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Hi there. Thanks for your contribution to my WP:RS question. One editor that is in dispute with me seem to take it as supporting it as a reliable source. [2] Is that actually so? I noticed a sense of irony in your reply. Anyway, if you could clarify this for me, I would be grateful. Thanks! The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick ^t 18:11, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

London move

Re: your message at Talk:London, England, I was doing a history merge, so that the credits for everyone's edit stays in one place. I probably should have put a note in the move summary saying it'd be back at the right title soon, but I forgot about it. The way I do history merges clutters up people's watchlists, but saves the servers an awful lot of grief - if I did a straight move from London, England to London, the database would have probably been locked for ten minutes because of the shock. Hope this helps some ... I might do some more surgery on Talk:London, England soon. Graham87 10:31, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Also, archiving your talk page is much better etiquette than just blanking it. User:MiszaBot can do that automatically if you add some text to the top of your talk page - see User:MiszaBot/Archive HowTo. Graham87 10:58, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

ok thanks, i should have been more patient --Rockybiggs (talk) 10:58, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Recruitment in the British Army

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Thanks for your hard work on Recruitment in the British Army.

Hi, I just visited the above page after flagging it as in desperate need of attention on the Milhist proj page in February (when it looked like this) and was amazed at the difference there. Clearly this is largely thanks to your hard work in expanding it, so I just wanted to stop by and say that your effort hasn't gone unnoticed. Nice job :-) Sassf (talk) 11:15, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

I have partially copyedited this. I found that the very large amount of text devoted to online links within the main body of the article made it difficult to add to or amend the article; also, there were several duplications of very long urls, resulting an an unnecessarily large article. A further consideration is that "Google Books" is not a publisher; it is an online source for book text, and it is theoretically possible that books may be removed from Google if there were publishing or authorship disputes. I have applied a different scheme for "The Oxford History of the British Army", one of the most commonly quoted sources within the article. The changes have made the text of the article more accessible to editors (although this may perhaps not be a Good Thing) and have also reduced the article size by 3Kb. I will hold off performing similar edits to other citations until you have had a chance to review and comment upon the changes, as you have contributed so much to the article since its creation. HLGallon (talk) 02:55, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

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Ok thanks for the message, comments noted.--Rockybiggs (talk) 18:58, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

"Hutch"

Just to say that we can cite the Daily Mail article, which says 42 turned up, more easily that the documentary which said there were 30. Personally I'd be happy if that number turned up to mine (..happy, but dead). Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:05, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

ok ive no problem with 42, but maybe you could add the inline citation to avoid future changes.--Rockybiggs (talk) 11:12, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Will do. Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:14, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Beckenham Junction - response

Sorry, I assumed it was your pic - oops! But please note that the night-view shows a sign for the long-defunct "Connex Metro", whereas the station presently has a "Southeastern | Beckenham Junction" sign. The night-view is now in the Gallery. Given that I have taken pics of over 520 stations within the London Travelcard area this year, and I have 100 more still to visit (albeit including 30-odd Tramlink stops), it may be some time before I reprise Beckenham (and it's not the only one!). Anyway, I don't take these pics to win prizes by any means! FWIW, my collection in Wikimedia Commons can be viewed by clicking the link above the photos on my user page. best, Sunil060902 (talk) 01:17, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Anglo-Iraq war

Hi regarding your recent edit to the aritcle - i think you have missed the point somewhat. While it may be well known that the country became indy; previous editors have stated it was indy in name only i.e. the British were in control still - this does need a citation. If you have one for it then please add it in - otherwise the tag should remain.

Common knowledge is no subsitution for some sort of inline citation proving the fact.--EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 15:35, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Cecil Rhodes

On face value, this edit, and the accompanying comment are completely reasonable and, in isolation, justifiable. If I'd come across it for the first time, I would probably have done exactly the same.
Also, you would have been completely justified in complaining about the use of "weasel words".
So you can see that I'm not complaining about your edit per se.

However, what you may not know is that the words that are there are the "consensus" (yes, that's a euphamism for "compomise") of a (in my opinion) tediously long, unpleasant and pedantic "discussion" (yes, that's a euphamism for "edit war") about the difference between "colonialism" and "imperialism".

Given the time elapsed since the heated discussion, I imagine "some would say imperialism" could be replaced by "and/or imperialism" with impunity. However, my fear is that the complete removal of the word "imperialism" will rekindle the "edit war", and to be frank, I really don't want to go through that again!

So, what do you think is a better way to "solve" this combination of problems in order that the minimum number of people (hopefully zero) will be provoked into yet-another-edit war?

Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 10:32, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

To be honest `some might say` is wrong, plus there is also no source to back up the statement `some might say`. The whole basis of the concensus from what i can see is wrong and should never have been en-acted. I personally think its more than covered already by Colonialism but would consider `or imperialism`, with a source. However as an editor can be and should be An WP:Bold, why not leave it as imperialism Colonialism --Rockybiggs (talk) 11:00, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

I completely agree that "some might say" is not appropriate. (That's what I was referring to regarding "weasel words".) Absolutely NO disagreement from me on that one!

"The whole basis of the concensus from what i can see is wrong and should never have been en-acted." - I'm afraid you are missing the point. What YOU think TODAY is irrelevant to the discussion that occurred THEN, and the consensus (oops, I mis-spelt it again; thank you for politely not emphasising my mis-spelling!) that was achieved THEN.

However, what IS relevant TODAY is: "What do we want it to say now?"

"I personally think its more than covered already by Colonialism but would consider `or imperialism`, with a source." - Why do you say "imperialism" needs a source, but "colonialism" doesn't? Personally, I think they BOTH need sources. (And if you go back through the history, you will see excessive numbers of reasons why colonialism does AND doesn't cover imperialism! ;-)

"why not leave it as imperialism" - I'm not sure what you mean. If you mean "replace the word colonialism with the word imperialism", then my answer is: "Because I don't want to re-kindle the edit-war."

Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:41, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

I amended my statement above as i quickly wrote (and mistakenly so), i also understand you would like it to just say Colonialism (which is what i meant after my amendment/strike out above). I agree it should remain as colonialism with a source (a source shouldn`t be to hard to find).--Rockybiggs (talk) 11:55, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

That's easier to understand!

However, I fear that removing either of the words will result in rekindling the edit war.

I'm interested that you say "i also understand you would like it to just say Colonialism". As it happens, my personal focus has not been anywhere even vaguely close to thinking about what I personally would want it to say! - I've been solely focussed on averting edit war. To be honest, it's been so long since I checked the definitions that I've forgotten what the significance of the difference between the two terms is! To me, it's clear that Rhodes actively pursued both! Pdfpdf (talk) 15:04, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Rhodes and Imperialism

I don't understand just which is/are the aspect(s) of Rhodes and Imperialism that are leading you remove "imperialism". After you have actually read the article and the talk page, which quite clearly, you haven't please explain.

The following all make it abundantly clear that Rhodes was an imperialist, and they all have a pile of supporting references:

• Imperialism - even has a picture of Rhodes in the article!
• Cape to Cairo Railway
• Cape to Cairo Road
• Cairo-Cape Town Highway
• The Rhodes Colossus
• Scramble for Africa
• New Imperialism
• British Empire#Cape to Cairo
• Cecil Rhodes#Expanding the British Empire
• Cecil Rhodes#Rhodes and the Imperial Factor
• Cecil Rhodes#"Cape to Cairo Red Line"
• Cecil Rhodes#Quotes
• Talk:Cecil Rhodes#"Imperialist"
• Talk:Cecil Rhodes#archaeohistory
• Talk:Cecil Rhodes#Rhodes the imperialist
• etc.

Do you require more? Pdfpdf (talk) 12:33, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Some might argue he wasn`t an Imperialist, but rather a `Rhodeist` who beleived in his own profit and standing. As when Rhodes and Britains ambitions were not the same he pushed for his own agenda ahead of Britains.[3]--Rockybiggs (talk) 11:51, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm a bit confused.

I agree that there is very little doubt, and abundant amounts of evidence, that Rhodes was first and foremost a 'Rhodeist'! I also agree that he wasn't the sort of man to let mere reality, or anything else for that matter, get in his way. Those points are not in dispute. (Well, I'm not disputing them.)

The questions we have been discussing are: "Was Rhodes a colonialist?" and "Was Rhodes an imperialist?" To me, there is no doubt, and plenty of evidence, that as well as many other things, he was also both a colonialist and an imperialist.

Is it your point of view that he wasn't an imperialist?

If that is not your pov, then what are we arguing about?

If that is your pov, then can you explain to me what leads you to say he wasn't an imperialist?

Also, regarding the statement "Some might argue he wasn`t an Imperialist, but rather a `Rhodeist`", I don't think "Imperialist" and "Rhodeist" are mutually exclusive. In fact, I think the opposite - I think they are mutually supportive. Hence, I guess I'd disgree that aspect of the statement that says he wasn't, or couldn't be, both an imperialist and a Rhodeist.

Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 12:46, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks for telling me after the horse bolted? and issuing unjustified comments without right to reply. Note there is a consensus on the talk page --Rockybiggs (talk) 11:07, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

I would also like to add why wasn't the other user facing the same, despite my requests to him to goto talk page, and his obvious history of reverting without EVER going to the talk page?--Rockybiggs (talk) 11:04, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

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2017 Military Historian of the Year and Newcomer of the Year nominations and voting

As we approach the end of the year, the Military History project is looking to recognise editors who have made a real difference. Each year we do this by bestowing two awards: the Military Historian of the Year and the Military History Newcomer of the Year. The co-ordinators invite all project members to get involved by nominating any editor they feel merits recognition for their contributions to the project. Nominations for both awards are open between 00:01 on 2 December 2017 and 23:59 on 15 December 2017. After this, a 14-day voting period will follow commencing at 00:01 on 16 December 2017. Nominations and voting will take place on the main project talkpage: here and here. Thank you for your time. For the co-ordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:35, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

User group for Military Historians

Greetings,

"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

April 2018 Milhist Backlog Drive

G'day all, please be advised that throughout April 2018 the Military history Wikiproject is running its annual backlog elimination drive. This will focus on several key areas:

• tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
• adding or improving listed resources on Milhist's task force pages
• updating the open tasks template on Milhist's task force pages
• creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various lists of missing articles.

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 scope of military history will be considered eligible. This year, the Military history project would like to extend a specific welcome to members of Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red, and we would like to encourage all participants to consider working on helping to improve our coverage of women in the military. This is not the sole focus of the edit-a-thon, though, and there are aspects that hopefully will appeal to pretty much everyone.

The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 April and runs until 23:59 UTC on 30 April 2018. Those interested in participating can sign up here.

For the Milhist co-ordinators, AustralianRupert and MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:53, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive

Hey y'all, the April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive begins at 00:01 UTC on April 1, 2021 and runs through 23:59 UTC on April 31, 2021. Points can be earned through reviewing articles on the AutoCheck report, reviewing articles listed at WP:MILHIST/ASSESS, reviewing MILHIST-tagged articles at WP:GAN or WP:FAC, and reviewing articles submitted at WP:MILHIST/ACR. Service awards and barnstars are given for set points thresholds, and the top three finishers will receive further awards. To participate, sign up at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_History/April 2021 Reviewing Drive#Participants and create a worklist at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/April 2021 Reviewing Drive/Worklists (examples are given). Further details can be found at the drive page. Questions can be asked at the drive talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:24, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of File:Flag of Bahamas 1900.JPG

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You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated files}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the file's talk page.

Please consider addressing the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated files}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and files for discussion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. --Minorax^«¦talk¦» 14:00, 25 March 2022 (UTC)