User talk:Karl Dickman

Thank you
On Lutrinae ... (",) 108.195.138.129 (talk) 07:32, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Obsidian Portal
Hi, did you recently delete an 'Obsidian Portal' (the RPG campaign management tool) page entry? if so can you please explain why?

Cheers

Nick

NikMak71 (talk) 09:09, 15 September 2015 (UTC)NikMak71


 * It was a very short article that did not credibly establish the importance or significance of its subject. Karl Dickman talk 09:11, 15 September 2015 (UTC)


 * OK, it was my first article as a wikipeia editor, and was up in place for all of 3 minutes by my reckoning. I am hoping to attract two three other people along to edit it and create a more detailed entry for it.   Do you mind re-instating what you deleted please? Give us a bit more time flesh out the article and, hopefully,  you will eventually see that it is a topic worthy of an entry.

Cheers

Nick

NikMak71 NikMak71 (talk) 09:41, 15 September 2015 (UTC)


 * I recommend working on it at Draft:Obsidian Portal and submitting it to Articles for Creation. Karl Dickman talk 09:43, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

ok, will do. thanks for the advice

Nick

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Chris Cuomo
Hello Karl,

Thanks for your input. I thought I addressed each reviser in a proper BRD cycle, but I'm a bit of a newbie here.

You stated that "insulting or inflammatory material" is a violation and referred me to the BLP policy. Interestingly, there is no reference to "insulting or inflammatory material" in the BLP policy. As far as the added material, it is simply a reference to a parody award promoted by the Blaze network (with an audience of over 10 million). It is simply a reference to pertinent pop culture material, not meant to be directly offensive. Consider the volume of "insulting or inflammatory material" produced by "Saturday Night Live", "Weird Al Yankovic" and other parody based humor venues. Are there no references in any BLP to their being the subject of parody? Is it strictly verboten or just entirely subjective?

fg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Foxgloves (talk • contribs) 08:09, 20 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Please discuss this at Talk:Chris Cuomo. Many different editors have reverted this addition, so it clearly needs more consenusus before being included. Karl Dickman talk 18:20, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

Recent administrative action
I really think you should undo your recent blocks of User:Iryna Harpy and User:Clpo13 as it's clear their reverts were exempt from the 3RR restriction as they were reverting an obvious sock puppet of a indef banned user with a long history of abuse. (otherwise you might as well block yourself for edit-warring with this guy) See.

Also, in order not to incentivize indef banned user to sock puppet and edit war, you probably should change the protection level of the Self-arrest article and self revert your last edit (or let someone else revert it), although I am completely at a loss as to why you first reverted, then protected the page, since that would technically make you involved in the edit war. Thanks.  Volunteer Marek  13:17, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * The anon's behavior at Holocaust in Poland made me feel that I needed to track down his other edits and deal with any other problems he may have caused. Because of his IP hopping, this required opening a lot of browser tabs to review all of his possible contributions. Unfortunately I had the protection dialog for self-arrest in the queue after the diff for the last change made to the page. My apologies. Karl Dickman talk 16:18, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I'm failing to understand how this edit could have happened as a result of anything other than a decision to revert the content back to the IP's edit. Please will you clarify? Burninthruthesky (talk) 17:03, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

What the heck are you doing here? Please unblock these editors. --Neil N  talk to me 14:58, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

And why did your add template protection to a non-template page? --Neil N  talk to me 15:10, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Looking at this, after a five year absence from adminning, you return and soon thereafter block two veteran editors and involve yourself in an edit war (as notes), siding with a LTA, and try to fully protect the article. You are aware that the IP is a LTA and still don't reverse your blocks. Please explain what you were thinking. --Neil N  talk to me 15:27, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure I would describe blocking all parties to an editor war, and then lengthening the block of the anonymous user for egregious harassment, as taking sides. Karl Dickman talk 15:35, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Please explain why you did not reverse your blocks after becoming aware the IP was a LTA. --Neil N  talk to me 15:43, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * The diffs on Self-arrest and Dixie indicate a legitimate content dispute. wrote on Talk:Self-arrest, "His abusiveness notwithstanding, the version as edited by IP is clearly superior to the one half of Wikipedia reverts to. WP:IAR and all that. To wit, it conforms to WP:REFERS, WP:GENDER, WP:NOTAMANUAL, WP:SELFREF, WP:WEASEL -- if I get the alphabet soup right -- unlike the old one. No such user (talk) 15:35, 21 September 2015 (UTC)" If the anon's edits were more clearly of poor quality, I would have considered this vandalism reversion instead of an edit war.
 * This is characteristic of this anon. From the LTA page: "The principal problem with this case is that most edits made by this user are good-faith edits that are often supported by editors when looked at on their individual merits" Similarly, The instructions on the LTA page for this anon recommend "Report excessive verbal abuse," in contrast to many LTA pages that recommend blocking on sight, nor does it recommend blindly reverting all edits. Consult the block log. I blocked this anon in all its incarnations, first for 3RR, then lengthening the block for harassment.
 * From WP:3RR: "Even without a 3RR violation, an administrator may still act if they believe a user's behavior constitutes edit warring, and any user may report edit warring with or without 3RR being breached. The rule is not an entitlement to revert a page a specific number of times." Again, if the edits being made were more clearly of poor quality I would have banned only the anon rather than all parties. Karl Dickman talk 16:18, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Please read WP:3RRNO: "The following actions are not counted as reverts for the purposes of 3RR... Reverting actions performed by banned users, and sockpuppets of banned or blocked users." If you block editors again for reverting socks I would not be surprised if there were calls to desysop you. --<b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 16:33, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I stand by my assessment that Clpo13 and and Iryna Harpy were edit warring even if they did not commit a technical violation of the 3RR. 3RRNO is not a get-out-of-jail free card for edit warring over a legitimate content dispute.
 * Shutting down an edit war and calling for discussion on the talk page (see here, here, and here) creates a "paper trail" that can be used to document consensus in the event of a future edit war. Karl Dickman talk 16:45, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * You shut down an edit war very poorly and blocked editors don't get to partake in content disputes. Not only that, you used your admin tools to protect your preferred version. I suggest a reread of WP:INVOLVED is in order. If you think a blocked IP's edits are worth saving, then act as a regular editor. Example (involving the same IP):, --<b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 16:58, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * There is never a way to shut down an edit war without offending everyone involved.
 * I do not have a preferred version of the article. As I wrote on Talk:Self-arrest, "I have already had to block three editors and protect the page to stop the edit war in progress here. The blocks will expire in 24 hours, except for the anon who has been blocked for a week for harassment. When the blocks expire, please use this talk page to come to a consensus about how the article should be written." The anon's edits may or may not be worth saving, but they are worth discussing, and are being discussed as we speak. Karl Dickman talk 17:07, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay, it's obvious you think you've done nothing wrong. Fair enough. However, as I said above, similar actions in the future may raise questions about your adminship. --<b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 17:11, 21 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Karl, I've unblocked Iryna Harpy. As Neil and VM say, there's an exemption from 3RR for reverting a banned editor.  This whole "best known for IP" banning has evolved into something dysfunctional and dumb, but the solution can't be to block editors following the guideline/policy.  I also reduced the page protection to semi; we don't really use template protection on anything but templates.  When the template editor right was created, there was a fear that it was going to morph into a kind of "senior editor" badge for articles too, so we need to be vigilant about not letting that happen. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:31, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * A couple of other matters for your consideration: generally speaking, full protection is an alternative solution to blocking and when you opt for one, it usually renders the other option unnecessary. There is almost never a need to block an edit warrior if you full protect. It comes across as punitive and only serves to impede discussion rather than protect the project. Secondly, and  are both established editors in good standing who have contributed a combined tens of thousands of edits over several years&mdash;and they both had clean block logs. A clean block log is a source of pride for most of us sullying one can severely demoralize our community members. Blocking an established editor in good standing with a clean block log is not something that should ever be done lightly, period. People make mistakes but a clean block log is something that can never be recovered. In many cases (at least when edit wars are concerned), we opt for warnings or page protection rather than take such a drastic step over something that is usually quite petty. I'm not saying that users with clean block logs get a free pass, I'm just saying, consider if such a block is truly necessary for the protection of the project before nuking someone's clean block log. Full protection is usually a viable alternative solution and in many cases is preferable. Look, it's hard to ignore the fact that you have not been active in blocking in nearly a decade and have now issued these very questionable blocks. Wikipedia is a different place then it was when you were previously active in the mid 2000s. User activity is no longer growing, it is declining, and our human resources are more valuable than ever. Our job is to protect the project with our additional tools, not to needlessly antagonize the regulars.  S warm   ♠  17:44, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * This makes sense. I've already apologized to both blocked users. Karl Dickman talk 17:51, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Really? I only see this. Where is there any apology, or admission this block was directly contrary to policy?


 * I don't see any satisfactory response to these questions. Burninthruthesky (talk) 19:53, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * "This does not mean that edits must be reverted just because they were made by a blocked editor (obviously helpful changes, such as fixing typos or undoing vandalism, can be allowed to stand)[.]" Karl Dickman talk 19:58, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I didn't say that edits "must be reverted". Policy says that users are free to make such reverts. Burninthruthesky (talk) 20:06, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

You said above you have "already apologized" to both users. I ask one last time, where did you apologize. If you did not apologize, please strike your false comment. Burninthruthesky (talk) 20:17, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * See above. Karl Dickman talk 20:20, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Where specifically? Burninthruthesky (talk) 20:35, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Their respective user talk pages. Karl Dickman talk 20:36, 21 September 2015 (UTC)


 * You'll have to excuse me if I appear to be missing something, Karl Dickman, but the only missive you've left on my talk page is ... and, yes, Swarm is absolutely correct about there being a sense of pride in having a clean block log. Thank you so much for the blot on my record (the log being something which many users, including myself, use to check whether other editors have fallen afoul of policy on particularly controversial articles within the scope of AR sanctions when evaluating the latest outbreaks of edit warring).


 * I'm not going to clutter this section with diffs unless you want to see the 'trail' of abusive, expletive-riddled comments left by the IP hopper on every editor who reverted the user's content changes talk page (and the ES to boot), but I would like to point out that I stopped reverting after my second reversion on the "Self-arrest" article in order to report the IP on the 3R board, and had no intention of implicating myself. In the interim, the IP was identified as being a particularly malicious user and was acting up at full throttle, drawing in more and more editors and escalating the level of abuse against them. Whilst, in normal circumstances, I don't simply revert everything without evaluating the content changes, having had to clean up after POV warriors and vandals after others have made further changes, I preferred to return to the trail in order to establish whether there were quality changes made this morning when I logged in. While, personally, I don't consider it desirable to simply revert, there are dire, speedy circumstances under which it is logical to revert everything: it can be revisited once activity has stopped.


 * As for your multiple block, please take a look through the archives of the 3R noticeboard and tell me how many parallel actions you can find by other sysops and editors authorised to issue blocks... --Iryna Harpy (talk) 22:15, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you for offering diffs, though I've already seen most of them. The anon's harassment on your talk page was the deciding factor in lengthening his block.
 * It appears I was mistaken when I said I apologized on your talk page. I'm sorry I escalated to a block. Karl Dickman talk 22:28, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I fully understand that it was all done in haste. I guess there's been a lesson in it for all of us. The outstanding moral I'm taking away is not to take on abusive editors writing nasties on other editor's talk pages when I'm supposed to be logging off for the day to make the evening meal. Hungry, chores to do, and a full day of taxing what little is left of my brain on Wikipedia is probably not likely to make for a good combination. Well, I'm straight back on the horse. Yes, I admit it, I've taken the Wikipediholism test... and I'm not proud of my score. Cheers! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 23:20, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * The lesson you should have taken is not to revert for no reason, not to stalk someone's edits and revert them just for the purpose of provoking them, not to harass them by repeatedly templating their talk pages, not to make false claims such as "I stopped reverting after my second reversion", not to leave childishly dishonest messages like this one, and not to force articles into a state where they violate the core policies of the encyclopaedia. You obviously haven't got a clue how disruptive you were being and you absolutely deserved to be blocked for your infantile behaviour.  186.9.132.15 (talk) 07:29, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

Another block
This was a good block (and I noticed it as I previously warned the user) but mobile users do get new message indicators when using Wikipedia. --<b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 20:01, 21 September 2015 (UTC)


 * I guess I should take your word for it, but I edit on mobile frequently and have never received messages except in the desktop edition, even when I'm sure I should have received them. Otherwise I would have definitely left a warning, as most vandals desist long before it reaches the block stage. Karl Dickman talk 20:04, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * It's a bell icon in the top right corner. And if you patrol AIV regularly, you'll see that enough people ignore warnings. --<b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 20:08, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I see the confusion. By mobile I meant the Android app. Just checked: no notification of your 20:08 message even though the desktop gave me a notice. Karl Dickman talk 20:12, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Out of curiosity, is the Android app you're using from the WMF? --<b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 20:17, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes it is . Karl Dickman talk 20:19, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * The tags are "Mobile App Edit" for the Android app and "Mobile Web Edit" from a mobile browser. Mobile App Edit vandals may not receive any block warnings regardless of what is put on their talk page. Karl Dickman talk 20:29, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * The mobile site does notify users with a bell icon, so if you see "mobile web edit" you can assume that they've been notified. S warm   ♠  21:12, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Video links
These videos ARE taken in Jeremy's house, got it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox_0l48TREk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMpFZ-OGP7I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRq4lQwRteM 21:34, 21 September 2015 (UTC)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scott Rowland (talk • contribs)
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Anything but Conservative
I haven't removed content. I have moved sections. I am performing clean up and restructuring the content but nothing is removed. 188.166.43.71 (talk) 00:13, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

Sure. Will put edit summaries from now on so it is clear that nothing is being removed. Just restructured. 188.166.43.71 (talk) 00:16, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

Hiroyuki Nishimura
When you protected the article, you lowered User:MelanieN's protection from 30 days to 1 day. Just making sure this is what you intended. Xymmax So let it be written   So let it be done  01:46, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I did not. I had originally protected the page for 1 hour to give myself time to sort through the vandalism, then increased it to 1 day when I found out there was a 4chan thread going on. I didn't realize Melanie had upped the protection duration in the meantime. Karl Dickman talk 01:55, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

FYI
Hello KD. Just wanted to let you know that has returned to making the same edits after the block that you placed on them expired. Thanks for your time. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 13:13, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

Regarding IP user 2001:8003:620F:1B00:5861:E7E5:6517:7A22
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March Madness 2017
G'day all, please be advised that throughout March 2017 the Military history Wikiproject is running its March Madness drive. This is a backlog drive that is focused on several key areas:


 * tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
 * updating the project's currently listed A-class articles to ensure their ongoing compliance with the listed criteria
 * creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various task force pages or other lists of missing articles.

As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the military history scope will be considered eligible. More information can be found here for those that are interested, and members can sign up as participants at that page also.

The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 March and runs until 23:59 UTC on 31 March 2017, so please sign up now.

For the Milhist co-ordinators. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) & MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:24, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Missile specifications
Template:Missile specifications has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 06:29, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Aero-table
Template:Aero-table has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 14:45, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of File:Bomber Scale-chart 1.jpg


The file File:Bomber Scale-chart 1.jpg has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "Orphaned image of no enduring encyclopedic use."

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

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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)

2017 Military Historian of the Year and Newcomer of the Year nominations and voting
As we approach the end of the year, the Military History project is looking to recognise editors who have made a real difference. Each year we do this by bestowing two awards: the Military Historian of the Year and the Military History Newcomer of the Year. The co-ordinators invite all project members to get involved by nominating any editor they feel merits recognition for their contributions to the project. Nominations for both awards are open between 00:01 on 2 December 2017 and 23:59 on 15 December 2017. After this, a 14-day voting period will follow commencing at 00:01 on 16 December 2017. Nominations and voting will take place on the main project talkpage: here and here. Thank you for your time. For the co-ordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:35, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

User group for Military Historians
Greetings,

"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:29, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:NatLeagAllStars by year
Template:NatLeagAllStars by year has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 16:03, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

April 2018 Milhist Backlog Drive
G'day all, please be advised that throughout April 2018 the Military history Wikiproject is running its annual backlog elimination drive. This will focus on several key areas:


 * tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
 * adding or improving listed resources on Milhist's task force pages
 * updating the open tasks template on Milhist's task force pages
 * creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various lists of missing articles.

As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the scope of military history will be considered eligible. This year, the Military history project would like to extend a specific welcome to members of WikiProject Women in Red, and we would like to encourage all participants to consider working on helping to improve our coverage of women in the military. This is not the sole focus of the edit-a-thon, though, and there are aspects that hopefully will appeal to pretty much everyone.

The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 April and runs until 23:59 UTC on 30 April 2018. Those interested in participating can sign up here.

For the Milhist co-ordinators, AustralianRupert and MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:53, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Split sequence
Template:Split sequence has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. BilCat (talk) 01:44, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:53, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:35, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:22, 15 September 2018 (UTC) Note: the previous version omitted a link to the election page, therefore you are receiving this follow up message with a link to the election page to correct the previous version. We apologies for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

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Have your say!
Hi everyone, just a quick reminder that voting for the WikiProject Military history coordinator election closes soon. You only have a day or so left to have your say about who should make up the coordination team for the next year. If you have already voted, thanks for participating! If you haven't and would like to, vote here before 23:59 UTC on 28 September. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:29, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Nominations now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards
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Voting now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards
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Nomination for merging of Template:Aerospecs
Template:Aerospecs has been nominated for merging with Template:Aircraft specifications. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Gonnym (talk) 13:22, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

Splck listed at Redirects for discussion
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ArbCom 2019 special circular
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Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)
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We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

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≘ listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect ≘. Since you had some involvement with the ≘ redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. D.Lazard (talk) 16:20, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Backlog Banzai
In the month of September, Wikiproject Military history is running a project-wide edit-a-thon, Backlog Banzai. There are heaps of different areas you can work on, for which you claim points, and at the end of the month all sorts of whiz-bang awards will be handed out. Every player wins a prize! There is even a bit of friendly competition built in for those that like that sort of thing. Sign up now at WikiProject Military history/September 2019 Backlog Banzai to take part. For the coordinators, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:18, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:38, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
G'day everyone, voting for the 2019 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:37, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election half-way mark
G'day everyone, the voting for the XIX Coordinator Tranche is at the halfway mark. The candidates have answered various questions, and you can check them out to see why they are running and decide whether you support them. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:36, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of List of Foundation universe planets for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of Foundation universe planets is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/List of Foundation universe planets until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. TTN (talk) 13:37, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

March Madness 2020
G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team

"Carn Dum" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Happy First Edit Day!
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"Template:Infobox missile" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:05, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
G'day everyone, voting for the 2020 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2020. Thanks from the outgoing coord team, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:17, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open
G'day all, the nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject newcomer and Historian of the Year are open, all editors are encouraged to nominate candidates for the awards before until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2020, after which voting will occur for 14 days. There is not much time left to nominate worthy recipients, so get to it! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:45, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of SelfSSL


The article SelfSSL has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "No indication this software tool meets WP:NSOFT or WP:GNG."

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Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing
G'day all, voting for the WikiProject Military history "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" is about to close, so if you haven't already, click on the links and have your say before 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:34, 28 December 2020 (UTC) for the coord team

April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
Hey y'all, the April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive begins at 00:01 UTC on April 1, 2021 and runs through 23:59 UTC on April 31, 2021. Points can be earned through reviewing articles on the AutoCheck report, reviewing articles listed at WP:MILHIST/ASSESS, reviewing MILHIST-tagged articles at WP:GAN or WP:FAC, and reviewing articles submitted at WP:MILHIST/ACR. Service awards and barnstars are given for set points thresholds, and the top three finishers will receive further awards. To participate, sign up at WikiProject_Military_History/April 2021 Reviewing Drive and create a worklist at WikiProject Military history/April 2021 Reviewing Drive/Worklists (examples are given). Further details can be found at the drive page. Questions can be asked at the drive talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:25, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!
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From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 23:36, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

Reinstatement of "Development aid" category
Hello! I find that in 2005 you deleted the category "Development aid", which was at that time an empty category. I would now like to reinstate that category and populate it. Do let me know if you have any objection. Best wishes Mrmedley (talk) 02:37, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:58, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nomination period closing soon
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are still open, but not for long. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! No further nominations will be accepted after that time. Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:43, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history coordinator election voting has commenced
Hey y'all, voting for the 2021 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2021. Voting will be conducted at the 2021 tranche page itself. Appropriate questions for the candidates can also be asked. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:39, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting period closing soon
Hey y'all, voting for the 2021 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche will be closing soon. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2021. Voting will be conducted at the 2021 tranche page itself. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:32, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Martin XB-33 Super Marauder (schematic blueprint - 2).jpg
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Missilespecs-met
Template:Missilespecs-met has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Tom (LT) (talk) 06:12, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled
A recently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with Edit Filter Manager, choose to self-assign this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the Administrator's Noticeboard. 20:06, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Survey about History on Wikipedia (If you reside in the United States)
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The WikiEagle - January 2022
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How we will see unregistered users
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Missilespecs-imp
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Rocket specifications-all
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Sbirthdecade
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New administrator activity requirement
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Happy First Edit Day!
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations opening soon
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are opening in a few hours (00:01 UTC on 1 September). A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:51, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting opening soon!
Voting for the upcoming project coordinator election opens in a few hours (00:01 UTC on 15 September) and will last through 23:59 on 28 September. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. Voting is conducted using simple approval voting and questions for the candidates are welcome. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:26, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Correction to previous election announcement
Just a quick correction to the prior message about the 2022 MILHIST coordinator election! I didn't proofread the message well enough and left out a link to the election page itself in this message. The voting will occur here; sorry about the need for a second message and the inadvertent omission from the prior one. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:41, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting closing soon
Voting for the upcoming project coordinator election closes soon, at 23:59 on 28 September. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. Voting is conducted using simple approval voting and questions for the candidates are welcome. The voting itself is occurring here If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:13, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Established policy provides for the removal of the administrative permissions of users who have made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period. Your administrative permissions will be removed&#32;if you do not return to the required activity level before the beginning of January 2023.

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Airtemp-test
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"The Conflict in Palestine" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Category:Soviet and Russian command and control aircraft has been nominated for renaming
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Soviet command and control aircraft


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"Otello(Rossini)" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Administrative permissions and inactivity reminder
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:959 births


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