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Hello Bellhalla! I noticed your contributions to USS LST-70, and thought you might be interested in WikiProject Ships, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of ships of all kinds. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks and related articles. Thanks! Maralia 03:33, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Just wanted to say nice job on integrating the cast list with the episodes. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4thegorn (talk • contribs) 06:36, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

You may be interested in Template talk:Election_box#New_seats. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:20, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for updating the template, I really do like it this way a lot better and it really was the way I wanted it, but I didn't know how to go about making it so. Thanks again! T.W. 16:29, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

I see you doing lots of cleanup behind the scenes on ship articles these past few days - just wanted to tell you that someone notices and appreciates it :) Maralia 13:24, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for cleaning up the Papuan language articles. kwami 17:23, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Your changes to the {{USS/doc}} documentation look nice! You should also update the {{HMS/doc}} and {{Warship/doc}} sister templates as well. --Kralizec! (talk) 14:59, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

And {{Sclass/doc}} too! --Kralizec! (talk) 18:09, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

On 8 November, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article USS General Harry Taylor (AP-145), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Andrew c ^[talk] 16:30, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Nice work on this article. It looks great! --Kralizec! (talk) 17:48, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

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I have removed the copyvio tag. The text is largely from an entry in the Dictionary of Naval Fighting Ships, which is in the public domain, as was stated in the references. Maralia (talk) 07:33, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

My mistake. Sorry about that. Bielle (talk) 07:58, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

On 20 November, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article USS General R. L. Howze (AP-134), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cheers, Daniel 08:27, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations on having both the USS General S. D. Sturgis (AP-137) and USS General R. L. Howze (AP-134) articles selected for DYK entries today! You totally rock!! --Kralizec! (talk) 17:42, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

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--Carabinieri (talk) 20:09, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

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Hello! Over the past few days I've noticed some great cleanup you've been doing on ship articles. Thanks! I do have one comment. In this edit, you changed the date in the USN flag template from 1953 to 1942. WP:SHIPS's guideline is to display the last flag the ship flew, so we use the date that the ship was decommissioned. In this case it doesn't matter because the flag was the same in both years, but in some cases it could be an issue. TomTheHand 14:42, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Sorry about the "...of the United States" cat error! I was doing a whole bunch of articles in a row and my brain wasn't firing on all cylinders. You removed the cat sorting, though, and I replaced it. The "| Littorio class battleship" is necessary because it sorts the article at the top of the cat, but still alphabetically. See Category:World War II battleships of Italy for the result. The class articles are alphabetically at the top, while the individual ship articles are separate. 18:21, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

On 6 December, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Houston Volunteers, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Royalbroil 16:57, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Hello! In this edit, you added a World War II category to a class category. According to WikiProject Ships categorization guidelines, era categories are placed on the class article instead of the class category. It's felt that putting era categories on class categories implies that that era applies to all ships contained in the class; while this may be true in some cases, it's often not. TomTheHand (talk) 20:55, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

I notice you've tagged some of the Bayfields with the DANFS template. Thanks for taking the trouble, but there's something which concerns me about that.

Basically, whenever I have tried to click on a DANFS link, the page invariably fails to load. I have no idea why this might be, but if it happens to me I'm guessing I'm by no means the only one. So I've preferred to use DANFS Online where possible. Their links always work fine. Gatoclass (talk) 14:31, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Thankyou, appreciate that :) Gatoclass (talk) 14:40, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Hey Bellhalla! I noticed that you've removed Category:World War II submarines of Japan from articles which already have Category:Japanese submarines lost during World War II. I posted about it here, and I was hoping we could have a discussion about it. What you've done makes sense, but I would prefer to have the articles duplicated in both cats. I'd like to hear what everyone else thinks as well. TomTheHand (talk) 19:36, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Hey, I saw that you created the TXHouseSuccession_Box. I love it so much that I would like to create a similar one for Pennsylvania. I would appreciate any help you could give me. I am pretty new at wikipedia, and I have only mediocre scripting skills. I tried to make a go of it here: Template:PAHouseSuccession_box. Again, I'd appreciate any help you can give me.--RedShiftPA (talk) 06:00, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

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Hi. Thanks for helping with fixing the names of ship indexes. I notice that you've been removing information on ships' namesakes and other links. The reason we distinguished ship indexes from ordinary disambiguation pages was to avoid being bound by the (IMO overly-restrictive) style of the latter, and could treat indexes more as ordinary articles.

• WPS talk: Ship index pages
• MoSDab talk: Please don't make a mess of articles in the name of MoS:DP
• MoSDab talk: Some proposed wording for MoS:DP
• MoSDab talk: Ship index pages

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Hello Bellhalla. Thank you for your contributions to the biography of Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 13:09, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Based on this discussion, we changed our categorization guidelines and we now put era categories on class articles, but not on class categories. Please don't remove era cats from class articles. Thanks! TomTheHand (talk) 22:42, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to bother you again, but as part of a long-standing compromise, WP:SHIPS categorizes both by country and by navy, even though this often seems redundant. Please don't remove country categories, as you did here. I would love for this to change, but there are very strong feelings on both sides of the categorization debate. TomTheHand (talk) 15:09, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

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Your request to have Category:Orzel class submarines speedy renamed to Category:Orzeł class submarines has been completed! Please let me know if you have any questions or issues. Thanks, Kralizec! (talk) 15:05, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

A sortable wikitable might be a partial solution. See User:Maralia/List of Shipwrecks of the Florida coast for an example. Maralia (talk) 15:34, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

But with over 3,000 ships, would an article like that be manageable? — Bellhalla (talk) 15:38, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, been out all day. Probably not manageable as a single list, no, but a sortable table format could solve the 'duplicate lists' issue by avoiding separate list-by-hull-number and list-by-name. Looks like someone is already working on implementing that. Maralia (talk) 03:35, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Its probably just a copy@paste error but why you add a interwiki to bad polish template ? PMG (talk) 19:32, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes it was a copy and paste error. Thank you for catching it and correcting it. — Bellhalla (talk) 19:34, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Nice work on this article. I was wondering, however, if you might be willing to do some work on the SS Robert E. Peary, which is notable for having been built in just 5 days, and that article is a stub. Thanks. howcheng {chat} 21:09, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello, Bellhalla ... I stuck a {{Prod}} on Greg Orman (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) because I figured that a {{Db-bio}} would be declined ... I noticed that you had listed several political "also rans" for WP:AfD, so even at the risk of violating WP:CANVAS, I must ask if would you be willing to add a {{Prod-2}} to second mine? (Or maybe decline the PROD and take it to AfD ... I'm not sure of the WP:CONSENSUS on candidates. :-) Happy Editing! —72.75.72.63 (talk · contribs) 22:29, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

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--Archtransit (talk) 20:39, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Hello. You have been identified as having added or removed direct external map service links in articles[2]. There is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:External links#Issues with inclusion or exclusion of map service links about which should be done, and some more opinions would be good to find community consensus. --Para (talk) 22:58, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

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Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 06:43, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

On 21 February, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Charles A. Stafford, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Gatoclass (talk) 04:07, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

On 25 February, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article SS Dwinsk, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Congratulations and keep up the good work! Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 12:03, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey there, would appreciate if you could update some additional reference material in this article please. My referencing skills are still very much in the early development stage. The 2 that need updating are No 5 (Allan McInnes) The article was from "Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, Vol XI, No 3 (1982) pp. 26-44.

The second is a new reference under the "Report" heading. Details are: The Argus (1875). Narration of wreck by Mr Fitzgerald, passenger. 20 March 1875. It should go at the end of the third sentence.

Appreciate your help. CheersSpy007au (talk) 08:11, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I really appreciate your assistance with the referencing. It was me who attemped to format it, but I'm still struggling a bit. Yes, The Argus was the defunct Melbourne newspaper and a news clipping taken from that paper, so the referencing is now correct. Once again, I really appreciate your help with this article. Regards,Spy007au (talk) 09:55, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

In terms of MOS, right now I just look at dates and numbers. The manual of style basically says non-breaking spaces should be present in dates (like so: February 28, 2008) and numbered units (10,000 vehicles) so that lines don't break between units or dates. I try to see if anything else MOS jumps out at me, but there's a lot to keep track of and I haven't learned it all yet. :-) —Rob (talk) 16:34, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

In my recent travels through Navy ships G, I happened across the articles you've worked on in the General G. O. Squier class transport ship and wanted to let you know that I bumped many of them to B class as they were quite worthy of the rating. Just wanted to say nice work! --Brad (talk) 10:57, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I appreciate the kind words. — Bellhalla (talk) 11:35, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

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Could you make this screenshot of a trebuchet up to encyclopedic standards? I think the menu and the equations simply don't belong there and for the trajectory of the projectile a different color could be used. What also bother me is that it appears somehow blurred, perhaps you can also repair that. Thank you. Wandalstouring (talk) 09:51, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

How will this illustration be used in trebuchet? If it's as an example of software available for trebuchet makers, then I think it's fine the way it is. If it's as an illustration for the path of a trebuchet and the trajectory of its projectile, there's not much repair that can be done for it. You'd be better off finding someone who can create a new image based off of this one and would avoid any copyright issues associated with this one. I'd suggest posting a request at Wikipedia:Requested_pictures/Graphics#Science — Bellhalla (talk) 13:14, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I will double check the ones you did.--Kumioko (talk) 22:07, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

I sent you an email earlier today - didn't occur to me that perhaps I should tell you. Sorry; check your email when you get a chance. Maralia (talk) 00:52, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

It does thanks--Kumioko (talk) 17:33, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing out the discrepancy with Miss Ima's journey around WWI. I think I misread the source. I have changed it to clarify that she toured Europe and didn't stay in Germany. Thanks for being proactive about that; I don't have the book nearby today, so you helped a great deal! Karanacs (talk) 17:05, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

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yaay!

Thanks for your help in getting the good ship SS Christopher Columbus to Featured Article status. The nomination went swimmingly, it was clear sailing all the way, no one turned up to torpedo it, and she passed easily.

that's the ticket!

Good comments AND good fixes... thanks very much for your input and help! ++Lar: t/c 22:31, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

	Nice job on "Miss Ima"!
	To all of the excellent editors who were part of the Karanacs-led collaboration to bring Ima Hogg to featured status, it was a pleasure working with you on such a fine article about a great lady. Thank you so much for your contribution to this fun collaboration. Best regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:29, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[3] - what does "upright" do on an image? Corvus cornix_talk 01:58, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Kewl, thanx. Corvus cornix_talk 16:00, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

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Thanks for your support in getting the Captain to FA. More tales from the ice can be expected shortly. Brianboulton (talk) 10:26, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

${\displaystyle Insertformulahere}$ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.250.169.133 (talk) 13:21, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi! This is Limetolime.

Listen, I was just reading your review and I'm trying to fix everyone's problems, but there is just me, and there is much to do. Anyway, I've fixed your concerns and the references are being cleaned up as we speak. Could you please look at it again? Limetolime ^{talk to me • look what I did!} 13:29, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

I really don't understand what you mean. You say that the references are not written as the articles are, but I have taken the time to go through and re-write all of the references. The publication dates I understand, but come on, I'm only one person! Limetolime ^{talk to me • look what I did!} 21:43, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Okay, maybe I'm not so sure about what these are. What do you mean by "wrong publication dates"? I don't get it. Doesn't "accessdate" mean the date you accessed the article? Limetolime ^{talk to me • look what I did!} 21:50, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey this is Limetolime.

All of the changes you have requested have been done by me, but you have stated that there are more. Could ou please state them ALL here so I can do them? Thanks! Limetolime ^{talk to me • look what I did!} 23:23, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey, this is Limetolime. Could you please re-review the article for me? Thanks! Limetolime ^{talk to me • look what I did!} 00:00, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

I have noticed you just doing th oz categories and creating some too - could you please note that if you have them for milhist anbd ships - we also need em for the oz maritime as well - so they technically belong within wp australia maritime=yes as well if you are creating any newbies - thanks - keep up the good work! SatuSuro 13:41, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Thats very kind - I'll owe you - thanks for that - cheers SatuSuro 13:44, 7 April 2008 (UTC) Appreciate that - thanks - specially like the 'courtesy' in the summary and the nesting - so damned neat compared to some of our category talk pages - thanks SatuSuro 13:57, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

I noticed your comment on User talk:TomTheHand. I've been using the standard {{cite web}} for this (here, for instance), but a specialized template would save a little typing. A couple of comments:

• I think it's a whole lot easier to copy&paste the whole URL than to clip out just the distinct part, and they're not that much longer anyway. So I suggest simply using the usual "url" parameter, rather than "link" and "alt".
• In the short version, at least, you can abbreviate the title to "DANFS".
• I've been putting "U.S. Naval Historical Center" for the publisher, rather than a more general "United States Navy".

—WWoods (talk) 07:44, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Category:Royal Bahamas Defence Force ships, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. – — Bellhalla (talk) 13:47, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Category:Irish Naval Service ships, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. — Bellhalla (talk) 13:56, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Shouldn't this ship be in the Tall ships of the Netherlands category, rather than Denmark? Mjroots (talk) 16:07, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Just a ping that I added to the queue at [[4]]. I will probably get to it some months down the road, but would always prefer a subject matter expert. MBisanz ^talk 20:55, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

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		In recognition of your amazing copyedit performed on USS Texas (BB-35), I hereby award you this small token of my appreciation. -MBK004 02:55, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a bunch for that. I've left a note on TomStar81's talk page informing him of the results since we collaborated on the article and the reference issues you brought up stem from his expansion of the article, (I used the citation templates, he didn't). Also, look for this article going to A-Class review and FAC possibly during the summer. -MBK₀₀₄ 02:55, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for asking, glad to help. The article is looking great. doncram (talk) 19:34, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Found Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/USS Orizaba (ID-1536) on the talk page, not transcluded to WP:FAC.  ?? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:22, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for catching that. The edit must not have 'taken' for the transclusion. — Bellhalla (talk) 19:53, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi Bellhalla. Thank you for your parameter version of the fishing industry template. I'm not sure it altogether works in that context, but it is an interesting idea. --Geronimo20 (talk) 21:19, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I notice that although the template has 18 groups, your collapsed version displays only 10. Is this a coding limitation? --Geronimo20 (talk) 02:40, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello, this is a generic message, as a contributor to a previous review of HMS Cardiff, you may be interested to know that I plan to submit her for an FA review. Would you mind taking a quick look at the article and letting me know if you think it's ok, would be muchly appricated, cheers. Ryan4314 (talk) 13:06, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello, this is a generic message, as a contributor to a previous review of HMS Cardiff, you may be interested to know that I plan to submit her for an FA review. Would you mind taking a quick look at the article and letting me know if you think it's ok, would be muchly appricated, cheers. Ryan4314 (talk) 13:06, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks so much for your work on the Wise photo - much appreciated! Best, A Sniper (talk) 19:21, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXVI (April 2008)
Project news Tag & Assess 2008 launched on 24 April and will run until 4 July. We have around 60,000 articles to check, so all assistance is very welcome. As usual, there are barnstars galore and service awards for contributing editors. The project scope has been amended to include specific reference to historically accurate video games. Songs and music with long military associations are also now included. The Contest department has completed its thirteenth month of competition, which saw 27 entries. The top scorer this month is Ed! with 37 points, followed by Cam with 22 points. Woody, Howard C. Berkowitz, Redmarkviolinist, Nousernamesleft and Outdawg also fielded entries. Blnguyen remains the overall leader, with 188 points in total. You are encouraged to submit articles you're working on as entries. The coordinators have "adopted" task forces to act as prime point of contact. A list of which coordinators have adopted which task forces is here.	Articles of note New featured articles: 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing Lazare Ponticelli Maximian Peterloo Massacre The Third of May 1808 USS Orizaba (ID-1536) USS Siboney (ID-2999) New featured lists: List of Irish Victoria Cross recipients Order of battle at the Battle of Tory Island New featured portals: Portal:American Civil War New A-Class articles: 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team (United States) Battle of Bonchurch Battle of Tassafaronga Early thermal weapons HMS Cardiff (D108) USS Comfort (AH-3) USS Orizaba (ID-1536)
Current proposals and discussions An interesting proposal to set up teams to deal with specific tasks, like taking the Top Ten most frequently read military history articles to featured articles status is here. The coordinators are exploring ways of developing and improving our fifty or so task forces. More information is here. All editors are invited to contribute to a discussion about the naming of military operations in an endeavor to reach consensus.
Awards and honors Congratulations and kudos to the four top-performing editors in BCAD: CAM (1st); Legotech (2nd); Harland1 (3rd) and Smsarmad (4th). They helped assess 4303 B-class Milhist articles. Well done! To belatedly commemorate the first anniversary of the Contest department, the overall annual winner, Blnguyen, has been awarded the Chevrons and the March monthly winner, Woody, and runner-up, Dreamafter, each receive the Writer's Barnstar.
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