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I have yet to tell you how my account was born. LOL. I posted somthuing in the village pump two days ago, and was suspected of being a sock puppet. But, enough with that. I am now currently trying to expand the article on Bronnitsy ( my Russian hometown) by translating it from Russian to English.

Well, best of luck with the translation! This kind of work is always appreciated. If you need help or have questions, don't hesitate to post on WT:RUSSIA, or feel free to contact me directly. Best,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 19:30, November 30, 2009 (UTC)

Shane Day

Hiya, thanks for volunteering to work on Shane Day. His official bio hasn't been posted at [1] yet, but here's the link to his cached 49ers bio:

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I know talking to a bot is stupid, but I remembered that one second after I saved and placed it in immedietly. Whoops, forgot to sign Buggie111 (talk) 17:33, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

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NetCollect

Maybe having two templates will get it deleted faster... Supertouch (talk) 15:10, 16 January 2010 (UTC) Thanks for the help Buggie111 (talk) 15:11, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Editor Review

Thanks for asking me. Your edits tell me you have made a good begining, and I am sure that you will keep up the good work. Cheers.-Shahab (talk) 11:11, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Adoption offer

Hello! My name is Strdst grl, and if you are interested I would be happy to adopt you. You can find out more about me through my user page and my userboxes, and you can reply to this message either at my talk page or my adoption page. strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 16:32, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

If you would rather wait for a specific editor (I don't mind if you do), I suggest you post messages asking about adoption to their talk pages and add the adoptme template back on to your user page to show you are still waiting for more offers. Then you can get back to me in a few days if nothing comes of it. strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 09:39, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Well, I don't really know why I asked to be adopted. To be certain, my questions have already been answered by me staring at the MoS page for 5 hours. So, I don't see the need for it.

Buggie111 (talk) 15:10, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Moscow Monorail Transit System

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Added comments at T:TDYK. Materialscientist (talk) 11:06, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Spam

re user talk:Altenmann#Spam: Please always indicate which wikipedia article you are referring to. I tend to have no idea what I did 3 hours ago :-) As for galleries, see Wikipedia:Gallery tag. - Altenmann >t 05:27, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Some months agou I tested out three gallery methods, you can see the result at User:Redrose64/Sandbox4. Click "edit" tab to see how they were done. --Redrose64 (talk) 13:18, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, those should teach me.

Buggie111 (talk) 13:20, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Moscow Monorail Transit System

On February 2, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Moscow Monorail Transit System, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your 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.

The DYK project (nominate) 06:00, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Editor Review

In case you forgot to put it on your watchlist, I've left you an editor review. I'm sorry it took so long, but there seems to be a large backlog of people lately. --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 01:27, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Oh Holy Grace! I'll read it right now.

Thank you, Buggie111 (talk) 13:06, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. Just added my update to it. --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 13:47, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

I have also left you a quick review, with suggestions of other locations you could help out. Hope this helps, contact me if you have any questions at all. Happy editing, --Taelus (talk) 16:32, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

re Redirecting a skeleton

Hi. I am unable to redirect an ip account page. This is because the ip is not tied to you, the editor, and may be used by another editor at some future date. The notice on the ip talkpage notes that it belongs to an ISP's pool, so this is quite likely. As long as you edit appropriately with this account, then there is no need to look at edits from earlier ip addresses. I hope this answers your query. LessHeard vanU (talk) 13:27, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. And I will not make any more good of the order edits.

Buggie111 (talk) 13:29, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Metro list

Hi, Buggie! I think your best bet would be to present this new format at WP:SOVMETRO. I am not a member of that project, but I think its participants would be interested to look at your proposal.

If you want my personal opinion, though, I think that upgrading the list is a good idea overall, but I don't quite like the implementation. For my tastes, there's too much pink, the table borders are too thick, the navigational template could use some cleanup, and the table layout still needs work. But I think you are on the right track with this. Hope this helps. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 14:41, February 4, 2010 (UTC)

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Superbowl Summary

you can do that im working on the scores Kreyg ^Talk 23:53, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

SUPERBOWL

im not creating the game summary Kreyg ^Talk 00:27, 8 February 2010 (UTC) Trustworthiness:Vendor reliability:Privacy:Child safety:

Meaning, you don't want me to make it, or that you yourself aren't making it, and someone else will.

Which one?

Buggie111 (talk) 00:31, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Super Bowl Drive Chart

I'm curious, what do you think it should include? I'll look at previous games for guidance. Doc Quintana (talk) 01:13, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks for your RfA Support

Buggie111/Two year archive - Thanks for your participation and support in my recent successful RfA. Your confidence and trust in me is much appreciated. As a new admin I will try hard to keep from wading in too deep over the tops of my waders, nor shall I let the Buffalo intimidate me.--Mike Cline (talk) 09:12, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

When I first looked at the picture, I didn't know what a Green Beret was doing in the middle of the Great Plains. But I understand it now. Good Luck with the mop.

Buggie111 (talk) 13:02, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

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If you are watching my talk page already, please let me know and I won't continue to tb template you. :) Taelus (talk) 14:35, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Please do not remove information from the article on Moscow monorail

I do not think that this is a good idea. The section is supposed to have a brief, but complete overview of Russian monorail design. I will expand these sentences later. SA ru (talk) 15:45, 14 February 2010 (UTC) I know. It just looked like as if it wouldn't be expanded. Buggie111 (talk) 16:11, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thanks for reverting vandalism to my userpage a few days ago, it was so fast and efficient I didn't even notice it till now! Happy editing, --Taelus (talk) 00:18, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

National varieties of English

Hi!. Just a short note to let you know I have reverted this edit of yours made at Caversham, New Zealand.

It may be worth your while familiarising yourself with Wikipedia:Manual of Style#National varieties of English, New Zealand English and American and British English differences for future reference. Cheers, Mattinbgn\^talk 01:24, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Help with navbox on article

{{helpme}} Navbox on User:Buggie111/List of Moscow metro stations (v2.0) was once small, off to the side, perfectly fine. Now it's messed up. I moved it to the bottom so as not to mess up the page. Any help? Buggie111 (talk) 21:22, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

I don't see any problem with it; but if it is supposed to be smaller, can you give me the link to the original template? (Assuming that there was an original template in the template namespace that was smaller and off to the side.) Cheers – Samwb123^{T (R)-C-E} 23:43, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

I don't see any small version - did you only use preview and not save for the intermediate versions? - there are only 2 versions in the page history. The only error is see is no closing to the table - you need to add |} at the end.  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 00:30, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay, but I can give you the ru.wiki page, to show an idea of what I wanted. [3]

Final discussion for Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people

Hello, I note that you have commented on the first phase of Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people

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Daventry Express

I moved this into "article space". Is that O.K.? --Andreas Philopater (talk) 05:05, 27 February 2010 (UTC) Well, now it looks good, so ya. Buggie111 (talk) 14:09, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

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Kostas Exarhis

My bad, you better keep an eye on me ;) J04n(talk page) 15:26, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

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Errrrrr

Well, I don't know about the question, but I agree with your assessment: I think candidate is a shoo-in. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:20, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Ok, I;ll remove it. I'm a bit of a beginner, so please do not consider this a disruption. Buggie111 (talk) 16:17, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

My apologies - it seems I didn't communicate my opinion clearly enough. I have no opinion, either way, about your question, and no intention or desire that you remove it. Nor do I think it disruptive, or anything else for that matter - my apologies for confusing you.
I do, however, have an opinion about your assessment, and my opinion is that I agree with your assessment.
Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 17:24, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

re:Battle of the Arges

Greetings, I think that a proper name for such an article would be "Battle of the Arges". Unfortunately, the amount of reliable English sources regarding Romania in World War I is very limited so it would be almost impossible to make a broad article on this topic. Feel free to create the article, add as much info as you can, and I'll promise to look over it and try to improve its quality. Regarding your adminship offer, I wish to thank you for it but I'll be forced to decline since my wiki-time is currently very limited and I'm considering even not to candidate for another term as a WPMILHIST coordinator. Thanks and best regards, --Eurocopter (talk) 20:59, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

re: Your Edits to Nagato class

Your fix of that really clumsy sentence was good, but you lost some content there. That treaty prohibited the building of new battleships with one minor exception, except to replace old ones. So both the US and Japan (probably Great Britain also, but I haven't read that much about British battelships) did extensive rebuilds of most of their existing ships. I'm going to edit your edit and see what you think, but possibly not today.--Busaccsb (talk) 19:08, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

So you mean it allowed rebuilding of war losses? Haven't really read the article. Buggie111 (talk) 19:37, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

A link to the full text of the treaty can be found on the Washington Naval Treaty page. The treaty was pretty amazing. It stipulated a 5:5:3 ratio of capital ship tonnage for the US, Britain, and Japan and stipulated exactly which ships (by name) were to be kept and which were to be scrapped. Almost all capital ships under construction were to be scrapped. A couple were allowed to be completed to their original design, and a couple were allowed to be completed as carriers. Construction of only two new ships was authorized: the Britis were allowed to build two ships (the Nelson) class. These and all future capital ships were limited to 35,000 tons. All the ships to be kept were allowed to be scrapped and replaced after 20 years (and this is spelled out ship by ship). In case of accidental loss, a ship could be replaced immediately. As for modernizations, the treaty also spelled out what kinds of modernizations were allowable, and this had a tonnage limit. --Busaccsb (talk) 23:14, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Help with USS United States (CC-6)

{{helpme}} I was just having trouble using ref name in USS United States (CC-6), and I can't for the life of me figure it out. Please help with fixing the refs on the article and/or teaching me. Buggie111 (talk) 00:03, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

There is a Wikipedia help page at Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners. If you require any further assistance, please join the editors on IRC by clicking here. Please insure you join the "#wikipedia-en-help." This is the default channel. Mikemoral♪♫ 00:12, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Got it. Will get working. Thank you. Buggie111 (talk) 00:13, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

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-MBK₀₀₄ 21:02, 13 March 2010 (UTC) Just saw it. TY. Buggie111 (talk) 21:05, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Re: Video Game Ref

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Your comment on BigDom's RfA

I was surprised to read In other words, your how (this editor) should look like. This reads to me as a personal attack on the editor which you named - and seems unnecessary to the RfA it was placed on.

I wouldn't object to you contacting the named editor and making a comment along those lines on their talk page, but I feel that it is inappropriate on the above RfA, and so I would like to ask that you remove that part of your support (rather than to strike it out, as then it would still be there) - I may agree with your sentiments, but BigDom's RfA is not the place to put it!

Regards, -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 09:10, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Incidently, I know I have made a comment about another editor's neutral vote which could be seen as approaching a personal attack, but the difference is that the editor has (a) left a !vote (b) will be watching the page, and can respond. The editor you linked to in your comment has not commented on the RfA, and may not do so, so we have no way of knowing if they will see your comment and have the opportunity to respond to it if they should want to do so.

I thought I'd add this, as I don't want you to think that I'm being hypocritical! If the other editor had left a !vote or a comment on BigDom's RfA, I would not have contacted you. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 11:10, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Apologies. I'll reqord that vote. I really did not want to make a personal attack. I just ment that he's a good role model. Buggie111 (talk) 14:28, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

No worries! Although you might want to leave it until you see if BigDom gets adminship - then you can use him as an example! -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 16:47, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

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Re Jewel Geyser

Just fell off the map for some reason. I moved it to the article space. Thanks for the reminder.--Mike Cline (talk) 22:56, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Imperatritsa Mariya GAR

Hey, you got mixed up between the class article, which you claimed, and the ship article, which is the one you actually reviewed, on the WP:GAN page. You need to fix it to prevent confusion and to get your second opinion directed to the right place.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 07:11, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up!

Buggie111 (talk) 13:56, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

• Hi, you asked for a second opinion? I've given my thoughts at Talk:Russian battleship Imperatritsa Mariya/GA1. I'll be back in a day or so, but if you want me before, feel free to leave me a note (or a {{talkback}} if you reply here). Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:27, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

I've responded to the comments, check it out to see if you're satisfied with the revisions.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 17:25, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

She passed! I'll update OMT. Buggie111 (talk) 23:01, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

RE:Samwest

If we can get it to the point of being a viable article, I'm all for including it. As for Paris, that's somewhat peripheral to Normandy, which officially ended with the closing of the Falaise Gap on 21 August. Paris was a few days later and wasn't technically part of the Battle of Normandy in that regard. Cam ^(Chat) 15:57, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Coordinator election

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Moscow monorail

Oh wow, I'm not sure I'm the right person for this task. I'm neither a metro enthusiast, nor an engineer, nor even really a techie, and that section uses a lot of very specialized terminology. I could certainly try and do my best, and the result will probably even make some sense in English, but if you can think of a different person to ask, I'd recommend you try them first. Please let me know what you decide. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 27, 2010; 20:31 (UTC)

Notice

Hello Buggie111. You might want to check this out: WP:AN/I#Personal attacks from User:Buggie111. Cheers, -- Meäghân  talk  23:36, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

"warn for comments in template talk space"?

Hi,
a misplaced comment at Template talk:Talkback is not vandalism, as you called it, and it certainly doesn't warrant any kind of warning, like you have given. It's a mistake. Happens a lot. Educate the editor who makes it, don't threaten them, please.
Amalthea 23:28, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Sure. I'll try not to do so in the future. Buggie111 (talk) 23:30, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Article redirects

When you are redirecting articles, be sure to go back and blank the talk pages, and not to leave a redirect on the talk pages. Otherwise the redirects will still show up as assessed articles in the assessment categories of the wikiprojects. -MBK₀₀₄ 23:10, 26 March 2010 (UTC) Ok. Sorry. Buggie111 (talk) 23:10, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Most wikiproject banner templates allow for an "NA" class and some even a "Redirect" class, so it's not necessary to blank the talk page, and definitely not advisable if there's any existing discussion history on the talk page. -- œ^™ 09:19, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

You're fast!

I just felt the earthquake, and see you've already put up a stub! Wikipedia is where to go for news these days it seems ... Antandrus (talk) 23:02, 4 April 2010 (UTC) Yup. I got a "friendly pointer" that all the things in our house were shaking. I always wanted to be the creator of such an article. Buggie111 (talk) 23:03, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar awarded!

		The Special Barnstar
		For helping to clear the backlog at WP:ER by reviewing editors, Thanks! Ϫ 09:20, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Battle of Ciudad Juarez GAN

Hi, I noticed you picked this article up. Just wanted to drop you a note that this is actually my first GA nom (I've worked on others but never nominated one myself) so please be patient and extra understanding.radek (talk) 23:30, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

I was wondering if you've had time to do any further review of the article.radek (talk) 21:58, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

ITN for 2010 Baja California earthquake

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DYK nomination of Colorado State Highway 263

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Talk:Battle of Ciudad Juárez/GA1

Are you intending to carry on with this? It is marked as 2nd opinion at WP:GAN, but no review has been undertaken yet? –– Jezhotwells (talk) 00:57, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Nope. I know that I shouldn't abbandon things in mid-stride, but yes. I've notified the user, so, if you want to do the review,you can do all of the aspec ts that I have not covered. See you along! Buggie111 (talk) 01:01, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

OK, for future reference, it is best to leave a note at WT:GA or the drive talk page, if you have to abandon, but no worries, I shall review it later today. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 01:04, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

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Solveig's song

Hi, I saw you'd translated the Norwegian, but it looks like a machine translation? I fixed it up, but if you did get it from Google Translate or somewhere, you should know that's held to be worse than no translation, because the output never makes much sense. --Yngvadottir (talk) 07:36, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

I took it for too much of a given, since the lyrics in English looked comprhensible. I'll stick to Russian and Spanish. Buggie111 (talk) 13:28, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

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Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand

Hey, we hammered that article out pretty well. I saw you nominated it for DYK, do you mind if I add my name to the nomination to get credit for it too? Parsecboy (talk) 16:06, 18 April 2010 (UTC) Sure..., just found another ref, but not much to add. Buggie111 (talk) 16:06, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

I was the one who beat you to it! I was just trying to help out :)--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 16:36, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

SMS Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand

IMHO, you should nominate it for a GA now. I've gone through it and fixed several issues that would result in a quick fail (periods and commas after the citation, inconsitencies ect..) I've even added a few citations myself and expanded the last paragraph a very little bit. I think that this article is good to go.--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 17:17, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! I;m leaving now though, so I'll nom when I get back (5 hours) (No hijacking of it!). Buggie111 (talk) 17:19, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Oh Yes! (I'm just kidding, if anything I'd get .1% credit for it) Good luck and I'll try to help you out in the GAN ;)--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 17:20, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Hey, you did everything without me :( I did'nt even get a chance to make any edits, now I cannot claim my 1% credit!--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 22:28, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

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Regina Elena

I was updating the Regina Elena infobox to include conversions and noticed that Jane's Battleships differs significantly from Conway's which is what I used. I'm going to bring this up at the OMT talk page so we can get other people to check their sources as I'm not sure that Jane's isn't just a reprint of the contemporary wartime (and unreliable) volumes of Jane's Fighting Ships. I had planned to work on this class this week as I told you when I said that I had no plans for the Franz Ferdinand. My normal policy is not to claim a ship or class until I'm ready to work on it, but you've claimed a number well in excess of your ability to work in the immediate future. Please trim back your plans to include only those ships that you can write about now. You can always reclaim them whenever you're ready to work on them if nobody else has started work. Please note that my name and Parsecboy's may be all over the page, but only on articles we've worked on or plan to shortly.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:56, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

I know, mister 50 GA writer. I didn't really want to be "Just like the big league players", but basically just thought that getting a couple of facts into one-sentance stubs wouldn't hurt. I'll trim down a lot (heck with it, a gets me another wiki-space edit). And also, I'll try to either a.Get the Conway's book or b.) cut back on Armament citing from Janes and only use it for history (which it describes in a very short and annoying manenr). See ya, Buggie111 (talk) 01:08, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

French battleship République (1902)

do you want to help me out with this one? We can get it to a DYK then a GA in a week or so. Just be sure to allow me to add stuff in as well! I call adding in sources from teh external links that are already in the article and you can...well I'm not sure but my library on French warships is somewhat lacking so those are the only sources I've got to use while you seem to own several books on the subject. Thanks!--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 01:56, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Sure, but not at this exact moment. Buggie111 (talk) 02:30, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Oklahoma

Hey man, thanks for your additions to USS Oklahoma (BB-37)! However, could I ask you to add page numbers in place of the chapters? The "Chapter" field is meant for individual sections of books (something like the country sections in Conway's), and page numbers are required for any assessment of B or above. Thanks! :) —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 04:12, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Sure, thanks for the pointer. Buggie111 (talk) 18:48, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Oh, and one more thing: the book's language is English, no |language= is required in the template, as it is assumed. If you want, I'd be happy to collaborate with you on this article in the summer. I did write USS Nevada (BB-36), after all... ;) —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 19:05, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

In the summer, I'll be here, my Russian hometown, with nearly no opportunity to edit. We could do so now, or in late July. Either is fine. Buggie111 (talk) 19:08, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, I could start helping in roughly 1 1/2 weeks, but late July would be fine too—your call. —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 19:13, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

1.5 weeks. Hmmm, that's about a week before my check in date for my book. So what, I'm fine with that. I can't get it right now, as I'm going to have to leave in 10 minutes. You've got too many exams to start this later today? Buggie111 (talk) 19:17, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I missed your reply. I can't start helping until roughly Wednesday or Thursday, because that's when I will be truly free and at home with my books again. —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 18:29, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Ok then. I'll get to work in a couple of hours removing chpater= from the refs. Buggie111 (talk) 18:32, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Request

Hey, do you want to help me expand the SMS Babenberg? I've already expanded the SMS Arpad and the SMS Habsburg to DYK eligibility and even GA status if I nominate them. In order to not leave you out of the action, lets work on this one so you some credit in the GTC.--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 00:03, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Look, first, I'm fine with Republique. I'm fine with anything. Second, I don't care if I get let out. I've had time cosntraints and so forth. But, heck with it. Let's go. Buggie111 (talk) 00:04, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Great. I'll let you make a few edits and then I'll finish it off. Then its on for three GA's!--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 00:09, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Your so kind, and fast. I'm going to start Virbuis Unitus later today if I have time.I hsould never have let this editor see OMT. Buggie111 (talk) 00:12, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. I should have joined OTM months ago--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 01:35, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK issue

Your DYK nom for Colorado State highway 263 still has an issue that needs to be fixed bfore we can pass it.--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 01:34, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Done. Buggie111 (talk) 01:41, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK for SMS Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand

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Nice work on this article; it was a great read! — Kralizec! (talk) 14:47, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

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First off, on behalf of myself and my co-coordinator Wizardman, I would like to thank you for the efforts that you have made so far in this GAN backlog elimination drive. It has been nothing short of a success, and that is thanks to you. See this Signpost article about what this drive has achieved so far. We're currently heading into the final week of the drive. At this time, if you have any GANs on review or on hold, you should be finishing off those reviews. Right now, we have more GANs on review or on hold than we do unreviewed. If you're going to start a GA review, please do so now so you can complete it by the end of the month and so that the nominator has a full 7-day window to address any concerns. See you at the finish!

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First off, on behalf of myself and my co-coordinator Wizardman, I would like to thank you for the efforts that you have made so far in this GAN backlog elimination drive. It has been nothing short of a success, and that is thanks to you. See this Signpost article about what this drive has achieved so far. We're currently heading into the final week of the drive. At this time, if you have any GANs on review or on hold, you should be finishing off those reviews. Right now, we have more GANs on review or on hold than we do unreviewed. If you're going to start a GA review, please do so now so you can complete it by the end of the month and so that the nominator has a full 7-day window to address any concerns. See you at the finish!

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DYK for Colorado State Highway 263

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Solveig's Song

Just wanted to thank you for providing the translation. What a wonderful song! Just need to find the tune now... ;-) Thanks again. Best wishes --Haruth (talk) 10:18, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Umm,see the above post. I was lazy. Buggie111 (talk) 12:58, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

lol. At least you tried, my friend... I just passed it along... :-) Best wishes --Haruth (talk) 13:38, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Battleships portal

Please don't add hooks to existing DYK panels as you did here. There is a holding area for hooks on the talk page, and I am trying to keep the national variety throughout each panel so once enough different nationalities are available, I create another panel for the portal. To that end I try to not put a German and Austro-Hungarian hook on the same panel, as you did. -MBK₀₀₄ 20:30, 23 April 2010 (UTC) Ahh, I see. Well, sorry there. And thanks for mopping up after all of my mistakes. Buggie111 (talk) 20:43, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Hurricane Douglas (2002)

The article Hurricane Douglas (2002) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Hurricane Douglas (2002) for things which need to be addressed. S Masters (talk) 08:39, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

2010 Aaron's 499

Excuse me, but I would appriciate it if you would make this article like this article (as in article format) so the article can be later nominated for GA status. Thank You. --Nascar1996 23:59, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

I've got work, but I'll try. Tommorow night I should be free. Buggie111 (talk) 00:00, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

I have a good reference to go by on the article. --Nascar1996 00:20, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I found the lap by lap. I'm all in. Buggie111 (talk) 00:26, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Could you please remove all the references exept the first and the last one. Also can you please spell Kevin Harvick right. I may have to completely redo the first ten laps to show you how I would like it to be done, but your work will be hidden if you want to change it back. I have three good article, working on my fourth, and all of them are 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. Thanks. Sorry for this inconvienience. --Nascar1996 01:56, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

I've done so, but how did I misspell it? Buggie111 (talk) 02:00, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Harwik. I also gave you a good example to do lap 11-20. --Nascar1996 02:09, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Sure, I'll try and do so. Buggie111 (talk) 02:20, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

I finished the Race Summary; so if you want, you can finish the Results. Thanks for trying to help with the article; it is well appriciated. Also if the article makes it to GA, you will get part of the credit. Thanks again --Nascar1996 00:56, 28 April 2010 (UTC).

DYK for Number 13 class battleship

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DYK for Kii class battleship

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DYK for German submarine U-450

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Your GA nomination of Hurricane Douglas (2002)

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DYK for SMS Babenberg

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DYK for SMS Árpád

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DYK for SMS Prinz Eugen

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DYK for SMS Tegetthoff

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DYK for Mediterranean Division

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Thank you for your participation in the April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive

GAN backlog elimination drives chart up to 1 May On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, I'd like to especially thank you for your efforts over this past month's GAN backlog elimination drive. It has been nothing short of a complete success, which hopefully results in more expedient good article reviews, increasing users' confidence in the good article nomination processes. Even if you made just a small contribution, it still helped contribute to the success of this drive. Here is what we have accomplished this last month in this drive. 661 total nominations were reviewed. 541 of them passed (~81.8%), 97 (~14.7%) failed, and 23 (~3.5%) ended on hold. The WP:GAN page started at 110,126 bytes length on 1 April and ended at 43,387 bytes length at the end of 30 April (a 66,739 byte reduction in the page, about 60.6% less). Excluding extremes, the longest wait for someone's GAN to be review was about 11.5 weeks at the beginning. (I mistook the figure when I reported to the Signpost that it was 13.) At the end, with the exception of one that was relisted, the longest wait is now at 10 days. 63 different users participated, each having completed at least one GAN, with others also having helped out behind-the-scenes in making the drive a success. The drive started with 463 GA nominations remaining and 388 unreviewed. At the end of the month, we ended with 89 remaining (374 or about 80.8% less) and 47 unreviewed (341 or about 87.9% less). For those who have accomplished certain objectives in the drive, awards will be coming shortly. Again, thank you for your help in the drive, and I hope you continue to help review GA nominations and overall improve the quality of articles here on Wikipedia.

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Thanks for your support

Thanks for your support at my RfA. I was a little surprised by the nomination, and I am unable to go through with it at this time, but I appreciate your support. Regards, P. D. Cook ^{Talk to me!} 17:40, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Start class to GA

Is there some reason why you're bypassing a B-class assessment and going directly to GA? The more eyes on an article the better it will be. Especially with typos, etc. And you've missed one major sortie in the Viribis Unitis article.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 18:02, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Sure, I"ll withdraw. What is that sortie, the sinking of the Istvan? Buggie111 (talk) 21:47, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, that's the one. I'm not saying that you should withdraw your current nominations, but I'd strongly suggest going over them again to catch the little stuff like typos, incomplete citations, etc. Don't be in such a rush to get a GA in the future; like many things articles are often better the more time that you spend with them. The extra time allows you to go through them and see what you actually wrote, versus what you meant to say.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 22:34, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

I thought I mentioned that one. HWI, I'll work them over after Brazilian battleship Riachuelo. Buggie111 (talk) 22:40, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

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DYK for French battleship République (1902)

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DYK for French battleship Patrie (1903)

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DYK for French battleship Masséna

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DYK for SM UB-50

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A-class

Since you nominated Franz Fedinand for an A-class review. How about nominateing the three Habsburg class artcles for a A-class review for me? You can get co-nom credit for Babenberg and the other ones if you fix any issues and I give you permission to "forge" my signature on the review as I'll not be editing that much for a few days. Thanks!--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 10:33, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Sure, I've nomed SM UB-50 for a GAN, also. Buggie111 (talk) 16:59, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Russian battleship Oslyabya

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German destroyers and DYK

Given the comments about how most of the pages describe the class, perhaps you could simply combine the pages into a single one for the class as a whole, with sections for each ship, and submit that? The Z35/Z36 sinking would be decidedly intriguing (and much better sounding than "Z44 escorted a battleship", since that's what destroyers do. :) ) -The Bushranger _{Return fire}^{Flank speed} 21:37, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the idea. So, de-redirect the class redirect, and add facts from each destroyer. Brilliant. Buggie111 (talk) 23:00, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

The German WW2 destroyers need a lot of love. Each class should have its own page with summaries of the individual ship histories plus the usual individual ship pages. There's plenty of material out there in English, you just have to have the right couple of books.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:03, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Proposal

would you like to help me start an article on the German Type IXA submarines? We can get Xeno to history merge a sandbox article located at User:White Shadows/German Type IXA submarine into the now redirected article once we're done. So how about it?--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 02:39, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Sure. I've got a lot of stuff going (RL,DYK probs,HAbsburggs), but I'll try. I'll create ship history. Buggie111 (talk) 02:46, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

I'll copy one of the design paragraphs in as well.--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 02:49, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Hey, can you do me a favor? Will you please copy the lead paragraph (and any refs in them) from U-39 to U-44 into the respective sections in my sandbox article? I'll then re-word it and add any more citations or aditional info required. Thanks!--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 17:33, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I was "going" to do so, but procrastinated. I'm going to do so now, along with the a-class for habsburg and the others. Buggie111 (talk) 17:34, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Now I'll soon get 3 A-class articles, one DYK and that may turn into a GA soon which will in turn lead to another GT! You really are a very productive editor. And I heard that you want to apply for adminship one day. Well here's some tips: Never get blocked, never edit war, never lash out, and try to work in admin related areas. If you follow that, I'll happily nominate you in Say late this year like October-December. Thanks again!--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 17:40, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

K. I'm leaving soon, but I'll get the A's done right now. I'm mostly active at CSD, but I only have ~70 deleted contribs. Thanks! Buggie111 (talk) 17:42, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks and I"ll give you co-nom credit for Babenberg and the others since you put in alot of hard work. And since A-class is so close to FA that there really is no diffrence, I since a FAC for the three comeing up soon...--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 17:50, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Before you two go whole hog on the Type IXA thing I'd recommend that you get a consensus that people would like an article on every variant of a Uboat type, because I certainly don't. I don't have a problem with a list to organize a GT around, but an article for a sub-class is not appropriate, IMO. And y'all might remember that the standards for completeness are much higher at ACR or FAC than they are at GA, so y'all are going to need more data on peacetime activities, IMO.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 18:08, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

But that's the thing. Austro-Hungarian battleships did litteraly NOTHING in peace time and rotted away in port. Not much to write about. And I would'nt really like articles for every sub class but take a look at my sandbox. Are you trying to say that all of that work was for nothing. Sorry but I'm not letting all of those hours go to waste. I can tweak it a bit but We need an article for Type IXA submarines in order to get them to a GT. You're the one who told me that in the first place.--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 18:22, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

No, read it again; I said either an article or a list would do for a GT and I'd oppose an article on any sub-class. But that's just me and you're ignoring my recommendation to discuss the issue at WP:SHIPS. I've already had one article fail FAC for lack of completeness myself so don't spin me a tale of woe and wasted hours; some articles will never make FA or even A-class if the sources aren't good enough. And sources for lots of ships are damn scanty, to include many, many pre-dreadnoughts as well as dreadnoughts of minor nations, unless you read their native language. You really believe that the Austro-Hungarian Navy never once conducted tactical maneuvers during peacetime?--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 18:58, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

We know of 1 set of training maneuvers that the fell conducted just a few years prior to WWI. It's already been mentioned in all three of the articles. And I'm not ignoreing you, I'll bring it up on WP:SHIPS. Hoever, if a list is required, what am I going to do with this? And the only thing that I can bring a list up to is FL status. I doubt that that sub-class could make it to that.--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 19:05, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Well, let's look at it a different way. Why can't most of that content be folded into German Type IX submarine? —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 19:28, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, and we'll have all those tpye articles to work on. Not bad, just should take some time. And I'm fine with anything. Buggie111 (talk) 19:30, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Because I need either an article or a list of Type IXa submarines to get to GA or FL class in order to get a GTC for all 8 of the U-boats in that class. If we merge it into that article, I'll need to bring the whole thing up to GA status. (Which I'm not about to attempt)--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 19:34, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

I see your point, and I think the sub-class would be better, as the listswould be a bit hard to format, think writing somthing like List of Habsburg class battleships. The IX page already partially listifies the class, so I'm a bit puzzled. And why is my WP:ER template at the top of the page not working! Cmon, eight non-me edits within the past two hours, and no reviews. I'd be very happy if this was fixed. Buggie111 (talk) 19:40, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

But what I'm saying is, I do not want to try to promote the entire set of Type IX submarines when I'm only working on 8 U-boats from one sub-class. In other words, It's a waste of time to do that.--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 20:10, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Multiple ongoing article reviews

Buggie, I have to ask you to withdraw two of your three open ACRs. We have an unwritten rule on allowing one open review at a time like FAC. We relax that rule occasionally for those editors who have massive amounts of experience in writing quality articles, but this is rare. The reasons for this rule is so that the reviewers are not exhausted by reviewing three similar to identical articles at the same time as well as reducing the strain on the entire system (which admittedly is not a problem currently due to the low amount of reviews). Also, editors who are new to the system have found having more than one review ongoing can be a strain on their priorities as well. -MBK₀₀₄ 21:05, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Edit, I just noticed that you acutally have four open and as co-nom with Parsec on one and WS on three. Two of the three you have just listed need to be withdrawn. -MBK₀₀₄ 21:08, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

K, I'll take off two of tem, and will re-transclude the two once the others finish up. Sorry for any trouble. Buggie111 (talk) 21:10, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Can I take full responsibility of one of My co-noms with Buggie in order to keep it open? That would mean that I'd like to withdraw/keep inactive the nom for SMS Arpad. Is that OK?--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 21:11, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm fine with that, but I'd like you to remove Babenberg. I added, so to say, most of the info, and mostly fixed GAN probs. On habsburg I fixed nearly all of them, so that's my criteria for both. I just glanced over Arpad, so could you please take it? If not, than take Babenberg. It's just a preference. Buggie111 (talk) 21:14, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

I'll take Arpad since I wrote it and we can share credit for Habsburg since I wrote it but you got it to GA status. And once you are able to, You can have Babenberg I if you want, I can get co-nom since you did most of the work there.--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 21:17, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

So which reviews are staying and which are gone, and who are the noms. That way I know which ones to clean-up with my delete button per WP:CSD#G6, before making the notifications. -MBK₀₀₄ 21:28, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Ahh, I see that Babenberg is withdrawn and the responsibility for Arpad has been shifted. I will go ahead and delete the nom for Babenberg, and you can re-create it once the time comes for that nomination. -MBK₀₀₄ 21:35, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. And I hope that you don't mnid that Buggie is doing two co-noms at once :)--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 23:22, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Brazilian battleship Riachuelo

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DYK for USS Washington (BB-47)

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Thanks for correcting "1886". I don't know that much about the ship but I was willing to bet that was a hasty typo. Adding a ref is icing on the cake. Cheers.--Phyllis1753 (talk) 15:21, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Your welcome. Buggie111 (talk) 15:34, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

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Spanish ships

Arapiles is yours, no problem. :) Sorry if I stepped on your toes there, had been eyeing DudT's page on the es.wikipedia for a bit and the bug to do it finally chomped. Puigcerdá needs a better translation too, BTW - I threw up my hands halfway through trying to make heads or tails of the Google Translate of its page! - The Bushranger _{Return fire}^{Flank speed} 01:14, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Nope, didn't hit my toes. I wondered how I could DYK qualify that, as it had already been written. Now that DYK cehck won't work (on vecotr), you managed to do it. Congrats. And I'll do Puigcerda.. Buggie111 (talk) 01:17, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I think the only part of the translation that survived to the final product was the line about the re-use of armour. I just need to get my hands on the appropriate Conway's now to see how much more it can be improved. - The Bushranger _{Return fire}^{Flank speed} 02:04, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Richelieu class

I saw you tagged the article at OMT; I wanted to let you know I've got Jordan & Dumas's French Battleships: 1922-1956 (and I think Ed has a couple of sources for the class too). If you need any help, just let me know. Parsecboy (talk) 01:49, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I found a ton of refs too, so help would be fine. Buggie111 (talk) 02:24, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Riachuelo class

It still has a "working on" tag. Woody (talk) 13:52, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

@ Woody. Apologies, you were thinking of Riachuelo. The one above is a French ship, so I moved your post. Ed put that tag on to make the table, but frogot to add the belt armor. I think you can remove it. Buggie111 (talk) 13:53, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

RE: Revert

It's alright. Just a reminder that the minor planet articles require some attention to detail, as you can see in the differences between your and my edits of (6018) 1991 PS16. --Merovingian (T, C, L) 20:44, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, that's what I did to 6016, but you had already started. Keep going! Buggie111 (talk) 20:46, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Admiral class

Hi, your idea was good except that various facts were so incorrect that I thought it was beter to remove the info than display incorrect information. Example : the Admiral class's main guns were mounted in barbettes, not in turrets. This distinction is important in a warship. You stated that that the secondary guns were 13.5 inch - they were in fact 6-inch. The photo you added of a 3-pounder Hotchkiss shows the gun on a different type of mounting to what they were mounted on on the Admirals - i.e. the picture was misleading, if you use an image it should relate directly to the subject, not indirectly. So I would recommend that for historical stuff you think about each fact as you type it - ask "is this correct for this article, do I understand what it means and does it make sense" - sometimes even published authors make silly mistakes and we don't need to copy their mistakes into Wikipedia. But your idea and intention is good, so please don't give up just because I reverted your edit. regards, Rod. Rcbutcher (talk) 15:57, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

If those were all of the problems, than I can fix them. And I knew that the secondary were six inchers, I just forgot to copy and paste the correct link from the infobox. I'll go fix them now. Buggie111 (talk) 16:04, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

I am sorry - but I think you need to understand more about ships in order to describe them. Let me use protection as an example:

• The Admirals had a short waterline armoured belt. (You might want to do some reading about belts so you fully understand them.)
• On top of the belt they had a flat armoured deck
• As the belt did not protect the waterline at the ends, the Admirals had an underwater armoured deck to protect this. On top of this armoured deck, they had a lot of subdivision, and probably had some materials such as cork or woodite - you would have to check. The purpose of cork or woodite was to be a space filler that was lighter than water, which would preserve some flotation even if the ends of the ships were letting in water due to damage in action
• The Admirals also used their coal bunkers to enhance protection.
• As I mentioned, they had short belts. The belts are on the sides of the ship. At the front and rear ends of the belt they had an armoured bulkhead joining them. This bulkhead was carried up to a level that protected the 6-inch gun battery from end on fire. The Nelson had something similar.
• The main armament was mounted in two armoured barbettes. There was an armoured trunk connecting each barbette with its magazines, which were below the armoured deck. The mounting of the main guns were in what were called 'semi-disappearing barbettes'. This was a development of the Moncrief carriage barbette mounting in the Temeraire.
• I think that the 6-inch gun battery was protected from amchine gun fire by 1-inch plate at the front. This would need checking
• There was also an armoured conning tower.
• The ships had torpedo nets

You can see that the protection is actually quite complicated.

Then there is the armament.

• The Collingwood had 12-inch breechloaders of an unsatisfactory design, it took time for the manfacturers to make some that were safe enough to be used with service charges - high powered breechloaders were hard to get right - other nations had problems too at the same time.
• The Anson, etc. had 13.5-inch breechloaders. This design was much more sucessful - presumably because of experience with the 12-inch breechloaders.
• The Benbow had 16.25-inch breechloaders - this was like the 13.5-inch design, but pushed the technology so far. They suffered from barrel droop (do you know what that means?), and short firing life.
• The Benbow had more 6-inch guns in the secondary battery than the others.
• There were also the smaller guns - whcih included machine guns. Machine guns from the ships were used in the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882.
• The ships had torpedo tubes/launchers.
• The ships carried 'second class torpedo boats'.
• There were some guns mounted on ships boats, and at least a couple of small artillery pieces to be used by shore parties.

It is also worth considering how much ammunition was carried. Some ships like the Italian Duilio saved weight by carrying less ammunition.

What is known about fire control on these ships?

Movement.

• What were their trial speeds?
• Did they have forced draught?
• What was their coal endurance?
• What was their turning circle?

Other qualities of the ships.

• Of six ships, there were four subgroups, each of different displacements.

I hope this helps.--Toddy1 (talk) 20:18, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi there; I have re-visited the article, and have posted on talk. In view of the constructive advice that he has posted here, I am not certain how I can help. You will appreciate that my involvement in the article was the creation of a stub about four years ago. I do not wholly agree that deletion and re-write is the best way forward; I feel that a great deal of the deleted data is perfectly valid, and much of the data presented by Toddy1, while undoubtedly correct, could be seen as being in addition to your text rather than in place of it. But I would really prefer that the two of you arrive at a friendly editing consensus, please.

--Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 21:26, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Wow. Where on earth did you get this info? I'm no newcomer to battleship writing (see this, but I must have missed a library full of references. Yes, by all means this information should be added to the article. I can't really start work right now, but I believe that an expansion would be just about as useful as a re-write. I highly appreciate your help on this. Buggie111 (talk) 22:03, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

And for your questions, yes, I know what barell droop is, (the rapid firing and form? of guns pushes the barrel a tad down, which, over the long run (meaning time of flight of the shell) moves the line of the shell's path away from the path given by the rangefinder. I've read a tad more about belt armor also, although I knew most about it and the slope given to it by reading, time and again, books on USS Merrimack (1855) and other Confederate ironclads along with other battleship articles here on the wiki. And of your questions purely about the ship, I don't have the references available or in any local library to go and cite them. Buggie111 (talk) 00:14, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Fortunately it is easy to buy reference books over the telephone and the internet. I suggest that you buy some second hand Brassey's Naval Annuals from the late 1880s and early 90s. They are not expensive. I use AJ Simmonds's bookshop - you don't need to go there, you can just phone them.--Toddy1 (talk) 04:27, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

That seems good, though I hope they ship farther than that for a decent price. Buggie111 (talk) 13:36, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

You don't need to buy the old books like Brassey's etc. etc. , most of them have been scanned and put online by organizations like http://www.archive.org and http://www.gutenberg.org ... Many many books for training young officers were being written by experts in the late 1800s and early 1900s and they have a lot of serious detail because the idea of military secracy didn't exist then. Rod Rcbutcher (talk) 14:13, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Re:Standardization

Yep, that works perfectly. We need to have the ranges for the missiles in line with the format used in the gun section so that editors will not complain about it at FAC (or more urgently, GAC, since we need to get at least that far to satisfy FT regulations :) Thanks for the help. TomStar81 (Talk) 02:05, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Your welcome. I was just looking around my watchilst and saw action at WT:OMT, so I came over to check it out. Good luck with it, and I'll try to find references for any of the tagged areas of the article. Buggie111 (talk) 02:07, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

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Moscow Portal

Unfortunately, I don't know an easy way to find what you need. In an ideal world, WP:RUSSIA would be tracking all of its DYKs, but in reality it just ain't so. A possible solution would be to harness this tool—select "Article lists" in the column to the left, enter "Russia" into the "Project" field and 0 into the "Page namespace" field (0 stands for main article space), click the "filter by category" checkbox, and enter "Wikipedia Did you know articles" into the "Talk page category" field. Check "Don't try to compute an overall count" checkbox (it helps speed things up; or at least not abort the query prematurely). Click "Generate list". It takes an awful long time to run, but eventually you'll get a list of all WikiProject Russia's articles which have a DYK banner on the talk page. However, you'll need to review them individually to see which ones would work for the Moscow Portal. Hope this helps at least to some extent! You might also want to ask around at the Village Pump in case someone knows a better solution.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 18, 2010; 20:57 (UTC)

Thanks there. I'll try to work through it. Buggie111 (talk) 23:04, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for HMS Anson (79)

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Austro-hungarian battleships

Mind makeing a FT prep table like the one that Parsecboy has on German BB's? I also see that Franz Ferdinand passed the ARC. Looks like Habsburg and company will fail so how's about me and you get Zrinyi to A-class? I know we can do it as there is alot more on this ship than Habsburg. As for the remaing ships, I'l work on Ersatz Monarch class battleship and you get List of Austro-Hungarian Battleships along with the Viribus Unitis class. sounds OK? I suspect that this summer, we can get this to a Ft or at least a Gt if we try.--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 22:00, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Hey guys, just to note, I had to cut the majority of the EM-class article because I discovered it was a copyvio. Good luck with the Austro-Hungarian BBs! Parsecboy (talk) 22:08, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

I was about to hide the text myself. Thanks. Here's to OMT's first GT on an entire nation's set of BBs. (Assumeing that you don't beat us with Germany's BBs)--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 22:15, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Hey, I'm only 40% done, and I'm waiting on this book to do the Kaiser and Konig classes, as well as get Bayern and Baden ready for FAC—but it doesn't come out until 22 June. Interestingly, perhaps, I stumbled across this, which should be quite handy for that article.

You guys have 9 of the 19 AH articles at GA or higher, which is about 47%, so you'll probably beat me :D Though I did get the first national BC FT :) Parsecboy (talk) 22:22, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Yeah but the list will be killer for Buggie and the "replacement" Monarch class is going to be a bit rocky as well. That also leaves us with THE Tegetthoff class as well as another one.....--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 22:32, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, the Ersatz Monarch will be difficult, but you really only have the class article there. I seem to think I came across a book or something about the Tegetthoffs the other day, but can't recall where I saw it. It was probably in Google Books. As for the list, you have a template that's been proven at FLC—Sturm's more or less copied it for the Russian BCs—you might as well too. The main problem there is you have to take it to FL, as there's no "Good List." That ended up taking nearly 2 months from the time I started working on it (though that includes a Milhist ACR). Parsecboy (talk) 22:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

There is loads of info for the Ersatz Monarch class but I just do not know where to start! I'll copy your design for the list of AH BB's but the remaining classes will be tough to work on. What makes it even harder is the fact that I habve a grand total of 0 books on the SH navy and I'm not going to the library until...well....when I have the time.--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 22:47, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Apologies, but I will be busy during the summer on vacation, so no go. Good luck though, and I'll try to get to work on the Virbius's soon enough. Buggie111 (talk) 23:57, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Can you still make the FT table?--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 00:31, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Sure.Buggie111 (talk)

Turtle fence

Actually there are things called turtle fence, so I thought, it might be a good idea to redirect it to fence. 114.143.243.74 (talk) 17:40, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

I'll be darned. Have a nice day!Buggie111 (talk) 17:42, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Greek battleships

Hi there. I noticed you'd redirected Greek battleship Kilkis and Greek battleship Limnos to the respective US ship pages. I've undone this for the time being, for various reasons:

• the Greek service doesn't seem to be covered more than trivially in the US pages;
• they probably have distinct enough careers to warrant separate pages - I'm not entirely convinced they do, but it deserves discussing;
• and, if they should be a single page, it should perhaps be under the Greek title. Whilst they were built by the US, they only served for six years before being sold; after the sale, they served for two or three times as long with the Greek navy, and saw a reasonable amount of combat in WWI and immediately afterwards.

Thoughts? (The latter point has only just occurred to me - it's unconventional for the main career to be with the minor nation's navy after a purchase, but it seems pretty clear in this case.) Shimgray | talk | 19:05, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Apologies.I was gonna merge into the U.S. pages, but time is somewhat of a constraint. Yeah, Yoenit pointed out the sime things at WT:OMT. I agree with your points above. Happy editing. Buggie111 (talk) 19:10, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

No problem. I know just what you mean about time constraints! Shimgray | talk | 19:39, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Tegetthoff class battleship

Mind expanding the lead to that one so I can get to work on it for my list?--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 00:03, 23 May 2010 (UTC) Way too busy. Wait half a day. Buggie111 (talk) 05:17, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

CamrynRocks! (talk) 17:08, 23 May 2010 (UTC)Hey, Buggie111. Thanks for giving me feedback at WHITE SHADOW's page, although my friend and i really don't use Facebook. Thanks anyway, though. If you have any other advice, it would be appreciated. :) That's nothing. Usually, people reference that as some of their facts. Buggie111 (talk) 17:19, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Encoraçado Riachuelo (1914)

Hello Buggie111. In fact a don't have any information about this ship. A asked another site about the question. I'll write to you if the situation change. Thanks for the good articles your group are writing about batleships. --HTPF 19:03, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. You can join whenever you want. Buggie111 (talk) 21:47, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

List of battleships of Austria-Hungary ACR

can you start it please? Thanks...--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 20:19, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

You don't wanna? Sure, and I'm gonna list myself as a nominator, if you feel fine. Buggie111 (talk) 21:46, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Uh...nice try but I wrote 95% of it. It's mine. I just did not know how to start the ACR.....--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 23:24, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Well, I wrote most of the lead, and, uhhh, ok. Remove my name, and next time, read the instructions at the Review section of the project. Do you think the Karls are ready for a GA? Buggie111 (talk) 23:26, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

You'll need a few more sources IMHO but yeah I guess. You can have all of the Karls and the Tegetthoffs (minus SMS Viribus Unitis since I wrote that one) and I'll get the list. Sound OK?--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 23:27, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Ok. But you can support me at any time, and , as I've reiterrated (did I spell it right) about 9,00 times, you get co-credit for any of those if you fix errors in its review while im away. And what about, say, noming SMS Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand for a FAC? Exactly where would I place and find those sources? I've bust my head open looking for them Buggie111 (talk) 23:30, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

My (our first FA) I think that we are ready for it. Go and submit it to FAC when you feel like it. I'll be there to fix up and issues. (I'll let you have co-nom for my ARC for the list as well)--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 23:33, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

as for the Karl's fix the bare URL's and thay are good to go.--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 23:35, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

One more thing, do you think that SMS Zrinyi will be able to make it to an ACR and an FAC in the future? Once we get the List through ACR/FLC and Franz Ferdinand through FAC?--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 23:45, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

I think so. Buggie111 (talk) 23:45, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

I've done the navweeaps, could you do the google books? Buggie111 (talk) 23:51, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

I'll see what I can do. but I think that we've covered everything already...--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 23:54, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

No, I meant fixing the bare google books. Buggie111 (talk) 00:01, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Sure. but one thing at a time. First the ACR and the FAC for the list and Franz. Then we move from there....--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 00:03, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Speedy on Saad Wasiuddin

I have declined your {{db-person}} on Saad 'Merciless' Wasiuddin because there is a clear assertion of notability. The fact that the assertion is not verifiable through a quick Google search means the article may want to be brought to AfD, but I do not believe it qualifies for speedy deletion. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 13:43, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

wEll, I guess so. That's my second failed speedy nom. I'll wait and see if any other refs can be found. Buggie111 (talk) 13:45, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

WikiDan, you might have tried a google search; the only hit was the Wiki article itself (and zero for "Jacques Francois" he supposedly won the world title from as well, incidentally). That's a little odd considering he supposedly is a world champion in one of the major martial-art forms. This is an obvious hoax article; I've gone ahead and deleted it. Parsecboy (talk) 13:53, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Also note that all three books are non-existent. Parsecboy (talk) 13:58, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

A failed Google search is generally a bad reason for a speedy delete. The article made a "credible assertion of notability". Per WP:CSD#A7, "The criterion does not apply to any article that makes any credible claim of significance or importance even if the claim is not supported by a reliable source." The fact that the assertion is false is a fact that can be discussed at an AfD discussion, but a speedy delete should really be reserve for incontrovertible cases. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 16:29, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

I didn't delete it under A7, I deleted it under G3. It was an obvious hoax; if the lack of any reference to three books supposedly published in the last year doesn't convince you, try searching for any of the alleged publishers. Furtgers? I don't think so... Parsecboy (talk) 17:44, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

RE: Musashi

Sure thing, possibly even sooner. I finish school on June 11, then have a light two-week exam period (three exams, 14 days, nothing to sweat), so I may consider doing an FAC-run before that. I'm away from my comp July 3-10 and 15-22, so any leadup in that period to an FAC cannot be handled by me. Cam ^(Chat) 05:30, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

And I come back to mine on the 23d of July. Well, look forword to seeing you there! Buggie111 (talk) 13:44, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

ISU-152

Thanks, man. Appreciate it. Oblivion Lost (talk) 15:30, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Reshadieh

A review was already in progress, and is now complete. Nice work on these obscure ships. The Turkish/Ottoman battlewagons have always been favourites of mine for some reason... - The Bushranger _{Return fire}^{Flank speed} 20:27, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Your Mother Teresa to those old frigates and obscure hulks of metal. I can work on the Popovs with you if you want. Buggie111 (talk) 20:28, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Heh, thanks. :) I don't have anything on the Popovs to refer to/work from at the moment, but once I can get my hands on the appropriate books through the library I might take you up on that offer. As for GANs - Abdul Kadir might be ready for it, seeing as how obscure she is there can't be too much more that can be reasonably said, I'd think? The Reshadieh class article would need some fleshing out though before going GAN, I'd think. - The Bushranger _{Return fire}^{Flank speed} 20:31, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

p.s. Although, if you have anything on Giovanni Bausan...? - The Bushranger _{Return fire}^{Flank speed} 20:31, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Any Ottoman ship article post-1865 is pretty well required to reference the Ottoman Steam Navy, so y'all had better get it from ILL before sending anything to GAN.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:34, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

I'll add it to the to-get list once the two copies of Conway's and Gunston's Russian a/c book come in. :) - The Bushranger _{Return fire}^{Flank speed} 20:35, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

That means in July. When was said Giovani built? Buggie111 (talk) 20:37, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Between 1882-1885, by Elswick. I do have the issue of Warship with the article about Elswick's work for Italy (as the article on those gunboats probably attests) and will start an article in userspace sometime tonight. - The Bushranger _{Return fire}^{Flank speed} 20:41, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

World Warships in Review 1860-1906 by Leather doesn't give anything, but the entire book is British biased, meaning mentionings of pretty obscure ships that really fit the envelope. Buggie111 (talk) 20:45, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Hm, British biased or not you'd think they'd crow about Elswick's work. Ah well! As an aside, there's an article on the ship's namesake on de.wikipedia if anybody feels more paitent with translating - and referencing - than I am. - The Bushranger _{Return fire}^{Flank speed} 20:52, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Dank could do it. I hate messing with politics, but they, meaning the Elswick guys, might not have been seen very nicely as they were building for a cause different than the one of the Britishh Empire? Buggie111 (talk) 20:54, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Hm, s'possible, I suppose, although back then 'military secrets' were nearly unknown - note the sharing of information on shells and powder that today would be simply inconceivable. BTW, a rough-and-ready start for GB's page is up at the link there, feel free to fiddle/add. :) - The Bushranger _{Return fire}^{Flank speed} 21:11, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Could you rename it?

Hey, thanks for putting that stuff together, but could you rename it to just EAGLE COUNTY CHARTER ACADEMY? Thanks.CamrynRocks! (talk) 21:27, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Well, we'd need to make it bigger. It wouldn't qualify for WP:DYK until it gets to 1500 charcters of readable words. I'll try and work on it. Buggie111 (talk)

Done. You'll have to make it higher yourself. Buggie111 (talk) 21:31, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Sources

I'll be happy to help, but the Garzke & Dulin book they're talking about at OMT is huge and it's needed to save the Featured Topic and other stuff ... and I'm the only guy who has it, so that's going to take a while. While I'm doing that, if you can put your head together with the guys and figure out the one or two books that are going to be most useful for the topics you're interested in in general, that would help ... if they take a while to ship or to arrive through interlibrary loan, I should order them ahead of time. (Watching) - Dank (push to talk) 11:17, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for List of commanding officers of the USS Oklahoma (BB 37)

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DYK nomination of Golden Cue

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Yum! Buggie111 (talk) 21:36, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Core countries

I see you are interested in this article, which as you are aware, is a subject to a class assignment project. Feel free to offer comments and advice at any point - I am sure the students will appreciate interacting with other editors! --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 01:31, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

I was reading over the grading and saw that people discussing with other interested others would earn EP< so I decided to be bold and take up that role. I'm sure I could write a great GA on any one of those, but it would all violate WP:OR. Buggie111 (talk) 01:41, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Is Key core country a term that can be referenced? If it is it would interesting to have the chronoligical list of Key countries throughout history. For example United States 1890 to 1973 Britian?? 1889 to 1750 etc etc BTW who became "key core country" after 1973?-- Esemono (talk) 03:54, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Oklahoma

BTW congrats on the Oklahoma page. 7000+ hits! Not bad. But I was looking on the talk page and that guy has a point about Kenworthy not really being a captain of the ship. If Kenworthy is included then everytime then we would have to add everytime the captain left the ship and put his second-in-charge in command. -- Esemono (talk) 03:54, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. The book I got all about Oklahoma seems to only mention Ken as a temporary guy. Buggie111 (talk) 04:02, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Italian battleships

Since you have the Turkish ones, can I have a few of the Italian ones? There are a total of 8 seperate classes so how should we divide up the classes, the ships and the list?--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 22:32, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

I call Napoli and lower. You can get everything higher and their respective places en list. No one takes Roma. And feel free to push the Turks to GA. Buggie111 (talk) 00:26, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

I only want to write the Turkish list. As for the division of the Italian battleships, I'm ok with that, However and I have just one ship from the Vittorio Veneto class battleship? I really don't care which one it is. As long as I get one....--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 00:39, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Sure. Impero to FA, with me getting the ability to say that I contributed heavily to it. And then I would have to take Regina Elena class battleship. If it's too much, I can take the otehr Elenas also. They are the bottom amrgin of my Conways ref. Buggie111 (talk) 00:40, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Deal :)--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 01:44, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

A look at my refs tells otherwise. How about you get Impero and Napoli, and I get Sardagena and Re Umberto. Buggie111 (talk) 01:51, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

I kinda wanted the Re Umbertos's since I wrote about them in my list that I'm working on. Can you think of a few others that you want (I have no other prefrences)--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 01:54, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

I only want Sardagena because I've got a book ref on it and think I can expand. You can get the other two Re Umbertos, as I don't really care about them. I can also settle for the Regina Margherita class, but that would be pretty desperate. Buggie111 (talk) 02:01, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

I'll settle for that. Impero and Napoli for Sardegna and Regina Margherita. Deal :) Goodnoght!--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 02:11, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

I don't know if I could do MArgherita. I was suggesting one or the other. Buggie111 (talk) 02:14, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

well than choose another one...--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 21:00, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

I'll take a margherita please. Buggie111 (talk) 21:32, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

{{outdent}] Fine by me.--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 21:34, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

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DYK for Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat

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Ship articles

Hi Buggie. I was looking over some of the articles you've nominated for GAN, and I think there are some issues with them. Generally speaking, the technical stuff should be on the main class page, with only a short summary on the individual ships (unless the ship had modifications that made it different from the other ships in the class—for instance, compare SMS Hindenburg, SMS Derfflinger, and Derfflinger-class battlecruiser). The individual ship articles should be mostly service history. And I know this is difficult to do with ships like the Austrian battleships, but trust me, there is information out there. Take SMS Brandenburg for example; the only big thing the ship ever did was the expedition to China during the Boxer Rebellion, and even that was uneventful.

I think the problem is that you're trying to do too many articles at once. These obscure ships take a long time to put together properly. In the case of Brandenburg, I created it in 2007, and only got it beaten into fairly decent shape in March of this year. Granted, I only started seriosly improving it on 1 March, but I wasn't finished until the end of the month. Do you see what I mean? It's going to take a while to trawl through things like Google Books to find references to these old, obscure ships. Just for Erzherzog Karl there are 111 hits in GB; not all will be useful (indeed most will not), but to put together a quality article, you have to go through these things with a fine-tooth comb.

OMT isn't a project that will be accomplished in 6 months or even a year. Hell, we've already been working as a project for a year formally, and individually at least twice as long. My suggestion to you is to slow down, take each article one at a time, and compare your articles to those others have written that have already successfully passed GA/A/FA. Parsecboy (talk) 14:36, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

I know. I was judging that Karl would follow in the footsteps of Franz Ferdinand. I'll go remove them now. And yes, I know OMT will take a long while. I'll submit at MHAR instead. Buggie111 (talk) 14:39, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm with Parsec here. Both you and White Shadows are trying so hard to get GAs out of these articles that you are skipping or overlooking sources and information. Tosa took me eight months to put together while I waited for sources, North Carolina-class battleship took me three months, and even my very first article, USS Nevada (BB-36), took me four months. I can relate with you and WS, however, with Alaska-class cruiser. At the time, I knew little about ships and was merely interested with the topic. Read that article; can you tell? I can. (I've been planning to rewrite that from scratch for awhile now, but haven't gotten around to it yet...) Only extremely experienced editors can crank a GA out in a day or two—and that's not a general rule because I certainly can't.

My advice? Take one, maybe two, battleships that have a decent amount of sources written on them (I'd suggest one of the WWII American battleships.) From here, research your chosen topic—what did the ship do, what battles did she take part it, when was she refitted, etc.; there should be a decent amount of American BB books around. Decide what you want to emphasize and what you think should be summarized. What is important and what isn't? What would be of interest to a general reader, even if it isn't extremely important?

Basically, I don't think you guys can fully handle ships that require such in-depth researching. American BB FAs require a few books and DANFS. Austro-Hungarian BB FAs require you to consult multiple sources all over the board just looking for any mention of the ship. You may be able to squeak by GA, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they are good or complete. I strongly, strongly encourage you guys to take up an American BB or two and create fully comprehensive articles on them. I can help you with recommendations for which are the best source if you would like. I'm sure that you will find writing them a much easier task. Regards, —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 19:33, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

I've been thinking so too. I don't want to make a personal attack here, but I believe WS was edging me on to get them done. Personally, I think I could stcik to American and Russian battleships, but then there's the variety factor for me. My quality of articles has been getting lower, from somthing like, hmmm, Franz Ferdinand (with a lot of support from Parsec) to Moreno, which you are currently performing surgery on, and which I admit was a "Must DYK" job done by me. Hoperfully, over the summer, I'll be able to put together drafts of articles on ym Netbook. Well, I think I should sign off for now. Buggie111 (talk) 19:45, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I understand what you mean about variety. That's what spurred me on to do a few other articles away from the German ones (like the AH ships I did, Iron Duke class battleship, Florida class battleship, etc.). The other thing to remember about doing American or British ships (and especially WWII ships) is that there's going to be a lot more info available through Google Books.

The thing to consider is that DYKs are nice and all, but they're not really necessary. And if it's causing you to rush things, then perhaps it's better to avoid trying for them. Or, you could just get all your research done before you even start working on the article (or just work on it in userspace or offline).

And as for feeling pressured to work on articles, remember that this is completely voluntary. I've taken breaks from editing these articles from time to time (I'm sure the rest of us have as well), and they've still been here when I had the time/motivation to continue writing. Everyone works at their own pace; not all of us can crank out DYKs for ships, aircraft, and other miscellaneous pieces of military equipment like Sturmvogel can. Like I said before, I've been working on the German warships for 3 years now and am not even half done yet. Parsecboy (talk) 20:10, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Well, I'm going to be leaving in a several days, so that should damper my editing. I know this is voluntary, I do this because, during my free time, nothing more interesting can be done. I know this conversation is starting to shift a bit to other things, so I'd like to say that this conversation should slow down. I feel that I've come a long way, from newbie who thought Finish Omt=Big Prize to someone more passive. I'm just not passive enough. I'm going to start reading Red Mutiny. Buggie111 (talk) 20:17, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

One thing I'd suggest that might help, is taking a two-stage approach to editing. When approaching a stub, small Start-class article, or even starting a new article, don't think, "what does this need to get to FA?" or even "...to GA?". Instead, think "what does this need to get to B-class?" and leave it at that. Getting it to B-class should, in most cases, grab a DYK too, I'd think; even if it doesn't, the article will be much improved and reasonably comprehensive, with a minimum of stress involved. Once that's been done, then you can look at what you have, corral the resources you need, and assess where things should go to keep moving up the ladder to infinityGA and beyond. - The Bushranger _{Return fire}^{Flank speed} 20:34, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

I was following that rule when I tackled, more or less, Impero. I knew that I wouldn't take it to GA, I'd just help it be able to be taken to GA. Thanks you all for your kind words, I will heed them over the two months of my absense. Buggie111 (talk) 20:41, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

I would take the userspace suggestion. I should have for USS Washington (BB-56) [still half done!]. ;) —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 21:41, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Well, I guess so, and I have done so with Sevastopol, but other attempts have ended in WS barging in with a completed draft in under five seconds. I'll take Netbook. Buggie111 (talk) 21:42, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

I see. Well, I'd suggest either adding to his additions or asking him to leave 'your' article for you. :/ —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 21:45, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Please don't accuse me of WP:OWN!:( I'm unhappy when people do that, but their drafts are always much better than mine. Buggie111 (talk) 22:20, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Man did I miss alot. I'm not trying to rush though these things. Sorry if I came off like that. But as you can see, I only am working on a about half of the AH BB's and the List for Turkey and Italy, while others have an entire nation that they are working on at the same time while going at the speed of light in editing them. I so try to spend alot of time getting my work all sorted out and I think that I'll stick with my topics for now....--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 01:07, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Your statment on the Karl's and Tegetthoffs were pretty pushy, but nothing I was really compelled by. Buggie111 (talk) 02:55, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

I cannot force you to do anything you don't want to or don't have the time to do. I was only trying to say that I think that you should get to work on them for my list but i the end I finished it anyway. You don't need to feel rushed. Work at your own pace :)--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 10:22, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

I know, You used words like please, so I thought you really wanted it. Buggie111 (talk) 13:20, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Italian battleship Andrea Doria (1913)

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Inconsistency on GOCE Totals Page

Friendly notice: I noticed that one of the pages you have copy edited points to an article entitled Oath of Office of the President of the United States, which does not appear to be an article. It is probably just a typo, but you should fix it, because you may not get credit for your copy edit if the page doesn't appear to exist. Of course, if it's been deleted, the fact that it doesn't point to anything would make sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Quinxorin (talk • contribs) 19:52, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, it was a capitalization problem. You should put your name in alphabetical order. Buggie111 (talk) 19:57, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Ottoman battleship Abdul Kadir

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DYK for Reshadieh class battleship

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DYK nomination of Colorado State Highway 64

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Re: Bugle

I've just penned the big news. On Monday I'll leave a message on the coordinator page inviting the coordinators to make any last second changes before sending the newsletter out. Its also possible I'll come back and write a little more before the letter goes out. Don;t discount more being added until an announcement is made that the letter has been dispatched :) TomStar81 (Talk) 03:37, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

I know. I'm currently dueling with The Bushranger for first place in the contest, so I just had to wonder. See you in July! Buggie111 (talk) 03:38, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Italian battleship Andrea Doria (1913)

Hello, you recently expanded the article Italian battleship Andrea Doria (1913) (I'm looking at it because of a reference error on the other article, Andrea Doria class battleship). The expansion talks about a ship named Caio Duilio but doesn't explain why that ship is being discussed on the article for the Andrea Doria. I don't know what your intentions were, so am not about it touch it, would you please revisit and revise? thank you. - Salamurai (talk) 06:38, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

As the two ships were of the same class, I copied the design section from Caio Duilo, forgetting to paste in Andrea Doria. don't worry, what you saw was just a minor error. Buggie111 (talk) 13:38, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

project

Thanks Buggie111. But I dont really think ill be so active here that Ill be of use for a project.88.90.88.107 (talk) 10:43, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

That's too bad. Buggie111 (talk) 13:38, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Erzherzog Karl class battleship, SMS Erzherzog Karl, SMS Erzherzog Ferdinand Max, SMS Erzherzog Friedrich

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re: sig

Better too much than not enough. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bahamut0013 (talk • contribs) 01:07, 31 May 2010 (UTC) ;) I nearly thought that you forgot to sign, but Sinebot didn't pop up. Clever trick... Buggie111 (talk) 01:09, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Italian battleship Impero

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German destroyer articles

Hi Buggie, I've just assessed the four articles you've sought assessments on at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Requests as stub class. My rationale for doing so is that they provide very little coverage of the ships, and most of their content is generic material available (and presumably taken from) the article on the class. I'd strongly suggest that you slow down and devote more time to the articles you're working on. At present you appear to be aiming to only do the absolute minimum needed to get these articles to B class (presumably as part of the contest you're taking part in) when you could be spending more time on providing more comprehensive and better sourced articles. Nick-D (talk) 11:21, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for French battleship Justice (1904)

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German submarine U-1023

You're going to have to fix up the article alot! I don't even know what U-boat it's talking about!--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 02:23, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

I've fixed that. Anything else? Buggie111 (talk) 02:32, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

The talk page.--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 02:30, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Oops. Done. Buggie111 (talk) 02:32, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

I've made a few corrections to it as well. It's good to go for DYK.--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 02:43, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Can you think of another hook?--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 03:22, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

That it sank one ship and damaged another in 47 days for a total of 7680 gross register tons? You'll have to think of somthing else if not. Buggie111 (talk) 03:37, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

There we go :)--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 14:27, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Erzherzog Karl class battleship

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DYK for SMS Erzherzog Karl

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DYK for SMS Erzherzog Ferdinand Max

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DYK for SMS Erzherzog Friedrich

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DYK for HMS Marlborough (1912)

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DYK for Golden Cue

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Almirante Latorre class battleship

Hi there, I was planning on doing this article after I got Latin America: A Naval History, 1810-1987. I may write it even though you've claimed it, if that's okay—if you have any other sources for it that I don't have, could you add the information when you get back? Thanks, —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 05:41, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Heh, didn't see you there. I haven't that many good sources, but I do have a Warship Profile, it's some magazine let out each year back in the 70's, for Eagle. It's chock full of info. Buggie111 (talk) 06:38, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

ISU-152-2

Hi, Buggie.

I just can't find more good data on this variant. It's very rare. I also don't have access to books on this subject. If you could try finding something? Doesn't matter under what designation you'll find the info or on what language. See what you can do. Don't worry if you're not able to find something. It's this variant. It's too rare. Oblivion Lost (talk) 15:24, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

I also missed your post. Hmm, I'll try with some translations, but I don't know how much you can expect. A longer lead may do, and the a GA might be the light at hte end of your tunnel. Buggie111 (talk) 06:40, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for French battleship Suffren

Mifter (talk) 12:03, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Can you explain how data from article on the Iéna is applicable to Suffren, an entirely different ship? Aside from gun data there's very little relevant information for Suffren as they differ significantly in armor suite. And what the hell is Caresse, p. 96? His article starts at p. 121. This is pretty shitty history and I'll be trimming much of this improperly sourced material away and downgrading the article.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 19:20, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

McLaughlin

I've finally gotten a hold of McLaughlin from the library. What did you need?--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 19:08, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Buggie is takeing a break until July :)--White Shadows ^{stood on the edge} 19:12, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Although I have a draft en route on my Netbook, which might interfere with your draft, I need info on the Petropavlovsk class battleship Sevastopol, launched in 1895. My draft covers her action at the yellow sea, attempts to flee port arthur, and both times when she struck mines. I'd like some more service history though. Buggie111 (talk) 06:36, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Signpost comments

You shoud use yards or feet for American and meters for British and other ships, not the other way around.

Not necessarily so. IMHO you should go with what the sources say. Modern vessels will probably be described in metres, but historic vessels are likely to be described in imperial measurements if there is any connection to the British Empire. Ships built in Europe may well be described in metres. Maybe you might consider altering your comments. Mjroots (talk) 10:24, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

If you need anything...

Just drop a line on my talk page. I took a lengthy wiki-break but now as a Wikipedian I am alive and kicking (though a bit busy IRL because of the exams). Artem Karimov (talk | edits) 13:41, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for French battleship Démocratie (1904)

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DYK for French battleship St Louis (1896)

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Hey, I had a thought the other day I'd like to pass on to you, after seeing your two most recent DYKs. The hooks should probably make clear that the subject article is a battleship (an excellent opportunity to link as well), as most readers won't know that on first look. I did the same thing recently too (like Westfalen, for instance). Just thought I'd let you know. I hope your summer break is going well, I'm still in the middle of finals at OSU. Parsecboy (talk) 20:00, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Kudos to you, sir, for your excellent work on this article! Great job! — Kralizec! (talk) 20:39, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

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Hi, I'd like to invite you to participate in the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. In May, about 30 editors helped remove the {{copyedit}} tag from 1175 articles. The backlog is still over 7500 articles, and extends back to the beginning of 2008! We really need your help to reduce it. Copyediting just a couple articles can qualify you for a barnstar. Serious copyeditors can win prestigious and exclusive rewards. See the event page for more information. And thanks for your consideration. ɳorɑfʈ ^Talk! 14:38, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

GA Hold

Please see Talk:SM UB-50/GA1 for more information. This article is on GA hold. Chris (talk) 19:05, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

The article has been GA Failed despite the best effort of other editors because the questions I ask were not answered in their entirity or not answered all together. Chris (talk) 15:12, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

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GOCE backlog elimination drive chart Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! We have now reached the halfway point, and here's what has happened so far. Requests Report - Good news! The number of special requests waiting to be edited has been reduced drastically, with almost all of the remaining items having editors committed to getting them done. Good work, people! Target Report - ɳorɑfʈ's initial target of reducing the backlog of articles for copy edit turned out to be unrealistic insane, so a new target was set: we hope to reduce the to backlog to less than 7,500 items in the queue by the end of the month. The number in the queue was 7,950 as of close of business yesterday. If we "concentrate our firepower" we can wipe out Jan, Feb, and March 2008, meaning the drive will have cleared four months off the backlog queue. Please consider copyediting from one of these months. Rewards Report - We now have some clear leaders on the board in all three Gold Star categories, and many people have qualified for the various barnstars. It is not too late to participate, as it takes just 2,000 words (pre-edit) to qualify for a barnstar! Don't wait! Start participating today. Remember, the ultimate winner is Wikipedia. Notice to Participants - For those who have indicated that you will be working on certain articles on the drive page in your respective tally box, please ensure that you complete these copyedits as soon as possible. Thank you very much for your participation so far! - Coordinator: ɳorɑfʈ Talk! Co-coordinators: Diannaa TALK and S Masters (talk) This newsletter by Diannaa (writer) and SMasters (writer and typesetter). Thrown onto your doorstep by ɳorɑfʈ on a red Huffy bike.

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Milhist A-Class and Peer reviews Jan-Jun 2010

		Military history reviewers' award
		By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your good work helping with the WikiProject's Peer and A-Class reviews for the period Jan-Jun 2010, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. Ian Rose (talk) 00:03, 2 September 2010 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space

• Uhhh, thanks, but I don't really think I've done much, if anything. could you please show me an example? Buggie111 (talk) 00:04, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Hi, busy day...! In your case, it'd be for contributing to Peer Reviews in the past 6 months or so -- search for your name here as a reviewer for examples. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:43, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

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Copyedit checking

Hi, I've noticed that we're 4 days into the drive now, and about 150 articles have been copyedited, but that nobody has checked an article yet... ɳorɑfʈ ^Talk! 01:35, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Ooh! How lucrative. By this, you mean seeing if I could understand what the prose means? Absolutly! Buggie111 (talk) 01:37, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Please discuss this

Please start a new thread in Talk:RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 and discuss the notability of so called "peep bowling" thank you --intelati 05:00, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

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thanks --intelati 17:41, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

I hate edit wars..... Buggie111 (talk) 17:51, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

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57357 Hospital

I declined speedy deletion of this article because this appears to be an actual hospital, and notability was asserted. If you believe the subject is still non-notable, though, please feel free to take the article to WP:AFD. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 00:28, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

The link didn't work when I tried it. I was a bit unsure, but decided to go ahead. I'd like to see it DYK-ed. Buggie111 (talk) 00:45, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

I don't think you mean DYK-ed -- that would mean it was featured on the main page under "Did You Know?" --Metropolitan90 (talk) 15:59, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

I meant exactly that. But with the prod and so forth, I don't know if it could happen. Buggie111 (talk) 16:03, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I misunderstood. But, as you probably know, the article would need to be expanded significantly to get up to the minimum length to qualify for a DYK, and I don't know who is going to get that done. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 16:22, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

590 characters would be the minimum... Buggie111 (talk) 16:25, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

I didn't read the rules. 16:26, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

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Initiative

Wow, I was actually pegging one of the existing coordinators for being the first to break in the candidates section. Seeing a new user there was a surprise, but I like that initiative, its something I value since I believe it speaks to a person's character when they decide to take the lead instead of wait for someone to lead them.

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• Thanks for the kind words Tom. Buggie111 (talk) 01:01, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

About the huge edit war fiasco

I'm sorry, I don't actually know how to post a slideshow of my cockatiel on YouTube, but I have realized that I am the one at fault here. After having some time to think, I realized that you had every right to remove my edits. It occured to me that maybe peep bowling is unnecessary information. Also, I wanted you to see my new signature! I finally mastered the art of signatures! I actually have intelatl to thank for this signature... --Hyperhippy92 ^{The Game} 14:57, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

First,I lost the game. Second, great sig. Third, No worries. If you want, you can ask me if anything troubles you here. Buggie111 (talk) 14:05, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

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Olympia

Hi, I was rewritting the last section and we were apparently conflicting. I didn't realize that you were working in that one two. I'll stand down for a while and let you work. Cheers! Kevin --Kevin Murray (talk) 23:14, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Noo, your'e much more experienced than me in writing prose and so forth. You, on the other hand, should write it. Buggie111 (talk) 23:16, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi :-)

Hi Buggie111, you've left me a question on my RfA. I just wanted to leave you a note that it's taking me some time answering that question, so in all probability I'll be able to post the answer to the question tomorrow (I'll try to better that too). Thanks for the question; it's quite interesting, even if stolen from Fetchcomms. Regards. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 14:54, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Sure. Take as long as you want. Buggie111 (talk) 15:05, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

List of jobs.

OK, first off, we need to get a reviewer for Prinz Eugen and Tegetthoff as well as expand the class article.

• Then we need to get to work on Getting Zrinyi to A-class
• Then ERR to FAC
• Then my list

Sounds good?--White Shadows ^{Your guess is as good as mine} 18:56, 11 September 2010 (UTC) Bingo. Buggie111 (talk) 19:38, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

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Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! GOCE September 2010 backlog elimination drive progress graphs Participation report — We have 71 participants in the September drive. 95 people signed up for the July drive, and in May we had 36. Progress report — We have been making solid progress in eliminating the 2008 articles from the backlog so far. If we continue to focus our firepower we can completely wipe out 2008 from the queue. Overall volumes are lower than expected though, with nearly a thousand articles yet to be done if we are to meet our overall target. If you have not yet participated in the drive, we recommend you do so. If each person who signed up edits one article per day from now till the end of the month we can eliminate another 1,065 articles from the backlog. All contributions are appreciated. Announcement: credit for 10k+ articles — Participants editing a 10k word article may claim credit for two 5k+ articles on the leaderboard. Those that edit a 15k word article may claim credit for three. Regardless, the article is still counted as a single article in the tallies. Reminder — Articles from the Requests page can be included in your tally, even if they do not have a copy edit tag. This is a great place to go if you are interested in finding a higher quality article to work on. This newsletter was prepared for the GOCE by Diannaa (Talk), S Masters (talk),  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK, and The Raptor Let's talk.

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Thanks for the question

• Buggie, Your one question made me give an answer which turned the tables :):) Thanks for the vote. Wishes Wifione _....... ^{Leave a message} 19:41, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Your welcome. Good luck with the mop. Buggie111 (talk) 22:45, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

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UB-50

Hi I have set up the notes so refs can be added it should be easy to see if you want to check, any problems just drop a line. --Jim Sweeney (talk) 15:17, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

SM UB-50

Can I claim partial credit for this GA? I know that I did not assist in the GAN itself but I am the 3rd largest contributor to the article and I have over 25 edits to. I helped to write it. I'm asking you first because I don't want to look like a trophy collector who is claiming credit for things that he did not do :)--White Shadows ^{Your guess is as good as mine} 16:10, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

I believe this is because of the Cup. Sure, tkae the credit. You put sweat into the middle patrols when I was busy IRL, so you deserve credit. Buggie111 (talk) 18:52, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

No, it's not really for the cup. I know that I'll not come in 1st, 2nd 3rd or 4th. It's just for me :) Thanks.--White Shadows ^{Your guess is as good as mine} 22:04, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Sure. I'll go find some stuff on the Tegetthoff class. Buggie111 (talk) 22:06, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Whoa, I can't believe I missed it's promotion; afterall, I created the article. Thanks to both Buggie and WS for collaborating with me to make this happen. ~NerdyScienceDude 23:18, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

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Much thanks for the clarification... and hoping my response didnt sound snippy - I get kinda "matter of fact" at ANIs, and I always fear my responses may be misunderstood in my attempt to clearly state what I feel. I also notice you like cats :-) I had a cat dog cat you probably woulda loved (had to give him away when I moved). He loved to play fetch (taught himself), loved playing, figured out how to open doors, was always there if I was in a bad mood, and tried befriending everything and everyone; including a 160lb rott (the humor of seeing the rott pull down a garbage pail, and Shadow pulling the lid off, followed by the two of them nosing through the pail together was pretty funny to me), a 60lb mutt, and a chinchilla. Wonderful soul he is. ROBERTMFROMLI ^TALK/_CNTRB 01:54, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

I was trying to explain it in the best way possible. Too bad Shadow had to leave you, seems to have been adorable. I like chihuahuas also, but not as much as those perfect lumps of fur. My house in Russia is crawling with them. Buggie111 (talk) 02:07, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

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RFA

Why did you change another editor's question? You're aware we typically don't clean up each other's grammar on posts like this, right? In fact, on this one you arguably changed the meaning of the question. Townlake (talk) 13:20, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't really notice that I changed it's meaning. I'll change it back, if you haven't already. Buggie111 (talk) 13:23, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Ok, I've changed it back and found out what it ment. What type of admin (trigger happy blocker, passive deleter, etc.) admin would Eagles 247 emulate, not what admin itself. Buggie111 (talk) 13:35, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Adoption request

Hey there, would you be interested in adopting an user? Please see User:Netalarm/Survey#alexandre_rongellion for more details. This user is interested in history, so you two might be able to also work on an article together. Regarding the user's native language being French, I believe we can ask someone listed at Wikipedia:Local_Embassy if translation is needed, so no worries there. Please reply as soon as possible, thanks. Netalarm^talk 01:28, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Well, sure. I'd be glad to help someone, And I think I'd be able to use context clues to punch my way through the French. I'll take a look. Buggie111 (talk) 01:29, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

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Thank you for assessing with the PPI, assessing with this project will probably be different than assessing with other projects in Wikipedia. It's different because the many of the articles are stub, start, or C class, and we are not working to assess long lists of articles, but will have multiple reviewers assessing the same set of articles. We are looking for Wikipedians who want to take a more in depth look at assessment and help define what is article quality. Please go to the WP:USPP Assessment page to find more details and your assessment page with the first group of articles for you to evaluate. Thanks and happy editing, ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 21:47, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

adoption Alexandre Rongellion

Hello, quite pleased of your proposal of adoption. I browsed through your subjects of interest and others, and I was quite attracted by the fact that you do not have a driver's licence and like cats. (Do you know french novelist Cocteau's pun "I prefer cats, because there are no police cats " ?). Anyway, I am pleased to see that you're interested in the Byzantine history and ancient Rome which is quite my hobby nowadays, plus that you are among other of Russian ancestry (hence the interest for Byzance ?). i can see too that you're quite good in computer gimmicks, which I am not. I am currently learning tons of information about ancient history on wikipedia, that are generally not easy to lay a hand on in actual libraries. I think I am a victim of infoglut... Hope I'll learn a few things from you, quite impressed by your medals. One difference though: I loathe computer games, they tend to drive me insane. Bye...--Alexandre Rongellion (talk) 23:43, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Sure, I look forword to working with you. I'm just a bit nervous on getting my lisence, scared that I'll run over a cat or somthing... Anyways, I'll been done setting up the coursework by the 3rd. If you need any help in the meentime, put {{helpme}} on your usertalk page. I'll tell you when I'm done with the lesson setup. Buggie111 (talk) 01:03, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

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Bot fail

After you just created your new alternate account, SoxBot decided to report it as a username vio to WP:UAA. ~NerdyScienceDude 00:47, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

• Lol. Buggie111 (talk) 00:50, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

I've replied on my talk page :)--White Shadows ^{Your guess is as good as mine} 01:02, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for adding the cites for Ekaterin II. Can you add the place of publication for Taras?--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 14:05, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

The Russians didn't seem to add it into the book. I've searched all of the pages of it for Sevastopol, and I couldn't find it. Buggie111 (talk) 14:07, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, have you tried looking it up on Worldcat? They're usually pretty good about figuring that stuff out, even it it's not immediately obvious.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 14:09, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Spelling

Hello

whic hthe ywill be, as /i remember there are four ///omt relaed oens in the queue

First impression - dont drink and edit :>. PMG (talk) 20:34, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

My Netbook has a midget sized Shift key, that's why there are so many / in it. All of it's keys are tiny, so that's why it's so typo ridden. Buggie111 (talk) 22:49, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

PPI Assessment Follow-up

Hi Buggie111, recently you signed up to help with assessment on Wikiproject: United States Public Policy. This project is probably different than other assessment drives you have worked on, it involves more assessment of lower ranked articles, it has input and staff from the foundation, and specific goals to improve and measure content of public policy articles. It also involves collaboration from some university classes, we are using an experimental assessment rubric, and most articles will be assessed by multiple reviewers to get a range of scores for each article. It's a lot to digest, and totally understandable if it's not what signed up for. However, there are also some exciting perks to this project: 1) your assessments are part of research that is attempting to increase credibility of Wikipedia in academic circles, 2) there is a great group of assessors involved in discussion of what is article quality and how to measure it, 3) WP:USPP is also piloting the Article Feedback tool, so those involved in assessment on the project will be asked to help improve and rate this tool as well, 4) subject matter experts are assessing articles alongside Wikipedians and comparisons of results will provide some insight as to the rigor of Wikipedia quality rating, and 5) other interesting benefits you will find with participation.

The first group of articles requesting your assessment has been posted. I was hoping to do a preliminary comparison of the data on 8 October 2010. The second assessment request, which is part of the same comparison, will go out about the same time. To help with organization, if you haven't posted any assessment scores on your assessment page by 8 October 2010, I will delete your assessment request and you will not receive further requests. I hope the unusualness of this assessment research does not discourage your participation; if you are not interested working in the research I hope you will continue to assess articles within the project. If possible let me know on my talk page if you don't wish to be a part of the research, or perhaps if there was some confusion or bad communication; what the public policy team, and I, in particular, can do to make it more positive for volunteers. Remember, I am new to Wikipedia and trying to learn the best way to research this project, to hopefully integrate the amazing resource that is Wikipedia onto more university campuses and classrooms. Thanks, ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 22:47, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I will be a bit inactive for the next 48 hours, but will get around to the other 4 articles in my queue. Buggie111 (talk) 22:48, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Wow, Buggie111, you are fast! ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 22:52, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

HI Buggie111, I mentioned "new to Wikipedia," right? I can't figure out why this message is not posting properly on your discussion page - sorry ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 22:51, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

That's nothing. I just happened to be on when you posted. Buggie111 (talk) 23:16, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

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DYK for Russian battleship Sevastopol (1895)

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:02, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

GAN's

Since you just nominated a Karl for a GAN, can you post that up on the main nomination's page so we get a reviewer? Thanks :)--White Shadows ^{Your guess is as good as mine} 23:58, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

They've created a bot to do that. Buggie111 (talk) 00:02, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Oh. Care to work on the other two and get them to GAN as well for us?--White Shadows ^{Your guess is as good as mine} 00:09, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Yay! SMS Erzherzog Karl passed. I only made 1 edit to it so you get full credit. 17 down, 2 more to go until this whole nation's BBs are off to GTC!--White Shadows ^{Your guess is as good as mine} 00:19, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

I've copied the lead and characteristics into Ferdinand Max, so I'll get to work on Friedrich and then make a dual-nom.Buggie111 (talk) 00:28, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Great. I'll get to work on the service history. (They are almost entirely identical. I think this will end up like the Hapsburgs to be honest....)--White Shadows ^{Your guess is as good as mine} 00:30, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Good timing, I was about to do so. Do we plan to do Italy now, or can we go for an FT?I'm gonna have to ask Ed about the state of Italian battleship Impero. Buggie111 (talk) 00:33, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

I think we should go for the FT. Getting them to GA is one thing, getting them to FA's is another challenge to prove that we did not rush through our work.--White Shadows ^{Your guess is as good as mine} 00:44, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

OK then. Are you fine with Franz Ferdinand starting the lineup? Ping me when your one with the Service histories on both Ferdinand max and friedrich. You can nom them if you want. Buggie111 (talk) 00:48, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

I'm fine with FF going first. I'll work on Ferdinand max's service history. You can get Friedrich's up to par. Remember, it's almost a carbon copy of Karl. They did everything together.--White Shadows ^{Your guess is as good as mine} 00:51, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

OK then. Buggie111 (talk) 00:52, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Both are ready to go. I found a lot of issues in all three articles though. Two were given to France and one to the UK, not the other way around. There were also general issues like punctuation and citations as well as some info that was plain-ol' wrong that I fixed on all three. You may want to look over Friedrich once more to see if it's all true. (look at the other 3 articles to check) mind talking to the guy who reviewed the last few Karl ships if he'll do it for these as well? It may get done faster so we can fix any issues that come up.--White Shadows ^{Your guess is as good as mine} 01:11, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

An update from adopt a user

Hi there Buggie111! You may be wondering, what have I done to sound the alarm this time? Nothing. I'm messaging you in regards to the adopt-a-user program, which currently has a backlog of users wishing to be adopted. This doesn't make much sense, as we have a considerable list of users offer adoption, so there shouldn't be any backlog. I've begun to eliminate this backlog myself through a matching program, but I need your help to make it work. Of course, adoptees and adopters don't have to go through there, but I believe it helps eliminate the backlog because someone is actively matching pairs.

On the list of adopters, I have modified the middle column to say "Interests." It's easier working with other users that have similar interests, so if it's not too much to ask, could you add your interests in the middle column? For example, if I was interested in hurricanes, computers, business, and ... reptiles? I would place those in the middle column. Counter-vandalism and the like can also be included (maintenance should be used as the general term). The more interests, the better, since adoptees can learn more about you and choose the one they feel most comfortable working with. The information about when you're most active and other stuff can go into the "Notes" section to the right.

Finally, I've gone around and asked adoptees (and will in the future) to fill in a short survey so adopters can take the initiative and contact users they feel comfortable working with. We all know that most adoptees just place the adopt me template on their user page and leave it - so it's up to us to approach them and offer adoption. So, please take a look at the survey, adopt those that fit your interests, and maybe watchlist it so you can see the interests of adoptees and adopt one that fits your interests in the future.

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DYK for Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive

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DYK for Russian battleship Knyaz Suvorov

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:03, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

How do you edit major topics

I have a question. How can you edit major topics like Eminem or something like that?

(Electric44 (talk) 23:55, 12 October 2010 (UTC))

You just click edit, or press ctrl+e. In the future, put {{helpme}} onto your talkpage.Buggie111 (talk) 00:58, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of SMS Budapest

Hello! Your submission of SMS Budapest at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! — Rlevse • Talk • 23:25, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

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Buggie111, thanks for contributing to article assessment in WP:USPP. Your continued involvement would be very appreciated. There is a second assessment request posted. There will be weekly updates about the research for this project posted here, look for the first one tomorrow. The next assessment request will come in early November. There is a lot of expertise and discussion about article quality happening in the project, so if you have any thoughts on the metric, or any ideas keeping project research exciting please let me know. ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 01:37, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for telling me. I have a busy week, so might get to it on Friday. Buggie111 (talk) 01:38, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi Buggie111/Two year archive -- Amy Roth is now out on maternity leave (she had a healthy baby girl this weekend!) so I'll be filling in for a couple of months. (I'm LiAnna Davis, the Public Policy Initiative's communications associate.) I'd like to get the assessments done this week if possible -- I've made some edits to give you direct links to the versions we'd like you to assess. Your page is here. Please let me know if you can't finish it by this weekend! Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks again for all your help! --Ldavis (Public Policy) (talk) 23:39, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

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DYK for SMS Budapest

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EFF

We did it Buggie! Look!--White Shadows ^{Your guess is as good as mine} 23:15, 21 November 2010 (UTC) Yay! Buggie111 (talk) 03:01, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

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Football

I'll root for Green Bay, as a matter of history many Steelers fans did root for Greenbay back when the Steelers were having there long period of down time for rebuilding. I will not root for the patriots though, if they show up in my back yard I'll wave the yellow flag of war :) TomStar81 (Talk) 18:02, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Looks like we stand partially divided. at least you don't root for the Cowboys. They're sure taking a beating. As I have relatives in AZ, I hold a grudge against Big Ben and Santanio Holmes. At least he didn't make me angry again Monday. I like Rodgers, just as I like the Ravens and Falcons for Lewwsis and Ryan. But the Cards/Pats are the only teams I really "root" for. See you in the playoffs. Buggie111 (talk) 23:33, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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Yes, I do speak Russian, as well as English and French. One of these days, I am going to build my user page. My current mid-term aim is to get as many articles related to the Siege of Leningrad to B-class or more.D2306 (talk) 15:44, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Ну и вот! Увидемся! Buggie111 (talk) 15:46, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Do you mind performing the merge on Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive? I will eventually get to it and reference/expand it.D2306 (talk) 17:28, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, not that much time on my hands now. Maybe the 18th? Buggie111 (talk) 21:17, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

No problems. I just want to cover the battles leading up to it first.D2306 (talk) 21:21, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

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SMS Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand was an Austro-Hungarian Radetzky class pre-dreadnought battleship commissioned into the Austro-Hungarian Navy on 5 June 1910. Although SMS Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand was laid down and commissioned after the launching of the HMS Dreadnought in 1906, her design was begun before and had the characteristics of a Pre-Dreadnought battleship rather than later Post-Dreadnought battleships. She was named after Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The first ship of her class to be built, she preceded Radetzky by more than six months. Her armament included four 30.5 cm (12 in) guns in two twin turrets, and eight 24 cm (9.4 in) guns in four twin turrets. She participated in an international naval protest of the Balkan Wars in 1913, during which she helped enforce a blockade of Montenegro. She also was one of the first ships to deploy seaplanes for military use. During World War I, she saw limited service in the 2nd Division of the 1st Battle Squadron, including mobilization to assist the escape of the German ships SMS Goeben and SMS Breslau and the bombardment of Ancona in 1915. (more...)

Yipekayae!!!! Or however it's spelled. Buggie111 (talk) 04:03, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

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Kwanhanumas speedy

Hey, you originally tagged that as A7, but I deleted it as G3-blatant hoax. LadyofShalott 01:19, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

I was basing it off of the Fastbuttons buttons that I have. I wwas gonna tag the other page as a hoax, but the comp was too slow. Buggie111 (talk) 01:24, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

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SMS Radetzky

Hey there Buggie. I was thinking, want to get to work on this ship? I've got a bunch of info on her from Sokol and we could probably get her to ACR with Parsec's blessing since he wrote most of her in her current state. So what do you think?--White Shadows ^{Those Christmas lights} 02:43, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Sure. Happy New years! Buggie111 (talk) 17:54, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

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EEK! I completely forgot! Buggie111 (talk) 14:14, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

SMS Zrínyi is ready for an ACR and SMS Radetzky is as well. We could promote those to FA status and jointly claim points on a least one of them for this round if you'd like.--White Shadows ^{We live in a beautiful world} 11:53, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Sure. I don't have boatloads of time due to RL, so that would be dandy. I'm also working on Sevastopol. Buggie111 (talk) 15:58, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Mind nominating Zrinyi for an ACR then since I just nominated the other one with Parsec? Make sure to state that it's a join nom.--White Shadows ^{We live in a beautiful world} 02:46, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

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re: CSD#R3

Per your request, I have deleted User:Buggie111/Dwight B. Heard. I wanted to drop a note here, however, because you tagged it with {{db-redirtypo}}, the tag for CSD criterion R3. The page was ineligible for deletion under that criterion. Most redirects created as the result of non-vandalism pagemoves are ineligible. As a user-space request, the better tag would have been WP:CSD#U1. Less potential for confusion that way. Nothing to be done in this case but if you could keep it in mind for the next time, it would help us keep the logs cleaner. Thanks. Rossami (talk) 19:30, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Sorry there. I was short on time and the scripts told me to put that in specifically. Next time I'll punch in the correct criterion manually. Buggie111 (talk) 23:02, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Interesting. What scripts, please? It has been a remarkably common mistake lately. If it's script-driven, that might explain it. And be easy to mass-fix. Rossami (talk) 02:06, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Well, not scripts de-jure. After I moved it, it came up saying "If you don't think this is a plausible redirect, click here to mark for CSD". I went there, and it told me to punch db-redirect in.Buggie111 (talk) 02:22, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Hmmm. Just tested it in the sandbox. That's not going to be an easy page to fix. The wording is poor, though. Thanks for pointing it out. Rossami (talk)

Regarding other CSD nominations:

• Saran(iran) - You tagged it as a duplicate of Saran Surname which is was. At that point though, Saran Surname was probably the worse title of the two (since Saran, Iran is where the content finally landed). Complicating the case was the userpage notice. The default for A10 is not as helpful as most people think. The user clearly didn't understand and kept editing. In hindsight, a custom-written explanation might have been more friendly and maybe more effective at sorting out the better title. Right answer in the end, though.
• VSide - good tag. It could also have been plausibly tagged with A7 (web) but you already had two solid reasons to delete. Interestingly, that page has been previously deleted many times. A draft has been "userfied" to User:Krispin16/VSide. Don't know how you could have known that, though. And it wouldn't have changed the decision you made.
• User:Buggie111/Urartian art - Your final act when you were done with it was to tag the page with G7 which was fair as you were the only editor. You could also have used U1 since it was in your userspace. U1s get executed a bit more cleanly. Worked either way, though.
• Kwanhanumas sock - confirmed. Given the user's contribution history, I might have even used the stronger "vandalism" accusation
• Kwanhanumas - You tagged it as A7, then reversed yourself. Again, I would have been more harsh and gone straight to "vandalism". You are correct that "blatant hoax" is a very high standard but the link the user stuck at the end confirmed it for me. There was no possibility that link was connected to the alleged content. It was a clear attempt to imply credibility in bad faith.
• Lucas Group - restoration of an improperly-removed speedy tag was entirely appropriate. Had the conflict of interest not been so blatant, you might have considered dropping a note on the user's page explaining the error. In this case, I wouldn't have either.
• Bisneyland - you tagged it as A7 (no notability) but the content was pretty clearly malicious. Again, I would have been more harsh in the assessment, calling it vandalism. Few would fault you for being tactful, though...

That goes back through November. Is this the level of feedback you were looking for? Rossami (talk) 02:49, 9 April 2011 (UTC) I'd prefer if ouy'd review any large spurts of action, but besides that, I'm fine. Thanks a lot! Buggie111 (talk) 02:58, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

RE: move request

I'd love to help you out and make that admin move for you, but my RfA doesn't close till the 13th. I'm feeling confident about it, though, and if you can hold off till then, I would love to make it my inagural sysop action. If not, you can find help at WP:Requested moves. bahamut0013^words_deeds 18:46, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

I fail! I thought you had the mop. You just got my vote. Buggie111 (talk) 18:56, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Courcelles beat me to the deletion, but I made the move fer ya. bahamut0013^words_deeds 16:44, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

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Request for adoption

I would like you to adopt me to help me with what you said on my editor review. Thank you.--Breawycker (talk to me!) Review Me! 22:25, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Sure! As I believe you are all right with Wiki-coding and the like, I'll start to prepare the content related lessons in my Adopt template. I sugesst you read up on WP:RS,WP:GA,WP:FA,Wikipedia:The perfect article,WP:MOS and WP:DEV. You don't have to finish them all, just a few. Also, could you please go to User:Buggie111/Adopt and follow the instructions? Buggie111 (talk) 22:57, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

I have finished the survey and pre-test--Breawycker public (talk) 19:46, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Ok, I'll grade the pre-test. You can start working on the first two lessons, in the meanwhile. If you reach the third lesson, which still isn't done, go back to reading the above articles. Buggie111 (talk) 22:54, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

What do I do know that I have read the User rights page?--Breawycker public (talk) 19:58, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Reread the above links until I notify you. Also do the tests for the first two lessons (they are at the bottom). Buggie111 (talk) 01:01, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

History of the United States Navy

Could you please comment again at History of the United States A-class review? I made some article changes based on your comments which hopefully earns your support. Thanks! Kirk (talk) 13:49, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

And I'm never going anywhere near Natalie again. Cheers, 99.149.87.151 (talk) 03:51, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Just try not to get mentioned inn E!, then the whole world will be going after you :). Don't worry, this happens frequently, and administrators at WP:AIV can check so as you are not blocked on accident. Buggie111 (talk) 13:22, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the DYK review

Just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to look at the SS Ranpura. Have a good one! JKBrooks85 (talk) 09:52, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

No problem! I was just looking for a DYK to review and decided I didn't want to review some old mill or fungi species. Buggie111 (talk) 13:23, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for Dwight B. Heard

Materialscientist (talk) 12:03, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of M2 gas mask

Hello! Your submission of M2 gas mask at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 19:46, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Hi, I see you started using one of those new references. Are you sure that all the information you wrote in the 2 paragraphs is stated in the reference? It seems to me that the reference talks more about how hard it was to put on and wear the gas mask, which you don't mention in your article. Best, Yoninah (talk) 14:46, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

I actually think it does. IDK. Buggie111 (talk) 14:54, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

I've re-reviewed the article and posted some new comments. Please try to address them! --Orlady (talk) 18:50, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Now is it ok? Buggie111 (talk) 19:23, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Erm... I'm sorry to say this, but the answer is "no."
For example, I still can't figure out what is meant by the statement that the mask "compressed" gas -- and there's no information on that topic in the source cited. To be candid, that doesn't make sense. The mask presumably worked by blocking infiltration of the chemical components -- possibly by absorbing them or reacting with them chemically. It doesn't make sense that it could have compressed the gas, nor that compression of gas would have protected the wearer.
Also, removing refs to the blog did not improve the sourcing for the article -- it means that more of the article content is now completely unsourced, instead of being sourced to a marginal source. If you ask me, an unreliable source is better than no source at all, because it allows the reader to find out where you got it. --Orlady (talk) 19:49, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

I've reverted my older edits and decided that I don't really need to go through this much hassle over a DYK. nothing against you Orlady, but this is like discussing a nbsp at FAC. I think I'm gonna go work on something else. Buggie111 (talk) 20:01, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

List of Moscow Metro Stations help

K' there, all you template masters, I've got a question. When I was working on my copy of List of Moscow metro stations, a template problem popped up. I copied and pasted over the exact coding from ru.wiki, leaving the title, and everythign seemed ok, but, when I added the english version of the template, it went really cazy. I then found out that the {{}} version of the template was different than if I had just copied over the text from the template. The two templates can be found at User:Buggie111/TemplateSandbox Any help? Buggie111 (talk) 21:25, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

I think I fixed the template, open it up again if it is still an issue, or let me know and I'll look at it some more. Monty₈₄₅ 23:00, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

I was gonna say, it looks fine to me now. CTJF83 23:03, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

K there. Thanks. It's all good. Buggie111 (talk) 23:08, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for Battle of Caldera Bay

The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

raydin687

Sub Roman Britain talks about Brtian in the 5th and 6th centries, mine is about the proabilaty of a unifidied post roman kingdom, it was about a state, while sub roman Britain was about an era, please put it back up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raydin687 (talk • contribs) 14:13, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Actually, when I read over the article, it talked about somthing that "started in the 425", otherwise, the fifth century. I'll revert the edit, but be sure to add Wikipedia:Reliable Sources to the article, as right now, it's unsourced. Next time, please put new messages at the bottom. Buggie111 (talk) 17:33, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

The article is mostly theory, its meant to be about the possability of what the Roman Arthur's Kingdom may have been like. Thank you if you put the article back up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raydin687 (talk • contribs) 21:37, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

It needs to be theory with sources. I'm not putting it back up until you demonstrate some reliable sources that you will use. Please read WP:RS. Buggie111 (talk) 21:49, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Kign Arthur's round table revealed, Britain AD King Arthur's Britain, Arthurian Legends: King Arthur. These are documentaries. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raydin687 (talk • contribs) 22:41, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

No books or websites? Anyways, I'll revert the redirect and give you a day to cite the article. I'd suggest finding some books also. Buggie111 (talk) 22:53, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

I forgot to add BRitain is a book, http://heritage-key.com/blogs/lyn/king-arthurs-real-round-table-revealed, talks about real round table, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1293657/King-Arthurs-Round-Table--table-Roman-amphitheatre-Chester.html this one talks about chaster being camelot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raydin687 (talk • contribs) 23:06, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Ok. I'll revert it right now and you can get to work. Buggie111 (talk) 23:08, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Cheers:) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raydin687 (talk • contribs) 23:15, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Hi Buggie111, just a friendly note to let you know of a discussion on Kingdom of Britannia at User Talk:Snowded. Cheers, Daicaregos (talk) 15:03, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

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Round 2 of the 2011 WikiCup is over, and the new round will begin on 1 May. Note that any points scored in the interim (that is, for content promoted or reviews completed on 29-30 April) can be claimed in the next round, but please do not start updating your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. Fewer than a quarter of our original contestants remain; 32 enter round 3, and, in two months' time, only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. Casliber (submissions), who led Pool F, was our round champion, with 411 points, while 7 contestants scored between 200 and 300 points. At the other end of the scale, a score of 41 was high enough to reach round 3; more than five times the score required to reach round 2, and competition will no doubt become tighter now we're approaching the later rounds. Those progressing to round 3 were spread fairly evenly across the pools; 4 progressed from each of pools A, B, E and H, while 3 progressed from both pools C and F. Pools D and G were the most successful; each had 5 contestants advancing.

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Re:Email

I've replied to your email. Sorry for the long delay. TomStar81 (Talk) 07:37, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

That's nothing. I know how hard you must have worked toget that one semester. I wish you good luck. Buggie111 (talk) 12:56, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for M2 gas mask

The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/SMS Radetzky

Hey Buggie. Want to help me finish up the remaining issues that we did not fix in this article's ACR? I fixed everything but the citation issue with the notes and one more thing that I cannot seem to put my finger on...I mentioned this over at Dank's TP. (look at his last archive for it)--White Shadows ^{Stuck in square one} 21:50, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

I'm bedded down with finals until the 19th and already have Zrinyi at an ACR, but I'll see if I can take a shot. Buggie111 (talk) 23:58, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

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SMS Zrínyi

Buggie...you need to get on this ASAP. The ACr will close in about 24 hours and there is still much to do!--White Shadows ^{Stuck in square one} 22:02, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

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We're half way through round 3 of the 2011 WikiCup. There are currently 32 remaining in the competition, but only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. Casliber (submissions), of pool D, is our overall leader with nearly 200 points, while pools A, B and C are led by Racepacket (submissions), Hurricanehink (submissions) and Canada Hky (submissions) respectively. The score required to reach the next round is 35, though this will no doubt go up significantly as the round progresses. We have a good number of high scorers, but also a considerable number who are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. Also, an important note concerning nominations at featured article candidates: if you are nominating content for which you intend to claim WikiCup points, please make this clear in the nomination statement so that the FAC director and his delegates are aware of the fact.

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May MilHist contest

Hi mate, looks to me like your two entries haven't advanced this month -- rather than score them zero this month, are you happy for me to just spirit them into next month's table? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:03, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

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Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 backlog elimination drive report Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors May 2011 Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating! Participation GOCE May 2011 backlog elimination drive progress graphs There were 63 signups for the drive; of these, 45 participated. Although we did not award a bonus for articles from the Requests page this drive, we are not experiencing lengthy delays in getting the articles processed. Many thanks to editors who have been helping out at the Requests page and by copy editing articles from the backlog. Progress report During the month of May we reduced the backlog by approximately 10%, and made remarkable progress on eliminating articles tagged from 2009. There are now only 15 articles left, down from the 415 that were present when the drive started. Since our backlog drives began in May 2010 with 8,323 articles, we have cleared more than 54% of the backlog. A complete list of results and barnstars awarded can be found here. Barnstars will be distributed over the next week. If you enjoyed participating in our event, you may also like to join the Wikification drives, which are held on alternate months to our drives. Their June drive has started. Coodinator election The six-month term for our first tranche of Guild coordinators will be expiring at the end of June. We will be accepting nominations for the second tranche of coordinators, who will also serve a six-month term. Nominations will open starting on June 5. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. Please feel free to contact any coordinator if you have any questions or need assistance. Your project coordinators are S Masters (talk), Diannaa (Talk), Tea with toast (Talk), Chaosdruid (talk), and Torchiest (talk).

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We are half way through 2011, and entering the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; the semi-finals are upon us! Points scored in the interim (29/30 June) may be counted towards next round, but please do not update your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. 16 contestants remain, and all have shown dedication to the project to reach this far. Our round leader was Casliber (submissions) who, among other things, successfully passed three articles through featured article candidates and claimed an impressive 29 articles at Did You Know, scoring 555 points. Casliber led pool D. Pool A was led by Wizardman (submissions), claiming points for a featured article, a featured list and seven good article reviews, while pool C was led by Eisfbnore (submissions), who claimed for two good articles, ten articles at Did You Know and four good article reviews. They scored 154 and 118 respectively. Pool B was by far our most competitive pool; six of the eight competitors made it through to round 4, with all of them scoring over 100 points. The pool was led by Hurricanehink (submissions), who claimed for, among other things, three featured articles and five good articles. In addition to the four pool leaders, 12 others (the four second places, and the 8 next highest overall) make up our final 16. The lowest scorer who reached round 4 scored 76 points; a significant increase on the 41 needed to reach round 3. Eight of our semi-finalists scored at least twice as much as this.

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WikiCup 2011 July newsletter

We are half way through the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; there is less than a month to go before we have our final 8. Our pool leaders are Adabow (submissions) (Pool A, 189 points) and PresN (submissions) (Pool B, 165 points). The number of points required to reach the next round is not clear at this time; there are some users who still do not have any recorded points. Please remember to update your submissions' pages promptly. In addition, congratulations to PresN, who scored the first featured topic points in the competition for his work on Thatgamecompany related articles. Most points this round generally have, so far, come from good articles, with only one featured article (White-bellied Sea Eagle, from Casliber (submissions)) and two featured lists (Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, from PresN and Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album, from Another Believer (submissions)). Points for Did You Know and good article reviews round out the scoring. No points have been awarded for In the News, good topics or featured pictures this round, and no points for featured sounds or portals have been awarded in the entire competition. On an unrelated note, preparation will be beginning soon for next year's WikiCup- watch this space!

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The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011

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WikiCup 2011 July newsletter

The finals are upon us; we're down to the last few. One of the eight remaining contestants will be this year's WikiCup champion! 150 was the score needed to progress to the final; just under double the 76 required to reach round 4, and more than triple the 41 required to reach round 3. Our eight finalists are:

• Casliber (submissions), Pool A's winner. Casliber has the highest total score in the competition, with 1528, the bulk of which is made up of 8 featured articles. He has the highest number of total featured articles (8, 1 of which was eligible for double points) and total did you knows (72) of any finalist. Casliber writes mostly on biology, including ornithology, botany and mycology.
• PresN (submissions), Pool B's winner and the highest scorer this round. PresN is the only finalist who has scored featured topic points, and he has gathered an impressive 330, but most of his points come from his 4 featured articles, one of which scored double. PresN writes mostly on video games and the Hugo Awards.
• Hurricanehink (submissions), Pool A's runner-up. Hurricanehink's points are mostly from his 30 good articles, more than any other finalist, and he is also the only finalist to score good topic points. Hurricanehink, as his name suggests, writes mostly on meteorology.
• Wizardman (submissions), Pool B's runner-up. Wizardman has completed 86 good article reviews, more than any other finalist, but most of his points come from his 2 featured articles. Wizardman writes mostly on American sport, especially baseball.
• Miyagawa (submissions), the "fastest loser" (Pool A). Miyagawa has written 3 featured lists, one of which was awarded double points, more than any other finalist, but he was awarded points mostly for his 68 did you knows. Miyagawa writes on a variety of topics, including dogs, military history and sport.
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• Sp33dyphil (submissions), who was joint third "fastest loser" (Pool B). Most of Phil's points come from his 9 good articles, 4 of which (more than any other finalist) were eligible for double points. He writes mostly on aeronautics.

We say goodbye to our seven other semi-finalists, Another Believer (submissions), Piotrus (submissions), Grandiose (submissions), Stone (submissions), Eisfbnore (submissions), Canada Hky (submissions) and MuZemike (submissions). Everyone still in the competition at this stage has done fantastically well, and contributed greatly to Wikipedia. We're on the home straight now, and we will know our winner in two months.

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Principals: Ironwood, Kellis

The person who removed Jeff Wooten as Ironwood vice principal added him to the Raymond S. Kellis High article. You might want to check if something happened there. Raymie (t • c) 22:10, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks there. I'll check right now and verify on Tuesday. Buggie111 (talk) 22:12, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

I've checked the RSK website, and it says that Wooten is now principal at RSK. I'll revert my revert to Ironwood. Buggie111 (talk) 22:14, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

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VI Corps

Thanks for reviewing the article VI Corps (Grande Armée) as B-class and your kind comment. I'd appreciate if you could mark up the talk page. I did that "corps" article on a whim and wasn't planning to do all of them. (I'd look at your Caldera Bay article but it's late.) Thanks. Djmaschek (talk) 04:04, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

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Deutscher Wikipedia Beitrag auch in der englischen Wikipedia veröffentlichen

Hi Buggie111!

Ich möchte gerne meinen Beitrag von der deutschen Wikipedia auch in der englischen Wikipedia veröffentlichen. Dazu würde ich Hilfe benötigen. Könnte ich dich bitte über E-Mail kontaktieren, um dir Details bekannt zu geben?

Vielen Dank!

Liebe Grüße --Bah2011 (talk) 06:00, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi Buggie111!

Thanks for your answer. I would like to publicise my article from the German Wikipedia also in the English Wikipedia. The article is about a company. Would it be possible to contact you by Mail for further details?

Thanks in advance! --Bah2011 (talk) 08:47, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Sure, just click the Email this USer button on hte left hand side of the screen.. Although I don't know why you can't do it here........... Also, are you by any chance User:Bah? Just makin' sure. Buggie111 (talk) 13:37, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

That was quick!

	The "I got there 11 minutes after voting opened" award
	For managing to place your votes at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/September 2011 just 11 minutes after the voting opened! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:31, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

I got there two minutes after opening, but didn't want to sem, too..... anxious. Buggie111 (talk) 00:34, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Titan's Cross

Hello, Buggie111. You have new messages at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Military_history/Operation_Majestic_Titan/Titan's_Cross#Bahamut0013_(Posthumous).
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

TomStar81 (Talk) 02:13, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

I replied to your comment; also, you got mail. TomStar81 (Talk) 02:27, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Warning

I understand you don't like swear words, but that does not give you carte blanche to modify other editors' comments. The basic rule – with some specific exceptions – is, that you should not edit or delete the comments of other editors without their permission. Understand? 28bytes (talk) 02:24, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't read your message on Cerejota's talk, I thought it was sarcasm from a supposedly vandal only account, although it was reported due to Cerejota's revert. Sorry about that. But, could you eplease remove the part about swear words, nowhere were htey used, and please try to calm your edit summaries down in the future, I have not been warned by you in the pat for refactoring other's edits, as I remember, the last time was in March of 2010. cheers, Buggie111 (talk) 02:40, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

The previous warning to which I refer is here, where I undid the edit you had made to Mkativerata's nomination statement. As best I can tell, you did not ask either Mkativerata or the candidate before you bowdlerized his statement. Editing others' comments in this way, as you did to Ironholds' comment here, is unacceptable, and I ask again: do you understand? 28bytes (talk) 02:48, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Oh, I thought you meant the goodbye sweet prince part. I actually, personally, don't know how those two reverts occured. I didn't take a look at the nom statement or comments and am sorry about that. Must be my filter rewriting the stuff. Apologies once again. Buggie111 (talk) 03:25, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Ah, OK, if you have a browser filter set up it could indeed do that. Thanks for the clarification. 28bytes (talk) 03:32, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, the filter affected my page too – see [4]. Is there any way to turn it off? Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 15:34, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Turned off. Buggie111 (talk) 15:48, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Actually, turned off one two of three computers. The alst one is password protected (and it's a very long process of getting the password), so I"ll ahve to use IE on that computer. Nothing bad, though, the FF spell check seems ot be down on it. Buggie111 (talk) 01:19, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Give the page time

Buggie please give the Dart monkey page time to become constructed and organized. Thanks, Gatorfan6 (talk) 23:42, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Oh and if I can help in any way with the military history give me a to-do list and I will help as much as I can.Gatorfan6 (talk) 23:44, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Ok, I'll give you another hour, but it's still not notable. Please see this for further info. On the topic of Military History, the thign hanging at the top of my page is old stuff. I'd suggest you look at this for some tasks. Once again, welcome! Buggie111 (talk) 23:47, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Nah never mind go ahead and delete the page. I read why and I think it might be a waste of time and nothing somebody will look at. Thanks for being the first person to welcome me.Gatorfan6 (talk) 23:53, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

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Battle of Borodino

How about we both don't take offense? However if you want run to an admin, it is free and available. I'm not interested in controlling anything beyond not having to copy write it endlessly. Secondly the article is getting over long. Thirdly sometimes you really don't have a choice but to go to a website, unfortunately. Fourthly, we have both offered to help this fellow out with a few copy writes to help him out. There have been lots of edits to the Battle of Borodino and for the most part I let them be, just as every editor out here does. That being said there are a few of us that try out best to keep the article on the beam more or less. We have lots of folks that would rewrite this to something that better suites their personal tastes. See all the fun that has been had with the results box for one. Websites have been used to replace cited content from RS sources, usually as a means of changing the results of the battle or rewording the article for the same reason. Now actually I am an American so I don't really care who won except for the glaring fact that we are presenting a history to the public and it is supposed to be the truth, or at least as close as we can get.

This fellow has done nothing wrong besides a fair amount of bad grammar. As for sources, actually in this case it would be better to use a recent history from a main stream author mainly because the farther back you get the more distorted the truth becomes. Chandler was quite the Napoleonic Scholar and managed to blow it several times. Asking a new Editor to sort out the good from the bad is asking a bit much.

Now as for the reason I probably sounded a bit harsh?

I know the rules here, so do you, lets both assume we intend on following the letter and spirit of the intent.

As I told Alex, the problem is that new editors tend to go to the articles where the bar is set very high. They get reverted and frustrated and quit. It grates on my nerves and isn’t my forte but if we don’t help the new Editors out we are never going to get really good new editors. I intend on helping him out. God knows there are precious few that really want to work on the Russian articles as is and I need every one I can get. I hope that explains where I am at. We are both trying to help him and there are lots of articles that any Russian speaker can do and frankly that I can’t. I can’t get decent sources.Tirronan (talk) 05:34, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

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Congratulations!

I am pleased to inform you that you have been elected as a coordinator of the Military history WikiProject. Congratulations on your achievement, and thank you for volunteering!

Discussions of our plans for the coming year will no doubt begin in the next few days. In the meantime, please make sure that you have the coordinators' discussion page on your watchlist, as most of the relevant activity happens there. If you have not already done so, you may want to read the relevant courses in the project academy, as well as the discussion page and its recent archives.

If you have any questions about your work as a coordinator, or anything else, please don't hesitate to ask me directly. Kirill ^{[talk] [prof]} 02:01, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Military History Coordinators

Buggie111,

Looks like we've just made it with only 19 votes for Coordinators. Hope to work with you as Coordinator over coming months! AustralianRupert, who I have struck up an online wikipedia friendship gave his support for us and he's very helpful when he can get access Wikipedia. Adamdaley (talk) 05:11, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Thank you Muchas gracias, merci, vielen Dank and many thanks for your trust and voting me into the team of coordinators. MisterBee1966 (talk) 07:46, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Coordinator of the Military history Project, September 2010-September 2011

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WikiCup 2011 September newsletter

We are on this year's home straight, with less than a month to go until the winner of the 2011 WikiCup will be decided. The fight for first place is currently being contested by Miyagawa (submissions), Hurricanehink (submissions) and Sp33dyphil (submissions), all of whom have over 200 points. This round has already seen multiple featured articles (1991 Atlantic hurricane season from Hurricanehink and Northrop YF-23 from Sp33dyphil) and a double-scoring featured list (Miyagawa's 1948 Summer Olympics medal table). The scores will likely increase far further before the end of the round on October 31 as everyone ups their pace. There is not much more to say- thoughts about next year's competition are welcome on the WikiCup talk page or the scoring talk page, and signups will open once a few things have been sorted out.

If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 12:29, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

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00:21, 2 October 2011 (UTC)(Timestamp added due to lack of one.)

"WikiProject's Peer and A-Class ..."

The awards should probably mention FAC, too. Sorry I didn't catch this before. Thanks! - Dank (push to talk) 14:16, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

............ Uggh. Once again, 17 open tabs. But, so what. Will do. Buggie111 (talk) 14:17, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Military History Reviewers' Award

Thanks Buggie111 for the Military History Reviewers' Award. I enjoy doing research and editing on Wikipedia. I believe the study of military history has tremendous value and importance for posterity. Cmguy777 (talk) 15:49, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Same here. Keep up the good work. Buggie111 (talk) 19:07, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

"Milhist FA, A-Class and Peer Reviews Jul-Sep 2011"

Thanks. However, mine doesn't display correctly but I can't identify a succinct fault; this may affect others. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 16:39, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Fixed. Buggie111 (talk) 19:06, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks so much for The Military history reviewers' award - I doubt I did enough to deserve it, but thanks you for the recognition. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:00, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

WP:NOTCENSORED

Hey, I noticed this. Please don't refactor others' comments. Thanks. --John (talk) 19:35, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

My bad. That was my web censor, cutting out things. Password is locked. Buggie111 (talk) 19:55, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

You could probably avoid that by using the "new section" option rather than editing the whole page. --John (talk) 01:20, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

I see. The setting will soon be unchecked, though. Buggie111 (talk) 01:21, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Award

Hi Buggie111. Just seen your award. Thanks a lot!! I appreciate it. Cheers,Alex --Alexandru Demian (talk) 20:34, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

That's nothing. Keep up your good work. Buggie111 (talk) 20:34, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Gong

Thank you, and your colleagues, so much! What a very nice medal to get! Tim riley (talk) 19:21, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

That's nothing. Keep up the good reviews

MilHist Awards

Hi,

I was nosing around the MilHist Coords talk, and notice you were trying to develop standard MilHist Awards for those conducting Reviews for the project at User:Buggie111/milhistcoord toolbox. Not sure if you're familiar with how to create subst: templates similar to barnstars, so that instead of trying to copy/paste all that code and hope it works, you could just use something like {{subst:WP:MILHIST/Awards/Reviewer/1|Jul|Sept|2011|~~~~}} which would add the award with the start-end period, year, and the to/from details automatically. Depends if you're familiar with how to create such templates, but if you're not, drop me a message, if you're interested in awards processed like that, as I don't mind helping you set them up. Cheers, Ma®©usBritish ^{[Chat • RFF]} 21:33, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, didn't see that tempalte on the awards apge. Thanks. Buggie111 (talk) 22:09, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

That template is not on the award page.. I'm offering to make such templates, as I was under the belief you're not sure how to create substitutional templates based on your code copy/paste method. Ma®©usBritish ^{[Chat • RFF]} 22:25, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

How to create them? Np. But use them, yes. sure, I'd be happy if you'd make them. Buggie111 (talk) 23:07, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

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{{subst:WPMILHIST Reviewer 1|start|end|year|~~~~}}

Example: {{subst:WPMILHIST Reviewer 1|Jan|Mar|2011|~~~~}} gives:

		The Military history reviewers' award
		By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted contributions to the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured article reviews for the period Jan–Mar 2011, the Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. Ma®©usBritish [Chat • RFF] 00:00, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

{{subst:WPMILHIST Reviewer 2|start|end|year|~~~~}}

Example: {{subst:WPMILHIST Reviewer 2|Apr|Jun|2012|~~~~}} gives:

		The Military history reviewers' award
		By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted contributions to the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured article reviews for the period Apr–Jun 2012, I am delighted to award you the Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. Ma®©usBritish [Chat • RFF] 00:00, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

{{subst:WPMILHIST Reviewer 3|start|end|year|~~~~}}

Example: {{subst:WPMILHIST Reviewer 3|July|Sept|2014|~~~~}} gives:

		The Content Review Medal of Merit
		By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted work on the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured Article reviews for the period July–Sept 2014, I am delighted to award you this Content Review Medal. Ma®©usBritish [Chat • RFF] 00:00, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

{{subst:WPMILHIST Reviewer 4|start|end|year|~~~~}}

Example: {{subst:WPMILHIST Reviewer 4|October|December|2013|~~~~}} gives:

		The WikiChevrons
		By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted contributions to the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured article reviews for the period October–December 2013, I am delighted to award you the WikiChevrons. Ma®©usBritish [Chat • RFF] 00:00, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for all of that, I really know I deserve... I mean, well, yeah. Thanks for the subs. Buggie111 (talk) 00:04, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Haha, I like it! No probs - they can all be edited/altered/updated as you see fit, now they're setup. Cheers, Ma®©usBritish ^{[Chat • RFF]} 00:08, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

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Your note about User:Sanjaydasgupta54/VisualLangLab

Hi, Thanks for the note you left for me (about the article User:Sanjaydasgupta54/VisualLangLab) on Breawycker's talk page.

I had missed your note earlier, but will make the changes/additions suggested, and notify you when done.

Sanjaydasgupta54 (talk) 15:14, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Article User:Sanjaydasgupta54/VisualLangLab ready for review now

I've added a short bio to my user page that also mentions the fact that I am the creator of VisualLangLab (the subject matter of the article in question).

I also re-read the article itself, and believe it meets the "good article" requirements. You may sense a sales pitch at some places, but that is inevitable given that the tool's raison d'etre is that it simplifies -- almost trivializes -- what was hitherto a complex process requiring advanced knowledge and skills. For example, to test a parser, you can achieve by clicking a button what other tools (e.g. JavaCC, ANTLR, etc.) can accomplish only after a tedious three-step (generate parser, compile, run parser) manual process.

If you have any other observations I'll be happy to address them.

Thanks for your help.

Sanjaydasgupta54 (talk) 17:30, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Since I'm not a computer expert, I suggest you move the page and ask at WP:PR, or possibly at one of the wikiproejct here. I'd add more content, but, then again, I don't know if there's any to be added. The lead of the artilce is longer than the article itself, which shouldn't usually be done. Buggie111 (talk) 19:00, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

self-reviews for B-class

Buggie, please don't self-assess articles that you've worked on for B-class. Please let the people at WP:MHAR do so as they're neutral parties. Personally, I'd say that the Condorcet article is only C-class because it doesn't cover her activities during the war in any significant detail.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 14:27, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

All I'm doing is echoing Brad101's asesessment of the article. Did I miss something? Buggie111 (talk) 15:02, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Portal

You mentioned collaborating in recreating Portal:Military of Germany...? WikiCopter 01:27, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

Umm, yeah, I did. Kind of busy now, so I"d suggest you start on the categories, dyk's, etc. using the portal skeleton. I"ll finish up the American football portal in the meantime. Buggie111 (talk) 01:29, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

What colors would you suggest using? I thought a toned down red for the title background and black for the text would be appropriate. Yellow should also appear somewhere, and maybe white (reminiscent of Nazi Germany and the Holy Roman Empire's war flag). WikiCopter 22:58, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

If anything, I would have suggested yours. Buggie111 (talk) 23:08, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

I'm done for the day. I finished off the first five selected articles and biographies. It would be nice if you did the DYKs and maybe the selected pics... WikiCopter 03:13, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Sure. I'd suggest axing the nom process, it's better to have them rotate by random selection (see Portal:Moscow). Buggie111 (talk) 03:25, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Translations of Russian references

A while ago you offered to help with that at Katyn Massacre FARC. Would you consider looking at Polish–Soviet War, another FARC, which has some Russian references? Thanks, --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me} 19:12, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Can't seem to fidn the exact issue. Mind pointing me to it? Buggie111 (talk) 21:01, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

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RE: 209.86.226.61

Different users are using this IP. I left the message about the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee on User talk:Parsecboy page. But I did NOT do the DASH thing. That was somebody else using this IP. Oh, well, that other user won't know that they have a message. 209.86.226.61 (talk) 04:12, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Nothing you ahve to be concerned about. Hope to see you around, and that you make an account. Cheers, Buggie111 (talk) 13:06, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

A beer for you

Thankyou for participating in my request for adminship. Now I've got lots of extra buttons to try and avoid pressing by mistake... Redrose64 (talk) 16:15, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Don't press the red one. That's the key to life. Buggie111 (talk) 18:38, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Architecture of the Song Dynasty/GA2

I think I've addressed everything you wanted done. Please take another look at your earliest convenience. Sven Manguard Wha? 14:24, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Looks like I just missed you by three minutes. Darn. Tomorrow then, maybe? Sven Manguard Wha? 14:42, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

No, today. I decided to go spend some time doing other things. Wait a second as I update the table. Buggie111 (talk) 15:54, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Done. Congrats on the article. Buggie111 (talk) 15:58, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks for everything! Sven Manguard Wha? 16:10, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Bu ke qi. Buggie111 (talk) 16:11, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Oh, FYI, Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates#Song Dynasty. <drama> The delisting (which predates my time on Wikipedia) got me started, and the relisting is where this is all going to end. </drama> Sven Manguard Wha? 16:43, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

<facepalm>You are that young of an editor? Wow. Will go cehck out the FTC now.</facepalm> Buggie111 (talk) 16:56, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

A year isn't that young, is it? I mean it was delisted March 2010, that's a year and a half ago. Sven Manguard Wha? 17:05, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Reina Victoria Eugenia class battleship

Buggie111,

Article: Reina Victoria Eugenia class battleship.

There anything I can do to help with the above article? If so just let me know and I'll help. Adamdaley (talk) 06:02, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! Add categories, probably fix up the assessment page, review it at DYK and remove the needs review tempalte on the article. Thanks again, Buggie111 (talk) 18:10, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Short form references

Hi, Buggie111. I happened to notice in my travels that you have been using {{sfn}} tags to organise your citations. It's a great tool, isn't it? You might be interested in installing a script: importScript('User:Ucucha/HarvErrors.js'); which detects Harvard citation errors, such as templating a reference that does not appear in the bibliography, or including a source in the bibliography that is not actually cited in the article. Not sure where I heard about it, but it's a great tool.

Also, if you like flatlist, you will love its counterpart, {{ubl}} (unbulleted list). This template can be used in info boxes and other places where lists are required. The advantages are cleaner mark-up, and an easier time parsing the text by screen readers for the vision impaired. Break-tags actually create tiny paragraphs, semantically incorrect. I have done an example at Japanese battleship Tango. Regards, -- Dianna (talk) 04:26, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

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Can you review a FAC?

Hi Buggie, as a Wikipedia who does not have a lot of knowledge about aviation (I think), can you please have a look at a FAC that is stalling quite badly? The article involved is McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II, and the FAC can be found here. Please do not think what I'm doing here is canvassing (!), because Ucucha, one of the FAC delegates, says that I can ask some specific people like you to comment on the article, to get the ball rolling again. Can you do me a favour and either "Support" or "Oppose" the article? The FAC doesn't have any objections at the moment, but I hate to see FACs go down because of a lack of interest instead of the articles being non-FA worthy. Cheers! Sp33dyphil © • © 04:55, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the trout

It was my first. My memory engrams clearly tell me that I corrected the text (you can even see that the number of days and threads were changed from the original), but the lack of proof in the article history suggests that my memory may have been altered to conceal something terribly sinister.

In all seriousness, yeesh, thanks for catching that.--~TPW 20:36, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Battle of Caldera Bay

Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article Battle of Caldera Bay you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 14 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 00:45, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Military history of the Russian Empire

Thanks for taking up the PR. Forgot to mention: how do you think I should split up the completed topic? Right now I'm leaning towards Peter the Great to Peter II, then Catherine the Great to Napoleon or thereabouts. Won't get back to writing new info until I pull some books out of the library tomorrow. =) ResMar 00:57, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

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See this for the fate of Robert-P. Lemiszki Jr. and a plea for help for his widowed. Widow of former US Marine needs HELP! Very sad. Asiaticus (talk) 03:26, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I've read it before (can't remember how it got to it) but it never hurts to read it again. Very sad, pity that PTSd should take him with everything that he promised. Buggie111 (talk) 03:39, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Congrats

Saw your new FA in the Signpost. Is it your first? Either way, congratulations! It's a great feeling. :-) Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 21:18, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!! Nah, I wanted it to be my first, but she came before. Buggie111 (talk) 22:11, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Ah, gotcha. Still, congrats (and props on the pun, sir) Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 20:45, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Editor reviews

Hi, I'm in the process of reviewing your edits at Wikipedia:Editor review/Buggie111 (3), so, please check it out. If you're interested in reviewing myself, please see Wikipedia:Editor review/Sp33dyphil 2. Cheers! --Sp33dyphil © • © 23:53, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Reina Victoria Eugenia class battleship

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Reaper?

Hi there, Buggie. I recall seeing you drop a {{ygm}} template off at Reaper Eternal's talk page earlier this month. I was just wondering, did you ever received a reply to that email? Swarm ^X 17:43, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Nope. Is there some sort of concern? Buggie111 (talk) 18:07, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Er...well yes. There is. To me, personally, at least. After nearly a year of highly active editing (and shortly after becoming an admin), he suddenly and without any warning just stopped. I was just wondering if anyone had heard anything from him since then (I sent him an email a while back and didn't get a reply). Swarm ^X 18:29, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Oh. I hope everything turns out all right. Buggie111 (talk) 18:49, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Indeed. Swarm ^X 01:50, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

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WP:FOUR for Russian battleship Sevastopol (1895)

		Four Award
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The Bugle in the Signpost

"WikiProject Report" would like to focus on the Bugle for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to WikiProject Military History. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 03:49, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

How many times has the Signpost focused on MilHist? Too many to count. Sure thing. Buggie111 (talk) 03:52, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Day of Seven Billion

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WikiCup 2011 October newsletter

The 2011 WikiCup is now over, and our new champion is Hurricanehink (submissions), who joins the exclusive club of the previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009) and Sturmvogel_66 (2010). The final standings were as follows:

1. Hurricanehink (submissions)
2. Sp33dyphil (submissions)
3. Yellow Evan (submissions)
4. Miyagawa (submissions)
5. Wizardman (submissions)
6. Casliber (submissions)
7. Resolute (submissions)
8. PresN (submissions)

Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.

• The Featured Article Award: Casliber (submissions), for his performance in round 2. Hurricanehink (submissions) matched the score, but Casliber won the tiebreaker.
• The Good Article Award: Yellow Evan (submissions), for his performance in round 4.
• The Featured List Award: Miyagawa (submissions), for his performance in round 4. PresN (submissions) matched the score, but Miyagawa won the tiebreaker.
• The Recognised Topic Award (for good and featured topics): PresN (submissions), for his performance in round 3.
• The Did You Know Award: The Bushranger (submissions), for his performance in round 1.
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• The Reviewer Award (for good article reviews): Wizardman (submissions), for his performance in round 3.

No prize was awarded for featured pictures, sounds or portals, as none were claimed throughout the competition. The awards will be handed out over the next few days. Congratulations to all our participants, and especially our winners; we've all had fun, and Wikipedia has benefitted massively from our content work.

Preparation for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Interested parties are invited to sign up and participate in our straw polls. It's been a pleasure to work with you all this year, and, whoever's taking part in and running the competition in 2012, we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn and The ed17 00:33, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Russian battleship Poltava (1894)

Materialscientist (talk) 12:06, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

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November 2011

Hello Buggie111. Thanks for patrolling new pages – it's a very important task! I'm just letting you know however, regarding ‎Peter Shatner (actor, author, producer), that tagging articles for speedy deletion moments after creation as lacking context (CSD A1), content (CSD A3) and articles created through the Article Wizard, is too fast. It's best to wait at least 10 - 15 minutes for more content to be added, and the articles should not be marked as patrolled. Attack pages (G10), blatant nonsense (G1), pure vandalism (G3), and copyright violations (G12) should of course be tagged and deleted immediately. Thanks. Στc. 03:09, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Srry. Laptop battery was getting low, so I'd have had to find it in my watchlist when I got home. I believe it would have been A7'd if it lasted any longer. Should I remove? Buggie111 (talk) 03:14, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

2011 WikiCup participation

Awarded to Buggie111 for participation in the 2011 WikiCup.

It was good to have you on board this time around- we hope you enjoyed the competition! In case you are interested, signups for next year are open. Thanks, J Milburn and The ed17 20:41, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

I enjoyed remembering I signed up after Round 1 was over. Procrastination at it's best. Thanks though. Buggie111 (talk) 23:22, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Pi userbox

Hi, I really like your userboxes. Can you tell me how I can get a copy of your Pi userbox? Rskp (talk) 02:51, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Copy over {{Template:User Pi}}. Buggie111 (talk) 03:06, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks a lot.--Rskp (talk) 07:12, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

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PR

I've done a bit of work, you should check back again. Cheers, ResMar 22:55, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

The heck's the point of that :? ResMar 23:24, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the pointer. My status was to be something I updated, but I got lazy and sidetracked. Now it serves no more than a mention of if I might be able to get to the computer within 24 hours of your post. I've thought about deleting it. RL's a bit too much to handle for me know, so I'll start your review on Friday after my surgery. Buggie111 (talk) 01:29, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

"Surgery" is generally not a good thing...well, good luck, I guess. I'll do some work on Axial Seamount in interm. ResMar 01:34, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Congrats

		The TomStar81 Spelling Award
		Be it known to all members of Wikipedia that Buggie111 has corrected my god-awful spelling on the page Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Becoming an Administrator, and in doing so has made an important and very significant contribution to the Wikipedia community, thereby earning this TomStar81 Spelling Award and my deepest thanks. Keep up the good work! TomStar81 (Talk) 06:51, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

I've added a little more since the last time you edited, incidentally; you may want to take another look. As always though, thanks for the help :) TomStar81 (Talk) 06:51, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

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Bump

=). ResMar 22:30, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

Re: November Op-Ed

Hello, Buggie111. You have new messages at Kirill Lokshin's talk page.
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College and university dating now a GAN

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Bride scam

That group has some troubles, so they may take a while before they are ready. Thanks for checking. In the meantime, I think family honor could use a review :) --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me} 05:01, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

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Op ed draft

Hi Buggie, Per your comments at WT:MHCOORD I'm about to move my 'review essay' to Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/October 2011/Op-ed which will involve deleting what you've written. In case you haven't got a copy elsewhere, I'll post it below. Cheers, Nick-D (talk) 07:35, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm thinking about doing it sometime in Feb. or March. Currently it's too short to be of use. Buggie111 (talk) 13:39, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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>=S

You had time to do this, now get to reviewing! :3 ResMar 03:24, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Ummm, I did. Didn't find anything. Probably that's the same reason why I get marked off for spelling on my papers, guess I just can't find it. Plus, it's only a PR, not some dire-urgent FAC. Buggie111 (talk) 03:29, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Wait so no problems, then? Hmm. Ok. That's good, I should be able to punch it through A without that much effort, then. ResMar 03:43, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Well, none besides the fact that it's 3/4 done. But you know that..... :) Good luck Buggie111 (talk) 03:50, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

More like 1/3 =). Like I said, long-term project, and thanks! ResMar 04:02, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

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A new report on the edit war at Ironwood High School

Please see WP:AN3#User:Peoeagle reported by User:EdJohnston (Result: ), which mentions your name. You do not need to comment there unless you want to. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 02:07, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Sorry and a reminder

The Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/Fall 2011 Photo Contest closes in a few minutes. I'm sorry that your challenges didn't get many takers. In any case, I'll ask that you wrap up your judging tasks over the next day or three (maybe a note on the contest page). Thanks. Smallbones (talk) 04:31, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Eh, nothing. I'll get to it. Buggie111 (talk) 18:11, 5 December 2011 (UTC)