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Nominations for the Military history WikiProject coordinator election

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Buffalo Trace

I'm impressed with your work on Buffalo Trace (road). I couldn't believe that was the same article I just read yesterday. Mingusboodle (talk) 17:59, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. It was an article I thought about improving fr some time now, but never really felt it until now.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 18:03, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Censorship

Why is it that if anyone is free to edit Wikipedia, that when they do it is automatically reverted by someone such as yourself and deemed vandalism? This page is obviously protected by its own security guard when the page clearly mistates the purpose of the star, which is: http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=baphomet&spell=1

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXX (August 2008)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XXX (August 2008)

Project news

The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process is underway, to elect nine coordinators to serve for the next six months. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 (UTC) on 14 September! Voting starts at 00:01 (UTC) on 15 September and runs until 23:59 (UTC) on 30 September.
A new barnstar specifically encouraging and recognizing excellence in Milhist article creation and development has been introduced. Any editor who has made a significant contribution to three or more Milhist A-Class articles promoted since 1 August 2008 under the new A-Class criteria is eligible. Nominations for the medal should be made here; should list the three A-Class articles for which the medal is sought; and must be subsequently supported by three or more project coordinators, who will be responsible for making the award. Editors may nominate themselves or any other qualifying editor.

Articles of note

New featured articles:

New featured lists:

New A-Class articles:

Current proposals and discussions

A new discussion about whether Milhist should adopt C-Class is underway. All comments are welcome.
The 2008 Tag & Assess Workshop is still open, seeking input on ways to improve the efficiency, user-friendliness and organization of future Milhist drives. All comment is welcome, especially from people who didn't participate in the drive!

Awards and honors

Durova has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of her exemplary work on military history featured pictures, sounds, and articles.
JonCatalán has been awarded the new Milhist A-Class medal for his work on three newly-promoted tank-related articles: Panzer I, TAM and AMX-30E.
The new Milhist A-Class medal also goes to Bellhalla for his three ship-related articles: USS Mercy (AH-4), SS Pennsylvanian and SS Dakotan.
The Contest department has completed its seventeenth month of competition, which saw an unprecedented 54 entries. The top scorer this month is Bellhalla with a record 120 points, followed by JonCatalan with 56 points. Abraham, B.S., Cam, Ed!, Woody, David Underdown, Gaia Octavia Agrippa and Kyriakos also fielded entries. Blnguyen remains the overall leader, with 226 points in total. The Chevrons go to Bellhalla and JonCatalan gets the Writer's Barnstar. You are encouraged to submit any articles you are working on as entries.
Thanks go to Abraham, B.S., Bedford, Benedict of Constantinople, Borg Sphere, Canglesea, Climie.ca, Dashiellx, Ejosse1, El Greco, Fusionmix, Geoff Plourde, Jim Sweeney, Judgesurreal777, MBK004, Mifter, Parsecboy, Red4tribe, Rosiestep, Suyogaerospace, and TomStar81 for their help with the 2008 Tag & Assess Workshop.

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DYK

On 5 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Masonic University, 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.

Thank you for your contributions! - Mailer Diablo 04:46, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

On 6 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with facts from the articles Old Talbott Tavern, and Bardstown Historic District, 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.

Thank you for your contributions! - Mailer Diablo 14:20, 6 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Amended as per request. Apologies for the omission. - Mailer Diablo 14:31, 6 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problems. Thanks.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 14:32, 6 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nice tavern article

Articles like this are the joy of Wikipedia. Keep up the good work. Smallbones (talk) 13:39, 6 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I appreciate it. I plan to eat there for the first time in two weeks.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 14:05, 6 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked

Yes, I know that it's to do with an external site, but harassing other users is not acceptable anywhere. Be thankful it's only a 31 hour block - don't do it again. :-) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 21:20, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And where did I do this, supposedly?--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 21:21, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's not me, and looks like you are the one doing the harassing, by adding that smiley face.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 21:29, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think it's him either. AGFplz? weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 21:35, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is the evidence I was given [encyclopedia dramatica DOT com/index.php?title=User:The_JPS&diff=prev&oldid=1997650147] which seems to indicate that that is you on ED. However, I will unblock, and sorry for the hassle. :-) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 21:42, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that was fun. I do hope that wasn't you, Bedford. weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 21:46, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just want to say, this is the most fucking ridiculous block I've ever seen. A punitive block with no warning or discussion, for something on an external website, based on questionable evidence from a currently blocked (and block evading) user presented via IRC. And signed with a smiley! It's like you ran down the checklist of bad blocking practices, what were you thinking Stwalkerster? Glad you reversed it quickly though. the wub "?!" 13:33, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:HARASS, harassing users on an external site is blockable. and the smiley is part of my sig, so it's automatically there on everything I sign. The harassed user did seem pretty distressed when I was talking to them. I can't apologise enough for this. :-) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 15:25, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Buffalo Trace (road)

On 8 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Buffalo Trace (road), 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.

--Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:29, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Indian removals in Indiana

Hey Bedford! I am working on an article you might be able to get a DYK out of. Indian removals in Indiana. I am still working on the sourcing, might not be able to get anything out of it. But I thought I'd let you check. Thanks! Charles Edward 17:11, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Right now, there is a lot of discrimination on DYK against me. If I nominated it, it would probably be refused. If you do a self-nom, it stands a good chance to be accepted, although they might still demand citations at the end of each paragraph.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 01:19, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

They are being rough on you! It's bound to die down eventually. I will try to think one up to nominate. Hopefully I get the rest of my sourcing tomorrow.. I wrote most of the article from memory.. And I am trying to go back to all the books I found to look the stuff up.. :S Thanks Bedford!Charles Edward 02:20, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

EA here

Your man Eco is a brand new EA. Thanks for the good wishes! Ecoleetage (talk) 04:34, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ecoleetage (talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

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Userbox

Hi Bedford. I saw "Bedford/userboxes/Palin". Here is one you might like: User:Libertyville/McCainPalin2008 -- Suntag (talk) 06:14, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, but I like mine much better.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 07:05, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA Nominee on hold

Hey, I finished reviewing the article, George_Rogers_Clark. It is currently on hold. If you'd like, please head on over and you can begin addressing any improvements needed over the next week. You can also feel free to discuss them with me over on the article's talk page. --Banime (talk) 18:32, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I made a few further suggestions if you ever would like to look at them, as you have earlier expressed interest. --Banime (talk) 14:46, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I know you didn't have the time to help so far on this article, but I have promoted it to GA. I listed it under Military People in the History subsection of Good articles, as I felt that category fit the best. Thanks for your interest and please continue to update and improve the article, as I feel one day it could become an FA. Also if you can, check out other articles to review over at GA Nominations. --Banime (talk) 16:57, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK ~ Indian removals in Indiana

On 14 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Indian removals in Indiana, 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.

Thanks for nominating, Bedford. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 17:16, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fall Creek Massacre

On 15 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fall Creek Massacre, 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.

--Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:57, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Military history WikiProject coordinator election

The September 2008 Military history WikiProject coordinator election has begun. We will be selecting nine coordinators to serve for the next six months from a pool of fourteen candidates. Please vote here by September 30!
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Can you urgently help Milhist please?

We've had a rather large bombshell dropped on us. The Wikipedia editorial team are aiming to release a version of Wikipedia on CD/DVD in time for the end of year holiday season. They've provided us with a list of 1333 Milhist articles they intend including.

The problem is that the quality of these articles varies considerably.

We've put together review page listing all the articles, in twenty-five article worklists. I'm hoping that 15-20 trusted editors can work through the list, weedying out problem articles and identifying suitable versions for release. The work is as far away from a tagging and assessing drive as you can imagine though, for convenience and ease of use, we've closely followed the traditional Milhist drive format.

This is, at the moment, an invitation-only review. The reason is that time is short and we can't afford too many mistakes. I'm only contacting experienced editors who performed very well indeed in the last two Milhist drives. I guess that working through a worklist of twenty-five articles will take between one and three hours to do. We're aiming to get the preliminary work done by next Sunday, so it's urgent too.

I do hope you can help but – if it's not too much trouble – if you are unable to participate at the moment, would you please let me know on my talk page? otherwise, please sign up here. Thank you for your time, --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 17:35, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

PS: I do hope you can help. This is right up your alley. --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 17:35, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Incivility to a new user

I wasn't sure where to bring this as the issue is 4 days old, and I didn't want to address the user myself so I was wondering if I could have your thoughts? The problem is at User talk:71.238.106.180, even if it was a vandal it doesn't seem a way we want to represnt Wikipedia to someone who may have become a good editor. Thanks for your time! §hep • ¡Talk to me! 02:44, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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