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I reverted your change on the July 12 article because the general format for such pages asks that the second date listing not be hyperlinked. Kingturtle 20:05, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

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2008 South Ossetia War

Hello, you have contributed to the article. Currently there is a vote seeking to change the name of said article. Can you please vote as you feel is right? HistoricWarrior007 (talk) 06:12, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks and best regards, Mike Lyons lyonspen | (talk) 21:03, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

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Please do not add inappropriate images to Wikipedia, as you did to Troll (Internet); it is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Andrewrp^Tally-ho! 14:46, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Hey hey, it IS an appropriate image. Please READ the article before complaining. -- Wesha (talk) 23:14, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

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Underground rocket schematics

Hey there. This is in reply to your post in the graphics lab. I would be happy to redraw the schematics if you can provide a translation. Roshan (talk) 14:01, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

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Able Archer 83

Hi. You recently made an edit to the Able Archer 83 Article saying it was a 10-day exercise starting on 2 November 83 rather than a 5-day exercise starting on 7 November.

I think you may be confusing the scenario with the exercise itself. Exercises have a scenario as a context, explaining what has (for purposes of the exercise) been assumed to have been happening. It sets the stage for the exercise itself. In this case, the scenario began with (fictional) events on 2 November through 6 November which led up to the exercise itself that began on 7 November and continued through 11 November.

I refer you to the quotation from the SHAPE historian, Dr. Gregory Pedlow, at the bottom of the section on "Exercise Able Archer 83" in the Article, that explains the war game:

"The exercise scenario began with Orange (the hypothetical opponent) opening hostilities in all regions of ACE on 4 November (three days before the start of the exercise) and Blue (NATO) declaring a general alert. Orange initiated the use of chemical weapons on 6 November and by the end of that day had used such weapons throughout ACE. All of these events had taken place prior to the start of the exercise and were simply part of the written scenario. There had thus been three days of fighting and a deteriorating situation prior to the start of the exercise. This was desired because — as previously stated — the purpose of the exercise was to test procedures for transitioning from conventional to nuclear operations. As a result of Orange advance, its persistent use of chemical weapons, and its clear intentions to rapidly commit second echelon forces, SACEUR requested political guidance on the use of nuclear weapons early on Day 1 of the exercise (7 November 1983)..."

Note that he explicitly says that the events before 7 November "had taken place prior to the start of the exercise and were simply part of the written scenario." He also explicitly notes that Day 1 of the exercise was 7 November 1983.

I am aware that some second-and third-hand sources make the same error of confusing the scenario with the exercise, but according to SHAPE it was a 5-day exercise starting on 7 November.

May I recommend that you correct your edit yourself? Or, if you have good authority showing that the SHAPE historian was in error, perhaps you could provide it.

Thanks. D.A.Timm (talk) 09:28, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

For all I know, the source (http://books.google.com/books?id=Q2IECQ3WF1oC&pg=PA92) clearly says, verbatim, "the exercise took place from November 2 through 11". Wikipedia is all about quoting sources — so if you have a more reputable source, be my guest and make the change with respective citation (and preferably the verbatim quote). -- Wesha (talk) 23:05, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

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Discussions at talk:WikiProject Ships

Hi Wesha, Have you considered copying over the discussions about Self-propelled barge T-36 to it's talk page? Broichmore (talk) 15:14, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

@Broichmore: It is a possibility! Do you think I should do that just straight-up. or is there a special procedure? -- Wesha (talk) 19:33, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

I did it for you, but I think there are other sets of notes from the past that could precede it... Trick is to make sure pings and mentions are deactivated when you do it... --Broichmore (talk) 20:09, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

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Yeah, I have figured. Thank you for keeping Wikipedia stable. -- Wesha (talk) 18:20, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

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