User talk:Kges1901/2022/June

A barnstar for you! edit

  The Original Barnstar
For your massive rewrite of Operation Gyroscope. Buckshot06 (talk) 21:44, 7 June 2022 (UTC)Reply
 

The article List of people on the postage stamps of Laos has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails WP:NLIST, WP:NOTCATALOG.

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Your GA nomination of 1st Louisiana Regulars Infantry Regiment edit

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1st Louisiana Regulars Infantry Regiment you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.   This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 04:21, 18 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

 

The article List of people on the postage stamps of Laos has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Even if we can verify that these people were on these stamps, there is no proof that doing so is a noteworthy topic per WP:SALAT.

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Ten Pound Hammer(What did I screw up now?) 03:45, 19 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

Your GA nomination of 1st Louisiana Regulars Infantry Regiment edit

The article 1st Louisiana Regulars Infantry Regiment 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 needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:1st Louisiana Regulars Infantry Regiment for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 01:21, 20 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

Your GA nomination of 1st Louisiana Regulars Infantry Regiment edit

The article 1st Louisiana Regulars Infantry Regiment you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:1st Louisiana Regulars Infantry Regiment for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 03:01, 20 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

A favor please? edit

Earlier this year, I noticed that our article on Thomas C. Hindman contained a number of errors/omissions (it had been a featured article since 2007!) and I rewrote it essentially from scratch in April. Would you be willing to give it a skim at some point to make sure I didn't mess anything up with it? Hog Farm Talk 02:54, 20 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

  • Looking over it briefly, I think the prose is pretty good. One omission is that Hindman ended up in a feud with William Clark Falkner in the Mexican War that turned deadly, resulting in the murder of Hindman's younger brother when they returned from Mexico. This is described in Winders' Panting for Glory, an excellent history of the Mississippi Rifles (TAMU, 2016). Some other works that you could consult are Earl Hess' on Bragg for Hindman's relationship with Bragg, and his detailed history of Kennesaw Mountain. Kges1901 (talk) 04:02, 20 June 2022 (UTC)Reply
  • Thanks! Looks like I can get Winders and Hess's work on Bragg for the local library - will try to get those when I have a chance. I've got Falkner's murder of the brother in there, but I don't remember Neal and Kremm getting into details of Hindman's pre-murder feud with Falkner. Hog Farm Talk 04:22, 20 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

A barnstar for you! edit

  The Original Barnstar
You just keep stacking these up!! Great work on a forgotten formation, the 111th Armored Cavalry Regiment!! Er, BLACKHORSE!! Buckshot06 (talk) 06:09, 21 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022 edit

 
 
New Page Review queue June 2022

Hello Kges1901/2022,

Backlog status

At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000[a] at the end of May.

Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size.[b]

In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).

While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).

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Your GA nomination of John Q. Loomis edit

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article John Q. Loomis you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.   This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 01:21, 27 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

Your GA nomination of John Q. Loomis edit

The article John Q. Loomis 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 needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:John Q. Loomis for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 03:02, 28 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

Your GA nomination of John Q. Loomis edit

The article John Q. Loomis you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:John Q. Loomis for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hog Farm -- Hog Farm (talk) 04:41, 28 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

Oberrender, or why the heck do sources hate talking about radar so much edit

I have a problem that I had thought I had found a solution to at one of your FAs, but I only found greater confusion. I am troubled by the lack of discussion in any sources I've found and could access to on US Navy destroyers about what radar was on which specific ships; just what radar sets were out there and maybe their intended role. When I checked your article's references (specifically, Friedmann 1981, pp. 146 & 149), I could not corroborate that either of the radar mentioned in the article were actually on the Oberrender, likewise any radar that might have been on USS Johnston. There was a line about a certain radar version being intended for DDEs, but that was it in Oberrender's regard. So I have to wonder, is there just somewhere I haven't looked yet, or should I give up on finding an RS for USN radar? –♠Vami_IV†♠ 06:43, 29 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

  • IIRC the radar was mentioned in Friedman's book as having been on the early Butler-class hull numbers. I got lucky with USS O'Flaherty mentioning a broken radar in her war diary, but otherwise I'm not sure that there is detailed coverage. I wouldn't get too hung up on it because the primary notability of these ships to me is there combat role, not highly technical equipment details. Kges1901 (talk) 13:32, 29 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

The Bugle: Issue CXCIV, June 2022 edit

 
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