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Woohoo! First post!
Whoa, that is one big archive. Yes, your talk page is still on my watchlist. That's what you get for being the one who created my talk page.  Big Nate 37 (T) 19:38, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Impressive indeed. I couldn't wait that long to archive, I guess I'm just a premature archiver.  Big Nate 37 (T) 19:45, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Partly because I like the essay, partly to hold you forever accountable for making the first edits to my talk page, and partly to make archiving your talk page by date a hassle, I wanted to stop by and remind you not to stuff beans up your nose.  Big Nate 37 (T) 23:01, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

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Re: Formatting issue
Is there some existing convention we could follow? The one that comes to mind would be cities; how are conflicting city names handled? (If there isn't one, we could always create something in-project; but I would at least like to make sure we're not going against some existing standards before we do so.) Kirill Lokshin 21:11, 16 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Following the official naming seems sensible (assuming it doesn't seriously conflict with other conventions—particularly the one about most common names). Is there a substantial problem with pages being at an incorrect name by this rule, or do most articles already seem to have the correct name?  If the problem is not a massive one, we could probably get away with just moving the non-conforming ones directly. Kirill Lokshin 16:42, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

New C&C Movie
Heres the link to C&C 3's GDI Gameplay movie. I know you (and the rest of the RTS world) have been waiting for this. I'll give you the honor of linking the C&C page to it. I don't mess with that stuff.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?type=wmv&id=12509 If it's not there anymore (or moved, cause I know they do that when a lot of people direct link there rather then go through the advertisements) I uploaded it here for a while: http://ghost.adktrails.com/CC3.wmv

Ghostalker 00:50, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Re: Coordinator
Thank you very much for your kind words! Kirill Lokshin 00:48, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

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Re: Question
Well, high-end processes like FAC/FARC are already noted on WPMILHIST Announcements. As far as things with cleanup tags, there have been some attempts at keeping a list by bot (see Pages needing attention/Military), but it's a rather complex task, and hasn't had much success. Kirill Lokshin 09:24, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Fair-use images removed from your user page
Hello, TomStar81. I've removed some images from User:TomStar81/World War II, as they are copyrighted, unlicensed images that are being used on Wikipedia under claims of fair use. Unfortunately, by Wikipedia policies, no fair-use images can be used on user pages; please see the ninth item of the Wikipedia fair-use policy and Removal of fair use images. These images have not been deleted from any articles. If you have any questions, please let me know. —Bkell (talk) 16:25, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, I was called for that earlier, when I had fair use images on my user page. I was unaware that the "no fair use images on user pages" rule also extended to works in progress. I will be more carefull about that from now on. TomStar81 (Talk) 18:56, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Technically it applies to everything outside the article namespace, which includes anything with "User:" or "User talk:" or "Template:" in front of it. I probably would have left your "work in progress" alone, on the assumption that you would rework the article and move it back into the article namespace soon; but it appears from the page history that you haven't worked on it since the middle of July, so it seemed that it had stagnated, and unlikely that it was going to become "finished" and moved out of the User namespace any time soon. —Bkell (talk) 22:30, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, sadly, I have not had alot of time to work on it since July. First I had summer school, then we were on vacation for about a week in August, then school started, and now I can not seem to find a free moment to do active research on the war. Sooner or later (probably more later than sooner) I will get back to working on it again, although I am considering a braod overhaul to make the entire WWII article more enjoyable to read. TomStar81 (Talk) 22:49, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Re:[[Image:Iowa Armament.JPG]]
Ok, CSD is criteria for speedy deletion, but which number 1 and 4 are you refering to? I do intend to upload a better picture of the weapons system at some point in the future, so I need to know which of the criterias were used to delete this in the first place. TomStar81 (Talk) 01:37, 21 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Sorry if the shorthand was confusing: that's the letter "I" and then the number 4, as in the fourth criterion for images, lack of licencing information. Specifically, the image was tagged as an image with unknown copyright status for longer than a week. Note that I can undelete the image if you can determine its copyright status. --bainer (talk) 05:41, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

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The pain in the diodes all down my left FPC...
Haha, great one mate. Gave me a much-needed laugh too. You can't believe how helpful Mr DNA can be in a Latin lesson... Just remembered my favourite conversation from the radio series:

Arthur: I eventually had to go down to the basement! Prosser: That's the display department. AD: With a torch... P: The lights had... probably gone. AD: So had the stairs. P: Well you found the documents, didn't you? AD: Yes. I eventually found them in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet, stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'. Ever thought of going into advertising?

Larffles indeed. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 10:05, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Oh how I loved Peter Jones:

"Go Stick Your Head in a Pig is the motto of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Complaints Division (the only part of the company to make a consistent profit) and is celebrated in its company song, sung by a million robots whose voices are all exactly a flattened fifth out of tune. It goes something like this...

Share and enjoy, Share and enjoy, Journey through life with a plastic boy, Or girl by your side, Let your pal be your guide, And when it breaks down or starts to annoy, Or grinds when it moves and gives you no joy, 'Cos it's eaten your hat, Or had sex with your cat, Bled oil on your floor, Or ripped off your door, And you get to the point you can't stand any more, Bring it to us; we won't give a fig, We'll tell you... "Go Stick Your Head In A Pig"

...only slightly worse.

It arose from the fact that the four mile high sign of the previous motto, ‘Share and Enjoy’ sank into the ground under its own weight so only the top half was visible. In the local language, the top halves of this just happened to spell out ‘Go Stick Your Head in a Pig’."


 * EDIT: Oh, what the hell: you made it into BJAODN. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 10:13, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Re: Image question
I'd use the original license; that's what I've been doing when I've modified existing PD images, anyways. Kirill Lokshin 03:05, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

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id like to thank you
Thankyou very much for this warm welcome i hope to be an assistant in keeping some info correct with any resource i can get my hands on!--Spartan117009 01:55, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

FPC Promotion
Congratulations! --Fir0002 00:36, 8 October 2006 (UTC)


 * This is to let you know the Featured Picture you uploaded and/or nominated Image:B-1B over the pacific ocean.jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the day on December 30, 2006, when it will be featured on the Main Page. Congratulations!  howch e  ng   {chat} 17:13, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar
Pay me no mind, I’m just anal-retentive. Thanks, though. Good on ya, mate. (No idea what that means, just heard it somewhere.) —Frungi 04:25, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

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Ghost in the Shell American Empire
I'm interested to know where you got your information for this article. Is it just copypasta from the 2nd GIG? The reason why I'm asking is because there was a discussion on one of the GameFAQs message boards concerning the state of the world during 2nd GIG and someone brought up this information. The original poster of the thread included two maps of the world of 2nd GIG as seen in the series behind the Chief Cabinet's Secretary's desk. In it, it appears that America is split into 2 different entities, none that include the area of the American Empire (the South and Southwest) as described in this article. However, there is also a debate as to whether or not the line splitting up the US represents a national border, as no border lines are drawn in Europe, South America, Africa, and much of Eastern Asia. Also looking at the picture, if the lines do represent borders, then China appears to have swallowed up the Indian Subcontinent and much of Indochina. This is a link to the above mentioned image. Thanks. --GhostStalker 16:10, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Responding to your comments on my talk page, if the lack of borders in Europe are supposed to represent the EU, is the same to be said about Africa and South America? Also, in 2nd GIG, they specifically mentioned the country of Germany. The countries of England and France are also both mentioned specifically.


 * I can see where you might say that the expanded China might be because of military conquest. You might notice that there's a big hole where Beijing used to be. Others have suggested that this was because of a super nuke used or something to that effect. The same is true for Moscow and much of Eastern Europe, along with maybe the US Eastern Seaboard. New Zealand seems to have vanished off the face of the Earth. That's definitely evidence of a Nuclear World War III. However, I doubt that the rest of the world would have acquised to a Chinese takeover of the entire Indian subcontinent... --GhostStalker 22:28, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: Kosovo War
The collaborations are picked on Monday (UTC) every two weeks; you just happened to nominate it right before I chose the new one. ;-)

(Having said that, I did pick it from among the ones with two votes because it seemed appropriate to get more eyes there quickly.) Kirill Lokshin 01:22, 30 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I can't think of any reason why the arbitration would concern us; the fact that somebody else has been fighting over the article shouldn't prevent uninvolved editors from working on it. Kirill Lokshin 13:45, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Recent list of GITS episodes edits
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Congrats
Hi Tom,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Eisenhower d-day.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-03-07.  howcheng  {chat} 17:28, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Spelling?
Not quite sure if this is part of the joke or not, but you've misspelled "Significant" and "thereby" on your spelling award tag... Chubbles1212 03:15, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Chubbles1212 05:59, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: Honorable Mention
Thank you very much for the award! :-) Kirill Lokshin 11:15, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks, and glad to help
I'm glad to help, but it looks like there is plenty ref work left. I'm waiting for an admin to fix the MediaWiki:Cite references link many format backlink labels problem so the DANFS links can be combined. You certainly did a lot of work putting those refs there in the first place. --Dual Freq 02:06, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Hey, Tom, it was very kind of you to send me that barnstar. I was wondering if you were going to be able to finish the work - I gave some samples of what could be done.  Sandy (Talk) 16:42, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: Higher ranking Opinion needed
I agree with you completely. The existence of a rider "recommending" a particular name isn't particularly meaningful; until the people actually responsible for choosing the name make some comment, the numerical designation is the most appropriate title. Kirill Lokshin 02:33, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: While I am thinking about it...
It doesn't really matter, I think; the important thing is that somebody review the article, not where that review happens. One point to note, though, is that our peer review isn't very frequented by people outside the project, and is pretty geared towards generating suggestions for improvement; I'm not sure how effective it would be in evaluating whether sufficient improvement had already been done to an article.

You can go with whatever option you prefer, though. Kirill Lokshin 13:45, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

The Fish Portal
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Spelling
Hi, TomStar81, I am just wondering if wikipedia uses US or UK spelling; it seems kind of messy with both types used all over the place. If you could please tell me what to use, it be much appreciated. thanks! Nicholas.tan 02:14, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Portal tips
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Portal review volunteers
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Re: Urgent
Looks like a clear-cut copyvio (introduced here); I'd just revert it back to the pre-copyvio version. Kirill Lokshin 02:27, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

The last version of the image page contains: From navysite.de The main page reads: "Please note that all photos on this website are - unless otherwise stated - official US Navy photos. This does not include the pictures of the cruise patches and scans of cruise books."

Is that what you're looking for? Kirill Lokshin 10:01, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: Photo Question
Not sure. If the sailor took them, they're presumably PD-USGov; but I suppose it's possible, based on the wording on the site, that the sailor merely had them in his possession, and they were actually take by someone else. I'd be surprised if there weren't PD images of the ship available, though; I'm sure the Navy has taken its own photos. Kirill Lokshin 13:35, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!
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 * Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays ! | A ndonic O Talk 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

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You're welcome, and thank you as well. :-) | A ndonic O Talk 22:09, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

CVN-21
Hello, I am man from Czech republic, so I apologize for my english. Please, can you tell me something about the name of CVN-21 carrier? Is it definitely Gerald R. Ford, or still not? Thank you very much. --85.160.24.224 12:21, 26 December 2006 (UTC) (on [cs.wikipedia.org] is my name Krvesaj)

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Navy Portal
Hi Tom, I responded to your comment on the canidate page and I had question I thought I would go ahead and ask you here. Here is the copy from the Featured portal canidate page:

"I'm not 100% sure what you were meaning by your comment but I assume you were talking about the big gaping hole on the bottom left hand side that would appear when certain articles came up. If that was the case I have spent a lot of time on every article, picture, quote, etc. making sure that no matter what other article they are randomly displayed with that very little to no space is let empty on either side. Making the article look a lot cleaner too. So, if that was your objection thanks it forced me fix something that was bugging me anyway. If it wasn't and you were referring to something else please let me know."

Thanks for your input --Wilsbadkarma 09:16, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you
I appreciate your award, thank you.

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Singular possessive
I answered you on my talk page, but one more bit: the thing you cited contains a counter-example to the rule you made up: "Jones's bakery" counters your checkin comment "common gramatical mistake: there should never be an apostrophe s if the word in question ends in an s". Dicklyon 02:00, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
Sorry, I'm a bit picky, and I really want Wikipedia to raise its standards, as it claims to be doing. It's a good article, though, better, imo, than the reviewing comments led me to believe. Sandy asked someone with some knowledge in this area to edit it. I'm kinda the "short straw" as I go through the whole thing and make particular suggestions, rather than overall suggestions. Still, the article itself, in topic, depth of coverage, and quality of writing and research at this point are worthy of taking it a step higher. KP Botany 00:47, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Regarding Wisconsin's nickname...I'd never heard the story about it being a combo of "Wisconsin" and "Kentucky" before though that sounds plausible. One thing, though, I've met crewmembers who served aboard her in the early 50s (pre-collision) and some of them call her "Wisky" too. I don't know if they called her that back when they were aboard or if they learned that nickname later. For whatever that's worth. ---B- 03:35, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

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I thank you for the award for editing battleship...but I do hope it gets to be a featured article listing! Carajou 22:51, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

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re your helpdesk question
I've taken your question to the village pump. Keep an eye on Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#user not getting orange bar for new messages and watchlist that page, someone will probably reply. — coe l acan t a lk  — 05:27, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

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I just wanted to let you know that I removed Image:Leningraddiorama.gif and Image:NGE Iowas.png from User:TomStar81/World War II and User:TomStar81/Sandbox respectively per fair use criterion #9. Khatru2 08:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! No really, thanks
I appreciate the partial credit on my mix up about Missouri's bow, TomStar81. It's the way I like to think I point out mistakes (try to include something the mistaken person is correct about). Please don't take my thank you as sarcasm (some people can get really angry when somebody points out a mistake no matter how respectfully you try to be, and because you can't see my body language or hear my tone of voice I feel the need to be clear about that.) In this case though irony motivates me to make clear my view that I was incorrect; I just got done expressing my view's on a mistake of confusion Ann Coulter made in 2005 so I'd feel kinda hypocritical not pointing out the error of my original statement myself. Anynobody 04:05, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

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Re: Congrats
Thanks a lot. Wandalstouring 00:44, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks from me as well! Carom 01:00, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

And from me! Kirill Lokshin 01:25, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

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RE:WPMILHIST Award
Thank you, even though I'm not really deserving of that award. :P -- 我♥中國 02:51, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

I am honoured by the award, was only doing my duty to such an outstanding project. Although I must confess my gratitude for some recognition, even though I should of been doign more.--Dryzen 14:30, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks...
...for the barnstar! :) —Wknight94 (talk) 13:25, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Image:Mug and Torus morph.gif
Hi Tom,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Mug and Torus morph.gif is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-07-18.  howcheng  {chat} 00:10, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the award
Glad to help out on the Iowa class battleship article. Of course, that's the easy part, the content and layout review is where the big money is. But with the WP:MILHIST and other editors on the job, FA status should continue to be upheld. &mdash; MrDolomite &bull; Talk 02:07, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

USS Missouri Photos
Before uploading, I wanted a second opinion on if either of these would a worthy addition to USS Missouri (BB-63): Photo 1 Photo 2. I have much larger originals, and would likely crop them down a bit. I'd also like to replace the present turret photo featuring foreground tourists with this, where the tourists are less prominent. Also maybe move the Vets photo to left side to try to balance out the Museum section. Drop me a note on my talk page as I'm not keeping up with my watch list like I used to. Thanks, --J Clear 03:33, 20 March 2007 (UTC)


 * It looks like Photo 1 and Photo 2 have already been uploaded to the USS Missouri Commons page, so I would refrain from uploading them here on Wikipedia; however, do feel free to switch out the photographs currently in the article with those that you have found. A little change from time to time is a good thing, and as long as the article's written content stays more or less intact I think the new pictures will look good on the page. TomStar81 (Talk) 05:23, 20 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I "found" them in my own archive. After I found I had a photo of a model of USS Delaware (1820) and that article had nothing, I started to see what else I had.  The ones of Mo in the commons are taken from the same vantage points (on the Arizona Memorial and from the Memorial's info center) as mine, but by someone else.  Not surprising as those are the only vantage points open to civilians, except the Mo's dock, which is too close.  I'll probably replace the bow shot on the commons, as it has a distracting crane.  And the starbord side view on the commons looks a bit blurry, hmm but so does my full res version, so that's a push.  Maybe a touch of sharpening....  Or if I ever go back, take a tripod.  Sigh, no time now. --J Clear 23:01, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Replied on my talk page, to keep discussion in one place. Best regards, Sandy Georgia (Talk) 15:08, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

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Iowa class battleship
Hey, Tom, I just wanted to let you know we moved this article off the citations list, after I saw it at PR. Best, Sandy Georgia (Talk) 18:12, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Tom, don't be in any hurry to nail that down. My issue isn't/wasn't with you or with that article; it's that so few reviewers check sources, and I feel like I'm often the only one doing that.  Just want others to start noticing.  It wasn't personal :-)  Good luck tomorrow ! Best, Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 03:37, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: Follow-up
Yep, it seems to be working more-or-less smoothly. (You can watch the sausage-making in action here, incidentally. ;-) Kirill Lokshin 12:22, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Rosie the Riveter image
I notice you were behind Featured picture candidates/Rosie the Riveter, which failed last August. I've located a much higher-quality version, now at Image:Rosie the Riveter.jpg, which you might be interested in. Thanks.--Pharos 06:04, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Spelling Award
Tom, Thanks for the spelling star. Don't know why the misspelling of Oerlikon jumped out at me, but there it is. -- Jvv62 22:02, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

British anti-invasion preparations of World War II
I see that you have an interest in the history of World War II. I thought that you might like to know that British anti-invasion preparations of World War II, has been put forward as a featured article candidate. If you would like to comment on this article's nomination, please see here. Your opinions will be most welcome. Gaius Cornelius 17:29, 16 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Article British anti-invasion preparations of World War II has been promoted to featured article. Thank you for your help and support. Gaius Cornelius 07:49, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Question
I have a question concerning the article FC Winterthur. The football club template from the German Wikipedia is being used here. The English Wikipedia uses a different template. Should therefore the current template be deleted and replaced by one using our format? Thank you for reading this. Wwicki 08:38, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Deleted request to review Brats
The original request may have been made "in bad faith", however my contribution to it was not. To delete it after it was started was antagonistic and unhelpful. Sad mouse 14:37, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * It is not a matter of "my camp". I have no vested interest in the article, never saw it before it made main page and won't bother to look at it after it stops being main page. I am sorry that I inaccurately said you deleted the article. However I strongly disagree with you labelling the request as "bad faith" - it may have been incorrect filing but that does not constitute bad faith, and I don't think it helps to be antagonistic. Sad mouse 17:50, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Finals vs. wikipedia
So you'd let a little thing like finals come between you and wikipedia? ;-)

Good luck and hurry back. --J Clear 02:39, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

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For as much as I use Wikipedia, I think it's only fair that I add something to it when I can. PkScary 18:30, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

2nd GIG EP18 reference
Hi i answer here Talk:List of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex episodes --Neuromancien 00:04, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

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Starcraft II
I just wanted your input on the recent problem I've been having editing this article - recently, a section has been added to this article which is not reliably sourced. However, on the talk page, I appear to be the only one that cares that this is the case. Am I wrong in thinking this? --Haemo 07:57, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

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Spelling star
Thanks. I fixed your bio box too. Do you happen to know someone who can fix colours on old photos? As a hobby maybe? GrahamBould 12:09, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Battleships in World War II
Just to let you know that there's currently a discussion at Talk:Battleship about forking the World War II-related contents of Battleship to a new article, since Battleship is currently very long and most of the recent additions are to the World War II section. Given your record on the Iowas I thought you might like to know! The Land 10:10, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

RE: the FAC
No worries, glad to see it was promoted. SGGH speak! 11:29, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Featured Picture
Congratulations, and thanks for nominating it. Raven4x4x 09:16, 30 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks from me too. I was rather pleased when I found this picture in its original context on Project Gutenberg, but I never thought about nominating it. William Avery 17:28, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Inquiry regarding SC universe articles
To avoid the impatience of AMiB, we've gone "underground" with the SC articles, moving them into sandbox in order to carry out an effective clean-up into a full out of universe style whilst remaining outside the main Wikipedia area and thereby outside of premature and reckless intervention by people such as AMiB. The pages are clearly marked as works-in-progress. I don't know the links for the ones Clawed One backed up, but the ones I am currently working on are at User:S@bre/To Do. These are the latest versions of the faction and novel articles, as well as the planets now combined into a single article. I gladly welcome discussion on the articles to establish a consensus. -- S@bre 20:35, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * My user page contains the links for the character pages. However, some of them are dead, as I plan to work on them one by one. The Clawed One 20:46, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Image:Grumman (FMA).JPG
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Admin Nomination
Thanks for rescuing Stillstudying's nomination of me for adminship. Whatever happens with it, I appreciate your kindness! old windy bear 11:25, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Hey. I would just like to say thanks for the welcome into Wikipedia, and also for the advice about having the Roy Mustang picture on my User Page. Since I read your message it has been removed, at first I was unaware of the Copyright rule, and have now realised this. Again thanks for the Welcome, and kindness toward the matter. See you around ^_^ -- Flamemetal Alchemist 13:07, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

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Boffers??
In http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_New_Jersey_%28BB-62%29&diff=133749733&oldid=133749448 you added the term "Boffers" to the Reactivation section. That might have been forgivable if you hadn't also inserted Bofors 40 mm gun in the same edit. ;-)

Sorry, I just had to track down that gaffe. --J Clear 01:35, 12 July 2007 (UTC)


 * ROTFLMAO. Thanks for the spell star.--J Clear 01:41, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

You have been nominated for adminship
Please go to and indicate your acceptance of oldwindybear's nomination of you to be an admin!old windy bear 11:27, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * (Post moved from User page to talk page by ElinorD.) Actually, I've just pointed out to Oldwindybear that he needs to follow the instructions at Requests for adminship/nominate for the nomination, and the page he mentions will have to be deleted. So, please wait until the page has been created at the correct address before accepting. Cheers. ElinorD (talk) 11:36, 14 July 2007 (UTC)


 * (talk) Elinor was kind enough to help me, and the nomination is at - please accept this nomination on behalf of a community whose trust you have earned with selfless hard work and civility!old windy bear 11:54, 14 July 2007 (UTC)