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DYK for Edward Stirling Dickson[edit]

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Request for WPMED to be eased from full protection[edit]

{{WPMED}} sought on its talk page to be lifted from full protection as various task forces in Medical Wikiproject being set up and the template needs to evolve. Whilst I appreciate the concern that a targetable template, I wonder if lifting to semi-protected status would be appropriate. I'm happy to do this myself, but as the protecting admin from over a year ago, I thought I would sound you out first :-) David Ruben Talk 03:30, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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FYI, looking at the history of Funhouse Tour, Talk:Funhouse Tour, and your last talk page archive, you were subjected to a sockpuppet attack. Alkclark and Dancefloor royalty and KM*hearts*MC and 64.140.0.3 were all the same person, operating in conjunction. See Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Alkclark and Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Alkclark and User talk:Tiptoety#Sockpuppetry case concerning Alkclark. Not only was this person running a sock operation, he/she was obnoxious as can be. Wasted Time R (talk) 23:16, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK update[edit]

Actually, the DYK template is due for an update. Would you be willing to do it? I can give instructions. Shubinator (talk) 00:58, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, Ruhrfisch will do it. Shubinator (talk) 01:00, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Heh, yeah, we need to make a centralized place with instructions. Since the bot went live the instructions haven't been kept up. Now the bot's dead though, and humans are needed again. Shubinator (talk) 01:03, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom[edit]

I'd appreciate your input regarding whether the above list should be at List of acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom or List of Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom. See Talk:List of acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom#Move. Hiding T 12:02, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Scotland[edit]

Perhaps if you think it's pointless you shouldn't get sucked into it. Jack forbes (talk) 01:28, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Anthony Deane-Drummond[edit]

The Special Barnstar
For creating Anthony Deane-Drummond and thereby helping to expand the number of articles on airborne warfareSkinny87 (talk) 22:34, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for creating the article, Shimgray; very kind of you to do that. I'll get to work immediately - I have Return Ticket on order so I can start filling in the gaps in the article. Skinny87 (talk) 22:34, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Looking at the Pegasus archive website, and alos the recommendation for his Mention in Despatches, it look to me as if the Bar to his MC was awarded for Market Garden in general, whilst he received only a Mention for his second escape. Unfortunately, only the recommendations for his DSO and the Mention have been preserved and ended up in The National Archives (online here-for a fee unless you happen to be in Kew) The first page of the recommendation (for awards to a number of people) says these awards are specifically for the escape angle, and concludes by saying that "I do not consider that any awards made for conduct at Arnhem should affect the entitlement to awards for conduct in escaping". David Underdown (talk) 14:57, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Homer and the Poop deck[edit]

I'd been hoping someone would close that for some time. Thank you. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 13:14, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Hackney North[edit]

Whoops, that'd be me not proof reading after copy+pasting. Thanks for getting the party members in the right places. doktorb wordsdeeds 20:50, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Anthony Deane-Drummond[edit]

Updated DYK query On March 14, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Anthony Deane-Drummond, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Shubinator (talk) 18:52, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Haldane Reforms[edit]

Updated DYK query On March 16, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Haldane Reforms, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Congratulations! PeterSymonds (talk) 09:15, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Territorial & Reserves Act, 1907[edit]

Hey Shimgray. Look, I'm at my parents house right now, but when I get back to Coventry I have a few books that Might be able to help expand the article - I did a course on the British Army and a lot of it focused on Haldane and the Territorials. So hit me up in about a week and I'll be able to lend a hand. Skinny87 (talk) 08:33, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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unexplained reversion of Quiznos article[edit]

You reverted the part of the Quiznos (sandwich shop) article that described their recent controversial television campaign; just a wholesale deletion on your part with no explanation. Why? I have opened a section on the Talk page for the article - please discuss over there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.179.90.85 (talk) 17:14, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"act" of Parliament[edit]

Hello. I noticed that "act" has been substituted for "Act" in a number of articles. I agree with you that it should be spelt with a capital letter, and I have put some comments on Talk:Act of Congress and Talk:Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom explaining why I think that the reasoning on which the changes were based was fallacious.

I am going to shortly request that a number of pages that have been moved based on this reasoning be moved back, because there are now redirects blocking a move. James500 (talk) 17:59, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Southern White-cheeked Gibbon[edit]

Updated DYK query On March 28, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Southern White-cheeked Gibbon, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 02:57, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

World War II[edit]

I've I've just reverted your last edit to this article. There's a consensus that significant changes to this article should be first discussed on its talk page - could you please discuss your proposed changes there? Regards, Nick-D (talk) 07:01, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of Soldier's Medal recipients[edit]

I'm puzzled as to why you converted this article to a redirect to the main article about the Soldier's Medal. The result was to delete the content of the first article without adding it to the other. There's a procedure for proposing and discussing the merger of articles. (See Help:Merging and moving pages). Merging these articles might be a reasonable proposal. In the meantime, I'm reverting your edit, which will restore the content of the article. -- Cuppysfriend (talk) 15:54, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You might be right about the the list/category distinction, but the practical result of your edit is to delete an article. Your message reached me before I reverted your edit, so I won't do so now (or at least not before some discussion about it). I think you should "undo" it, however, and post a template on the "list" page proposing to merge it "to" the main article. I'm not an administrator, so I suggest that you seek the advice of one in case a reversion would interfere with a future merger. -- Cuppysfriend (talk) 16:12, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Marquis of Rockingham (ship)[edit]

Hi,

Regarding this new article, and the reference, do you have any more info about the ref? An ISBN or anything? I wanted to check the source, but I couldn't track it down from the information give. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  09:08, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK, that's great. I just spotted on the web, I think you've now put the details on "librarything"? Anyway - I discovered that we have a wikipedia article, Annual Register, so I've wikilinked it. (I'm not sure if the title should be in italics also - maybe?
Cheers!  Chzz  ►  10:03, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I have now discovered that the entirety of the annual is available, scanned in. I think that this is the link to the page you referenced? If so, could it be added as a convenience link?  Chzz  ►  10:09, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Scots[edit]

Thanks for your support. :) Wallie (talk) 20:05, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Territorial Forces[edit]

Really sorry, Shimgray, but I can't find anything in my sources. It's odd - I could have sworn there would have been something on it. Skinny87 (talk) 10:25, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Madhouses Act 1774[edit]

Updated DYK query On April 11, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Madhouses Act 1774, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Shubinator (talk) 19:42, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

thank you[edit]

 Military history reviewers' award 
By order of the coordinators, for your good work helping with the WikiProject's Peer and A-Class reviews, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award.  Roger Davies talk 14:10, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

For helping on IRC[edit]

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
To Shimgray, for thoughtfully digging out sources on the internet for use in my partner's MA essay! Skinny87 (talk) 15:54, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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T:DYK fix[edit]

I think you made a cut-and-paste error: [1] rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 23:22, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, never mind, I was looking at it backwards. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 23:41, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK Jacob Aaron Westervelt[edit]

Thank you very much for nominating my renewed article about Jacob Aaron Westervelt for DYK!! This was a very pleasent surprise :)... With kind regards --Rectilinium'♥' 22:53, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Question[edit]

The template you added to Category:Vietnam War Victoria Cross recipients says "It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of all recipients."
Similarly, Template:Medal category says"categories listing people who have recieved awards; an awful lot of people seem to interpret these as "lists of recipients",".
I'm afraid I don't understand. Are you implying that:

  • "catagory membership gives a defacto list of award recipients who have WP articles, which is not necessarily a list of everyone who received the award, and the reason some people are not on the list is because they don't have WP articles"?
  • "catagory membership does not necessarily list all award recipients who have WP articles"? (If so, why wouldn't it contain all relevant WP pages? Disregarding, of course, the obvious "because no-one has linked it yet".)
  • something else?

Signed: Confused from Adelaide. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 02:22, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Huh - I didn't notice it was ambiguous.
Yeah well, maybe that's because you're "normal", and I'm a pedant?
It is indeed intended to mean 1)
Good. That's what I hoped. It's just that it wasn't blindingly obvious to me that you meant that.
this category is an automatically-generated list, and only contains people with articles;
Now I'm confused again. I don't think you really mean that, so I'm just going to ignore it and go along with what I think you really mean, and hence not be confused.
anyone omitted from the list is almost certainly omitted because they don't have an article, and in most cases never will.
Again, that's what I hoped.
It's intended to forestall people editing the category pages directly
Hmmm. I can see how that might happen! It's not something I would have expected, but I have to admit that it doesn't really surprise me - maybe I'm just getting too old and cynical?
There's some background discussion here
Thanks.
I'll reword the description
Yes please.
Best wishes, Pdfpdf (talk) 12:45, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Message received and understood. I'm a bit tied up with other things at the moment, and may not get back to you tonight. (It's 22:40 here at the moment.) If not, will reply tomorrow. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 13:10, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

New image project[edit]

Hi. This little form letter is just a courtesy notice to let you know that a proposal to merge the projects Wikipedia:WikiProject Free images, Wikipedia:WikiProject Fair use, Wikipedia:WikiProject Moving free images to Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia:WikiProject Illustration into the newly formed Wikipedia:WikiProject Images and Media has met with general support at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Files. Since you're on the rosters of membership in at least one of those projects, I thought you might be interested. Conversation about redirecting those projects is located here. Please participate in that discussion if you have any interest, and if you still have interest in achieving the goals of the original project, we'd love to have you join in. If you aren't interested in either the conversation or the project, please pardon the interruption. :) Thanks. Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:40, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Haldane Reforms[edit]

Hi Shimgray, Thanks for your submission of this article at WP:GAN, which I am reviewing. I have finished my Initial review, and am I looking favourably on the article.

I have posted one question on Talk:Haldane Reforms/GA1. I have not put the article review On Hold, but your consideration of that "question" would be appreciated.Pyrotec (talk) 19:47, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

PIAT[edit]

Hey Shim. A few weeks ago, you mentioned George MacDonald Fraser's book has a section on the PIAT and being trained to use it. I have a copy, but it has no index, and I was wondering if you had any page numbers handy for that section? Cheers, Skinny87 (talk) 13:23, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers for that, very helpful. If he wasn't embelleshing, he must have served with complete maniacs most of the time...god, the sapper fixing the dodgy table leg with a primed personnel mine made me laugh out loud when I read that. Skinny87 (talk) 16:44, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for George Heriot (died 1610)[edit]

Updated DYK query On April 25, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article George Heriot (died 1610), which you created or substantially expanded. 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 Jacob Aaron Westervelt[edit]

Updated DYK query On 27 April, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jacob Aaron Westervelt, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Shubinator (talk) 01:25, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikimedia UK Newsletter - April 2009 Issue[edit]

Summary: Wikimedia UK has held it's first AGM! The AGM included numerous speakers talking about a wide range of topics, ranging from collaboration with the BBC to reaching out around the world with Wikipedia on a DVD! A number of official actions were also taken - including the passing of six Resolutions, the election of the new seven-person Board, and the first new Board meeting! Also this month, an overview of the Chapters meeting in Berlin, of which two of our number were present, and details of the upcoming meetups this month!

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DYK for Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus[edit]

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William Bentinck's page[edit]

Hi there my man, I edited Will Bentinck's wikipedia page with a spot of information regarding just how damn posh the young fellow is. You see, he's a personal friend of mine and it's all true information. It's verifiable! Why did you delete it? It's hardly inflammatory is it good sir? It's just the truth about a good friend and nobleman.194.247.226.58 (talk) 20:17, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia UK Newsletter - May 2009 Issue[edit]

Summary: Whilst our application to HMRC has not yet been successful, we're after your views on the proposed New Chapters' Agreement, your suggestions for a Wikimedia UK conference next year and your ideas for initiatives to start! We also bring you updates on Wikipedia Loves Art, Other Chapters' Activities, Meet-ups and Press coverage.

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  1. HMRC Application Status
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Sir Ewan Forbes, 11th Baronet review[edit]

Hi, I have left a preliminary review at Talk:Sir Ewan Forbes, 11th Baronet/GA1 Jezhotwells (talk) 20:52, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have left a comment on the review page. It is best to communicate there I think as such questions and answers form part of the review. Jezhotwells (talk) 01:19, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks[edit]

for the tip on not having to add cites for the lead. I have been dealing with that particular bepuzzlement for some time.

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Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus[edit]

Hi, I am reviewing Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus and have left a few comments at Talk:Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus/GA1. Regards, —Mattisse (Talk) 17:37, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Danny Deever[edit]

I am conducting a reassessment of this article as part of the GA sweeps process. There is one minor issue - some citations have been tagged with page needed. My review is at Talk:Danny_Deever/GA1. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 13:34, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No probs, let me know if you need longer than a week. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:06, 21 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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GA reassessment of The Absent-Minded Beggar[edit]

I am conducting a Reassessment of the article as part of the GA Sweeps process. I have one small concern which you may find at Talk:The Absent-Minded Beggar/GA1. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 17:05, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Thanks for the footnote. I saw your note about the OED. Can you add to your footnote a cite to the OED for the alt. spelling of Kharki? I think that would sew up the reference more completely.... All the best, -- Ssilvers (talk) 00:07, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia UK Newsletter - June 2009 Issue[edit]

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Vandal User:93.174.93.246 has returned[edit]

Can you please reblock this user for a longer period of time, they are now vandalizing Tropicana Casino and Resort Atlantic City. Dancing is Forbidden (talk) 22:35, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Neil Armstrong GAR notice[edit]

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Wikimedia UK Newsletter - July 2009 Issue[edit]

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Orion 17 (and all the others...)[edit]

Regarding your comments in the AFD - I've posted a general proposal at Talk:List of Constellation missions, about merging them all together. Hopefully more AFDs won't be needed! Shimgray | talk | 23:34, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • Seems to make sense. Though what happens to the Orion articles such as Orion 21 which are beyond 2020 ... though reading that one ... wow, that's vague. I'd be tempted to redirect the ones up to ... whatever is on that manifest ... 17? And then prod the rest. Nfitz (talk) 03:43, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]


File copyright problem with File:Traffic data for Obama and McCain articles, late 2008.svg[edit]

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Good work![edit]

The Original Barnstar
For your work in finding and eradicating poorly laid out references and replacing them[2] with the beauty of a properly formatted reference. Chillum 14:39, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Hinduism in the Netherlands[edit]

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BorgQueen (talk) 00:08, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for STS-8[edit]

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Arbingia copy paster User talk:110.55.38.4[edit]

I noticed you blocked IP 110.55.38.4. The content of what he posted seemed to be the text for a new article. I am guessing he was confused about how to post a new article and thus tried pasting it into an existing article before trying to ask others users for help via pasting it in their talk pages. I think blocking him may be a bit hasty because that is going to prevent him from creating an account or seeking help via the help desks or talk pages. There is a good chance he won't understand why he was blocked. On the chance that he is a good faith IP, (slightly confused maybe) it might be a good idea to unblock him. That said I'm not sure about Arbingria because a google search comes up with very few results. (revised slightly) Sifaka talk 17:23, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I did vacillate about blocking, but then noticed that in the time I was vacillating, it had been pasted into two more random locations. The block's only short-term - a bit over a day - and is really just to stop it continuing to be dumped around the place; since they weren't showing any sign of desisting, and there wasn't a protectable page as such, it seemed the best option...
I admit I might have been a bit less brusque had the article not been an elaborate work of fiction :-) Shimgray | talk | 17:34, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed a distinct lack of google results which raised red flags. I also considered the possibility of misspelling, but I don't didn't see any obvious alternatives. I pointed him to the your first article help page which goes over hoax articles I believe, so maybe he will learn more about protocol in the mean time. Sifaka talk 17:43, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GAN STS-8[edit]

The article is quite good and producing further GA comments requires concentrated reading, for which I can't make time right now (sudden work overload; I'll keep doing quick WP messaging though). Thus be prepared for a delay of a couple of days. Regards. Materialscientist (talk) 07:36, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Taukkyan Roadblock[edit]

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Wizardman 14:15, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Chuck Gipp[edit]

I've mostly undone your edit to Chuck Gipp - as with many United States jurisdictions, the new legislators are elected in November but don't actually take office until January, thus Gipp was still in office in 2009. I've also undone the change saying he "stood down" as it implies that he resigned rather than was defeated in an election. --Philosopher Let us reason together. 15:08, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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