User talk:Climie.ca/Archive 5

New FA-Team mission needs your help!
Félix Houphouët-Boigny needs to be copyedited and peer reviewed. We would appreciate any and all help from the crack members of the FA-Team! Sign up here. Merci! Awadewit (talk) 12:06, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Battle of Vimy Ridge
Battle of Vimy Ridge is currently under peer review in an effort to get it to A or FA quality. The article has greatly improved over the pas few months but still needs work. I am sending out a notice to individuals who have contributed on the talk page to help with a copy-edit. Fresh eyes are always helpful. All the best. Labattblueboy (talk) 14:59, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Maps
Hi, I see you're working on a number of World War 2 articles (particularly the Canadian role in the western front. If you're still looking for maps, I suggest Victory in the West by Major Ellis and Lt Col Warhurst (1968). It's published in 2 volumes by HM Stationery Office. I have a copy of the second volume "The Defeat of Germany" which has a number of detailed maps that you might be able to use. Not sure of the copyright status of these maps though. Lawrencema (talk) 02:25, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

RE:Review request
See Talk:2nd Canadian Infantry Division/GA1 There are a few outstanding issues before I promote it. I have fixed the dash issues and have done a number of other changes. If you have any questions leave them on the GA1 page or my talkpage. Regards Woody (talk) 15:50, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter
Sorry about the delay. AWB has been having a few issues lately. Here is the august issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter! Dr. Cash (talk) 20:28, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Warhammer 40K Project updated
The Warhammer 40,000 project page has been updated! Protonk (talk) 05:07, 21 August 2008 (UTC) Sent with Auto Wiki Browser to all 40K project members.
 * Assessment tags have been added to the project banner.
 * New material, including transwiki instructions and an organizational chart, has been added to the main project page.
 * Please help us get the Warhammer 40K project back on track!

2nd CID
Hi Cam, why are you wikilinking dates and months like March 3?  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 07:11, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, the fact that they are wikilinked. I thought that the MOS said only to wikilink when full d-m-y is used, but nowadays I believe it is no longer encouraged and has been encouraging people to not do it anymore because it blues out the more important stuff.  Blnguyen   ( bananabucket ) 07:23, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Project activity
This message is a test to check to see if members of the Warhammer 40K Project are still online, active and interested in helping the project. If you are no longer interested in the project all you need to do is...nothing! If you don't respond to this I'll take your name off the list and you'll never here from us again. If you're the proactive type you can remove the name yourself or talk to me and I'll do it.

If you are still interested in helping out the 40K project or otherwise still want to be listed there you can say so in response to this message on your talk page or on mine. Alternately you can add our new userbox (User WikiProject Warhammer 40,000) to your userpage and I'll take that as a response. The userpage doesn't automatically include people in a category of members yet, but it might in the future.

We've assessed most of the articles in the project on the Version 1.0 assessment scale (the table on the project page should take a few days to update) but we need to push to get the core articles in the project up to GA status. Thanks for all your help. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help the project along. Protonk (talk) 21:00, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Incidentally, if you're keen to keep your assessing skills honed, we are currently very short of reviewers for Milhist A-Class reviews. Broadly, the five A-Class criteria are just beefed up versions of the B-Class criteria and anyone with B-Class experience should have no trouble with them. Also, as a reminder, in the wide-ranging A-Class review, it is not necessary to comment on all five criteria: if you're short of time, you can simply focus on the aspects that interest you most (sources, comprehensiveness, prose, graphic content or whatever). You can track which articles are up for A-Class using this template:

All the best, -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 07:34, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Re 2nd Canadian Infantry Division
Be happy to - I'm in the middle of Panzer IV at the moment, but I'll look forward to it (I might meed reminding though!) EyeSerene talk 18:17, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Nominations for the Military history WikiProject coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process is starting. We are aiming to elect nine coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 (UTC) on September 14! This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 21:47, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXX (August 2008)
This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 22:17, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

First one
Apologies for the wait ;) EyeSerene talk 20:20, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Operation Lüttich
As requested, I have re-checked my source (Wilmot). It is actually spread across several pages:

p.401 Hitler replied on the morning of the 4th [of August] with a categorical order that von Kluge must launch a counter-offensive from the Vire-Mortain area to the coast at Avranches. Eight of the nine panzer divisions in Normandy were to be employed and the Luftwaffe would throw in its entire reserve, including a thousand fighters.

p.404 The Luftwaffe had tried to intervene, but "its fighters had been engaged in aerial combat from the moment of take-off, and could not reach the target area." The source for the quoted text is presumably German Seventh Army's telephone log.

HLGallon (talk) 02:46, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Re:Technical copyedit of Iowa
Don't worry too much about it, as you can see from the contributions I've made most of my time this week was spent reading for school. I hope to get back into the GA and A-class reviews this weekend and handle some more of the noted issues. TomStar81 (Talk) 04:50, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Review
I missed the boat (no, the link has nothing to do with anything)...an hour and a half before I review it, and Dana boomer stole it!!! =) Oh well, she's a better reviewer anyway. I'll help if I can! -talk- the_ed17  -contribs-  18:34, 9 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Sorry to be so picky...but they have to be sourced.... -talk- the_ed17  -contribs-  22:44, 9 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, thanks for not getting all angry&mdash;I've seen that before, and it's just plain annoying. =) -talk- the_ed17  -contribs-  23:07, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

re: Coordinator elections
Yes, definitely :) I've just got back from two weeks' holiday and walked into a load of real life stuff that needed sorting urgently. I've pretty much cracked all that now so I'll be doing my nom shortly. -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 04:08, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

PS: I'm glad you decided to stand. Good luck!

Military history WikiProject coordinator election
The September 2008 Military history WikiProject coordinator election has begun. We will be selecting nine coordinators to serve for the next six months from a pool of fourteen candidates. Please vote here by September 30! This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 21:31, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

GAN of Operation Totalize
Don't worry too much about how long it takes, as I'll leave the GA review open until the 18th or 19th because of the election you are in. Cheers, -talk- the_ed17  -contribs-  04:27, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

First Allied Airborne Army
Hey Cam. I'm trying to get back into writing wiki articles after a long break, and I'm finding it difficult. I'm currently working on First Allied Airborne Army and I was wondering if you could take a look at what I've got so far. I'm wondering if it's too wordy, especially in 'Formations', but like I said I'm trying to get back into writing and It's going slowly.

Cheers, Skinny87 (talk) 19:17, 19 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Sorry to bother you, Cam, but I decided First Allied Airborne Army is too big for me at the moment, so I'm working on Operation Tonga now. Any help, particularly on accurate casualties for either side would be more than helpful, but considering the message below I realize you'll have bigger fish to fry, as it were. Cheers anyway, Skinny87 (talk) 18:56, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Can you urgently help Milhist please?
We've had a rather large bombshell dropped on us. The Wikipedia editorial team are aiming to release a version of Wikipedia on CD/DVD in time for the end of year holiday season. They've provided us with a list of 1333 Milhist articles they intend including.

The problem is that the quality of these articles varies considerably.

We've put together review page listing all the articles, in twenty-five article worklists. I'm hoping that 15-20 trusted editors can work through the list, weedying out problem articles and identifying suitable versions for release. The work is as far away from a tagging and assessing drive as you can imagine though, for convenience and ease of use, we've closely followed the traditional Milhist drive format.

This is, at the moment, an invitation-only review. The reason is that time is short and we can't afford too many mistakes. I'm only contacting experienced editors who performed very well indeed in the last two Milhist drives. I guess that working through a worklist of twenty-five articles will take between one and three hours to do. We're aiming to get the preliminary work done by next Sunday, so it's urgent too.

I do hope you can help but – if it's not too much trouble – if you are unable to participate at the moment, would you please let me know on my talk page? otherwise, please sign up here. Thank you for your time, -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 17:23, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Luttich
I left a further comment in the A-class review. Cla68 (talk) 03:21, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Operation Tonga
Hey Cam, thanks for the kind words. I've gone through Tonga and I think it fits all of the Good Article qualifications, so I've put it up for GAN at. If you could find time to review it it'd be appreciated. Cheers! Skinny87 (talk) 08:30, 23 September 2008 (UTC)


 * As an aide, I'm going to begin work on American airborne landings in Normandy, but there seems to be a dearth of pictures on Wiki and Commons to illustrate it with, so I'm not sure what to do since I've also no idea how to find new pictures on the web, authenticate them and then upload them. The same goes for the battle of Carentan involving the 101st just after the landings. Any ideas? Skinny87 (talk) 15:56, 23 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Hey Cam. Real sorry to bother you. Congratulations on being elected. I know that must be taking up most of your time, but I was wondering when you might get time to finish reviewing Operation Tonga? Thanks, Skinny87 (talk) 08:54, 1 October 2008 (UTC)


 * All done, except for the one in the infobox, whenever you have time. Skinny87 (talk) 17:59, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

2nd Div
I'm ploughing my way through the article; with luck and a clear run, I should be substantially finished sometime tomorrow. I just wanted to apologise in advance for my ramblings on the talk page - I tend to note down stuff as it occurs to me, then forget sometimes to remove/reword it if I change my mind or it becomes moot due to ongoing copyediting. Hopefully you'll be able to make sense of it all ;) EyeSerene talk 17:08, 25 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Cheers Cam. I hate fact-bombing articles, but it seemed easier than listing all the instances on the talk page. I haven't had a chance to do any more today as promised, so I know what I'll be doing this weekend ;) EyeSerene talk 15:54, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Milhist W0.7: update
Thank you very much for your help in our review of the W0.7-nominated articles, which has proved to be a very worthwhile exercise. As the number of sub-standard articles found was much higher than anticipated, the coordinators are currently considering how best to follow this up, given the project's limited resources and the short time span – under three weeks - for making improvements. The review has been a very worthwhile exercise and will lead to a major quality improvement initiative in the very near future. In the meantime, if you found any articles that you feel you could easily fix, I'd be very grateful if you invested a little time doing so. Please also feel free to nominate any articles for inclusion which you feel were overlooked. The procedure for this is here and the nominations should be made here. -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 07:42, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Milhist Coordinator elections
Congratulations mate! You are well suited to the position, and I wish you nothing but good fortune in your term(s) in the position. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 00:55, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Congrats on becoming a new Milhist Coordinator! cheers --Rosiestep (talk) 02:34, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Well done and all the best. I've decided to step aside.  YellowMonkey  ( bananabucket ) 08:54, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Congrats!


Congratulations on your election as Coordinator of the Military history Wikiproject. In honor of your achievement, I present you with these stars. I wish you luck in the coming term. -- TomStar81 (Talk) 01:07, 1 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Congratulations from me as well; welcome to the club! ;-)
 * (If you haven't come across them before, incidentally, we have several essays that contain some useful—in my opinion, anyways—advice for new coordinators.) Kirill (prof) 02:59, 1 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes indeed, very good luck. I look forward to seeing your energy and enthusiasm in action :) -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 06:26, 1 October 2008 (UTC)


 * And, Cam, that dreadful pun you just left on my talk page should be taken out and shot :)) -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 06:24, 1 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Well done, fully deserved. I'm certain your work ethic, positive attitude and enthusiasm will be excellent for the project. ^5 ;) EyeSerene talk 07:59, 1 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Good job! --Banime (talk) 08:46, 1 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Congrats on your election Cam. Continue to serve the project as well as you have already. Kyriakos (talk) 09:10, 1 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Congratulations on your well-deserved election. Best wishes Jll (talk) 16:02, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

2nd Division copyedit
Ok, I think I'm done, bar the content I added that I need to source (I know where the stuff is; just need to dig it out). I'll keep tabs on the article re my talk-page comments, and try to make a second ce pass in a week or so; I generally find that I pick up things I missed if I come back to an article after a break from it. The second map is almost finished too, so I'll post that up soon. All the best, EyeSerene talk 14:40, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Merging Russian projects into one project - your input requested
Hi, you are receiving this message as you are a member of WikiProject Russian history. I have made a proposal to merge several Russian related projects into WP:RUSSIA. You can view the proposal at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Russian_history. As a member of the Russian history project, your input is requested; so that all editors are reading off the same page please limit discussion to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Russia/Proposal. We all look forward to your input. --Russavia Dialogue Stalk me 10:18, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Map
I've simplified things slightly - if you need more detail, let me know ;) EyeSerene talk 19:20, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

AAU reminder notice

 * Notice delivery by xenobot  14:12, 8 October 2008 (UTC)