User talk:ERcheck/Archive 9

This is Archive 9 of my talk page. It is archived using the Cut-and-Paste method.

Below the line, you will find the talk portion of the page for January and February 2007.

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included Dianomd-Cutter.org link at Michael Roach per discussion we still had and User:HumanDas' requirements of inlcusion
When we had the discussion about including the critical link mainly User:HumanDas and user:Ekajati were against it. All other editors were for including or at least not against it. Because user.HumanDas argued:
 * I am happy to include a critical link - as long as the publishers of the site have the balls to put their names on it. I can create a site that trashes you in a few moments work (if I knew your identity) - would you want that information then linked to by WP? —Hanuman Das 23:36, 24 September 2006 (UTC) (see archive2)

I now inlclude the link and the responsible person, because the website owner gives his name on the website, see: http://www.diamond-cutter.org/about/about.html Regards, --Kt66 12:42, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Tag
Second Matabele War needs tag and rate. Rlevse 14:51, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Military brat
Well, somebody beat me to the category of military brat, but I went through last night and updated all of the brats on the List of famous military brats to have the category on their page. Well, the category has already been nominated for deletion. The reasoning is because it is a "non-neutral" term and parental occupation is irrelevant. Thus, I'm letting people who have contributed to the Military brat article know so that they can support keeping the category. Here is the link to the discussion Balloonman 20:26, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Infoplease references
Hi, I saw you were removing the Infoplease references and replacing them with the United States Congress, since they are identical (and come from the US Congress). Do you want me to change all the Infoplease references in all my articles to US Congress only? I didn't want to have a whole bunch of lettered sections for one reference, so I chose to split them between Infoplease and US Congress. Thanks for any advice.  Nish kid 64  00:46, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, done. =)  Nish kid 64  01:01, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

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FC Branch
Your FC Branch article made DYK, but no notice was on its talkpage, so I added it. Interesting article.Rlevse 13:20, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Ronda Storms?
I looked on the DYK history, and I don't see Ronda Storms updated on the template at all. Will you please put it there next update? Thank you. Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 18:00, 4 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Looking through Template talk history, it looks as if you thought you added it, but you did not. Please try to add it next update. I worked too hard on that article for it to be passed up by some oversight. Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 18:05, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Wesley_Autrey
See question I left on this talk page. Rlevse 03:08, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

evasion of indef-block
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Just a question.
Is RuneScapeWiki not an encyclopedia also? Pages just like my "Fooled You" page are in RuneScapeWiki numerous times and whether you admit it or not, RuneScapeWiki is just the same as Wikipedia (not based on content). And anyway, all this "patent nonsense" crap doesn't matter. It doesn't take up your disk space, you can only access it from 1) my userpage, or 2) clicking "Random article" numerous times. So what's the problem? Elfred 03:15, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is a serious encyclopedia. If you want to put "fooled you" pages somewhere, and it is ok on RuneScapeWiki, then put yours there.  Wikipedia is not a place of your personal fun.  &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 12:18, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

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List of revocations of appointments to the Order of the British Empire
Please semi-protect. Ongoing vandalism by unregistered ip address. - Kittybrewster 17:23, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Re:Cavazos
Man, am I gald to hear from you. Long time. I think that the Cavazos article is great! You should nominate it for GA. There is one question. Are you sure that he is the first Hispanic to reach the rank of Bridgadier General in the Army? Check out these two guys: George Meade, Luis R. Esteves. Tell me what you think. Tony the Marine 04:13, 18 January 2007 (UTC)


 * According to my knowledge, the highest rank that was allowed to a Puerto Rican in the Puerto Rican National Guard prior 1952 was Colonel. However, I found this: "Luis Raúl Esteves Völckers was the first Puerto Rican to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on June 19, 1915. He was the first member of his class to make the rank of General and one of  50 plus, that earned that rank in the US Army. During his stay at West Point, he tutored Dwight D. Eisenhower in Spanish, helping him pass that course at the Academy. Eisenhower went on to be come president of the United States (1952 - 1960) and remained very good friends with General Esteves. They corresponded regularly and visited each other on occasions." Luis Raul Esteves.


 * You know, I think you are right. I thought that I had once read something about some Hispanic Californian being commisioned  a general during the Civil War, but I haven't found anything.  Therefore, Cavazos is the first.  I'm going to write an article about Puerto Ricans who have been awarded the Navy Cross and the Distinguished Service Cross.  These are heroes who are practically unknown.  I just finished writing about this Navy Cross recipient: Ramon Nunez-Juarez.  Feel free to make any fixes. Tony the Marine 05:39, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Maybe Cavazos was the first Mexican-American. Tony the Marine 05:17, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Colors
Done, let me know if you need anything else User:Wilsbadkarma/workpage &mdash; Wils Bad Karma (Talk /Contribs ) 04:26, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I really like the workpage better granted I have changed my tune so many time I'm not sure if I get a say but I'm sticking with this one. Oh and your right the color your using on the portal page is too orange. &mdash; Wils Bad Karma (Talk /Contribs ) 04:34, 18 January 2007 (UTC)


 * You can't see the orange in the logo as bad, perhaps because it's surrounded with other colors and images, in fact you can't really see the orange in the header-box unless you compare it to a brighter fuller red, but thats not to say that the orange/red is the best color, its not. You need to put the fullest brightest red on there and that would be the one on my workpage.&mdash; Wils Bad Karma (Talk /Contribs ) 04:40, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Re:Nunez-Juarez
You know, you made a valid point. It could be a mistake by the POW-MIA website, but then again maybe there is only a headstone in the cemetery. When I go to Puerto Rico in May for the monument ceremony, I will go to the National Cemetery and investigate.

Here is a case that you might be able help me in. There was a Marine, Pvt. Rafel Toro (there may have been a typo in his first name, maybe it's Rafael) who was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions during the 2nd Nicaraguan Campaign. Now, this person's name is not included in the "Monumento de la Recordacion" in Puerto Rico. If you can help me dig up some info on him, I might be able to convince the authorities to correct this omission.

His citation is listed here: and here:.

Now, notice that the last website failed to mention Rear Admiral Frederick Lois Riefkohl, as I did in my lasted article Puerto Rican recipients of the Navy Cross. You know how it is, sometimes even the best websites commit mistakes. Let me know. Tony the Marine 20:35, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Re:Private Rafel Toro

Excellent! Tony the Marine 02:18, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Re:Category comment
I'll fix the cat thing, maybe tomorrow. Tony the Marine 04:42, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

DYK hooks
Hi. I didn't mean to be re-editing right on your heels, but 90% if hooks need to be cut down, not built up. In this case, "after Texas became a state" was just filler not needed. Thanks. Shaundakulbara 05:43, 20 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Actually, I'd shortened the original hook quite a bit. &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 05:46, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Piner-Olivet Charter School
I have added a "" template to the article Piner-Olivet Charter School, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at its talk page. Removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, but the article may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria.. Thanks a lot and thought I would warn you since you have edited Piner-Olivet Charter School in the past. Chickyfuzz123(user talk) 18:31, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Re:DYK Update
Okay, done. Phew! Six minutes to archive, un/protect image, replace and credit. That's one shy of my record. :-P  Nish kid 64  01:09, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Adam Bruce
It's a cropped version of the Wikipedia Commons image (Image:FinlagganPursuivant.jpg) in the article. I thought it might be quicker to tell you that rather than suss out the right tag, although I will do the latter now. Thanks. House of Scandal 21:42, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Three-revert rule
You have been on top of User:Toajaller3146, who has been breaking the three-revert rule with the article Piner-Olivet Charter School, to which he just broke the rule....again. Thought, I would tell you. Thanks much. Chickyfuzz123(user talk) 03:37, 22 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah, and User:Toajaller3146 doesn't seem to get that you need to cite your sources, so I have kinda given up with the warnings to him. I've given him enough to know to stop reverting, but he seems to just ignore them. I'm the one that started the article, but it has just gone downhill and its too hard now to revert every little piece of "gossip" that goes into that article. If there is anything that you would want help with with cleaning up Piner-Olivet Charter School, give me a call and I will be willing to help. Thanks for everything. Chickyfuzz123(user talk) 04:19, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Ernest Ivy Thomas, Jr. on DYK

 * Was Thomas in the first (non-famous) flag raising or the one Rosenthal one that became famous, which was actually the 2nd flag raising. I know the article says first, but a lot of people don't know there were two. Maybe the article should clarify this. Rlevse 11:01, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Copyvio
See Mirrors_and_forks/Jkl. Rlevse 12:41, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

List of United States Navy ratings
Hey man I need a favor. I'm currently trying to get this list featured and I have had 10 days worth of support but knowing my luck I have ran into an issue. The issue involves two sentences in the history section of the article. The comment has been made that I rewrite them, and I have but, I need someone to make them sound better. If you don't mind I was hoping you might take a look.

Original sentences still on the article:

These were titles of the jobs that individuals were actually performing and became the basis for petty officers and ratings. During this time, ship crews were taken from civilian life and enlisted for only one cruise, thus making the job at hand rather than career possibilities the primary consideration.

Comments that prompted me to rewrite
 * "Can these sentences be rephrased they suggest that the current ratings are not titles of jobs that individuals actually perform. I see what you want to say, but this could be clearer." Now I responded to this guys comment on his userpage since it didn't make much since, and he replied with this.: "These sentences seem to contain important information. Apparently the titles began as simple job titles and changed somehow. That could be explained better" His first comment seems to be about apples, and the second about oranges so, I only rewrote according to the second comment.

My rewritten version

These titles weren't considered ratings, they were the names of the jobs that individuals were performing. Many years past before these jobs became the basis for petty officers and ratings. During this time, the Continental Congress mandated that at least one third of a ship crew be taken from civilian life and Image:Flaccid and erect human penis.jpg 400px

Image:Gray1148.png >Contribs ]]) 02:29, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

RE:
 * What reference(s) are you using for this paragraph?
 * References and


 * What is the relationship between the Marine Corps' MOS and ratings?
 * Every article on Wikipedia doesn't have to have an Eagle, Globe, and Anchor on it, I'm just kidding. Ratings are basically a general category that all NECs fall into with some exceptions. If you can find an MOS chart to compare the Navy to the Marine Corps it will list the rating abbreviations in some cases and the Abbreviation - the NEC code in other cases.


 * What is the relationship between a rating and an NEC?
 * NEC is a further breakdown of a rating and a breakdown of the requirements for that billet. for example:a PR or Parachute Rigger oops, Aircrew Survival Equipmentman is the Rating and has 3 different NEC's PR-7352, PR-7353, and PR-7356 and you have to have this course, and or be an E-4 or you must hold that NEC to be able to hold this NEC

The easiest way to answer both of the previous questions is; If you lump Navy ratings and Navy NECs together you'll get Marine Corps MOS. USMC has MOS like 6711, 6712, 6721, 6722, 6724 which are for different types of Air Traffic Controllers. We have the same thing AC-6901, AC-6902, AC-6903, AC-6904 and AC which is the equivalent of your 6724. On top of that they all fall under the rating AC or Air Traffic Controller.
 * Does an apprentice have a rating? (No.)
 * Thats not necessarily true. see section 4223 and 4224 of for more detail.

Thanks for the help I'm going to work more on it tomorrow and ill get back to you with my progress.&mdash; <font color="#25185d">Wils <font color="#bc8d00">Bad <font color="#25185d">Karma (<font color="#bb8900">Talk /<font color="#bb8900">Contribs ) 04:23, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

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Deletion help
Hey. Hope all is well. I was creating redirects for a new article and i messed on of them up. I tries to nominate for delation properly but i messed it up. Could you look at VO-6M and put the proper deletion tag. basically it is a mess up and shouldn't be there. Thanks. Also, I guess it is about that time of month to start figuring out what we want to do with the Portal. Yes we need to work on it to bring it up to feature status but for right now updates will have to do. Let me know. Yut--Looper5920 10:34, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Three more that need the chop. Battery I, Battery K & Battery L.  There is no need for individual batteries to have their own articles.  If you agree, could you tag them or do that voodoo, that you do.  Thanks--Looper5920 04:19, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Help Please?
Hello again. So, just a little bit ago, my page totally got vandalized, to which was nothing like my page was vandalized before. Thanks much, and I am looking forward to hear back from you. Chickyfuzz123(user talk) 03:01, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * The user 71.113.180.185 and user:Xxkevxx completely destroyed my page, which I reverted no problem. I told them don't do it again, but I don't know how it will work. Either they will disreguard it, or actually get that you can do that, but what else should I do. Should I get administrative help or just see what happens? A link of the vandalism is here.
 * Also, I'm sure user pages get vandalized a lot of the time, but what is the chance for my page to get semi-protected? I'm started to get sick of reverting the vandalism on my page every other day, but if I have to do it, I will.

La Salle Road DYK
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Marine Staff Sergeants members of the Chief's Mess???
I saw that blurb in United States Navy enlisted rate insignia, and I do believe that is an exception rather than the norm (ie maybe on an LST or other very small amphib due to space restrictions). Even on an FFG, when we were hauling around Marines for a bit, no one from the Marine contingent, E-6 or below, messed or berthed with the Goat Locker. That would be unthinkable.

I'm interested in your experiences on this matter (what ship, what time frame). Chiefs aren't too willing to share their community with anyone below E-7, in my experience, as the Chief's Mess is a place for the initiated only. Seems there would be a lot of resentment towards the Staff Sergeants from both the Chiefs and the First Classes. Of course, there could be exceptions to the rule :-)

Supersquid 13:07, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

''Thanks for you inquiry on my talk page concerning the reference to the Chief's Mess in United States Navy enlisted rate insignia. However, I did not add the material. (See this difference.) It was added by 198.80.153.10 at 17:56, 25 January 2007. It is not something that I can speak to. I did try to see if there were any online references that might provide some information to the point; but, I didn't find anything. — ERcheck (talk) 01:00, 27 January 2007 (UTC)''


 * Whups! I'm sorry, I coulda sworn it was you.  My bust, I apologize!  Guess it's the air here in Afghanistan getting to me lol!  But I do appreciate you looking into it.  Since it's from an non-registered user, and no references can be found, I'ma gonna pull it.  Thanks, and again, my bad!


 * Supersquid 12:17, 27 January 2007 (UTC)


 * No problem. I had made the edit immediately preceding that addition. Now, I am curious if that is indeed the case. — ERcheck (talk) 12:23, 27 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I can't find any references for it whatsoever. Of the three people who I've talked to (retired and former Marines), only one said that "maybe on a REALLY small amphib like the old LSTs, but they aren't around anymore.  And then the 1SGT or SGM would have to pull some serious strings."  I REALLY find it hard to believe, especially considering how territorial the Chief's Mess is.
 * Supersquid 12:43, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

DYK medal
I present you this DYK medal for all the outstanding and interesting new articles you create.Rlevse 22:47, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

United States Navy enlisted rate insignia
Hello, I have finished the last section if you don't mind to take another look. I'm still polishing it but I'm done with the major parts. Thanks &mdash; <font color="#25185d">Wils <font color="#bc8d00">Bad <font color="#25185d">Karma (<font color="#bb8900">Talk ) 03:52, 28 January 2007 (UTC) Oh and let me know if you see any problems or anything I'm going to polish it a little more and put it up for review.&mdash; <font color="#25185d">Wils <font color="#bc8d00">Bad <font color="#25185d">Karma (<font color="#bb8900">Talk ) 03:53, 28 January 2007 (UTC) Yep I'm done, I'm reviewing a portal so you have some time sorry about that I have a tendance to edit over and over again.&mdash; <font color="#25185d">Wils <font color="#bc8d00">Bad <font color="#25185d">Karma (<font color="#bb8900">Talk ) 04:03, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Ferguson 1CP on Barclays plc
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Why was the link to Pramukh Swami, the Inspirer of the monument, taken out? Moksha88 06:38, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

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FA for Portal
I have been combing the files for an aviation related FA since we have not had one in a long time. There are some squadrons that are close but I have not been able to nail one down (VMFA-251, 314?). Any suggestions? I would love to take an hour and look around but I have to go to bed as I am about to fall asleep. Maybe I'll be a bit more clear headed in the morning.--Looper5920 13:08, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Cavazos
Thanks for adding the general to the list over at WP:MEXAM. KUTGW, --Rockero 03:26, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

DYK
The rule has not changed, but we have been backlogged lately, due to the lack of updating. I've been doing my normal twice-daily updates, but whenever I go back on the next day, I see DYK has not been updated for 10+ hours at a time (yesterday, it wasn't updated for 23 hours!). Hopefully, if we get more admins in Europe or other places to update, then we can fix the backlog issues.  Nish kid 64  15:04, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think we can get past this backlog if we keep going back to items that are nearly 7-8 days old. Send Jan 28 + Jan 29 to expired, and add January 30th items.  Nish kid 64  15:18, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

The backlog has hampered the nomination process. And it would be very unfair for qualified nominations to be dismissed for less qualified nominations (some real borderliners) which I now return for further review. Camptown 21:46, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I only agree if better articles are chosen. The project doesn't benefit from unfair selections. Camptown 21:56, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I noticed that you added a couple of very short articles... Camptown 22:02, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I've done some job in selecting articles, and I think that you can do your part of the job as an admin and update the articles that have been selected, instead of exchanging fine article for stubby articles (which are also more than 5 days old). Camptown 22:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The Lily article is far too short to get the picture slot!!!! Camptown 22:10, 4 February 2007 (UTC)


 * If you insist on the 5 day expiration rule - all articles from Jan 30 would have to go as well... Camptown 22:19, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * There has always been some abition in letting a longer article have the picture slot. As of now, the lily article doesn't belong to that group of articles. I know from history that many editors feel unfairly treated when their nominations are rejected because of a sudden tough application of a rule that hasn't been upheld because of a temporary backlog. The last thing this project needs is hard working editors who are unfairly treated. -- Camptown 22:32, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

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Since no one is watching WP:AIV, can you block 170.76.21.31, he's repeat vandal after final warning of main page FA. Left notices on his talk page.Rlevse 17:07, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Take a look
James Sabow/JDSabow evidence 2007 Should this page be on Wikipedia? Also, correct me if I am wrong, but is he selling cannabis seeds via the picture on the right hand side of his user page? I think he is--Looper5920 10:53, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * One more for a look see. A new user created this page - Over-the-beach capability.  The term does not exist and the article is a collection of jibberish.  Could you afd this thing if you think it is appropriate.  My track record with the newbies is not good even though it seems this guy is trying to really contribute.  Thanks --Looper5920 06:35, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Just a heads up...I think User:JPatrickBedell is also using User:Meltmycone as an occassional name for adding Sabow details to articles.--Looper5920 06:40, 9 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I appreciate your attention to detail and your vigilance, but there is no chance that I will be using sockpuppets or editing under another name. I apologize for any offense I might cause, and I do sincerely appreciate your feedback. JPatrickBedell 09:55, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Requesting your opinion
Someone wants to rename the Categories of the Legion of Merit, Purple Heart, Silver Star and Bronze Star Medals, to something like this: "Category:Recipients of the United States Purple Heart medal".

I personally oppose this move because these military decorations are only awarded om the United States and therefore cannot be confused with some other country's decoration. I see no need for the move. As a person who has been involved with United States military related artilces, I invite you to express your opinion here: Categories for discussion/Speedy. Thank you, Tony the Marine 02:29, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * My guess is that the person that made the nomination is not familiar with the military decorations of other countries and used the Distinguished Service Cross as an example. Tony the Marine 04:17, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

images of PDF417-encoded information currency on userpage
Thank you very much for expressing your concerns. It appears to me, after carefully considering your request, that the belief that this image is not allowed on a wikipedia user page can only result from an inappropriate misreading of the published guidance on the subject. It communicates contact information as its central purpose, and also encodes two distinct information currency units, which may be decoded by other wikipedia users to learn about both PDF417 and information currency. Thank you again for your help. JPatrickBedell 12:49, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

MoH recipients
Thanks for your note. WP:ODM is really concerned with national honours systems, be they civil awards, military decorations, state orders, etc, etc. It was intended to take over coverage of this area from WP:MILHIST and the Numismatics WikiProject—the two WPs which had hitherto, in a vague sort of way, looked after this area. As a result, I didn't regard it as wholly inappropriate to replace WP:MILHIST with WP:ODM. Having said that, I should have thought a little more, perhaps realising that biography articles quite properly have a definite MILHIST angle. Sorry about that.

I'll take a look over these categories and add back the MILHIST tag to the relevant bio categories. If you are have any interest in the wider coverage of medals and decorations on Wikipedia then we would be glad to see you at WP:ODM.

Best wishes,  X damr  talk 00:47, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

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Just Nuisance
Interesting DYK page bit of British naval history. Needs a project tag.Rlevse 10:58, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

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Article needing help
Mr. JPatrickBedell is at it again. Was hoping you might be able to do some of your magic on this one - William G. Thrash--Looper5920 12:21, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * and another...Peter D. Williams--Looper5920 12:38, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestion regarding the reference to official biographies. I appreciate your comment and the positive example you provide of a wiki-contributor. Thanks! JPatrickBedell 03:05, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

February 15, 2007
Thanks for your comments! Very helpful for me. I simply saw a random biography with no structure and quickly went in and formatted. I am learning that there are templates for certain biographies (just hard to find them sometimes!) --Ozgod 03:00, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

un called for ban
my ban was uncalled for. i add the same links everyone else does you need to ban everyone else if you wish to be fair

rsxlogan for one —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Webrats (talk • contribs) 08:58, 16 February 2007 (UTC).
 * Responded on user talk page. &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 13:04, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Webrats 20:36, 19 February 2007 (UTC) and you need to be less nazi. you cant have it both ways you say dont post thease links then you complain when i remove them

second warning
Webratsdo not edit title on my talk page. they are set ( by other) and your opinion on what they should be is not your concern I will report you next time. == DO NOT FIX MY TALK PAGE I DONT WANT YOUR HELP ==

Last hour or so
You stepped away from the computer for a bit and the guy went nuts. Like a vandalizing rampage. I think we got all of it but he will pop up again in a bit and start over. Seems like this is going to be a presistent thing. Oh well.--Looper5920 03:49, 17 February 2007 (UTC) did not respond

User talk:ERcheck/Archive 1 semi-protected
Your Talk page archive was getting vandalized from multiple sources in the past few hours, so I semi-protected it. -- Gogo Dodo 05:57, 17 February 2007 (UTC)


 * On second thought, I semi-protected all of your Talk page archives because they were all getting hit. -- Gogo Dodo 06:10, 17 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Re your message: Yeah, he's making a mess. Perhaps semi-protecting all of Looper5920's pages are in order, too?  It seems to be him and you that are his favorite targets. -- Gogo Dodo 06:26, 17 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Re your message: No problem. =) Everything has been semi-protected, I think. -- Gogo Dodo 06:39, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

68.219.3.133
You got yourself a troll it seems. :) BJ Talk 20:33, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Favor
Can you do me a favor and take a read through List of United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons. You may have noticed that it has been my pet project for awhile. I am still working on the intro but I was hoping you could just go through and copyedit. Right now I still need to add the Post WWII info and edit some of the earlier stuff. It needs a fresh set of eyes to make sure it is on the right track. When it is complete one of these days I am hoping to put it up for WP:FLC. Anyway, if you have a few spare moments please give it the once over. Cheers.--Looper5920 04:33, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the help reverting my userspace, I appreciate it. yandman 11:50, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

RE: Thanks
Anytime :-) --NMChico24 20:52, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

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United States Navy elisted rates
Hey, Thank you for that. I never spent much time on find a reference for it, plus I never really liked using the free dictionary anyway. I have changed the reference out. Again thanks.Cheers &mdash; <font color="#25185d">Wils <font color="#bc8d00">Bad <font color="#25185d">Karma (<font color="#bb8900">Talk ) 21:07, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

RFA
I thought you'd like to know Rlevse is up for RFA at: Requests for adminship/Rlevse 2.Sumoeagle179 23:11, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

3/3
ERcheck--I think the world of you but two things on this GAC: a) If it were ready for GA, I'd wait a day or two to promote it so it would not look like unude collusion, but b) It's not ready for GA anyway, so I put it on hold, which is okay to go even the day it's listed. See its talk page. Rlevse 22:20, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

DYK
Would it be possible for you to update DYK. I have put on some entries in Feb 20 & Feb 21. --Parker007 02:35, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay added 2 more. Now update the DYK. Sheesh! --Parker007 05:03, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what the "Sheesh!" is for. Politeness goes a long way. (DYK is updated.) &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 06:09, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Hank Earl Carr
Hi; I've responded at Template talk:Did you know to your concern about notability of Hank Earl Carr; I'm not sure what you mean by it, given the works cited at the bottom of the page. --Spangineerws (háblame)  04:42, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Just added a sentence clarifying that; what do you think? --Spangineerws (háblame)  05:27, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Responded user talk page. (Very helpful change.) &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 06:08, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!
I appreciate your note re: my article for Dude being mentioned in DYK. It's the third mention I've received this month. . . I'm glad someone is reading my contributions and finds them so interesting! Thanks. . . SFTVLGUY2 14:00, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

3rd Battalion 3rd Marines GA nomination
Palm dogg, User:Rlevse provided a list of specific suggestions for the 3/3 article's GA nomination on its talk page. After addressing these suggestions, looks like its good to go. &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 23:16, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * All the citations, refs, etc. are completed. I noticed that you moved the Skaggs image into the "Notable Marines" section.  Unfortunately, for smaller screens, it make the table render poorly.  I'm inclined to leave out the image.  What do you think? &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 01:09, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd really like to keep the image, just because it's of a Medal of Honor winner. Is there a way to shrink the table, or another place in the article (Like the Footnotes section) where the image would work? Palm_Dogg 01:25, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Let's go with the Skaggs one, just because it's PD. Tried to shrink the table. Let me know if it helps. Palm_Dogg 03:04, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I like the table format, but I moved the Skaggs image back to WW2, just because it looked out of place. Palm_Dogg 03:17, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

My vote for the image goes to Image:Engaging the Enemy.jpg. Palm_Dogg 01:24, 27 February 2007 (UTC) I see no problem with the Methar Lam image one you suggested. Palm_Dogg 02:40, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm off to the field to play around with hand grenades for a week. I leave the page in your care. :) Palm_Dogg 07:11, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Quick note
Bright one that I am, I spilled a whole cup of water on my laptop the other day so I will be down and out for major editing for awhile. I will try to monitor my watchlist when able but until I can get my laptop running again I will have to ask you keep an eye out. Also any other USMC types out there that read you talk page....if they could keep an extra keen eye out as well. I will also ask that you take the Portal updates for this month. I know the RF-4B photo is up there but that may be better left for another time. No point in having 2 F-4 photos, 2 months in a row. I have an idea of what you are going to use for the FA...it looks 1000% better by the way. If there are any issues still hit me on my talk page as I will check it from work. Cheers--Looper5920 19:37, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Advise needed
I read the article Mozambican War of Independence,which was written by SGGH. I believe that it has the makings of an FA. I will nominate it for such on Friday, but before I do that, I want to consult with some of my good friends here who already have a featured article under there belts. That's why I would like you to look it over before I place it in nomination and if you have any advice to give User:SGGH, be my guest. Your friend Tony the Marine 01:17, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Rlevse Rfa
Thanks for the rfa support. Glad we have worked so much together and so well. Rlevse 03:37, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

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Joseph J. McCarthy
Thanks for cleaning up those links I left there. Semper Fi. Windyjarhead 07:07, 28 February 2007 (UTC)