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Welcome! I am interested in Western History and Philosophy.

Welcome!

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Csimmons5945! Thank you for your contributions. I am Peacemaker67 and I have been editing Wikipedia for some time, so if you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Wikipedia:Questions or type {{help me}} at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Welcome to Milhist!

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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

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Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:04, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

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G'day everyone, voting for the 2020 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2020. Thanks from the outgoing coord team, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:17, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Aptima (October 6)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Primefac were:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
Primefac (talk) 14:51, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

RfC - scope and title for the American Revolutionary War article

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I am forwarding this RfC notice to you, along with the ongoing Discussion Summary Chart because you are listed as a Military Project member interested in the American Revolutionary War. The RfC and discussion is found at Talk:American Revolutionary War. Please feel free to delete this notice if it does not fit your current interests. - TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 22:53, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

American Revolutionary War, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has an RFC for value. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 23:23, 4 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Which of two (2) titles should be chosen to define the scope of the existing article American Revolutionary War?
discussion summarized by TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 22:53, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
A. "American Revolutionary War” B. "War of the American Revolution"
- continuity - used at this WP article and sisters for 19 years
- scope - British-American insurrection in continental North America
- participants British & US Congress with their respective allies, auxiliaries & combatants
- war aims
-- Brit: maintain First British Empire with mercantile system
-- US: independence, British evacuation, territory to Mississippi-navigation, Newfoundland-fish & cure
- results - US independence & republic; Britain the biggest US trade partner & finances US expanding business & Treasury
- reliable scholarly reference Britannica for the general reader
- prominent adherents - 15 Pulitzer history winners
- modern update - uses 'vast majority of sources' found in a browser search
- scope - British-American insurrection in continental North America, Anglo-Bourbon (Fr.&Sp.) War-across worldwide empires, Fourth Anglo-Dutch War-North Atlantic, Second Mysore War-Indian subcontinent & Ocean
- participants British & US Congress, France, Spain, Dutch Republic, Kingdom of Mysore
- war aims
-- Brit: maintain First British Empire with mercantile system
-- US independence, British evacuation, territory to Mississippi-navigation, Newfoundland-fish & cure
-- Bourbons: Gibraltar, Jamaica, Majorca, expand Gambia trade, expand India trade
-- Dutch - free trade with North America & Caribbean
-- Mysore wider east-Indian sub-continent sphere of influenced
results - Second British Empire, Spanish Majorca, French Gambia, further decline of Dutch Republic
- reliable scholarly reference [world military dictionary] for the military specialist
- prominent adherents - Michael Clodfelter, more to follow

Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open

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G'day all, the nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject newcomer and Historian of the Year are open, all editors are encouraged to nominate candidates for the awards before until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2020, after which voting will occur for 14 days. There is not much time left to nominate worthy recipients, so get to it! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:45, 10 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing

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G'day all, voting for the WikiProject Military history "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" is about to close, so if you haven't already, click on the links and have your say before 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:34, 28 December 2020 (UTC) for the coord team[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Aptima

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Information icon Hello, Csimmons5945. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Aptima, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Draft space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for article space.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion under CSD G13. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it. You may request userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available here.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 15:03, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive

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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) 17:23, 31 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Aptima

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Hello, Csimmons5945. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Aptima".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 15:11, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]