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. There are a number of templates that can be used, which simplify citations. The <ref> formatting for citations seems to be one of the most common, especially for featured articles, though there are other approaches.
Take a look. Feel free to drop back by to my talk page and ask further questions. — ERcheck (talk) 01:24, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Question about some references:
Jeffrey Ethell and Alfred Price (1989). Footnote #4 - is this for page 141 or pages 55-61 or both? In the {{cite book}} template, pages is a field. — ERcheck (talk) 02:01, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I did some more work on the Notes section after your last edit. I keep forgetting to fill out the edit summary before I save but I will get better at it. RE: Question "Jeffrey Ethell and Alfred Price (1989). Footnote #4 - is this for page 141 or pages 55-61 or both?" I am pretty sure it is both. I changed it that way until I can go back to the library and verify page number 141. I could not tell from my notes. Thanks again. Colgator 05:00, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Would you please provide a citation for the quote in the 2nd paragraph of the "September 9, 1972, MiG Kills 5 & 6" section? Thanks. — ERcheck (talk) 11:31, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Citation added per above. Colgator 14:50, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
DYK
On
31 May, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Charles B. DeBellevue, 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
.
Thank you for your contributions! Sean William@ 19:29, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome on the DYK nomination. It is an interesting, well-written, well-researched and referenced article.
As far as the edit you asked about, I think I understand the question/edit summary. I've quoted the paragraph below. The paragraph starts out in the third person, describing the scenario. Where I've marked it in italics, it changes to an apparent first person narrative (bold mine). If part is intended to be a quote, then "quotes" should be put around that part. It would be helpful if you would review and either make it all third person, or make the relevant first person wording quoted.
“
hey got a visual on the MiG about 5 miles out on final approach with his gear and flaps down. Getting a lock on him, they fired missiles but they missed. They were coming in from the side-rear and slipped up next to that MiG no more than 500 feet apart. He got a visual on us', snatched up his flaps and hit afterburner, accelerating out. It became obvious we weren't going to get another shot at the MiG.
”
As far as a spell checker - no, there isn't one for the edit window. Sorry.
— ERcheck (talk) 23:53, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'll take a look and make a reassessment. (It will have to be tomorrow.)
As for "borrowing" from other Wikipedia articles — that's fine. It's even better that you verified information and have
reliable sources
. As far as interviewing DeBellevue, please be aware that personal interviews are not generally acceptable as sources. If there is an interview published in a reliable source, then it can be used.
BTW, if you take look at
the military infobox page
, you will find that in the infobox, the "awards" entry is generally for "notable" awards, not a comprehensive list. A full list of awards and decorations are generally included in the body of the article. The general practice that is used, at least on the Marine Corps bios, is to include the medals in order of precedence down to the Purple Heart. One exception I've seen is for the POW medal when having been a POW is a significant part of the person's notability.
Reviewed and re-assessed. — ERcheck (talk) 01:02, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi - just found your name in the Mil History project members list. I might be one of those who compliments your edits on the ANG pages. I was wondering if there were particular areas that you tend to focus on? I've been working on some of the more obscure ANG units (Air Operations Groups, Command and control squadrons, etc.); would you be willing to assist on these? The reason I ask - I've put in a whole bunch of Freedom of Information Act requests through USAF's eFOIA system. The ANG/National Guard bureau has been helpful (got the logo patch for 222d Command and Control Squadron through FOIA), but I cannot keep swamping their system for information - it ticks them off. From your comment about coversing with you about edits and references, you seemed to be big on validation and verification - FOIA can provide "official" records in which to validate the information. TDRSS (talk) 15:48, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLI (July 2009)
As a member of the Aviation WikiProject or one of its subprojects, you may be interested in testing your skills in the Aviation Contest! I created this contest, not to pit editor against editor, but to promote article improvement and project participation and camraderie. Hopefully you will agree with its usefulness. Sign up here, read up on the rules here, and discuss the contest here. The first round of the contest may not start until September 1st-unless a large number of editors signup and are ready to compete immediately! Since this contest is just beginning, please give feedback here, or let me know what you think on my talkpage. - TrevorMacInniscontribs 23:59, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Nominations open for the Military history WikiProject coordinator election
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLIII (September 2009)
I'm a new editor, and I wrote a draft on General Paul Johnson. I know you're interested in the Air Force, and I need help with the draft to add sources and information. I'm hoping you can help.
The Military history WikiProject coordinator election has started. You are cordially invited to help pick fourteen new coordinators from a pool of twenty candidates. This time round, the term has increased from six to twelve months so it is doubly important that you have your say! Please cast your vote here no later than 23:59 (UTC) on Tuesday, 28 September 2010.
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : LV (September 2010)
Hello, Colgator! WikiProject United States, an outreach effort supporting development of United States related articles in Wikipedia, has recently been restarted after a long period of inactivity. As a user who has shown an interest in United States related topics we wanted to invite you to join us in developing content relating to the United States. If you are interested please add your Username and area of interest to the members page here. Thank you!!!
Hi Colgator! As your MILHIST Military Avation Task Force coordinator, I'd like to conduct a short questionaire to give me an idea of what you would the task force to achieve and the capabilities of yours that might contribute positively to the task force. The four questions of this questionaire are:
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Which three military aviation articles are you wiling to provide assistance? This can be expansion, copyediting, reference formatting, etc.
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"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.
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
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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.
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)[reply]
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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) 02:04, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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) 05:17, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open
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Voting for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards for 2023 is now open!
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