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Ooops, I just saw the notice that you will be going out to sea tomorrow and will be gone for 99 days. Good luck on your voyage! In light of that I am sure this is now somewhat less important, but I just finished adding the "Meaning of name" column as you had suggested in Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Navigational stars and was wondering:
- if you still plan to upload the 2 star charts before you depart (or if you would want me to scan and upload them)
- if there are any more changes you think we should make to Navigational stars or whether you'd consider casing a Support vote on Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Navigational starsif there are none
Thanks, and good luck again! May you encounter fair weather and calm seas. Alexander Falk (talk) 15:54, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
- Hi Alexander. I think I'll be able to upload the SVG version of the northern stars this afternoon— at this point, I'm just double checking everything. I was thinking about encouraging you to get a copy of
GIMPInkscape to complete the southern stars. As far as changing from comments to support— I'd like to, but since I have some "skin in the game," I have to be particularly careful about conflict of interest in this case. If I can see my way clear to a solid support, I'll do so. - Cheers. HausTalk16:04, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
- OK, I can do the southern stars. I've just downloaded and installed Inkscape. Question on the process: did you scan the page from Bowditch, or did you take it from the [version]? Also, did you try to automatically generate the vectorized charts, or did you manually draw over the scanned version and only used that as a guide? I just want to make sure that I use the same approach, so that the output looks comparable. Alexander Falk (talk) 16:19, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
- Basically #2: selected the image in acrobat, copied it to the clipboard, saved it to a file, and brought the file into inkscape using "File->Import". I'm pretty sure you'll be able to use the grid, legend, icons and so forth from the northern stars as a big start on the southern stars. More in a bit. HausTalk16:32, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
- OK -- a copy of the diagram should be floating above and to the right. Have fun with it, and I should be in and out until about midnight your time. HausTalk17:16, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
- OK -- a copy of the diagram should be floating above and to the right. Have fun with it, and I should be in and out until about midnight your time.
- Basically #2: selected the image in acrobat, copied it to the clipboard, saved it to a file, and brought the file into inkscape using "File->Import". I'm pretty sure you'll be able to use the grid, legend, icons and so forth from the northern stars as a big start on the southern stars. More in a bit.
- OK, I can do the southern stars. I've just downloaded and installed Inkscape. Question on the process: did you scan the page from Bowditch, or did you take it from the [version]? Also, did you try to automatically generate the vectorized charts, or did you manually draw over the scanned version and only used that as a guide? I just want to make sure that I use the same approach, so that the output looks comparable. Alexander Falk (talk) 16:19, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Operation COOKIE MONSTER
Merge proposal of Floating Production Storage and Offloading
Hi. I proposed to merge
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Floating Pneumatic Fender - Yokohama Fenders
What do you know about fenders? It seems there is no article on them? Thank you for your time. Manic mechanic (talk) 13:33, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
Yokohama is a
Thank you Manic mechanic (talk) 21:44, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
Unfree labor / Slavery
I watched with curiosity the anonymous edit and then your revision of Shanghaiing. While I agree "slavery" may be misleading, he has a point. Or does he? I was surprised you didn't explain your revision. Care to? Cbaer (talk) 00:34, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
- Sure... "HausTalk01:07, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
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Propeller developed area
I have an article,
- No problem - propellers are a terminological minefield: using common sense to deduce what something means usually leads to tears. That said, you did guess right: developed area Ad is "defined as the area of all blades together." The reference is pages 174-175,179 of Eliasson, Rolf E.; Larsson, Lars Hannes (2000). Principles of Yacht Design. Camden, Maine: International Marine. HausTalk23:43, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
Spreading the love
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | ||
For taking the time to give me a barnstar when you didn't have to. Thanks! Parsecboy (talk) 05:08, 19 November 2008 (UTC) |
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Haus, Thanks for not just answering my question at the ) 21:25, 20 November 2008 (UTC) |
- Maraming salamat! :) HausTalk22:47, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
- ...er, which is to say "Thanks much!" For some reason I thought I remembered that you spoke Tagalog. :) HausTalk22:53, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
AWB
Hey, just a heads-up, this is an inappropriate use of AWB according to
Warship template replacements
Hello. Saw that you were helping replace {{
- I appreciate your point, and pondered it for a while before moving ahead. I think there's an intermediate step needed in that progression: namely, rewriting {{HMCS}} to call {{ship}}. The reasoning is to ensure that there aren't any strange, hard to notice differences in the parameter uses. After that's done, we can get a list of all the pages that have {{ship|HMCS... by having ship include a null template if parameter1 is HMCS. The advantage of this approach is that it will pick up all occurences of {{ship|HMCS. Of course, the same sort of approach can be used with other special cases... (added : c.f. Help:Template#Monitoring_parameter_usage)
- So, in a nutshell, it is, as you say, more work. However, hopefully you'll agree that there's method to my madness. Cheers. HausTalk02:30, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
- But why make more work for ourselves in the future, when we can fix it now (and only have to touch the article once)? --Kralizec! (talk) 02:39, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
- I'm not sure we're on the same page... Do you have an alternative plan that picks up all cases where {{ship|HMCS... are converted to {{HMCS|...? I agree that it will cause another 50-ish pages to be touched twice rather than once. On the other hand, I'm not in a position tonight to rewrite {{HausTalk
- I'm not sure we're on the same page... Do you have an alternative plan that picks up all cases where {{ship|HMCS... are converted to {{HMCS|...? I agree that it will cause another 50-ish pages to be touched twice rather than once. On the other hand, I'm not in a position tonight to rewrite {{
- But why make more work for ourselves in the future, when we can fix it now (and only have to touch the article once)? --Kralizec! (talk) 02:39, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
(outdent) Ok, so to generate the list of pages that use {{ship|HMCS|...., we'd simply have to change the line
-->]]</includeonly><noinclude>
to read
-->]]{{#ifeq:{{{1}}}|HMCS|{{voidd|{{WP Ships hmcs fixes}}}}}}</includeonly><noinclude>
and then build a list off of Links to hmcs fixes.
Looking for old infoboxes
Howdy - I want to use AWB to find ship articles that are not using the new infobox. This should be easy by using AWB to find ships articles that don't include {{Infobox Ship but my dilemma is how to mark the talk page with the {{newinfobox|type=ship}} template after finding the appropriate article. This is probably a simple thing to do but I'm not seeing how to execute this in the AWB interface. --Brad (talk) 00:54, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
- Happy to help. Try this:
- Make your list of ship articles
- Move your mouse into the box where the articles are listed
- Right-click and choose "Sort alphabetically"
- Right-click and choose "Remove->non-mainspace"
- Right-click and choose "Remove->duplicates"
- Right-click and choose "Convert to talk pages"
- You can use the "Tools->List comparer" then to make a list of pages that don't have {{newinfobox. If there are a ton of pages, we could come up with a search/replace to actually put the {{newinfobox on the page. HausTalk01:05, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Hmmm.. let me be more specific. I want to find articles that are not using {|{{Infobox Ship Begin}} and do not have the {{newinfobox|type=ship}} on the talk page. I'm thinking that AWB will scan articles and alert to any article that does not contain {|{{Infobox Ship Begin}} on its main page. Then gathering a list of those pages without the correct infobox, I will then scan the talk pages to make sure that {{newinfobox|type=ship}} is in place. Hope that makes more sense. --Brad (talk) 02:18, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
- OK, there's an easy way and a hard way. The easy way is to go to the "Make list" box, choose the "Make from" option "Links from Page" and set the page to User:Haus/cong.
- Here's a walkthrough of the hard way: first open list comparer. In list1, put "What Transcludes Page" and "Template:WikiProject Ships". Right-click and choose "Convert from talk pages". In list2, put "What Transcludes Page" and "Template:Infobox Ship Begin". Hit compare. The items in "Unique in List 1" will be all ships articles that don't have infoboxes. Click save list, and name it L1.
- Click "Clear all" and then "Remove all" in List1 and List2. In list1, chose make from "Text File" and choose the file L1 you just made. Right-click and pick "Convert to talk pages". In list2 put "What Transcludes Page" and "Template:Newinfobox". Click compare. Now the items in "Unique in list 1" will be ship articles that don't have "Template:Infobox Ship Begin" and their talk pages don't have "Template:Newinfobox". Save this list as L2. Close List comparer. In the "Make list" box, go to the "Make from" selector and choose "Text file". Click "Make list" and choose the new L2 text file. Right-click and choose "Convert from talk pages". Now right-click and "Remove non main-space".
- Does that work? Cheers HausTalk03:02, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Captain
You've done a great job with the
- That's a good point, and I think you're right. My intent was to put links that can't reasonably be dabbed into a special bucket. For example, "Sven was born to HausTalk16:09, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
- If the link needs to be disambiguated, but the information needed to do it isn't available, then I would just leave it as an {{ 03:02, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Boxing the compass question
As a mariner, and all around smart guy, I thought you could answer a question about a compass direction for me. I have a source that says a ship was torpedoed "140 miles N.W. ½ W. of Tory Island". What does the "N.W. ½ W." translate to? Is it west-northwest? Thanks in advance. — Bellhalla (talk) 20:51, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
- It's not a shorthand form currently common in the U.S. merchant fleet or Navy. That said, I'd guess that it's the same as NWxW which is "northwest by west" (start at NW which is 315 and go one point to the west) or 303.75°. West-northwest is another point to the west, or 292.5°. I have a couple of references from the 19th century and/or U.K. and will look to see if they use this form. Cheers. HausTalk21:19, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
- Well, consulting the internet and my books didn't tell me anything other than the fact that the "1/2" notation was in fact used. It seems likely to me that it's a British-style notation, so I HausTalk23:11, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
- Well, consulting the internet and my books didn't tell me anything other than the fact that the "1/2" notation was in fact used. It seems likely to me that it's a British-style notation, so I
- I took a look through Google books and found the answer in a 1918 textbook. To get the angle, take northwest (315°T) then go 1/2 a point (5.625°) to the west to give 309.375°T. Here's the reference, and thanks for the stimulating question! HausTalk18:01, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
- I took a look through Google books and found the answer in a 1918 textbook. To get the angle, take northwest (315°T) then go 1/2 a point (5.625°) to the west to give 309.375°T. Here's the reference, and thanks for the stimulating question!
- I wish I'd checked my messages a little earlier; I could have saved you the effort. Haus is absolutely right - and it's pronounced "Northwest by a half West". It's pretty archaic, but then I'm getting that way myself. I don't imagine anybody has used such a phrase in earnest at sea for thirty years or more. See ) 23:04, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for the input Shem! Knowing the pronunciation will allow me to insert this little gem into the midnight trivia game and hopefully stump the skipper. At the very least, I'm sure he'll have to scratch his head and grimace a little. Cheers. HausTalk14:22, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for the input Shem! Knowing the pronunciation will allow me to insert this little gem into the midnight trivia game and hopefully stump the skipper. At the very least, I'm sure he'll have to scratch his head and grimace a little. Cheers.
Opinion needed
Hi Haus, we're kicking around ideas on how to list entries on the List of maritime disasters page and we need some spanking new opinions. If your interested please pop in on the talk page. Thanks! Shinerunner (talk) 12:43, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
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Realms of Despair's 15th Anniversary Reunion
Hi Haus :)
As I mentioned to you last year, this year will be the 15th anniversary of the Realms of Despair, and thus we will be having a very special reunion. I'm hoping that you will be able to attend (it will be the August long weekend -- first weekend of August). I'd also like to be able to interview you if possible. Thanks :) --Thoric (talk) 23:19, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
- Hey dude. I sent you an email via wikipedia in response, but in short - I'll be there and would be happy to do an interview. In the meantime, could you hook me up with a L50 named Haus to help me reconnect with some of the old crew? Having think might be conducive, but may be more trouble than it's worth. I'll leave the heavy thinking up to you and the big kids. Cheers. HausTalk23:48, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
Speedy deletion of Boatswain's Mate (US Coast Guard)
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Sailing master and Captain (nautical)
Hi - I'm going to add some information about the term Sailing master and master's mates back to this article in a subsection Sailing master. I noticed it was deleted by you, but Sailing master redirects to this article and it makes sense to me that it be in this article. I appreciate your comments. Thanks! Kirk (talk) 15:30, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Template:Ships of Sealift Incorporated
Did you know that the entry for SS Wilson leads to an article for a science fiction author S. S. Wilson? Looks like a dab page is needed. I'd create it myself but I don't know the year of launch for SS Wilson. Mjroots (talk) 06:26, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads up! I put a stub in at HausTalk21:15, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
DYK for MV Montauk
BorgQueen (talk) 14:14, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
- Congrats on the DYK and nice job on this well-written article! Kudos to you, sir, for your hard work! — Kralizec! (talk) 19:20, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
Sink date for Rewa
Can you double-check the date that the Rewa was sunk? While checking your DYK hook, I got the impression from two sources that the date was Jan 4 1918. Otherwise, the hook looks fine. Cheers.
DYK
Hey, I noticed you filled prep area 1 thanks for doing so. However, as is a common mistake using hooks that were recently nominated is not encouraged, as there are hundreds of older hooks in the "Older Nominations" section. For more rules/suggestions on how to fill the prep areas see
) 00:17, 12 August 2009 (UTC)- This note left me kind of scratching my head, since I worked my may up from the bottom, picking articles that were ticked, only skipping ones that would throw off balance (i.e. too much U.S. stuff) or were being heatedly debated (i.e. Benson the Carp). Maybe we're talking about the top item, where I picked what I thought was the most interesting photo on the suggestions page? Anyway, thanks for the feedback, and if you see anything specific that seems iffy, please don't hesitate to let me know. Cheers. HausTalk16:28, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Need help at TDYK
Can you help me with this? Thank you Skäpperöd (talk) 16:30, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
- OK, I tthink it's good to go. Cheers. HausTalk16:45, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Nearly there - any suggestions? -
- Hey Clem. I'll be glad to take a whirl at it in the morning. Cheers. HausTalk08:55, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
- ta very - it was a matter of knowing when to stop - talk) 11:28, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
- O.K., I gave her some tweaks. Its an informative and clear article. If you intended to garden it up to HausTalk
- O.K., I gave her some tweaks. Its an informative and clear article. If you intended to garden it up to
- Thanks for your thoughts and edits. I'm fixing the cites. I take your point about the "events", but am uncertain of a solution. Perhaps they should be in a separate "timeline" article? They painted the tricolor on their sides and deck (as can be seen in the pictures) - for now I'll restore that even though the lead might not be the best location. Actually (this is just a curiosity) one sailed one voyage not under the tricolor, but under the fenian flag (gold harp in green field)! it was a Panamanian purchased in the US - Local dignitaries were assembled to see her off and presented the flag, the Irish captain realized the error, rather than embarrass his hosts the flag was raised and so she sailed. I'll do some thinking and tweaking. Thanks - talk) 16:28, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
- Gray made a point of *not* being an ambassador but a minister, he regarded Ireland to be a British dominion rather than an independent country
- thanks for your assistance talk) 01:17, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
- ta very - it was a matter of knowing when to stop -
- Glad to pitch in, it's an interesting article! FWIW, to American eyes "American minister" reads as "American parson" which is why I diddled with that bit. Perhaps a couple of words of context could make it clearer?
- Observing the effort you're putting into the article, I keep thinking about how it would do as a good article candidate. As it stands, it would get shot down for some layout issues, the big list, a few places where citations are needed and some citation formatting. Personally, I find the process pretty annoying, but the outcome rewarding. If you're interested in going down this path, let me know, and I can help get it ready. Cheers. HausTalk01:40, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
- Advice appreciated. Gray had a longer minister-extraordinary-type title - I will look it up. If the big list is a problem, let's move it to a separate timeline article. (if in doubt - cut it out) Although I don't want that list lost. I'm addressing the cite formatting - and the timeline formatting. Where do you reckon that more cites are required? - add some [talk) 08:50, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
- Advice appreciated. Gray had a longer minister-extraordinary-type title - I will look it up. If the big list is a problem, let's move it to a separate timeline article. (if in doubt - cut it out) Although I don't want that list lost. I'm addressing the cite formatting - and the timeline formatting. Where do you reckon that more cites are required? - add some [
- I will be away for a few days. I have been rechecking the refs. What more is required? If the 'events' are a problem, then I'm inclined to delete. thanks and regards - talk) 02:18, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
- I will be away for a few days. I have been rechecking the refs. What more is required? If the 'events' are a problem, then I'm inclined to delete. thanks and regards -
- My sympathy on your illness - go to bed and stay in bed and don't get up till someday talk) 14:10, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
- My sympathy on your illness - go to bed and stay in bed and don't get up till someday
- I was in talk) 14:28, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
- Hope you feel better soon. I'm off to Spain for a fortnight. So if you have any more suggestions for talk) 18:12, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
Wishing you a calm sea, a fair wind and a star to steer by
- welcome back [3] talk) 16:55, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
You like to copyedit huh?
Two other articles I've been working on Chesapeake and Congress have made GA but neither has had a good copy edit so far. In the case of Congress, there was so little information available the article is shorter than short. So if you get bored one day and would like to look them over I would appreciate it. Those will be proceeding to an A-class nom in the near future. --Brad (talk) 18:35, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
I want to write an article about "the making of a super motor yacht" and do not have a clue on where to begain.. It seems to me you havent spent much time on wikipedia lately.. so i may have to try and do the research myself. My email address is [email protected] if you happen to see this and want to help me--99.48.231.141 (talk) 07:51, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
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RAF deaths
Do we really need to feed political trolls? If you really think those deaths are a matter of serious debate, I wont re-vert you. But the shape of the earth is also still disputed (Hohlweltlehre).--Radh (talk) 12:34, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
- I don't have the faintest idea what this is about. HausTalk18:57, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your advice on the article
Speedy deletion of MV Capt. Steven L. Bennett (T-AK-4296)
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Tank ship
Dear Haus,
there is a little debate (
Code Help
Hi Haus, Thanks for the help already received. I used the code to create the current incarnation of {{P&O ships}}. However this is coming out to be quite heavy on user input. I've been trying to play around and get it so that instead of having to specify which sections to hide, so that it's which sections to display. However my limited knowledge is failing again as I want to get it to default to all hidden if a parameter is used, but if no parameters are used then it defaults to display the whole lot. Would be grateful if you could help out. I have a test page setup on Sandbox and Test - JonEastham (talk) 11:50, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
- Ok, I'll start playing with this as soon as the morning coffee kicks in. HausTalk16:56, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
- Ok, give it a close look - I think that did it. Cheers. HausTalk17:16, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
MV_Maersk_Alabama Reference Deletion
In the article on [[MV_Maersk_Alabama] you deleted a reference using
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GA Articles
I responded to your request on the NPOV talk page for controversial GA and above articles. I'll repeat it here just in case you aren't watching the page.
I guess it depends on how controversial you want.
Global warmingcome to mind.
Good luck. Jess talk cs 23:10, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
- (Responding both places) Thanks for the tips, Jess, I'll definitely look at these articles for ideas. It might be useful to mention articles like this on the NPOV page as guidance for editors. Cheers. HausTalk00:10, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
- (Responding both places) Thanks for the tips, Jess, I'll definitely look at these articles for ideas. It might be useful to mention articles like this on the NPOV page as guidance for editors. Cheers.
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Re your post at WT:SHIPS
I'm not sure what you are proposing here, please clarify. Mjroots (talk) 09:02, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
- I think it got hashed out: using # and * lists in infobox fields. My first pass apparently wasn't clear: html-wise <br> doesn't make a list, it makes a linebreak. After wikistuff happens # is converted to <olist><li>...</olist> and * is converted to <list><li>...</list>, which is what I was talking about in (a). Anyway, looks like it is clearer now. HausTalk09:49, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
Pride of Rotterdam
I've expanded the article now, let me know if you think it is ready to go live and I'll do the necessary. Mjroots (talk) 10:16, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
- Looks dandy to me, good work! Tangential question: I see you used vesseltracker.com, and I've been pondering whether it is a HausTalk10:20, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
- P.S. I just glanced at HausTalk10:29, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
- Vesseltracker is as reliable as any of the other sources available for the limited info it carries for unregistered viewers (IMO, MMSI, Callsign, flag. Measurements tend to be rounded). I can't speak for the rest of the info as I'm not registered and don't intend to. Fakta om Fartyg should be a first port of call, but that site doesn't list call signs. Re DYK, it will qualify as a new article once the copyvio has been deleted - the same happened with Charles Fryatt. Were you thinking on the lines of the new terminal having to be constructed to accommodate the ships? Mjroots (talk) 11:10, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
- New MS Pride of Rotterdam article now live. Mjroots (talk) 11:20, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
- Looks good. Regarding DYK, yes, I think the new terminal is the most interesting fact. HausTalk12:40, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
- Looks good. Regarding DYK, yes, I think the new terminal is the most interesting fact.
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- As you are a new editor, you may be well served by reviewing HausTalk01:40, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for the pointer. I read what I left you now, and it does seem awful, I do apologize. Even with my limited experience I might have found such text somewhat rude if it was left at my door. That's what I get for using ) 06:01, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
- No harm done, and good catch on the template: {{HausTalk06:34, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
- No harm done, and good catch on the template: {{
Blackpool shipwrecks
I'd prefer to keep this article (and other similar articles) at the current title. It is not presented in a list format but in prose. Mjroots (talk) 09:43, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
- I don't have strong feelings on the matter, but having 16 one- and two-sentence sections does make it remarkable amongst our start-class articles. Cheers. HausTalk09:50, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
B-class checklists.
Thanks for helping eliminate the huge backlog. I was working on them until I became nauseated and had to break. One thing I discovered while going through the list is that some articles needed demotion to stub while others weren't in the ships scope. I noticed you caught a couple non-scope articles which is good. The backlog was at one time just under 9,000 articles. Brad (talk) 17:32, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
- My pleasure - I'm twiddling my thumbs waiting on a GA review. I think out of the 1,000 or so I've done in the past few days, most stayed at start, maybe 20-30% were promotions to C-Class, maybe 1% promoted to B-class, and 1 was a GA that fell through the cracks. I haven't caught any stubs yet, but as you can probably see, I punted on HausTalk18:08, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
- Ferries in Washington State failed 4 out of 5 criteria so it can stay at start class. I'm not sure about the blackpool article. Maybe it could pass to a C but all of those sections might be a reason to fail criteria 3. Another issue I ran into doing checklists were articles that had been redirected leaving the banner behind on an orphaned talk page. In those cases you can either remove the banner or change it to |class=redirect. Brad (talk) 19:56, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
Regarding your assessments according to you the
- Agreed. I changed it accordingly. Cheers. HausTalk15:07, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
- I've been working ahead of you through the list; finding a lot of non-scope articles that really belong to sailing: {{WikiProject Sailing|class=|importance=}}. A year ago or more I got carried away with AWB and tagged a lot of these. Some ships project conversation was any civilian ship under 100' that sails should go to that project. America's cup boats etc. Brad (talk) 16:50, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
- Good thinking. When I hit one with scope issues, it's like hitting a speed-bump. Keeping the two processes separate is a good idea: for example, I see I kept HausTalk16:57, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
- Good thinking. When I hit one with scope issues, it's like hitting a speed-bump. Keeping the two processes separate is a good idea: for example, I see I kept
- I've been working ahead of you through the list; finding a lot of non-scope articles that really belong to sailing: {{WikiProject Sailing|class=|importance=}}. A year ago or more I got carried away with AWB and tagged a lot of these. Some ships project conversation was any civilian ship under 100' that sails should go to that project. America's cup boats etc. Brad (talk) 16:50, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
An issue I've discovered; not sure how this is happening. These two talk pages are tagged but there is no corresponding main article:
The other day I found three others like this and marked them for speedy delete {{db-talk}}. When you figure out what is going on can you mark those two for speedy delete?
Back to the subject of scope.. I attempted some time ago to gather a more solid scope from project ships members but there was so little response that nothing was was solved. I've basically been winging it since then. I've looked for non-scope articles through the letter P now. Will be doing more in the next hour or so. Brad (talk) 15:35, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
- I spent last night fixing some problems in my method that can occur with special characters. That should be all fixed now, and I'll start evaluating again in earnest in the morning. On scope - I think we just wing it for the time being and wait for a better year to gain consensus on anything. Cheers. HausTalk16:54, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
- I spent last night fixing some problems in my method that can occur with special characters. That should be all fixed now, and I'll start evaluating again in earnest in the morning. On scope - I think we just wing it for the time being and wait for a better year to gain consensus on anything. Cheers.
Upper case
Out of place—yes, I know. It's standard to use the upper case: I've been corrected before on this matter. I guess in the context it distinguishes the term from the generic. Tony (talk) 12:28, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
- Mystery solved! Thanks for the help. HausTalk12:42, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
3rr
why are you being such an ass? did you even bother to check the abs cite? --emerson7 16:43, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
- 1) Review HausTalk16:48, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
Recent review of Lifeboat
Hi
I noticed you just completed a review of Lifeboat (rescue).
Can you possibly put on the article talk page a list of points that you think needed addressing which caused it to fail to reach a B class.
thanks Chaosdruid (talk) 15:19, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
- Sure, I'll take another look at it now. HausTalk15:36, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
- I posted some suggestions on your talkpage. Good luck! HausTalk16:58, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
- I posted some suggestions on your talkpage. Good luck!
Hokulea Talk page
Hello, some recent changes you made to the Hokulea talk page have resulted in the page becoming illegible (see diff). Scroll down to see the vessel name, "Hokulea." Would you kindly repair this please? –Newportm (talk • contribs) 02:33, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
- All done. Mahalo! HausTalk02:41, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
- Why did you remove the {{Ship infobox request}} tag? Viriditas (talk) 03:08, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
There seems to be a problem here. Your recent edit summary said "B class" but for whatever reason its showing as "C class." I tried to correct it, but was unsuccessful. Thanks for taking the time. 7&6=thirteen (talk) 18:12, 19 July 2010 (UTC) Stan
- Hi, and thanks for your input. It makes it clear to me that I should tweak the edit summary that I've been using. I'm assessing the articles against the B-class checklist. In my opinion, HausTalk10:32, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
- Haus, I don't know anything about the checklist. That's above my pay grade, so to speak. I was confused by the apparent discontinuity between the edit summary (happy) and the actual rating (disappointed). However, I am not questioning either of those, but merely wanted to give you -- the author -- a heads-up. Of course, part of this is a result of the reader's ignorance of the assessment process of ships' articles. Fortunately (or not) there aren't going to be many who would notice this historical anomaly. Happy editing and keep up the good work. 7&6=thirteen (talk) 11:41, 20 July 2010 (UTC) Stan
Don't understand that for the article Nordhavn you state that you rate it B-class "(B-class assessment for WP:SHIPS)" but then code for C-class --WikiProjectShips|class=C|B1=no|B2=no|B3=yes|B4=yes|B5=yes-- ThanksDavidPickett (talk) 17:49, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
- After reading the previous Talk point (above) I think I also understand what you are saying about Nordhavn. But your edit comment do leave a different impression.DavidPickett (talk) 17:56, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for you input. I've changed my default edit summary for these assessments to "assessing B-class checklist for HausTalk10:50, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for you input. I've changed my default edit summary for these assessments to "assessing B-class checklist for
Creed of the United States Coast Guardsman
Thanks for responding to my SOS, Shipmate. I usually get a response from Pesco if I need a little help on something. I hadn't considered some of the things you suggested and I will probably put it on a user page and work on it awhile. References will be a little tough, but I'm determined and retired for the most part, so I have the time. I have met some really nice people on here that want to help, you included. I'm still somewhat of an beginner in many areas and I am greatful to have someone sign off on my "watchstander quals" as I learn the task at hand. Cheers Cuprum17 (talk) 21:58, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
"flag of convenience"
i hope this better suites suits you...if not, i would ask that you take it to the talk page based on 3rr. cheers. --emerson7 02:21, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
- "Suites"? HausTalk03:27, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
- c'mon, guy...i don't intend to be, or even like being adversarial...i really wish we could work together without being mean. --emerson7 03:47, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
I'm fine with the idea of moving the title closer to the beginning of the sentence. However, I'm not fine with the idea of butchering the definition in order to do so. For reference, here's the diff. Now, let's look at your current sentence:
- A flag of convenience is a flag
- No it isn't: it is a business practice, not a piece of cloth. You can't go to the bridge and pick up the "flag of convenience." You can pick up the civil ensign, however.
- flown by a merchant ship
- As a concept, rather than a physical object, it can't be flown. The "is said to be" in the original sentence is there because it's a rather fanciful expression.
- if it is from
- "From" is particularly vague here. Does it mean "built in?" Does it mean "owned by nationals of?" Does it mean it just sailed from there? The original version lacked this imprecision.
- a registering country
- "Registering country" is certainly not a term I've ever run into. On the other hand, the construct of a ship being "registered in a country" is widely used by the IMO, etc, etc, etc...
- other than that of its owners, "for..."
- What is the grammatical purpose of the comma? It isn't separating clauses. It isn't separating parenthetical information. There isn't a list anywhere in sight.
If you feel that we could develop a better first sentence, I'm willing to continue discussing it. However, I feel that in the meantime, the article should be reverted.
DYK for Cargo control room
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Irish Mercantile Marine during World War II
Flag of convenience
My apologies, but I'm having to withdraw from my review of
) 19:38, 19 August 2010 (UTC)- OK, well thanks for all your work on it. Who knows, if you come back in a month or two, it'll probably still be there. :) Cheers. HausTalk10:53, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
Pass Flag of convenience
Congrats! Sandman888 (talk) Latest PR 12:08, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks a million for swooping in and taking over! HausTalk14:13, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
DYK for MV Geysir
nominate ) 06:02, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
MV MariamWhat name was she launched under? Needs an entry on List of ship launches in 1982. Mjroots (talk) 20:00, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
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