score for did you knows and valued pictures this round, TonyTheTiger writes on a number of topics, including baseball, American football and Chicago. The second wildcard was White Shadows (submissions). Someone who has helped the Cup behind the scenes all year, White Shadows said "I'm still in shock that I made it this far" and writes primarily on Naval warfare, especially U-boats. The third wildcard was Staxringold (submissions). Awarded the top score for featured lists and topics this round, Staxringold primarily writes on sport and television, including baseball and 30 Rock. The fourth wildcard was William S. Saturn (submissions). Entering the final eight only on the final day of the round, William S. Saturn writes on a number of topics, mostly related to Texas. We say goodbye to the six who fell at the final hurdle. Geschichte (submissions) only just missed out on a place in the final eight. Resolute (submissions) was not far behind. Candlewicke (submissions) was awarded top points for in the news this round. Gary King (submissions) contributed a variety of did you know articles. Suomi Finland 2009 (submissions) said "I'm surprised to have survived so far into the competition", but was extactic to see Finland in the semi-finals. Arsenikk (submissions) did not score this round, but has scored highly in previous rounds. We also say goodbye to Ian Rose (submissions), who withdrew earlier this month after spending six weeks overseas. Anyone interested in this round's results can see them here and here. Thank you to Stone (submissions) for these. Signups for next year's competition are now open. Planning is ongoing, with a key discussion about judges for next year open. Discussion about how next year's scoring will work is ongoing, and thoughts are more than welcome at Wikipedia talk:WikiCup/Scoring. Also, TonyTheTiger is compiling some information and statistics on the finalists here- the final eight are encouraged to add themselves to the list. Our final eight will play it out for two months, after which we will know 2010's WikiCup winner, and a variety of prizes will be awarded. As ever, anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 23:07, 31 August 2010 (UTC) Milhist A-class and Peer Reviews Jul-Dec 2009  Military history reviewers' award  By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your good work helping with the WikiProject's Peer and A-Class reviews during the period July-December 2009, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. TomStar81 (Talk) 01:54, 1 September 2010 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space Milhist A-Class and Peer reviews Jan-Jun 2010  Military history reviewers' award  By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your good work helping with the WikiProject's Peer and A-Class reviews for the period Jan-Jun 2010, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. Ian Rose (talk) 09:30, 1 September 2010 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space Re:Elections I plan on getting the page up at some point this weekend, no latter than Monday though for obvious reasons. Why do you ask? TomStar81 (Talk) 03:03, 4 September 2010 (UTC) The page is officially up; thought you might like to know. TomStar81 (Talk) 22:54, 4 September 2010 (UTC) The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : LIV (August 2010) The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue LIV (August 2010) Front page Project news Articles Members Editorial Project news The return of reviewer awards, task force discussions, and more information on the upcoming coordinator election Articles A recap of the month's new Featured and A-Class articles, including a new featured sound Members Our newest A-class medal recipients and this August's top contestants Editorial In the first of a two-part series, Moonriddengirl discusses the problems caused by copyright violations To change your delivery options for this newsletter please list yourself in the appropriate section here. To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. BrownBot (talk) 23:04, 7 September 2010 (UTC) Haruna FAC Cam, you better confirm if Imzadi still has issues with the images; he hasn't struck his oppose over them as far as I can tell. Don't want this to go down in flames like one of mine recently did over image problems.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 01:55, 13 September 2010 (UTC) Haruna For several reasons, I don't cover everything when I copyedit; my standard disclaimer is here. Some of Finetooth's requests are things I don't cover. How to get these things taken care of is a subject that has come up several times recently and I'm hopeful we can find people to do this stuff reliably for A-class and FAC articles ... in the meantime, can you get it? Finetooth is someone we want to make a good impression on, he's an excellent copyeditor. (Watching) - Dank (push to talk) 05:07, 13 September 2010 (UTC) I'll fix the issues when I get back from classes tonight. I go until 8:00EST. Cam (Chat)(Prof) 17:28, 13 September 2010 (UTC) A-class award, ACR and another FA all at once ... seems like we should have an award for that :) - Dank (push to talk) 13:59, 16 September 2010 (UTC) And classes on top of that. I've been a busy boy... Cam (Chat)(Prof) 14:00, 16 September 2010 (UTC) I've got several sources on Kirishima if you're looking for more stuff. - Dank (push to talk) 14:07, 16 September 2010 (UTC) Congrats!  The Military history A-Class medal  For prolific work on Operation Windsor, Kongō class battlecruiser and Japanese battleship Kirishima; promoted to A-Class between January and September 2010, by order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, you are hereby awarded the Milhist A-Class medal. -MBK004 07:29, 16 September 2010 (UTC) Photo barnstar Thank you for the kind words. Please don't feel shy about asking for more photos anytime. I may be slow to respond, but it's not because I don't want to help. I need to get all the photos I have in my Japanese picture books uploaded eventually. Some of them I think still haven't been seen anywhere outside Japan, or at least anywhere on the Internet. Cla68 (talk) 07:30, 16 September 2010 (UTC) Reviewer's Ed Agreed regards your MilHist coordinator notes on review. Random thoughts: Perhaps a template with transclusion of the more gory Ctrl-Alt-Dab technicalities? This section of the review is becoming easier with the new tools and it's a forest of intimidating jargon for newbies. A formal division between votes and comments so newbies (and sometimes those who wish to avoid opposing) can comment without the pressure to eventually vote one way or the other? Would also encourage more drop-in-drop-out participation from those without man-days of time to commit to that 60K byte article copyedit, leading up to an eventual vote. Break it down into votes by criterion: some editors review facts, others copyedit, others check image copyright but this division of labour is seldom explicit. This would help reviewers and admins recognise strengths & weaknesses in reviews to date and allow contribution in a constrained way without the weight of checking all FA criteria simultaneously. Personally I would heartily welcome a 'sectioned' FA review. A direct link, or even verbatim copy of the FA criteria on the review page. A key part of the education and I found myself constantly going back to check. Doug (talk) 21:27, 16 September 2010 (UTC) The Milhist election has started! The Military history WikiProject coordinator election has started. You are cordially invited to help pick fourteen new coordinators from a pool of twenty candidates. This time round, the term has increased from six to twelve months so it is doubly important that you have your say! Please cast your vote here no later than 23:59 (UTC) on Tuesday, 28 September 2010. With many thanks in advance for your participation from the coordinator team,  Roger Davies talk 21:28, 16 September 2010 (UTC) Come on - it was funny and he deserved it! ----GreatestrowereverTalk Page 15:10, 22 September 2010 (UTC) Adopt-a-user reminder Hello, I have completed a general cleanup of the adopter information page for the adopt-a-user project, located here. During my cleanup, I have removed several inactive and retired users. In order to provide interested adoptees with an easy location to find adopters, it is essential that the page be up-to-date with the latest information possible. Thus: If you are no longer interested in being an adopter, please remove yourself from the list. If you are still interested, please check the list to see if any information needs to be updated or added - especially your availability. Thank you. You are receiving this message because you are listed as an adopter here. Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of Netalarm (talk) at 03:33, 23 September 2010 (UTC). Congrats! Coordinator of the Military history Project, September 2010-September 2011 Congrats on your election as Coordinator of the Military history Project! In honor of your achievement, I present you with these stars. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:04, 29 September 2010 (UTC) Howdy Hey, how are things going? I hope I can maintain my stay here, and also hope I can get back into military history. I've been focusing mostly on economics the past year and a half. Hopefully I can have a strong 2011. WikiCup 2010 September newsletter We are half-way through our final round, entering the home straight. TonyTheTiger (submissions) leads at the time of writing with 1180 points, immediately followed by Sasata (submissions) with 1175 points. Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) closely follows in third place with 1100 points. For those who are interested, data about the finalists has been compiled at Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/finalists, while a list of content submitted by all WikiCup contestants prior to this round has been compiled at Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/Submissions. As ever, anything contestants worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Despite controversy, the WikiCup remains open. Signups for next year's competition are more than welcome, and suggestions for how next year's competition will work are appreciated at Wikipedia talk:WikiCup/Scoring. More general comments and discussions should be directed at the WikiCup talk page. One month remains in the 2010 WikiCup, after which we will know our champion. Good luck everyone! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 23:02, 30 September 2010 (UTC) Something for you  Military history reviewers' award  By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your good work helping with the WikiProject's Peer and A-Class reviews for the period 1 April-30 September 2010, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award.  Roger Davies talk 08:07, 7 October 2010 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space An update from adopt a user Hi there Climie.ca! You may be wondering, what have I done to sound the alarm this time? Nothing. I'm messaging you in regards to the adopt-a-user program, which currently has a backlog of users wishing to be adopted. This doesn't make much sense, as we have a considerable list of users offer adoption, so there shouldn't be any backlog. I've begun to eliminate this backlog myself through a matching program, but I need your help to make it work. Of course, adoptees and adopters don't have to go through there, but I believe it helps eliminate the backlog because someone is actively matching pairs. On the list of adopters, I have modified the middle column to say "Interests." It's easier working with other users that have similar interests, so if it's not too much to ask, could you add your interests in the middle column? For example, if I was interested in hurricanes, computers, business, and ... reptiles? I would place those in the middle column. Counter-vandalism and the like can also be included (maintenance should be used as the general term). The more interests, the better, since adoptees can learn more about you and choose the one they feel most comfortable working with. The information about when you're most active and other stuff can go into the "Notes" section to the right. Finally, I've gone around and asked adoptees (and will in the future) to fill in a short survey so adopters can take the initiative and contact users they feel comfortable working with. We all know that most adoptees just place the adopt me template on their user page and leave it - so it's up to us to approach them and offer adoption. So, please take a look at the survey, adopt those that fit your interests, and maybe watchlist it so you can see the interests of adoptees and adopt one that fits your interests in the future. Once again, thank you for participating in the adopt-a-user program! If you wish to respond to this post, please message me on my talk page. Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of Netalarm (talk) at 05:13, 11 October 2010 (UTC). Talkback Hello, Climie.ca. You have new messages at The ed17's talk page. Message added 17:51, 13 October 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. DYK nom I fixed it for a double nom – you have to manually add the author2= parameter in the template. :-) I also copyedited the hook... I didn't think we needed the "methods" part. Feel free to revert me! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:32, 13 October 2010 (UTC) You're welcome, although it wasn't "our" phrasing, it was yours. ;-) BTW, you should add an image you like. Hooks with images get the lead slot and tend to get many more views. Just put this under the section header (look in the edit window): ====List of battlecruisers of Japan==== <!-- --> <div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;"> [[File:example.jpg|100x100px|alt text]] </div> Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 20:15, 13 October 2010 (UTC) List of BC's of Japan If you need anymore sources (pretty unlikely), you can ping me. I have several things lying around the house. Buggie111 (talk) 23:19, 13 October 2010 (UTC) will do! Cam (Chat)(Prof) 03:05, 14 October 2010 (UTC) Thanks Thanks for the barnstar. You are very kind! Tony (talk) 05:50, 15 October 2010 (UTC) Hadong Ambush ACR Hi. I have responded to all of your concerns here. Please let me know if there are any other things that need addressing. —Ed!(talk) 19:26, 18 October 2010 (UTC) The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : LV (September 2010) The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue LV (September 2010) Front page Project news Articles Members Editorial Project news The results of September's coordinator elections, plus ongoing project discussions and proposals Articles A recap of the month's new Featured and A-Class articles Members Our newest A-class medal recipients, this September's top contestants, plus the reviewers' Roll of Honour (Apr-Sep 2010) Editorial In the final part of our series on copyright, Moonriddengirl describes how to deal with copyright infringements on Wikipedia To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please list yourself in the appropriate section here. To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. BrownBot (talk) 21:10, 21 October 2010 (UTC) DYK for List of battlecruisers of Japan — Rlevse • Talk • 18:02, 22 October 2010 (UTC) Nice hook choice :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 09:25, 23 October 2010 (UTC) Involved ACR closure Cam, this is in regard to your close of this ACR. As an OMT member, to avoid any and all improprieties, it was decided among the coordinators that non-OMT members would close the ACRs for OMT articles. Accordingly, in the future, please list the article at WT:MHCOORD in the appropriate section instead of closing it yourself. Also, in critique of your close, there are a few new parameters for {{ArticleHistory}} that you should read up on. See them in use in my fix. -MBK004 10:48, 24 October 2010 (UTC) Ok. My sincerest apologies; I was unaware that that changeover had been made, though I can firmly see the logic behind it. I'll do that in the future. You may trout-thwack me in the meantime if you wish. Cam (Chat)(Prof) 16:57, 24 October 2010 (UTC) Haha oh Cam, way to go. :-) You've been out of the loop for awhile, so don't beat yourself up over it. Still, can I smack you with a stinking wet trout just for fun? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 17:12, 24 October 2010 (UTC) By all means. Cam (Chat)(Prof) 18:42, 24 October 2010 (UTC) WikiCup 2010 October newsletter The 2010 WikiCup is over! It has been a long journey, but what has been achieved is impressive: combined, participants have produced over seventy featured articles, over five hundred good articles, over fifty featured lists, over one thousand one hundred "did you know" entries, in addition to various other pieces of recognised content. A full list (which has yet to be updated to reflect the scores in the final round) can be found here. Perhaps more importantly, we have our winner! The 2010 WikiCup champion is Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), with an unbelievable 4220 points in the final round. Second place goes to TonyTheTiger (submissions), with 2260, and third to Casliber (submissions), with 560. Congratulations to our other four finalists – White Shadows (submissions), William S. Saturn (submissions), Staxringold (submissions) and ThinkBlue (submissions). Also, congratulations to Sasata (submissions), who withdrew from the competition with an impressive 2685 points earlier in this round. Prizes will also be going to those who claimed the most points for different types of content in a single round. It was decided that the prizes would be awarded for those with the highest in a round, rather than overall, so that the finalists did not have an unfair advantage. Winning the featured article prize is Casliber (submissions), for five featured articles in round 4. Winning the good article prize is Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), for eighty-one good articles in round 5. Winning the featured list prize is Staxringold (submissions), for six featured lists in round 1. Winning the picture and sound award is Jujutacular (submissions), for four featured pictures in round 3. Winning the topic award is Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), for forty-seven articles in various good topics in round 5. Winning the "did you know" award is TonyTheTiger (submissions), for over one hundred did you knows is round 5. Finally, winning the in the news award is Candlewicke (submissions), for nineteen articles in the news in round three. The WikiCup has faced criticism in the last month – hopefully, we will take something positive from it and create a better contest for next year. Like Wikipedia itself, the Cup is a work in progress, and ideas for how it should work are more than welcome on the WikiCup talk page and on the scoring talk page. Also, people are more than welcome to sign up for next year's competition on the signup page. Well done and thank you to everyone involved – the Cup has been a pleasure to run, and we, as judges, have been proud to be a part of it. We hope that next year, however the Cup is working, and whoever is running it, it will be back, stronger and more popular than ever. Until then, goodbye and happy editing! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 03:03, 1 November 2010 (UTC) DYK nomination of Fusō class battleship Hello! Your submission of Fusō class battleship at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! The Bushranger Return fireFlank speed 05:43, 15 November 2010 (UTC) Online Ambassador Not sure if you got around to this before, but I found the actual page: Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Steering Committee/Online Ambassador selection process Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 17:47, 18 November 2010 (UTC) DYK for Fusō class battleship The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 19 November 2010 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LVI, October 2010 Your Military history Newsletter Project News: Editors for the newsletter, GAN backlog reduction drive Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content Members: Contest results, A-class medal recipients Editorial: EyeSerene sums up our "Five years of military history" To stop receiving this newsletter, please list yourself in the appropriate section here. To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. BrownBot (talk) 22:13, 21 November 2010 (UTC) Talkback Hello, Climie.ca. You have new messages at The ed17's talk page. Message added 04:29, 6 December 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. For the Bugle Note that List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves recipients (1940–1941) made FLC on 28 November this year and may therefore qualify for the Bugle. MisterBee1966 (talk) 09:25, 6 December 2010 (UTC) Added. Thanks for letting me know! Cam (Chat)(Prof) 19:08, 6 December 2010 (UTC) OMT in the Signpost "WikiProject Report" would like to focus on Operation Majestic Titan for a Signpost article to be published this month. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Also, if you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 02:43, 7 December 2010 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LVII, November 2010 Your Military History Newsletter Project News: From the editors, "Military Historian of the Year", New Incubator, Black Project Report Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content Members: Contest results, A-class medal recipients Editorial: bahamut guides us through "Nominating military biographies for deletion" To stop receiving this newsletter, please list yourself in the appropriate section here. To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. BrownBot (talk) 22:09, 8 December 2010 (UTC) Congratulations!  The Military history A-Class medal with oak leaves  For prolific work on List of battlecruisers of Japan, Japanese battleship Kongō, and Japanese battleship Hiei promoted to A-class between September and December 2010, by order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject you are hereby awarded the A-Class medal with Oak Leaves. Congratulations! AustralianRupert (talk) 09:02, 13 December 2010 (UTC) Asking for a comment in a Move Page request Hello there! There is an article called "Argentina-Brazil War", it's about an international conflict that occurred between 1825 and 1828 between the Empire of Brazil and the United Provinces of South America over the possession of the Brazilian province of Cisplatina (which had a mixed Portuguese and Spanish population). The problem is that is was never called "Argentina-Brazil War". An editor probably created this name for it. Thus, I proposed the name to be changed for "Cisplatine War" because it is "the name which is most commonly used to refer to the subject of the article in English-language reliable sources" (WP:COMMONNAME). A few examples: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30], [31], [32], [33], etc... Your comment in Talk:Argentina–Brazil War#Requested move would be very welcome! Kind regards, --Lecen (talk) 21:47, 19 December 2010 (UTC) WikiCup 2011 Hello. You are being contacted because you have previously shown interest in the WikiCup but have not yet signed up for the 2011 WikiCup, which starts at midnight. It is not too late to sign up! The competition will remain open until at least January 31, and so it is not too late to enter. If you are interested, simply follow the instructions to add your username to the signup page, and a judge will contact you as soon as possible with an explanation of how to participate. The WikiCup is a friendly competition open to all Wikipedians, old and new, experienced and inexperienced, providing a fun and rewarding way to contribute quality content to Wikipedia. If you do not want to receive any further messages about the WikiCup, or you want to start receiving messages about the WikiCup, you may add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the WikiCup talk page or contact the judges directly. J Milburn and The ed17 06:47, 31 December 2010 (UTC) Milhist A-Class and Peer Reviews Oct–Dec 2010 The Content Review Medal of Merit   By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted work on the WikiProject's Peer and A-Class reviews for the period Oct–Dec 2010, I am delighted to award you this Content Review Medal. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:43, 5 January 2011 (UTC) Military historian of the Year 2010 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 2010 "Military historian of the Year" award. We're grateful for your help, and look forward to seeing more of your excellent work in the coming year. Kirill [talk] [prof] 22:22, 6 January 2011 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LVIII, December 2010 Your military history newsletter – Volume LVIII, December 2010 From the editors • "Military Historian of the Year" • Discussions • The month's new featured and A-class content • Review awards Contest results • A-class medal recipients • bahamut teaches us proper usage of "Jargon and acronyms" To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here. BrownBot (talk) 20:30, 18 January 2011 (UTC) Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 28 January 2011 The newsletter of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program – Volume 1, 28 January 2011 This is the first issue of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program newsletter. Please read it! It has important information about the the current wave of classes, instructions and advice, and other news about the ambassador program. Classes get active, students requesting mentors First mentor responsibilities Other news Things you can do Delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 00:31, 29 January 2011 (UTC) WikiCup 2011 January newsletter We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. Signups are now closed, and we have 129 listed competitors, 64 of whom will make it to round two. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions), who, at the time of writing, has a comfortable lead with 228 points, followed by Hurricanehink (submissions), with 144 points. Four others have over 100 points. Congratulations also go to Yellow Evan (submissions), who scored the first points in the competition, claiming for Talk:Hurricane King/GA1, Miyagawa (submissions), who scored the first non-review points in the competition, claiming for Dognapping, and Jarry1250 (submissions) who was the first in the competition to use our new "multiplier" mechanic (explanation), claiming for Grigory Potemkin, a subject covered on numerous Wikipedias. Thanks must also go to Jarry1250 for dealing with all bot work- without you, the competition wouldn't be happening! A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round two is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 22:29, 31 January 2011 (UTC) Request to mentor a student Hi, I'm a Campus Ambassador in the Public Policy Initiative and found your name at Wikipedia:WikiProject United States Public Policy/Online Ambassadors and was wondering whether you'd be up for mentoring User:Matranga415, one of the students for Prof Gen's Environmental Policy class. I'll watch this page. Thanks! Dcoetzee 22:22, 7 February 2011 (UTC) By all means! Let me know if there's anything I can do! Cam (Chat)(Prof) 22:25, 7 February 2011 (UTC) Great! Please just go ahead and leavea a message on their talk page and add the {{WAP student}} template, something like this: {{WAP student|project=WikiProject United States Public Policy|course=Wikipedia:WikiProject_United_States_Public_Policy/Courses/Environmental_Policy_spring_2011_(Gen)|coursetalk=Wikipedia talk:WikiProject_United_States_Public_Policy/Courses/Environmental_Policy_spring_2011_(Gen)|mentor=Climie.ca}}. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you for your help! Dcoetzee 00:40, 8 February 2011 (UTC) Adoption Hello, I'm a new user to the Wikipedia just hoping you'd be willing to "Adopt" me and take me under your wing! Regards, KillzoneAgency (talk) 17:53, 9 February 2011 (UTC) Be my mentor? Hello. I'm a graduate student at Indiana University working on the United State Public Policy Initiative. As part of a course a group of my peers and I will be working on the Invasive species page. Would you be willing to be my mentor? Jthebooknerd87 (talk) 23:13, 9 February 2011 (UTC) Mentor Request Hello: I am willing to get more involved in Wikipedia edition, for we have some projects for Wikipedia in Indiana University. Would you please be my mentor? For our project, please leave some message to my talk page Thanks very much --TiMkOk (talk) 23:21, 9 February 2011 (UTC)