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What a brilliant finale to Round 1. With so little in it it was always going to be a tight contest, particularly in the all-important wildcard places. Congratulations to all those who have made it to Round 2, and commiserations to all who have been eliminated. I hope you continue to contribute as fully as you have been in the tournament, if not better!
As has been stated before, Round 2 begins Wednesday, April 1 2009. I hope you are all ready!
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WikiCup At a Glance
As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a total of:
20
Featured articles
32
Featured lists
2
Featured topics
135
Featured pictures
21
Featured sounds
1
Featured portal
2
Good topics
143
Good articles
304
Did you know?
items
49
In the news
items
Pool winners
In this round of the WikiCup, the top two contestants from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:
Pool A
Gary King (1154)
Spencer (377)
Pool B
Shoemaker's Holiday (1055)
La Pianista (74)
Pool C
Scorpion0422 (944)
Candlewicke (806)
Pool D
ThinkBlue (444)
97198 (374)
Pool E
Sasata (604)
X! (216)
Pool F
Rlevse (405)
Bedford (331)
Pool G
Sunderland06 (236)
Ceranthor (190)
Pool H
Juliancolton (686)
Dendodge (220)
Pool I
Theleftorium (1107)
Durova (961)
Pool J
Mitchazenia (1180)
Matthewedwards (702)
Wildcard winners
Useight (659)
Paxse (507)
Rambo's Revenge (333)
the_ed17 (330)
J Milburn (302)
Climie.ca (265)
Catalan (256)
Ottava Rima (190)
Wrestlinglover (169)
Tinucherian (162)
All scores are accurate as of the end of Round 1.
21:27, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
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at 21:27, 31 March 2009 (UTC). Queries to my talk.
Operation Charnwood
I passed Operation Charnwood's GAN; congrats on getting another step closer to an Overlord GT/FT! (an aside: did you see my comment on the work group's talk?)
Could I ask you to review Design 1047 battlecruiser for FAC in return? :-) Thanks! the_ed17 : Chat 03:16, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
The big news of course was the seventh project coordinator election covering the period ending 30 September. The quality of the candidates was extremely high, with some of the project's top content builders running alongside highly experienced backroom people. Of the eighteen candidates, sixteen were finally appointed, giving us probably the most rounded coordination team so far.
The C-class referendum, held at the same time, produced a slight majority of votes for introduction, but was insufficient to demonstrate a clear consensus. So, for the time being at least, therefore, the project will continue without C-class. Otherwise, focus is likely be on the
Academy
and the development of courses to develop reviewing, copy-editing and article-building skills. Some review of our task forces is also probable, perhaps consolidating some of the smaller, quieter, ones. As ever, input from everyone is not only welcomed but positively encouraged.
The coordinators' gratitude goes not only to those who participated in the election and referenda but also to everyone who works quietly and conscientiously away to make participation in this project rewarding, successful and productive. Milhist is very fortunate in its membership! Thank you all, Roger Daviestalk 16:15, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
I am in the midst of an edit on the Canadian National Vimy Memorial article. We have come across a pleasant surprise, with contributor up-loading some beautiful images of the memorial. We are faced with a bit of a problem though. The vimy memorial has numerous distinct statues and we are faced with the difficultly in presenting them properly in the vimy memorial sub-section without sufficient space to mention them all. I have suggested the use of either multiple image templates or a gallery. I could really use some help on how to pull this one off given the images contributed by Tango7174 are awesome. Some admin help would REALLY be appreciated on this one for direction/ see: Talk:Canadian_National_Vimy_Memorial#Vmy memorial sub-section. --Labattblueboy (talk) 07:12, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
The start of Round 2 has been in some respects an explosive one, with one user in particular almost in the triple figures after just a week. There are obviously contestants with no points or very few, but as it is so early in the round this can probably be excused. Keep it up everyone!
Note that due to unforeseen circumstances, Mitchazenia has been eliminated from the contest. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 2 total of:
1
Featured article
1
Featured list
0
Featured topics
0
Featured pictures
0
Featured sounds
0
Featured portal
0
Good topics
4
Good articles
5
Did you know?
items
0
In the news
items
This combines with the
Round 1 totals
to make a grand total of:
21
Featured articles
33
Featured lists
2
Featured topics
135
Featured pictures
21
Featured sounds
1
Featured portal
2
Good topics
147
Good articles
309
Did you know?
items
49
In the news
items
Pool leaders
In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with six wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:
Pool A
Wrestlinglover (36)
Pool B
ThinkBlue (8)
Pool C
Ceranthor (80)
Pool D
Candlewicke (28)
Pool E
Ottava Rima (30)
Pool F
Scorpion0422 (36)
Current Wildcards
Climie.ca (30)
Matthewedwards (22)
J Milburn (16)
Rlevse (15)
Paxse (14)
Useight (12)
Theleftorium (10)
All scores are accurate as of the end of Round 1.
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at 21:24, 5 April 2009 (UTC). To report errors see the talk page.
Crisis
An unexpected development on Wikipedia that concerns us has been brought to our attention by Moonriddengirl. Please follow this link for more information. TomStar81 (Talk) 23:31, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 2 total of:
3
Featured article
2
Featured list
0
Featured topics
8
Featured pictures
3
Featured sounds
0
Featured portal
0
Good topics
11
Good articles
21
Did you know?
items
1
In the news
items
This combines with the
Round 1 totals
to make a grand total of:
23
Featured articles
34
Featured lists
2
Featured topics
143
Featured pictures
24
Featured sounds
1
Featured portal
2
Good topics
154
Good articles
325
Did you know?
items
50
In the news
items
Pool leaders
In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with six wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:
Pool A
Shoemaker's Holiday (156)
Pool B
ThinkBlue (79)
Pool C
Theleftorium (88)
Pool D
J Milburn (46)
Pool E
Durova (136)
Pool F
Sasata (131)
Current Wildcards
Ceranthor (82)
Ottava Rima (82)
Wrestlinglover (77)
Rlevse (63)
the_ed17 (49)
97198 (43)
Useight (41)
Scorpion0422 (41)
Candlewicke (38)
Matthewedwards (33)
All scores are accurate as of 15:31, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
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at 16:55, 13 April 2009 (UTC). To report errors see the talk page.
RfA Thankspam
Thanks to everyone who took the time and trouble to take part in my RfA whether support, oppose or neutral. All comments are valued and will be considered carefully in the coming weeks. Feel free to add more advice on my talk page if you think I need it. SpinningSpark 21:40, 16 April 2009 (UTC) In case you're wondering, the image is a smiley, just a little more aesthetic, but not as serious as the Mona Lisa
Deployment of PzLehr & 2ndSSPzDiv
Greetings Climie; do you know of any sources which can add detail to the comment in Copp (Fields of Fire) that these divisions were very depleted before the move. Bearing in mind that they had been refitted before the invasion how much of their fighting power remained when they were moved west? Keith-264 (talk) 12:07, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 2 total of:
4
Featured articles
7
Featured lists
1
Featured topic
13
Featured pictures
3
Featured sounds
0
Featured portal
0
Good topics
17
Good articles
46
Did you know?
items
4
In the news
items
This combines with the
Round 1 totals
to make a grand total of:
24
Featured articles
39
Featured lists
3
Featured topics
148
Featured pictures
24
Featured sounds
1
Featured portal
2
Good topics
160
Good articles
350
Did you know?
items
53
In the news
items
Pool leaders
In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with six wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:
Pool A
Shoemaker's Holiday (268)
Pool B
ThinkBlue (94)
Pool C
Rlevse (200)
Pool D
Candlewicke and (86)
Pool E
Durova (182)
Pool F
Sasata (201)
Current Wildcards
Theleftorium (193)
the_ed17 (142)
Wrestlinglover (128)
Ottava Rima (123)
Ceranthor (90)
Useight (72)
Gary King (61)
J_Milburn (59)
97198 (53)
All scores are accurate as of 21:43, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
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Hey Cam. I'm rewriting the article on the PIAT in my sandbox; I've done Design and Development, and now I'm onto the far more difficult task of its operational history. I know that Canadian units were the first to be issued with PIATs, just in time for Sicily; I was wondering if you might take a look through your books and see if there's any mention of it? Cheers, Skinny87 (talk) 13:22, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Sorry, one more thing. In the Battle of Ortona article, it has a footnote mentioning that PIATs were used to fight through houses, and has a citation for 'Bercuson, p. 175', but he has several books. You don't happen to know which book it's from, do you? Skinny87 (talk) 14:10, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Another big week sees new leaders in many of the pools. Many of the wildcards are in triple figures so others might want to pick up the pace to make it through!
As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 2 total of:
4
Featured articles
9
Featured lists
1
Featured topic
17
Featured pictures
3
Featured sounds
0
Featured portals
0
Good topics
25
Good articles
64
Did you know?
items
11
In the news
items
This combines with the
Round 1 totals
to make a grand total of:
24
Featured articles
41
Featured lists
3
Featured topics
152
Featured pictures
24
Featured sounds
1
Featured portal
2
Good topics
168
Good articles
368
Did you know?
items
60
In the news
items
Pool leaders
In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with six wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:
Pool A
Shoemaker's Holiday (346)
Pool B
Mitchazenia (202)
Pool C
Theleftorium (232)
Pool D
Paxse (174)
Pool E
Durova (234)
Pool F
Sasata (464)
Current Wildcards
Rlevse (227)
Wrestlinglover (186)
Useight (178)
the_ed17 (154)
Candlewicke (142)
Scorpion0422 (130)
Ottava Rima (123)
ThinkBlue (104)
Ceranthor (92)
Gary King and Juliancolton (71)
All scores are accurate as of 12:33, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
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A great week for Sasata with the biggest jump in score for a long while - 336 - so well done! It's nearing the end of this round, remember, which will end on May 29. It would it your best interest to nominate GANs now to avoid missing out.
As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 2 total of:
4
Featured articles
11
Featured lists
1
Featured topic
24
Featured pictures
3
Featured sounds
1
Featured portal
1
Good topic
25
Good articles
87
Did you know?
items
17
In the news
items
This combines with the
Round 1 totals
to make a grand total of:
24
Featured articles
43
Featured lists
3
Featured topics
159
Featured pictures
24
Featured sounds
2
Featured portal
3
Good topics
168
Good articles
391
Did you know?
items
66
In the news
items
Pool leaders
In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:
Pool A
Shoemaker's Holiday (455)
Pool B
Mitchazenia (208)
Pool C
Theleftorium (279)
Pool D
Paxse (259)
Pool E
Durova (291)
Pool F
Sasata (800)
Current Wildcards
Rlevse (244)
Candlewicke (236)
Wrestlinglover (226)
Useight (224)
Ottava Rima (184)
the_ed17 (161)
Scorpion0422 (143)
ThinkBlue (134)
Ceranthor (104)
J Milburn and Juliancolton (99)
All scores are accurate as of 08:15, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
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Once again, this month, we have a bumper crop of featured and A-class content, and our heartfelt thanks go to editors who have worked so hard to write these. But with our growth in quality content comes increased demand for reviewers. Which is where you can help.
Reviewing is easy and rewarding. You don't need any prior experience and you don't need to write a full review. Any input is helpful so you initially can just comment on what you're comfortable with. Most reviewers start off by focusing one or two things – say, the historical context, or the text, or the references, or the layout, or the images – and as they gain experience, they broaden the scope of the review. You can easily keep up to date with which articles need review, by copying this text – {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} – to your userpage or talkpage. Thanks in anticipation, Roger Davies
JonCatalán has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his distinguished service as a coordinator of this project, his thorough article reviews, and his exemplary contributions to 14 featured articles, one featured topic, and many A-Class and good articles.
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GA Sweeps invitation
Hello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. I would like to invite you to consider helping with the GA sweeps process. Sweeps helps to ensure that the oldest GAs still meet the criteria, and improve the quality of GAs overall. Unfortunately, last month only two articles were reviewed. This is definitely a low point after our peak at the beginning of the process when 163 articles were reviewed in September 2007. After nearly two years, the running total has just passed the 50% mark. In order to expediate the reviewing, several changes have been made to the process. A new worklist has been created, detailing which articles are left to review. All exempt and previously reviewed articles have already been removed from the list. Instead of reviewing by topic, you can consider picking and choosing whichever articles interest you.
We are always looking for new members to assist with the remaining articles, so if you are interested or know of anybody that can assist, please visit the GA sweeps page. In addition, for every member that reviews 100 articles or has a significant impact on the process, s/he will get an award when they reach that threshold. If only 14 editors achieve this feat starting now, we would be done with Sweeps! Of course, having more people reviewing less articles would be better for all involved, so please consider asking others to help out. Feel free to stop by and only review a few articles, something's better than nothing! Take a look at the list, and see what articles interest you. Let's work to complete Sweeps so that efforts can be fully focused on the backlog at GAN. If you have any questions about the process, reviewing, or need help with a particular article, please contact me or OhanaUnited and we'll be happy to help. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 08:02, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Only eleven days in this round to go and it's looking very interesting in the Wildcard race. In particular there is an epic struggle for the automation progression spot at the top of Pool C with only two points in it as I type. In other news, congratulations to Durova for her 200th successful featured picture nomination on the English Wikipedia - well done!
As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 2 total of:
5
Featured articles
14
Featured lists
1
Featured topic
35
Featured pictures
3
Featured sounds
1
Featured portal
1
Good topic
46
Good articles
136
Did you know?
items
29
In the news
items
This combines with the
Round 1 totals
to make a grand total of:
25
Featured articles
46
Featured lists
3
Featured topics
170
Featured pictures
24
Featured sounds
2
Featured portal
3
Good topics
189
Good articles
440
Did you know?
items
78
In the news
items
Pool leaders
In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:
Pool A
Shoemaker's Holiday (572)
Pool B
Mitchazenia (223)
Pool C
Theleftorium (324)
Pool D
Candlewicke (493)
Pool E
Durova (458)
Pool F
Sasata (960)
Current Wildcards
Rlevse (321)
Useight (312)
Wrestlinglover (300)
Paxse (286)
Scorpion0422 (273)
Ottava Rima (248)
ThinkBlue (206)
the_ed17 (169)
Juliancolton (144)
97198 (132)
All scores are accurate as of 08:58, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
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Hey everyone, it's iMatthew! I'm so glad to finally back, and I need to thank Garden for taking care of things while I was ill. There are about 6 days left in the round, and I'm sending the newsletter out now to remind some of you to pick it up in these last few days if you want to get in the next round.
I've listed a few of you that have the chance to catch up before the end of the round in italics over to the right. Keep working!
As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 2 total of:
5
Featured articles
14
Featured lists
1
Featured topic
35
Featured pictures
3
Featured sounds
1
Featured portal
1
Good topic
50
Good articles
136
Did you know?
items
30
In the news
items
This combines with the
Round 1 totals
to make a grand total of:
25
Featured articles
46
Featured lists
3
Featured topics
170
Featured pictures
24
Featured sounds
2
Featured portal
3
Good topics
193
Good articles
440
Did you know?
items
79
In the news
items
Pool leaders
In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are:
Pool A
Shoemaker's Holiday (611)
Pool B
ThinkBlue (242)
Pool C
Theleftorium (450)
Pool D
Candlewicke (504)
Pool E
Durova (460)
Pool F
Sasata (961)
Current Wildcards
Scorpion0422 (338)
Useight (338)
Rlevse (323)
Wrestlinglover (303)
Paxse (286)
Ottava Rima (248)
Mitchazenia (226)
the_ed17 (172)
Juliancolton (155)
97198 (141)
Ceranthor (108)
J Milburn (107)
Matthewedwards (97)
Those in italics are not currently in place for the next round, but are very close.
All scores are accurate as of 16:15, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
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WikiCup newsletter XVII.V
This is just a quick reminder that the round ends this Friday, May 29, 2009.
I wanted to let you guys know the current standings. If you are very close, but not close enough, work as hard as possible these next two days. Pool leaders are listed as usual, and under the 10 wildcards, are competitors that are still fighting for a spot. Also, if you currently have any un-reviewed GAN's up and you'd like them to be reviewed and counted for this round, you must place them on the appropriate thread of the WikiCup talk page.
Hi all. Round 2 is officially over, and we're very pleased with the results. The lowest passing score was over 200! We are very impressed with the last minute pushes to get a spot, which many of you did through mainspace editing your butts off for the last week or so. We really hope that those of you who did a lot of mainspace editing this time around will take some of that and turn it into good and featured content next round.
The pools for Round 3 will be up soon; the round starts tomorrow, June 1, 2009. As always, nominations that were nominated last round but not passed yet, may count for this round. Hope to see you all working very hard, as you are down to the Top 16, and it's going to take a lot to make the Top 8!
Those of you who were eliminated and no longer wish to receive this newsletter may remove your name from this list. If you were eliminated, but are still looking for some fun editing competition, check out User:Shappy/Amazing Race Wikipedia which starts in July.
Good luck and congratulations to those who made it to Round 3, again!
As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 2 total of:
5
Featured articles
15
Featured lists
1
Featured topic
40
Featured pictures
3
Featured sounds
1
Featured portal
1
Good topic
59
Good articles
142
Did you know?
items
33
In the news
items
This combines with the
Round 1 totals
to make a grand total of:
25
Featured articles
47
Featured lists
3
Featured topics
175
Featured pictures
24
Featured sounds
2
Featured portal
3
Good topics
202
Good articles
446
Did you know?
items
82
In the news
items
Pool winners
In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with ten wildcards, will advance to the next round. The pool winners are:
Pool A
Shoemaker's Holiday (683)
Pool B
ThinkBlue (251)
Pool C
Theleftorium (462)
Pool D
Candlewicke (552)
Pool E
Durova (497)
Pool F
Sasata (961)
Wildcard winners
Useight (420)
Scorpion0422 (409)
Wrestlinglover (356)
Rlevse (334)
Paxse (285)
Ottava Rima (249)
Mitchazenia (228)
Gary King (213)
the_ed17 (211)
Juliancolton (211)
Those in italics are not currently in place for the next round, but are very close.
All scores are accurate as of the end of the round.
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XXXIX (May 2009)
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 Daviestalk 20:26, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
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
List of Knight's Cross recipients of the U-boat service
.
Henry Burrell (RAN officer)
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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
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
main project talk page. Happy templating! EyeSerenetalk
†Simon Fowler, Guide to Military History on the Internet, UK:Pen & Sword 2007,
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re: Epic
Thank you very much, Cam, for the barnstar. The interview request came out of the blue and as I'd done much of the drafting it seemed sensible to respond. The interview lasted about an hour so based on the amount that ended up in print, I guess there was probably a high twaddle to fact ratio :) Thanks again, Roger Daviestalk 20:50, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
Wow, what a big start to Round 3! We already have people past the 50 point mark, in one week. We can tell that this round is going to be tight, and we'll likely see every Top 8 contestant with over 500 (maybe 400) points by the end of this round. Keep working hard! –
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Turns out last week's newsletter was never sent out. Sorry about that! Since we already had it done, we are sending you both. This newsletter is the one for this week though. Anyway, we're seeing you guys working really hard. There are a few of you over 100 points in the first two weeks. Also, we have switched Ottava Rima from Pool D to Pool B, and Shoemaker's Holiday (who has withdrawn) from Pool B to Pool D. Scorpion0422 is more than likely to withdraw before this round ends, because he will be inactive next round. That would leave 2 contestants in Pool B. So, to make things fairly even, we have switched the two contestants. Sorry for all of the confusion!
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WikiProject Ships Barnstar
For your hard work in getting Yamato-class battleship up to FA status I hereby award you the WikiProject Ships Barnstar. Outstanding work, Climie.ca. Keep it up! TomStar81 (Talk) 22:10, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. Now that Asia and North America have been accounted the next runner up looks to be South America, as Ed is working very hard on Brazilian battleships. Oddly, for all the work they did in getting us to the dreadnought era, the Europeans have yet to get a battleship class up on the board. As for competition: I'll bring my six, and you can bring your three, it'll be two on one, and we can see who wins in a good ole fashion gunfight; Or if you prefer, we can simply compare the number of people who visit these pages each month to settle the issue of who has the best battleship class ;-) TomStar81 (Talk) 03:05, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
Whoo! And, just saying here...my
large cruisers would swoop in during the middle of the battle between you two and be the overall victor. ;) —Ed(Talk • Contribs)