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Theme for 2016
. It's going to be a cracker. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 06:55, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Ha ha, seems appropriate for a lot of situations. Anotherclown (talk) 07:02, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

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Impostor?
93.144.91.232 Could this be another ride of our pro-Italian impostor?Keith-264 (talk) 10:14, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Gday, certainly they appear to be editing in a similar topic area and given the previous level of disruption I think this warrants scrutiny at least. That said, unless I'm mistaken, unlike the previous confirmed socks this one actually geolocates to Italy so it might just be a good faith IP with an interest in the topic. We might need to just wait and see if a pattern emerges which indicates similarities with the previous blocked accounts in which case an SPI case could be raised if necessary. I'll try to keep an eye on things. Thanks Keith. Anotherclown (talk) 11:23, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'm having second thoughts that it might be Wiki-inexperience rather than malice.Keith-264 (talk) 12:20, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * No worries. All the best. Anotherclown (talk) 12:22, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

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Thank you for supporting my RfA

 * No worries at all. Anotherclown (talk) 07:11, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I'd be pleased to nominate/co-nominate you if you're ever interested. Nick-D (talk) 07:50, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Gday Nick. Thank you for the offer but I'm not thinking about it at the moment as I would not be able to devote the time and energy to it that it deserves. (I've not mentioned it before but I have spent the last year in rehabilitation following spinal surgery after a training accident and have now returned to study prior to being medically discharged, that and I have a little monster of a toddler and another one on the way. In short my dance card is full, I'm low on patience and sleep, my wife's intolerance of me and my various odours seems to grow in direct proportion to her size, and my usual coping strategy—booze—clashes with my meds). It might, however, be something I consider in the future when things settle down though. All the best. Anotherclown (talk) 10:54, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

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"liberation of saigon"
It would have taken less than a minute to find the references yourself. BrxBrx (talk) 04:26, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Nonetheless thank you for adding them. Anotherclown (talk) 06:52, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

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Wordwraps
I've been in the habit of 12,000 casualties no wrapping numbers like this but have been looking at Template:Nowrap and which aren't specific about numbers. Should I bother? Regards Keith-264 (talk) 12:51, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Gday Keith. I am not aware of any MOS requirement for its use (or otherwise), nor am I un aware of any general community consensus (or otherwise). It seems uncontroversial to me but as you know people around here can sometimes have some strange and strongly held view points about the seemingly trivial so I could be way off. I can see some potential for it to prevent possible misunderstanding for a subset of readers in the event of the figures being separated due to different browsers displaying text differently etc, so I think if you are willing to put the effort in to use it there could be some benefit for someone in it. Anotherclown (talk) 07:48, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I copied it from someone else ages ago but I've noticed that hardly anyone else does so wondered if it's really necessary.Keith-264 (talk) 08:39, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Whoops typo in my last. And that was before I started drinking and watching the cricket... Anotherclown (talk) 10:07, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXX, March 2016
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Myrtle Beach Air Force Base
I noticed you welcomed someone to WikiProject Military History. So you may be the person to ask. I'm looking for some help re-creating an article that was deleted for violating copyright. I can probably locate the information but I wouldn't know how to write the article correctly.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  19:20, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Gday Vchimpanzee. I'm not really familiar with USAF topics but of cse would be happy to look over a draft and give you some cmts re: development etc if you would like. As a suggestion I believe User:Lineagegeek has written extensively in this area (i.e. USAF) and might be able to assist if you ask. Also I'd suggest having a look at the articles of other USAF bases to get an idea of what is generally included (a place to start might be Category:Bases of the United States Air Force). Anotherclown (talk) 04:14, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I rarely edit bases, rather than units, but the basic references are available online. For bases in the United States, it is .  Template:Infobox military installation would be a good framework to start Myrtle Beach Air Force Base with.  --Lineagegeek (talk) 20:47, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I should have remembered this was not WikiProject American Military History.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  20:58, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

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Spanish Civil War
Hi Anotherclown, it's the ghost of 2014 here. My aim is to return this article to Good Article status and I notice you had the most constructive comments when it was delisted (in my sabbatical). Although it will need some independent editor to run the GAN itself, I was hoping you may be able to check it over and see if we can come up with a worklist for what needs to be done. Thanks Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 14:58, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Gday again. Certainly a worthy goal to get the article up to GA again given the importance of the event. Unfortunately I am no expert on the topic itself so couldn't comment with any authority in regards to content and coverage etc. From my point of view though the main issue with the article is the amount of unreferenced content (there are still four "citation needed" tags and the "Timeline" and "Political parties and organizations" sections are both completely unreferenced). If these could be dealt with I think it would be a significant improvement. Also technically the lead should be no more the four paragraphs (not five as current) per MOS:LEAD (but that is a very minor nitpick). All the best with the project. Anotherclown (talk) 04:36, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

COIN discussion about Vicente S. Santos, Jr.
Hi Anotherclown. I pinged you in Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard, but am also posting here to let you know as a courtesy. -- Marchjuly (talk) 03:47, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Gday and thanks. Sorry I don't have much time at the moment for Wiki. I've added a cmt there now. Anotherclown (talk) 05:05, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Understand. We are all volunteers and all get busy. It's at COIN now, so the editors who frequent that page will help straighten things out one way or another. FWIW, I didn't undo the last revert even though I think it would be justified to do so per WP:NPOV, etc. and brought the matter to COIN instead. If, by chance, you do decide to do so, then I suggest adding Template:uw-3RR to his user talk page, just so he's at least aware of WP:3RR. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:14, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes that's probably for the best. Anotherclown (talk) 10:37, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

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Replaceable fair use File:Battle of Maryang San 1951.png
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 * Ok thanks for the note. I've responded as requested. Anotherclown (talk) 00:15, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
 * To be clear, whilst I disagree with your interpretation of fair use (and indeed the article went through both a GA and A class review where the image was considered acceptable to use), I have now drafted a crude map myself to replace it so it is no longer req'd. As such I requested it be deleted myself as, which has now since concerned. Kind regards. Anotherclown (talk) 01:15, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

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Re. Battle of Thermopylae ww2
Hi Anotherclown, Thankyou for your response. I have checked on the copyright of the text I copied and as it is an educational government resource it says the following: "This work is copyright. You may download, display, print and reproduce this material in unaltered form only (retaining this notice) for your personal, non-commercial, educational and educational institutional use or use within your organisation. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, all other rights are reserved." Would you be able to revert the page back to what it was when I changed it (if this is all fine of course :D). Is there anything else I need to do? Cheers, HistorianAustralia HistorianAustralia (talk) 01:37, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Gday. Thank you for the note, however, the confirmation that the material is copyrighted (per your extract above of the site notice from ww2australia.gov.au which you provided), only makes it even more clear that we cannot copy and paste it onto Wikipedia. This is per the policy which is located at WP:COPYVIO. If you wish to use the information contained at ww2australia.gov.au to improve the Battle of Thermopylae (1941) article (or wish to use any copyrighted material in any article for that mater on Wikipedia) you need to re-write it in your own words and provide the source as a citation. My interpretation is that nothing in the www2australia.gov.au site notice prevents this from being done (just like any other source, such as books or journal articles etc), although I can understand your train of thought. The wording "You may download, display, print and reproduce this material in unaltered form only ..." does not prevent you from rewriting it completely and using it as a source as part of the normal process of researching and writing about a topic, and indeed this is what Wikipedia requires for it to be acceptable for inclusion here. Just to be clear though it is acceptable to quote small sections / key information from a source, although it needs to be appropriately attributed and should be used sparingly (pls see the policy at WP:QUOTE). Also pls be aware that issues of copyright violation are taken seriously on Wikipedia and editors that do not comply with the policy can face sanctions (such as being blocked from editing etc). Hopefully my explanation is clear but if not I'm happy to continue to discuss. All the best. Anotherclown (talk) 01:11, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Hi Anotherclown, Thank you so much for your reply. It has cleared a lot up! I will go ahead and do as you suggest when I get around to it :) Thanks heaps, HistorianAustralia

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