User talk:Nobs01

There is no remembrance of former things;  neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come  with those that shall come after. Ecclesiastes 1:11


 * Archive 1 (01/06/05 to 05/08/05)
 * Archive 2 (05/08/05 to 12/14/06)
 * Archive 3 (01/23/07 to (04/10/10)
 * User talk:Nobs01/Archive 4

a bunch of broken venona links
fyi the NSA redid their venona files as pdf, and a bunch of your links are broken. Decora (talk) 17:20, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

see http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/declass/venona/dated.shtml
 * Thank you. nobs (talk) 01:06, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXI, March 2011
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Regarding Education
Juhayman al-Otaybi wikipedia page having a tag Infobox criminal, I want to include his education as 'Islamic University of Madinah' at the right side, could not edit the article at the right side, just I has made the changes to the main article. . Juhayman al-Otaybi neither represented to Umm Al-Qura University nor he was student. But still Google Knowledge base result shows his education refers to Umm Al-Qura University, but has studied through Islamic University of Madinah. Our prime object is we don't want to see him in Google Knowledge base results as Notable Alumni. Please suggest how can we proceed to make the changes. Younusm (talk) 06:02, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXIV, June 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011
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Merge discussion for Communist front
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Check your email, Rob
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Copyright problem: Honolulu Record
Hi, I've marked Honolulu Record as a copyright violation because it was originally copied from the Conservapedia article on Koji Ariyoshi and as far as I know we don't accept content copied from Conservapedia. Feel free to contest this at Copyright problems. Dcoetzee 02:13, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I have also tagged all other articles you've created since 2007 as copyright violations from Conservapedia. I have heard some people say that you are the original contributor of this work at Conservapedia, but I don't know whether this is true or not. If you are, you will need to edit your user page at Conservapedia to confirm that you are the sole author of this content that you copied. Otherwise it will be deleted. Dcoetzee 03:40, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Verifying identity
Hi. Unfortunately we don't have any kind of archived record to verify that you are also User:RobSmith at Conservapedia, since your userpage has been deleted. I went through the internet archives to look at every archived version of your userpage and didn't find anything in the snapshots they had stored. I see that you are blocked over there; are blocked contributors able to edit their own talk pages as they are here? If so, we might be able to work around this. :) If you could log in there and make a note on your talk page, we may be able to use the archive form at webcitation.org to permanently document the change to the talk page (we should document both the talk page as you have edited it and the history, so that we can demonstrate that you actually edited the page and somebody did not forge your note). I've never used this form, but I understand it's pretty straightforward--just requires putting in the full URL of the site, http:// and all, and an email address, which is not published.

Alternatively, do you know any administrators there who might be willing on my request to temporarily restore the history of your userpage so that I can find and document the verification you already placed? I had a look at the talk page of the admin who deleted it and am not entirely sure he'd be cooperative as he seems a bit inclined to take things personally. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:58, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I have done as you suggested. Thank you. nobs (talk) 23:15, 15 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Fabulous! Thank you very much. I have taken a screenshot of your release and stored it in the OTRS system, so there is now permanent documentation that you are who you say you are. :) It can be accessed when there is need by OTRS agents at 2011111610024788. Is there any chance you could find some quiet space on your userpage where we can tuck this verification? Since our ticket search system is horrible, it'd save a lot of time in the future if our right to that content is challenged again. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:32, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok, thank you. nobs (talk) 23:00, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

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Woodrow Wilson Center/Vassiliev event
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Well done on your Schmidle Katrina Kyle "facts"
It appears that Mr Schmidle has a muddle of a reputation... http://civilianmilitaryintelligencegroup.com/9043/new-yorkers-bin-laden-tale-disputed http://registan.net/2011/08/04/the-schmidle-muddle-of-the-osama-bin-laden-take-down/ Foofbun (talk) 03:52, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

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Your contributed article, Jane Foster Zlatovski


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 * Please withdraw your nomination for speedy deletion. I am in the process of moving Jane Foster to Jane Foster Zlatovski. There is a slight delay because the move has to be done by an administrator. I tried making the move myself but was informed that the move had to be done by an administrator. If there is another article with this name then of course they have to be merged unless they are two different people. I have already created a disambiguation page for Jane Foster but did not realize that this process could become so convoluted. You may have wanted to check my editing history. If you had, you probably would have noticed that this is not exactly not my first article. New page patrollers need appreciation and so let me express that appreciation for your efforts. The Very Best of Regards,
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Bowling Green
I collapsed your thread at Talk:Bowling Green massacre, as it clearly was not related to improvements to the article. Please do stop the disruptive editing. VQuakr (talk) 18:52, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Well thank you for a civil response. The only way to improve an article with a deceptive title is a page move. And warning of giving credence to fundraising shysters is hardly disruptive. Nobs01 (talk) 19:46, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
 * By any chance is this what you are referring to as "fundraising shysters"? VQuakr (talk) 00:47, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes. That prima facia looks like deceptive and fraudulent charitable fundraising activity. The WP article that links to it notes it was created by an "anonymous" source; and it certainly does not serve the ACLU well having its name linked with it. Nobs01 (talk) 22:25, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Your justification for a paragraph's deletion was wrong
Please see Talk:Richard_A._Clarke.

You claimed "There is absolutely no evidence for this dubious claim: 'Jamie Gorelick, the only member of the 9/11 Commission to read the President's Daily Brief',salon.com reference doesn't even mention Gorelick's name. Look's like this bio page had been hijacked to attack Clarke's enemies who demoted him. nobs (talk) 22:24, 20 January 2015 (UTC)" and then you deleted the paragraph in question.

That old link to the referenced article no longer works, but if you go to a capture on archive.org or the article's new URL at Salon, the article not only does mention Gorelick's name, the very paragraph you deleted was taken verbatim from the Salon article. An easy web search shows it was also reported in the New York Times.

The paragraph couldn't stay as it was in the WP article without rephrasing or at least blockquote attribution, but it's difficult to see how Gorelick's name could be missed by a Ctrl-F of the Salon article.

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Request a few moments to decide fate of Walter Beer stub
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
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March Madness 2020
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
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Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open
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Proposed deletion of Ilya Wolston


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Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing
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FBI files?
In the first post-creation editing of the Carl Marzani article, which you started some time ago, you included as sources three FBI FOIA files. I have been unable to find an online source for these files.


 * Marzani, Carl Aldo – BOPNO	HQ-0770023443
 * Marzani, Carl Aldo – BOPNO	HQ-0870144622
 * Marzani, Carl Aldo – BOPNO	HQ-1000345490

Do you have copies that you can share? Thank you for your consideration. Larry Koenigsberg (talk) 20:19, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
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GOCE June 2021 newsletter
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nomination period closing soon
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election voting has commenced
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting period closing soon
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September 2021 Guild of Copy Editors newsletter
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Sussmann
Wow. Just...wow. smh soibangla (talk) 22:13, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

December 2021 GOCE Newsletter
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GOCE April 2022 newsletter
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June GOCE newsletter
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations opening soon
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Correction to previous election announcement
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting closing soon
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Guild of Copy Editors' October 2022 newsletter
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My quick summaries
Sorry about my quick "POV vandalism?" edit summaries at Michael Sussmann. You aren't a vandal (as indicated by the ?), but my quick assessment, before checking your record here, was that the edits were like the typical POV edits of uninformed/misinformed people who change content to fit their POV, contrary to the facts and sources. The Trump-Russia investigation was triggered by Trump advisor George Papadopoulos' drunken revelation of the Russian offer of help to the Trump campaign, one of many forms of election interference the Trump campaign gladly accepted without reporting to the FBI. The FISA warrants and other events, such as the Steele dossier and actions of Sussmann and Clinesmith, had nothing to do with that. They are "unrelated" events. The FBI had already accumulated lots of evidence, but they had no clear proof the Trump campaign was knowingly cooperating with that interference and offers of help (which they should have rejected and reported to the FBI). George spilled the beans by providing clear evidence of collusion (not the same as "conspiracy." This gave the FBI probable cause to open the investigation into the numerous and proven illicit contacts between Trump associates and known Russian agents and other Russian officials. Lots of collusion, welcoming, aiding and abetting, cooperating, etc. was going on, but Mueller was never able to find proof of a solid written or oral conspiracy. It probably didn't exist because of Trump's habit of maintaining plausible deniability. Nothing of the kind would ever be clearly stated and never written, and would be unnecessary. A mutual understanding is sufficient and hard to prove, although, long before revealing his plans to Americans, Trump did discuss his plans to run for president with the Russians at the November 2013 Miss Universe contest in Moscow, and they publicly expressed their support and promised to help him. Here's an example. The aid began in 2014 with the launching of hacking and other operations. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 17:00, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you. So the "unrelated" events had nothing to do with "the FBI had already accumulated lots of evidence". Is that a fair synopsis? Thanks again. Nobs01 (talk) 18:58, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Maybe. Not everything directly or tangentially related to the Russia investigation is related to what triggered/started the investigation. The exact wording is "unrelated to the opening of the FBI's investigation into the Trump campaign." That's the point. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 19:40, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter
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Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter error
The GOCE December 2022 newsletter, as sent on 9 December, contains an erroneous start date for our December Blitz. The Blitz will start on 11 December rather than on 17 December, as stated in the newsletter. I'm sorry for the mistake and for disrupting your talk page; thanks for your understanding. Sent by Baffle gab1978 via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:30, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors 2022 Annual Report
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Guild of Copy Editors June 2023 Newsletter
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
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Septermber GOCE newsletter
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Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter
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Voting for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards for 2023 is now open!
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Reactivation of Richard Wagner WikiProject
Hi. I recently reactivated WP:WikiProject Richard Wagner and noticed that you have previously been a contributor. Would you like your name to move back into the Active Partipants? Chrisdevelop (talk) 00:46, 19 June 2024 (UTC)