User talk:Mellowmike

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Speedy deletion nomination of Muharram machine gun


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Speedy deletion nomination of 30×29mm grenade


A tag has been placed on 30×29mm grenade requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://guns.fandom.com/wiki/30%C3%9729mmB_grenade. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Momi-class destroyers
I will be rolling back your recent changes to the various destroyers because you failed to change the source for the turbine information. Admittedly the sources disagree, but the source cited, Watts and Gordon, says that all the ships of the class had Parsons direct-drive turbines. Jentshura, et al., disagrees and says that only some were fitted with Parsons and Zoelly turbines, but doesn't say whether they were geared or direct drive, while Gardiner and Gray say mostly geared Brown-Curtis with some Parsons turbines. I have no idea which is correct, but the ideal thing would be not specify the make and type of turbine and lay out the alternatives as I've done here in a note. If you want to do that yourself, feel free as I don't know when I'll get around to it myself. Until then please respect the sources used.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:18, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Minatsuki
What sources are you using for Japanese destroyer Minatsuki (1906)? Watts & Gordon confirm the building dates for the ship, but all three sources referenced above say that she was built at Mitusbishi's Nagasaki shipyard, not Maizuru Arsenal. And nobody agrees with what you gave for her career. They all say that she was rerated as a minesweeper in 1926 and broken up or stricken in February 1930. So why the citation to Watts & Gordon? Is this some sort of carelessness from copying from another article? It's great that you're creating these articles, but you need to be more rigorous with your citations. And as a minor FYI, citations go after punctuation, not before.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 15:15, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Do not change the data and use existing citations without verifying that the sources support the changes! None of the three sources provide a laid down date for Hatsuharu or a precise stricken date. I'm happy for you to use the revised infobox and sources that I've been adding to the other ships of the class, but I dunno where you're getting all these dates from. All I can say is that they're not from the three that I have on hand. If you want to use them, cite them properly. I'm getting a little tired of cleaning up your messes.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:51, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started
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Thank you for creating Japanese destroyer Uranami (1907).

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I have sent you a note about a page you started
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Thank you for creating Japanese destroyer Minatsuki (1906).

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Thank you for creating Japanese destroyer Isonami (1908).

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April 2021
* Hello, I had placed a boilerplate template regarding the rules about copying and pasting here, but after reading it I realized it wasn't exactly helpful. I've removed the content you copied from Kamikaze-class destroyer (1905) to Japanese destroyer Yūnagi (1906), not specifically because it lacked attribution, but because it did not contribute to the page in a meaningful way. It's okay to briefly summarize info about Kamikaze-class destroyers in this case, but if a reader wants more info, they should be able to simply click the link to the relevant page. Copying and pasting entire sections from other pages only serves to pad the receiving page's word count, but does not assist Wikipedia or its readers. When somebody goes to update the source page, they aren't likely going to update the info copied from it, creating inconsistencies and making it harder for our readers to find relevant info. Please try to limit copying and pasting from Wikipedia pages, it's okay to create a small article as long as its otherwise suitable, it will be filled with more content in time. Thanks A S U K I T E  19:08, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Please stop copying and pasting content into new articles, which you appear to continue to do. Continuing to create new articles with the same copy-and-pasted content can be construed as spam and could result in you being blocked from editing. A S U K I T E  20:43, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Hello again. I just struck this out. I've been reviewing some of my less-informed contributions and realized that I was being completely overzealous and possibly a bit rude with this issue. Hopefully I didn't dissuade you from editing at all, and thanks for your contributions. A S U K I T E  15:45, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Japanese destroyer Isokaze (1916) has been accepted
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