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Just a note to let you know that [[John Sherman Cooper]], an article you commented on when it was [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/John Sherman Cooper|up for A-class review at WP:MILHIST]], has now been [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/John Sherman Cooper/archive1|nominated at FAC]], if you would like to comment. Thanks. [[User:Acdixon|Acdixon]] <sup><span class="plainlinks">([[User talk:Acdixon|talk]] '''·''' [[Special:Contributions/Acdixon|contribs]])</span></sup> 14:01, 21 March 2012 (UTC) |
Just a note to let you know that [[John Sherman Cooper]], an article you commented on when it was [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/John Sherman Cooper|up for A-class review at WP:MILHIST]], has now been [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/John Sherman Cooper/archive1|nominated at FAC]], if you would like to comment. Thanks. [[User:Acdixon|Acdixon]] <sup><span class="plainlinks">([[User talk:Acdixon|talk]] '''·''' [[Special:Contributions/Acdixon|contribs]])</span></sup> 14:01, 21 March 2012 (UTC) |
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A barnstar for you!
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For your hard work on Military related articles which would have been left untouched for the years to come. Bidgee (talk) 11:00, 29 December 2011 (UTC) |
Congratulations
The Barnstar of Awesomeness | ||
Awarded to Hawkeye7, as part of AustralianRupert's 2012 New Year Honours List, in recognition of their work on several highly visible topics throughout 2011. Thank you and keep up the good work! AustralianRupert (talk) 10:14, 31 December 2011 (UTC) |
Thanks
Many thanks for assessing the various biographical articles that I have been working on. Dormskirk (talk) 11:05, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
GA Review
Hi, I'm with the Wikipedia:WikiProject AP Biology 2011. I've been working on the Olympic marmot as part of a project, and now, multiple reviewers have told me that it's ready to be reviewed for GA! I nominated it, but TCO suggests to recruit reviewers to facilitate the process, and he directed me to you and a few other users. I would like to ask if you weren't too busy, to do the GA review for the Olympic marmot. I'd really appreciate it! I'm going to ask a few of the other names he gave me about this too, and whoever has the time to get to it first can review it. Thanks! Imthebombliketicktick (talk) 17:42, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
Main page appearance: Battle of Bardia
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The Battle of Bardia was fought over three days between 3 and 5 January 1941, as part of Operation Compass in the Second World War. Australian Major General Iven Mackay's 6th Division assaulted the strongly held Italian fortress of Bardia, Libya, assisted by air support and naval gunfire, and under the cover of an artillery barrage. The 16th Infantry Brigade attacked at dawn from the west, where the defences were known to be weak. This allowed the infantry and 23 Matilda II tanks of the 7th Royal Tank Regiment to enter the fortress and capture all their objectives, along with 8,000 prisoners. In the second phase of the operation, the 17th Infantry Brigade exploited the breach made in the perimeter. On the second day, the 16th Infantry Brigade captured the township of Bardia, cutting the fortress in two. On the third day, the 19th Infantry Brigade advanced south from Bardia, supported by artillery and the Matilda tanks. Meanwhile, the Italian garrisons in the north surrendered to the 16th Infantry Brigade and the Support Group of the British 7th Armoured Division. The victory at Bardia enabled the Allied forces to continue the advance into Libya and ultimately capture almost all of Cyrenaica. (more...)
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Blamey
G'day, Hawkeye, I'm currently working on expanding the 2nd Battalion (Australia) article offline. In relation to Thomas Blamey, I've come across this in Bean (vol 6, 1942, p. 193): "short term in command of the 2nd Battalion and 1st Brigade". Currently the AWM's article [1] on the 2nd Battalion only provides an incomplete list of battalion commanders (I've managed to find at least four, when they currently only have two), and it doesn't list Blamey. Nor does the AWM timeline for him mention a battalion: [2] I'm just wondering if in the course of your research for the wiki article you came across anything that confirmed that it was the 2nd Bn that he commanded and it had any dates of when Blamey was in command. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 11:53, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry, I've found it in the article now. Apologies, I should have read it closer. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 12:04, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Hawkeye. I don't think we've met before, but I see you are working on the Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, an article that has interested me for a long time. The current arbitration case is emotionally charged. I've been through a lot of cases User:Jehochman/Arbitration, and my unsolicited, possibly unwelcomed advice is that you should either strenuously defend yourself, or else admit failures. If you decide to admit failures you can either pledge to learn from mistakes and not repeat them, or you can resign if you don't want to deal with the stresses of being an admin. Any of those paths will lead to a better result than letting people demonize you without hearing your side of the story. The current discussion is making me feel uncomfortable, like you might get over-sanctioned for any errors. Best regards, Jehochman Talk 16:18, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thankyou for you advice. It is hard to know how to handle these things. I originally thought that it would be straightforward to fix up the article, which looked fairly good, but has turned out that there are a number of books referenced without page number, and blocks without references. I have added two more sections. A third, on the legacy of the bombings, is needed. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:15, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Jeremy Doyle
On 3 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jeremy Doyle, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Jeremy Doyle (pictured) represented Australia on the wheelchair basketball team, the wheelchair hockey team, and at the World Cyber Games in Counter-Strike? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jeremy Doyle. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Gday Hawkeye. There seems to be a named ref that is missing some info at Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (# 113 - <ref name="Generals"/>). From going back through the article history it looks like it might be the fol:
{{cite web| title = The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II, A Collection of Primary Sources| publisher=[[George Washington University]]| date = August 13, 1945| format = PDF| work=National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 162| url = http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/72.pdf| coauthors = General Hull Colone Seazen}}
Do you know if this is right? I didn't want to just add it without checking. Cheers. Anotherclown (talk) 10:40, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, that's right. Fixed it, and a couple of other refs. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:48, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
- Great, thanks again. Anotherclown (talk) 00:29, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
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Request for evidence at Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Civility enforcement/Evidence
As you blocked Malleus in 2011, would you please respond to Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Civility enforcement/Evidence#Requests for further evidence - Collaborative evidence collectionrcement/Evidence. Thank you. Dougweller (talk) 09:10, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
Canberra Capitals
Hi. :D Hola! :D I'm working on some articles on my user space about members of the Canberra Capitals. When I get them to DYK length, I'd like to move them over to the main space and if you could nominate them for DYK, that would be awesome. ;)
Drafts that are close to being ready and need a copy edit before a move and nomination:
- User:LauraHale/Natalie Porter
- User:LauraHale/Alice Coddington
- User:LauraHale/Brigitte Ardossi
- User:LauraHale/Marianna Tolo
- User:LauraHale/Carly Wilson
- User:LauraHale/Hannah Bowley
- User:LauraHale/Lauren Jansen
- User:LauraHale/Michelle Cosier
- User:LauraHale/Nicole Hunt
- User:LauraHale/Mikaela Dombkins
- User:LauraHale/Nicole Romeo
- User:LauraHale/Michaela Dalgleish
- User:LauraHale/Carrie Graf
- User:LauraHale/Jessica Bibby
- User:LauraHale/Rebecca Haynes
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John Scanlon/Scanlan
Hi there, I've noticed you have tidied up my recent expansions on a couple of articles relating to Aussie generals so I thought I would raise this matter with you. In working on the expansion of the John Scanlon article, I realised the page was created with incorrect spelling of the surname (it should be Scanlan as per the references). I have created a new page - John Joseph Scanlan (soldier) - and turned the original page/talk page into redirects but perhaps the original page should be deleted altogether given the spelling of the surname? Apologies if this matter should be raised another way. Cheers. Zawed (talk) 10:23, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
- No worries. Looks very good. What you should do now is submit the article to Template talk:Did you know. If you would prefer, I can nominate it for you. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:19, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks! I don't know much about the DYK process so I will leave that up to you if you don't mind. Cheers! Zawed (talk) 08:31, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
Request barnstar
I know I was a pain in the ass, but I helped that MP article. May I please have a barnie like you gave to others?TCO (Reviews needed) 05:36, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
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Southeast Pacific Area
Hawkeye7, would you mind please reviewing my current writings at Panama Sea Frontier and give any advice on appropriate writing-up of the Southeast Pacific Area? Thanks for your help, Buckshot06 (talk) 22:21, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
- Looks good. I have taken the liberty of splitting it in two, so there are now separate articles on the Panama Sea Frontier and the Southeast Pacific Area. Hope this is okay. Hawkeye7 (talk) 05:35, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
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Assessment of Point Class Cutter
Thank you for your assessment of the article Point class cutter that you provided; but I couldn't help notice that you assessed it as B class and then changed it to C class. I am curious about what caused you to change your mind and also what in your opinion could be done to the referencing to make it complete or better? I'm trying to learn here and not criticize. Thank you for any help or guidance you can provide. Cheers. Cuprum17 (talk) 02:02, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
- Another editor pointed out that two small sections were still uncited. My apologies for the confusion. Hawkeye7 (talk) 02:07, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
- Overlooked those, Mate. I put them in; would you mind looking at it again and re-assess? Thanks. Getting late and I have to go to work in the morning...Have a nice day! Cuprum17 (talk) 03:39, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
- Re-assessed B-class. Hawkeye7 (talk) 09:38, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
- Overlooked those, Mate. I put them in; would you mind looking at it again and re-assess? Thanks. Getting late and I have to go to work in the morning...Have a nice day! Cuprum17 (talk) 03:39, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
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Hey mate, did you notice this? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:07, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Alice Coddington
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DYK for Carly Wilson
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DYK for Nicole Hunt
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DYK for Arthur S. Carpender
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DYK for John Joseph Scanlan (soldier)
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DYK for Marianna Tolo
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DYK for Lauren Jansen
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DYK for Hannah Bowley
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Milne Bay ACR
G'day, Hawkeye, would you mind if I put myself down as a co-nom on the Milne Bay ACR? I've been meaning to nominate it, but have found myself caught up in trying to rework Colonial forces of Australia (it's been a big job as it was a large article lacking almost any references when I came to it). I'm not sure I will be able to take the lead on the ACR as work is getting pretty busy now (Feb is when we have the first platoons of the year march-in for training and then March we are out in the field), but I should be able to help out with some of the questions that might arise. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 09:52, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
- Please do. That would be great. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:07, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Jessica Bibby
On 6 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jessica Bibby, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that current Canberra Capitals players Jessica Bibby and Natalie Porter were both 2000 WNBA draft picks? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jessica Bibby.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. 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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DYK for Natalie Porter
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The DYK project (nominate) 08:04, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
Template:Campaignbox Battle for Australia
In regards to this comment, the template was sort-of my fault ;) I created the Battle of Australia article on which it was based before reading the historiography on this topic (the article looked like this at the time the template was created by Grant65 (talk · contribs)). I've since re-written the article, though it's still not very good. I'd support the template's deletion. Nick-D (talk) 10:49, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
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Manhattan Project
In case you finished "watching" the discussion, I replied to your last on my page.--Reedmalloy (talk) 23:50, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
MSU Interview
Dear Hawkeye7,
My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.
So a few things about the interviews:
- Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
- Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
- All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
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I know it's difficult waiting for the arbcom case that's been put off twice. You're a great admin and a great writer. Let me know if I can help. - Dank (push to talk) 23:37, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
What should be in Campaign Box templates
Hi can you check the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#What should be in Campaign Box templates to check I have not misrepresented your comments. Jim Sweeney (talk) 12:10, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
96th Engineer Battalion
Hello, you may be interested in my edit of the 96th Engineer Battalion article you have largely contributed to. It is based on information that was on the ABC. AprilHare (talk) 01:21, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
"stewed most of the time"
I guess you're sick and tired of discussing that, but I'm not getting the "stewed" part in "who's apparently some sort of koala (ie a protected species who is stewed most of the time)". Are koalas literally stewed (when poached or hunted) or did you mean that as an euphemism for "drunk"? It looks like NYB interpreted it as the latter in the ArbCom proposed decision. ASCIIn2Bme (talk) 17:35, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
- Where does NYB say that? - Dank (push to talk) 17:57, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
- "referring to another editor as 'stewed most of the time' was highly inappropriate" ASCIIn2Bme (talk) 18:20, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
- A google search for "stewed koala" found the more literal interpretation plausible as well [3]. ASCIIn2Bme (talk) 18:33, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
- Okay, so NYB didn't say that it meant "drunk". - Dank (push to talk) 18:53, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
- So, how do interpret a statement about a living human said to be "stewed most of the time"? ASCIIn2Bme (talk) 19:52, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
- Okay, so NYB didn't say that it meant "drunk". - Dank (push to talk) 18:53, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
As you put it on your user page, Dank, Wikipedia is no place for humor. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:05, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
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Did you know help: Australian women water polo players
Hey! :D Do you remember how I did the Canberra Capitals and took every player on the current squad to WP:DYK? I'm drafting articles about the current Australia women's national water polo team 2012 Summer Olympics squad on my user space. I'm hoping to take these articles to WP:DYK in a week or two. (Trying to get pictures for the articles first.) If you could help improve the article drafts in my user space in preparation for eventually moving them to the main space, that would be fantastic. The articles I'm working on are:
- At length
- At length - Existing article merge
- Not at length
- User:LauraHale/Kelsey Wakefield
- User:LauraHale/Zoe Arancini
- User:LauraHale/Jane Moran
- User:LauraHale/Hannah Buckling
- User:LauraHale/Holly Lincoln-Smith
- User:LauraHale/Glencora Ralph
- User:LauraHale/Rowena Webster
- User:LauraHale/Victoria Brown (water polo)
- Require merging DYK check elsewhere
- User:LauraHale/Bronwen Knox
- User:LauraHale/Alicia McCormack
- User:LauraHale/Isobel Bishop
- User:LauraHale/Melissa Rippon
- User:LauraHale/Rebecca Rippon
- User:LauraHale/Kate Gynther
They are all properly cited. They need help fixing the grammar, the flow, the organisation and possibly with information box info. If you can help improve them in my user space before they are eventually moved over and nominated, I would be happy to help give you credit on the DYK nomination. :) --LauraHale (talk) 02:42, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Reginald Pinney
I know it's not the most exciting of biographies, but the Sassoon link is hard to resist! I've made a few improvements based on your comments - please let me know if there's anything else you feel is missing. Shimgray | talk | 17:37, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
re Fascinating case
Thanks so much! Sure, lemme first get started on revamping the page with sourced info, and get back to you. — Cirt (talk) 21:52, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
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- I don't know how I feel about this... Like I said during the evidence collection phase. The actions taken against you rest entirely upon the notion, do we believe you when you said that you were aware of Malleus' FC comment. Does we believe your revised version of the events leading to the reblock or was your original statement binding? If you were unaware of Malleus' comment, then IMO the desysop is entirely appropriate---your rationale was way off. However, if you were aware of Malleus comment, then IMO the desysop is inappropriate (but your personal attack meritted a final warning.) So the question is, did you know or not? After the fact you said you did... and after 2 months to consider it and your contributions here to WP, I think we should have AGF that you did. ArbCOM let the merits of MF's positive contributions provide a shield against his transgressions, but yours don't seem to have been taken into as much consideration. Anyways, I hope you stick around and contribute productively to the community... you don't need the bit to be involved.---Balloonman Poppa Balloon 15:57, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
- I think ArbCom felt they had no choice to desysop you. That's not to say I think it was a fair or right or just remedy (like Balloonman, I can't decide how I feel about it), but once they arrived at the conclusion that you had acted improperly, ArbCom would look weak (in view of you having been admonished just a few months ago) if they didn't do something tangible. That said, I disagree with Balloonman that they didn't take into account your many excellent contributions as they did Malleus'—I think the absence of even any proposed remedy beyond the desysop shows that they recognise that, despite what may have been lapses in judgement in this and the Racepacket case, you are a valuable editor. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:23, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
- I have no doubts. As I said to you at the time, you made a brave and correct decision. It would have been easy to sidestep action as the vast majority of your former colleagues did. You had the short straw thrust into your hand by the inappropriate action of the preceding Admin. involved in this saga, which only adds to the irony of the decision to single you out for exceptional treatment when in fact you deserved to be exonerated. Leaky Caldron 17:50, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
- It was very unfortunate that the Racepacket case blew up again during this one. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:46, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
- I have no doubts. As I said to you at the time, you made a brave and correct decision. It would have been easy to sidestep action as the vast majority of your former colleagues did. You had the short straw thrust into your hand by the inappropriate action of the preceding Admin. involved in this saga, which only adds to the irony of the decision to single you out for exceptional treatment when in fact you deserved to be exonerated. Leaky Caldron 17:50, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
- I think ArbCom felt they had no choice to desysop you. That's not to say I think it was a fair or right or just remedy (like Balloonman, I can't decide how I feel about it), but once they arrived at the conclusion that you had acted improperly, ArbCom would look weak (in view of you having been admonished just a few months ago) if they didn't do something tangible. That said, I disagree with Balloonman that they didn't take into account your many excellent contributions as they did Malleus'—I think the absence of even any proposed remedy beyond the desysop shows that they recognise that, despite what may have been lapses in judgement in this and the Racepacket case, you are a valuable editor. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:23, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Hawkeye7, far as I'm concerned, Arbcomm was wrong to take the bit from you. @-Kosh► Talk to the Vorlons►Moon Base Alpha-@ 19:47, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
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Nicholas Haussegger
Thanks a lot for your quick B-class review of Nicholas Haussegger. However, the WPMILHIST is still marked stub. If you could fix that, I'd appreciate it. Thanks. Djmaschek (talk) 20:47, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry. Fixed that. Hawkeye7 (talk) 00:20, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
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DYK for Zoe Arancini
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DYK for Glencora Ralph
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Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:05, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
Bugle op-ed?
Hi mate, as we haven't had any submissions yet for the March Bugle op-ed, it occurred to me that it'd be interesting to have one looking at MilHist (and perhaps WP as a whole) from the perspective of a professional historian such as yourself. Perhaps it might focus on the differing standards in terms of style, referencing, POV, etc, or something else again as you see fit. Anyway, if you'd like to do it, we'd ideally need the draft in under two weeks to make it into this month's edition, so let me know... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 05:04, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
- Any interest on this, mate? Perhaps expand and 'opinionate' the report you put in Project News? Up to you, just let me know... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:11, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
- Aaargh. I was hoping I could produce something on the long weekend, but was unable to do so. I can write up an expanded version of the report on Saturday. I promise to have that. Hawkeye7 (talk) 19:03, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
- Done. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:51, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you sir, I've added that to the op-ed page. Thanks, nice work, and good luck! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 22:10, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
- Belated tks from me too, mate. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:13, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
- Just checking the Project News page, I was thinking when I suggested expanding and 'opinionating' the original AWM bit that the Op-Ed would, for this month's issue overall, replace rather than augment the Project News blurb, since the Op-Ed would be a superset of the news bit. Happy to go with majority opinion here so what do both of you think, Hawkeye/Ed? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:27, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
- Whichever way you prefer. Hawkeye7 (talk) 00:42, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
- Just checking the Project News page, I was thinking when I suggested expanding and 'opinionating' the original AWM bit that the Op-Ed would, for this month's issue overall, replace rather than augment the Project News blurb, since the Op-Ed would be a superset of the news bit. Happy to go with majority opinion here so what do both of you think, Hawkeye/Ed? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:27, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
- Belated tks from me too, mate. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:13, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you sir, I've added that to the op-ed page. Thanks, nice work, and good luck! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 22:10, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
- Done. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:51, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
- Aaargh. I was hoping I could produce something on the long weekend, but was unable to do so. I can write up an expanded version of the report on Saturday. I promise to have that. Hawkeye7 (talk) 19:03, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
United States v. The Progressive
I think we should just gut the whole thing and start over, so your idea of making the body the new lead (for now) is a good one, to start, and once we're done expanding the subsections with new sourced info - we can rewrite the lede. Wanna split up the subsections? — Cirt (talk) 14:41, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
- The idea was that anyone coming to the article would still find something in the meantime. The alternative would have been to create the new version in user space.
- For the moment, I suggest that we keep a similar structure to what is there now:
- Background: nuclear weapons, the atomic energy acts of 1946 and 1954, development of the Teller-Ulam design, Morland writes his article for the Progressive
- Prior restraint: First Amendment, Free Speech in America, doctrine of Prior Restraint, Scientific American case, New York Times and other relevant cases
- Trial: The trials themselves, legal issues, in camera hearings, John Glenn, Chuck Hansen, the case is dropped
- Legacy:
- Since I am a techno-military historian, I would like to write the Background section, and leave the Trial to you. Once I have finished the background I will start on the Prior Restraint section. Or, if you prefer, you can do that and we can converge on the Trial section. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:00, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
Yeah, I'd like to start on the Prior restraint stuff, in that particular article, that topic's probably my favorite of all. :) — Cirt (talk) 20:02, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
- I have finished the background section now, so I will be moving on to the Trial, starting with a paragraph on Morland and what he did. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:54, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
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Many thanks for all the assessments you have done on the articles I have been seeking to improve. In the case of Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge I think you have kindly assessed the article as 'B' for mose wikiprojects but left it as 'start' for military history. Do you think you could please go back and have another look? Many thanks in anticipation. Dormskirk (talk) 21:11, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Victoria Brown (water polo)
On 7 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Victoria Brown (water polo), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the parents of Australian national team water polo player Victoria Brown believed that she would be an Olympian in an equestrian event? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Victoria Brown (water polo).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. 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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DYK for Kate Gynther
On 7 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kate Gynther, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Australian Stingers Rebecca Rippon, Kate Gynther and Melissa Rippon (pictured) had hopes of being the first set of Australian siblings to all compete in three consecutive Olympic Games? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. 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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DYK for Rebecca Rippon
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DYK for Melissa Rippon
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Alicia McCormack
The reason for my deletions in this article are given on the talk page. The fact that the prince bowed to McCormack is not an event of sufficient notability to be in the introduction of an article about her life, even though it is a very good hook for the Wikipedia DYK. The fact of his bowing to her is still within the body of the article.
A hook doesn't need to be a really notable fact; it can be merely attention-getting. It is a journalistic, rather than an encyclopedic, device.
My other deletion was a bit of typically Australian journalistic ignorance- the use of a figure of speech "brought to his knees" with the added buzz of "literally"- in entirely the wrong context. Bowing has nothing to do with being brought to ones knees. The fact that some imbecile journalist wrote it doesn't make it necessarily stuff for inclusion in an encyclopedic article.
Amandajm (talk) 07:40, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Charles Turner (water polo)
On 9 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Charles Turner (water polo), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Charles Turner coached the Australian Institute of Sport men's water polo team before becoming the chief executive of the New South Wales Institute of Sport? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Charles Turner (water polo).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. 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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Hey Hawkeye. Could you take another look at the above when you get a minute. :) Cheers, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:34, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Hi Hawkeye7 - I think I Have now sorted out the referencing for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Please could you take another look? Thanks. Dormskirk (talk) 12:25, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
- Many thanks for re-rating the article. Dormskirk (talk) 11:30, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
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The ALP's aversion to knighthoods
Hi there, Hawkeye7.
Some time ago I raised a question at Talk:Australian Labor Party#Position on titles, knighthoods etc. So far, nothing concrete has been forthcoming by way of a reliable source.
But I've just come across your post at Talk:John Northcott, which tells me my understanding is basically correct. But it's unsourced too. I'm wondering if you can contribute anything useful to my question at the ALP talk page? Cheers. -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 08:55, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
- Butting in, I've responded at the ALP talk page with an RAAF source that I believe speaks directly to your query, Jack. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:56, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks, Ian. -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 11:42, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
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John Sherman Cooper
Just a note to let you know that John Sherman Cooper, an article you commented on when it was up for A-class review at WP:MILHIST, has now been nominated at FAC, if you would like to comment. Thanks. Acdixon (talk · contribs) 14:01, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
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