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Military Historian of the Year[edit]

		The WikiProject Barnstar
		For "...[your] continued high quality content work (especially with our biographies), as well as [your] ongoing project work as a coordinator and with the Bugle", I have the honor of presenting you with this WikiProject Barnstar. For the Military history WikiProject, TomStar81 (Talk) 09:24, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Tom, and Happy New Year to you! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:17, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Ian Rose![edit]

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Thanks Donner -- best to you and yours too! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:28, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Siberian accentor[edit]

Hi Ian, I'm going to Cornwall for a few days next week, and I intend to nominate the above article shortly after I get back. I've included a weather map for the first time, created by me using the NOAA/ESLR database. I don't think there are any issues with copyright since it's self-made using a PD database, but I'd welcome your advice on two issues

• Have I licensed File:Noaa wind map 20161016-2.jpg correctly?
• The weather map is used as reference for "with a further anomaly producing easterlies in western Asia.[23]", which it clearly supports. Do you think that the way I've referenced this is correctly formatted?

I'm assuming that you see enough image and source reviews to be able to guide me on this, but if you think I should ask elsewhere, please point me in the right direction, thanks Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:45, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Jimfbleak: With regards to licensing, correct me if I'm wrong, but the image is produced when you select data from the NOAA/ESLR database and an algorithm of their site produces the map output based on that data? In other words, your only input was to select the data from the dataset? If so, I'd suggest adding a NOAA tag, as dual credit to you and NOAA would be more appropriate. (I'd also suggest scaling up the map in the article itself, as it's difficult to read at default size). As to citation, the formatting is fine, but in context I'd question that cite. The full sentence is "The UK Met Office suggested that the influx of accentors was driven by strong and persistent easterly winds from Siberia,[21] partially driven by a high-pressure area centred over Scandinavia,[22] with a further anomaly producing easterlies in western Asia.[23]" This wording suggests that the entire sentence is the interpretation of the UK Met Office, but the last cite at least (I haven't checked the middle one) is a primary source. If the Met Office said all of that, just cite them for the whole thing; if they didn't, we need to be careful about what sort of interpretation we're applying to the primary source. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:59, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Nikkimaria, many thanks!. I've changed the source line of the image file to "Own work using NOAA data and algorithms", is that what you had in mind, or is there a special template? I've separated the last statement from the Met Office sentence, "Another weather system produced easterlies in western Asia during the same period." which is, I think, an interpretation-free description of what the weather data shows. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:16, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

{{PD-USGov-DOC-NOAA}}? The wording isn't quite right though... Nikkimaria (talk) 20:08, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Nikkimaria, that looks good, although I take your point about it not being a 100% fit. I think it covers attribution and transparency though, which is what I'm trying to achieve here, thanks again Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:40, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

┌─────────────────────────┘ What can I say? Thanks Jim for thinking of me with this query, and thanks Nikki for jumping in with your greater knowledge of the situation -- Happy New Year to you both... :-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk)

2016 Year in Review[edit]

		The Australian Barnstar of National Merit
		For your contributions to No. 90 Wing RAAF, Reg Pollard (general), No. 91 Wing RAAF, and Dick Cresswell, all of which are related to Australia, you are hereby awarded The Australian Barnstar of National Merit. Congratulations! For the Military history WikiProject Coordinators, TomStar81 (Talk) 05:50, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
		this WikiAward was given to Ian Rose by TomStar81 (Talk) on 05:50, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

		The World War Barnstar
		For your contributions to the Featured Articles Reg Pollard and Dick Cresswell, both of whom served in World War II, you are hereby presented with this World War Barnstar. Congratulations! For the Military history WikiProject Coordinators, TomStar81 (Talk) 05:50, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

		The WikiChevrons
		For you contributions to No. 90 Wing RAAF and No. 91 Wing RAAF, you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons. Congratulations! For the Military history WikiProject Coordinators, TomStar81 (Talk) 05:50, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

		The Featured Article Medal
		For your contributions to No. 90 Wing RAAF, Reg Pollard (general), No. 91 Wing RAAF, and Dick Cresswell, all of which were promoted to Featured Article status in 2016, you are hereby presented with The Featured Article Medal. Congratulations! For the Military history WikiProject Coordinators, TomStar81 (Talk) 05:50, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

You are very thoughtful, Tom -- thank you so much. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:11, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Mikhail Petrovich Petrov (general)[edit]

This FAC, which you commented on, was archived yesterday. What are your suggestions for material to be added to the article to make it FA? Kges1901 (talk) 10:26, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi Kges, I don't have too much time to add to my FAC comments right now but would like to revisit as soon as I can -- pls give me a few days and ping me if you haven't heard from me. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:13, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

@Ian Rose: Comments? Kges1901 (talk) 11:50, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi again, tks for the ping. I'll comment here for now but pls feel free to transfer this to the article talk page to centralise if you like. Having stopped pre-war in my FAC review, I quickly went through the rest of the article just now and made a couple of small edits. I think the flow and the level of detail in the WWII/death section is adequate but my concerns re. the lack of career info from 1925 to 1932 and the confusing account of 1937 are still an issue for me. I realise that you may simply not be able to find the info for 1925-32, or to reconcile conflicting info for 1937, but in that case I have to question whether this is ready for FAC (to be honest I don't think it was really ready for ACR with those issues but I didn't participate in that review so it's a bit of a moot point). Not being very well-versed in Soviet military history, I can only compare the article to what I'd expect (and generally see) in say Allied or German military FA-level bios. If you are able add material or tweak what's there I would be happy to revisit and make further suggestions before another FA nom. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 04:35, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Since I can't add the information now, I'll wait for the necessary information to be added on the Russian sources I use. Perhaps some Russian will obtain Petrov's record in the CAMD archives and post it on the internet. For now, I'll let it sit at GA/A, which is also the highest level it got on the German wiki.Kges1901 (talk) 10:29, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Source reviews...[edit]

I'm not sure that people will be happy with me returning to source reviews.... Ealdgyth - Talk 15:03, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

Well I'm happy if it makes you feel any better... ;-) Seriously, it's very good to have you back to augment Nikki's and others' efforts, especially as Brian's had to cut down recently. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 05:08, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

Quarterly Milhist Reviewing Award: Oct to Dec 16[edit]

		Content Review Medal of Merit (Military history)
		On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons for reviewing a total of 14 Milhist articles at PR, GAN, ACR or FAC during the period October to December 2016. Your ongoing efforts to support Wikipedia's quality content processes are greatly appreciated. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 02:45, 7 January 2017 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space

Tks Rupert! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:00, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXIX, January 2017[edit]

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at three recent works Op-ed: TomStar81 on a curious episode of World War I Timeline: This month in World War I

Bugle Article?[edit]

@Nick-D: I don't know if The Bugle is the place for this, but do y'all be think there would be interest in an article on copyright?

Background: Since becoming a coordinator, I have done much/too much Wikignome work focused on editing references (with some weight on those that are linked to the internet). In the course of this, I have come across a lot of (what I believe to be unintentional) failure to comply with Wikipedia's copyright rules. Two thirds of these rules (and the ones most editors are usually familiar with, even if they are violated) has to do with not quoting copyrighted information and with giving citations to copyrighted sources in general. There are other Gnomes who patrol this issue, and compliance is good, if not ideal. There is another element, however, and that is giving proper credit for the use of the material. I have found in the process of verifying, adding archives, etc. that it is rare for the author to be properly credited (which is a requirement). I have found this is true not only for IP editors, who may use the styles [http://website] or, at best [http://website Name of Website], but editors who have enough experience to use templates.

I would include a couple of other items in the article, that I have noticed and are associated (even if not, like the general subject contrary to copyright): 1) Making up your own name for the website (an example would be citing 56 OG Fact Sheet, when the page cited was Factsheet: 56th Operations Group) 2) Using the Wayback Machine -- since I've noticed a lot of articles have a short half-life and this can create a "permanent' link.--Lineagegeek (talk) 23:54, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

That sounds like a great topic for a Bugle article. If you wanted to narrow in on frequent areas of copyright problems in military history articles, you could cover the problems with copying and pasting news stories (a major problem in articles on modern topics) and material from websites in articles on historic topics. Nick-D (talk) 00:34, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Alan Rawlinson[edit]

On 11 January 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Alan Rawlinson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Australian World War II fighter ace Alan Rawlinson had "Sweet FA" in the Middle East before he got "up you" in the South West Pacific? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alan Rawlinson. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Alan Rawlinson), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

a question, part deux[edit]

Hello Ian. Sorry to bother you. If I may ask... I am really unable to decide between text options. The list of "causes" of the Bengal famine of 1943 is very distressingly long. I have two overlapping, alternate versions of a summary, either for the lede or.. for little intro sections I have sprinkled throughout the body text. One version is boring and tends to induce googly-eyed torpor, but is also somewhat more accurate, at the expense of detail. It is the first para here. The other is more interesting but less accurate. It is "The demand for rice was..." here. An example of the "little intro sections I have sprinkled throughout the body text" is the first para of Background, beginning with the words: "From the late nineteenth century..."

Um. So. Do you... have any thoughts or suggestions? A million thanks, and sorry again for pestering you.  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 15:34, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Hiya, no bother, let me try and have a look later today or on the w/e. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:50, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

...only if you have free time, and "thanks!"  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 08:15, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi Lingzhi, had a look. Have to admit I'm a bit out of my depth here but I don't see a particular issue with the sandbox version -- when you characterise it as "less accurate", do you perhaps mean "more general"? I don't think we ever want "less accurate" info in WP but I think it's fine for a lead to discuss things at a high level or in a general sense, as long as the main body goes into appropriately nuanced detail. One other thing if this is going to FAC eventually, I think one should always clearly attribute quotes, e.g. who says "a vast cremation ground", "bodies in all states of decay...[were] dragged through the lanes of abandoned villages by hungry jackals", "massive escalation", etc? As it is one can't be sure if the author of the source says it or if it's someone the source is quoting... An alternative would be to paraphrase some of these, e.g. "vast cremation ground" is a graphic phrase that I think you might well retain, but unless the other two were said by someone notable, perhaps they could be put in your own words (just a thought). Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 05:07, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for spending time on this, and for your comments. I think the misc version is... more compact... and more academic... so it covers ground more efficiently but does not read as well... I like the idea of having a higher proportion of quoted text than is perhaps considered standard or average in WP, for two reasons: 1) I live in fear of POV warriors, and quoted text is relatively less assailable. 2) More importantly to me, quoted text... seems to... lend a sense of immediacy (without shrillness); it seems to personalize the text without POV-ifying it. Or at least I think so. [But I will try to clarify ambiguous citations, at least to some degree].. I will probably resist more than a few attempts to impose a standard format on the article. Another forex, the lede is long. Well, [insert exclamation here], the topic is über-complex, and many people will read only the lede. And so on. Many thanks...  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 11:21, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

History of science fiction and fantasy magazines to 1950, again[edit]

Ian, if you have time I'd appreciate your input on this. I've followed your earlier advice and kept it all in a single narrative, rather than separating the publishing and reception histories. The article isn't done yet, but it's getting closer (no images or copyedit pass yet). I have a couple of questions.

• The article is already 7,412 words of prose, and that doesn't include the table, which is huge. I haven't done overseas (non-English-language) magazines yet, nor have I done much on UK magazines or on the period 1945-1950, which would be a few hundred words more. Should I cut it to end at 1945? Ashley ends at 1950 for good reasons: that's the best date to pick for the pulp/digest switch, with F&SF launching at the end of 1949 and Galaxy the following year. But it would be awfully long. Or should I cut the UK and non-English stuff to another article, and take it up to 1950, and change the title to indicate it's North America only?
• If you have time to skim the article and tell me if the structure works as I have it, that would be much appreciated too.

Thanks -- Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 23:26, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi Mike, I think I'd stick with the 1950 end date because although 1945 would make perfect sense to the uninitiated, I think 1950 is more appropriate in the life of the field, and the fact that a key source, i.e. Ashley, uses it makes it an even easier decision. I don't think including the extra five years should make it too detailed. If you felt you had to cut then I would reduce the scope to the US rather than reduce the timeframe, but my feeling is that even with the UK and non-English sections you can justify the length. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 05:29, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

OK, 1950 it is. I think I knew that was the right answer; I was just worried about the length. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:40, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Lockheed C-130 Hercules in Australian service scheduled for TFA[edit]

This is to let you know that the Lockheed C-130 Hercules in Australian service article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 22 January 2017. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 22, 2017. Thanks! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:56, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Good to see it today, "the story of the RAAF's greatest workhorse", service in collaboration, thank you! - Never too late to say happy new year, I guess. Thank you for keeping Yunshui's peace bell all last year! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:04, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Gerda. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk)

Hey![edit]

I wanted to ask something about FACs. Am I allowed to nominate another article for FAC if another one have multiple supports like FLCs? BTW Snuggums has given his support to the FAC and the image in question was recently verified.Krish | Talk 20:57, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Hey! There is a new problem. The picture which was reviewed yesterday, now has been nominated for deletion. So I removed it from the article. Is is okay? I don't know what to do now.Krish | Talk 06:23, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi Krish, I ended up copyediting and therefore recusing from coord duties so I'll have to defer to fellow coords Laser brain or Sarastro1 on that... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:07, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

@Krish!: Given that there has been a fair amount of recent activity on your nomination and there is potential for more attention, I would prefer that you stick to one open nomination at this time. Hope this helps! --Laser brain (talk) 14:36, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

@Laser brain: I don't understand. Does it mean the article will not pass? I was hoping otherwise. Since everything has been resolved and the article is in good shape. Is there something which I am missing here?Krish | Talk 15:34, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

@Krish!: No, I'm not making any statement about ongoing consensus at the nomination. I'm just saying that you've had a fair bit of activity there and I think there's a potential that reviewers may add comments that will require more attention from you. When that is the case, we'd generally prefer folks have just one nomination open. --Laser brain (talk) 16:13, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Okay. Now I understand. I misunderstood it earlier, sorry.Krish | Talk 16:19, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

For how long you think the FAC will be kept open? Nothing new is happening there.Krish | Talk 22:10, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Reviews?[edit]

Ian (and also pinging Laser brain and Sarastro1): I'm able to do at least three more FAC reviews over the next week or so; is there anything you'd particularly like to see another reviewer on? Looking at counts of support it looks like nothing is being ignored, from the older list, at least. I've done three of the four urgents -- I see Laser brain is in the middle of reviewing the remaining one so I was going to wait for him on that. Or I can pick something from the top half of the list. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 13:33, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi Mike, tks for grabbing the Russells, which I felt needed more work -- as well as the others you've done recently of course. I wouldn't mind you checking Unlocked (Alexandra Stan album) from the top half of the list, as it's the third time at bat. God of War: Ascension also comes to mind -- I'll leave Andy and Sarastro a recommendation or two now... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 13:46, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

@Mike Christie: If you get a chance, could you have a look at Yesterday's Enterprise (FAC here). It's nearly there, but I think the prose needs a last look/polish. Sarastro1 (talk) 18:35, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Sure; probably tomorrow or the next day. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 20:57, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Sarastro1: Just FYI, it might take me longer than I thought to get to Yesterday's Enterprise; I've signed myself up to try to help out with the source review issues at Nike-X, which I'd like to see promoted, and I think that will slow me down a bit, so you may want to ask someone else to take a look. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 17:34, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Mike Christie: No problem, I'll see what we can do tomorrow. My weekend has been a little more hectic than I'd expected! Sarastro1 (talk) 22:23, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Prince Romerson[edit]

Hello, Ian - I saw your recent edit to Prince Romerson, and I'd like to ask you about something. I saw you changed "a number of" to "several". In the course of a lot of reading and copy-editing articles, I have several times seen people changing "a number of" to "several", and maybe even a few discussions about it. I know that, for the sake of conciseness, using one word instead of three is often a good choice, but at the same time I have always thought of "a number of" as an acceptable alternative to "several". I'm just curious to know whether you consider it an unacceptable alternative to "several" or are merely changing it because it reduces the number of words. If the former, I would be interested in knowing why you consider it unacceptable. I often think the prose in WP lacks variety, and the same words are used over and over again, and if a bit of variety in the vocabulary could be introduced here and there, it would be a good thing. I'm interested in your point of view.  – Corinne (talk) 16:26, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi Corinne, thanks for asking. I like to see variety too and I don't consider "a number of" to be unacceptable, it's just something I see so often in the course of walking through articles as a FAC coord that I do like to consider other -- and, as you rightly surmised, shorter -- possibilities. Of course it's not as a bad as "a large number of" (why not "many"?) or "a small number of" (why not "some" or "a few"?). So you may well find me leaving "a number of" when there's already a "several" in the vicinity, because repetition is something else I tend to pick up on! I guess the bottom line is that I consider word usage to be a somewhat subjective thing anyway, so I try not shoot any expression "on sight" and am always happy to discuss copyedits if people have another point of view. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 04:44, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

O.K. Thanks, Ian!  – Corinne (talk) 15:44, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Henry III[edit]

Please do not revert my edit to say "discuss". Leave it in place, and then say "discuss" Wjhonson (talk) 00:22, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Not the way it works, mate, especially regards a featured article -- when there's disagreement the status quo should remain while discussion takes place, and change afterwards if/when there's consensus for it. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:30, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Spot checks[edit]

Hi Ian, I'm having trouble persuading someone to take on the spot check on the Henry Morgan FAC; HJ Mitchell pencilled himself in, but it looks like RL has kept him away from WP for a while. As I wouldn't like to see this fall off the bottom of the page over this additional step, do you know of anyone I could ask to step in to undertake it? All the best, The Bounder (talk) 10:30, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Bounder, as a rule, if a nom has a fair amount of commentary and support then it won't be archived while it awaits image or source checks. I know we'd all like to see it wrapped up though -- Nikkimaria or Laser brain, would either of you have a chance to take on a spotcheck for this first-time nominator? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 13:53, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

I'd be happy to do it. --Laser brain (talk) 15:01, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Thank you both so much. Laser brain, If you need me to send over scans of pages, please message me and I'll email them across. Thanks again and all the best, The Bounder (talk) 15:08, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXX, February 2017[edit]

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Recent external reviews Op-ed: TomStar81 looks at submarine warfare in World War I Timeline: This month in World War I

FA sourcing[edit]

I've posted a response to you on The Bounder's page, but he usually removes posts he doesn't like, so I'm repeating it here.

The Daily Mail is used in that article as a key primary source. The Daily Mail and Guardian published early photographs of Tomlinson showing him in contact with the police just before he died. This was important in the early investigation—which for a week was journalist-led—because the official story was that Tomlinson had simply had a heart attack.

Ian, I'm surprised to see you respond to his attack as you did. If the coordinators won't stand up for reviewers under attack, then no one is going to want to leave a negative review. SarahSV ^(talk) 05:19, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Sarah, if by "his attack" you're referring to his characterisation of your comments, a coordinator (Andy) had already responded to that and it's pretty evident that he is set in his opinion, whether we like or not. This coordinator was moving on and pointing out there's a process for raising concerns about sources (or any aspect) of FAs if he truly believes that other articles are not receiving -- or have not received -- the same scrutiny as his. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 05:48, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

You implied that his comment had merit. The point is that nominators shouldn't act vengefully against reviewers. It's normal to be upset, and everyone understands that (I've been in both positions, so I understand it very well), but acts of revenge against a reviewer's FAs or searching their edits from years ago to find things to disagree with, cross the line. The Bounder is not a new editor; he understands the FA process. Editors who leave critical reviews are your most precious commodity as an FA coordinator, and they need your strong defence. It isn't easy to leave one. But without them you'll be waving through problematic articles. SarahSV ^(talk) 05:58, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

I'm sorry if you inferred that, Sarah, the observation was intended to point out, as even-handedly as I could, that sources that might be considered controversial now (i.e. the Daily Mail, as evidenced by the current RFC) were not necessarily so in 2009. I value all participants at FAC, whether they be critical commentators like yourself, in-depth source reviewers (see my response to Ealdgyth above), image licensing experts, experienced nominators, or first-time nominators (like The Bounder). IMO, if FAC is to maintain its quality and relevance we can ill afford losses among any of these groups. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:20, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

The Bounder isn't a first-time nominator.

The use of the Daily Mail has nothing to do with standards having changed since 2009. I keep the article reasonably well updated, so if there were inappropriate sources I'd remove them. The tabloid images [1][2] were used because they're primary sources showing Tomlinson's contact with police shortly before he died.

But we shouldn't be discussing my FAs as a result of my review of an FAC. That is the point, and it would be nice if coordinators would put a stop to that kind of linkage as soon as they see it. SarahSV ^(talk) 19:04, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

@SlimVirgin: I'm not sure much of this is ideal, and I'm not sure there are too many wrongs to right, but can I just check "The Bounder isn't a first-time nominator" and he "is not a new editor". I'm possibly being thick, but which other articles has he nominated? And the account is only 4 months old. Am I missing something? Sarastro1 (talk) 19:46, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Sarastro1, this isn't his first account. If someone wants a clean start, I don't want to get in the way of that. On the other hand, when an editor claims to be a first-time nominator, it means reviewers might treat him differently. It also means that editors who might otherwise have chosen not to interact are denied that choice. That's all I want to say. I'm obviously wishing at this point that I hadn't reviewed the article. SarahSV ^(talk) 20:08, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Garage rock article[edit]

I thought you could take a look at the Garage rock article and see how things are coming along there. Do you think it is near ready for review? I could take a little time and wait if need be. But, I'd be interested in any feedback you could provide. Garagepunk66 (talk) 01:48, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi, I'll have a quick look now, and if I feel I can spend longer on it later then I will. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 03:16, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. Garagepunk66 (talk) 16:44, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

About the revert on Marvel Science Stories[edit]

To explain my edits:

• sf was SF for clarity in the title of the person. It might otherwise be mistaken for a typo of "of". It's also because when I google "sf," it pops up the abbreviation capitalized, so I acted accordingly.
• The placement with the punctuation in the quotation is to be consistent with the American English spelling and punctuation style on the page as it is an American pulp magazine. In American English, the punctuation is within double (") quotations, if that helps clear things.
• I can understand the table formatting being unnecessary, though I do want to space the text from the file embed link so it doesn't look fused together.

Anything to add? Cheeseskates (talk) 10:12, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Cheeseskates, appreciate the opportunity to discuss the edits further:

• Perhaps I missed something but not sure what you mean by "in the title of the person"... In any case I grant you "SF" is valid, but so is "sf" (just checking the two detailed histories of science fiction I have, one uses SF and the other uses sf). The lower-case format seems to be the style that's been adopted and accepted in not just this article but most or all of the similar articles in WP.
• Being Australian I wouldn't presume to debate AmEng conventions with you, but I believe that MOS:LQ recommends that while full sentences should always be wholly within quote marks, fragments should take quote marks before punctuation.
• Sorry, I didn't see that you added the spaces in a few cases, no objections to that.

Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:24, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Concerning Hans-Ulrich Rudel[edit]

Hello, I noticed you reverted an IP when he removed the mention of the "Wehrmachtsberichte". Actually there was a discussion at Talk:Wehrmachtbericht#Military commendation?. I am with the IP here, as the Wehrmachtsberichte are primary sources. I took the liberty of undoing your edit. Cheers and happy editing. Lectonar (talk) 08:23, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi, primary sources are not forbidden in WP, especially when used to cite simple facts (they should not be used to interpret facts). The Rudel article has been through peer review and MilHist A-Class Review, and the mentions in the Wehrmachtsberichte were considered acceptable. Consensus can of course change, but you need to discuss that on the Rudel talk page, or bring it up at a wider forum (e.g. the MilHist talk page). Until the consensus does change, the article should remain as it was, so I've reverted to the earlier version. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:32, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

I am aware that primary sources are allowed, with caveats; the problem I see here is in labeling being mentioned in the Wehrmachtsbericht as a military award (which imho is an interpretation of the primary source which should not be done; neither the English nor the German article Wehrmachtsbericht does make a mention of it being a military award (as a sidenote: this is different from being Mentioned in dispatches, which is explicitly one). That is why I linked to the discussion above). Just passing peer review for a "good article" and being A-graded in a Wiki-project does not concensus make for every detail in the article. Lectonar (talk) 12:04, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Promotion[edit]

I see that you have promoted Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Corvus (constellation)/archive1 but several of my comments in my source review remained unresolved/not replied to. Had it been in a nomination of someone like me, it would have been a very big deal, big enough that, if unresolved, could even result in archival. – FrB.TG (talk) 17:06, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Well, no, three outstanding formatting questions isn't as big a deal as say a reliability issue, and wouldn't result in a nom's archival, but I admit I had formed the impression that because Casliber had responded to most points, and you hadn't followed up after several days, that they had all been actioned. If not, I'm sure Cas can revisit them and either action them or discuss with you on the article talk page. Tks/cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:39, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi folks, I have been really busy so answered there to tidy up Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:32, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Consolidated PBY Catalina in Royal Australian Air Force Service[edit]

Ian, you will be interested in the new article Consolidated PBY Catalina in Royal Australian Air Force Service. Just wondering also whether it be renamed Consolidated PBY Catalina in Australian service for consistency? Regards Newm30 (talk) 00:00, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Good to see someone working on such an article... I agree it should be renamed though -- we have the following already utilising the alternate wording:

• Boeing C-17 Globemaster III in Australian service
• Boeing CH-47 Chinook in Australian service
• Lockheed C-130 Hercules in Australian service
• McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in Australian service
• McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet in Australian service

Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:20, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Thanks for creating this article Newm30! Regarding the title, given that Qantas also operated Catalinas during the Second World War ([3]) a RAAF-specific title is workable if that's all the article will cover. I'd suggest extending it and tweaking the title to also cover the Qantas aircraft though given they were a part of the war effort. As a random note, there's an interesting display on the Qantas Catalinas in the Qantas museum at Sydney Airport. Nick-D (talk) 10:26, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Credit for the creation of the article belongs to @SamHolt6: Regards Newm30 (talk) 22:28, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Cricket books[edit]

I don't suppose you happen to have a local library with a (very) well-stocked cricket section do you? I've been looking at an article that could potentially be very good, but the lack of access to two or three books on Australian cricket are rather hampering things. Sarastro1 (talk) 01:01, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

There are a couple of major libraries in Sydney I get to every so often, as well as the local up the road -- what are you after? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:29, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

This and this. The article would survive without them, and they might not have anything in, but you never know! Sarastro1 (talk) 12:44, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Sarastro, I checked the online catalogues of the major libraries in my general area and Pollard's book should be available from Macquarie University, while 200 years looks like it's in the State Library (which also holds his Complete Histories of Australian cricket, 1803-1989 and 1803-1995, if they're of any help). I may not be able to borrow either book but if you let me know what you're after specifically I can try and look at them in the next week or so... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:37, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Anything at all about the Tasmania v Victoria cricket match of 1851; the first intercolonial game and apparently the first first-class game in Australia. Anything on the game, or the teams in the built up to it. Thanks! Sarastro1 (talk) 23:07, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Active editor with song FAs?[edit]

Do you (or a TPS) know an active editor who has a string of FAs on popular songs? I'm working with Carbrera on improving Make Me Like You, which has failed at FAC a couple of times, and I'd like to get additional input on the talk page from someone who's done several of these to FA level. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 17:52, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Dan56 has taken quite a few popular music articles to FA... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:50, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Maybe I'm being thick...[edit]

Although we restarted Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin and moved it to the top of the list at FAC, and I've reset the dates of the nomination, FACbot keeps moving it to the top of the Older Nominations section. Possibly I'm missing something, and maybe Hawkeye7 can tell me where the bot looks to decide where to put the nomination, but we might have to leave it there as we can't keep putting it back! Sarastro1 (talk) 23:17, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Nothing jumps at me, I might let Hawkeye take the first pass at this... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:07, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

The FACBot looks at the date on which the nomination was created. In this case, that was 5 December 2016. So it's an older nomination. Normally when you create a new nomination, it would be archive2. Hawkeye7 (talk) 02:55, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Ah. In that case, I suppose we'd better leave it at the top of "older nominations". Sarastro1 (talk) 07:53, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Palais Rohan, Strasbourg FAC[edit]

Ian, I happened to look at the nominator's talk page. this charming edit suggests that Nikkimaria got off lightly! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 17:05, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Yes, the attitude doesn't seem like a recipe for longevity at WP in general, let alone FAC...! Cheers, 00:08, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

BMPL[edit]

Hey you might have been eyeing that the Briarcliff Manor Public Library fac has been open for just over a month. At the very least it still needs a source review, and nobody's seemed to come. Any ideas on people I should reach out to? Much appreciated, ɱ (talk) · vbm · coi) 04:57, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
As well I have oft wondered about family. A few of my relatives, some immediate, have Wikipedia accounts. I don't think I ever spotted a rule against such users contributing to GA or FA reviews, and the quality of work always matters while identity doesn't, on Wikipedia at least. What are your thoughts on this? ɱ (talk) · vbm · coi) 05:05, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Actually no, I hadn't seen it because it looks like you didn't transclude the page to WP:FAC... Before we look at doing that, though, a formatting issue: L4 headers should be used to demarcate reviewer comments, not L3. Even then, we wouldn't be at the stage of seeking a source review because the opposing reviewers from the previous FAC need to have a chance to check and see if their concerns have been addressed. Lastly, re. family and friends reviewing, I couldn't see where WP:COI went into that (it seems to focus more on editing articles about family and friends) but I certainly wouldn't be soliciting input from WP editors who happened to be family or friends; happy to hear thoughts from my talk page stalkers on this... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:13, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

I could've sworn I had transcluded, that's odd and somewhat silly. Should I reformat the headers? The reviewers did that, so I didn't want to touch it. Done, as the transcluded copy messed up the TOC w/ L2 headers. ɱ (talk) · vbm · coi) 20:38, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

Eve Russell - featured article candidate[edit]

I've nominated the article about the episode Eve Russell for Featured Article consideration. The FAC currently three "support" votes and image and source reviews, but I have received a note that it could use more commentary on comprehensiveness and source reliability. I was wondering if you could help me with this. I would really appreciate any comments or feedback on this nomination. I understand that you are busy so it is completely okay if you are unable to do this. I apologize for any inconvenience.

The link is here if you are interested: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Eve Russell/archive1. Thank you for your time. Aoba47 (talk) 23:53, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Tks for asking, Aoba, I might be able to recuse coord duties and review, let me see how I go in the next day or two. Just keeping my coord hat on for a minute, though, I think I may have mentioned once before to try not to think in terms of "votes", as the depth of commentary is considered more important than a simple declaration of support (or opposition). Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:27, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, and I will be more considerate of it in the future. Aoba47 (talk) 02:47, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

March Madness 2017[edit]

G'day all, please be advised that throughout March 2017 the Military history Wikiproject is running its March Madness drive. This is a backlog drive that is focused on several key areas:

• tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
• updating the project's currently listed A-class articles to ensure their ongoing compliance with the listed criteria
• creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various task force pages or other lists of missing articles.

As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the military history scope will be considered eligible. More information can be found here for those that are interested, and members can sign up as participants at that page also.

The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 March and runs until 23:59 UTC on 31 March 2017, so please sign up now.

For the Milhist co-ordinators. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) & MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:23, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Allan Moffat[edit]

Don't have a reliable source regarding Allan Moffat's wife as he's a famously private person. His sons Andrew and James are half-brothers and a real estate website said Moff's wife was called "Sue" in 2011. He's not been with Pauline for awhile. --Falcadore (talk) 09:01, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Tks for taking the time to explain -- I have to admit I haven't followed things for several years, it was still Pauline last I time I did... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:06, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Well James Moffat is 32 so it has been at least that long since they were married. --Falcadore (talk) 02:23, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

Heh, well it hasn't been quite that long since I was following Moff's career (though admittedly most of my interest in professional sport was a childhood thing) but clearly I missed that bit...! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 03:25, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

Fair Use in Australia discussion[edit]

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FAC William Pūnohu White[edit]

Hello, I don't know if you came across Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/William Pūnohu White/archive1. It was closed today because of no traffic and only 1 review after a month. The quality of the article is FAC material in my opinion. I did not ask anybody (except two users) in the initial run to review it since I was trusting that it will receive reviews. Now I am asking a couple of people here and there to see if there is enough interest to renominate it again. I will only go ahead once I find a few people who wants to give it a review. Please let me know if you are interested, Thanks either way.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 01:29, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) KAVEBEAR, the best way to attract reviewers is to return the favour. Your previous FAC attracted several reviewers, but it's a fact of life that good will is limited. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:24, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXI, March 2017[edit]

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at works on two facets of US military power Op-ed: TomStar81 on the Russian Revolution Timeline: This month in World War I

Question[edit]

Do I have to ask for more reviews for my FAC? It has 5 supports and a withdrawal oppose, and it's almost a month since it's been open. I ask because I have another article in the queue that I've been working on. MCMLXXXIX 15:45, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi 1989, sorry I took a while to respond -- RL intruding...! On a quick scan it looks like you could probably sit tight on it, I'm sure one of the coords (perhaps me) will be able to look it over in more detail soon. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 15:50, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

Simone Russell - featured article candidate[edit]

Thank you again for your help with the Eve Russell FAC. I have recently nominated the Simone Russell article for Featured Article consideration, and it has received a lot of attention already (and I am very grateful for their suggestions/comments). I was wondering if you could possibly help me again by provide a more thorough commentary on the comprehensiveness, source reliability, and general prose for the article. I think that everything is up to shape, but I would greatly appreciate your feedback on this. I understand that you are busy so it is completely okay if you are unable to do this. I apologize for any inconvenience.

The link is here if you are interested: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Simone Russell/archive1. Thank you for your time. I am only going to be nominating one more article from this topic, and I apologize for putting a lot of these articles up for FAC in such a short time frame. Aoba47 (talk) 17:39, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Aoba, tks for asking -- yeah, things are very busy but I'll have a look if I find time. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:20, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! Aoba47 (talk) 14:39, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

• Hello, I apologize again for the intrusion. I was wondering if you could possible look at my FAC to gauge the commentary on it? Aoba47 (talk) 19:24, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Bobby Gibbes[edit]

Hi Ian, While out and about today, I was interested to see that Bobby Gibbes is interred at St John the Baptist Church, Reid in Canberra, in a plot shared with many other members of this family. I can't find a reliable source to back this up to add so it can be added to the article though... I've uploaded a photo of the grave stone at File:Gravestone of Bobby Gibbes April 2017.jpg, though unfortunately the plot needs a bit of maintenance. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 07:28, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

Tks Nick -- very nice shot, clear and crisp. I don't think we can fit it into the article but at least people can find it in the Commons link. Yeah, bit unusual none of the papers mentioned where he was buried... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:36, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXII, April 2017[edit]

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D and Hawkeye7 look at air power and nuclear weaponry Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on Australia's part in the advance on the Hindenburg Line Timeline: This month in World War I

FAC source review fyi[edit]

Hey there Ian! Long time no talk. Hope all is well in the land down under. I'm here with regards to the sourcing review in the recent FAC for Sino-Roman relations, which was ... well, possibly not as strong as it could have been. See Talk:Sino-Roman relations#Ref issues and [4]. No blame being assigned, just an FYI. :-) Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 06:12, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Note that in the spirit of SOFIXIT, I went ahead and reviewed Pericles' current FAC. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 07:09, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Tks Ed. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:29, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

Faces (Star Trek: Voyager)- featured article candidate[edit]

Thank you again for all of your help and feedback from my FACs. You have definitely helped me and encouraged me to be more active in the FAC process (though I have a lot more to learn and I am still a novice). I would be extremely grateful if you could provide any comments or suggestions to my current FAC? I am very fortunate to have received such extensive feedback after only putting the FAC up a couple of days ago. I was wondering if you could possibly help me again by provide a more thorough commentary on the comprehensiveness, source reliability, and general prose for the article. I think that everything is up to shape, but I would greatly appreciate your feedback on this. I understand that you are busy so it is completely okay if you are unable to do this. I apologize for any inconvenience. I hope you have a wonderful rest of your week! Aoba47 (talk) 03:15, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi, tks for asking, I have it on my watchlist, will see what I can do time permitting. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:30, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

• Thank you! Aoba47 (talk) 21:33, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

• I believe the nomination has received enough feedback/commentary for promotion. Aoba47 (talk) 21:27, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

Word count[edit]

Hey Ian, can you give me a link to the word count template? I had it installed on my user page while ago and I want to implement it on the Macedonian wiki edition. Thanks for the help.--Retrohead (talk) 08:53, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi, do you mean the page size script? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:11, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Yes. Though I'm not sure it can count prose written in Cyrillic script. I tried passing prose from articles in Cyrillic here, but the DYK counter only shows number of characters in the text. It seems it can't count the words.--Retrohead (talk) 13:07, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Retrohead, very sorry for not following up sooner -- if you're still interested, this is the page size script. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:59, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Mary Kom (film)/archive1[edit]

Would you please take a look at the FAC? Thank you!Krish | Talk 07:37, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Featured Article Candidate[edit]

Hi Ian! I'm a student working on a wikied project, and my group is hoping to get the page we edited onto the featured content page. We've put a lot of work into the Indigenous Environmental Network page, and would greatly appreciate if you could look it over and give us some feedback. Thanks!

Gmhardesty (talk) 18:00, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

William Henry Bury scheduled for TFA[edit]

This is to let you know that the William Henry Bury article has been scheduled as today's featured article for May 18, 2017. Please check the article needs no amendments. Note that as per the discussion on the TFAR page, I have not deemed it appropriate to run it on his birthday. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 18, 2017, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1100 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so. I have notified the other main editors. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:52, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks[edit]

Just noticed your comment here, while putting together the April stats; thanks -- I appreciate it. I do think the increased discussion of reviewing has helped. As with so many things in life, the things that get talked about are the things that get done, so I suspect that periodic renewals of the discussion will be necessary to keep up the review volume. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:38, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Yes, I daresay. Tks again for your efforts, and for stopping by. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:00, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Yes, it looks like I'll have time for more source reviews...[edit]

But I'm still going to avoid pop culture stuff if I can. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:29, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

No prob, anything you can manage will be a big help! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 15:31, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXIII, May 2017[edit]

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on Strategic Air Command doctrine Op-ed: Tomstar81 looks at a little-known aspect of World War I Timeline: This month in World War I

Naruto[edit]

Hi Ian Rose,

I'm having trouble with how the prose is supposed to look in Naruto for FA standards. Would you be able to help me with it and add comments to the FAC if needed? If not, please reply. Thanks. -- 1989 01:05, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

I will be fairly busy this week but will try and take a look in the next day or so. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:19, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. I did a lot of copyediting over the last 2 days, so it should look okay. -- 1989 20:28, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

I don't think Mike is going to comment any further on what's wrong with the prose, that's why I'm asking for your help. Hopefully you'll be active soon. -- 1989 11:53, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

FAC for The Demi-Virgin[edit]

Hi, Ian. Normally I would wait my turn for FAC closings, but I started thinking ahead to possible TFA dates for The Demi-Virgin and realized that one option is as soon as June 3. Since Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Demi-Virgin/archive1 has three supports with no opposes or unresolved comments, plus completed image and source reviews, I'm hoping it might be promoted sooner rather than later, so I can jump into a TFA/R discussion before it is too late. But if it needs longer, then I can focus on other date options. --RL0919 (talk) 07:04, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi, I did check it when I was doing the rounds over the weekend and, although everything is going very well, I felt it was a bit soon to close given it's only been open around ten days. I'd prefer to give it at least another week to see if anyone else has thoughts -- if we still have consensus for promotion then and it's closed, I think you'd still have time for the TFAR you mention. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:26, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

OK, we'll see how it goes. It's not a dealbreaker either way, but I thought I should at least ask. Thanks for the prompt reply. --RL0919 (talk) 21:32, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

Evita FAC[edit]

Hey Ian, how are you? I was wondering did you get a chance to look at the spotchecks for the above FAC? I had pinged you there while writing a response, but not sure whether you got the notification. Or maybe you got it and will look at it afterwards (in that case please feel free to ignore this message). I know with Laser brain retiring, FAC load might be more for you and Sarastro. Thanks for all that you do. —IB ^{[ Poke ]} 07:06, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

I'm well, tks for asking -- a lot on this week RL-wise though so I may not be able to get to check things properly till the weekend. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:54, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Just a little nudge on this one! If you don't have time to do another spot-check, Giants2008 had a look and found no other problems. Sarastro1 (talk) 20:22, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Heh, was preparing to have another look at sources when I found several new issues with the prose, but will try and button everything up tonight... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:19, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Hey Ian, just gently reminding you, this one was addressed long ago. Perhaps you missed the notification. —IB ^{[ Poke ]} 16:05, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

Nah, I saw it, just forgot that I hadn't struck the oppose since -- done now. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:25, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

Roy Phillipps scheduled for TFA[edit]

This is to let you know that the Roy Phillipps article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 12 June 2017. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 12, 2017. Thanks! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:08, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for another one! - I don't know what to say (probably nothing) in a thread that has "Which confirms once again how meaningless FA review often is." on WT:RSN. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:22, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Captains Table IJN Soryu[edit]

Do you want English Sources or if I copy the ones from the Japanese page is that sufficient?

-JustRadical 29 May 2017 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 32.211.52.188 (talk) 16:03, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

IN case you didn't see....[edit]

this Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:51, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Belated tks mate-- not too much free time lately, hope everyone had a good time! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:20, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

A nice dinner at the East Ocean was had by all...and plenty of Carlton Black draught beers...but did get a tad soaked by the deluge....sighCas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:20, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXIV, June 2017[edit]

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at the Battle of Kokoda and US defence acquisition in the 1960s Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on the Battle of Messines Timeline: This month in World War I

You've got mail![edit]

Marvellous Spider-Man 03:54, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

strategy[edit]

At this stage I am in process of writing a report about discussions in Australia about https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017 the cycle 2 of the broader wikimedia strategy -

You may well have responded elsewhere - but if you at all interested - not the slightest bother if you are not - please feel free to contact on or off wiki - thanks JarrahTree 05:15, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

Melbourne Castle[edit]

Hi there, I just want to draw your attention to my question at Talk:Melbourne Castle § Unexplained revert as I have yet to hear from you. 142.160.131.202 (talk) 02:40, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

Withdraw Astronomica FAN[edit]

A few weeks ago, I nominated the article Astronomica for FAN. I thought I had responded to all the points raised during the pre-FAN peer reviews, but I noticed just today that I completely missed the comments raised by groupuscule about two months ago. I would like to withdraw the article from FAN at this time so as to implement groupuscule's excellent comments. Thanks.--Gen. Quon (Talk) 02:15, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Disneyland Railroad featured article nomination[edit]

Greetings, Ian. I see that you are one of the administrators in charge of closing FACs, so when you have a moment, I would like you to observe this one: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Disneyland Railroad/archive1. It has passed reviews for its prose, images, and sources, and has five confirmed supporters, so I believe that this one is ready to be closed. Jackdude101 (Talk) 03:32, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXV, July 2017[edit]

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D looks at planning for the unthinkable Op-ed: TomStar81 on Russia's Provisional Government in World War I Timeline: This month in World War I

Apr to Jun 17 Milhist article reviewing[edit]

		Military history reviewers' award
		On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons for reviewing a total of 7 Milhist articles at PR, GAN, ACR or FAC during the period Apr to Jun 2017. Thank you for supporting Wikipedia's quality content processes. AustralianRupert (talk) 05:54, 8 July 2017 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space

Cheers Rupert! Ian Rose (talk) 08:34, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

@*&# Misclicks grrr[edit]

Hello IR. Misclicks happen all the time to me. Mine are usually a screen jump and they drive me bonkers. Cheers to ya. MarnetteD|Talk 04:40, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

FAC removals[edit]

Hi Ian + RHaworth, I noticed you removed the FAC for the Megan Rapinoe and Abby Wambach articles. Can you clarify what the problem is? — Hmlarson (talk) 18:01, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

• So what does the deletion log say? — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 18:10, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

• I don't know - why can't you just say? Hmlarson (talk) 19:47, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

• (talk page stalker) @Hmlarson: The problem was that you nominated two FACs at the same time, with a third FAC already open. The FAC instructions only allow an editor to nominate one article at a time by themselves, with the possibility of one more if it is a co-nomination. This has been the case for a long time now. Any nominations that are out-of-process like this are deleted as standard procedure. I noticed before the FAC pages were deleted that a reviewer had also pointed out that the nominations were out of process. Sarastro1 (talk) 20:27, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

• Aah, thanks for clarifying. "Out of process" isn't really clear. Hmlarson (talk)

Thanks for catching that[edit]

Thanks for catching that on the B-52 page. SomewhatSpurious (talk) 17:57, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

King John's children[edit]

Hello, Ian Rose and thank you for your message about the last edits on King John's page!

I've been having a few problems with my computer lately - couldn't log in to make edits. I just thought it would be better to make a "list" of John's children. It's usually done for most royalty and I thought it would make a more "lightened" presentation of John's descendants.--Aziliz Breizh (talk) 16:13, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Randall Flagg FAC[edit]

Is there any way to bump this up or should I ask other editors for their thoughts? It's received only two editors so far. Thanks.--CyberGhostface (talk) 03:00, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi CyberGhostface, sorry but not quite sure what you mean by "bump this up". TBH, given only one reviewer has supported promotion during a review that's been running six weeks, and Cas has suggested further analysis is required (and provided possible sources), I think the best course would be archiving this nom, giving you a chance to address his point, and then returning with pings to all the previous reviewers to take another look. I say that knowing how many times the article has been at the plate, but others have been through more noms and still achieved the bronze star in the end... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:16, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Moving ahead[edit]

As Benedetto Pistrucci seems to be there, I trust there's no objection if I move forward with the next? All the best,--Wehwalt (talk) 23:04, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Sure, go ahead. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:09, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

FAC[edit]

Thank you for your recommendations and patience since this is my first time that I am nominating an article here for FA consideration. If I were to follow your guidelines, what needs to be done to initiate a copyedit and a PR? And who would do this process?--Seiya (talk) 09:48, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Re:Timeline[edit]

Was actually just coming back to do this today since I guessed that the newsletter would be going out in the next few days. I was going to do the op-ed too, but I guess I got beat to that this month :) Should have it done in about a half an hour. TomStar81 (Talk) 05:36, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Thanks for this Tom. Ian, just to confirm I think that this issue is now good to go Nick-D (talk) 10:01, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXVI, August 2017[edit]

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Station to Station[edit]

Hi Ian, Please check your mail. This is getting way too complicated. :) --47.138.242.130 (talk) 01:29, 13 August 2017 (UTC)Harry Maslin https://www.facebook.com/mazster mazster@verizon.net — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mazster (talk • contribs) 01:25, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Air Power Development Centre website[edit]

Hi Ian, I just spotted that the APDC has developed a new website - today I think given I was browsing it yesterday. The good news is that it looks more functional. The bad news is that it appears that all of our links are broken, though none of the PDFs are loading at the moment... Nick-D (talk) 10:59, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Heh, not just today but this arvo I think, I was accessing something from the old site only this morning! Yes, I wouldn't be surprised if all the links are broken, no-one in government seems to believe in redirects -- look at AWM... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:59, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

I sent the AWM an email to alert them to problems with the official histories (eg, the page numbers for the chapters not being listed in the index and the URLs changing), and the reply stated that the new URLs will be permanent. I'll believe that when I see it though! They're going to re-add the page numbers too. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 22:52, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Great minds as usual -- I sent them an email a while ago asking for the page numbers too -- it all helps! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:08, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the correction[edit]

Thanks for you correction of my (mis)-edit of the entry Robert Oppenheimer. I did not notice the "references" section. Woops.PloniAlmoni (talk) 11:18, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXVII, September 2017[edit]

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Macedonias and Greeks[edit]

Hello, in my opinion its better to undo your last change because now it's seems that the Macedonias were not Greek. 3brothers1sister (talk) 18:04, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Douglas MacArthur[edit]

Thank you for this edit. I'm having quite the time with that editor creating categories and haphazardly adding them to biographies. Magnolia677 (talk) 19:37, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

2017 Military history WikiProject Coordinator election[edit]

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Discussion at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2017 September 15#King who died with a hot poker up the ass[edit]

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2017 September 15#King who died with a hot poker up the ass. Hello Ian. As one of the most prolific editors of the Edward II of England article, would you mind leaving a comment or a !vote as to whether King who died with a hot poker up the ass should be deleted? Thanks. --Nevé–selbert 13:59, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Re:Checking[edit]

Yeah, I can see that. I just added +1 for the people I voted for so that's where the weird tally numbers came up. Sorry about that, it'll be something I'll have to keep in mind int he future. TomStar81 (Talk) 07:51, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

Congratulations![edit]

In recognition of your election as one of the Military History Project's Co-ordinators, please accept these Co-ordinator's stars. Thank you for your ongoing efforts in support of the project. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 03:30, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

Cheers Rupert! Ian Rose (talk) 06:27, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

Jul to Sep 2017 Milhist article reviewing[edit]

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Thanks Rupert! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:02, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXVIII, October 2017[edit]

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Signpost[edit]

Hello! Would you be interested in doing an interview for The Signpost?Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 00:30, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Well, I was interviewed a couple of years ago but if you'd like me to do another I'd be happy to. Tks/cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:09, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day[edit]

Happy First Edit Day, Ian Rose, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Slightlymad 03:57, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Unlocked[edit]

Hi there, Ian! I pinged you here yesterday, but I think you missed it. In any case, I saw you're an experienced FAC editor. With that in mind, I thought of asking you to look over the article above and to kinda copy–edit it (it isn't long, so it shouldn't take that much). Unlocked, a FAC, has received some support, but an experienced user complained over the article's prose, with his main issues being "chopped" sentences (and maybe some other minor stuff you could correct). With that being said, would you have time to edit it? Best regards! Cartoon network freak (talk) 20:31, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Request...[edit]

Given the glacial pace of waiting for a source review at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Northern rosella/archive1, are you ok with me popping up another one now? I promise to go and do some more reviews in the meantime... ;) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:24, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi Cas -- it looked to me that Brian had already done a source review... I was mainly waiting to see if RileyBugz would return... Perhaps give him one more ping but in the meantime no issue with you starting another... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:59, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

I have pinged him twice so far...but will sit for a bit longer.....meanwhile....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 07:38, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

Now Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Black honeyeater/archive1 chugging along at leisurely pace...are u ok if I pop up another? have been reviewing here and there...cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:43, 25 November 2017 (UTC) nevermind, it has been promoted now Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:00, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

And now Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Southern boobook/archive1 is moving really slowly but almost there. Are you ok with me nominating another? (I also figure if I post this here, Murphy's Law will come into play and maybe reviewers will turn up....) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:00, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi Cas, actually in this case I would prefer to see at least one more review/declaration before we start another nom, if that's okay -- is there anyone you could bug to take a look? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:27, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

no problem at all.....will take a look at some others.....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:06, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXIX, November 2017[edit]

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ArbCom 2017 election voter message[edit]

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2017 Military Historian of the Year and Newcomer of the Year nominations and voting[edit]

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The Bugle: Issue CXL, December 2017[edit]

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Reg Pollard (general) scheduled for TFA[edit]

This is to let you know that the Reg Pollard (general) article has been scheduled as today's featured article for January 20, 2018. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 20, 2018, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1100 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:40, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Happy Saturnalia![edit]

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		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and troll-free and you not often get distracted by dice-playing. Ealdgyth - Talk 13:55, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

Thank you Ealdgyth -- I really appreciate all you do round here. Have a great Saturnalia yourself! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:48, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Season's greetings[edit]

		Seasonal Greetings and Good Wishes
		Seasonal greetings for 2017, and best wishes for 2018. Heartfelt thanks to you for your contributions, which have done much to enhance the encyclopedia and make me feel it's worthwhile to keep contributing. So here's to another year's productive editing, with old feuds put aside and peace, goodwill and friendship for all! Brianboulton (talk) 23:39, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

- and if I hear even the hint of a chuckle... Brianboulton (talk) 21:32, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Why Brian, the merest thought of the possibility of the inkling hadn't begun to even contemplate crossing my mind... ;-) Seriously though, thank you for the good wishes and I wish you and your family the very best over the festive season. WP is fortunate to have your contributions. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:52, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Hmm, did I miss something? There's certainly been nothing of any interest cricket-related in the world recently. Definitely not. No. Nothing. Not a thing. Move along. On a completely unrelated matter, maybe someone should block Brian for blatant vandalism. Some things should not be placed on talk pages. Sarastro (talk) 20:07, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Air Board (Australia)[edit]

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Precious anniversary![edit]

Precious

Four years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

I have an interesting DYK today, Wolfram Röhrig, who was a jazz pianist, headed a broadcaster's department for light music, composed film music, and recorded giant choral works with an amateur chorus, including my latest FA, first as it seems. But not only that - and that's why I come here: he also played a (minor) part on 20 July 1944, so is a character in a film series about it. It's rather broadly covered in the German WP article that he was part of the telecommunication that day, but I wasn't able to find a source, so left it out. Any chance that you might find something? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the sapphire Gerda, and best wishes for the festive season. Re. Rohrig, I can't promise anything but will check what literature I have on the subject. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 21:40, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for Reg Pollard, written "almost spur-of-the-moment", and for mentioning "sense of humour" ("biblical" Enobsra), - dangerous, very dangerous, humour I mean, - the ultimate weapon ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:14, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for today's Henry Wrigley, a "veteran of World War I and founding member of the RAAF, Henry Wrigley was one of aviation's deeper thinkers as well as a top pilot, credited with developing a de facto air power doctrine and also first to fly across Australia in 1919, south to north (but not back again, and you'll have to read the article to find out more)... During World War II he was largely responsible for organising the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force, the first women's service in the country."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:12, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for that Gerda -- I appreciate your appreciation... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:43, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for today's Peter Jeffrey (RAAF officer), saying "though his status as an ace may have given him his prime case for notability on WP, I found him more interesting and admirable as a leader the more I researched him"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:50, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for thank-you click out of the blue ;) - I am a bit concerned about the first FAC of a fellow editor which looks nice on the FAC side, but had some editing and talk (article and user talk) that looks not constructive to me, even if probably with good intentions. Please watch. - I wonder - generally - if editing a FAC should be somewhat restricted, such as 1RR, to not edit-war and then claim instability. (WP:BRD seems not enough. When I reverted the second time a bold edit was made, WP:GANG was mentioned.) I also wonder if users could stick to friendly language even when disagreeing. My dreams ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:04, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

Five years, in admirable consistency! - I loved yesterday's DYK particularly ("stand up for civil rights"). Christmas and new year's wishes will appear on my talk when the times come, please pick up what you like ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:03, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Gerda, your good wishes on these occasions are always welcome and appreciated. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:36, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

User group for Military Historians[edit]

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Thank you[edit]

		The WikiProject Barnstar
		For your content work and continuing efforts as one of The Bugle's editors I am pleased to personally award you with this barnstar and add you to my 2017 New Years Honours List. Thank you for your contributions to WikiProject Military History. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 13:03, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Thank you very much for that, Rupert, and for everything you do for the project. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 21:37, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Air Board (Australia)[edit]

The article Air Board (Australia) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Air Board (Australia) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AustralianRupert -- AustralianRupert (talk) 00:21, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas to all![edit]

	We wish you a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year 2018!
	Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas, and a Happy, Glorious, Prosperous New Year! God bless!  — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 10:34, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Thank you very much Ssven -- hope you have a great Christmas and New Year too! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:24, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Season's Greetings[edit]

...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 23:44, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Bzuk, all the best to you and your family! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:59, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Greetings[edit]

Thanks Krishna, Happy Christmas and New Year to you too! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:12, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and All That[edit]

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and best wishes in all things.  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 01:24, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Many thanks Ling, and my best to you and yours over the festive season! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:29, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2018![edit]

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2018!

Hello Ian Rose, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you a heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2018. Happy editing, Chris Troutman (talk) 00:34, 28 December 2017 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Thanks Chris, hope you had a great Christmas and that you have an enjoyable and safe New Years! cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 02:53, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

October to December 2017 Milhist article reviewing[edit]

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Thanks PM! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:14, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXLI, January 2018[edit]

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Sydney meetup[edit]

Short notice but there will be a meetup in Sydney on the 13 January 2018 at 6:30pm, still looking for a venue and open to suggestions. I hope you're able to make it but understand that this is very short notice. Bidgee (talk) 20:41, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Air Board (Australia)[edit]

On 13 January 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Air Board (Australia), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Australian Air Board (inaugural members pictured) chose 31 March rather than 1 April as the founding date of the Royal Australian Air Force to avoid being called "April Fools"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Air Board (Australia). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Air Board (Australia)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Bat FAC[edit]

Hello, its been over a week since the last review and support. The article currently has four supports and reviews have covered everything from sourcing to images to the text. Is there anything else needed? LittleJerry (talk) 20:24, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for your civility[edit]

In the reversion of my Kubrick edit. It was appreciated. --Volvlogia (talk) 20:44, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Question about FAC[edit]

Hello! I apologize for intruding on your talk page, but I was wondering if you could provide a status update on my current FAC (Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/3 of Hearts (album)/archive1)? I believe that it is ready for promotion as it has received feedback from other users and had an image review and source review. Hope you are having a wonderful week so far! Aoba47 (talk) 20:06, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi Aoba47, sorry, I did mean to respond to your query at WT:FAC yesterday when I was actioning another FAC request -- I haven't gone closely into the status but at first glance it looks reasonably close to promotion so would have no issue if you'd like to nominate another now. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 21:56, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

• Thank you for the response! I always bad for messaging you as I bet you are juggling a lot of work both on here and in real life so I do not mean to be an inconvenience. Hope you are doing well. Aoba47 (talk) 23:41, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

I apologize for interrupting again, but I was just wondering if there was any movement on this as a little over a week has passed since I initially put up my request for a status update. Aoba47 (talk) 01:31, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

Bugle[edit]

Hi Ian, I think that the February Bugle is now done aside from the updates on featured content :) Nick-D (talk) 07:29, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Tks Nick, aiming to get to it this evening. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:08, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Ugh, busy day/night, have to postpone 24hrs... :-( Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:14, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

FAC Margaret[edit]

Hey, sorry to bother you here. My FAC Margaret (singer) received 10 supports, the image review has been carried out and the sources review is complete. I think it is ready for promotion. Do you think you could look into it? Hope you have a good weekend. Best wishes. ArturSik (talk) 11:12, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

Replied at nom. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 13:02, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

No. 1 Flying Training School RAAF[edit]

Hi Ian, It looks like the RAAF has recently replaced its website (no doubt breaking all our links...). I just noticed that the structure page lists No. 1 Flying Training School RAAF as being an active part of the Air Training Wing. I can't find any sources on this, but presumably it's been re-raised as part of the Australian Defence Force Basic Flying Training School moving to Victoria? (and is probably that school under a new name?). Regards, Nick-D (talk) 00:54, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

Tks Nick, I think I saw this in an issue of Air Force News last year but if I remember rightly it was the new name for a totally different school, and the report made no connection with the old 1FTS, so I left our 1FTS article as is pending further info. I'll try and take another look soon (after I do the FA blurbs for the Bugle and despatch!)... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:00, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

From a quick search, the 25 February 2016 edition says that the School of Air Warfare was renamed No. 1 Flying Training School that month. There's also some coverage in later issues. Nick-D (talk) 01:18, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, that's the one I saw (time flies!), and I've checked the later ones and again no mention of the earlier incarnation. I don't think we can say that the 1FTS we discuss in our current article has been re-formed as such, because there's no connection between the old 1FTS and the SAW, or with the SAN, as SAW was called formerly. I'd like to see the crest of the new 1FTS, if it has one, that would tell us something... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:24, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

Yes, the wording is all very vague. It might be worth noting that the name at least lives on? On a different subject, I've also noticed that the Williams Foundation has posted the first three of interesting series of articles which were published in Australian Aviation on the history of the RAAF's higher organisation - there's links to them here. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 03:28, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXLII, February 2018[edit]

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Your GA nomination of Australian Air Corps[edit]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Australian Air Corps 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 Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 08:01, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

And another[edit]

Polk not having generated any comments in some time, and likely ripe for promotion, would you mind if I nominated the next one?--Wehwalt (talk) 17:22, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Also, I've scheduled Henry Wrigley as TFA for March 7, 2018. You know the drill.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:00, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Hmm, I was going to say that after contributing or co-contributing 36 articles to TFA over the years I'm finally starting to get a bit jack of working through the inevitable changes that arise, well-intentioned as many are... Are you really desperate for another Australian military one...?! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 04:18, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

Regardless of your response re. Wrigley, no issue with you nominating another FAC given Polk's progress. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 04:42, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

I'd really appreciate it it you let Wrigley run. It's in place of one where the nominator objected, you see. Thanks on Polk.--Wehwalt (talk) 10:57, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

• I noticed that there were some cs1 maintenance tags - I think someone had fiddled with the cite book template at some point causing it to not like having (ed.) in the author/first/last name parameters - so I tweaked some of them; please revert if I've made a mess of it. I didn't do anything with the Stephens/O'Loghlin entry under 'Further reading', which is showing the same error, as I wasn't sure if they are also authors? And (sorry) IaBot has marked the present ref #55 in the Notes section as a permanent dead link but it's the same as the Helson link in the References which does seem to work - I didn't like to fiddle with that in case I messed it up, so perhaps you could have a look when you get the chance? SagaciousPhil - Chat 17:06, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Australian Air Corps[edit]

The article Australian Air Corps you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Australian Air Corps for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 08:41, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

Many edits at 2001[edit]

Recently, I noticed your many edits at the film for 2001, and couldn't help noticing the Kubrick quotation on your user page. For the past 2-3 weeks, I've been thinking of moving the main article for 2001 towards featured article and was wondering if you might be interested. Do you have any interest in possibly joining in and moving this article forward? JohnWickTwo (talk) 05:06, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

desperately needs attention for external validation![edit]

stop deleting my edits dude I am only doing it for a class grade I need the edit to get a good grade if you don't like it leave it up for a week and delete it then I don't care geesh you are too serious about wiki edits — Preceding unsigned comment added by Athsquare (talk • contribs) 23:19, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

(by talk reader) @Ian (Wiki Ed): I think this student needs your help. Chris Troutman (talk) 23:24, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

177th Fighter Aviation Regiment ACR[edit]

G'day, Ian, sorry to bother you. If you get a chance, could you please take another look at this ACR: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/177th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO? It looks like PM pinged you, but you may have missed it or it may not have worked. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk)

I hope I'm not hassling you, but would you mind looking to see if Kges1901's latest comment satisfies your concerns about Seidov? I think that's the only thing holding up promotion at this point. Parsecboy (talk) 18:40, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi guys, tks for being so patient, I did get close to completing my re-review during the week but kept getting waylaid before finishing -- will have another go now. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:01, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXLIII, March 2018[edit]

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at a work by Daniel Ellsberg Op-ed: TomStar81 on the 1918 flu pandemic Timeline: This month in World War I

DYK for Australian Air Corps[edit]

On 16 March 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Australian Air Corps, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Australian Air Corps has been described as "Australia's first independent air force, albeit an interim one"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Australian Air Corps. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Australian Air Corps), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:02, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Congratulations from the Military History Project[edit]

		The Military history A-Class medal with diamonds
		On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the A-Class medal with Diamonds for Air Board (Australia), Peter Drummond (RAF officer)‎, and Australian Air Corps MilHistBot (talk) 20:38, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Margarita With A Straw[edit]

Hey, Ian. I am not sure if you have been able to revisit the FAC, but I've resolved all of Mike's comments. Could you take a look? Thank you. VedantTalk 16:29, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Will try and do so today. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 21:02, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Dealt (belatedly). Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 13:27, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

April 2018 Milhist Backlog Drive[edit]

G'day all, please be advised that throughout April 2018 the Military history Wikiproject is running its annual backlog elimination drive. This will focus on several key areas:

• tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
• adding or improving listed resources on Milhist's task force pages
• updating the open tasks template on Milhist's task force pages
• creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various lists of missing articles.

As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the scope of military history will be considered eligible. This year, the Military history project would like to extend a specific welcome to members of Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red, and we would like to encourage all participants to consider working on helping to improve our coverage of women in the military. This is not the sole focus of the edit-a-thon, though, and there are aspects that hopefully will appeal to pretty much everyone.

The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 April and runs until 23:59 UTC on 30 April 2018. Those interested in participating can sign up here.

For the Milhist co-ordinators, AustralianRupert and MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:53, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Mass message[edit]

I can see that the last mass message had an error message as the edit comment. You may wish to fix that, or ask about it at meta. Thanks --Fæ (talk) 11:12, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Signpost interview[edit]

MHIST is being featured again. You are welcome to respond here. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 22:36, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Carolwood Pacific Railroad FAC[edit]

The Carolwood Pacific Railroad FAC is ready for your final review. Sarastro was the coordinator for this one at first, but he switched roles and became a reviewer to complete the review, and he has since supported it. Unless you see anything that he missed, I believe this review is complete and ready to go. Jackdude101 ^talk cont 00:30, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Dealt. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 13:21, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

WestJet Encore FAC[edit]

I am a first time nominator for FAC WestJet Encore. It is now under "older nominations". Is there anything more that I need to do? So far, there are several reviewers that have left comments. Vanguard10 (talk) 02:20, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

I wouldn't mind leaving this open a bit longer to see if we can't get at least one more comprehensive review -- it's been open three weeks and that's not excessive -- in any case I think we still need an image licensing review (you can post a request at the top of WT:FAC for that). Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 13:25, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Fair enough. I wasn't trying to nag. I am merely a FA newbie. As far as images, they are all free use, no fair use ones. Fair use might be allowed but I wanted to see if free use only could be done. Thank you for your comments. Vanguard10 (talk) 02:32, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Heh, you're not nagging, I've been pretty busy in RL and haven't been able to keep quite as close an eye on things as I'd like recently but that's slowly improving. I'm always glad when new people give FAC a try and hope they find it a good experience. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 02:43, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

There's been some progress! Image review and a very detailed additional reviewer. Vanguard10 (talk) 02:37, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for editing and promoting the article to FA. I feel that I can now make small edits to it because before I didn't want to touch it while it was being considered, unless absolutely necessary. The FAC process also has taught me how to edit better after I followed some advice made in the FAC reviews. Vanguard10 (talk) 17:54, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

That's really good to hear. Actually I think that one of the most important lessons to be learnt in FAC (or any WP assessment process) is to try to keep revisions to the minimum and as much as possible only in direct response to reviewer suggestions -- something along the lines of no. 3 in Robert Heinlein's Rules of Writing: "You must refrain from rewriting, except to editorial order". ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:36, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

		The Editor's Barnstar
		Bestowed to Ian Rose for efforts in the FAC process, helping make Wikipedia better. Thank you for your service. Vanguard10 (talk) 17:54, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you -- it's great to be part of the coord team. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:36, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Bugle[edit]

Hi Ian, I'm finished editing the Bugle for this month. When you're happy with it, I think it's good to go. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 04:22, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXLIIV, April 2018[edit]

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D looks at the bombing of Darwin; recent books by female military historians Review essay: K.e.coffman on Wikipedia's representations of the Nazi German military Op-ed: TomStar81 on the Red Baron Timeline: This month in World War I

Select Survey Invite[edit]

I'm working on a study of political motivations and how they affect editing. I'd like to ask you to take a survey. The survey should take no more than 1-2 minutes. Your survey responses will be kept private. Our project is documented at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikipedia_%2B_Politics.

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Question regarding FA archive on David Meade (author)[edit]

Does this mean that it closed as a "did not pass" for FA? I still have a chance to improve the article. --LovelyGirl7 talk

Sorry for belated response LG, yes archiving effectively means that it did not pass assessment this time; as I think I mentioned in my closing comment you're welcome to re-nominate after a minimum of two weeks from the closure (though I think the suggested improvements, and my recommendation for a de facto peer review after that, might take longer anyway). Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:06, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

WP:Featured article candidates#John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk[edit]

What say you, Ian Rose? We seem to have ground to a halt somewhat; I've pinged people, but obviously can't keep doing that (It might annoy them!). Cheers! —SerialNumber54129 ^{paranoia /cheap sh*t room} 08:27, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Yes, it's been quite a while now, I've tried another knowledgeable reviewer, if no joy I'll just go ahead and make the prose pass I'd planned earlier. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:56, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

I see, nice one—would you, though, then have to recuse as a coordinator, d'you think? —SerialNumber54129 ^{paranoia /cheap sh*t room} 08:19, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

Depending on the depth of the copyedit, yes. I often make a few tweaks to articles before I promote them but if I do serious copyediting -- and especially of course if I feel I should oppose or support -- then I recuse. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:06, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Question about Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/All Money Is Legal/archive1[edit]

Hello again! I apologize for the intrusion, but I was wondering if the FAC had enough comments to be promoted as a featured article? Thank you for your help. Aoba47 (talk) 05:28, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

January to March 2018 Milhist article reviewing[edit]

		Content Review Medal of Merit (Military history)
		On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons for reviewing a total of 8 Milhist articles at PR, GAN, ACR or FAC during the period January to March 2018. Thank you for supporting Wikipedia's quality content processes. AustralianRupert (talk) 08:13, 20 April 2018 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space

Ford Piquette Avenue Plant FAC[edit]

When you have a moment, this article's FA nomination is ready for your review here: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Ford Piquette Avenue Plant/archive1. Jackdude101 ^talk cont 01:11, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Noted, tks. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:13, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, Ian Rose, I didn't realise we were allowed to hurry you along on your own talk page :) —SerialNumber54129 ^{paranoia /cheap sh*t room} 14:16, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Featured Article work: Appreciation[edit]

Dear Ian, just a note of appreciation for all your hard and skillful work at FAC and in the Featured Article process. It is an important part of what makes Wikipedia such a wonderful resource for so many people around the world. Thank you! -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:01, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Very kind -- thank you too for your continued participation in the process. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:22, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Blamey[edit]

I wondered how long it would take before it was reverted. (Answer: 15 minutes) ;-) Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 10:07, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Heh, would been quicker but I spent a few minutes checking if the other changes made much difference either way (didn't look like it)... ;-) Hope you and yours are keeping well. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:09, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

LOL! Yes, I did much the same. At first I didn't spot any difference, but now I see the second row doesn't line up, (whereas in the IP's version it does). I might look again.

My youngest graduated last month. (First time I've worn a suit and tie for a while! We seem to be past the weddings, and fortunately the funerals don't seem to have started yet.) Pdfpdf (talk) 11:49, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Tks for your changes. Congrats re. the graduation, and let's hope the funerals are a long time coming... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:39, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

A Class Cross[edit]

The existing award is very nice and I'm keeping it. The Bot will run tomorrow morning. It won't be bothered by the existence of an award on the page, so there is no need to remove it. This will be a good test of the Bot. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 08:42, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

That all works for me -- it's a fantastic achievement and you should have the award any way you choose...! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:14, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

The MilHistBot had four pages to update, and had trouble with Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards/ACC. This has now been rectified. (I also changed the text from "has not yet been awarded" to "has been awarded to the following editors".) As the higher awards accrue, we'll need to add place holders for them. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:40, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXLIV, May 2018[edit]

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at coalitions and logistics in World War II, and Nick-D at Australia's frontier wars Timeline: This month in World War I

Monterey Bay Aquarium[edit]

That FAC is turning into a bit of a marathon and I don't have the energy to stick with it. Is it ok to bail out or am I obligated to stick with it? Basically my sense is that it's not quite there but I'm on the fence about whether the work can be done while at FAC or to archive, get the work done, and then bring it back. Victoriaearle (tk) 17:21, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi Victoria, sorry for belated response -- pls don't feel obligated, you've put a lot of effort into the review and it shouldn't have had to go on this long. Some time tonight I (or perhaps Andy if he has time sooner) will try and have look and determine whether to archive or not. cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:54, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

No worries about belated replies - I'm not here that much these days. I noticed you archived it, so I'll leave a message on the article talk page. Happy to keep working there (it's an interesting place), but not in the confines of FAC. Victoriaearle (tk) 12:14, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

Talkback[edit]

As you've written highest number of the FAs than any other editor from the Military history project, and you're the coordinator of the FAC process and also the project, kindly review the three pages related to FAs, as part of the ongoing audit. They are – Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Writing Featured Articles, Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Initiating a featured article review and Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Today's Featured Article requests Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 16:33, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

My FAC nomination of Jill Valentine[edit]

Hi. I nominated Jill Valentine for FAC nearly 48 hours ago, but the nomination still hasn't appeared at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates. It's only my third nomination, so I'm sure it's me who did something wrong. Do you know how to fix it? Cheers. Homeostasis07 (talk) 23:12, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Yeah you did everything right except transclude the nom page to top of WP:FAC -- this is a manual operation and the last part of the nom process. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:23, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXLVI, June 2018[edit]

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Recent external reviews Op-ed: TomStar81 on a supergun of World War I Timeline: This month in World War I

Kreuzstab[edit]

I understand you, but did you see that Victoria is ill and apologized? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:32, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

Hi Gerda, I didn't see that particular exchange but I was aware Victoria is ill based on her comment at another FAC; hers was not the only extant oppose though so I feel I have to stand by my closing note. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:05, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

I said that I understand. I'm not going to nominate that article again anytime soon, and if I do (but I hope you noticed my comment that we never know how much more time we'll be given), I'll ask you for a review. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:30, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

I think this was a good decision because it's best to get the work done outside of FAC. I'm willing to continue with Gerda (I'm hooked now), but my time is extremely unreliable so it's best to do it slowly on the talk page. Victoriaearle (tk) 16:06, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

Peter Jeffrey (RAAF officer) scheduled for TFA[edit]

This is to let you know that the Peter Jeffrey (RAAF officer) article has been scheduled as today's featured article for July 6, 2018. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 6, 2018, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1100 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:01, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

New Page Patrol?[edit]

Hi Ian Rose,

I've recently been looking for editors to invite to join New Page Patrol, and from your editing history, I think you would be a good candidate. Reviewing/patrolling a page doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia policies and guidelines; we could use some additional help from an experienced user like yourself. It would be good to have an editor with your background on military topics on call as a reviewer for when pages come up in your area of expertise (that list of articles on your user page is impressive, well done).

Would you please consider becoming a New Page Reviewer? (After gaining the flag, patrolling is not mandatory. One can do it at their convenience). But kindly read the tutorial before making your decision. If you choose to apply, you can drop an application over at WP:PERM/NPR.

Cheers, and hope to see you around, — Insertcleverphrasehere ^{(or here)} 13:03, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Since the NPR is about the only permission short of WP:FOUNDER that Ian Rose doesn't have, I imagine they would have asked for it by now had they wanted it...Anyway, as one of only 2.5 FAC coordinators, I don't think we can afford to let him out of there :) —SerialNumber54129 ^{paranoia /cheap sh*t room} 13:20, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

Nomination template problems[edit]

Hello Ian Rose. I just attempted to nominate the George Washington article for FA but some how have messed things up.

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/George Washington/archive3

When I attempted to fix a red link things just got worse. Could you look into it and see where the 'money wrench' is? It would be gretaly appreciated. Best, Gwillhickers (talk) 20:16, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

Update : Evidently I was able to resolve the problem, which turned out to be 'simple math'. Anyway, all the best, once again, -- Gwillhickers (talk) 20:52, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

Status update for FAC[edit]

Hello! I hope that you are having a great week so far. I was wondering if I could have a status update for my current FAC. It has already received an image review and a fair amount fo commentary. I believe that it is ready for promotion. Aoba47 (talk) 00:46, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

Hi Aoba, I'm hoping to walk through the list this weekend. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:35, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

Black Friday (1910)[edit]

Same question as I had about an earlier FAC - am I obligated to continue and continue and continue or may I be done? I'm beyond not having energy and at some point it feels abusive. Victoriaearle (tk) 21:41, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

Hi Victoria, I don't think anyone's health or RL in general should ever be compromised by their work here. Important as many of us consider WP, it's not worth that. I and the other coords will do our best to give appropriate weight to all reviews that offer actionable criticism regardless of how 'complete' those reviews are. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:42, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

Hope youll read[edit]

My last post before this one. wp:consensus is pathetically easy to game under the current regime/system.... Then as a private homework assignment, make a table and keep score win-lose- draw- not on wiafa (that's four columns) for every oppose reason on the Bengal fac You don't need to share your results with anyone else,ever. It's personal. But you might wanna do it just to consider the possibility that I may be in the right....Cheers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Axylus.arisbe (talk • contribs) 08:48, 1 July 2018 (UTC) Oh ps I deleted my ling.nut email acct and scrambled lingzhi password NOT because the fac failed. If you had examined the merits of the arguments and said which oppose reasons were pathetic, but then said we need an outside review, I would have very cheerfully accepted a Fail. But since you didn't, all those Oppose reasons ill be recycled and reargued next time around, with the comment "nothing has been changed". If you were me, would you be discouraged Axylus.arisbe (talk) 08:57, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

Peter Jeffrey[edit]

Hi Ian, is this a RS for date of death of 6 April 1997 to fix Peter Jeffrey (RAAF officer) article and for tomorrow's TFA blurb? Thanks, JennyOz (talk) 07:29, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi Jenny, tks for this -- I'd forgotten we didn't have his precise death date in there. Have to admit I haven't considered squadron websites as RSs at FA level. I just did another search in Gale and Factiva to see if there was anything but no luck. Ryerson tells me 6 April 1997 as well, citing the Brisbane Courier Mail from 9 April 1997 but they don't offer a page number and it doesn't look like their search engine allows a direct link to the result to be cited. Nikkimaria, do you have an opinion on all this? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:42, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

It's probably reasonable for uncontroversial facts. This source says 6 April 1997 as well: Chris Coulthard-Clark (23 April 1997). "Air ace of Pacific and N Africa". The Australian. p. 14.. Nikkimaria (talk) 11:31, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

Oh thank you Nikki, I'll use that -- for future reference (literally) can I ask how you happened to access it? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:18, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

It's available via LexisNexis. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:20, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

April to June 2018 Milhist article reviewing[edit]

		Military history reviewers' award
		On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded these stripes for reviewing a total of five Milhist articles at PR, GAN, ACR or FAC during the period April to June 2018. Thank you for supporting Wikipedia's quality content processes. AustralianRupert (talk) 06:51, 6 July 2018 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space

Thanks Rupert! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:43, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Vance Drummond[edit]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Vance Drummond 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 Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 10:21, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXLVII, July 2018[edit]

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: This month's external reviews Op-ed: TomStar81 on the murder of the Romanovs Timeline: This month in World War I

Gallimimus FAC[edit]

Hi, you closed the Gallimimus FAC, but it is stll waiting for a source review? FunkMonk (talk) 12:13, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

Ugh, yes, got a bit carried away there. I've gone through everything myself now and saw no reliability issues, and only one minor formatting inconsistency that I fixed. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk)

Ok, thanks! FunkMonk (talk) 15:33, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Vance Drummond[edit]

The article Vance Drummond you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Vance Drummond for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Zawed -- Zawed (talk) 10:01, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

Regarding the featured article candidate Saving Light[edit]

It is a shame that the nomination for Saving Light failed, but regarding re-nominations, would I be allowed to re-nominate the article now (or soon as possible) as it failed because of only having only one (supporting) vote and that all issues listed were fixed and addressed? Micro (Talk) 07:48, 29 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi Micro, I would not be averse to waiving the usual 2-week waiting period given there wasn't much commentary, but I'd like you to wait to re-nominate till we tick over into August, as I expect we'll be closing some more in the next day or two and it may benefit you to re-add when the list is shorter. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:15, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the response, I've now planned to re-nominate it on the 2nd or later. Micro (Talk) 00:22, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

The Infinity Gauntlet[edit]

Hi Ian,

[This] isn't the first time one of my FACs have stalled. Aside from reaching out to related wikiprojects and specific editors I think might be interested, do you have any suggestions for attracting commenters? Argento Surfer (talk) 13:06, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

It's not easy sometimes. Peer Review might get some people along, and if so it's fine to ping them with neutrally worded notices when you come to nominate the same article at FAC. As a longer-term strategy, you can try and review more FACs to help more editors notice your work. Hope this helps a bit. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:13, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Question about FAC[edit]

Thank you for archiving my previous FAC. I believe that I would have to wait the standard two-week period before putting up another FAC, but I wanted to clarify that with you. Hope you are having a wonderful week so far. Aoba47 (talk) 02:04, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi Aoba, yes I think the usual 2-week waiting period is appropriate as this wasn't a case of the nom attracting little or no commentary. Pls take the time to consider/implement improvements to the article or to others you're looking to nominate based on what you've gleaned from the withdrawn nom's review. Tks/cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:23, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

• Thank you for the response! I did not have any immediate plans for another FAC, but I was just curious about it. Aoba47 (talk) 00:40, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXLVIII, August 2018[edit]

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D looks at a classic US official history Op-ed: TomStar81 on belated declarations of war in 1916–18 Timeline: This month in World War I

No. 33 Squadron RAAF TFA for 19 September 2018[edit]

This is to let you know that the article mentioned above has been scheduled as today's featured article for September 19, 2018. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/September 19, 2018.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:55, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Vance Drummond[edit]

On 21 August 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Vance Drummond, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that New Zealand-born Vance Drummond won the South Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry as a Royal Australian Air Force pilot serving with the United States Air Force? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vance Drummond. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Vance Drummond), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Query[edit]

Ian (and Laser brain and Sarastro1), I don't want to nag the regulars at WT:FAC for more comments on my last post there, but given that the few comments made have been positive, how would you feel about opposes on prose that are not revisited? It seems justifiable to me, but it goes against a long-standing expectation that an opposer who does not revisit when asked may find their oppose taken at lower value. If I were a coord I wouldn't like to see suggestions that make it harder to determine consensus, but you're all reviewers too, and you've seen the kind of loop I'm referring to. I can continue as I have in the past -- not reviewing, if I'm not prepared to revisit any oppose that might result -- but if you think there is a niche for opposes that are not returned to, on the basis that the prose is not FAC-ready, then I may oppose in that way in the future. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:41, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi Mike, tks for the poke. I have been watching that thread and planning to comment, just hadn't got round.... My first thought was/is that if an experienced reviewer believes the prose is not FAC-ready, and they can get in early enough in the process, it's a good reason to come straight out and recommend withdrawal, which is something the coords almost always act on (it's a bit harder to action a withdrawal request that occurs some weeks in, when other reviewers may have supported). More later, probably at the thread itself, but no issue continuing here first if you like... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 03:24, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

No hurry -- there have been a couple more comments since I posted here. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 09:10, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

The only time I'd expect or ping for a revisit is if the nominator somehow completely overhauled the article during the FAC (something we discourage by practice; it should be withdrawn or archived). I might expect the oppose to look again, or at least strike their opposition as it was likely based on an irrelevant version of the page. I never favor requiring laundry-lists of action items to accompany opposition, or demands that reviewers continue to enumerate items unless the article is already at 95%+ and needs a little push over the hill. --Laser brain (talk) 09:29, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

FAC closure of San Junipero[edit]

Hi Ian. I saw you closed the FAC nomination of San Junipero. I must admit that I'm quite confused by this. If I'm understanding correctly, you closed it because you think it will take at least two months to gather consensus (or enough responses to pass/fail). But there are plenty of FAC nominations open which were nominated in June (2–3 months ago) and are still open.

I have tried contacting people and WikiProjects about the nomination—see 1, 2, 3. I've also got a response from someone who planned to review the nomination imminently ([5]). These were all quite recent requests as I didn't anticipate that the nomination would gather no responses in three weeks.

If you re-open the nomination, I have three or four more people in mind I could contact (and a couple of active talk pages) and I can start doing some "here's an FAC review; I'd love it if you reviewed mine", though I've refrained until now because I dislike the practice. I hope you can understand that it's very disheartening to get no responses for a month, finally get a comment and within two hours (before I've even seen the comment) be notified that the FAC is closed. I have no interest in taking the page through a Peer Review or FAC mentorship, because (a) they're both optional processes, (b) I don't want this to take another four months, and (c) in my opinion, the article is ready for FA status now.

Thanks! — Bilorv_(c)(talk) 11:15, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi Bilorv, I understand the frustration, particular as the archiving came just after the first comments, but noms in similar situations are often archived two or three weeks in. It's no reflection whatsoever on you, this happens pretty frequently. I realise some noms stay open longer than a couple of months but that's not by design, and those that are currently that old may well be closed the next time one of the coords looks at the list. I appreciate you may have people lined up to review, there's no reason they can't give you feedback at PR or even on the article talk page before another attempt at FAC. It's fine to ping previous reviewers with neutrally worded requests for comment when you get to FAC. Regarding your last three points: a) I'm afraid I must be missing what you mean by PR and FAC mentorship being optional processes -- so is FAC and so, for that matter, is WP in general; b) the time to get an article featured is elastic, but I've found through long experience that the best way to minimise the time at FAC is get s many eyes on the article before nominating; c) I don't doubt you feel the article is FA-ready, in fact we assume it of every nominator and their article -- but the process relies on editors reviewing the article against the FA criteria and supporting its promotion. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:30, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

With (a), I meant optional with respect to FA i.e. they're not necessary to get an article featured. I've found PR to be a waste of time in the past.

Can I renominate the article at FAC immediately? I see that this isn't supposed to be done within two weeks of a nomination being archived, but there's an exemption for nominations with little feedback. I just want to double check before actually doing it, and make sure it doesn't come across as rude. I understand you're just following procedure, and my frustration is at the lack of FA reviewers rather than your actions. — Bilorv_(c)(talk) 17:56, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi Bilorv, I'm sorry to hear you find PR a waste of time but I realize it can be a bit of a wasteland, and I can't force you to go there before FAC. As far as renominating early, it's true there was only one reviewer but there was a longish list of points -- I'd be happy to split the difference and say go ahead and renominate at FAC after a week has passed from the archiving, or when you've actioned Aobas' points (if you haven't already of course) -- whichever is later. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:43, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. — Bilorv_(c)(talk) 00:46, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Featured article for 19 September[edit]

The article No. 33 Squadron RAAF is scheduled to be on the main page on 19 September. I don't know if there's any procedure to change this for a new FA with a significant connection to this date, but I've asked about it at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests#Newly-promoted article. I have nothing against the scheduled article, and have no problem if you wish to oppose my challenge. I realise you have waited for years to get this article on the main page.-gadfium 21:47, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

No problem at all from my perspective, Gadfium, and said so at WT:TFA. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:18, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank you!-gadfium 01:26, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open[edit]

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:53, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks-a goldfish[edit]

Qwerty number1 (talk) 07:25, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Soory about.mistake-muddled.up guoldfish.and.puppy Qwerty number1 (talk) 07:25, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Do you mind....[edit]

.....if I sling up another nom as mine has 3 supports, image and source review but lacks a spot check. I'll go read some more FACs in the meantime....cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:21, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Sure, Cas. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk)

thx! Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:58, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Sydney meetup[edit]

There will be a meetup in Sydney on the 12 of September. More info at Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney/September 2018. Bidgee (talk) 05:05, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXLIX, September 2018[edit]

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Question....[edit]

The FACBot added this notice to the article TP after I withdrew the nom. Can't we simply state the nominator "withdrew it as a candidate"? The template also states that Morgan le Fay is a former featured article, but I can't find when or why. Thanks in advance....^{Atsme📞📧} 00:22, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi Atsme, the closing note on the article's FAC nomination page states that "this candidate has been withdrawn", after that the FAC bot treats it the same as other archived noms. As to the "former featured article" bit and the half-completed new FAC nomination, those seem to have been introduced by the closing bot -- Hawkeye7, would you mind taking a look when you get a chance? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 03:22, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Resolved: In the latest version, although it looks like the Bot performs only a few simple operations, to do them, it actually breaks down the entire page and rebuilds it completely. This resolves problems we have had with template handling, particularly where templates contain templates (contain templates...) (1) The FFA was an error on my part. (2) Failure to remove the nomination template was caused by an error in the recursive template search method, which has been corrected. (3) Corrected a problem with display of default template parameters. Your forbearance is greatly appreciated. In answer to Atsme, "withdrawn" is not a valid parameter to {{Article history}}. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:29, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Tks Hawkeye, it goes without saying that I'm very grateful for the hard work you've put into FACBot over the years -- the hiccups only stand out because it generally runs so effectively. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:09, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

+1 on the thanks to Hawkeye7 whose explanation I read and actually understood for the most part, but recursive threw me, as I thought it was a style of handwriting. 😆 I'll also fess-up and take responsibility for any actions I may have taken, either purposefully or inadvertently, that may have contributed to the bot issues, beginning with my initial screw-up by forgetting to save the TP template after nominating. I had opened too many tabs 🍻 in the browser, trying to follow instructions in proper order, and after completing all the steps, I accidentally closed the TP tab before saving it. I can sleep now that I've confessed.

Ian, thank you for following-up with my request. If I may make 2 suggestions (if not, stop reading now): (1) the word "failed" seems rather harsh. Won't you please consider replacing that parameter with "not promoted" which may prove to be a lesser disincentive than failed? (2) Regarding "withdrawn", if it's not too difficult, can it please be added as a valid parameter? Just my thoughts... ^{Atsme📞📧} 16:33, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Atsme, pardon me for jumping in, but it's actually {{Article history}} that's the issue -- it requires the word "failed" in that position. If you suggest on that template's talk page that "unsuccessful" be added as a synonym, then the bot could start putting that instead of "failed"; "unsuccessful" is at least neutral (I believe that's why RfA uses it). To use "withdrawn" would require the FAC coordinators to add a parameter when closing, I would think, so that would be more complicated. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 18:00, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, Mike - I'll see what I can do. In the interim, here's a little template that may save you some words....^{( Buttinsky)}....I actually got the idea from an admin. 😊 ^{Atsme📞📧} 18:48, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Recursion is a mathematical concept. It occurs because templates can contain other templates - recursion. The problem for the Bot is then determining where a particular template ends. With the latest change this has been overhauled, and a recursive algorithm implemented, so that these problems will go away. We still have a problem with FAC nominations where the template is added to the talk page and then the nomination is not initiated, or is initiated but not added to the nominations page. The Bot detects these errors but lets them through in the belief that the editor may get around to it soon. It reports to me. In the former case I normally remove the template after a few days. In future I may get the Bot to do it automatically. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:24, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Now I'm wondering IF...because of the various issues with the FAC process...we should consider not promoting it...😂. I do hope y'all know that I'm pulling your leg. ^[FBDB] On a serious note, thank you Hawkeye7 - your explanation was helpful. (And the explanation for my banter is that it's Happy Hour - which means my nose is no longer to the grindstone.) ^{Atsme📞📧} 21:41, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced[edit]

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Promoted article[edit]

Hi there, you seem to have added Bulgaria to the September Featured Article log by mistake.[6] It's also already on the star chart[7], but I don't think the nomination is over yet. Maybe that's why the bot can't run through. RetiredDuke (talk) 20:32, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, that one snuck into the copy/paste from WP:FAC. I picked it up before adding to WP:FA but obviously didn't go back to fix at the Feature Log. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:49, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

FQSR question and an old archive question[edit]

Ian (and Laser brain and Sarastro1), can I ask what, if anything, you're planning to do about the FQSR workshop page? I was imagining that the coordinators would close nominations as successful, or unsuccessful, or prod for more details; I don't want to do any prodding myself since the point of the workshop is to see how the process might work in practice. Two of the reviews seem closable as successful, and one looks like it might be a fail; another might require a nudge.

Hi Mike, I believe we'd agreed among ourselves that Sarastro would be designated coord for the workshop and I did send an email prod the other day but haven't heard anything back. We still have to keep the main FAC list ticking over, which is what I've been doing -- perhaps Andy could look in on the workshop entries? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:48, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Also (and pinging Hawkeye7 for this question), I've been going through old FACs to harvest support/oppose data, and ran into something odd. The August 2015 archived noms page had one of the archives transcluded without the "archive1" at the end. I've fixed that, but something is still not right. If you go here you'll see that the article title is the section header, outside the "archived FAC" box; this is not how they usually appear, as you can see elsewhere on the page. Perhaps nothing needs to be done about it, but I thought I'd ask. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:40, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Lou Spence[edit]

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Your GA nomination of Lou Spence[edit]

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Congratulations![edit]

		The Coordinator stars
		On behalf of the members of WikiProject Military history, I present you with these Coordinator stars as a mark of the responsibilities you have volunteered to take on for the project for the next year. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 01:39, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

Tks PM, much appreciated! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 05:12, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

July to September 2018 Milhist article reviewing[edit]

		Content Review Medal of Merit (Military history)
		On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded the Content Review Medal of Merit for reviewing a total of 8 Milhist articles at PR, GAN, ACR or FAC during the period July to September 2018. Thank you for supporting Wikipedia's quality content processes. Kges1901 (talk) 10:45, 3 October 2018 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space

Thank you very much, Kges. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 21:15, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

excruciating[edit]

I find it quite excruciating to watch ga/fa discussions where I have worked with the archival material (1942 and 1944), and am aware of the nuances of meanings for journalists and military officials of the time (1940s were a different age) - and the perceptions that this latter time and context have so little appreciation to nuances of then. Arrgghh. I think I should stay away from the discussion. JarrahTree 01:26, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CL, October 2018[edit]

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D looks at the use of so-called "substandard" manpower in armies Interview: On the Bugle turning 150 (issues that is!) Op-ed: TomStar81 on the collapse of empires at the close of World War I Timeline: This month in World War I

Permission[edit]

Thanks for that. Look; I know the ink probably isn't even dry on the last one, but would there be any chance of receiving permission to put up another one? Hope all's well. ——SerialNumber54129 10:16, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

Heh, tks for asking but no permission necessary -- you can nominate a new one as soon as the old one is promoted. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:21, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

Oh, Cheers! I thought there had to be a two week gap between noms? Btw, hope I wasn't pinging people too radically back there. ——SerialNumber54129 10:31, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

Ah, the two-week gap is only when a nom is archived, the rationale being that if there are issues preventing the nom being promoted then there should be a minimum time limit for those issues to be addressed before the nominator puts the article forward again (or indeed another article, as similar issues could well be present in the nominator's other work). Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:08, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

13 years of editing[edit]

Hey, Ian Rose. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Chris Troutman (talk) 00:27, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Wow, has it really been that long -- thanks Chris! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:17, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Congrats IR and thanks for all of your editing here at the 'pedia. Just avoid the Triskaidekaphobia for the next few months :-) MarnetteD|Talk 01:29, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

(George) Bernard Shaw[edit]

Hi.

You reversed my edit requesting a reference to Shaw's preference regarding his name as it is mentioned further down in the article. You're right, but do you think it might be useful to add a note at the first place this preference is mentioned? I think it would. If you wouldn't mind, perhaps you could do it as I'm not terribly sure of the syntax. Thanks. Páraic Maguire 12:22, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Páraic, my apologies for such a belated reply. In WP we generally try to avoid citations in the lead unless the cited statement is a quote, or the information is not cited elsewhere in the article. As Shaw's preference doesn't fall under either of those categories, I don't see a reason to cite it in the lead. Of course I'm just someone who happens to keep the article on his watchlist, not one of its main editors. If you feel strongly about it, I think the best thing would be to raise it on the Shaw talk page and see if consensus develops to add the citation. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:12, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Question about FAC[edit]

• I would like to withdraw my current FAC, and I was wondering if you could please archive it? I was disappointed by the following comment by one of the two support voters (Looks good. Not the best article, but it passes for FA and is pretty good for an obscure show), particularly the (Not the best article,). I know that I should not take it personally, and I would brush it off in a work context. However, since Wikipedia is purely for volunteers, that kind of backhanded comment makes it less enjoyable for me personally, and I should be devoting my time to other things anyway. Apologies for the long message. I just wanted to explain the rationale behind the request to withdraw and archive. Either way, have a wonderful rest of your day and/or night. Aoba47 (talk) 01:16, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
• Don't archive it, i'll take it myself. Clikity (talk) 21:16, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
• Nvm, it's already closed Clikity (talk) 21:26, 19 October 2018 (UTC)

FAC[edit]

Hi Ian, with the Pierrepoint article pretty well advanced through FAC, would it be OK if I opened a second nom? Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 20:53, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

Sure, Gav. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:23, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

That's great - cheers Ian - SchroCat (talk) 12:37, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

FAC talk[edit]

Hi Ian, as you were away the last few days I hatted the recent thread on FAC talk - although involved it seemed to be the best thing to do. It's a bad result all round and I hope Tony decides to return to FA reviews at some point. The thread, although hatted, is a little sensitive and doesn't reflect the best part of many of the contributors. Rather like happens at ANI, it may be worth archiving the thread. I'll leave it to your discretion (and that of @WP:FAC coordinators: your fellow co-ords) as to whether you think this the best course of action. Cheers – SchroCat (talk) 07:42, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

Tks Gav. Surprising as it may seem I didn't stay out of that thread by choice but heavy work commitments, coupled with two family members falling ill, meant I've had time for only the most cursory glances at WP, and no chance for any substantial edits appropriate for commenting on a situation like that. I regret the result too and have no problem with your closure (nor with the archiving that's since taken place). Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:27, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

Bugle[edit]

Hi Ian, taking your other commitments into account, will you have capacity to add the featured articles and awards to the November Bugle edition? Everything else should be good to go. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 09:41, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

Tks Nick, I really did expect to get a bit more done on the w/e, will see how I go tomorrow. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:39, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

No worries Ian. Please let me know if this isn't doable given your other commitments though. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 09:32, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLI, November 2018[edit]

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ArbCom 2018 election voter message[edit]

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Military history WikiProject World War I Op-Ed Series[edit]

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Nominations now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards[edit]

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The Bugle: Issue CLII, December 2018[edit]

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No. 1 Flying Training School RAAF - reformed, and now renamed?[edit]

Hi Ian, I spotted this photo on the Defence website today saying that No. 1 Flying Training School RAAF has been renamed. It's listed as an active unit on the RAAF page on RAAF Base East Sale [8], so presumably it was re-formed at some point recently and is now being redesignated? (which seems a shame). Nick-D (talk) 10:35, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

Belated tks for that Nick -- that first link didn't work for me though, does it still work for you? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 03:53, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

...no. It seems to now be here Nick-D (talk) 08:05, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Tks for that -- funnily enough the second link didn't work for me either but when I opened the thread in my mobile instead of on my laptop, both worked... :-P The caption of the second image mentions a renaming ceremony but I couldn't see where it says it's renamed from 1FTS? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:22, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

It's in the "mid-caption" on the left-hand side when viewed on a computer ("On 6 December 2018, Royal Australian Air Force’s No 1 Flying Training School (1FTS) at RAAF Base East Sale, was renamed Air Mission Training School."). The supposedly permanent link isn't working for me now either! Regards, Nick-D (talk) 21:02, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Ah-ha! Yeah, shame though it is that such an historic unit is gone again almost as soon as it's reactivated, it wasn't the same institution/purpose -- I think they made an error using that name in the first place. The fact that it's now defunct again might actually make it easier for me to work a footnote about this latest incarnation into the current article, something I wasn't at all looking forward to otherwise, as there'd been so little fanfare/info about reviving it. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:03, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Voting now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards[edit]

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Seasons[edit]

	None more Gothic Seasons Greetings
	Wishing you all the best for x-mass, the work you do here, keeping it all ticking over, is very much appreciated Ceoil (talk) 19:52, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks very much for your thoughts, Ceoil -- the feeling's mutual! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 21:49, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Merry Christmas![edit]

A very happy Christmas and New Year to you!
May 2019 bring you joy, happiness – and no trolls or vandals! All the best Gavin / SchroCat (talk) 21:36, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Many tks Gav -- hope it's a great 2019 for you and yours too! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 21:50, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Happy Saturnalia[edit]

		Happy Saturnalia
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and troll-free. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:58, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Many thanks Ealdgyth, you are a great asset to this project -- a meticulous editor and a calm voice of reason. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:35, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

Merry Merry[edit]

		Happy Christmas!
		Hello IR, Early in A Child's Christmas in Wales the young Dylan and his friend Jim Prothero witness smoke pouring from Jim's home. After the conflagration has been extinguished Dylan writes that Nobody could have had a noisier Christmas Eve. And when the firemen turned off the hose and were standing in the wet, smoky room, Jim's Aunt, Miss. Prothero, came downstairs and peered in at them. Jim and I waited, very quietly, to hear what she would say to them. She said the right thing, always. She looked at the three tall firemen in their shining helmets, standing among the smoke and cinders and dissolving snowballs, and she said, "Would you like anything to read?" My thanks to you for your efforts to keep the 'pedia readable in case the firemen chose one of our articles :-) Best wishes to you and yours and happy editing in 2019. MarnetteD|Talk 22:50, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for those kind thoughts, Marnette, I've very much appreciated your work as well. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:41, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

Happy "whatever floats your boat"![edit]

G'day Ian, I'm not usually into this Xmas wishes stuff, but I really wanted to say thanks for all your work on The Bugle this year. It is an critical thread in the tapestry of the project. Thanks very much, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 09:03, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks PM, much appreciated -- and MilHist would not be the same without your considerable efforts! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:47, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

Deseret alphabet[edit]

I find your decision to prematurely (in my opinion) close my FAC nomination extremely disappointing. I suppose that I'll only seek GAs, as is the unfortunate trend. I don't write about videogames, American TV shows or hurricanes. I suppose that means achieving an FA is impossible and I should just move on. What can I do? Asking for another peer review is absurd, the article has hardly changed since the last one and User:Yunshui's GA. Many experienced editors have helped improve the article such as User:Thnidu.

Deseret alphabet is really more about history than about the alphabet in any event. The idea that we need a linguistics professor to approve it just cements Wikipedia's systemic bias against certain types of articles. I'll not pursue this any further, I think I'll have much more luck getting Aglipayan Church to GA than ever getting a single FA unless I start writing about hurricanes. I should have listened to Yunshui. Psiĥedelisto (talk) 12:11, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Psiĥedelisto, I am a research linguist: not a professor— I retired from the University of Pennsylvania as a research administrator in the Linguistic Data Consortium— but a Ph.D. in the field (U of California, Berkeley, 1981). I've been a language geek all my life, which is related to my fondness for editing and my abilities in it, and is what drew me to the article in the first place. But I can't undertake a program of research on this subject. --Thnidu (talk) 19:58, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

@Thnidu: I didn't say you were a professor. Psiĥedelisto (talk) 13:01, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

@Ian Rose: Just wanted to apologize for the above rant. I know it's not your fault the FAC system is how it is, you were just doing what the rules say to do. I was merely frustrated by the system itself, not necessarily your close. Cheers, Psiĥedelisto (talk) 09:09, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

Okay tks Psiĥedelisto. To be fair, I can't say I disagree vehemently with any of the FAC instructions, otherwise I wouldn't feel right about performing coord duties. I do acknowledge the process can be frustrating though. Re. your article, I would still prefer to see formal or informal review of the article before you renominate because I'm concerned that it might again languish at FAC without a groundswell of prior interest, but you're completely at liberty to renominate. The FAC instructions say that you should wait two weeks from the time the previous nom was archived before starting another, but they give the coordinators discretion to waive that when the first nom attracted little commentary, as in your case, so you can bring it back any time you like AFAIC. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 03:30, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Austral season's greetings[edit]

	Austral season's greetings
	Tuck into this! We've made about three of these in the last few days for various festivities. Supermarkets are stuffed with cheap berries. Season's greetings! Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:31, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

Many thanks Cas -- yeah, berries coming outta our ears they're so cheap now! Have fun and best to you and yours. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 03:32, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Xmas[edit]

FWiW Bzuk (talk) 01:40, 25 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Bzuk -- Season's Greetings and good luck for 2019! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 03:34, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Congratulations from the Military History Project[edit]

		The Military history A-Class medal with diamonds
		On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the A-Class medal with Diamonds for Thomas White (Australian politician), Vance Drummond, and Lou Spence. MilHistBot (talk) 00:31, 30 December 2018 (UTC)

Tks Hawkeye/MilHistBot! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:50, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

2018 Military Historian of the Year[edit]

		2018 Military Historian of the Year
		As voted by your peers within the Military history WikiProject, I hereby award you the Bronze Wiki for sharing third place in the 2018 Military Historian of the Year Award. Congratulations, and thank you for your efforts in 2018. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 01:04, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks PM! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:49, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

2019[edit]

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:16, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

What a good idea Gerda! Thank you, and a very pleasant and productive 2019 to you. cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:48, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

Thank you! Please check out "Happy" once more, for a smile, and sharing (a Nobel Peace Prize), and resolutions. I wanted that for 1 January, but then wasn't sad about having our music pictured instead. Not too late for resolutions, New Year or not. DYK that he probably kept me on Wikipedia, back in 2012? By the line (which brought him to my attention, and earned the first precious in br'erly style) that I added to my editnotice, in fond memory? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:31, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

Thank you today for William Bostock, on his birthday! I updated the above with a link to a 4 Feb birthday which includes the 3 Feb birthday, when we sang two compositions by that birthday child, closing with Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:35, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Gerda -- and by the way, your pictures are beautiful! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:03, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

I guess you mean the calendar pics, but am quite proud that the one of Michael Herrmann appeared on the Main page in 2011, and the one of Werner Bardenhewer on the German Main page on his 90th birthday (which he spent in a monastery in Africa). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:49, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

A second FAC[edit]

Good afternoon Ian. Apologies if this is not the correct place for this request. My FA nom Siege of Berwick (1333) has five supports, an image review and a placeholder for the source review which has been there for two weeks. I have reminded the placeholding editor, but I wondered if I might have permission to nominate a further FA while we wait for the source review? Thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:05, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi Gog, yes, a coord's talk page is fine for this, or you can ping us on the extant nom page. I'd normally say yes straight away in a case like this but I'd like to see a spotcheck of sources for accurate use and avoidance of close paraphrasing (which we normally ask for at one's first FAC nom but apparently didn't through oversight) and therefore I'd prefer we hold off on a second nom until that happens. I'm probably being overcautious but this is a fundamental part of the process so I hope you're okay with that. I'll add a note to the FAC page re. the spotcheck as well. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:54, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Ian. No worries. I saw a mention of a relaxed attitude to granting permissions and thought it worth asking. As it happens the editor who said they would source review has come back saying they hope to do this tomorrow. I fully understand the quality control issues. I shall, attempt to, control my impatience. Cheers Gog the Mild (talk) 00:31, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi again Gog. Yeah, not so much a relaxed attitude as just encouraging editors to make use of an existing convention -- which as I say I would've acted on immediately you requested it but for the spotcheck thing. Anyway, as that seems to have turned up no major issues, pls feel free now to nominate a second article at your convenience. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:30, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

Thank you Ian. Battle of Auberoche coming up. Gog the Mild (talk) 23:59, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi Ian. Me again. With the same request again. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Battle of Auberoche/archive1 seems, to my untutored eye, to only be waiting for Sturmvogel 66 to sign off on a couple of minor points in the source review. While we wait, could I have permission to nominate my next article? Thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:51, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Sorry I didn't get to this till now -- busy day. Anyway, I think Sarastro has answered this one for you already... :-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:41, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

Certainly no need to apologise. I appreciate the smooth way in which the FA process is kept running, and don't expect special treatment for my impatience. I am impressed by the efficiency of your TPW though. Gog the Mild (talk) 11:33, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

2018 Year in Review[edit]

		The WikiChevrons
		For your work on Henry Petre, Australian Air Corps, Peter Drummond (RAF officer), Eastern Area Command (RAAF), and Ragnar Garrett you are hereby awarded this WikiChevrons. Congrats! TomStar81 (Talk) 19:14, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

		The Featured Article Medal
		For your work on Henry Petre, Australian Air Corps, Peter Drummond (RAF officer), Eastern Area Command (RAAF), and Ragnar Garrett you are hereby awarded The Featured Article Medal. Congrats! TomStar81 (Talk) 19:14, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

		Wikiwings
		For your work on Henry Petre, Australian Air Corps, Peter Drummond (RAF officer), and Eastern Area Command (RAAF) I hereby award you the Wikiwings. Congrats!

		The Australian Barnstar of National Merit
		For your work on Henry Petre, Australian Air Corps, Peter Drummond (RAF officer), Eastern Area Command (RAAF), and Ragnar Garrett you are hereby presented with The Australian Barnstar of National Merit. Congrats! TomStar81 (Talk) 19:14, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
		this WikiAward was given to Ian Rose by TomStar81 (Talk) on 19:14, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

		The Biography Barnstar
		For your work on Henry Petre, Peter Drummond (RAF officer), and Ragnar Garrett you are hereby awarded The Biography Barnstar. Congrats! TomStar81 (Talk) 19:14, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Thank you so much, Tom! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:47, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLIII, January 2019[edit]

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D looks at Albert Speer Op-ed: Factotem on common problems affecting infoboxes Timeline: This month in World War I

Congratulations from the Military History Project[edit]

		Content Review Medal of Merit (Military history)
		On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the The Content Review Medal of Merit (Military history) for October to December 2018 reviews. MilHistBot (talk) 01:06, 8 January 2019 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space

Planet Nine[edit]

Hi Ian. I have re-nominated this and hope that is acceptable by the established process. The article's main authors have reviewed it very thoroughly and addressed every criticism we could find. It has been at least two weeks and I have no other nominations pending. Let me know if there are any concerns. Thank you for all your good work. Jehochman ^Talk 02:33, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

That's fine, Jehochman -- tks for checking. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 03:38, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

William Bostock[edit]

Hey, quick heads up, I've heard (unofficially) that this one will be at TFA on his birthday. Anything special you want to see in the blurb? - Dank (push to talk) 14:19, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Heh, any chance you can unofficially get it canned...?! I'm kinda over seeing any of 'my' articles on the front page, even if they are relatively non-controversial and don't attract as much rubbish as some, but especially older ones like this that would need more attention before they went live. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:07, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Pinging User:Ealdgyth. - Dank (push to talk) 22:44, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Sorry.... I've been sick. Generally, it's not something we do. It's not like Wehwalt and I don't share your pain, but they have to go up sometime. It's the price we pay for doing good work. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:31, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

FAC withdraw[edit]

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Cape May County, New Jersey/archive1 - could you withdraw/remove this FAC? It wasn't as ready as I thought it was. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:23, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Done. Sarastro (talk) 18:15, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

William Bostock scheduled for TFA[edit]

This is to let you know that William Bostock has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 5 February 2019. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 5, 2019. Thanks! Ealdgyth - Talk 16:32, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Additional co-nom'd FAC?[edit]

I already have one solo FAC and another co-nom'd with L293D. I'd like to add another one with Parsecboy, if I could.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:22, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Mmm, the way I tend to judge these is that the instructions say you can't have two solo noms simultaneously, so anything that "adds up" to less than two is fine. Since you have a solo and a co-nom, another co-nom would effectively be the same as two solos... It'd be different if one of the current ones was close to promotion but I don't think that's the case so I think we should wait a bit. Of course if Andy or Sarastro think differently, I'm more than happy to reconsider... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:45, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

OK.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 13:21, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

Both Hiyo and Bretagne look to be just about done, so I'd like to re-nominate Albatros which was archived last month.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 19:30, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

Sorry I didn't respond earlier -- that should be fine. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 16:23, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLIV, February 2019[edit]

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Recent external reviews Review essay: Nick-D on the Japanese battleship Mikasa

FAC review urgents?[edit]

I can probably do a review or two this week; I looked at the urgents and I think it needs updating, so any requests? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 15:12, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

And pinging Sarastro1 and Laser brain since I just realized what time it is in Australia. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 15:13, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

Tks Mike -- there are actually quite a few at the bottom of the list that we can probably promote. Looking further up the list, if you could try Allison Guyot and/or Fall of Kampala, I think it'd help. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:36, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

OK -- I'll take a look at at least one of them in the next couple of days. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 03:13, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Question about FAC[edit]

Hello again. I was wondering if you could look at my current FAC. It has only been up for ten days, but it has received four support votes, an image review, and a source review. Since it has not been up that long (not even two weeks), I am not certain that is ready for promotion, but I was just wondering your thoughts on its status? Thank you in advance! Aoba47 (talk) 23:10, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi Aoba, it's looking pretty good so far but I like to leave noms open at least 2-3 weeks to give busy editors a chance to comment. I think we could do with one or two more people casting their eye over it. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:45, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

• Understandable, and I agree that is for the best. Aoba47 (talk) 08:00, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

┌─────────────────────────┘ Apologies again for the message, but I was just curious about the status of the FAC. It has been a little over a week since my last message, and one additional editor supported the nomination. Aoba47 (talk) 19:27, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/James Park Woods[edit]

Hi Ian, just wondering if you had anything else re: your review? Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 01:48, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Probably all good, will try and take a look soon. Now you mention it, how's Lou Spence look to you now? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:02, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the reminder, have supported now. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:43, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

The Clash[edit]

Hi Ian, noticing that you have an interest in first wave punk, have put "Cut the Crap" up for PR. Its a strange addition to their cannon that brings up a lot of heated emotions, with that in mind the PR is framed as a "safe space" were you can eff, blind, and vent about mid 80s music and where did it all go wrong to your hearts content. You input anyhow would be valued. Ceoil (talk) 12:24, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

Tks for thinking of me Ceoil, I've bookmarked article and PR and will try to comment when I can. You're right about the interest, though I'll admit I wasn't a big Clash fan -- perhaps that will allow me to be more severely objective than I might otherwise... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:38, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

"severely objective"? haha / <gulp> - bring it on! Ceoil (talk) 12:57, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

Advertising?[edit]

Hi Ian

1. Thanks for tidying up Siege of Aiguillon prior to promoting it to FA. A little embarrassing that so many niggly bits were left, even if I can console myself with the thought that a lot of other eyes had missed them too.
2. Apologies that my attempted op-ed for The Bugle wasn't up to the mark. I think that it got a bit out of control. Let me know if you would like me to have an attempt at one in a more traditional style.
3. I help out a little at both the Four Awards and the Triple Crown. It has been noted that neither gets the traffic that it used to, and suggested that some gentle promotion may be in order. As a first step, would it be in order to put something in The Bugle making people aware of both awards? If so, would it be down to me to draft something and submit it to you for approval? Do you have any other suggestions re promotion, or an opinion as to whether this is a good idea in the first place?

Thanks.

Gog the Mild (talk) 18:03, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi Gog, on the go now so just replying to point 3 for now... I'm not sure about mentioning those things in the project news page but do you think it might be worth an op-ed? Perhaps you could go a little into the scope and history of the awards and how they motivate people (or even just yourself), as well as discussing how they could use more participation. Bugle op-eds can be (and have been) a forum for WP processes as well as broader military subjects... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 05:52, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Spot checks[edit]

Not sure if there is a good way to ask FAC coordinators a question, so asking you individually. Will Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Roger B. Chaffee/archive1 require a spot check? All my other FACs I co-nominated with Hawkeye, so this is my first solo-nom FAC. Kees08 (Talk) 04:39, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Tks for that Kees. In that case I'd prefer to see a spotcheck -- I'm sure you both did your share of the referencing in your co-noms but if this is the first time you're bearing the whole load I think a spotcheck wouldn't hurt. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:04, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Permission to do blurbs early[edit]

@WP:FAC coordinators: I'm going to be taking almost a month off from editing to work on a project that I hope will benefit new editors. I want to be available for a week after I post any proposed blurbs, so the timing is a little tight. Would it be okay if I post my suggested blurbs (currently in User:Dank/Sandbox/5) to FAC talk pages before the articles get promoted? I'll add a disclaimer, of course, that I'm not trying to predict when or if articles will get promoted. (Just between us, I don't even think about doing blurbs until I see two solid supports.) I'm just trying to get people to look at the blurbs before I leave. It's fine to say "no", of course, if you have concerns about the blurb review process interfering in any way with the FAC process. - Dank (push to talk) 15:53, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

I don't see any harm in this. Thanks! --Laser brain (talk) 21:21, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Joe Hewitt (RAAF officer) scheduled for TFA[edit]

This is to let you know that the Joe Hewitt (RAAF officer) article has been scheduled as today's featured article for April 13, 2019. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 13, 2019, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.

We also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors on the day before and the day of this TFA. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:58, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Forgot to ping you on the FA for IFF[edit]

...so, ping! Maury Markowitz (talk) 18:13, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Astronaut FA bio categorization[edit]

I want to start this off by saying it does not really bother me, so only take action if it bothers you :). I presume you place FAs into the various sections on Wikipedia:Featured_articles (if not please point me in the right direction). Warfare biographies has Alan Shepard and John Glenn, while Neil Armstrong is under Physics and astronomy biographies. With Aldrin, Collins, and Chaffee coming up, as well as Dave Scott I think, it could be useful to make the categorization consistent. GA puts them under Physics and astronomy (to be fair, I might have made that subcategory). Anyways, it does not bother me if they are not grouped together on the FA page, but I thought maybe it would bother someone, so just wanted to bring it up. Kees08 (Talk) 00:49, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Tks Kees -- it's an interesting question, and there's probably no ideal answer but consistency is certainly desirable. I think people should be in a category that would earn them their wikinotability alone, and most if not all astronauts would not tend to fall into the military category for that, even though many had a military background (Glenn might be an exception but as far as 'secondary notability' goes his political career would challenge his military one). For the primary category I wonder if even Physics & Astronomy is appropriate -- I notice the Apollo missions are under Engineering & Technology so does that work better? Perhaps my tps' would like to weigh in... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:23, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

Having slept on it, I guess one could argue that although the US space program was a civilian operation, most of the astronauts were in the military at the time of their flights so perhaps it's as good a category for them as any. Armstrong is an exception, I believe he'd resigned even his commission in the reserves by the time he became an astronaut, so probably best he remain in Physics & Astronomy (or Engineering & Technology if that works better still) -- Hawkeye, what's your thoughts on this? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:10, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

FLC[edit]

Hi, I had a question about an FLC of mine which has been open for 5 weeks with 4 support votes and no opposition. Can it be promoted as I’d like to devote my attention to other projects.—NØ 10:01, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi, as I'm a coord for FAC, you might want to consult with the coords listed at the top of FLC. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:43, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Thank you, I’ll do so!—NØ 10:52, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLV, March 2019[edit]

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on US Navy aviation safety and Australian war crimes trials

Congratulations from the Military History Project

		Military history reviewers' award
		On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the The Milhist reviewing award (2 stripes) for January to March 2019 reviews. Peacemaker67 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:35, 3 April 2019 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space