User talk:Richard Harvey/Archive 4

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[edit] Links to historic counties

Thanks for your note. It looks to me like the principle of the disambiguation was good - I agree with Jza84 that historic counties should never have redirected to historic counties of England, as Wales and Scotland (and to a lesser extent, Ireland) have historic counties. In most instances it seems to have been handled well, but as historic counties of England exists, some links which should really have gone to it are instead now pointing to counties of the United Kingdom. It's not a disaster, it just needs someone with some time on their hands to go through, probably with AWB, and fix these. Have you tried asking User:MRSC about it? Warofdreams talk 23:06, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Battle of Musa Qala

It's a very crude solution indeed, but it seems to be the only option to stop edit-warring on recent controversial conflicts. Eventually, I expect the numbers will be converted to a normal range of estimates; but doing so while the topic is so politically controversial isn't going to stick, in my experience. Kirill 16:35, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi Richard. I've nominated Musa Qala for featured articles: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Battle of Musa Qala. There's still some changes being made at the margins, but it's a very good page, all round. Feel free to comment. If you support, do so "as contributor" so people know you've invested time. Marskell (talk) 01:57, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Image:LinkFA-star.png Featured Article Status from (06:49, 22 January 2008)
Yes, I saw. Great! Thanks for the help. This article was a change of pace for me. I may try other small engagements at some point and I'll let you know. Marskell (talk) 10:50, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
I actually picked Musa Qala because it was fast moving and based on on-line newspaper articles. I live in the Middle East, with no good library around, and thus can't really get into military history as much as I'd like to, for lack of books. Thus Battle of Magdala isn't something I could seriously add material to. But when you're ready for a copyedit, let me know.
Are you a part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history, BTW? That's where you'd want to go. It's a giant project—the most successful Wikipedia has. Marskell (talk) 21:22, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

It sounds like you do some fascinating image work. I had meant to ask with Musa Qala: do you actually receive pics from units in the field, or do you get them public domain somewhere from the government? Marskell (talk) 14:56, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

3 TB! Goodness, that's a hell of a collection. Great work.
My next Afghan target, incidentally, is Operation Medusa, which I'll hopefully get to next month. You can throw it on your watchlist. It was primarily Canadian fighting, which is why I want to do it, but there was that British helicopter crash. Perhaps you have media related to it. Marskell (talk) 11:42, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Teamdeck

It looks to me like a valid subject for an article, and I wouldn't exactly describe it as an advert - it does look like a good faith attempt. However, it doesn't make any claim of notability, it doesn't have any references, and the full list of services - with frequencies - is overkill. Wikipedia is not a timetable! I'd suggest either taking it to WP:AFD or prodding it - perhaps someone might be inclined to improve it; if not, there's no harm in waiting for someone to write a decent stub on it in the future. Warofdreams talk 20:41, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

I've left User:Faz2105 a polite message about timetables. Warofdreams talk 00:29, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mig Greengard

Hi,

I would advise you to save the statement somewhere, if possible. There is, as yet, no need for it; but, there may be shortly. The second AfD I closed as out-of-order, given that the deletion review is not yet closed. Once the deletion review is closed, someone may wish to start a new AfD discussion, at which time your comments may be appropriately placed. Best wishes, Xoloz (talk) 22:43, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
I am delighted to award you this Barnstar for your conscientious development of articles on Huddersfield and neighbouring districts. BlueValour (talk) 18:46, 27 January 2008 (UTC)