User talk:MBK004/Archive 8



Re: Talkback
Thanks for the FYI. I have left my two cents on the page and update our talk page and our milhist template to report on the discussion since this effects a number of our articles as well. Also, I forgot its 28 days and not 20, thanks for correcting me :) TomStar81 (Talk) 06:37, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

The HL-20 article
Regarding you're recent revert of HL-20 Personnel Launch System, I've re-reverted myself and left an explaination on the talk page. I wanted to ask you to please lay off the aggressive use of twinkle along with inappropriate accusations of vandalism. We all have to work together here, and such behavior is hardly conducive to collegiality. Thanks. — V = I * R (Talk&thinsp;&bull;&thinsp;Contribs) 00:08, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * By the way, after looking at the IP's talk page this morning I can see how some justification for the stance you took here, so if I can soften the "tone" of what I said above then that's what I'm attempting to do here. Still, I'm of the opinion that there remains a grain of truth to what I said above, in that people often get back what they give. It doesn't really serve the project any good to take an aggressive stance with someone who happens to be using a shared IP address, since that doesn't encourage them to more appropriately engage the community here, and it displays a somewhat unappealing picture of our community to many individuals. — V = I * R (Talk&thinsp;&bull;&thinsp;Contribs) 16:59, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks for the project-work/maintenance for Portal talk:Biological warfare. Most appreciated, Cirt (talk) 00:28, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLVII (January 2010)
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A-class Review for Yermolayev Yer-2
I just started a ACR over on Aviation for the Yer-2. Last time you mentioned some templates or something for ACR announcements for MILHIST; could you tell me where they are? And do we want to cross-list it on our ACR page as well?--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 02:28, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, since the article is MILHIST we do need to cross-list. The templates are located on WT:MHCOORD in the toolbox, but the procedure for cross-listing is a bit more complicated than a regular ACR so it would be best to let me handle this and you just see what I do (my next edits after this one in my contributions) for next time. -MBK004 07:34, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, that would be fine.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 07:37, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Done, it took nine edits, but that number is arbitrary depending upon the number of TFs an article is tagged for. I am going to be writing an article for the Academy shortly detailing the exact method of how to close ACRs, archive PRs, as well as properly listing these in our project infrastructure. See Tom's suggestion at the coordinator's talk page for this. -MBK004 07:44, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

My Steward 2010 failure!
Thanks! :D I <3 you anyways! -- FA IL ! Talk 05:52, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

John Brown & Company
Hi - in January you put a "tooshort" tag on this article - quite rightly too, as the lead para was nothing more than one short sentence :) I've just expanded that paragraph, and removed the tag, but if you've got a minute to spare, would appreciate if you'd cast your eyes over it and let me know what you think - any suggestions or recommendations for further improvement would be much appreciated. Thanks. -- DMS (talk) 14:23, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for all the extremely useful information and pointers, which I will follow up. I was planning to do further work on this article, and will include the stuff you mentioned. One thing does concern me though, which I've only just spotted - the infobox being used is one for a defunct company, but strictly speaking, John Brown & Company isn't defunct - although it no longer has any involvement in shipbuilding or the Clyde, it nonetheless continues to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary, I think (from 1986, of Trafalgar House, but I think that was then taken over by Maersk group). I don't suppose you could point me towards the appropriate place to find the correct infobox to use? Thanks again for your help with this article. -- DMS (talk) 04:18, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Oops... don't worry about that last stuff I wrote - a. it was Kvaerner, not Maersk, b. John Brown got amalgamated and renamed into oblivion after that, and c. I found the company infoboxes. :) -- DMS (talk) 11:39, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Heh...yes, I was beginning to think it might be preferable to create a separate page for the list of ships. Particularly as I'm only about 60% through the complete list. Many thanks for answering my question before I had to ask it. :) -- DMS (talk) 22:49, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Manual_of_Style_(dates_and_numbers)
Hello, I am contacting you because you are a naval history contributor. I propose to add an additional note to the "manual of style", warning not to use literal conversions for gun names, where the calibre, gun weight or projectile weight used in the gun name is just a convenient approximation rather than an exact measurement. This applies to cases such British "4.7 inch" guns, British "18 inch torpedoes", "6 pounder guns" etc... in such cases, using the undefined undefined template produces incorrect results and should not be used. In such cases we need to hardcode "4.7-inch (120-mm)", "18-inch (450-mm)". Currently well-meaning folks keep going through these articles and adding undefined undefined everywhere without understanding the subject matter, producing rubbish like "18 inch (460 mm) torpedo" and 12 pounder (5.4 kg).. We also ne3ed, in my opinion, to agree to what degree we abbreviate calibres in conversion e.g. 12-inch = 305 mm, 4-inch = 102 mm, 6-inch = 152-mm, etc.. What is your opinion on this ? regards, Rod. Rcbutcher (talk) 10:20, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

TLS-PC
The inputs for the template are binary values (0 = off, 1 = on). If I remember correctly I implemented this in such a way that other values would still be accepted, they don't have to be changed after every launch. The chart itself is just an image anyway, so the numbers don't affect its appearance. --G W … 22:35, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Criticism of Wikipedia
Hey. Your revert on Criticism of Wikipedia caused some confusion. Can you take a look at Talk:Criticism of Wikipedia? Thanks, Prolog (talk) 21:34, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Operation Majestic Titan
Which is correct? Operation Majestic Titan, Operation Majestic Titan, or Operation "Majestic Titan"? — Ed  (talk  •  majestic titan)  05:56, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Not sure, ask Tom since he was the first to use the italics. -MBK004 06:55, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Where I live
Its salmon rather than trout - I did the wrong thing by deleting the ships - (nothing really convinces me that ships should get any bigger) - so a salmon for the bad deletes and a dead parrot for the reading the ships talk page - I am always fascinated by talk page discussions that assume that an ed will not know what is being said about them - so salmon please! I'll accept that - at least poor parsec did the reinsert well SatuSuro 04:25, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Urgent
TomStar81 (Talk) 06:42, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for fixing this! I initially added the nomination to the FAR section, and thought that I'd dodged a bullet when I spotted that before it was saved ;) Nick-D (talk) 07:52, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Flag_of_Singapore
Did you even seen this? User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 05:17, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, but I don't schedule the articles, does. All I do is drop the notice in the  since the bot that does it has not been doing that task. -MBK004 06:45, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I left a note at his page again. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 06:52, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

ISS spellings again
Can we please not have another en-GB - en-US edit war? Yes, NASA spell 'Tranquillity' as 'Tranquility', but then again they also spell 'programme' as 'program' - its irrelevant. The article's in British English, not American English. Colds7ream (talk) 12:33, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
 * My apologies, I was unaware that that spelling was en-GB and not just an extra letter. -MBK004 03:18, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, fair enough - no worries then. :-) Colds7ream (talk) 07:42, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Since it is a proper noun, surely it would be appropriate to leave it in the original dialect, regardless of the dialect used on the rest of the page. Space Shuttle Endeavour uses the British spelling of Endeavour (since it is a proper noun), but American spellings for the rest of the article. I would say that the same (in reverse) would apply here. --G W … 08:26, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Attaboy!
Hello, ... Just wanted to give you an Attaboy!  for your recent reverts on  ... "eternal vigilance" as they say. :-)

Happy Editing! &mdash;  06:42, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Withdrawing Battle of Kapyong from ACR
Hello MBK004. I am going overseas on work for 6 months and will have very limited internet connectivity during this time. Consequently I will need to the withdraw the Battle of Kapyong ACR. As such are you able to do the Admin task to ensure this happens? When I put the article up for ACR I was perhaps a little ambitious in expecting that it would be able to complete the process before I was due to leave, but it seems that there is less interest in the topic than I expected. My apologies for wasting your time, and thanks in advance for your assistance. Anotherclown (talk) 05:54, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll take care of it and there is no need to apologize. Be safe overseas and here's to your safe return to editing in six months. -MBK004 06:12, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Cheers. Anotherclown (talk) 06:15, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Aviation A-Class
Hi mate, I notice when you updated No. 1 Wing RAAF's talk page following its MilHist ACR pass, you updated the Aviation rating similarly. This is what I'd expect given the discussion a number of us had about reciprocal A-Class assessments for the two projects but no-one ever did this for Henry Wrigley, even though its MilHist ACR took place at that time. As an independent party, would you mind doing the Aviation rating, as it's one I had earmarked for the Aviation contest? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:00, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 03:21, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Byzantine-Sassanid War of 602–628
Sorry about that. There weren't any instructions in the FAQ for reviews :( DemonicInfluence (talk) 21:05, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

undo'ing of Wiki works
hello MBK004,

I noticed that you removed my contributory edits recently (2/27/10). These edits are correct and accurate as I am a contractor and cruise industry / marine vessel 'buff'. It would be beneficial to receive a reasonable explanation as to why these are removed as this was not the first time. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you kindly in advance.

Regards,Mrriotto (talk) 00:00, 2 March 2010 (UTC)mrriotto

Copyright of STS-134_Mission_Patch.jpg
As I'm sure you can see, I'm just learning to edit Wikipedia, so I'll miss things every now and then. Can you please take a look at File:STS-134 Mission Patch.jpg and File:STS-133 Mission Patch.jpg and make sure that I have done what was expected? Thanks!

Rezin8 04:20, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Wow dude, that was completely uncalled for. First off, the STS-133 patch IS the final mission patch, as told to me by a friend that works in Mission Control AND as said in the original document from NASA announcing the contest. It says in that document "The winning design artwork will be flown on a future shuttle mission". As a fan of space and NASA, I can assure you that is the STS-133 patch.

Secondly, the STS-134 patch is the official patch as released by NASA. I just can't seem to find the page on NASA's massive website where it was released. Yes, it does say on the site that the STS-134 patch came from that it is not to be reproduced, but the patch has since been released and is available.

I can also tell why this page has been semi-protected. You really need to relax your extremely combative nature and not come off like such a prick when you write to people. I explained that I'm new to editing this thing and you came at me like I had broken a law and a commandment in the same move. While I can respect that you are an administrator of this site, that is still no excuse to act like an asshole to the noobs.

Rezin8 04:46, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

User:Middim13
He's back after his block, on User talk:68.49.118.180 again. Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 06:58, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, blocked for a longer duration this time. -MBK004 00:30, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Iowa battleship
Hi MBK. What's the plan/schedule of work here? Since Feb 21 there have only been a couple of removals of unwanted stuff, a couple of typo fixes and a bit of link tweaking  YellowMonkey  ( vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll )  00:50, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

User Cromdog's assessments of Milhist articles
I've discovered that there is potentially a serious flaw with and his assessment of WP:MILHIST articles. I've discovered at least two cases when articles of at least C class (I know Milhist doesn't use this) have been marked as stubs. I first raised the issue with Cromdog, but on discovering a second problem assessment I also raised it at WT:MILHIST. As I feel that I'm "involved", I don't think it would be fair for me to sanction Cromdog over this. I wouldn't be looking for a block at this point in time, but would a temporary ban from assessing articles be in order while other editors check Cromdog's assessments. I appreciate that there are over 1,000 articles that he has assessed, and there are over 42,000 stub class Milhist articles. Is this something that we can keep "in-house" rather than taking to ANI? Mjroots (talk) 21:15, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

That was odd...
...thanks, I'm not sure what happened here. — Ed  (talk  •  majestic titan)  19:40, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Question
Hey,

I was considering running for Coordinator for the Military History WikiProject, but I am not sure. I was very busy in the "real world" during the last elections and did not think I was prepared to devote the time to the WikiProject that it truly deserves. I'm back now and I have started getting involved again. I've always respected your opinion, especially after we served together as coordinators in Tranche VII. I would really appreciate your advice on this. Thanks and Have a Great day! Lord Oliver  The Olive Branch 22:57, 10 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you so much for your advice! I think that I have decided to wait for the next election to run (if I run at all). I feel like I still need to get more involved within the WP. If I run I want to make sure that I feel certain that my time and talents can best be used to help the best WP on Wikipedia. Thanks SO much and Have A Great Day! :) Lord Oliver   The Olive Branch 01:27, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Alexander_Fleming
Can you protect this page please ? It has become a magnet for comedian wannabee vandals, I suspect because it's on the school curriculum. Rod. Rcbutcher (talk) 18:15, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It seems to have stopped, and the level of vandalism is not to the point where the article would usually be protected. In the future, for faster consideration you can make these requests at WP:RFPP because I am not always available. -MBK004 01:20, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Denmark Strait
First of all, kindly sign your comments on my talk page. Secondly, please refrain from threatening editors who actually try to improve articles. Thirdly, I strongly refuse your accusations. They are baseless, nobody is trying to "own" article, but and heg. I have made a series of minor edits, which were all reverted by this sockpuppet. Its hypocritical to ask me to discuss the edit, since and heg made no specific objections at all, he is just edit warring and reverting my edits regarding their contents. In short, there is nothing to discuss - if he had raised specific points it would be all different, but this "I revert u, discuss" is just transparent. Discuss what? That he is a sockpuppet and he is edit warring yet again? He is entitled to edit war again? Well perhaps according to you, but not according to wikipedia rules... But since you insist in going the wikipedia way, even when sockpuppets are involved, I will then file an ANI for and hegs disruptive edits, meat-sockpuppetry, and ask for a 3rd party opinion on the edits. I will be really interested what could be the problem with them.... like... adding to text that the hit in question was from a 38 cm shell..? Adding breaks to the quoted primary source that its easy to read? Adding to the introduction that the German force was at first reluctant to engage - something that is well known and mentioned in the article? That the British ships intercepted the German ships..? Over and out. Kurfürst (talk) 19:48, 12 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Kurfürst has expressed himself in his usual diplomatic way! However he has not mentioned this Sockpuppet investigations/Damwiki1/Archive which might shed some light on his comment. I am going to leave a comment on his talk page about it. -- PBS (talk) 21:55, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Response
Saying that a revision is unecesarry when no wrong was done in the previous edits is not an attack, it is a statement. If I remember correctly, there is nothing to say that a user cannot reinsert altered content if it actually helps the page... Magus732 (talk) 00:31, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

And, on top of that, there was no contestment, only a outright removal, with no explanation other than "not helpful"... how is that an acceptable practice, MBK? Magus732 (talk) 00:34, 13 March 2010 (UTC)


 * It does matter if that coutesy in not returned... it's one thing to ask for a discussion, it's quite another to simply turn the clock back on the page... seeing as how there was no attempt to explain the mistakes I made, I don't see why I should entertain his point of view simply because he reverted my edits... it's not a difficult concept to grasp, MBK, but it is difficult to implement in the real world... Magus732 (talk) 00:40, 13 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I have seen people do what I did every single day without reprimand, but whenever I do it, it's wrong? Okay, so maybe I shouldn't have just put the stuff back, but would it have been too much to ask for a reasonable explanation from this person? "Not helpful" gives nothing to the other editors as to why it is being reverted, and "even less helpful" is just insulting... Magus732 (talk) 00:44, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Tact
Please exercise some tact when addressing people mistakenly using Wikipedia as a memorial. These people have no ill intention, and they are grieving for a loved one. This also falls in line with WP:BITE, so do take care. It is possible to communicate our concerns with all respect due our fellow man in times of personal tragedy. Rklawton (talk) 02:49, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

So Sorry
I'm So sorry! When I first nominated an article for FA, it asked you to notify numerous Projects and People who were involved in the article. Again, I am SO sorry! Have A Great Day Lord Oliver   The Olive Branch 03:28, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok thanks! :) Sorry Lord Oliver   The Olive Branch 03:32, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! :) I will remember that next time. Lord Oliver   The Olive Branch 18:03, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Gustav Incidences
I have been out for some time. Thank you for you vigilance regarding these pages.PB666 yap 04:59, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Sorry about the FT.
Sorry about my spurious oppose, as you put it, to Featured topic candidates/Battlecruisers of Germany/archive1. I hope i didn't get off on the wrong foot with you. Happy editing! Buggie111 (talk) 20:58, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * No need to apologise, you stated yourself that you were a noob when making it and you did not know about that requirement yet. -MBK004 21:01, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Washington Navy Yard
Thank you for your comments on my minor change to the Washington Navy Yard. I must say, I didn't find your accusation of vandalism, and your threats to have my account blocked for my efforts, to be very helpful, particularly given your terse reason for this. I am not sure how much you know about the constitutions of the Commonwealth Realms, so I hope I don't sound patronising; the article on Monarchy in Canada explains that one person is sovereign of several independent countries at the same time, in accordance with the Statute of Westminster. History of monarchy in Canada explains that George made the 1939 tour as King of Canada, not as King of the UK. For this reason, the tour is listed as a Canadian State tour in List_of_state_and_official_visits_by_Canada. As such, it is, at best, misleading to say that "Britain's King George VI" visited the Navy Yard; although he was Britain's king when he visited, he did not visit as Britain's King, but as Canada's. If you think that merely referring to "Canada's King George VI" in the Navy Yard article would be confusing, please correct it in some way that is clearer.

Sir rupert orangepeel (talk) 09:32, 14 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I find this new trend of threatening people with being blocked to be both unwarranted and disgusting... I understand being frustrated, MBK, but giving people a reason not to contribute is not the right way to correct it... Magus732 (talk) 03:29, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Re
Re - something to keep in mind is that WP:MILMOS as a section is not part of the guideline. :) — Ed  (talk  •  majestic titan)  04:35, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Re ACM listings
Uff, thanks for the catch MBK. I didn't realise we had separate sections for the other awards (didn't scroll far enough down the page!) EyeSerene talk 08:14, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Baltimore class cruiser
I am not 100% sure, but the additions of User:98.67.173.16 to Baltimore class cruiser look not that bad. Is there a possibility to fact tag them and rework them or put them on the talk page for discussion? --Stone (talk) 18:31, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually they are, he is claiming something that is fully inaccurate and untrue. He is attempting to suggest that USS Fall River (CA-131) was not scrapped in 1972 but is a museum ship at Fall River, Massachsetts. In fact, the very tip of her bow is on display there along with the USS Massachusetts (BB-59) (File:Bow of USS Fall River at Battleship Cove.JPG). Plus what he has done is tantamount to plagarism by just listing Janes at the bottom without all of the proper reference information and not using in-line citations when putting in a massive infusion of text. If it were one or two lines or even a paragraph fact tagging would be a possibility, but when the amount of improperly referenced material equals a significant portion of the article that course of action is not feasible. -MBK004 21:21, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the info. The other stuff he did was not 100% vandalism, but for some pages it looked good at the first glance but it was hidden vandalism.--Stone (talk) 21:59, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Afd for Carnival Glory
Just letting you know: Articles_for_deletion/Carnival_Glory_(2nd_nomination). Clconway (talk) 16:49, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for the award. --Kumioko (talk) 19:38, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Ship notabilty
Can you please link me to the section that describes the consensus reached for inherent notability of ships? Thanks! - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 14:21, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Re: Cruise Books and Wikipedias NPOV Standards
Request a re-review of the use Cruise Book references in Wikipedia articles.

Summary of Major Points

1. Wikipedia provides for the allowability of Cruise Books - Cruise Books qualify for use under Wikipedia's allowable use of self-published sources by meeting all five criteria for use.

2. The US Navy Considers Cruise Books as reference material - The Chief of Naval Operations OPNAV Instructions identification of Cruise Books as important historical information supporting the contention that Cruise Books fall under the allowable use of self-published sources

3. Libraries consider Cruise Books as reference material - The existence of Prominent Libraries maintenance of cruise book reference collections supports the contention that cruise books fall under the allowable use of self-published source

Details

I. Wikipedia's Published Criteria

Per Wikipedia self-published and questionable sources may be used as sources of information about themselves, especially in articles about themselves, without the requirement that they be published experts in the field, so long as:

1. the material is not unduly self-serving 2. it does not involve claims about third parties 3. it does not involve claims about events not directly related to the subject 4. there is no reasonable doubt as to its authenticity 5. the article is not based primarily on such sources.

Cruise books are not unduly self-serving, they do not make claims about 3rd parties, the don't involve claims about events not related to the subject, the authenticity is not in doubt, and the article that referenced the cruise book is not based primarily on the cruise book. Because of this Cruise Books fall under Wikipedia's allowable self-published rule.

II. Chief of Naval Operations OPNAV INSTRUCTION

To bolster this case please see Department of the Navy Office of the Chief of Naval Operations OPNAV INSTRUCTION 5070.1C which identifies cruise books as extremely important "historical material" and requests their collection.

http://www.cruisebookcentral.com/content/dod-opnavinst-5070-1c-nonfillable.pdf

The United States Navy considers cruise books as reference.

III. Prominent Libraries established use of Cruise Books as reference material

Additionally, please note that the Navy Department Library maintains a collection of Cruise Books for use as secondary sources (reference material) on par with deck logs and ship muster rolls.

http://www.history.navy.mil/Library/special/cruise_main.htm

Navy cruise books collections can be found as reference material at some of the most important libraries in the United States such as the New York Public Library and the library of the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island.

Prominent Libraries consider cruise books reference material.

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq14-1.htm

--Ussrangercv4 (talk) 04:57, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Congratulations!
Congrats on your election as Coordinator for the Military history Project. In honor of your achievement, I present you with these stars. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:10, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Congratulations on being elected to another term. You're the only one left from our election pool year, so all the best to another tranche! Cam (Chat) 02:01, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Congratulations MBK, and thank you for your support at the election, very much appreciated. See you around the Milhist pages! Ranger Steve (talk) 20:29, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Iowa class battleship
Yeah, I did not want it fall, but I simply could not get my hands on anything to help the article in the house, or the libraries either in Odessa or El Paso. As much as I hate to admit it though, I am grateful to Brad for his microscopic analysis of the article; as I am sure it will help the Iowa's bounce back stronger than they were before. TomStar81 (Talk) 03:16, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

User:Benea
I recently asked about adminship, and he was positive in his reply. I did say that I would nom him at RfA, but I've bitten off a bit too much there. What do you say to nominating him, with me as co-nominator. Mjroots (talk) 05:57, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Coordinator election
for your support MisterBee1966 (talk) 14:47, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Sturm's WikiChevrons
Yes, sorry, feel free to add it yourself or post on my talk page what should we expand on it. Cheers, --Eurocopter (talk) 20:09, 29 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Cheers mate! --Eurocopter (talk) 20:20, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Petlyakov Pe-3 and MiG-3 ACRs
Hi, I've just started an ACR for the Pe-3 and think I've done everything properly to cross-list it between Aviation and MilHist, but it would be worthwhile to confirm that. I'd also be obliged if you, as an uninvolved party, could close the Aviation ACR on the MiG-3 based since it passed the MilHist ACR.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 04:06, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the prompt response!--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 04:51, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you very much for your support on the coordinator elections. I look forward to working with you for another six months, at least. – Joe   N  14:02, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Re: Reminder
Thanks, I had forgotten. I've started up the FT addition. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 16:15, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Miles Standish
This article is on the FAC list. I have some concerns about it, which I've partly laid on on the comments page. I added it to the WPMH talk page, but does a bot automatically do these things, or do you have to do it manually? Auntieruth55 (talk) 22:43, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Nothing is done by bot, I do the majority of the work and it is all by hand. I'll take care of this now. -MBK004 02:00, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, sorry. I thought it was a bot, you're so efficient! Auntieruth55 (talk) 02:04, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

BB DYKs
...and I've got two more in the pipe :P Parsecboy (talk) 02:02, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Lester Brain ACR
Many tks for the notices, MBK - normally do it myself of course but got waylaid after the nom. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 03:02, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Continued edit warring and no discussion
I have been modifying my edits in response to concerns of other editors, especially on North Carolina class battleship. However, other editors refused to compromise and simply reverted to the original. GoldDragon (talk) 02:28, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Here is the difference between User:The ed17 and User:Wiki-Ed's versions of battlecruiser. User:The ed17 only made a minor change to my previous series of edits, indicating that he accepted most of my work or at least did not disagree with it.  I continued on with User:The ed17's version and proceeded to change an introduction paragraph. Then User:Wiki-Ed completely reverted all of my changes. Presuming that User:The ed17 and User:Wiki-Ed were likely editors of the same clan, that was why I discussed and worked out only the proper introduction with User:Wiki-Ed. I then incorporated that introduction into User:The ed17's verison...why was this considered disruptive editing ? GoldDragon (talk) 20:24, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

As an FYI, User:The ed17 was the editor that I worked with on North_Carolina_class_battleship. GoldDragon (talk) 20:24, 11 April 2010 (UTC)


 * I don't want to say that I didn't disagree with it. I clicked the page, saw that it wasn't perfect English, and copyedited it. The major problem here is that you didn't refrain from changing it to your version while discussing it on the talk page. I'm not going to comment on this being a good or bad block becuase I rarely support it barring a blatantly obvious vandal. GoldDragon, before changing it back again, you need to talk about it on the talk page. Try to come to a compromise; if this doesn't happen and consnsus is against you, back off and leave it be. Regards, — Ed  (talk  •  majestic titan)  21:10, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * P.S. I still don't want to comment on the block, but it should be noted that you received multiple warnings from MBK. — Ed  (talk  •  majestic titan)  21:11, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Aside from the intro which has been settled, could you take a look at my other changes to battlecruiser? I knew that I didn't have concensus at North Carolina class battleship and so I followed the discussion. However assuming that you didn't seriously disagree with most of my additions to battlecruiser, User:Wiki-Ed thus cannot claim to have concensus and do a wholesale revert. GoldDragon (talk) 23:02, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Brandenburgs
Thanks for tagging the ship articles' talk pages, I got distracted :) Parsecboy (talk) 03:02, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

ACR
Thanks for that MBK. I had wondered about the talk page history; seeing as it displayed correctly I thought I'd wait before I made any further changes to the other fields. I'll get it right next time. The poor alphabetical order was me seeing lots of SMS and skipping to the end of anything with an acronym at the front of it! I'll also use tabs in future - this time I just wanted to follow through the instructions one stage at a time, but I usually submit multiple fields at once in different tabs (for GA noms/reviews etc). I wasn't aware of the cross listing agreements though (I knew some did, but I don't know which). Is there a list of all the projects that use/share A class assesments with milhist so that I know which project boxes to update next time?

Cheers again, Ranger Steve (talk) 11:45, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Volkov
Sorry about that, and thanks for a friendly reminder.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); April 9, 2010; 12:43 (UTC)

ACR Review process
I wanted you to know that my comments weren'y directed at you. I agree that there needs to be a limit, I am just dissapointed at the low participation and after I stepped back realized I hadn't done much for the review process either so I will also start making mroe comments myself. --Kumioko (talk) 10:26, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

FAC closings
Thank you again, MBK ... you are a gem! I'm sorry for not following closer: I've got a lot of gardening to do today. So far, looking good, except for one thing ... I try to avoid saying "failed" on FACs, prefer archived. I usually stick with terminology of "promoted" or "archived" ... "failed" is hard on nominators :) Now that you've done this, you can probably appreciate how steamed I was for years that no one ever thanked Gimmetrow for the work.  Thank you !  Best, Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 18:21, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Shoot, I've just realized something I'm not sure about ... when a GA is promoted to FA, I don't know if you have to removed it from WP:GA? I spose so?  I thought of that when I saw Red-capped Robin.  Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 18:24, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I think Gimmebot does that along with automatically update the tallies there and renames of articles. When I'm done I'll go back through I guess. As to the failed vs. archived, you caught that after I had gone through all of those, all I have left to bring FAC and FAR up to date is some of the successful FACs. -MBK004 18:28, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks again ... I appreciate your thoroughness ... still catching up on my watchlist. Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 18:32, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Just removed all recently promoted FAs from WP:GA. Dabomb87 (talk) 18:38, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * When the going gets tough, the tough get going ... and Dabomb always shows up for the party! Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 18:39, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Question: How do you format your diffs like this; i.e., without the name of the page title in the URL? Dabomb87 (talk) 19:22, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I looked at how the bot did it and then just did exactly what it did, I deleted everything in-between the ? and diff in the URL just like the bot does. I don't know why it does that, but to keep everything like the bot had done it, I went ahead that way. -MBK004 19:26, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, thanks. Dabomb87 (talk) 19:28, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Thnaks for closing the Ganoga Lake FAC and updating the talk page! Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 21:01, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Azura
So when you said that my edit was unacceptable because of wikiproject guidelines, that was a lie? I did have a brief look through and I couldn't find anything in the guidelines that suggest as such, in fact looking at various examples, other than the one you recommend, it would appear to be fairly common to provide an overview of ships facilities in cruise ship articles. That said, I will rework the section with references, and to avoid it sounding overly promotion, but in future please do not revert my edits and justify it with mere conjecture. Crazy-dancing (talk) 12:06, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Please don't delete stuff just because it lacks an inline ref
hey, I noticed you deleted some unreferenced stuff on the USS Texas (1892) and Indiana class battleship pages (and probably several others I don't have on my watchlist). I want to kindly ask if you could in the future use ((cn)) tags - when there is a reasonable chance the edit is true - instead of just deleting the information. As per WP:DONTBITE. Both edits were made by anonymous users and 100% correct, but just didn't have an inline ref. Cheers Yoenit (talk) 18:57, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

ACMs
Apparently you beat me to awarding Sturmvogel 66's ACM, but forgot to note that at the nom page because I just re-awarded him the same medal with the same citation. I've got it fixed now, I think, but I could use an extra pair of eyes to check and be sure of this. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:09, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * That's what I get for doing something when I'm half asleep. You fixed everything. -MBK004 00:56, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Blogs
Hi MBK004,

Thanks for telling me about the blogs, i did not know that, so thanks again.--Yankeesman312 (talk) 02:08, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

didn't exactly think it would cause a problem
I thought that was the only way to move a article, what is the move feature, for future references--Yankeesman312 (talk) 13:11, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Lion class battlecruiser GTC
Wow, you move fast! I was thinking that most of the procedure for a G/FTC had been automated without telling anyone! Thanks for helping me out.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 03:08, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Article assessment updates
Ah. I presumed that once one Wikiproject had upgraded it, the others followed suit automatically. My apologies, I won't make that mistake again. :) - The Bushranger (talk) 04:29, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Apologies
Very sheepishly Very sorry about that, that's a heinous edit and I should really have looked at the page a bit closer after I was done. FWIW I think I can see at least part of the error - the version of the page after I messed with it is extremely similar to the diff you left on my talkpage to demonstrate a nom, and it appears I somehow edited the diff rather than the page. When I was doing the nom, I did actually nearly edit the diff admittedly, but saw the warning at the top of the page that you get when you edit a previous version of a page, had an 'aha' moment and went to the main version. Then I just typed my nom in beneath Eds second nom. I know I did that at the very least, because when I put my nom in I copied the wording used in Ed's, and I remember this specifically because I recognised the name of the Battle of Osan and resolved to go and read the article later. But Ed's nom isn't in that diff (being a later addition). Whatever I did though, it seems my edit did go through from the previous version of the page and not the latest version. Again, apologies. If you don't mind though I'll continue to make noms when I need to, aside from this unfortunate/unlucky edit it's otherwise a pretty straightforward thing to do. Ranger Steve (talk) 08:24, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * PS, I can handle the trout (well deserved), but I do find the awards page edit summaries a bit harsh... Ranger Steve (talk) 08:25, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * No probs, I guessed it might be a bit heat of the moment, and the summaries are at least accurate : ) I'm a bit busy in the real world as well, so I can appreciate the feeling.  I'll doubly check in future, and one day maybe I'll even close an ACR perfectly! Ranger Steve (talk) 10:30, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Princess Cruises
well wait some were there before i made changes like the Pacific Princess had the world cruise there from 08 and now its removed??? and why wasn't the Itinerary on the Ruby Princess removed??? and i wasn't trying to advertise.--Yankeesman312 (talk) 22:26, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

ACW Sesquicentennial Drive
Hi mate. A few of the guys have raised this as a possibility and, as a coord for the relevant task force, I'd like to lend my support to getting it off the ground, though its realistic objects will be limited by the year or so it can run. Given your experience with OMT, can you advise any requirements for making this an official special project, such as consensus from the coords? Of course any other advice would be welcome. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:40, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!
;-) --Jor70 (talk) 11:34, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Q re: WP:NC-SHIPS
I saw that you commented opposed at Talk:MS Caribbean Princess, so was hoping you can help clarify. This is the same question I had asked everyone at that discussion - but I hadn't gotten a reply, so decided to ask you directly.

Before I comment support/opposed, I'm trying to understand what part of WP:NC-SHIPS that is being used for the oppose positions. From the way I read it, the guideline seems to support removing the prefix from the article name.

The guideline states "If a ship is best known in combination with a ship prefix, use the prefix as part of the name" and "A ship not known by a prefix should appear under its name only, if that is unambiguous". As the ship builder website, the cruise line website, and all but one ref in the article all seem to omit the prefix - it seems that this does fall into the category of a ship not known by its prefix.

But, I fully admit that I may be reading it wrong or missing some other section in the guideline. Can you help clarify? --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 18:52, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Colossus-Majestic
The edit isn't a problem, and its kinda nice to know that someone's watching. If you have the time, would you be able to do a very quick review of the draft and tell me what you think so far? -- saberwyn 21:36, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Ships importance
Should I remove the importance= parameter on ship templates? I did just that on USS Nicholson, but I doubt that it is significant. --DThomsen8 (talk) 12:01, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

You might have a look at the hist section of the War of 1812, I'm not sure it should remain unprotected at this rate.

Cheers.--Tirronan (talk) 16:10, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

MBK004,

I left a message for you regarding your deletion of the content I posted at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USNS_Andrew_J._Higgins_(T-AO-190). As I stated, I was the captain of that ship from 1989-1993 and again in 1994 (this is verifiable through US Navy archives or the N1 (HR) directorate at MSFSC). You have not replied to my note, so I take this next step toward mediating this situation. If you check the Wiki entry for USNS Rappahannock, you will find me cited there as the delivery Master. So where do we go from here? As things stand now, a bit of genuine history is in your trash bin.

Regards, (Captain) Chuck Becker, Retired

Delta 7920
With regards to your edit summary comment in 2009 in spaceflight, the remaining Delta IIs are two 7320s, a 7420, a 7920H, and five unspecified (and currently unassigned) heavies. Therefore the baseline 7920 must be out of service. --G <font color="#496636">W … 20:36, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, I can't read my own notes. --<font color="#115566">G <font color="#496636">W … 21:28, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Removal of information at ASAT Talk Page
I just wanted to let you know that I removed the information on the talk page because I didn't believe it benefitted the article as it didn't actually engender any productive discussion. I'm perfectly aware that I was involved in the argument but I believe I acted rationally and explained my edits instead of wildly accusing the other side of POV-pushing and trolling. In addition, I just want to state that I deleted the section from the talk page purely for the above reasons as I have nothing to hide. That is why I archive past discussions on my talk page (instead of just deleting them ) even if people accuse me of acting against the best interests of Wikipedia. Vedant (talk) 06:51, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Edit Warring
I would actually appreciate you actually looking at the edits rather than just assuming that I am the "bad guy" in the dispute.

For battlecruiser, User:Wiki-Ed has been reverting my edits several times, even though his preferred version was unsourced. In the most recent dispute, I had a reference to back up the statement. As the old existing statement was not backed up, and possibly even inaccurate, that does not put the onus on me for the BRD.

For pre-dreadnought, I was adding a source so the fact tag was no longer needed in the intro. Yeah, an anon user has been trolling me for some time, why am I considered to be edit warring in this case ?

GoldDragon (talk) 16:39, 4 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Back to the battlecruiser problems, I feel that User:Wiki-Ed is not assuming good faith as his first reaction is to revert my edits. By contrast, User:Trekphiler has been tweaking my contributions for Allied submarines in the Pacific War, the latter is what I expect when I edit articles.
 * 
 * GoldDragon (talk) 17:05, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Georgic and Brittanic
Hi, both ship did have slightly different appearences visually and they were also built with different dimensions in length and beam, these items are mentioned in the book by Richard De Kerbrech "The last liners of the White Star Line MV Brittanic and MV Georgic".

This would make them running mates and not sister ships etc and the other info i added is from the book.

The book is available on Amazon and is a very good read and someone has already added it to the further reading section in the article!

Jimmy-tarbuck (talk) 07:36, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Message on my talk page
This was left on my talk page for you... <B>-- RP459 </B> Talk/Contributions 18:37, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Chevrons
Wink! Keep up the good work.  bahamut0013  <sup style="color:#000;margin-left:-1px">words <sub style="color:#000;margin-left:-16px">deeds 15:28, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Re:Iowa class battleship
When it rains it pours :) More seriously though I have known for a while that the article's sourcing was going to be an issue, I was going to move straight to that article once Iowa class battleship cleared its FAR, but as you know the class article crashed, and that is why the armament article hasn't seen much attention yet. I'm still of the mind that the armament page could be deconstructed and the relible information ported to the other articles (guns, missiles, etc) to create a series of B/GA class articles, which would allow us to delete the page on grounds of its no longer being needed. Just something to think about should the article make it FAR in its current state... TomStar81 (Talk) 21:34, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

revision of article on HMS Eagle (R05)
Re: HMS Eagle R05. I apologise for not leaving more sources, I was busy trying to get the facts right and double checking my spelling! The article as it was and has been reverted to is highly inaccurate, which is why I editted it. Has my revision of the article been saved? Took me a while to put it together and would hate to start all over again. I can provide sources for all revisions, and some of the errors are glaringly obvious, such as stating Eagle recieved her angled deck in 56-57, ie after Suez, and the 'more powerful catapults in 67 refit'. This is a field I have researchhed exhaustively over at least twenty five years, albeit in an amateur capacity and I spend a lot of my spare time on defence related forums discussing these very topics. I also noticed my expansion of 800NAS' history has disappeared, I did leave sources for this so I wonder if this is just a blanket removal of anything I have posted. I would find that very disappointing.

I look forward to your reply with interest.

Obi WAn Russell (talk) 16:17, 11 May 2010 (UTC)Russ

Image Galleries
Thanks for letting me know about this and I did not know the rules. But can these images (some of them) be added along with the text?. If not i will try to upload them to Commons as you have mentioned. I just added information to the Russian cosmonaut pages since they look pathetic compared to NASA astronaut pages. Again the problem comes to not much of information is available on them in the net sometimes not even their photos. Hence have to wait till NASA publishes or to edit an Expedition Group photo. Hope these are allowed. Kurun (talk) 04:41, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Sorry
...that I didn't catch the new ACR for the Fortifications and Ottoman task forces before you did; that's supposed to be my job. I'll be quicker on the draw when I get caught up on my ACR copyediting and reviewing. (Watching) - Dank (push to talk) 15:02, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * You don't have to apologize. If you look at my editing from last night, you will see that I have a general routine that I do when I have the time, and catching up on ACR/PR/FAC/FAR is one of the first things. As to it being your job, not so much as any other coordinator who notices it, I just happen to be the first a majority of the time, or the others leave them to me to do. -MBK004 18:43, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll be honest: I leave them for you if I see them. The problem is that I rarely see them before you've posted all the notices. :) —<font face="Baskerville Old Face"> Ed  (talk  •  majestic titan)  18:57, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay then, I'll use the same approach I use in my other work: wait 24 hours and see if someone else does it :) - Dank (push to talk) 21:16, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Cheers
Tks for chipping in at Electric Warrior and my talk page, mate... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:11, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Re:FAC notifications
I guess I'll just have to use the old excuse of "this was my first day on the job." Figures that the first time I do a notification post, I miss a crucial element. But I guess it's all part of the learning curve. I will more careful in the future. Thank you MBK004, --Patar knight - chat/contributions 01:44, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

STS-135
Sorry for my stupid edit and thanks for correcting it. --Bernardoni (talk) 01:34, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

RfA thanks
Regards -- Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 17:18, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Article assessments
With all due respect, those shells are a hassle. They are a necessary evil when there are four or more project banners on a talk page, but for three or fewer the benefit and space savings are really marginal. Just another click a person needs to make in order to get to the underlying banners. As for the talkheader, it may have an occasional positive impact on the talk pages of truly controversial articles, but seeing it on each and every talk page pretty much reduces its benefit to zero. You are welcome to disagree, of course. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 20, 2010; 22:51 (UTC)

Texas indpendce listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Texas indpendce. Since you had some involvement with the Texas indpendce redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Bridgeplayer (talk) 14:42, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Re: contributions
Thanks for your welcome note, MBK004, and I will do what I can to be a helpful contributor to this treasure trove of information which I constantly consult and mention/recommend at every opportunity. Being a proofer and editor for 30 years [and dubbed The Streamliner along the way], all manner of typos and structural goofs on various pages have jumped out screaming at me to be rescued. I wish I had at least made note of these before now, as well as deciding far earlier to wade in formally to address them; but as many occur in places I look up frequently, I'm sure to run across at least some - as well as any henceforth. I look forward to gaining more knowledge and experience thereby and hope my little efforts at "housecleaning" will be well-received. Thanks again, and long may the Wikipedia wave!

Redbone360619 (talk) 16:42, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

WT:OMT discussion
Hello, MBK004! I am informing you that there is a discussion at WT:OMT on whether or not to implement a reward called the Titan's Cross. As you list yourself as a member of the project, I suggest you vote in it. Have fun! Buggie111 (talk) 20:06, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Immediate revert of F-111B edit
Why was it neccesary to immediately revert unsourced information on the F-14? I was just about to add those later, wouldn't it be more WP:CIVIL to simply tag it? If it's something obviously made up or libelous, that's one thing, but information easily corroborated n the F-14 wikipedia page? Redhanker (talk) 00:13, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Revert on Scorpene class submarine
Why did you revert my edits on that page? You say it was unsourced but it was sourced, I put two references to two fair sources (not blogs nor politicaly bound), so why did you remove them? Matthieu (talk) 11:36, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Ahh, if you look at the time of the edit with regards to my time zone, fatigue was definitely an issue there. The most probably reason I reverted is because your edits added a section which did not have references. You are correct that the edit did add additional references, and I did overlook them. Unfortunately due to subsequent edits I cannot undo the revert, but you are welcome to go back and re-edit the article. -MBK004 21:42, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
 * ok no problems, I'm too lazy to rewrite the edits though so it's most likely lost now. Matthieu (talk) 19:30, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Ghaznavi
Hi. Could you possibly move Ghaznavi Missile to Ghaznavi (missile) in line with RND. It seems the two were merged at some point in the past, and whilst the incorrectly named article has most of the history, both histories need to be preserved so a simple db-move wouldn't work. As an admin, you would be in a better position to sort this out than I am. Thanks. --<font color="#115566">G <font color="#496636">W … 20:53, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Done, have you ever thought about acquiring your own mop? You've definitely got the tenure, article writing experience, and demonstrated need for the tools... -MBK004 22:38, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I've considered it, but I don't know if it is practical. I know I can sometimes be divisive, and I am probably too stubborn in discussions relating to sourcable factual errors. That has set a few users against me. There was also some confusion a few years back when my old public account (which at the time I could not publicly acknowledge was mine) was mistaken for somebody else's sockpuppet. My attempts to defend the account without acknowledging it was mine just caused a mess. I won't rule it out though, and if you think it might be a good idea, I'd be happy to continue discussing it. --<font color="#115566">G <font color="#496636">W … 23:05, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
 * The sockpuppet issue is definitely one that will need some quite-clear explaining if we were to go forward with an RFA. I'd need some time to investigate the issue before I were to nominate you, but I definitely think that you are a good candidate and as to any major issues, as long as enough time (at least six months to one year) has passed the issue should not be a deal-breaker. Also, I'm going to invite User:Colds7ream to also join this discussion as a possible co-nom (different perspectives is always a good thing). -MBK004 00:51, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm going to be away for the weekend, so I'll get back to you when I get back. The sockpuppet issue occurred in August 2008. --<font color="#115566">G <font color="#496636">W … 14:31, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'm back and ready to continue this discussion. --<font color="#115566">G <font color="#496636">W … 11:54, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Hello! Yes, sorry, been away for a while - how are things? :-) Colds7ream (talk) 16:54, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Question
How could i contribute to the Robert F. Overmyer article, using an old newspaper I posess? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ghost9420 (talk • contribs) 06:35, 29 May 2010 (UTC) Ok, I will try this. Thank you for your help. Ghost9420 (talk) 21:21, 30 May 2010 (UTC)