User talk:FeralFirie

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Hello, FeralFirie, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for HMAS Vampire (D11). I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! -- saberwyn 21:18, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
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A little more info needed
In regards to your additions to HMAS Vampire (D11), a little more information is needed about the Navy News articles used. Are you able to provide the titles of the particular articles referred to, and if possible, the author(s) of those articles? This information will be useful in compiling a cite news template (similar to the ones in the "References" section), and will help in future expansion of the article. -- saberwyn 21:18, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

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I was a sailor on HMAS Vampire from January 1964 to June 1965 and just couldn't believe the original article when it said that we hadn't left Australian waters in 1964. There is a lot of information about our 1964-65 trips "Up Top" in Navy News of the era. Unfortunately, most newspaper articles were authored under a nom de plume or not attributed to any author at all. FeralFirie (talk) 23:39, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
 * If you can only provide article titles, that would be fine. Its to idenfity them in case someone wants to refer to them when expanding the article at a later date.
 * Regarding the missing information...all Wikipedia articles are basically "works-in-porgress", so there is always going to be something. This is compounded by the stance that all information has to be verifiable in reliable sources (see Verifiability for more info), and the sources used so far may simply not have covered that info. You've added to Wikipedia's information on the subject (and my personal knowledge...I'm a tour guide aboard Vampire at the Maritime Museum), for which I thank you.
 * On a related note...do you have any photographs of the ship from this deployment that you would be willing to make available for use in the article? -- saberwyn 00:25, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

I am presently referencing all Navy News articles about my time on Vampire. Unfortunately, I don't have any photos. On another note, I will be coming down to Sydney (from the Territory) for my first time in 35 years for a reunion on Anzac Day 2011 and will have a look at the Bat while I'm there. I lived in 2C port mess with my bunk right outside the Paint Locker. Action Station was the Transmitting Station (Gunnery Control Room). FeralFirie (talk) 00:41, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

I will expand on these deployments using Navy News as a guide, my memory being less than perfect after more than 45 years. Navy News does not specifically state our involvement in Confrontation, but they have given us medals (GSM62, AASM 45-75, PJM), so we must have been there.FeralFirie (talk) 03:08, 2 July 2010 (UTC)