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Hi, I am just letting you know I reverted vandalism to your page. The vandal was the same one who did it before. You may want to keep an eye on him/her.__Seadog ^♪ 19:46, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Benjamin Harrison

Hi there.

I put "VI" back in Harrison's article because I believe it to be encylopedic; the Harrison family has a political dynasty. Contact me if you have any qualms about the edit! Teke ^(talk) 07:07, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

• Good point, it's gone. Teke ^(talk) 05:52, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue IX - November 2006

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue IX - November 2006
Project news Five new task forces have been created, covering African military history, Balkan military history, Military historiography, Military science, and Military technology and engineering. A guideline for referencing and citation has been adopted.	Current proposals and discussions A discussion regarding categories for military people is ongoing. New naming conventions for military units have been proposed. A discussion concerning project-wide writing contests has begun.
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Any ideas for VA Constitution?

I see that you rated the Constitution of Virginia back in October. I've put some work into the article, but I'm about the only one actively editing it - I guess it's not a topic that generates a lot of interest. I would like to make it a better article, but I would also like to get another opinion on what needs doing - more info on historical constitutions? more analysis of the current constitution? etc. Would you mind giving me some feedback? If not, no big deal. -Kubigula (ave) 17:38, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. Your observations mostly echo my thoughts on the article, and it's great to get someone else's perspective on an article that doesn't get much edit traffic. -Kubigula (ave) 02:54, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Concordia Newsletter

NEWSLETTER

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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue X - December 2006

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue X - December 2006
Project news Two new task forces have been created, covering Korean military history and New Zealand military history. A new template for external links to images has been created. {{KIA}} and {{POW}} templates have been created for use with the names of commanders in {{Infobox Military Conflict}}. The new naming convention for military units has been provisionally adopted; please help by moving articles to comply with it! Further comments may be directed here. New guidelines and sub-categories for Category:Military history articles needing attention are now available.	Current proposals and discussions A proposal for a mass renaming of by-country military conflict categories has been made. A discussion about naming conventions for firearms is ongoing.
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BRoy titles templates poll

Hi, Dinosaur puppy/B! I've just started a poll about Category:British royal titles templates, and would really value your input - please do have your say! Cheers, – DBD 13:07, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Help.

Hello I have noticed you know alot about the coding on wikipedia.

Can you explain how to create a category?

I am trying to add, "Characters in Patrick Henry's Life"

Thanks Alot

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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XI - January 2007

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XI - January 2007

Project news A set of five criteria for B-Class status has been introduced; new parameters are available in {{WPMILHIST}} to keep track of articles' progress with regard to these criteria. The implementation of the new naming convention for military units is continuing. The Nordic military history task force has been created. All task forces now have their own sets of assessment statistics, logs, and worklists available. {{Infobox War Faction}} has been created for use with factions participating in a war. A gallery of military related featured pictures has been compiled as part of the project's showcase. Several new category naming conventions have been introduced: All categories classifying military conflicts and operations by country (such as Category:Battles by country) have been changed to use "X involving Y" in place of "X of Y". For example, Category:Battles of France is now Category:Battles involving France. All categories classifying warfare by era (such as Category:Battles by era) have been changed to use "X of the Y era" in place of "Y X". For example, Category:Industrial battles is now Category:Battles of the Industrial era.

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WP:MILHIST Coordinator Elections

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WikiProject Military History elections

The Military history WikiProject coordinator election has begun. We will be selecting seven coordinators to serve for the next six months from a pool of sixteen candidates. Please vote here by February 25!

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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XII - February 2007

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XII - February 2007
Project news The new consolidated review department—combining the existing project peer review and A-Class review with a listing of project articles undergoing various external featured content candidacies and reviews—is now operational. Two new templates have been introduced: {{Infobox Firearm Cartridge}}, a primary infobox for use with firearm cartridges and artillery shells. {{Command structure}}, an auxiliary infobox designed for use with {{Infobox Military Unit}}. An effort is being made to have task forces maintain annotated bibliographies for their topic areas; several task forces have already begun to construct them. The project reached two important milestones this month: 500 active members and 30,000 articles in the assessment system. A military version of Wikipe-tan has been created; a new userbox featuring one of the images is available for interested project members.	From the coordinators The third project coordinator elections have now concluded. Seven coordinators have been selected to serve for the next six months: Carom (talk · contribs) FayssalF (talk · contribs) Kirill Lokshin (talk · contribs) Kyriakos (talk · contribs) LordAmeth (talk · contribs) Petercorless (talk · contribs) Wandalstouring (talk · contribs) Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all of the candidates who put themselves forward for this responsibility, and to the retiring coordinators for all of their efforts to improve the project! Kirill Lokshin, Lead Coordinator
Current proposals and discussions {{Infobox National Military}} is being developed to replace the old {{Military}} template; comments on the draft version are welcome. A proposal to introduce a category tree for military campaigns, as well as a number of associated classification guidelines, is being discussed; comments would be very appreciated.
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XIII - March 2007

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XIII - March 2007
Project news The project's scope has been updated to include depictions of military history in cultural media. The Spanish military history task force has been created. The project now has a publication department, which will work on producing collections of military history articles for offline publication. There is now a list of military-related deletion nominations available. Two new sets of guidelines have been introduced: Guidelines for classifying military conflicts and categorizing campaigns Expanded guidelines for citation styles and requesting citations Two new templates are now available: {{Infobox National Military}}, a primary infobox for use on articles about an entire nation's military establishment. {{Service record}}, an auxiliary infobox for documenting a military unit's or ship's service history. The old requested articles page and the automation department have been discontinued.	Current proposals and discussions The new project award structure is nearing completion; a draft currently is up for comment. A proposal for replacing the project's collaboration with a contest scheme is being discussed. Sign-ups for several potential task forces are open; all interested members are encouraged to list themselves! An automated system for locating new articles is currently being tested.
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XIV (April 2007)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XIV (April 2007)
Project news The new contest department has now run through its first month of competition; Carom and Kevin Myers were tied for first place, with ten points each. All project members are encouraged to submit the articles they're working on as entries. A new level of the project award, the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves, has been introduced to recognize contributions of truly incredible quality or importance in the area of military history; it is awarded by the project coordinators in the name of the project as a whole. A suggested article structure for articles on firearms has been introduced. Four new task forces, covering Middle Eastern military history, Ottoman military history, South American military history, and Southeast Asian military history, have been created. The project collaboration of the fortnight has been discontinued in favor of the new contest department.		Current proposals and discussions A fresh discussion about the by-nation category system for military personnel has begun; suggestions are very welcome! The use of flag icons in templates is currently being discussed.
Articles of note New featured articles: Battle of Shiloh Battleship British anti-invasion preparations of World War II Domenico Selvo Knights Templar Lochry's Defeat Puerto Ricans in World War II Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell Thomas Crisp New A-Class articles: Benjamin Franklin Tilley Cambodian Campaign List of United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons Operation Igloo White Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Russian-Circassian War Tupolev TB-3	Awards and honors Cla68 has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his many valuable contributions to military history articles, and, in particular, his leading role in the creation of numerous featured articles on the topic of the Pacific Theater of World War II. RM Gillespie has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his massive efforts to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the Vietnam War, and, in particular, his development of a substantial portion of the project's A-Class articles. Wilsbadkarma has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his work on lists (included two featured lists) and portals (including one featured portal). Lists especially are an undermanned area of work, and his excellent efforts deserve commendation.
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Virginia Newsletter - May 2007

The May 2007 issue of the Virginia WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.--Kubigula (talk) 02:58, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

RfC opened on editor conduct with Weiss article

I've just opened an RfC on myself for my conduct in a dispute that you were involved with concerning the Gary Weiss article. You took part in the AfD discussion about the article. The RfC is located here and I welcome your comments or questions. CLA 21:31, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XV (May 2007)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XV (May 2007)
Project news In the contest department, Kevin Myers and Climie.ca were the monthly leaders, with ten points each. Kevin Myers is the overall leader, with twenty points. The subject-area contacts initiative is off to a good start, with several contacts having been named. Further exposure of this list is planned. {{Infobox Military Cemetery}} and {{Infobox Military Memorial}} have been merged into a single infobox for both types of articles.		Current proposals and discussions A discussion about military categories by nation has begun. A discussion about military personnel categories by nation is ongoing.
Articles of note New featured articles: 3rd Battalion 3rd Marines B-52 aircraft crash at Fairchild Air Force Base Pontiac's Rebellion Russian-Circassian War Shen Kuo Webley Revolver New A-Class articles: AHS Centaur Operation Lam Son 719 Ronald Niel Stuart Zveno project	Awards and honors Kevin Myers has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his outstanding work on early modern warfare in North America, and, in particular, the creation of four featured articles on the topic.
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Are you back?

Your userpage seems a bit uncertain as to whether you are really back. I hope so, because you were a big help at WikiProject VA. The project floundered a bit after you and Plange took a hiatus at the same time. It got back on track with some solid work by a couple of folks, but we could certainly use a hand.--Kubigula (talk) 18:15, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Well, we're glad to have you back, even if it's for less time than before; there's always plenty to do. As far as WPV is concerned, I personally think it's a bit embarrassing that the Virginia article is not at least a "good article". If you are interested in helping with that, I would love to get your thoughts and assessment of the current state of the article and what may be needed before we take it to WP:GAC. Beyond that, it would be great to have another hand helping out with tagging, assessing and handling requests for reassessments - I know you did a lot of that before.--Kubigula (talk) 03:34, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XVI (June 2007)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XVI (June 2007)
Project news The contest department has completed another month of competition. The leader for this month, with 16 points, is Kevin Myers; Carom and Cla68 tied for second place with 10 points each. Kevin is also the overall leader, with 36 points in total. All project members are encouraged to submit the articles they're working on as entries. Work has begun on a publication about the military history of Athens. A number of new subject-area contacts have been approved; we are looking for more capable editors to join this program. A brief history of the project has been compiled.		Current proposals and discussions A proposal to standardize the layout of navigational templates is being discussed. Several category reorganization and renaming proposals have been made; comments are welcome!
Articles of note New featured articles: AHS Centaur Battle of Cape Esperance USS New Jersey (BB-62) New A-Class articles: Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope Battle of Arras (1917) Battle of Red Cliffs Ironclad warship Michael Brown Okinawa assault incident Victoria Cross	Awards and honors Noclador has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his outstanding work on structural graphics for land-based forces worldwide, his contributions to the Alpini and other regiments, and all his other military graphics.
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Thank you

		Thank you
		Thank you for your opposition of my recent unsuccsessful rfa, which concluded today with a final tally of 22/15/3. The comments and suggestions from this rfa, combined with the comments left during my first rfa, have given me a good idea of where I need improvement. —TomStar81 (Talk) 05:32, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

		My RFA
		User:TenPoundHammer and his romp of Wikipedia-editing otters thank you for participating in Hammer's failed request for adminship, and for the helpful tips given to Hammer for his and his otters' next run at gaining the key. Also, Hammer has talked to the otters, and from now on they promise not to leave fish guts and clamshells on the Articles for Deletion pages anymore. Ten Pound Hammer • (((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps))) 17:12, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Words

"Leaving a helpless animal left to die is different than stealing another animals hard earned meal." -- Those are wise words! Matthew 18:44, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Washington Capitals article

The link you posted doesn't go anywhere, but I think it would be fine to see the town names with just standard English characters. --David7581 16:18, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

There was 'no consensus' to hide or unhide the diacritics. It was a stalemate. GoodDay 23:20, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

The argeement was, no more disputes about diacritics at the WikiProject Ice Hockey page. In otherwords, continued stalmate (concerning 'player birth places' on NHL team pages). GoodDay 23:28, 31 July 2007 (UTC)