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Are you sure that Master Commandant was replaced by Lieutenant Commander, not Commander. -- Geo Swan 23:01, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
Renaming a category doesn't create any redirect problems at all. All the articles are automatically redirected by a bot. We rename categories with hundreds of articles all the time. Please reconsider your vote. CalJW 01:40, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
Regarding categories, you might want to do some research before accusing contributor 155 of vandalism by adding the scottish american tags. Could it be that your pride was just hurt from his corrections to your Legion of Merit text? CantStandYa 13:43, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
BTW - the IP in question is a networked Army system with thousands of users. Most are responsible users, a few are not. Please do not condemn the responsible users for the past acts of a few. Most of the scoundrels are gone now.
comments as proposed deleted thank you for you interest also good luck with becoming admin Gnangarra 17:09, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
Template:User du-0 is up for deletion; as you voted to delete its category, I thought you might like to vote on this (the cat vote was closed and will hinge on the template vote). Vote here: Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion#Template:User_du-0. — Davenbelle 03:35, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
Why split off two sentences when they'd do just fine in the main Colonel article. There's much more on the UK and USA versions of the rank in the main article, yet they don't get their own pages. — ceejayoz talk 21:27, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
Hi. A website owner claims that a number of images you uploaded are a copyright violation from their site. Please see Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2005 November 4. I'm simply reporting the claim and do not currently have any opinion either way at the time of posting. RedWolf 23:41, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
Your picture (Image:SSLTCOL) of an Obersturmbannführer is very low contrast: is there a particular reason the contrast is so low, or should I improve it? --대조 | Talk 17:39, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
I deleted your addition to pheasant because it does not apply to all pheasants, the subject of the family page - the subject of the Dahl book, and of most poaching is the Common Pheasant. jimfbleak 06:40, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
Hi Husnok, I wrote you a mail via the wikimedia e-mail feature about the named image. Did you get it? --Avatar-en 18:39, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
An interesting question from User:TomStar81, doesn't seem like there is an obvious way to answer online - any ideas?
Your user page is very spiffy BTW, haven't seen it in a while! Stan 00:39, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
In your Wikingpedia profile it states that you are in favor of freedom of speech but then you paradoxically block any further additions of material to the section on Heinrich Himmler's death. The apparent reasons you advance for the censorship is that you 'feel' without having actually read the new book which documents Himmler's assassination at the hands of his captors, that it constitutes a 'conspiracy theory' simply because prior historians neglected to undertake an exhaustive investigation into the circumstances of his death but still upheld the 'official version' dating from 1945. I have read the book under discussion and can affirm that the author meticulously investigated each and every detail in this fascinating drama. Thus your decision puzzles me. Why, for example, did you removed the statement which posted the exact particulars concerning the extensive footnotes and documents which the book contains? Work such as this is the not the product of a dilettante. Don't you think it would be better to read the book and examine its exhaustive list of primary documents newly released from the British and American archives before jumping to the rash conclusion that the book is based on a conspiracy theory rather than documentary proof? In all fairness, if you have not read the book, how can you make this blanket statement? The book is scholarly and scrupulously non-partisan. As an aside, I only need note that military historians like Mr. Keegan, whose talents I am in no way seeking to diminish, did not rely on the newly released documents cited by the author of this book. Hence, they would have an incomplete picture of the whole documentary record. Nor have you provided proof that they have in fact read his book or specifically commented upon it. Finally, you stated that the author relied on the recent documents supposedly uncovered at the Public Records Office in London which were later declared to be forgeries. In fact, the author does not rely on those documents at all. Moreover, the issue of whether they truly 'are' forgeries is still open to dispute, because the PRO conducted an internal investigation and turned over the results to Scotland Yard almost two months ago, and still no one has been identified or charged as being the 'forger.' In the opinion of many, 'that' constitutes a viable conspiracy theory, and certainly many historians are still waiting, [perhaps vainly] for the culprit to be identified, arrested and charged. I respectfully suggest that you first read the book in question before criticizing it or locking the article down for editing. Just because a book is newly published does not negate its premise in the least! Recall how Mark Fuhrman's investigation led to an arrest and conviction in a crime which was decades old. - User:Booster2
That is a fair enough assessment, I think, but I take issue with only one comment you made above which I think is inaccurate and perhaps due to a misunderstanding. The inserted comments never claimed that the book has been 'well verified and accepted by all World War II historians.' Hoping that you will give me the benefit of the doubt for a moment, if memory serves correctly, the insert stated that it 'should become accepted once the historians had the opportunity to read it and examine the source material and documentation.' I would not have made a blanket statment such as is apparently ascribed to me at the moment, simply because the book has only been out for a few months now and is only available in the German language. Additionally, I think the book's premise is being confused with the book authored by Marin Allen, who is under suspicion of having planted the alleged forged documents in the PRO, according to an article published in the Guardian, in Great Britain. Mr. Bellinger's book did not need to rely on those documents but left the matter open until such time as it could be conclusively proved that the documents were in fact forged. In order for that to happen, an individual must first be identified and charged and convicted as the culprit. So this issue of forgeries is still far from being decided. You are correct in that I did not defer the matter to the talk: Himmler page. Perhaps I should do so? By the way, I fully agree with the remainder of your statements and suggestions. Thanks.
Could you take a look at one section of your expansion of article John J. Pershing, that of your edit [Revision as of 01:08, 13 July 2005] in section Spanish_and_Philippine-American_Wars (second paragraph).
I think there are a couple missing words from "... which oversaw occupation forces gained in the Spanish-American War ...". Perhaps it should be something like "... which oversaw occupation forces in possessions gained in the Spanish-American War ..." Shenme 03:03, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Image:3GirlsTights.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. -Nv8200p talk 17:18, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
Husnock, if you check Eastern Catholic Church, you'll find most Eastern Catholics objecting to the name of their church being the "Roman Catholic Church" i.e. please see Maronite Catholic Church, Ruthenian Catholic Church, etc. These Eastern Christians are united with the Pope of Rome but aren't "Roman" Catholic. Additionally, indulgences have never been sold. They have been attached to money in the past, however, Catholics have always believed that giving to the Church to be a good thing. You could never gain an indulgence merely by paying for it. Please cite your justification for reverting the article back to History of the Roman Catholic Church. P.S. Some interesting sites you should check out concerning our Eastern Rites: http://www.thesyromalabarchurch.org/, http://www.bkerke.org.lb/ & http://www.melkite.org/Melkite.htm for starters. Rchamberlain 06:47, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
Since you had a hand in the "Certificates of Merit" article I thought you might be able to shed some light on my current dilemma.
According to Who was in America the Certificate of Merit was issued to Holbrook Mann MacNeille in 1948 by President Truman for work done in the Office of Scientific Research and Development. The article on the Certificate of Merit says that it was discontinued in 1918. I am not sure if the article on the Certificate of Merit or Who was in America is incorrect, or if these are different Certificates of Merit.
There are various scant articles on Certificates of Merit on the web from the Truman Library and government archives. for example:
130.3.6 Records of the Medal for Merit Boards
Textual Records: Case files of approved awards for the Medal for Merit, 1942-48; and the Certificate of Merit, 1946-48, and of awards withdrawn or refused, 1945-48. Name index to persons given awards, 1942-48. Correspondence and related records concerning the awards and the boards, 1942-48. [1]
If you have any ideas please let me know.
--Prmacn 23:49, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
Apparently Truman gave it to several civilian categories including scientists who contributed to the Manhattan Project and related projects. I gather from your comments that it is unlikely that military awards would be conferred to civilians and visa-versa. I'll check with the Truman Library to see if they have any information. Thanks!
--Prmacn 01:38, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
Where did you get from the Soviet military insignias? Please dont delete this message.--Nixer 23:21, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
It's cool to see an editor on the Wikipedia who is also a member of the military. How do you deal with the rampant liberal POV that permeates articles, though? I sometimes wonder if my contributions are in vain. JG of Borg 17:51, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
I've noticed you've uploaded some images tagged with ((web-screenshot)). This tag is not meant to be used for images that came from Web pages; it's meant to be used for images of Web pages (such as Image:Wikipedia.PNG, for example). I've retagged the images below as having no license information. Please edit the image description pages to include information about the licenses these images are under. —Bkell 18:38, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi, Husnock, as I saw on your user-page you can speak German fluently. Since my English may not be so good, I beg leave to write in German. Of course you may answer - if you like - in English.
Es geht um die Einführungs-Flagge im Artikel "Hitler Youth". Mir ist nicht ganz klar, woher die Meinung stammt, der weiße Streifen sei deutlich schmaler als die roten. Alle mir zur Verfügung stehenden historischen Fotos zeigen eindeutig, dass die drei Streifen gleich breit waren. Ein Fachmann auf diesem Gebiet, Brian L. Davis, gibt in seinem Buch "Flags of the Third Reich, Band 3: Party & Police Units", die genauen Spezifikationen der HJ-Flagge an. Er erwähnt dabei ausdrücklich die gleiche Breite der drei Streifen. Ferner war das Hakenkreuz deutlich größer - wie in meinem Abschnitt über die Flaggen dargestellt - als auf der "Introduction flag" gezeigt. Ich kann mir vorstellen, dass dieser Irrtum auf der Darstellung von "wehenden" Flaggen beruht, bei denen dieser Effekt auf einer optischen Täuschung beruht. Auf der Internetseite von "Flags of the world" ist die Verwirrung sogar komplett: Hier wird die Flagge mit drei gleich breiten Streifen abgebildet, im Text wird jedoch auf "einen etwas schmaleren weißen Streifen hingewiesen". Quellenangaben fehlen jedoch.
Auf Grund des bisher gesagten, wäre ich Dir dankbar, wenn Du Deine "Quellen" , insbesondere historische Fotos, benennst, in denen die Flagge mit ungleich breiten Streifen dargestellt ist. Greetings,--Gomeira 09:39, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
My dear Husnock, I must say that I'm deeply impressed with both the quality and the quantity of your contributions. It is because of this that I'm also shocked that you have not yet assumed a position as admin, considering that your experience surpasses that of virtually all potential candidates by far. I see that you were offered a nomination at least once, back in September, but for some reason such nomination didn't take effect. It would be both a privilege and a pleasure to me if you allow me to nominate you. Just let me know, and I'll arrange it immediately. All the best, Phædriel *whistle* 14:12, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Hello, I wrote the so-called "Wikipedia Hate Page" which you list on your user page (shhh, don't tell anyone) -- anyways, I'm working on my masters in history and would like to focus on military history, or history of technology... so, I was wondering if perhaps you would care to convey your impression of Virginia Tech, as at some point I will undoubtedly want to transfer somewhere for a PhD. My email is: arinkleff@yahoo.com
Hi, I reinstated the edit that you reverted on the above article. Please see the Talk:Fiction regarding United States presidential succession for my reasons. If you disagree, let's discuss it. TH 23:22, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
I took the liberty of relocating your table of contents in order to draw attention to your rules and seperate them more from the actual topics. The __TOC__ symbol is placed where you want the table of contents to be moved to, or it can be eliminated altogehter by using __NOTOC__. - Pureblade | Θ 01:36, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Would you be interested in working together on the creation of and article titled, "Civil War Corps Badges?"
Here are some links that show other websites that feature similar information.
And finally, from the Park Service ...
Being a military historian who is in the military (I'm assuming it's your MOS as well), I was hoping you could point me references for what circumstances the various aviators wings were awarded during World War II. For example, liaison pilots were generally enlisted men who had washed out of flight training for larger aircraft, but had still soloed. Detailed information such as how many hours were needed, how long the badge was actively awarded, etc. would also be a great find. Thanks. McNeight 03:15, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Congratulations! It's my pleasure to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an administrator. You should read the relevant policies and other pages linked to from the administrators' reading list before carrying out tasks like deletion, protection, banning users, and editing protected pages such as the Main Page. Most of what you do is easily reversible by other sysops, apart from page history merges and image deletion, so please be especially careful with those. You might find the new administrators' how-to guide helpful. Cheers! -- Cecropia 16:51, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading Image:VietCiv2.gif. I notice the image page currently doesn't specify who created the image, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created the image yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the image on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the image yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page. Thank you. Admrboltz (T)
Husnock-Stop revert my edits. You write not correct and not exact data! If you do not know Russian and German language-it your problem. The Soviet military ranks of the period of the second world war and their equivalence are written on many sites and in many books, especially in Russian. To not trust them at me there is no reason! German ranks SS and their equivalence are written on many sites and in many books including in German. According to them-Der Oberster Reichsführer der Schutzstaffel it's a the highest title and a rank in SS. This rank had no special uniform, because had it only Hitler. To challenge them silly! Tt1 14:50, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
About it it is written in the Big Soviet and Russian encyclopedia and those who wrote it (professors, academicians, doctors of sciences) - they too have higher education people and studied not one year. I do not think that all of them less know than you! Yeremeyev which has written a site - the anatomy of Army has a rank of the general and higher education. He studied history about WORLD RANK and INSIGNIA for almost 30 years! You write that I write many not existing ranks but if to look debatable page that we argue now only about two ranks:Der Oberster Reichsführer der Schutzstaffel and Komandor/Kommandore. Other ranks I did not change at present, except for Soviet ranks (with Russian sites and books not knowing Russian about them you and others cannot disputes)! -Tt1 16:46, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
You can see many sites in English and in German SS-Rank Table showing equivalents in the German, American and British Armies, Der oberste Führer. der Schutzstaffel,SS -Tt1 16:46, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
I AM NOT Tt1 - IT IS WRONG! Roitr 19:43, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
You can find these at Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace. Regards (and congratulations on your adminship), howcheng {chat} 18:58, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
I was unaware of this as well, but if someone has two blocks applied to them for different lengths of time, the shorter one takes precedence. So I undid your block of Roitr and reapplied the indefinite block. FYI, you probably shouldn't block anyone in any edit disputes you are engaged in, as that might seem like you're abusing your admin status (IMHO, but I'm a new admin too, so what do I know?). Also, posting these on WP:AN/I is probably the best place to get help. I've left a little notice about this there. Regards, howcheng {chat} 19:55, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
I've upgraded the two pages to full protection. I also went and blocked Roitr again for 48 hrs this time. howcheng {chat} 23:11, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi! Why do you support the wrong version of the article?--Nixer 05:56, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
I noticed on WP:AN/I that you had some problems with Gmaxwell and the deletion of flag images from your userpage: here is what happened. A long time ago, there was a template that was used for flags called ((PD-flag)) and all flag images were tagged liked that, regardless of where they came from. It was like that for a while until I showed up on WP. Since I joined, I created a few other flag-image templates to declare which image came from where, such as the world flag database or flags of the world. And, also, in that time period, I moved ((PD-flag)) to ((flagimage)) becauase while some of the flag images came from the CIA, most were just taken from websites that do not allow for commercial use or they used flags that were not theirs to own. While the new template says that the flags are fair use, in reality, some of the flags are copyvios. So that is why he was taking out flag images. While this is partially my fault for the template moving around stuff, but that is how some of the flag images went from PD to fair use, and thus, a target in Gmaxwell's crusade against fair use images. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) Fair use policy 14:46, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
What do you think about this version: [3]? --Nixer 11:13, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Please check the current update: [[5]]. What do you think about placing Soviet political staff ranks here?--Nixer 16:08, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Whats the template location for your anon ip user message at the top of the screen. Is there a list of such talk page templates that I may explore. Thank you! -Husnock 20:37, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
On 31 December 2005 an edit war broke out on the page Iowa class battleship. The argument is centered on the inclusion (or lack there of) of this line:
When commissioned, it was believed that their only serious competition would be the British battleship HMS Vanguard, the two Japanese Yamato-class battleships, and the five battleships of the Montana-class, which had been authorized but not laid down (they would be cancelled before construction).
MateoP maintains that this line is a violation of Wikipedia’s NPOV policy, and demands that a profesional authority be quoted for this line. TestPilot and I maintain that this line is not in violation of the NPOV policy because this compares the Iowa’s to there likely opponents. As a member of the United States Navy I would say that you are qualified to render an expert opinion, so could you chip in your two-cents on the matter? TomStar81 00:54, 27 January 2006 (UTC)