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[edit] American, Interrupted deletion
As someone associated with the 1st Armored Division, and someone who has read the book, it's confusing that you would suggest the article be pulled. The soldier's site has an online museum, the book is available for free online, and there is a great deal of information that will one day formally be recognized as solid history. His story is a solid one, the press has covered it, the material on the site is a goldmine for research. I especially found it odd a military man would censor the soldier's article on the grounds that he is promoting a book. This soldier is working hard to share his knowledge. It seems no good deed goes unpunished. RBJ retired Colonel—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.58.53.122 (talk • contribs) 02:23, 8 April 2006. (AKA Dan Thompson - next time, if you impersonate a retired colonel, at least write the title correctly. I think a retired colonel would know how.)
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- a) My @$$ you are a retired colonel b) I fully believe you are Dan Thompson c) it's pretty obvious the editor, you, have a book to sell d) the book is in no way relevant to the sites it keeps getting posted on other than Iraq is the common denominator e) The trail on this made it blatantly obvious that there was an agenda to hype a book. f) If the book goes beyond the self-published stage, Eurotrotter, then maybe it would be worthy of inclusion. As of now, it's not.
You seem very confident of yourself. Quite disappointing; censoring the soldier despite the unusual perspective he offers. Maybe you misunderstand the spectrum of topics his book really tackles. He donates sales to charity, and again, the book is free online. Because of your hawkishness, people who visit the 1AD listing won't see his site listed, which contains quite a bit of information. He did, by the way, become a Foreign Service Officer (which explains why he never sought a publisher) and I doubt he needs to push sales of a book. I won’t pretend to hope you believe who I really am. Look at the content of the website.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.58.59.122 (talk • contribs) 02:49, 8 April 2006. AKA Dan Thompson
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- It's not censorship, Danny. Who has prevented the novel from being published? No one. Not giving you free advertising is not censorship. The article says its a novel, then you say it's valuable history. Which is it? Unusual perspective? That of a corporal on the ground? "Maybe you misunderstand the spectrum of topics his book really tackles" - discussing or mentioning is not tackling. "I won’t pretend to hope you believe who I really am" - makes no sense, but then again, colonel, maybe you are a West Point grad. I'm not even going to discuss this anymore because I think you are trolling at this point. The votes for deletion pages says it all. Nobunaga24 00:33, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] U.S.
According to the manual of style article titles should not have the abbreviation U.S. in them. The reason they are not all the same is that I'm not done yet, but they will be consistent. This is a wikipedia initiative and an effort to bring all article with abbreviations in the titles to their unabbreviated forms. If you diasagree with the MOS, please, make an effort to change it. pschemp | talk 00:36, 3 March 2006 (UTC) Even better, it would be helpful if you decided to participate and help with the de-abbreviating. Then the job would get done faster. pschemp | talk 00:40, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
- I just looked at the Military Project and couldn't find a discussion there....could you link me? And I think this is more a, "let's use the formal name in the article title" and keep the abbreviations in the article for readability sake. However, search isn't working right now so I'm kind of stuck of finding what I'm referring to. All other articles, elections, senate, government, politicians, etc. have been changed over already. I'm thinking of a larger consistency here. (Oh and its not just me doing this. ) pschemp | talk 01:01, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
- I've reverted anything I thought might be controversial. enjoy. pschemp | talk 09:47, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Beer in Japan
Hi,
As the only other "Beer Drinker Wikipedian" who is also in Japan, I would like extend my greetings. I was also wondering if you also participate in beeradvocate.com or other beer related sites? Naerhu 02:05, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Islam in Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Japan This article was obviously written by a Muslim for Muslims. Do you think that we can clean this up so that it would be more readible for non-muslims.
[edit] For you
Seeing as how you have been working you ass off on the US military project I thought I'd throw this your way as a sign off appreciation. Keep up the great work. --Looper5920 04:20, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cranky
Just wanted to say that if I'm sounding cranky at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yuko Aoki I'm sorry. Any fondness I have for japanese bikini models aside, I just get frustrated with AfDs that end with a slew of "keep and cleanup" or something similar and none of those voicing that opinion actually do any cleanup. With something like this where it's more "keep and add references" I go bananas because if the citations were there than the whole thing would be moot. Anyway, I'll climb down off my high-horse now, thanks for letting me vent.
brenneman{T}{L} 05:59, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] war people and veterans
1) Good, I like what you wrote as the purpose of American World War II people, but what about the purpose of American World War II veterans (not exact category names, sorry). This purpose includes ALL Americans in uniform during World War II. Should this purpose be also changed or should the category links be changed (surely a lot of work) or what? Perhaps some people could be in both lists: a veteran is a veteran regardless where served (purpose remains as written) and the People purpose would remain as written. 2) same questions regarding American World War I people and veterans category purposes and contents 3) same questions on other wars. 4) see my talk comments in some of these categories. 5) Thanks. Hmains 16:58, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
It's hard for me to choose which category sometimes. A good example is Sam Walton. He was a captain during WWII, but never left the US. Is he a WWII veteran? Some people say yes, some say no. Even better examples are Warren Christopher and Richard Nixon. They were a) in the military b) in the theater of operations c) never saw combat. I would say yes, but some people would say no. My rule of thumb has been if they were 1) awarded medals for gallantry; 2) were lower ranking than general; 3) in theater; 4) killed in combat; or 5) were primarily involved at the tactical level, then I categorize "veteran." If they 1) served stateside 2) are flag rank 3) involved primarily at the strategic level, then I say WWII people. Curtis LeMay is a good example of overlap - he was a general, and did strategic planning, but he was also a tactical commander, and even participated in bombing raids, exposing himself to combat when he didn't have to. That certainly conveys veterans status on him in my mind, so I think he should be put in both categories. Nobunaga24 00:23, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Do wikipedia articles always have enough information to make such distinctions? Is the average editor going to be able to figure this out? Will other editors always be second-guessing the previous editor? Where would a private, sergeant or captain who served in a supply company in Kansas fit? A respectable 'veteran'; a respectable 'people'. There may be millions in fact; hundreds in Wikipedia. Thanks Hmains 00:38, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Infobox
There is a consensus discussion on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aircraft#Infobox Aicraft consensus discussion on adopting a non-specifications summary infobox for aircraft articles. Your comments would be appreciated. Thanks! - Emt147 Burninate! 18:38, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] RE: Forefathers post you deleted
(The "history" tab at the top of the page can be used to determine who posted a comment if they forget to add a signature.)
The below comment was posted after viewing a deletion from the Thoughtcrime page by IP 69.253.203.169 which was though initially to be you. The question arose after visiting your user page and briefly reading about your heritage. Although the question may appear confrontational it is not intended to be. Your answer or lack thereof will help me to interpret the information you have provided on your user page more accurately. Thanks. Patrick Eberhart (7th generation SAR)
"Can you tell me if you have any forefathers who fought and died in the American Revolutionary War and which side they were on?"
PCE 07:41, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
- Well, first, I am not at that IP and whatever edit was made wasn't by me. I'm not sure how you arrived at that conclusion, but after looking at your edit history, I did look at the thought crime article. As far as I'm aware, no ancestors died in the Revolutionary war. The first Irish ancestor, Nathaniel Scott, came to the US in 1790, and the majority of immigrant ancestors arrived after that date, most recently in 1930, except for some English who arrived in Virginia in the mid 1600s (no idea if they fought or not), and the Dutch in New York at about the same time. Once again, I don't know if any of them fought. --Nobunaga24 08:07, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
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- Thanks for your reply. As I recall I visited your user page just prior to determining that the above IP address was part of a Mt. Laurel, NJ Comcast block with the user most likely in Delaware. Even though I am not far from my ISP I've had an account with an ISP at a distant location. For the moment I am unable to trace the source of the link that took me to your user page although I recall it being on a "Difference between revisions" page in connection with some deleted edit which may have been unrelated to Thoughtcrime or the Thought Police articles. I'll continue trying to pin it down so we can both have a full explanation. -- PCE 17:33, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
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- Okay here it is: 21:34, 29 March 2006 (hist) (diff) Charles Graner ==> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Graner&diff=prev&oldid=46067236 Apparently IP 69.253.203.169 edited your edit of Charles Graner and I clicked on your user name as a starting point to pin down the ID of IP 69.253.203.169 and to get a feel for the kind of stuff he/she was editing. I read your user page and became curious about any possible Revolutionary War affiliation. -- PCE 17:59, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Hehe, ok, now I understand. No problem. Incidentally, what is yours - Revolution affiliation that is. --Nobunaga24 14:03, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
- The most famous is Colonel Arthur Forbis. My aunt who lives in Boston kept all of the paperwork upon being certified as a DAR. Rev. George McNeill 1720-1805 (Preached to troops on march to King's Mountain) is my great, great, great, great grandfather. I know there is a Kerr in there and whole lot of others but its only of occasional interest now since I don't live near the battlegrounds anymore. When I did it was almost impossible to think or talk about anything else. I do my best to stay out of the way. What took you to the Graner article, may I ask? -- PCE 21:19, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
- If I remember correctly, it was probably to add the category of either US Army soldiers or Iraq War vets. --Nobunaga24 12:16, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
- Do you know of a way to find any possible connection between Graner and one or more of the Bay County Juvenile Boot Camp guards believed responsible for the death of Martin Lee Anderson? I'm curious because replacement of staff could keep Florida from loosing its boot camps if such staffs are responsible for the problem. -- PCE 01:36, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
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- I've really no idea - my interest in the Graner article was solely in adding the categories. Aside from knowing of his involvement in Abu Ghraid and his civilian job as a prison guard, I know nothing else about him --Nobunaga24 01:38, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
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- Well its not up to me anyway to pin down a connection even if one exists but if there is a connection and knowledge of it will keep Florida from loosing its boot camps then I hope it will be found. -- PCE 01:44, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Edward Meyer
Hi Nobunaga24! Thanks for letting me know about Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edward Meyer. You can use {{db-repost}} with a note on the talk page or {{db|CSD-G4 - see [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edward Meyer]]}} on this type of article, rather than a redirect to the originally deleted article and asking for CSD-R1; this saves time for the deleting admin. Thanks! ➨ ≡ЯΞDVΞRS≡ 22:33, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Włodzmierz Krzyżanowski
Thanks for catching that. I was so fixated on the diacritical marks that I didn't notice the other spelling difference! Hal Jespersen 14:37, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Image:Battleship Fuji.jpg
Hello, you have tagged this image with {{PD-ineligible}}. However, it is clear that this tag is not proper. It could be used for say, simple chemical structural formulas, but not for photos! Please read Wikipedia:Copyrights and Wikipedia:Image copyright tags. If no proper license will be added in seven days, the image will be re-tagged with {{no source}} and deleted. Please ask on my talk page if you have any questions. Renata 05:43, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Arthur Lichte
Thanks for sorting out that link on the page for Arthur Lichte Dolive21 11:08, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Lloyd M. Bucher reverted
Hi, you reverted the anonymous removal of a paragraph in the article about Lloyd M. Bucher, saying that it should be discussed first. However, I have had an outstanding question on the talk page about that paragraph for more than a month, and no one has been able to clarify it. Besides Wikipedia aims for verifiability, not truth. I think it would be ok to remove the paragraph. But, no, I wasn't the one who removed it. Mlewan 08:24, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] MG Galen Jackman
Hi, I noticed that you've added some categories to Galen B. Jackman so I'm hoping you've read it over at least once or twice. This is something I've been working on since October and I've been trying to gradually make it better, obviously. I'd like your input on something quickly if you don't mind helping me out. I just added a military person infobox to the front page (I'm still working on getting more details to add to it) and I have a question about the decorations section. Should I pare down the list or leave it as is? And if I leave it as is, is it still appropriate to have a section within the article outlining the same awards and decorations word-for-word? Seems redundant to me, but I don't want to remove something that others would view as essential to the text. I'm also going to turn the education list back into a paragraph--should I do the same with the other lists or is it more readable the way it is? Thanks for taking the time to look at it. ScreaminEagle 17:35, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Operation Linebacker
The user has taken your vote comment and started posting on that page. --zero faults |sockpuppets| 12:57, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Fact Checking Please
Nobunaga San, thanks for two cool pages (the 525 MI and the 519 MI). Please check your sources on the Carolyn Wood situation.
You state in your contribution that she was the Company commander for A Co, 519th MI Bn (TE) (ABN) during OIF I. Can you please provide to me, the source of that information? The name of the CO for that time frame is not CPT Wood.
Thanks,
user:jerry.mills (OIF I)
- Sorry to disappoint you, but I was not the person who contributed the info about Carolyn Wood. In the 519th article, that was put in by the creator. I haven't looked at the 525th history, but in that one, too, I did not add her name. --Nobunaga24 15:20, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks Nobu. This just shows I better learn how to use wikipedia.org a lot better.
Have a great day,
[edit] Harvardlaw
Got it. -Will Beback 03:18, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Arthur Lichte
Thanks for fixing that link on Arthur Lichte.Dolive21 11:16, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bushido Userbox
Yes, feel free to use it. The code is {{User Modernbushido}}. ~ Porphyric Hemophiliac § 23:50, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Military history importance ratings
Since you've been doing a lot of importance ratings lately, I was wondering if you could perhaps comment on the proposed clarifications to their descriptions? Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 12:41, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history Coordinator Elections!
The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process is starting. We are looking to elect seven coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by August 11!
This is an automated delivery by grafikbot - 19:00, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
- Might I be so forward as to suggest that you run for the position? :-) Kirill Lokshin 00:26, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
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- We actually debated this point and decided that informal prodding was better than formal third-party nominations ;-)
- One point I think you might have missed: we have seven open positions. Regardless of whether I stay on or not, there's a definite need for more people; given that I think you're an excellent candidate, I hope you'll put yourself forward. Kirill Lokshin 02:42, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
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- I was just coming over here to ask if you would run for a coordinator position and I find Kirill has beat me to it! When the elections were suggested your name immediately came to mind. You've been very patient with my questions in the past, and you've also proven to be extremely knowledgable and approachable. I would heartily endorse your nomination should you choose to run. And hey, if you've got so much time to kill, why not? --ScreaminEagle 20:43, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
- *blush*, ok, I'll throw my name in for an assistant coordinator. I think I'll get at least 2 votes now, hehe--Nobunaga24 01:22, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
- Looks like somebody went ahead and nominated you, too; you might want to accept the nomination or something :-) Kirill Lokshin 00:18, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
- Oops, forgot to add my name yesterday--Nobunaga24 00:19, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
- Looks like somebody went ahead and nominated you, too; you might want to accept the nomination or something :-) Kirill Lokshin 00:18, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
- *blush*, ok, I'll throw my name in for an assistant coordinator. I think I'll get at least 2 votes now, hehe--Nobunaga24 01:22, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
- I was just coming over here to ask if you would run for a coordinator position and I find Kirill has beat me to it! When the elections were suggested your name immediately came to mind. You've been very patient with my questions in the past, and you've also proven to be extremely knowledgable and approachable. I would heartily endorse your nomination should you choose to run. And hey, if you've got so much time to kill, why not? --ScreaminEagle 20:43, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] standards for differing opinions
oldwindybear asked me for my opinion on this topic after we had a discussion. he told me you were working on the issue and I should publish my point of view:
Different viewpoints usually need a bit more explanation of each perspective. I would prefer a more tactical interpretation of the battle in the summarybox. We could state the factual result more tuned besides victory, defeat, inconclusive, also advantage, repulsed, weakened, forced to retreat, annihilated, lost supplies, disabled to forage, etc. A strategic analysis can be part of the aftermath and of an article on the whole war. There we can judge defeat or victory.
In the prelude we can point out why the battle happened and what were the different objectives. Usually pitched battles were accepted by both sides for different reasons on a chosen ground. Classical and Medieval war was mostly marching, foraging and sieges; battles were the highlights of a campaign.
In the section about the battle we simply state what happened for sure (movements, tactics, troops). Tactical defeats and victories of single units in the course of the battle can be stated and how the battle ended (nightfall, retreat).
All interpretations and legends of a battle are listed in the aftermath. There we point out its meaning, also concerning it as a part of a larger theatre. We can refer to the prelude and show what happened to the objectives each side wanted to achieve.
My opinion so far. Wandalstouring 20:04, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
- I would in general agree, but even in the causes there are always differing opinions. I don't know if perspectives can be confined to one area of the article, because in any war/battle, more than just the outcome is interpreted differently. I think with every article, how it is handled will be different, and I don't know if a standard format can be applied to every article. I should probably read a few more, see how other editors have handled it. --Nobunaga24 14:11, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Every silver lining has a cloud
I think David j silver was deleted at least three times yesterday before he gave up, and his other efforts also require careful review. He's a handful. -Will Beback 17:35, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re: The USS Simpson - the greatest, most important warship ever
Oh. My. Gosh. I followed him around via his edits for a while today...you really weren't kidding. "Delusions of grandeur" springs to mind, particularly after his mindboggling blog tour. I had no idea one man affected the world's history in so many ways. He also seems to fancy himself quite the international spy, which I'm sure will keep me up nights now.
I had a boyfriend like that--I was scared to break up with him because I thought he would kill me. Scary memories of our conversations together are all coming back to me as I read about this man's extraordinary life and sit through his 700+ photos of three different poses. Good times.
Oh yeah, and as I was getting my Adult Swim fix last night, I suddenly thought "The USS Simpson - the greatest, most important warship ever" and I laughed out loud. Thanks for the info/warning/entertainment. --ScreaminEagle 16:03, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
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- Re my revert, ah. But it looked like one big wipe out of info. Sorry for the trouble. I restored your version.Rlevse 02:16, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- No problem, bro :)--Nobunaga24 04:34, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- He's begun writing on my userpage now: "Nobunaga should take a look at how she salutes, it could be taken as act of aggression." What the...? --ScreaminEagle 16:30, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
- No problem, bro :)--Nobunaga24 04:34, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- Re my revert, ah. But it looked like one big wipe out of info. Sorry for the trouble. I restored your version.Rlevse 02:16, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Military history WikiProject coordinator election - vote phase!
The Military history WikiProject coordinator election has begun. We will select seven coordinators to serve for the next six months from a pool of eleven candidates. Please vote here by August 26!
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[edit] Amphibious Ship Edits
I've noticed your recent edits adding links to military units carried by U.S. Navy amphibious ships. Thanks! I've been working on these ship articles, mostly for WWII-vintage attack cargo ships, mostly from the Navy side. I'm interested in their having as many Army and Marine Corps links as possible, but I know very little about the units or structure of either of these services. I very much appreciate your edits, and would appreciate any help you might have on finding and linking to other Army/USMC units. Lou Sander 16:41, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
- Replying to your message: Nice to meet you. I sort of know about the various Wikipedia military history projects, but I haven't joined. I'm not yet highly knowledgeable about Wikipedia techniques, etc., and I'm not sure that I want to get too deeply into that stuff, due to the danger of addiction.
- I was a naval officer for four years, from 1961-1965. Two years aboard a ship, two years in a beach jumper unit. I basically couldn't stand it that the Navy "owned me," so I got as far away from it as I could. Forty years later I ran into a few of my former colleagues, and we started a reunion group, which has gotten pretty large. Our very extensive web site is HERE. Through working with the group, I've developed some expertise in a few narrow areas of naval history, which is something I never knew or cared much about previously.
- We've got some pretty interesting insight into Japanese history a few weeks after the war, in the form of a letter from one of the ship's officers. You can see it HERE. It goes on for seven pages or so, which you can get to through the blue navigation links at the top of the pages.
- My user page also has a lot of other biographical stuff, including a list of the 100+ ship articles I've posted. I live in Pittsburgh, and I see you've visited here. Were you just passing through, or ???? Lou Sander 18:18, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Assistant Coordinator position
It gives me great pleasure to inform you that, per the result of the just-concluded election, you are now an Assistant Coordinator of the Military history WikiProject!
I would ask that you place the coordinator page on your watchlist; its talk page contains a scratch pad and discussion area that should be useful in keeping track of needed coordination work.
More generally, I'll be laying out some thoughts on potential short-term plans for the project here; you are cordially invited to comment!
Congratulations, and thank you for all of your hard work! Kirill Lokshin 00:03, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Impersonating sockpuppet blocked
An apparent sockpuppet of User:Jessefriend, et.al. — User:Nobunaga25, began reverting the Jesse Macbeth article. I have indefinitely blocked this user. You might want to keep an eye out for other accounts created to impersonate you. — ERcheck (talk) 00:22, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- Have those other accounts already been created (26, 27, etc.)? Though 3RR might appear to apply here, it appears more to be vandalism — considering the addition of inaccurate information and the creation of sockpuppets. — ERcheck (talk) 00:27, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism to Jesse Macbeth
Have you reported the vandalism to the article on Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism or the sockpuppetry on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents? — ERcheck (talk) 00:33, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks. I'll chat with Mmx1 on this. I believe Looper5920 is offline right now. — ERcheck (talk) 00:40, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
See this thread on my talk page. For now, looks like it is handled. Please feel free to let me know if the problem continues. — ERcheck (talk) 01:28, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] If you hate fake vets...
keep an eye on this article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Wakim
grazon 01:53, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Military history Collaboration of the Fortnight
You supported Warrior, which has been selected as the Military history WikiProject's new Collaboration of the Fortnight. Please help improve this article to featured article standards. Kirill Lokshin 00:27, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Military history Collaboration of the Fortnight
You supported United States Army Reserve, which has been selected as the Military history WikiProject's new Collaboration of the Fortnight. Please help improve this article to featured article standards. Kirill Lokshin 02:12, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Rickover
And why, pray tell, does my opinion not matter on the subject of the article's ranking? It is in any case not vandalism. Given that I knew Rickover, you might want to reconsider. Perhaps you thought my use of an IP address somehow made me a vandal? Odd. --66.69.219.9 04:32, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
- Whenever I see an anonymous IP removing content, or making changes that don't conform to established policy, my first assumption is vandal. I, for one, do not assume good faith when it comes to anonymous IPs. If someone wants to be taken seriously as a contributor, make a f*cking account. It takes about 30 seconds, costs you nothing. IPs can have multiple users, or the opposite, a user's IP could change everytime they log on, making a complete record of someone's contributions impossible to follow.--Nobunaga24 00:58, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] U.S. Soldier's Creed
Could you take a look at this for me? The wife (lower enlisted) has been harping on me about the Warrior Ethos thing again. I have done what I could for now. I still believe it to be a stub; I would like to see more of an introduction and perhaps some history about the first version.
To summarize my changes:
- Redirected "Warrior Ethos" to "US Soldier's Creed"; merged the two articles to reduce confusion.
- Removed "entitled the 'Warrior Ethos'" - It is entitled the US Soldier's Creed. The "Warrior Ethos" is contained in the Creed.
- Removed the "dog-tag" reference - unnecessary; trite. It is now an external link. Should this even be here?
- Moved "controversial" remark to end of paragraph, referenced cited article. Should this even be here?
- Formatted the second stanza (Warrior Ethos) in similar fashion to the way it is primarily displayed.
- Added merged "Warrior Ethos" copy.
- Added a reference to age of previous version.
I do not know what the Washington Post reference references. Awhit003 10:13, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Leighton W. Smith, Jr.
Am I going nuts or is the image of Smith not showing up for anyone else besides me? I tried reinserting it to see if it would take, it looked fine in the preview so I saved it, and then it disappeared again in the save. I'm obviously losing in a battle of wits with a picture, so could you see what its problem is (you know, since you were over there recently)? --ScreaminEagle 21:53, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- I can't explain that, then. It still doesn't show up for me, just an empty thumb image box with text. It's the only picture that's doing that to me, too. Oh well.
- And I noticed you did the article on Roudebush. I'd been meaning to write that for months but never found the time. I'm glad you got to it, since it did need to be done. Good job! --ScreaminEagle 20:45, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 101st Chemical Company
I'm not sure if you are the original author of the 101st Chemical Company article, but it needs a major rewrite. Currently, the article is disputed for its neutrality. I agree, as parts of it seem to belittle the 21st Chemical Company of which I was apart of for a little over three years. The page does not cite its sources, nor does it cover the unit’s history in WWII. I left some information near the bottom of the article's talk page that might be of interest. If you are not the original author, I am sorry for taking up your time. (!Mi luchador nombre es amoladora de la carne y traigo el dolor! 03:54, 19 October 2006 (UTC))
- Never mind, the history page did not totally load the first time. You just added the "start" tag to it. I personally believe the article is a "stub" at best. Sorry to have bothered you. (!Mi luchador nombre es amoladora de la carne y traigo el dolor! 04:08, 19 October 2006 (UTC))
[edit] Japan Dislikes
I agree with you on a lot of your likes/dislikes of Japan. My major dislike in Japan is that the train system stops running around 1 a.m., which means if you want to stay out later than that (and I usually do) you're SOL until 5 a.m. when they start running again or else you're paying Y10,000+ for a taxi back to whatever distant suburb you live in. I think Japanese beer tastes good with Japanese food, coincidentally. If you want some good stuff, try some of the Japanese microbrews, like the one with the owl on the label (I can't remember the name). They're expensive, but very, very good.
I'm hoping to visit the Hiroshima peace museum someday. I already know it presents a one-sided perspective on the event. But not all the victims of US bombing are so myopic. Once I was drinking in an old izekaya in Asakusa, Tokyo with my girlfriend (now wife). An older gentlemen who was missing some fingers started talking to us in a kind way (my wife translated). He stated that he lost his fingers as a child, along with most of his family, in the firebombing of Tokyo in March, 1945. He also stated that he knew that Japan had done a lot of bad things in China and to Allied prisoners of war. He said that during the occupation, some US bomber crews came to the neighborhoods in the heavily bombed-out portion of Tokyo, including his, and helped the residents rebuild and plant gardens since food was scarce. Thus, he said, he had little, if any, ill will towards the US. Cla68 01:26, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, once in a bar in Hachioji (an outer suburb of Tokyo) a middle-aged gentlemen sitting near me started talking to the bartender but in a voice loud enough for me to hear, saying "an atomic bomb is like a dish of curry" and continuing on in the same, obtuse way (my companion translated for me, otherwise I wouldn't have noticed). I guess he thought he was being witty. I left and went somewhere else. I don't know if you heard about the interesting exchange that occurred on Japanese TV either in August '05 or '04. A US Pearl Harbor survivor was brought onto a Japanese prime-time show to debate the use of the atomic bomb with a group of Japanese, including some Hibakusha. Apparently he had prepared himself for what was going to happen. When they started in on him, he smilingly reminded them of not just Pearl Harbor, but the invasion of China and Korea, the Phillipines, the "Greater East Co-prosperity Sphere", etc. Not expecting him to defend himself so well and so unapologetically, the Hibakusha on the panel were stunned into silence. At the end he laughed and said something like, "I wish all of you well." (I've seen video of it). The exchange was reported in the Japanese mass media, who didn't necessarily criticize the guy as much as you might think they would have. I guess some perspective can help subdue some of the vitriol. Cla68 01:52, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Strategic Air Command bases
Will you please put back the page that had the dates of the name change on it I tried and was unsuxccessful. Thank you. R. E. Mixer 21:41, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
I fixed it myself but thanks anyway. R. E. Mixer 15:16, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Australian Honours Order of Precedence
Good idea. Thanks for the changes to Australian Honours Order of Precedence LW77 11:41, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Help with editing
Re: U.S. 14th Armored Division page. You made a change on this page earlier, and I am asking for your assistance as I am not very good with editing. A U.S. Army unit's officially awarded Nickname ("Special" or "Distinctive Unit Designation") comes under the heading "Lineage and Heraldry" not "Culture and History." Can you help me understand how to edit the box on the page to reflect this? It would be greatly appreciated. 14thArmored 1300 Hours, 2 November 2006
[edit] Byodoin
See it! It is beautiful in a sad and ghostly way. Encroachment all around, yet a simple elegance still. See Uji while in the area, too, especially the two old jinja there. Not gorgeous, but simple and important--really neat old tree near one--cryptomeria? Enjoy Japan. Doc Rock 19:50, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Adoption request
from Feroshki 05:18, 19 January 2007 (UTC) : After browsing quite a few User pages since joining Wpa, I find yours outstanding ! I wonder if you would "adopt" me ? I guess this is an unusual request.I have previously posted an request via the usual channels, bt only one response. Anyway, i would prfer to choose my adopter actively ..How about it ??
[edit] Pakualaman
Thanks for the correction - shows what a lousy proofreader I was not to spot calvary.... took me a while to get to the talk page I was intrigued by your user page.. hope you get your phd, mine about royal graveyards in central java sort of lapsed.... sigh SatuSuro 01:24, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Explanation for revert
Just wanted to drop a note why I undid your edits to Michelle Manhart and History of women in the military - it's not that they were untrue, it's just that they need a citation per WP:BLP. - RJASE1 02:10, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Re: Manhart
Yeah, I had originally made the same connection as you - I rescued the image and uploaded it, and put it in a couple of articles so it wouldn't be orphaned pending eventual use in the place where you put it. Just waiting for a source on her real name so it can be included in her article without a violation of WP:BLP or WP:OR. (All I can find online stating that it's her is blog and discussion board commenters, which isn't good enough per WP:RS.) Sorry about the edit war. - RJASE1 02:31, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] WP:MILHIST Coordinator Elections
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[edit] Favor to ask
I have noticed over the past few months that you have tagged a hell of a lot of article for WPMILHIST. Kudos on all of the good work. I did want to ask a favor though. Is ther any way I could get you to add a few extra letters and assess them as well. I have spent 6 months clearing the 7000+ backlog of unassessed articles and got it down to 0 just the other day. It is kind of frustrating when you open the page again only to find another 70 more pop up over night. Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated. Cheers. --Looper5920 05:51, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
- As an aside, I went back and read your user page for the first time in awhile. Great stuff. I lived in Okinawa for a year and while it is much different than the mainland many of the things you mentioned are on the money. The one that really hit the spot was the Hiroshima/Nagasaki piece. I have never been there but I did go to the air base at Khe Sahn, Vietnam a few months ago and I cannot honestly espress the rage I had after reading the guest book there. Most of the ignorant and rude edits were from European and Aussie backpackers but it mostly involved Iraq, preaching and ..... (Serenity now.) Also, as an American living overseas I am convinced that we only export the worst parts of our cultture aropund the world. What is a joke to us or mild entertainment passes as fact in many places. Some people do get their impressions of Miami from watching "Bad Boys II" or think every neighborhood in America is featured in "Cops." It is also amazing how people are so willing to bag the U.S. but at the same time ignore all of the things that are wrong with their own societies. I'll wrap this up but, bottom line is, I got a great kick out of you user page. Cheers. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Looper5920 (talk • contribs) 06:25, 9 February 2007 (UTC).
[edit] WikiProject Military History elections
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[edit] Hang in there, brother
I know exactly what you mean - I trim my watchlist down at least once a week to just a few articles I really care about. Step back for a while and don't even look at your watchlist - just write an article or something. Oh, and 'right on' when it comes to establishing accounts. I don't think it's much to ask. Been spending a lot of time on recent changes patrol lately - maybe 5% of IP edits (at most) are worth keeping. RJASE1 Talk 14:07, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] WPMILHIST Award
August 2006 — February 2007
In recognition of the six monthes spent as an Assistant Coordinator of the Military History Wikiproject, I herby award you these stars. Thank you for contributing your time and effort to the project. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:14, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Francis W. Nye
Thanks for your many contributions to the article on Francis W. Nye. Your patience in working with this is greatly appreciated. Student7 00:46, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks
Thanks for the help on the Roy Boehm and Dennis Chalker pages, I mistook commands for commands served under and not commands as in "had command over" on Denny's page. I had no idea those other lists were bad.
My bad. Mike Searson 21:31, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Still preparing for semi-retirement?
I saw you editing in the feed - guess you still haven't broken your wiki-addiction. :) You need help (but so do I). RJASE1 Talk 01:11, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Thank You and Good luck
Thanks for your contributions, you'll be missed. Best of luck. --Mmx1
- You've made many positive and significant contributions to the crack; I hope to follow in your footsteps and quit Wikipedia eventually -Signaleer 14:08, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Follow-up to our October "Hiroshima" conversation
I thought you might be interested in hearing about an exchange I just had with my sister-in-law (she's Japanese). She had just read an Uyoku dantai manga about Yasukuni Shrine and the Tokyo war crimes trials. She told me that the book taught her that the Allies "invented" the law under which Tojo and the others were tried after the war and that the Class-A war criminals hadn't actually violated any laws. She also said that the book implied that only Japanese were put to death for war crimes by the Allies.
Well, Wikipedia came in handy on this one. I opened up the Japanese war crimes, International Military Tribunal for the Far East, and the Kellogg-Briand Pact articles and showed her how the Class-A defendents were tried under a pact that Japan had signed before the war. I then showed her the Nuremberg trials article and the pictures of the German war criminals who were executed. She appeared to quickly realize that the book she was reading maybe wasn't so credible. Score one for how Wikipedia can help with discrediting propaganda.
Anyway, I hope your Japanese studies go well and that you can find a chance to continue your great help with the project in the future. Cla68 12:24, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] DYK
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Did you know? was updated. On June 7, 2007, a fact from the article Gregory S. Martin, which you recently nominated, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Well done Nobunaga, you've earnt yourself the pictured lead spot on DYK. Kindly nominated by Work permit, but do feel free to self nom in future. We always need more serious stuff on Wikipedia. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:17, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Laurence S. Kuter
I have come across your article on Laurence S. Kuter. Thank you for creating an article on a US General, but this is a clear copyright violation. The entire article is a copy and paste from the website you listed at the bottom. I have contacted you to immediately rewrite the entire article, or I will have to put it up for deletion. If you wish to discuss it, go to the talk page where I have started a conversation.--Kranar drogin 01:56, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] article content
Although of course they are not copyright violations, articles such as the one on Donald R. Keith when copied from AF websites are as PR-like and spammy as the original. (It would be perhaps fairer to say:is a word-for-wordf copy of text from a PD website..." rather then "incorporates text from ..." What might help is condensation of some of positions held, and a lede sentence that encapsulates the high point of the career, rather than starting at the birth. e.g., "General Donald R. Keith was Commanding General of the U.S. Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command, and the President of the ..." Perhaps you might also specify the faculty position at West Point -- it is probably of interest in WPedians, if not to the Army--I see from the USFAA article it was in chemistry, but was it Instructor or Asst. professor?. This is just a suggestion, not meant to start a fight. DGG 21:11, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- I would like to engage you in some dialog about this. DGG 02:12, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
- Military bios from .mil websites are uniformly positive and rah-rah. But...they are a good starting point for an article. The beauty of wikipedia is that they can be edited. I trim out anything excessive, such as "General Billy Bob was a super American," or things of that nature. As far as I am concerned, all 4-star officers are worthy of articles, as they have achieved the highest rank possible in a "peacetime" military and have held positions in the military of tremendous responsibility; however there are quite a few (more than 100) that have no article, and very little info about them is on the internet. Anyone can come along and change the article. That is what it is there for. I am not trying, with a first, second, or third draft, to write a GA-quality article. My main priority right now is to get something up that other people can then make changes to. If I have time later, I will go back and make stylistic changes to the article. If someone beats me to it, good for them. The Robin Olds article is a good example of an article that started as a .mil paste job. Despite his very important contributions to aerial warfare, he had no article on wikipedia until late 2006, which started as a cut-and-paste from a .mil website, started by yours truly. User:Buckboard beat me to expanding the article, and now it is GA, and hopefully will go on to Featured Article. I make no apologies for using military bios because 1) they are in the public domain 2) the information is verifiable 3) they are good starting points for articles - I agree that they should not be the final product. As you can see, with most of these, I have tried to find aditional information, and have footnoted it as necessary - Johnnie E. Wilson, Larry R. Ellis, Donn A. Starry, etc. As far as stylistic issues, like I said, if someone comes along and want to make those changes, that's fine, as long as they don't delete verifiable information. I myself don't view my strengths here as writing superb prose, or structuring articles in a way that is engaging - I'll let others more skilled than I do that. I don't feel that it is "spammy" in the least. Spammy is the "CEO" of some 3 person company trying to use wikipedia as free advertising space. Spammy is not an article on a guy who was in charge of 100,000+ soldiers/sailors/airmen and spent 30-40 years in his profession. As far as word-for-word copying, it's public domain. It's cited by the template. Many (more than half I'm sure) of the articles on U.S. warships are word-for-word copies of DANFS. Why? Because on a topic where there is little information available, the public domain information is a good starting point.--Nobunaga24 03:04, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Johnnie E. Wilson
Hi Nobunaga24. You are off to such a great start on the article Johnnie E. Wilson that it may qualify to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page under the Did you know... section. The Main Page gets about 4,000,000 hits per day and appearing on the Main Page may help bring publicity and assistance to the article. However, there is a five day from article creation window for Did you know... nominations. Before five days pass from the date the article was created and if you haven't already done so, please consider nominating the article to appear on the Main Page by posting a nomination at Did you know suggestions. If you do nominate the article for DYK, please cross out the article name on the "Good" articles proposed by bot list. Also, don't forget to keep checking back at Did you know suggestions for comments regarding your nomination. Again, great job on the article. -- Jreferee (Talk) 23:15, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] All those 4-stars
Thanks for the kind note. I've been meaning to thank you as well for all the articles on 4-stars (and others) that you've been putting up; there's no way I was going to fix all those redlinks in the lists of 4-stars myself! Don't let anyone discourage you from putting up the canned gov't bio's; they do make great placeholders and it's so much easier for lazy people like me to expand an existing article than to create a new one.--Morinao 00:25, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] I see you're online
Hi. This is someone you know. Please sign into Skype if you have time. --SomebodyUknow 15:14, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
- Mom? :D --Nobunaga24 15:16, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The David Christian Fiasco
Since you're at least temporarily retired, and the AfD will be gone soon, I thought it would be a good idea to reply to you here. I understand your reasons for nominating the article, it deserved it for COI at a minimum. I also believe you about having waited a long time to nominate it. He's one of those gray area subjects.
I know AfD debates get contentious. It seemed like my argument annoyed you, and I wanted to apologize if it came across badly. I'm sorry to see you're retiring, you did really good work from what I've read. No hard feelings-Horrorshowj 02:36, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
- No hard feeling and sorry about the jab. It's just that I've been on here long enough that I've become suspicious of new accounts (which of course we all start as). Good job on the David Christian article - thousand times better. I'll review it a little later (bit busy at work right now), but I might withdraw my nomination.--Nobunaga24 03:04, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Military history WikiProject coordinator selection
The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process is starting. We are looking to elect nine coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by August 14! Wandalstouring 09:46, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject Japan taskforces
In order to encourage more participation, and to help people find a specific area in which they are more able to help out, we have organized taskforces at WikiProject Japan. Please visit the Participants page and update the list with the taskforces in which you wish to participate. Links to all the taskforces are found at the top of the list of participants.
Please let me know if you have any questions, and thank you for helping out! ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 00:58, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Man...
I didn't realize you'd left; I noticed your participation dropping (mine has, too) but I didn't know you'd decided to leave altogether. I'm sorry to see a good editor like you go. --ScreaminEagle 03:23, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Military history WikiProject coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject coordinator election has begun. We will be selecting nine coordinators from a pool of fourteen candidates to serve for the next six months. Please vote here by August 28! Kirill 01:20, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Oral histories
Fantastic work digging up all those four-star bio sources (especially that Gleaves photo; I looked pretty hard and never found that one). Have you seen the collection of U.S. Army four-star oral histories downloadable from Army Heritage Collection Online? No permanent links, which I guess is why they don't seem to show up on Google, so just browse the manuscript archive directories to find them. Some of them append full biosketches (e.g. Crosbie Saint, Volney Warner). Morinao 16:52, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
- I just cleaned up an interesting set of "corrections/additions" by an anonymous IP on your Volney Warner article. I couldn't verify the Defense DSM, but the other edits seem correct to the point that where they diverge from the oral history, the oral history turns out to be wrong. Hard not to wonder how many people in the world might know and care enough about Volney Warner's career to be able to do that. =) Morinao 22:46, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] You're Correct
My apologies. I saw the single page tag and the grayed out link to page 2 and made an incorrect assumption. Re: DPetraeus/LATimes JoeFriday 05:24, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
- No problem - nice work on the article tho, was looking on the history - that and McAlester, OK too--Nobunaga24 05:26, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] DYK
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[edit] The Old Guard
I would appreciate it if you could please review and then share your own thoughts about the recent discussion of the topic of The Old Guard, thank you. -TabooTikiGod 19:54, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Congratulations!
Congratulations on finishing all of the Army four-stars! That was an amazing amount of work, especially given how obscure some of them are. I'll try to expand some of those stubs as time permits. Morinao 20:20, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] PD articles
I see you're using the {{USGovernment}} tag in your articles; I'll add it to CSBot's list so that you don't get warnings anymore. :-) — Coren (talk) 01:19, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Best wishes and thanks
I'll be sorry to see you go, but I can certainly understand how you might be feeling burned out. That was a monumental undertaking. I really did not believe it could be accomplished so quickly.
Regarding your question, I actually have zero military background other than a father who served in Vietnam and a great-uncle in the 442nd. About a year and a half ago I read that the new CIA director was a four-star general, and I started wondering how many active duty four-stars are there, anyway? So I counted and there were like 40. Since it appeared that they basically didn't exist before World War II, it seemed reasonable to say okay, how many have there ever been? That was a unfortunate question, because then I started collecting four-stars like baseball cards, obsessively striving for a complete set. When I finally had one, I formatted and posted it.
At that point I was done. No way was I going to try to fix those hundreds of redlinks. Especially not in the Army list, which was by far the hardest to compile. So when I discovered you seemed to be trying to systematically fill in the blanks, I was bemused, then skeptical, then tremendously impressed at how consistently and diligently you were able to unearth sources for some seriously obscure people. Watching someone else make that kind of progress inspired me to take another crack at writing some of these articles.
So thanks for all your hard work and congratulations again on completing all the Army four-stars. Now that I know it can be done, I'll definitely go back and finish the Navy four-stars as well. (Probably won't have the energy to do the Air Force, but those bios are already online in one place anyway so I'm sure someone will get around to it eventually.) Hope your Japanese studies go well. Morinao 05:49, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for your kind words. I will give my user page one more update, and please feel free to update it so you can track the progress of the articles. Glad I was able to motivate someone on here.--Nobunaga24 06:22, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Mitchel Field Merger
Just curious as to why that page was merged with Mitchel Field Air Force Base. 02:44 27 December 2007 Msh25
[edit] Quality ratings on articles with copied material
You reversed my downratings of several Military History articles, which I downrated because they include copied text without proper use of quoting. I have opened a discussion topic on the copying and rating topic in WP:MILHIST just now, and mentioned your reversing my downratings. Would you please take a look, and can we continue a discussion there? Sincerely, doncram (talk) 01:56, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
- Already commented - those articles are not stubs, which is why I reveresed them. Stub class has nothing to do with citations, rather with amount of content. WIthout proper citing it can't get to B class, only start.--Nobunaga24 (talk) 02:01, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] About the Beth Davis article...
I created the article, but now that I look back on it, it seems like it is not notable. I guess you are right. Rhetth (talk) 23:51, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Collaboration pays off
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[edit] Image:Kochi Japan.jpg
Hello.
I edit the splendid image "Image:Kochi Japan.jpg" which you uploaded and want to upload it. Would you consent?--663highland (talk) 14:57, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
I thank you heartily. Image:Kochi Japan2400.jpg--663highland (talk) 16:49, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Appreciation, and a few generals where I might have a conflict of interest
(Should it be Nobunaga24-sama?)
It's my practice to look at the userpages of people that make useful comments on articles I've worked on, and I must admit that a shogun using MASINT was fascinating. Yours was a small link, but it helped. Thank you.
(cough) returning to things "in general", there are two one-stars that I believe have unusual notability, but where I have a relationship through marriage (well, divorce). Also, I worked directly for LTG Lincoln D. Faurer (USAF ret.& Director, NSA/CSS) in his first civilian job), and indirectly for a couple of others in civilian (although sometimes government and critical) assignments.
As for the conflicts, I'll mention first that, sadly, I never met them in person, but have found some online references (e.g., collection of papers at the Library of Congress), have found family documents (with provenance) that I'm trying to convince be, at least, lent to the Library of Congress or National Archives for copying.
[edit] BG Noel Parrish, USAF
The more notable, I believe, is BG Noel Parrish (USAF, ret.). As LTC/COL, he commanded the training base for the Tuskegee Airmen. The relationship is that he's the great-uncle of my second ex-wife. There is an online index to his personal papers at the Library of Congress. The Smithsonian has some picture on line, including one when he's having dinner with Lena Horne -- the man was disgustingly handsome! One of the two top honors that the Tuskegee Airmen association presents is the Noel Parrish Award, and it is a tradition, when his name is first mentioned at an Airmen meeting, that the audience gives a standing ovation. After the war, he stayed in until the mid-fifties, made brigadier on his own in mostly staff assignments, retired, got a doctorate, and had a second career as an academic. If I ever write a biography, he will probably be the first choice (and I have published engineering books).
I'd really like to get an oral historian to speak to my ex, to get some relevant family background into the mix, but on the record. It was well-known that he came from the south, and, while apparently something of a martinet in training, was absolutely colorblind. He made judgments of people on what they accomplished, or, as Martin Luther King put it, the content of their character. What is not in the public record is not just that his immediate family were more typical southerners of their time, but, after his brother (my ex's grandfather) was pulled from a bus he was driving, during a race riot, and lost an eye, the family looked at the KKK as liberals. He was ostracized for what he did with the Airmen. That he was one of the people that many Airmen credit with helping them live through the war, variously with specific training, and occasionally thinking "and how would Col. Parrish solve this?', is even more of a notable aspect of the content of his character.
There are enough public sources for a start, and I am trying to get a contact in the Tuskegee Airmen Association, which is recruiting new generations and is a going concern. Still, I would like to find a collaborator for Wikipedia, to check any conflicts of interest.
[edit] Commodore Ben Wyatt, USN
He was my first wife's grandfather, not the Australian politician for whom there is a Wiki article. One of the first Naval Aviators, he commanded the escort carrier division at the Battle of Rennell Island, the last naval engagement of Guadalcanal, and a tactical fiasco. RADM Ike Giffen commanded the overall unit, but decided the threat was from submarines, and didn't want to be tied down by 18-knot carriers. Of course, the main body was jumped by a large body of Japanese aircraft, and they were now far enough that fighters could only cover them for five minutes if they were to get home. This is briefly covered in the full Samuel Eliot Morrison history. To answer some family records, I did, years ago, go to the Naval Operational Archives and pulled the logs of the engagement, to find it even a bigger mess -- apparently, the main body ships did not know the fighter radio frequency. Aircraft were reduced to dropping notes on decks. There are family rumors that he was either made the scapegoat, or that he punched out Giffen (who rose to 3 stars). It's not clear how his health was; he may have been in the very early stages of diabetes.
His next assignment was commanding a single escort carrier at TORCH, the one shuttling the Army planes ashore but not operating from the carrier.
I don't know if he had an intermediate job, but he became Naval Attache to Spain. Recently, public online records show he worked with Raoul Wallenberg and other diplomats, in a manner quite inconsistent with diplomatic status, to run an "underground railroad" for Jews trying to escape the Holocaust.
It looks like his next assignment was as a Pacific island commander, probably Kwajalein. The document that really belongs in an archive is the "guest book" of people who staged through the base, with commentary as well as autographs. Nimitz, MacArthur, Spruance, Halsey, etc., are all there.
Subsequently, according to Time Magazine, he was the man that had the job of convincing natives they had to evacuate their homes, as their islands were going to be used for nuclear tests. It was clear they trusted him; it is less clear if he knew that some of the islands would be uninhabitable or literally gone.
Howard C. Berkowitz (talk) 16:26, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Japanese authors
Hi. Thanks for rescuing those 3 articles. I've left a few comments for the editor who added the prod templates, at User talk:Reywas92#Mass speedy-deleting Japanese authors.
If you have any interest/time, I just wanted to point out the other articles that were similarly prod'd: Aki Hayami, On Watanabe, Shizu Shiraki, Tsuyoshi Makino, Ryosen Tsunashima.
That's all, thanks again. :) -- Quiddity (talk) 19:28, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] List of United States Army four-star generals
Hey, thanks for nominating this for featured list. I've never put this up for peer review because there are a number of obvious WP:MOS issues that I'd been dreading (especially the hyphen vs. n-dash thing; really should have looked that up before digging myself into such a deep hole). But honestly, I was never going to get around to fixing them, so I appreciate the motivational kick!
Since there really is a lot of work to be done, may I suggest that the featured list nomination be withdrawn for now and submitted instead for peer review over at WikiProject:Military History? That whole cluster of lists of Army/Navy/Air Force/Marine four-stars is probably ripe for feedback, anyway, although I like this strategy of pushing the Army list through the process first to set the standard for the others. - Morinao (talk) 20:11, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Deletion of TIOH images now on Commons
Hi there. I noticed you've been tagging several Army Institute of Heraldry with {{NowCommons}}. Since you were their original uploader, the one-week period before deletion may be waived. Would you like them to be deleted now? Best, Fvasconcellos (t·c) 12:56, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
- P.S. Thank you for these uploads :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 12:56, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
- OK, check your contribs—I think I've got them all. I took the liberty of fixing some licensing issues and adding descriptions (blazon, etc.) to the Commons pages when necessary. Best, Fvasconcellos (t·c) 14:39, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Benjamin Chidlaw.jpg
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[edit] Thanks
Thanks for indirectly making me aware of that Commons-transfer script. Indescribably useful. MrPrada (talk) 02:24, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
