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Hi Tom, just checking if were planning another in your series of op-eds on WWI -- no pressure, just need to know one way or t'other as I'd like to try and get this month's issue out soon, partly to remind everyone there's an election on... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 15:03, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
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Thank you for co-coordiating milhist, praised for a "flurry of interesting ideas to improve the project", for quality articles such as USS New Jersey, for trust and support, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (29 October 2010)!
I've just got round to reading your Op-Ed from the August 2014 edition of The Bugle. I really enjoyed it. It was great that you linked to the WWI task force and the Great War Centennial project. I'm still trying to find the time to properly follow up what I wrote at WWI editing co-ordination. Would you have any views on the best way to follow up some of the suggestions there and get more people interested? I would like to send out a mass message to those interested in (or already) editing on the topic, but only if there are a number of editors willing to help out with co-ordinating and reporting on activities. What I was hoping for was not just the timeline you are doing (which is great) but a summary of what articles people are working on and which articles have achieved a rise in rating (or even good articles and featured articles). A mini-version of the article content news? (That only covers A-class and featured - I'd like to cover more of what people are editing on in the WWI topic area). Would something like this be feasible? Carcharoth (talk) 16:06, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply. I am going to be short of time to discuss further this week, but where would be the best place to discuss, here, my talk page, or somewhere else? Carcharoth (talk) 08:12, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
@Carcharoth: Here is fine for now. If build enough momentum that others join up then we can move this someplace else and run with it there. For what its worth, I'll be busy this week as well. I'm having what I hope will be the last of the mold in place removed, however the nature of mold as hazardous material necessitates that I be out of the house for the time it takes them to demolish and remove the stuff, and that in turn means it'll be hard to me to find and connect to the net. TomStar81 (Talk) 08:39, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
I see that the article butN has been nominated for deletion. I have taken care of not violating any of the wikipedia guidelines and I got help from @LStanley1979 however as you say it has been nominated for deletion please help me improve it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adsyvb (talk • contribs) 12:36, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello TomStar81 all publicly available data which I could find online I have already cited the same in the article. Once I posted it there was editing done by LStanley1979 and he had asked me to rework on the content so as to not make it look like a promotion material. I have done the edit and I welcome you and everyone else in the community to do the edits. Appreciate your effort of adding in the infobox. Adsyvb (talk) 14:33, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks, I don't know why I didn't check, since I've sometimes nuked an afd myself when it's an obvious copyviol. Recently did one which was full of gross attacks but was AFDed for notability! Keep up the good work Jimfbleak - talk to me?15:43, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
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Greetings TS81, I read your piece on trench warfare in the Bugle and wondered if you'd considered the Iraq–Iran War (1980–1988) as an example of trench warfare?Keith-264 (talk) 19:50, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
It could be considered an example. There are many instances since WWI wherein one force has fortified a line for the purpose of defending itself from attacks by foreign or domestic forces (in the case of the latter, in civil wars or in race/ethnic/religious conflicts). I picked Korea because of its evolution over the nearly 70 years that it has existed, as I felt it was the best such example of a line wherein WWI style strategies, tactics, doctrines, and mentalities still reigned supreme. TomStar81 (Talk) 01:31, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
Thanks, I'm of the view that mobile warfare is what happens when it becomes impossible for one side to maintain fixed defences so I don't see a difference as either-or but more-or-less. Interesting....Keith-264 (talk) 08:38, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
I see that you deleted the DoStuff_Network page. I had already worked with another moderator to resolve the concern about significance. As a result, it was inappropriate of you to delete the page. Please undelete it. Thank you.
Dear TomStar81: You deleted the mainspace version of this draft because of copyright violation, but the edit summary doesn't appear to give the URL from which it was copied. The draft version has a lot of the same text, but with some sections removed. Is it still a problem? I was about to look for some references to add, but I don't want to waste my time if it would need a complete rewrite anyway. —Anne Delong (talk) 11:29, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
Greetings TomStar81 - I recently had a page nominated for speedy deletion, a page which I should have marked as (inuse). The article was deleted for notability reasons, however I was going in today to add the necessary resources to bring the page up to par - unfortunately I was given less than 24 hours to do so. As the subject (company) inherently passes the notability concerns (except for the fact that I hadn't added the information to the page yet), it would be helpful if you could restore the page to allow me to improve it, as opposed to having to start over again to add the proper references relating to depth of coverage and independent third party validation through press and media. If you have any suggestions for what I can do to help this article be restored I would appreciate it! Thanks for your help.
Garchy (talk) 15:42, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi Tom,
Any chance you can get the page Taneja Group over to my user space? Thanks!
Hello, I am a publicist from Bengal. I noticed that you have discussed and deleted Saptaswa Basu (page). I was not the creator of that page but I can confirm that he is a notable personality in Bengal. I have recreated the page and have given numerous more links to published articles about his works including Zeenews, Festival focus and other links. There are numerous articles existing in wikipedia with just 3 or 4 links, with incorrect info too, but they are not facing this tag of deletion. You can see pages Mir Afsar Ali, Subhasree Ganguly etc where the references are not much strong too. On the contrary, now I have added many references to SAPTASWA BASU to make it a source for reliable info. To the truest of my knowledge, the page is not any kind of advertisement or promotion. Please look into the matter. I have requested some film personalities too to join wikipedia and support the article. I am a basic writer and would really appreciate your help in improving the article. I will be adding more reference links of current works too. Please check the page and approve it. I will be waiting for your response.Here are the additional links that I have given, which may compensate for the lesser number of link present earlier.
Hi, I have got your reply. Yes I understand the policies. But my point is so many film personalities from here has their wikipedia pages and that too with incorrect info and poor sources. But those pages are not getting deleted Ever. I am willing to follow any guideline that is needed but I am not a pro writer and just a basic writer in wiki. Please help me out kindly as to how I should proceed with the article so that it is not deletedRoon100 (talk) 13:01, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
Immediately after prior block expired, user went right back to adding unsourced info to WP:BLP page, adding poorly sourced info eg sourced only to IMDB links, etc. Reverting to quite poor versions of film pages against consensus of WT:FILM.
Unfortunately the user is continuing exact same pattern of disruption that led to prior block, so another block is in order here.
Hi, TomStar81! That was a very good catch on those medical articles, as I should immediately have said there – thank you! I saw your post on MRG's talk about Guerrilla filmmaking and this user; I think she may be away for a few days, so I thought I'd throw in my 2c. I looked at the three instances of copying that you've tagged on the user's talk page: Facebook, Amazon and onthesetofnewyork.com. As far as I can see there is no great cause for anxiety here; the facebook page is taken from us (acknowledged as such), and, in the last pre-stub version of the article, the main stuff copied from the other two sources seemed to be correctly quoted and attributed (assuming, that is, that the Amazon blurb is in fact the blurb from the book). Yes, the use of quotes may be a bit excessive. Did you also see other possible instances of copying? Because if not, I think that copyright can perhaps be crossed off the list of problems here. I've watchlisted this page, will see if you reply here. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 12:34, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
Speedy Deletion of band page
Hi Tom, I'm just dropping by to mention that some people will likely be re-making the article Twiddle_(band) that you've deleted under A7. The editors who made it were new and didn't know our policies, but I am relatively sure that the band is notable via WP:BAND. I have encouraged them to sandbox the article and start over with proper refs and description of notability. Anyway, just wanted to give you heads-up in case you notice it when it pops up again. SemanticMantis (talk) 15:24, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi! I just wanted to thank you again for responding so quickly to my request for feedback on the new article Bataillon d'Infanterie legere d'Outre-Mer and help identifying some categories for it. I really appreciate that you took some of your personal time to respond and to edit the article. It really made my day!
I also noted that a much more experienced editor than I retitled the article to remove the acronym, and placed a redirect ... so all in all, I'm just so happy with the positive, helpful and encouraging response from MilitaryHistoryProject! :) I didn't even plan to create an article today - let alone this one. So all the better to know that there's such a helpful community of experienced folks working in this milhist area on an amazing range of topics. Cheers! Azx209:40, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
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I decided here that it was justified to take the unusual step of refactoring another editor's talk page post, as it looked to me like a clear mistake. If you disagree, please let me know. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 15:13, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
Please restore this article, which you deleted earlier today. As the Google cached version of the article makes evident, the article properly asserted notability as an actor with nontrivial roles in two notable films, as well as through a profile in a major national newspaper. I suspect the article had been vandalized, than hastily tagged with a careless speedy. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo) (talk) 16:40, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi, i notice you deleted my wiki and redirect it to Nous Model Management. It was first marked for speedy deletion and noone confront me to not delete it, now its redirect and i don't think this is fair. Its had all the references and don't see any failing on WP:TOOSOON. I'm taking care for all my wiki pages and looking for more references to fulfil the article, but even in this variant its having everything to can be on wikipedia. Yes there is more important models and people who should have wiki page, but i find time and sources for her and made it, i see no reason to be deleted now and restored back after few time. - K.belev (talk) 11:15, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
Yep, i know its just redirected and i want to restore it. I do believe there is no reason the article to be deleted or redirected as its having everythning to be on wikipedia. - K.belev (talk) 14:06, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
Hello good sir,
You had deleted the page I created about a band called Causa Sui. It was marked for speedy deletion by someone, citing the fact that the page was not important. And I had contacted the person and told him/her it was not so. The page was deleted within an hour stating that I, the author had marked it for speedy deletion, when in fact it was someone else. Could you please restore it? Libre.karthik (talk) 07:29, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
Voting for the Military historian and Military newcomer of the year now open!
Nominations for the military historian of the year and military newcomer of the year have now closed, and voting for the candidates has officially opened. All project members are invited to cast there votes for the Military historian and Military newcomer of the year candidates before the elections close at 23:59 December 21st. For the coordinators, TomStar81
for your answer regarding Kit Carson's uniform. However since I did not see that you running for anything there, or elsewhere for that matter, please take my vote and put it in your pocket and let me when and where (we already know the often sticky "why") you'd like it to be cast. This might not be wikipedia's finest hour but it is a good one. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 15:40, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
I have a tendency, unfortunate perhaps, of when I am reading something, in this case, your user page, of grinding to a halt when I discover something that goes very counter to my beliefs and understandings. I am no fan of the Pres but feel that sentiments such as you've expressed are just a part of the demagoguery or posturing plaguing our country, making it more difficult for any reconciliation to take place. Carptrash (talk) 03:26, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi Tom, bit pushed for time now, pls feel free to hand out awards if you're able to, otherwise I can do so in a few hours. In any case, tks again for getting it all rolling this year! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 02:09, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
Tom/Ian, is there a list of the winners somewhere? I'd like to include this in the Bugle's project news section (though Ian may well already be onto this!). Regards, Nick-D (talk) 03:22, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
My thanks to the Members of the Military History WikiProject for presenting me with the Golden Wiki award for 2014. Thank you as well for your congratulations. Pendright (talk) 17:41, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
Mr. Tom, I have removed some references of YouTube from article of Pritee Kathpal. I'm improving it with every passing day. I think her article deserves a place on Knowledge (XXG). She is a prominent emcee with over a thousand events to her name. She has also made many appearances on several TV shows of various networks of India. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Touseef1983 (talk • contribs)
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Dear TomStar81, HAPPY NEW YEAR Hoping 2015 will be a great year for you! Thank you for your contributions! From a fellow editor, FWiW Bzuk (talk) 21:21, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
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I would appreciate your help in resolving this situation.The page was first created at least a half dozen years ago by a newspaper reporter in New York City. And though various people, including some who worked for my museum, made edits, all those edits were referencing publicly available sources, such as the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, or the Wall Street Journal - and MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR THIS SITUATION, did not infringe on any copyright rules.
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@Star Mississippi: First off, there is no relation between me and Star Mississippi as it relates to us being one and the same account, we are different people, so the messages you've left are for two different people. Now on to the matter of the article: I will not restore the article in any of its previous versions because the entire article contribution history is far too polluted with copyright and conflict of interest edits to be of use to Knowledge (XXG). If you would like to try to put the article back my firm recommendation is to write a draft for the article you want at Knowledge (XXG):Drafts. I would also suggest seeking help from the editors at our Teahouse, the contributors there are more than willing to help you by answering your questions, and more importantly and better versed in concerns such as yours. TomStar81 (Talk) 01:31, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Tom, looking to prepare this month's Bugle for dispatch in the next few days, what sort of timeframe are you looking at for completing your op-ed? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 02:28, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
For all the thought and hard work you put into your MilHist 2014 Year In Review Awards initiative, I present you this WikiProject Barnstar! Thanks/cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:02, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
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You have deleted the article for Sinocare. I ask you to review the action.
Sinocare is a publicly traded company on a major stock exchange. The notability guideline strongly suggests such companies are notable. In addition, I had supported the article with a reference to a peer reviewed journal. This journal article was deleted by an editor who could not find mention of the company in the article. I believe this is clear error because this journal article prominently mentions the company.
Thanks for laying out the details of the criteria. I disagree especially with your last point about the article's content. It doesn't at all resemble advertising. The article is a collection of simple facts written in a plain style. It certainly isn't "unambiguously advertising". I would like to re-attempt to write the article in collaboration with other editors. Please restore it by that channel. Muzzleflash (talk) 09:41, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi Tom, As a friendly reminder/ping, will you be contributing a timeline article for the February Bugle? Regards, Nick-D (talk) 11:02, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
That must have been the first thank you I got from someone whose edit I subjectively reverted. Glad there are no hard feelings. —Bagumba (talk) 00:27, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
@Bagumba: I only re-added the information because I could not locate it and I though it to be important to the game, but if you guys have it tidied away in its proper spot then I am more than happy to let my addition go. Its just how I role. Also, thanks for the barnstar, I do appreciate it :) TomStar81 (Talk) 00:43, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
Hello, for what reason was the page of Mirnes Pepic deleted ?
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