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I'm related to Billy Bancroft AnonUser22001 (talk) 22:17, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

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Billy Geen

Hi Shudde, thank you very much for taking the trouble to review Billy Geen. Hopefully we can collaborate on other articles in the future. Cheers, FunkyCanute (talk) 08:27, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

@FunkyCanute: No trouble at all. Sometimes my reviews can come across a bit pedantic, but reviews always take so long I figure why not just give all the advice I can? I'm a real fan of your mission to get those biographies up to a high standard, and would definitely be keen to help out if you'd like. My offline sources are limited to mainly New Zealand-focused books (with a couple of exceptions) so that does limit what I can do. -- Shudde talk 08:32, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
Join me over here: Operation Burning Gold! Downing and Dewar were the first two Kiwis killed but there were several others and many of them don't have even have articles, as you know. It would be great to have your assistance! FunkyCanute (talk) 12:59, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 12

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  You will love a cheeseburger but i'm going give you Burger King Double Whopper with cheese. Appreciate Whakaoriori (talk) 23:11, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

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My comments on Gallaher FAC are going through puberty. • Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 03:16, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

@Lingzhi: Hey. Yeah sorry. I've been busy the last couple of days and only had time to address either Cliftonian's or yours the other day. I started addressing your comments an hour or so ago. But I want to have them all addressed in the next few hours. -- Shudde talk 03:32, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
  • I may be off-wiki for a couple days. I'll try to respond when I can. Did you trim the lead? It went into excessive detail. The earlier parts of the article didn't explain why the All Blacks won so much, and in the absence of info, I assumed they were super-human specimens. But later on the article began to mention innovations etc., which made me feel that aspect was a little underdeveloped. I haven't read since my last post. Busy now sorry will try to check again soon. • Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 01:51, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
    • @Lingzhi: I have trimmed the lead but it could do with a further cull so I'll continue with that until I'm happy. The All Blacks won for a number of reasons, but their main innovation, apart from the scrum formation, was the fact that they were simply well trained, well-drilled and fit. The same reasons that they had such a good record in Australia in 1903. I'm also not sure how much of what they did was completely new, rather it was simply new to those who had not seen it. Also worth remembering that they struggled in Wales where rugby was much stronger than in England (at the time anyway). I'm going to try and think of a good way to address what you've raised. -- Shudde talk 04:46, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

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Gallaher

  The Original Barnstar
Very happy to see the captain of the Original All Blacks Dave Gallaher finally promoted to FA just now. Well done, Shudde! A fine effort indeed. —  Cliftonian (talk)  01:25, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

@Cliftonian: Thanks mate, especially for your help at PR and FAC. -- Shudde talk 05:27, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

And a congratulations from me too... great work! The first FA to feature on my little project! FunkyCanute (talk) 12:52, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

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The Welsh team

Hi Shudde,

I'd be happy to help, though my books kind of stop in the 1980s, I'm a terrible antiquarian. Can you point me at a specific area you would like me to focus on first. I'll have time next week to put some effort in. Cheers FruitMonkey (talk) 22:09, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

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WikiProject Military history coordinator election

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Books and Bytes - Issue 13

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You're invited! Women in Red World Virtual Edit-a-thon on Women in Science

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  • Dates: 8 to 29 November 2015
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  • Host/Facilitator: Women in Red (WiR) in collaboration with Women scientists: Did you know that only 15% of the biographies on Wikipedia are about women? WiR focuses on "content gender gap". If you'd like to help contribute articles on women and women's works, we warmly welcome you!
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Talk:William Middleton Wallace/GA1

Shudde, your review is waiting for you now that FunkyCanute has addressed the issues you raised. I see that it's been over 50 days since you last edited on Wikipedia; I hope all is well and that you return soon. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:11, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

@FunkyCanute and BlueMoonset: I'm very sorry about this. Things in real life have gotten in the way a bit and I completely forgot about the GA review. All I can do is apologise. I'll give the article another look in the next couple of days, and knowing FunkyCanute's track record I'm confident it'll all be up to scratch and we can finish the review. Sorry again. -- Shudde talk 01:29, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
Shudde, the above post appears to be your most recent one to Wikipedia. Come the New Year, if you haven't returned to continue the review, we may need to try to find a new reviewer to take over (something that admittedly isn't that easy to do). I hope you return soon and can complete the review. Thank you very much. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:08, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

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Nominations for the Military history WikiProject historian and newcomer of the year awards now open!

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Books and Bytes - Issue 14

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Merry Christmas!

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Books & Bytes - Issue 15

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Books & Bytes
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