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Louisiana
Hal: How do I go about nominating an article (in this case, an image) for deletion? To be specific, I think the image of CSS Louisiana (Wikipedia site Image:CSSLouisiana.jpg) should either be deleted, for reasons that I state on its Discussion page, or at least marked so that users know that it is incorrect. Thank you in advance for your attention.PKKloeppel (talk) 16:43, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, it may surprise you to learn that despite my four plus years on Wikipedia, I have never had occasion to delete an article or an image. The procedure is covered in WP:DELETE, but I do not know how easy it is to accomplish it. It is curious that the naval history page http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-us-cs/csa-sh/csash-hl/louisna.htm has that engraving, considering that the second engraving on that same page shows the different wheel arrangement that you cite. The other alternative you have to deletion is to replace the image in the article with another image, such as the one from Battles and Leaders, which is public domain due to age. Hal Jespersen (talk) 18:36, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

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Request to move article Battle of Fort Pillow (Naval) incomplete
You recently filed a request at Wikipedia:Requested moves to move the page Battle of Fort Pillow (Naval) to a different title - however your proposal is either incomplete or has been contested as being controversial. As a result, it has been moved to the incomplete and contested proposals section. Requests that remain incomplete after five days will be removed.

Please make sure you have completed all three of the following:


 * 1) Added    at the top of the talk page of the page you want moved, replacing "NewName" with the new name for the article.  This creates the required template for you there.
 * 2) Added  NewName  to the bottom of the talk page of the page you want to be moved, to automatically create a discussion section there.
 * 3) Added  PageName  to the top of today's section here.

If you need any further guidance, please leave a message at Wikipedia talk:Requested moves or contact me on my talk page. - JPG-GR (talk) 02:25, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

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Nordkapp and Odin ship articles
Hi Peter. Just wanted to tell you I have fixed those deadlink problems over at HNoMS Nordkapp OPV (1937) and HNoMS Odin so if you could it would be nice if you had another look at those articles. Thanks in advance. Manxruler (talk) 22:18, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

HNoMS vs. KNM
Yes, of course we prefer HNoMS. The point is, HNoMS is the correct English term. We always use HNoMS when writing in English. KNM is the Norwegian language version, for use when speaking in Norwegian. The Dutch do the same thing, with the HNLMS pre-fix, they don't try to force ZM and HM on English-speakers. Neither do we. It's a simply case of translation. HNoMS is the commonly accepted English term. Have a look at the official Norwegian Defence Force website page on the our new frigates to see what I mean. Manxruler (talk) 19:45, 12 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Here's some pages from the Norwegian Ministry of Defence website: International operations Norway’s defence HNoMS is the official English-language prefix, always. I don't think the spirit of the Wikipedia style manual should be given more weight in this issue than the Norwegian government... Manxruler (talk) 20:15, 12 May 2008 (UTC)


 * You're welcome. My intention was never to "win" anything, I simply wanted to show that in fact this is the way the system works with regards to the Royal Norwegian Navy. Keep up the fine work. Manxruler (talk) 22:05, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Sæl and her guns
I replied to your comment on the article's talk page. I think I might have misunderstood the source, could you be so kind as to give me some help with interpreting the quote I listed? Manxruler (talk) 19:43, 13 May 2008 (UTC)


 * After some heavy research I have remedied the problems with regards to the guns. All should be well now. Manxruler (talk) 02:46, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

re: Haditha killings
Hi Pkkphysicist, in answer to your questions: Hope that helps Nick Dowling (talk) 02:38, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
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Minor Correction to "Anaconda Plan"
Hey Pkkphysicist. I am still working on getting my wikipedia account, but, in the meantime, I just wanted to thank you for the work you have done and mention that I posted a comment involving more specific dates in the Anaconda Plan section. ^_^ 128.61.43.160 (talk) 01:26, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

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WikiProject Physics invitation
I see your a retired physicist. May I interested you in joining WikiProject Physics? Headbomb {ταλκ – WP Physics: PotW} 14:14, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

With thanks
Thank you very much indeed for your help with and commitment to the drive. May I please trouble you to comment at the post-drive workshop? Your feedback will help us to improve the next drive. Thanks in advance, -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 09:52, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

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Re: Requested name change
I am afraid that at the moment I can not simply move the article because the original name (the one currently being used) has been in service since 2005. To move the article back administrative protocal dictates that an editer petition the community to move the article via Requested Move. If consensus is established to move the article then I can do it, otherwise it will remain here under its current name.

Re:Request for explanation of categories
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Can you urgently help Milhist please?
We've had a rather large bombshell dropped on us. The Wikipedia editorial team are aiming to release a version of Wikipedia on CD/DVD in time for the end of year holiday season. They've provided us with a list of 1333 Milhist articles they intend including.

The problem is that the quality of these articles varies considerably.

We've put together review page listing all the articles, in twenty-five article worklists. I'm hoping that 15-20 trusted editors can work through the list, weedying out problem articles and identifying suitable versions for release. The work is as far away from a tagging and assessing drive as you can imagine though, for convenience and ease of use, we've closely followed the traditional Milhist drive format.

This is, at the moment, an invitation-only review. The reason is that time is short and we can't afford too many mistakes. I'm only contacting experienced editors who performed very well indeed in the last two Milhist drives. I guess that working through a worklist of twenty-five articles will take between one and three hours to do. We're aiming to get the preliminary work done by next Sunday, so it's urgent too.

I do hope you can help but – if it's not too much trouble – if you are unable to participate at the moment, would you please let me know on my talk page? otherwise, please sign up here. Thank you for your time, -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 17:27, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Milhist W0.7: update
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Battle of Mobile Bay
Hi, Hal:

1. Concerning the citation request for Page's condemnation of his subordinates: The opinion that he should have been more understanding cannot be documented, as it is my own. I suppose you can regard that as an inadmissible point of view; if so, remove it. I do not think it is necessary to the article.

2. You will note that I keep adding things to the article, so my editing is not complete. You may wish to delay evaluation until I think it is through, when I intend to request peer review. The remaining big problem is the Order of Battle, which I left standing from the original article, but differs from my sources. The OOBs for the navies are OK, but those for the armies are not. My army sources are not very profound (I pretty much have to rely on Battles and leaders- see vol. 4, p. 400 - and the Official Records), so I am waiting for another book to come in that I hope will resolve issues. If you have reliable information, I will not complain if you beat me to the punch. PKKloeppel (talk) 18:01, 31 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi. I guess you understand that inserting your own POV is not allowed. I am surprised that you could not find a secondary source with a similar opinion to cite directly. If you would like to mark an article that you are upgrading over a brief period of time, take a look at WP:TMAIN. On orders of battle, I don't actually have any good sources for this battle. I tend to stick to land battles myself. My suggestion would be that you follow the lead of most of the major battle article in the ACW space and create a separate subarticle for the OOB. Check out Gettysburg, Wilderness, Second Bull Run, etc. I personally do not think that these long tabular sections fit with the style of an encyclopedia article about a battle. You also repeat most of the ship information in the main text of the article anyway, I think. Hal Jespersen (talk) 18:23, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

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Infobox results guideline
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