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Nominations for the Military history Wikiproject's Historian and Newcomer of the Year Awards are now open!
The Military history Wikiproject has opened nominations for the Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year. Nominations will be accepted until 13 December at 23:59 GMT, with voting to begin at 0:00 GMT 14 December. The voting will conclude on 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:36, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 is just around the corner...
Hello everyone, and may we wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2015 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. We have a few important announcements concerning the future of the WikiCup.


 * We would like to announce that Josh (J Milburn) and Ed (The ed17), who have been WikiCup judges since 2009 and 2010 respectively, are stepping down. This decision has been made for a number of reasons, but the main one is time. Both Josh and Ed have found that, over the previous year, they have been unable to devote the time necessary to the WikiCup, and it is not likely that they will be able to do this in the near future. Furthermore, new people at the helm can only help to invigorate the WikiCup and keep it dynamic. Josh and Ed will still be around, and will likely be participating in the Cup this following year as competitors, which is where both started out.
 * In a similar vein, we hope you will all join us in welcoming Jason (Sturmvogel 66) and Christine (Figureskatingfan), who are joining Brian (Miyagawa) to form the 2015 WikiCup judging team. Jason is a WikiCup veteran, having won in 2010 and finishing in fifth this year. Christine has participated in two WikiCups, reaching the semi-finals in both, and is responsible for the GA Cup, which she now co-runs.
 * The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. While it may be impossible to please everyone, the judges will make every effort to ensure that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.

If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk), The ed17 (talk), Miyagawa (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Figureskatingfan (talk) 18:54, 7 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Cheers, . You should be proud of the extreme amount of effort you've put into and the results you've gotten from the Cup over the last few years. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 20:03, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

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December 2014 GOCE newsletter
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Voting for the Military historian and Military newcomer of the year now open!
Nominations for the military historian of the year and military newcomer of the year have now closed, and voting for the candidates has officially opened. All project members are invited to cast there votes for the Military historian and Military newcomer of the year candidates before the elections close at 23:59 December 21st. For the coordinators,

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Out of process CfD close
It is very inappropriate to close a CFD discussion early especially when the close is the opposite of consensus! I'm not going to get into an issue over WP:WHEEL here, but you really do need to reopen that discussion per WP:WHEEL since I believe that your revert is in violation. Vegaswikian (talk) 00:00, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Wheel war? I'm not using administrator tools there? Anyway, I'm closing it for overall benefit to the encyclopedia. As WP:FATRAT says, "In building consensus, everyone will argue that such or such change breaks their preferred rule and thus simply *can't* be made. It's a good time to apply the WP:Ignore all rules policy and focus on how the proposed change makes the article better regardless of what the rules say." This isn't an article but is in the same spirit. Process should not derail the mission. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 03:24, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
 * That was an inappropriate CFD: those categories are entirely reasonable, standard maintenance categories. Any and all projects, whether Task forces as part of a larger project, or independent WikiProjects, require those in order to use WP:1.0 assessment. I would have done a speedy close myself if I had seen one or two voices confirming my sense of the discussion, Sadads (talk) 03:29, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Closings are generally done by an admin at CfD, so while no powers, it is generally viewed as an admin action. In any case, since you are leaving the close, you should remove the entry made after the discussion was closed! Vegaswikian (talk) 18:11, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

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VisualEditor newsletter—December 2014


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MHOTY
Hi Ed, voting actually closed at midnight UTC and I was about to archive the polls... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:43, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Aw shucks, I was hoping that I could sneak in. Thanks for the note! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 06:00, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CV, December 2014
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A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks, ! I'm very sorry that I haven't been able to use most of your (extremely appreciated) tips on the suggestions page recently. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:47, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Most welcome. And I think we all understand how real life intrudes on Wikipedia activities. :) kosboot (talk) 02:53, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

 * Thanks, . My dad loved the pictures. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 23:59, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

Template:WW2InfoBox
Hi Ed, I just noticed that when you move protected Template:WW2InfoBox in April you also lifted the protection against IP accounts editing it which I instituted for a indefinite period in March. As I suspect this was an accident, I've just reinstated this protection (I considered leaving things as-is, but it's a template with few watchers which directly affects the very popular World War II article and vandalism in the past has been slowly corrected). I hope that this is OK. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 01:35, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Hey, you're correct in that it was a mistake, and it is of course okay that you've reversed me! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 21:23, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks Ed Nick-D (talk) 21:36, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

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Happy New Year! The ed17, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.  Serendi pod ous  16:00, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

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Can I just say that I'm really glad you had no part in the new rules? Because I respect you, but the giant middle finger of a no-consensus change to FP scoring, combined with a not-even-discussed one FP per article rule is such a giant fuck you to an entire class of contributors... Adam Cuerden (talk) 18:36, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

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Round one of the 2015 WikiCup has begun! So far we've had around 80 signups, which close on February 5. If you have not already signed up and want to do so, then you can add your name here. There have been changes to to several of the points scores for various categories, and the addition of Peer Reviews for the first time. These will work in the same manner as Good Article Reviews, and all of the changes are summarised here.

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 * Thanks, ! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 14:44, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Reporting on m:Research:Revision_scoring_as_a_service
Hi User:The ed17, I'm not sure if you're the right person to talk to about this, so I apologize in advance for noise. I'm hoping to get an article into the signpost and you've helped me do that in the past. See m:Research:Revision_scoring_as_a_service for more details. We're looking to summarize the project and welcome volunteers. TL;DR: we're working to build a cross-lingual, machine learning classifier service for edits that will support new wikitools that need edit quality measures (e.g. WP:Snuggle, User:HostBot, WP:Huggle and User:ClueBot NG). --20:30, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I can still help with that! We're short on volunteers to conduct an interview, but if you and/or your team is willing to write an op-ed extolling the virtues of the project, we can certainly run it. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 00:56, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Great. We'll get a draft to you soon.  :)  --EpochFail (talk &bull; contribs) 16:17, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi User:The ed17. We have a draft here: m:Research:Revision_scoring_as_a_service/Signpost/1_-_Intro  Edits are welcome, of course.  ;) --EpochFail (talk &bull; contribs) 00:24, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Hey, thanks! Would you be able to expand it a bit? I can honestly say that after reading that, I would have no idea what you are trying to build. :-p Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 01:10, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure. I'll take another pass.  Just to make sure I understand, is your feedback only "what are you talking about?"  Did you understand that we're building a service for scoring revisions as damaging or not?  Was it clear to you that this is something that tools like ClueBot, Huggle and Snuggle need in order to function?  Was it clear that we'll be providing a web service as well as libraries?  Maybe we should spend a little bit of time discussing what machine classification is.  Do you have other questions after reading the piece that I can make sure to address?  Thanks again! --<span style="display:inline-block;padding:0 .25em;border:1px solid #999;box-shadow:.1em .1em .1em rgba(0,0,0,.5);border-radius:3px;">EpochFail (talk &bull; contribs) 15:54, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the delay—I read your post, meant to reply later, then forgot! I've read through it slower and believe that I understand it better. I was going to suggest simplifying it more (or at least defining things like "API," explaining what the code on the indented text says), but I assume that your intended audience is more tech-savvy people? You may also want to expand on how volunteers can volunteer! What does "state of the art" mean? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 22:21, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Ed, we've give the article a rewrite. Can you take another look?  --<span style="display:inline-block;padding:0 .25em;border:1px solid #999;box-shadow:.1em .1em .1em rgba(0,0,0,.5);border-radius:3px;">EpochFail (talk &bull; contribs) 16:00, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Hey EpochFail, it looks pretty good to me. I've sent it on to the day-to-day editors for possible publication in the coming issue. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:04, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi. It looks okay to me, provided the intended audience is, as Ed said, not me, rather tech-savvy editors. I honestly have not the slightest clue what most of it is about, but if you think it will do what you want it to do, I have no particular problem running it. God bless,  Go  Phightins  !  15:59, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Go Phightins! & Ed thanks! And yes, the material is intended for a tech-savvy audience.  Please let me know if you need anything else.  --<span style="display:inline-block;padding:0 .25em;border:1px solid #999;box-shadow:.1em .1em .1em rgba(0,0,0,.5);border-radius:3px;">EpochFail (talk &bull; contribs) 16:09, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 14 January 2015
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Adam
Ed, as you can notice on my talk page Adan Cuerden took a Wiki-break over a controversy about a picture of Pedro he intended to nominate that was remobved from the article. I am kind of paniking, because he was the head-editor on the FP Signpost entry. I have no idea how to put up a draft - where information is - no idea of anything. He made the draft and put that on my page while we worked together. Tell me now what to do. I don't know how long he will be gone and everything will stop without him. Hafspajen (talk) 20:23, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Hey, take a deep breath! Adam has this week's report set up, and it's really simple to set up the draft (if it comes to that). :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 22:42, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I am afraid I wasn't as calm as you wished. But either way, I meant the next one, not the above. I was already working on the Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-01-21/Featured_content, full speed - also tried to engage others to do some of the job. I meant the next one. If Adam will not be back in time none of us knows how to do that. Hafspajen (talk) 21:43, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see. Setting up the draft is easy—go to WP:NEWSROOM and click "start article" when the time comes. I've added a link to the following week's FC in the table for you. The articles, lists, and pictures are taken directly from WP:GO; our weeks sync with that page, so it's an exercise in copy/paste! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 22:13, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Uh, well, thanks. Good to know. As I told you, I have no idea of anything. Yet... I really hope Adam will come back soon... this edition is so hopelessly gloomy without him. Not a joke in sight, except for the marmot. Hafspajen (talk) 22:18, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
 * If needed, I'll be more than happy to talk you through it. It's a lot simpler than it looks—I promise! He did saythat he would try to come back for next week's edition, so let's stay hopeful. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 22:38, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
 * OK, we hope and if needed you help. When is it the D-Day? Hafspajen (talk) 22:48, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
 * We'll probably publish this week on Wednesday (for once) or Thursday. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 03:00, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
 * OK, I have to take some initiative because it is way too late and we need this. Wikipedia Signpost/2015-02-25/Featured content.  ‎ Where is the content ? I am involved at the FP so I kinda figure out  a little bit what we did, but the rest of the project know not much about. Please help adding content.  OK; fixed. --Hafspajen (talk) 14:39, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Looks like you've made a good start, . I've written up blurbs for the two FAs. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:36, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
 * No, I screw it up. I took the wrong content - so now there is both this Wikipedia Signpost/2015-02-25/Featured content and this Wikipedia Signpost/2015-02-25/Featured content... Hafspajen (talk) 01:31, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh, okay. Do you want me to histmerge the two and get rid of the March one? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 03:10, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
 * No, I don't think it is necessary... It is not an article, that one has to check history. We have two drafts now, I just moved the title. It works. I just left you this note to alert you that 2015-02-25 is the urgent one, not the other one. --Hafspajen (talk) 03:18, 22 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Ed, this is not the way we write Singpost. We never revert each other, ever. We try to all respect each others work, and if somebody comes up with an change in what we do, usually leave it as it is. Because we do all respect each other. It is more important to have a good relationship that to have right. This kind of spirit should not exist there. AND - we never make white space. But please continue to go as you wish, I quit. Hafspajen (talk) 10:18, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I thought we had a good conversation going, and I had compromised by adding some of the text back in! In no way, shape, or form did I intend to offend or drive you away. You have my sincere apologies, and I hope you'll reconsider. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 10:29, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Arrr, OK. OK, I am really at loss - I don't know how I am manage alone ... For me this was the only heaven were we could work together in peace and have fun... Where the heck is Adam? Hafspajen (talk) 10:35, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Preemptive ping
Just to let you know, you should have an email tonight - personal email is blocked at work, which accounts for most of the time I have available for Wiki these days. Parsecboy (talk) 13:22, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Replied! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 08:41, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

I've done a draft for the 2014 Traffic report
Numbers are down 18% from last year. Interesting but can't say if it's indicating a trend.  Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod ous  00:10, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
 * 18%? Holy crap. Is that reflected in the global traffic numbers? (the WMF has graphs somewhere; I'll find them tomorrow, as it's after 3:30am here) When do you think you'll have commentary and whatnot completed by? We could run it as a special report next week. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 08:41, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I've drafted a commentary. Let me know what you think.  Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod ous  17:15, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
 * That looks good! I've made a few tweaks that you should check. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 18:21, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Revised.  Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod ous  18:33, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 21 January 2015
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Battle of the Somme
You locked Battle of the Somme under full page protection due to edit-warring. The two principal edit-warriors have agreed not to edit the page while moderated discussion is in progress. Could you please unlocked the page to permit third-party edits and to permit the moderator to make consensus edits? Robert McClenon (talk) 15:20, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for pinging me. I intended to and thought I protected the page for only three days; clearly I made a mistake somewhere. I've unlocked the page. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 16:02, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I think that you accidentally protected it indefinitely. Thanks for unlocking it.  Robert McClenon (talk) 16:16, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Which is exactly what I realized after you pinged me. :-) Thanks again! Best, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 16:26, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CVI, January 2015
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A barnstar for you!

 * Ditto! Your effort, Ed, to get The Signpost published week by week meant a lot to readers like me. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 15:58, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks to you both, and . I'm looking forward to taking a lengthy break. ;-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 18:21, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

NHHC dead links
Re: Your post on the WikiProject Military history talk page. You mentioned that you were going to contact someone at NHHC by email. Was there any response and did anything come of it? Just curious. Please respond here when you get the chance as I will be watching this page for a reply. Cuprum17 (talk) 17:35, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I sent emails last weekend to the NHHC's web program master and the general NHHCWebmaster@undefinednavy.mil. Neither have garnered a response. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 18:21, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Perhaps their schedules were thrown off because of last weeks federal holiday...or maybe they just don't feel that it is their problem. I work with mostly Coast Guard subject matter on Wikipedia and about four years ago the Coast Guard decided to reformat the way things were addressed, changing from .htm to .asp (whatever that means). The result was dozens of dead links in Coast Guard related articles. As I have run across them I have repaired them as I was able, but many are still out there in other less well read Coast Guard articles. Thanks for your reply, perhaps the Navy will reply to you with something positive. The one Good Article that I have been able to produce in the last couple of years has 33 dead citations in it. (I have not marked them all, yet). I guess I will spend my time repairing them so that the article doesn't lose its GA status. I would have much rather spent my time doing research on another article or perhaps even trying my hand at bringing that same GA article to an ACR, a first for me. Oh, well... Cuprum17 (talk) 20:39, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi, the NHHC wrote me that the old links were all deactivated and the new website is slowly materializing. It contains a lot of mistakes, dead links and missing descriptions, however. A complete photo list is planned. Hyperwar has many of the former NHHC photos online in the old NHHC style. Cheers Cobatfor (talk) 17:55, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
 * They emailed you back? I haven't gotten a reply. I'd like to think that they are inundated with complaints, but I'm doubtful. Thank you very much! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 18:02, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Maybe they are just nice to foreigners... :-) :-) :-) I think it is nice to have tif-versions of the photos, although I would have preferred, if they would have waited until the complete old website was converted. I also think that an experienced user or more one that knows a lot about U.S. Navy ships does not want to "explore", we just want to find what we are looking for. At least, I also found some new photos. So, we just have to wait and see. Cheers Cobatfor (talk) 19:09, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I'd mainly just like redirects from the old to the new URLs. :-) Let's hope they sort it all out soon. Best, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 21:18, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

USS Aroostook
Hi, I just realised that you created a page for USS Aroostook (AOG-14) on Commons in 2011. The ship depicted is, however, the minelayer USS Aroostook (CM-3), and not MV Esso Delivery No. 11, which became the gasoline tanker USS Aroostook (AOG-14) in 1943. The NARA description is wrong. CM-3 was decommissioned in 1931 and never reactivated. She was the sistership of USS Oglala (CM-4), famous for being sunk and raised at Pearl Harbor. I corrected the info and uploaded correct photos of AOG-14 from Navsource.org. Cheers Cobatfor (talk) 17:55, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the correction! I was mindlessly droning and taking the captions at face value., this one's for you to fix on NARA's end. Please see File:Aroostock (AOG14). Gasoline tanker. Port side, 04-30-1943 - NARA - 513045.tif. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 18:00, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Raising a glass to you

 * Thanks, . I'm pretty sure I won't need it... I hope. ;-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 18:00, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

ArbitrationGate controversy
Can you As the deleting admin userfy the ArbitrationGate controversy to User:Retartist/ArbitrationGate controversy. I want to turn it into a joke page in userspace (like the ones with the joke template at the top). Hope this isn't too much trouble --<font color="Black">Ret&Delta;rtist (<font color="Black">разговор ) 23:02, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Given that there is a non-zero possibility that the article will become notable, I'm going to decline this request, as subsequent recreations will need the page history. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 21:09, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay <font color="Black">Ret&Delta;rtist (<font color="Black">разговор ) 23:19, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

2014 Year In Review Awards

 * Thanks, ! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:14, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

She's Baaaaaaaack
User:Christina1969's sock IP, 89.134.28.154 is back to continue editwarring at Dreadnoughtus] YET AGAIN.--Mr Fink (talk) 18:42, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
 * It looks like took care of her. Please let me know if she reappears; at this point, I'm ready to indefinitely block the main account. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:14, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Will do.--Mr Fink (talk) 19:41, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
 * And has once again evaded her block by continuing editing with [her IP 89.134.28.154]--Mr Fink (talk) 21:47, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocked. Thank you for letting me know. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 21:54, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

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