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Your RFA

As you can probably see, it is quite difficult to become an administrator on the English Wikipedia. Don't give up though, you'll probably pass once you get about 1000 mainspace contribs and a decent amount of talk and project edits. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 14:33, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

I was expecting it to be difficult, especially since my name hasn't been that recognized here yet...but I will mainly concentrate on the enwiki for now on, so the edits will definitively grow ;) —MoRsΞ 14:39, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Get involved in vandalism defense and reporting. Also, familiarise yourself with deletion processes (AfD, MfD, etc.) You'll do fine, I'm sure :-) Cheers, The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 18:14, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Swedish architecture

Hi there, I noticed your RfA - good luck. I've recently completed a translation from German of Swedish architecture. I'm concerned in 2 ways about the article. Firstly, I'm hoping the german article isn't a translation from swedish - if it is then there's a serious concern about factual accuracy (things getting lost in translation so to speak), Secondly the German article wasn't referenced at all. I need to add references to it.

Perhaps you'd be so kind as to read it and let me know if there's any obvious blunders and could you point me to any sources of the information that I might be able to reference (preferably in english, but swedish will do if there's no english alternative). many thanks. --Mcginnly | Natter 01:47, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind words and support! First, you don't have to worry about the Swedish article, it is sadly only a one-line stub. I was reading your fine article side by side with the German one, and the only thing that I changed was the link from the Royal Theatre to Royal Dramatic Theatre. As far as sources, I found 3 nice ones in English, especially the two last ones should come in handy:

• The Architecture Museum - Architecture in Sweden
• Architecture in Sweden, a Survey of Swedish Architecture throughout the Ages and up to the Present Day
• Swedish Architecture - a Radio Sweden mini-series in English

MoRsΞ 05:04, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Many, many thanks - and good luck with the RfA. --Mcginnly | Natter 11:25, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Now I just need to translate your architecture article into Swedish! :) It is a shame and a sin that there was nothing more written about the subject in the svwiki. Mo[[User_talk:MoRsE|Rs[[Special:Contributions/MoRsE|E]]]] 11:45, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

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RfA questions

Just 2 questions for your RfA:

• Do you have E-mail activated?
• And how much do you vandalfight out of 0 to 4, 0 being never & 4 being most of the time?

-- Lego@lost _{Rocks Collide!} | 00:48, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for pointing the email issue out, I believed I had activated it, but it turned out that it wasn't. Now I have activated it so others can get in touch with me that way. I check that email account on a daily basis. I am also in the IRC-channels #wikipedia-en and #wikipedia-sv as often as I can. 2) I usually scan the new entries to try finding non-articles, vandalism or errors (e.g. naming problems) of my time here, I would say 2 goes to creating new articles, 1 to structuring the older articles and 1 to prevent vandalism. MoRsE 05:41, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Your RfA

I am sorry to inform you that your Request for Adminship (RfA) has failed to reach sufficient consensus for promotion, and has now been delisted and archived. Please do not look upon this outcome as a discouragement, but rather as an opportunity to improve. Try to address the concerns raised during your RfA and, in a few months' time, resubmit your request. Thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia in this capacity! Redux 22:58, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

This actually bothers me, man. I'm sorry about this, you do deserve the tools, though. Yanksox 23:00, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you Yanksox. I was expecting this outcome and I will try again in a couple of months time, when hopefully I have become a little more noticed. Right now I am on a trip to Finland, so I don't have access to a computer that often, but as soon as I am back I will start editing at full speed again. MoRsE 07:58, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Predicate Logic

Hi MoRsE! Thanks for contacting me. The formula you gave me was: $(\exists x)[Cx\wedge (\forall y)(Cy\supset y=x)]$ where $Cx$ stands for "The Capital of Germany".

In my opinion, the formula says that Germany has exactly one capital.

$(\forall y)(Cy\supset y=x)$ means that if there is a y such that Cy, then y is equals to a fixed value. Thus, either there is no value for Cy or there is only one value which is x. On the other hand, the first part says "there is an x such that Cx".

I hope that this is clear enough. If it is not, contact me again. Bye! Julian Mendez 15:56, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you very much! MoRsE 17:04, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

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POV-pushing?

Hi Morse. Could you take a look at this edit, to see if it conforms to Wikipedia naming standard? Thanks, Fred-Chess 12:52, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Jaakko Sivonen

Hej Morse. I saw that you reported this user on WP:AIV. I was about to block him, but I found a better option to give him a npa4im warning, as he hadn't been warned and was also not active for a couple of hours. I would like to ask you to please monitor him and report to me if you see any further disruption/personal attacks from him. Thank you. Regards--Húsönd 03:02, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I will try to keep an eye out for his actions. --MoRsE 06:33, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for reporting him. I am out of town and could not act immediately, but another admin handled the situation and blocked him for a week for disruption/personal attacks. Regards.--Húsönd 01:45, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

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Page move

Hi, MoRsE. Please see my comment at Talk:Finland Swedes. It looks like we need to get this name issue sorted out, but to avoid the problems associated with "cut-and-paste" moves, I think we should take care of it via Wikipedia:Requested moves. I'll see you there, I guess. -GTBacchus^(talk) 04:01, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

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On today's DYK

On 21 January, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fokker F.VIII, 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. — ERcheck (talk) 15:36, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh, nice! MoRsE 15:38, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for supporting me in my RfA! It succeeded, and I now have The Tools – which I'm planning to use as wisely as I possibly can. I hope I will be worth your confidence. Thanks again! :-) –mysid☎ 21:02, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations for the successful RfA! you are worth the tools :) MoRsE 21:04, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 23 January, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Valmet Tuuli, 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.

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Wow, two in just one week! :) --MoRsE 11:05, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

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Swedish & Finnish related articles

I see you have done lots edits on those wikis, do you think will be able to help out en.wiki by translating some articles for us. And good luck with your rfa. --Parker007 23:39, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you and of course. I would be happy to help if I can. Just send me a message and I will see what I can do! MoRsE 12:55, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Your RfA

It is with regret that I closed your nomination as unsuccessful. I believe you've shown enough good qualities to be trusted. But I'm also confident that if you increase your activity level here, and take into account the opposition to the extent that it can help you be a better asset to the project, that you will be successful in the future. And if you do that, everyone is better off anyway. Keep up the good work. - Taxman ^Talk 22:54, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

I am very disappointed that your RfA was not successful. It was within the margin of discretion for the closing bcrat and I had hoped you would be promoted. I frankly found most of the oppose votes incompressible. An administrator of your standing on Swedish Wikipedia is clearly trustworthy and no one provided a single example of how Swedish Wiki policy differs from ours. The comparisson to the edit warring of a Serbian admin was frankly insulting- what equivalent issue do they think a Swedish Wikipedian would have? Anyway I hope you are not too disheartened and will try again in future. If Wikipedias are to grow as a multicultural project it there needs to be greater cross-involvement between diferent language Wikis. WJBscribe 02:09, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the encouragement. I am a little dissappointed right now too, as I feel that some of the against votes were irrelevant. I must see how I feel about it in a couple of months - if I'll try again.--MoRsE 07:07, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Re: Bot malfunction?

I replied here. Regards, Jogers (talk) 17:37, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

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Handley Page V/1500

Hi there. I just saw you uprate this article from the 'mid' importance I'd assigned to 'high' importance. I'm not particularly attached to my assessment, but I was wondering what you thought was particularly important about this aircraft? (I have to say a number of the aircraft importance assessments seem 'interesting'... and the guidelines don't seem to be very clear.) Regards, The Land 17:33, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

I have made some lists of aircraft that were the most important during the different eras of aviation. I will put it up here a little later tonight when I have it ready, and all of those should be in the mid-to-top importance scale in my opinion.--MoRsE 17:37, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm still not clear on why you think this model is particularly important. I thought that the fact that it was a minor first in the development of the strategic bomber gave it some importance, but small number built and limited operational impact meant that it was of fairly limited interest. Someone would need to be looking in some detail at the history of the RAF in WWI or at the development of bomber aircraft before the V/1500 were of great interest. Perhaps I don't have all the facts! The Land 15:30, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I based my assessment on the fact that it was one of the main heavy bombers of WWi. But I can return its value to "mid".--MoRsE 15:33, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Short Brothers

I note that you have assessed this article as being of mid-importance; I wonder whether the fact that Shorts was the first aircraft manufacturer (1908) perhaps warrants greater importance.

The present owners (Bombardier] are planning centenary celebrations for next year. TraceyR 15:14, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

You are correct, then they definitively are of higher importance. I will change. --MoRsE 15:15, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

That's great. Thank you. Could you perhaps put some hints/tips (e.g. on the Shorts talk page) for improving the quality rating? I am prepared to put some time into this project and would appreciate some input, so that I can concentrate on the appropriate aspects of the article. Many thanks for your help. TraceyR 15:36, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Re:Q Stub

Hi - sorry about that, I didn't realise it was for a quality assessment scheme. Since it is, it shouldn't have a name ending in "stub", since that automatically associates I with the stub-sorting process. Any chance you can change the name of it (even just to something like "Template: Q stub-class")? Grutness...wha? 22:50, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, that is no problem at all. I will do it right away.--MoRsE 22:52, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Aircraft assessments

When assessing articles the guidelines very clearly state that reasons for the assessment must be provided on the articles' talk pages. Please stop assessing articles without doing so. Thank you. Paul Beardsell 23:39, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, I am following the directives fully and I haven't breached the rules of WP:Project Aircraft. I will continue as it needs to be done and since I find it meaningful. --MoRsE 23:58, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Aircraft assessments

When assessing articles the guidelines very clearly state that reasons for the assessment must be provided on the articles' talk pages. Please stop assessing articles without doing so. Thank you. Paul Beardsell 23:39, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, I am following the directives fully and I haven't breached the rules of WP:Project Aircraft. I will continue as it needs to be done and since I find it meaningful. --MoRsE 23:58, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

No you are not! And read the text in the generated templates. Paul Beardsell 09:20, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh yes and read my answer on your talk page.--MoRsE 09:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

You are wrong. I am not asking for a "detailed explanation" but a "short summary". If you really are interested in a quality encyclopedia then you would give the short summary requested by the guidelines and the template text. The problem you give me and other article authors is that you judge what we write but don't say how to improve the articles. If you know ebough about the aircraft to so arrogantly rate them without giving your reasons why not simply improve them youself? But, FAILING THAT, please follow the guidelines: Supply the short summary requested. Paul Beardsell 11:32, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Short SC.7 Skyvan

You recently assessed this (and several other) articles but neglected to provide a summary of the reason(s) for the assessment rating. It would be a help for the contributors to know how, in your opinion, the articles can be improved. Thank you. TraceyR 14:38, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Done. --MoRsE 15:21, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Short Sherpa

You recently assessed this (and several other) articles but neglected to provide a summary of the reason(s) for the assessment rating. I disagree with the importance rating given (low), because the Sherpa represents an aviation first (the first aircraft to use the aero-isoclinic wings proposed by Professor Geoffrey T.R. Hill in 1951). The guidelines state: "Historical aircraft (aircraft involved in aviation firsts) usually get a Top-Class rating." Hill was also notable for designing the Westland-Hill Pterodactyl —The preceding unsigned comment was added by TraceyR (talk • contribs) 14:52, 11 February 2007 (UTC).

Well, the reason why I gave it such a low rating is that the idea apparently never found no practical application and as far as I know it was abandoned soon thereafter. It was only tested on a handful of aircraft. There are many similar aviation first that are of little significance. I can though upgrade it a little as it is an interesting idea.--MoRsE 15:16, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

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Dornier Do 335

Well, hardly any were built, and it didn't really pave the way for any similar designs that followed. I don't really think that aviation as we know it would be different if the Do 335 hadn't been built. But that said, I don't really think it's important enough to argue about, so I changed the rating. I guess if the Short Sherpa is worth a mid, this one is too. M Van Houten 18:06, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you.--MoRsE 18:27, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

de Havilland Comet

Mr. MoRsE, I value your opinion; would you look over the raging edit war that is occurring in the de Havilland Comet article. There appears to be an editor who has rejected others' edits and inserted a subjective, unsupported view that is very controversial. Bzuk 15:18 18 February 2007 (UTC).

I will take a look, I had already planned to. I am however on a business trip right now, so I won't have access to my reference library until tuesday. --MoRsE 18:22, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

flagicon v. flagcountry

Re: your changes to the WWII ship list. Before you expend huge effort on this, a few issues. What's the advantage of flagcountry over flagicon? I realise that flagcountry generates the country name, but the result can take up more space on an already crowded table. I tried it and rejected it for that reason. Does it, however, provide the historically correct flags for eg, Italy, Canada, South Africa, Australia, etc? Folks at 137 16:07, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Emm, I just thought that it looked a little unstructured with the flags last, that's the main reason. The thing with the time specific flags, I was going to use the correct ones in the few that had an different flag at the time. MoRsE 16:14, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it does look neater that way round - my fault on the format. Is there a version that would allow "UK" and "US" and other abbreviations? Also, not usual to display "Nazi Germany", see discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Archive 49#Germany or Nazi Germany?: the consensus was just "Germany" I must try not to be too anal about this! Folks at 137 16:26, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't really like the "Nazi Germany" thing either, it was just that it was a ready template. I will try to see if it can be fixed somehow. And the flagcountry template also allows US and UK. --MoRsE 16:32, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Looking v good. Is there a guide to creating these flags? Not sure where to look? The box [[1]] contains all (probably) of the flags used in WWII. It's also useful as a reference when needing an old flag. Any chance of applying the old flags to it, particularly as the templates seem to take less space. How do I get the UK & US abbreviations - "United Kingdom" forces an extra line in many entries. Folks at 137 09:32, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

I made this page this morning to make it easier for me. When creating the flags, one should follow the instructions on the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Flag_Template page. It gets a little complicated when you want alternative flags, and I must admit that I haven't really figured it out just yet how to create those. The {{flagcountry}} template refers to another template {{Country flagcountry2}} where you can set alternative parameters.

As for the alternative names, you can write {{flagcountry|UK|name=UK}} or {{flagcountry|USA|name=USA}}, which generates an alias name for the country after the flag. If you are looking for a specific template, you can try to go to its country article, write "Template:Country data XX" in the search field and replace XX with the country name, e.g. Template:Country data Canada. Then you get the code for several older flags in the "variants" paragraph. However, not all countries are complete though.

Another page that lists a lot of flags is this one.--MoRsE 10:18, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

In the Template:Country data South Africa article is the info for the South African flag template too.--MoRsE 10:26, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Please look at the revised version of the {{flag}} template. This does all that you want in a much simpler way. For example, {{flag|UK}} does the same thing as {{flagcountry|UK|name=UK}} but is obviously simpler. This mechanism supports flag variants, so {{flag|Germany|Nazi}} gives you the image and wikilink you want. I would also note that we are in the middle of trying to deprecate and delete many of the old templates such as "AFG-1997" that are referenced on your page User:MoRsE/Flags, so that page will quickly become obsolete from that respect. Hope this helps, Andrwsc 23:03, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Followup: There are two ways to generate flags for Nazi Germany. If you want the wikilink to point to the Nazi Germany article but simply display "Germany", then use {{flag|Nazi Germany|name=Germany}} to generate Germany. If you want the wikilink to point to Germany, then use {{flag|Germany|Nazi}} to generate Germany. Hope this helps, Andrwsc 02:06, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the information! :) --MoRsE 08:28, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

All good stuff. It would help to publish this advice on an appropriate page and/ or on the WWII ship list talk page, for easy ref. Folks at 137 18:52, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Check out the documentation on Template:flag. It is a start, and I will be putting together a more comprehensive directory in the next week or so. Andrwsc 20:43, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

New Aircraft Articles

Just to say thank you for tidying up new articles i have started. I try and remember everything that is needed but sometimes forget. I have written 'must add aircraft project to talk page' as a note on my computer. Thanks MilborneOne 17:28, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Good job on those articles by the way. It seems like February will be almost as productive as January was! --MoRsE 17:30, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I hereby...

...award you the WikiMedal for Janitorial Service for your redirection of the many links from Hawker-Siddeley Harrier to Hawker Siddeley Harrier.
Emoscopes ^Talk 18:37, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! :D --MoRsE 18:45, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Bulk link edits

Please be careful when doing bulk edits using AWB -- you edited my User talk page, where the subject under discussion specifically was the fact that certain pages were redirects; you changed the link to bypass the redirect, which pretty much invalidates the discussion. It's generally poor form to edit other people's comments on User and User talk pages, anyway, even if it is just a typo or technical correction. --Russ (talk) 18:27, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

I am sorry, that was a mistake, I will revert it if you haven't done so already. --MoRsE 18:29, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Avro Arrow

Hi Mr. MoRsE, Thanks for your help on all the aircraft projects to which I have submitted my pittance of knowledge. BTW, I wonder if you could take a look at the Avro Arrow discussion page. It seems to have degraded into a discussion over the relative merits of the decision to cancel the Arrow. However, there is an editor that has been compelled to take the discussion into a bizarre turn. He actually backs up his own opinion with comments from an unknown IP address that can be traced back to... him? I don't need anyone to intercede except for maybe an administrator but take a look and give me your opinion. Bzuk 04:39 4 March 2007 (UTC).

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FA nom for Battleship

I nominated Battleship for FA here - you might want to help deal with the comments people leave. Sadly the first comment was extremely negative and ill-informed... The Land 10:30, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

I will keep my eyes on the page and help out wherever I can. --MoRsE 10:31, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Danish translation

No problem. "Vi vil vende tilbage til dig i løbet af en uges tid" means "We'll get back to you in around one week's time". If the matter is urgent, you can contact them again 5-6 days from now but it wouldn't be polite to do it sooner. The most polite approach would be to wait a full 7-8 days. Cheers. Valentinian ^{T / C} 16:24, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very very much....it is a new job offer for me ;) --MoRsE 17:06, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

In that case, give them the full eight days. :) Good luck. Valentinian ^{T / C} 17:16, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Thankyou

for your award, I hope you don't mind that I have relocated it to my trophy cabinet on my User namespace. :) Emoscopes ^Talk 19:24, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Go ahead and keep up with the good work! --MoRsE 19:35, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Buffinalo?

I've read Finnish pilots became aces in the F2A; do you know of any (Eng-lang) sources that can confirm? Trekphiler 20:14, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, quite a lot of Finnish pilots became aces in the Buffalo, I created this page before (please scroll down there and you will find the persons who became aces in the Brewster Buffalo)! --MoRsE 20:20, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Furthest down on the page are also two books, one in English, the second one with a summary in English. --MoRsE 20:28, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your recent submission to WP:OP

Hi! I just reviewed two IP address you listed at WP:OP. Upon reviewing the edits of these anon users, I ask you this: How is their removal of vandalism a sign that they are suspicious users? If you review the history of the page, you'll see that a redlinked user account vandalized the page twice. The two separate IPs were reverting that vandalism. I will still review your request as always because WP:OP is not discriminating to non-vandal IPs. Zsinj^Talk 05:29, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Seems like I made a mistake here, I was led to believe that this edit was a reversion of vandalism, when in fact it was a response to something another user had added, which later had been reversed. I will remove my warnings from the user's talk pages. --MoRsE 07:21, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

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Clean up

• Suomen Ilmavoimat (WWII)
• Soumen Ilmavoimat Units during November 1939 (Winter War)

Someone isn't really doing these by the book [2].. Perhaps you are interested in merging/fixing as you seem to have created bunch of articles related.. --Pudeo (Talk) 17:19, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

I will take a look at them --MoRsE 18:30, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

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Emmm? Adding a wikilink is considered vandalism? Now you're out on deep water Bot --MoRsE 13:52, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

sorry

Will do, I just get a little p.o.'ed sometimes. It won't happen again.Jerse 23:42, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

It is okay, and you are doing a good job...keep it up! --MoRsE 23:43, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Straw poll

You expressed opinions on the reordering of Cho Seung-hui's name. Please vote in the straw poll on renaming him in Wikipedia here. --Dynaflow 06:40, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Satellite images censored...

You and I did the same thing at the same time ;^) I just wrote on the talk page first. - Davandron | Talk 17:43, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Aero L-39

I'm sure it's OK. Soviet Union used L-39 in military aviation mainly but also in DOSAAF which was civil organisation. Of course under military control but in all communist countries civil organisations were under minor lub major control. US operated aircraft should be posted in Civil operators subsection too. Regards, Piotr Mikołajski 09:07, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Okay, that explains it. Perhaps we would need to explain this in the article. --MoRsE 09:10, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Removing other people's work

I wrote to Recoloniser with a mild admonition that removing other people's comments on a discussion page is a presumptuos and demeaning act. This is his comment: I removed this "joke", because it has nothing to do with Fokker and was really too juvenile for words. Recoloniser 11:46, 22 April 2007 (UTC) (reproduced below)

Famous Fokkers

The name of that section is hilarious, and clearly intentional.

This one is old and you might have heard it :) --MoRsE 07:49, 5 April 2007 (UTC) ==

A World War II pilot is reminiscing before school children about his days in the air force. (Joke best delivered with a good thick accent

"In 1942," he says, "the situation was really tough. The Germans had a very strong air force. I remember, " he continues, "one day I was protecting the bombers and suddenly, out of the clouds, these fokkers appeared.

(At this point, several of the children giggle.)

I looked up, and right above me was one of them. I aimed at him and shot him down. They were swarming. I immediately realized that there was another fokker behind me."

At this instant the girls in the auditorium start to giggle and boys start to laugh. The teacher stands up and says, "I think I should point out that 'Fokker' was the name of the German-Dutch aircraft company"

"That's true," says the pilot, "but these fokkers were flying Messerschmidts."

Comment to Recoloniser

Removing someone else's contribution especially on a discussion page is considered vandalism. As per WP:TALK, this runs contrary to the guidelines, principles and values of Wikipedia. If you must alter your own comments, it's always best to strike out your old comment using the <s> markup, so others can see what you previously wrote, editing out someone else's comments is unconscionable. Imagine how you would react if someone came by and removed your comments. I am restoring the "lame" joke in the hope that you will act more responsibly in the future and treat this as a well-meaning and well-intentioned "heads-up." I left the comment on the user's page and hopefully, that ends the incident. Respectfully, Bzuk 14:30, 22 April 2007 (UTC).

Okay thanks Bzuk, I found it quite funny, but of course not relevant at all for the article --MoRsE 14:47, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Rotorcraft task force

I saw that you added your name to the (short) list. Welcome! Glad to have you helping. No need to do much of anything special, I've already seen you contributing here and there on the helicopter articles. Just wanted to welcome you aboard and try and beat the other guys to doing it! --Born2flie 08:10, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I would have signed up earlier if I had know about it! :) --MoRsE 08:16, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Peter the Great's Naval Fortress

Thanks for creating Peter the Great's Naval Fortress. I have to add some pictures of the 305 mm gun turrets in Helsinki. -- Petri Krohn 17:03, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

It is an interesting piece of history indeed -- next time I'm in Helsinki, I'll visit the Military Academy's library and try to find more information on it.--MoRsE 17:22, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

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Could you explain your move on Talk:152 mm ML-20 field howitzer? In general it is good practice to propose a move on talk first to allow interested Wikipedians to express their opinion about it. Balcer 16:42, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

I have answered there. --MoRsE 08:01, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

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Battleships et al

Hi MoRsE - just wanted to draw your attention to the discussion on separating the Dreadnought section out from [[Battleship[[ - see the bottom of Talk:Battleship for more details! Many regards, The Land 14:06, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

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American Holland class submarines

On 12 July, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article American Holland class submarines, 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.

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Spirit of St. Louis

M. MoRsE, there is a newbie editor that has insisted that the flight of the Spirit of St. Louis was the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic and has constantly reverted the article to eliminate the word "solo". He has not responded to the discussion page or to the note left on his "talk" page. These are his only contributions to Wiki articles and he continues to make spurious claims, see: [3] He will not stop the reverting although he has been politely informed that constant reversions without explanation on the discussion page is not considered appropriate. Asking for help here. Thanks Bzuk 13:43, 12 July 2007 (UTC).

I put the article on my watch list and I'll keep an eye on it. The "solo" thing is significant. --MoRsE 07:13, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Name Ristitaipale

Stop delete old finnish names from article Körsnäs. I know that you are swedish and you wanna distroy old finnish name of Korsnäs history. --83.102.5.106 22:06, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

83.102.5.106 / 130.233.243.229

Hello,
As you might be aware, the aforementioned (at the very most) two editors insist on continually vandalising not only the article on Korsnäs, but additionally the articles on Kökar and Lemland. In so doing, 83.102.5.106 violated WP:3RR for both Lemland (see here and here).
As per 83.102.5.106's comment above, and several edit summaries referring to "Swedish vandalism," I think it's safe to assume the recent edits are more about pushing an agenda than constructively contributing to Wikipedia.
In an attempt to take their dog-and-pony show on the road, they also vandalised the francophone Wikipedia, causing an admin of the francophone Wikipedia to refer to the edit as "inutile", useless.
Furthermore, given the timing of editing from both addresses, the similar style of writing employed by "both" and the fact that one is a proxy, I have gnawing suspicion that their tag-team vandalisation is less than coincidental. -- NordicStorm (t/c) 10:05, 16 July 2007 (UTC), modified on 10:18, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

The articles in question have been under similar types of attacks before, and the type of editing (with multiple subsequent corrections) resembles the edits by the user Jaakko Sivonen who have been blocked several times for his POV-pushing. They are indeed trying to push their agenda here. --MoRsE 10:20, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I know what are you aiming at. NordicStorm belong to Ålands separatist movement and MoRsE is separatist and svekoman from Pohjanmaa. You are doing everything to erase finnish name from svensktfinland but you cannot sensure it. I have many references and I will fight against your will. You are getting my very angry and you declare war to me...This war has only begun...FU! ja sama suomeksi, teillä ei ole oikeutta poistaa suomenkielisiä lähteellisiä nimiä varsinkin kun itse lisäätte ruotsalaisia miehittäjänimiä perisuomalaisiin artikkeleihin, prkle! --130.233.243.229 21:43, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Declaring war over a few unofficial and rarely (if at all) used exonyms is a bit silly, don't you think? Somehow, you will have to get over the fact that there are Finnish place-names where the Swedish and Finnish names are identical. If your Finnish constructions do replace the official names at some point in the future, feel free to revisit the issue at that time. As it stands, Brändö is Brändö in Finnish, Kökar is Kökar in Finnish, Korsnäs is Korsnäs in Finnish. Feel free to visit their respective official websites for confirmation.

Your contention that you can judge people on the basis of their geographical location and mother tongue is extremely revealing, though, and I will be sure to refer to this discussion in the future, should you continue with this exercise in inanity. Rest assured, you've succeeded in making your already weak case even weaker. I can only congratulate you on that accomplishment.

Oh, and by the way, the English exonym for "Pohjanmaa" is Ostrobothnia. Try to cope. -- NordicStorm (t/c) 09:44, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

And for the record (though I'm really under no obligation to defend myself against such frivolous accusations such as yours), I have absolutely no problem or issue with the article on Mariehamn stating that the name of the city in Finnish is Maarianhamina. The article would, in fact, be incomplete without that piece of information. Because that's what the city is actually called in Finnish.-- NordicStorm (t/c) 12:29, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

En ole noiden IP-osoitteiden taustalla, mutta olen niiden kanssa täysin samaa mieltä. Suomea koskevissa artikkeleissa tulee käyttää suomenkielisiä nimiä, eikä vanhan miehittäjän maahantuoman kalastajamurteen nimiä. Terveisin Jaakko Sivonen. --88.114.249.135 08:05, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Voi olla näin. Okei, mutta nimet ovat kyllä mainittu siellä alhaalla, ja siellä ne pitäisi olla, koske ne eivät ole virallisia nimejä. --MoRsE 08:11, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Konstantinopoli tai Byzantium eivät ole enää Istanbulin virallisia nimiä, mutta ne mainitaan kuitenkin heti artikkelin alussa. T. Jaakko Sivonen. --88.114.249.135 08:18, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Ne ovat kuitenkin historiallisia virallisia nimiä, Ristitaipale ei. Ja et ole vissiin enää blokattu, voit käyttää tunnuksesi Jaakko. --MoRsE 08:25, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Olen pysyvästi (indefinite) estetty. T. Jaakko Sivonen --88.114.249.135 08:43, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Jos vandalisti MorSe viitsisi edes katsoa esim. Korsnäs keskustelu sivulle niin siellä on lukuisia lähteitä nimien Ristitaipale ja Korsnääsi perusteeksi. Itse olet myös lisännyt ruotsinkielisiä epäsvirallisia nimiä lähteettömästi suomalaisia paikkakuntia koskeviin artikkeleihin, joten aloitan piakkoin pakkotoimet ruotsinkielisiä nimiä vastaan, jos suomenkielisten nimien ei anneta olla rauhassa. Tämä on viimeinen varoitus! --83.102.5.106 08:51, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Comment from recently involved party: I'd prefer blocking the said IPs for a while so that they cool down. Threatening Wikipedia with large scale vandalism is IMHO enough for that. --Drieakko 16:09, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

WP:AIR flag templates reply

I've posted my reply in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aircraft. Regards, Piotr Mikołajski 21:27, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations, you are now an administrator

I'm happy to inform you that, due to your successful request for adminship, you have now been promoted to an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me or stop by the administrators' noticeboard. Congrats! Andre (talk) 08:48, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Great, thanks! --MoRsE 08:56, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations MoRsE! Use your tools well! -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 09:03, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations! Very overdue if you ask me - you deserved it last time round... WjBscribe 09:33, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you both! :) --MoRsE 10:07, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Wield me! Wield me!

Congratulations on your successful RfA MoRsE! Here's your mop and bucket. Use them wisely! :-) Regards, Húsönd 13:04, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

		The Resilient Barnstar
		For a successful RFA on the 3rd attempt. I made up my mind some time ago to give this award to anyone who managed such a thing, and had never seen it until now. Congrats! Mangojuicetalk 19:32, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

BTW, let me add my congratulations to the bunch you have received. FWIW Bzuk 03:55, 6 August 2007 (UTC).

Thanks all! :) --MoRsE 07:10, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

		Thank you
		Thank you for your support of my recent unsuccsessful rfa, which concluded today with a final tally of 22/15/3. The comments and suggestions from this rfa, combined with the comments left during my first rfa, have given me a good idea of where I need improvement. —TomStar81 (Talk) 05:02, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Help

Our Italian friend requires some help in editing, he is now contributing to the Ki-61 Hien and Ki-100. I can sort out some of the grammar and spelling, but I have corrected this countless times. He continues to make the same mistakes, not capitalizing months, using measures such as "ltrs." and other basic errors. I have written to him by email, posted on his home page and asked for other help from the aviation group forum. There is also another major issue that I haven't fully addressed but that is that most of the submissions are POV and sound like they are copied from magazines as well as being wholly Italian-centred- go figure, but still, much of the stuff is useless but I don't want to just hack and slash. What do you think? FWIW Bzuk.

---

Thanks for the kindly words (the firsts that i had in this encyclopedia), but i have continuos problem with Bzuk and some other, that let me consider what hell i do here. Almost all my posts are deleted or mauled. The rest is accused to be NNPOV, as they know better than me the arguments debated. So i am not sure how much time i will stay here. If they will not ban me, i, without any support, will leave on myself. What's the point if almost everything i write is deleted? How many hours i lost because Great Brother thinks that i am acting as wikicriminal? Frustrating. Really.--Stefanomencarelli 19:58, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Military history WikiProject coordinator selection

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8 Inch Howitzer photo caption

Hello, the Vickers 8 inch howitzer in you photo outside the war museum, Helsinki, appears to be the short barrel Mk 6 version, and the info I've seen indicates that it was the Mk 6 that Finland bought from the US. Why do you call it Mk 7 in the photo ? Rcbutcher 13:00, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

I must have mixed up, the Finnish artillery pieces were all of the model "8 in Howitzer Mk 7", also known as the "Vickers Mk 6". It can be corrected. --MoRsE 13:03, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Fokker Universal

M. MoRsE, I noticed a vandal at work this morning, issued a warning, but he continued to vandalize random articles. Please deal with Nex Vesica. Harsh punishment is not enough. [:¬[ Bzuk 14:29, 7 August 2007 (UTC).

Usually I am a bit more charitable but I noted that the use of a username got this person around even protected sites to cause damage. Thanks again and btw, nice new additions to the Do 17 and Ju 88 articles. FWIW Bzuk 15:53, 7 August 2007 (UTC).

No problems and thanks :) Just tell me if you spot any new vandalism. --MoRsE 15:56, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Helsinki class.jpg)

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It was the wrong image name in the article (previous deleted commons image). Thanks for pointing that one out. --MoRsE 05:35, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Template:Aerospecs

I'm well aware that this diverges from the current officially-sanctioned template; that's the very reason that I created it! :)

I've responded to your message on the WP:AIR talk page and we should probably carry on the discussion over there. Cheers --Rlandmann 11:51, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Patria / Badger

I was just about to "undo" my mistake of removing the reference to the "Badger" name, which I just assumed was translation problem/confusion with the old name... but we all know what they say about "assumptions" ;-) Sorry again and thanks. --Deon Steyn 09:45, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

No problem an no harm done :) --MoRsE 09:50, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Railway templates

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Former equipment of the Finnish army

Is there a reason you have listed all the current field artillery pieces that the FDF wield as former equipment? Given the accuracy of your other edits and contributions to the article, there must be some grave misunderstanding taking place here. 88.114.76.25 23:51, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

No, it is not a misunderstanding, it is just a work in progress. I am quite aware of which ones are in use and which ones aren't. They'll be sorted later. --MoRsE 08:07, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

I took the liberty of removing those still in use of which I knew. Also, are you certain that the BMB-1TJ has been withdrawn from service. I highly doubt it, given that that would leave all of the mech and armoured units without any tracked FO vehicle. Mil.fi lists it as still being used. I'll try to confirm this with someone who has served in the armoured brigade 88.114.76.25 08:52, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Ok thanks. As far as I know they are still in service. It is only the regular versions that have been withdrawn. --MoRsE 10:42, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

There is however a formal decision to scrap all the 130 K 54s, 152 H 88s and 152 H 55s. --MoRsE 10:53, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

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S.78 or SM.78?

Hi MoRsE, can you please move the Savoia-Marchetti S.78 to Savoia-Marchetti SM.78 which I believe is the correct designation. BTW, check out the Saab 37 Viggen page, some major rewriting has taken place which needs a whole lot of re-writing. Also check out BillCJ's talk page. FWIW Bzuk 13:56, 22 August 2007 (UTC).

I missed the SM.78 but it is corrected now....well the target page needs some tweaking though, as for BillCJ's departure, I'm sad to see him go, but there is nothing really I can do about the harasser but blocking the IP, and it seems like some other administrators have already taken care of that (watching the IP's edits I mean). Let's just hope he'll return some day. When it comes to the Viggen, I think we could call for User:Towpilot's attention. He is the real expert here on Swedish aircraft. --MoRsE 14:33, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Request for help

MoRsE, I noticed your comments on the talk page of a mutual friend, BillCJ. I wonder if you can look into a problem with the Amelia Earhart page. A conspiracy theorist has come back after being reverted by at least two editors and one admin, but he has again reverted every change made by Gwen Gale who has been a major contributor to the article for over a year. She did a very careful analysis of his recent edits and rewrote the article, establishing a referenced and supported section on disappearance theories related to Amelia Earhart. I do not want to get into a revert war but our "Saipan theory is best" editor has been cautioned on both the article discussion page and his own talk page, that his assertions are untenable and do not have consensus support. He will not listen to me and only an admin can return the article to its original state or to the version that Gwen Gale proposed. Help... Bzuk 23:07, 23 August 2007 (UTC).

I will put the article on my watchlist, it seems like there is a straw poll going on right now and it is also temporarily protected, so we have to wait a little and see what happens. I could hear with User:Islander(Scandinavia) if he's interested in checking up on this article too as he was the one who wrote a large part of the corresponding FA article on the Swedish language wikipedia. --MoRsE 05:52, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

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Keksitkö tavan, jolla saisi Rumpler C.I sivulla olevan linkitetyn puolalaisen Wikipedian kuvan siirrettyä myös tähän englanninkieliseen? Itse en siinä onnistunut, koska työpöydälle kopioidessa tiedosto muuttui .php-muotoon, joka taas ei kelpaa tänne ladattaessa. Samoin, kiinnostaisi tietää mistä löytyisi sopivia copyright tageja yli 60-vuotta vanhoille saksalaisille, englantilaisille yms. kuville, jos oikea sellainen on tärkeä. Kiitokset avustasi jo etukäteen ilmailuartikkelien kehittämiseksi. Läyhä 09:28, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Voit muuntaa .php kuvat .jpg-muotoon jos sinulla on esimerkiksi Microsoft Power Point siellä. Siellä löytyy semmonen komento kuin "save as image", ja sinun täytyy sitten vaan valita sopiva formaatti. Ja luulen, että {{pd-old}} sopii tagina semmosille kuville. --MoRsE 15:18, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

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More battleships!

Hi there! There is currently a featured article candidacy for pre-dreadnought. I'm getting a bit stuck providing sources (which some people have requested) for the careers and fates of some of the pre-dreadnoughts which lasted into WWII. From the original work we did on battleship I seem to remember you have a lot of sources - is there any chance they would have the information i'm after? Regards, The Land 12:33, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

I would love to participate, but I am not sure I can come up with the sources needed before the article is through with the process. I have moved to Norway since we last cooperated, and I left all my books and references at my fiancées flat (so that I wouldn't have that much to bring). I will unfortunately not have any opportunity to go there (and to to Finnish Military Academy's library) until the end of this month. Also, the libraries here in Haugesund are very limited in this perspective. However, I could try to find out if the Norwegian Maritime Institute (situated in this town) has a library of its own. --MoRsE 12:51, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Ah well. Thanks anyway! The Land 13:17, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Just wanted to say thanks for supporting me! Please find your thank you card here, should you wish to see it. I'm honored to have received your support. All the best, ~Eliz81^(C) 21:49, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Somewhat-Belated RfA Thanks :-)

Tapadh Leibh (Thank You)...

...for helping me navigate the waters of my surprisingly peaceful RFA, which closed successfully with 85 supports, 1 oppose, and 0 neutral.

I would particularly like to thank Acalamari and Alison, my nominators, and everyone who watched the page and ran the tally.

If there is anything I can do to be of service in the future, please feel free to contact me. (Oh, and if you hate RfA Thankspam, MoRsE, please forgive me. I promise I won't block you for deleting it ;-))

And forgive me if I need a Wikibreak now and then (like now. I'm exhausted!). You wouldn’t want to see me climbing the Reichstag, now would you?

Off to flail around with my new mop! (what?!)

Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫
This RfA thanks inspired by Neranei's, which was inspired by VanTucky's which was in turn inspired by LaraLove's which was inspired by The Random Editor's, which was inspired by Phaedriel's original thanks.

In regard to your recent comment to me about my language

First what did I say that you found offensive? Second could you please take a look at the user BILLCJ who is harassing me. Thanks141.157.253.78 (talk) 06:53, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm taking a look right now what is going on here. However, I will have to go to work in a few minutes, so I don't believe I can make any in depth analyzes here. --MoRsE (talk) 06:55, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes, Morse, I am harrassing him by placing offensive idiotic comments on my own talk page to try to intimidate myself. This should save you some time before work: http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Wikipedia:Suspected_sock_puppets/Wikzilla Thanks - BillCJ (talk) 07:01, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

MT-55 and BLG-60

Hello.

I don't think the MT-55 is the same vehicle as a BLG-60. Compare the following pictures: [4] and [5] You'll see there are many differences. Like for example "arm" in the front of the vehicle is different.

Dendirrek who is an expert on Soviet made ARVs also agrees with me.

Regards. - SuperTank17 11:19, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying to me. I do not usually venture too deep in the world of support vehicles and I just noted the similarities, without checking the details too much.--MoRsE 11:25, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your advice

Thank you for your advice regarding my RFA.

What would you do if this happened? Editors and administrators in support of the Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue banned everyone who wrote neutral, but less than completely positive edits about the SDP? They ran a few checkuser request showing they are all from Finland. Therefore, they are socks! They managed to ban one person so all later editors would be "sock of a banned user". This is a problem.

This is how my husband was banned. Except, he did not write political articles. The bad people didn't care. They wanted to ban everyone on the hope that some of those people would be political opponents (even though some would be totally unrelated).

As an admin, I would AGF and then discuss with all sides the issue. If I edited the article, I would discuss only as editor, not as an admin. Heidianddick 19:52, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your answer. What I meant with the WP:Living issue were the things that were stirred up after the Seigenthaler controversy, a controversy that actually could threaten the very existance of Wikipedia if it had gone to court. Therefore are the biographies of living persons quite a sensitive subject here. --MoRsE 20:03, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

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Thank you for your vote on my RfA

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a vote of 41/0/1. Please accept a slice of panettone as an expression of my gratitude. Feel free to help yourself to some chocolate zabaglione as well. I am humbled by the trust placed in me to use the tools wisely. Cheers, Rkitko (talk) 21:23, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Really, really bad haiku from a new admin

Setting new lows in thank-you spam:

Click there for my RfA spam haikus! → → →

Janitor's new tools
Spam must stop -- will new mop act?
Ooops, .com blocked

New admin, new tools
Earnest newbie furrows brow
Fare thee well Main Page

New mess all about
Sorcerer's Apprentice mop
Not supporter's fault

A. B. so grateful
Wikipedia trembles
Watch out DRV

A. B. wonders why
Copyright always confused
Fair use, farewell, bye

Qatar is blocked
Shucks those range blocks are tricky!
Will get it straight soon.

Dear RfA friend,
I will learn, chaos will fade
Thanks so much ... A. B.

This RfA thank you card is based on a card originally done by Phaedriel

MoRsE, Tack. (I hope I got that right)

I hope your Wikibreak goes well and your travels are pleasant.
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RfA Thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which was successful with a vote of 33/7/4.

Special thanks go to Epbr123 for nominating me and Pedro for the offer of help.

I am honoured by the trust placed in me by the community. I hope to repay this by the wise use of the tools, which I intend to use gradually. Mop & bucket is on the Christmas list - honest. Keith D (talk) 00:33, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for supporting my RFA

	<font=3> Thanks for your support, my request for adminship passed 62/0/0 yesterday! I want to thank Snowolf and Dincher for nominating me, those who updated the RfA tally, and everyone for their support and many kind words. I will do my best to use the new tools carefully and responsibly (and since you are reading this, I haven't yet deleted your talk page by accident!). Please let me know if there is anything I can do to be of assistance, and keep an eye out for a little green fish with a mop on the road to an even better encyclopedia. Thanks again and take care, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 16:43, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

T-55 Images

Hello MoRsE, I will post a notice to SuperTank also but I wanted to let you know I have been looking at some of the image formatting options and have been playing around on this page User:Awotter/IMAM Ro. 57 and there are several different options to pick and choose from. Multiple images can be wrapped in a frame with an explanatory caption (like for comparing versions of tans etc). An image gallery can go into a section and be in a box the user can hide and show (including a box caption). If you guys want to suggest what images might go where you can use "Media:test_pic.jpg with "Media:" in place of "Image:" and it will act as a placeholder and put it on a list on that page and we can set up the article that way. Thanks, hope that makes sense.Awotter (talk) 04:49, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

User Penser

Please look into a violation of 3R by Penser who has reverted Alexander Graham Bell three times in a 24-hour period to his version. The issue of nationality was a "hot" topic on the talk page and a resolution in describing the scientist's nationality was decided upon. The lead paragraph is carefully written to indicate a main birthright as "Scottish" although an American citizenship was obtained. The amount of time spent in Canada is also discussed wherein all three nations have claimed Bell as their native son. FWIW, the user in question has also made some intemperate "attack" statements although I had earlier attempted to explain the issues on his talk page. Bzuk (talk) 13:11, 16 December 2007 (UTC).

Reporting this to the 3RR-notice board will probably not render any penalties for the editor as there has only been 3 edits the past 24 hours. However, the rules are not cut in stone and I'll keep the page on my watch list. I consider that the user's addition doesn't add anything significant to the article compared to what is said from before. It is just the same nationalist issues again....as with many famous persons. --MoRsE (talk) 15:39, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Speaking of ship templates...

I've just finished replacing instances of {{Naval ship}} with the standard {{Infobox Ship Example}}, and have nominated the old one for deletion here. Maralia (talk) 05:07, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the response! Happy New Year! --MoRsE (talk) 19:09, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Siege of Leningrad

Dear MoRsE,

Thank you very much for your help with the article Siege of Leningrad, and also for creating and updating the article on Naval Detachment K, which was a relatively small, but powerful force that destroyed many tons of food. The siege of Leningrad was the longest battle in WW2, in all fronts; its magnitude and human value was unique. Hitler was very angry after the failure of his plan to celebrate the New Year 1942 at the Tsar's Palaces, and his anxiety added problems and unreasonable demands, possibly adding to other failures in WW2. Articles on the siege of Leningrad vary in different languages, size and material is sometimes too different, fragmented, and inadequate to the importance of the event. Proper representation of this historic battle is a big and noble task. Our multi-lingual skills are conducive to cross-cultural studies, and may help making Wikipedia better. Happy New Year. Steveshelokhonov 05:57, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. I am just a little sad that my entire reference library is packed away in boxes in Finland when I am on a work assignment abroad, so I draw a lot from memory and try to find online sources to back it up. However, I have found that Jari Aromaa's website is quite accurate when I compared it to my own research on the history of different vessels and the happenings of the war. It is also good that you can draw from Russian language sources so that we can get a more balanced writing here on wikipedia. Happy New Year to you also! --MoRsE (talk) 19:08, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks and Happy New Year

Firstly, let me wish you a very happy New Year and thank you for your help in the Milhist Tag & Assess 2007 drive.

Secondly, although the Tag & Assess 2007 drive is now officially closed, you are very welcome to continue tagging and assessing until 31 January 2008. Any articles you tag and assess during this time will be credited fully to your tagging tally for further award purposes.

Thirdly, if you can find the time, it would be great to have your feedback/comments and participation in the recently-set-up Tag & Assess workshop The idea is to see what lessons we can learn from the 2007 drive to make the 2008 one more efficient and enjoyable.

Thanks again for your help, --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 10:43, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Elonka 3

Thank you for your support in my RfA. It was definitely a dramatic debate, that landed on WP:100! I paid close attention to everything that was said, and, where possible, I will try to incorporate the (constructive) criticism towards being a better administrator. I'm taking things slowly for now, partially because of the holiday season and all the off-wiki distractions. :) I'm also working my way through the Wikipedia:New admin school and double-checking the relevant policies, and will gradually phase into the use of the new tools. My main goals are to help out with various backlogs, but I also fully intend to keep on writing articles, as there are several more that I definitely want to get to WP:FA status! Thanks again, and have a great new year, --Elonka 07:37, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

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Helmert

My current project is Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Geographical coordinates#OS grid refs to co-ordinatesand the Javascript Tool] I am developing; hence the interest. I was just thinking that using an Airey 1830, or Airey 1830 modified would be more familiar example than Bessel. Even so that is still rather Eurocentric and we may need a second example, even one from across the pond. Should a mention be made of the Molodensky transformation- or at least give a link?

A lot of the geodesy work on Wikipedia seems to ignore datum transforms- including many of our basic tools.

ClemRutter (talk) 14:13, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Finnish War

I just saw your post on my talkpage inviting me to look at your 1808-09 Russian-Finnish War article. Although I am grateful that you invited me to offer my perspective, I must admit that I am not an expert on that conflict. I would encourage you to look for someone who might know more about it than I do. In the meantime, I will review the article and share my tentative thoughts about it. Kenmore (talk) 05:55, 23 January 2008 (UTC)kenmore

a thank you note

		Thanks for participating in my RfA!
		Although it failed 43/27/0, I'm happy because the outcome has been very helpful in many meaningful ways. Your support and remarks contributed so much to this. If you followed my RfA you know what happened. Most of the editors who posted opposing opinions have never edited with me. Some articles I edit deal with controversial topics and with respect to a very few of these, editors who didn't know much about me had some worries about confrontational editing and civility. Since I support their high standards I can easily (and will gladly) address this. The support and ecouragement to run again soon has been wonderful, thanks again. Cheers! Gwen Gale (talk) 05:28, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

MoRsE Medal

Thanks for the medal, nice to to know the work is appreciated. MilborneOne (talk) 22:22, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

A Sock attack

A particularly vicious vandal known as Wikzilla has surfaced again in the form of socks: User:68.244.171.75 and User:68.245.43.252. See:[6] and [7]. Can you do your new admin' 'thin? FWIW Bzuk (talk) 12:58, 30 January 2008 (UTC).

Please unblock .75 and .252. I can personally assure you that they will not refer to Bzuk as Dumb Ass.68.245.223.177 (talk) 16:31, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

and other socks deployed: User:68.244.7.198 and User:68.245.223.177 and another: User: 70.4.9.235. This guy is the Energizer Bunny. Bzuk (talk) 17:58, 2 February 2008 (UTC).

it's one of his tried-and-true tactics to build up a sequence of unchallenged edits in order to establish legitimacy and then use that IP address to attack others. However, he hasn't yet resorted to the typical language but it's him alright. Bzuk (talk) 20:16, 2 February 2008 (UTC).

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New! BCAD drive from Milhist

Can I invite you to particpate in our new assessment drive? It's strictly for experienced editors and has a degree of friendly competition built-in. It involves re-evaluating around 3500 Milhist B-Class articles to ensure they match our new criteria. As ever, we're offering a range of awards as our way of expressing our thanks. The drive doesn't start until 18:00 (UTC) on March 10 but you can sign up in advance here. It would be great if you can spare the time, --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 05:33, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

One Stripe (200 articles) Two Stripes (400 articles) Three Stripes (600 articles) Chevrons (1000 articles) Golden Wiki First place

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Fokker C.V or VL Tuisku

Thanks for the feedback, Morse. Looking forward to hearing more. User:Towpilot has pointed my attention to the landing gear, which are a clear VL Tuisku feature. Manxruler (talk) 14:09, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

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Templates for deletion

Hi, could you remove these templates?

• Template:Finnish defence
• Template:Finnish Air Force
• Template:Finnish Defence Forces
• Template:Finnish Defence Forces 2

They're some old tests by me, which are now totally useless. That Finnish Air Force template is yours, but useless now as well since military unit template is used there. Don't feel like putting up a TfD-nomination for every one..--Pudeo⺮ 18:42, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

I've erased some, but decided to leave one as it is in use. --MoRsE (talk) 10:33, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Ju-88 translation

Hi MoRsE I'm Belisarius, I'm an Italian wikipedian. I'm translating the page about Ju-88 from En.Wikipedia to It.Wikipedia but I need the translation of this sentence:

However, by the time Luftwaffe planners had had their own "pet" features added (including dive-bombing), 
the Ju 88's top speed had dropped to around 450 km/h (280 mph).

You find it here (at seventeenth line). What is the "PET"? It was another aircraft? I have to write why the Ju 88's top speed had dropped, so I need to know it. You can write to me here [8] Best wishes --87.6.225.115 (talk) 14:23, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello Belisarius, in this case, the writer is using a terminology ãbbrevated from "pet project", which can be translated as "A project, activity or goal pursued as a personal favorite, rather than because it is generally accepted as necessary or important." (from Wiktionary) --MoRsE (talk) 06:07, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, now I can finish the page.--87.11.227.132 (talk) 10:19, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

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EADS CASA C-295

Loaded weight is most likely an error (too low) - could you check it? (you wrotę the article first). Pibwl ←« 20:29, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

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NVI F.K.31

I added the contradictory template because the article said that only 6 aircraft total were built, but the Finns had 12. You have since corrected that, but it also says that the 12 Finnish-built aircraft were only flown a total of six hours, which seems impossible. The page also really needs citations. Since it was so late, I just added the tag instead of doing research to fix the problem. Thanks for your concern! Axeman89 (talk) 16:24, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Translation question

Hi there,

Apologies for asking you without knowing you first, but I have this strong feeling you could be able to guide me in my quest. I am working on a set of pages related to numismatics, specifically of the Euro zone. Right now I am working on Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Finland); if you are interested in seen other works, the portal is Euro gold and silver commemorative coins where articles of other countries can be seen. For the Finish article, As you might see all the numismatic data and pictures are there, but the designs of the coins are so abstract that just looking at them a description can not be made. There are tons of pages that describe these coins, with the original explanation of the design, but all of them in either Finish or Swedish. What is the easiest way to get help on the translations? As you can imagine we are talking about one paragraph per coin, which is not labor intensive and I do not mind to do just one coin a day or something similar in order not to burden the translators. Any advice?

Thanks, Miguel.mateo (talk) 09:46, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Can you point out any specific text segment? I can try to give it a go, although I must admit that my knowledge of numismatic terms and nomenclature is a bit limited. --MoRsE (talk) 09:14, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much, will do that soon, maybe tomorrow. The text are general explanation of a design of a coin, not related to numismatics, I think it is just common lnaguage, but I am zero in both Finish and Swedish ;) Will provide the info later, thanks, Miguel.mateo (talk) 09:37, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

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Tank Task Force

Hey,

I wrote my reasoning for the founding of a task force for tanks on the Military History WikiProject, which you can read here. I guess its success is dependant on membership, and given that you've edited articles like Leopard 2 and T-26 (a major aid to get it to FA class, too!) I wanted to extend an invitation. The task force wouldn't require editors that do 'heavy edits' - as in, entire articles - and, in fact, I would be looking more for active copy editors that do minor edits to maintain the quality of the article - but, really anything is fine. What I'm looking for is more or less detailed in that message I left on the WikiProject talk page (previously linked above). If you're interested it would be great if you could mention it there, and if not that's fine - but, it's worth a try. ;) Regardless, thanks for your time and patience! JonCatalán (talk) 16:28, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I'm in :) ---84.159.102.228 (talk) 15:29, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Did you know

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The Aviator

Please see the following page, The Aviator. I have been observing some vandalism of a section of the article, but now it's advanced instead of through other means to a legal threat. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 21:38, 5 March 2009 (UTC).

User:Rodhullandemu arrived there before me. I hope the problem is resolved for now with this. --MoRsE (talk) 21:52, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

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Historical names in Finland

When editing an article I needed to mention the person had died in the historical Swedish province Nyland. When I started to look for the article about it I found out that the article here was called Uusimaa (historical province)! How come that a modern Finnish name has been used for the historical province? And when I have looked further into other historical Swedish articles I have found many other examples of uses of modern Finnish names instead of the names that was used at the time. Has there been any discussions about this somewhere? I find this very strange and unhistorical. Looking at other historical articles we find Danzig and not Gdańsk, Stalingrad and not Volgograd etc. We all have heard of the Siege of Leningrad but not of the Siege of Saint Petersburg. Närking (talk) 20:49, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

I just ended up at this other clear example of rewritten history: Bishop of Turku. If we should follow this rule I guess we need to write that Immanuel Kant lived in Kaliningrad. Närking (talk) 15:13, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

I am a strong supporter that historical names shold be used in their correct contextes here on WP, battle of vyborg bay instead of battle of viipurinlahti, Treaty of Kexholm, instead of Treaty of Käkisalmi...Castle of Raseborg instead of Castle of Raasepori...Current day Vaasa should in historical context be named Vasa, Nikolajstad or Vaasa depending on when a certain thing happened. Nyland was called "Udema" in historical times, but as Swedish was the official language, I would suggest that it be used instead. --MoRsE (talk) 10:04, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Good, then I'm not the only one here with the same opinion. So shouldn't Kuusisto Castle be Kustö Castle then? In fact one can find such examples in most historical articles related to Swedish history. I am surprised no one has reacted before. Närking (talk) 17:21, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Notability of Fjalar Finnäs

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WikiBirthday

I saw from here that it's been exactly four years since you joined the project. Happy WikiBirthday! Keep up the good work, rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 01:39, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

WOW, I hadn't noticed that :) (have been travelling here the past weeks) --MoRsE (talk) 22:41, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

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Waco YKS-7

Hi MoRsE, Just been looking at this article, which you began. I'm confused by the specs, which say ZQC-6, a different aircraft, bigger with a more powerful Jacobs; but the numbers you give are mostly the same as aerofiles (http://aerofiles.com/_waco.html%7Ctitle = Waco) gives for the YKS-7. Also can't find the source of your data: it's a big site and maybe the reader (well, this one!) needs navigational aid. Any thoughts?TSRL (talk) 19:46, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

I can't recall where I got the information from, it could have been the Swedish Wikipedia site about sv:Waco Custom, which lists several different Waco models. If you have any better information, please feel free to make any change you want to the article. --MoRsE (talk) 12:50, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I've filled in the specs from Jane's AWA 1938.TSRL (talk) 11:50, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Could you please discuss...

Could you please discuss your renaming of Drone attacks on Pakistan by the United States to Drone attacks on Pakistan by the United States?

I see you are an administrator. But you didn't say you were putting on your administrator authority, when you made that move. Can I assume that you made that rename as a regular wikipedia contributor?

Is there a reason why you chose to made the rename without addressing the civilly expressed arguments against such a renaming? Geo Swan (talk) 20:34, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

It is being claimed that your renaming was an official action. I wrote that I found this troubling. Geo Swan (talk) 20:42, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

The role of an administrator?

When I participate in {{rfa}} one of the questions I have asked of candidates was whether they felt that administrators have an obligation to comply with the same set of civility policies as non-administrators.

I ask them if they are committed to bear in mind that being entrusted with administrator authority has not made them infallible and if they can commit themselves to try to approach each question asked of them bearing in mind the possibility that each instance might be a time when they made an error. Acknowledging our fallibility is important if the wikipedia is going to be a venue for civil collegial discussions.

You wrote: I was bold and acted independently, but I am also an administrator, and I recognize my responsibility in the work that I do here on the wikipedia.

Yes, I already saw you were an administrator.

Your move, with the sentence fragment of explanation in the edit summary as your sole sop to your obligation to behave accountably is very troubling. I find it doubly troubling in an administrator -- who should be setting an example for less experienced contributors.

Did you mean to suggest that the authority entrusted to you as an administrator has freed you from the obligation to explain yourself, or that it has freed you from the obligation to explain yourself when you think your choice is "obvious"?

I know there is a guideline, for new administrators, telling them how to exercise their new authority in a responsible, accountable manner. After almost five years on the wikipedia, and interacting with a range people skills, collegiality. There is something that should be on that guideline. I am not going to check the guideline again, because I am sure it should be on the guideline.

Most administrators participate in discussions, and make their edits to articles, as if they were just ordinary contributors. Responsible administrators, IMO, don't suddenly play the "I am an administrator" card. If they have been participating as a regular contributor, and then someone in that discussion does or says something that they think requires an administrator's attention, they ask an uninvolved administrator to take a look.

I asked you, twice, whether you regarded your rename as an action you took as a regular contributor, or as an administrator. You might think you gave an answer. But I don't think you did. You wrote: "I came to this web page from the RQ-1 Predator entry, and I immediately reacted on the selection of words on the subsection that linked to the page in question."

That sounds like it was the rename of an ordinary contributor. It also sounds like you didn't bother taking a look on the talk page before you did your rename.

But, if you made the rename as a regular contributor -- why would you bring up that you are an administrator?

Administrators shouldn't take actions, as a regular contributor, and then, retroactively, imply they will use their administrator authority to protect editorial contributions they made as an ordinary contributor.

If you were acting as an ordinary contributor why shouldn't I feel authorized to revert your unilateral renaming as another contributor reverted the earlier unilateral renaming of June 29th? I didn't revert that earlier unilateral renaming. I brought it up on WP:requested moves.

If you were acting as an administrator then there is absolutely no way you should have neglected to say so, and spell out a serious, meaningful explanation on the talk page -- one that didn't simply ignore the counter-arguments to the position you feel is "obvious".

Your comment about my emotions -- frankly, my emotional reaction was not due to an emotional attachment to the article, but rather to an emotional attachment to responsible compliance with our policies, and to accountable behavior from our administrators. Geo Swan (talk) 07:25, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

You are reading things into my statements that simply are not there. As for the answers, you have previously received them on the WP:NPOV talk page - I don't feel any need to repeat them. You don't seem to accept the answer, but the other one involved does. As far as for my actions they are all in accordance with WP regulations and in the spirit of it. (see further Wikipedia:Naming_conflict#Descriptive_names)

As for you, you have 1) Failed to mark the page being "controversial" (NPOV/MOVE/RENAME) etc -> Therefore there was no reason for the common reader to go to the talk page and study the discussion there. As previously stated, my initial reaction to the name was that this was a clear violation on the naming policy - I am quite sure that any other third-party observer would have made a similar observation. (In my opinion there were two ways of renaming the article, either change "[...]on Pakistan[...]" into "[...]in Pakistan[...]", or rename it into something like "Drone attacks on Al Qaida/Taleban in Pakistan". The previous title suggested something which is untrue.) 2) Failed to give a reason why the page should be named against WP's naming conventions (why it should have a clearly non-neutral name), 3) Failed to explain why original research should be included.

As for this discussion, I consider it over. --MoRsE (talk) 09:07, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

You still have not gone on record as to whether you consider your renaming an official act of an administrator.

You asserted "as for my actions they are all in accordance with WP regulations and in the spirit of it." Please appreciate how a well-meaning contributor could find your unwillingness to check the talk page first to not be in accordance with Help:Moving_a_page#Other_notes which says: "Take some time to make sure there is no objection to your moving; always check the talk page first."

You state the name you didn't like was a "clear violation of the naming policy", and pointed to Wikipedia:Naming_conflict#Descriptive_names. Other experienced contributors had already stated that they regarded the name you prefered as the one that lapsed from NPOV. I suggest that means you give further thought to your characterization of it as a "clear violation". I suggest that this means that, if you regard this as an administrator ruling, more explanation of your interpretation is required than your assertion that it is a "clear violation".

There are individuals who are just not tempermentally suited to take on the responsibility of being wikipedia administrators. Just like in the rest of the world some wikipedians regard any question about decisions they made, or actions they took, as personal attacks -- no matter how politely they are phrased.

Some individuals, for whatever reason, find it too difficult to consider the possibility they may have made a mistake, or, if they have made one, they find it too difficult to openly acknowledge that realization. Believe it or not I have been doing my best to help make sure you didn't feel backed in to a corner where you couldn't acknowledge mistakes, if you realized you had made some.

This issue was, I believe, our first interaction. If you go back and check you weill see I made a real effort to phrase my questions in non-confrontational terms, so I wouldn't back you into a corner where you wouldn't feel comfortable owning up to having made mistakes.

Yes, I saw that you regard your last comment as your very last word. You can consider this my very last comment on your talk page. My last word to you is to encourage you to spend some time considering whether you are really one of those who are tempermentally suited to being an administrator. Geo Swan (talk) 13:07, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

You still fail to understand and to answer simple questions asked, to prove evidence of your stance, and furthermore, you prove a lack of understanding and adherence of Wikipedia principles. As for my opinion you lack the basic attributes of a WP editor. --MoRsE (talk) 12:17, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

FYI

Just thought you should know:

[9] and [10]--Yachtsman1 (talk) 23:03, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the information. --MoRsE (talk) 05:49, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Upload some photos from 1930s-1940s

Hello! I need in your advice. I would like to upload several black-and-white photos of some interesting vehicles based on T-26 light tank chassis, these photos can be found in many Russian literature sources as well as in websites (originally photos were taken by the authors from the Russian Central Military Archive as mentioned in the corresponding reference lists). How do you think is it possible to use such photos from these books/websites in Wikipedia and what type of a copyright license should I choose in such a case. Respectfully yours, Vladimir Historian (talk) 21:46, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

I am no expert on licensing questions, but I suspect that one of these licenses might apply: either {{PD-Russia-2008}} or {{PD-old-70}} (If the photographer died before 1939). --MoRsE (talk) 22:10, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!Vladimir Historian (talk) 11:58, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

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Need objective help sv.WP

I asked User:Steve Smith if he knew anyone level-headed at Swedish Wikipedia or knows anyone who might know anyone level-headed there. Steve found you as a possible helper. There is no management or real administration or arbitration or problem-solving channel (lots of snippy bosses though) at sv.WP so I need help finding a constructive person there for some kind of objective intervention in a conflict that is getting out of hand. SergeWoodzing (talk) 20:27, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Could you provide me with some more information about the case?--MoRsE (talk) 11:19, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Things have developed a bit since I wrote you last. Thank you so much for asking! There is now a meeting being planned for Stockholm for tomorrow Wednesday or Thursday at 6 P.M. (either day, not yet sure) with Swedish Wikipedians to discuss a range of issues between them and users/representatives from the Southerly Clubs. Problems are pretty clear at my Swedish user discussion page (I am not editing there now), at a Village pump discussion and on just about all of the talk page of the article about the Southerly Clubs' chairman, where things started getting heated up last week. If you can attend the meeting tomorrow or Thursday or help out in any other way you can think of, that would certainly be great. mvh SergeWoodzing (talk) 11:57, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

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Discusion about the amount of Finish ZSU-57-2s in ZSU-57-2 talk page

Hello.

It would be very helpful if you would take part in the Talk:ZSU-57-2#Amount of Finish ZSU-57-2s discussion in ZSU-57-2 talk page.

Regards. - SuperTank17 (talk) 11:29, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

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Would you be interested?

I saw you were an editor who had bee involved on the Geomatics talk page and was curious if you would be interested in supporting the creation of Geomatics WikiProject to deal with the mess of articles related to the subject. Or even better! Would like to contribute! Thanks! --Kuzwa (talk) 22:48, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply (I've been abroad for asome time). But yes, I would be interested and I would most likely also contribute as it was my field of study and also what I'm currently occupied with at my work. --MoRsE (talk) 20:53, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

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Thanx for the greetings :). Been out in the wilderness for a few weeks so I'm sorry for the late reply, but Merry Christmas back to you and a Happy New year! --MoRsE (talk) 15:01, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

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Lisco Gloria

• Lisco Gloria (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Hi, I can see you are working hard to make this a well-structured article, however I still have my doubts on notability but have avoided suggesting deletion as it is obviously under improvement. Can I suggest you consider the sources you have already found for evidence that this can be claimed to be either a notable example of destruction by fire or there is something about this ferry's history that makes it particularly notable? Thanks, Fæ (talk) 11:53, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi there, I am currently working on improving the article, looking for more data and references. It seems like its going to be quite a lot on the news today about the incident, but since it is a recent happening most news reports are from Danish and German media so far. --MoRsE (talk) 11:58, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Reporting User User:ROG5728 aka user User:Dodger67

I am unsure as to how to address this issue or in which forum so I am adding it here. Let me know if there is a better venue for this. Both these users appear to be a single individual. i am unable to edit in good faith the article 5.7x28mm due to the continual reverts. Just because Roger has provided a great deal time into the article does that mean he has the unquestioned right to protect the page to his liking. The oversight manifests to the article is akin to protectionism of the article. I have attempted make some changes in good faith and discussed them but the constant reverts are not protecting it from vandalism but can be construed as vandalism in itself. Thank you. DeusImperator (talk) 17:11, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

First of all, I do not believe that the two users are the same. ROG5728 ususally edits during North American daylight hours, while Dodger67's edits are done basically during the same hours as myself (I'm in GMT+1) - supporting that claim that he well might be a South African national. They also devote their time to different type of articles, having coincidentally met on this one. If I understand correct (please correct me if I am wrong) then the argument is about a section header, and as the article is about a type of ammunition, I feel kind of inclined towards "Variants" or "Ammunition types" myself - instead of simply "Ammunition". As long as editing an article doesn't become a type of ownership claim of the text, then I support guardianship of the quality. I sincearly hope that you can work out some sort of solution to the disagreement. --MoRsE (talk) 17:47, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Variants implies that there is a dimensional or specification change (as construed by an official agency SAAMI or CIP), this is what most other cartridge related articles treat it as and this is the definition used by the Wikifirearms project. The article is about a cartridge: 5.7x28mm (this appears clear in the first sentence) and a discussion regarding variations pertains to the cartridge. This is how all other firearms articles treat the subject be it the 7.62 NATO or .223 Remington etc. So the article are about (subject) cartridges not ammunition per se. Ammunition is made in a cartridge type (a subtle difference). No one at present makes a variation on the cartridge. They (FN) make various types of ammunition for firearms chambered for the cartridge. This is the idea I was trying to get across. That is the reason why "Ammunition Types" will work but "Variants" is not technically correct. That is the edit I was trying to get across. DeusImperator (talk) 18:23, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Okay, this is a bit out of my league :) (I do contribute to firearms articles, but usually not to ammunition types). One question: have you tried to address this point (in this form) to the other editors? This is starting to sound like a valid argument point to me for your stance. -MoRsE (talk) 18:37, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

I am not sure how to do that. I am just a contributor and usually stick to that. DeusImperator (talk) 18:51, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Also specifications would discuss specifications of the cartridge not specification of ammunition. Specifications are provided in the case of the 5.7x28mm by CIP under the oversight of the European parliament and is filed under Table I of the CIP rimless (non-flanged) documentation. The document contains the design details and specifications. This would germane to the discussion under Specifications. Rather Specification header discusses specification as relating to ammunition types instead.

Is there a way to have some editors independent of the User:ROG5728 or User:Dodger67 look at the article or how would I go about having someone take look at the discussion. DeusImperator (talk) 21:24, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

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Galleys and pojamas

Hi.

I noticed you reverted some of my corrections to pojama. I'm working on intended DYK updates of all the archipelago frigates, and I'd just thought I'd give you a heads up that I consider both "galley type" capitalization of ship types erroneous. Neither appears to have support in the sources I've consulted.

If you want to verify my sources before I make my update, check out User:Peter Isotalo/skärgårdsbåtar.

Peter ^Isotalo 20:46, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, I believe that when it comes to English text, these ships and the classes should be capitalized, but it is just a gut feeling of mine, and not a big issue either really for me. --MoRsE (talk) 10:08, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

If it was a class, it would be correct, but not when it's considered to be a ship type (albeit very specific and quite rare). Compare with xebec or polacca. The only writer that I've seen capitalizing the four archipelago frigates is Berg, and he's Swedish. RC Anderson consistently refers to the same way he does to frigates or sloops.

I'll see what I can do about working the galley connection into the lead. I believe you're right about stressing the connection, though I believe that the term "galley like" is somewhat of an over-simplification. There are more precise definitions to galleys other than the fact that they're propelled by oars.

Peter ^Isotalo 11:46, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

I chose the wording "Galley-like", mainly because the grand era of galleys had passed by the time Skärgårdsflottan was operating. --MoRsE (talk) 12:39, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

BTW, nice updates! :) --MoRsE (talk) 12:43, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm going to make a DYK request for them soon. If you're interested in getting some DYK credit, sv:skärgårdsflottan is still a redlink here, both as archipelago fleet and skärgårdsflottan. It would fit quite nicely in the same hook as the ship types if it were to be created within the next few days...

Peter ^Isotalo 13:10, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

I made a quick translation of the Swedish page, but I had to leave out a little information in the "Vessels" section, as I have no idea what the smaller vessels are called in English. There is probably work still to be done on the text. --MoRsE (talk) 13:59, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

A very good start, though. I made some justeringar and added pics and refs. If you don't object, I'll nominate all five articles at T:TDYK (suggestion for nomination here. I can help out with archipelago fleet if any improvements are called for.

Peter ^Isotalo 18:01, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

The archipelago fleet articles are coming up for DYK pretty soon. They've been inserted in a prep area already.[11] Co-congrats to a job well done!

Peter ^Isotalo 18:53, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK: Hemmema, Turuma, Pojama, Udema & Archipelago fleet ?

Hello, MoRsE & Peter Isotalo. I have nominated these 5 wikiarticles that you have recently edited for DYK on Wikipedia's MainPage. You can see the nomination here. Please feel free to propose new (better) hooks there. For DYK purposes, please add more footnotes and refs to the 'History' section of Archipelago fleet. DYK clerks usually ask for at least one footnote per paragraphs. The other 4 wikiarticles need footnotes to go with the proposed DYK hook. I have put in {cn} there. Please add footnotes and refs if you are interested in having articles you have worked on featured on MainPage. Thank you. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 23:30, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Archipelago fleet

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The Bugle: Issue LXVII, September 2011

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; medal recipients; contest results Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content Book reviews: Nick-D and Ian Rose look at Australian air power Op-ed: Buggie111 ruminates about WikiLife and WikiDeath

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The Bugle: Issue LXVIII, October 2011

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; medal recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D analyzes three books from Osprey Publishing Review essay: Nick-D reviews the new Bundeswehr Military History Museum

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MILHIST Military Aviation Questionaire

Hi MoRsE! As your MILHIST Military Avation Task Force coordinator, I'd like to conduct a short questionaire to give me an idea of what you would the task force to achieve and the capabilities of yours that might contribute positively to the task force. The four questions of this questionaire are:

1. What are your strengths on Wikipedia?
2. Which four military aviation articles would you like to see be promoted to at least GA?
3. What detailed resources (books, journals, etc) about military aviation do you have access to? Please provide the publications' authors, titles and ISSNs/ISBNs.
4. Which three military aviation articles are you wiling to provide assistance? This can be expansion, copyediting, reference formatting, etc.

Please reply by copying and pasting the following at User talk:Sp33dyphil#MILHIST Military Aviation questionnaire and filling it out.

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#My strengths
#Articles I'd like to see the task force improve
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#Sources which I have
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#Articles I'm willing to provide assistance
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Thank you for your assistance. Regards --Sp33dyphil ©^hat_ontributions 04:20, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Are you interested in Soviet fighter and bomber aircraft like the Su-27, MiG-21/25/29 and the like? --Sp33dyphil ©^hat_ontributions 08:01, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I am. --MoRsE (talk) 08:39, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Season's tidings!

FWiW Bzuk (talk) 03:18, 25 December 2011 (UTC).

The Bugle: Issue LXIX, November 2011

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors – MHotY coming; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at the Congolese Wars Review essay: Ian Rose goes to El Alamein Op-ed: DCI's call to revitalize WikiProject History

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Military Historian of the Year

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The Bugle: Issue LXX, January 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D Nick-D looks into two recent Milhist books Review essay: Kirill Lokshin, the first coordinator Op-ed: Hchc's English Castles

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The Bugle: Issue LXXI, February 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks into two recent Milhist books Op-ed: Ian Rose discusses article assessments

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The Bugle: Issue LXXII, March 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks into two recent Milhist books Op-ed: Hawkeye on Wikipedia collaborating with the AWM

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The Bugle: Issue LXXIII, April 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Bomzibar on Subhas Chandra Bose; Hawkeye on corps commanders; Nick-D on American special forces Op-ed: The Land on commemorating World War I

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The Bugle: Issue LXXIV, May 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Bomzibar on Chiang Kai-shek; Nick-D on the Falklands War Interview: Article writers discuss biographies Op-ed: Nick-D examines using news articles as sources

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GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive

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The Bugle: Issue LXXVI, July 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors: Wikimania 2012; special projects note Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D on the Australian 25th Battalion Interview: Article writers discuss buildings and fortifications Op-ed: Hawkeye7 reports on a weekend workshop

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The Bugle: Issue LXXVII, August 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D on the legacy of World War II Op-ed: Bomzibar on German military history

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Military history coordinator election

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The Bugle: Issue LXXVIII, September 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: AustralianRupert on artillery in South Australia, and Nick-D on Venice's empire Op-ed: Nick-D on the "Kokoda: Beyond the Legend" conference

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The Bugle: Issue LXXIX, October 2012

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; milestone for the Fortifications task force; contest results Articles: The month's new Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/October 2012/Hawkeye7 on mission command Op-ed: The ed17 on how The Bugle could be improved

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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins

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Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:33, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

A new user right for New Page Patrollers

Hi MoRsE.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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The Bugle: Issue CXXVIII, December 2016

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at America's nuclear capability at the start of the Cold War Review essay: Hawkeye7 on the Manhatten Project suite of articles Op-ed: TomStar81 discusses leadership changes in World War I Timeline: This month in World War I

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The Bugle: Issue CXXIX, January 2017

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at three recent works Op-ed: TomStar81 on a curious episode of World War I Timeline: This month in World War I

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Administrator changes

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The Bugle: Issue CXXX, February 2017

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Recent external reviews Op-ed: TomStar81 looks at submarine warfare in World War I Timeline: This month in World War I

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March Madness 2017

G'day all, please be advised that throughout March 2017 the Military history Wikiproject is running its March Madness drive. This is a backlog drive that is focused on several key areas:

• tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
• updating the project's currently listed A-class articles to ensure their ongoing compliance with the listed criteria
• creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various task force pages or other 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 military history scope will be considered eligible. More information can be found here for those that are interested, and members can sign up as participants at that page also.

The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 March and runs until 23:59 UTC on 31 March 2017, so please sign up now.

For the Milhist co-ordinators. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) & MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:24, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXI, March 2017

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at works on two facets of US military power Op-ed: TomStar81 on the Russian Revolution Timeline: This month in World War I

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXII, April 2017

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D and Hawkeye7 look at air power and nuclear weaponry Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on Australia's part in the advance on the Hindenburg Line Timeline: This month in World War I

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXIII, May 2017

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on Strategic Air Command doctrine Op-ed: Tomstar81 looks at a little-known aspect of World War I Timeline: This month in World War I

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXIV, June 2017

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at the Battle of Kokoda and US defence acquisition in the 1960s Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on the Battle of Messines Timeline: This month in World War I

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXV, July 2017

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D looks at planning for the unthinkable Op-ed: TomStar81 on Russia's Provisional Government in World War I Timeline: This month in World War I

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXVI, August 2017

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on the Battle of Messines and recent Australian Army leadership; Nick-D on South African armour Op-ed: Nick-D talks photography Timeline: This month in World War I

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXVII, September 2017

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D and Hawkeye7 look at two recent releases Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on ANZACs in the Third Ypres Offensive Timeline: This month in World War I

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2017 Military history WikiProject Coordinator election

Greetings from the Military history WikiProject! Elections for the Military history WikiProject Coordinators are currently underway. As a member of the WikiProject you are cordially invited to take part by casting your vote(s) for the candidates on the election page. This year's election will conclude at 23:59 UTC 29 September. Thank you for your time. For the current tranche of Coordinators, AustralianRupert (talk) 10:39, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXVIII, October 2017

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D and Hawkeye7 look at Australian involvement on the Western Front in 1918 and in post-war New Guinea Op-ed: TomStar81 on the October Revolution Timeline: This month in World War I

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXIX, November 2017

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Recent external reviews Op-ed: TomStar81 on late 1917 naval warfare Timeline: This month in World War I

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ArbCom 2017 election voter message

Hello, MoRsE. 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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2017 Military Historian of the Year and Newcomer of the Year nominations and voting

As we approach the end of the year, the Military History project is looking to recognise editors who have made a real difference. Each year we do this by bestowing two awards: the Military Historian of the Year and the Military History Newcomer of the Year. The co-ordinators invite all project members to get involved by nominating any editor they feel merits recognition for their contributions to the project. Nominations for both awards are open between 00:01 on 2 December 2017 and 23:59 on 15 December 2017. After this, a 14-day voting period will follow commencing at 00:01 on 16 December 2017. Nominations and voting will take place on the main project talkpage: here and here. Thank you for your time. For the co-ordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:36, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXL, December 2017

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User group for Military Historians

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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.

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I would like your input in a discussion

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I would appreciate it if you could give your input regarding https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Talk:List_of_naval_ship_classes_in_service#Split_this_article_into_multiple_articles Thanks in advance Dragnadh (talk) 14:28, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXLI, January 2018

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Nomination of Heavy Transport Helicopter for deletion

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The Bugle: Issue CXLII, February 2018

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The Bugle: Issue CXLIII, March 2018

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April 2018 Milhist Backlog Drive

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
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• 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.

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The Bugle: Issue CXLIIV, April 2018

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The Bugle: Issue CXLIV, May 2018

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The Bugle: Issue CXLVI, June 2018

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The Bugle: Issue CXLVII, July 2018

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The Bugle: Issue CXLVIII, August 2018

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The Bugle: Issue CXLIX, September 2018

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The Bugle: Issue CL, October 2018

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The Bugle: Issue CLIII, January 2019

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The Bugle: Issue CLIV, February 2019

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Pohjanmaa-class corvette

Hello, I'd like some clarification about where you've supposedly referenced the information that the competition was between Sea Ceptor, Barak 8 and ESSM? Also Gabriel's type is unreferenced, and officially not confirmed (though obvs wiki would allow using a secondary source which makes that mistake). --Ras (talk)

If it was based on this source, which is my assumption, then it's a challenging case since MBDA salesman can't really testify for that matter. Note he also says "expected to offer". If you want to present this view in the article, add reference and clearly state that "according to MBDA vp Paul Stanley..." --Ras (talk) 20:14, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for your feedback. I did a quick search on Israeli news sites, and came up with this: https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-iai-elta-wins-finland-radar-systems-deal-1001269847 It specifies that the version is indeed Gabriel 5.

I haven't found any conclusive information that says that MBDA offererd their product, but they most likely did. E.g. this page summarizes the same information in a similar manner to my contribution: https://oidagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2018_OIDASI_CS3-MBDA-CAMM.pdf (p.11)

You need to add them to the article soon since those parts are still unreferenced and reek of original research. --Ras (talk) 00:59, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLV, March 2019

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The Bugle: Issue CLVII, May 2019

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The Bugle: Issue CLIX, July 2019

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The Bugle: Issue CLX, August 2019

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The Bugle: Issue CLX, August 2019

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Backlog Banzai

In the month of September, Wikiproject Military history is running a project-wide edit-a-thon, Backlog Banzai. There are heaps of different areas you can work on, for which you claim points, and at the end of the month all sorts of whiz-bang awards will be handed out. Every player wins a prize! There is even a bit of friendly competition built in for those that like that sort of thing. Sign up now at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/September 2019 Backlog Banzai to take part. For the coordinators, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:18, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CLXI, September 2019

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The Bugle: Issue CLXII, October 2019

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The Bugle: IssueICLXVI, February 2020

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March Madness 2020

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The Bugle: Issue CLXVII, March 2020

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The Bugle: Issue CLXVIII, April 2020

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The Bugle: Issue CLXIX, May 2020

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The Bugle: Issue CLXX, June 2020

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXI, July 2020

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXII, August 2020

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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

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) 02:05, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue Issue CLXXIII, September 2020

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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXIV, October 2020

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXV, November 2020

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Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVI, December 2020

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D looks at the war in Ukraine

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVII, January 2021

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, February 2021

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, February 2021

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXIX, March 2021

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April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXX, April 2021

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on Montgomery's doctrine and Nick-D on Mussolini's wars

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXXI, May 2021

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXXII, June 2021

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