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Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod

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Cape cod afs

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Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod

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Blocked again

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103d Airlift Wing

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Please do not copy-paste articles. If the name of an article's subject has changed, the proper way to handle it is to move the page to its new title. Thank you. Someguy1221 (talk) 02:33, 19 November 2007 (UTC)


Speedy deletion of Massachusetts Military Reservation

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Speedy deletion of 6th Space Warning Squadron

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Speedy deletion of Cape Cod Air Force Station

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Image copyright problem with Image:Usgs cape-cod 950310-005-2-s.jpg

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Image copyright problem with Image:6sws.gif

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Another Speedy deletion of Massachusetts Military Reservation

Please review Wikipedia:Copyrights. You will only be blocked again if you re-add copyrighted information. Ta. Pedro :  Chat  20:52, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

November 2007

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Unspecified source for Image:Otis_ANGB.jpg

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AfD nomination of B-3 Long Range Strike Platform

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Maine Air National Guard

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Rhode Island Air National Guard

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Speedy deletion of Vermont Air National Guard

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Long-Range Strike Bomber

I have deleted Long-Range Strike Bomber. Please don't create any kind of fork or merge article related to B-3 Long Range Strike Platform until this AfD is concluded. Thanks, Marasmusine (talk) 22:35, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Past and present air bases of New England

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Air Bases

It dawned on me, after I left the message, that commercial airports are often used by the Air National Guard, in Burlington, VT, for example. So the designation "air base" may still be valid. I think I'd better withdraw my objection! :) A bit more complicated than I first thought! Student7 (talk) 13:15, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Duplicate images uploaded

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SS James Longstreet

Hi, I'd like to help you with the image you just uploaded to the SS James Longstreet article. Can you tell me where you found it? Benea (talk) 23:39, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

I see. I've changed the licensing from free use to fair use, as there is no evidence that it was ever under Crown Copyright, which specifically only applies to works created by employees of the British government. This picture could have been taken by anyone, and the National Maritime Museum's collection includes works not in the public domain. It's better to assume that the picture is still copyrighted, which would be the standard life of the author, plus 70 years, but we can make a reasonable claim of fair use in this instance I think. Benea (talk) 23:53, 19 January 2008 (UTC)


Andrei Vladimirovich Bogdanov

Good morning, why do you delete this article ? Cordially. OccultuS (talk) 00:15, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

MacArthur article split

Please see the discussion page at Douglas MacArthur I placed after the move and before your tag, the article split was done in accordance with MOS and article size guidelines, sections and lead paragraphs have been added. I don't think it's necessary to merge that information back.Awotter (talk) 00:41, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Not a problem, I went ahead and added a lead paragraph and sections which I should have done when I moved the information. Normally I wouldn't have done that without discussing it first, but I was cleaning up the MacArthur article and I figured it was the best fix and was not going to alter the article drastically.Awotter (talk) 00:59, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Otis AFB F-94C Disappearance

A tag has been placed on Otis AFB F-94C Disappearance requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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January 2008

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I'm not sure what you mean by your message on my talk page? As far as I recall, I haven't had any interaction with you on ANI. I'm happy to help if you have a question,though. - Philippe | Talk 23:35, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Eh, that clears it up. Based on the article in place right now, I don't think there are any problems, but if you need suggestions or help, feel free to contact me. I'm an administrator, which means that I don't particularly have any special status, but I have a lot of resources that I can call on to help you out. - Philippe | Talk 04:25, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Redirect of Category:Movie stubs

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re: F22

Hello. The mere appearance of the F22 in a film isn't in and of itself notable, nor does it justify inclusion on the F22 page. You may want to read Talk:F-22_Raptor/Archive1#Popular_culture, a discussion from the archives about this. Regards, Parsecboy (talk) 02:30, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Otis AFB F-94C Disappearance

An article that you have been involved in editing, Otis AFB F-94C Disappearance, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Otis AFB F-94C Disappearance. Thank you. Roregan (talk) 22:56, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

You may want to ask User:Dhartung about it, he did express doubt over the validity of the soures used in the book. You may also want to talk with User:Roregan, the user who nominated the article for deletion, to see how he feels about it. I myself am not all that knowledgeable in this area. If you do reach the conclusion to recreate the article, I can provide the text of the deleted article to you. Parsecboy (talk) 20:37, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Bridge traffic

You added a daily traffic level of 70,500 to St. Anthony Falls (35W) Bridge. Everything I've read indicates that it should be twice that. The Annual average daily traffic article indicates that the number should represent total traffic in both directions. What did you base that on?--Appraiser (talk) 16:24, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

February 2008

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Fair use rationale for Image:Nav logo.gif

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Barnstable High School Marching Band

Wow, your message was just in time. I went to create the infobox and found one already there and tagged for speedy deletion as orphaned. It was set to be deleted today but an admin just hadn't gotten to it yet. I removed the tag since it'll now be used and added it to the article. →Wordbuilder (talk) 04:11, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Page merging

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Hi. I think perhaps I didn't make myself clear. :) A merge happens when you copy information from one article to another. In this case, the information was here. You moved it here. There's nothing wrong with doing that when you have good reason—and it seems like you did—it's just that for copyright reasons, we need to keep the article where the information came from (not delete it) and note what article it came from at the new place. You'll see that I placed a note in the history of the first article ([1]) pointing to the new home, and put a note in the history of the new home ([2]) noting where the merge came from. There was no minor stupidity involved; it's a common mistake to copy material without noting specifically what Wikipedia article it comes form. The GFDL policy is confusing even to many very experienced editors.
An alternative way to handle these situations is to request that an administrator blank the redirect article so that the other one can be moved on top of it. This is done by placing {{db-move|Page to be moved}} to the top of the redirect article and, obviously, putting the name of the source article in where it says "Page to be moved". It's a simple one-step operation for an administrator.
Do please let me know if I haven't explained this well enough. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 21:18, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
No problem. :) I'm happy to help. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 21:36, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

ANG Pages

Thanks for de-stubbing the ANG pages - I believe I was the creator (I was wrong about the previous point- but I put them in a *standardized template* form) for most, but with my busy job, I don't have time to include *all* relevant information. You're doing a great job, and keep it up! TDRSS (talk) 21:09, 25 February 2008 (UTC) P.S. I'm working on ANG Combat Communication Squadrons/Groups too - I'll try not to leave them too empty...

Your recent edits

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Otis UFO

I have no way to judge if the book you mention is a reputable source that would convince others that this so-called incident meets the verifiability requirement. Is this not the same one that was listed as having been self-published on a "vanity press"?

Given the relative importance of all of the other issues you have been dealing with, I wonder if it's not a good idea to let this one rest for a while. Roregan (talk) 23:09, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

147th Fighter Wing

The 147th isn't scheduled to change missions until this summer, just a bit premature there. Although they have already turned over the air sovereignty mission to the Oaklahoma Guard. --Colputt (talk) 00:02, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

I believe the stand-down and stand-up ceremonies are scheduled for the June Drill Weekend. --Colputt (talk) 00:08, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Answered your question...

...on the Talk:KC-10 Extender page. Feel free to ask any additional related questions on my talk page or at the reference desk. The talk page is intended to be a place to discuss how to improve the article. — BQZip01 — talk 06:54, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Military Barnstar

Military Barnstar
Military Barnstar

It looks like you've put a lot of time into a number of USAF units and instalations. In recognition I'd like to award you a Military Barstar. Ndunruh (talk) 18:37, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:BBTV KC767T F22.jpg

Hi Ktr101 - thanks for uploading the KC767 image. Because the image is the property of Boeing and has not been released under a free licence, there are some extra steps we need to take so that it can be used on Wikipedia. Specifically, you need to read and understand the policy here and here and then supply a rationale for why you think our use of the image qualifies as "fair use" under US law. There's a template that you can add to the image to help you: {{Non-free use rationale}}, and the policy page I linked to earlier will help you understand how to use it. If you need any help, please don't hesitate to ask.

Another problem is that the Boeing site terms that you linked to expressly forbid any modification of Boeing's intellectual property (see the "Copyright" section); it looks to me as if you may have cropped the image before uploading it, in order to remove its rounded corners. If we're going to use this image at all, we have to use it in a way that's consistent with its owner's wishes, which means you need to replace the image that you cropped with the original image you downloaded from the Boeing site.

All of this, of course, amounts to one of the reasons why Wikipedia prefers to work with images that are unencumbered if at all possible! :) Cheers --Rlandmann (talk) 03:46, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

On further reflection, I think this image fails the "replacability" test, in that anyone with the time and skills to do their own computer render of the aircraft could do so; there's nothing unique about Boeing's render that makes it imperative that we use theirs. You are, of course, free to disagree and argue the point along the lines I suggested above. --Rlandmann (talk) 03:53, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

OK - point taken about the "square corner version" - for future reference, it's important to link to exactly where you took the photo from. It still doesn't get us out of the problem of it being a replacable image though... --Rlandmann (talk) 03:58, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Whoops - looks like we're tripping over each other's feet in this conversation! :)
Just to clarify what "replaceable" means in this context: To start with an obvious example, we couldn't download and use this picture to illustrate our article on the Statue of Liberty, because the image hasn't been released under a free licence by its owner. It's replaceable because anyone could go to New York City and take their own photo of the statue and upload it themselves. For me, that would involve a trip half-way around the world at tremendous cost and inconvenience, but that doesn't alter the fact that (at least in theory) I could do it; it also means that I cannot use the photo from the Statue of Liberty website that I linked to above; if no-one else had already supplied an unencumbered picture, I would have to wait until someone else supplied such a photo. In this case, just because you (or I for that matter!!!) couldn't replace Boeing's image with our own work doesn't mean that we can use theirs here.
The matter is slightly more complicated because (as you've correctly pointed out), Boeing says they have no problem with their gallery images being used by others for purely informational purposes (a right which US law grants anyway as "fair use"). However, this is contrary to Wikipedia's mission to create a truly free encyclopedia. To achieve this, all of the content we provide needs to be re-usable by anyone for any purpose. By uploading a photo here, we're effectively saying to the world "come and get it - and do what you like with it". This includes modifying the photo, or using it for commercial purposes. If someone wanted to upload a photo here that they took themselves but put conditions on it like "use it on Wikipedia, but no-one's allowed to crop it or use it to make money" we couldn't and wouldn't accept their conditions; and we won't accept those sorts of conditions from Boeing either. If someone wants to download a photo from Wikipedia to print on a T-shirt and sell at airshows, they need to have that right. That's one of the things that makes Wikipedia so revolutionary. --Rlandmann (talk) 04:18, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

We don't need to do anything more. Another user has added the fair use rationale that was missing, and I've added a message as to why I feel that rationale is insufficient. In a week or so, one of the admins who deals with these issues will take a look and make a decision. --Rlandmann (talk) 19:27, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Naval Outlying Fields

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April 2008

Please stop. If you continue to use disruptive or hard to read formatting, as you did in 166th Air Refueling Squadron, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 00:08, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I gotta ask - what was so "disruptive" or "hard-to-read" about the 166th's formatting? This page follows almost every other USAF wing/squadron page on Wikipedia. TDRSS (talk) 15:24, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

The template was mistakenly given. Actually the "Mission" and "History" section were blank, this is why I gave him the template. However the templating was inappropriate. I am sorry for that. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 16:22, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

194th RSW

No info yet on 194th RSW - besides the Washington ANG, it seems as if the org doesn't exist... will keep digging. FYI - your ANG squadron pages are good. ANG squadron logos can be found at http://www.ang.af.mil/history/emblems/squadrons.asp I've been converting them to PNG and uploading to Wikimedia Commons - might want to include thumbnails of squadron logos on any "Lists of ANG -----" pages to spruce them up a bit. TDRSS (talk) 20:09, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

I use a "poor-man's method" of conversion - hold ALT-PRNT SCR and then paste the result into MSPAINT (provided with WinXP), crop the image and then save into a PNG file - upload to Wiki... I'll work my way through them, but it may be awhile.TDRSS (talk) 00:58, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

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Hi, Ktr101. If I recall correctly (which is very possibly not the case), the problem with the image wasn't that it was incorrectly tagged, but that it was licensed by its owner "for educational use only", so unfortunately we can't accept it. If you have any questions about it, though, feel free to ask. :) Cheers! – ClockworkSoul 23:44, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
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Request to move article New Jersey National Guard incomplete

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Changes you made to Oregon National Guard

Should have been discussed on the talk pages or at the Oregon State Wikiproject, as it is the moves you made have broken links and talk pages on the articles you arbitrarily moved.Awotter (talk) 21:05, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply, I regret this sounded harsher than I meant it too, I missed the fact that another editor had recently merged the two articles, it was discussed earlier to separate them again (which I saw but forgot). My apologies, all corrected now.Awotter (talk) 18:05, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

133rd Air Refueling Squadron

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186th Air Refueling Wing

Hi, Ktr101. Thanks for your edits on the 186th Air Refueling Wing article. I have it on my watchlist as I do most articles around Meridian, Mississippi. I've noticed over the past few days that you've been adding to the article; I've also noticed that the History/Mission sections are blank.

This site has a brief history of the 186th itself, and this site has some interesting information about how the unit was started. Al and Fred Key flew above Key Field (where the unit is stationed) in the early 1930s and developed a new method of air to air refueling. If I'm not mistaken, the 186th (and pretty much all Air Refueling Wings) began with that innovation. I think that would be a great addition to the history part of the article. --Dudemanfellabra (talk) 21:14, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of 154th Training Squadron

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102d Intelligence Wing

I failed the good article nomination for 102d Intelligence Wing, as I felt that the article had too many flaws for even an "on hold" placement. Among these flaws are the one-sentence intro; lack of citation templates such as {{cite web}}; too many one-sentence sections; and too many lists. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 20:16, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

  • I see you expanded the intro a bit. I still think it's a little too short, though, but I'm not sure of what more could be said in the intro. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 20:19, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Also, you might want to fix your signature, so that it has links to your talk page at least; it makes it much easier for others to talk to you. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 20:20, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Westover Air Reserve Base

No deletion is called for there. You already know how to edit the page - so simply erase the redirect and add the content. If you are only moving part of the page you can't use the move page function anyway. You will have to copy/paste and include a link to the original source to preserve the traceability of the edit histories. Rmhermen (talk) 00:27, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Alright. I deleted and moved it for you. It should be all correct. Rmhermen (talk) 00:48, 30 May 2008 (UTC)