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[edit] Second election message

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[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XII - February 2007

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XII - February 2007
Project news
  • The new consolidated review department—combining the existing project peer review and A-Class review with a listing of project articles undergoing various external featured content candidacies and reviews—is now operational.
  • Two new templates have been introduced:
  • An effort is being made to have task forces maintain annotated bibliographies for their topic areas; several task forces have already begun to construct them.
  • The project reached two important milestones this month: 500 active members and 30,000 articles in the assessment system.
  • A military version of Wikipe-tan has been created; a new userbox featuring one of the images is available for interested project members.
From the coordinators

The third project coordinator elections have now concluded. Seven coordinators have been selected to serve for the next six months:

Carom (talk · contribs)
FayssalF (talk · contribs)
Kirill Lokshin (talk · contribs)
Kyriakos (talk · contribs)
LordAmeth (talk · contribs)
Petercorless (talk · contribs)
Wandalstouring (talk · contribs)

Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all of the candidates who put themselves forward for this responsibility, and to the retiring coordinators for all of their efforts to improve the project!

Kirill Lokshin, Lead Coordinator
Current proposals and discussions
  • {{Infobox National Military}} is being developed to replace the old {{Military}} template; comments on the draft version are welcome.
  • A proposal to introduce a category tree for military campaigns, as well as a number of associated classification guidelines, is being discussed; comments would be very appreciated.

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Issue XII - February 2007
Project news
  • The new consolidated review department—combining the existing project peer review and A-Class review with a listing of project articles undergoing various external featured content candidacies and reviews—is now operational.
  • Two new templates have been introduced:
  • An effort is being made to have task forces maintain annotated bibliographies for their topic areas; several task forces have already begun to construct them.
  • The project reached two important milestones this month: 500 active members and 30,000 articles in the assessment system.
  • A military version of Wikipe-tan has been created; a new userbox featuring one of the images is available for interested project members.
From the coordinators

The third project coordinator elections have now concluded. Seven coordinators have been selected to serve for the next six months:

Carom (talk · contribs)
FayssalF (talk · contribs)
Kirill Lokshin (talk · contribs)
Kyriakos (talk · contribs)
LordAmeth (talk · contribs)
Petercorless (talk · contribs)
Wandalstouring (talk · contribs)

Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all of the candidates who put themselves forward for this responsibility, and to the retiring coordinators for all of their efforts to improve the project!

Kirill Lokshin, Lead Coordinator
Current proposals and discussions
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[edit] WPMILHIST Award

Assistant Cooridinator of the Military History Wikiproject,August 2006 — February 2007
Assistant Cooridinator of the Military History Wikiproject,
August 2006 — February 2007

In recognition of the six monthes spent as an Assistant Coordinator of the Military History Wikiproject, I herby award you these stars. Thank you for contributing your time and effort to the project. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:12, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Novels Newsletter for March

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  • We are on the cusp of having 9000 novel and other narrative prose articles tagged as part of the project. With this volume of articles, we need all the editorial help we can get.
  • Now there are three Task Forces ("Short story", "Science Fiction" & "Crime") - see below
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  • The project has currently 214 members, 8 joined & 1 leavers since the last newsletter at the start of February 2007
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  • The Assessment department has managed to assess (in some form) nearly all the main articles. The emphasis will now change to identifying needed article improvement, however keeping a watch on newly tagged articles with a view to properly assess those.
  • A new Peer review department has kicked off with one of my early articles as a starting point. Please do give it a look, start reviewing and suggest other articles that you believe could benefit from another pair of eyes.
  • The Children and Young Adult Literature portal was created by User:KGV, go take a look.
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  • Currently stalled - if anyone has the means to help out here with re-generation of these list - please do!
Current debates
  • The End of Fair Use? is notification of a serious debate going on across WikiPedia.
  • Another possible problem hasn't really got going as a debate but maybe should have. It highlights a need to put in content to articles that asserts "notability" and gives proper referencing to articles.
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Project volunteers
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Last months A Taste for Death challenge was met by the user Barbara Osgood (talk · contribs) with a brief stub .... again this could still handle some development.

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[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Occupation of Latvia

This arbitration case has closed and the final decision is available at the link above. The parties identified in the decision as having acted poorly in the dispute regarding Occupation of Latvia 1940-1945 are admonished to avoid such behavior in the future. That article is placed on probation, and any editor may be banned from it, or from other reasonably related pages, by an uninvolved administrator for disruptive edits, including, but not limited to, edit warring, inciviilty, and original research. The Arbitration Committee reserves the right to appoint one or more mentors at any time, and the right to review the situation in one year, if appropriate. The parties are strongly encouraged to enter into a mediation arrangement regarding any article-content issues that may still be outstanding. If the article is not substantially improved by continued editing, the Arbitration Committee may impose editing restrictions on users whose editing is counterproductive or disruptive. This notice is given by a Clerk on behalf of the Arbitration Committee. Newyorkbrad 23:34, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: AlexPU's block

Hi, just so you're informed, if a blocked user uses his talk page for further attacks during the block duration, it can be locked until the block expires, which is a fairly standard practice. -- Grafikm (AutoGRAF) 13:57, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I wasn't completely sure about the blocking policy. As for his personal attacks, I don't think he should be making them, either. Hopefully he'll learn soon. — Alex (T|C|E) 01:14, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Soviet invasion POVed?

Dear Grafikm, if you agree with Irpen that this article is POVed, perhaps you can explain in detail what is POVed? Irpen, unfortunatly, although arguing for months about POV in this article, still failed to present any sources or details about the POV (other than the general 'Polish propaganda' line). Since in the past you've helped us resolve such issues, perhaps you could do so here?-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  15:56, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Banning spoiler warnings on the Final Fantasy Wikiproject

Hello, I've noticed that you're interested in the video game articles. You might be interested in adding your opinion to the discussion currently taking place on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Final Fantasy#Banning spoiler warnings completely. Kariteh 21:59, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism by User 72.10.124.202

Link to User's Talk Page

this user has received a number of warnings about vandalism and being blocked, but has not been blocked to date, yet continues to vandalize articles. what is the procedure for blocking that user? Whateley23 21:02, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Restoring of Internet Troll Squads after AfD was endorsed

Salut GrafikM! It seems that user Biophys has restored recently his Internet Troll Squads article containing his original research again, this time under Internet brigades title.Vlad fedorov 04:04, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Salut, товарищ Локшин. Hope you've just found yourself a new job here. Wlasow 16:56, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Internet brigades

I've removed the speedy deletion tag from the above article. While it is similar to the previously deleted article, it is substantially expanded and is not an exact repost. Additionally, the previous AfD was a pretty close call. You may want to list it at AfD again, to see if a clearer consensus can be found. Thanks for your time and your hard work reporting these articles - even though I'm not deleting this particular one, your efforts are very much appreciated. Kafziel Talk 17:25, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] British anti-invasion preparations of World War II

I thought that you might like to know that British anti-invasion preparations of World War II has been put forward as a featured article candidate. Your opinions would be most welcome. Gaius Cornelius 20:09, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Britannica 1911

In the hope of convincing you that Britannica 1911 edition might not be the best source for Wikipedia, let me cite a few sentences from its article about Ivan the Terrible. ([1])

... His father died when he was three, his mother when he was only seven, and he grew up in a brutal and degrading environment where he learnt to hold human life and human dignity in contempt ... Hitherto, by his own showing, the private life of the young tsar had been unspeakably abominable ... By this time, Ivan had entered upon the second and evil portion of his reign ... But admiration of his talents must not blind us to his moral worthlessness, nor is it right to cast the blame for his excesses on the brutal and vicious society in which he lived .

Q.E.D., I hope. Balcer 20:11, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Kuban Cossacks

I want to push this article into GA/FA can you help me expand it?--Kuban Cossack 18:31, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XIV (April 2007)
Project news
Current proposals and discussions
  • A fresh discussion about the by-nation category system for military personnel has begun; suggestions are very welcome!
  • The use of flag icons in templates is currently being discussed.
Articles of note

New featured articles:

  1. Battle of Shiloh
  2. Battleship
  3. British anti-invasion preparations of World War II
  4. Domenico Selvo
  5. Knights Templar
  6. Lochry's Defeat
  7. Puerto Ricans in World War II
  8. Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
  9. Thomas Crisp

New A-Class articles:

  1. Benjamin Franklin Tilley
  2. Cambodian Campaign
  3. List of United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons
  4. Operation Igloo White
  5. Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
  6. Russian-Circassian War
  7. Tupolev TB-3
Awards and honors
  • Cla68 has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his many valuable contributions to military history articles, and, in particular, his leading role in the creation of numerous featured articles on the topic of the Pacific Theater of World War II.
  • RM Gillespie has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his massive efforts to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the Vietnam War, and, in particular, his development of a substantial portion of the project's A-Class articles.
  • Wilsbadkarma has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his work on lists (included two featured lists) and portals (including one featured portal). Lists especially are an undermanned area of work, and his excellent efforts deserve commendation.

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The Novels WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XII - May 2007
Project news
  • The peer review department of the Novels WikiProject is running well after the start in February, having 2 new articles under review: So You Want to Be a Wizard and To Kill a Mockingbird.
  • Our article count has leapt again rising to over 11500. Do get stuck in and assist in improving this rising tide of narrative prose related material. A statistical count of articles can be found here.
  • We have a new project page for Article Style Guidelines which has had a few editors work on it. Currently based on our existing article template it needs some extra eyes to hone any rough edges.
(n.b. also see debates below!)
  • Also to accommodate this page the main navigation template has been slightly reorganised.
Member news
  • The project has currently 229 members, 12 joined & 0 leavers since the last newsletter at the start of April 2007
Other news
Auto list news
  • Our Auto Generated lists appear to have lost the editor who created and supported them. If any other editors have the ability and are willing to have a stab at producing replacement updates, please let us know.
Current debates
  • Of crucial importance to our progress and the way we edit is a debate on the Main Article Template which is strongly recommended for every editor who can, getting involved with. We have worked with the existing template for well over a year now and this debate proposes making radical changes.
(n.b. also see the "Article Style Guidelines" mentioned in "Project News" above)
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[edit] C Праздником!

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Are you sure that every Ukrainian that prefer not to be called "Little Russian" is Ukrainian naionalist? [2]--AndriyK 17:17, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes I'm sure. Whether you like it or not, it is a historical term, to be used as such. And repainting a nation's history to suit the rulers is one of elements of nationalism. -- Grafikm (AutoGRAF) 17:36, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Let's put historical term aside. I mean present-day usage. A you sure that every modern-day Ukranian (not a nationalist) would be happy to be called "Little Russian"? Did you try? ;) --AndriyK 17:47, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
It is not about happiness or something. Unless such a term is explicitely recognized as derogatory by an official body (in which case I would like to see some sources), your arguments are nothing but allegations. -- Grafikm (AutoGRAF) 19:45, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Did some official body recognize the historical term "Moskal" as derogatory?
If not, would not you object if I make a small correction to the article Anti-Russian sentiment: I replace the phrase "The usage of therm Moskal in Ukraine in the modern context is an ethnic slur" by "The usage of therm Moskal in Ukraine in the modern context is considered by Russian nationalists as an ethnic slur"? It seems you should not object, unless you are going to established different rules for using ethnic slurs in Wikipedia with respect to Russians and Ukrainians. ;) --AndriyK 19:57, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Russian language in Ukraine

I noticed that you reverted my NPOV tag without any reasoning on the discussion page. If you have any explanations and reasoning for your move, please note them at the discussion page. The tag should stay until the discussion is continuing ang all other means to settle the issue are not exhausted. I hope you are not using your admin privileges by taking sides in the argument. --Hillock65 13:29, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

I noticed that you removed the tag again and failed to leave any explanation on the discussion page yet again. Please if you have any reasons for your move leave them on the discussion page. Reverting pages without discussion is not very helpful and will not amount to much. --Hillock65 13:22, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Hillock, need I remind you that User:AndriyK was in the end banned for a week after an endless crusade on adding senseless tags to Russian Architecture and Battle of the Dnieper. Have a peek into the histories of both articles if you are unsure.--Kuban Cossack 13:43, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
And if I might add, is a well known revert warrior that was banned by ArbCom already and was warned several times since. -- Grafikm (AutoGRAF) 13:53, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Well, I don't doubt that you have a well-organized team [3][4][5][6][7], however, instead of trying to scare me you might want to try to explain your actions. I don't enjoy writing here, my only hope was that whoever reverted the article might have a new and original idea about why that was done. I seems that I was wrong, you don't seem to have any ideas apart from trying to scare me. Ever tried explaining your actions or talking before starting the revert war? Try, after all, you might find it rewarding.--Hillock65 14:48, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm not trying to scare you. However, you may find out that Wikipedia is built on a NPOV principle and that aggressive POV-pushers and revert warriors are eventually banned from it. It may not sound like "fair" but it is the case. -- Grafikm (AutoGRAF) 14:53, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

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Because your are new to the discussion, let me give you a quick recap.

We have Meltyukhov's book: Soviet-Polish Wars. It received 2 crushing reviews. Review one states[8]:

Russian historians were unable to take a united stand against those who claim that "nothing wrong happened at Katyn". Some historical publications have appeared in this context, such as a book by Mikhail Meltyukov called Soviet-Polish Wars: Military and Political Confrontation in 1918-1939. This historian believes that the Soviet-Polish military confrontation between the two World Wars was a natural sequel to the struggle the Russian and the Polish states have waged for ages - "the fight for political influence over the region". Meltyukhov sees this situation in its historical context, the post-Versailles world, where he believes that Soviet Russia was acting correctly by standing up for its geopolitical interests in the region. This point of view can be used to justify the execution of the Polish officers in 1940.

Of course, such new publications may be explained by the pluralism of a democratic society. But can this point of view be correct if it is so close to Stalinist and neoimperial concepts?

Review 2 states [9]:

"It would be possible to indicate various examples of more subtle apologias for the Empire, linked with the rejection of all arguments for its victims or critics. Examples which dress themselves in the trappings of the most academic monograph. [...] A more brutal example of the same tendency is expressed in the book by the professional historian from Moscow, Mikhail Meltyukhov, dedicated to the Polish-Soviet conflicts of the twentieth century. These conflicts are, for him, fragments of eternal Western aggression against Russia. When Russia (in this case, Soviet Russia) comes into conflict it is only to take what is rightfully hers. Stalin appears as a genial successor to Catherine II. The Ribbentrop-Molotov pact and the involvement of the USSR in the attack on Poland in September 1939 are presented as purely defensive postures, underlining the primacy of Russian raison d’etat. This posture represented not only Stalin’s profound realism but also historical justice and even – argues Meltyukhov – humanitarianism. In this context the mass deportations of more than half a million people from the territory occupied by the Red Army in September 1939 to camps in the depths of the Soviet Union is presented as a “peacekeeping mission” which prevented the murder of those Poles deported to Siberia by protecting them from the Ukrainians panting with thirst for revenge...".

Now surely you agree that these two reviews are a cause for concern, and requests for positive reviews which verify the reliability of that book are quite reasonable. If, despite repeated requests, such reviews are not presented, what should be the next step? If the above reviews are correct, do you really believe that a book as problematic as this should be used as a reference in Wikipedia? Balcer 16:39, 6 June 2007 (UTC) for its geopolitical interests in the region. This point of view can be used to justify the execution of the Polish officers in 1940.

Of course, such new publications may be explained by the pluralism of a democratic society. But can this point of view be correct if it is so close to Stalinist and neoimperial concepts?

Review 2 states [10]:

"It would be possible to indicate various examples of more subtle apologias for the Empire, linked with the rejection of all arguments for its victims or critics. Examples which dress themselves in the trappings of the most academic monograph. [...] A more brutal example of the same tendency is expressed in the book by the professional historian from Moscow, Mikhail Meltyukhov, dedicated to the Polish-Soviet conflicts of the twentieth century. These conflicts are, for him, fragments of eternal Western aggression against Russia. When Russia (in this case, Soviet Russia) comes into conflict it is only to take what is rightfully hers. Stalin appears as a genial successor to Catherine II. The Ribbentrop-Molotov pact and the involvement of the USSR in the attack on Poland in September 1939 are presented as purely defensive postures, underlining the primacy of Russian raison d’etat. This posture represented not only Stalin’s profound realism but also historical justice and even – argues Meltyukhov – humanitarianism. In this context the mass deportations of more than half a million people from the territory occupied by the Red Army in September 1939 to camps in the depths of the Soviet Union is presented as a “peacekeeping mission” which prevented the murder of those Poles deported to Siberia by protecting them from the Ukrainians panting with thirst for revenge...".

Now surely you agree that these two reviews are a cause for concern, and requests for positive reviews which verify the reliability of that book are quite reasonable. If, despite repeated requests, such reviews are not presented, what should be the next step? If the above reviews are correct, do you really believe that a book as problematic as this should be used as a reference in Wikipedia? Balcer 16:39, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I see nothing "crushing" in those reviews. They're quite biaised actually. I mean come on, what do you think about sentence like "where he believes that Soviet Russia was acting correctly by standing up for its geopolitical interests in the region". Since when is it incorrect for a country to defend its own interests? We're swimming in BS up our necks here.
On top of that, we have once more a double standard. We have refs to Viktor Suvorov all over the place, yet we have a dozen crushing reviews and most "classical" historians opposed his research. Why don't we have everybody whining on Talk:Viktor Suvorov. Oh right, he's got the correct POV, telling that Stalin was an idiot... I see.
Either we remove him too (and I wouldn't mind) but in this case please quiet down your Polish troll friends beforehand because I can see the revert wars coming from ten miles, or we can use both authors regardless of the few reviews. In the present case, what you suggest is (once more) a double standard, depending on whether the author suits (Rezun) or not (Meltyukhov) your POV. -- Grafikm (AutoGRAF) 22:19, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
I am all for removing references to Viktor Suvorov, if he is used as a source anywhere. Please point me to articles where that occurs and I will get right on it (excepting articles about him or about his books, of course).
As for the reviews being biased or not, this is not for you or me to decide. These are serious academics writing those words, and their views count for much more than the opinion of any Wikipedian. If you want to counter their arguments, present positive reviews of the book. Balcer 22:46, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
And who would those 'Polish troll friends' of Balcer be, if I may ask? Really, Grafikm, I never thought I'd see you using such unfriendly language.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  05:45, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
Well, see the post by the anon below, a wonderful example... :) -- Grafikm (AutoGRAF) 14:47, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
Grafik obviously isnt willing to conform to western civilized standards and is digging his own grave on the English Wikipedia, all barnstars from his "Russian troll friends" aside. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.5.235.100 (talk • contribs)
And you, obviously, don't have the balls to sign your posts. -- Grafikm (AutoGRAF) 14:47, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
A nasty post, indeed. The IP address is for Neostrada Plus in Poland, so this is indeed a troll from Poland. The address to report incorrect behavior is given as: abuse@tpnet.pl. Feel free to report this idiot. Balcer 15:17, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

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  10. Operation Passage to Freedom
  11. Smolensk War

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Ok, no problem; we'll figure out some way to handle it. Thank you very much for all of your efforts in the past year! Kirill 16:16, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] GA Sweeps Review of Second Battle of Kharkov: On Hold; needs FURs

As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing sweeps to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the requirements of the GA criteria. I'm specifically going over all of the "Conflicts, battles and military exercises" articles and just reviewed Second Battle of Kharkov. I believe the article currently meets the majority of the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. However, the article has two images that need fair use rationales to justify their inclusion in the article. The two images are: Image:Paulus photo.jpg & Image:Moskalenko.jpg. Once they have been added, I will pass the article (just leave a message on the article's talk page saying it has been addressed). I'll leave messages on a couple talk pages of editors of this article (found by using WikiDashboard and the uploader of the images. Please add the FURs within seven days, so the article can continue to maintain its GA status. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Happy editing! --Nehrams2020 07:51, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Operation Barbarossa

Hi, This is just an invitation to get together at the Operation Barbarossa discussion page and see if the article can't be improved to the FA level. I am going to try and firstly restructure and later rewrite the article in my sandbox (firstly at home on my PC), but I have already discussed some ideas with one other contributor and would appreciate more input from members of the task force.--Mrg3105 (talk) 23:43, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Battle of Smolensk (2nd)

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[edit] WikiProject Birds newsletter

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Project news
  • Tag & Assess 2008 launched on 24 April and will run until 4 July. We have around 60,000 articles to check, so all assistance is very welcome. As usual, there are barnstars galore and service awards for contributing editors.
  • The project scope has been amended to include specific reference to historically accurate video games. Songs and music with long military associations are also now included.
  • The Contest department has completed its thirteenth month of competition, which saw 27 entries. The top scorer this month is Ed! with 37 points, followed by Cam with 22 points. Woody, Howard C. Berkowitz, Redmarkviolinist, Nousernamesleft and Outdawg also fielded entries. Blnguyen remains the overall leader, with 188 points in total. You are encouraged to submit articles you're working on as entries.
  • The coordinators have "adopted" task forces to act as prime point of contact. A list of which coordinators have adopted which task forces is here.
Articles of note

New featured articles:

  1. 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt
  2. 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing
  3. Lazare Ponticelli
  4. Maximian
  5. Peterloo Massacre
  6. The Third of May 1808
  7. USS Orizaba (ID-1536)
  8. USS Siboney (ID-2999)

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  1. List of Irish Victoria Cross recipients
  2. Order of battle at the Battle of Tory Island

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  2. Battle of Bonchurch
  3. Battle of Tassafaronga
  4. Early thermal weapons
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  6. USS Comfort (AH-3)
  7. USS Orizaba (ID-1536)
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  • The coordinators are exploring ways of developing and improving our fifty or so task forces. More information is here.
  • All editors are invited to contribute to a discussion about the naming of military operations in an endeavor to reach consensus.
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[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXVII (May 2008)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XXVII (May 2008)
Project news
  • Editors needed for Tag & Assess 2008. To coincide with the summer holidays, it will be gearing up from 15 June. As usual, barnstars galore!
  • Partner peer reviews: for a thirty-day trial period, we'll be running joint peer reviews with Wikiproject Video Games. The idea is simple: we help with their reviews; they help with ours. This way both wikiprojects benefit from new reviewers and new ideas!
  • We're notable: A new book, Simon Fowler's 2007 Guide to Military History on the Internet (UK:Pen & Sword, ISBN 9781844156061) rates Wikipedia as "the best general resource" for military research (p. 7). Of the military pages, he says: "The results are largely accurate and generally free of bias" (he also suggests people join the wikiproject). When rating WP as the No. 1 military site (p. 201) he says "Wikipedia is often criticised for its inaccuracy and bias, but in my experience the military history articles are spot on."
  • A-Class reviews: the usual four-day review period may now be extended by up to three days (ie seven days in total) in the following circumstances:
  1. the article has no opposes but has insufficient support for promotion or
  2. the article's nominator requests more time to resolve matters arising during the review.
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Articles of note

New featured articles:

  1. Battle of Tassafaronga
  2. Funerary Monument to Sir John Hawkwood
  3. HMS Cardiff (D108)
  4. Krulak Mendenhall mission
  5. Le Quang Tung
  6. Operation Passage to Freedom
  7. Paul Nobuo Tatsuguchi

New featured lists:

  1. List of Texan survivors of the Battle of the Alamo
  2. List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Royal Navy
  3. List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Indian Army

New A-Class articles:

  1. Battle of the Kalka River
  2. Battle of Verrières Ridge
  3. Brian Horrocks
  4. Byzantine navy
  5. Erich Hartmann
  6. Montana class battleship
Current proposals and discussions
  • A discussion has been opened into the structuring of top level operational categories, starting with Category:World War II. All interested editors are invited to help establish a consensus.
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