User talk:ERcheck/Archive 8

This is Archive 8 of my talk page. It is archived using the Cut-and-Paste method.

Below the line, you will find the talk portion of the page for December 2006.

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Re:David M. Gonzales

I agree with you about the image. As a matter of fact, I had the black and white one in the infobox and someone changed it back to the blue background one. Be my guest and change it. I'm working hard on those MoH's. Another thing I really like your style in the MoH citation, the cuotations. I have used it as a standard for the other MoH citations. Tony the Marine 23:24, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

HI!

I'm running VandalProof right now and it shows me you're online. Just saying hi. Rlevse 12:41, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

VP doesn't actually have what you'd call a "who's" online option, but it does show "recent changes" with only a few seconds delay, so if someone shows up there you know they're currently online. Your edit about, I think, a marine parachute regiment showed up while I was patrolling for vandals. On another note, all three in the mediation case have now agreed to mediation, but Jergen stills want a different mediator. Your call, if you don't want to do it, that's okay. Rlevse 13:04, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Help with an A-Class review

My apologies for bothering you with this, but might you be able to chip in on this A-Class review? The usual crowd seems decidedly absent, and I'd prefer not to have the article sit in limbo because we haven't been able to round up some reviewers. Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 05:01, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

KP duty

Needs tag for MILHIST. Rlevse 18:21, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

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Kitchen Police

Thanks for putting some time in on kp duty. I think there are a lot of interesting aspects of military subculture that crop up in the civilian world, but there is limited information available. I'd love to see a whole article on spit shines, for example, or a military section in the Brasso article. I had not thought of categorizing it in the Military History project at all, though. KP Botany 22:52, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: [edit] General Michael Hagee, USMC - retirement

I see what you're saying, the Gen is probably on terminal leave until his actual retirement date. I stand corrected. Windyjarhead 17:01, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Nav pane

I've now added a navigation pane, similar to yours, to all our project pages, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Scouting. We formed our first task force, too, for female Scouts. Rlevse 13:45, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Stolen Valor Act of 2005

I've started this article, please look it over for categories, task force tag, etc. Rlevse 17:57, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

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years

hi ... can u pls give the url for the single years rule that u mentioned on the Mussina article? tx.--Epeefleche 17:49, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Actually, I never edited the Mussina article. I think you are referring to a recent edit to the Andy Pettitte article. Here is the MOS guideline page — Wikipedia:Only make links that are relevant to the context. — ERcheck (talk) 22:43, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. But I note that it says "Dates -- ...there is no general consensus that the habit of linking separate years ... although most Wikipedians disfavour that habit currently.... Dates when they contain a day, month, and year — 25 March 2004 — or day and month — February 10 — should be linked for date preference formatting. Stand alone years do not need to be linked but some users prefer it..." That seems something less than a "do not link" commandment, no?--Epeefleche 02:44, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

List of famous military brats

Needs milhist tag, tf, and rating.Rlevse 17:34, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for the deletion of Allyson johns I appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia and your efforts to help keep it clean. Your actions are not going unnoticed! I appreciate you and your work very much! Thank you!

Sincerely Carlo V. Sexron 05:07, 14 December 2006 (UTC) Carlo V. Sexron

Image talk:BNTM2all.jpg

Hi ERcheck. You removed both the anon attack and my {{db-attack}} with your edit. Is there any reason not to just delete Image talk:BNTM2all.jpg? Right now, the attack is still in the history and the edit summary. Þicaroon 21:07, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Done. — ERcheck (talk) 22:41, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Please move

Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell of Rodd to Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell - Kittybrewster 22:20, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes please undo the move I did. I am told I was wrong to make it. - Kittybrewster 00:08, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Username report

You posted User:Darkherox on WP:AIV for a username violation. Please explain why this is a violation. (I've removed it from the AIV notice board.) — ERcheck (talk) 14:32, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

The username I'm trying to bring to your attention is "Come and fuck me". I reported it using Vandalproof, and it has a bug with usernames containing spaces. I tried to correct it, but Antivandlbot reverted me twice. Apologies for the confusion. Mr Stephen 14:38, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Richard Tregaskis as a Marine Corps Portal Article?

Hi, how's it been going?

I added this stub earlier today: Richard Tregaskis

He wrote Guadalcanal Diary and other military-related books.

Because he was covering the USMC at Guadalcanal, do you think his article could be connected to the USMC portal, or is this stretching it a bit?

Thanks, --Skb8721 22:30, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for the reply on my user talk page. I'll try to expand the article on Monday and Tuesday, so that it contains the minimum number of words required for nomination in the DYK section. Unfortunately, I didn't offhand see any one location on the Net for detailed info on Tregaskis, so I'll probably have to glean bits and pieces from here and there. Actually, I do have access to newspaperarchive.com and will see if I cannot find his obituary. Sincerely, --Skb8721 21:57, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi, again. I've expanded the Richard Tregaskis article. Do you think it is suitable for nomination as a DYK? (I thought all DYK nominations had to be at least 1,000 words in length; but, actually, the regulations says 1,000 "characters" in length. So the article is safe on these grounds.) Sincerely, --Skb8721 17:29, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the DYK nomination. I shortened the DYK entry just a tad, and I added a photo. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Skb8721 (talk • contribs) 18:28, 18 December 2006 (UTC).

Cool, it was chosen for the DYK. Thanks again for your help!!! --Skb8721 18:17, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

ERcheck, I didn't notice until today that you are an administrator. As such, do you think I am qualified to be an administrator, based on my record? I believe I've been active on Wikipedia since June (I think). I'm in no hurry, however, if you think I am not ready. Really, if you could give me feedback on this topic, I'd appreciate it! Sincerely, --Skb8721 04:08, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: Within the scope of WPMILHIST

Yep, I'd say both fall quite nicely under military historiography. :-) Kirill Lokshin 23:44, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Marie Teresa Rios

Hey buddy, it is always nice to hear from you. I'm glad that you liked the Marie Teresa Rios article. What a family! About the webpage, I'll notify the editor and have them fix the problem. I was just thinking about you and some other friends here in Wikim which I haven't been able to talk to for some time. The last two weeks I was busy writing the bios of the MoH's in the List of Hispanic Medal of Honor recipients that needed them. I finished that. I was also waiting for the results on my biopsy and thank God I don't have prostate cancer. Have you seen the bios? I think some of them could make GA Status. You know, when I wrote the article about Antonio Rodriguez Balinas, I had a hard time finding info on him. The people who run Los Valiosos website didn't even want to cooperate with me, but I was able to do it anyway. Cheers! Tony the Marine 00:46, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

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DYK update

Hi Binguyen,

You are one of the most active admins on DYK, so I'm dropping you this line.

Today, I tried my hand at the DYK update for the first time. (I have a much greater appreciation now for all the work you do in keeping this feature moving on a regular basis). If I made any mistakes, please let me know. I tried my best to follow all of the directions.

Thanks, — ERcheck (talk) 01:20, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Hello ERcheck. I think that everything's in order, but I think that User:Tony1/How_to_satisfy_Criterion_1a:_redundancy_exercises, a skills training guide for FAC is pretty helpful, as it helps you to be on the lookout for redundant words and such. Certainly after getting Ian Thorpe through FAC, I noticed that I managed to economise the length of noms more effectively, so that we don't unnecessarily miss stuff because of the backlog. It's also in your right (and I exercise it) to cut extraneous detail which extracts from the part of the blurb which is supposed to thought provoke "did you know" ?? ideas. Aside from that, when the RHS of the main page is too short and we don't have space for DYK, I go to BBC and try and find an excuse to put more news items to make the RHS longer. It helps to have more people inspecting the noms for sure. Thanks, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:43, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Issue resolution

Hey buddy, just to clarify, myself and a few of my friends all decided we should get accounts on wikipedia as we use it alot as a reference for our studies. I looked up what a sockpuppet is, and that is definitely not what is going on.

Cheers, Greengiraffe 07:00, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Battle of Lihula

Referenced Battle of Lihula. --Drieakko 11:11, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Did you know? was updated. On 20 December, 2006, a fact from the article Richard Tregaskis, which you recently nominated, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Greetings

Tony the Marine

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)

• Merry Christmas in 100 languages

Next year, Somos Primos a magazine which I write for and that is received in the Library of Congress and Smithsonian Institute, will run a Hispanic MoH series. Tony the Marine 04:57, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

That is great. Will they be using the text from the articles? Or, is it about the articles? — ERcheck (talk) 06:27, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

I believe the text will be used. Tony the Marine 23:08, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't know what's wrong. Tell you what, write your e-amil add in my talk page then I'll e-mail you and you should be able to respond. Tony the Marine 05:06, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

O.K., I enabled it. Try it now. Tony the Marine 05:52, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi there, thankyou for being so friendly and accomodation towards me,

Greengiraffe 05:28, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Your article, Ron Powers, was selected for DYK!

On December 23, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ron Powers, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! ++Lar: t/c 13:55, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Regarding a personal attack warning

Hey there. I noticed that you had left a warning, but after looking at his contribs, I only see an edit to Elephant. Did he previously edit as an IP or something? :: Colin Keigher (Talk) 21:36, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Ah. That clarifies that for me. Thanks. :: Colin Keigher (Talk) 00:44, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

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Frances Silva

Hey buddy, come on over here:User:Marine 69-71/Sandbox. I added some stuff and made some minor changes to your article. I hope that you like it. I won't make the changes unless you aprove it. Tony the Marine 02:57, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Go ahead and take out the first paragraph and make what ever fixes you like. Cheers! Tony the Marine 04:09, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't know, I just posted the article as it appears in NETA and added the link. I wouldn't worry to much about it. Tony the Marine 04:47, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

RE List of United States Navy staff corps

Thats funny I was literally sitting here looking at it going you know I should make it two colunms when I got youe message. oh and thanks. --Wilsbadkarma 04:06, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

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Back

Hey, hope all is well. I just got off vacation so, come tomorrow, I should be back up and contributing as normal. I'll give you my 2 cents on the portal then but so far so good. Hope you and the family had a great Christmas and that the New Year treates you great as well. Cheers.--Looper5920 17:20, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Administrator Status?

ERcheck,

I didn't notice until recently that you are an administrator.

As such, do you think I am qualified to serve as an administrator, based on my record?

I've been active on Wikipedia since May.

I'm in no hurry, however, if you think I am not ready.

If you could give me feedback on this topic, I'd appreciate it!

Sincerely,

--Skb8721 21:13, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

ERcheck, Thanks for your reply. I'll delay my application for admin status and read the material you suggested. Sincerely, --Skb8721 00:07, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Fallujah

thank ou for your involvment in the page but I belive that you may have missed the fact that the number 27 is not mentioned in any article and not only the guardian but a state department spokesman on NPR and NBC reported 83. furthermore as you seemed to have had prior relations with the other users and stoped the page on their verison and subsequently voiced unilateral suport for their version it sounds like a conflict of intrest to me admin powers should not be used to suport one side in a dispute. Marshalbannana 18:04, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

The WHA is not hosting Fenced in Hunts

Will you please join in the passing of this knowledge?

Thank you sir.Worldhunt 02:48, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

return

I have returned to wiki. Thank you for your suppport. See my talk page. Rlevse 00:25, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

DYK

I already removed entry to make way for yours. I'll get it in next time. Thanks for helping out btw. =) Nishkid64 22:41, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

By the way, I replied to your comments about one of my DYK suggestions.[1] Tell me if you think it's fine now. Nishkid64 23:00, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, ERcheck. I like the new DYK better than the old one. It's now short and sweet. Happy New Year, btw. =) Nishkid64 01:48, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Check out T:DYKT#December_27. Tell me if you understand the wording of the entry. It's a great article, and I'd like to see it on DYK, but the wording's a wee bit off. Thanks for any help. Nishkid64 02:27, 1 January 2007 (UTC)