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Hokeman

Joined 27 February 2006
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Wikipedian since February 27, 2006

This user has been on Wikipedia for 18 years and 2 months.
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Golfer page cleanup/WikiGnome duties edit

  • Watch for the use of redundant qualifiers attached to present tense verbs that need no qualification. e.g. Nicklaus currently holds the record...--> Nicklaus holds the record...
  • Common nicknames aren't needed in the nickname section of the infobox (e.g. Kenny <--> Kenneth)
  • User:Carptrash has a compilation of 23 POV/weasel words to BOLO for in the first section of his userpage.

Editing Reminders edit

  • Place these at the top of the article or section
  • Use {inuse} (while actively editing new articles) so those well meaning but annoying people who monitor new page creation will not destoy subsequent edits, and {underconstruction} (for brief periods between major edits during the construction phase)
  • Use {merge} for short articles --> merge into a larger one
  • Use {npov} for bias; also used are {POV-section} and {POV-intro}
  • Use {Inappropriate tone} and/or {Copyedit} for amateurish, poorly-worded articles
  • Use {Expert-subject|subject name (e.g. military history)|date} when article needs expert attention
  • Use {reqphoto} on the talk page to request photos be placed in articles
  • Use {expandsect} when a section requires expansion
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  • Use {notenglish} when encountering an article written in a foreign language on english Wikipedia
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  • Use {dubious} when something just sounds too much like a crock
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  • Use wiki markup {DEFAULTSORT:Last name, First name} instead of the name in each Category --> for people with last names beginning with McXyz use Macxyz (e.g. McMiller -->Macmiller)
  • Don't forget to put in a colon between User:Hokeman/Sandbox N (otherwise it will appear in mainspace).
  • Category:Possibly living people is for 90+ only (per MOS)
  • Remove non-disambiguating wikilinks on disambiguation pages (per MOS)
  • Put redirects in bold rather than as an internal link in articles (per MOS).
  • Edit summary concepts: More precise link, rv unexplained removal of content, amplification, clarification, refinement, gen. fixes, replaced dead link with viable one, minor copyedits, wikilinks, improved chronological flow of information, major reorganization/left original text, added hatnote (short notes placed at the top of an article), catsort (rearr. categories to comport with sequence recom. by MOS)
  • Useful Wiki stuff: Wikipedia:Manual of Style; Wikipedia: Citation templates; Wikipedia:Citing sources; Wikipedia:Footnotes; Wikipedia:Hat collecting; Template:disambig - more of this is on User:Boing! said Zebedee under the heading Stuff for Reference; User:Truthanado also has a lot more of this useful stuff on his or her user page.
  • Don't forget 3RR (An editor must not make more than 3 reverts on a page within a 24-hour period)
  • Templates used in vandal control: {uw-vandalism1|article} (reference the specific article) through {uw-vandalism4|article} up to {uw-vandalism4im}; try warnings first, but if these don't work or something requires immediate attention ---> Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. See Wikipedia:UTM for more relevant templates
    Special note: In good faith or borderline cases like the Mlpearc delinking matter --> report on WP:AN/I rather than WP:AIV as this is for vandalism only

Current Reports of RfA and RfB Activity edit

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New Orleans museum ship edit

Re: In 1992, during a visit to New Orleans, I took a river tour. I noticed, on the opposite bank a mile or so upriver from the city, a WWII Escort "Jeep" Carrier . The tour guide said that it was in the process of being turned into a memorial/museum. I saw some photographs of New Orleans- post Katrina. I didn't see the ship. Whatever happened to it?Hokeman 18:17, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

I dont know of this - what is a WWII Escort "Jeep" Carrier? - is it a Landing craft tank or smaller like a LCVP? May be able to track it down still. - mervyn 12:04, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

An escort or "jeep" carrier was the smallest type of aircraft carrier used in WWII. They were used primarily for convoy escort duty in the Atlantic; although a few were also used in the Pacific. Some fought heroic actions (e.g. Taffy 3 in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.) I have tried everything I could think of to find that ship- internet searches,looking through old photo albums- to no avail. I still need to hear from my buddy who went on the trip with me to see if he has any photo's. If I find out anything, I'll keep you posted. Thanks for your help.Hokeman 17:21, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Could this be the answer? -- USS Cabot , more info here: [9] alas no longer with us. mervyn 15:37, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
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