User talk:Brad101/Archive 3

Redirect at Brad101AWB
Just a quick note, I put a redirect in at User talk:Brad101AWB so that if anyone looking at, say, a watchlist, saw an edit from User:Brad101AWB, the "Talk" link would go to the appropriate place (per the note on the Brad101AWB user page). Sorry if it caused you any trouble. :) — Bellhalla (talk) 05:12, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Twas no trouble. If AWB happened to be wrecking articles, a user posting on that talk page would alert AWB and stop it until I read the talk page. If there were a redirect, I wouldn't know there was damage going on. --Brad (talk) 05:59, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

A quick note…
I noticed this morning that the Image namespace has been replaced by the File namespace, which breaks the auto-assessment of Template:WPSHIPS. So don't be alarmed if you see larger than usual numbers of unassessed pages until I can get the fix implemented and it trickles down through the system — Bellhalla (talk) 11:46, 12 December 2008 (UTC)


 * And I've gotten it fixed. You can ignore any File namespace items now; they should return to being auto-assessed once the change percolates through. — Bellhalla (talk) 15:16, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

What SP for ports then?
I added WP:Ships to the Port of Vancouver WA because it's a shipping facility; i.e. to do with ships and shipping; in a sense it's like a shipping company, too, which (to me) are clearly within the scope of WP:Ships. it's not a city artlcle, obviously, though in a certain sense it's an infrastructure/structure article; I just felt the article needed some "pro" attention which it wasn't going to get via WP:Washington, and thought there must be other port-articles out there...if not, and it's still not suitable for WP:Ships, maybe there's WP:Transport or even WP:Ports? Port of Vancouver (BC) pls note also is in need of expansion in technical/historical terms; and other similar articles; Port of Seattle, Port of Los Angeles, Thamesport I think already exists maybe, and Rhineport? Skookum1 (talk) 18:58, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * WikiProject Ports would fit the bill. I didn't even know that project existed. --Brad (talk) 19:15, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Just wanted to express my appreciation to you for your assistance with tagging the MilHist articles. I've been whittling away at the Category:Military history articles with no associated task force for a few months now. With your help, we'll be done in no time. Thanks - Canglesea (talk) 20:47, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I noticed that a few months ago there were over 6,000 articles, so you have made a huge dent yourself. I'm not going for the most detailed assessments of task forces but at least one to bring it out of the category. Apparently most of these articles have been sitting there for two years or so based on some of the talk page histories I've seen. --Brad (talk) 23:04, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Your edit to Wildwood
Wildwood (PC-1181) was not a commissioned ship while named Wildwood, therefore did not have the USS prefix in it's official title. She was commissioned as USS PC-1181, then decommissioned, then named Wildwood before being struck from the register and sold for scrap. Fredrik Wilhelm (talk) 22:27, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Ship naming convention is to apply USS regardless if a US military ship was ever commissioned or not. See WP:NC-SHIP for the details. --Brad (talk) 23:04, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I understand now, thanks for clearing that up for me. Also I wanted to say thanks for assessing several of my articles for WP:SHIPS and WP:MILHIST.  Fredrik Wilhelm (talk) 23:18, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

A-class review
I believe that I've addressed your concerns about the article. Cla68 (talk) 03:20, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Mistagging of Knapp's Castle?
Hi! Looks like you tagged Knapp's Castle as part of the Military history WikiProject ("Fortifications=yes"). Unless I'm missing something, this isn't accurate - it's a ruined mansion that people call a castle, never really a defensive structure. :) Dreamyshade (talk) 06:00, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I reverted the tag. The article is under Category:Castle stubs which is a subcategory of Category:Military stubs. It's hard to tell if each article under that category is actually a castle. --Brad (talk) 06:08, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm, makes sense - "castle" is an ambiguous term, and I'd say the error here is in the limited hierarchical structure of categories. ;) Thanks! Dreamyshade (talk) 08:55, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Chola Navy
Hi Brad, Thanks a ton for assessing Chola Navy for MILHIST and WP:Ships. Just wanted to know what issues you had with the referencing, and how I'd be able to improve it.... thanks.  Sniperz 11 @CS 07:45, 27 December 2008 (UTC)


 * P.S. - Could u notify me if you reply on this page?? Thanks.  Sniperz 11 @CS 07:46, 27 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks... will work on it.  Sniperz 11 @CS 07:55, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

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 * I've been using AWB with the Kingboyk plugin so I will see about setting it not to change the list as if there is already one in place. --Brad (talk) 22:13, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Just a reminder that if your bot does not set the listas parameter on all the banners on a talk page the banners that follow, especially WP Greece and WP Middle Ages, will reset the listas to the PAGENAME and a conflict will be created.
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MG Wallace F. Randolph
Hi Brad,

I noticed that you did an assessment of this article and rated it C on the assessment scale (which I'm assuming would equate to an F in any other place of education). I've requested photos of the ship from the J. Y. Joyner Library at East Carolina University. Assuming that I'm able to get those and add them to the article, is there anything else you can suggest that would bring this up to a B-quality article?

Thanks! Matt (talk) 05:12, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I answered on the talk page there. --Brad (talk) 14:00, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

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Naming of Navy ships
Hello Brad101, you suggested that navy ships should have a country or country code in the article name. For British and US ships this is quite obvious. In Europe it is less common to distinguish between navy ships and civil ships in this way. Do you have any references for this ? I prefer the article to start with the name of the ship. A compromise could be Furor (Spanish navy). Inwind (talk) 07:33, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * The guideline for this is @ WP:NC-SHIP. Of course a redirect on the other titles can be done. --Brad (talk) 12:11, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

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Article and scope overlap
I think we have an overlap with regards to scope: List of current ships of the United States Navy and United States Navy ships. -MBK004 02:05, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I noticed that several months ago. Part of the United States Navy ships article can be kept as it is linked to the disambig for USS. The listing of ships in that article I will clean up and get rid of etc. --Brad (talk) 00:29, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

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Nathan F. Cobb
Hey Brad, I noticed you gave the Nathan F. Cobb article a C class rating and a rated it of level mid importance. I was curious as to why you did this, being that the coverage and accuracy were unchecked when you rated it against the B-class criteria. Also was the mid importance rating just an arbitrary estimate on your behalf? If so, then how could you be so certain about the importance level, being that you hadn't even checked the coverage and accuracy of the article? If you know any un-cited or unused sources that can be included, I encourage you to share them, if not then I hope you will give more "fair and balanced" critiques in your future reviews. Be easy!Sammyknoxg (talk) 09:53, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I rated the article back in October 2008 so it was rated according to what I saw at the time. After that you changed it to an A rating which was reverted by Belhalla. B2 was likely left blank because I saw there was a lot of recent editing going on and didn't know if the article was complete or not. The class rating of the article has no bearing on the importance rating of the article. You can visit the assessment page for the ships project for more information. Particularly FAQ #7 which explains why we can't always leave detailed comments on our assessments. I assess hundreds of articles a week in most cases. --Brad (talk) 12:06, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

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Hey there. Thanks for your reassessment of the articles for the two new Disney Cruise Line ships. Going forward, what suggestions do you have to keep advancing them up the scale towards GA-class, or even FA-class? There's lots of time for that, of course, since they've only just had the first steel cut for the first ship. Thanks again. --McDoobAU93 (talk) 23:55, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * The only thing holding back either article from being rated any higher is the amount of the content. Since these are new ships I doubt there is very much more you could add. My opinion would be that the content should increase about 150% from where it is now to go any farther. --Brad (talk) 06:15, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I think it's good we've already attracted the attention of the Ships WikiProject, so we'll have some expert guidance as these articles evolve. --McDoobAU93 (talk) 16:48, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

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"Guayas" rating
Hi, I just noted the rating for the Guayas (ship) resulted in a low-importance label. I checked on similar articles concerning similar tall ships (such as the Dar Młodzieży and Cisne Branco) and they were given mid-importance labels. I am not interested to argue whether these articles are low- or mid-important, but only like to suggest that consistency should be a cornerstone of such assessments. Ekem (talk) 00:13, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thank you very much for your support for me in the Military History coordinator elections. I am honored that I was elected to my new position of assistant coordinator, and hope that I can satisfy the community's expectations for me. – Joe   N  01:25, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

 * What I found most amusing is that you gathered more votes than some of the sitting coordinators. Hope you don't regret it :) --Brad (talk) 14:59, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

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