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FA for Portal

I have been combing the files for an aviation related FA since we have not had one in a long time. There are some squadrons that are close but I have not been able to nail one down (VMFA-251, 314?). Any suggestions? I would love to take an hour and look around but I have to go to bed as I am about to fall asleep. Maybe I'll be a bit more clear headed in the morning.--Looper5920 13:08, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cavazos

Thanks for adding the general to the list over at WP:MEXAM. KUTGW, --Rockero 03:26, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

The rule has not changed, but we have been backlogged lately, due to the lack of updating. I've been doing my normal twice-daily updates, but whenever I go back on the next day, I see DYK has not been updated for 10+ hours at a time (yesterday, it wasn't updated for 23 hours!). Hopefully, if we get more admins in Europe or other places to update, then we can fix the backlog issues. Nishkid 64 15:04, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think we can get past this backlog if we keep going back to items that are nearly 7-8 days old. Send Jan 28 + Jan 29 to expired, and add January 30th items. Nishkid 64 15:18, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The backlog has hampered the nomination process. And it would be very unfair for qualified nominations to be dismissed for less qualified nominations (some real borderliners) which I now return for further review. Camptown 21:46, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I only agree if better articles are chosen. The project doesn't benefit from unfair selections. Camptown 21:56, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that you added a couple of very short articles... Camptown 22:02, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've done some job in selecting articles, and I think that you can do your part of the job as an admin and update the articles that have been selected, instead of exchanging fine article for stubby articles (which are also more than 5 days old). Camptown 22:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Lily article is far too short to get the picture slot!!!! Camptown 22:10, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you insist on the 5 day expiration rule - all articles from Jan 30 would have to go as well... Camptown 22:19, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- There has always been some abition in letting a longer article have the picture slot. As of now, the lily article doesn't belong to that group of articles. I know from history that many editors feel unfairly treated when their nominations are rejected because of a sudden tough application of a rule that hasn't been upheld because of a temporary backlog. The last thing this project needs is hard working editors who are unfairly treated. -- Camptown 22:32, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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WP:AIV

Since no one is watching WP:AIV, can you block 170.76.21.31, he's repeat vandal after final warning of main page FA. Left notices on his talk page.Rlevse 17:07, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Take a look

James Sabow/JDSabow evidence 2007 Should this page be on Wikipedia? Also, correct me if I am wrong, but is he selling cannabis seeds via the picture on the right hand side of his user page? I think he is--Looper5920 10:53, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

One more for a look see. A new user created this page - Over-the-beach capability. The term does not exist and the article is a collection of jibberish. Could you afd this thing if you think it is appropriate. My track record with the newbies is not good even though it seems this guy is trying to really contribute. Thanks --Looper5920 06:35, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just a heads up...I think User:JPatrickBedell is also using User:Meltmycone as an occassional name for adding Sabow details to articles.--Looper5920 06:40, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate your attention to detail and your vigilance, but there is no chance that I will be using sockpuppets or editing under another name. I apologize for any offense I might cause, and I do sincerely appreciate your feedback. JPatrickBedell 09:55, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting your opinion

Someone wants to rename the Categories of the Legion of Merit, Purple Heart, Silver Star and Bronze Star Medals, to something like this: "Category:Recipients of the United States Purple Heart medal".

I personally oppose this move because these military decorations are only awarded om the United States and therefore cannot be confused with some other country's decoration. I see no need for the move. As a person who has been involved with United States military related artilces, I invite you to express your opinion here: Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy. Thank you, Tony the Marine 02:29, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My guess is that the person that made the nomination is not familiar with the military decorations of other countries and used the Distinguished Service Cross as an example. Tony the Marine 04:17, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

images of PDF417-encoded information currency on userpage

Thank you very much for expressing your concerns. It appears to me, after carefully considering your request, that the belief that this image is not allowed on a wikipedia user page can only result from an inappropriate misreading of the published guidance on the subject. It communicates contact information as its central purpose, and also encodes two distinct information currency units, which may be decoded by other wikipedia users to learn about both PDF417 and information currency. Thank you again for your help. JPatrickBedell 12:49, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

MoH recipients

Thanks for your note. WP:ODM is really concerned with national honours systems, be they civil awards, military decorations, state orders, etc, etc. It was intended to take over coverage of this area from WP:MILHIST and the Numismatics WikiProject—the two WPs which had hitherto, in a vague sort of way, looked after this area. As a result, I didn't regard it as wholly inappropriate to replace WP:MILHIST with WP:ODM. Having said that, I should have thought a little more, perhaps realising that biography articles quite properly have a definite MILHIST angle. Sorry about that.

I'll take a look over these categories and add back the MILHIST tag to the relevant bio categories. If you are have any interest in the wider coverage of medals and decorations on Wikipedia then we would be glad to see you at WP:ODM.

Best wishes, Xdamr^talk 00:47, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Just Nuisance

Interesting DYK page bit of British naval history. Needs a project tag.Rlevse 10:58, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Article needing help

Mr. JPatrickBedell is at it again. Was hoping you might be able to do some of your magic on this one - William G. Thrash--Looper5920 12:21, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

and another...Peter D. Williams--Looper5920 12:38, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your suggestion regarding the reference to official biographies. I appreciate your comment and the positive example you provide of a wiki-contributor. Thanks! JPatrickBedell 03:05, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

February 15, 2007

Thanks for your comments! Very helpful for me. I simply saw a random biography with no structure and quickly went in and formatted. I am learning that there are templates for certain biographies (just hard to find them sometimes!) --Ozgod 03:00, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

un called for ban

my ban was uncalled for. i add the same links everyone else does you need to ban everyone else if you wish to be fair

rsxlogan for one —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Webrats (talk • contribs) 08:58, 16 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Responded on user talk page. — ERcheck (talk) 13:04, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Webrats 20:36, 19 February 2007 (UTC) and you need to be less nazi . you cant have it both ways you say dont post thease links then you complain when i remove them[reply]

warning

second warning

Webratsdo not edit title on my talk page. they are set ( by other) and your opinion on what they should be is not your concern I will report you next time. == DO NOT FIX MY TALK PAGE I DONT WANT YOUR HELP ==

Last hour or so

You stepped away from the computer for a bit and the guy went nuts. Like a vandalizing rampage. I think we got all of it but he will pop up again in a bit and start over. Seems like this is going to be a presistent thing. Oh well.--Looper5920 03:49, 17 February 2007 (UTC) did not respond[reply]

User talk:ERcheck/Archive 1 semi-protected

Your Talk page archive was getting vandalized from multiple sources in the past few hours, so I semi-protected it. -- Gogo Dodo 05:57, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On second thought, I semi-protected all of your Talk page archives because they were all getting hit. -- Gogo Dodo 06:10, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re your message: Yeah, he's making a mess. Perhaps semi-protecting all of Looper5920's pages are in order, too? It seems to be him and you that are his favorite targets. -- Gogo Dodo 06:26, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re your message: No problem. =) Everything has been semi-protected, I think. -- Gogo Dodo 06:39, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

68.219.3.133

You got yourself a troll it seems. :) BJ^Talk 20:33, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Favor

Can you do me a favor and take a read through List of United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons. You may have noticed that it has been my pet project for awhile. I am still working on the intro but I was hoping you could just go through and copyedit. Right now I still need to add the Post WWII info and edit some of the earlier stuff. It needs a fresh set of eyes to make sure it is on the right track. When it is complete one of these days I am hoping to put it up for WP:FLC. Anyway, if you have a few spare moments please give it the once over. Cheers.--Looper5920 04:33, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for the help reverting my userspace, I appreciate it. yandman 11:50, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Thanks

Anytime :-) --NMChico24 20:52, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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United States Navy elisted rates

Hey, Thank you for that. I never spent much time on find a reference for it, plus I never really liked using the free dictionary anyway. I have changed the reference out. Again thanks.Cheers — WilsBadKarma ^(Talk) 21:07, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RFA

I thought you'd like to know Rlevse is up for RFA at: Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Rlevse 2.Sumoeagle179 23:11, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

3/3

ERcheck--I think the world of you but two things on this GAC: a) If it were ready for GA, I'd wait a day or two to promote it so it would not look like unude collusion, but b) It's not ready for GA anyway, so I put it on hold, which is okay to go even the day it's listed. See its talk page. Rlevse 22:20, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

Would it be possible for you to update DYK. I have put {{*mp}} on some entries in Feb 20 & Feb 21. --Parker007 02:35, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay added 2 more. Now update the DYK. Sheesh! --Parker007 05:03, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what the "Sheesh!" is for. Politeness goes a long way. (DYK is updated.) — ERcheck (talk) 06:09, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hank Earl Carr

Hi; I've responded at Template talk:Did you know to your concern about notability of Hank Earl Carr; I'm not sure what you mean by it, given the works cited at the bottom of the page. --Spangineer^ws (háblame) 04:42, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just added a sentence clarifying that; what do you think? --Spangineer^ws (háblame) 05:27, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Responded user talk page. (Very helpful change.) — ERcheck (talk) 06:08, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

I appreciate your note re: my article for Dude being mentioned in DYK. It's the third mention I've received this month . . . I'm glad someone is reading my contributions and finds them so interesting! Thanks . . . SFTVLGUY2 14:00, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

3rd Battalion 3rd Marines GA nomination

Palm dogg, User:Rlevse provided a list of specific suggestions for the 3/3 article's GA nomination on its talk page. After addressing these suggestions, looks like its good to go. — ERcheck (talk) 23:16, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

All the citations, refs, etc. are completed. I noticed that you moved the Skaggs image into the "Notable Marines" section. Unfortunately, for smaller screens, it make the table render poorly. I'm inclined to leave out the image. What do you think? — ERcheck (talk) 01:09, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd really like to keep the image, just because it's of a Medal of Honor winner. Is there a way to shrink the table, or another place in the article (Like the Footnotes section) where the image would work? Palm_Dogg 01:25, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Let's go with the Skaggs one, just because it's PD. Tried to shrink the table. Let me know if it helps. Palm_Dogg 03:04, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I like the table format, but I moved the Skaggs image back to WW2, just because it looked out of place. Palm_Dogg 03:17, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My vote for the image goes to Image:Engaging the Enemy.jpg. Palm_Dogg 01:24, 27 February 2007 (UTC) I see no problem with the Methar Lam image one you suggested. Palm_Dogg 02:40, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm off to the field to play around with hand grenades for a week. I leave the page in your care. :) Palm_Dogg 07:11, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Quick note

Bright one that I am, I spilled a whole cup of water on my laptop the other day so I will be down and out for major editing for awhile. I will try to monitor my watchlist when able but until I can get my laptop running again I will have to ask you keep an eye out. Also any other USMC types out there that read you talk page....if they could keep an extra keen eye out as well. I will also ask that you take the Portal updates for this month. I know the RF-4B photo is up there but that may be better left for another time. No point in having 2 F-4 photos, 2 months in a row. I have an idea of what you are going to use for the FA...it looks 1000% better by the way. If there are any issues still hit me on my talk page as I will check it from work. Cheers--Looper5920 19:37, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Advise needed

I read the article Mozambican War of Independence,which was written by SGGH. I believe that it has the makings of an FA. I will nominate it for such on Friday, but before I do that, I want to consult with some of my good friends here who already have a featured article under there belts. That's why I would like you to look it over before I place it in nomination and if you have any advice to give User:SGGH, be my guest. Your friend Tony the Marine 01:17, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rlevse Rfa

Thanks for the rfa support. Glad we have worked so much together and so well. Rlevse 03:37, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for cleaning up those links I left there. Semper Fi. Windyjarhead 07:07, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Wall of Honor

The portal is really looking good. This week I'll be writing an Artcle related to the Corps, I'll tell you when it's done so that you can look it over. By the way, I notified the PR government in regard to Rafel Toro's name being omitted in the PR Monument and they'll be looking into it.

Because of your dedication and your excellent work in Wikipedia, I have inducted you to my "Wall of Honor" Tony the Marine 21:29, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thnx

Thnx for fixing copy edit & picture formatting for next update. --Parker007 02:26, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wandering spleen

Let me clarify: Though laproscopic surgery has proven to be effective and is the usual, recomended treatment by doctors, due to the rarity of the disorder, few surgeries have actually been performed. --TBCΦtalk? 03:58, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Manhattan Opera Company

Sure thing - I'll have a look tonight or tomorrow and see what I can do with it. --User:AlbertHerring ^{Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla!} 02:05, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent, thanks. --User:AlbertHerring ^{Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla!} 00:06, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK picture

Thanks for that moving of the picture. I'm still trying to get my head around all those image bits and pieces. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 02:29, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template talk:Did you know seems backlogged

The page Template talk:Did you know seems to be backlogged, so I would like, in accordance with a request on the page, to attract your attention to it. Thanks very much. Jan.Kamenicek 19:33, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re:DYK question

The article was expanded from a stub-like state, but the expansion was not that drastic (only ~2x). I think it's fair to say it is ineligible. Nishkid 64 19:56, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I'll do it. Nishkid 64 20:04, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]