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Congrats on the profile in Wired[edit]

Congratulations on this glowing profile in Wired! Madcoverboy (talk) 22:46, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

Agreed. Your work is very inspiring! --Ghastlyman (talk) 23:41, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

Came here to say the same thing :) Sadads (talk) 11:52, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

Yes, congratulations! You're doing good work! Hal Boo (talk) 14:03, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

Yep, congrats! Love all the detail about your work. Doug Weller talk 14:08, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

Congrats (and thanks!). --RegentsPark (comment) 14:21, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

Likewise from an unregistered editor. --108.5.225.100 (talk) 18:13, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

Really enjoyed the article. And please let me know if I misunderstood: [1] Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 20:05, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

@Madcoverboy, Ghastlyman, Sadads, Hhfjbaker, Doug Weller, and RegentsPark: thanks all; I appreciate it! @Gråbergs Gråa Sång: yes, SS Division Wiking is the correct article. --K.e.coffman (talk) 01:57, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Wow! Thanks so much for your work. Bilpen (talk) 14:55, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

• I just saw the article, and I wanted to add my congratulations. Keep up the good work. Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:29, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

• I also read your Wired profile and came here to congratulate you K.e.coffman! Kudos to you for disallowing glorification of Nazi war criminals, standing up to editors opposing your accuracy edits and winning, and for the sheer volume of your work! You are a true hero! Anson from San Diego 20:21, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

• Thank you, Anson. @Beyond My Ken: thank you -- always good to see your username. --K.e.coffman (talk) 14:50, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

Piling on the bandwagon here, great job. --Golbez (talk) 16:29, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

I’ll add my congratulations and thanks as well. A lot of times good work on this site goes unnoticed so it’s good to see someone getting attention for it. DogsRNice (talk) 20:55, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

@Golbez and DogsRNice: thanks guys! It's great to know that my Wiki contributions are appreciated. --K.e.coffman (talk) 14:19, 29 September 2021

• Squeezing in here to also say congrats and thank you + you're a true inspiration. Aeengath (talk) 21:38, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
  • @Aeengath: thank you -- I'm glad you enjoyed the article. --K.e.coffman (talk) 13:27, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

agreed. just finished the article and you are inspiring. thank you for your work 70.169.28.165 (talk) 03:17, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Forgive my somewhat redundant praise, admiration, and heartfelt thanks for the work you do here. Rawja (talk) 18:11, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

• Your Wired article just showed up in my Apple News feed today (behind a paywall, but still, very cool)!--Ermenrich (talk) 20:20, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

My Apple News feed just showed me the Wired article, as well. CONGRATULATIONS on the writeup in a national publication! Moreover, thank you for helping make the English Wikipedia more reliable; your work is amazing! I have a few articles I monitor for non-RS additions (e.g. Pedro_Paulet), but nothing I've done comes anywhere near to the improvements you've made—it's not even in the same universe. Keep up the great work! — UncleBubba ^{( T @ C )} 14:30, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

@UncleBubba, Rawja, and Ermenrich: thank you! As an aside, I was quite surprised by the amount of support I received; it's great to know my contributions are appreciated. @Ermenrich: I think one just needs to have a (free) account to view the article. --K.e.coffman (talk) 05:17, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

• Wow. Just saw the Wired article. So proud of you. I've drifted off from Wikipedia because of the general stupidity, bullying and so on, and it is great to have a reason to get back into the game. Coretheapple (talk) 13:30, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

@Coretheapple: I'm glad that you are back. Are there any articles that you'd be interested in editing in the WWII realm? There's a small team of colleagues that's doing it now -- the more the merrier. BTW, I very much appreciated your contribution during the ARBGWE acceptance phase: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/German war effort#Statement by Coretheapple. I did not seem certain at the time that the case would be accepted; so every bit of support helped. --K.e.coffman (talk) 05:17, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dachau_liberation_reprisals&diff=1056009199&oldid=1056008405&diffmode=source why thanks! Just saw your reply. I am somewhat sporadic in my contributions in the World War II subject field, though in the past I have done quite a lot. Recently I'm looking into Dachau liberation reprisals, for instance, given some recent language changes in the lead. Coretheapple (talk) 15:21, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

@Coretheapple: -- I will keep an eye on the article and participate in the discussion to the extent that I'm able. --K.e.coffman (talk) 04:52, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

@K.e.coffman: thank you, that is appreciated. Coretheapple (talk) 05:15, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

This is my only ever contribution to Wikipedia to personally thank you as a Jewish person in America for doing what you do. Ratstick (talk) 21:39, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

• Very nice! How was the experience? François Robere (talk) 16:18, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

The experience was long and laborious, but also quite interesting. The article was written by Noam Cohen who's written quite a bit about wikipedia, so we did not need to spend time on Wikipedia basics: Wikipedia:Noam_Cohen. --K.e.coffman (talk) 14:38, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

@François Robere: fixing ping. --K.e.coffman (talk) 14:38, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

I don't know that our paths have crossed here before, but I've been seeing your name around WP for a long time. Yesterday I saw the article in WIRED, and just had to reach out to tell you how awesome you are, and how very important this work is. Thank you!! Your work makes a tremendous difference, and it is deeply appreciated. Netherzone (talk) 16:20, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

I also want to join the chorus of editors who are immensely grateful for all the work you do. After cleaning up some articles based on Franz Kurowski over in Russian Wikipedia (thanks to your work!), I can only imagine how exhausting (as far as writing about Nazis goes) your contributions must be over the years. Let me know if anything needs to be corrected over in ruWP, either via wiki mail or talk page (if you still read in Russian, of course). stjn 17:42, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

Same here! I found the Wired article via P.Z. Myers' Pharyngula blog: [2]. --Hob Gadling (talk) 08:19, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

@Netherzone, Stjn, Hob Gadling, and Ratstick: Thank you -- I appreciate it! I was quite suprised about the outpouring of support. I did not think people cared. I am glad I was wrong. --K.e.coffman (talk) 04:59, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

• I am aware that I am just one more in a long line of admirers, but I too just read the Wired piece and I'm so grateful for your work. I teach college writing, and I am going to use the article to talk about Wikipedia and the importance of sources. --User:kmecholsky — Preceding undated comment added 13:46, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

• Hi! I just read the article in Wired and I am absolutely fascinated by your work, thank you for helping slow the spread of disinformation online, as well as the glorification of nazism. I am American and I find this is a major problem in this country, I hope to help lift the veil as well. I look forward to following more of your work!!! Skiyabu1 (talk) 08:02, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

• @Kmecholsky and Skiyabu1: thank you -- it's great to know that my contributions are appreciated. --K.e.coffman (talk) 22:09, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

• Kudos on the recognition of uour hard work. --evrik ^(talk) 04:11, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
• I know you've heard this a hundred times before at this point, but you deserve to be congratulated yet again on your hard work. Thanks for being an amazing editor! Trainsandotherthings (talk) 04:43, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

@Trainsandotherthings and Evrik: thank you guys! --K.e.coffman (talk) 05:53, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

• Congratulations on the recognition, Ms. Ksenia. I've read your press and would like to help. ...follow the trail (talk) 22:51, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

I also waded over her to offer a congrats on the article. Thank you for your vigilance and dedication to factual sources. Joey2250 (talk) 03:44, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

• My wife showed the article to me. As an admin on the English Wikipedia and as the grandson of Holocaust survivors, thank you for applying neutrality where villains were being praised. – Muboshgu (talk) 05:48, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

• @Muboshgu, Joey2250, and Bitcrumbtrail: thank you -- I appreciate the support. --K.e.coffman (talk) 18:49, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

Congrats[edit]

Good to see your work is receiving recognition. As always, if you need my assistance(research, a brain to bounce an idea on, etc) feel free to ask. Stay safe and keep up the good work. --Kansas Bear (talk) 21:20, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

@Kansas Bear: much appreciated! I will keep your offer in mind -- thank you. --K.e.coffman (talk) 21:47, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

• I too read the article. Really great to see your immense work being recognized in the "real world"! Keep going strong! IZAK (talk) 02:01, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for the barnstar! --K.e.coffman (talk) 05:51, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

@IZAK: --K.e.coffman (talk) 05:52, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

@K.e.coffman: Keep up your amazing work on Wikipedia! Kindest regards, IZAK (talk) 18:25, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Merry Christmas![edit]

@A.S. Brown: thank you -- wishing you a prosperous new year! --K.e.coffman (talk) 02:49, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

Merry Christmaas and a Prosperous 2022[edit]

	Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2022!!
	Hello K.e.coffman, warm wishes to you and your family throughout the holiday season. May your heart and home be filled with all of the joys the festive season brings. Here is a toast to a Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year!. scope_creepTalk 13:08, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

@Scope creep: thank you -- hope to see you around in the new year! --K.e.coffman (talk) 02:49, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 December 2021[edit]

Happy New Year[edit]

	Have a happy New Year filled with light and magic!
	Hi K.e.coffman, Best wishes that the new year brings peace, prosperity, health and happiness. Thank you for everything you do for the encyclopedia and this community. Image: New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Oji, Utagawa Hiroshige, woodcut, 1857 Netherzone (talk) 01:01, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

Netherzone (talk) 01:01, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

@Netherzone: thank you and wishing you the same! --K.e.coffman (talk) 15:24, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

GAN Backlog Drive – January 2022[edit]

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Happy New Year[edit]

@A.S. Brown: thank you! --K.e.coffman (talk) 16:43, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

German historians with Nazi pasts[edit]

I'm not sure how much this topic interests you, but I'm starting to do some improvements at Werner Conze and may move on to Theodor Schieder if I don't burn out or lose interest. The article is still in a pretty atrocious state and I haven't even done anything at Schieder yet, if I ever will. I'm interested in the question of how we can/should present historians with very problematic Nazi pasts who were nevertheless highly significant and influential postwar. I obviously disagree with the approach taken in these articles so far, which is to list everything bad they ever did or said without any structure, and then ignore their postwar careers except when we can find a quote of someone criticizing them for continuing their Nazi ideals in new forms or something.--Ermenrich (talk) 15:01, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

I guess you know "Deutsche Historiker im Nationalsozialismus", edited by Winfried Schulze and Otto Gerhard Oexle. Finished reading that one recently, it's probably a useful source. The authors consider the same questions and avoid the same things you intend to avoid. --Hob Gadling (talk) 16:13, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

@Ermenrich: I generally create / edit articles on historians that I see in use in the German war effort topic area, including the Holocaust. I'm only vaguely aware of the two that you mentioned, so I probably would not be of much help. But I broadly agree with your approach -- the coverage needs to be balanced. --K.e.coffman (talk) 19:16, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

291st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)[edit]

While editing at Werner Conze I came across the page for his Wehrmacht unit 291st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht). The page manages not to mention the division's participation in the Liepāja massacres, so I suspect there's some more historical omissions to be found in the text. It also contains some examples of the action-packed writing style you're trying to fight against: After this success, the front settled down into static positions that changed very little for almost two years, but, following his receiving the Knights Cross in mid-October, there was little time for Herzog and his men to catch their breath as they were shifted to 18th Armee's front along the Volkhov River to resist continued efforts by the Russians to break through to besieged Leningrad. Probably worth a look and rewrite.--Ermenrich (talk) 15:55, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Jewish ghettos or Nazi ghettos?[edit]

Your feedback at WT:WikiProject Military history#Jewish ghettos or Nazi ghettos? would be appreciated. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 04:14, 19 January 2022 (UTC)