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Hi, I would assume from your recent contributions that you are the operator of this site as you have added links to its content to articles on two completely distinct topics. Please note that a contributions history that solely consists of adding external links points strongly to a desire to use Wikipedia to drive traffic to that website. External links are used to link to content that could not otherwise be integrated into an article. If you wish to contribute to Wikipedia then by all means edit and contribute cited content to the articles, but merely adding links to a site you are affiliated with is considered spamming and is considered is inappropriate. If you think that content contained on your website merits the inclusion of a link in an article then you need to start a discussion on the article talk of each article, explaining your interest in the website to avoid conflict of interest problems. If other uninvolved editors think the content is accurate, reliable and relevant enough, then they will add the link. Please also read our guidelines on what External Links should and shouldn't be. As your site is self published, the site author generally needs to be a noted authority in their field in order for the material to sit with our reliable source and verifiabilty guidelines. Any questions please ask. Mfield (Oi!) 18:21, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Thank you for your messages and explanations. You are very helpful and provide more details than I ever expected. It's appreciated. I am an amateur and agree that diverse topics on the warwingsart.com site look rather suspicious. I am not the "operator" of this site as you suggest, but I have been given full access by the owner/operator to post some of my interests, admittedly quite a wide variety of content and topics.
Consequently, information about WWII aviation history, Anna's Hummingbirds, and other topics can be found there. I seriously thought that my careful monitoring, and photographic documentation of annual nestings of Anna's Hummingbirds would be of key relevance to the Wikipedia Anna's Hummingbird article. For the past 7-8 years I have carefully observed and recorded the nest-building, egg-laying, nurturing, and fledging of Anna's in the same single tree. I feel the information is valuable for the number of eggs laid (not mentioned in your article), lifespans (not mentioned in your article), and the timing of these activities (not mentioned in your article). Some of my photographs are very amateurish but some are excellent quality. The emphasis is on my observations. I'm sorry if you don't consider it valid. I completely understand your guidelines and I am certainly not an expert in photography, ornithology, or anything else for that matter. I just make observations and enjoy making websites on varied topics. *Cheers* 489thCorsica (talk) 22:41, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note that Wikipedia is not the place to publish original research. Wikipedia, being an encyclopedia, is a tertiary source, that is to say, it only publishes what has been published by others. It looks like you've done a lot of research in the area you describe above, but unfortunately, none of this can be included in Wikipedia unless it has first been published by another, reliable party (other than yourself). Your best course of action is to seek to publish your research in a reputable journal or other such medium first, before coming here. Or even just create your own website and publish your research there. Hope this helps.—Tetracube (talk) 23:13, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Tetracube,
Thanks for your explanation. The original item that I posted that was subsequently removed was certainly not a reputable research reference as you suggest it must be. I merely posted my website with the new info as an 'external link.' Your criteria do not seem to apply to the other external links provided. My external link simply provided some basic information about Anna's Hummingbirds that is missing from the Wikipedia article. 489thCorsica (talk) 06:44, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi 489thCorsica. Wanted to thank you for your inputs on what is a very undeveloped area. Could I make a couple of requests? Please link the allied squadrons where articles exist (eg 60 Squadron SAAF) and create subcategories where necessary - I've just created a 'Wings' for the USAAF in WW II, for example. Best regards and thanks again, Buckshot06(prof) 22:27, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings Buckshot06 and Kirill Lokshin and thanks for your comments. While these new MAC pages about "a very undeveloped area" currently stand on their own, they are works-in-progress and I eventually plan to create links to all of the units, commanders, aircraft, and possibly base locations. I'm sure the experts out there with info about some of the smaller units, squadrons, and other interesting details will also have more to add too. *Cheers* 489thCorsica (talk) 22:49, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Saw your comment on the British Forces Aden talkpage. I believe in common conversation all these commands were routinely referred to as 'AHQ (whateveritwas).' Would you mind if I moved them all to that naming? Regards Buckshot06(prof) 04:13, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Some commands were AHQ, some were HQ, some had neither Air nor HQ. I'm really perplexed. Furthermore, I just noticed that Wiki pages generally require the exact name with no "did you mean?s." That means if someone searches for Air H. Q. Western Desert they won;t find A HQ Western Desert. Is there a way to set up automatic redirects for various alternative spellings? 489thCorsica (talk) 04:27, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, there are a lot of alternate namings. An Air HQ is a formation lower than a named Command (like Desert Air Force, often set up to cover a single basing area (eg AHQ Malta). Then there's triservice commands like British Forces Aden. Wiki convention says that formations should usually be under their most recent name, and thus that's why I suggested the merge. Yes, there are ways of doing an automatic redirect. See this one, which I'll create AHQ east africa. Use the edit key to look at the coding required. However please don't set the alternate names up though until we're clear on the syntax we're going to use. Best regards Buckshot06(prof) 06:53, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hey-excellent- I like the redirect- I think that's the way to go with these, especially since my original source material (RAF Web) uses the same names that I have used for the Wiki page names.
This redirect thing brings multiple problems to the rise. I noticed today after creating a link for a certain USAAF Bomb Group that it automatically redirected to some more recent air force wing that has no historical relationship to the bomb group (based on the history given at least).489thCorsica (talk) 07:09, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
OK, two points. My google search for AHQ East Africa brought RAFWeb up first - as AHQ, not Air H.Q. [1] Wikipolicy directs that the most common name be used. As you'll see from the top of Desert Air Force, that most common name is 'AHQ,' unless you've got sources that disagree. Second, that link you made was probably part of very deliberate, very extensive work by User:Bwmoll3, who is working on USAAF units in WW 2 as well. He is working from the USAF's official lineages. Which unit was it? I have a pretty good handle on which units share lineage/heritage, so can check. Buckshot06(prof) 10:14, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oops- my mistake. I'm not sure how RAF Web refers to most of these commands. I must have been referring to my other sources which are the tables showing the command organizations or Orders of Battles in Craven and Cate or the RAF in WWII, respectively. Maybe we need to avoid all abbreviations and simply create titles as "Air Headquarters...?" What do we do about commas and capitals? I notice that makes a difference on Wiki pages too. Wiki seems to require the EXACT title to bring up the page. This is difficult.
The 98th Bombardment Group was the one that seemd to misdirect to the 98th Range Wing. I see no relevance whatsoever. I have also discovered other similar, dubious misdirects like this in the past for other groups.489thCorsica (talk) 20:43, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Point 1: See the tag at Air H.Q. Iraq and Persia? I didn't insert that. Compare also a similarly named formation - HQ Air Command Europe. The second and probably more important reason about not using H.Q. is that it's untidy, and you'll continually get changes/complaints about that. We can establish redirects to cover 'Air H.Q. Iraq and Persia' but the page would be better at 'AHQ Iraq and Persia.' Point 2: See 98th Range Wing#Lineage. The 98th Range Wing is the linear successor, as per USAF lineage rules, of the 98th Bombardment Group. Same with most USAF wings today, they derive their lineage from World War II groups. Hope that helps explain things. Buckshot06(prof) 22:01, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm beginning to appreciate the problem of using periods, spaces, commas, and other untidy punctuation in Wiki pages. What do you think of naming the pages "Air Headquarters...." and have "AHQ..." redirect to them too? Or we can make them all "AHQ..." and redirect from "Air Headquarters..." I'll do whatever you think is best? 489thCorsica (talk) 07:30, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Please put a : or :: or ::: before your text on talk pages. Really helps keep things clear. If you don't mind, because, as far as I'm aware 'AHQ' was the common usage in everyday conversation, and WP rules say we should reflect that (rather like SACLANT rather than Allied Command Atlantic), I think we should change them all to 'AHQ Iraq and Persia' for example. I think redirects are a good idea - eg. Air Headquarters Iraq and Persia. Cheers Buckshot06(prof) 23:18, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm willing to do what you think is best as I am certainly not an expert in this area. Perhaps there are other experts besides you out there we could inquire with? I have seen AHQ, Air HQ, A.H.Q., Air H.Q., (all with and w/o spaces between the letters), Air Headquarters, etc. There is no convention as far as I can tell. In conversation, how would you actually say "AHQ"? 489thCorsica (talk) 06:00, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
'Ay-Aitch-Q' (me being a New Zealander and having a Kiwi accent). There's no-one else as far as I know working on RAF formations in World War II. The sense I have is from reading numerous books over 10+ years dealing with the history of the RAF. If you're happy, I'll start making the moves. Cheers Buckshot06(prof) 10:13, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
hehehehehe- Ahhh- nice to know your origins! We Americans always say, "If we had a Kiwi could open the door." I'm glad that you, being a New Zealander, has the Kiwi need to open the Wiki door to my currently cryptic pages. Please start in on the changes if you're so inclined. I don't know how to do the redirects so I'll leave that to your discretion. I'll need to change the links on all my other Wiki pages unless you include their current names under your redirects? Cheers. 489thCorsica (talk) 17:35, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi Buckshot, I'm a little confused because my newly created Wiki pages that I added the 800 squadron category to certainly contain important information about FAA squadrons. In fact, based on some of the stubs that already exist for the 800 squadrons, there's actually more information about them on my pages than on their main pages. Perhaps I don't understand how these categories actually work or their purpose? The Northwest African Coastal Air Force had 5 FAA 800 squadrons so it made sense to associate them with the 800 category. 489thCorsica (talk) 17:20, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No, the idea is that categories are very narrow, and build upwards. So within 'Cat:Units and formations', there's category:Squadrons, cat:Wings, cat:Groups, cat:commands, and so on. Each level of the hierachy has its own category. Only those levels of the hierachy go in that category. So NACAF only goes in the Commands category (actually, since it's multinational, it goes under a category I just created Category:Allied air commands of World War II under Category:Multinational units and formations. What we need to do is create a new category, which is easy. Simply start adding the new category to the bottom of the page, and click on the redlink, and fill in. Buckshot06(prof) 00:23, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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You reverted my change to the section header without any particular explanation. Do you have a specific reason for going against the MoS on this ("Section headings should not themselves contain links" ). Would it be better to follow the style of the Land forces section of the article and have a bulleted list instead?GraemeLeggett (talk) 10:41, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi GraemeLeggett, Thank you for changing my edits so they agree with the rules and regulations for Wikipedia. Although I'm certainly no expert about rules and regulations, in this case, it appears that providing the links in the titles would be appropriate because otherwise, they are not available to the reader. But perhaps I can just repeat the info somewhere else in the article so that the links are provided(?). Unfortunately, your reorganization of my tables has misrepresented the U.S. 9th Air Force which at the time, was actually a sub-command of Middle East Command and as far as I know, not a heirarchically equivalent commmand as your edit suggests. I'm sorry I changed one of your previous edits. Keep up your good organizational work but try to keep the facts accurate when doing so.489thCorsica (talk) 23:58, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
They're not rules and regulations as such - mostly policies and guidelines to keep readability and maintenance consistent. They can be bent if circumstances require, which was why I asked if there was a specific reason for your choice of long section titles. The guideline is here where it suggest the use of "see also" below a section title to give a link. GraemeLeggett (talk) 12:43, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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I agree that stating a simple one-sentence definition of life may be complicated, non-inclusive, and challenging. However, the beginning of the Life Wiki article currently uses only "life" terms to define life and this in my humble opinion, is inappropriate. While, the discussion in Definitions of Life is very good and detailed, it would be appropriate to include several of the simpler one-sentence definitions that do not rely on life, bio, or animate terms.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 489thCorsica (talk • contribs)
If you want to talk to BI then post here. And you say "I'm lobbying for the presentation of a few examples of simple, one-sentence definitions of life that are not circular and summarize the complicated discussion in the Definitions of Life section.", but you are not doing that, you are simply reverting. Go to the Life talkpage. Darrenhusted (talk) 13:37, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Corsica. If you take a look at the 'Life' archives you will realize that the introduction has been painfully crafted for best accuracy. Is it perfect? No; in fact, nobody has produced a perfect definition of what is life; it is one of the biggest challenges of humanity. Several months ago, the article was peppered with an array of definitions from diferent disciplines, and it was with great dedication and patience from some editors, that the current (leading) definitions have been gathered and classified in a logical manner; having done that, the introduction was refined. One of the challenges to define life is that it has to be wide enough to include all life, but it must me specific enough so that inanimate objects (such as fire or software) are not classified as living.
"...the beginning of the Life Wiki article currently uses only "life" terms to define life and this in my humble opinion, is inappropriate."
could you please elaborate what is inapropriate in the intro and what do you mean by 'life terms'?
as well, could you please elaborate on what do you mean by "definitions that do not rely on life, bio, or animate terms"? Could you please include examples of what you want to include? (Please remember to cite the sources.) Only then i could understand your request and discuss it in detail. I am always open to constructive feedback and editing, and am aware that there is much room in this article for improvement. Thank you! --BatteryIncluded (talk) 17:53, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi BI,
Thanks for your remarks and excellent work on the extremely complicated topic - Life. The following now appears as the first sentence on the Life page:
"Life (cf. biota) is a characteristic that distinguishes objects that have self-sustaining biological processes ("alive," "living"), from those which do not[1][2] —either because such functions have ceased (death), or else because they lack such functions and are classified as "inanimate.""
I realize that much agony has gone into this, but it's simply not appropriate to define life using life terms such as biological processes, alive, living, the opposite of inanimate, etc. Generally, as you know, forms of the word being defined should not be used in the definition, even as an introduction to the topic. Minor point: Life is a property of matter not "objects" per se.
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The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 08:30, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
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Hello, 489thCorsica. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
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"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
G'day all, please be advised that throughout April 2018 the Military history Wikiproject is running its annual backlog elimination drive. This will focus on several key areas:
tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
adding or improving listed resources on Milhist's task force pages
updating the open tasks template on Milhist's task force pages
creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various lists of missing articles.
As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.
The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the scope of military history will be considered eligible. This year, the Military history project would like to extend a specific welcome to members of Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red, and we would like to encourage all participants to consider working on helping to improve our coverage of women in the military. This is not the sole focus of the edit-a-thon, though, and there are aspects that hopefully will appeal to pretty much everyone.
The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 April and runs until 23:59 UTC on 30 April 2018. Those interested in participating can sign up here.
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:53, 1 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:35, 15 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:22, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
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Hi everyone, just a quick reminder that voting for the WikiProject Military history coordinator election closes soon. You only have a day or so left to have your say about who should make up the coordination team for the next year. If you have already voted, thanks for participating! If you haven't and would like to, vote here before 23:59 UTC on 28 September. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:28, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, 489thCorsica. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 2 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
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Hello, 489thCorsica. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
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Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:37, 1 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team[reply]
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:03, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:58, 1 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nomination period closing soon
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are still open, but not for long. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! No further nominations will be accepted after that time. Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:42, 10 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
WikiProject Military history coordinator election voting has commenced
I am Petros Apostolopoulos, a Ph.D. candidate in Public History at North Carolina State University. My Ph.D. project examines how historical knowledge is produced on Wikipedia. If you are interested in participating in my research study by offering your own experience of writing about history on Wikipedia, you can click on this link https://ncsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9z4wmR1cIp0qBH8. There are minimal risks involved in this research.
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are opening in a few hours (00:01 UTC on 1 September). A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:50, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting opening soon!
Voting for the upcoming project coordinator election opens in a few hours (00:01 UTC on 15 September) and will last through 23:59 on 28 September. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. Voting is conducted using simple approval voting and questions for the candidates are welcome. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:25, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Just a quick correction to the prior message about the 2022 MILHIST coordinator election! I (Hog Farm) didn't proofread the message well enough and left out a link to the election page itself in this message. The voting will occur here; sorry about the need for a second message and the inadvertent omission from the prior one. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:40, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]