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Congratulations

		2012 "Military historian of the Year"
		By order of the Members of the Military History WikiProject, for I award you this Golden Wiki in recognition of placing first in the 2012 Military historian of the year.   AustralianRupert (talk) 09:07, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Oh. My. God. Wow. Hawkeye7 (talk) 10:53, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Congratulations, Hawkeye! Ed  19:02, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you Ed. I've been going through a rough patch lately, and coming from people like you, this award means a lot to me. Hawkeye7 (talk) 07:14, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Belated congrats mate -- this award is long overdue...! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:52, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Well done Hawkeye, really well deserved. I've appreciated your guidance in reviews. And happy new year! Peacemaker67 (send... over) 05:42, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Congratulations!

		The Military history A-Class medal with swords
		On behalf of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, I'm pleased to award you the A-Class medal with swords for your work on the Leslie Morshead, Hugh John Casey and Operation Sandstone articles, which were promoted to A-Class between November and December of this year. Kirill  01:18, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

History of the US space program

Dropping by your talk page as I wanted to ask you what you know about the history of the US space program? The reason I ask is that I have recently been reading about various space missions, including the Mariner program, and just tonight watched a biographical documentary on Neil Armstrong. What you said about biography at the James Bryant Conant FAC really struck a chord with me, and the biographies you have worked on in relation to the Manhattan Project remind me a lot in some ways of some of the biographies of those who worked on the space program (i.e. individuals working within, leading, or overseeing, a massive team). Like the Manhattan Project, the US space program (and the one in the USSR) was a massive outpouring of technology and engineering, with military connections, and I was wondering if you have an interest in articles related to the history of the US space program? Is there a techno-military equivalent of the article on Big Science (maybe military–industrial complex)? I see the Manhattan Project is mentioned there, but not the space programs, should they be mentioned there? Anyway, on that subject, I recently created two articles on people from JPL (then part of NASA) who worked on the Mariner program: Jack N. James and Robert J. Parks (the early history of JPL does involve missiles, so there is a military connection). The number of people quoted for Mariner 2 is about 250, nothing like the numbers that worked on the Manhattan Project or the Apollo program. But the tension between telling the story of individuals (both scientists and engineers), and the story of a large program with many (largely anonymous) individuals contributing to the overall mission, is still there. I did also find some final bits on Conant, but will drop those on the article talk page. Carcharoth (talk) 22:44, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

I have long had a fascination with the US space program, especially its technical and administrative aspects, and have several shelves of books on the subject, along with biographies of most of the early astronauts. The space program is a classic example of Big Science, so of enormous interest to me. It was definitely my intention to develop some of the space articles over the next year or so, although I've already bitten off two projects that are too big to chew. James B. Conant is part of a mini-series of articles of the administrators of the Manhattan Project. I've done the military ones - Groves, Farrell, Nichols and Parsons - and now the civilians - Bush, Conant and Oppenheimer. I brought Conant to FAC early because I wanted to put him on the front page on his 120th birthday in March 2013. The Manhattan Project articles have years of work ahead of them. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:42, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Years of work, yeah... It is difficult to know where to start and when to stop. Best of luck with that, and I'll keep an eye out for some of the articles. Out of interest, apart from the astronauts (though I have read about Armstrong and Gagarin among others), which do you think are the most famous engineering/administration names from the US and Soviet space programs? So much is focused on the astronauts and the technology that I don't know as many of the names of the managers and engineers as I should. Wernher von Braun and Sergei Korolev spring to mind, but after that my mind goes blank a bit (though one of the names from Apollo 11 stuck in my mind - Deke Slayton is who I was remembering). But looking through Apollo program I see numerous mentions of generals, managers, and aerospace engineers, though that is likely only scratching the surface (and of course there are many 50th anniversaries coming up for the space program). Anyway, as I said, all the best with whatever you end up working on next. Carcharoth (talk) 02:03, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Well James Webb obviously. Don Ostrander, Samuel C. Phillips, Donald L. Putt... Hawkeye7 (talk) 07:09, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

2 Aust Corps?

Hello - first, congratulations! Second ☺ , what is the appropriate wikilink for Berryman's "2 Aust Corps"? See the letter on Morton C. Mumma if curious as to why. JMOprof (talk) 18:51, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Tank you. Much appreciated. The link you want is II Corps (Australia). I wrote Berryman's article, which is featured. Hawkeye7 (talk) 19:10, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Tank you, too ☺ Link made. You may be interested in this for brother Al on M. C. Morton Sr. Jr is coming along. He was in Life magazine. Happy New Year. ...best, JMOprof (talk) 21:04, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

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Morton C. Mumma

Hello, Hawkeye - Anything more I'd think to do for Morton would be polishing cannon balls, but I am sure there are things I've missed. I'd appreciate a critical hawk's eye view of it for anything that occurs to said hawk, if you have the time. I haven't finished reading Bulkley, but I'm past the time of Mumma and New Guinea. ...best, JMOprof (talk) 18:39, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

And that is why you are Military Historian of the year. Thank you. I'll start with the citation dates needed. Is it a legacy that Mortons III and IV are also shooters? Is there a way to get this in the public domain, maybe as free use? Thank you again. If you ever need submarine help, please think of me first. I have a copy of this, as well as Blair and Roscoe (my expansion). ...best JMOprof (talk) 21:40, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

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Just as an FYI: your 2012 archive is linked to the 2011 archive page. Might want to look into fixing that :) TomStar81 (Talk) 11:35, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

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Split trail merger

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DYK for James D. Ramage

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Date formats

Apologies - I did not realise that the US military used the British format of '7 January 2013' as opposed to the US format of 'January 7, 2013'. GiantSnowman 10:51, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

No worries! It was drilled into us at the Hood. Hawkeye7 (talk) 10:54, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

You know what rhymes with Ray?

"GA". GA rhymes with Ray.

Anyways, Herbert Ray is now a GA.

Cheers, Sven Manguard Wha? 22:27, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

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Douglas MacArthur

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Pessimistic about its chances. Hawkeye7 (talk) 19:34, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Albert G. Mumma

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Australian Army in World War II

Hello again Hawkeye7. The review for this is here Talk:Australian Army in World War II/GA1. You've done quite a bit to improve this article over the years so if you are interested your involvement in the review would be most welcome. Thanks again. Anotherclown (talk) 13:05, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

G'day, Hawkeye, this has passed GA now. Do you have any objections to the article being nominated for A-class this weekend? Sorry to rush you, but I'm heading away for six-seven weeks in February, so I'd like to try to get this one through ACR before then. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 21:30, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

No, none at all. Go for it! Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:32, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Cheers, Nick is going to make some tweaks to the POW section today, so I will look to nom tomorrow. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 21:58, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup

I've noticed you've been doing a lot of quality work lately, have you ever considered joining the Wikicup? You would certainly be in first place right now if you did. —Ed! 19:31, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

I have signed up. I don't think I stand much of a chance against someone like Sturmvogel_66. Hawkeye7 (talk) 19:54, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

B-class review

Hi Hawkeye, would you mind having another look at Samuel Frickleton which you assessed as start class earlier today? I have added a cite to the paragraph that was missing one and also fixed the inconsistency about the number of brothers if that was the hiccup with it getting to B-class. Cheers. Zawed (talk) 10:01, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for that. Zawed (talk) 21:55, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

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Talkback

I've addressed all but the last issue, and I'm looking for the source on that one. If you could take another look, I would appreciated it. Thanks, GregJackP Boomer! 15:33, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

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James Gwyn

Hi Hawkeye, did you have any comments regarding the citations in specific such concerns over sources, sections, quotations, material? I used James Longstreet as a baseline. This was my first attempt at a historical and civil war related article so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much! Mkdw 07:20, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

I classify dozens of articles at a time according to a rigid set of rules. Go through the article and replace all the {{citation required}} tags with references. And while you are at it, find out what Smith (1892) is. Then come back here or to the review page and I'll reclassify the article as a B. have fun! Hawkeye7 (talk) 10:46, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi Hawkeye, thanks for adding those. That helps me a lot in where my attention should be. I read the criteria but wasn't sure exactly where specifically, so thanks for that. Phew, it's been a long while since I last edited an article extensively. I ended up removing a lot of the sentences with {{cn}} as the details were trivial such as the address of his dried goods business or overall outcomes of a campaign (where the 118th was not directly involved). I've been in contact with some sources such as the Woodlands Cemetery where they forwarded me some historical documents via email. What is the standard practice to use these as a reference? (Upload them and link the file in the reference?) I fixed the Smith reference so it properly links to the full reference if you click on Smith; its a book, mainly eyewitness accounts from soldiers, from the 118th published by John L. Smith hosted at The Library of Congress. Once again, much appreciated for you taking time to answer my questions. Regards, Mkdw 22:28, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

There are restrictions on primary documents; they can only be used for facts. If you have a site that you can upload to, fine. Otherwise you can try WikiSource and then link from there. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:27, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I didn't even know about WikiSource. Yes I'm aware; they're mainly records like immigration, burial cards, and business/banking receipts for land/plots. Do you have any recommendations that I should undertake in preparation for A? Mkdw 03:15, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

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Gun carriage

Re: first section. It does seem out of place, but the purpose needs to be somewhere, one would think. What would help? Buster40004 Talk 00:52, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

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Sector Clock

Thanks Sector clock Please re assess modified stub, maybe B class? Cmpltd (talk) 19:14, 15 January 2013 (UTC) Not a chance. It needs to be fully referenced. Also: correct the raw URLs. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:26, 18 January 2013 (UTC

Sharp response! This is a very limited subject. 'Referencing?' are you referring to the final portion about the plotting table? If so I can expand but it is not directly relevant to the topic of the clock.Cmpltd (talk) 14:26, 19 January 2013 (UTC) Got it..! correct the circular referencing.. Cmpltd (talk) 14:50, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

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Big problem with infobox

Hello Hawkeye, during the browsing of Misplaced Pages, I found page Commandant of Cadets in very bad condition. Some inexperienced user damaged it and I dont know how to revert his changes. Please, can you check it and possibly repair it?

Thank you in advance --AntonyZ (talk) 23:10, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

• Done. Amazing how a simple blunder can cause all that. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:19, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

• • Thank you very much Hawkeye :)

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Editor review for Banaticus

Question

I know you've been doing a lot of work on Pacific War American commanders, do you have any designs on any of the Fleet Admirals? I've been collecting sources to do more military biographies and didn't want to step on your toes. —Ed! 16:51, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Only Ernie King. I've been meaning to get back to him. But we can collaborate on him if you like. Hawkeye7 (talk) 16:59, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

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Chain Home

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RE:Fermi

Hallo Hawkeye,
thanks for your kind appreciation, and for your very good job on Enrico's :-) page. This is a very good question, since outside Italy there is much confusion about the Italian University system. First of all, in the last 30 years much has changed, and now the Italian system resembles much the American one. At Fermi's time (and also my time, I graduated in the early eighties), in Italy there was only the so called Laurea, that is, there was NO graduate school. The Laurea in scientific and technical subject (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Engineering) followed always the same pattern:

• The first two years ("biennio") devoted to basic studies (Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, etc.) and basically the same for all the faculties;
• The second two (for Physics and Mathematics) or three (for Engineering and Chemistry) years devoted to specialized courses (but not "equivalent to graduate school" as it was erroneously written in the article);
• In the end, a Thesis work with final examination;
• After that, the student got the title of "Dottore";

This last point brings a lot of confusion among foreigners, since they think automatically that the person holding this title completed a Ph.D., which was NOT the case.

Although at a first glance this could have resembled an undergraduate study (for example in the U.S.), there were differences. The courses were mainly held yearly (October to May), they were time intensive and very hard (in my case, for example, 36 people started Calculus I, only 2 passed) and the examinations (no mid-term) were always written and oral. The Thesis work could have taken a long time (also a couple of years for experimental work) being so comparable with a Ph.D. Thesis. This explain why for a good italian student attending a graduate Study abroad was often an easy task (I got an M.S. in USA in 9 months, and was like vacation :-)).

Regarding Fermi then, you should consider that he was a "Normalista". Students enrolled at the Normale were (and still are) automatically enrolled also at the University of Pisa, and they follows always two courses (and take two examinations) per each subject, one at the Normale and one at the University. They cannot fail an exam, and their score must be consistently high (I think at least 27/30), otherwise they must quit the normale. This, together with a very hard admission test, the exceptional academic body, and the very small number of students, explains why the Normale is the University which holds worldwide the highest ratio between future Nobel laureates and students.

I hope that with this I answered your question. Otherwise, ask me again! Bye, and keep the good job! Alex2006 (talk) 07:56, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Yes. Thank you very much. That cleared up a lot of questions for me. Hawkeye7 (talk) 10:50, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Hallo Hawkeye,

always glad to answer to your questions! Well, the answer is simple: in Italy one or more university chairs were assigned after a "Concorso", that is a public and official (i.e., held by the State: due to that, the result could be appealed in front of an administrative court) competition among several candidates. Usually the "Concorso" was "per esami e titoli" . The latter were degrees (in the case of Fermi, a "Laurea" in Physics), published papers, and so on, which each candidate should have necessarily held. The former was one or more examinations. At the end, the examiners (other university Professors) compiled a ranking list of the persons who are considered "idonei" (capable) for this chair. The first n candidates among the "idonei" got the n chair, the others went away empty-handed. Fermi failed to win the first "Concorso" (if I remember well, it was for a chair in Cagliari), but won the second, thanks to the important aid of Corbino. Moreover, there was also the "Libera docenza", which allowed someone to give lectures at the university without being a professor. This was analogue to the German "Habilitation". Alex2006 (talk) 09:08, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

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Very interesting read and quite well done. Thanks for writing it. NW (Talk) 02:20, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) My favorite line: "It now began to occur to him that his hobby might not be legal." Ed  10:14, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks both of you. I will be nominating it for featured. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:59, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

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Did you? XXzoonamiXX (talk) 04:18, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I did. (1) I am not an admin. (2) I will have a look at the page. Hawkeye7 (talk) 04:40, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

So did you get it? Did you see my article talk page of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?XXzoonamiXX (talk) 10:35, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Happy Australia Day

Thanks Hawkeye7 for your kind thoughts. Much appreciated - :D though I do try to be balanced. If the infantry war diaries were available on the web it would help enormously. All the best, kind regards, --Rskp (talk) 22:10, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, and a happy Australia Day to you too. But why use exactly the same message that Laura used last year, complete with the grammattical error (is -> are) and the emoticons (which I didn't think were part of *your* regular editing style on WP)? Graham87 00:33, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

not only that but some are not even regular editors anymore and some of the weirder hard cases of the australian project have never been thanked ever... sats 02:35, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

If you have somebody in mind, let me know. The day is not over yet. {smiley}} Hawkeye7 (talk) 05:07, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks from me too. It's especially nice when such acknowledgement comes from people with whom I've really had little interaction. To be honest, I didn't notice the grammattical error, the spirit of the message is what matters. Cheers. --AussieLegend (✉) 07:18, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Hehe, touché! Graham87 09:38, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

The template that laura sent out last year was when there seemed to be a need to acknowledge editors workand it seemed like a good day in the year to acnowledge australian editors (I fail to see how the reading of the item as flag waving and mis-directed nationalism, but hey thats wikipedia for you) - the point I was trying to make is the general appraisal of some of the more outlandish bad tempered and obsessed Australian Afd participants, or other very weird corners of the australian project rarely get acknowledged.. (mind you some would probably revert with an edit summary of bugger off - spam) - even for some who have 25,000 + watchlists they might not even pickup on the obscure corners. There a very few high edit people left, but lots of small edit people who would probably have appreciated acknowledgement - but then it would probably take up a lot of time to sort through the mass of currently active Australian editors, then you get those who dont even acknowledge their state or their australianness to be appreciated. sats 14:47, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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flag-waving

Hawkeye, please don't send me one of those templates. I find the whole thing cringe-inducing. Nationalism goes nowhere but bad places, sooner or later. Tony (talk) 11:15, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

However I appreciated the greeting. There is no need to cringe. Happy 27/1/2013! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 22:16, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Well, I for one appreciated the sentiment. Hope you had a pleasant (and less wet than mine) Australia Day! Lankiveil 12:11, 28 January 2013 (UTC).

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Signups are now closed; we have our final 127 contestants for this year's competition. 64 contestants will make it to the next round at the end of February, but we're already seeing strong scoring compared to previous years. Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) currently leads, with 358 points. At this stage in 2012, the leader ( Grapple X (submissions)) had 342 points, while in 2011, the leader had 228 points. We also have a large number of scorers when compared with this stage in previous years. 12george1 (submissions) was the first competitor to score this year, as he was last year, with a detailed good article review. Some other firsts:

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Magdalena Neuner

Hi, I tried to get the article featured, but it failed three times, so I've given up on it. The nomination usually received very little feedback. If I remember correctly, the main concerns were: reads too much like a list and needs a copy edit. EnemyOfTheState_|talk 20:41, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

If you don't mind, I would like to co-nom it. I'll do all the work, which will probably not be much, and I'll make sure that it gets reviewed properly. Hawkeye7 (talk) 03:37, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Feel free to try your luck. The text is probably slightly out of date, some parts read like she's still active, and nothing has really been added since her retirement one year ago. EnemyOfTheState_|talk 13:30, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

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Here is the link to the proposed WWI edit-a-thon in June? You would obviously be a man to have on board for the Canberra component. Do you know of articles about the Australian contribution or the impact on Australia that are missing and needed to be added, or are poor and need improving? They could be added to the list to assist with preparation. I have put three on the project page. Whiteghost.ink (talk) 03:05, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Edina Müller

On 15 February 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Edina Müller, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Edina Müller (pictured) was part of a team that was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf, Germany's highest sporting honour, in 2012? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Edina Müller. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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GA nomination

You may not have noticed, but I've begun my review of your nomination at Talk:Alfred E. Montgomery/GA1--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 06:05, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! I had not noticed. Hawkeye7 (talk) 07:38, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Hawkeye i have a big problem here?

In the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki article, Binksternet keeps on believing that Hiroshima was given a leaflet warning with 12 cities on the list and Hiroshima was not. I don't want to go any further as things will gets ugly in the "leaflet section "http://en.wikipedia.org/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki#Leaflets". I attempted to remove it in the "leaflet" section, and Bink kept on reversing it back to way it was without providing any legitimate explanation to me whatsoever. Everytime i tried to edit out the problem and everytime i tried to explain he keeps on telling me to go to the talk article and he kept on reversing the back the way it was and scuffs those as I was lying. The whole thing is he keeps on believing that the Hiroshima was given a leaflet warning with 12 cites with Hiroshima not on the list which no major sources ever said it. http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki&action=history Earlier, he puts on this last sentence," One such leaflet is on display at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum; it lists 12 cities targeted for firebombing: Otaru, Akita, Hachinohe, Fukushima, Urawa, Takayama, Iwakuni, Tottori, Imabari, Yawata, Miyakonojo, and Saga. Hiroshima was not listed." I then remove it then Bink kept on adding in with the sources that claim to have the Hiroshima city warned with 12 leaflets and Hiroshima was not on the list. Besides, he claimed that the leaflets were warned based on the link he provided and said this: One such leaflet lists 12 cities targeted for firebombing: Otaru, Akita, Hachinohe, Fukushima, Urawa, Takayama, Iwakuni, Tottori, Imabari, Yawata, Miyakonojo, and Saga. Hiroshima was not listed." He kept on saying this because he believes that Hiroshima was given a 12 city warning when i saw no evidence providing to the contrary whatsoever. And he claimed it was based on this: http://books.google.com/books?id=adI-6jRDipgC&pg=PA43#v=onepage&q&f=false Would you read it and does it REALLY says that Hiroshima was given such as 12 city leaflet? I don't think so. XXzoonamiXX (talk) 02:25, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Hey did you get my message? XXzoonamiXX (talk) 06:00, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

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Hi- sorry to be such a bore, but I'm afraid I've had to trim off a few others which would really count as last year's. I appreciate that the rules are a little irritating, but it's the only fair way to do it, really. The big scorer is still there, so I've no doubt you'll come out near the front this round anyway. For more information, see Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Scoring, and if you have any questions, please contact me on my talk page. Thanks! J Milburn (talk) 23:13, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Battle of the Bismarck Sea

Do you want me to see if some TFA shuffling is possible? Bencherlite 23:35, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

It would be nice if we could catch the 70th anniversary of the battle on 2-4 March. I prepared a blurb for it here Hawkeye7 (talk) 05:48, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Done. In fact, although I spotted your reply earlier, I forgot that you had already written a blurb, but I don't think the differences between your one and Misplaced Pages:Today's featured article/March 3, 2013 are critical. Feel free to have another go at my attempt, though. Which image do you think is best? The burning ship is quite striking, I thought, although the watermark is a bit annoying. In the photo in your blurb, everything's a bit small to make out what's happening. Perhaps File:B24Shipbombing.jpg even though it's not in the article? Bencherlite 21:07, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

It's a nice pic, but during the A class review there were doubts that it was from the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:18, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

... which would explain why it's not in the article! I suppose one burning ship in black and white looks much like another <runs away after committing MILHIST heresy!> Bencherlite 21:29, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Cheers!

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Patton ACR

I think I've responded to all of the comments you posted there. Let me know if there's anything else I should fix. —Ed! 13:07, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

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More Ray-La pleae

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did you like how it had a cami pattern (you know the milhist allusion)? Or did you even look at the clothes...;-) TCO (talk) 00:02, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

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On 26 February 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Annabel Breuer, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Annabel Breuer (pictured) won gold at the 2009 European Championships in wheelchair fencing and at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in wheelchair basketball? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Annabel Breuer. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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DYK nomination for Ernest Bohr

I've reviewed your nomination and left some comments and suggestions at Template:Did you know nominations/Ernest Bohr. Although it may look like a lot of comments, I actually don't think they should be that hard to address, and overall I think the article is in very good shape. BRMo (talk) 05:22, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2013 February newsletter

Round 1 is now over. The top 64 scorers have progressed to round 2, where they have been randomly split into eight pools of eight. At the end of April, the top two from each pool, as well as the 16 highest scorers from those remaining, will progress to round 3. Commiserations to those eliminated; if you're interested in still being involved in the WikiCup, able and willing reviewers will always be needed, and if you're interested in getting involved with other collaborative projects, take a look at the WikiWomen's Month discussed below.

Round 1 saw 21 competitors with over 100 points, which is fantastic; that suggests that this year's competition is going to be highly competative. Our lower scores indicate this, too: A score of 19 was required to reach round 2, which was significantly higher than the 11 points required in 2012 and 8 points required in 2011. The score needed to reach round 3 will be higher, and may depend on pool groupings. In 2011, 41 points secured a round 3 place, while in 2012, 65 was needed. Our top three scorers in round 1 were:

1. Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), primarily for an array of warship GAs.
2. Miyagawa (submissions), primarily for an array of did you knows and good articles, some of which were awarded bonus points.
3. Casliber (submissions), due in no small part to Canis Minor, a featured article awarded a total of 340 points. A joint submission with Keilana (submissions), this is the highest scoring single article yet submitted in this year's competition.

Other contributors of note include:

• Sven Manguard (submissions), whose Portal:Massachusetts is the first featured portal this year. The featured portal process is one of the less well-known featured processes, and featured portals have traditionally had little impact on WikiCup scores.
• Sasata (submissions), whose Mycena aurantiomarginata was the first featured article this year.
• Muboshgu (submissions) and Wizardman (submissions), who both claimed points for articles in the Major League Baseball tie-breakers topic, the first topic points in the competition.
• Toa Nidhiki05 (submissions), who claimed for the first full good topic with the Casting Crowns studio albums topic.

Featured topics have still played no part in this year's competition, but once again, a curious contribution has been offered by The C of E (submissions): did you know that there is a Shit Brook in Shropshire? With April Fools' Day during the next round, there will probably be a good chance of more unusual articles...

March sees the WikiWomen's History Month, a series of collaborative efforts to aid the women's history WikiProject to coincide with Women's History Month and International Women's Day. A number of WikiCup participants have already started to take part. The project has a to-do list of articles needing work on the topic of women's history. Those interested in helping out with the project can find articles in need of attention there, or, alternatively, add articles to the list. Those interested in collaborating on articles on women's history are also welcome to use the WikiCup talk page to find others willing to lend a helping hand. Another collaboration currently running is an an effort from WikiCup participants to coordinate a number of Easter-themed did you know articles. Contributions are welcome!

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Alcohol laws of New Jersey

I noticed that you often review feature article candidates. Would you be able to review alcohol laws of New Jersey? It has been nominated as a feature article. DavidinNJ (talk) 01:46, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Oscar H. Banker

Issues fixed. Thank you! Proudbolsahye (talk) 16:52, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Ernest Bohr

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Bohr GA

Just letting you know, I passed it, thanks for nominating! ★★RetroLord★★ 12:21, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing! Hawkeye7 (talk) 12:51, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Mareike Adermann

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DYK for Mareike Adermann

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United States v. The Progressive

You've got a support on prose, so a second one probably won't help ... but let me know if I can help with anything. - Dank (push to talk) 03:26, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Dan. Much appreciated. Hawkeye7 (talk) 03:39, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

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James Bryant Conant (1893–1978) was a chemist, President of Harvard University, and the first U.S. Ambassador to West Germany. As a Harvard professor, he was one of the first to explore the relationship between chemical equilibrium and the reaction rate of chemical processes. He studied the biochemistry of oxyhemoglobin, helped to elucidate the structure of chlorophyll, and contributed insights that underlie modern theories of acid-base chemistry. It was during his presidency of Harvard (1933–53) that women were first admitted to Harvard Medical School and Harvard Law School. As chairman of the National Defense Research Committee during World War II, he oversaw the Manhattan Project, which developed the first atomic bombs. After the war, he served on the Joint Research and Development Board that coordinated defense research, and on the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission. In his later years at Harvard, he taught the history and philosophy of science, and wrote about the scientific method. In 1953 he became the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany, overseeing the restoration of German sovereignty, and then was U.S. Ambassador to West Germany until 1957. (Full article...)

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Bismark Sea

Hi mate, this must've been published just as the WP Article was completing FAC... Haven't read it yet but letting you know in case you wanted to add anything to the article -- even just a Further Reading entry -- while it's still fresh... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:08, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Fokker Scourge

Anything we can do to bring it up to B? --Soundofmusicals (talk) 19:31, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

It needs to be fully referenced. At least every paragraph needs to end with a reference. Hawkeye7 (talk) 19:33, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

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Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888–1972) was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. Born into a naval family, he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1908. He saw action during the 1916 occupation of the Dominican Republic, and in World War I, when he was attached to the Royal Navy. During World War II, his cruisers defended the aircraft carriers USS Lexington during the Battle of the Coral Sea and USS Hornet during the Battle of Midway. He then took command of Task Force 16, built around the carrier USS Enterprise, during the long and difficult Solomon Islands campaign. He commanded the North Pacific Force during operations that regained control of the Aleutian Islands. In November 1943, he became Commander Allied Naval Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area, and Commander of the Seventh Fleet, directing U.S. and Australian forces supporting the New Guinea and the Philippine campaigns, during which he conducted numerous amphibious operations. He commanded an Allied fleet during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the last naval battle between battleships. He continued in service after the war until his retirement in 1950. (Full article...)

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Bockscar

I've started the GA review for Bockscar--looks quite strong so far, but I'd like your input on a few points. Cheers, -- Khazar2 (talk) 04:07, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you!

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		I recently had the pleasure of doing the Good Article review on seven of your "LW" Paralympic Skiing sport class articles. What a large amount of excellent work in an area that otherwise probably would not have been covered! One thing that is particularly interesting about doing GA review is the whole new areas that I end up learning, and this group of articles certainly is that. I understand that there is a duo on this, with LauraHale handling more of the content and Hawkeye7 handling more of working them through the review process. Congratulations on a large amount of excellent work! Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 21:58, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

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Don't Delete Engineer Branch

Hi Hawkeye7. Please don't delete it and remove that tag immediately. This is a common misconception that was erroneous all over Misplaced Pages pages concerning the US Army and Engineers. The US Army Corps of Engineers is a branch of the US Army, like Infantry, Aviation, Field Artillery, Adjutant Corps, etc. As a branch, it overseas both combat and construction Engineering in the US Army. There is another organization, also called the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) which is a predominantly civilian organization which manages the navigable waterways of the United States and also manages large construction contracts for the army. The organization USACE, is overseen by the Engineer Branch of the US Army. It is confusing, hence the misconceptions.

See this link from the institute of Army Heraldry: http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/UniformedServices/Branches/engineers.aspx and then look at the USACE logo (United States Army Corps of Engineers ) to see that these organizations are distinct. USACE, the Engineering organization, is not the component of the US Army which is responsible for breaching or laying minefields and constructing vehicle fighting positions in combat. This is self-evident when you read the US Army Corps of Engineers Misplaced Pages page. You should remove your tag from the Engineer Branch article immediately before it is deleted and this misconception is perpetuated. Thanks!WIKI1Q2W3E4R (talk) 14:55, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi Hawkeye7. What's up with Engineer Branch (United States)? I thought you'd agreed that the article was legitimate? ThanksWIKI1Q2W3E4R (talk) 07:31, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

The RfD directed that it become a redirect to United States Army Corps of Engineers. Hawkeye7 (talk) 08:09, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

I did not know that that discussion page existed. I'll respect that you went through a process, but I think you're crazy. The truth is simple, even self evident. The US Army Corps of Engineers Page is about USACE, the engineering organization. The logo it uses is even different from the official branch insignia. If you wanted to change the title of the page concerning the branch to- "US Army Corps of Engineers (Branch of the US Army)", then you could. I'll admit the page wasn't yet the best quality, but it was a work in progress and a place holder reflecting better facts. Every US combat engineer battalion page on Misplaced Pages says that they report to USACE, which is blatantly/ubsurdly incorrect. I made that correction on all active duty combat engineer unit pages, but you saw fit to revert those articles and make them less accurate. Good work!WIKI1Q2W3E4R (talk) 07:19, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 March newsletter

We are halfway through round two. Pool A sees the strongest competition, with five out of eight of its competitors scoring over 100, and Pool H is lagging, with half of its competitors yet to score. WikiCup veterans lead overall; Pool A's Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) (2010's winner) leads overall, with poolmate Miyagawa (submissions) (a finalist in 2011 and 2012) not far behind. Pool F's Casliber (submissions) (a finalist in 2010, 2011 and 2012) is in third. The top two scorers in each pool, as well as the next highest 16 scorers overall, will progress to round three at the end of April.

Today has seen a number of Easter-themed did you knows from WikiCup participants, and March has seen collaboration from contestants with WikiWomen's History Month. It's great to see the WikiCup being used as a locus of collaboration; if you know of any collaborative efforts going on, or want to start anything up, please feel free to use the WikiCup talk page to help find interested editors. As well as fostering collaboration, we're also seeing the Cup encouraging the improvement of high-importance articles through the bonus point system. Highlights from the last month include GAs on physicist Niels Bohr ( Hawkeye7 (submissions)), on the European hare ( Cwmhiraeth (submissions)), on the constellation Circinus ( Keilana (submissions) and Casliber (submissions)) and on the Third Epistle of John ( Cerebellum (submissions)). All of these subjects were covered on at least 50 Wikipedias at the beginning of the year and, subsequently, each contribution was awarded at least three times as many points as normal.

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Placement

Hi. Small point. I wonder if the following might not be better placed in a different prep area, as that one already has a National Football League hook? See here.--Epeefleche (talk) 01:52, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Swapped two hooks around so it is the only one in the prep area. Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:58, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Perfect. Quick work. Thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 02:01, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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The Kitten of Sorrow Leads to More Questions

Hey! Thank you for the gentle and sad reminder yesterday. Just wondering, you switched the pics on prep 4 today. I thought we weren't supposed to have 2 people (or animals or buildings etc.) in a row unless it were absolutely necessary. Has that changed? Panyd 22:32, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

I think we can get away with it, as they are visually very different. I wanted to align the hooks with the time zones. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:58, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Makes sense! What with the break and the utter anal retentiveness of my being I had to ask. Panyd 18:18, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

"An exceptional man for exceptional challenges"

This is the search page I got, telling me the Stafford L. Warren/Adelaide Tusler interview from 1983 is stored at UCLA, about 420 miles from me. I don't see a way to order it scanned and sent to me, as is possible at UC Berkeley. Perhaps you can contact the library and see what are your options. Binksternet (talk) 00:32, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I realized that. My apologies. Hawkeye7 (talk) 00:39, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

Now that was a dumb edit of mine! I should have figured out the Admiral-Marine disconnect beforehand. "DUH!" as the youngsters say. ☺ JMOprof (talk) 14:22, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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Re: Henrietta Leavitt - Thanks, and a Q

Appreciate the heads-up on your review notes regarding Henrietta Swan Leavitt. I plan to find references for all those areas that need it within the 7-day period. Quick question for you, though: If there's a fact that I simply cannot find a citation for, is it better to delete the fact or leave the "citation needed," if the goal is to get the article to "good" status? I realize there may not be one right answer here, but any guidance would be appreciated. Girona7 (talk) 04:43, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

It is better to delete the fact. GA requires everything to be referenced, but does not require the article to be completely comprehensive. Hawkeye7 (talk) 04:48, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! I have now added references anywhere they were missing. Also, I do see a use for the Ventrudo ref; it's currently numbered 14 in the reflist. Pls let me know if I can do anything else to help this article along :) Girona7 (talk) 21:10, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

Passed now. Give the bot a little while to do its thing. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:31, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

Awesome. Thanks again for your help! Girona7 (talk) 04:11, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Robert Bacher

On 7 April 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Robert Bacher, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that during the Manhattan Project, physicist Robert Bacher served on the Cowpuncher Committee? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Robert Bacher. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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DYK for Everett Hughes (general)

On 7 April 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Everett Hughes (general), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Everett Hughes was General Dwight D. Eisenhower's "right-hand man" during the European campaign of World War II? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Everett Hughes (general). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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Thank you!

Hi Hawkeye7, thank you for the barnstar, it was a lovely surprise; I'm afraid I sometimes get a little cross at DYK when 'proper' articles get held up while poorly written stubs sail through to the main page. I'm also getting a little more confident about saying my piece about it so will probably get banned from over there soon . SagaciousPhil - Chat 10:23, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Britt Dillmann

On 9 April 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Britt Dillmann, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that at the age of 49, Britt Dillmann was the oldest wheelchair basketball player at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Britt Dillmann. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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Cite added

To "Polish death camp" controversy. B-class now? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 16:03, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

• Well, you provided an interesting source. I'd still prefer weasel-ier wording, but you provided an interesting source, so I'm passing it. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:20, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Norris Bradbury

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United States v. The Progressive

Congratulations on the Featured Article, and thanks for all the hard work. I have not looked at this article in several years, and it is now quite good. Most accounts of this case have a hard time getting the details right, and some miss the point entirely. You guys nailed it.

I noticed you have done some recent work on Operation Crossroads. Back in 2008 I doubled the size of that article and added quite a few illustrations. In an effort to promote it to Featured Article status, I even learned to use the Harvard footnote system, but the nomination didn't generate much interest. I would love to see it promoted again. (I just noticed that you did it yesterday.) I think it's an interesting story, worthy of attention.

A background note: The picture in the infobox is what got my interest. I was visiting Ralph Lapp in his Washington home about a dozen years ago, and he had a three-foot-wide enlargement of that picture on his living room wall. He pointed to the black object in the water column and said, "that's the battleship Arkansas standing on its nose." He was there. I did some research and learned that despite official denials eyewitnesses agreed with Lapp. I located some video that showed the black object standing clear of the water column, so it clearly wasn't a gap in the water column, as Delgado suggested. (After seeing the videos, Delgado now agrees with Lapp.)

Nonetheless, the real story is the way this event was staged as a publicity stunt which backfired on the Navy, requiring a lot of spin-doctoring. It eventually introduced the world to the problem of radioactive fallout from nuclear bombs. HowardMorland (talk) 14:26, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

It is good to know that we got it right! I have been working on all the Manhattan Project suite of articles with an objective of turning them into a featured topic. Operation Crossroads has great images. It seemed to only need to have the inline citations completed, so I did that and sent it off for a GA review. After that it will go to an A class review. We can then co-nominate it for featured again, and I would expect it to pass. Hawkeye7 (talk) 19:54, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Annika Zeyen

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DYK for Maria Kühn

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DYK nomination of Leona Woods

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Leona Woods GA review

Hi Hawkeye7, I've been doing a review of the Leona Woods GA nomination and have raised a query re one of the refs. I asked Khazar2 to give it a quick scan over as my experience with GA reviews is minimal. He mentioned about the inclusion in the Cancer deaths category and although it's not mentioned in the article I know I've seen it somewhere when I've been checking stuff but can't for the life of me locate it again. However, I did come across this listing. I did do a light copy edit to the article, so if you get the chance, make sure I haven't messed anything up! Interesting article about what seems a fascinating person. SagaciousPhil - Chat 19:37, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

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Image files

Hi mate, re. the military related files (Vampires, Lincolns, Walters, Dowling, 90 Wing, 3RAR) here, I can't remember when/where some of these things last came up, perhaps you do... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:28, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Not again! This is really frustrating. Nick-D (talk) 08:23, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Nick, was going to drop you a line too but I see you're already there. The AWM ones should pretty straightforward. The 90WG and Dowling ones from libraries, and the Walters and Lincoln shots from my private collection (previously my father's of course) may be a little more challenging, which is why I was trying to recall if we'd discussed such situations recently... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:34, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

If your father created them and they've been passed on to you, then they're yours to do with as you please. If they're RAAF-created publicity shots or the like then things are much more complex... Misplaced Pages's policies in regards to this topic are seriously messed up. The various discussions of post-45 AWM images have mainly ended with them being deleted, but that was before the Memorial added the CC PD tag in an attempt (in part) to stop this from occurring and to encourage greater use of the images on Misplaced Pages and elsewhere so the AWM-related discussions are fresh ground in a lot of ways. Nick-D (talk) 08:50, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages's copyright policies in many regards are seriously messed up. Intellectual property law is such a complex subject now that the advice when I was dealing with such things professionally is to not just check with a lawyer but to check with a lawyer specializing in the particular part of intellectual property rights in question. I have particular irritation at the templates for U.S. federal government works. They are largely nonsense—I suspect the peculiar interest of a cottage industry of template makers here. It makes not one bit of difference whether the official photographer was a sailor, soldier or airman or civilian employee of one of the services or USDA or State. The key is whether the photography was done using public equipment and the photography was their specific job or mission. Then, in the U.S. where there is no "Crown Copyright" and things done at public expense are public domain unless restricted by such things as security classification (still cannot be copyright), that is the end of the matter and it is P.D. U.S. Government. And no, just because some soldier, sailor or airman snaps a photo with personal equipment not violating security or other prohibitions while "working/on duty" does not make it P.D. as some might construe from those tags. A sensible approach here would be to eliminate all those subsets, but that would put a stop to that cottage industry of copyright amateurs making templates. It would be interesting to get a real copyright expert's view on the idea AWM images put into the P.D. by the Australian government could ever be copyright in the U.S. as that is a case of the rights owner declaring them P.D. Anyone claiming copyright in Australia of an official U.S. image would be making a false claim of ownership and that is also actionable. Palmeira (talk) 12:13, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Yep. The Walters and Lincoln shots are all from an officially produced RAAF album on 82WG in 1953-54. Still clearly PD in Australia because govt, when they were taken (never mind if you count as "published" or not). Might have to explore the fair-use route for the US, since I'm unaware of any free portraits of Walters as an air officer, or the Lincolns over their home base... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:09, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

GA review for Max Born

You may not have noticed, but I've started a review on Max Born.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 07:43, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Date format in America

We put the date after the month. If Walter Bedell Smith had been English or Australian then the date would go before the month. You can check the pages of Dwight D. Eisenhower, John Pershing, Ulysses S. Grant, Omar Bradley, George Marshall, Curtis Lemay, Attack on Pearl Harbor... just to name a few. You'll see that the dates are all after the month.

3 June – 15 August 1914; US format June 3 – August 15, 1914, not June 3-August 15, 1914

https://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Military_history#Date_ranges

MoS says US articles should have the date after the month.

Thismightbezach (talk) 17:05, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

You are looking at a date range style guide to determine dates themselves, so you are stretching the guide too far. The WP:STRONGNAT guideline allows for dmy dates on US military topics.

As long as you are comparing articles, there are ones which disprove your position, such as USS Lexington (CV-2), Battle of the Coral Sea, Guadalcanal Campaign, USS Kentucky (BB-66), and many more. Binksternet (talk) 17:55, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

American Civil War, American Revolutionary War, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John Pershing, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, David Petraeus, Omar Bradley, George Marshall, Curtis Lemay, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Battle of Gettysburg, and many more.

Battle of the Coral Sea should use mdy because it took place in Australian waters, a country which uses the mdy format. The Guadalcanal Campaign only uses dmy in the infobox. It uses mdy everywhere else in the article. I find that odd. It should use dmy in the entire article because the Solomon Islands (British Solomon Islands during the war) use the mdy format (Public holidays in the Solomon Islands). That should probably be corrected.

From now on i'll just keep the dates the way they are since you say dmy dates can be used in US military articles. Thismightbezach (talk) 19:34, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Tadeusz Kościuszko

Hi Hawkeye7, re the GA work, I believe I have fixed all the items that were listed in Comments section on the Tadeusz Kościuszko talk page. Haven't heard from anyone in a couple of days and was wondering how the evaluation is progressing. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 14:22, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

A cupcake for you!

Thanks for the GA review at Kościuszko article! Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:43, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Robert Bacher

I started a GA review.--Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 15:04, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

. Congratulations.--Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 21:00, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Leona Woods

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DYK George Juskalian

Please Hawkeye...Can you have George Juskalian's article placed in another prep so that the photograph can be shown? I worked very hard to contact the family of George Juskalian so that the picture can be free and shown on the DYK...I would greatly appreciate it. Proudbolsahye (talk) 21:20, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Done. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:21, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you so much. If the hook is not gramitically correct, I believe a final revision through the preperation process will alleviate the matter. Thank you once again.

The hook was removed from Prep 2 without a proper consensus. There is only one person who believes that the Silver Medal in itself is not rare. This is not acceptable. Proudbolsahye (talk) 22:33, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Hawkeye, I am sorry to bother you about this article. The George Juskalian DYK has been accepted once again. I really appreciated for what you did last time. However, due to certain issues with the DYK hook it was removed. If you can please promote it to the original spot that it was I would greatly greatly appreciate it. Once again, sorry to nag you about it. Thank you for your time. Proudbolsahye (talk) 19:10, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

"SWPA fleet"

Just added what I think is the basic need for the command oriented article. "MacArthur's fleet" is fairly neglected outside logistical circles even though it is one of the more interesting stories and some of its odder components subject of mislabeled movies in which Army sailing vessels became "Navy" for purposes of entertainment. Somewhere in the command section, falling perhaps in the SOS section but maybe more properly elsewhere is the pioneering role of the "CP fleet" starting with some of those odd little sailing vessels and culminating with the Spindle Eye, post SWPA and intended for the invasion of Japan, which was a unique outgrowth of MacArthur's focus on publicity. Your local resources might help fill out the blanks in these recent ship pieces I added, Dona Nati and Coast Farmer that with Anhui were the only successful blockade runners of those failed efforts to resupply the Philippine forces. Of all the wartime stories of collapse, refugees in the face of Axis advances, the ones related to that "typhoon" blowing scattered little vessels from Singapore throughout the Dutch islands and Philippines to a few managing Australia is for me the most interesting. Palmeira (talk) 17:48, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

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United States v. The Progressive was a 1979 lawsuit against The Progressive magazine by the United States Department of Energy (DOE). A temporary injunction was granted against The Progressive to prevent the publication of an article by activist Howard Morland that purported to reveal the "secret" of the hydrogen bomb. The case was brought before Judge Robert W. Warren in the Eastern District of Wisconsin (Federal courthouse pictured). Though the information had been compiled from publicly available sources, the DOE claimed that it fell under the "born secret" clause of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Because of the sensitive nature of the information, two separate hearings were conducted, one in public, and the other in camera. The defendants would not accept security clearances, and so were not present at the in camera hearings. The article was eventually published after the government lawyers dropped their case during the appeals process, calling it moot after other information was independently published. Despite its indecisive conclusion, law students still study the case, which tested the limits of the presumption of unconstitutionality attached to prior restraints. (Full article...)

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United States v. The Progressive

G'day Hawkeye7, congrats for getting this to the Main Page. I enjoyed reading it when I reviewed it and it's good to see it getting some more exposure. Regards, Peacemaker67 (send... over) 11:28, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Chadwick

If you're after Science Museum material, it's probably best to talk to Mrjohncummings - he's working there just now :-). Andrew Gray (talk) 21:07, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for that! I don't suppose that you remember me, but I was in London for the Paraltmpic Games in 2012. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:23, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

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Please see Talk:No worries/GA2

Please see Talk:No worries/GA2.

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The argument is that the article does not provide a worldview perspective.

This does not make sense.

The article is drawn from numerous independent reliable secondary sources, the majority of which are not from Australia.

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James Leal Greenleaf

This DYK hook says "Washington Monument". But there's no mention of that in the article. The article mentions the Lincoln Memorial. This is sitting on the front page of Misplaced Pages right now. - Tim1965 (talk) 13:49, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Crisco has handled it. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:43, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

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I would transclude {{Uw-tilde}} here on your talkpage, but seeing as you're an experienced editor that might come across as degrading. However, don't forget to sign your comments. You missed one at Template:Did you know nominations/Homosexuality in American football. I fixed it with some {{unsigned2}} magic, but please try to remember. —♦♦ AMBER 22:04, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:45, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

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This user helped promote Leona Woods to good article status.

On behalf of WP:CHICAGO, I would like to thank you for your editorial contributions to Leona Woods, which has recently become a GA.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 07:49, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

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Some bubble tea for you!

Thanks for your work to bring Bridie Kean to Good Article status. Your prolific contributions are always appreciated. -- Khazar2 (talk) 14:42, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

And sorry this one had to wait so long for a review! -- Khazar2 (talk) 14:43, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

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University of Birmingham

Hope these are OK for you. --RexxS (talk) 20:04, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Awesome! You beauty!!! Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:21, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK problem

I believe that my reviewer for {{Template:Did you know nominations/ Japanese cruiser Ibuki (1943)}} doesn't fully understand how to verify 5x expansion. I'd appreciate it if you could check it out and clarify the matter. That said I'm 700 characters short of the 5x on a 8200 character article with little chance of adding more material since the ship was never finished. I'd like to request a partial exception to the normal rules since I'm pretty close to making the requirement.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 00:08, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

I do, and in the review I was referring to the longest past version of the article, per A4 this was a problem I came up against in one of my own DYKs (Template:Did you know nominations/Church of Saint Oswald, King and Martyr, Oswaldkirk). The main problem with the nom is that it is slightly under and nominated 23 days too late, although you could request an exemption from the project, since it is a good article.--Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 00:28, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

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Freedom of speech related copyedit help?

I was wondering if you'd be willing to help copy-edit Freedom for the Thought That We Hate?

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Question about Library Resources Box Reversion

Hi Hawkeye, I got a message about an edit that you had reverted, on the Margaret Gowing page, removing the Library Resources Box template. I wanted to check with you to see what your concern was with the edit. I know that there has been discussion about use of the template, but convergence appears to be in support of using it. There is at least one online book currently available, so the parameter for that is correctly set. Having access to the resources box means that people no longer have to individually link to individual books from the bibliography; new works appear in the library box without needing to be duplicated on wikipedia. Libraries track this sort of information well; it's a lot less work for Wikipedians to take advantage of it, rather than recreate it. I have not yet reverted your change to put back the template, but would like to do so. Many thanks, Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 14:35, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

• Thanks so much for the timely response and reversion, Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 17:42, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
  • My first thought was that it was an experimental edit. Taking the Margaret Gowing page as an example it says "Books about Margaret Gowing :" and "Books by Margaret Gowing :" but instead of correctly listing any, puts out a single comma. I clicked on "resources in your library" and that really annoyed me. "Global library services" with some generic links. The first three do not work. WorldCat does work, but no better than the user running a search herself. And then we have something really bad: only six libraries are listed. None of them are within 250 miles of here, although some of the biggest and most important libraries in the country are, including the most important, which all editors would expect to see. The most important of the ones that are there, the SLNSW, does not work. In fact, only three out of six work. And one of the others is problematic; Macquarie University only works for students of that university. Frustrating, because it could have given me access through my own university, but chose not do so. The "online books", to my surprise, does work. So, basically, I concluded that the templates were in beta testing, nowhere near ready to be rolled out. If you'd put then in a box together and tucked it away down the bottom of the page (like the authority control) so people could ignore it instead of splattering it across the page I would not have removed it. You fix it, and I'll put it back. Hawkeye7 (talk) 19:46, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 April newsletter

We are a week into Round 3, but it is off to a flying start, with Sven Manguard (submissions) claiming for the high-importance Portal:Sports and Portal:Geography (which are the first portals ever awarded bonus points in the WikiCup) and Cwmhiraeth (submissions) claiming for a did you know of sea, the highest scoring individual did you know article ever submitted for the WikiCup. Round 2 saw very impressive scores at close; first place Casliber (submissions) and second place Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) both scored over 1000 points; a feat not seen in Round 2 since 2010. This, in part, has been made possible by the change in the bonus points rules, but is also testament to the quality of the competition this year. Pool C and Pool G were most competitive, with three quarters of participants making it to Round 3, while Pool D was the least, with only the top two scorers making it through. The lowest qualifying score was 123, significantly higher than last year's 65, 2011's 41 or even 2010's 100.

The next issue of The Signpost is due to include a brief update on the current WikiCup, comparing it to previous years' competitions. This may be of interest to current WikiCup followers, and may help bring some more new faces into the community. We would also like to note that this round includes an extra competitor to the 32 advertised, who has been added to a random pool. This extra inclusion seems to have been the fairest way to deal with a small mistake made before the beginning of this round, but should not affect the competition in a large way. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please feel free to contact one of the judges.

A rules clarification: content promoted between rounds can be claimed in the round after the break, but not the round before. The case in point is content promoted on 29/30 April, which may be claimed in this round. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Misplaced Pages talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 16:23, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

A beer for you!

If you're offering me a beer, you better have one with me! ;) Agreed, I highly admire your quality improvement contributions on the subject of freedom of speech, and collaboration is most fun! Let me know if/when you are able to work with me on Hustler Magazine v. Falwell as a joint collaboration — that one I'll definitely pour energies into getting its quality status improved! — Cirt (talk) 06:05, 8 May 2013 (UTC)