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;Content leaders

As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants with the most:

• 14px Featured articles
• {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King has had 3 successful featured article nominations.
• 14px Featured lists
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 and {{flagicon|Sealand}} Rambo's Revenge have both had 2 successful featured list nominations.
• 14px Featured topics
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 has had 1 successful featured topic nomination, containing 7 articles.
• 14px Featured pictures
• {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova has had 24 successful featured picture nominations.
• 14px Featured sounds
• {{flagicon|Antarctica}} X! has had 5 successful featured sound nominations.
• 14px Featured portals
• {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 has had 1 successful featured portal nomination.
• 14px Good topics
• No participants have had a successful good topic nomination.
• 14px Good articles
• 23px Mitchazenia has had 20 successful good article nominations.
• 14px Did you know? items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 36 successful "Did you know?" nominations.
• 14px In the news items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 11 successful "In the News" nominations.

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;Biggest Jumps

This week, the players with the biggest difference between their points last fortnight, and their points this week are:

• LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
• A full list is located at User:Garden/WikiCup/Jumps

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;From the Judges

We're still going strong. Couple of things though; please note that you must make it known you are in the WikiCup when nominating FAs, FLs, FPos, FPs, and FSs. This is to lower the possibility of bias. We're also changing the way you get to the next round. Now, the top two from each round get through, along with ten wildcards. This means that even if you're not in the top two you can still get into Round 2, so even if you're in the group of death you can still go through. Hopefully this will be fairer for all. We've also unfortunately had our first withdrawal - {{flagicon|El Salvador}} Truco has left the Cup. Best wishes for him in the future. Garden., iMatthew // talk, and The Helpful One

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;WikiCup At a Glance

As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a total of:

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• 11 14px Featured articles
• 8 14px Featured lists
• 1 14px Featured topic
• 32 14px Featured pictures
• 8 14px Featured sounds

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• 1 14px Featured portal
• 0 14px Good topics
• 69 14px Good articles
• 148 14px Did you know? items
• 17 14px In the news items

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;Current leaders

In this round of the WikiCup, the top two contestants from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:

;Pool A

1. {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King (452)
2. {{flagicon|Spain}} Catalan (254)

;Pool B

1. {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday (233)
2. {{flagicon|Texas}} La Pianista (61)

;Pool C

1. {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke (400)
2. {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 (249)

;Pool D

1. {{flagicon|New South Wales}} 97198 (148)
2. {{flagicon|Netherlands}} NapHit (63)

;Pool E

1. {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata (233)
2. {{flagicon|Antarctica}} X! (210)

;Pool F

1. {{flagicon|CSA}} Bedford (202)
2. {{flagicon|Michigan}} the_ed17 (148)

;Pool G

1. {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 (142)
2. {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Ceranthor (134)

;Pool H

1. {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton (491)
2. {{flagicon|India}} Tinucherian (95)

;Pool I

1. {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova (887)
2. {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (458)

;Pool J

1. 23px Mitchazenia (671)
2. {{flagicon|Cambodia}} Paxse (291)

;Wildcards

1. {{flagicon|United States}} Useight (250)
2. {{flagicon|Isle of Man}} J Milburn (181)
3. {{flagicon|Philippines}} Spencer (177)
4. {{flagicon|Alberta}} Climie.ca (169)
5. {{flagicon|Sealand}} Rambo's Revenge (100)
6. {{flagicon|India}} Tinucherian (95)
7. {{flagicon|Easter Island}} WereSpielChequers (77)
8. {{flagicon|Japan}} Wrestlinglover (67)
9. {{flagicon|Thailand}} Rlevse (65)

         10.   {{flagicon|Colombia}} ThinkBlue (57)

         10.   {{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}} Skinny87 (57)

• All scores are accurate as of the time the newsletter was sent out.

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:20:26, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Delivered by J Milburn, on behalf of the judges. 20:26, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

on a proposal listed here. TomStar81 (Talk) 03:19, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

After a straw poll on the matter I have initiated the FT nom for the Iowa-class battleships. Since your name appears on the list of major contributors I am leaving this message here to inform you of the nom's opening and to offer you a chance to chip on the matter. TomStar81 (Talk) 06:31, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Cam! I will try to get to your article in the next couple of days. I have one article to do before yours, and then I'll grab it, if no one else has by that point. Today is fairly busy for me, so it may be tomorrow before I have a chance to look at your article. Dana boomer (talk) 12:48, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

:Looks like Bellhalla grabbed it, so I'll cross it off my list. Good luck with the GA review! Dana boomer (talk) 00:26, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello. I've reviewed the article {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shinano}} for its nomination for Good Article status. I have some minor concerns, so I am placing the article on hold for seven days. My complete review may be found here. If you have any questions about the review or individual issues I have raised, please note them on the review page (which is on my watchlist) and I will answer them there. When you have addressed the issues I have mentioned, I will be happy to reevaluate the nomination. Thanks, and good editing. — Bellhalla (talk) 19:56, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

:Cam, you might want to re-word your nom for the Yamato GT, you put it in the wrong place: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Featured_topic_candidates&diff=prev&oldid=269704655], and as a GT not FT, it isn't the second, but more like the fifth since Bellhalla has the first four in submarines. -MBK₀₀₄ 04:52, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm surprised that you don't have a DYK to your name. You need one, because once you get one you're eligible for a Triple Crown, and will help the project if it is MILHIST: User:Durova/Triple_crown_winner's_circle#Special_edition_WikiProject_triple_crowns Wikipedia_talk:MILHIST#Crowning_the_project. Get to work! -MBK₀₀₄ 00:20, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

:Be sure to poke Ed with questions about the process when the time comes. -MBK₀₀₄ 00:52, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

::Hi, Cam. I saw you mention that you're planning on fixing up the Kongō class ships; I've got a copy of Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921, which has a pretty good amount of technical data, and a decent amount of service history. If you want some help, just drop me a line. I know Ed also has the 1906-1921 edition (and I believe the 1922-45 edition as well, which might have more information); I'm sure he'll be happy to help as well. Parsecboy (talk) 01:01, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

:::I can't believe that I missed this on my watchlist earlier...but feel free to ping me if you need help at DYK, and ping me if you would like help with the Kongo class ships (if you don't, I'll sit on the sidelines and just review it for A-class ;)

:::...but I don't have the 1922-45 edition. :( I would like to get it though...maybe when I'm working 30 hours in the summer. I used [http://www.books.google.com/ Google Books] for Alaska class cruiser. But if you use that, verify your authors/editors through Amazon - they've screwed up authors way too many times by them.—Ed 17 ^{(Talk / Contribs)} 05:08, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Congrats! I'll set up your nom soon if you haven't done it already. Because of you, Ed and Parsec, there were four battleships on the Main Page within 24 hours! -MBK₀₀₄ 21:56, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

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; Project news

• Don't forget the six-monthly Coordinator elections will take place in March for the April-September term. If you want to become more involved in the project, now's the time to start thinking about it!
• Upon the improvement of World War I and Alexander the Great to Featured Article, Lead Coordinator Roger Davies has pledged to donate US$250 per article to the Wikimedia Foundation. This pledge is listed at the bounty board and will expire on 31 December 2009. The two articles are both listed at the Special Projects Department as the second and ninth most frequently-read MILHIST articles.
• Following extensive discussion, the structure of the A-Class Medal System has been changed to include three new medals: The A-Class Medal with Oak Leaves, the A-Class Medal with Oakleaves and Swords, and the A-Class Medal with Oakleaves, Swords, and Diamonds, each of which is respectfully awarded after 5, 10, and 20 groups of three A-Class Articles.
• The number of our A-Class articles grew by more than 25% during this month, compared to the total number of A-Class articles existent at the end of December.
• Following a successful RfA, Cam has been promoted to administrator.

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; Articles of note

New featured articles:

1. Alaska class cruiser
2. Bruce Kingsbury
3. Fred Moosally
4. Isaac Shelby
5. Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment
6. Operation Brevity
7. Operation Uranus
8. {{SS|Minnesotan}}
9. Stanley Goble
10. Tetrarch (tank)
11. {{USS|Iowa|BB-61}}
12. USS Iowa turret explosion
13. Woodes Rogers

New featured lists:

1. List of Second Boer War Victoria Cross recipients

New featured topics:

1. Adriatic campaign of 1807-1814

New A-Class articles:

1. Battle of Aachen
2. Battle of Grand Port
3. Battle of Kaiapit
4. Bob Chappuis
5. Dreadnought
6. Elmer Gedeon
7. George Alan Vasey
8. George Julian Howell
9. Heinrich Bär
10. James Newland
11. John S. McCain, Jr.
12. Landing at Saidor
13. List of tanks in the Spanish Civil War
14. M249 squad automatic weapon
15. Military history of Australia during World War II
16. Neil Hamilton Fairley
17. North Yemen Civil War
18. Operation Cobra
19. Operation Winter Storm
20. Operation Totalize
21. Percy Statton
22. Port Chicago disaster
23. SM U-14 (Austria-Hungary)
24. {{SS|Timothy Bloodworth}}
25. Tom Derrick
26. U-1 class submarine (Austria-Hungary)
27. U-3 class submarine (Austria-Hungary)
28. William Bostock
29. Willie Gillis
30. Yamato class battleship

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; Current proposals and discussions

• A drive is underway to identify the core topics of World War I with the aim of improving their quality before the centenary of the start of World War I in 2014.
• A Survey is currently underway to determine how MilHist's processes, logistics, and management can be improved.

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; Awards and honors

• "Military historian of the Year": the winners of the gold, silver and bronze wikis are: in first place, JonCatalán; in second place, Cla68; and in joint third place, TomStar81 and Skinny87. The runners-up in alphabetical, who each receive the WikiProject Barnstar, are: Abraham, B.S., Bellhalla, Dreamafter, Durova, Ian Rose, Nick-D, Saberwyn, Woody, YellowMonkey and Ynhockey.
• For their work improving articles through the Military history review process during the fourth quarter of 2008, Joe N, JonCatalán, Skinny87, The_ed17, YellowMonkey, Abraham, B.S., Cam, Woody, Roger Davies, Redmarkviolinist, Jim Sweeney, and Nick-D, have been awarded the Content Review Medal.
• Abraham, B.S. has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his many valuable contributions to the project as an active reviewer, a thoughtful contributor to military history discussions, a fine content contributor, and a gentleman.
• Bellhalla has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal with Oakleaves for three ship articles: {{SS|Washingtonian}}, {{SS|Minnesotan}} and {{SS|Timothy Bloodworth}}. He is the first editor to receive the Oakleaves.
• Abraham, B.S. has also been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal twice for Clarence Smith Jeffries, George Ingram, John Whittle, Harry Murray, James Newland and George Julian Howell.
• Cam has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, Operation Lüttich, and Yamato class battleship.
• JonCatalán has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal twice for Panzer IV, Third Battle of Kharkov, Tanks in the Spanish Army, Arena Active Protection System, Operation Winter Storm and List of tanks in the Spanish Civil War.
• Cla68 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Operation Ke, Guadalcanal Campaign and USS Iowa turret explosion.
• Eurocopter has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Operation Epsom, Operation Cobra and Battle of Berlin.
• Hawkeye7 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal twice for Neil Hamilton Fairley, Edmund Herring, Admiralty Islands campaign, Battle of Kaiapit, Landing at Saidor and George Alan Vasey.
• The_ed17 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for {{USS|Nevada|BB-36}}, Alaska class cruiser and Lexington class battlecruiser.
• TonyTheTiger has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Four Freedoms (Norman Rockwell), Bob Chappuis and Elmer Gedeon.
• The Contest department has completed its twenty second month of competition, which saw 62 entries. The top scorer this month is Bellhalla with 93 points followed by Abraham, B.S. with 52 points. Cam, Georgejdorner and 11 other editors also fielded entries. Bellhalla remains the overall leader with 687 points in total. The Chevrons go to Bellhalla and Abraham, B.S. gets the Writer's Barnstar. You are encouraged to submit any articles you are working on as entries.

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This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 02:59, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm on the tail end of largely re-writing Second Battle of Passchendaele‎. Given your past involvement I would appreciate it if you could have a look over (copy edit). If you could suggest any sources to incorporate the experience of the British 5th Army (it's still lacking at this point) that would be appreciated. Labattblueboy (talk) 17:17, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your offer to help. It seems that our anonymous editor started to spill the article to the other articles: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Co-belligerence&diff=269909619&oldid=248266138] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Continuation_War&diff=269912302&oldid=267153029], taken from Siege of Leningrad article and it's talk page. I think you have better experience about what to consider about these edits, and how to react properly. --Whiskey (talk) 07:05, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

After a month quiet time, the anonymous editors are back in the article with the same agenda. And their responsiveness to any kind of argumentation seems non-existent.:-( --Whiskey (talk) 23:47, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

So I think that I am going to write an article on the never-built Dutch Design 1047 battlecruiser...would any books in your library have any additional info than this? (Otherwise, I will probably have to wait until I buy Conway's 1922–1946 so I can see the history ('background') of the Royal Netherlands Navy up to WWII on page 386 (argh Google Books...)) Thanks for the help, —Ed 17 ^{(Talk / Contribs)} 01:59, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

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;Content leaders

As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants with the most:

• 14px Featured articles
• {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King and {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton have both had 3 successful featured article nominations.
• 14px Featured lists
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 has had 3 successful featured list nominations.
• 14px Featured topics
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 and 23px Mitchazenia have both had 1 successful featured topic nomination.
• 14px Featured pictures
• {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova has had 31 successful featured picture nominations.
• 14px Featured sounds
• {{flagicon|Antarctica}} X! has had 5 successful featured sound nominations.
• 14px Featured portals
• {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 has had 1 successful featured portal nomination.
• 14px Good topics
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422, {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium and {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King have had 1 successful good topic nomination.
• 14px Good articles
• 23px Mitchazenia has had 22 successful good article nominations.
• 14px Did you know? items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 37 successful "Did you know?" nominations.
• 14px In the news items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 16 successful "In the News" nominations.

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;Biggest Jumps

This week, the players with the biggest difference between their points last fortnight, and their points this week are:

• LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
• A full list is located at User:Garden/WikiCup/Jumps

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;From the Judges

There's not really much to say this week, everyone is still doing well. There was a discussion on shortening the length of round one, but the idea is dead in the water. Thanks for contributing!  GARDEN , iMatthew // talk, and The Helpful One

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;WikiCup At a Glance

As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a total of:

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• 13 14px Featured articles
• 10 14px Featured lists
• 1 14px Featured topic
• 42 14px Featured pictures
• 8 14px Featured sounds

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• 1 14px Featured portal
• 0 14px Good topics
• 78 14px Good articles
• 177 14px Did you know? items
• 23 14px In the news items

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;Current leaders

In this round of the WikiCup, the top two contestants from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:

;Pool A

1. {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King (673)
2. {{flagicon|Spain}} Catalan (254)

;Pool B

1. {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday (308)
2. {{flagicon|Texas}} La Pianista (62)

;Pool C

1. {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 (483)
2. {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke (451)

;Pool D

1. {{flagicon|New South Wales}} 97198 (210)
2. {{flagicon|Netherlands}} NapHit (97)

;Pool E

1. {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata (262)
2. {{flagicon|Antarctica}} X! (210)

;Pool F

1. {{flagicon|CSA}} Bedford (275)
2. {{flagicon|Michigan}} the_ed17 (161)

;Pool G

1. {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 (144)
2. {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Ceranthor (136)

;Pool H

1. {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton (559)
2. {{flagicon|India}} Tinucherian (100)

;Pool I

1. {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova (1135)
2. {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (656)

;Pool J

1. 23px Mitchazenia (777)
2. {{flagicon|Cambodia}} Paxse (371)

;Wildcards

1. {{flagicon|United States}} Useight (325)
2. {{flagicon|Philippines}} Spencer (215)
3. {{flagicon|Alberta}} Climie.ca (203)
4. {{flagicon|Isle of Man}} J Milburn (202)
5. {{flagicon|Sealand}} Rambo's Revenge (110)
6. {{flagicon|Thailand}} Rlevse (93)
7. {{flagicon|Easter Island}} WereSpielChequers (82)
8. {{flagicon|England}} Dendodge (74)
9. {{flagicon|Colombia}} ThinkBlue (72)
10. {{flagicon|Japan}} Wrestlinglover (72)

• All scores are accurate as of 22:40, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

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Hello. I've reviewed the article {{ship|Japanese battleship|Haruna}} for its nomination for Good Article status. I have some concerns about prose, referencing, and image copyright along with some other lesser concerns, so I am placing the article on hold for seven days. My complete review may be found here. If you have any questions about the review or individual issues I have raised, please note them on the review page (which is on my watchlist) and I will answer them there. When you have addressed the issues I have mentioned, I will be happy to reevaluate the nomination. Thanks, and good editing. — Bellhalla (talk) 05:52, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Japanese_battleship_Haruna&oldid=271370781]? Scroll down 3 inches. What is going on? —Ed 17 ^{(Talk / Contribs)} 05:31, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

:When you say "in keeping with Japanese doctrine", what does that mean? —Ed 17 ^{(Talk / Contribs)} 05:52, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

::It's fixed now, I guess....purge the page if you are still seeing it. There's a section on WP:AN about it...

::Can you put that into the article for the un-initiated? :) —Ed 17 ^{(Talk / Contribs)} 05:57, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Hey Cam. If you want to get {{Sclass|Yamato|battleship|2}} to FA, [http://books.google.com/books?id=TAyRtKKRR_cC&printsec=frontcover#PPA43,M1 this] will probably be invaluable to you. :) —Ed 17 ^{(Talk / Contribs)} 09:49, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

:Whoo, another message for you. :) Did you want me to write the "Naval war" section of WWI for you (lessen your workload a bit)? —Ed 17 ^{(Talk / Contribs)} 07:47, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

::Replied on my talk page. —Ed 17 ^{(Talk / Contribs)} 07:59, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Hey, User talk:842U is requesting an unblock. Looking through the history of his talk page, I can see no block notice, nor anywhere where you listed diffs of his disruptive behavior. If you could perhaps leave a comment at his talk page so that I may respond intelligently to his unblock request. Since there is no information from you, I have no idea what sorts of "disruptive editing" we are talking about. A short description of the problem, along with a few diffs to back it up, would be most helpful. Thank you. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 23:45, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi! Climie.ca.

Previously, you deleted contents.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Japanese_battleship_Yamato&diff=264771441&oldid=264771311] Then, I moved contents from Yamato class battleship what is same one you deleted.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yamato_class_battleship&diff=prev&oldid=271810082]

But other user deleted the contents, because of your deletion.

I think Yamato (film) and Space Battleship Yamato suitable here. Because they are more relevant to Japanese battleship Yamato than Yamato class battleship. What do you think?--Bukubku (talk) 13:16, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

:Is there any objection? I would recover the contents.--Bukubku (talk) 12:23, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

::Bukubku, if I were you I'd add links to those articles to the 'see also' section of either the class article or the ship article, but wouldn't restore those sections. The Land (talk) 12:37, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

:::Thank you, The Land! I did so.--Bukubku (talk) 12:49, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

}}{{#if:|{{#if:|, |, and}} {{{5}}}

}}{{#if:|, and {{{6}}}}}, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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Shubinator (talk) 19:06, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

:LOL three battleships on the main page AGAIN? :D —Ed 17 ^{(Talk / Contribs)} 19:08, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Hey Cam. If you have a moment, could you take a look at my sandbox, here? I'm building an article on 1st Para Brigade in North Africa to bridge the gap between my articles on the early Brit operations, and the larger ones from Sicily onwards. I'm having two problems - well three, the other is images but not much I can do there, bugger all pics to use - firstly is the title okay? And secondly, is the section on Beja sufficiently summarized? Any commernts you could give would be a great help, cheers. Skinny87 (talk) 20:32, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

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;Content Leaders

As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants with the most:

• 14px Featured articles
• {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King and {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton have both had 3 successful featured article nominations.
• 14px Featured lists
• {{flagicon|Vanuatu}} Matthewedwards has had 5 successful featured list nominations.
• 14px Featured topics
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 has had 1 successful featured topic nomination.
• 14px Featured pictures
• {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova has had 37 successful featured picture nominations.
• 14px Featured sounds
• {{flagicon|Antarctica}} X! has had 5 successful featured sound nominations.
• 14px Featured portals
• {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 has had 1 successful featured portal nomination.
• 14px Good topics
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422, {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium and {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King have all had 1 successful good topic nomination.
• 14px Good articles
• 23px Mitchazenia has had 22 successful good article nominations.
• 14px Did you know? items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 38 successful "Did you know?" nominations.
• 14px In the news items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 17 successful "In the News" nominations.

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;Biggest Jumps

This week, the players with the biggest difference between their points last fortnight, and their points this week are:

• LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
• A full list is located at User:Garden/WikiCup/Jumps

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;From the Judges

Hi Guys! Well it's Thehelpfulone's first time properly looking at the scores as he made this newsletter and he's impressed on how much work you have all done. It's a shame to say that RyanCross has withdrawn from the Cup. We have almost hit 200 DYKs, not far off from 100 GA's and Durova has passed the 1000 point mark on points, with 1347 points so congratulations to her!

Our sincerest apologies for the first version of this newsletter.  GARDEN , iMatthew // talk, and The Helpful One

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;WikiCup At a Glance

As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a total of:

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• 13 14px Featured articles
• 20 14px Featured lists
• 1 14px Featured topic
• 53 14px Featured pictures
• 12 14px Featured sounds

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• 1 14px Featured portal
• 3 14px Good topics
• 78 14px Good articles
• 198 14px Did you know? items
• 28 14px In the news items

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;Current leaders

In this round of the WikiCup, the top two contestants from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:

;Pool A

1. {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King (923)
2. {{flagicon|Spain}} Catalan (254)

;Pool B

1. {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday (420)
2. {{flagicon|Texas}} La Pianista (67)

;Pool C

1. {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke (534)
2. {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 (533)

;Pool D

1. {{flagicon|New South Wales}} 97198 (271)
2. {{flagicon|Colombia}} ThinkBlue (143)

;Pool E

1. {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata (437)
2. {{flagicon|Antarctica}} X! (211)

;Pool F

1. {{flagicon|Michigan}} the_ed17 (293)
2. {{flagicon|CSA}} Bedford (285)

;Pool G

1. {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 (158)
2. {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Ceranthor (140)

;Pool H

1. {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton (588)
2. {{flagicon|India}} Tinucherian (110)

;Pool I

1. {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova (1348)
2. {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (840)

;Pool J

1. 23px Mitchazenia (814)
2. {{flagicon|Vanuatu}} Matthewedwards (504)

;Wildcards

1. {{flagicon|Cambodia}} Paxse (426)
2. {{flagicon|United States}} Useight (424)
3. {{flagicon|Philippines}} Spencer (250)
4. {{flagicon|Alberta}} Climie.ca (239}
5. {{flagicon|Isle of Man}} J Milburn (222)
6. {{flagicon|Sealand}} Rambo's Revenge (157)
7. {{flagicon|Thailand}} Rlevse (121)
8. {{flagicon|Netherlands}} NapHit (98)
9. {{flagicon|Easter Island}} WereSpielChequers (84)
10. {{flagicon|Japan}} Wrestlinglover (78)

• All scores are accurate as of 11:25, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

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Hi Climie

Can you help with Battle of Triangle Hill? It needs some copyediting for naturalisation, style and elegance. Thanks a lot. Greetings Wandalstouring (talk) 10:13, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

:No, it's not urgent. Take your time. Greetings Wandalstouring (talk) 08:48, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello, you currently have an Editor review request listed on the main page, although it has failed to gain comments, are you still interested in having it open, if so or if not please acknowledge me of that to make a proper archival of the nomination. Thanks.--TRUCO 22:37, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

:Okay. Done. Sorry you were unable to gain comments, the process has gone through a "great depression" of editors. Feel free in the future to nominate another request if you like, maybe by then more reviewers will be available.--TRUCO 23:25, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Fixed - you didn't include the topic article as an article in the topic, merely the topic name. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Garden/WikiCup/Submissions/Climie.ca&diff=273300185&oldid=272894722 Looksee.] :D  GARDEN  23:08, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

It is very well documented that the Yaamato and its fleet was turned back by Taffy 3 and aircraft from the other taffys, and that they were seriously mismatched. The account in the article makes it appear that the Yamato was victorious in hitting other ships. The rangekeeper article shows that japanese fire control was ineffective against targets which steered towards splashes, and the combat record shows no hits at long ranges - all of the hits were when they were close enough to the carriers to fall within the 10 mile range of 5 in batteries. Bottom line, Yamato in its only major surface action was effectively beaten by destroyers and destroyer escorts, but there is no hint of that in the article. What specfically do you dispute before I go back and restore the edits? Surely you are familiar with Hornfischer's account and BOSAMAR websites which document the events. The version there appears to whitewash the dissappointing performance of the Yamato. Bachcell (talk) 14:51, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

:You should be aware of what is happening with this article. I've just [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Japanese_battleship_Yamato&diff=next&oldid=273955894 reverted] a large restoration of material that was unreferenced from earlier in the article's gestation. I'd recommend taking a look at all of the edits of {{User|Bachcell}} to the article very closely since he seems to be set on making drastic changes to it. Also see this: User_talk:Bachcell#February_2009 -MBK₀₀₄ 20:39, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

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;Content Leaders

As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants with the most:

• 14px Featured articles
• {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King and {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton have both had 3 successful featured article nominations.
• 14px Featured lists
• {{flagicon|Vanuatu}} Matthewedwards has had 7 successful featured list nominations.
• 14px Featured topics
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 and 23px Mitchazenia have both had 1 successful featured topic nomination.
• 14px Featured pictures
• {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova has had 40 successful featured picture nominations.
• 14px Featured sounds
• {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday has had 6 successful featured sound nominations.
• 14px Featured portals
• {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 has had 1 successful featured portal nomination.
• 14px Good topics
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422, {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium, {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King and {{flagicon|Alberta}} Climie.ca have all had 1 successful good topic nomination.
• 14px Good articles
• 23px Mitchazenia has had 22 successful good article nominations.
• 14px Did you know? items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 41 successful "Did you know?" nominations.
• 14px In the news items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 22 successful "In the News" nominations.

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;Biggest Jumps

This week, the players with the biggest difference between their points last fortnight, and their points this week are:

• LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
• A full list is located at User:Garden/WikiCup/Jumps

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;From the Judges

We have 31 days left, just one month left in the first round. The first two months have already produced spectacular results, and we're hoping to see a great race to the end of the round. Get those nominations in for them to count for this round, but remember that any nominations that are not promoted before the end of this round, will still count for round two if you make it. We unfortunately had another contestant, What!?Why?Who?, withdraw this week and we wish them the best.

We saw some big jumps in content upgrades this week! We saw 33 new good articles, 3 new featured articles and lists, 8 featured pictures, 5 featured sounds, and 24 did you know items. (Also note, there are 111 good articles and 222 did you know items as of this newsletter). Keep it up during the final push to round two.  GARDEN , iMatthew // talk, and The Helpful One

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;WikiCup At a Glance

As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a total of:

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• 16 14px Featured articles
• 23 14px Featured lists
• 2 14px Featured topics
• 61 14px Featured pictures
• 17 14px Featured sounds

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• 1 14px Featured portal
• 4 14px Good topics
• 111 14px Good articles
• 222 14px Did you know? items
• 35 14px In the news items

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;Current leaders

In this round of the WikiCup, the top two contestants from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:

;Pool A

1. {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King (1012)
2. {{flagicon|Philippines}} Spencer (292)

;Pool B

1. {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday (566)
2. {{flagicon|Texas}} La Pianista (68)

;Pool C

1. {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 (580)
2. {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke (580)

;Pool D

1. {{flagicon|New South Wales}} 97198 (313)
2. {{flagicon|Colombia}} ThinkBlue (248)

;Pool E

1. {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata (480)
2. {{flagicon|Antarctica}} X! (211)

;Pool F

1. {{flagicon|Michigan}} the_ed17 (299)
2. {{flagicon|CSA}} Bedford (290)

;Pool G

1. {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Ceranthor (177)
2. {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 (159)

;Pool H

1. {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton (604)
2. {{flagicon|India}} Tinucherian (112)

;Pool I

1. {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova (1528)
2. {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (913)

;Pool J

1. 23px Mitchazenia (816)
2. {{flagicon|Vanuatu}} Matthewedwards (625)

;Wildcards

1. {{flagicon|United States}} Useight (549)
2. {{flagicon|Cambodia}} Paxse (454)
3. {{flagicon|Alberta}} Climie.ca (259}
4. {{flagicon|Spain}} Catalan (254)
5. {{flagicon|Isle of Man}} J Milburn (232)
6. {{flagicon|Sealand}} Rambo's Revenge (201)
7. {{flagicon|Thailand}} Rlevse (129)
8. {{flagicon|Netherlands}} NapHit (99)
9. {{flagicon|Easter Island}} WereSpielChequers (92)
10. {{flagicon|East Timor}} Howard the Duck (82)
11. {{flagicon|Japan}} Wrestlinglover (82)
12. {{flagicon|England}} Dendodge (78)
13. {{flagicon|Oregon}} Steven Walling (69)

• All scores are accurate as of 15:02, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
• Contestants in italics are those crawling up behind the wildcards.

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:17:49, 1 March 2009 (UTC) The Helpful Bot 17:49, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

There has recently been some conjecture as to how to describe the victory by the German forces. Can you or other members of the project group please assist in the discussion on the talk page. I intend to call for a consensus decision in order to establish the infobox statement regarding the outcome of the battle. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 12:53, 2 March 2009 (UTC).

Thank You so much for the information and the compliment! Have a Great Day! Lord R. Oliver I ^{His Lordship's Court} 01:49, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey Cam I'm sorry but could you help me? I'm trying to use the Lupin/Anti-vandal tool but I don't think I am doing what the instructions are saying. On User:Lordoliver/monobook.js I am trying to upload the tool but it isn't working. Lord R. Oliver I ^{His Lordship's Court} 02:04, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

:Try the instructions at WP:BYC? —Ed 17 ^{(Talk / Contribs)} 02:11, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you so much! I will do my best not to misuse or take advantage of this! If you see that I am doing something wrong or not reverting the edits in the right way, please alert me and I will immediately correct it. I will go to Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback and User:Kushan I.A.K.J/New Rollbacks School so that I can get a better feel of Rollbacking. Have a Great Day! Lord R. Oliver I ^{His Lordship's Court} 03:16, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

{{talkback|Maralia|CE Request}}

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; From the Coordinators

:This month has been interesting for MILHIST, as we reorganized a few departments. The Outreach Department has been replaced by the tabs at the top of our totally redesigned project page; thanks to Kirill for the design and Bellhalla for the logo. We also created the Academy, a hub for practical advice about creating, editing, and reviewing quality content. All project members are cordially invited to fill in some of the red links, and new ideas are always welcome.

:As you can see on the right, our A-class and featured content is growing quite rapidly; these numbers have now gone up by 45 for the second straight month! Great work! In addition, thanks go out to those who recently helped in reducing the A-class nominations backlog. Reviewers are still needed; if you feel up to it, please stop by and leave comments on an article—every review helps!

:Lastly, the contest results for the month: Bellhalla took the cake again with 77 points and gets the Chevrons, while Ian Rose gets the Writer's Barnstar for his 60 points. Other participants included Bryce (49 points), Cam (25), David Underdown (11), Kirk (5), Parsecboy (20), Piotrus (?), Rosiestep (3), the_ed17 (27), Wild Wolf (6), and YellowMonkey (35). 51 total articles were improved as part of this.

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; Articles of note

New featured articles:

1. Dreadnought
2. Edmund Herring
3. John Whittle
4. Murray Maxwell
5. {{SS|Kroonland}}
6. United States Military Academy
7. {{USS|Connecticut|BB-18}}
8. William Bostock

New featured lists:

1. List of Australian George Cross recipients
2. List of Knight's Cross recipients of the Kriegsmarine

New featured pictures:

1. 1917 surrender of Jerusalem
2. WWI Canadian war bond poster (french)
3. WWI Canadian war bond poster (english)
4. Lexington class battlecruiser
5. Battle of Ticonderoga attack plan, 1759
6. Military College of Chapultepec, c. 1847
7. Machine gun corps, Tell el Sheria Gaza line, 1917
8. First Battle of Manassas map
9. Aftermath of Wounded Knee, January 1891
10. Ottoman camel corps at Beersheba, WWI
11. Japanese archer with targets, 1878

New featured topics:

1. Iowa class battleships

New A-Class articles:

1. Battle of Sio
2. Battles of the Kinarot Valley
3. Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
4. Clare Stevenson
5. Edgar Towner
6. Falaise pocket
7. Frank Hubert McNamara
8. Japanese battleship Musashi
9. Japanese battleship Yamato
10. Joe Hewitt (RAAF officer)
11. Keith Miller
12. Lee-Enfield
13. Military career of Keith Miller
14. Operation Mole Cricket 19
15. Powder Alarm
16. {{SMS|Moltke|1910}}
17. {{SMS|U-66|sub=y}}
18. {{SMS|U-68|sub=y}}
19. Sydney Rowell
20. U-5 class submarine (Austria-Hungary)
21. U-20 class submarine
22. {{USS|Texas|BB-35}}
23. Walter Nowotny

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; Project news

• On 22 February, four military history articles—all of them on battleships—appeared on the Main Page: {{USS|Connecticut|BB-18}} was the day's featured article, {{Ship|Japanese battleship|Haruna||}} and {{Ship|Brazilian battleship|Minas Gerais||}} appeared as part of the DYK section, and {{Ship|French battleship|Danton|1909}} was one of the in the news items.
• Six articles in our scope appeared on the main page this month: Woodes Rogers (1 February), Action of 13 January 1797 (6 February), 300 (film) (13 February), Theramenes (17 February), Third Battle of Kharkov (19 February), and {{USS|Connecticut|BB-18}} (22 February).
• The main project page has been redesigned.
• Article alerts are now available both for the entire project (on the status page) and for each task force (on the task force page).
• The Military history coordinator elections, to appoint coordinators for the period April–October 2009, take place this month. If you are thinking of standing as a candidate, the schedule is as follows:

: Nomination period: 00:01 Sat 7 March - 23:59 Fri 13 March

: Voting period: 00:01 Sat 14 March - 23:59 Sat 29 March

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; Awards and honors

• Ian Rose has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his outstanding contributions to Australian military history articles (including four Featured Articles, an A-Class article, and four Good Articles), his highly civil and collaborative editing, and his willingness to provide advice and assistance to other editors.
• MisterBee1966 has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his contributions to seven featured lists on German military awards during the Second World War, and for contributing to four good articles and being instrumental in promoting three of them to A-Class status.
• Raul654 has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his contributions to six current Military History Featured Articles, his flexibility in managing the "Today's featured article" list to accommodate relevant main-page appearances, and his generosity in providing many images for our visual library.
• The Land has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his significant contributions to the area of maritime warfare, as he has authored six of the seven articles in the "history of the battleship" series, with four of them now being featured.
• Bellhalla has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal with Oak Leaves twice for six ship articles: U-1 class submarine (Austria-Hungary), U-3 class submarine (Austria-Hungary), {{SMS|U-14|Austria-Hungary|sub=y}}, U-5 class submarine (Austria-Hungary), U-20 class submarine, and {{SMS|U-68|sub=yes}}.
• Abraham, B.S. has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Percy Statton, Tom Derrick and List of Australian George Cross recipients.
• Cam has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Operation Totalize, {{Ship|Japanese battleship|Yamato}} and {{Ship|Japanese battleship|Musashi}}.
• Ian Rose has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Stanley Goble, William Bostock and Frank Hubert McNamara.
• Nudve has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for North Yemen Civil War, Battles of the Kinarot Valley, and Operation Mole Cricket 19.
• TomStar81 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for United States Naval Gunfire Support debate, {{USS|Iowa|BB-61}} and {{USS|Texas|BB-35}}.

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This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 21:21, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Again,

Thanks for the rollback rights, and because of that you have set me up for a new goal that I have just set to become an admin, Thanks Again! Have a Great Day! Lord R. Oliver I ^{His Lordship's Court} 00:56, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

:You're welcome. BTW, you forgot to change the 'name' parameters for the other two tabs on the coordinator page to 'Cam', so I went ahead and fixed this for you. TomStar81 (Talk) 06:51, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey Cam! I'm working on the design section for this ship; would you like to write the "Service" section and co-nom a DYK? (Writing those isn't my favorite ;) As block quotes and infoboxes don't count in the pre-count (only prose), we only need to expand it by about 8,000 bytes to get the DYK (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:The_ed17/Sandbox2&action=history], though obviously I hope that we expand it a bit more than that. —Ed 17 ^{(Talk / Contribs)} 22:42, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

:Awesome! Just remember that you have to finish that in the next four-five days so that we can nom it in time :) —Ed 17 ^{(Talk / Contribs)} 23:30, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Great Answer, I am glad to see some intellectual thought being put into these answers, and it is also good to see that most people are agreeing on this, that they do not want use the C-Class for assessment. Your opinion is greatly appreciated! Have a Great Day! Lord R. T. Oliver ^{The Olive Branch} 00:30, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes I agree, I don't think the C-Class will be necessary for this WikiProject. If the C-Class is to be implemented personally there are going to be many questions answered:

• How do we decide what is a Start and what is a B-Class article.
• How are we going to go about reassessing the articles to see if they truly are Start or B-Class articles, or if the are C-Class articles.
• What happens if later on the members of the WikiProject decide that they don't want to use the C-Class for assessment. (Highly improbable but you never know) Lord R. T. Oliver ^{The Olive Branch} 00:52, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

::It would be automated; if it fails two or less of the five criterion, it is a C-class article (unless it fails B2, which automatically demotes it to start). Or something like that... —Ed 17 ^{(Talk / Contribs)} 01:04, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the question I think more of those kind of questions need to be asked of the Coordinator nominees, people need to know where everyone stands on important issues like those. Lord R. T. Oliver ^{The Olive Branch} 01:37, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Frank Horton Berryman is quite close, but there are some comments unadressed yet. Hoping Cobra will pass next week. Cheers, --Eurocopter (talk) 17:13, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process has started; to elect the coordinators to serve for the next six months. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 (UTC) on 13 March!
This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 18:25, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

I'm afraid that I'm not really on top of this one - I don't know the history of the edit war. There does seem to be some IP socking going on though, as several different IPs have been insisting that Britannica is the last word on the battle. Nick-D (talk) 02:19, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

wanna !vote on WT:WIAFA? Ling.Nut.Public (talk) 09:07, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

First of all, I'm fairly new so feel free to scold me if I don't follow Wikipedian protocol or whatever. I have come across [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Glossary_of_German_military_terms#To_clarify:_what_belongs_here_and_what_doesn.27t.3F some kind of a problem] and figured I'd get this straightened out before I started editing. My guess is this topic has been discussed before in relation to other pages, so I thought I'd get your opinion on this since you're coordinator of the German military history project (the other coordinator seems to be on WP break). -Gruendlich (talk) 22:15, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi. Can you take a look at this guy's edits to variuos subcontinental war articles. I don't rate him as anything more than a vandal with the sources he is using, and in any case, he is reverting against a consensus, in my opinion, eg see Khemkaran, and the ridiculous "source" that he is using. YellowMonkey (click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model!) 03:20, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

:Thanks for that. Unfortunately, there are a few of these around and sometimes my blocks get undone by admins who seem to get tricked by them. YellowMonkey (click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model!) 04:01, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Image:Triplecrown.jpg upon Climie.ca for your contributions in the areas of WP:DYK, WP:GA, and WP:FC. Cirt (talk) 21:31, 11 March 2009 (UTC)]] Thank you for contributions to the project, Great work, especially on Battle of Verrières Ridge - I see you were successfully able to address quite a few comments during the FAC process. May you wear the crowns well. Cirt (talk) 21:31, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey Cam. A few months back you very kindly did some magic to my userpage that made al my awards look smaller and neater in rows. I've added a few more since then, but can't seem to get them looking nice. If you have a spare moment, could you take a look? Skinny87 (talk) 11:35, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

:Done it, en passant. Good luck at the hustings, guys! — Roger Davies ^talk 12:43, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Good Luck on the Election for Coordinator! I Hope you Make It! Lord R. T. Oliver ^{The Olive Branch} 00:37, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

:You give me high praise in your vote, my friend; thanks for making me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. :) —Ed 17 ^{(Talk / Contribs)} 05:39, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

It seems as if the C-Class issue is about even at the moment I'm not sure what to think, I mean:

• It is great to see such diversity in the Military History WikiProject.
• But do we really want to have a C-Class?
• I am really glad to see that the members are really showing that they care about the future of this WikiProject!
• But what if this all turns out wrong?

This should all turn out right (but it is always good when it turns out the way you want it :) At the end one side will be forced to bow to the consensus of the WikiProject while the other side shall watch over. (Hopefully it shall be us watching over :) Have A Great Day! Lord R. T. Oliver ^{The Olive Branch} 04:42, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Sorry That I am One Day Late :( Have A Great Day! Lord R. T. Oliver ^{The Olive Branch} 22:17, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

:No Problem you Deserve it! Lord R. T. Oliver ^{The Olive Branch} 22:40, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

It seems we have our fourth official candidate with 20 or 20+ endorsements, congratulations! Have A Great Day! Lord R. T. Oliver ^{The Olive Branch} 23:17, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

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;Content Leaders

As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants with the most:

• 14px Featured articles
• {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King and {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton have both had 3 successful featured article nominations.
• 14px Featured lists
• {{flagicon|Vanuatu}} Matthewedwards has had 7 successful featured list nominations.
• 14px Featured topics
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 and 23px Mitchazenia have both had 1 successful featured topic nomination.
• 14px Featured pictures
• {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova has had 51 successful featured picture nominations.
• 14px Featured sounds
• {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday has had 7 successful featured sound nominations.
• 14px Featured portals
• {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 has had 1 successful featured portal nomination.
• 14px Good topics
• {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422, {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium, {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King and {{flagicon|Alberta}} Climie.ca have all had 1 successful good topic nomination.
• 14px Good articles
• 23px Mitchazenia has had 34 successful good article nominations.
• 14px Did you know? items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 41 successful "Did you know?" nominations.
• 14px In the news items
• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke has had 25 successful "In the News" nominations.

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;Biggest Jumps

This week, the players with the biggest difference between their points last fortnight, and their points this week are:

• LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores
• A full list is located at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Jumps

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;From the Judges

I think it's safe to say that this week is probably your last chance to nominate anything for promotion to count in this round, so start planning that all-important final push. Bear in mind that anything not promoted this month will still count in the next round if you go through. It's looking very close in the Wildcards section, so if you don't see yourself there, don't panic—you may not be too far off the pace!  GARDEN , iMatthew // talk, and The Helpful One

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;WikiCup At a Glance

As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a total of:

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• 19 14px Featured articles
• 33 14px Featured lists
• 2 14px Featured topics
• 77 14px Featured pictures
• 21 14px Featured sounds

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• 1 14px Featured portal
• 2 14px Good topics
• 144 14px Good articles
• 276 14px Did you know? items
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;Current leaders

In this round of the WikiCup, the top two contestants from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:

;Pool A

1. {{flagicon|Toronto}} Gary King (1087)
2. {{flagicon|Philippines}} Spencer (353)

;Pool B

1. {{flagicon|Wales}} Shoemaker's Holiday (873)
2. {{flagicon|China}} Spittlespat (77)

;Pool C

1. {{flagicon|Iceland}} Scorpion0422 (788)
2. {{flagicon|Denmark}} Candlewicke (658)

;Pool D

1. {{flagicon|Colombia}} ThinkBlue (386)
2. {{flagicon|New South Wales}} 97198 (360)

;Pool E

1. {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Sasata (581)
2. {{flagicon|Antarctica}} X! (215)

;Pool F

1. {{flagicon|CSA}} Bedford (331)
2. {{flagicon|Michigan}} the_ed17 (313)

;Pool G

1. {{flagicon|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}} Sunderland06 (228)
2. {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Ceranthor (183)

;Pool H

1. {{flagicon|Ireland}} Juliancolton (632)
2. {{flagicon|England}} Dendodge (219)

;Pool I

1. {{flagicon|Mexico}} Durova (1932)
2. {{flagicon|Sweden}} Theleftorium (1060)

;Pool J

1. 23px Mitchazenia (1167)
2. {{flagicon|Vanuatu}} Matthewedwards (695)

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1. {{flagicon|United States}} Useight (648)
2. {{flagicon|Cambodia}} Paxse (468)
3. {{flagicon|Thailand}} Rlevse (290)
4. {{flagicon|Isle of Man}} J Milburn (288)
5. {{flagicon|Alberta}} Climie.ca (262)
6. {{flagicon|Spain}} Catalan (255)
7. {{flagicon|Sealand}} Rambo's Revenge (241)
8. {{flagicon|India}} Tinucherian (159)
9. {{flagicon|Maryland}} Ottava Rima (159)
10. {{flagicon|Falkland Islands}} PeterSymonds (127)
11. {{flagicon|Nauru}} Neurolysis (108)
12. {{flagicon|Easter Island}} WereSpielChequers (107)
13. {{flagicon|Netherlands}} NapHit (100)

• All scores are accurate as of 12:12, 15 March 2009 (UTC).
• Contestants in italics are just behind the wildcards.

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:16:49, 15 March 2009 (UTC) The Helpful Bot 16:49, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

You know the really bad thing about this: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3AMBK004%2FSandbox%2FMILHIST&diff=277577791&oldid=277217090]? The fact that I was the one to close that review, yet I neglected to do that. -MBK₀₀₄ 05:38, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey Climie, I was wondering if you could review the Spokane, Washington article in an ACR. After you read the article, I believe all you need to do is apply the A-Class criteria to the article and put whether you believe it is worthy of being A-class in the section dealing with the review in the articles Talk page. Also, in addition to doing the assessment, it would be helpful if you could include some points for improvement. If you are up to review it, notify me on my Talk. Thanks! Anon134 (talk) 21:51, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

You truly deserve it Cam, Great Job and Keep up the Good Work! Have A Great Day! Lord R. T. Oliver ^{The Olive Branch} 00:49, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

:Thanks Cam! :) —Ed 17 ^{(Talk / Contribs)} 00:52, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

::Thanks Cam. TomStar81 (Talk) 01:13, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

::Thank you :) Maralia (talk) 01:46, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

::I can only echo what has already been said. Plus, I agree with Kirill below. -MBK₀₀₄ 02:23, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

:Thanks, Cam! And no, I don't agree with Kirill; our coordinator emeritus should be regularly and liberally festooned with barnstars. — Roger Davies ^talk 09:10, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the barnstar! :-)

(Although I'm not sure if Coordinators Emeriti should be awarded them as a routine matter, given that the position is both permanent and, in theory, honorary to begin with.) Kirill ^[pf] 02:21, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

:Thank you as well Cam, and congratulations on being reelected - it's very well deserved. Nick-D (talk) 06:52, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Enigma1990 said this might interest you: 'Montgomery's Scientists: Operational Research in Northwest Europe: Operational Research in Northwest Europe - The Work of No. 2 Operational Research Section with 21 Amy Group June 1944 to July 1945'. PP 71-78 cover the analysis of the strategic bombers' effect on Charnwood, pp 99-106 a summary of the effect of such bombing 'in support of the army'.Keith-264 (talk) 10:02, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

::Thank you for your Barnstars Cam, I'm very pleased to hear that! Hoping to continue the good work together as long as possible! -Eurocopter (talk) 13:07, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

http://www.angelfire.com/scary/richi/charnwood/2.pdf may help.Keith-264 (talk) 07:54, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject coordinator election has started. We will be selecting coordinators from a pool of eighteen to serve for the next six months. Please vote here by 23:59 (UTC) on Saturday, 28 March! Thank you.
This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 00:28, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

You were kind enough to comment on the MILHIST A review of Capture of Fort Ticonderoga. I'd appreciate your comments in the FA nomination as well. Thanks! Magic♪piano 23:25, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

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Congrats on your re-election as a Coordinator of the Military history Wikiproject! In keeping with the tradition of the project and in honor of your achievement, I present you with these stars. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:49, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

:I am honored that I was elected to my new position of assistant coordinator, and look forward to working with you for the next six months. Lord Oliver ^{The Olive Branch} 01:27, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your support for me in the Military History coordinator elections. I am honored that I was elected to my new position of assistant coordinator, and look forward to working with you for the next six months. – Joe N 01:19, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

P.S. And, yes, I did shameless pilfer this idea from you from the last election. ;-) Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 01:45, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

:Lol! Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 05:31, 29 March 2009 (UTC)