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• 012 Jan-Jun 2011
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Today

The today article you edited isn't working right. There seems to be some sort of a caching issue with the way the page tells you the current date. When I first loaded the page it was 1 day late, but when I edited the page and clicked preview it gave me the correct date range. Refreshing the page doesn't help, only editing the page and clicking preview does.--71.194.190.179 (talk) 17:13, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Pan Am episode

Thanks for taking the time to substantially whittle down the episode summary. I was working at another couple of articles, otherwise, I would have jumped on it. Lhb1239 (talk) 00:41, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Early tablet computers lead

That was a nice improvement on the new lead. Thanks! --Pnm (talk) 01:19, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Dragon spacecraft

Hi Lynbarn, Automated is an official gender-neutral term used by NASA and other space companies. I like uncrewed as well. I just added a section to the article Unmanned resupply spacecraft to ask that the name be changed to Automated. Could you please join the discussion and get the name changed to either Automated or uncrewed. --Abebenjoe (talk) 00:22, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

No problem, I've added my comment to your section:) Thanks! Lynbarn (talk) 00:45, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

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MOSNUM @ MH370

Re this, MOSNUM states:

Notes and exceptions:

• Numbers in mathematical formulae are never spelled out (3 < π < 22/7, not three < π < 22 sevenths).
• Comparable quantities should be all spelled out or all figures:

  •  five cats and thirty-two dogs, not five cats and 32 dogs.

  •  86 men and 103 women, not eighty-six men and 103 women

  •  There were 3 deaths and 206 injuries or Three died and two hundred six were injured, not There were three deaths and 206 injuries

• But adjacent quantities not comparable should usually be in different formats: twelve 90-minute volumes or 12 ninety-minute volumes, not 12 90-minute volumes or twelve ninety-minute volumes.

So while you are generally right, the series of numbers form part of the exception mentioned. Regards, -- Ohc ^¡digame! 01:59, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

Blasted "undo"

I didn't know I was putting back in a bad edit earlier to the MH370 article ... the "undo" function didn't work like it should have. HangingCurve^{Swing for the fence} 15:58, 24 March 2014 (UTC) Thanks for the explanation - That's okay - undo does that sort of thing sometimes! :) Lynbarn (talk)

Thank you

...for creating Towed pinger locator and for fixing links, etc.  ~Eric:71.20.250.51 (talk) 00:12, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

Thank you

For fixing that horrible Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 summary. – FenixFeather ^{(talk)(Contribs)} 02:11, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

Never mind, the guy reverted it again. Sigh. – FenixFeather ^{(talk)(Contribs)} 02:14, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

2007 agreement with Malaysia Airlines

Actually the reference does have this line: "A memorandum of understanding on emergency response support services was signed by Tzu Chi and Malaysia Airlines in 2007, enabling Tzu Chi to provide support for family members of victims in times of crisis." [1] -- Fuzheado | Talk 13:14, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

Ah! thanks - I see it now -just above the photo. Thanks! Lynbarn (talk)

MH370

"Not relevant"? This is the first time an international search for an airliner has taken place in two hemispheres, to the best of my knowledge. kencf0618 (talk) 23:43, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

possibly, although there have been air-sea searches over the equator many times before - I remember an RAF Shackleton lost in the Indian Ocean in the 60s A friend of mine's father was lost on that occasion. It doesn't need to be in the sub-headers though. Regards, Lynbarn (talk) 23:45, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

I'm not sure of your use of hypothesized either - not comonly used in British English, and I think estimated will be better understood, however, I'll leave that to other editors to consider. Regards, Lynbarn (talk) 23:54, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Posted 23:52, 11 April 2014 by User:Prose072

Lynbarn I posted my edit on the talk page as I am posting it below. If you dont want to Help me, I will release it to the international media and show wikipedia is wrong and making assumptions not factual as to how MH370 was found. Get your facts right, as I have already made Breaking news in this matter over 15 times and for more than 10 days straight.

Facts matter,not speculation, get it right or this entire page will be made a spectacle in the media as well. The following is True and Correct and needs to be applied appropriately. So plz help me as requested or be made a media spectacle for posting false information.

Please be advised the MH370 page is dramatically incorrect, The inmarsat data report was incorrectly translated, A person from Pensacola, FL USA was responsible for re-translating correctly and reconverted the data in the appropriate mapping technology that is also know as the "Most creditable Lead we have" in the JACC press conferences. This individual gave approximate location as the inmarsat data was converted by him into Mapping technology and on April 8th gave the final coordinates to the JACC and prior assisted is ALL refined search area up to and identified ping location. He also was able to identify that the inmarsat Northern arc was misapplied and never existed as the arc diagram was also a mapping grid providing actual coordinates to MH370, additionally this individual also has identified the actual flight path from water entry point to the NE to North directly from Vanish point from Gulf of Thialandas showing all inmarsat data was actually a mapped diagram of distress calls monitoring MH370 from equipment malfunction or vanish point site as designed by the B777 as well as what occurred after the unknown incident causing MH370 to vanish from radar and travel from the Gulf of Thailand S to SE over Jakarta to water entry point. The Malay radar received a Radar reflection froma dramatic drop in altitude in which the B777 altimeter and Terrain mapping technology took over by default from point +0 to negative -0 by default of the geomagnetic mapping system upon default designed by the B777. Although, this information is being held closely to the vest of the JACC investigation it has all been verified by the JACC out of the respect for the families as they should be notified first and arrangements are currently being made to fly them in and discuss the memorial and wreckage questions as to their wishes for the resting place of loved ones and location of memorial and to say goodbyes from water entry point. Please advise as of additional information and to appropriate list Facts as to this matter and how MH370 was located.

(talk page stalker) Surely you can provide reliable sources that will allow our readers to verify these facts? Please do so at the article's talk page. Huon (talk) 23:49, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Huon, but this isn't really something I can help with - I don't have any knowledge of specific sources, but if the OP, Prose072, were to enter into discussion on the article's talk page as I suggested, maybe somebody could help. Frankly, after being threatened on my own talk page, I am rather disinclined to assist this particular editor any further. Regards, Lynbarn (talk) 00:53, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

CobolScript

Hi there, I can restore the content to your userspace (at User:Lynbarn/CobolScript) should you wish to try and expand and bring up to notability guidelines? If this sounds acceptable please let me know. GiantSnowman 21:58, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Yes please, much appreciated. Regards Lynbarn (talk) 22:02, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Actually, seeing as this was a PROD I've restored the article in mainspace - voila. You might wish to deal with any issues to prevent it getting re-deleted. GiantSnowman 22:04, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Many thanks. I'll see what I can do with it! Regards, Lynbarn (talk) 22:24, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

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I see that you deprodded it (which I would have done had you not got there first). It looked like a drive-by PROD anyway: the phrase "No evidence of awards, charting or ..." suggests a music album, not a railway locomotive. --Redrose64 (talk) 09:50, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Redrose64, Thanks, I did wonder about the charting reference, although he does have a point. I think I'll merge this and the other similar articles into a single "Yeo Class locomotives of the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway" or similarly-named article. Regards Lynbarn (talk) 10:03, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

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TS Royalist

I've reverted your edits to TS Royalist (2014) because they were in violation of WP:SHE4SHIPS. You may also be interested in the current discussion at talk:City of Adelaide (1864). Mjroots (talk) 20:59, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Okay. Thanks. Sorry, I wasn't aware of WP:SHE4SHIPS - the last time I remember looking into this on Wikipedia, I'm pretty sure the MoS suggested NOT using gender-specific terms for mechanical devices (although I may have been specifically looking at steam locomotives at the time). Regards, Lynbarn (talk) 21:42, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

I think ships are the only exception too, although the practice was formerly widespread. Mjroots (talk) 21:49, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

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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) 11:29, 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)

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:34, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:53, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:35, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:22, 15 September 2018 (UTC) Note: the previous version omitted a link to the election page, therefore you are receiving this follow up message with a link to the election page to correct the previous version. We apologies for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

Have your say!

Hi everyone, just a quick reminder that voting for the WikiProject Military history coordinator election closes soon. You only have a day or so left to have your say about who should make up the coordination team for the next year. If you have already voted, thanks for participating! If you haven't and would like to, vote here before 23:59 UTC on 28 September. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:29, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

ArbCom 2018 election voter message

Hello, Lynbarn. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

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

Nominations for our annual Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards are open until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2018. Why don't you nominate the editors who you believe have made a real difference to the project in 2018? MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:26, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Voting now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards

Voting for our annual Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards is open until 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December 2018. Why don't you vote for the editors who you believe have made a real difference to Wikipedia's coverage of military history in 2018? MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:17, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Backlog Banzai

In the month of September, Wikiproject Military history is running a project-wide edit-a-thon, Backlog Banzai. There are heaps of different areas you can work on, for which you claim points, and at the end of the month all sorts of whiz-bang awards will be handed out. Every player wins a prize! There is even a bit of friendly competition built in for those that like that sort of thing. Sign up now at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/September 2019 Backlog Banzai to take part. For the coordinators, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:18, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:38, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

G'day everyone, voting for the 2019 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:37, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election half-way mark

G'day everyone, the voting for the XIX Coordinator Tranche is at the halfway mark. The candidates have answered various questions, and you can check them out to see why they are running and decide whether you support them. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:36, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

March Madness 2020

G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team

Proposed deletion of ZX Spectrum Next

The article ZX Spectrum Next has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

WP:REDUNDANTFORK from ZX_Spectrum

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

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

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion.

I can't see any way that this machine is going to be able to justify it's own page.

MrMajors (talk) 18:49, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:05, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

G'day everyone, voting for the 2020 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2020. Thanks from the outgoing coord team, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:18, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open

G'day all, the nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject newcomer and Historian of the Year are open, all editors are encouraged to nominate candidates for the awards before until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2020, after which voting will occur for 14 days. There is not much time left to nominate worthy recipients, so get to it! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:45, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing

G'day all, voting for the WikiProject Military history "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" is about to close, so if you haven't already, click on the links and have your say before 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:35, 28 December 2020 (UTC) for the coord team

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) 17:25, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

Your access to AWB may be temporarily removed

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Lynton and Barnstaple Railway

Lynton and Barnstaple Railway has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. --Whiteguru (talk) 04:45, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations opening soon

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are opening in a few hours (00:01 UTC on 1 September). A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:51, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting opening soon!

Voting for the upcoming project coordinator election opens in a few hours (00:01 UTC on 15 September) and will last through 23:59 on 28 September. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. Voting is conducted using simple approval voting and questions for the candidates are welcome. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:26, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Correction to previous election announcement

Just a quick correction to the prior message about the 2022 MILHIST coordinator election! I (Hog Farm) didn't proofread the message well enough and left out a link to the election page itself in this message. The voting will occur here; sorry about the need for a second message and the inadvertent omission from the prior one. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:41, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting closing soon

Voting for the upcoming project coordinator election closes soon, at 23:59 on 28 September. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. Voting is conducted using simple approval voting and questions for the candidates are welcome. The voting itself is occurring here If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:13, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:BS4

Template:BS4 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 19:04, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:BS5

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