User talk:Iazyges/Archives/2017/October

German destroyers
Hi, you have five German destroyers at ACR at the moment and it seems a couple of reviewers are giving feedback that relates to the whole series. Do you think it might be a good idea to shelve four of them for the time being and work with reviewers on just one of them until everybody's happy to avoid lots of duplicated effort and to give you a chance to focus on one without being distracted by things going on with the others? You could also reach out to some of the other warship experts for advice. Best, HJ Mitchell  &#124; Penny for your thoughts?  04:56, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what the best course of action is. any suggestions? --  Iazyges   Consermonor   Opus meum  15:51, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I generally try to keep it to one at a time, at least for closely related articles like in this case, in part because I don't want to overload reviewers, and in part because comments that apply to one are likely to apply to the others, and if you can address those from the first review, they won't be problems with later reviews on the other articles. Parsecboy (talk) 16:23, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
 * This is generally my thinking as well. I sometimes have one at FAC and one at ACR, with perhaps a third if the first two are progressing well. HJ Mitchell  &#124; Penny for your thoughts?  15:01, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017). Administrator changes
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Arbitration
 * Community consultation on the 2017 candidates for CheckUser and Oversight has concluded. The Arbitration Committee will appoint successful candidates by October 11.
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Emptying of Roman walls/limes in Britannia
Hi. You might want to review recent contributions by Rjdeadly who has been emptying and shuffling some of the Roman wall/limes categories in the UK. It's not my subject at all but I know you worked on them about a year ago and there was some discussion of the subject at that time, I thought you might like a heads-up. Cheers. Le Deluge (talk) 10:25, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXVIII, October 2017
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Roman walls in the United Kingdom


A tag has been placed on Category:Roman walls in the United Kingdom requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. — swpb T go beyond 17:07, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Type 1937J destroyer
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Type 1937J destroyer 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 A Den Jentyl Ettien Avel Dysklyver -- A Den Jentyl Ettien Avel Dysklyver (talk) 12:02, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi, I have reviewed the Type 1937J destroyer article you created, I have made a long list of things that bug me and could be improved, you can see them here. It's nothing major, mostly me being nitpicky - I will have another look at the article once you have seen what you can do about the possible improvements. You can A Den Jentyl Ettien Avel Dysklyver me to get my attention. Dysklyver 12:16, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 24
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Your GA nomination of Ersatz Zenta-class cruiser
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Ersatz Zenta-class cruiser 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 Sturmvogel 66 -- Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 03:21, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia Asian Month 2017: Invitation to Participate


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Your GA nomination of Type 1937J destroyer
The article Type 1937J destroyer you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Type 1937J destroyer for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of A Den Jentyl Ettien Avel Dysklyver -- A Den Jentyl Ettien Avel Dysklyver (talk) 19:41, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Military History Template Usage
While reviewing the series of Milecastle articles 1-... I found that every entry on the talk page of WP Military History consisted of the entire template with only one category changed (class). I have cleaned it up on a lot of them but I would appreciate it if you would clean up the remainder as to make it easier for all WP on Wikipedia, not just WP Military History. Dondville (talk) 09:46, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Type 1945 destroyer
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Type 1945 destroyer 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 Parsecboy -- Parsecboy (talk) 19:22, 31 October 2017 (UTC)