User talk:Looper5920/Archive 2

I'm an admin now!!
Thanks for voting on my RFA and helping me become an admin. The final tally was 108-0-1 (putting me on the WP:100 list). I hope to do my best in upholding the integrity of Wikipedia. Thanks again, Gator (talk) 13:25, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

project
Posted my help on the project you sent me. thanks for the heads up. &rArr;  SWAT  Jester     Ready    Aim    Fire!  21:55, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

USMC stub idea
I agree ... it would be great to have a specific stub. How about US-mil-USMC-stub? I'd like to see the USMC in all caps.

BTW. Before starting on new USMC MOH recipients, I'm looking existing articles to update with infobox and portal. &mdash;ERcheck @ 03:18, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Check out my proposal on the stub. Just made it   I saw that you were fixing up the old ones.  I have been following your edits and making a few changes as well.  Going back is the right way to do it but it is a long monotonous process.  I'll help out where I can but I am still concentrating on active units for the most part.  Every once in awhile I update Army pages just to break it up a bit.--Looper5920 03:23, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Pedro del Valle
Hi Looper buddy, how you doing? Thank you for dividing the article into sections. I admire your work on the Corps very much. I only have one small request. I like keeping the military articles that I write in uniform and therefore I would prefer the box which I originally had instead of the military info box. I hope that you understand that it is only a question of personal style. Keep up the good work soldier. Semper Fi, Tony the Marine 04:57, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I asked you as a favor. This not a "Puerto Rican Thing" as you make it sound.  I was clear when I stated that I have written many military articles and that I only requested to keep that section as is.  It's my personal style and tribute.  This sould not be turned into a big issue.  Tony the Marine 05:49, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks and no hard feelings. We are after all the mean, lean fighting machines.  Semper Fi, Tony the Marine 07:33, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

My RFA
 Thanks  Thanks for your recent support on my RfA which passed 91/0/0. If you ever need anything, feel free to leave me a message! Gflores Talk 05:39, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

USMC portal & articles
I made the change of quote today for the portal. (Feel free to edit the intro words).

I'm forging ahead trying to get all the current articles on USMC MOH recipients completed with infoboxes and portal links. I've made it through the first page; now on the "S". When the rest are complete, I'll take a break and then begin working on missing USMC MOH recipients.

On order of decorations ... I think in order of precedence would be best. Easier than trying to distinguish chronological order. &mdash;ERcheck @ 03:27, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

US-mil-stub
Someone recently created a category Guantanamo detainees or Guantanamo Bay detainees. I will start using that instead of. I'll change the instances of  to that category, over the next little while.

I didn't mean to screw up your stub.

I can't remember where I first saw this stub being used. It wasn't apparent to me then that it was only for US military units. I thought it could also be used for US-military procedures. Those guys were all subjected to the detention without habeas corpus aspect of the Bush/Rumsfeld detainee policy. I thought this was sufficient justification to apply this stub. -- Geo Swan 09:30, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Carolyn Wood
If you have a moment, would you please take a look at my recent comments on Carolyn Wood? The article survived my nom for RFD, but has had no improvement since then. Wood was never court martialed and I have concerns that this article is still not a NPOV biography. Thank you Joaquin Murietta 14:06, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipients
Done with updating all of the current articles on USMC Medal of Honor recipients. Starting creating the rest. Began with Richard A. Anderson. &mdash;ERcheck @ 02:22, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Sounds good, I'll help where I can. About how many still need to be completed??
 * Don't really know how many. I'm going from the USMC MOH page and checking in alphabetical order.  I don't think I want to know how many... I'll go from A to Z.  If you would like, you can start with Z and go back. &mdash;ERcheck @ 03:37, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Marines Awarded the Medal of Honor

To Do list for the Portal

 * Featured Article: How about Joe Foss for the next one? What criteria?  Who judges?  Since you created the portal and are doing the vast majority of the updating, you are the de facto "committee".
 * Collaboration: Good idea -- put it in the Things you can do box?  It might lead to the "featured" article.  Do you think it would help to develop "standard" formats/information for each type of article before putting articles out for collaboration?  For example, medals in order of precedence. &mdash;ERcheck @ 04:00, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Good call on Foss. I was just looking at that yesterday and it is pretty well put together.  Agree on the standardized formats.  We should crate a link on the main page under Standardized Formats then link it to  Portal:United States Marine Corps/Formats or something similiar. In there have infobox examples of Individuals, Units and bases/stations, etc...  Also maybe have a notes section which lists some general guidelines for section standardization, picture sizes, etc....  Pretty basic stuff but enough to steer someone that wants to help in the right direction from the get go. --Looper5920 04:17, 21 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Only thing I couldn't find on Foss was the end date of service for the South Dakota Air National Guard. I checked the SD ANG website history and it didn't have that level of detail. &mdash;ERcheck @ 04:58, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Finally found it - 1975. &mdash;ERcheck @ 05:28, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Marine article watch
I've put 3/1 on my watch list. WikiNews (I don't often cross over there) has a neutral brief. &mdash;ERcheck @ 00:00, 22 March 2006 (UTC)


 * WikiNews article, now out of "working" stage and "published", is neutral. See discussion page for consensus on keeping it NPOV. &mdash;ERcheck @ 11:39, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The talk page showed a concerted attempt to be neutral ... no edit wars. &mdash;ERcheck @ 13:01, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Portal Bio
How about Wesley L. Fox ? The article could probably use some expansion; but, perhaps putting it in the Bio box might lead to some additional edits. &mdash;ERcheck @ 13:00, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Need to clean up the commands portion of the infobox before that. For Officers I belive that the commands should begin at the Battalion level unless circumstances require otherwise.  We need to clean up the infobox then I think we should throw it up there--Looper5920 13:04, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Agree ... I'm signing out right now, so won't have time to clean it up. I'll check back tonight to see if  you posted it or it still needs the work done.  BTW, I am still working the missing mOH articles.  Only on the "B"s.  &mdash;ERcheck @ 13:08, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
 * From what I read in the official USMC bio, Colonel Fox had not command assignments at the Battalion level or above. Starting out as a private, he served in a number of roles, including drill instructor and recruiter ... are you set on having the medals in the info box stop at the Purple Heart?  &mdash;ERcheck @ 02:57, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Re: USMC
Thank you for the offer. I will try to correct obvious mistakes if I see any. Unfortunately I am on active duty currently, training to become a commissioned Marine officer, so as you can guess I am short on time. Good luck and Semper Fi. --ProdigySportsman 03:23, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Re: USMC
If I was at TBS then I would be already commissioned. And no, I am not at OCS. I don't get commissioned for another 2 years 2 months. USNA Class of 2008. Go Navy, Beat Army! --ProdigySportsman 03:54, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Camp Pendleton
An editor dumped a large amount of copied text into our article on the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. I had to revert back to an edit before that pasting, so some of edits of your and others were lost. You might want to look it over and see if anything needs fixing. Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Cheers, -Will Beback 20:40, 23 March 2006 (UTC)


 * If you can find a public domain version then that's great. However that text had some POV problems too, as someone mentioned on the talk page. If it is returned it'll need some editing. Cheers, -Will Beback 20:54, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Hello
I convey my greetings to you on my completion of one year as a wikipedian. Come here, we shall have a party tonight. The biggest laddus have been ordered. --Bhadani 15:20, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Makemi RfA
Thank you for voting on my RfA. It passed with a consensus to promote of 45/7/1. To those of you concerned about the fact that I am a relative newcomer, I encourage you to poke me with a sharp stick if I make a mistake. Or better yet, let me know on my talk page, and I'll do my best to fix it. Mak emi 05:18, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

US-mil- subtypes
Nice job on these, and looks like they all turned out decently-sized, too. One small point: the "category" parameter on Stub category is for a parent category (intended to be the corresponding permanent category, where that exists), not for the name of the stub category itself, as that then introduces a category self-inclusion "loop". Alai 21:55, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for cleaning them up.--Looper5920 22:00, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. As creator of the parent (stub) category, I can't help but taking a feeble sort of vicarious pride... :)  Alai 22:02, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Though... why did you change the USMC one back?  Alai 22:23, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry...THought I was making it right. I suck at templates.  Anyway I could ask you to fix it?--Looper5920 22:25, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem, done. Just making sure we weren't subliminally revert-warring!  Alai 22:36, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi!
Hi Looper5920, and thank you for taking time to vote on my RfA. I understand that my last 6000+ edits were not sufficient to convince you that edits like some of my early ones would never be repeated again, but I sincerely hope that at some point I would be able to convince you of my transformation. Looking forward to working with you in future. Regards, deeptrivia (talk) 03:20, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Hey
I saw you reverted this edit by an anon, but did you check out the copyvio claim? It doesn't seem appropriate simply to ignore it. Christopher Parham (talk) 04:59, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The reason for the revert is that anon blanked the entire page with out talking about it and I know that I have added terms to this page without referencing the site given. I am not ignoring it but I will admit that it is not high on my list of things to do right now.  Having glanced aroung the page I am not sure that they didn't lift the info from Wikipedia.--Looper5920 05:15, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

congrats back
Thanks for the congrats. I don't feel guilty about a thing. I was treated better over there than I was since I've returned but that's a totally seperate issue that's way beyond me to deal with. I should be thanking you for bringing the Corps all that recognition and reference on Wikipedia. While I'm not a marine, I was attached to 1st MEF, so I consider myself honorary, so have a joint service oohrah from me. ;) The real congrats should come when I hit my 1000th article edit (I'm in the 880's right now). &rArr;   SWAT  Jester     Ready    Aim    Fire!  10:07, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

I see Task force Tarawa is on your things to do. Get with me somehow on IRC, or AIM, or through here, and I can get you some additional references, and some of my pictures if you'd like (I was part of TF Tarawa). &rArr;  SWAT  Jester     Ready    Aim    Fire!  10:12, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I'm just being lazy on that one. It should be pretty straight forward but I have been putting it off.  I'll give you a heads up when I do create it.  It should be pretty shortly here.  On another note, I have been thinking about doing the IRC thing.  Is it a pain in the ass to set up? --Looper5920 10:19, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

It's not hard at all. go to www.mirc.co.uk (I think that's the address) and download mirc. Once you open it up, the server is irc.freenode.net (or if you scroll through the list of pre-configured servers, it should be in there as Random Freenode Server). Once you've connected to the server, you type "/join #wikipedia" (without quotes) to join that channel, although there's not much useful material that comes through there. More useful is "/join #wikipedia-en", which is much better.

I've done a major restructuring of United States Army as per your request in the military task force WP. Check it out. &rArr;  SWAT  Jester     Ready    Aim    Fire!  04:43, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Portal updates
What are your plans for updating the USMC portal featured article and the featured biography?

Biography suggestions: &mdash;ERcheck @ 16:47, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Dan Daly
 * Pappy Boyington
 * Ira Hayes


 * Hadn't thought about it yet. I'll roll with Ira Hayes.  Need an enlisted guy plus there is more to his story than the typical military bio.  Give me a little time on the featured article.  --Looper5920 19:21, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
My RfA recently closed and it was a success, passing at 84-02-00. I would like to thank you for taking the time to weigh in and on your subsequent support, despite not meeting your admin standards yet. And I know it's quite cliche, but if you ever need any assistance and/or want another opinion on something, grab a Pepsi and don't hesitate to drop me a line on my talk page. Thanks again and maybe I can be the first "person who drinks Pepsi" that you can trust. Pepsidrinka 04:52, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks
, thank you you for voting on my RfA, which passed successfully 49/6/3. I am grateful for your comments, and have taken people's suggestions to heart. I will do my best to live up to people's expectations. If I can ever make any improvements or help out in any way, please feel free to let me know! Although you voted oppose I appreciate your remarks.

¡Dustimagic! ( T / C ) 06:07, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!


Hey Looper, I'd really like thank you for taking the time to vote at my RfA. I withdrew due to certain controversies, but I appreciated your vote and hope to see you here in the future. Thanks again. --Khoikhoi 05:09, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

RCHS
Hey Looper, thanks for catching and reverting that change on the page for Roman Catholic. I have been thinking about cleaning up that section of the article though. Do you have any ideas of how much description of current events (like the basketball game) should be kept in there? Thanks again. --Spout 23:46, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

DaGizza's RfA


Hi, thank you for supporting me in my RfA which passed with a tally of (93/1/2). If you need any help or wish discuss something with me, you are always welcome to talk to me. GizzaChat  &#169; 11:48, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Commandant/General
I added the category USMC generals to articles about commandants because not all commandants have been flag officers. Do you think it's unnecessary to have both categories? However it's done is cool with me, as long as it's consistent. I did notice there were some articles for commandants that had the USMC general category but not the commandant category, and vice-versa, which is why I started working on them. My area of "expertise" is the army, not the Corps, so I try not to mess with those articles too much. Nobunaga24 00:03, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Military history WikiProject Newsletter, Issue I
delivered by Loopy e 05:01, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

AfD
I've thought a bit about your question concerning nominating Erlene Thomas for AfD. There are very few articles on female Marines (I found only one), which should be remedied.
 * Missing articles on notable female Marines:
 * Brigadier General Margaret A. Brewer
 * Colonel Barbara J. Bishop, Director of Women Marines (1964-1969)
 * Colonel Jeanette I. Sustad, Director of Women Marines (1969-1973)


 * Other notable female Marines:
 * Ssgt Barbara O. Barnwell, USMCR &mdash; first woman awarded the Navy-Marine Corps Medal (1953)
 * Master Sergeant Barbara J. Dulinsky &mdash; the first female Marine ordered to a combat zone (1967, Vietnam)
 * 2nd Lieutenant Sarah Deal &mdash; first female Marine selected for Naval aviation training; CH-53E pilot (1995)


 * Articles existing on notable female Marines:
 * Lieutenant General Carol A. Mutter
 * Colonel Katherine A. Towle, 1st Director of Women Marines (1948-1953)
 * Opha Mae Johnson - first female Marine

CWO2 Thomas does not have an article in the official USMC bios. Except for Wikipedia and mirrors, a Gsearch does not reveal any information; therefore unsourced and at this point, unverifiable (verify). Even if verifiable, though accomplished, I'm not convinced of notability.

&mdash;ERcheck @ 23:34, 30 March 2006 (UTC)


 * DONE - with the above missing articles. &mdash;ERcheck @ 07:14, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

My (HereToHelp’s) RfA
Thank you for supporting my RfA. I’m proud to inform you that it passed with 75 support to 1 oppose to 2 neutral. I promise to make some great edits in the future (with edit summaries!) and use these powers to do all that I can to help. After all, that’s what I’m here for! (You didn’t think I could send a thank you note without a bad joke, could I?) --HereToHelp 12:20, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
Noticed today that the articles of the Sergeant Majors of the Marine Corps have not been "standardized" with infoboxes and USMC portal links. I've done the first three today, but will be taking a break for RL. &mdash;ERcheck @ 15:37, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Finished adding infoboxes & portal links to existing articles. There were a number missing; down to 4 remaining.  I'll finish these in the next day or so.  &mdash;ERcheck @ 04:10, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
Hi. I am sorry to bother you but I wondered if you might be prepared to take another look at my RfA nomination. The main reason that I ask this is because there has previously been some confusion as to my talk count and I also wonder if there might have been some confusion regarding the duration of my contributions. I would also like to comment on some of the concerns raised by others, which I have discussed on the nomination page, but which you may not be aware of.

Firstly with regard to my talk contributions and the duration of my contributions. I just wanted to clarify that I do have substantial numbers of contributions in the user talk namespace although significantly less in the main article and wikipedia talk namespace, so I do have a good history of interactions with other users but primarily on their user page (furthermore I have a good track record of warning vandals - something is often lacking for many vandal fighters both admin and non-admin). Regarding the duration of my contributions, I just wanted to clarify that I have now been contributing for 15 months in total and, although I have had a few "lean" months when my focus have been outside of Wikipedia, I had almost 2000 contributions before February and there have been 9 months when I have made 100+ contributions.

WIth regards to the concerns raised by other, which aren't covered by the above, they seem to relate primarily to my lack of contributions to the article talk and wikipedia talk namespaces and what this says about my community involvement and exposure to process. Firstly I would like to say that I don't think my contributions in this area are particularly low when compared to other current nominees and recently created admins who are/were heavily supported (I have provided some details on this in the comments section of the nomination) - as I said in the comments section this is not to say "they are supported so why aren't I", rather it is just to provide a benchmark to compare how common my contribution pattern is. Secondly I would like to point out that I do not typically revert vandalism in these namespaces which I believe play a significant part in the number of these contributions for vandal-fighter editors (especially in the article talk namespace). Finally I would just like to reiterate my personal opinion that, regarding edits to Wikipedia talk, contributing and understanding are different things (i.e. I do understand the policys and guidelines even though I have not actively contributed to them). With regard to my community involvement, I do have a fair number of edits to the mian Wikipedia namespace and also the user talk namespace as previously mentioned.

I understand that contacting you in this way may well be considered "campaigning" but I want to assure you that I am driven by good practical intentions rather than ego. As you will be aware, I am primarily a vandal fighter and I feel that the admin tools will allow me to far better serve the community in this area. Specifically I come across a lot of situations were there are very few editors on RC patrol and a lot of vandalism is being missed, this is compounded by the fact that AIAV is often not being heavily monitored during the same periods meaning that blocks are delayed and a lot of time is spent reverting vandals who have already received a final warning. This extra time spent reverting known vandals obviously mean that much new vandalism is missed - with the obvious effect on the quality and credibility of Wikipedia.

I would like to sum by saying that I feel I could make good use of the tools and that I have never done anything to raise concerns that I would misuse them. Cheers TigerShark 20:51, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

RFA Thanks
Thank you for your support vote on my RFA. The final result was a successful request based on 111 support and 1 oppose. --CBDunkerson 13:24, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Operation Iraqi Freedom AfD
You might be interested that the stub article Operation Iraqi Freedom has been nominated for deletion. &mdash;ERcheck @ 01:15, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Re: Favor
Done :-) Kirill Lok s h in 23:09, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Interesting note Ernest A. Janson, Medal of Honor recipient
I created an article on Ernest A. Janson, WWI Army & Navy Medals of Honor recipient. The information on the Who's Who Marine Corps site was brief. In doing some Internet searching, I found Ernest Janson's page on Home of Heroes. It says that he served and received the MoHs under two different names. MedalofHonor.com also has the same information on their Ernest Janson page. Find-A-Grave has even different information about his name. The two separate names was confirmed by the Navy page on WWI MoH recipients. Interestingly, there is no mention of this in his USMC bio. &mdash;ERcheck @ 05:04, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks
Thanks for your recommendation for a Military History WikiProject award. &mdash;ERcheck @ 00:01, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Portal updates
I updated the Portal bio with "Red Mike" Edson. Please feel free to edit the lead-in.
 * Idea for next bio: Colonel Katherine A. Towle, 1st Director of Women Marines (1948-1953)

I also updated the Quote. If you have any ideas about persons, topics, tone, etc. for the quote, I'd appreciate the input. I have a few more ideas lined up, but welcome hearing your favorites. &mdash;ERcheck @ 16:08, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Re:Thanks
No problem, i saw that the new stub got through so i thought i should help. There is a lot of page, in the future we could divide the stubs up into ARMY, NAVY and Air like the US ones. Regards Hossens27 09:59, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Suggestions for portal updates?
Do you have plans for changing the "selected article"? Have a list lined up? Perhaps starting a Portal/Coordination page so we can queue up ideas as they arise?

Specifically:
 * Selected article? Criteria?
 * Did you know?
 * Selected picture? What resource(s) are you using?

&mdash;ERcheck @ 13:47, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
 * The Portal coordination page sounds like a good idea. Which section do we base it off from?--Looper5920 14:37, 7 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Not sure. Could we have an "sandbox" section &mdash; Portal:United States Marine Corps/Coordination for those working on the portal? &mdash;ERcheck @ 16:31, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
 * There could be a heading for each area - Selected article, Did you know, etc. - on the same page. It would be a handier, one-stop reference, versus having one for each section. &mdash;ERcheck @ 16:32, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Is this idea OK with you? If so, I can create /Coordination page and appropriate section headings.  &mdash;ERcheck @
 * Roll with it--Looper5920 01:18, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Kusma's RfA
Hello, Looper5920! Thank you for your support in my recent successful request for adminship. If you ever have problems that you could use my assistance with or see me doing stupid things with my new buttons, don't hesitate to contact me. Happy editing, Kusma (討論) 02:29, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

USMC Portal coordination
OK. Go to [[Portal:United States Marine Corps/Coordination ]]. Feel free to change format. You'll see I've split it into the topics by left and right columns.

Please leave your thoughts/suggestions for updates in your absence/break. &mdash;ERcheck @ 03:48, 8 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Check out the coordination page for ideas, suggestions, etc. &mdash;ERcheck @ 03:18, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Camp Whitehorse?
I saw your recent edit where you changed the tense. Could you please clarify whether you meant that the Marines had withdrawn from this compound, or merely that the individual Marines charged with the abuse had left? Thanks. -- Geo Swan 15:17, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
 * The Marines no longer run any detention facilities at Talil. That was something created just after the invasion and lasted till around September/October 03.  The Marines are now responsible for western Iraq and thus no USMC units are running jail facilities and the USAF base at Talil in southern iraq. Sorry for not claritying further--Looper5920 19:37, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

COMINRON SEVEN
I've saved Commander Mine Squadron SEVEN from prod/speedy deletion. I tried to get it up to the standards and style that you make your USMC regiments and aviation group entries. Let me know how it looks. It was really bad off, took me around 50 edits to fix. I'm sure there's still mistakes. &rArr;  SWAT  Jester     Ready    Aim    Fire!  17:56, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Guidelines for Wikipedia lists of ethnic groups
Please may I draw your attention to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Guidelines_for_Wikipedia_lists_of_ethnic_groups

Your contributions would be very welcome. -- Brownlee 11:57, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Do you mean Proto?
Just to let you know you said "...I also agree with Petros in regards to type of edits". I assume you meant to say agree with Proto :) Petros471 13:06, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

USMC Articles
I have some thoughts about this and I'd like to share them with you. I was an arty officer in the USMC. You know, I think a sadly missed element of discussions about the Corps is its unique ability in Combined Arms Operations and the related area of Fire Support Coordination. Going all the way back to Nicaragua, the Corps was a pioneer in the firld of the coordination of air, naval gunfire and artillery fire. No other military organization, to this day, does it as well as the Marine Corps, and yet it is often overlooked. The whole idea of a MAGTF is built around the integration of Air, Ground and Logistic forces in order to coordinate the destruction of the enemy. I'd like to see the topics in the MC portal expanded to include
 * Marine Air Ground Task Force
 * Combined Arms Operations
 * Fire Support Coordination.

On another topic. I was also in the reserves and I think it would be a good idea to explain the types of reserve components including the IRR, SMCR, etc. Also the difference between reserve units that drill as separate organizational elements, company, battalion, squadron, as well as a the totally different approach, the reserve augmentation element such as the 2nd MACE at Camp Lejeune. These units, by definition are totally embedded in active duty command elements. They train and work to be able to fall right in on that supported unit so it can deploy with enough bodies to go 24/7. I was in 2nd MACE and it was like no typical reserve USMC unit I ever saw. It was operationally totally integrated into the II MEF HQ.

Thanks and let me know what you think. S/F SimonATL 02:45, 13 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I agree that the USMC articles need to be much more comprehensive but that is a little down the road for me. My plan is to start a page for every active duty battalion and major organization, base, individual, etc...  Once we have the grunt work out of the way then we should start to expand the articles we have and really delve into the finer points such as fire support coordination, expand all the major USMC battles and what look at what makes a MAGTF tick.  I firmly believe that no other military organization on wikipedia is as comprehensively and uniformly covered as the USMC and we still have tons of work to do.  The way it is working now is that I do units, bases, etc and ERcheck does individuals (Generals, MOH winners).  The reserves are definitely a little undercovered but we have been improving that as of late and can use all of the help we can get.--Looper5920 09:16, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

PS - What's the deal about RFAs and becoming editors and admins, etc. I've written extensively but mostly on historical figures and the Theodore Roosevelt Clan in particular, greatly expanding the scope, photos and all on all the pricipal players. Hey, maybe I'm just looking for a wikipedia cutting score - :) I have absolutely NO idea about this Wikipedia heirarchy or how one "moves up" in the organization.  All I DO know is that I've spent THOUSANDs of hours at something that has become quite addictive - as in sleep deprivation, etc.  I also have edit in Spanish and Latin. I'm working on Russian reading, but I'm only begun that particular project. I'm reading an article on the Russian diplomat Sergius Witte who was one of the key people in the negotiations and treaty that ended the Russo-Japanese war.  Also, I started an article on his fellow diplomat, Count Roman Rosen. Its amazing to see the differences in articles between languages. For example, so Latin-American dictators from the 20s and 30s, that Americans almost laugh at for their corruption, etc, are called national saviors and heroes in Spanish, and then go to the official government web sites. Its like they're talking about totally different people. I mean its amazing, dude. Like, in English "the corrupt dictator Jorge Gomez X died in Paris while undergoing treatment for syphllis from too much whoring and boozing" but in the Spanish article they say, "the noble savior of country X, died of a heart attack while on vacation in Paris visiting his grandmother." Its a good thing that we don't have automatic Wiki translations between languages or some of these people might declare war on the gringos for attacking the honor and dignity of their "heros," so-called! SimonATL 02:50, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
 * As for Adminship there about a hundred or so individuals who regularly vote on the RFA's. If you go to this you will see where alot of them have laid out their criteria for a support vote.  Many of the voters are very thourough and will go back over every edit you have ever made so be sure that you are always following the guidelines.  I would say if you want to have a solid chance at getting support you need to have been editing for about 4-6 months, 4000+ edits, a good mix of edits on user talk pages, main article pages and in the wikipedia project pages.  I have found that everyone finds there own little corner of the encyclopedia to dwell in and they are familiar with those people in those areas.  Don't be to concerned with what you edit but be more concerned with the quality of those edits and the coordination with other to make sure they follow the guidelines.  If you want to meet the really hard core wikipedians then vote on the RFA's, get involved with articles for deletions and other things of that sort.


 * As for the Spanish and other language pages I cannot speak to those. I cheated my way through high school spanish and used to pay off the dishwashers where I worked to do my homework.  However in light of all we know about market economics today and the fact that Latin America is voting in socialist governments again I think they prefer to live amongst there own delusions.  Change the articles you can and little by little the project will improve. Hope this helps and am interested to hear your thoughts.--Looper5920 09:28, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
Many thanks for your support on my recent RfA. It was successful. Thanks again, Mark83 10:52, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for supporting me in my RfA. I really didn't think people appreciate my work here that much, but it's nice to see you do: my Request was closed with 66 supports and 4 opposes. I'll do my best not to turn your confidence down. If in any point in the future you get the feeling I'm doing something wrong, do not hesitate to drop me a line. --Dijxtra 11:55, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

4th Marines insignia
FYI. I replaced the 4th Marines insignia image &mdash; replacing the one from military-graphics.com with one from USMC  The new one also includes "Oldest, Proudest". &mdash;ERcheck @ 13:40, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Battle of Chosin Reservoir
I notice that you changed the reference on the portal picture to Smith from Puller. Though Smith was the commanding general of the 1st Marine Division, he ordered Puller to Chosin to help &mdash; (task force included 3/1). See Defense Link article; also, Battle_of_Chosin_Reservoir. I was trying to indicate the on-the-ground work of Chesty Puller. Comments? Better wording? &mdash;ERcheck @ 21:33, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
 * See Portal:United_States_Marine_Corps/Coordination for suggested new wording. &mdash;ERcheck @ 21:37, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Though, reading the info on the Drysdale task force in the article makes it unclear what role was played by Puller. Using the Defense Link article as a source, seems like Puller's role was pivotal. &mdash;ERcheck @ 21:40, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Of all the Marine regiments that fought at the Chosin (1,5,7) Puller's 1st Marines played the least significant role. While 3/1 did move up to the Hagaru-ri the rest of the regiment stayed well south and only saw about 2 days of heavy fighting.  Meanwhile 5th & 7th Marines slugged it out at Yudam-ni and led the breakout back to Hagaru-ri also relieving Capt Barber's company at the Toktong Pass.  MajGen Smith is the one regarded as having saved the division because he deliberately slowed his advance despite Gen Almonds assertion to move faster and he built up his supply lines and outfitted his men with cold weather gear (even though the boots were the shoe pacs).  I added the Task Force Drysdale material as part of a slow upgrade to that battle's page.  There is still a lot more that needs to be added thus the Task Force part looks a bit more important than it was.  Hope this makes sense.--Looper5920 00:41, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Portal:Military of Australia
Hey Looper i just created the Military of Australia portal inspired by your Marine portal, i was wondering if you would have a look and suggest were i could improve it. Regards Hossens27 10:11, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Infobox
There is a consensus discussion on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aircraft on adopting a non-specifications summary infobox for aircraft articles. Your comments would be appreciated. Thanks! - Emt147 Burninate!  18:36, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

USMC portal picture
I see you're back ... or at least started editing again. Would you like to change out the portal picture ... see Coordination ... how about the Tun Tavern picture? At the moment, my brain is devoid of creative words to include with the picture, so, I'd like to leave it to you. &mdash;ERcheck @ 00:46, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm not quite back yet. I am killing time at work during a conference.  I will be back in a few more days for good.  I'll have a look--Looper5920 00:55, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Infobox
Just a thanks Looper5920 for fixing up Cpt Brent Morel Navy Cross page. Really appreciated. wish I knew enought about this stuff to help you aout.. taing care of Jarheads.. Thanks Swump---

Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue II
The April 2006 issue of the project newsletter is now out. You may read this issue or change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you by following the link. Thanks. Kirill Lok s h in 18:46, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

USMC Portal maintenance
Welcome back! I note that you've been back to your high level of activity. I tried to keep regular rotation in the various sections while you were out.... I just changed out the picture (to Battle of Belleau Wood). You inquired once on how many Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipients there were left ot create articles for. Marine Corps recipients: There are additional earlier and interim recipients. I'm concentrating on these four wars. &mdash;ERcheck @ 00:52, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
 * World War I: 8 - completed
 * World War II: 82 - 22 left
 * Korean War: 42 - 26 left
 * Vietnam War: 57 - 29 left
 * I'm back for now but I am still in limited duty status for awhile. I will help out with the portal where I can and continue creating articles for Marine Corps units.  I think between you with the personnel and myself on the units we have begun a pretty comprehensive and uniform Marine Corps section.  It will be nice to do some deeper research once all of the grunt work is done.  One more thing.  Have you considered breaking the MOH recipients category into individual services?? --Looper5920 10:37, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Separate categories for MOH recipients? Probably a good idea.  Isn't a good cutoff number about 60?  Since the Marine Corps has 294 recipients, that would work.  There are already well over 60 USMC MOH articles.  Is this something that can be done "boldly", or is there a process to follow? &mdash;ERcheck @ 11:31, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * For categories I would say do it boldly. 60 is usually the number for stubs. Not sure what the criteria is for cats but they tend to be more flexible since you are not creating a template.--Looper5920 11:38, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Category names - opinion?
How about?
 * Category:Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipients
 * Category:Navy Medal of Honor recipients
 * Category:Army Medal of Honor recipients
 * Category:Air Force Medal of Honor recipients

Or do you think it should be USMC, USN, USArmy, USAF? &mdash;ERcheck @ 01:20, 9 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I think that is the way to go. When cats are abbreviated they eventually always get spelled out and it is a royal pain in the but to move large categories.  Go with the above.--Looper5920 01:32, 9 May 2006 (UTC)