User talk:HangFire

7.92x57 Mauser[edit]

Why did you move this page back to the incorrect name? I had a notice of intended move on the page for over three weeks, and nobody objected. You were quite entitled to lodge any objections at the appropriate time, instead of just moving the page back to something that had been considered incorrect. --Commander Zulu 06:06, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

a.) Because the name is NOT incorrect- German documents use mm not "Mauser"- and b.) Did you forget to change ALL the redirections AGAIN? Do you even know what they are? (Answer- no). HangFire 04:11, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I forgot to mention, Notifications seems to be broken- I got no notice of a notice. HangFire 04:09, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

7,92x57 mm (Mauser)[edit]

I've been contributing to the (variously named) 8mm/7.92/7,92mm (caliber) by 57mm (case length) page for over a year now, turning it from a stub populated with erroneous info straight out of a RPG (Role Playing Game) guide (no kidding) into a proper short or start level article (with a lot of help).

Along the way the article has been moved, oh, about a zillion times, by various people with various opinions on what the name should be. My attitude is that it should be a.) findable by all (i.e., FIX THE DARN REDIRECTS!) and b.) it should reflect some kind of standard notation.

The Anglophone protanganists like to weigh in on the decimal point issue. I have to point out, there is NO STANDARDS BODY, extant or otherwise, that ever used the decimal for this cartridge! In the US it is 8mm JS or 8mm Mauser, for the rest of the world it is 7,92mm, er, PERIOD. (a little humor there).

I take no position on the spaces-versus no-spaces issue, other than to say, stop moving it around, and FIX THE REDIRECTS if you do. I don't have a bot working for me, so it takes me time to fix all the redirects on every move, and I'm getting a little tired of it, cleaning up after all the opinionists. HangFire 04:09, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Followup-

So who is more authoritative, the Wikiproject Military History Weapons taskforce, SAAMI, or the CIP? The name of the cartridge is set by the standards bodies. Like I said before, I don't care about the spaces. HangFire 04:17, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

7.92x57 Mauser[edit]

I can understand some of your frustration with this article's continuous movement, but please use the Wikipedia conventions for cartridge naming, specifically the use of a period. Despite my metric preferences, I agree with these rules, and suggest that you do too. If you have any quarrels with this procedure, I propose that you join the Military History Task Force, and start up a discussion on the convention. JVkamp 22:22, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

All hail the mighty Military History Task Force, who know more than all cartridge manufacturers and standards bodies combined. There IS NOT SUCH CARTRIDGE PRODUCED OR SOLD AS THE 7.92x57 (space)mm (space) Mauser, historically or currently.

I suggest that we take a step back and look at this logically.

Most importantly, thank you for your efforts to improve this article. If there were more editors like you, wikipedia would be a much more encyclopedic source.
I realize that there has never been a cartridge sold as the "7.92 mm Mauser". This is simply a form adopted for the sake of clarity. Much worse sins have been committed in the name of clarity.
I do not suggest that that the Military History Task Force knows more than these entities. However, task forces are a major say in standards that shape articles under their jurisdiction.

I look forward to your response. JVkamp 03:59, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the recognition. I've decided to stop with the name changes, partly because I agree with you on the clarity issue, partly because redirects handle most of the problem anyway (when they work), but most of all, because I'm tired of it all. I've tried to simply cover all the naming convention possibilities in the text... however someone else has taken up the flame with the naming revisions, and buggered up the internal naming conventions text to boot. I know I should join the Task Force, but I contribute only when I have free time, and often drop out for months at a time due to travel, work or family commitments. I hate commiting and then disappearing. Personally, I think the real solution is this: create a 7,92x57 (or 7,9 if you will) with the history of that cartridge within Germany, and Germany alone. Create a 8mm Mauser/8x57 page with the standards and production history within the US, and only in the US. Create a 7.92x57 page and ignore it. Ha! HangFire 03:48, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

By jove, what a wonderful idea. I need to look into getting you an award. (BTW, look at the MILHIST template on the 7.92 talk page. It links to everything but Germany.) JVkamp 22:34, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For his untiring efforts to improve cartridge stubs, I hereby award HangFire this Barnstar of Diligence JVkamp 23:09, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just copy and paste onto your frontpage. You deserve it. JVkamp 23:09, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the barnstar! If you're curious, yes, I do respond to flattery.

However, my diligent nature forces me to point out that, in Europe, it is known as the 7,92x57mm JS, comma and all, and the purpose of that remark was both to appease the militant forces of commas AND provide search engine fodder... not to mention that it's true. HangFire 20:04, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I got acclimated to the comma over in Germany, but I do my best to abide by the wikirules. One of these days I plan on getting myself a Kar98k. One day... JVkamp 22:22, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What do the wikirules say about creating fictions? It is NOT now known in Europe as 7.92x57mm JS. That statement was in there (with the comma) to clarify that another designation exists. Since it is not the page title or a specification, but rather a name given to it by a standards body, I'd think you'd lighten up a bit based on clarity, reality and, well, truth! HangFire 04:16, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

HangFire 04:16, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ground Combat Vehicle[edit]

Full production for IFV doesn't begin until like 2020-ish. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (talk) 20:37, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OK, but what does this have to do with you deleting facts with citations and replacing them with uncited propoganda? (hint- NOTHING). HangFire (talk) 02:36, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

November 2019[edit]

Please do not add commentary, your own point of view, or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to CNN. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. If you want to discuss the possibility of inserting "left" then you can take that to the article's talk page. I'm pretty certain that this has been suggested and rejected before though. "Far-left" is just plain wrong and there is no point in even raising that again. Also, the sources you attempted to use were not WP:RS and almost comically inappropriate. DanielRigal (talk) 01:51, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at CNN. DanielRigal (talk) 01:53, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

02:03, 24 November 2019 (UTC) A valid point with 4 valid citations is NOT vandalism. CNN's political positioning is obvious to all. mischaracterizing my contributions.