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Thank you for your contribution

Just a quick note to say that your efforts, especially on the parachute regiment article, have not gone unnoticed. Thank you and well done! Philip.t.day talk 13:55, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Jim Sweeney (talk) 14:03, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Happy, happy

Happy New Year, and all the best to you and yours! (from warm Cuba) Bzuk (talk) 15:09, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you 213.122.101.92 (talk) 10:33, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

agree 81.147.19.151 (talk) 10:42, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

RE: Special Air Service

Hello Jim. I have no idea why I have reverted that edit, it was a complete mistake which must have happened while checking my watchlist. I have not even visited that article in months. Once again, it was a mistake that I did not even know I had made, please accept my apologies. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 17:02, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

No problem --Jim Sweeney (talk) 17:03, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Favor

Hey. Could you wrap up any issues for me at Talk:Attacker class escort carrier/GA1? At this point most of what needs to be added/modified it outside my knowledge; you and Sturm would know a lot more than I. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 05:21, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

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Online Ambassadors

I saw you have been really active lately and I clicked on over to your user page and was pretty impressed. Would you be interested in helping with the WP:Online_Ambassadors program? It's really a great opportunity to help university students become Wikipedia contributers. I hope you apply to become an ambassador, Sadads (talk) 00:29, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Hameln

Thanks for assessing the Siege of Hameln article. It's still coming up stub class, however. Since it would be tacky for me to give my own work a B-class, could you reset the class to B? It's also possible that I messed up the B-class checklist somehow when I added the WP MILHIST box because it's not showing up. Very strange! Thanks. Djmaschek (talk) 05:18, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Battle of Mughar Ridge ACR

Hi, Jim, sorry to bother you, but the Battle of Mughar Ridge ACR wil be due to be listed for closing in 5 days (28 day rule). When you get a chance, would you mind checking it out again and stating whether you support its promotion or not? This will help the closing co-ord when they come to make a decision. Also, if you have any further comments, it will give Rskp enough time to potentially fix them before the review closes. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 00:25, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

SF Article again

Would you mind taking a look at the Special Forces article again. Another editor wants to replace the intro with the breathless fanboy version again.

Cheers

ALR (talk) 13:27, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Tops In Blue

Hey. Per your edit summary, the Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians which includes bands uses that template. I couldn't find anything more appropriate for that project.--v/r - TP 02:04, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Featured lists on the main page (perhaps!)

Hi there. There's a discussion here about the possibility of getting featured lists their own section on the main page. The discussion has turned to presenting a few lists that would represent the quality and diversity of topics that we cover, and a list that you were involved with has been mentioned specifically. It'd be great to get your thoughts. Regards, The Rambling Man (talk) 11:54, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

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Walter Koch (Fallschirmjäger)

As an expert on British commando operations you may want to have a look at the article on Walter Koch. It is only a small start so far but please let me know what you think. Thanks MisterBee1966 (talk) 10:55, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm still searching! I found one online source which claims that in fact he was murdered by the Gestapo. I refrain from adding this until I find something more reliable. MisterBee1966 (talk) 14:58, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

I did wonder the car accident seems suspicious following his actions.Jim Sweeney (talk) 15:00, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of List of Second World War British airborne battalions

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Operation Deadstick

I just learned that you are editing Operation Deadstick at the same time that I was doing some edits. To avoid confusion, I will bow out, but I will mention that I found a lot of apostrophes missing, and I am sure there are more that I did not find. --DThomsen8 (talk) 20:14, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

7th Parachute Battalion

Hi, following on from the Operation Deadstick copyedit, I've just created a stub for the 7th Parachute Battalion. As you are more of an expert on such matters that I am I would appreciate your input. Best ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 00:45, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks I was getting around to it you just got there before me.Jim Sweeney (talk) 13:40, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for List of Second World War British airborne battalions

The DYK project (nominate) 08:04, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Operation Deadstick

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Thanks

I didn't know about that stuff on the 1st Airborne, thanks Jim. Excellent work on the 1st Airlanding Brigade by the way! Ranger Steve ^Talk 09:41, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

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Airborne articles

Hey Jim. Just thought I'd drop you a line to say that you're doing some great work on the airborne articles. It's nice to see someone take up the work after I faded from a view a few years back. I'm around a bit now, and although I don't have amny sources with me, would you object to me helping with prose and such on the 4th Para Bgde article in your sandbox? Cracking article, by the way. Skinny87 (talk) 22:12, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

File:Staffordshure Regiment Oslo 1945.jpg

Jim, great article on 1st Airlanding Brigade. Re this photo - do you speak Staffordshire? The spelling "shure" is just like a lot of people from the south of the county would say it :-) NtheP (talk) 08:47, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks good catch on the South/Staffordshire Regiments. Jim Sweeney (talk) 16:03, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for 1st Airlanding Brigade (United Kingdom)

The DYK project (nominate) 18:03, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Walkden

I have not created any DYKs--J3Mrs (talk) 08:48, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Looks like it was co-nominated with your name added.Jim Sweeney (talk) 09:11, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

4th Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)

I've reviewed your DYK nomination for 4th Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom) and whilst its nearly there the rules say you need to cite the fact used in the hook straight after it (at the end of the paragraph isn't enough). Once that's fixed I can give it the all clear - Basement12 (T.C) 13:28, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Done Jim Sweeney (talk) 16:58, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Don't think it is actually... Think the ref is needed directly after the sentence "Their total casualties amounted to seventy-eight percent, and while sever they were not the highest in the division." I'm guessing ref number 120 is the right one but as it's offline I can't be sure enough to move it myself. Sorry - Basement12 (T.C) 17:13, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Yes your right now fixed Jim Sweeney (talk) 18:28, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

I've given the hook the all clear - Basement12 (T.C) 21:32, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Jim Sweeney (talk) 23:06, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

GA thoughts

• Lede needs to be longer, as its a tad brief at the moment
• Formation section is far too absurpt a beginning; need some reference to the creation of 1st Airborne Division, need for parachute troops etc. Couple of my airborne articles probably have a good few sentences you can add in. At the moment it needs more introductory detail, as it assumes the reader knows about the formation of the airborne forces.
• Needs a light copy-edit, I'll give it a go later. As I don't have any books on me referencing Arnhem at the moment, I'm afraid I can't be any more specific as regards to content.
• Defence Department. United States Army in World War 2, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, Salerno to Cassino. Government Printing Office. This doesn't quite sound right to me as bibliography info.Might ask at wt:milhist if thats the way to cite it. Skinny87 (talk) 07:22, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/1971 Scottish soldiers' killings

I'm ready to copyedit, if he basically addressed your concerns. (Watching) - Dank (push to talk) 03:27, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Philip Hugh Whitby Hicks

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for 4th Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)

The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Walker

Hi, I think I've addressed all the points you raised, so I'd be grateful if you could return to the ACR. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:00, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for 156th Parachute Battalion (United Kingdom)

The DYK project (nominate) 06:04, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Operation Mallard

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for 11th Parachute Battalion (United Kingdom)

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

BoBautzen DYK

Replied at T:TDYK. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 03:27, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Please let me know if the current size is ok. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 17:23, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Replied. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 17:47, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion

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Thanks. I think there is a custom not to change hook without striking-trough the removed/changed parts, or even better - writing a new proposal for hook as Alt1. That way anyone can se what did old hook look like. Thanks for very good article and interesting hook.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 10:51, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for 8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion

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Thanks but no thanks, happy just staying as I am. Jim Sweeney (talk) 22:18, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion

The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1st Airlanding Brigade (United Kingdom)

The article 1st Airlanding Brigade (United Kingdom) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:1st Airlanding Brigade (United Kingdom) for comments about the article. Well done! Harrison49 (talk) 22:35, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion

The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 4th Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)

The article 4th Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:4th Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom) for comments about the article. Well done! Harrison49 (talk) 19:29, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion

Hi, Jim, I just had a bit of a look at 8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion. I found a couple of sources used in the Citations but not listed in the References. They are "Horn, p.270" and "Ferguson, p.17". Do you know what the full bibliographic details are? Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 12:18, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks will add them now Jim Sweeney (talk) 12:21, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Cheers. AustralianRupert (talk) 13:05, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of 16th (Parachute) Field Ambulance

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replied at DYK Jim Sweeney (talk) 23:33, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:51, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

ec tag in Coldstream Guards

I noticed that you put the {{ec}} tag in the Coldstream Guards article on May 5. Is that something that can be corrected now? --rogerd (talk) 20:36, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Removed I can not even remember doing it.Jim Sweeney (talk) 20:40, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

VC naming lists

Hi Jim, yep that is correct. Indian/Nepalese naming convention is the surname first so Agansing is the family name and rai is the given name. All of the sources I've got list them in that order so I felt I had to follow the sources. Do you reckon it needs an explanation in a para in the lead? Woody (talk) 14:26, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Wright was awarded the VC for two separate acts, see his gazette entry. There are a few quirks in the recipients of the VC and this is one of those. Certain people have the VC for separate acts, I know one has the VC for 4 separate acts. I'll add a footnote. Thanks, Woody (talk) 14:52, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

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British Armed Forces

Hi, you recently reverted my edit removing the word apogee from this article. The edit summary I thought explained clearly why I had removed it. It doesn't mean what whoever placed it there thinks that it means. It is a specific scientific term and regardless of any erroneous use in common parlance is incorrect in this usage. As you point out it does mean pinnacle, in the sense of being the point of a trajectory farthest beyond the point of origin. That isn't the same as "biggest" or "greatest". If you wish to use the word "apogee" then the British Empire reached its "apogee" with the discovery of the antipodes, the farthest point from the origin surely? My history is pretty hazy but I'm fairly sure that wasn't in the 1920s. danno 02:57, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Parachute Regiment

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom). Users are expected to collaborate with others and avoid editing disruptively.

In particular, the three-revert rule states that:

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Its customary to sign posts - if you have checked the edit history you will see I have not reverted Jim Sweeney (talk) 17:29, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Unsatisfactory DYK review

Thanks, I will definitely get a second opinion. I'm sorry to say that I find it very unsatisfactory that you haven't yet explained what you think the problem with the hook is. If you're not specific it's not very helpful when trying to find a solution. Prioryman (talk) 17:57, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

I believe my comments on the DYK page explain why Jim Sweeney (talk) 19:01, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Kreipe Operation

Hi - I wondered why you deleted the Moss/Leigh Fermor image since it is so relevant? Huguº 21:34, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Its now overcrowded with images and there already present in the group photo.Jim Sweeney (talk) 08:17, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

I see - I suggest it stays as it is the classic picture and is in many PLF obituaries over the last 2 days, in the full feature in the Times yesterday, and the cover of Ill Met by Moonlight in various editions. Perhaps the answer to add words! Huguº 12:29, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

How does this approach read re POV - it is quite an important historical factor in the success of the operation. Dr Beutin was serving in the German army on Crete at the time.

Post War correspondence explains that Kreipe was disliked by his soldiers because, amongst other things, he objected to the stopping of his own vehicle for checking in compliance with his commands concerning approved travel orders. This tension between the General and his troops, in part, explains the caution of sentries in considering stopping the General’s car as Moss drove it through Heraklion. Huguº 16:41, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

The POV is the part deleted a member of the unpopular and irritating can you also post entries at the bottom of a talk page thanks.Jim Sweeney (talk) 16:46, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

1st Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)

Hi Jim, I've left one request for clarification in the 1st Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom) Sicily section. As I will be busy IRL for the next couple of days I will complete the CE towards the end of the week. Best, ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 22:58, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Added clarification. Jim Sweeney (talk) 23:12, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Copyedit now finished with a few requests for clarification in the Arnhem section. Best ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 02:55, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for Operation Fustian

I'm afraid Operation Fustian is slightly under the 5x expansion threshold. Could you please see my comments at T:TDYK#Operation Fustian? Prioryman (talk) 07:51, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Sorry about the confusion - my fault entirely. I've signed off the DYK nom. Prioryman (talk) 10:24, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for 16th (Parachute) Field Ambulance

Materialscientist (talk) 12:02, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Parachute Field Ambulance

Given the repetition of information in the articles you have on the Parachute Field Ambulance units (16th_(Parachute)_Field_Ambulance#Background, I would like to suggest that you create a separate article Parachute Field Ambulance for the bulk of the info on structure and equipment. I would do it myself but you are the one who put in all the work and the credit should be yours. The Don and Sugar packs could also be folded into the article - alone they look rather stubby. GraemeLeggett (talk) 14:03, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Good idea will make it Airborne Field Ambulance as the airlanding field ambulances were slightly different. Will get to it in a couple of daysJim Sweeney (talk) 15:43, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for 127th (Parachute) Field Ambulance

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DYK for 1st Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)

Materialscientist (talk) 12:03, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for 10th Parachute Battalion (United Kingdom)

Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Operation Fustian - numbers of Bren guns

Hi Jim, I'm copyediting Operation Fustian and have a quick query. Under British forces, the text read "each section had a Bren machine guns and three 2-inch mortars". I've changed this to read "each section had a Bren machine gun and three 2-inch mortars" - that is, they only had one Bren gun per section, not several. Am I right? --Demiurge1000 (talk) 02:47, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the CE its one each per section I have amended text. Jim Sweeney (talk) 09:42, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Operation Fustian

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

First Battle of Newbury (or why not to use semi-automated tools)

Hey, I've reverted your copyedit of First Battle of Newbury because...well, basically it borked everything up. "unprofessional ism" is not a recognised clause, and neither is "fire power", although even if it was, altering the contents of quotes is what's known as "introducing errors". Please be more careful in future. Ironholds (talk) 17:06, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

Article, fixed up. Ironholds (talk) 19:56, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Operation Turkey Buzzard

Hello! Your submission of Operation Turkey Buzzard 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! Nice article!Marcd30319 (talk) 13:33, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Replied at DKY, distance added to lede. Jim Sweeney (talk) 17:38, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

This article is really great work Jim. Nick-D (talk) 08:59, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks I think its as far as it will go, as I have no more sources to improve it further. There was another similar smaller operation called Elaborate, intriguingly this time the mission was ordered by Eisenhower but I can not find out why or what the Horsas were used for. Jim Sweeney (talk) 12:25, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Baddam Yella Reddy

fyi, I expanded the Baddam Yella Reddy article for its dyk nom. --Soman (talk) 18:37, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Already signed off as ready thanks. Jim Sweeney (talk) 18:39, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion

The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Operation Mallard

Hi Jim, I've started this article's GA review at Talk:Operation Mallard/GA1 and left some comments there. Please note that I'm going to be out of town for the next couple of days (from Monday until Wednesday night, Australian time) so it will take me a while to respond to your response. Cheers, Nick-D (talk) 01:36, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for 181st (Airlanding) Field Ambulance

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Operation Fustian copyedit and GA

Hi Jim, I'm afraid I've still not quite finished the copyedit of Operation Fustian. I hope to have this done within a couple of days. I noticed you've nominated it for GA - this may not be a problem if the appearance of a GA reviewer normally takes a few days (or weeks or months?) anyway. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 14:48, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the note - yes I have just had a GA review completed after about four weeks on the list. Jim Sweeney (talk) 21:22, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for 195th (Airlanding) Field Ambulance

Materialscientist (talk) 16:02, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Operation Turkey Buzzard

Calmer Waters 16:03, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Dannatt

Hi Jim, any chance you could revisit Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt when you get chance? You're likely to be more familiar with the subject than most of the regular reviewers at A-class, so your support (and obviously your scrutiny) would be a real bonus. Thanks. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:19, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Jim. I always appreciate your reviews. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:55, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Your welcome keep up the good work. Jim Sweeney (talk) 18:00, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Reversion

I really cannot figure it all. You say you assume good faith, but your reversal asserts I was a vandal? What seemed like vandalism to you? What is so hard figuring I fixed some really unintelligible grammar, and consolidated references to top it off?

— Leandro GFC Dutra (talk) 22:00, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Can you leave the article reference to the style it was written in. Jim Sweeney (talk) 14:27, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Pathfinder Platoon

That's fine (deletion of PP article) - my aim was to remove excessive detail from the Pathfinder (military) article. DexDor (talk) 06:51, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

No problems.Jim Sweeney (talk) 06:53, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for 225th (Parachute) Field Ambulance

Materialscientist (talk) 08:02, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

2nd Parachute Brigade

We seem to be at cross-purposes (in a very minor way): I decided that my changing the slash to a dash between the dates bracketing a night was a mistake, per MOS. Having changed it back, now I see that you changed another one, which I'd missed before … The MOS section on dashes is under earnest discussion at the moment, but WP:DATESNO says “A night may be expressed in terms of the two contiguous dates using a slash (the bombing raids of the night of 30/31 May 1942),” which seems to fit the bill. (Year-straddling periods are treated similarly.) So if you’re still in there tweaking, please change it back; otherwise, unless you have an objection, I’ll pop by later and do it. (Feel free to drop me a line if you’d like another pair of eyes on any revisions you do in the meantime.) Sorry if I led you astray!—Odysseus1479 (talk) 08:19, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks changed back to / Jim Sweeney (talk) 09:01, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Battle of Breville

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:04, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Nunney Castle...

Various changes made, and comments left on the talk page. Thanks! Hchc2009 (talk) 17:08, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks again for the review - much appreciated. Hchc2009 (talk) 08:33, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Your welcome that was my 50th review, which has been a long term target.Jim Sweeney (talk) 08:35, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

One you might like

Given your interest in the British Commandos in WWII, I thought you might be interested in Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Iranian Embassy siege. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:38, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Rollback?

Hi Jim, I was wondering whether you meant to use rollback with this edit? It looked to me to be an accidental rollback so I re-removed it from the list as it had been promoted. Regards, Woody (talk) 17:19, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks to be honest I can not even remember looking at the page.Jim Sweeney (talk) 20:06, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

non-free image use

Hi Jim! I have removed two non-free images from your sandbox page. Non-free media can not be used outside of mainspace. May I ask you to reinsert the images only after you have moved the article to mainspace? For more info, see WP:NFCC and WP:FIXNF. Thanks! --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 11:30, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

And here I thought I had done it wrong - thanks no problem will add it when it leaves user space.Jim Sweeney (talk) 11:37, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Campaign of the Mallians

I noticed that you made some edits on the article that I've been putting some heavy work into. I created the article, and I want to make it real spiffy. Any commentary on what you think of the article, and what further research I could do to make it more than just a start article would be greatly appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SteveMooreSmith3 (talk • contribs) 06:33, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

This is one of the first articles I've written, and in spite of that, I feel like its pretty good. However, I want to start bumping the ratings of this article up. so any suggestions towards improving it would be appreciated. Also, do you think the name for the article is good? I could be more simple, but....SteveMooreSmith3 (talk) 06:42, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Some suggestions left on article talk. Jim Sweeney (talk) 07:18, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Jesus, still a lot to do. I hope you'll keep an eye out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SteveMooreSmith3 (talk • contribs) 07:54, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Is there a better program that I can use to design the maps? The maps are alright considering I used some cheap paint program... but they could be a lot better. Is there anything else out there? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SteveMooreSmith3 (talk • contribs) 07:56, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

No problem - I am not an expert (or even a beginner) on map making the best thing to do is approach the members at Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps they will be able to help out. Also remember to sign you posts and if you add an edit summery when updating the article its easier for you and everyone else to see what's changed. Jim Sweeney (talk) 08:01, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Hey, I added a significant amount of content to the article. I hope you'll look it over when you get a second. The article improved vastly when you edited it last time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SteveMooreSmith3 (talk • contribs) 09:42, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Its getting there, some and tags added. Jim Sweeney (talk) 12:08, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Operation Slapstick

I've just seen your note (sorry for the lateness of this reply, I've not been around this past week); I see you found something, but I confess I only took the info from the HMS Abdiel page (which seems to have come from Uboat.net or naval-history.net, the same figure is at both).
Anyway, nice work on the article! It caught my eye when it was mentioned in a DYK, and is a lot better now than then. Xyl 54 (talk) 14:05, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Thats ok Jim Sweeney (talk) 03:36, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for Operation Slapstick

The DYK project (nominate) 00:06, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Cortenuova

So what to do with this unreasoning, poorly writing guy? --'''Attilios''' (talk) 13:45, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Don't get into a conflict report any abuse or vandalism, be especially careful not to revert three times in 24 hours or you will end up blocked. Move onto something else and return the next day. Also make sure you add an edit summary so watchers can see what you are doing.Jim Sweeney (talk) 13:48, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Notice I'm trying not to blindly revert to previous revisions, but also to take what the other says to improve the article. Despite countless invites to improve his abismal format and bunch of typos, spelling errors etc, he's instead keeping reverting to his previous version. I'm also testing him at Battle of Gamenario: I took his last version and added to his content something carefully sourced to see what he makes, and if his behaviour is collaborative of just want that everything conforms to his blind desire. Let me know. --'''Attilios''' (talk) 14:11, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

PS: did you report the ongoing edit war somewhere? This man looks a hard stick to munch. --'''Attilios''' (talk) 14:13, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Endymion

I see we are both editing at the same time. I'll take a short break and let you edit in peace for a while. Mjroots (talk) 10:41, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

No carry on I have added a clarify tag Jim Sweeney (talk) 10:44, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Loading DYK prep areas

Hi, thanks for helping out at DYK with the loading of prep area 1. You've done a good job, but just one small point: I see you promoted 133rd (Parachute) Field Ambulance, an article you created. While this is not disallowed (it was verified by someone else), rule N1 of Rules of thumb for preparing updates says that "promoting your own articles is generally discouraged". Please continue loading prep areas (we need all the help we can get), but I think you should keep that rule in mind. Thanks. —Bruce1ee^talk 15:21, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks will bear in mind Jim Sweeney (talk) 15:22, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for 133rd (Parachute) Field Ambulance

Gatoclass (talk) 08:03, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

HMS Dasher (D37)

Hello. This article gives two different dates of commissioning and places of conversion (one probably refers to Avenger, from which I see you took a portion of text), and also dates in text contradict with infobox. Could you check how it should be? Pibwl ←« 17:22, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Yes good catch corrected now.Jim Sweeney (talk) 17:35, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for 1st Airlanding Light Regiment

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 21:11, 25 July 2011 (UTC) 13:43, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

HMS Hood FAC

Sandy's moved your comments to the talk page as they were made before I properly transcluded the FAC to the main FAC page. I'd be grateful if you could copy your comments back over to the main page of the FAC with whatever further thoughts that you might have.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 14:44, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

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Ping

Hi Jim. Thanks for reviewing the German aircraft carrier I (1942) article for GA - I've fixed the issues your found. Let me know if there's anything else you see that needs fixing. Parsecboy (talk) 13:24, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Passed Jim Sweeney (talk) 13:27, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Good Article promotion

	Congratulations!
	Thanks for all the work you did in making Operation Ladbroke a certified "Good Article"! Your work is much appreciated. Thanks also for your reviews. Featured article candidates and Good Article nominees always need more reviewers! All the best, – Quadell (talk)

Thank you Jim Sweeney (talk) 13:29, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for 224th (Parachute) Field Ambulance

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Notice

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Abuse

I don't apologise to arrogant, self-centred, obnoxious, Maccams who STALK my contribs, make malicious objections, and abuse their rights. GTFO my back, your actions are perverse and ill-motivated. Report me all you like, I don't boo-hoo over the opinions of strangers - you don't scare me - you are a BULLY! Leave me and my edits the fk alone - you've been HARASSING me for ages, for your own ulterior motives. You are rude, opinionated and ill-mannered. LEAVE ME ALONE! Don't play the Wiki Lawyer to me either - you don't have my respect, because you have a superiority-complex. Don't rub your opinions in my face, don't review my articles, don't touch my edits - in future you will keep your distance from me. Got that? No cookies, no apologies - get off your Geordie high-horse and stop playing childish games! NO apology - if anything you own ME one. Caphiche? Ma®©usBritish ^[talk] 18:11, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

The marvel of Wikipedia even if you delete something its still in the history. [1] Jim Sweeney (talk) 18:51, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

The marvel of MarcusBritish is he doesn't give a hoot.. he's a Boro Lad. Maybe that's why you hate him so. G'day! ;) Ma®©usBritish ^[talk] 18:54, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Stalking, Harassing, Bullying shame you don't take your own advice. Jim Sweeney (talk) 18:58, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Mine was in reply to you, doesn't even come close. Your previous actions involved jumping on my pages with no history to reply to and trying to throw a spanner in the works - your are manipulative and contemptible - which justifies why I consider you a prig (see the lead section - it's how I define you). Nevertheless, my article passed ACR against your objection, which you clearly posted as an attempt to stifle my work - maybe you should apply to be a bureaucrat, they love stepping on peoples toes. No one, besides Wiki-savvy users, even wastes their time looking at Userpage history - so your "game", to put a black spot to my name, is futile. Have a nice day.. I know I am. Game over. Ma®©usBritish ^[talk]

Still stalking then, by the way, you don't own any articles here. Jim Sweeney (talk) 19:12, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Who said "I own" any articles? I didn't. But any reviews are "mine" in terms of submission, and completion to X-standard. If I open a review it is MY duty to consider the comments and pursue suggestions - any article I create is technically "mine" to edit, and improve before releasing it to the public interest - and it is common-courtesy that other editors should not subject a new article to severe edits whilst its creator is developing it. Do you dispute that? If a builder is building a house, would it be right for another builder to come along and rearrange the bricks and layout, without being clear of the original builders plans? I think you have false ideas as to how wiki does work, and should work, and let your ego get in the way too often, hence your brusque attitude. Ma®©usBritish ^[talk] 19:26, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

don't review my articles, my article passed and I don't know what you mean by and it is common-courtesy that other editors should not subject a new article to severe edits whilst its creator is developing it. but keep on stalking, your conduct will result in a block sooner or later. Jim Sweeney (talk) 19:31, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Semantics. Don't spin my words. They won't block - because that's what you want. You just made your motives clear that you want to remove me, so I will make it clear that this is an attempt to abuse wiki, on your behalf. Ma®©usBritish ^[talk]

I don't want anything, or have any motives, your the one that has been warned for abuse and attacks, your conduct will speak for itself. [2] Jim Sweeney (talk) 19:46, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Suuuuure. Ma®©usBritish ^[talk]

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Viewed thank you for the notice. Jim Sweeney (talk) 21:05, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Good Article promotion

	You did it again!
	Another round of congratulations are in order for all the work you did in making 1st Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom) a certified "Good Article"! Thank you; your work is much appreciated. All the best, – Quadell (talk) And again, with Operation Turkey Buzzard! You are a machine. – Quadell (talk) 12:09, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. Jim Sweeney (talk) 16:30, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Operation Fustian GAN on hold

I have reviewed Operation Fustian and have several issues that should be resolved prior to it passing. Please address the issues at the review page and if you have any questions or when you're done, let me know on my talk page. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 03:00, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Hey Jim, I noticed this come up on the article talk page. Do you prefer to address these yourself, or should I do some of them? At least a few of them are due to my stylistic preferences in copy-editing. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 03:20, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

If yoyu are able, I am away from my home computer for a while. Thanks Jim Sweeney (talk) 10:50, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

I have passed the article, good work on addressing the issues. For moving the images to Commons, I'd recommend taking a look at the guide. There are a few tools you can use that make it straightforward in moving them. If you encounter any issues or need help, let me know. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 17:19, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you Jim Sweeney (talk) 17:58, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

2nd Parachute Brigade

Hi Jim, just wanted to let you know I have reviewed the article here, there are just a couple of issues before the article will be ready for promotion. Regards, Parsecboy (talk) 16:27, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks replied on GA sub page. Jim Sweeney (talk) 18:00, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	For all the many, many World-War-II-related article that you continue to bring up to GA status, I award you this barnstar. Well done. – Quadell (talk) 14:22, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you much appreciated. Jim Sweeney (talk) 14:28, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Puzzled

Jim, I saw your message saying you'd finished tweaking, replied, put a {{GOCEinuse}} tag on the article, did a 90-minute edit on the article, and you've hit me with an edit conflict! What gives?

Copy editing should be done after content creation, otherwise it gets wasted. I've signed off for tonight. Edit summary says I'll continue after 09:00 tomorrow, but I only will if it isn't going to be interrupted and later wasted. Please could you let me know your plans. --Stfg (talk) 22:15, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Apologies saw a couple of obvious errors and could not resist changing them. Only then did I see you had started another CE. All yours will leave alone but a BIG thank you for the CE.Jim Sweeney (talk) 22:20, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Sorry mate, that doesn't really cut it. It amounts to: you gave your word and "couldn't resist" breaking it. Whether you saw the inuse box or not, that was a waste of my time. I'm abandoning this one. --Stfg (talk) 07:43, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

OK that's your choice to make. No problems.Jim Sweeney (talk) 08:21, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

ideas for 1st Airborne footnotes

Hi Jim. I'm nearly finished with the copyedit of 1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom), but I got held up by two Tiger tanks that had been hidden in a small stand of trees and mounted a flanking attack the fourth footnote. The thing is, this footnote is very very long, and written in extra-brief summary format. As a copyeditor, I feel that I should copyedit it and turn it into proper sentences. But, if I do that, it will be longer than many of the sections in the article. I'm not really sure what to do; I was initially considering copy-editing it in that way; then I thought of turning it into one bullet point for each operation. However, do you think it might make a separate section (not article) on its own? The flurry of Allied plans for such a wide variety of airborne operations, is surely worthy of note. Anyway, let me know what you think. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 21:23, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

I see what you mean. Do you think instead of being a note it should just be included into the section? Of course only using the operations directly involving the division. Strike that of course they all involved the division. Jim Sweeney (talk) 21:36, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

I think including it into the text would be great - although it will be quite a lot of additional text. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 02:44, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

OK changed to prose, I think it gives a better idea of the frustrations the planners and commanders must have felt and why they jumped (no pun intended) so readily for Market Garden even with all its flaws.Jim Sweeney (talk) 09:34, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

That's great, I'll try and finish off the copyedit for this one later today hopefully. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 11:33, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

 Done --Demiurge1000 (talk) 08:56, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

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ISBN's

Hello Jim,

I would like to add ISBN numbers to the books listed in my article on Cecil Chisholm. Can you help with any suggestions as they were published in the 1950's and before.

Regards

~~Johnny Cyprus~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnny Cyprus (talk • contribs) 19:32, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

If they were published then, by using the www.worldcat.org site you can find OCLC numbers used the same way as ISBN see example Jim Sweeney (talk) 19:38, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

• Cole, Howard N (1963). On wings of healing: the story of the Airborne Medical Services 1940-1960. Edinburgh, United Kingdom: William Blackwood. OCLC 29847628. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

I have added an oclc number to the fist book in the article, if you follow the example using the same template, adding isbn or oclc number where appropriate.Jim Sweeney (talk) 19:55, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Jim, I have put the oclc number in following your guidance. --Johnny Cyprus (talk) 12:39, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

No problems if you have any more questions just ask.Jim Sweeney (talk) 12:44, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

SAS

I agree with your latest edits on the SAS article, good way of formulating it. 83.233.139.169 (talk) 14:53, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

OK ThanksJim Sweeney (talk) 14:59, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Battle of Merville Gun Battery

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Thanks

Hi, Thanks very much for all your time and efforts in regard to promoting Affair of Katia to GA. Regards --Rskp (talk) 08:55, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

No problems Jim Sweeney (talk) 09:35, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

MilHist coord elections

Jim, can I encourage you to stand for election? You already do a lot for the project but I reckon you'd be a great asset as a coord on top of that. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:07, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

I'd like to second Ian's suggestion - you'd make a great coordinator Jim. Nick-D (talk) 10:18, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I am trying to rein back my editing at the moment. Jim Sweeney (talk) 06:23, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Shame. I came here for the same reason—you easily know ACR well enough to close them. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:21, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

6th Airlanding Brigade (United Kingdom) copyedit complete

Hi Jim, the copyedit of 6th Airlanding Brigade (United Kingdom) is now complete. I should be around to help with any issues that arise at its GAN, although usually you manage to fix these before I do. If at some later time you decide to nominate it as an FA as well, it would be a good idea to resubmit it at the GOCE requests page for that specifically, as it will probably need more work to go that far. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 05:34, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Once again thanks for your time and effort.Jim Sweeney (talk) 07:55, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

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6th Airlanding Brigade (United Kingdom)

Hi Jim, I've started the GA review of this article, and left comments at Talk:6th Airlanding Brigade (United Kingdom)/GA1. Cheers, Nick-D (talk) 10:36, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Appreciate you taking the time, I have responded on the review talk page. Thanks Jim Sweeney (talk) 11:37, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

translation

looks fine to me. I probably would have used the word observing and not watching but otherwise fine. MisterBee1966 (talk) 14:03, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Jim Sweeney (talk) 15:41, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Deletion nominations of articles on British military officers

I noticed that you confused the proposed deletion and Articles for deletion processes on the articles Sandy Smith (British Army officer), Robin Evelegh, John Stevenson (British Army officer), John Bernard Robert Watson, James Cowley, Hugh Clark (Captain), Frederic Balfour Scott, and David Wood (British Army officer). You tagged each of these articles with a prod tag, but then followed steps 2 and 3 of the AfD process. I have gone ahead and converted all of them to AfD. I noticed you used Twinkle to place the prod tags on these articles; for future reference, you can use Twinkle to open AfDs by clicking on "XFD" on the Twinkle menu. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 15:05, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Great thanks for your help.Jim Sweeney (talk) 15:44, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

3rd Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom) copyedit complete

Hi Jim, copyedit for 3rd Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom) is now complete - just one minor query on the talk page. As usual... if at some later time you decide to nominate it as an FA as well, it would be a good idea to resubmit it at the GOCE requests page for that specifically, as it will probably need more work to go that far. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 23:54, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for Operation Hasty

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Admiral Hipper

Excellent work finding that picture of the ship (and in color too!), and thanks for adding it to the article. Parsecboy (talk) 11:17, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Your welcome.Jim Sweeney (talk) 11:26, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Your DYK nom for 3rd Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)

Hi Jim, I've reviewed your nomination at Template:Did you know nominations/3rd Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom) and I have an issue with the hook. Could you see my comments and reply at the nomination page? Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:43, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks I have commented on the nomination page.Jim Sweeney (talk) 15:49, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Roderick Wetherill, Jr.

I've proposed a merger; please comment there. Bearian (talk) 19:18, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

I was bold, and so I completed the merger; see Roderick Wetherill, Jr.. Bearian (talk) 20:42, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Great Jim Sweeney (talk) 20:42, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination, Siege of Chester

Yes, the citation was at the end of the following sentence. I have moved it back to the correct place. Thank you for your help. Moonraker (talk) 21:50, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

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Hi Jim, it's an impressive article, but two sentences don't make much sense and require clarification:

"The first operation of 1946 was Hebron on 8 January. This time the objective was the cordon and search of the town of Rishon LeZion ..."

Hebron is an Arab city south of Jerusalem, Rishon LeZion a Jewish town south of Tel Aviv. The two are quite far apart. How are the two related? Are both relevant to the same incident? Is Hebron an operation name?

"... 1st Parachute Brigade for Jewish settlements around Ma'abarot and the 3rd Parachute Brigade for Givat Brenner and No'ar Oved"

Givat Brenner is a place name, but No'ar Oved is not. It's either some reference to the HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed youth movement, of which Givat Brenner was indeed a bastion, or to nearby kibbutz Beit Oved. Your reference is not available online, could you tell me what it actually says?

thank you, Poliocretes (talk) 19:42, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Hebron was the name of the operation, the second I will have to get back to you on as I have to go out now. Thanks for the clean up you have been doing.Jim Sweeney (talk) 19:46, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

OK it says "3rd Parachute Brigade in the south was to search Givat Brenner and No'ar Oved" As it seems wrong I have changed the wording. Thanks Jim Sweeney (talk) 10:26, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

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Jim, rather than just tagging, can you use the edit summary to elaborate on what fact(s) you're questioning? Tks/cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:41, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

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Done I think? Jim Sweeney (talk) 17:06, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

Looks good, just two things for future reference. First, ftmain=yes has to be written out just as that, as the archivehistory doesn't catch =y. Second, make sure you update the count at Wikipedia:Good topics/count. Everything else checks out good. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 17:29, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks must have missed that last one.Jim Sweeney (talk) 17:42, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

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Jim, when I copyedited James Inglis Hamilton I took great pains to remove over-linking, carefully noting the first occurrences of each linked item. You have just wasted all that, without any justification based on WP:REPEATLINK. I'd appreciate it being rectified, please. --Stfg (talk) 14:28, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Its normal practice to repeat links that are in the lead in the main text of the article. Jim Sweeney (talk) 16:26, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

It's common practice, certainly (but then so is overlinking). Is it documented anywhere as desirable or preferrred practice? I can't find anything like that (and I have looked for it). --Stfg (talk) 19:44, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

I would suggest its from his section - Repeated links number two

1. In general, link only the first occurrence of an item. There are exceptions to this guideline, including these:
2. where the later occurrence is a long way from the first.
3. where the first link is in an infobox, navbox or similar meta-content or an image caption.
4. where the links are in a table or in a list, as each table or list should stand on its own with its own independent set of links. Within each list only the first occurence should be linked.

I read it as the lead is only a summery of the article, if half way down it has a section dealing with a battle for instance it should be linked there. Of course that's my interpretation. Jim Sweeney (talk) 21:07, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

That is just WP:REPEATLINK, and it says nothing about lead sections. The very next section says all that WP:MOSLINK has to say about leads. Not exactly much. And in this article, it's hard to claim that anything is very far from anything else. Hey, I'm not a MoS freak, but when a chap services a request to copy edit an article, and he works to make it comply better with a MoS he didn't write, it might be nicer to make use of that work rather than undo it. Oh well. --Stfg (talk) 12:03, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

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Article: 189th Infantry Division (Germany).

Are you planning on expanding the above article? I've started an Infobox for the article. Adamdaley (talk) 07:10, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

No that's as much as I found. I was just getting rid of the red links in an article I created. Thanks.Jim Sweeney (talk) 07:12, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

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If you disagree with my ref improve tags, please discuss on the talk pages rather than just unilaterally untagging them. The sources for all of these massacres are limited and generally Vietnamese POV, so tagging with ref improve is perfectly legitimate. Mztourist (talk) 18:52, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

The tags are ref improve not POV, the articles are well referenced, it seems you have added the wrong tags. Can you change them.Jim Sweeney (talk) 19:10, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

They are not well referenced, look at Dien Nien-Phuoc Binh Massacre, it has a single Vietnamese Government reference for the event, all the other refs relate to other purported massacres. This is inadequate and so inherently POV. Controversial claims need decent references and my tagging is in accordance with Refimprove criteria. Mztourist (talk) 06:33, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

So you are saying a reference to the Vietnamese government is unreliable? A quick search on Google books has found references for theses, which you could have done before tagging. Jim Sweeney (talk) 07:24, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Yes I am saying that. The Vietnamese Government continues a policy of Communo-bombastic propaganda of all aspects of the Vietnam War (e.g. if you visit Khe Sanh you will see a monument claiming that they killed 10,000 allied troops there). I see that you have added a reference "North Vietnam a Documentary" to Dien Nien-Phuoc Binh Massacre, but without bothering to cite the reference properly. As the book was written in 1968 by someone who apparently "went to North Vietnam as a member of the first investigating team for the International War Crimes Tribunal" do you really think this is a reliable NPOV ref? On the Binh Hoa Massacre page is your ref to support the fact that the South Koreans were US allies or that 1 survivor of the massacre joined the Vietcong? I don't see that your ref amounts to a ref improve Mztourist (talk) 11:50, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

You obviously have problems with Vietnam war articles and seem unwilling to accept that the Americans and Allies could do no wrong. Jim Sweeney (talk) 12:07, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

You obviously haven't read enough Vietnamese sources to see how biased and fantastic they are Mztourist (talk) 19:14, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth—whether readers can check that material in Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source, not whether editors think it is true. Some of the references are western authors or media.Jim Sweeney (talk) 19:20, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

the Vietnamese Government POV is simply repeated by western writers or media, that doesn't make it NPOV hence why the articles were tagged Mztourist (talk) 18:38, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

No. 11 (Scottish) Commando

I sought a cite as the Achnacarry page refers to Commando training from 1942 only. I understand the first training courses for No. 11 (Scottish) Commando were on Arran (once they had marched from Galashiels to the ferry). Ned de Rotelande 16:15, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

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Hey, if you get a chance, can you promote this nomination? I am too busy this week and haven't gotten the time to do much editing. GamerPro64 19:54, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

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Article: 4th Battalion, Mercian Regiment.

As you are aware there is a "Merge" tag on the above article. I've noticed your comment in support of a merge, while I do not understand what you mean in your comment. Guess I am a little confused as to what you are trying to point out. Adamdaley (talk) 15:19, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

The comments give my reason for supporting the merging of the articles.Jim Sweeney (talk) 16:02, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

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Hi Jim, I've completed my comments in the GA review of this article. Cheers, Nick-D (talk) 03:31, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

I've just passed the review - great work with this article, and the idea of creating articles on this kind of topic is excellent. Nick-D (talk) 22:15, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Nick Jim Sweeney (talk) 22:17, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

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your edit has been reverted. here. just letting u know Pass a Method talk 05:19, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

OK if you happy for the article to remain a mess, that's fine. Jim Sweeney (talk) 05:30, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

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Thank you Jim Sweeney (talk) 08:28, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

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Hello Jim, thanks for starting the review. I just wanted to say that I'm going to finish any corrections on the article tomorrow or over weekend because I'm going to be busy for the rest of the day. RG (talk) 21:18, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

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I've addressed the small number of concerns you raised and await your response and any further comments. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 09:58, 2 December 2011 (UTC)