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This Month in GLAM: November 2011
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USS Arizona

 * Thanks Tom, but the real mover behind this was Sturm. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 07:15, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I know. You both received this particular award for working together to make it happen. After all, this is a team effort, and there is no I in team :) TomStar81 (Talk) 07:37, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * One could anagram out that there is a 'me', though. ;) - The Bushranger One ping only 07:59, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, thanks Tom! And Bushranger, shut up. ;-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 09:08, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * You also probably broke the land speed record for quickest FAC. Great work. Buggie111 (talk) 13:34, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!

 * Thanks! I do my best. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 10:57, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

USS Arizona photo
Hi,

I have recently noticed a discrepancy, which I hope you may be able to shine some light on, as a major contributor to the article on USS Arizona (BB-39). The photo in the info box is supposedly from 1930, but our article says that the ship was in Norfolk Navy yard from 1929 to 1931 for modernisation. The date of 1930 comes from the national archives, which is obviously reputable... but they could have made a mistake. I have started a conversation on the photos talk page on commons, if you want to add you thoughts.

Yaris678 (talk) 15:33, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Yaris asked Sturm and me the same question, btw. - Dank (push to talk) 15:39, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Woohoo! You are loved!
See 0:55 in this delicious video clip. Drmies (talk) 14:51, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * ...a link to the video clip would help, Drmies. :P Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 18:58, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Ooooooops...my bad. I know you're trembling with anticipation. Drmies (talk) 19:02, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Drmies, I like to think you spend all of your free time watching videos such as this. And this. – GorillaWarfare (talk) 21:12, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Good god. This, of course, leads me to link y'all to this. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 21:23, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Mo0dme.png – GorillaWarfare (talk) 23:24, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Wait--I'm not clicking that; Ed17 hasn't outgrown rickrolling yet. Drmies (talk) 23:30, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Fine, would this suit you better? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 23:33, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh wait. You're probably too old to know of Cracked.com... I'm sorry. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 23:35, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Check the Brokencyde history--I'm a well-respected editor there, so mind your manners. Wow, that Speak dude is really terrible. Holy moly, it goes from bad to worse! Well thanks, I feel enlightened. I had a bad morning already, and the day is a complete loss now. Drmies (talk) 00:41, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Hahah, gotcha! How did that make your day worse? A personal friend? Sorry man. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 01:32, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
 * No, the father of my children. ;) Drmies (talk) 02:51, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see. That's awkward. My condolences. ;) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 03:01, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Any suggestion?
Ed, I nominated Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias to FAC. Do you have any suggestion of good and reliable editors whom I could invite to review it? And obviously, who would be interested on doing it, such as someone who enjoy 19th century military history, etc.. --Lecen (talk) 18:44, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I know User:MarcusBritish is interested in the time period and User:Cambalachero is interested in the general area. User:Hchc2009 may be interested as well. As for reviewers, User:Steve is one of the best I've seen, if you can get him to come out of semi-retirement. A lot of the editors interested in that area/time period retired or disappeared, annoyingly. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:41, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'll try them. --Lecen (talk) 23:52, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 12 December 2011

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A Proposal on the future of WikiProject History
Here is a link to my proposal on WikiProject History (link). I have asked if it can be mentioned in the next publication of The Bugle, as I would like to get editors interested in revitalizing the dormant project. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, if you have the time.  DCI  talk 00:10, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Seasons Greetings
Hey Ed, hope you are well; im not sure if your still watching my edits but youve probably noticed i havent been very active lately; i guess its simply because ive been busy what with exams and work etc, but nevertheless hope you are doing well and have a happy holiday and new year :) User:Goldblooded (Talk/Discuss)(Complain) 12:32, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks Goldblooded, if you look at my contribs before 13 December you'll see I've barely been on either. :-) Hope you have a happy holiday season as well. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:03, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

resource request
Hi,

I've uploaded the Times (London) article you requested at the resource exchange on Brazilian naval construction. You can find a link to the article on that page. GabrielF (talk) 21:13, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much, Gabriel! I have saved it to my computer, so you can take down the link at any time. Could I trouble you for the publishing date and page number of the article, so I can properly format the citation in the article? And would you be able to find the Times article from 5 March that would report the order of one Brazilian dreadnought? I'd find it myself and leave you a link, but their archives aren't searchable anymore, which is extremely frustrating (I used to search for the articles I wanted and&mdash;when I had large amounts of free time&mdash;I'd hunt them down on microfilm). Thank you again, you are a huge help to me and the many other people who come to RX with source needs. Kind regards, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 04:30, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

That El Alamein museum essay we discussed...
...is here in draft -- any comments welcome! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 15:32, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Nice work! As a review, you may want to assess more of what you're describing, but otherwise I like it. Nice anecdotes. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 18:28, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Ta, added a bit more so think that's a wrap. I've put it under op-ed for now, as Nick did last month, but if a purpose-written op-ed is available we could move my bit to the review section. I'll try and knock off the remaining A-Class blurbs tomorrow night if you want to do the editorial again and perhaps awards/honours... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 15:03, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
 * We could always just make a one-off "review essay" section too, because we do have DCI's 'revitalizing WP:HISTORY' sort-of op-ed in the holding section. I can do those tonight or tomorrow for sure. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:38, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry took a while to reply, must've missed that last post. Yes I noticed that draft op-ed so no prob running it as such -- I'll see how I go creating the one-off review essay section without buggering anything up... ;-) I've created the other pages/headers, checked that there were no awards in November (that saved some work!) and finished off the A-Class blurbs with assistance from Hawkeye, so the main thing remaining is From the editors, which I probably won't have time for before Xmas (and I think we'd better get the issue out by Xmas at least)...! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 16:24, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
 * No worries, I got caught up in the Malleus debacle just before my brother managed to wreck our wifi while hooking up a new computer. ;-) No awards? Strange. I'll try to write up a small bit now and finish it off in a couple hours. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 18:33, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi mate, had a quick look at everything and just tweaked here and there, so as far as I'm concerned feel free to despatch the thing...! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:37, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Tweaked a few more things (yes, I'm pedantic!) and I'll get Edwardsbot to dispatch it now. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 10:39, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

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story
OK, I've taken your advice. Tony  (talk)  08:54, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I feel that's for the best. Sorry for all the hassle on a post that really wasn't intended for me! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 08:58, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

A Merry Christmas for Mr. Ed
Hey, Ed. I wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas. You're a really nice guy and has helped me countless times before and I'm really, really grateful. I hope you're doing fine. Regards! P.S.: I'm right now in my home town in Fortaleza. My book is in Brasília where I live now. I'be back to Brasília on 3 January and then I'll be able to do what you requested. Is that ok? --Lecen (talk) 11:27, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Right back at you, Lecen. Thanks for all your help with my articles as well. That will work – the FAC will run into the beginning of my semester, but I can deal with that. Thanks! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 18:33, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Merry Christmas for 2011
The ed17,

Would like to say "Merry Christmas" for 2011! Hope you have a wonderful day and have good memories with family and friends. Adamdaley (talk) 00:34, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

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Baw, you ruined Kevin and my Christmas edit to your userpage :( – GorillaWarfare (talk) 03:32, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
 * You guys edit conflicted me! I'll put the pic at the top of my talk page, ya whiner. :-) Also - no sad faces on Christmas and that's awesome image of the Grinch. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 03:36, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
 * What a punk. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:38, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Much better :] And yeah, it was the best free image I could find :P – GorillaWarfare (talk) 04:17, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

And to you too
Saw this. Merry Christmas, have a great 2012! sonia ♫ 04:27, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Dangit, I missed your talk page while doing rounds of Christmas greetings. Sorry 'bout that. Either way, hope you have a great time with your family over the greatest day of the year! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 06:09, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Season's tidings!
FWiW Bzuk (talk) 12:40, 25 December 2011 (UTC).

User:EdwardsBot/Spam
Hi. Regarding this edit, you need to bump the key (use 0212) and you used, which will sign as the bot, not as you. You probably want to insert your signature code directly and then append a timestamp ( ). --MZMcBride (talk) 14:09, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Heh, that'll teach me to use an old revision. Thanks MZM. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:57, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Fiction and Amagi
I'd like to discuss the reversion of my edit you made to the Amagi class battlecruiser, perhaps you missed that the section title was called "Fiction"?

This edit is absolutely relevant to the Amagi page; It relates directly to this class of ship in the fictional Destroyermen_(book_series), which is notable enough in Wikipedia standards to have multiple pages devoted to the series in the encyclopedia. Let me quote you from the opening paragraph of the Destroyerman page: "The books chronicle the (fictional) adventures of the crews of the destroyer USS Walker (DD-163) and the Japanese battlecruiser Amagi...".

What you reverted was absolutely a relevant edit to the page. I would also like to bring to your attention similar "Fiction" sections in the pages of USS Walker (DD-163), USS Mahan (DD-102), USS S-19 (SS-124), and references to fiction in other pages such as the USS Nautilus (SSN-571) - so there is precident to have references to fiction where the article in question is extensively referred in fictional novels. With that in mind I would like to discuss the return of the "Fiction" section to the Amagi with you in one form or another, since I believe that it meets notability standards. Timmccloud (talk) 16:37, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm still opposed to including anything that has absolutely nothing to do with the real ship in prose. I could agree to a link to the series in a "See also" section, but that's about it. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:57, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I think a "see also" is a fine compromise. Will you do it, or shall I? Timmccloud (talk) 23:31, 27 December 2011 (UTC) :)
 * It's done! :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:30, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXIX, November 2011
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 * Nice. :) Kaldari (talk) 05:06, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, it really was bugging me. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:30, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

SW talk
Happy New Year, Ed,

I appreciate your respect, and it is truly mutual and I am happy that you are patching things up with the newly renamed Scotty. Yes, he was a bit too tough in that comment, but he has, in general, been far more agreeable of late. So, I try to recognize improvement when I see it. Take care, Ed.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  05:59, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I do see what you're trying to do, but I felt I needed to highlight that one specific comment he made. Nothing against you intended. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 10:30, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, I know that. Feel free to call me Pollyanna any time you want.  Cullen 328   Let's discuss it  16:01, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Re:Contestants
Replied on my talk. J Milburn (talk) 02:12, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Talk page stalkers: NARA on-wiki ExtravaSCANza participation
Hey TPSers, how are you all doing? I'm asking you all to take a look at User:The ed17/NARA to brainstorm ideas and a structure on how we can help the National Archives ExtravaSCANza. My hope is that the success of this event will ensure that others will be organized in the future, even without Dominic as a Wikipedian-in-Residence, so we all benefit from the high-quality, formerly non-digitized media uploaded to the Commons. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 10:43, 31 December 2011 (UTC)