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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XXXIX (May 2009)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXXIX (May 2009)
From the coordinators With end of year exams beckoning for many members, this has been a quiet month on the talk pages for Milhist. (If you are facing exams yourself, we all wish you the very best of luck!) During this quieter period, some of our most active reviewers are busy revising so it would be really appreciated if you can help with peer reviews or A-Class reviews. You can easily track articles needing review, by copying {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your userpage. This month sees our first newsletter editorial. The idea is to provide regular tips and hints to help editors get up to speed with our large (and sometimes complicated) project. This month's piece, by EyeSerene, explains the workings of the project's main template, which is at the core of the project's tagging and assessing activities.  Roger Davies talk 20:26, 3 June 2009 (UTC)	Articles of note New featured articles: 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash Arthur Henry Cobby Battle of Barnet Fort Ticonderoga Fountain of Time Neil Hamilton Fairley Operation Perch SMS Seydlitz SS Pennsylvanian New featured lists: List of United States Military Academy alumni (Medal of Honor) List of United States Military Academy alumni (Superintendents) New featured topics: New featured pictures: The Battle of Schevening USS West Virginia (BB-48) New A-Class articles: Albert Kesselring Frank Bladin Henry Burrell (RAN officer) List of Knight's Cross recipients of the Kriegsmarine List of Knight's Cross recipients of the Schnellboot service List of Knight's Cross recipients of the U-boat service Midshipman SM UB-14 SM UB-16 SS American (1900) Teddy Sheean Tucker class destroyer Yorktown-class gunboat
Project news The Contest department has completed its twenty-sixth month of competition, with 83 articles entered by 15 editors. This month's top scorer is Bellhalla with 123 points followed by Sturmvogel 66 with 101 points. They receive the Chevrons and the Writer's Barnstar respectively. Parsecboy commendably came third with 47 points, with honorable mentions going to Ian Rose (38), Ed (28), Abraham, B.S. (15), the_ed17 (12), Amore Mio (11) and Kirk (11). Thanks also go to Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus, DPdH, Lordoliver, Belissarius, Wild Wolf, Gaia Octavia Agrippa and mynameinc, who also fielded entries. In a welcome addition to a long under-represented area, this month saw the creation of the Pakistani military history task force, which hits the ground running with 11 participants. In another task force development, please help recruit members for some of our smallest and quietest task forces. If you know anyone who may be interested, or are interested yourself, please see the drive discussion. The affected task forces are (with numbers of particpants in brackets): Taiwanese military history (2); Polish military history (4); Dutch military history (6); Military historiography (6); New Zealand military history (7); Baltic states military history (8); National militaries (8); Southeast Asian military history (8); War films (8); Early Muslim military history (9); Intelligence (9); Lebanese military history (9); South American military history (9); and Spanish military history (9).
Awards and honours Bellhalla has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal with Oakleaves for SM U-10, SM UB-14 and SM UB-16. MisterBee1966 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for List of Knight's Cross recipients of the Kriegsmarine, List of Knight's Cross recipients of the Schnellboot service, and List of Knight's Cross recipients of the U-boat service. Ian Rose has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Arthur Henry Cobby, Frank Bladin and Henry Burrell (RAN officer).
Editorial: "How to use the Milhist template" Welcome to a new occasional feature of The Bugle, where over coming issues we'll be exploring some of the roles, tasks, and technical functions that go into creating what archivist and researcher Simon Fowler has described as the best general resource for military history on the internet.† As a project we can rightly be proud of that accolade, and we gratefully acknowledge the debt we owe to those dedicated editors from across Wikipedia that have helped to make the Military history WikiProject what it is today. Many editors' first inkling of milhist's existence is when they spot our project banner on an article talk page. The banner can be easily added to appropriate articles by any editor, by typing {{WPMILHIST}} at (or near) the top of the talk page on a new line, and saving the page with an appropriate edit summary. This short form of the template will add the article to our project, and also flag the article as needing assessment and assignment to a task force by automatically adding it to the unassessed articles and articles with no associated task force categories. As with many templates in use on Wikipedia, additional parameters can be specified. Possibly the most useful to include is the class parameter, because this will help out any editors who come along later to assess the article. To add the class parameter, edit the template markup to look like {{WPMILHIST|class=}}... and if you wish, have a read through the assessment guidance on milhists's quality scale and assign a rating from Stub- to B-Class yourself. A banner template with, for example, a Stub-Class article rating will look like {{WPMILHIST|class=stub}}. Because B-Class is assessed against a checklist it has some additional parameters, so when adding the project banner to an article talk-page, even if you don't intend to assess the article yourself it can be a real help to subsequent editors to include these too. This version of the template can be entered as {{WPMILHIST|class=|B1=|B2=|B3=|B4=|B5=}}. For detailed guidance on exactly what the five B-Class criteria are, see the B-class checklist. Finally, when adding the milhist banner it's useful to assign the article to one (or more) of our task forces. This will help to bring it to the attention of those editors most likely to be interested in, and knowledgeable about, the subject. As with assessment, task force assignment is accomplished by adding a parameter to the template—in this case, simply the name of the task force followed by =yes (or =y). For example, to assign a Start-Class article to the Second World War and Canadian task forces, the template should read {{WPMILHIST|class=start|B1=|B2=|B3=|B4=|B5=|WWII=yes|Canadian=yes}}. For a full list of all the banner template parameters and more detailed usage instructions, see Template:WPMILHIST; if you are unsure as to whether or not an article belongs with milhist or what task force(s) might be appropriate, or if you have any other questions, you are welcome to ask at our main project talk page. Happy templating! EyeSerenetalk †Simon Fowler, Guide to Military History on the Internet, UK:Pen & Sword 2007, ISBN 9781844156061, p. 7
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Chilean presidential election, 2009

Hey, I saw you moved Chilean presidential election, 2009 to Chilean presidential election, 2009–2010. The elections will be held in 2009, and a possible second round in 2010, but to name the article Chilean presidential election, 2009–2010 is to presume that there will be second round and by doing so you are predicting the results in the article title. I want to ask you to move back the page. Dentren | ^Talk 18:39, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

I think it's fairly obvious from opinion polls that we can expect the election to go to a second round, and I think it would be a better use of time to write up an article on the parliamentary election... But if it really matters to you that much, I can move it back. ::shrugs:: —Nightstallion 18:45, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

We can wait with the move until the elections results are shown in december, until then there is not 2010 guaranted election. Was you not going to move back the article? Dentren | ^Talk 10:37, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

I was waiting to hear a "yes" to the implicit question – but fine, moving it back now. —Nightstallion 11:04, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Third party opinion

Since you are the most prolific editor of election articles I know of, I would like to have your opinion regarding a dispute that User:Jerzeykydd and I have had regarding United States presidential election in California, 2008. Thanks. – Zntrip 03:38, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Tropical cyclone WikiProject newsletter #26

Number 23, June 7

The Hurricane Herald

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Storm of the month

Cyclone Aila near landfall

Cyclone Aila was the second tropical cyclone to form within the Northern Indian Ocean during 2009. The disturbance that was to become Cyclone Aila formed on 21 May 2009 about 950 kilometres (590 mi) to the south of Kolkata, in India. Over the next couple of days the disturbance slowly developed before a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert was issued by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center early on 23 May 2009 and being designated as a depression by RSMC New Delhi. As of 27 May 2009, 330 people have been killed by Aila and at least 8,208 more are missing, while about 1 million are homeless. Health officials in Bangladesh confirmed a deadly outbreak on diarrhea on 29 May, with more than 7,000 people being infected and four dying. In Bangladesh, an estimated 20 million people were at risk of post-disaster diseases due to Aila. Damage totaled $40.7 million (USD).

Other tropical cyclone activity

• North Atlantic

Tropical Depression One was the first tropical cyclone to develop during the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season. The depression formed on May 28, out of a disorganized area of low pressure off the coast of North Carolina. However after attaining its peak strength the depression began to weaken due to increasing wind shear and cooling sea surface temperatures with the final advisory being issued on May 29.

• 2009 Pacific typhoon season - In the two month period, there were four tropical cyclones, all within a short time period and small area. Tropical Depression Crising moved through the Philippines but didn't develop. Typhoon Kujira formed over the Philippines, causing 29 deaths and almost $30 million in damage, before becoming the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane. While Kujira was active, a tropical depression formed and dissipated over the open ocean, while Typhoon Chan-hom developed and organized in the South China Sea, eventually crossing Luzon and causing 60 deaths and heavy damage.

• North Indian - Aside from Aila, Cyclone Bijli formed in April, making landfall on Bangladesh and killing 7 people.

• South Indian– Cyclone Jade was the final Cyclone to form. Jade formed on April 5th from a tropical disturbance it quickly intensifed and bcame a category one tropical cyclone on the SSHS before making its first of three landfalls on Madagascar. Jade then dissipated on April 11 after causing fifteen deaths.

• Australian Region - Cyclone Kirrly formed on April 25 in the Arafura Sea to the north of Australia within 5 degrees of the equator which is an unusual area of formation. It quickly reached its peak before making landfall on eastern Indonesia.

• South Pacific - As the last newsletter was published Tropical Cyclone Lin was just devloping as Tropical depression 14F. Lin eventually went on to affect Fiji and Tonga causing at least $1000 worth of damage. Tropical Disturbance 15F also formed this month within the Solomon Islands. It moved eventually moved into the Australian Region but was not monitored by TCWC Brisbane as anything higher than an area of low pressure.

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar

The member of the month is Jason Rees, who joined Wikipedia in 2007, and has written nine tropical cyclone GA's. Jason primarily focuses on Southern Hemisphere storms, as well as the Western Pacific. He has plans for featured topics for several seasons, but for now, he is a regular member of the project who adds his input in discussions on the talk page. We thank Jason for his work, and we look forward to more articles!

New members

• User:Kyle1278

• User:Bbabybear02

• User:Darren23

New and improved articles

• There were no new pieces of Featured content

• New Good articles include: 1973 Pacific hurricane season, Hurricane Kiko (1989), Tropical Storm Carlos (2003)

• New storm articles include: Hurricane Dalilia (1989), Typhoon Wipha (2007)

• New non-storm articles include: 1972 Hurricane Agnes tornado outbreak, Meteorological history of Hurricane Luis, Effects of Hurricane Georges in Louisiana, Timeline of the 2002 Pacific hurricane season

Main Page content

• Hurricane Ismael was Today's Featured Article on April 25

• Facts from the 1924 Cuba hurricane, Hurricane Lily (1971), Hurricane Tara (1961), and Hurricane Cora (1978) appeared in the Did You Know? section of the Main Page during April and May.

• Typhoon Chan-hom (2009) and Cyclone Aila appeared on the Main Page in the In the News section.

Storm article statistics

Grade	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
FA	47	49	49	50
A	19	19	19	19
GA	161	187	198	202
B	17	13	21	22
C	107	119	118	122
Start	201	204	210	210
Stub	19	19	16	17
Total	571	613	631	642
ω	2.92	2.88	2.87	2.87
percentage ≥Less than C	38.5	36.4	35.8	35.4
percentage ≥GA or better	39.8	42.1	42.2	42.2

Project News

There is debate as usual with regards to notability, as well as the status of the project in general, but nothing new is going on.

During the last week, some editors have organized a page — Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Viewed stats — that has a listing of monthly page views within the project. It is under construction, although it is complete for all Eastern Pacific tropical cyclones, as well as all Atlantic tropical cyclones from 1979 to the present. Interestingly, the top 6 viewed EPAC articles are all featured, and all of the top 16 in the basin are GA's. Unfortunately, the Atlantic, at least from 1979 to the present, is much worse, despite being viewed much, much more. The top eight-viewed Atlantic articles all are viewed more than 10,000 times per month, for a total of 363889 views per month, but only two of them are featured, and none of the others are GA. As always, any help in the retired storms would be greatly appreciated.

Somewhat tying into the bettering of project articles, the basin article challenge is still ongoing. Hurricanehink is currently in the lead with a GA in 2 basins. Cyclonebiskit is in 2nd, with one GA in the EPAC. The challenge is still open to anyone, and it is not so much a race, rather a challenge just to get a fairly important GA in each basin.

Errata

'stallion, hi!

• There seems to be some inexplicable typos in earlier post...when I typed "Anyway, Libertas, for all its faults, is here to stay: I can't see it vanishing after the elections - it'll will probably get some MEPs", I of course meant to type "Anyway, Libertas, due to all its faults will vanish after the elections and will probably get no MEPs".

• Similarly, when I wrote "Ganley will probably get personally elected", I meant to say "Ganley will not get personally elected and when he asks for a recount he'll end up with less votes".

• Also, when I wrote "The French Libertas MEPs will get elected, he may get a smattering in the Baltics & Czechia, though he'll get none in UK, Spain & Portugal: the Brit Eurosceptics will eat him alive and the Iberians have really shot themselves in the foot. Poland may go big(ish) for Ganley", it should have read "Only one French Libertas MEP will get elected, he'll get nothing in the Baltics, Czechia, UK, Spain & Portugal, Poland will ignore him like a bad smell, and he'll end up with the same number of MEPs as the Pirate Party".

• Obviously, I'll have to learn to type more carefully...:-)

• On a more serious point, how the hell do I finish off an article about a party that vanishes overnight? There were formal pledges of allegiance from the affiliates so I can cite them becoming affiliates, but they won't put something on their websites saying "Er, actually, we didn't really mean it. Ganley who? Never heard of him <look sheepish>", so I can't cite them stopping being affiliates. So the article may literally end "On 8 June 2009 Ganley announced that he was retiring from politics(cite): the fate of the party was not specified."

• Still, the good news is that we now have a solid structure for pan-European party articles and I can roll it out to the others. So from a wikiPOV, it wasn't a total waste of time.

• Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 01:02, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Another good point: You can now concentrate on polishing up the election results pages for the 27 countries – and even more importantly, address the ongoing (FF from UEN to ALDE, Tories and ODS leaving EPP–ED) and upcoming group reshuffle... (BTW, you've read that DIKO in Cyprus wants to switch from ALDE to SOC?) —Nightstallion 05:49, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

News about possible join of Estonia to eurozone

Estonia possibly will join eurozone in mid-2010 or at the begining of 2011. [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by CrazyRepublican (talk • contribs) 23:28, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Interesting, thanks! —Nightstallion 07:49, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

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I'm the translator of the article about the conmemorative 2€ coins in the Spanish wikipedia. I've made some edits, check them, but I think they are fine. Also, please be kind enough to let me know when you add additional information. As I don't come here so often I don't realise about the changes when some weeks have passed. Thank you! OboeCrack (talk) 03:01, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Page move

Small request--could you please move André Berre over the redirect to the title André Dieudonné Berre, which is the commonly used name? Everyking (talk) 23:43, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Sure – done. —Nightstallion 05:45, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

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Template:Referendum

I just wanted you to know that I've made some changes to Template:Referendum. Also, take a look at the documentation. – Zntrip 20:56, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Aaargh! Aaargh!

Dude! Next time something like Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats happens, please, please give me a heads up. I know I should have caught it, but I've been busy (Quick, think of a plausible excuse...my dog ate my homework...My jeep was attacked by wildebeest...My brain exploded.) Damn, I really should have caught that one....Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 02:20, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, I thought you'd likely know that before me... —Nightstallion 06:55, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Am busy: some freelance work came in with a short deadline and my laptop only works when I put it in the refrigerator. Oddly enough, this is true. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 12:50, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Oops. Then you probably should think about getting a new cooler or even a new laptop... —Nightstallion 16:17, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Just Thought You'd Like to Know

This is probably one of the best European news pieces I've read over the past week. Hopefully, enough ODS senators will go against the grain to allow its passage. [2] Therequiembellishere (talk) 03:47, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I'd read it already. —Nightstallion 07:01, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Do you think it will pass? I've looked at the numbers and if the entire Senate votes (assuming all ČSSD, KDU–ČSL, SNK and US–DeU vote for the bill and all KSČM vote against it) only two ODS senators need support it. Therequiembellishere (talk) 17:57, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

With the Greens and the Party for the Open Society, I don't think they would need *ANY* ODS votes, but I'm still not too optimistic yet. —Nightstallion 08:30, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

I suppose it's all dependent on if everyone shows up and they all vote by party lines. Therequiembellishere (talk) 14:21, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Indeed. If the ODS can keep party discipline, they have a chance to stop the process, but I'm not sure whether there aren't pro-Klaus and anti-Klaus factions in the ODS (especially after he practically threw himself in the arms of the anti-European idiots in the EP elections). —Nightstallion 14:27, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Klaus tried to organize an unified Eurosceptic party (see Libertas Czechia for more details) but it failed. Two pro-Klaus ODS MPs helped precipitate the fall of the ODS government, then left to join Libertas. They both failed. There are pro-Klaus fraktions in the ODS: Topolanek isn't one of them. I don't know which of the pro- and anti- are more powerful. Rgds, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 13:03, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

And isn't it an open secret that Topolánek dislikes him? Therequiembellishere (talk) 14:41, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

I think so, yes. —Nightstallion 15:18, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

They can't stand each other: Klaus tried to depose Topolánek as party chairman. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 03:27, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Incidentally, despite their new group membership, don't forget it was ODS that pushed Lisbon thru in Czechia in both houses. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 03:29, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes, but do they support Lisbon to the point of stripping their president of powers to a technocrat PM is the problem. Therequiembellishere (talk) 05:22, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

(why does everybody hang out on this page?) If by "they" you mean the present caretaker government in the lower house, probably not. If by "they" you mean the Senators in the upper house...probably not. If by "they" you mean the next government in the lower house post the upcoming elections...I have no idea. If ODS wins and Topolanek wants to exert his authority, then the ODS senators in the upper house may go along with it. Otherwise, probably not. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 13:03, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Macedonia RfC

Hi Nightstallion, since you've taken part in related discussions in the past, this is a notification that the Centralized discussion page set up to decide on a comprehensive naming convention about Macedonia-related naming practices is now inviting comments on a number of competing proposals from the community. Please register your opinions on the RfC subpages 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 if you wish. Cheers, BalkanFever 10:06, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Macedonia article naming

I noticed your comments earlier on Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Macedonia/main articles. With regard to your endorsement of the main article naming, I wondered if you were aware of the requirement in WP:NPOV#Article naming that things should be termed by "the common English language name as found in verifiable reliable sources"? "Republic of Macedonia" is neither the common English language name nor is it (by a very long way) the predominant term in reliable sources, the vast majority of which use simply "Macedonia" (per [3]). It would be helpful if you could consider this point, and if you continue to favour the option you supported, if you could explain why you believe NPOV should be set aside in this instance.I've posted some comments at Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Macedonia/main articles#Users who endorse Proposal A which you might find helpful. -- ChrisO (talk) 16:02, 26 June 2009 (UTC) -- ChrisO (talk) 15:49, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Bear in mind that most of the editors who signed Wikipedia:Centralized_discussion/Macedonia/main_articles#Users_who_endorse_Proposal_B have been contacted by ChrisO. SHEFFIELDSTEEL^TALK 18:52, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Please do not misrepresent me. Fritzpoll, one of the referees in the discussion, has stated that he is happy with my actions. -- ChrisO (talk) 20:34, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Honduran referendum

Do we have a page about this? Isn't happening in a couple of days (if at all)? – Zntrip 03:42, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

No, I was a bit dumbfounded by this, too. We should have one about it, though – it's supposed to take place tomorrow, even though it may now be illegal. ::scratches head:: Strange situation, either way. —Nightstallion 08:27, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I've whipped something up at Honduran constitutional referendum, 2009. —Nightstallion 08:43, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Cool, I'll take a look. – Zntrip 19:53, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Well so much for the referendum. :P – Zntrip 18:11, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, nice try. —Nightstallion 21:05, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

I wish to draw your attention to this

I don't know if is seemly to involve you (wearing your admin hat) of what may just be a content dispute. However, since you are a recent editor of the PASDE article, I have to. So...

I have opened a discussion here to which I wish to draw your attention. This is a friendly notice under the auspices of WP:CANVASS. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 03:22, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

I was being stupid and I need your help

Could you please move List of special and elections to the California State Assembly to List of special elections to the California State Assembly? I was thinking of adding the word "recall" but decided against it. – Zntrip 20:16, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Honduras

No one has responded on WP:RFP would you be able to stop by there and see if you think Honduras, 2009 Honduran political crisis and Roberto Micheletti need semi-protection? Therequiembellishere (talk) 20:33, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

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Deletions

Following the proposed deletions in it.Wiki, two articles about Italian regionalist political parties have been proposed for deletion in en.Wiki too.

The fist is Lombardia Autonoma, a splinter party of Lega Nord in Lombardy, and as there is also an article's entry on the Articles for deletion page (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lombardia Autonoma) I was able to state my opinion. The second is Venetian National Party, a Venatian nationalist party. How can I hangon to that proposed deletion as there is no article's entry? I'm not sure of having understood what the tag at the top of the article says... Could you help me? --Checco (talk) 15:39, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up

Sandbox version of new group here. Will move into namespace tomorrow when group announced and it's given a name. IND/DEM and UEN will need to be changed also from current to former. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 00:52, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

They worked out which words to use, although I wouldn't have been surprised if they'd've gone for something like Europe of Free Peoples, Liberty, Freedom, Democracy and Independence. Anyway, Europe of Freedom and Democracy now in mainspace. Next: will update IND/DEM and UEN. Rgds, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 20:02, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

I think I've worked out their naming convention: it's either aircraft carriers or the space shuttles from Armageddon. Anyway, IND/DEM and UEN now updated. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 02:05, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Nice work. :) —Nightstallion 08:04, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 01:37, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

What about Alliance for Europe of the Nations and EUDemocrats? Will the europarties merge? Either way, their articles need updating. —Nightstallion 08:07, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

I don't get out of bed for anything smaller than a continent...:-). Seriously however, I'm currently trying to avoid an edit war on IND/DEM: I am constantly amazed by the number of people who delete stuff because it refers to a past configuration. If we just had up-to-date info, we'd only have articles on places/countries/people that exist now, and I'd hate to have to explain that to the Michael Jackson editors. Will move attention to Alliance for Europe of the Nations and EUDemocrats when time permits (shouldn't Political groups of the European Parliament be a priority?). Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 01:37, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Er...

' stallion, hi! I thoughtlessly outed somebody's real-life identity, which is *bad*. I've removed the text: can you redact the original edit that did the outing? It's here. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 14:54, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Meh, I don't really think that's a problem – he's using the same name as his blog, that's not really keeping it secret. If you still want to remove the edit from the history, you'll have to find someone else who can do that – mere admins can't... —Nightstallion 15:11, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Oh, I thought it was major league badness. Yes I know it's obvious from his id, but we're supposed to not know officially, if you see what I mean. Oh well, no harm, no foul. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 20:12, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Heads up 2: Return of the heads up

'stallion, hi! Thanks for the FPO heads up: will track. My attention is currently taken up with a user who believes s/he knows about map design: I had to talk him/her thru it step-by-step. Ouch... Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 23:57, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #27

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From the editors In recent months, the project has become increasingly inactive; with only a few active participants, we need your help for the upcoming hurricane season! Feel free to contact Hurricanehink (talk · contribs), Juliancolton (talk · contribs), Jason Rees (talk · contribs), or Cyclonebiskit (talk · contribs) for more information. Thanks! Storm of the month Tropical Storm Linfa formed out of an area of low pressure on June 14, the storm briefly attained tropical depression status before degenerating. By June 17 the system regenerated in the South China Sea. Slowly tracking northward, the storm intensified, attaining severe tropical storm status on June 19 and peaking in intensity the following day. On June 21, Linfa made landfall in Fujian Province, China as a tropical storm before weakening to a tropical depression. In Taiwan, outer bands of the storm produced significant amounts of rain over southeastern areas of the island. Along the western coast, rip currents resulted in the drowning of one person. Six hikers also were reported to be missing. In China, torrential rains triggered flooding that destroyed 100 homes, killed one person and left six others missing. In all, seven people were killed by Linfa, with another 12 missing, damages in mainland China were estimated at ¥655 million (US$95.8 million) and agricultural losses in Taiwan reached NT$400 million (US$12.1 million). Other tropical cyclone activity Tropical Depression One-E, East Pacific Hurricane Andres, East Pacific Tropical Storm Nangka, West Pacific Depression ARB 01, North Indian Member of the month Cyclone barnstar The member of the month is Cool3 (talk · contribs). Though only a new member, Cool3 has contributed hundreds of sources and hours of research to several articles, two of which are now featured. The project thanks him for his high-quality work. New members Cool3 (talk · contribs) Darkspace72 (talk · contribs) In addition, three users re-joined the project after being listed as inactive: Hurricane Angel Saki (talk · contribs) Cyclonebiskit (talk · contribs) Hurricanehink (talk · contribs) New and improved articles There were 5 new pieces of Featured content: 1941 Florida hurricane, Subtropical Storm Andrea (2007), Tropical Storm Marco (2008), Hurricane Kiko (1989), and Wind New Good articles include: Hurricane Charley (1986), 1943 Mazatlán hurricane, 1982 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Earl (1998), Effects of Hurricane Georges in Cuba, Effects of Hurricane Georges in Louisiana, and Hurricane Hazel New storm articles include: Tropical Storm Isidore (1984), Cyclone Nancy, Tropical Storm Hazel (1965), and Tropical Storm Cristina (1996) New non-storm articles include: Timeline of the 1974 Atlantic hurricane season Main Page content Tropical cyclone was Today's Featured Article on June 1 Facts from Tropical Storm Isidore (1984), Hurricane Gustav (1990), Hurricane Irene–Olivia‎, Tropical Storm Hazel (1965), and Cyclone Nancy appeared in the Did You Know? section of the Main Page during June. Tropical Depression One-E (2009) appeared on the Main Page in the In the News section. Article statistics Tropical cyclone articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 3 14 82 60 159 FL 1 4 30 40 75 FM 21 21 A 3 1 4 GA 10 64 406 663 1,143 B 9 29 60 60 158 C 12 91 245 266 614 Start 2 62 350 417 3 834 Stub 6 73 95 174 List 2 9 60 559 411 1,041 Category 950 950 Disambig 2 11 55 68 File 7 1 8 Portal 2 202 204 Project 98 98 Redirect 2 8 41 93 144 Template 1 6 27 441 475 Other 3 3 Assessed 40 277 1,272 1,747 2,423 414 6,173 Unassessed 1 2 2 5 Total 40 277 1,272 1,748 2,425 416 6,178 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 10,429 Ω = 3.38 Project News The project as a whole is still rather inactive, though more articles are being created and expanded than in previous months. 18 good articles and four featured articles were promoted during June, including Wind. Additionally, about 28 new articles were created and assessed. As of 01:42, 4 July 2009 (UTC), there are three featured article candidates; see the noticeboard for more info. A discussion is ongoing at the project talk page (link) regarding the naming of unnamed tropical cyclones, such as 1978 January subtropical storm and 1975 Pacific Northwest hurricane. While more descriptive titles often constitute original research, official designations are sometimes ambiguous. Comments are welcome. There is also a discussion on how the project rates its articles on the importance scale. Tropical cyclones at associated Wikimedia projects Two articles were created and featured on Wikinews' main page: Tropical Storm Andres is designated and Tropical depression dissipated, impacts Mexico.

–Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:09, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Does Alliance for Europe of the Nations still exist?

As requested, I have updated Alliance for Europe of the Nations.

So here's the thing. UEN collapses, its MEPs scatter to ECR & EFD, everybody on Wikipedia changes the party affiliations from AEN to MER, everybody's happy. Except me. The reason for my state of general mizz is this "What proof have we got that Alliance for Europe of the Nations is defunct?" I know its website is kinda dead and that's usually a bad sign, but it got funded for this financial year back in February-ish. And there's nothing formally tying AEN to UEN: the existence of the former is not dependent on the existence of the latter. Its member parties have decamped from UEN to ECR & EFD, but (to the best of my knowledge) they haven't disavowed AEN, either formally or informally. And I can't see them giving up Euromoney unless they're forced: Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe stayed funded for about a year as a party-in-name-only and theoretically AEN is still a going concern. So here's the question:

"Does Alliance for Europe of the Nations still exist?"

Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 01:21, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

I've just checked the representation: it may just have enough elected members (doesn't have to be the EP, remember: any regional or national legislature will do) to pass the 25% of member states (i.e. 7) threshold, as follows:

• Estonia: People's Union of Estonia

• France: Rally for France

• Latvia: For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK

• Lithuania: Order and Justice

• Luxembourg: Alternative Democratic Reform Party

• Poland: Law and Justice

• Slovakia: Slovak National Party

Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 02:05, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Interesting, thanks. —Nightstallion 08:01, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Er, that's not exactly what I meant. It wasn't a case of "hey-heres-an-interesting-thing-that-I-found", it's a case of "Does-anybody-know-whether-this-frakking-party-still-exists". Sigh...you're the resident Austrian expert, Checco does Italy, God knows we're overrun with UK & Ireland experts, but try to find out whether a Europarty still exists, and everybody goes "Uh?!". I'll try JLogan and SSolbergj, see if they know anything. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 22:18, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Oh, sorry. Well, AFAIK: ER has 6 parliamentary seats in Estonia and local council seats, too. RpF has a seat in the Senate. LNNK has one MEP and 8 parliamentary seats. TiT has 2 MEPs and 15 parliamentary seats. LVLS (also Lithuania, which you didn't list) has 3 parliamentary seats. ADR has two parliamentary seats. PiS has 166 parliamentary seats and 15 MEPs. SNS has 20 parliamentary seats and 1 MEP. So if you ask me – yes, according to the facts I've found, it still exists, sadly enough. —Nightstallion 07:19, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Yep, checked them on parline: I think you're right. We won't know whether it's alive, dying or dead until next year's January/February EP Bureau meeting to decide funding. Anyway, Alliance for Europe of the Nations updated as requested. Next stop, EUDemocrats. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 00:18, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

On the subject of europarties with uncertain futures, another organisation to keep an eye on is the European Democratic Party. Its website is moribund and its previous largest national delegation, the Italians, are going to sit with the PES's group in the next parliament, so I assume that the EDP's future is uncertain.--Autospark (talk) 01:30, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Deprez of the MCC (Belgium) seems to have been reelected as an MEP.[4] The European Party in Cyprus still has three seats in the national parliament; Path of Change lost its senator in Czechia after the 2008 elections, however. The Basque Nationalist Party has strong representation in the Basque Country and some seats in the Cortes and the EP; Democratic Movement is not doing great, but still solidly between third and fifth in France. The Lithuanian Labour Party has seats, and Irish MEP Marian Harkin was reelected. BUT – that's only six parties... —Nightstallion 08:04, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

JLo suggested asking them. So I asked them. I emailed info@edp.org, marian@marianharkin.com, m.gatel@udf.org (webmaster of EDP website), cristiana.muscardini@aensite.org, info@aensite.org asking them if EDP or AEN still existed. Will let u know if/when they reply. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 21:59, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

President of the Council of the European Union

At List of presidents of European Union institutions, I'm trying to figure out who the minister in charge of Sweden's term is. I've put Carl Bildt as what seems to be the most logical but there is a possibility that it's their EU minister, Cecilia Malmström. Know anything? Therequiembellishere (talk) 23:48, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure it's Bildt, but I haven't got a source. —Nightstallion 08:00, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

It appears to be Malmström. [5] Therequiembellishere (talk) 23:56, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Good find – sorry for being wrong. ;) —Nightstallion 06:10, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Psh. You've been wrong once out of all the times I've asked for your help. I think the odds are in your favour. Therequiembellishere (talk) 06:33, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

I hope so. ;) —Nightstallion 06:35, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XL (June 2009)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XL (June 2009)
From the coordinators The big news this month is the launch of the Academy content drive (see below if you want to help). But otherwise it has been a very busy month for both reviewing and contest department entries, surprisingly so considering the wind down of the academic year. If you'd like to do some wiki-gnoming over the holidays, please help with the huge backlog (currently 30 articles) at Category:Military history articles with incomplete B-Class checklists.  Roger Davies talk 11:31, 11 July 2009 (UTC)	Articles of note New featured articles: Battle of the Coral Sea Battle of Vimy Ridge Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay Military history of Australia during World War II Otto Becher Moltke-class battlecruiser Yamato-class battleship New featured lists: List of Medal of Honor recipients (Veracruz) List of Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipients List of United States Military Academy alumni (athletic figures) List of United States Military Academy alumni (engineers) New featured pictures: Governor Davey's [sic] Proclamation to the Aborigines Test Baker, Operation Crossroads Tuskegee airmen New A-Class articles: Army of the Tennessee Battle of Bosworth Field Battle of Corydon Battle of the Coral Sea Battle of Ticonderoga (1777) Helgoland class battleship Operation Sky Monitor Rupert Downes Sd.Kfz. 10 Werner Mölders
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Claudio Morganti

Apparently, Claudio Morganti now in Europe of Freedom and Democracy - see here. Membership may be retrospective. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 01:28, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

UK Conservatives in ECR: the carnage continues...

Yeah, I know: the comedy just keeps flowing. On a more serious note, this isn't a big deal: MEPs flit in and out of groups all the time (which is why, eventually, we'll have to stop listing group member parties and start listing group MEPs: given the size of EPP and PES/PASDE/PASD/S&D/whatever that'll be non trivial, and I'm not looking forward to it). In theory it could damage the UK Conservatives domestically but it won't: the UK electorate know little about EP, care less, and are pleased with their lack of knowledge: their MEPs could sunbathe naked in plenary and it wouldn't make a blind bit of difference.

I want to get this into mainspace in the next seven days, then plot Rule 29/30 over the years, then update Political groups of the European Parliament accordingly. Sorry for the delay, but am busy IRL. As ever, if anything important crops up, give me a nudge. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 00:31, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

No need to apologise, it's not as if this was something you had to be doing. ;) Great work, BTW! —Nightstallion 08:37, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

When did Myanmar become Burma?

Was there a discussion about changing the name on Wikipedia? Since Template:Country data Burma has been changed, a lot of lists a screwed up now (List of legislatures by country for example). – Zntrip 19:31, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

If I may, Zntrip, there was. A very large one that I was unaware of during its bulk, too. Find it here. Therequiembellishere (talk) 20:03, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Re:President of the Council of the European Union (again)

Wow, I've never seen such a gap between messages on your talk page. Cutting to the case, I was never quite pleased with the information I gleaned from their website, so I phoned the presidency. The man on the other line said, "I believe it's Malmström, but I'll look for more information." He responded a bit ago with an email. Would it be possible for me to forward it to you? Therequiembellishere (talk) 04:51, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Sure, thanks. It's 'myusername @@@ web ... de'. —Nightstallion 06:18, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, I can't read your carrier. I've sent it to you using the "Email this user" link that I've just found out about. Therequiembellishere (talk) 06:41, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

I was just trying to be circumspect to avoid being fished by automated e-mail crawlers, but that works too. —Nightstallion 06:51, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

I understand. I just didn't get if it was "@gmail.com" or "@yahoo.com". Therequiembellishere (talk) 06:54, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Actually, @web.de. ;) —Nightstallion 07:00, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Ah, alright. The ellipsis was just a barrier. Sorry! Therequiembellishere (talk) 07:05, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

No problem, thanks for the e-mail! —Nightstallion 07:06, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

What did you think of it? Therequiembellishere (talk) 07:09, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Well, it seems to confirm that Malmström is officially in charge, but that Bildt doesn't want to be sidelined, of course. —Nightstallion 07:11, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Alright, thank you. I was just afraid the link I used before could have just had Malmström as the pretty woman for the video, while Bildt did the work! Fortunately, I was right about her in the first place and wrong about my doubts. Therequiembellishere (talk) 07:13, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

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Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #28

The Hurricane Herald This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary of the WikiProject's progress and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. This newsletter covers July 2009. Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve monitoring of the WikiProject's articles.

From the editors In recent months, the project has become increasingly inactive; with only a few active participants, we need your help for the upcoming hurricane season! Feel free to contact Juliancolton (talk · contribs), Jason Rees (talk · contribs), or Cyclonebiskit (talk · contribs) for more information. Thanks! Storm of the month Hurricane Carlos was the third named storm of the 2009 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Depression Four-E formed on July 10, and was quickly upgraded to Tropical Storm Carlos. On July 11, the storm strengthened into a minimal Category 1 hurricane. Following a series of intensity fluctuations, Carlos peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 105 mph (165 km/h). The storm subsequently began to weaken, and on July 16, Carlos degenerated into a remnant low. The cyclone had no known effects on land. Other tropical cyclone activity Tropical Storm Blanca, East Pacific Tropical Storm Dolores, East Pacific Tropical Storm Soudelor, West Pacific JMA Tropical Depression 08, West Pacific Typhoon Molave, West Pacific Deep Depression BOB 03, North Indian Tropical Storm Lana, Central Pacific JMA Tropical Depression 10, West Pacific Member of the month Cyclone barnstar The member of the month is Plasticup (talk · contribs). Plasticup was inactive for most of the winter; however, upon returning this month, he quickly resumed work. Among his recent works are Meteorological history of Hurricane Gustav, a Good Article, and Tropical Storm Gamma (2005), a Good Article nominee. Plasticup was also designated member of the month in July 2008. New members There were no new members in July. However, four users re-joined the project after being listed as inactive: Hurricanekiller1994 (talk · contribs) Plasticup (talk · contribs) Patrickrox11 (talk · contribs) Southern Illinois SKYWARN (talk · contribs) New and improved articles There were three new pieces of Featured content: Tropical Depression Ten (2005), Tropical Storm Hermine (1998), and Hurricane Kiko (1989) New Good articles include: Meteorological history of Hurricane Gustav, Tropical Storm Linfa (2009), Hurricane Emily (1987), Tropical Depression Fourteen (1987), New storm articles include: Tropical Storm Dottie (1976), Hurricane Arlene (1987), Tropical Storm Soudelor (2009), Tropical Storm Hallie (1975) New non-storm articles include: Timeline of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season, Effects of Hurricane Hazel in Canada, Meteorological history of Hurricane Georges, Hurricane Georges tornado outbreak Main Page content Hurricane Ioke appeared on the main page in the Today's Featured Article section on July 22. Tropical Storm Dottie (1976) and Tropical Storm Hallie (1975) appeared on the main page in the Did You Know? section on July 13 and July 24, respectively. Article statistics Tropical cyclone articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 3 14 82 60 159 FL 1 4 30 40 75 FM 21 21 A 3 1 4 GA 10 64 406 663 1,143 B 9 29 60 60 158 C 12 91 245 266 614 Start 2 62 350 417 3 834 Stub 6 73 95 174 List 2 9 60 559 411 1,041 Category 950 950 Disambig 2 11 55 68 File 7 1 8 Portal 2 202 204 Project 98 98 Redirect 2 8 41 93 144 Template 1 6 27 441 475 Other 3 3 Assessed 40 277 1,272 1,747 2,423 414 6,173 Unassessed 1 2 2 5 Total 40 277 1,272 1,748 2,425 416 6,178 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 10,429 Ω = 3.38 Project News July was a relatively quiet month for the project; low levels of tropical activity allowed editors to maintain and build content regarding older storms. There are currently three Featured Article candidates and three Featured List candidates pertaining to tropical cyclones. SchuminWeb (talk · contribs) pointed out towards the end of the month that hurricane disambiguation pages are often over-categorized. Efforts are currently underway to address this. A discussion is underway at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Timeline of the 1987 Atlantic hurricane season/archive1 regarding the use of HURDAT as a reference. Input is appreciated. Tropical cyclones at associated Wikimedia projects Wikinews published articles related to: Tropical Storm Blanca, Tropical Storm Carlos, and Tropical Storm Dolores.

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July 2009 ended. How much time remains before proclamation of the Republic of Solomon Islands?

Hello, Nightstallion! According to last news New (may be Republican) Constitution Draft of Solomon Islands is complete [6]. How do you think: what time need Solomonians to adopt finally this Constitution? Or they wait, when Old Lady (E-II) will die (As well as all another dominions)? CrazyRepublican (talk) 21:20, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

I'd say they'll do it next year no matter whether E2 lives or not. —Nightstallion 08:28, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

OK!!! ;-) But it would be better on current year.CrazyRepublican (talk) 09:30, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

I agree, but I expect that getting the provinces' opinions and actually passing the new constitution will require some time. —Nightstallion 11:12, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

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Acting Fijian President

This article refers to Epeli Nailatikau as Acting President. When exactly did this start? Therequiembellishere (talk) 02:45, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Right now, he's acting because the incumbent is on leave/vacation/whatever, but he will only formally become president when the incumbent actually resigns in late August, AFAIK. —Nightstallion 08:21, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Assuming he's the commodore's nominee (God, I just remembered they have a mentor/prodigy relationship so he probably will be president). On a completely unrelated note (sorry), I've been looking into the candidates for the EU Commission and European Council presidencies who were former Presidents or Prime Ministers and it struck me that I haven't seen Prodi's name anywhere. Has he really not been considered by anyone? (The list is here) Therequiembellishere (talk) 08:39, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

I think I read his name somewhere once, but he ruled himself out AFAIK. —Nightstallion 09:06, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Template:Stabilisation and Association Process

You have not provided any link proving the ratification of SAA by national parliaments in this template since 18 January 2009. Gaston28 (talk) 14:18, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_Applications/applications/Accords/details.asp?cmsid=297&id=2007070&lang=EN&doclang=EN

http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_Applications/applications/Accords/details.asp?cmsid=297&id=2007137&lang=EN&doclang=EN

http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_Applications/applications/Accords/details.asp?cmsid=297&id=2008023&lang=EN&doclang=EN

—Nightstallion 14:21, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Gaston28 (talk) 14:28, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLI (July 2009)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XLI (July 2009)
From the coordinators Don't forget that the next Military history coordinator elections take place in September. You might like to start thinking about whether you are interested in standing. More information to follow in the next edition of The Bugle. In the meantime, enjoy the remainder of the holiday season and come back refreshed and raring to go!  Roger Davies talk 02:00, 8 August 2009 (UTC)	Articles of note New featured articles: Albert Kesselring Adrian Cole (RAAF officer) Ba Cut Battle of Bosworth Field Battle of Corydon Edgar Towner Helgoland class battleship Maiden Castle, Dorset New featured lists: Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Commandant of the Marine Corps List of First World War Victoria Cross recipients List of Jewish Medal of Honor recipients List of African American Medal of Honor recipients Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps New featured pictures: Burning of the United States Capitol Charge of the Light Brigade Vice Admiral John Duncan Bulkeley, USN New A-Class articles: 7th Infantry Division (United States) British Army during World War I Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 Convoy GP55 HMS Endeavour John Lerew Kaiser class battleship List of foreign recipients of the Knight's Cross SMS Blücher
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GA Reassessment of Monarchies in Europe

I have done a GA Reassessment of the Monarchies in Europe article as part of the GA Sweeps project. I have found the article to be very solid except for the need for some more references and the repair of reference links that have expired. My review can be found here. I have put the article on hold for a week and I am notifying you as the primary editor. Please contact me on my talk page with any questions. H1nkles (talk) 18:13, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

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British direct rule on Turks & Caicos Islands

Hello, Nightstallion! Britain introduced direct rule on Turks & Caicos Islands [7]. Is it will help to achieve independence to islanders? Because, British powers broke up current corrupt government, what don’t hurry to receive independence. What do you think about?CrazyRepublican (talk) 07:12, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Actually, thte corrupt Misick was accused of going towards independence to avoid inquiries into his dealings, so I don't think it'll help. —Nightstallion 11:31, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

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