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Welcome back
Glad to see you back and editing. &mdash;Dark (talk) 10:16, 18 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Good to see you back. Harland1 (t/c) 11:41, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

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Busy next Sunday?
Meetup? Hope it's not too short notice.  Majorly  (talk) 14:45, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in ...
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April GA Newsletter
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Winston Churchill in politics: 1900-1939
Welcome back indeed. And while you're about would you critique the above and let me know (perhaps by leaving a note on the article's talk page) what needs to be done to improve it. I am thinking it may need division into two articles one from 1900 to 1922 (which section is, apart from a few paragraphs on Churchill's part in the downfall of the Lloyd George coalition, complete) and the other from 1923 to 1939Backnumber1662 (talk) 10:17, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Second Boer War

 * Great, let's try to get this article back to GA status at least! I will assist where and when possible. Michel Doortmont (talk) 10:36, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

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WikiProject Good Articles May Newsletter
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXVI (April 2008)
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Replaceable fair use Image:RobertDallek.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:RobertDallek.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:


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Note: You said that you made a good-faith effort to find a free alternative, which is fine, but WP:NFCC also demands proof that no free equivalent ... could be created, which is very difficult for a living person. Regards, High on a tree (talk) 16:17, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Churchill
Someone I know had two copies of Jenkins biography of Churchill (because someone had given him a second!) and he asked if I was interested. So I read a bit and got interested. Unfortunately I am reading it at odd times and often as not falling asleep over it, so my recollection of every page is far from perfect. Having got to page 350 out of 1000 I thought it would be interesting to see what wiki had to say. Page 350 only gets me to just after WW1, so I can't comment too much on the article after that. I posted some points which immediately occurred to me comparing the article with the period I had read so far. I didn't like to make any immediate changes in case anyone was feeling possessive over the article, but also as I didn't have the book to hand to check my recollections. Even with it handy, it is not easy to find the right section mentioning a point. I also noticed some other points which did not seem quite right.

Memory is not entirely reliable. I am not sure now whether jenkins does mention the buggery incident or exactly what he says about speech impediments. The impediment might be worth a mention as it again demonstrates his determination, and particularly since he was famous for the quality of his speeches. The buggery point might be worth including in a 1000 page book, but here just plonked in near the start it is giving unjustifiable prominence to a relatively minor point, and also arguably creating a false impression. The article as a whole is a bit sensationalist, implying he was a stammering, buggering, fortune seeking, drunk....by implication of the points mentioned in the early part. I expect these points could individually be justified as accurate and sourceable, but the overall impression I got from reading the article was somewhat different to what I got from Jenkins. Of course, there are a lot of books about Churchill, and others may have different takes on him. I can only compare with Jenkins, who seems to be referenced already, but I am not certain is referenced accurately. So yes, I will probably have a go here and there to try to sort some bits. Thanks for the greeting. Sandpiper (talk) 19:29, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
okey dokey, i'll help out where I can. there maybe some useful refs on Napoleon article. i had started on wellington as i'd been doing a lot on nap and thought i might try and do a couple of nice connections across these 2 characters, seemed only fair to start bringing wellington quality up too. have moved off to get wp:vital 100 up in quality - you may want to bring, to bear, your ga skills, there, at some point. Tom (talk) 22:55, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

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Thanks
Thank you for recognising my edits to the Poole article with a barnstar. I will probably nominate it for GA status in the future, but before I do I'll try to expand a few more sections in the article over the next couple of weeks. BarretBonden (talk) 12:58, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Margaret Thatcher
Hi again, good work on Wellington. Working on Thatcher and recognised the editor who'd done this edit in January You must have got interrupted. I'll try and find correct one, should be possible from the title. Tom (talk) 17:26, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

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Cold War
Hi LordHarris, have a look at your issues within the Cold War FAC. They have been recently resolved. Thanks and best regards, --Eurocopter (talk) 16:07, 2 July 2008 (UTC)