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Death of Adolf Hitler
The article is really shaping up, in no small part due to your suggestions and additions. I do think we should keep the parts as to how the final days play out in relation to others (but for Hitler & Braun) to a minimum; those people and events are covered in the Adolf Hitler and Battle in Berlin articles. With that said, it had been good working with you thus far and thanks for the kudos you wrote. Cheers, Kierzek (talk) 01:24, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
 * BTW-I just changed the part as to Hitler's death in his main article, as well. I copy-edited over the changes we did in the "Death" article Kierzek (talk) 13:04, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Excellent! We have quite a bit of c editing to do on the second section, but I am sure we will get to it in due course.  Farawayman (talk) 13:56, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: I have just gone through the article in recent days for c editing work. See what you think. Cheers, Kierzek (talk) 03:55, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Farawayman, it would be good to have your input as to the lede of the article as that has come up again in discussion by PBS; have a look when you get a chance. Cheers, Kierzek (talk) 17:39, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011
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Nomination of 7 Squadron SAAF for deletion
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Nomination of 12 Squadron SAAF for deletion
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Nomination of 50 Squadron SAAF for deletion
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the Squadron SAAF series of articles
I've noticed that you created the articles: 4 Squadron SAAF, 5 Squadron SAAF, 6 Squadron SAAF, 7 Squadron SAAF, 12 Squadron SAAF and 50 Squadron SAAF without any substantial content and haven't expanded them since 14 August. I uncommented the text on two of the articles (4 & 5) because I was trying to justify their existence in mainspace. I was about to do the same with number 6 when I realised that they were all exact copies of the same article with the number of the squadron changed which is why I suggest that you move them to a userpage to avoid possible deletion. --Mrmatiko (talk) 18:07, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
 * The notice of intended deletion worked wonders! All articles now brought up to Stub or Start status and AfD motivations added.  Farawayman (talk) 15:10, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

List of aircraft of the South African Air Force
Thanks for fixing the assessment on this one. I did a huge number of South African assessments and and were bound to mess up a couple. --NJR_ZA (talk) 21:54, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXVI, August 2011
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Barnstar for you
Yes, great work, Farawayman.

8 Squadron SAAF
What's the story on this squadron ? Buckshot06 (talk) 10:38, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Short lived WWII Sqn: Feb-Aug 1942.  Citizen Force Sqn 1951-2001.  Have simply not yet got round to adding it to the SAAF NavBox and creating the page.  There are others too.... ToDo!  Farawayman (talk) 10:51, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
 * By accident, got some data for you: '..In addition, 8 Squadron SAAF at Blomefontein consists of Impala MK II which are used in a light attack role (30mm cannons and capacity of up to 1 814 kg bombs or rocket pods.' (Ref: Rocklyn Williams, 'A Postmodern Military: Mission Redefinition and Defensive Restructuring,' in eds Gavin Cawthra and Bjorn Moller, Defensive Restructring of the ARmed Forces in Southern Africa, Ashgate 1997, ISBN 1 85521 951 4, p.79.) Doesn't sound like a CF squadron. I'll add it to the template. Hope this helps. Cheers Buckshot06 (talk) 11:12, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the added data. 8 Sqn created - and yes, it was not a Citizen Force unit for its entire life, latter years it was a permanent force sqn and played a prominent role in the S Afr Border War.  Farawayman (talk) 20:27, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

19 Squadron SAAF
I have some SAAF Puma photos from the airshows over the past two years. Will upload them tonight so we can replace the RAF Puma photo on 19 Sqdr with a South African one --NJR_ZA (talk) 10:11, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Good pics! Thanks. Farawayman (talk) 04:15, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

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 * 32 Sqn page created (stub) and link added. Farawayman (talk) 07:31, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

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 * Link added. Farawayman (talk) 04:55, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Page moves
(Yes, I know you did this a month ago. It only came to my attention just now.)

You did a pagemove from "No. 40 Squadron SAAF" to "40 Squadron SAAF" by means of "using copy / paste and updated redirect".

Please do not ever do this, as it completely mangles the page history (which is going to take me a few minutes to clean up). If you cannot use the pagemove functionality to rename X to Y because (for instance) Y is already a redirect to X, then file a request on Requested moves and an administrator will handle it. DS (talk) 13:39, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * OK, understood. Apologies.  But please keep it as "40 Squadron SAAF" and not "No. 40 Squadron SAAF".  Farawayman (talk) 13:52, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

South African Air Force
Thanks for all your hard work on the squadron articles. The main article has now been outdated by all your hard work and does not reflect all the added information you have found. I would update it, but I do not have all your sources - would you mind spending some time reassessing / updating / expanding the main article history section? Kind regards Buckshot06 (talk) 18:11, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi Buckshot. I will complete the red-linked disbanded squadrons first and then move on to the SAAF page.  My interest and sources cover the period from inception to 1946, so I will update those sections accordingly.  Regards.  Farawayman (talk) 19:05, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXVII, September 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXIX, November 2011
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31 Squadron SAAF
Thank you for creating this article. When you create such beyond-stub, referenced articles, you may want to nominate them at T:TDYK for front-page exposure. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 16:48, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
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 * Will call on your assistance when it is finished! Thanks.  Farawayman (talk) 23:22, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
 * OK, completed - will attempt to nominate at T:TDYK  Farawayman (talk) 01:14, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Neah.... far too complicated! Warsaw airlift does not need exposure.  Its there for those who search for it!  Farawayman (talk) 01:17, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

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WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of Bautzen (1945)
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South African Air Force
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 * South African Air Force: are you of the opinion that all the various ensigns and roundels should actually be on Commons? That would be my reading of the WP:Gallery rules. Cheers Buckshot06 (talk) 23:41, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Buckshot - didn't really understand that one.... Do you mean that the roundels etc should not be displayed on the article page but should be moved to commons? I see you removed the gallery of aircraft types - didn't understand why?  Farawayman (talk) 23:45, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
 * WP:GALLERIES says 'However, Wikipedia is not an image repository. A gallery is not a tool to shoehorn images into an article, and a gallery consisting of an indiscriminate collection of images of the article subject should generally either be improved in accordance with the above paragraph or moved to Wikimedia Commons. Links to the Commons categories can be added to the Wikipedia article using the,  , or  templates. One rule of thumb to consider: if, due to its content, such a gallery would only lend itself to a title along the lines of "Gallery" or "Images of [insert article title]", as opposed to a more descriptive title, the gallery should either be revamped or moved to the Commons.' That's why I did what I did. What do you feel we should do, now being aware of the Galleries guidelines? Buckshot06 (talk) 23:57, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Death of Adolf Hitler and citations
Please see Talk:Death of Adolf Hitler -- PBS (talk) 01:54, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Hello: the article still needs the cites of interest if you have access to the books in question. I hope things are going well for you. Cheers, Kierzek (talk) 16:06, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

SAAF Casa CN-235 retirement
Hi Farawayman, do you have a source for the withdrawl from service of this aircraft? I have not been able to find anything definitive (my Google-fu is weak today.) Roger (talk) 10:42, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Information comes from Xairforces.net. Search for SAAF CN235. Never quite figured out how to cite a deletion! Farawayman (talk) 11:01, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Roger (talk) 11:04, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Actually, I think this was the original article . Farawayman (talk) 12:00, 2 March 2012 (UTC)