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DYK nomination of List of Supermarine Spitfire survivors
Hello! there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath and respond there as soon as possible.
 * There appears to be objections to the debulleting by other editors for the article, and it has been reverted. There's still lots of time for DYK, so I suggest that you discuss with those editors and come to a consensus.   orange  freak  33  21:23, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

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Article History Template
Please do not comment out ArticleHistory if they are on talk pages, it is unacceptable and poor form to try and hide them even if there is a new GAN present. Specifically I am referring to Supermarine Spitfire and your removal on 19 August, of which I have just reverted. Please do not make these type of edits again, they might be considered vandalism and in the future escalating warnings could be issued. -MBK004 01:35, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Although I've been quite active I've very limited experience of GA nomination and this was the first time I've ever re-nominated. I followed the guidance as closely as I could but it wasn't clear what to do about previous unsuccessful nominations, so I commented them but didn't delete them so they could still be seen. I resent being accused of 'vandalism' - we need to improve the guidance so that it is clearer. Have a nice day Thruxton (talk) 07:21, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Supermarine Spitfire
Just to let you know, I've reviewed the article for GA. In case you don't have the subpage watchlisted, you can find it here. Regards, Parsecboy (talk) 14:19, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks I'll get on to it asap Thruxton (talk) 16:05, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Thruxton. Are you still planning on working on this article for GA? You can have as much time as you need, but in the week since the review was done, no one has done much to the article. Regards, Parsecboy (talk) 14:21, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes got a bit sidetracked by moving the section to List of Supermarine Spitfire survivors but that got 3,500 views on the day is was on DYK so it was time well spent. Thruxton (talk) 10:47, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Amelia Earhart
The article Amelia Earhart you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Amelia Earhart for things needed to be addressed. Nikkimaria (talk) 02:01, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Article Merger
Please consider merging your article Scott Trial with the pre-existing Scottish Six Days Trial article.Orsoni (talk) 10:15, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I appreciate why people could think they are the same but they are entirely different competitions. The 'Scottish' is about 100 miles a day around Lochaber in Scotland over six days and the 'Scott' is named after Alfred Angas Scott and is an 84 mile observation challenge held in Swaledale, one of the Dales in the Yorkshire Dales National Park - not in Scotland. Thruxton (talk) 16:42, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of BSA Model E
Hello! Your submission of BSA Model E at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! ≈ Chamal talk ¤ 06:05, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Rosie Swale-Pope
Hello! Your submission of Rosie Swale-Pope at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Materialscientist (talk) 10:29, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I approved the nomination. If you're going to write (or review) for DYK, it is useful to install this length checking script. One tip for using it - I apply it to individual versions of the article and then divide manually to see the expansion - the script often fails in auto-mode. Materialscientist (talk) 01:58, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks I've installed the length checking script and it works well Thruxton (talk) 11:21, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Pará class Destroyer
Thanks for adding the picture and the text (I forgot the infobox doesn't count), and I was just about to add that picture! Kirk (talk) 13:31, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK Vincent Black Knight
I made a minor modification to the article, as it mentioned the Black Prince replaced the Black Shadow. The Series 'D' models included the Black Prince, Black Knight, and Victor, but also included the "open" Black Shadow and Rapide models, updated from the Series 'C' versions. This is my first attempt at Wikipedia entry, so I was not sure how to edit the first Black Knight image. It indicates "Predecessor" as "Vincent Black Shadow", whereas it should be "Vincent Rapide". Also, the "Power" for the Rapide & Black Knight models is 45bhp VincentHRD (talk) 04:59, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Vincent Black Knight
Hello! Your submission of Vincent Black Knight at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Calmer  Waters  16:28, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Vincent Grey Flash
Hello! Your submission of Vincent Grey Flash at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Materialscientist (talk) 07:08, 1 November 2009 (UTC)