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Neutrality nomination

I just recently came across the 101st Chemical Company page and saw that you tagged it for a possible neutrality violation. I whole-heartedly agree withe the POV issue. Please refer to the talk page for more info. Thanks. (!Mi luchador nombre es amoladora de la carne y traigo el dolor! 03:30, 10 October 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Just a minor note on something I noticed: the extremely broad core topics (e.g. Military) really shouldn't be tagged with every possible task force, as most of those are quite irrelevant to the actual content of the article. It's generally better, in such cases, to have no task forces listed than to have all of them. ;-)

Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 05:02, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but my point was that the true core topics couldn't really be considered "in the scope" of, say, a national task force, because one wouldn't expect any meaningful connection between the content of the article and the task force's scope. The question I tend to ask in such cases might be "Is a potential editor of the article likely to need/want/get any significant assistance with it via that particular task force" (more so than simply through the central project, anyways). Thus, for example, there's no real reason why an editor of Military would want to consult with, say, the Canadian military history task force—the connection is just too limited.

(At a certain point, of course, the overuse of task force tags just looks bad—we don't want to give the impression that we're spamming, after all.)

Now that we have the "Military science" and "Military technology and engineering" task forces, things should be a bit easier, incidentally. "Military science", in particular, is probably the one that a lot of central topics should be tagged into. Kirill Lokshin 22:08, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Latin America (under some name) is one that's been the subject of considerable discussion, but we haven't been able to settle on whether we want "Latin America", "South America", "South and Central America", or some other variation as the scope (it having turned out that there are national sensibilities at stake). I'm hoping that we'll be able to come to some decision on the issue in the near future, though, as it's a pretty major gap in our coverage. Kirill Lokshin 22:18, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Request

Hey my buddy, how have you been? I would like you to take a look at the image of Rear Admrial Rafael Celetino Bemitez Image:Rear Admiral R.C. Benitez.jpg. Now, notice his Silver Star ribbon below his "Sub Wings". If I'm not mistaken, he was awarded more then one Silver Star Medal. What do you think? Tony the Marine 05:25, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

MyRevolutionaryWar.com

Were you referring to the massive linkspam I helped removed earlier this week to www.myrevolutionarywar.com? I was told by an admin, Eagle 101, to remove it. I don't recall his exact wording, but I have logs at home, I believe. We caught it, as we're testing a new bot to catch linkspam through RC patrol. If you'd like, you can check it out on irc.freenode.net #wikipedia-spam and #wikipedia-spam-t. Note that the bot does not actually do any reversion itself, but rather notifies us of any linkspam or red-/black-listed sites added to en.wiki and notifies flesh-and-blood editors of possible abuse.

I'd don't recall his exact reasoning for saying to remove it, but I'll check when I get home after my Environmental Management course tomorrow. I don't have a fast enough connection here to look through all my reverts for it, but I'll check when I get home tomorrow (Marketing class until 9:00pm tonight, work at 6:00am tomorrow morning, PST of course). If I inadvertantly removed any other links, I appologize. Please feel free to readd them, as they would have been inadvertantly removed. Thanks for contacting me instead of just simply re-adding them... it's greatly appreciated. :) thadius856_talk 00:37, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Like I said before, I don't recall the admin's reasoning — you'd be better off contacting him about that aspect of it. However, I do recall that the link was added to roughly 25 pages in very fast succession, all identical, indicating copy & paste action.

I personally don't have any feelings either way about the site, so I won't be adding my two cents into the discussion. Hopefully everybody comes to an easily agreeable solution without too much infighting, as I'd hate to see WPMILHIST itself suffer because of the link removal. If you need to ask me anything else, feel free to contact me again on my talk page again. thadius856_talk 19:45, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just wondering

How are you and what you've up to lately? Take care Buddy. Tony the Marine 23:50, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to hear from you. I need your opinion. Even thogh I stated in the article that I wrote that Admiral Benitez was the recipient of two Silver Star Medals, I would like you to take a look at the image of Rear Admrial Rafael Celetino Bemitez Image:Rear Admiral R.C. Benitez.jpg. Now, notice his Silver Star ribbon below his "Sub Wings" (You can zoom it). I just want to make sure that my eyes aren't playing tricks on me. Tell me what you think? Tony the Marine 19:06, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Veterans Day

I wish you a Happy Veterans Day. You are a true hero. Tony the Marine 03:48, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Feliz Navidad

O.K., so maybe you don't believe in Santa, but I still want to wish you and your loved ones a "Happy Holidays" and all of the happiness in the world and the best new year ever. Your friend, Tony the Marine 23:55, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas in 100 languages

Happy New Year

(Feliz Año Nuevo)

Happy New Year from Tony the Marine 02:36, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wish you and your loved ones all the happiness in the world this coming year.

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Reguesting your opinion

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

I personally oppose this move because these military decorations are only awarded om the United States and therefore cannot be confused with some other country's decoration. I see no need for the move. As a person who has been involved with United States military related articles, I invite you to express your opinion here: Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy. Thank you, Tony the Marine 02:43, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My old buddy

Man, am I glad to hear from you. I'm also very happy to see that you are back and well. I'll be going to Powder Springs, Georgia for 5 days starting tomorrow. When I get back I'll get in touch with you because I have a fantastic story to tell you. Tell you what, send me an e-mail right now and I'll send you the story. Tony the Marine 07:26, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and Happy New Year

Firstly, let me wish you a very happy New Year and thank you for all 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 good to have your feedback/comments on the drive at the Tag & Assess workshop

Thanks again for your help, --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 10:52, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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HMS A1

I know it's been a year and a half, but I finally completed your request for illustrations for HMS A1, with not one - but two images I found in a 1904 edition of the "Review of Reviewers for Australasia". Sherurcij ^{(Speaker for the Dead)} 07:32, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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News! Tag & Assess 2008 is coming ...

Milhist's new drive – Tag & Assess 2008 – goes live on April 25 and you are cordially invited to participate. This time, the task is housekeeping. As ever, there are awards galore, plus there's a bit of friendly competition built-in, with a race for bronze, silver and gold wikis! You can sign up, in advance, here. I look forward to seeing you on the drive page! All the best, --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 13:04, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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