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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXI (September 2008)

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re: 131st Fighter Wing

Currently there are many people anxious to move the 131st Fighter Wing page. It is really getting out of hand lately because people are moving it before the name has bee officially changed. I was wondering if you could put a move protection on it until it is officially renamed. I was also wondering if you could free up the protection on moving the 131st Fighter/Bomb Wing page back to "131st Fighter Wing". Thanks for your help. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:58, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

It's never very clear cut what to do in cases like this but the current arrangement, where the old name redirects to the new name, seems reasonable. The levels of name to-ing and fro-ing are low so it's not really appropriate for admin intervention and my hands are tied. Perhaps you should discuss this first on the article's talk page? --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 07:58, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

I am not sure on what to call it right now since they are both types of units (The Fighter And Bomber) are operating at the same time, and they will be until July 09, if there are still twelve fighters as of now with 8 planning on still being around into the new year, then its not fair to change it to the 131st Bomb Wing, but then again they are also operating a Bombing mission. --Moairguard (talk) 19:48, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

It is all good, thank you and I will change it to the bomb wing when it is announced. --Moairguard (talk) 20:20, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Jaw Size

Well, if it were up to me I'd fly down to New Bedford and Nantucket and measure the jaws myself, but I lack the funds to do so. Oh, and I'm just an asshole who tends to get angry easily. Plus I hate when people completely talk out of their asses like that foreigner (his english wasn't exactly fluent) was. I try to be civil, but when people push my buttons I don't hesitate to fire back.Jonas Poole (talk) 21:49, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXII (October 2008)

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Biden adds to Cape Code project

I'm puzzled as to why you added Talk:Joe Biden and Talk:Jill Biden to Wiki Project Cape Cod and the Islands. As far as I know, their only connection is that for many years they've spent Thanksgiving weekend on Nantucket (per this story, for example). But this is a trivial association that neither article mentions (nor should mention). So why add them to the project? Wasted Time R (talk) 01:33, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Old Colony League

Ktr101, if you consider "former members" significant, how about writing an article for the Old Colony League? It doesn't help navigation to have a navbox with former members because they aren't members anymore. It cartainly wouldn't consider it categorization. I'd be willing to help, but I'd consider it to fly in the face of NPOV to create a "rejected members" category and include rivals in the "former members" section. I still haven't seen any sources on any of it anyway (other than an article about NQHS and QHS joining the Patriot League, for which there is no navbox) because you've created a navbox template without an encyclopedia article to associate it with. Let me know if you want help on the article, but I think it's safe to assume that navbox templates generally focus on the significance of current members and don't generally include former members. See Association of American Universities for an example. There is history in the article, but the template doesn't include "important" former members like The Catholic University of America and Clark University, both of which were founding members. Furthermore, the Boston Globe tell us here that the Quincy high schools have been in and out of various leagues for the past two decades, so I'd argue that former membership isn't exactly significant. --Aepoutre (talk) 03:25, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Sweet. In the meantime, don't feel shy about starting a Stub. I'll back you up if anyone tries to delete it, knowing that its sources and info. are pending. Like I said, let me know if you need anything. Hopefully that Globe article will help at least a bit. --Aepoutre (talk) 03:36, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject Classical League

Wikipedia:WikiProject Classical League, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Classical League and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:WikiProject Classical League during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 18:02, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIII (November 2008)

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Template:Junior Classical League

Would you mind making this template collapsed by default with an expand option like many other templates? Please see the templates at University of California, Davis for examples. Thanks Mikemill (talk) 15:04, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

An article you created is about to be deleted: Tools which can help you

The article you created, Massachusetts_Wing_Civil_Air_Patrol is about to be deleted from Wikipedia.

There is an ongoing debate about whether your article should be deleted here:

• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Massachusetts_Wing_Civil_Air_Patrol.

The faster your respond, the better chance the article you created can be saved. This is because deletion debates only stay open for a few days, and the first comments are usually the most important.

There are several tools and other editors who can help you keep the page from being deleted forever:

1. You can list the page up for deletion on Article Rescue Squadron. If you need help listing your page, add a comment on the Article Rescue Squadron talk page.
2. You can request a mentor to help explain to you all of the complex rules that editors use to get a page deleted, here: Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User. But don't wait for a mentor to respond on the deletion page.
   
3. When try to delete a page, veteran editors love to use a lot of rule acronyms. Don't let these acronyms intimidate you.
   Here is a list of your own acronyms you can use yourself: WP:Deletion debate acronyms which may support the page you created being kept.
   Acronyms in deletion debates are sometimes incorrectly used, or ignore rules or exceptions.
4. You can merge the article into a larger article.

If your page is deleted, you still have many options available. Good luck! travb (talk) 18:13, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Fort Dearborn

If you are going to move the Fort Dearborn article (I'd suggest it isn't necessary until/unless an article for the one in New Hampshire is created and even then should be discussed), please also go through and update the links that are no longer accurate. Shsilver (talk) 23:41, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Are you working on the article? I'll give you a hand. --Una Smith (talk) 04:11, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIV (December 2008)

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Marstons Mills Elementary School

It's good that you're thinking about making articles about schools, but what is it that makes this particular school stand out? It is an elementary school, so unless it has something to make it stand out above all the other elementary schools in the world, it should not have its own Wikipedia article, and should be redirected to the school district instead. See WP:SCHOOL. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 02:17, 8 February 2009 (UTC) Hey, how's those articles about the school coming along Keri Marie Davis (talk) 18:16, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Speedy nominations

Please do not nominate pages as "blank" that are not, in fact, blank. If they have old or outdated content, please use the appropriate XfD process instead. Thanks, Jclemens (talk) 21:33, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Why are you blanking and speedy nominating article assessments?? This is very disruptive behavior. Please stop. Kaldari (talk) 03:23, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm the administrator evaluating them, and you're wasting my time. this is a patently bad nom. It's not blank. If you want it deleted, and aren't the author, use the appropriate XfD process. Jclemens (talk) 03:40, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXV (January 2009)

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Speedy deletion of Nampa High School Marching Band

A tag has been placed on Nampa High School Marching Band requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a band or musician, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for musical topics.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Acroterion _(talk) 17:47, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Cape Cod Crusaders

You're welcome. This link should provide some more info also: http://www.wickedlocal.com/harwich/sports/x282367578/End-of-the-line-for-Cape-Cod-Crusaders --JonBroxton (talk) 19:34, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Your request for rollback

After reviewing your request for rollback, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

• Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
• Rollback can be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
• Rollback may be removed at any time.

If you no longer want rollback, then contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some information on how to use rollback, you can view this page. I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, just leave me a message if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Happy editing! Tiptoety ^talk 02:37, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

My edit count

Thanks! Actually, I have no secret, other than the fact that I once had a lot of time to make a lot of edits to Wikipedia. I still have time to edit quite a bit, though I rarely reach the 1000 edits a month mark nowadays. It also depends on what and how you edit: I've made a lot of small improvements to articles, whether a lot of other users have created entire articles in only a few edits. Remember though, that 10,000 edits that are a mixture of article creation and improvement and vandal-fighting is a lot more valuable than 100,000 edits to a user page. :) Best wishes. Acalamari 03:15, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

removed redlink- why?

Why did you remove a redlink in this edit? tedder (talk) 02:46, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello, Ktr101. You have new messages at Tedder's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Transcluded from his page:

Gotcha. It's likely to not be notable, but I was curious. FWIW, here's what it is. tedder (talk) 03:04, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Rollback warning

Wikipedia:Rollback states that the rollback feature is for reverting vandalism only. This is not reverting vandalism. If you do this enough times, an administrator will remove your rollback permissions. --Rschen7754 (T C) 20:37, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Robert Young Hayne edit

Please note I restored my original party designation of Jacksonian Republican to this Senator for the 1823-1825 Congress on the "Baby of the House" entry. The "Democratic" designation did not begin until 1837. It was Jacksonian for the 1825-37 period and there were several labels during the 1823-25 Congress on the dissolution of the Federalist and Democrat-Republican Parties. The Biographical Directory of Congress and Martis's Historical Atlas of Political Parties corroborate this. DJ Jones74 (talk) 06:48, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Lee Archer (pilot)

I'm sorry, was his article not part of the series on the Tuskegee Airmen? Magus732 (talk) 04:05, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Nevermind, I see what you did now... thanks for helping me clean that page up... Magus732 (talk) 05:06, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVI (February 2009)

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Casey Sherman

Why did you put Casey Sherman in the Cape Cod Portal? The only thing that Casey Sherman ever did that involved Cape Cod was write a book about something that happened there 57 years ago. Please state your reason on this talk page and leave a talkback notice on my talk page. Thanks Griffinofwales (talk) 22:12, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining that to me, sorry if I offended you. Griffinofwales (talk) 19:59, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Nominations for the Military history WikiProject coordinator election

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Edit Wars

Don't worry about edit wars. What matters most is that the article is informative. As long as the details are formatted in it in some sort of manner that is easily linkable to other pages is what matters.

What would be useful is to develop a basic template military units and stations, which we all can follow that illustrates a standard format. Makes life easier.

Also, I've been thinking about the fact that for Air Force units (I rarely deal with other services), since the objective wing concept in 1991, the operations group is essentially a reactivation of the former AAF group, and should (and can) be split from the wings... as the 9th RW... 1st FS...

Again, if there can be some standards defined, it makes life easier.. Take care.. Brent Bwmoll3 (talk) 19:39, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject New Hampshire Mountains

The NH Mountains project has been quite low-key since articles for all the 4000 footers were completed. The users in the project who were most active were Wwoods and Sturgeonman. Jrclark (not listed on the project page) has recently contributed quite a few articles on lesser peaks and on ski areas. You might want to let them know that you're planning an upgrade to the project interface. My opinion is go ahead. --Ken Gallager (talk) 12:34, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Andrew John Burnett

A tag has been placed on Andrew John Burnett requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Ray^Talk 02:56, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Military history WikiProject coordinator election

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Coaching

Sorry, at the moment I'm all full. Right now we're suffering from a shortage of coaches, so it may be hard to find someone. Try asking User:Useight and see if he'll accept. bibliomaniac15 22:07, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

NowCommons: File:CG1.jpg

File:CG1.jpg is now available on Wikimedia Commons as Commons:File:Cape Cod HH-60.jpg. This is a repository of free media that can be used on all Wikimedia wikis. The image will be deleted from Wikipedia, but this doesn't mean it can't be used anymore. You can embed an image uploaded to Commons like you would an image uploaded to Wikipedia, in this case: [[File:Cape Cod HH-60.jpg]]. Note that this is an automated message to inform you about the move. This bot did not copy the image itself. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 09:49, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

108 ARW/150 ARS

Hi, I was a member of the 108 ARW and the 150 ARS until June 2008. There are a couple of errors on the page that can be corrected. The incorrect patch for the 150 ARS is used and I can point you to the correct one. In addition, our motto of the 150 ARS was "Bet On Us". Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions at jakegleter@hotmail.com. Thanks! Glenn

http://www.108arw.ang.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090111-004.pdf

The above link shows a squadron history of the 150 ARS and also shows our squadron patch on page 8. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gleter1 (talk • contribs) 16:35, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Thorough review

Okay, here we go. First off, sorry for the delay, real life has given me a cramped schedule recently and it will remain that way for the next month. I may or may not finish the review in one sitting, and if so, I'll let you know that there is more to come. I always start with the userpage. Your is kind of long, so you may want to consider trimming it down a bit. Obviously this is not a big deal, but I did notice that you have both a list of articles and a list of awards on your userpage despite having the recently-created, yet blank, User:Ktr101/Articles and a redlink to User:Ktr101/Awards in your Browse Bar. Obviously you don't have to change that if you don't want to, but it does look a little unusual. Next up is your talkpage. I notice that you do not respond to comments/inquiries/etc on your talkpage, but rather you respond on their talkpage. This is perfectly acceptable, but it is traditional to keep the conversation in one place. I'd recommend responding to any regulars on your own page to make the conversation easier to follow. When newer editors comment, though, they may not know/remember to check back at your page, so perhaps respond in both locations or respond on their page while leaving a link to your response on your own talkpage. Anyway, now I'm rambling about something that isn't all that important. Okay, now for your mainspace work. I'll focus on your last 500 article edits. First off, let me say that you should probably use more descriptive edit summaries than "fix", since you "fix" when you do vast variety of fixing. I'd recommend putting in what you fixed, such as "fixed wikilink", "fixed citation", etc. And watch out for typos in your edit summaries, like this one. Also, you rarely mark edits as minor. I'd recommend reading through Help:Minor edit. For example, this should be minor (but at least you gave a more descriptive edit summary), this, this, and countless others from the last week. Now, it is better to mark minor edits as major than vice versa, but tons of unmarked minor edits will clog up the recent changes feed and people's watchlists with edits that don't necessarily need to be reviewed. In fact, most of your minor edits were done via HotCat. This edit summary, "Added things" isn't all that useful. Review of User Talk, Wikipedia, and Wikipedia Talk namespaces to follow. Useight (talk) 03:15, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Old Colony League

Hey, I know you didn't let me know (sad in light of [1]) but I found out via other means (see comment at Template_talk:Old_Colony_League_Schools) and wanted to offer my help in fixing the {{unreferenced}} issue with the article. I don't have much time over the next couple of days, and it's certainly your creation, but I might be able to lend a hand later this week. Cheers! --Aepoutre (talk) 14:17, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey, sorry if I sounded either mean or neglected in some way! I was mostly being facetious but wanted to give you a heads-up on what I'd been up to. Thanks your work on the article; definitely improves Wikipedia to have it, says I :-). Cheers! --Aepoutre (talk) 21:39, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Trying to locate a photo of William S Clark

Hi Kevin,

I am trying to locate the person who posted the photo of the statue of William S. Clark. The caption of the photo reads. ""Boys, be ambitious!" Statue of Clark on Hitsujigaoka observation hill, Sapporo" and is located on the page: http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/William_S._Clark (second photo down). I am helping to put together a book which wants to include this photo in it, so we are looking to contact the photographer and ask permission to use the photo.

Your name popped up under the page's edit history, so I was wondering if you had any further information about the photo. You can reach me at kmmac1@student.umass.edu

I look forward to hearing from you!

Katie —Preceding unsigned comment added by 592KatieM (talk • contribs) 22:55, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion of Cotuit Fire Department

A tag has been placed on Cotuit Fire Department requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a company or corporation, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for companies and corporations.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. RadioFan (talk) 23:41, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Centerville, Osterville, Marstons Mills Fire Department

A tag has been placed on Centerville, Osterville, Marstons Mills Fire Department requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a company or corporation, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for companies and corporations.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. RadioFan (talk) 00:04, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Funny molecule names

Yeah, just saw the note on User:HarvardNews talk page. The reason the "thank you" notes are included is because all the articles are direct copy and pastes of this page [2]. The names are real, but the articles are all copyright violations. (And I was wondering why the thank you notes were there too until I worked outt he source.) HAve to say though, that the Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names page itself is worth a read. Cheers FlowerpotmaN·(t) 01:48, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, I had to step away from the coputer for a tick so I am only getting back to you now, but someone has taken the issue to WP:AIV anyway. The issue should be sorted momentarily :) FlowerpotmaN·(t) 02:00, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

All sorted now, although I just realized that even though my general knowledge of chemistry is hazy as it is more than a few years (or decades, to be honest) since I studied it, I immediately recognized all the funnily-named compounds as being real. Errrr, not sure what that means.... :) FlowerpotmaN·(t) 02:11, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Consejo

Hey, perhaps this is a bit patronizing, but I know that I would appreciate such advice ("do unto others...", right?), :-) so here goes: I'd advise you to focus more on research and article quality, and less on what I'd call WikiPrestige. That is to say, I've seen your RfAs and just noticed the featured list nomination for List of colleges and universities in Massachusetts. Yet I've seen some fairly basic issues in said list and, if you recall, Template:Old Colony League Schools and Template:Colleges and Universities in Pennsylvania (the title of which is now erroneous thanks to our improvements, haha). I know that you mean well, and I really applaud your effort; I've seen some good work and impressive initiative on your part! I just think that you're getting ahead of yourself in general (sorry if that sounds harsh -- yikes!). So try to focus more on your research and improving the small, easily overlooked, bits that can really contribute to quality (perhaps it'd be appropriate to say "the devil is in the details"?). And your best quality as an editor, IMHO, is that you really are committed to improvement of articles and civility among editors. I enjoy your ability and willingness to hear others' out and take their comments to heart. Just remember that the "prestige" should naturally come from the good work you do, and I think that forcing it probably takes more time away from that good work more than anything else. Keep up the good work; you're certainly on the right path and have some incredible potential as an editor (and perhaps future admin)! --Aepoutre (talk) 04:31, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Central Artery revisions

Please see the talk page Talk:Central_Artery. Sswonk (talk) 13:59, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

This edit you made last night: 22:12, April 19, 2009 (hist) (diff) m Central Artery • (removed the tunnel image and placed it on the correct page). You refered to the image as being incorrectly placed at the "Central Artery" page, but in fact the state still calls the tunnels the "new Central Artery". Please see the links I provided at Talk:Central_Artery. I reverted your edit because the image does belong there. I am suggesting that the article be renamed if that is what caused you to think the image was misplaced. Sswonk (talk) 14:12, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Let's leave it unchanged. A disambiguation may actually create confusion. I am only speculating on the wording here, but: "This page is about the freeway in Boston. For information about the tunnel, see Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Tunnel" assumes someone searching for the tunnel ends up at "Central Artery", which is unlikely. You may want to link the word "tunnel" (... 3.5 mile (5.6 km) tunnel ...) in the lead of Big Dig (Boston, Massachusetts) there, however. Status quo is fine until we hear differently from any other editors. Ciao. Sswonk (talk) 14:35, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

52d/52nd Fighter WIng

I've changed the name back to 52d. It's the name of the unit, not a matter of who's naming convention to use. If you feel strongly about changing it to 52nd may I suggest we ask the wiki-community for a concensus on the subject. Respctfully,--Ndunruh (talk) 01:25, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Your NPWatcher application

Dear Ktr101,

Thank you for applying for NPWatcher! You've been approved to use it. Before you run the program, please check the changelog on the application page to see if there is a newer release (or just add the main page (here) to your watchlist). Report any bugs or feature suggestion here. If you need help, feel free to contact me or join #wikimedia-npw.

SoWhy 11:18, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barnstable High School Marching Band

I am truely sorry. An AfD notification as a courtesy should have been sent out by the nominator, User:Killervogel5. Unfortunately, it is not a rule that he do so, only an highly encouraged reccomendation. You might make an inquiry of the closer, User:Ron Ritzman and ask what steps you might take to resurect the discussion for further review, or in unmerging the article for further work, specially since the result was not a "delete", but a "merge"... and such merge discussion should have then taken place on the article's talk page and invovbed all interested editors to the article. Another who could be very helpful is User:MacGyverMagic. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 02:27, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi ktr101.

I agree it is poor form of the nominator not to notify you, but the Articles for Deletion process does not require it. With the page on your watchlist, and seven day deletion discussions, there is adequate notice. Both of the edit summaries that would have been visible in your watchlist over the seven day period ("Nominated for deletion; see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barnstable High School Marching Band" and "afd rescue") provided more than a hint of what was afoot.

The outcome happens to be a lucky one as the page history is all there—you can recreate the article without anybody's permission. However, to avoid a speedy deletion for recreated materials, be sure to add new references, etc. and note that you've done this in the edit summary and on the talk page.

However, why don't you think if it's better just to add the information in the main page (references and all) and leave the redirect in place?

Regards, Bongomatic 02:43, 29 April 2009 (UTC) Should you wish to reply, please do so here. I will watch this page for a few days, so no {{talkback}} or other comment on my talk page is required.

Hi Ktr101

Please see User:Ktr101/BHSMB. This is my suggestion on content of appropriate tone and relevance to incorporate into the main article on the high school. Finer granularity of information about the band is unlikely to be viewed as encyclopedic by the community. Indeed, even this may go beyond what consensus determines is appropriate level of detail.

Regards, Bongomatic 03:35, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

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11th Airborne Divison

Hi, has there been discussion at WP:MILHIST about this? (reply on my page please) - Dank (push to talk) 21:05, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

101st Airborne Division (United States)

Hello. You have moved this page several times and it has been repeatedly reverted by other users. Rather than prepetuating an edit war, I've opened a discussion on the article's talk page to discuss the move. Please present your case for moving it there so that a final decision can be made. Thanks! -Ed!^(talk) 04:14, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Your edits to the village pump talk archives

Thanks for your efforts to archive Wikipedia talk:Village pump in February. However, I've replaced the archive directory you added to each of the talk pages with Template:Atn, because (a) it's incorrect and (b) I'm not convinced that they actually *needed* an archive directory. I notice that you probably modelled it on the one that was at Wikipedia talk:Village pump/Archive 6. The history of the fvillage pump talk page and its archive is very complex, and GordonWatts, who added the message that you added to all the archives, made the situation even worse because he didn't understand what was going on. I untangled all the archives and page histories last year (see my edits and the logs of the village pump talk page), but I didn't realise that the old invalid archive directory was still in archives 5 and 6.

As an aside, there was nothing wrong with your naming of Wikipedia talk:Village pump/Archive 7, so I moved it back. The title "Village Pump" didn't need to be capitalised. Graham87 04:39, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Business Express Airlines

Hi! At one point you added Business Express Airlines to WikiProject Cape Cod. I checked and found that its headquarters were at first in Connecticut and later in New Hampshire. Unless, at some point, it had a headquarters in the Cape Cod area, I don't see why it belongs in the WikiProject. WhisperToMe (talk) 01:05, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

• Well, Continental Airlines flies to Japan and France, but CO does not belong in either corresponding WikiProject. As for the analogy, then BizEX does not belong in the Cape Cod WikiProject as it simply flew to Cape Cod. WhisperToMe (talk) 01:10, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

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Non-notable company.

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Wellfleet

You are welcome. Anything to preserve the heritage of great theaters is needed! Postcard Cathy (talk) 23:38, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Sure, as long as they are wiki worthy and not say The Camp Cucgamonga outdoor theater that the counselors would call the drive in cause of all the making out!  !!!!Postcard Cathy (talk) 01:42, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

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Moving the page

Thanks, I had no idea what the correct name should be. NotAHen (talk) 22:14, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Re:Move

It's no problem, really :). Sometimes the software bugs up and such, but it's no vig deal. Happy editing, Malinaccier (talk) 03:10, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

EFOIA

More on the FOIA front - some requests I've put in have been included on the EFOIA Electronic Reading Room. Some AEWs, some Combat Comm, and a few space wings. Just FYI if you wanted to work on those pages (work has me swamped right now). TDRSS (talk) 11:25, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Did that ANG Template thing ever get solved? If it didn't you can always use the Be Bold as your reasoning for changing it back to something that makes sense! TDRSS (talk) 11:25, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Template:User autoreview

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RfD nomination of Rollbacker

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Review

Hi Kevin,

I've taken some time to review your edits, and this is going to be somewhat a review as I go type thing:

1. The fact that you ran for adminship twice back to back when you were a newbie is generally a negative, the fact that you've waited over a year since your last run to run again will offset that negative. (Early and Frequent attempts is seen by some as wanting the tools too bad, by waiting so long, you will have alleviated that concern.)
2. In February, you were warned by a few users and admin for your practice of blanking pages before nominating them for deleting. This is a strict no-no. That was 4 months ago, so it might not be an issue if your CSD work since then was correct.
3. In February, you were also warned about your use of Rollback. Again, 4 months after the incident, it wouldn't matter as much. That being said, this issue combined with the previous one might make people a little more reluctant to support. They key will be if the issue persisted over the next few months.
4. At the end of March, Useight advised you to start responding to comments on your talk page. While it is acceptable to respond elsewhere, it really makes it difficult to follow conversations and it looks bad when people are coming to your page over and over again for the same reason---EG why you added articles to the Cape Code project. You might have a reason and it might be valid, but when somebody is reviewing your edits and only sees people challenging your actions and not your side of the story it looks bad. Similarly, there was a time where a person came to your page about the size of a shark jaw. His post looked like you had made some negative derogatory comments, you hadn't he was responding to somebody else, but by not responding where the conversation began it might be interpretted differently.

   On a related note, I suspect that people will look at your the number of articles you've added to the Cape Cod project that were challenged and wonder, why? Some of the items seem to be a stretch. Based on what I see it looks like the Cape Cod project might be too ready to claim articles under its pervue.

5. Your early edit history is attrocious! Most of the issues are over a year and a half old, unfortunately, as recenly as July of last year you were warned for editing another persons talk comments.
6. For the most part your CSD work is ok... not great, but not bad. I would advise reviewing the criteria for A7 and you might want to take a look at my essay WP:WIHSD.
7. What is really going to hurt is the fact that you've written several articles as recently as April that ended up being deleted via CSD. Some of them were CSD'd incorrectly, but most I agree with the deletion criteria.
8. Some of the other articles you created look like they would be deleted at AFD, this article in particular.
9. The articles you've written that are related to your HS, such as an alumni Andrew John Burnett makes me wonder how firm of a grip you have on WP's notability/reliable source/conflict of interest criteria. Particularly the version taht got CSD'd, the fact that he was a drum major at your HS generally is UNDUE on a stub like this. If you are working on articles that aren't up to standards, work on them in your project space, that way you don't have to defend them against CSD'ers.

While the above may look negative, please don't take it as such. For the most part you have excellent history. You are civil and helpful. You have the respect of most of the people you work with. The above is not a editor review in the sense that one might normally get, but rather a review with the specific intention of being an RfA candidate. I can be one of the tougher reviewers. Especially if I am looking to nominate somebody. The issue that has me the most concerned, however, are the articles that were CSD'd or written that IMO don't meet WP criteria. Everybody can have an article that gets deleted... even CSD'd, but its your edits around the nominations that has me wondering how well you understand the policies/guidelines. Between that and your history of questionable edits has me doubting your chances at this point in time. When I see a early history like yours, I want to see spotless from then on. Unfortunately, I don't. It seems like somebody is coming to you quite frequently with issues.---Balloonman ^{NO! I'm Spartacus!} 07:40, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Al Franken

I would say leave the future election banner up until Coleman officially concedes. Or maybe switch to a current events banner. Mrfeek (talk) 18:35, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

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User pages

Hi. I have modified the advice you gave Hertfordshire1234 (talk · contribs). For most users, working on pages that may eventually be acceptable articles, it would be good advice; but this particular user's output to date has been only hoax articles purporting to show that he is an earl, a marquess, a prince... and he already has two more hoax articles under preparation in his user space, which I have taken to MfD because they are using user pages for purposes not related to building the encyclopedia. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 09:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for doing that. I guess I was a little peeved last night because by the time I got to him, he was the second notification I was doing, so I was trying to be as supportive as possible. I just find it irresponisble that no one will notify users of these deletions. I think that he is trying to possibly create an article aout himself there. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 14:28, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm sure he's writing about himself - he's got delusions of grandeur. But what drew him to your attention last night? He was blocked for a week on 28 June, and his sockpuppet Englandrules123 (talk · contribs) indef-blocked - has he started another sock? JohnCD (talk) 14:36, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

No, it wasn't that. I just took pity on him not being notified of anything. This once happened to me on a deletion of a page that I created, and I had absolutely no clue on the decision until after the fact. I think it is really unfair when the editor has no input on a major decision like that. I didn't know that he was that bad of a person though. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 14:39, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Franken

Kevin, at the time the info was removed, Franken had yet to be certified. It was easily restored when that changed.(Yakofujimato (talk) 00:19, 2 July 2009 (UTC))

RfA Thanks

WikiThanks

Hi Ktr101. I just wanted to thank you for contributing to my RfA. It wasn't one of the best RfA's held, but I've learned a lot from the experience. Sorry for sending you the message today, and not last week when my RfA was closed. I've been very busy the last time. Thanks once again! Kind regards, LouriePieterse 10:29, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. It's okay that you took all that time. I've never even had someone thank me before for this, so thanks again. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 23:19, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Children of Michael Jackson AfD

About this - there are about three suggested merge possibilities, so it might be helpful to mention if you have a particular one in mind. No need, just a suggestion :) Fritzpoll (talk) 16:12, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

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Templates for deletion nomination of Template:Uw-cite

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ANG Template

What do you want to do with it? Got a sandbox template made up yet? TDRSS (talk) 18:35, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

I say go for it, but make sure it is on "state=autohide" so it is already collapsed. That will be a bit more aestetic. TDRSS (talk) 19:31, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

What do I need to do for the RfA? TDRSS (talk) 00:53, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

TDRSS would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact TDRSS to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ktr101. If you accept the nomination, you must state and sign your acceptance. You may also choose to make a statement and/or answer the optional questions to supplement the information your nominator has given. Once you are satisfied with the page, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.

Can I do that (add support when I gave you a nom?)TDRSS (talk) 02:10, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ojay123

Hey. Not a big deal, but generally you should avoid closing discussions you participated in. Just FYI. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:17, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Also remember to remove it from the main rfa page. Triplestop x3 21:30, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Re:rfa

Hi Ktr101. I just want to say that this is nothing personal. I'm just rather surprised to see that you have never heard of/used WP:AIV and WP:AN/I but yet you wish to implement processes which these noticeboards already encompass. However, I don't think adding a strong oppose was justified either way so I want to apologize for any undue stress that that may have caused. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 03:25, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

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Help on 102d page

I'm shocked at some of the comments on the RfA - I pulled my RfA a while ago, partially due to lack of 'wider experience' (i.e. I don't edit Michael Jackson or Britney Spears wiki pages), and because I realized I stick with what I like and what I know (USAF stuff). Having the admin powers sound nice, but sometimes you might come off sounding like a jerk (read some detractors on the RfA page - I have no idea where some of those comments came from). But since the 102d Intelligence Wing page is your pride and joy, and their sticking point for absurdities, I will gladly offer some assistance on the copy editing. First, things first - set up a FOIA account on eFOIA. You can request documents (sometimes with no cost) from the 102d that will be "official references" (forms initially activation from the Federal Government, list of commanders, buildings used on Otis, names of the Pilots who flew on 9/11, etc.). Your references are good, but some are second party (USAF factsheets written by unit folks), and others are third party (newspapers)- get the official goods from the unit. You'll be surprised what you can get! (I've flooded the FOIA system for lots of ANG units, so I don't think my request for 102d stuff will go quickly) (Read: [Filing_a_Freedom_of_Information_Request] TDRSS (talk) 03:18, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

True about the fee waiver statement - however as a FOIA "other" category, you get two hours of search and the first 100 pages for free. Most of the info I request doesn't even come close to either. The AF has a minimum of a $25.00 fee committment - if the information is less than that (i.e. $12.00 or $23.00), they will waive the fees. TDRSS (talk) 11:36, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Ktr and Tdrss: you may be interested to look at my RFA page and the responses it got for what happened to me. On the 102nd IW, we need to remember WP:RS/Verifiability means we need tertiary sources. Primary sources, as Tdrss is advocating, are specifically NOT allowed. However check with Roger Davies or Kirill about how to use them if you have some data you really want to work in. Cheers Buckshot06(prof) 06:34, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

More info on Intel Wg

Some more fidelity you might want to dredge up - find out what kind of intel the 102d is doing (Distributed common Ground station for U-2s, geospatial, etc.). Link the 102d to the AFISRA mission areas - see the AFISRA page for an org chart I got from FOIA (yeah, I'll get off of my FOIA soapbox... ;-) - find out which active duty wing it will report if/when federally activated. The Air Operations Group (there is zero information on that-AOGs are relatively new) - find out which Air Operations Center the unit will support (CAOC in the desert, or the one in Pacific?).

Find out the Federal mission statement and the State Mission statement (most ANG units have two because of their dual mission). See if their intel job supports the local government (i.e. homeland security).

And, I'm going to kick myself for saying this, but look into Bwmoll3's templates for lineage and honors - I dislike it because it's very hard to read, but he's converted a LOT of pages to it. It holds a lot of information into a little bit of space; it may give your 102d page a more professional feel. My AF template was derived from my AF units page I created back in college (circa 1996-97); it was the only one of its kind and got a lot of activity. when people started pilfering the information to Wikipedia, I shut it down and transferred most of the information over. I've kept the style, because its easy to read - but I've lost the battle with Bwmoll3's template due to the sheer number of pages he's created. Oh well. TDRSS (talk) 11:36, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

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hi im michael do you know any cape verdeans in the university today im editing Cape Verdean American web page (Questchest (talk) 20:13, 9 August 2009 (UTC))

Closing Headbomb's RFA

What am I missing? Did he ask you to do this somewhere? --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:39, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

• Non-admin closure of RFAs (to be clear, non-bureaucrat closure) is usually limited to SNOW or NOTNOW closures, not RFAs that have run their entire length. –xeno^talk 19:41, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
  • Or where the candidate expliticly indicates a desire to withdraw---and it is generally reserved to 'crats, not just admins. I would never consider closing an RFA that ran the entire period and finished at 50%.---Balloonman ^{NO! I'm Spartacus!} 20:39, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Deaths in 2009

Hi. The convention on this page is that redlinks are tolerated because they may result in articles being created, and those that haven't been are periodically culled when sufficient time has elapsed, usually a month. Cheers. Rodhullandemu 01:20, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

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An exciting opportunity to get involved!

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Lingerie Football League

I'm confused as to why you think the league's schedule falls under being a crystal ball. This is the confirmed league schedule from the league. Nearly, all sports pages on Wikipedia carry the league schedule. In fact, if you look into the NFL, NHL and NBA all league teams have their own pages which carries the schedules. As this is probably the most encyclopedic information regarding this league and creating a season page for a league that has not conducted a single season would be overkill at this point. Shootmaster 44 (talk) 02:54, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

I do see your point to an extent. But your edit summary didn't make sense that way as this is not a violation of WP:Crystalball. Since a) I couldn't find any leagues that had the schedule on the league page and b) the United Football League which is a start up league, also has a season page I don't see a huge problem with moving this to a 2009 Lingerie Football League page, however I won't do this until a bit more info trickles out from the league. Shootmaster 44 (talk) 03:09, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

re: WikiProject Cape Cod and the Islands

I have no idea how that got on there. I'm learning a whole bunch of new things about me- I used to be known as Mr Senseless, I'm a Red Sox fan and I apparently went to Ithaca College, wherever the fuck that is. I didn't think I drank that much. ;) --TheTruthiness (talk) 00:50, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

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re: Notice

Thanks for the heads up, I left a message on each of their talk pages asking if they want a clean copy of the formatting code. That said, I'm having a tough time with this, would such a large number of users just copy my infobox and not know to change any of the content whatsoever (for example, my intro paragraph is the same on each of their userpages, word for word)? I wouldn't be surprised if this is the work of some vandal, but I just got home from work and am too tired to look into it now. 2 says you, says two 05:26, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

TenPoundVandal

I'm going to respond to your comment on TenPoundHammer's RfA #7 here, since the issue seems to be closed now. Yeah, admitting to being a vandal is dumb, but so is telling a lie in front of someone who knows better because I was, like, there, dude. I wanted to see how much he would lie to get a position for which honesty and integrity are requirements. "I didn't say [that RemmaHnuoPneT was an impostor] because I thought it was obvious that it wasn't me." Come on, seriously?

I don't hate the guy, but I do hate double standards. On May 6 he went on Uncyc's IRC channel and admitted to being a vandal, posting a list of his sockpuppets on one of his userpages. An admin deleted it per UN:DENY, but I'm just saying. As a Wikipedia user, I don't think I trust him to bring credit to the project. That's all I'm going to say on the matter. I just felt someone ought to know. --Syndrome (talk) 04:02, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Im just posting to say I reverted your edit to TPH's RfA because I saw him put the image up there himself and I assume he wants it there. If he's changed his mind he can revert it himself. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 20:37, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

I can also confirm that TenPoundHammer vandalized Uncyclopedia. I hadn't noticed the issue had been brought up at the RfA, but he's made both good and bad edits to Uncyclopedia under various usernames; his saying he's only ever edited it "anonymously" is probably a clever way of saying he hasn't edited as TenPoundHammer. He didn't say he's only used IP addresses, so it isn't technically a lie. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 20:39, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

RE:RFA

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Signing as Happyandrew1994

Could you please explain why you've recently signed an RfA as Happyandrew1994? We might have to indent the vote unless you change the sig or at least the page the sig redirects to, even if the account is yours. It's the same type of situation as when someone gets logged out and !votes as an IP by accident. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 04:02, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

A bit...

...odd. Are you the same user? Also, I haven't forgotten about the admin coaching - I've just been rather busy lately. Cheers, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:02, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

I was coming here to ask the same question. Javért  |  ^Talk 04:29, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

User has replied here but I'm still confused. To edit another user's preferences you have to have their password, right?  7  05:52, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Yes, you would. Logged in as "Javert", Special:Preferences/Javert and Special:Preferences/T'Shael the Sock (my sock account) lead me to the same place (Special:Preferences/Javert). Javért  |  ^Talk 05:54, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

1980s births

I notice that you've done a run of taking articles out of Category:1980s births and putting them into categories for specific years. I further notice that many, if not most, of the articles you've done this to don't give a specific birth year for its subject. (If an article says, for instance, "born c.1982", that means that it could really be 1981 or 1983, in which case Category:1982 births would be inappropriate.)

Is there a policy I've missed that says that it's correct to put an article in a specific category when the article itself isn't that specific, or are you just being overenthusiastic? —Paul A (talk) 13:42, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

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Re: My RFA

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FOIA suggestions

Hey, found your FOIA requests in the AF Logs (yes I have nothing better to do with my time :-) Did they send you anything good? If they didn't or gave you a "too broad" request statement, I would suggest using standard verbiage when you write (i.e. "requesting all releasable information on XXXXX"), and state exactly what you want. What I ask for, usually, is organizational charts/phone directories/lineage & honors/unit emblem. If you wanna dig (and I'm sure you want to sharpen the 101st Page), you can request the yearly historical records from the unit - they are created on a yearly or bi-yearly basis by the unit/base historian. There is a plethora of them at the AFHRA, but I'm not sure where they send the Air National Guard ones. If you look up the Historians reg on www.e-publishing.af.mil, you can see their requirements on how to build a unit history, and cherry-pick from what you actually want from the unit. Final note: be careful how the request is worded - my first few were "broad" and the units sent me copies of the Wikipedia pages I was trying to update! Good Luck! TDRSS (talk) 18:24, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

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Hi. I'm posting to let you know that your name has been mentioned on a list of Highly active users on the talk page for RfA's here. If you are interested in running for administratorship, or if you would like to make any comments, feel free to join the discussion. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 17:35, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

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Adoption

Hello Ktr,

I'm seeking adoption and I was wondering if you could adopt me. A user suggusted a couple of users that can adopt me, and well, you are my pick.

I take an intrest In Disney cartoons and VeggieTales. I'm trying my to improve articles releated to things I take intrest in. For Example, I'm working on a new page that you can see in my first sandbox and I really need help with it. Are you willing to adopt me? Rowdy the Ant talk to Rowdy 21:02, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I need help with my sandbox for expandision. Please forgive my past, and I don't really want to become an admin. I was as confused as a baby when I was first editing Wikipedia, and yes, I had a temper problem back then. But I really am not going to repeat my mishap, I promised an admin to do good. Just because I messed up in the past dosen't mean I'm going to do it again.

I asked for adoption for my own good. If I make a mistake, I hope the adopter can tell me and I won't do it again. Rowdy the Ant talk to Rowdy 00:49, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

And no, I do not consider you an A**hole, I just wanted to tell you that the things I did in the past is not what I'm doing now. Rowdy the Ant talk to Rowdy 00:51, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Hey, no prob. You just scared me there for a second. I needed help with this. It need exspasion and a little bit improvment. May you help me with it? Rowdy the Ant talk to Rowdy 00:57, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

I don't need any help with my talk page, I can take care of that. But look at the page I linked to see what help it needs. Rowdy the Ant talk to Rowdy 01:07, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

It needs more info. Rowdy the Ant talk to Rowdy 01:15, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

He does seem to be doing it a little less, so maybe adoption is what he needs to steer in the right direction. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 01:25, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Sorry Ktr, no can do. I rufuse to tell my age when it come to the internet. Rowdy the Ant talk to Rowdy 01:37, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Closing RfAs

You were a bit early in closing Magog the Ogre, considering there was a genuine support and only two opposes. Please wait a little longer. Secondly, please review the RfA closing procedure. For the third time I notice you have not included the unsuccessful RfA [[3]] or here. Perhaps you should let someone with a little more experience close RfAs, to ensure they are closed correctly? \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 03:10, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

If you didn't know how, you should've asked. You don't need to be closing RfA's, there are enough bureaucrats, administrators and experienced users watching the page to ensure things are done right. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 03:17, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

NOTNOW

This is not a good reason to close an RFA with 4 votes, and a candidate who has been here a year and has over 5k edits. Please be more careful. Law _{type! snype?} 03:11, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Re: my RfA.

Hi, I wanted to take this opportunity to show my sincere gratitude in response to your support on my RfA nomination. Thanks you from the bottom of my heart - I hope we can build a friendship upon this. Kindest regards; Gareth aka Pr3st0n (talk)

Peer review

I archived Wikipedia:Peer review/102nd Intelligence Wing/archive1 as peer reviews are never deleted. It was on the backlog list and would have been reviewed in the next day or two. If you want me to reopen it and put it back on the backlog, please let me know on my talk page. Thanks, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:32, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

OK, thanks for letting me know. Hope the Military WP review is helpful, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:48, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

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