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Image

Hi there - what's up? -- 9cds^(talk) 11:13, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Having trouble uploading an imageOldwildbill 11:16, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Have you checked out Wikipedia:Uploading images? -- 9cds^(talk) 11:20, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes. I am getting this error message - "." is not a recommended image file format. I have tried it in the following format - jpg, jpeg, and png. Oldwildbill 11:23, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Hm, ok. What's the filename? -- 9cds^(talk)

11:41, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

I have tried it the following file types

copy of Connecticut-counties-map-Lichfield&New Haven.png and Connecticut-counties-map-Lichfield&New Haven.jpeg.[[usertalk:Oldwildbill|talk]] 11:49, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Try getting rid of the "&" in the file name, only use latin characters.--Commander Keane 12:03, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Also change .jpeg to .jpg - not sure if that will help but it's worth a try.--Commander Keane 12:06, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Have tried .jpg still same error message - "." is not a recommended image file format. Will try the other recommendations.--Oldwildbill 12:12, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Did Not work same error message--Oldwildbill 12:21, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah email it. Commander.Keane@gmail.com --Commander Keane 12:45, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

As a test (because really it should be uploaded to the Commons) I uploaded one of the images (here, i will delete it soon) . It gave me an error the first time, so I (using windows XP):

• Right clicked on the file and selected Open with Paint
• In Paint I went File, Save As, then selected .PNG from the drop down box, and changed the "&" to "and".
• Uploaded the .PNG file - it worked fine.

Hopefully you can do these steps to upload all of your images to Commons (the best place for public domain/free images). If not ask me to upload them for you.--Commander Keane 13:25, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Continental Army

I would like to say Thank you for all your work on the Continental Army stubs that I made up a couple of months back! They are much better now, It is nice to see more people with an interest in the Rev. War here on wikipedia. Marc29th 00:24, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

I like your idea about the brigades. Are you thinking about doing them for each campaign? I'm not sure how often regiments changed brigades. Even though I'm mostly into the British side I couldn't believe that not one of the Continental regiments had even a stub except for the Green Mountain Boys when I started. I have added links to all the Continental Line regiments of 1776 on the list page earlier today. Talk to you later I'm sure. Marc29th 00:47, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

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Campaignbox procedure

Hey. Looks like some campaignboxes you've added to various military unit boxes were done incorrectly. To show you what I mean, I've corrected one example: 1st Virginia Regiment. Don't cut-and-paste the contents of the campaignbox into an article. Instead, just use the shortcut names like I've done in the Virginia Regiment article. That way, when someone makes a change to the campaignbox itself, the change is automatically made to all of the articles with that box. --Kevin Myers | (complaint dept.) 16:57, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

I've replied to your question here. (That page is really meant for discussing the tagging and assessment systems in particular, though; in the future, it might be better to pose more general questions directly on the main project talk page.) Hope that helps! Kirill Lokshin 07:42, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Now I see what you're doing, Oldwildbill. Looks like a good idea. The drawback with how you're doing it is that if article titles get added or adjusted in the original campaignbox, those adjustments won't show up in the regiment campaignboxes, and will have to be manually adjusted. For example, I've renamed Forage War -- previously it was named The Forage War, which is not how Wikipedia articles are named. So now all those links to "The Forage War" will be redirects wherever you added them to regiment articles. Not a major problem, to be sure, just a minor irritant. Maybe you'll want to create a regiment participation template instead, so that these types of adjustments will be made automatically. --Kevin Myers | (complaint dept.) 13:53, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Might be too much trouble, since every regiment will likely have a different set of battles listed. We'll potentially end up with more templates than articles; and they'll mostly have to be maintained by hand anyways, since each regimental template will have to be updated.

This really isn't too different, in principle, from a simple list of battles in the article, though; and we've managed to handle those without needing to templatize them. Kirill Lokshin 15:02, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

ACW articles

Please don't add empty sections to stub articles. People who add content can add their own headers for it. (You are always welcome to add content, of course.) If you would like to see the style guidelines I have used in hundreds of American Civil War articles: User:Hlj/CWediting. Hal Jespersen 14:41, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Don't worry I will not step into your domain. Even though in your far superior guide that you written it states the same article sections as Wikipedia's Manual of Style. I break the stubs down into the sections so that others can fill it in (cause the blank space just beckons to be filled in) and it has helped moving stubs up into the Start and B class arena. As I stated I will not assist in improving Civil war articles since you claim ownership.--Oldwildbill 14:51, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

I am not claiming ownership and you are welcome to add meaningful content to any Wikipedia article. The article sections in my "superior guide" (Thanks!) do not include the Bibliography or External References you added to two articles. There's a clear list of the sections, what they're used for, and how to capitalize them. Hal Jespersen 15:02, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Quick Hello

Just came across a few of your edits and then read your talk page. Just wanted to say hello and say I am looking forward to working with you on some articles in the future . My specialty has been USMC related articles but I have been branching out as of late and I am sure our paths will cross at some time. If you ever need any help or advice drop me a line.--Looper5920 10:42, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Sections

If you're going to add empty sections (something I don't really see much benefit in), please don't add sections that we don't actually want. In particular, "See also" (which should be kept empty, as its presence is a sign of weak writing), "Bibliography" (which has been obsoleted as a section title for quite some time now), and "External links" (which, in many cases, does nothing but encourage spam). In general, I don't think it's appropriate to be adding what are essentially "utility" sections without considering if the article will even need them. Kirill Lokshin 12:35, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

I need some help

Can you look at this page 2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Massachusetts Volunteers and add some content? I don't have the time and want to rescue it from deletion. --evrik 19:48, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

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Project Coordinators election

Hal I think you should nominate yourself to run for this. I think you skills (like your writing guide) would greatly enhance all the military projects article. I know I refer to yor page a lot since you let me know about it. Just my thoughts.--Oldwildbill 07:01, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the compliment, but I have decided that I enjoy writing ACW articles as my only Wikipedia activity. I don't plan to spend any more time on WP or my wife would kill me. :-) Hal Jespersen 15:33, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

1st Reconnaissance Squadron

Bill - I think you were a little premature in nominating this article for GA status. WHile it has lots of info there are some glaring problems with the article and I think in its current form it will get smoked by any reviewer. I would ask that you recing the GA review at this time and save for later until the problems with the article can be redressed. Cheers--Looper5920 07:12, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Notwithstanding the above comment, since I wrote most of this article if not all, I will undertake the footnoting and red-link removal.--Buckboard 11:55, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Infoboxneeded

Hi. {{Infoboxneeded}} is supposed to go on the talk page, not the top of the article where it scares readers! Please put them on talk pages from now on instead of the top of the articles. --Scott Davis ^Talk 10:28, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Thankyou. I addressed the first one I saw with info already in the article, but since I don't usually make significant edits to military articles, I thought I'd let you know as well. There's also a preferences to put {{unreferenced}} in a References section at the bottom, but that seems less clear-cut. --Scott Davis ^Talk 11:01, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

I was surprised how many of your edits were hitting my watchlist. The category system makes it easy for you to find all the articles you want to look at. Sorry about the abrupt first message - I found one article that had nothing but templates in the first screen, with no content visible at all until I scrolled down. The presence of references does not change the accuracy of an article, only the ease of verifying its content. Thus my preference for putting the {{unreferenced}} template at the bottom, and {{fact}} next to particular sentences or paragraphs that need it. --Scott Davis ^Talk 12:26, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Request

Hi, I was wondering if you could have somebody look at Pedro del Valle, the article has been there for a long time and needs a rating (a good one, I hope). Thank you. Tony the Marine 17:19, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

My note to Tony... Thanks, Tony! The new approach is just lik old fashioned footnotes -- except that you put the information right in the text with what it supports. So, what you would do is lead with <ref>, follow with the footnote and then close with a </ref>. Below in the references section, you would put the tag <references / > All of them will display there. There's a drive here to address the concern of outsiders that anyone can say anything they want in a wiki article. This approach gives it similar feel to academic papers. I'd change them for you, but then I'd have to recuse as a reviewer. Perhaps oldwildbill can switch them all over. Bob--CTSWyneken^(talk) 18:19, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm not going to be able to review it and promote it, but I probably shouldn't in any case, since I encouraged the listing. I'll finish it up and invite a friend to review it. --CTSWyneken^(talk) 13:04, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

2nd Battalion 9th Marines

2/9 FA? Sounds good. Let's go for it. Ask for a peer review and let's see what happens. Tony the Marine 18:56, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

• Will do. Thanks and God bless you. Tony the Marine 05:41, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

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battleships

Hi there: I see that a number of articles which I initiated are being considered by your group. Two comments; I am not certain that I can see how the infoboxes can be improved, but am totally willing to be instructed; and I would love to have more photographs, but cannot figure out where to get them from. Assistance from anyone in wiki would be most welcome.--Anthony.bradbury 18:48, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Photograph of HMS Bellerophon (1786)

Your request on the Talk page for a photograph of the HMS Bellerophon of the Napoleonic era will be a hard one to fulfil. Even UK Wikipedians would have a problem as she was broken up in 1824, some two years before Wikipedia tells me the first photograph was taken. Dabbler 11:19, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Battleships

Hi there; let me say first that I am wholly aware that I do not own the articles which I write. I would however, be grateful for clarification on some tags which you have applied, specifically those indicating a need for citations and footnotes. Is it really taken for granted that an article cannot be complete without footnotes? and if references are quoted, as they are, whence the need for citations? Not arguing, just trying to learn how it's done here.--Anthony.bradbury 22:30, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi; thank you for your response re imaging and citations. I have a problem with imaging; while I am well aware that the battleship articles which I have written would be enhanced by the addition of images, I do not know where to find them. If anyone can add such images I would be delighted, and if they were to tell me how to do it I would be ecstatic.As far as citations are concerned, in the very rare instances where I have included quotes I have attributed them in the text of the article. Is this not correct? Every ship article has a reference section at the foot of the page. Does this need expanding to encompass page numbers? Or publication dates? If so, I can do that. My texts are taken largely from Parkes and Conway, with some items from Brown and a meaningful amount of now-unattributable personal knowledge. I am improving as fast as I can, and any guidance is most welcome.

Incidentally, I wish that I had never seen that Sikhism article! But I do recognise, and applaud, the Wiki policy which you remind me of relating to merciless editing. The reminder was not really necessary--Anthony.bradbury 19:35, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

2/9

First of all, how are you? How's everything going for you?

I've extended and added some more info to the 2/9 article but, I don't think it would make FA. But, I'm not upset, I like it as is.

Hey, I wrote an Army related article that I would like you to look at. I think ity should make at least GA. This is the article: Humbert Roque Versace. Tell me what you think.

It's good to hear from you. Tony the Marine 21:29, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• I took care of the references. Let me know how's everything going for you, buddy. Tony the Marine 16:14, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

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Versace

Thank you buddy. Your kind words in regard to my writing, mean a lot to me. I just might join your group, thanks for the invitation.

You know, I wonder what's taking the Pedro del Valle GA nomination so long.

Look, I really consider you a friend and if you ever come to Arizona, let me know. Tony the Marine 20:32, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Update

Pedro del Valle finally made GA. Tony the Marine 00:04, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Peer Review

General Pedro del Valle in peer review? Good idea. You know how I enjoy writting intellectual articles (I hate writting stubs) but, here is a guy that I really want to write a good article about but, I'm unable to find more information. I'm stuck writting a stub so far. Take a look at Major Fernando E. Rodriguez Vargas and you will see why. Tony the Marine 04:16, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Can you help the British marines?

1 Assault Group Royal Marines needs some attention from a fellow familiar with the marines. We hope to avoid any major factual errors in such articles. It would be nice if you could take a look and keep it on your watchlist. Thank you. Wandalstouring 22:31, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Versace

I saw what you did and it looks real good. You are one of the few people whose judgement I trust. I don't worry to much about the FA thing because I know that we have a damn good article anyway, right? Tony the Marine 20:47, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

British Marines

I took a look at the request above and added some references and suggested that they be used to expand the article. Take care. Tony the Marine 04:30, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Royal Scots

Thanks; I'll keep an eye on it. It's incomplete just now (it's only been rewritten up to 1920) and needs the references sorted, but hopefully this should be fixed soon. Shimgray | talk | 21:58, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Couple of days ought to do it, touch wood. You might want to poke your friend to have a look at The King's Regiment (Liverpool), which has been sitting waiting for assessment for quite a while - it's an excellent article and one I'm using as a model. Shimgray | talk | 22:03, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

News

I have some great news that I want to share with you. Istarted a movement to have the names of Capt's. Manuel Rivera and Humbert Roque Versace inscribed in "El Monumento de la Recordacion" , which is a monument located in San Juan, Puerto Rico dedicated to the solidiers born in the island or of Puerto Rican descent who served in the Armed Forces and gave their lives for the United States. For some unknown reason these two names were not in the monument.

The thing is that my quest has paid off and the President of the Puerto Rican Senate invited me to attend the unveiling in Memorial Day of 2007.

Pretty cool,huh? Tony the Marine 22:55, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

• Re: Congrats

Thank you my friend. Tony the Marine 01:58, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

(P.S. Take a look at Silvestre S. Herrera, I'll fix the references later if you think that it has a good chance for GA)