User talk:LWF/Archive 3

Thanks

Thanks for reverting vandalism on my userpage. — xaosflux ^Talk 22:03, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

No problem. I'm always willing to help.--LWF (talk) 22:04, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

I appreciate your welcome, LWF, thank ye very much. Oh-hey, I also support the right to bear arms, what's the template for the userbox? Cheers!Vicius (talk) 05:36, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

{{WPGUNSMEMBER}}.--LWF (talk) 14:06, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

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TDI KRISS Super V XSMG

Rename TDI KRISS Super V to TDI KRISS Super V XSMG

The correct name was being used TDI KRISS Super V XSMG then an editor named Asams10 moved the article without any discussion to the incorrect name TDI KRISS Super V. The firearm is named by the company at their homepage here: KRISS Super V XSMG. The "KRISS Super V" refers only to the firing mechanism, which will be used in other firearms created by this company, so the XSMG, which the company included in the name of this specific firearm must be included at the end to differentiate from other firearms i.e.: it is the actual name being used by the company that manufactures the firearm. I notified Asams10 at both his talk page and the article discussion page, but he is being stubborn and moves the article back, stating that is is advertising. To avoid an edit war would other people, please get involved. Thank you Chessy999 23:44, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

do we have any administrators available that understand about firearms? Asams10 keeps moving the article against the group consensus. Chessy999 09:54, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Actually, at the moment there is no consensus, so I recommend that no one move until a consensus can be reached. As for the administrators, there are a few, but I can't think of any names at the moment.--LWF 14:02, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

You've got it wrong, Chessy, however you refuse to reply to me or join the conversation on that talk page. The article was moved long ago and concensus was a moot point. Please stop going around to other people trying to plead your case and keep the conversation above board and on focus on the firearm's talk page, not behind everybody's backs. --Asams10 15:03, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

The MOVE button did not work as the article name is already created, only a #Redirect would work, and administrator SYSOP should be able to perform the MOVE. Chessy999 (talk) 15:07, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

In that case, wait till there is a true consensus, and then go to WP:RM. That is the way to fix it, if it is necessary. As it is, don't request a move till there is agreement.--LWF (talk) 20:29, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Deagle

Hi I was just wondering why 'Desert Eagle' cannot be abbreviated to 'Deagle' in 'real life'??? Could you please explain. 90.201.191.14 (talk) 00:00, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Simple, the only people who call it the 'Deagle' are players of certain video games, not actual users of firearms. Therefore, it is not actually called the deagle frequently, just by video gamers, especially in forums notorious for slang and abbreviations.--LWF (talk) 05:30, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

cluttered Hardballer

Hi

Somehow the removal of the pop culture section in the AMT Hardballer article completely cluttered up the References section. I'm fine with the removal of that section but please fix the reference.

// Karl —Preceding unsigned comment added by K-Man75 (talk • contribs) 18:09, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

It's fixed. It was a mixture of two things: use of the {{reflist|2}} instead of {{reflist}} template, and user:142.163.7.151's inclusion of the pop culture reference inside of the citation of Hartink.--LWF (talk) 18:16, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Ballistics

Hello! Thanks for your welcome. In the next few weeks I will try to read through all the material related to ballistics and see how to contribute.

--Mdeby (talk) 01:27, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank

Thanks for your support in my successful RFA. Glad I was a pleasant surprise. I hope to get a chance soon to try and finish off all the remaining cartridge infoboxes, at least the ones I have data for. AliveFreeHappy (talk) 07:21, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Warnings

I'm sorry that you feel I have a negative viewpoint of one of the editors. That is because I do. I, of course, see you to are friendly. I will not report your vandalism of my talk page, and I'm sorry to inform you I do not intend to give up on the issue he seems to have taken with the BRHMS article. I and others will continue to attempt to reach his moving goal post to provide an accurate and up-to-date entry. --Cozret (talk) 05:22, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

My vandalism of your talk page! Oh that is good for a laugh. What I did can not be considered vandalism, all I did was caution you to, as WP:NPA says "comment on content, not on the contributor."--05:30, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

M-1 Carbine Revert War

The M1 carbine article is currently on lock down. An administrator has requested some discussion from memeber of the Firearms Wikiproject. Can you take a look?Sf46 (talk) 18:34, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter — Issue XXII (December 2007)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXII (December 2007)
Project news The Intelligence task force has been created. The contest department has completed its ninth month of competition. The top scorer this month is Blnguyen, with 22 points, followed by Dreamafter, with 8 points, and Redmarkviolinist, with 6 points. Blnguyen also remains the overall leader, with 162 points in total. All project members are encouraged to submit the articles they're working on as entries. Help with converting deprecated infoboxes is needed; any assistance is welcome! {{WPMILHIST}} now supports an explicit tag (class=DAB) for marking disambiguation pages.	Articles of note New featured articles: Battle of Albuera Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081) Battle of the Gebora Constantine II of Scotland Francis Harvey Vasa (ship) Wulfhere of Mercia New A-Class articles: 1962 South Vietnamese Presidential Palace bombing Evacuation of East Prussia
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Takur Ghar battle

Great!

Roberts Ridge, in starting it, is quite novelistic: as-it-happened descriptions, internal monologues and so on. This is good for adding dramatic depictions. But I was hoping, at the same time, to have a more clinical, scholarly source to accompany it. Hopefully Not a Good Day to Die fits the bill.

The goal would be something like what I have just done with Battle of Musa Qala (though its all news sources, as the battle just happened). It's at FAC, here. I tend to feed everything toward a featured article candidacy these days. So we could collaborate. I'll start a stub today or tomorrow. Marskell (talk) 21:00, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Great, just as soon as my life becomes less busy we can do it.--LWF (talk) 21:20, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

MP5K?

Thanks for the quick and pragmatic resolution to the conflict. Koalorka (talk) 01:16, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

No problem. I wish they were all that easy to resolve.--LWF (talk) 02:01, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

HEY

Thanks for the greeting. I'm afraid that most of the knowledge I possess on firearms has already been contributed, however I am always learning more! Falcofire (talk) 13:15, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

I added myself...

...to wikiproject Firearms. Thanks for the heads-up though. --Gunny01 (talk) 11:44, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Frankly it was as much for us as it was for you.--LWF (talk) 22:27, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

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SGC Images?

Come on, they are good images. I don't see how it's hurting anyone. Hayden120 (talk) 00:31, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

My reason, WP:EL#Links normally to be avoided #5. I'm sure we could find a way of getting high-quality images some other way.--LWF (talk) 00:39, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

stumped, not confused

I was never confused, just stumped. User:Dorftrottel 03:25, February 18, 2008

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Thanks LWF

I appreciate your hospitality and the welcome to the Firearms project. I hope I can help out and be a valued contributor. Wikidenizen (talk) 04:44, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

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Dan Wesson

Hi LWF !

Nice to meet this place - i'm a hunter and sportshooter from germany.

I work on an article group 'Dan Wesson' here my first page Dan Wesson M1911 ACP Pistol

I addet WPGUNSMEMBER3 to my userpage is that ok ?

Thanks again for help of mudwater - im afraid sometime i have to ask again for a hand :)

Best regards Tom --Dan Wesson (talk) 20:06, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

P.S. Any requests for IWA 2008[1] ? I am going there ... Tom --Dan Wesson (talk) 18:56, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Nothing in particular.--LWF (talk) 19:17, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi! Finished german 'DW-M1911'[2] ariticle and crosslinked it with en.wiki. BTW i'm looking for the right NaviBlock to put it under the article. Do we have something for this purpose ? For example 'NaviBlock-Handguns'.- Its to complicated for me to handle such[3] things :) Regards Tom + have a nice day --Dan Wesson (talk) 15:40, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Can't find any. By the way, not all changes in the firearms area have to be cleared by me. In fact, none of them actually have to be cleared. Just continue doing high-quality work, and never be afraid to seek help if you feel you need it.--LWF (talk) 16:16, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

WW2

Was a hugely good pickup ;o)--mrg3105 (comms) ♠♥♦♣ 02:19, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Little help?

User:Michael Courtney has been splashing Hydrostatic shock references on popular articles. Could you please join the discussion on the notability of including this entry on cartridge pages? Thanks for the help. For the record, I'm asking a few others with a vested interest. --'''I am Asamuel''' (talk) 16:39, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

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Magnum Research

Hey LWF, thanks for the support on changing the name for the IMI Jericho article. It would be as follows that the Desert Eagle article name be changed to Magnum Research Desert Eagle do you agree? I would like your aid in cleaning up both pages as well and monitor my progress through them as all of the Magnum Research articles need some spring cleaning. I have started on the Desert Eagle a small bit as well but have a lot to go. MRIanthony (talk) 18:17, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

I have put in a request on the Talk:Desert Eagle page. Please Support. :)MRIanthony (talk) 18:18, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Arbcom

Your participation in Arbcom is requested here. Thank you. 20:26, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Your comments would help immensely. Thanks. Yaf (talk) 17:19, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

I will soon. I just want to come up with a good wording before I actually make my comments.--LWF (talk) 20:36, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

AK-47 at FAR

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Hunting weapon

That was a long time back, but my recollection is that after far too much argument based on original research, and after far too much evasion, scot finally presented evidence using excellent sourcing that 'sporting weapon' was usage of standard English, and hunting was a sport. This convinced me of the validity of his position. In other words, his position was based on most reliable sourcing, and not personal opinion, original research or reading into ambiguous sourcing. Considering that hunting is a sport, I acquiesce that 'hunting weapon' is close enough of a term. Though I still feel it is not good English. And, I cannot recall the details of what I was thinking so long ago, but I recall that my conclusion about this took a week or so to congeal and it was likely that I was personally hurt and frustrated at the considerable incivility dumped on me during that negotiation. Therefore, it is also likely that I was not in a congenial mood. SaltyBoatr (talk) 21:51, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Advice Please

Re Ferguson rifle article, I know having seen it that at Blair Castle, Perthshire Scotland there is a Ferguson rifle which belonged to a member of the Scottish horse a Yeomanry regiment of the British army, how do I go about gettin this info up to a standard?, Adouglasmhor (talk) 21:07, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

It depends. How many Fergusons are still around? If there are many, then that particular Ferguson doesn't really need to be mentioned; if they are rare (very rare), then it might be notable enough to warrant inclusion in the article.--LWF (talk) 22:21, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Cluster bombs

In short, there is a very real, and very questionable bit of symbolism in that picture, specifically. I argue that we either acknowledge that symbolism (albeit sexual and perhaps taboo in nature), or we eliminate the image altogether. To ignore it completely would be to offer Wikipedia a disservice. 216.26.210.48 (talk) 02:49, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Care to explain this clearly vandalistic edit you made?--LWF (talk) 02:55, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Certainly. My original edit was ill-constructed and vile in its wording. I have reconsidered the presentation of this bit of info. In its current form, it presents nothing questionable. 216.26.210.48 (talk) 03:11, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

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