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Hello! If you don't mind can I have your User space Navigation Bar with some customization? --SMS ^Talk 16:02, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

So should i edit it in my sandbox and then show you for approval? --SMS ^Talk 19:37, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Sure! thanks a lot! --SMS ^Talk 19:44, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Re:adminship

Replyied on Roger Davies (talk · contribs) talk page. TomStar81 (Talk) 19:55, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Off th top of my head I think that its around March 16, but I will firm that up some when I get home as thats where my school calender is. TomStar81 (Talk) 20:07, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

After looking for our spring break date I have noticed that no one seems to be certain of it, however I do believe that Spring break is in fact the week of March 23; given the tendancy here to time spring break with easter that would be a logical guess. TomStar81 (Talk) 02:43, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

WikiThanks

Thank you, MBK004, for your support in my RfB. I appreciate your trust. Acalamari 22:01, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Coordinatorship

Sorry to see you didn't make it in this time, but for what its worth I think you would make a great coordinator. Keep up the good work, and try again in August, I would be happy to support you again then. In the interim, though, keep up the good work! TomStar81 (Talk) 01:18, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

What Tom said. :-) Kirill 01:58, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

What they both said, I think you will be like me last time. Just carry on getting involved, there are very little duties that normal editors can't do anyway. I hope to see you around (as usual). Woody (talk) 02:32, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

It was like an echo of my thoughts (and my actions over the last 6 months). See you around! Woody (talk) 02:38, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Sorry you didn't make it as a coordinator, but if you want to do something useful, just let me know, I'm sure there are enough tasks. For example some of our measures like the B class assessment could benefit from a critical report. Wandalstouring (talk) 12:56, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Really??

As far as I knew, and believe now to be true, the policy should be changed if it's not, that Vessels of a military nature should carry the military ensign, or perhaps both flags on separate sections.

Anything less is just kinda dumb, the US Naval Vessels right now, and All British vessels always, have their military ensigns, not the National flag on the top mast. That is military tradition dating back hundreds of years, civilian vessels carry national flags Therubicon (talk) 06:30, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

With thanks

By the order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of your outstanding effort to improve our compliment of naval ships by updating infoboxes, replacing deprecated infoboxes, and locating sources for ships in the employment of their respective countries navies. For the coordinators, --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 13:06, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

		Milhist Coordinator elections
		Thank you very much for your support in the recent Military history Wikiproject elections. I went into it expecting to just keep my seat and was astonished to end up with the lead role. I anticipate a rather busy six months :) --ROGER DAVIES talk 13:23, 29 February 2008 (UTC) Haut-Koeningsbourg castle, Alsace.

Thanks

		Milhist Coordinator election
		Thank you very much for your support in the recent Military history Wikiproject election. I'm more than happy to serve the project for another six months! --Eurocopter (talk) 15:16, 29 February 2008 (UTC) Russian-Circassian War

Can You Help in My RFA?

Can You Help Me become an Administrator. I have a lot of sticky situations, and I need a more experienced Wikipedian to help me clean it up. Please Help. --SignedObaidz96 (talk) 17:03, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: Coordinator elections

Hi. Well, sorry you failed, but it's good that your spirits are up. All the best. Oh, and nice banner at the top of the talk page (mind if I steal it? :) ). Cheers, Ouro (blah blah) 21:41, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I was thinking about Yakyakyak.gif, because it's nice. Thanks! --Ouro (blah blah) 08:52, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

I prefer politeness over abbreviations. But thanks for the reminder :) --Ouro (blah blah) 08:21, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Credit

I borrowed on of your SHIPS ideas and took it to MILHIST, and so far it seems to be a hit with the coordinators. I have to admit, you idea was a good one. TomStar81 (Talk) 06:40, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

re: wwII firing arcs

Sorry I didn't have a chance to get back to you earlier. The coverage of firing arcs in WWII era ships is woefully inadequate. For instance, the USS Atlanta was notorious for having only a 60° firing arc on her broadside, but yet was highly effective as an anti-aircraft platform because of her ability to bring to bear a minimum of 6 barrels of highly accurate, rapid firing 5" guns at any angle. The Atlanta was potentially able to bring upwards of 12 barrels on target in a broadside ship to ship engagement, but against aircraft, while she was unable to bring quite as many barrels to bear, she was able to do so over a much wider area of coverage, and thus was much more useful to the fleet. Things like firing arcs, range, and extent of armament are surprisingly lacking in many of the WWII era ship articles, so I was hoping you would help me to continue improving them. I've started with the Atlanta, and I intend to move on to the USS Fletcher, and the USS Northhampton. ⇒SWATJester ^{Son of the Defender} 16:58, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXIV (February 2008)

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Thank you

I don't think I've ever seen a thank you note for someone who did not win a coordinator position. And the message was very upbeat. Thank you for thinking of me. Leobold1 (talk) 05:19, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't think so...

My personal analysis was left in the edit summary page as it should be when explaining my change to the page and my thoughts on previous edits. The only change in the article was me stating that the cgi was undeniably cheap, as in "you can't miss it" which is not opinion but fact. Also, in not having offense with - "A point of note is that the CGI has dated very well and plays comparably to significantly more modern fare with vastly higher budget." - are you not being a little hypocritcal what with the whole "personal opinion" idea you have? 66.253.190.219 (talk) 04:40, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Why should I find a citation for my edit when there is not a citation for the statement you seem so keen to keep in the article... 66.253.190.219 (talk) 04:59, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Who owns the pages anyway?

Just curious, I thought the web pages were public domain, therefore there wasn't a need for a 'consensus' to make changes. The changes I've made are small (merely adding hull numbers to the templates), so what exactly needs to be 'discussed' about them.

I'm not trying to be rude (and I hope I'm not coming across that way), I just thought these were public pages.

Hope to hear back from you soon!

(redjacket3827) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Redjacket3827 (talk • contribs) 03:33, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

is there a reason

i just edited out the info box to doug's name —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamesbondfan (talk • contribs) 06:51, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

if possible

can you post the nasa portarit of doug hurley —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamesbondfan (talk • contribs) 07:16, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Question re admin intervention against vandalism

...it looks as though 86.151.43.75's last edit to Simon Amstell did in fact come (4:18 March 9) after their final warning (2:18 March 9)..? If there is a discrepancy or something I'm not understanding, please advise. Rachel Summers (talk) 11:08, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

New! BCAD drive from Milhist

Can I invite you to particpate in our new assessment drive? It's strictly for experienced wiki-gnomes 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

My request for bureaucratship

Dear MBK004, thank you for taking part in my RfB. As you may know, it was not passed by bureaucrats.
I would, however, like to thank you for taking the time to voice your support, despite concerns cited by the opposition. Although RfA/B isn't really about a person, but more about the community, I was deeply touched and honoured by the outpouring of support and interest in the discussion. I can only hope that you don't feel your opinion was not considered enough - bureaucrats have to give everyone's thoughts weight.
I also hope that the results of this RfB lead to some change in the way we approach RfBs, and some thought about whether long-entrenched standards are a good thing in our growing and increasingly heterogenous community.
I was a little miserable after the results came out, so I'm going to spread the love via dancing hippos. As you do. :)
I remain eager to serve you as an administrator and as an editor. If at any point you see something problematic in my actions, please do not hesitate to call me out. ~ Riana ⁂ 13:26, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

protecting Philippines

I'm surprised I didn't get a warning when I semi-protected Philippines a few seconds after you did. Did you use a script to sneak in there that fast? —EncMstr 06:44, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello

Please help me to have a Semi-Protection the Angel Locsin, Regine Velasquez and Lobo (TV series) pages because of unstoppable Vandalism.{Tomsbrand™ (talk) 07:50, 12 March 2008 (UTC)}

RE: BCAD

Right now, my goal is to get my edit # back up. I had this big long period from July to February where I was almost completely inactive (partially because of school, partially because of lack of interest). I'm seriously behind. I'm past the time I need to be a "yeoman editor". however, I only have half of the edits necessary to do so. I'm in this because A: I love assessment drives B: My edit count needs to go up, and I think that this is a good method of doing so. Cheers! Cam (complaints/Discussion) 03:42, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

True. I'm not attempting a purely "edit count obsession". I'm just of the mindset of "heck, I haven't been active for nearly 6 months. An assessment drive is a great way to get back into things". I've been contributing continuously to my best articles, the Battle of Verrieres Ridge being the main one, throughout the last half of February.

Thanks for sending me the link to that little essay. Cam (Chat) 03:50, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

...for the kind words. I hate to leave, even for such a limited amount of time, becuase this is one of the few joys I have left in left, and is in itself a stress reliever. I can feel the weight of the acedemic year bearing down on me: my halucinations have returned with a vengance and my stomach no longer tolerates much more than noodle cups; at this rate I fear I may end up chugging pepto-bismal again just to make it through the days ahead with some semblence of health left. Despite all the effort I put into studying for my midterms both came back with grades rated as "D", and I fear that if I do not sacrafice time here to see to the problem soon my fate and Arizona’s fate are going to be as one. For my own peace of mind I decide to alot myself one more weekend here for peace before dismissing myself to focus on school; in this way, I hope that I can strengthen my resolve to pass. I left your name in the sandbox mention as a designated point of contact for the ship articles I work on, I hope thats OK. Above all, thank you for the understanding: I was expecting to be chewed out to some extent for bowing out to tend to matters related to my education, however you and Roger have been vary understanding on the matter. That means a lot to me. TomStar81 (Talk) 07:28, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

The depressing part (for me) is that I used to be an all A honor role student, and refused to accept grades like C's and D's, but somewhere around the seventh grade I just lost that lovin feelin toward school. Now its all I can do just to pay attention sometimes. Everytime I stare in the mirror part of me always asks "what the hell happened to you?" and the other part always asked "why do still insist on trying?". I have to find answeres to these questions. BTW: Don;t sacrafice your school year for my sake, if you need to bow out then please do so before things get worse. No time like the present to pounce on a potential problem :) TomStar81 (Talk) 07:51, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Degrassi: The Next Generation

Thanks for your review of the article. I think I've added the appropriate references that will allow it to pass as a GA, now. Also, I noticed in the review you wrote it was "reasonably well written". Do you have any suggestions on how to make it "well written"? I'd like to take this all the way to FA status, so any further help you have would be appreciated. Thanks -- Matthew | talk | Contribs 23:14, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

I am working on the GA

I am Working on the GA pass. This is the first time I have reviewed. I cut&pasted from the GA page and it came out that way. Don't know why. Please let me do it so I can learn. Thankyou.--Hfarmer (talk) 23:15, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

About Rick Perry

Actually I did say something about it. I said two things about it. AND I said I would remove the section in one week if no one disagreed and it has been over a month. That whole section is extremely POV. We don't need all that stuff at the end about how people responded to what he said. The first part can stand on its own. That way we allow the reader to make the judgment call as to whether they agree or disagree with Perry's stance. -Brad Kgj08 (talk) 23:19, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Vandals

Thanks a lot for your efforts to revert vandalism and warn the vandals. Take care.. -Fnlayson (talk) 03:46, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Ima Hogg

Hey there, I've been watching the article evolve. I was concerned early on with the "Legacy" paragraph being somewhat insulting, but it looks like they toned it down. I think the infobox would work fine in the article. Postoak (talk) 01:59, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I was surprised by the "infobox lovers coming out of the woodwork" comment. Aren't we supposed to WP:AGF? :) Oh well. Postoak (talk) 02:17, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

User 203.214.146.180

Block that user. This user had a final warning before replacing my talkpage with "guam". Footballfan190 (talk) 05:42, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

But there is clearly a message I put in my talkpage so that anyone who edits it would read it. Footballfan190 (talk) 05:51, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

The user was IP hopping, and I'd blocked the same user under a previous IP earlier in the night. Cheers! -- Flyguy649 ^talk 06:14, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Error on WT:MILHIST

When I took a look at your statistics, I noticed when checking the hard-link to the statistics, instead of World War I for 37th place overall, the article that is truly in that position is World War II. You may need to correct the table for accuracy. -MBK₀₀₄ 22:58, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Also, WWI is 67th, with WWII 37, so there is an additional article that needs to be added to the table. -MBK₀₀₄ 01:37, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks MBK004. That's correct. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 01:43, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

No problem, and happy to help. -MBK₀₀₄ 01:51, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Also, could you provide me with the full list that you mentioned in your original post. I'd like to take a look, but don't want to scroll through 5000 article names. Preferably on a sub-page created by you if possible? -MBK₀₀₄ 04:06, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

I'll be creating a subpage. Meanwhile, I've sent you the notepad file by email. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 04:33, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Carolyn Farb

Hello, I'm having a minor disagreement at Carolyn Farb and would appreciate your input to settle the matter. I was going to take it to WP:Third Opinion but it looks like it may not qualify for resolution. Thanks for your help, Postoak (talk) 02:24, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your assistance, this should help. I will cease all edits to the article until consensus is reached so I don't accidentally violate 3RR Postoak (talk) 02:51, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

I added a WP:BLP banner on the page because the paragraph was restored. I removed the paragraph according to policy, but will leave the warning for a while. Thanks, Postoak (talk) 20:26, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Breathtaker

Hello MBK004. Recently you asked for protection of Neoclassical (Dark Wave) at WP:RPP due to vandalism by Breathtaker socks. Breathtaker's activities are being discussed here at ANI. If you have special knowledge you might want to comment in that thread. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 02:07, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply at ANI. Another editor appears to have edited your comment at WP:RPP with a strikeout after the event; otherwise I would not have responded there. Sorry for misreading the sequence of events. I'll not believe any strikeouts I see on that noticeboard in the future! EdJohnston (talk) 04:44, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

What Is Rollback? What happens if you are granted it? please reply on my Talk page --Obaidz96 (talk) 02:15, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, will you give me roll back, Mr. MBK₀₀₄?--Obaidz96 (talk) 03:02, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Rfb

I Really think you should try a Rfb. I really think you deserve it. You have been supporting Wikipedia. --Obaidz96 (talk) 04:18, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of RfA Page

How do you delete a nomination? I want to withdraw from the RfA. :( --Obaidz96 (talk) 04:35, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

An Award

		The Editor's Barnstar
		For switching all original ship links on the current Montana-class battleship article to the template ship links version I herby award you The Editor's Barnstar. Keep up the good work! TomStar81 (Talk) 01:45, 25 March 2008 (UTC)