User talk:Bullmoosebell/Archive 1

Sortname
Thanks for filling in the sortname templates. I was doing it piecemeal, but I'd put it at a low priority, so it's a relief to see it completed.-Rrius (talk) 01:49, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter
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WQA
Hello, Bullmoosebell. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikiquette alerts regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Gerardw (talk) 10:27, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

WP:FILM May 2011 Newsletter
The May 2011 issue of the WikiProject Film 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. If you have an idea for improving the newsletter please leave a message on my talk page. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk •contrib) 01:40, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

US 3rd Infantry Division formatting
The MoS guidelines say on use of Bold (MOSBOLD "Use boldface in ...the article only in a few special cases" and goes on to say for "Table headersand captions" (my emphasis). On the use of allcaps (MOS:ALLCAPS, it says "Avoid writing with all capitals. Reduce them to one of the other title cases" and gives specific examples "Reduce proclamations, such as those for the Medal of Honor from all-caps", (excluding Initialisms and acronyms).

There are articles on US divisions and units which have made featured article such as 13th Airborne Division (United States) and 3rd_Battalion_3rd_Marines which handle streamers and awards without use of bold. GraemeLeggett (talk) 18:31, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

WP:FILM June 2011 Newsletter
The June 2011 issue of the WikiProject Film 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. We are also seeking new members to assist in writing the newsletter, if interested please leave a note on the Outreach department's talk page.--Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 04:31, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive invitation
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Thanks!
Thanks for the barnstar :) --User:Woohookitty Disamming fool! 03:24, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXIV, June 2011
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WP:FILM July 2011 Newsletter
The July 2011 issue of the WikiProject Film 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. We are also seeking new members to assist in writing the newsletter, if interested please leave a note on the Outreach department's talk page.--Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 03:34, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you!
Hi! I am very pleased and happy that you gave me a barnstar for working on US servicemembers biographies. Just pepped up the one of John F. Mulholland, Jr. Many greetings, claudevsq (talk) 19:20, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm looking forward to working with you on many more articles. I'm in the United States Army and I have a deep passion for all-things military. You've displayed good edits and helped cleanup many articles. That kind of good-faith is appreciated. Regards, Bullmoosebell (talk) 19:26, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Carter Ham
MOS:FLAG & template guidelines say no flag icons in infoboxes. PS: BG Ham was my CG in OIFII (MNB-N).--S. Rich (talk) 00:58, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the Barnstar! A most unexpected honor. Also, WRT to the flagcons and infoboxes, WP:IBX says KISS. --S. Rich (talk) 01:56, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

I've deleted GW's flagcons, and cited MOS:FLAG as the rationale. Deleting the rank images may be a different story because like you say, images can be helpful to the reader (as opposed to decorative). In GW's case, his General of the Armies 6 star ranking is unique. Accordingly, including it in the infobox is probably ok; but the WP guidance in the regard is vague. I think the reference to images in the infoboxes is meant to include images of the person and nothing more. The GW infobox template is Template:Infobox officeholder. It has no guidance in this regard. The officeholder talk page has 16 pages of archives, so I did not research it. In any case, because GW is such a unique figure, I think deleting the stars would only rankle many editors. Considering that GEN Ham may someday be an officeholder or 5 star, I would not fight restoring his galaxy. But my personal preference for him is to omit the stars. --S. Rich (talk) 19:33, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the invitation to comment on Audie. --S. Rich (talk) 03:00, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Re the CIA Director, take a look at WikiProject Military history/Academy--S. Rich (talk) 03:53, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
 * re your latest comment to me -- interesting. As WP is quite complex and constantly subject to change, I'm not surprised to see a conflict between the guidance coming from different areas. For military types, lots of flag waiving is to be expected! BTW: use the #xxx (as in WP:MILMOS) to more specifically direct editors to the particular area you are quoting. (And, feel free to delete material from this page IAW WP:OWNTALK.) --S. Rich (talk) 00:54, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011
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Audio Murphy award image discussion
thanks for letting me know. Unfortunately I am "out of the office " at the moment and using a mobile phone. This makes contributions to longer discussions rather tricky so I may have to wait to express further opinion. Have you flagged the discussion up on the Milhist talk? GraemeLeggett (talk) 08:16, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar
Many thanks for the barnstar and thanks also for being flexible on the flags issue. Dormskirk (talk) 19:43, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Status of the Army Scuba Badge
Doc Bell, per our exchange on my talk page, have you received any information from your colleges in Florida on the status of the Army Scuba Badge? --McChizzle (talk) 23:55, 23 August 2011 (UTC)


 * We've started a new Ranger class, and they just finished RAP week and started patrols, so my communication with those guys has been limited. I'll send them an email and see if they have anything substantial (literature, AR appendix, etc). If I don't get an answer when this class graduates to Mountains, then I'll call the branch and find out for myself. In the meantime, feel free to add the SCUBA badge to the obsolete list. After what I've read, it appears to be true. Thanks for your diligence. Bullmoosebell (talk) 23:12, 25 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Doc Bell, I found the official answer we have been looking for. Take a look at AHRC-PDO-PA Oct 04,AR600-8-22 8-19 (page 108), and AR611-75 2-12 (pages 6-7) and 2-15 through 2-19 (pages 9-12).  Based on these ARs, I'm going to "undo" the change on the obsolete badges page.--McChizzle (talk) 15:46, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXVI, August 2011
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WP:FILM September 2011 Newsletter
The September 2011 issue of the Films 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.—Erik (talk &#124; contribs) 16:36, 30 September 2011 (UTC)