User talk:Perkins49thovi

Your submission at Articles for creation: Horn Brigade (February 25)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Robert McClenon was:

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Robert McClenon (talk) 03:53, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Horn Brigade has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Horn Brigade. Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 03:53, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Horn Brigade has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Horn Brigade. Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 22:15, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Horn Brigade has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Horn Brigade. Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 22:25, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Horn Brigade has been accepted
 Horn Brigade, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created. The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article. You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. If your account is more than four days old and you have made at least 10 edits you can create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer. Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!  Kees08  (Talk)   06:26, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
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A belated welcome!


Here's wishing you a belated welcome to Wikipedia, Perkins49thovi. I see that you've already been around a while and wanted to thank you for your contributions. Though you seem to have been successful in finding your way around, you may benefit from following some of the links below, which help editors get the most out of Wikipedia:
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Again, welcome! power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 02:26, 9 April 2018 (UTC)


 * One specific note: when creating articles, such as Pioneer Brigade, please make sure to include at least one reference to a reliable source, ideally a secondary source. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 02:27, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Ways to improve Pioneer Brigade
Hi, I'm Boleyn. Perkins49thovi, thanks for creating Pioneer Brigade!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Please add your sources.

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse.

Boleyn (talk) 14:05, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Invitation to join WikiProject Military History
 Hello,, you are hereby invited to join the Military history WikiProject! We're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to military history, theory, and practice. You can add your name to the list of members, browse our showcase, train at the Academy, weigh in at current discussions, assess and review articles, read the news, or find an open task. If you would like to receive the project's monthly newsletter, The Bugle, please add your username here. We hope you will join us! Kges1901 (talk) 16:21, 19 August 2018 (UTC) Thank you for your edits on American Civil War articles, particularly Pioneer Brigade. Nice to get some coverage of engineers. Kges1901 (talk) 16:21, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

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

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

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
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April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
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