User talk:Sniperz11/Archive 2

wiki restrictions
WP:AIV can be very helpful! if you report a user there, they may be banned or warned more strictly. Be sure to read the guidelines to confirm the user meets the requirements. if you need any help in this, let me know!  M a t t h e w    Y e a g e r   04:01, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

AfDs
If an article is clearly vanity, it is just easier to all a speedy deletion template with instead of nominating for deletion. --William Graham talk 17:59, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

welcoming bot
hehehe, great minds think alike.

User:Yeager_Welcome_Bot

I attempted that feat with the same result. I was permitted to use a semi-automatic process in which I would have to approve every post, and it would also have to meet certain restriction. such as ensuring the user has contributed to wikipedia and is not vandalism account, make sure they have made their own userpage or talkuserpage, just general things like that. I also had to rename that account, so it would not sound like a "bot" was doing it and have it be more personal. Now, sometimes I welcome users, but in general its a very very very very very tedious process for even semi-assisted :(   let me know if you have questions. I wouldn't suggest bringing up "welcoming bot" as those are bad words here, unless you think of some awesome new approach to doing it ? Personally i think if wikipedia just made everyones talk page to start out with like "welcome to wiki here are some places you can go to get help and learn how to edit" it would greatly improve retaining users to edit more.  Matthew  Yeager  12:48, 12 November 2007 (UTC)


 * oh and dont worry about RfA, everything went well. Withdrawn pretty much due to edit count :'( i thought my answers to the questions and knowledge of Wikipedia were fitting to be an administrator, but nothing a few more months of editing cant fix : )  Matthew  Yeager  12:51, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

PXE
I added the country name because for a moment at first reading I couldn't work out which country was being specified. I've removed it from the infobox but I think it might be of help when a new reader turns up to have the 'Indian' in front of the first mention of DRDO. Sound a fair compromise? Buckshot06 05:14, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you Sambure (talk) 16:46, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:AIL_desert_raider.png
Hi Sniperz

Thanx for letting me know about that image on the AIL Desert Raider. I've uploaded another image on the Battlefield 2 talk page with the additions you suggested. It is called AIL_desert_raider.png. You can check it out in the Battlefield 2 talk page. Its under the subheading Expansion/Booster Pack screenshots. Thanx once again.

--Hornet94 (talk) 08:14, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Assessment help
Hi Roger,

Thanks a ton for all the help on the MILHIST assessment. I finished up one list of assessments. There is a small problem.. there are about 10 pages which I'm unable to decide whether they make the cut wrt MILHIST. I've put the list below and the reasons I couldn't decide on them. Tell me what you think of them, and I'll do accordingly. Thanks a ton

Cheers Sniperz11talk 14:46, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

List: from worklist #23


 * Azimullah talk - Do we include all Gitmo detainees or would they be better served under Wikiproject:Terrorism?
 * MH (US=yes)


 * William H. Dana talk - Test pilot, served in USAF, but most work he has done is with NASA's experimental aircraft, rather than military testing. However, Richard F. Gordon, Jr. is under MILHIST.
 * Not MH


 * Comfort items - Again, I dont know if this should be in MILHIST.
 * MH (US=yes)


 * Kamp Schoorl talk -
 * Not very informative, is it? Not obviously MH


 * CIA drug trafficking talk
 * MH (US=yes)


 * Lü Bu talk - Too much like a chinese opera character. Didn't have many notable military achievements.
 * MH (Chinese=yes) (He's a general, notable.)


 * Haile Selassie talk - Had a big part in the defense of Ethiopia against the Italians, but he is not well known only for this.
 * Agreed. Not obviously MH


 * Gustav Schwarzenegger talk - Arnie's dad. Was a policeman and Nazi member, and served in the Army, but as an MP. I think we shouldn't include
 * Agreed. Not obviously MH


 * White Eyes talk - Was never a military leader, more of a negotiator and tribal leader
 * Agreed. Not obviously MH


 * Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi talk - Same as above- was never a military leader, only an inspiration. Much like Gandhi I guess.
 * MH (Biography-yes|South-American=yes)


 * Gerber Legendary Blades talk - Use as a weapon has not been mentioned, nor as used by any Armed forces. Can we consider as a weapon?
 * Agreed. Not obviously MH

Thanks.

Pleasure, -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 16:02, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank YOU
I much appreciate your kind words and the awards, especially the Param Vir Chakra, which I shall display with pride. Thank you for your contributions: I have enjoyed greatly working with such a lively and good-humoured editor. -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 04:48, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

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Belated thanks
Thanks for this, and sorry for taking too long to thanks you. I do appreciate it very much. - BillCJ 03:06, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

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Season's Greetings
Hi Sniperz!

Just wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

--Hornet94 (talk) 14:37, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanx
Thanx mate. U take good care of yourself.

--Hornet94 (talk) 14:23, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

hi
You might be interested in this. The anon user is trying to add Pakistani propaganda to the article. Thanks --Mellisa Anthony Jones (talk) 13:10, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks and Happy New Year
Firstly, let me wish you a very happy New Year and thank you for all your help in the Milhist Tag & Assess 2007 drive.

Secondly, although the Tag & Assess 2007 drive is now officially closed, you are very welcome to continue tagging and assessing until 31 January 2008. Any articles you tag and assess during this time will be credited fully to your tagging tally for further award purposes.

Thirdly, if you can find the time, it would be good to have your feedback/comments on the drive at the Tag & Assess workshop

Thanks again for your help, -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 10:26, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Category:Wikipedian autograph pages
A Wikipedian category you created is currently being discussed at User_categories_for_discussion. User:Dorftrottel 18:41, January 17, 2008


 * According to the page history of User categories for discussion you didn't post your comment. User:Dorftrottel 04:21, January 18, 2008
 * Oh, ok. :D User:Dorftrottel 04:35, January 18, 2008

Like in this example. User:Dorftrottel 04:54, January 18, 2008
 * Just a minor formatting tip: If you put  between paragraphs, the original bullet indenting will be preserved to improve readability of the discussion.


 * Replied again at the discussion. User:Dorftrottel 21:36, January 18, 2008

Image at Kaykaus I
Sniperz11: Thank you for offering to place my picture on Kaykaus I. As luck would have it, my friend Kafka Liz has been learning about images today and has promised to teach me. I'm going to get over my fear of the more technical side of Wikipedia and, with her help, learn to do it myself. Thank you for the offer. Regards, Aramgar (talk) 18:59, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your vote of confidence. Aramgar (talk) 21:26, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

MRCA Article is very well written
didn't understand why are you are worried about MRCA article. its well written and all we need is more references & sources. if we provide source for every statements, may be article get into FA Class. won't that be gr8. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ajay ijn (talk • contribs) 14:28, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Regarding CFEES
Hi there. I added India after the name of CFEES becuase when I was reading the article I really wonder for a while in which country it was based. I only found it after reading the name of an Indian city later on the text. I think it will help many readers who have not heard of the CFEES before. Cheers Grein (talk) 22:45, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: MILHIST Taskforce Suggestions
Briefly:


 * 1) Renaming and/or majorly rescoping task forces is a logistical nightmare; I think that it would be much easier to create separate task forces if the demand ever arises.
 * 2) I see "Battles" as too broad to be effective.  Battles are pervasive throughout the project, and there's no real discussion that would be applicable across all battle articles but not relevant to the project as a whole.
 * 3) Task force scopes are meant to be fluid and slightly vague, to avoid the need to create many tiny task forces to cover semantic gaps.  If there are major points of confusion, we can address them, but trying to over-formalize everything would be a mistake, in my opinion.
 * 4) It's an idea that's been bounced around before, but the fate of the extant (but inactive) Cold War project would probably need to be resolved before we could act on it.
 * 5) That's something we're considering.  It'll probably depend on the article counts we come up with as we're preparing the next drive.

Cheers! Kirill 22:46, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Samyukta
I have created an article on Samyukta. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samyukta_Electronic_Warfare_System and also trimmed few sections of DRDO.Ajay ijn (talk) 13:21, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

abt the ABM article
Sniper do you have any source to show that Kargil war prompted Indias efforts to develop BMD. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ajay ijn (talk • contribs) 04:24, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

hi
Prasad, what would be the use of writing missile tests in so many sections. Isn't describing in one section enough?. Thats why i removed info from intro section. Moreover tests will happen quite regularly in future. Shouldn't Intro Section become very small providing only breif information about the whole program. I think we should even removing the 80km & 30km fact and just keep it has exo & endo Atmospheric interception in the Intro Section. Later in PAD & AAD we can desribe them more in detail. writing everything in intro section, whats the need of other sections. And also you have written a lot about kargil, we got to provide some source to show there is connection between kargil & BMD Program. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ajay ijn (talk • contribs) 06:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

thanks for the effort in improving ASP page..
hi sniperz11,

Thanks for your time in Improving and Wikifing the AIRBORNE SURVEILLANCE PLATFORM article, It would perhaps require someone of your veterancy to cleanup all the mess I've put up there :-) Note: I'm very new to editing articles in the wikipedia, so kindly be kind with your reply :)

I have some questions for you,

I actually have a lot more references than I've put up in the ASP page.
 * I have references from my Jane's Airforces Weekly Subscription, but the point is if i post that url, the user will be directed to the subscribe/login page, is it legal to use the materials from that to write the article(presently you will see, the introductions are mostly a Straight fwd ctrlC ctrlV from FAS/Globalsecurity.


 * though I may be new here, I see that the Indian Airforce page(I see, in which you're a regular contributer) is more geared to the details and descriptions of Aircrafts, while the missile inventory and regiments/squadrons are completely underplayed. It would be nice , if we could add those details too..

thanks Swraj (talk) 13:28, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Return hi..
Thanks for the welcome, 

(I've addressed the reply in conjunction with your msg.)

And your kind words...
 * I'll check the url and add them and other information as well(as of now i've made some small edits in your corrections like "WAS" to "is" and such, feel free to pass it thru the gauntlet)
 * I'll try to dig up some info on the missile squadrons and other equipments as well, especially the Navigation/IFF and the like, i might find easy..(will keep you posted on it)

Never bad to hear a good word


 * possibly, the avenues of information dissemination is known by me, but i'm in no way offended by your mentioning/reminding it.


 * Will do (I'm a member of wikiprojecttIndia)


 * As of now, my fav passtime is adding links to ASP :-? (LOL)


 * hanks for the suggestions and contributions.

Of course, i've been doing some anonymous edits esp. in the sensitive pages of 1971 war and some other pages where there seems to be more bragging and name calling in the talk-pages than a genuine information interchange, but I'm getting used to reversals (partly coz' of anonymous edits, but then when my edits were of neutral narration and references, they stayed(atleast parts of it)). So technically I got tired of anonymous edits and wanted to do them Officially, so many rules to follow i suppose..!!

Thanks Again,

Swraj (talk) 20:04, 28 January 2008 (UTC)


 * PS: how do you adopt an article??

DRDO Labs description
here i just want to add that DESIDOC( Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Lab) is under Electronics and Computer Sciences Directorate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.197.232.218 (talk) 07:18, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Corwin Amendment
I see from my watchlist that you made an edit to the Corwin Amendment article, but I can't tell what you changed? What's the difference between the article before your edit and afterwards? Just curious. --SMP0328. (talk) 00:15, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks a lot.Chanakyathegreat (talk) 15:28, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

The Adopter's Barnstar
Thank you very much ; )  Matthew  Yeager  08:43, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you spam

 * LOL! -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 18:16, 5 February 2008 (UTC)