User talk:Ian Rose/Archive Jul-Dec 2017

Withdraw Astronomica FAN
A few weeks ago, I nominated the article Astronomica for FAN. I thought I had responded to all the points raised during the pre-FAN peer reviews, but I noticed just today that I completely missed the comments raised by groupuscule about two months ago. I would like to withdraw the article from FAN at this time so as to implement groupuscule's excellent comments. Thanks.-- Gen. Quon   (Talk)   02:15, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Disneyland Railroad featured article nomination
Greetings, Ian. I see that you are one of the administrators in charge of closing FACs, so when you have a moment, I would like you to observe this one: Featured article candidates/Disneyland Railroad/archive1. It has passed reviews for its prose, images, and sources, and has five confirmed supporters, so I believe that this one is ready to be closed.  Jackdude 101  ( Talk ) 03:32, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXV, July 2017
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Apr to Jun 17 Milhist article reviewing

 * Cheers Rupert! Ian Rose (talk) 08:34, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

@*&# Misclicks grrr
Hello IR. Misclicks happen all the time to me. Mine are usually a screen jump and they drive me bonkers. Cheers to ya. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 04:40, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

FAC removals
Hi Ian +, I noticed you removed the FAC for the Megan Rapinoe and Abby Wambach articles. Can you clarify what the problem is? &mdash; Hmlarson (talk) 18:01, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
 * So what does the deletion log say? &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 18:10, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't know - why can't you just say? Hmlarson (talk) 19:47, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
 * The problem was that you nominated two FACs at the same time, with a third FAC already open. The FAC instructions only allow an editor to nominate one article at a time by themselves, with the possibility of one more if it is a co-nomination. This has been the case for a long time now. Any nominations that are out-of-process like this are deleted as standard procedure. I noticed before the FAC pages were deleted that a reviewer had also pointed out that the nominations were out of process. Sarastro1 (talk) 20:27, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Aah, thanks for clarifying. "Out of process" isn't really clear. Hmlarson (talk)

Thanks for catching that
Thanks for catching that on the B-52 page. SomewhatSpurious (talk) 17:57, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

King John's children

 * Hello, Ian Rose and thank you for your message about the last edits on King John's page!
 * I've been having a few problems with my computer lately - couldn't log in to make edits. I just thought it would be better to make a "list" of John's children. It's usually done for most royalty and I thought it would make a more "lightened" presentation of John's descendants.--Aziliz Breizh (talk) 16:13, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Randall Flagg FAC
Is there any way to bump this up or should I ask other editors for their thoughts? It's received only two editors so far. Thanks.--CyberGhostface (talk) 03:00, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, sorry but not quite sure what you mean by "bump this up". TBH, given only one reviewer has supported promotion during a review that's been running six weeks, and Cas has suggested further analysis is required (and provided possible sources), I think the best course would be archiving this nom, giving you a chance to address his point, and then returning with pings to all the previous reviewers to take another look. I say that knowing how many times the article has been at the plate, but others have been through more noms and still achieved the bronze star in the end... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:16, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Moving ahead
As Benedetto Pistrucci seems to be there, I trust there's no objection if I move forward with the next? All the best,--Wehwalt (talk) 23:04, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Sure, go ahead. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:09, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

FAC
Thank you for your recommendations and patience since this is my first time that I am nominating an article here for FA consideration. If I were to follow your guidelines, what needs to be done to initiate a copyedit and a PR? And who would do this process?--Seiya (talk) 09:48, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Re:Timeline
Was actually just coming back to do this today since I guessed that the newsletter would be going out in the next few days. I was going to do the op-ed too, but I guess I got beat to that this month :) Should have it done in about a half an hour. TomStar81 (Talk) 05:36, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for this Tom. Ian, just to confirm I think that this issue is now good to go Nick-D (talk) 10:01, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXVI, August 2017
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Station to Station
Hi Ian, Please check your mail. This is getting way too complicated. :) --47.138.242.130 (talk) 01:29, 13 August 2017 (UTC)Harry Maslin https://www.facebook.com/mazster mazster@verizon.net — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mazster (talk • contribs) 01:25, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Air Power Development Centre website
Hi Ian, I just spotted that the APDC has developed a new website - today I think given I was browsing it yesterday. The good news is that it looks more functional. The bad news is that it appears that all of our links are broken, though none of the PDFs are loading at the moment... Nick-D (talk) 10:59, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Heh, not just today but this arvo I think, I was accessing something from the old site only this morning! Yes, I wouldn't be surprised if all the links are broken, no-one in government seems to believe in redirects -- look at AWM... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:59, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I sent the AWM an email to alert them to problems with the official histories (eg, the page numbers for the chapters not being listed in the index and the URLs changing), and the reply stated that the new URLs will be permanent. I'll believe that when I see it though! They're going to re-add the page numbers too. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 22:52, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Great minds as usual -- I sent them an email a while ago asking for the page numbers too -- it all helps! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:08, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the correction
Thanks for you correction of my (mis)-edit of the entry Robert Oppenheimer. I did not notice the "references" section. Woops.PloniAlmoni (talk) 11:18, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXVII, September 2017
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Macedonias and Greeks
Hello, in my opinion its better to undo your last change because now it's seems that the Macedonias were not Greek. 3brothers1sister (talk) 18:04, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Douglas MacArthur
Thank you for this edit. I'm having quite the time with that editor creating categories and haphazardly adding them to biographies. Magnolia677 (talk) 19:37, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

2017 Military history WikiProject Coordinator election
Greetings from the Military history WikiProject! Elections for the Military history WikiProject Coordinators are currently underway. As a member of the WikiProject you are cordially invited to take part by casting your vote(s) for the candidates on the election page. This year's election will conclude at 23:59 UTC 29 September. Thank you for your time. For the current tranche of Coordinators, AustralianRupert (talk) 10:39, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Discussion at Redirects for discussion/Log/2017 September 15
You are invited to join the discussion at Redirects for discussion/Log/2017 September 15. Hello Ian. As one of the most prolific editors of the Edward II of England article, would you mind leaving a comment or a !vote as to whether should be deleted? Thanks. --Nev&eacute;–selbert 13:59, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Re:Checking
Yeah, I can see that. I just added +1 for the people I voted for so that's where the weird tally numbers came up. Sorry about that, it'll be something I'll have to keep in mind int he future. TomStar81 (Talk) 07:51, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

Congratulations!
In recognition of your election as one of the Military History Project's Co-ordinators, please accept these Co-ordinator's stars. Thank you for your ongoing efforts in support of the project. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 03:30, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Cheers Rupert! Ian Rose (talk) 06:27, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

Jul to Sep 2017 Milhist article reviewing

 * Thanks Rupert! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:02, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXVIII, October 2017
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Signpost
Hello! Would you be interested in doing an interview for The Signpost?Eddie891 Talk Work 00:30, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, I was interviewed a couple of years ago but if you'd like me to do another I'd be happy to. Tks/cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:09, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Unlocked
Hi there, Ian! I pinged you here yesterday, but I think you missed it. In any case, I saw you're an experienced FAC editor. With that in mind, I thought of asking you to look over the article above and to kinda copy–edit it (it isn't long, so it shouldn't take that much). Unlocked, a FAC, has received some support, but an experienced user complained over the article's prose, with his main issues being "chopped" sentences (and maybe some other minor stuff you could correct). With that being said, would you have time to edit it? Best regards! Cartoon network freak (talk) 20:31, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Request...
Given the glacial pace of waiting for a source review at Featured article candidates/Northern rosella/archive1, are you ok with me popping up another one now? I promise to go and do some more reviews in the meantime... ;) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:24, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Cas -- it looked to me that Brian had already done a source review... I was mainly waiting to see if RileyBugz would return...  Perhaps give him one more ping but in the meantime no issue with you starting another... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:59, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I have pinged him twice so far...but will sit for a bit longer.....meanwhile....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 07:38, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

Now Featured article candidates/Black honeyeater/archive1 chugging along at leisurely pace...are u ok if I pop up another? have been reviewing here and there...cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:43, 25 November 2017 (UTC) nevermind, it has been promoted now Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:00, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
 * And now Featured article candidates/Southern boobook/archive1 is moving really slowly but almost there. Are you ok with me nominating another? (I also figure if I post this here, Murphy's Law will come into play and maybe reviewers will turn up....) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:00, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Cas, actually in this case I would prefer to see at least one more review/declaration before we start another nom, if that's okay -- is there anyone you could bug to take a look? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:27, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
 * no problem at all.....will take a look at some others.....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:06, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXIX, November 2017
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2017 Military Historian of the Year and Newcomer of the Year nominations and voting
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The Bugle: Issue CXL, December 2017
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Reg Pollard (general) scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the Reg Pollard (general) article has been scheduled as today's featured article for January 20, 2018. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Today's featured article/January 20, 2018, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1100 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me?  13:40, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Happy Saturnalia!

 * Thank you Ealdgyth -- I really appreciate all you do round here. Have a great Saturnalia yourself! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:48, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Season's greetings
- and if I hear even the hint of a chuckle... Brianboulton (talk) 21:32, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Why Brian, the merest thought of the possibility of the inkling hadn't begun to even contemplate crossing my mind... ;-) Seriously though, thank you for the good wishes and I wish you and your family the very best over the festive season. WP is fortunate to have your contributions. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:52, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Hmm, did I miss something? There's certainly been nothing of any interest cricket-related in the world recently. Definitely not. No. Nothing. Not a thing. Move along. On a completely unrelated matter, maybe someone should block for blatant vandalism. Some things should not be placed on talk pages. Sarastro (talk) 20:07, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Air Board (Australia)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Air Board (Australia) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AustralianRupert -- AustralianRupert (talk) 06:01, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Precious anniversary!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

I have an interesting DYK today, Wolfram Röhrig, who was a jazz pianist, headed a broadcaster's department for light music, composed film music, and recorded giant choral works with an amateur chorus, including my latest FA, first as it seems. But not only that - and that's why I come here: he also played a (minor) part on 20 July 1944, so is a character in a film series about it. It's rather broadly covered in the German WP article that he was part of the telecommunication that day, but I wasn't able to find a source, so left it out. Any chance that you might find something? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the sapphire Gerda, and best wishes for the festive season. Re. Rohrig, I can't promise anything but will check what literature I have on the subject. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 21:40, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you for Reg Pollard, written "almost spur-of-the-moment", and for mentioning "sense of humour" ("biblical" Enobsra), - dangerous, very dangerous, humour I mean, - the ultimate weapon ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:14, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you for today's Henry Wrigley, a "veteran of World War I and founding member of the RAAF, Henry Wrigley was one of aviation's deeper thinkers as well as a top pilot, credited with developing a de facto air power doctrine and also first to fly across Australia in 1919, south to north (but not back again, and you'll have to read the article to find out more)... During World War II he was largely responsible for organising the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force, the first women's service in the country."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:12, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that Gerda -- I appreciate your appreciation... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:43, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you for today's Peter Jeffrey (RAAF officer), saying "though his status as an ace may have given him his prime case for notability on WP, I found him more interesting and admirable as a leader the more I researched him"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:50, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you for thank-you click out of the blue ;) - I am a bit concerned about the first FAC of a fellow editor which looks nice on the FAC side, but had some editing and talk (article and user talk) that looks not constructive to me, even if probably with good intentions. Please watch. - I wonder - generally - if editing a FAC should be somewhat restricted, such as 1RR, to not edit-war and then claim instability. (WP:BRD seems not enough. When I reverted the second time a bold edit was made, WP:GANG was mentioned.) I also wonder if users could stick to friendly language even when disagreeing. My dreams ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:04, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

Five years, in admirable consistency! - I loved yesterday's DYK particularly ("stand up for civil rights"). Christmas and new year's wishes will appear on my talk when the times come, please pick up what you like ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:03, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks Gerda, your good wishes on these occasions are always welcome and appreciated. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:36, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you today for Henry Burrell (admiral), a "naval subject", the first article you wrote on an admiral, back in 2009! I am happy to report a recent GA that I want to take to FA eventually, - comments and improvements welcome for Vespro della Beata Vergine. I am also happy about the pic I tool of black and white. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:21, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

User group for Military Historians
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Thank you

 * Thank you very much for that, Rupert, and for everything you do for the project. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 21:37, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Air Board (Australia)
The article Air Board (Australia) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Air Board (Australia) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AustralianRupert -- AustralianRupert (talk) 00:21, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas to all!

 * Thank you very much Ssven -- hope you have a great Christmas and New Year too! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:24, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Season's Greetings
...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 23:44, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks Bzuk, all the best to you and your family! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:59, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Greetings
 Dear   I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and, a very Happy New Year. Thanks for all your help and contributions. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 03:21, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks Krishna, Happy Christmas and New Year to you too! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:12, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and All That
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and best wishes in all things. Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 01:24, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Many thanks Ling, and my best to you and yours over the festive season! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:29, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2018!

 * Thanks Chris, hope you had a great Christmas and that you have an enjoyable and safe New Years! cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 02:53, 29 December 2017 (UTC)