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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Norwich War Memorial you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Chris troutman -- Chris troutman (talk) 02:01, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
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The article Norwich War Memorial you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Norwich War Memorial for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Chris troutman -- Chris troutman (talk) 01:41, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
Hello - i saw your name on the list of Wikipedia:Mentoring for FAC, and wondered if you'd have a look at London mayoral election, 2016 when you have a chance? I've got it listed as a Good Article and would be interested in the process of getting it featured. There's no British elections featured at the moment and it'd be great to push towards this - I know your expertise is more in political history but I thought that as someone with a broad interest in this area you might be able to comment. I'm not looking for someone to be involved as an active mentor as such - a review with a few pointers on what to improve would be great, and I might take the opportunity to try and implement those and then get a second review before proceeding towards nomination. There's no rush on this so don't feel the need to look at it straight away. Let me know if you're able to look at it, but feel free to say no if you're busy! Super Nintendo Chalmers (talk) 08:44, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
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I mentioned you in a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Further clarification of arbitration motion regarding Article titles and capitalization (WT:ACN) but I cocked up when trying to ping you so you may not get an automatic notification. Rather than try again, I'm doing it the old fashioned way! Thryduulf (talk) 17:04, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
As promised, I've taken and uploaded several photos of the memorial, which can be found in the appropriate category on Commons. Some of them are in the queue for rotating. I'll leave you to decide which ones you want to use. Optimist on the run (talk) 17:00, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi Harry. This is just a friendly note to let you know that the Death on the Rock article, which you nominated at FAC, has been scheduled as today's featured article for March 6, 2017. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 6, 2017. Thanks! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:46, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
G'day all, please be advised that throughout March 2017 the Military history Wikiproject is running its March Madness drive. This is a backlog drive that is focused on several key areas:
As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.
The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the military history scope will be considered eligible. More information can be found here for those that are interested, and members can sign up as participants at that page also.
The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 March and runs until 23:59 UTC on 31 March 2017, so please sign up now.
For the Milhist co-ordinators. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) & MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:24, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you for Death on the Rock! - Would you have time for a FAC of mine, also death but peace and joy in the title? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:17, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
It looks like you protected this template in 2010 but it's not clear why, as it hadn't received any vandalism and it's not included in an excessive number of other places. Would you be willing to unprotect it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gavinatkinson (talk • contribs)
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Morning Harry, Can I ask your advice on a small matter? I reverted a change a relatively new user made on the Tim Burton article because they didn't need include a source to back-up the change. In return he has reverted, calling me a "son of a whore" in the process. It's partly my fault for not including an edit summary (I nudged the wrong spot on my iPad while meaning to leave a response), but is there anything more to do, rather than just advise them of WP:CIVIL? All the best, The Bounder (talk) 07:10, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
You need to allow for the JFK page list his religion on the side menu. He is the only Catholic to serve as U.S. President and not listing it is censorship and anti-Catholic. Children need to be aware that he is the only Catholic and the bigotry that went on against Catholic from the 1600s-1990s in North America. — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Hut (talk • contribs) 02:02, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
Long ago you blocked this user for spamming his website. You then unblocked him per request. He is at it again at Gerd Heinrich. I gave him a level 3 warning. You may want to look into it and see if a follow up is needed. thanks. -- Alexf(talk) 16:38, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
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Morning HJM - have uploaded a bunch of photos to the Category: Manchester Cenotaph on Commons. Didn't know how to group them but they all begin MC-****. Conditions not ideal as the sun was directly towards the Town Hall, so views from it were challenging. That, and the drunks, and random passers-by at inopportune moments. Hopefully there's something you can use. If not, and you need a specific shot, or a detail, etc., just let me know. All the best. KJP1 (talk) 10:52, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
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The Military history A-Class medal with oak leaves | |
For your work in promoting Spalding War Memorial, North Eastern Railway War Memorial, and York City War Memorial, I am pleased to present you with the A-class Medal with Oak Leaves. For the Coordinators of the Military history Project. Zawed (talk) 10:24, 3 April 2017 (UTC) |
I am in Nottingham 52.983°N 1.145°W with kids a blue sky and a camera- is there anything here on your hit list close to a playground?--ClemRutter (talk) 10:55, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
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Content Review Medal of Merit (Military history) | |
On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons for reviewing a total of eight Milhist articles at PR, GAN, ACR or FAC during the period January to March 2017. Thank you for supporting Wikipedia's quality content processes. AustralianRupert (talk) 13:47, 8 April 2017 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste |
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Hi, I have Pevsner, Nikolaus (1958). North Somerset and Bristol. Penguin Books. OCLC 868291293. (you can see the books I own at User:Rodw/Books). Mells is pages 224-227 - what do you need?— Rod talk 20:37, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
but I couldn't attach an image.— Rod talk 21:39, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
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Given that you know your way around FAs, could I ask a little favour? Maybe it's me, for I don't really look at too many of these video game articles, but I think there are a few issues here with both prose and accessibility for the general reader/logical order. Any chance you could take a look and see if I'm way off? I prefer not to recuse in cases like this, so more eyes would be good. Sarastro1 (talk) 21:37, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 22:05, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
Harry,
I don't think Patar knight aught to have done this since the discussion I started at MilHist had not come to a resolution. I think this sets a bad and ugly precedent – that anyone can come along and steal other people uncompleted work and post it live and so long as there is an attribution no one can do anything about it. If I went around copy/pasting every draft in-progress by MilHist members it would be considered disruptive behaviour. I am the victim here, Patar knight has taken upon himself to "conspire" with, not only a copyvio thief, but a sock-puppeteer, someone who stole my work in the act of circumventing other blocks or a ban. I have spent a lot of money on books about Napoleon which I can read and source for Wikipedia. This act does not only steal my work but also undermines my efforts to make a serious contribution. It basically says "Fuck your efforts, we'll take what we want, when we want and to hell with you!" I believe Patar knight was Wiki-lawyering by going behind my back and attributing, as well as not waiting for the MilHist discussion to conclude, he did not advise anyone of it nor did be notify them -- if that isn't being a sneaky bastard, what is? I am disgusted. But two can play at that: I have moved the attributed draft, nullifying the attribution and will continue to do so should anyone persist in trying to userp my work prematurely. If necessary I will delete the draft completely and obliterate any chance of attribution it as no attributions can be made to deleted pages.
That a sock-puppet's disruptive actions should be allowed to take priority over hours and hours of study and work of any contributor is appauling, not only for Wikipedia but MilHist for allowing it to stand. It would have been common sense to revdel the stolen material because of the circumstances and to honour the original editor's -- my -- committment, rather than allow a sock to take the piss. This was more than a copyvio -- it was a violation of me, my work and my future ability to conclude the work. It's like someone claiming Squatter's Rights in temporarlity empty property or a rape victim being denied the right to abort what they didn't want -- slanted rules and regulations working against and being forced on victims of anti-social bevaviour instead of for them, what happened to admins woking for editors instead of detrimental edits by socks? That's hypocrisy. I am beginning to regret coming back to Wiki, already. It seems to me that MilHist numbers have dwindled... a number of regulars have either semi-retired or stopped altogether. When I went through my to-do list formed 3-years ago barely any had changed. So for me to return with some level of enthusiasm and find my earlier work stolen and then to have some editors and admins actually attempt to justify, or at least permit, that behaviour really bugs me. It's hard to want to be a contributor when some editors are prepared to snatch your work since admins are impotent in their efforts to stop them. Until something is done to properly reverse the damage done to me, by the sock, by Patar knight, I can't even bring myself to commence working on the draft. It's like trying to live in a house after a burglary, knowing someone else's grubby mitts were all over your properly and the police are making no efforts to catch them. This matter is not resolved for me, there is no justice in it, that some knobhead with at least 26 socks can leave an editor up shit creek and every other editor too scared to act to correct the problem with one simple reversal and blanking of the violations. I am in a predicament here because I will fight to keep my stolen material reverted... I don't care if I have to breach 3RR or go kicking and screaming to ANI or ArbCom again -- I feel violated and justifed to make an issue of this. So far as I see it, there is a loophole in Wikipedia's copyright policy which favours anyone who wants to steal and paste other editor's drafts, because so long as they attribute they're considered on the right side of the line. I don't think that's fair or reasonable. I think it undermines editors and their ability or right to develop material freely. Allowing their work to be stolen "legally" is not in the spirit of the MilHist I know or the Wikipedia I would expect better of, it is highly unethical.
Since I respect your opinion, do you think there is any other course of action available to put this right to my satisfaction. If you have no ideas, consider the following:
I'm thinking of raising a copyvio claim on the following grounds: All edits must accept the CC BY-SA Licence. It states "In no way are any of the following rights affected by the license: ... the author's moral rights;". Moral rights states: "The preserving of the integrity of the work allows the author to object to alteration, distortion, or mutilation of the work that is 'prejudicial to the author's honor or reputation.'" – I believe that because the material was taked in incomplete form, given that it is a draft, pending peer-review and in need of further fact-checking and source verification to guarantee the accuracy and quality of the content, that it cannot be considered reliable and all subsequent edits made are prejudicial to my reputation because I would not knowingly promote a draft to livespace knowing that the content was false. Therefore, the draft should never have been posted as all errors corrected by other editors are offensive to my "honor or reputation" as an unbiased, well-read and resourceful editor. Later reviews may have determined these errors and protected by moral standing. Therefore I object to any and all alterations since I was not prepared for the material to be made available for public scrutiny and subsequently all changes are prejudicial to me. I intend for the final article to be as correct as I can possibly make it, which is why I own so many books on the subject, because many historians disagee and I often need to find common-ground to cite.
That's as legal as it gets, since copyvios simply need to be raised without threatening anyone, and I think it's a strong position to go on.
Sorry to rant, but I'm still pissed-off with the situation and the lack of practical solutions... this is the last thing I wanted to come back to since this article might be my best work if I ever get the chance to work on it unhindered.
— Marcus(talk) 17:19, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
I've take it here: WP:Village pump (policy)#Draft articles should be protected from this. I think policy needs to give admins a fresh pair of balls against this type of copyvio. Feel free to comment, I don't know how Village Pump works as I haven't used it before, but it seems the only place left to try to get some actual resolution, by laying down some specific policy for cases like this. — Marcus(talk) 04:08, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
I'd suggest North Eastern Railway War Memorial for TFA on 14 June, day of unveiling, if you agree. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:04, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
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