User talk:GeneralizationsAreBad/Archives/2015/July

Your GA nomination of Battle of Kursk

The article Battle of Kursk you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Battle of Kursk for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jonas Vinther -- Jonas Vinther (talk) 08:21, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Congratulations!

		The Million Award
		For your contributions to bring Battle of Kursk (estimated annual readership: 500,000) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Half Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! Jonas Vinther • (Click here to collect your price!) 08:11, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks very much! GeneralizationsAreBad (talk) 16:55, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Bravo!

	Kursk Barnstar
	For your matchless contribution in getting the Battle of Kursk to GA. EyeTruth (talk) 16:45, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Thank you! GeneralizationsAreBad (talk) 16:55, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Ingrao on Nazi racial policies during Operation Barbarossa

While I like the front part of your edit concerning Ingrao's observations about Nazi policy during Operation Barbarossa, it oversimplified the thought too much so I added the back-end into your "front-end" edit. It's understandable to reduce pedantic sentences but to remove an important corollary between racial equivalency between Communist and Jew - an important point in this case - makes your edit ineffective in conveying the thought which corresponded to the cited pages. To be honest, this section could use plenty more in that regard but it is an encyclopedia and not a scholarly journal.--Obenritter (talk) 04:57, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

One final attempt to break it out into more than a single sentence. If you can find a better way to reword the thought(s) - feel free. BTW - thanks for your earlier efforts in upgrading this article to GA status.--Obenritter (talk) 18:07, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

Rzhev

Hello, thanks for your support. I will put together some notes on sources for you asap.Christwelfwww (talk) 08:32, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Some Rzhev sources

Some of the best free sources are online, and can be easily translated now with your Chrome Browser

Vladimir Beshanov, is a Russian auther who writes on the history of the 1941-45 conflict mainly, you can see his biog here https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2,_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87 The relevant chapter in his book 1942 is availiable online here http://militera.lib.ru/research/beshanov_vv/20.html

Alexey V. Isaev, is another Russian auther and historian, you can find his chapter here http://militera.lib.ru/h/isaev_av6/04.html, the book is called something like 'When the surprise was gone. History of the Second World War, we did not know'

LM Sandalov's 20th army study is fantastic account of what went on in the Soviet side you can find it here http://www.1942.ru/book/20A_pogorel.htm

http://www.soldat.ru/news/920.html is a good article with detail of Russian units and problems faced.

Russian wikipedia Article is worth a read http://rshew-42.narod.ru/ is a good source of articles, many of these are backed up by quoted documentation

This site is I think in Dutch and Germanan contains much information. I don't think I used it as a source as its not documented where its info comes from, but I believe much of it would be collaborated by other sources and its good background. http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~oswald/tweedezomerslagduits.html

The best book in English is listed in the sources The heavy load of reliably sourced content for me came from the The Rzhev Slaughterhouse, by Svetlana Gerasimova, its rather disjointed and misses out details of much of the actual fighting, but all based on her solid research and is about a good a source as you will get comming out of Russia. Some of here materiel can be found online here http://www.e-reading.club/chapter.php/1009463/6/Gerasimova_-_Rzhevskaya_boynya.html

Ziemke,s book, Moscow to Stalingrad, is an excellent view of the battle at German army level and uses official soviet histories to give both sides. Its electronic Kindle edition is only £1.58.

Thanks so much. GAB (talk) 22:07, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

July 2015

Hi, I wanted to let you know that undid the previous user's contributions because they seem to be vandalism. Do you disagree? 2602:306:3357:BA0:1CD5:E1B3:53F:7C6D (talk) 23:28, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

It's me again, I apologize. I was actually trying to delete "and his mum". 2602:306:3357:BA0:1CD5:E1B3:53F:7C6D (talk) 23:39, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

Clarification

Hi, it's me agin. I was actually trying to delete "and his mum" because that does not seem constructive to me. I am the one who you were just speaking with but in my house, my ip addresses change all the time, so it appears that I am somebody else. 99.53.112.186 (talk) 23:42, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

Sorry

I accidentally undid your change on Boops boops. I wasn't paying enough attention, I'm afraid to admit. Doctorhawkes (talk) 06:27, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

Kill joy

Why did you do that you (Personal attack removed) AnyUser123 (talk) 15:17, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

WP:VANDALISM. GAB (talk) 15:18, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

This might interest you!

If you haven't already, click here or here for some wunderbar entertainment. :) Jonas Vinther • (Click here to collect your price!) 23:13, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! Good to have a respite from reverting vandals. GAB (talk) 23:14, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

Fixing vandalism on Tim Cahill

Hi, thank you for reverting the vandalism on Tim Cahill. I note that you templated the vandal at Level 2. However, having regard to the recent history of the vandalising IP I think that optimum would have been to either take them to WP:AIV or to ping me. At a minimum a Level 3 warning should have been placed. Just Chilling (talk) 01:03, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	For your all your great work against vandalism and personal attacks on Wikipedia, I award you the Anti-Vandalism Barnstar. Keep up the appreciated work, friend. :) Jonas Vinther • (Click here to collect your price!) 10:47, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

You're too kind. :) GAB (talk) 21:52, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Wide Awake (Katy Perry song)

Thanks. I thought I would let you know that I clicked the wrong template button but corrected that on the user's talk page. The edit was disruptive or vandalism in any event. Donner60 (talk) 23:07, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

SS ideology

"Animal welfare" section could use some expanding. Got anything? Jonas Vinther • (Click here to collect your price!) 20:36, 21 July 2015 (UTC)