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[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XIV (April 2007)

The April 2007 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.

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[edit] IIT GA/R

I have nominated Illinois Institute of Technology for WP:GA/R due to inadequate referencing. I hope the article gets the attention it deserves during this process to retain its quality rating. Please see discussions at Wikipedia:Good_article_review#Illinois Institute of Technology. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 17:10, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XV (May 2007)

The May 2007 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.

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[edit] Conservapedia

  • The POV discussion IS on the talk page; try reading it.
  • Your edit summary accuses me of masking only 1 other edit which you claim is vandalism. Huh?
  • Perhaps you were reading a different page.

89.243.240.192 08:04, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

According to the contributions page for the IP that added the tag, the only other edit made by that IP was blatant vandalism, and the IP talk page shows a vandalism warning and nothing else. Additionally, the statement that is being "disputed" is a simple fact, not a point of view, and you yourself supported it on the talk page... but did not explain why this was an NPOV violation. Hence, no indication on talk. siafu 13:40, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XVI (June 2007)

The June 2007 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.

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[edit] Policy

Hello, I just thought I would apologize for my comment on talk:planet. It was ill considered, and I will devote more time to reading up on wikipedia policy so I don't keep making these kinds of mistakes. : /

Vsst 02:37, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tang, Song

唐朝正式國號為「唐」，而非「大唐」。元朝是中國史上第一個把「大」字加入正式國號的朝代。參見明朝人朱國禎《涌幢小品》卷二「國號」條：「國號上加大字，始於胡元，我朝因之。……其言大漢、大唐、大宋者，乃臣子及外夷尊稱之詞。」 [1], it explained that Tang Dynasty's native name is "Tang" but not "Great Tang" or "The Tang Dynasty" --Lmmnhn 22:26, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Military history WikiProject coordinator selection

The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process is starting. We are looking to elect nine coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by August 14! Kyriakos 12:02, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Military history WikiProject coordinator election

The Military history WikiProject coordinator election has begun. We will be selecting nine coordinators from a pool of fourteen candidates to serve for the next six months. Please vote here by August 28! Wandalstouring 09:40, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Taxi-rank approach

It is the principle where the taxi that arrives first gets to pick up the passenger. So with wikipedia it would mean that the first major contribution (as I agree with MoS that it should be major) should provide the basis of style unless there is a clear reason not to, such as using American English in an article about the UK/a Briton. As I've said, I don't think this is the case with the articles in dispute. John Smith's 22:23, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XVIII (August 2007)

The August 2007 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.

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[edit] Names

I noticed that you expanded the section on names of Beijing. As far as I can see this your additions are repeating in Beijing#History or History of Beijing. Could you pare them down a bit? Would you even be interested in tackling a Names of Beijing article? Even with the current extensive section, we still getting confused comments on Talk:Beijing, which probably implies many more confused readers. Matt 04:43, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

The only comments I see on the subject on the talk page within the last year are regarding Beijing vs. Peking vs. Peiching. None of these are involved in the additions I made (which were just information from Khanbaliq). So long as there exists a "names of Beijing" section, IMHO, it should be as complete as possible-- having the information split between two sections doesn't make too much sense. siafu 05:11, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
I agree we want the information in one place, it's just whether the main BJ page is the best place for it. A long section explaining all the names in detail teems to confuse people. If I started a Names of Beijiing article, what do you think of this as a main page text?

[edit] Names

Main article: Names of Beijing

Beijing (北京) literally means "Northern capital". Peking is the name of the city according to Chinese Postal Map Romanization, based on a seventeenth century pronunciation. It is the traditional customary name for Beijing in English and is still used in some other European languages.

In China, the city has had many names, including Zhongdu, Dadu, Shuntian, Beiping and Yanjing in Chinese, and Khanbaliq in Mongolian. The name usually changed when the city became, or ceased to be, the capital.

Matt 07:02, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

List all the names right up front makes it somewhat redundant when they're explained more in depth. I'd go with:

In China, the has had many names, reflecting its changing status and ownership, and occupation. The name was usually changed when the city became, or ceased to be, the capital.

Then, in more detail, cover the names. And yes, if it's becoming unwieldy in your opinion and that of other editors, it should be split off into a new article. siafu 15:53, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Andreacchi/Glenn Gould Thanks very much! Elisabeth. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elisabethserafimovski (talk • contribs) 11:46, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XIX (September 2007)

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[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XX (October 2007)

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[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXI (November 2007)

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[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXII (December 2007)

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[edit] Request for comment on Category Redirect template

Because you are a member of WikiProject Categories, your input is invited on some proposed changes to the design of the {{Category redirect}} template. Please feel free to view the proposals and comment on the template talk page. --Russ (talk) 21:50, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Space missions WikiProject

Hi, I noticed that you are a member of the Space missions WikiProject. A couple of weeks ago, I proposed that the Space missions and Space travellers projects, which both appear to be inactive be merged into the Human Spaceflight project. Whilst this is being done, the capitalisation of the Human spaceflight project's title would also be corrected (ie. Human Spaceflight → Human spaceflight). The projects are all doing the same/very similar things, and in my opinion, a single, larger, project would be more effective than three smaller, and somewhat inactive projects.. In light of very little response to messages on the project talk pages, I am now sending this message to all members of all three projects, inviting them to discuss the proposal on the Human Spaceflight project's talk page. I would appreciate your opinion on this. Thanks. --GW_SimulationsUser Page | Talk 22:05, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXIII (January 2008)

The January 2008 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
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[edit] Military history coordinator selection

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[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Moto03.jpg

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

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[edit] UAE Noticeboard

Hi Variable, I've been feeling for some time that a noticeboard for UAE related topics would help centralize discussions and remove inconsistencies/redundancies in UAE related articles. I've been noticing the number of inconsistencies in the Abu Dhabi article and several other UAE-related articles and I think a central noticeboard along the lines of the Australia or India noticeboards would help channel content around the UAE.

A noticeboard is different from a WikiProject in that a noticeboard has no explicit mission-statement other than to provide a central forum for users interested in collaborating on UAE-related issues. I just wanted to get your thoughts on the project, as a regular contributor to UAE-related articles. With the Dubai WikiProject, there has been improvement in the quality of Dubai related articles. However, articles on the other emirates seem to be in bad shape. The noticeboard won't attempt to correct these issues, but will provide a central forum and hopefully, promote collaboration among users interested in UAE articles. It can also serve as a central point to arbitrate edit-wars or provide assistance to other editors (Arabic translations, article assessments, peer reviews, etc). One of the ideas that I had in mind for the noticeboard was to create a set of standard guidelines around structuring articles (standard structure for cities, emirates, locations etc). Your thoughts on setting up such a noticeboard are greatly appreciated. Thanks AreJay (talk) 18:48, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXV (March 2008)

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[edit] Please help save Repo Man movie article

Hi Variable,

This guy, Dædαlus, is in there trying to remove parts that you, I and many others contributed to the Repo Man article. Please add to the bottom of this thread on the Repo Man talk page that you think the "Notable Motifs" section should not be blanked (erased), but left as is since the Pulp Fiction article also has a "Notable Motifs" section that isn't being considered for removal at all (even by Dædαlus himself).

While I agree that the "Notable Motifs" section could use some work, it certainly won't help the article to delete the whole thing and erase all our work which consists of many multiple contributers over a course of years. I'm willing to work on it and better incorporate it into the article, he just wants to delete it all!

With consensus, we can stop this guy from deleting all our work soon!

Thanks in advance. Cowicide (talk) 02:09, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXVI (April 2008)

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[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXVII (May 2008)

The May 2008 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
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