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I've grown up with exotic fruit my whole life, and picking a music-related photo is just a touch too predictable. :) And, of course, it's a gorgeous picture. —La Pianista ♫ ♪ 02:06, 13 February 2011 (UTC) Thanks, nice choice then; and I love the Kittehmaster pic, it's so cute. – SMasters (talk) 04:22, 13 February 2011 (UTC) A sound file uploaded by you has been promoted to featured sound status. Your sound file, Image:Satie_-_Gnossienne_1.ogg was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate a sound file, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:39, 15 February 2011 (UTC) Also includes Gnossiennes 2 and 3, of course. An excellent performance, and I hope we'll see more of you on featured sounds. =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:39, 15 February 2011 (UTC) ...And just to make sure we see more of you on Featured sounds... Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:51, 15 February 2011 (UTC) Oh, one thing: How do you prefer to be credited on WP:FS? I've gone with La Pianista, but can use whatever you wish. =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 03:25, 15 February 2011 (UTC) Thank you, thank you, thank you, and thank you! Wait...one, two, three, four...yes, four "thank you"s Oh, I'd like to remain anonymous for my recordings. "La Pianista" is just fine. :) I'll be doing more recording tonight, but as it's a two-piano piece, I'm pretty sure the second pianist doesn't want his music on Commons. I'm sure to have a few solo noms for FS in the coming months, though. —La Pianista ♫ ♪ 21:22, 15 February 2011 (UTC) Ach, well! Don't only do the pieces that Wikipedia wants out of you; have fun and do what you enjoy. =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 20:34, 18 February 2011 (UTC) Your sound file You were 15yo at the time? Wow; well done! Post-recording editing: why is this an ethical issue? You're not pretending it was a live performance in front of an audience. It's a studio recording. Placing the mike to best advantage (perhaps to enable us better quality in some respects than an audience would experience) seems not to be an ethical issue. Fixing a wrong note ... but hey, you played the right note in another take of that passage: all we really care about is to hear the piece played beautifully and accurately—it's not a status competition where you're cheating if you optimise the recording. Everyone does this, because the realities of the recording industry are that time is money, and what matters is getting a beautiful product to market most efficiently. Heck, you could doctor the whole thing electronically in the op room afterwards by yourself, using your musical judgement, and I wouldn't care a toss. It's still you. By analogy, we are allowed to edit FACs to remove the glitches after the writer(s) have done their big job, aren't we? All the reader sees is the product; that is all that matters. Let's hear some of your recent repertoire. "I love the audience and hate the sterility of recording"—you're like Glenn Gould. But recording gets it out many many thirsty ears all over the world: it's a 21st-century reality—intimate two-way contact sacrificed for large-scale dissemination. Please indulge us. Relaxation: sure, you'll be less nervous now you're older, but please consider concentrating on your breathing as you rehearse. It can transform muscle control. And BTW try rehearsing passages the wrong way to own any weaknesses you may perceive! Tony (talk) 09:17, 20 February 2011 (UTC) I understand your point entirely. I do recognize that optimizing recordings is accepted and even encouraged in the recording industry, and I do understand the natural desire for perfection, especially in the 21st century, when all those ways to achieve "perfection" are possible. But I am not recording CDs for sale at Barnes & Noble. I am uploading music to Wikimedia Commons. This is purely something I do on the side, my gesture to the world to just share music. Money and esteem and media pressure for perfection will never be a part of that. "all we really care about is to hear the piece played beautifully and accurately" Really? If so, I'm greatly disappointed. The audience should want more than beauty and accuracy. The audience should want humanness, reality, a person behind the music. The "intimate two-way contact" you mention may not be entirely possible in the digital age, but isn't it worth striving for? And I do know that simply fixing a single wrong note hardly detracts from such "humanness," but where do we draw the line between natural and contrived? I'd rather leave my recordings as they are. Call me a romantic, but I want to retain as much of the humanistic aspect in my recordings as possible. If that results in recordings that don't meet FS standards, I'm content with that. Personally, there's something beautiful about a completely untouched recording - everything you hear was made by the performer, the piano, the acoustic, and the composer. That's it. And, perhaps naively, I think that some audience members will appreciate that, since, as you say, everyone else makes post-recording edits. The Beethoven WoO 80 is the most recent recording I have uploaded. In a month or two, I will have made at least two more recordings to upload to Commons - what those pieces are, I'm not quite sure of yet. But I am sure I will keep those unedited; again, if this means they aren't FS-quality, I'll still upload them for use on articles. I may hate recording, but it doesn't mean that I won't continue to do it. I do see the value in it, and I am particularly fond of the idea of letting anyone in the world hear Mozart, Bach, Brahms, Beethoven, and all the other geniuses. I just don't like the process involved. But I will continue to upload recordings of mine to Commons and nominate as many of those for FS as I can. —La Pianista ♫ ♪ 00:17, 21 February 2011 (UTC) You both have valid points. I will say that if all we ever wanted was a perfectly accurate recording, we would just compose everything in MIDI and allow the piano to play it for us. At the same time, there's a difference between correcting one note and making something artificial. In an ideal world, you'd have more time in the studio to do it as many times as you can until it meets your standards. This isn't an ideal world. In the end it is the artist's right to edit or not to edit. However as it is under a free license, it is everyone else's right to tweak that file (under a new file name, of course.) Of course, I'd be against that entirely in this case since I'd rather have works with a few flaws than no works at all. The last thing I want to do is chase off La Pianista. So I think the current "take it or leave it" is the best option we have. La Pianista will get better as time goes on, she's still training, and some people (who are not as tone deaf as I) can tell that she's improving. If only half of her 10 or so released works make FS, that's okay with me, as that's five more than we'd have without her. Sven Manguard Wha? 00:38, 21 February 2011 (UTC) The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011 Your Military history Newsletter Project News: From the editors Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content Members: Contest results, A-class medal recipients Editorial: EyeSerene discusses "Writing neutrally for Wikipedia" Mentoring students: be sure to check in on them This message is going out to all of the Online Ambassadors who are, or will be, serving as mentors this term. Hi there! This is just a friendly reminder to check in on what your mentees are doing. If they've started making edits, take a look and help them out or do some example fixes for them, if they need it. And if they are doing good, let them know it! If you aren't mentoring anyone yet, it looks like you will be soon; at least one large class is asking us to assign mentors for them, and students in a number of others haven't yet gotten to asking ambassadors to be their mentors, but may soon. --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 20:07, 21 February 2011 (UTC) groups of students in need of mentors Hey there. One of the classes working with the Wikipedia Ambassador Program, Jonathan Obar's Media and Telecommunication Policy, is working in small groups and would like us to assign a mentor to each group (rather than having students request the mentors they'd like, as other classes are doing). I invite you to sign on as the mentor for one or more groups, especially if any of the topics catch your interest. To sign up, go to the course page and add yourself as "Mentor: you" in the section for that group. They students and/or professor or campus ambassadors should be cleaning things up soon to list all the usernames for each group and add a few more groups. Once you know who the students are in the group, you can leave them each a quick introduction to let them know you'll be mentoring their group. Thanks!--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 19:11, 22 February 2011 (UTC) Thank You! The Featured Sound Main Page Proposal Voter Barnstar I was truly humbled by the overwhelming community support for the recent proposal to place featured sounds on the main page. The proposal closed on Tuesday with 57 people in support and only 2 in opposition. It should take a few weeks for everything to get coded and tested, and once that is done the community will be presented with a mock up to assess on aesthetic appeal. Finally, I invite all of you to participate in the featured sounds process itself. Whether you're a performer, an uploader, or just come across a sound file you find top quality, and that meets the featured sound criteria, you can nominate it at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates. Featured sounds is also looking for people to help assess candidates (also at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates.) Thanks again for such a strong showing of support, and I hope to see you at featured sounds in the future. Sven Manguard Wha? Adam Cuerden (talk) (X! · talk) Gaspard de la nuit I doubt you feel like tackling Scarbo (though I suspect you could do it, actually), but is there any chance I could convince you to tackle Ondine or Le gibet, which are incredibly beautiful? Adam Cuerden (talk) 19:15, 23 February 2011 (UTC) Hmmm. *charming smile* I'll get back to you on that in a few weeks - I want to know what my second father (piano professor) thinks. :) — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 23:40, 23 February 2011 (UTC) After a brief discussion with him on Ravel, we've decided that now isn't quite the time to take on the Gaspard. Perhaps in a couple of years. However, in the fall, we've decided to take Miroirs instead. Hope that's alright? — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 21:33, 28 February 2011 (UTC) Miroirs is also a gorgeous piece, and I look forwards to seeing what you do with all that beautiful tone painting =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 07:09, 1 March 2011 (UTC) Randon question Why aren't you in this? Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:22, 23 February 2011 (UTC) Who's Randon, and why did he make you ask me a question instead doing it himself? Click here first. I believe you're in possession of a scroll wheel. If you are one of the unfortunate individuals who do not have one, there's a handy bar to your right (which is that direction →). You'll see a little rectangle in the bar. Click on it, drag it down alllll the way down to the bottom of the bar, and look at the screen. The word should be toward your left (which, if you've forgotten, is in that direction ←). It helps if you use your finger to point along as you read; don't forget to sound out all the letters. Don't give up! You'll see it soon enough. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 23:48, 23 February 2011 (UTC) Best reply ever. sonia♫ 23:53, 23 February 2011 (UTC) Oh, I hate you oh so much right now. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 00:49, 24 February 2011 (UTC) I love you, too. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 01:06, 24 February 2011 (UTC) (don't worry, I recall Pianista forgetting to scroll all the way to the bottom once herself and making the same mistake... :D) Icy // ♫ 14:42, 27 February 2011 (UTC) <pretends not to recall> >.> — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 01:06, 28 February 2011 (UTC) La Plus Que Lente A sound file created by you has been promoted to featured sound status. Your recording, Image:La Plus Que Lente.ogg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate a sound file, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates. Thank you for your contribution! (X! · talk)  · @150  ·  02:35, 24 February 2011 (UTC) Double Dose of Blue Boxes A sound file created by you has been promoted to featured sound status. Your recording, Image:Beethoven - 32 Variations in C Minor, WoO 80.ogg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate a sound file, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Sven Manguard Wha? 07:12, 27 February 2011 (UTC) A sound file created by you has been promoted to featured sound status. Your recording, Image:Chopin - Scherzo No. 3.ogg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate a sound file, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Sven Manguard Wha? 07:12, 27 February 2011 (UTC) You impress. Sven Manguard Wha? 07:12, 27 February 2011 (UTC) I thank. ^.^ — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 01:10, 28 February 2011 (UTC) I enjoyed listening to your Chopin Scherzo. Thx, Jakob.scholbach (talk) 19:08, 1 March 2011 (UTC) Oh, thank you. Glad you liked it. :) — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 19:58, 1 March 2011 (UTC) Your recordings Looking through your remaining unfeatured recordings, and ignoring the ones still up for review: I think the Brahms is just too short of an extract to feature, well-played as it is. I may be able to edit the Beethoven with a filter to attempt to reduce the background noise, if you don't think that's misleading. The Mozart is a bit too recent to review again, though I do think we should consider revisiting it in a couple months. We should probably skip the Satie Gnossiennes 4-7, unless we can get a really definite statement on copyright. As it is, they're a little too ambiguous in that respect to consider for the main page. Does that sound about right? Obviously, from a musicianship perspective, I don't think that any of these have any real issues, Tony's incredibly picky critique of the Mozart notwithstanding. Adam Cuerden (talk) 09:21, 28 February 2011 (UTC) Oh, er, sure. I wasn't even looking into nominating these, haha. Thank you, really, very much. :) I know - I only uploaded the Brahms for use in the article. Noise reduction is perfectly fine. Thanks. :) No need to re-review the Mozart - actually, in retrospect, I agree with Tony's comments. Indeed, the copyright regarding the Satie is quite sketchy. As you say, it's best to leave them as is. And yes, this is an absurd hour for me in the US. Up late studying, as usual. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 09:27, 28 February 2011 (UTC) I did wonder about the time there, I must admit =) Anyway, noise reduction's pretty fast to apply. I cut 7 seconds at the start to remove a "scooching in the piano bench" sound, but the actual performance is completely unaltered, outside of the noise reduction (well, it may have become very slightly louder thanks to how I do noise reduction, but not significantly). See what you think! P.S. There is seriously no need to credit me for this edit, ever. Adam Cuerden (talk) 09:50, 28 February 2011 (UTC) (edit conflict) I like it! And..."seriously no need to credit" you? How about non-seriously? I can do that. Additional note: I'm opposed to editing that has to do with modifying the performance itself - in other words, the notes that are actually played. As far as acoustic, noise reduction, cropping...it would be silly of me to be against that. Thanks again for all your help, Adam. (after e/c) It needed to be louder, anyways. :p — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 09:57, 28 February 2011 (UTC) No worries at all! This is an excellent recording, and if I can help out with some mild editing to get it to featured, I'm delighted to do so =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 10:10, 28 February 2011 (UTC) By the way, out of curiosity, what was this? It's what you accidentally uploaded instead of the Piano Sonata the first time. It sounds very interesting, but it's not a piece I know. Adam Cuerden (talk) 10:22, 28 February 2011 (UTC) Oh gosh I was hoping no one would find it. >.> It's a very embarrassing rendition of Brahms's Op. 79 No. 2. In my defense, I had gotten only four hours of sleep the night before, and had played the first movement of the Tchaikovsky first concerto twice that day. And I was chock full of Benadryl to combat some awful allergies I had had that afternoon (and, as you know, the best medications are not non-drowsy) :p My eyes were literally drooping at the piano, and I was looking at the keys through my eyelashes. Not the best of days. I forget in a couple of places and severely mess up in others, although the ending isn't quite a disaster, if I may say so myself. Still, it will be quite a while before I get to redo it and upload a passable take. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 10:26, 28 February 2011 (UTC) I think you're being a little hard on yourself - there are some moments of brilliance in there, particularly in the interpretation of the main theme. Talent shows, even on a bad day. Some passages are a bit awkward, and there's some flubs (fairly well-covered) around the starts of some sections, which do merit a rerecording, but I wouldn't call it embarrassing, exactly, simply not quite up to your usual standards, which are very high. You've done Tchaikovsky's first concerto? That's one of my favourite pieces of music. Probably can't upload it, though, given the orchestra or orchestral replacement, alas. Adam Cuerden (talk) 10:53, 28 February 2011 (UTC) Oh, yes, before I forget: Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/Piano Sonata No. 7 (Beethoven), First Movement. ...You see, normally here, I'd rant about my standards being perfectly fine, and how bad my Mozart/Chopin seem to be already. But I lack the energy, and I'm starting to feel like a bitch at this point, with all you nice folks complimenting and appreciating me and so forth. So I'll hush. And that nomination! Yes, I saw! :D Thanks. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 11:02, 28 February 2011 (UTC) It's good your standards are high. It's what drives you to do as excellent work as you do. =) But there's a certain underlying talent that you have that shows through, even in a relatively bad performance such as the Brahms Rhapsody. I can't wait to hear the good version of it. =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 11:08, 28 February 2011 (UTC) You're too kind. >.> If you say so. <feeds cookie> — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 11:12, 28 February 2011 (UTC) Myspacing Boy, remember the days when we mindlessly jabbed at each other on a minute-by-minute basis with little getting done? Now look at us. You're accumulating featured sounds at a torrid pace and I've got a bunch of featured articles. Betcha no one would have guessed this outcome in late 2008. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 22:44, 1 March 2011 (UTC) Wait, what? I'm still getting little done. :p — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 22:47, 1 March 2011 (UTC) Seven featured sounds say otherwise, m'dear. :P Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 23:33, 1 March 2011 (UTC) SEVEN?!! Zomg. It must be the piano gnomes - they put 'em there. >.> — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 00:30, 3 March 2011 (UTC) Congrats! In case you didn't know, you're now autopatrolled. Looks like Courcelles just gave it to you. Keep up the content generation! Sven Manguard Wha? 22:48, 1 March 2011 (UTC) Yup! I saw...ahh, my heart, what is this stirring in my chest? 'Tis the feeling of trust, trust earned at last. Now then, to celebrate I think I'll plaster my name all over the wiki, hm? ;p — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 00:31, 3 March 2011 (UTC) Use sockpuppets from multiple IP addresses. Also hands La Pianista a bucket of bright pink paint take this and go wild. Sven Manguard Wha? 01:41, 3 March 2011 (UTC) You mean I wasn't wild before? — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 02:18, 3 March 2011 (UTC) I donno, did you pour paint on people before now? Well now you have paint! Sven Manguard Wha? 02:43, 3 March 2011 (UTC) Bartok Just to note, you may want to upload this locally: Bartok's in copyright in Hungary, but not in America. En-wiki accepts works that are only out of copyright in America, but Commons does not. As for the work itself, it sounds great. =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 01:53, 2 March 2011 (UTC) Done. :) — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 01:15, 3 March 2011 (UTC) By the way, you may want to hold off a little bit on nominating the Bartok; I'm explaining why a Ravel work is out of copyright in America, and once I have, it won't need explained for the Bartok =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:57, 3 March 2011 (UTC) Oh sure, no hurry. :) — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 03:02, 3 March 2011 (UTC) It be sorted, so nominate away! =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 20:56, 3 March 2011 (UTC) Online Ambassador Program Please take a look at this project page and see if you can be a mentor to one of the many Areas of Study. If you can, please put your name in the "Online Mentor" area of the Area of Study of your choice and then contact the students you will be working with. As the Coordinating Online Ambassador for this project, please let me know if I can be of assistance. Take Care...Neutralhomer • Talk • 04:19, 3 March 2011 (UTC) Check Your Area of Study Hello, I have updated the Project Page you are mentoring on with usernames for all the students in your Area of Study. Please send them a message introducing yourself and let them know you are there to help. As always, please let me know if I can be of assistance. Take Care...Neutralhomer • Talk • 10:15, 3 March 2011 (UTC) Hello online mentor! Are group user names are decided. We look forward to working with you! Sonntag6 (talk) 22:03, 4 March 2011 (UTC)Jessica I've already left messages on all of your talk pages. :) Have fun editing! — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 22:35, 4 March 2011 (UTC) Page has been edited a little more. We have so many sources to work with it's hard to choose! Let us know what you think :D --AestheticFriends (talk) 23:30, 11 April 2011 (UTC) Piano Sonata No. 7 (Beethoven), First Movement 2.ogg A sound file created by you has been promoted to featured sound status. Your recording, Image:Piano Sonata No. 7 (Beethoven), First Movement 2.ogg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate a sound file, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Guerillero | My Talk 14:17, 8 March 2011 (UTC) Congrats. Sven Manguard Wha? 21:27, 9 March 2011 (UTC) ^.^ Thanks. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 18:27, 10 March 2011 (UTC) New FS! Your Featured sound candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured sound status, File:Bartok - Sonatina.ogg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another sound, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates. Adam Cuerden (talk) 21:16, 12 March 2011 (UTC) Marking articles students are working on Howdy, Online Ambassador! This is a quick message to all the ambassadors about marking and tracking which articles students are working on. For the classes working with the ambassador program, please look over any articles being worked on by students (in particular, any ones you are mentoring, but others who don't have mentors as well) and do these things: Add {{WAP assignment | term = Spring 2011 }} to the articles' talk pages. (The other parameters of the {{WAP assignment}} template are helpful, so please add them as well, but the term = Spring 2011 one is most important.) If the article is related to United States public policy, make sure the article the WikiProject banner is on the talk page: {{WikiProject United States Public Policy}} Add Category:Article Feedback Pilot (a hidden category) to the article itself. The second phase of the Article Feedback Tool project has started, and this time we're trying to include all of the articles students are working on. Please test out the Article Feedback Tool, as well. The new version just deployed, so any bug reports or feedback will be appreciated by the tech team working on it. And of course, don't forget to check in on the students, give them constructive feedback, praise them for positive contributions, award them {{The WikiPen}} if they are doing excellent work, and so on. And if you haven't done so, make sure any students you are mentoring are listed on your mentor profile. Thanks! --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 18:12, 15 March 2011 (UTC) Fun times Adam wanted me to make a mock up for multi-part FSes, and I decided to have fun with it. Figured I'd show you. Since you were not on IRC I have to post it here, where everyone can see it. Mock up. Sven Manguard Wha? 07:17, 16 March 2011 (UTC) NEEDS LIKE BUTTON. Also, *trout* for the tyop :P sonia♫ 08:01, 16 March 2011 (UTC) This is genius. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 08:20, 16 March 2011 (UTC) Paint.NET has many features. A spellchecker is not one of them. Sven Manguard Wha? 00:49, 17 March 2011 (UTC) I noticed. What was really hilarious was "various cities in Rome." But I'm just being an ass. This is glorious. :D — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 01:09, 17 March 2011 (UTC) I meant "Europe"... oops. Sven Manguard Wha? 01:16, 17 March 2011 (UTC) Hush Sven, you meant the Roman Empire. :) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 04:12, 17 March 2011 (UTC) Because Ed is in your head. Hey, that rhymed. He knows what you mean, what you think. All the time...all night long. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 04:23, 17 March 2011 (UTC) (edit conflict) Meh, if I had a time machine I'd send her to go chill with Barkok or Debussy or Chopain. I'm sure she'd look fetching in a toga, but it dosen't seem like the best use of resources to send her to Ancient Rome. Sven Manguard Wha? 04:27, 17 March 2011 (UTC) But...I would get to be fed grapes by...well... you remember, don't you? ;p — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 04:31, 17 March 2011 (UTC) You hurt my soul, dear, you hurt my soul. Sven Manguard Wha? 06:30, 17 March 2011 (UTC) FS Your Featured sound candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured sound status, File:Debussy - Toccata from Pour le Piano.ogg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another sound, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates. Adam Cuerden (talk) 04:06, 17 March 2011 (UTC) File:Prelude_in_B_Minor,_Op._32,_No._10.ogg Can you copy this over to En-wiki? The copyright status of this in Russia is a little ambiguous, so it's best to have it here, under a {{KeepLocal}} template. Commons can be really, really horrible about keeping things on track, and it'd be a shame to lose this, three years before its status becomes completely unambiguous. Adam Cuerden (talk) 16:14, 17 March 2011 (UTC) Done. Should we leave the file already on Commons? — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 03:29, 18 March 2011 (UTC) Hope noone minds, but I've shoved the local copy ontop of the one Commonsside. If the Commons copy gets deleted, there would have been bunches of red links. Three years from now, we can just zap the local copy. (And if no one remembers, it's not a big deal.) Courcelles 03:59, 18 March 2011 (UTC) Nobody minds at all. That said, I'm a nobody...<mopes> Nah, virtually no one minds. :) Thanks. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 02:39, 20 March 2011 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LX, February 2011 Your Military History Newsletter Project News: From the editors Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content Members: Contest results, A-class medal recipients Editorial: Ed talks about real-world collaborations and how you can help To stop receiving this newsletter, please list yourself in the appropriate section here. To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. BrownBot (talk) 22:10, 17 March 2011 (UTC) Check out what Ed did, it's quite great and relates to what we do as a job. Also, how is the playing as these long nights are quite lonely without my comic relief on the internet. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:45, 19 March 2011 (UTC) That was one of the creepiest lines I've ever read. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 02:30, 20 March 2011 (UTC) You know it! Plan A is working quite well though. Also, I'm honored by that talkback template. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:10, 20 March 2011 (UTC) Oh, and check out Sven's talk page. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:11, 20 March 2011 (UTC) Andante Pastoral and Scherzettino Could you possibly, maybe, offer an opinion in Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/Andante Pastoral and Scherzettino. It's been sitting around a while, and needs a little more input for consensus (IMHO). I'm hoping this will fit under the remit mentioned in scare quotes ie random "stuff." :-) Cheers,  Chzz  ►  12:55, 19 March 2011 (UTC) Okay, just this once. No, I kid. :) — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 02:33, 20 March 2011 (UTC) Thx. Spk soon.  Chzz  ►  11:40, 20 March 2011 (UTC) Professor Obar Concerns Got a message about an hour ago from Professor Obar of the Media and Telecommunication Policy project and I think it is viewed best in full: Can you please communicate to the online mentors that I DO NOT want them moving student material into the main space for them. This is a big problem. I have noticed that this has happened with a number of the projects already, for example, in the broadband.gov article and the media cross-ownership article. We need the students to be doing this on their own, of course so they can learn how to do it, and also so that I can grade what they've done. How am I supposed to follow student submissions if the data is associated with online mentors? A BIG PROBLEM ALREADY... please help me with this. None of you responded to my post about this on the discussion page. This is about to get out of hand. Jaobar (talk) 05:27, 20 March 2011 (UTC) With that, of course, please only give instructions on how to move, don't do it for them. Please only let them know what to do and let them do it themselves. If they run into problems, provide further instructions. Do not it for them. This seems to be making a mess of Prof. Obar's grading system and I would like to avoid that. Thanks. - Neutralhomer • Talk • Coor. Online Amb'dor • 06:14, 20 March 2011 (UTC) Hello from MOTD Hello. We could do with your assistance for suggestions of mottos and any decisions on current ones. Please see Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations. In case this situation occurs again, we would like a discussion on emergency mottos. Please see WT:MOTD/N#Emergency mottos. Simply south...... 14:39, 21 March 2011 (UTC) Your name has been brought up in an ANI agaisnt Tony1 Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Sven Manguard Wha? 15:11, 21 March 2011 (UTC) Closing Request Hey La Pianista. Could you please make the call about whether to desist this FS or not. All you need to do is make the decision. I will take care of all of the background stuff. cheers --Guerillero | My Talk 21:09, 21 March 2011 (UTC) Done, although I'm sorry to say that this will be the last of my participation in FS. I tried my best not to be selfish, but I feel that the gains no longer outweigh the setbacks of my being there. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 22:57, 21 March 2011 (UTC) I am very sad to hear that but I understand after see the reply you received. I hope you rethink this some day after the winds change. Please accept this: The Multiple Barnstar For your longtime contributions of high quality sound files to the FS process and wikipedia in general. Guerillero | My Talk 23:27, 21 March 2011 (UTC) Awwwwww. It means a lot - thank you. :) — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 23:48, 21 March 2011 (UTC) Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 21 March 2011 The newsletter of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program – Volume 3, 21 March 2011 This is the third issue of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter, with details about what's going on right now and where help is needed. Where the courses are - A brief summary of how each of the 31 Public Policy Initiative courses are faring so far in the Spring 2011 term, as of 9-11 March. Feel free to add more detail. Tracking students' articles - Make sure students' articles are tagged with {{WAP assignment}} on the talk pages, and have the newly improved Article Feedback Tool active. Education portal in progress - Wikimedia staff have started work on an outreach portal for information about teaching with and about Wikipedia. Please help develop it! Online Ambassadors logistics - If you don't have a Wikipedia Ambassador sweatshirt, now's your chance to get one! (Also, some other more mundane, but important, details.) Steering committee preparing proposals - Look for discussions about two major proposals about the future ambassador program soon: the "Regional Ambassador" role, and elections for a new committee. Editing Friday returns - This Friday, join fellow ambassadors and others real-time collaboration on Wainwright Building. Delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 22:24, 21 March 2011 (UTC) ! Just listened to this and thought it was amazing. Thanks for sharing!·Maunus·ƛ· 23:37, 21 March 2011 (UTC) Thank you. My pleasure. :) — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 00:02, 22 March 2011 (UTC) I'd like to echo that. Having seen the various discussions and recognising the name I followed the link from today's Signpost. It's absolutely superb. Bravo! Malleus Fatuorum 02:22, 22 March 2011 (UTC) <bows> — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 02:37, 22 March 2011 (UTC) Encore! Dr.K. λogosπraxis 02:44, 22 March 2011 (UTC) omai <bows again, blows kisses> — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 02:53, 22 March 2011 (UTC) Grazie mille per la grande musica! :) Dr.K. λogosπraxis 03:04, 22 March 2011 (UTC) Who cares about perfection when you produce something that splendiferous. Thank you! --Epipelagic (talk) 06:18, 22 March 2011 (UTC) Thank you. Perfection would still be nice, though. :p — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 15:35, 23 March 2011 (UTC) Got Myrrha? I am music stupid, honest, but is there some way you could play SOMETHING in the Myrrha music section? It is not about the stunningness as in listening to a CD (although I quite liked your piece that I listened to and I'm even classical music stupid, but it had a nice feel to it). But I just want to try to cross-fertilize. not just have music in articles about music and composers, but even in articles about subjects! Please consider!!! TCO (talk) 06:26, 23 March 2011 (UTC) Hmm. Is there a piano transcription available? — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 15:36, 23 March 2011 (UTC) I tried Internet searching (not sure I know how to find stuff, but) Here is a site that has a sound file for Myrrha gavotte (John Philip Sousa) done to piano. http://www.angelfire.com/ks/landzastanza/ (can I use that or will that be non-free)? I found something else saying the piano score exists and was published in the 1870s, so should be free: http://www.answers.com/topic/myrrha-gavotte-gavotte-for-band HA! Sheet music for Myrrha Gavotte to piano: http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.sousa.200028136/loc.natlib.sousa.200028136.pdf Think Caplet Myrrha may have been reduced to piano from him popping up on searches also. TCO (talk) 16:57, 23 March 2011 (UTC) I think I'll go with Adam's. See below — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 15:43, 30 March 2011 (UTC) Myrrha What do you think of this piece? [1] - it has a big advantage over the Sousa of being a recognised piano composition (well, more or less - the instrument it was written for doesn't exist anymore, and was some sort of pentatonic harmonium). Adam Cuerden (talk) 17:10, 23 March 2011 (UTC) I would take whatever I can get, whatever we can find a sound file of, or are willing to play and make a recording. This piece sounds good too. Started slow, but got good at the end.TCO (talk) 17:30, 23 March 2011 (UTC) Hm, after a few determined weekends, I think I could write up the sheet music for this (unless you can find the sheet music for me :3 ) Fitting it into my 2011 repertoire will be difficult - perhaps I can play it as an encore for one of next year's recitals? — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 15:43, 30 March 2011 (UTC) TCO asked to be blocked until May 1 so he could concentrate on other things. I refused, but another admin did. Hopefully we'll see him back in a month.--Wehwalt (talk) 16:21, 30 March 2011 (UTC) I worry about this type of thing, La Pianista. You should play what you want and what is best for your training. Sure, taking one or two requests is a nice gesture, so long as you're still enjoying yourself and this isn't setting you back, but it seems like you've taken a lot more than one or two requests as of late. Wikipedia is like a great tentacled sea monster, it's big, it's ugly, and it'll suck you in and consume you if you're not careful. Perhaps if you said "I can take this many requests for the next three months, set your own terms on what you're willing to do and when, and then make us compete for your affection have us request your time within that type of framework, it would be better. I feel guilty that we're setting your musical education/playlist for you. Sven Manguard Wha? 17:13, 30 March 2011 (UTC) Just as a talk page drive by, I have to agree. It sounds too much like the Wiki affecting your real life. I'm somewhat older, so I have the time to do stuff like travel to archives and whatnot, but you are learning, I would not let this affect your real life so intimately.--Wehwalt (talk) 17:16, 30 March 2011 (UTC) "A great tentacled sea monster"? Omai. If you say so, then. :) I admit, I'm relieved to let this go. I hope TCO won't have a problem with it. As for letting Wikipedia affect my real life overmuch - I think this is the only time I've offered to take requests. The Miroirs decision was mostly my own, and I've been wanting to play that for a while. No worries. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 18:29, 30 March 2011 (UTC) OK, then. Good luck with it. I'm sure TCO will be delighted when he gets back.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:35, 30 March 2011 (UTC) I'll work on the Myrrha Gavotte, then (which you shouldn't, anyway: It's literally impossible to play as written. See Page 3, starting on the second bar of the page.) The Mirra Intermezzo does sound like a very interesting piece. If you cannot find it, let me know - I've been meaning to run down to the British Library, and they have a copy. Adam Cuerden (talk) 00:02, 2 April 2011 (UTC) WikiProject Free music Please see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Free music. Thanks. --Kleinzach 23:29, 30 March 2011 (UTC) Minority Representation Article TC 210 Just wanted to let you know that I created the talk page for this group. Have you been in touch with them? Let's start communicating about this group. As noted on our course discussion page, I have provided my private email address if you need to ask me something in private. Let's get this project going! Jaobar (talk) 16:34, 1 April 2011 (UTC) Ah yes, I was going to email them only two days ago, in fact. But real life got in the way, my apologies. Where is the discussion page? — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 19:30, 1 April 2011 (UTC) Hi, I'm Elif, assisting Dr. Obar for this course. We just created the discussion page on the " Minority representation in media" article page. Just wrote a sentence to get the discussion started. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elifyilmaz (talk • contribs) 04:36, 3 April 2011 (UTC) I don't think that page has been created? Elif did create Talk:Direct lobbying and Talk:Metallica v. Napster, Inc., but I have moved those to the project area, to avoid G8 deleted - so they're in Wikipedia:WikiProject United States Public Policy/Courses/Media and Telecommunication Policy spring 2011 (Obar)/Direct lobbying and Wikipedia:WikiProject United States Public Policy/Courses/Media and Telecommunication Policy spring 2011 (Obar)/Metallica v. Napster, Inc.. I also added an index to the subs, at the top of the project page - and made a redir, WP:PPMT. So I'd guess the subpage for yours should be Wikipedia:WikiProject United States Public Policy/Courses/Media and Telecommunication Policy spring 2011 (Obar)/Minority representation in media.  Chzz  ►  11:41, 3 April 2011 (UTC) Created, and I've left a note to the group. Thanks, Chzz. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 14:44, 4 April 2011 (UTC) Representation of Af. Am. in the Media Hello, I'm one of your wikipedia godchildren involved in working on this artice. We have uploaded some content and I'm curious to know what you think about it. Honest advice would help us make it the best we can. Thanks! ColdChicken (talk) 20:03, 20 April 2011 (UTC) Dearest godchild, how I have forsaken you... Yes, sorry for being so busy. Picking up the pace now, no worries. :) — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 22:30, 22 April 2011 (UTC) Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 22 April 2011 The newsletter of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program – Volume 4, 22 April 2011 This is the fourth issue of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter, with details about what's going on right now and where help is needed. Voting begins for steering committee - The voting phase for the Wikipedia Ambassador Steering Committee election started this week, and will continue through 27 April. Seeking more Regional Ambassadors in the US - We are still looking for Regional Ambassadors for the United States! The deadline has been extended to Friday, April 29th. India pilot being organized now - Plans are currently underway for a pilot expansion of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program – in India! Hisham Mundol and other Wikimedia staff have begun recruiting Campus Ambassador candidates for Pune. 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Delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 16:34, 22 April 2011 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LXI, March 2011 Your Military History Newsletter Project News: From the editors Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content Members: Contest results, A-class medal recipients Editorial: Dank helps you see what article writers want from reviewers To stop receiving this newsletter, please list yourself in the appropriate section here. To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. BrownBot (talk) 04:01, 1 May 2011 (UTC) GOCE drive newsletter The Guild of Copy Editors – May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive The Guild of Copy Editors invite you to participate in the May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive began on May 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on May 31 at 23:59 (UTC). 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Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 07:43, 4 May 2011 (UTC) Please help assess articles for Public Policy Initiative research Hi La Pianista, Your work as an Online Ambassador is making a big contribution to Wikipedia. Right now, we're trying to measure just how much student work improves the quality of Wikipedia. If you'd like contribute to this research and get a firsthand look at the quality improvement that is happening through the project, please sign up to assess articles. Assessment is happening now, just use the quantitative metric and start assessing! Your help would be hugely appreciated! Thank you, ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 17:12, 6 May 2011 (UTC) Featured Sounds needs you Featured sounds was booming with activity in the March/April period, ideally that should be all the time. FS has been a battleground at times, however, it is my hope that that is in the past. I ask you all to reconsider your positions and set aside the differences you may have had with other participants for the good of the project and encyclopedia. Don't let FS become like VP, it is a path that a featured process should traverse. You were sent this message because you are listed at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/Contributors or have been a past contributor. Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of Featured sound candidates at 09:37, 16 May 2011 (UTC). The Bugle: Issue LXII, April 2011 Your Military History Newsletter Project News: From the editors Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content Members: Contest results, A-class medal recipients Editorial: Buggie111 discusses neutral point of view To stop receiving this newsletter, please list yourself in the appropriate section here. To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. BrownBot (talk) 22:58, 17 May 2011 (UTC) Wikipedia Ambassador sweatshirt Hi! This is the last call for signing on for a Wikipedia Ambassador hooded sweatshirt (in case you missed the earlier message in one of the program newsletters about it). If you would like one, please email me with your name, mailing address, and (US) sweatshirt size. We have a limited number left, so it will be first-come, first-served. (If more than one size would work for you, note that as well.) Cheers, Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 19:41, 19 May 2011 (UTC) Please take the Wikipedia Ambassador Program survey Hi Ambassador, We are at a pivotal point in the development of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program. Your feedback will help shape the program and role of Ambassadors in the future. Please take this 10 minute survey to help inform and improve the Wikipedia Ambassadors. WMF will de-identify results and make them available to you. According to KwikSurveys' privacy policy: "Data and email addresses will not be sold, rented, leased or disclosed to 3rd parties." This link takes you to the online survey: http://kwiksurveys.com?u=WPAmbassador_talk Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments, Thank You! Amy Roth (Research Analyst, Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 20:40, 24 May 2011 (UTC) Piano playing request LP: Will you play this (sight-read and play) and record it? http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.sousa.200028136/loc.natlib.sousa.200028136.pdf I do not want a super-perfect recording or some featured sound effort. I want something that can go in an article as a sound to support Myrrha. (Feel that a lot of "perfect is the enemy of good" was spent on the alternate composition from Adam.) Can I please just get some ivory tinkling? We can always make it better AFTER we have SOMETHING! Pleeze. It will be fun. We are doing integrated media. Not just sound as sound, but sound to support an article. And collaborating. And all that happy ho..stuff. TCO (talk) 23:23, 24 May 2011 (UTC) I'm afraid I won't be able to do it; I'm very busy and won't have much time to get this decently learned. Even if I were to somehow record it, I wouldn't be able to do it in the hall; I would have to do it at home, and my personal mic quality is awful (I could email you a sample clip if you wish). But that is very unlikely, and I can't make a promise on that. Perhaps you could ask other piano playing Wikipedians? — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 04:39, 28 May 2011 (UTC) Thank you For the music!! Joefromrandb (talk) 22:27, 26 May 2011 (UTC) Thank you for listening! My pleasure. :) — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 04:40, 28 May 2011 (UTC) Your performance of Vallée d'Obermann from Années de pèlerinage... ...was mindbogglingly awesome. Sven Manguard Wha? 07:55, 28 May 2011 (UTC) Thank you, thank you. You know, I was going to go to bed, but this damn thing needs to be de-amplified. Way too much buzzing. Stay tuned for a little better-tweaked bit of awesome. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 08:08, 28 May 2011 (UTC) And done. I may do that for the other clips, too. Mañana, mañana... — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 08:24, 28 May 2011 (UTC) Agreed with Sven o: (I come back to the wiki and listen to this and it 100% makes my day <3 ) Icy // ♫ 22:44, 30 May 2011 (UTC) Ooh, then you'll really like this fall's selection. :3 Some of those already have recordings, though (I mean, that Ballade alone has two recordings. o.O). Should I upload my own anyways, or would that be redundant? — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 04:07, 31 May 2011 (UTC) YES. sonia♫ 08:45, 31 May 2011 (UTC) AGREED. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 08:48, 31 May 2011 (UTC) 'K, upload it is, then. o.o;; Re Ed's edit summary: Dunno, that some people this side of the pond should be asleep? Hypocrite, am I? At least not a hippo. Like YOUR MOM. yeahhhhh. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 08:51, 31 May 2011 (UTC) Oh dear Pianista... why were you up that late?! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 06:32, 1 June 2011 (UTC) Because the semester's over. Beeyatch. :D And I have no life. That, too. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 06:36, 1 June 2011 (UTC) Gee, this is like 2008 all over again, with you on 24/7. :P Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 07:00, 1 June 2011 (UTC) 2008? That's so last year. deliberate fails are lulzy, shaddup. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 07:05, 1 June 2011 (UTC) Overuse of <small> kills small children. I'd be careful. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 07:43, 1 June 2011 (UTC) Well why didn't you say so earlier? I could have been killing thousands of small children in my spare time. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 08:03, 1 June 2011 (UTC) FSC Glad to see you back there, LP. Tony (talk) 13:23, 31 May 2011 (UTC) Glad to be back. :) — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 18:52, 31 May 2011 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LXIII, May 2011 Your Military History Newsletter Project News: From the editors – Contest results, A-class medal recipients Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content Editorial: Hawkeye's thoughts on the article writing process To begin or stop receiving this newsletter, please list yourself in the appropriate section here. To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. BrownBot (talk) 22:58, 4 June 2011 (UTC) Heya :) Welcome back to FSC :) *hug* —James (Talk • Contribs) • 6:37pm • 08:37, 8 June 2011 (UTC) Thanks! :) — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 13:19, 9 June 2011 (UTC) Neweast FS Your Featured sound candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured sound status, File:Debussy - Sarabande from Pour le piano.ogg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another sound, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates. Guerillero | My Talk 02:59, 9 June 2011 (UTC) Hello? You haven't been on for a while, hope everything is alright. Sven Manguard Wha? 01:14, 27 June 2011 (UTC) Oh yes, just summer classes, concerts, the usual crap. Getting as much school out of the way as possible, you know. I'm quite touched that you're wondering, though. Thanks, pal. :) — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 04:40, 27 June 2011 (UTC) Oh good. I forgot about that 'life' thing. I noticed that you went two and a half weeks without a single edit and went straight to "crap, she retired". People that are both interesting and sane are a rare enough commodity around here that I tend to notice when they vanish. Also, I'd have to find someone else for musical advice. I suppose Diaanna has good enough taste, but most everyone she listens to has easily pronounceable names and many of them are still alive, and we can't have any of that now, can we? Sven Manguard Wha? 08:06, 27 June 2011 (UTC) Who needs classical when you could listen to Pink Floyd instead... ;-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 08:08, 27 June 2011 (UTC) <feigns insult> Why good sir, I was raised properly, of course I listen to Pink Floyd. Go have a cigar.</feigns insult> :-) Sven Manguard Wha? 08:16, 27 June 2011 (UTC) (edit conflict) Apparently I have a life, but I'm still up late working on last minute papers. :p Don't worry, Sven child, in a few months (four months minimum, six months max), I'll have a new set of recordings out. And things will be back to "normal," quotes not arbitrary. Funny how my summers are more busy than my regular semesters. @Ed: Who needs Pink Floyd when you could listen to Ke$ha? No one is more talented at proclaiming through every pore in her body that she's been stuffed more often than all of America's Thanksgiving turkeys combined. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 08:18, 27 June 2011 (UTC) All the while getting drunk 'n' crunk 'n' lookin' like piehmps, if I may add. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 08:20, 27 June 2011 (UTC) (edit conflict) O_o ... did you just say what I think you just said, or do I need to take a bar of soap to my mind? Sven Manguard Wha? 08:22, 27 June 2011 (UTC) As long as you do it with lots of autotune, anything can get cleaner! *caustically cheerful plus double thumbs up* — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 08:26, 27 June 2011 (UTC) Well, I'm off to bed so that I can wake up early and face a wall of bureaucracy off wiki. I'm... giddy... if you can't tell. As for the music, take your time and do it right, don't rush on my account. I've already listened to every single piece of Yanni's music avalible on the internet, but I suppose if I need something to listen to, I could do it again. :-) (Also, in a few days my internet access will drop off. Remember that time that you were forwarding me YouTube videos of crazy good Russian composers and it was taking me 10 minutes to load a two minute video? Yeah, I'm going to have that again soon.) See you around, don't be a stranger. Sven Manguard Wha? 08:29, 27 June 2011 (UTC) Keep shining on, Sven. I could definitely live off Yanni too. :-) Pianista... I don't even know how to respond to you. Which is pathetic. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 09:12, 27 June 2011 (UTC) @Sven: I can't link YouTube videos onwiki, but for a quick and pleasant little trinket of a piece, search "Kreisler Rachmaninoff Liebesleid Charles Rosen". You won't regret it. @Ed: Holy hell, that must be the first time in...*thinks back, counts fingers like a grade schooler* four years that's happened. :o It appears I have achieved something of magnitude here. Allow me to do the honor of patting myself on the back, thus simulating the long-forgotten feel of third-person physical contact. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 12:50, 27 June 2011 (UTC) Some phở for you! A bowl of love Well, since they don't have this I decided to make it. I guess this could count as a birthday gift so feel special. If you don't feel special, I'll repurpose this gift and give it to someone more special. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:28, 30 June 2011 (UTC) What the pho is this? — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 21:36, 3 July 2011 (UTC) Okay FYI that was a terrible pun. Just saying. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 09:13, 4 July 2011 (UTC) FYI I don't give a pho. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 23:29, 4 July 2011 (UTC) GOCE drive invitation Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors The latest GOCE backlog elimination drive is under way! It began on 1 July and so far 18 people have signed up to help us reduce the number of articles in need of copyediting. This drive will give a 50% bonus for articles edited from the GOCE requests page. Although we have cleared the backlog of 2009 articles there are still 3,935 articles needing copyediting and any help, no matter how small, would be appreciated. We are appealing to all GOCE members, and any other editors who wish to participate, to come and help us reduce the number of articles needing copyediting, as well as the backlog of requests. If you have not signed up yet, why not take a look at the current signatories and help us by adding your name and copyediting a few articles. Barnstars will be given to anyone who edits more than 4,000 words, with special awards for the top 5 in the categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". >>> Sign-up now <<< Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 09:10, 3 July 2011 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LXIV, June 2011 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; medal recipients; contest results Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at Finland and Spitfires Op-ed: Fifelfoo and hunting for plagiarism To receive this newsletter on your talk page, join the project or sign up here. If you are a member who does not want delivery, please go to this page. BrownBot (talk) 23:23, 16 July 2011 (UTC) FUI This is just a reminder. If a motto has been used multiple times it should be under or added to Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/Frequently used ideas. Simply south...... improving for 5 years So much for ER 08:41, 20 July 2011 (UTC) Ambassador Program: assessment drive Even though it's been quiet on-wiki, the Wikipedia Ambassador Program has been busy over the last few months getting ready for the next term. We're heading toward over 80 classes in the US, across all disciplines. You'll see courses start popping up here, and this time we want to match one or more Online Ambassadors to each class based on interest or expertise in the subject matter. If you see a class that you're interested, please contact the professor and/or me; the sooner the Ambassadors and professors get in communication, the better things go. Look for more in the coming weeks about next term. In the meantime, with a little help I've identified all the articles students did significant work on in the last term. Many of the articles have never been assessed, or have ratings that are out of date from before the students improved them. Please help assess them! Pick a class, or just a few articles, and give them a rating (and add a relevant WikiProject banner if there isn't one), and then update the list of articles. Once we have updated assessments for all these articles, we can get a better idea of how quality varied from course to course, and which approaches to running Wikipedia assignments and managing courses are most effective. --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 17:26, 27 July 2011 (UTC) New FS A sound file uploaded by you has been promoted to featured sound status. Your sound file, File:Liszt - Vallee d'Obermann.ogg was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate a sound file, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates. Thank you for your contribution! —James (Talk • Contribs) • 11:49am • 01:49, 31 July 2011 (UTC) Sorry about the delay, I just began clearing FSC out! Keep up the good work :) —James (Talk • Contribs) • 11:41am • 01:41, 31 July 2011 (UTC) Sorry about the timestamps not matching, forgot to subst! :P —James (Talk • Contribs) • 11:49am • 01:49, 31 July 2011 (UTC) Ugh. Two apologies: One for forgetting to respond to the comments at the FSC and re-add the bit of applause at the end. Two (the graver concern) for not being able to find the original recording to address said comments. At all. The original CD is lost. At least we have an online copy. So so sorry for the general negligence. I'll have more recordings this fall, however. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 19:22, 31 July 2011 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; medal recipients; contest results Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at Zeebrugee and Afghanistan Op-ed: WereSpielChequers examines RfA To receive this newsletter on your talk page, join the project or sign up here. If you are a member who does not want delivery, please go to this page. BrownBot (talk) 22:29, 14 August 2011 (UTC) Online Ambassadors: Time to join pods Hello! If you're planning to be an active Online Ambassador for the upcoming academic term, now is the time to join one or more pods. (A pod consists of the instructor, the Campus Ambassadors, and the Online Ambassadors for single class.) The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) explains the expectations for being part of a pod as an Online Ambassador. (The MOU for pods in Canada is essentially the same.) In short, the role of Online Ambassadors this term consists of: Working closely with the instructor and Campus Ambassadors, providing advice and perspective as an experienced Wikipedian Helping students who ask for it (or helping them to find the help they need) Watching out for the class as a whole Helping students to get community feedback on their work This replaces the 1-on-1 mentoring role for Online Ambassadors that we had in previous terms; rather than being responsible for individual students (some of whom don't want or help or are unresponsive), Online Ambassadors will be there to help whichever students in their class(es) ask for help. You can browse the upcoming courses here: United States; Canada. More are being added as new pods become active and create their course pages. Once you've found a class that you want to work with—especially if you some interest or expertise in the topic area—you should sign the MOU listing for that class and get in touch with the instructor. We're hoping to have at least two Online Ambassadors per pod, and more for the larger classes. If you're up for supporting any kind of class and would like me to assign you to a pod in need of more Online Ambassadors, just let me know. --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 16:33, 19 August 2011 (UTC) PS: There are still a lot of student articles from the last term that haven't been rated. Please rate a few and update the list! GOCE drive newsletter Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their September 2011 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy editing backlog. The drive will begin on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on September 30 at 23:59 (UTC). We will be tracking the number of 2010 articles in the backlog, as we want to copy edit as many of those as possible. Please consider copy editing an article that was tagged in 2010. Barnstars will be given to anyone who edits more than 4,000 words, with special awards for the top 5 in the categories "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". See you at the drive! – Your drive coordinators: Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02, and SMasters. >>> Sign up now <<< Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 16:39, 21 August 2011 (UTC) Nomination for deletion of Template:WikimediaClassicalMusic Template:WikimediaClassicalMusic has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. The Evil IP address (talk) 19:59, 31 August 2011 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LXVI, August 2011 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; medal recipients; contest results Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at Carthage and Australia in Palestine Op-ed: Remembering 9/11 To receive this newsletter on your talk page, join the project or sign up here. If you are a member who does not want delivery, please go to this page. EdwardsBot (talk) 18:15, 11 September 2011 (UTC) O_o Is it just me who is seeing your talk page formatted all strangely with a random subst=subst:}} at the top? :) Icy // ♫ 00:46, 13 September 2011 (UTC) Gosh, you know you've been MIA when you miss something like that. :p Thanks, darlin'. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 01:52, 13 September 2011 (UTC) Well that's what I'm here for (even if I am equally MIA) -- yay it's all pretty again! :D Icy // ♫ 12:28, 14 September 2011 (UTC) Update on courses and ambassador needs Hello, Ambassadors! I wanted to give you one last update on where we are this term, before my role as Online Facilitator wraps up at the end of this week. Already, there are over 800 students in U.S. classes who have signed up on course pages this term. About 40 classes are active, and we're expecting that many more again once all the classes are up and running. On a personal note, it's been a huge honor to work with so many great Wikipedians over the last 15 months. Thanks so much to everyone who jumped in and decided to give the ambassador concept a try, and double thanks those of you who were involved early on. Your ideas and insights and enthusiasm have been the foundation of the program, and they will be the keys the future of the program. Courses looking for Online Ambassadors Still waiting to get involved with a class this term, or ready to take on more? We have seven classes that are already active and need OA support, and eleven more that have course pages started but don't have active students yet. Please consider joining one or more of these pods! Active courses that really need Online Ambassadors: Sociology of Poverty Architectural Design Introduction to Educational Psychology Intro to Mass Communication Psychology Seminar Theories of the State Advanced Media Studies Courses that may be active soon that need Online Ambassadors: Housing and Social Policy Anthropology, Wikipedia, and the Media History & Systems Horror Cinema Digital Media... just bits in a box Composition I Telecommunications Management Training Systems Stigma: Culture, Deviance, Identity Art and Terrorism Political Violence and Insurgency --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 23:13, 27 September 2011 (UTC) Private message for La Pianista Hi, I would like to have a private conversation with La Pianista. I can't find a way to do this on the tool box. I am not scary, promise! My email is playingwith3@yahoo.com and I am on facebook - Linda Velwest. Please contact me! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.34.168.190 (talk) 14:35, 1 October 2011 (UTC) You've got mail! Hello, La Pianista. Please check your email; you've got mail! It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template. Motto of the Day Motto Shop Hello! My name is Belugaboy, and by now, you and I both have heard of the Motto Shop, and if not, there's a Motto Shop! It's an exclusive place where users can get their own motto to live by on the wiki. It's great, but we're really running slow, in fact, we haven't seen a customer in months. So we thought YOU, the contributors to Motto of the Day, could spread the word to your WikiFriends, heck, order yourself one, whether you have or haven't before. Thank you and warm regards to all of you! Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of Belugaboy (talk) at 15:34, 3 October 2011 (UTC). The Bugle: Issue LXVII, September 2011 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; medal recipients; contest results Articles: The month's featured and A-class Milhist content Book reviews: Nick-D and Ian Rose look at Australian air power Op-ed: Buggie111 ruminates about WikiLife and WikiDeath To receive this newsletter on your talk page, join the project or sign up here. If you are a member who does not want delivery, please go to this page. EdwardsBot (talk) 02:25, 27 October 2011 (UTC) GOCE drive newsletter Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their November 2011 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on November 30 at 23:59 (UTC). We will be tracking the number of 2010 articles (and specifically will be targeting the oldest three months), as we want to copy edit as many of these as possible. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 5 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02, and SMasters. >>> Sign up now <<< Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 01:28, 29 October 2011 (UTC) Membership of the Counter-Vandalism Unit As you may know, the Counter-Vandalism unit is inactive. So for reviving the WikiProject, we will need to sort out the members. So if you are active, please put your username at the bottom of the list at Wikipedia talk:Counter-Vandalism Unit#Sort out the members. You are receiving this message as a current member of the CVU. Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of Counter-Vandalism Unit at 00:34, 30 October 2011 (UTC). USEP discussion You may be interested in a discussion about the future and the growth of the US education program along with the future of the Wikipedia Ambassador Project here. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 04:10, 18 November 2011 (UTC) A barnstar for you! The Special Barnstar For your wonderful contributions of piano performances. I enjoy listening to you! Pinetalk 08:26, 21 November 2011 (UTC) Thank you! The pleasure is all mine. Expect more in the coming weeks. :) — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 20:55, 21 November 2011 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LXVIII, October 2011 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; medal recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D analyzes three books from Osprey Publishing Review essay: Nick-D reviews the new Bundeswehr Military History Museum To receive this newsletter on your talk page, join the project or sign up here. If you are a member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. EdwardsBot (talk) 08:23, 28 November 2011 (UTC) Oh, you're back... I got worried when I didn't see you around for a while, but it would appear you were just off getting more awesome at the piano. Yay! Sven Manguard Wha? 02:24, 10 December 2011 (UTC) Yep! With the semester coming to a close, I'm trying to get back into the groove, too. I'm on IRC now, if you want to catch up. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 02:26, 10 December 2011 (UTC) GOCE newsletter Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Elections are currently underway for our third tranche of Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days: 00:01 UTC, 16 December – 23:59 UTC, 31 December. All GOCE members, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. There are five candidates vying for four positions. Your vote really matters! Cast your vote today. Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 10:54, 21 December 2011 (UTC) 'Tis that season again Happy Holidays! Hello love! Hope you and your family are enjoying the holiday season. Let's get catch up more often, eh? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 01:24, 25 December 2011 (UTC) Eh indeed! Happy Holidays to you, too. Miss you to bits, Eddehkins! <3 — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 05:52, 25 December 2011 (UTC) Same, although without the borderline-creepy bastardization of my name. ;-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 06:33, 25 December 2011 (UTC) When was I ever borderline-creepy? — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 06:36, 25 December 2011 (UTC) At the very beginning. You were like a shark testing its boundaries before it goes in for the kill. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 06:38, 25 December 2011 (UTC) As a shark, I am severely offended by your notion of "boundaries." — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 06:41, 25 December 2011 (UTC) Landmasses, dear. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 06:44, 25 December 2011 (UTC) Islands are landmasses, no man is an island, you do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around, that's what it's all about, good night. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 06:51, 25 December 2011 (UTC) Yeah the problem here is that you're supposed to be able to understand the convoluted logic in some form. That just looked like a rambling drunkard. :P Night pal. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 07:00, 25 December 2011 (UTC) Geez I miss you guys to hell and back T_T -- Merry merry Christmas happy happy holidays Pianista <3 (and Ed, again). Happy drunken land sharks guys O_o (and I need to figure out some way to catch up with you guys regularly) Icy // ♫ 20:23, 25 December 2011 (UTC) I hear there's this thing called Facebook... Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 06:23, 26 December 2011 (UTC) I hear there's this thing called me never being on Facebook... — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 06:34, 26 December 2011 (UTC) Then log on more often? This is really a simple fix. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 06:38, 26 December 2011 (UTC) Well, pickles, you've sure grown a lot more smartass since we last spoke, haven't you, Mr. Ed? — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 06:44, 26 December 2011 (UTC) Deal with it? <3 Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:39, 27 December 2011 (UTC) (baaaack) oh facebook. That thing. (I ought to friend you guys) ... and geez, Eddie... Now if only I could find some what to put it more wittily than Pianista. Icy // ♫ 03:41, 27 December 2011 (UTC) Yes, you probably should :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:39, 27 December 2011 (UTC) Seconded! — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 05:47, 27 December 2011 (UTC) Bah. I'm gonna email y'gaiz via wikih. Icy // ♫ 20:34, 27 December 2011 (UTC) Oh goodness... Just rediscovered this. :P S'been a while, hasn't it? sonia♫ 21:48, 26 December 2011 (UTC) Great Odin's Raven, that's old. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:40, 27 December 2011 (UTC) Old Raven's Odin, that's great. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 05:43, 27 December 2011 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LXIX, November 2011 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors – MHotY coming; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at the Congolese Wars Review essay: Ian Rose goes to El Alamein Op-ed: DCI's call to revitalize WikiProject History The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Ian Rose (talk) and Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 20:45, 27 December 2011 (UTC) Course mentor needed Hi La Pianista I'm an instructor of English composition looking for an online ambassador to assist my Writing & Rhetoric II class this coming (Winter quarter). I'm specifically interested in someone who would be willing to respond to short proposals written by students for planned edits/article creations. There's a cap of twenty students in the class, so if I found two willing ambassadors each would be responsible for responding to 10 proposals. Would you be interested? Thanks, Matthewvetter (talk) 02:54, 29 December 2011 (UTC) I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I haven't the time this semester for it. Spring 2012 will be a really busy semester for me in general (involving a possible move across the country, for one), so I'll remain inactive in my ambassador duties until at least next fall. But Writing and Rhetoric is my favorite class, outside music. If at all possible, please contact me for the Fall 2012 semester. I'd be very happy to help. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 03:07, 29 December 2011 (UTC) GOCE 2011 Year-End Report Guild of Copy Editors 2011 Year-End Report We have reached the end of the year, and what a year it has been! The Guild of Copy Editors was full of activity, and we achieved numerous important milestones in 2011. Read all about these in the Guild's 2011 Year-End Report. Highlights Membership grows to 764 editors, an increase of 261 Report on coordinators' elections Around 1,000 articles removed through six Backlog elimination drives Guild Plans for 2012 Requests page report Sign up for the January 2012 Backlog elimination drive! Get your copy of the Guild's 2011 Year-End Report here On behalf of the Guild, we take this opportunity to wish you Season's Greetings and Happy New Year. We look forward to your support in 2012! – Your 2011 Coordinators: Diannaa (lead), The Utahraptor, and Slon02 and SMasters (emeritus). Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 06:28, 2 January 2012 (UTC) Military Historian of the Year Nominations for the "Military Historian of the Year" for 2011 are now open. If you would like to nominate an editor for this award, please do so here. Voting will open on 22 January and run for seven days. Thanks! On behalf of the coordinators, Nick-D (talk) and Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 23:36, 15 January 2012 (UTC) You were sent this message because you are a listed as a member of the Military history WikiProject. The Bugle: Issue LXX, January 2012 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D Nick-D looks into two recent Milhist books Review essay: Kirill Lokshin, the first coordinator Op-ed: Hchc's English Castles The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 00:16, 23 January 2012 (UTC) DYK for Prostitution in Vietnam The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 28 January 2012 (UTC) Future of MOTD I've decided to start a project discussion on this. Please see WT:MOTD. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 17:38, 6 February 2012 (UTC) Online Ambassador, Spring 2012 Hi, La Pianista! As you may know, the Wikipedia Education Program has instilled a new set of standards that courses must meet to officially join the program for the semester. As you can see, one of the requirements is that at least one ambassador or professor is a Wikipedian, as this should give students more access to helpful information about contributing to Wikipedia and creating good content. You are listed on the Online Ambassador page; are you still interested in remaining active this semester? Some of these classes will have to remove themselves from the program should they fail to meet these standards, but we would like to ensure that new students are receiving proper support during the editing process. Please let me know if you are still interested in mentoring these students this semester and/or visit the Online Ambassador talk page to select a course that still needs an Online Ambassador. Thank you! JMathewson (WMF) (talk) 19:42, 6 February 2012 (UTC) GOCE March copy edit drive Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their March 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on March 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on March 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goal for the drive will be to eliminate the remaining 2010 articles from the queue. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 5 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, Stfg, and Coordinator emeritus SMasters. 19:42, 20 February 2012 (UTC) >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. The Bugle: Issue LXXI, February 2012 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks into two recent Milhist books Op-ed: Ian Rose discusses article assessments The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 10:05, 21 February 2012 (UTC) Hi La Pianista, I hope all is well with you. Over the past few days (5–7 March) MOTD has displayed a red link. Any help would be greatly appreciated! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:27, 7 March 2012 (UTC) GOCE March drive newsletter Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive update GOCE March 2012 Backlog Elimination progress graphs Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 Backlog elimination drive! Here's the mid-drive newsletter. Participation: We have had 58 people sign up for this drive so far, which compares favorably with our last drive, and 27 have copy-edited at least one article. If you have signed up but have not yet copy-edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: Our target of completing the 2010 articles has almost been reached, with only 56 remaining of the 194 we had at the start of the drive. The last ones are always the most difficult, so thank you if you are able to help copy-edit any of the remaining articles. We have reduced the total backlog by 163 articles so far. Special thanks: Special thanks to Stfg, who has been going through the backlog and doing some preliminary vetting of the articles—removing copyright violations, doing initial clean-up, and nominating some for deletion. This work has helped make the drive a more pleasant experience for all our volunteers. Your drive coordinators – Dianna (talk), Stfg (talk), and Dank (talk) To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. April Fool Motto April Fools Day is just around the corner. As such please could you nominate a new motto or comment on existing suggestions at Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/Specials? Simply south...... facing oncoming traffic for over 5 years 16:29, 20 March 2012 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LXXII, March 2012 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks into two recent Milhist books Op-ed: Hawkeye on Wikipedia collaborating with the AWM The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:21, 24 March 2012 (UTC) GOCE March drive wrap-up Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive GOCE March 2012 Backlog Elimination progress graph Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 Backlog elimination drive! This is the most successful drive we have had for quite a while. Here is your end-of-drive wrap-up newsletter. Participation Of the 70 people who signed up for this drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Special acknowledgement goes out to Lfstevens, who did over 200 articles, most of them in the last third of the drive, and topped all three leaderboard categories. You're a superstar! Stfg and others have been pre-checking the articles for quality and conformance to Wikipedia guidelines; some have been nominated for deletion or had some preliminary clean-up done to help make the copy-edit process more fun and appealing. Thanks to all who helped get those nasty last few articles out of the target months. Progress report During this drive we were successful in eliminating our target months—October, November, and December 2010—from the queue, and have now eliminated all the 2010 articles from our list. We were able to complete 500 articles this month! End-of-drive results and barnstar information can be found here. When working on the backlog, please keep in mind that there are options other than copy-editing available; some articles may be candidates for deletion, or may not be suitable for copy-editing at this time for other reasons. The {{GOCEreviewed}} tag can be placed on any article you find to be totally uneditable, and you can nominate for deletion any that you discover to be copyright violations or completely unintelligible. If you need help deciding what to do, please contact any of the coordinators. Thank you for participating in the March 2012 drive! All contributions are appreciated. Our next copy-edit drive will be in May. Your drive coordinators – Dianna (Talk), Stfg (Talk), and Dank (talk) To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. EdwardsBot (talk) 22:07, 4 April 2012 (UTC) A kitten for you! Just saying hi! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 22:41, 4 April 2012 (UTC) I got so excited when I saw this because I thought she might be back. Still AWOL... :( Sven Manguard Wha? 13:30, 5 April 2012 (UTC) Hi everyone! Kittehs for the both of you. I've just been exceptionally busy (as always), no worries. Transferring to another school up north and such. The tornadoes unfortunately did not sweep me away to Oz. :( It wouldn't have ended well, anyways, as I don't have glittery red shoes. I just might upload some more Brahms at the end of the month. And I'll definitely see if I can continue my recording at this new school. Hope it won't be long before I see you guys on IRC! — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 14:13, 6 April 2012 (UTC) How far north? ;-) Eh, you could have played piano for the wicked witch and she would have loved you... until the moment you accidentally spilled water on her. Nice to actually talk to you again for once! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 18:01, 6 April 2012 (UTC) Like North north. Think Julian's whereabouts. And likewise! Hope that makes it easier to go to y'all's meetups and things! — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 01:03, 11 April 2012 (UTC) MOAR BRAHMS. kthxbai. Icy // ♫ 00:47, 12 April 2012 (UTC) DELIVERED. kurwelcomebai. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 22:07, 11 May 2012 (UTC) a pianista! on my wiki! *glomps* sonia (talk) 11:06, 12 May 2012 (UTC) A sonia! On my w--! /interrupted by glomp — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 19:35, 12 May 2012 (UTC) Proposed deletion of Zuleyka Silver The article Zuleyka Silver has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern: Non-notable - fails WP:BIO While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons. You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page. Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. ukexpat (talk) 18:54, 6 April 2012 (UTC) GOCE May copy edit drive Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their May 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on May 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on May 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goal for the drive will be to eliminate January, February, and March 2011 from the queue. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 5 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, and Stfg. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. EdwardsBot (talk) 18:34, 22 April 2012 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LXXIII, April 2012 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Bomzibar on Subhas Chandra Bose; Hawkeye on corps commanders; Nick-D on American special forces Op-ed: The Land on commemorating World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 00:20, 1 May 2012 (UTC) Wikimania? Hey! Your music is amazing. I'm in the early stages of pre-production for a video about the movement that might play during the fundraiser this year and I immediately thought of your music- I like the Bach - Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848 particularly. Are you coming to Wikimania? Victor Grigas (talk) 21:17, 10 May 2012 (UTC) Hi, Victor! Unfortunately I won't be attending Wikimania this year. I am already booked for a couple of piano festivals and competitions in July, one of which (if I place) would go a significant way towards helping me pay for college. Human cloning would be a fantastic tool in these instances. :p However! Feel free to use that clip and any audio you wish from my uploads. Have fun at Wikimania! And I do hope that I'll be of more assistance next fundraising season. Hopefully I will be more free then. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 21:23, 10 May 2012 (UTC) I would like to meet you in person and give you a better photo if possible! Are you in NYC now? 216.38.130.166 (talk) 22:44, 10 May 2012 (UTC) Your music Hi, is there a single place where you have links to all of your music contribs? Pine(talk) 19:16, 12 May 2012 (UTC) Yes, they're all viewable on my userpage. I'm flattered by your interest! — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 19:31, 12 May 2012 (UTC) Thanks. I'm grateful for your contribs. Pine(talk) 19:46, 12 May 2012 (UTC) GOCE May mid-drive newsletter Guild of Copy Editors May 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter Participation: Out of 49 people signed up for this drive so far, 26 have copy-edited at least one article. It's a smaller group than last drive, but we're making good progress. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: We're on track to meet our targets for the drive, largely due to the efforts of Lfstevens and the others on the leaderboard. Thanks to all. We have reduced our target group of articles—January, February, and March 2011—by over half, and it looks like we will achieve that goal. Good progress is being made on the overall backlog as well, with over 500 articles copy-edited during the drive so far. The total backlog currently sits at around 3200 articles. Hall of Fame: GOCE coordinator Diannaa was awarded a spot in the GOCE Hall of Fame this month! She has copy-edited over 1567 articles during these drives, and surpassed the 1,000,000-word mark on May 5. On to the second million! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa and Stfg >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 14:32, 15 May 2012 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LXXIV, May 2012 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Bomzibar on Chiang Kai-shek; Nick-D on the Falklands War Interview: Article writers discuss biographies Op-ed: Nick-D examines using news articles as sources The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 14:57, 25 May 2012 (UTC) GOCE May drive wrap-up Guild of Copy Editors May 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Out of 54 people who signed up this drive, 32 copy-edited at least one article. Last drive's superstar, Lfstevens, again stood out, topping the leader board in all three categories and copy-editing over 700 articles. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We were once again successful in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog—while removing 1166 articles from the queue, the second-most in our history. The total backlog currently sits at around 2600 articles, down from 8323 when we started out just over two years ago. Coodinator election: The six-month term for our third tranche of Guild coordinators will be expiring at the end of June. We will be accepting nominations for the fourth tranche of coordinators, who will also serve a six-month term. Nominations will open starting on June 5. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, and Stfg To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 15:39, 3 June 2012 (UTC) GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their July 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on July 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on July 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to eliminate the articles tagged in April, May and June 2011 from the queue and to complete all requests placed before the end of June. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 6 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in April–June 2011", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa and Stfg. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 19:00, 21 June 2012 (UTC) GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D on the Chaco War and the Bougainville Campaign Op-ed: Remembering conflict The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:08, 23 June 2012 (UTC) Hey you! Yo. Icy // ♫ 18:30, 12 July 2012 (UTC) Yo dawg. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 18:34, 12 July 2012 (UTC) I'm still lurking your IRC channel, yet you never come in anymore. Sadface. Town of Cats (talk) 18:51, 12 July 2012 (UTC) Seriously, you need to come back. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 14:07, 13 July 2012 (UTC) For the record, I would never say "yo". Just saying. Icy // ♫ 13:07, 14 July 2012 (UTC) Yo. I've been pretty busy lately - computer problems and everything. Trying to catch up with everyone is only half the difficulty. ;) But you'll see more of me. Maybe. Mysteriously. — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 01:19, 7 August 2012 (UTC) It's just great to see you cross my watchlist again. Even if you don't come back that often, it's good to know that you didn't disappear because you got sick, or arrested, or kidnapped, taken to North Korea, and forced to play piano for their new boy-king. Cheers, Sven Manguard Wha? 04:13, 7 August 2012 (UTC) I'm flattered you suppose my life is that interesting. :p The great news is that at this new school of music to which I am transferring in the fall, there is a recording studio not far off campus that has student discounts. So you'll hear more of me, hopefully! — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 04:15, 7 August 2012 (UTC) GOCE July 2012 mid-drive newsletter Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter Participation: Out of 37 people signed up for this drive so far, 25 have copy-edited at least one article. It's a smaller group than last drive, but we're making good progress. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: We're almost on track to meet our targets for the drive. Great work, guys. We have reduced our target group of articles—May, June, and July 2011—by about 40%, and the overall backlog has been reduced by 264 articles so far, to around 2500 articles. Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, your best copy-editing work of the month will be eligible for fabulous prizes! See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 16:41, 15 July 2012 (UTC) GOCE July drive wrap-up Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Out of 45 people who signed up this drive, 31 have copy-edited at least one article. Lfstevens continues to carry most of the weight, having edited 360 articles and over a quarter of a million words already. Thanks to all who have participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, will be available early in August here. Progress report: We are once again very close to achieving in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog. Only 35 such articles remain at press time. The total backlog currently sits at under 2400 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We are just two articles away from completing all requests made before July 2012 (both are in progress). Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, you'll be able to submit your best copy-editing work for palaver, praise, and prizes. See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 00:04, 28 July 2012 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LXXVI, July 2012 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors: Wikimania 2012; special projects note Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D on the Australian 25th Battalion Interview: Article writers discuss buildings and fortifications Op-ed: Hawkeye7 reports on a weekend workshop The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 09:31, 29 July 2012 (UTC) GOCE news and September drive invitation Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events: The August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best August copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC). September 2012 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on September 30 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit the articles tagged longest ago and to complete all requests placed before the end of August. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top six in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged longest ago", and "Longest article". This drive features a much easier signup process. We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 18:56, 21 August 2012 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LXXVII, August 2012 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Nick-D on the legacy of World War II Op-ed: Bomzibar on German military history The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 00:59, 1 September 2012 (UTC) GOCE September activities Reminders from the Guild of Copy Editors A quick reminder of our current events: The August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight September 14 (UTC). The September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the submissions stage until midnight September 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin. The September 2012 Backlog elimination drive is now underway! The event runs until midnight September 30 (UTC). The goal is to copy edit articles with the oldest tags and complete all requests placed before September. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who participates, with special awards given to the top five in the following categories: "Total articles", "Total words", "Total articles over 5,000 words", "Total articles tagged longest ago", and "Longest article". – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Message delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 04:21, 1 September 2012 (UTC) Military history coordinator election The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 09:23, 10 September 2012 (UTC) Online Ambassador Hi La Pianista! Are you interested in being the Online Ambassador for any classes this term? We've got a few classes that are looking for ambassador right now (Canada, US), so if you're up for helping any, please do! Let me know if you have any questions, or if you'd like me to pick a course for you.--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 14:01, 12 September 2012 (UTC) GOCE mid-drive newsletter Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter Participation: Out of 37 people signed up for this drive so far, 19 have copy-edited at least one article, about the same as the last drive. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: We're almost on track to meet our targets for the drive. Great work, guys. We have reduced our target group of articles—August, September, and October 2011—by about 44%, and the overall backlog has been reduced by 58 articles so far, to around 2600 articles. The biggest difference between this drive and the previous one is a stronger focus on large articles, so total word counts are still comparable. Don't forget about the Copy Edit of the Month contests! Voting for the August contest has been extended through the end of the month. You don't have to make a submission to vote! August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight September 30 (UTC). September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the submissions stage until midnight September 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 22:06, 15 September 2012 (UTC) GOCE September 2012 drive wrap-up Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Out of 41 people who signed up this drive, 28 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We achieved our primary goal of clearing July, August, September and October 2011 from the backlog. This means that, for the first time since the drives began, the backlog is less than a year. At least 677 tagged articles were copy edited, although 365 new ones were added during the month. The total backlog at the end of the month was 2341 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We completed all 54 requests outstanding before September 2012 as well as eight of those made in September. Copy Edit of the Month: Voting is now over for the August 2012 competition, and prizes will be issued soon. The September 2012 contest is closed for submissions and open for voting. The October 2012 contest is now open for submissions. Everyone is welcome to submit entries and to vote. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 23:41, 4 October 2012 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LXXVIII, September 2012 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content Book reviews: AustralianRupert on artillery in South Australia, and Nick-D on Venice's empire Op-ed: Nick-D on the "Kokoda: Beyond the Legend" conference The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project and/or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Nick-D (talk) and Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 20:45, 5 October 2012 (UTC) WikiWomen's Collaborative WikiWomen Unite! Hi La Pianista! Women around the world who edit and contribute to Wikipedia are coming together to celebrate each other's work, support one another, and engage new women to also join in on the empowering experience of shaping the sum of all the world's knowledge - through the WikiWomen's Collaborative. As a WikiWoman, we'd love to have you involved! You can do this by: Liking the WikiWomen's Collaborative on Facebook and share your tips, projects, and connect with other WikiWomen Join the conversation on our Twitter feed Reading and writing for our blog channel We can't wait to have you involved, and feel free to drop by our meta page (under construction) to see how else you can get involved! Can't wait to have you involved! SarahStierch (talk) 00:59, 5 October 2012 (UTC) GOCE fall newsletter Fall Events from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events: The October 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best October copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC). Voting is in progress for the September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest. Everyone is welcome to vote, whether they have entered the contest or not. NEW!! In the week from Sunday 21 October to Saturday 27 October, we are holding a Project Blitz, in which we will copy edit articles tagged with {{copyedit}} belonging to selected project(s). For the first blitz, we'll start with WikiProject Olympics and WikiProject Albums and add more Projects to the blitz as we clear them. The blitz works much like our bimonthly drives, but a bit simpler. Everyone is welcome to take part, and barnstars will be awarded. November 2012 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on November 30 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in 2011 and to complete all requests placed before the end of October. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in 2011", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. >>> Blitz sign-up <<<         >>> Drive sign-up <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Message delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 19:18, 18 October 2012 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LXXIX, October 2012 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; milestone for the Fortifications task force; contest results Articles: The month's new Featured and A-class content Book reviews: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/October 2012/Hawkeye7 on mission command Op-ed: The ed17 on how The Bugle could be improved The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Nick-D (talk) and Ian Rose (talk) 02:43, 24 October 2012 (UTC) GOCE November 2012 copy edit drive update Guild of Copy Editors November 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter Participation: Out of 31 people signed up for this drive so far, 22 have copy-edited at least one article. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: We're on track to meet our targets for the drive. We have reduced our target group of articles—November and December 2011—by over 50%, and 34 of the the 56 requests made in September and October this year have already been fulfilled. However, the rate of tagging for copy edit has increased, and this month we are just keeping the size of the backlog stable. So, all you copy editors, please do come along and help us! The September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest was won by Baffle gab1978 for his copy edit of Expulsion of the Acadians. Runner up was Gareth Griffith-Jones for his edit of I Could Fall in Love. Congratulations to both. The October 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight November 30 (UTC). You don't have to make a submission to vote! November 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the submissions stage until midnight November 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin. Seasonal oversight: We had a slight fall from grace in the title of our last newletter, which mentioned the season in the northern hemisphere and thus got it wrong for the southern. Fortunately an observant GOCE member was ready to spring into action to advise us. Thanks! In future we'll stay meteorologically neutral. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 19:48, 16 November 2012 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LXXX, November 2012 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: The month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Sturmvogel_66, AustralianRupert, and Nick-D look at ships, soldiers, and railways Op-ed: Nick-D on navigating the FA and A-Class review processes The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 01:43, 29 November 2012 (UTC) GOCE November drive wrap-up Guild of Copy Editors November 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Thanks to all who participated! Out of 38 people who signed up this drive, 33 copy-edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. All the barnstars have now been distributed. Progress report: We achieved our primary goal of clearing November and December 2011 from the backlog. For the first time since the drives began, the backlog consists only of articles tagged in the current year. The total backlog at the end of the month was 2690 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We completed all 56 requests outstanding before November 2012 as well as eight of those made in November. Copy Edit of the Month: Voting is now over for the October 2012 competition, and prizes have been issued. The November 2012 contest is closed for submissions and open for voting. The December 2012 contest is now open for submissions. Everyone is welcome to submit entries and to vote. Coodinator election: The six-month term for our fourth tranche of Guild coordinators will expire at the end of December. Nominations are open for the fifth tranche of coordinators, who will serve from 1 January to 30 June 2013. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 20:52, 3 December 2012 (UTC) GOCE mid-December newsletter End of Year Events from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events: The December 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best December copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on January 1 at 00:00 (UTC). Voting is in progress for the November 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest. Everyone is welcome to vote, whether they have entered the contest or not. From Sunday 16 December to Saturday 22 December, we are holding a Project Blitz, in which we will copy edit articles tagged with {{copyedit}} from January 2012. The blitz works much like our bimonthly drives, but a bit simpler. Everyone is welcome to take part, and barnstars will be awarded. January 2013 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on January 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on January 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in January, February, and March 2012 and complete all requests placed before the end of 2012. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in January, February, and March 2012", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. Coodinator election: Nominations are open for candidates to serve as GOCE coordinators from 1 January to 30 June 2013. Nominations close on December 15 at 23:59 UTC, after which voting will run until the end of December. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. >>> Blitz sign-up <<<         >>> Drive sign-up <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Message delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 00:16, 12 December 2012 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LXXXI, December 2012 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: The month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Simon Harley on British battleships and Nick-D on the French Resistance Interview: Five editors discuss some less-represented areas of military history Op-ed: Ian Rose looks back on 2012 The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 09:23, 24 December 2012 (UTC) 'Tis that season again... Happy Holidays! Hope you and your family are enjoying the holiday season, my dearest Pianista! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 06:02, 25 December 2012 (UTC) Happa Holidaze, Ed! May your belly stay replete with delicious homecooked meals, may your mind stay satiated with uncannily encyclopedic knowledge of battleships and maritime warfare, and may ten thousand kittens find their way to your cupboard tonight to surprise you with feline affection first thing Christmas morn. You're a pal. ^.^ — La Pianista ♫ ♪ 06:36, 25 December 2012 (UTC) Boy, for someone with no edits since August, you sure replied fast. ;-) Same (mostly... I assume you don't want the knowledge of maritime warfare) to you. Alas, the animals here aren't being kind: the two cats are currently clamoring for more food, while the dog wants the enchiladas I am making. Sigh. :-) Hope your piano-ing is going well. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 06:47, 25 December 2012 (UTC) GOCE 2012 Annual Report Guild of Copy Editors 2012 Annual Report The GOCE has wrapped up another successful year of operations! 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A new term is beginning for the United States and Canada Education Programs, and I wanted to give you an update on some important new information if you're interested in continuing your work this term as a Wikipedia Ambassador. You may have heard a reference to a transition the education program is going through. This is the last term that the Wikimedia Foundation will directly run the U.S. and Canada programs; beginning in June, a proposed thematic organization is likely to take over organizing the program. You can read more about the proposal here. Another major change in the program will take effect immediately. Beginning this term, a new MediaWiki education extension will replace all course pages and Ambassador lists. (See Wikipedia:Course pages and Help:Education Program extension for more details.) Included in the extension are online volunteer and campus volunteer user rights, which let you create and edit course pages and sign up as an ambassador for a particular course. 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If you would like to be an Ambassador but not ready to serve this term, you can un-check the option in your profile to publicly list it (which will remove your profile from the list). After that, you can sign on to support courses. The list of courses will be at Special:Courses. (By default, this lists "Current" courses, but you can change the Status filter to "Planned" to see courses for this term that haven't reached their listed start date yet.) As this is the first term we have used the extension, we know there will be some bugs, and we know the feature set is not as rich as it could be. (A big wave of improvements is already in the pipeline. And if you know MediaWiki and could help with code review, we'd love to have your help!) Please reach out to me (Sage Ross) with any complaints, bug reports, and feature suggestions. The basic features of the extension are documented at Wikipedia:Course pages, and you can see a tutorial for setting up and using them here. 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Finally, whether or not you work with any classes this term, I encourage you to post entries to the Trophy Case whenever you see excellent work from students or if you have great examples from past semesters. And, as always, let students (and other editors!) know when they do things well; a little WikiLove goes a long way! --Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 20:55, 14 January 2013 (UTC) Hi Fellow FortWorthian Greetings La Pianista and thanks for the links/info. I'm a very lightweight editor but I do like being able to participate with some value on occasion. I forgot to check the date on your message but if it's been a long while I wasn't ignoring you. I can't remember my last log in; it's been a while. Cheers! Gregfortworth (talk) 12:07, 15 January 2013 (UTC) GOCE mid-drive newsletter, January 2013 Guild of Copy Editors January 2013 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter We are halfway through our January backlog elimination drive. 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Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 13:20, 23 January 2013 (UTC) GOCE February 2013 newsletter Guild of Copy Editors February 2013 events newsletter We are preparing to start our February requests blitz and March backlog elimination drive. The February 2013 newsletter is now ready for review. – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, BDD, and Miniapolis Sign up for the February blitz and March drive! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 23:16, 16 February 2013 (UTC) GOCE news: February 2013 Guild of Copy Editors Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2013 wrap-up Participation: Out of 19 people who signed up for this blitz, 9 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: During the six-day blitz, we removed over twenty articles from the requests queue. 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Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 07:37, 27 February 2013 (UTC) GOCE mid-March 2013 newsletter Guild of Copy Editors March 2013 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter We are halfway through our March backlog elimination drive. The mid-drive newsletter is now ready for review. – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, BDD, and Miniapolis Sign up for the March drive! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. 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Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 15:31, 23 April 2013 (UTC) GOCE April 2013 newsletter Guild of Copy Editors April 2013 events newsletter We finished the April blitz and are preparing to start our May backlog elimination drive. The April 2013 events newsletter is now ready for review. – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, BDD, and Miniapolis Sign up for the May drive! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 04:33, 26 April 2013 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LXXXVI, May 2013 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Dumelow on the French Foreign Legion and Nick-D on New Zealand military history Op-ed: Nick-D on military history tourism The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. 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Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 22:17, 21 July 2013 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LXXXVIII, July 2013 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at Australia's frontier wars Interview: What Wikimedia chapters can offer military history editors The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 15:39, 25 July 2013 (UTC) GOCE July 2013 copy edit drive wrap-up Guild of Copy Editors July 2013 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter We have completed our July backlog elimination drive. 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Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 00:14, 21 August 2013 (UTC) GOCE Blitz wrap-up and September 2013 drive invitation Guild of Copy Editors August Blitz wrap-up Participation: Out of sixteen people who signed up for this blitz, nine copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: During the seven-day blitz, we removed 26 articles from the requests queue. Hope to see you at the September drive in a few days! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Torchiest, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95 and The Utahraptor. Sign up for the September drive! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 02:16, 26 August 2013 (UTC) WikiProject Military history coordinator election Greetings from WikiProject Military history! As a member of the project, you are invited to take part in our annual project coordinator election, which will determine our coordinators for the next twelve months. If you wish to cast a vote, please do so on the election page by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September! Kirill [talk] 17:15, 16 September 2013 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue LXXXXX, September 2013 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at the American Civil War The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 00:05, 21 September 2013 (UTC) GOCE September 2013 drive wrap-up Guild of Copy Editors September 2013 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter The September 2013 drive wrap-up is now ready for review. Sign up for the October blitz! – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95 and The Utahraptor. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 04:40, 18 October 2013 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue XCI, October 2013 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks Austro-Hungarian battleships of World War I Op-ed: Advice on reviewing Featured and A-Class articles The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 22:50, 23 October 2013 (UTC) GOCE Blitz wrap-up; join us for the November drive Guild of Copy Editors October Blitz wrap-up Participation: Out of eleven people who signed up for this blitz, eight copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: During the seven-day blitz, we copy edited 42 articles from WikiProject Film's backlog, reducing it by a net of 34 articles. Hope to see you at the November drive in a few days! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Torchiest, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95 and The Utahraptor. Sign up for the November drive! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. 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Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 05:51, 18 November 2013 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue XCIII, December 2013 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Carcharoth and Hawkeye7 look at World War I cemeteries and the British Army in World War II Interview: Less-represented areas of military history – part 2 Op-ed: TomStar81 and Nick-D look back on 2013 and ahead to 2014 The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 00:16, 17 December 2013 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue XCIV, January 2014 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D, Zawed and Hawkeye7 look at recent releases The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 13:29, 16 January 2014 (UTC) WikiProject Classical Music, Composition Task Force Revival Hello, I'm Tal Brenev. I've recently left a message at Wikipedia Talk:WikiProject Classical music/Compositions task force, in an attempt to revive the WikiProject. I will try to send a message to everyone on the list of participants, so as to get more suggestions and/or ideas. If you would like to participate, leave a message at the WikiProject Talk Page, or on my talk page. Thanks! ---Tal Brenev (talk) 22:24, 23 January 2014 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue XCV, February 2014 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Rabaul in World War II and Australia in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 23:35, 22 February 2014 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue XCVI, March 2014 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Hawkeye7 on military command and Nick-D on F-111s in combat The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:11, 26 March 2014 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue XCVII, April 2014 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Hawkeye7 looks at Britain's War Machine Interview: Article writers discuss German military history The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 14:36, 20 April 2014 (UTC) Motto of the Day Help Request April 2014 Today's motto... → Pointless execution, verbal pollution. Nominate one today! Motto of the Day (WP:MOTD) is in a state of emergency and really needs your help! There are not enough editors who are reviewing or nominating mottos at Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/In review, and this probably means that you will notice a red link or “This space for rent” as our mottos for the next weeks and months. Please take a moment to review the nominations and nominate your own new mottos at Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/In review and Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/'Specials. Any help would be appreciated! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:13, 29 April 2014 (UTC) This message has been sent by pjoef on behalf of Motto of the Day to all editors of the English Wikipedia who are showing MOTD's templates on their pages, and to all the participants to MOTD: (page, template, and category). The Bugle: Issue XCVIII, May 2014 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at The Lost Boys of Anzac Op-ed: Peacemaker67 on Featured Articles involving Yugoslavia in World War II The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 22:26, 20 May 2014 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue XCIX, June 2014 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at life aboard a US aircraft carrier and Hawkeye7 considers the role of food in World War II The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 15:17, 21 June 2014 (UTC) Main Page appearance: Alaska-class cruiser This is a note to let the main editors of Alaska-class cruiser know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on July 23, 2014. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at present, please ask Bencherlite (talk · contribs). You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 23, 2014. If it needs tweaking, or if it needs rewording to match improvements to the article between now and its main page appearance, please edit it, following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. The blurb as it stands now is below: The Alaska-class cruisers were a class of six cruisers ordered prior to World War II for the U.S. Navy. Officially they were classed as "Large Cruisers (CB)", although others regarded them as battlecruisers. Their intermediate status is reflected in the naming of the ships after US territories and insular areas, rather than states (battleships) or cities (cruisers). The idea for a large cruiser class originated in the early 1930s when the Navy sought to counter German Deutschland-class "pocket battleships". Planning of what became the Alaska class began in the later 1930s after the deployment of Germany's Scharnhorst-class battleships and rumors that Japan was constructing a new battlecruiser class. To serve as "cruiser-killers" capable of seeking out and destroying such ships, the Alaska class was given large guns, limited armor protection against 12-inch shells, and machinery capable of speeds of about 31–33 knots (36–38 mph, 58–61 km/h). Of the six planned, two were completed and a third was cancelled during construction. Alaska and Guam (pictured) served for the last year of World War II as bombardment ships and fast carrier escorts, and were decommissioned in 1947. (Full article...) You (and your talk-page stalkers) may also be interested to hear that there have been some changes at the TFA requests page recently. Nominators no longer need to calculate how many "points" an article has, the instructions have been simplified, and there's a new nomination system using templates based on those used for DYK suggestions. Please consider nominating another article, or commenting on an existing nomination, and leaving some feedback on your experience. Thank you. UcuchaBot (talk) 23:02, 26 June 2014 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue C, July 2014 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Jonas Vinther and Nick-D look at examples of electronic media Op-ed: TomStar81 on the shot heard around the world The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 03:47, 20 July 2014 (UTC) Precious spread appreciation of classical music Thank you for joining to "help spread an understanding and appreciation of classical music", for sounds on your user page and the image of one of my favourites, for Nocturnes and for creating quality articles such as Alaska-class cruiser in collaboration, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (2 April 2009, 1 May 2009, 15 October 2010)! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:08, 23 July 2014 (UTC) A year ago, you were the 924th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:56, 23 July 2015 (UTC) Five years ago, you were recipient no. 924 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:21, 23 July 2019 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CI, August 2014 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Wrap-up of some recent external reviews Interview: World War I editors Op-ed: TomStar81 on the outbreak of World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. 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As a member of the project, you are invited to take part in our annual project coordinator election, which will determine our coordinators for the next twelve months. If you wish to cast a vote, please do so on the election page by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 22:06, 23 September 2014 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CIII, October 2014 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book review: Nick-D on Britain in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. 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Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 01:52, 20 October 2014 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CIV, November 2014 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D looks at Nazi Germany's Eastern Front allies Op-ed: TomStar81 on the origins and legacy of trench warfare Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:27, 20 November 2014 (UTC) Nominations for the Military history Wikiproject's Historian and Newcomer of the Year Awards are now open! The Military history Wikiproject has opened nominations for the Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year. Nominations will be accepted until 13 December at 23:59 GMT, with voting to begin at 0:00 GMT 14 December. The voting will conclude on 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:35, 7 December 2014 (UTC) Nominations for the Military history Wikiproject's Historian and Newcomer of the Year Awards are now open! The Military history Wikiproject has opened nominations for the Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year. Nominations will be accepted until 13 December at 23:59 GMT, with voting to begin at 0:00 GMT 14 December. The voting will conclude on 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:41, 7 December 2014 (UTC) This message was accidentally sent using an incorrect mailing list, therefore this message is being resent using the correct list. As a result, some users may get this message twice; if so please discard. We apologize for the inconvenience. Voting for the Military historian and Military newcomer of the year now open! 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Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.162.53.91 (talk) 22:54, 22 December 2014 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CV, December 2014 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Hawkeye7 on armoured reconnaissance and German scientists, Nick-D on time travelling historians Op-ed: TomStar81 looks at the World War I Christmas truce Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. 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Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 00:23, 21 May 2015 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXI, June 2015 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book review: Recent external reviews Op-ed: TomStar81 on the new technology of World War I Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 13:38, 23 June 2015 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXII, July 2015 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book review: Recent external reviews Review essay: Nick-D on sourcing articles about bombing a battleship Op-ed: TomStar81 on the role of nursing in World War I Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 22:34, 22 July 2015 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXIII, August 2015 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Nick-D on the Second Schleswig War Interview: Featured picture participants Op-ed: TomStar81 on Indian nationalism during World War I Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 11:45, 22 August 2015 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXIV, September 2015 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors, coordinator elections have begun Articles: Abbasids to a Yugoslav monitor Book reviews: Economics of warfare, Japan, and light horse Op-ed: We can (not) advance Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 05:09, 20 September 2015 (UTC) WikiProject Military history coordinator election Greetings from WikiProject Military history! As a member of the project, you are invited to take part in our annual project coordinator election. If you wish to cast a vote, please do so on the election page by 23:59 (UTC) on 29 September. Yours, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:20, 25 September 2015 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXV, October 2015 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book review: Anotherclown and Sturmvogel 66 on war in the air and at sea Review essay: Auntieruth55 on the French Revolutionary Wars Op-ed: TomStar81 on the entry of Bulgaria in World War I Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 21:46, 15 October 2015 (UTC) Still active? Hello , I am a new member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Music terminology. I will be very active in the project. Are you still active? I want to get this thing into sixth gear and thought I might as well message the old members to see if any of them are interested in returning to the project. This is a revival! Best regards!--Xavier (talk) 12:49, 4 November 2015 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXVI, November 2015 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-Class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on the Battle of the Bulge Op-ed: TomStar81 looks at the collapse of the Serbian Army in World War I Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 03:25, 18 November 2015 (UTC) ArbCom elections are now open! Hi, You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:41, 24 November 2015 (UTC) Nominations for the Military history WikiProject historian and newcomer of the year awards now open! On behalf of the Military history WikiProject's Coordinators, we would like to extend an invitation to nominate deserving editors for the 2015 Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards. The nomination period will run from 7 December to 23:59 13 December, with the election phase running from 14 December to 23:59 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:05, 7 December 2015 (UTC) Merry Christmas and happy new year Merry Christmas and happy new year. (: --Pine✉ The Bugle: Issue CXVII, December 2015 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-Class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on the German retreat from France in 1944 Op-ed: TomStar81 on empires of World War I Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. 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Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 11:23, 26 January 2016 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXIX, February 2016 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-Class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on nuclear weapons in Britain and Nick-D on Australia's war in the Pacific Op-ed: TomStar81 looks at the Kamurun Campaign of 1914–16 Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 14:14, 27 February 2016 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXX, March 2016 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-Class content Book review: Hawkeye7 discusses a Panzer general and a "mercenary mum" Op-ed: TomStar81 on the terrible battles of 1916 Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:15, 26 March 2016 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXI, April 2016 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on Australian spies, Nick-D on the German Army Op-ed: TomStar81 on the 1916 Easter Rising Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 01:38, 30 April 2016 (UTC) File:La Pianista Logo 2.png listed for discussion A file that you uploaded or altered, File:La Pianista Logo 2.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Cloudbound (talk) 18:10, 8 May 2016 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXII, May–June 2016 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on Australian spies (part two) Op-ed: TomStar81 looks at the Battle of Jutland Timeline: Events of World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:05, 6 June 2016 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXIII, July 2016 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D on the Australian Imperial Force Op-ed: TomStar81 looks at the Battle of the Somme Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:44, 7 July 2016 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXIV, August 2016 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at disease control and defence satellites Op-ed: TomStar81 on the rise of air power Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 07:57, 7 August 2016 (UTC) Your music in videos Check them out: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_in_Education_12-part_video_series 71.184.117.45 (talk) 00:11, 14 August 2016 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXV, September 2016 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Peacemaker67 and Nick-D on Nazi terror and covert warfare Op-ed: Hawkeye7 looks at Australians on the Somme Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 13:27, 7 September 2016 (UTC) Military history WikiProject coordinator election Greetings from the Military history WikiProject! Elections for the Military history WikiProject Coordinators are currently underway, and as a member of the WikiProject you are cordially invited to take part by casting your vote(s) for the candidates on the election page. This year's election will conclude at 23:59 UTC 23 September. For the Coordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:00, 16 September 2016 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXVI, October 2016 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D and Hawkeye7 look at recent works Op-ed: TomStar81 on the evolution of the tank Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 14:18, 7 October 2016 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXVII, November 2016 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at two new books on the US military Interview: A chat with our new project coordinators Review essay: Nick-D discusses recent works on the British and Australian Armies in World War I Op-ed: TomStar81 on the end of the Battle of the Somme Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 11:30, 7 November 2016 (UTC) Possible removal of AWB access due to inactivity Hello! There is currently a request for approval of a bot to manage the AutoWikiBrowser CheckPage by removing inactive users, among other tasks. You are being contacted because you may qualify as an inactive user of AWB. First, if you have any input on the proposed bot task, please feel free to comment at the BRFA. Should the bot task be approved, your access to AWB may be uncontroversially removed if you do not resume editing within a week's time. This is purely for routine maintenance of the CheckPage, and is not indicative of wrongdoing on your part. You will be able regain access at any time by simply requesting it at WP:PERM/AWB. Thank you! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:36, 8 November 2016 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXVIII, December 2016 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at America's nuclear capability at the start of the Cold War Review essay: Hawkeye7 on the Manhatten Project suite of articles Op-ed: TomStar81 discusses leadership changes in World War I Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 14:09, 7 December 2016 (UTC) Happy holidays! Happy Holidays! Hope you and your family are enjoying the holiday season! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 00:00, 26 December 2016 (UTC) Voting for the Military history WikiProject Historian and Newcomer of the Year is ending soon! Time is running out to voting for the Military Historian and Newcomer of the year! If you have not yet cast a vote, please consider doing so soon. The voting will end on 31 December at 23:59 UTC, with the presentation of the awards to the winners and runners up to occur on 1 January 2017. For the Military history WikiProject Coordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:01, 29 December 2016 (UTC) This message was sent as a courtesy reminder to all active members of the Military History WikiProject. The Bugle: Issue CXXIX, January 2017 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at three recent works Op-ed: TomStar81 on a curious episode of World War I Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 23:07, 7 January 2017 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXX, February 2017 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Recent external reviews Op-ed: TomStar81 looks at submarine warfare in World War I Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 04:45, 7 February 2017 (UTC) March Madness 2017 G'day all, please be advised that throughout March 2017 the Military history Wikiproject is running its March Madness drive. This is a backlog drive that is focused on several key areas: tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope updating the project's currently listed A-class articles to ensure their ongoing compliance with the listed criteria creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various task force pages or other lists of missing articles. 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 military history scope will be considered eligible. More information can be found here for those that are interested, and members can sign up as participants at that page also. The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 March and runs until 23:59 UTC on 31 March 2017, so please sign up now. For the Milhist co-ordinators. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) & MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:24, 26 February 2017 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXXI, March 2017 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at works on two facets of US military power Op-ed: TomStar81 on the Russian Revolution Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 23:20, 12 March 2017 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXXII, April 2017 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D and Hawkeye7 look at air power and nuclear weaponry Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on Australia's part in the advance on the Hindenburg Line Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 23:50, 8 April 2017 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXXIII, May 2017 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on Strategic Air Command doctrine Op-ed: Tomstar81 looks at a little-known aspect of World War I Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 03:01, 7 May 2017 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXXIV, June 2017 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at the Battle of Kokoda and US defence acquisition in the 1960s Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on the Battle of Messines Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:52, 8 June 2017 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXXV, July 2017 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D looks at planning for the unthinkable Op-ed: TomStar81 on Russia's Provisional Government in World War I Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 07:34, 4 July 2017 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXXVI, August 2017 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on the Battle of Messines and recent Australian Army leadership; Nick-D on South African armour Op-ed: Nick-D talks photography Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 13:37, 7 August 2017 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXXVII, September 2017 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D and Hawkeye7 look at two recent releases Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on ANZACs in the Third Ypres Offensive Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 23:32, 8 September 2017 (UTC) 2017 Military history WikiProject Coordinator election Greetings from the Military history WikiProject! Elections for the Military history WikiProject Coordinators are currently underway. As a member of the WikiProject you are cordially invited to take part by casting your vote(s) for the candidates on the election page. This year's election will conclude at 23:59 UTC 29 September. Thank you for your time. For the current tranche of Coordinators, AustralianRupert (talk) 10:39, 21 September 2017 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXXVIII, October 2017 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D and Hawkeye7 look at Australian involvement on the Western Front in 1918 and in post-war New Guinea Op-ed: TomStar81 on the October Revolution Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 23:42, 7 October 2017 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXXXIX, November 2017 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Recent external reviews Op-ed: TomStar81 on late 1917 naval warfare Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 13:29, 7 November 2017 (UTC) 2017 Military Historian of the Year and Newcomer of the Year nominations and voting As we approach the end of the year, the Military History project is looking to recognise editors who have made a real difference. Each year we do this by bestowing two awards: the Military Historian of the Year and the Military History Newcomer of the Year. The co-ordinators invite all project members to get involved by nominating any editor they feel merits recognition for their contributions to the project. Nominations for both awards are open between 00:01 on 2 December 2017 and 23:59 on 15 December 2017. After this, a 14-day voting period will follow commencing at 00:01 on 16 December 2017. Nominations and voting will take place on the main project talkpage: here and here. Thank you for your time. For the co-ordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:35, 8 December 2017 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXL, December 2017 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Recent external reviews Op-ed: TomStar81 on the Halifax Explosion of 1917 Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 11:16, 10 December 2017 (UTC) User group for Military Historians Greetings, "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. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:29, 21 December 2017 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXLI, January 2018 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at tropical medicine and Operation Market Garden Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on US Army doctrine in World War I Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. 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Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 07:16, 11 February 2018 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXLIII, March 2018 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at a work by Daniel Ellsberg Op-ed: TomStar81 on the 1918 flu pandemic Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 10:36, 12 March 2018 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXLIIV, April 2018 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D looks at the bombing of Darwin; recent books by female military historians Review essay: K.e.coffman on Wikipedia's representations of the Nazi German military Op-ed: TomStar81 on the Red Baron Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 09:55, 8 April 2018 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXLIV, May 2018 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at coalitions and logistics in World War II, and Nick-D at Australia's frontier wars Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 15:00, 12 May 2018 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXLVI, June 2018 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Recent external reviews Op-ed: TomStar81 on a supergun of World War I Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 10:35, 11 June 2018 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXLVII, July 2018 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: This month's external reviews Op-ed: TomStar81 on the murder of the Romanovs Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:12, 10 July 2018 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXLVIII, August 2018 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D looks at a classic US official history Op-ed: TomStar81 on belated declarations of war in 1916–18 Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 08:35, 12 August 2018 (UTC) 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) The Bugle: Issue CXLIX, September 2018 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Indy Beetle and Nick-D on the Katangese Gendarmes and India during World War II Op-ed: TomStar81 looks at two important treaties of World War I Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 22:19, 10 September 2018 (UTC) Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 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 2018. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:35, 15 September 2018 (UTC) Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 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 2018. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:22, 15 September 2018 (UTC) Note: the previous version omitted a link to the election page, therefore you are receiving this follow up message with a link to the election page to correct the previous version. We apologies for any inconvenience that this may have caused. Have your say! Hi everyone, just a quick reminder that voting for the WikiProject Military history coordinator election closes soon. 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Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 07:00, 7 October 2018 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLI, November 2018 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Peacemaker67 looks at the Sydney Wars Op-ed: TomStar81 on the end of World War I Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 09:40, 14 November 2018 (UTC) ArbCom 2018 election voter message Hello, La Pianista. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. 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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC) Nominations now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards Nominations for our annual Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards are open until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2018. Why don't you nominate the editors who you believe have made a real difference to the project in 2018? MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:26, 3 December 2018 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLII, December 2018 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Recent external reviews Op-ed: Indy beetle looks at military newspapers in East Africa The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 10:34, 9 December 2018 (UTC) Voting now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards Voting for our annual Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards is open until 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December 2018. Why don't you vote for the editors who you believe have made a real difference to Wikipedia's coverage of military history in 2018? MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:17, 16 December 2018 (UTC) Happy holidays Alcohol free? I'm not so politically correct I'll censor myself, I just don't know (or care ;p ) what flavor you celebrate. So, greetings of the season, & may they bring you joy. Kris Kringle ho ho ho 23:58, 24 December 2018 (UTC) (Yes, it's been awhile. ;p ) The Bugle: Issue CLIII, January 2019 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D looks at Albert Speer Op-ed: Factotem on common problems affecting infoboxes Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 23:58, 6 January 2019 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLIV, February 2019 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Recent external reviews Review essay: Nick-D on the Japanese battleship Mikasa The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:19, 10 February 2019 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLV, March 2019 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on US Navy aviation safety and Australian war crimes trials The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 11:00, 10 March 2019 (UTC) Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago Awesome Ten years! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:24, 2 April 2019 (UTC) ... and again! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:21, 1 May 2019 (UTC) ... and again! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:57, 15 October 2020 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLVI, April 2019 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Peacemaker67, Nick-D and Hawkeye7 look at three books focussing on the World Wars Op-ed: Indy Beetle on the fall of Idi Amin The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 21:59, 8 April 2019 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLVII, May 2019 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on Australia's leadership and medical services in World War II and Peacemaker67 on Israel's targeted assassinations Op-ed: TomStar81 looks at the fate of the German fleet at Scapa Flow The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 11:04, 12 May 2019 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLVIII, June 2019 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D looks at the Dambusters, and Hawkeye7 at Allied code breakers and Australia in New Guinea and Vietnam Op-ed: TomStar81 on the treaty that ended World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 13:07, 14 June 2019 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLIX, July 2019 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Haweye7, Peacemaker67 and Nick-D on recent books covering the world wars The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:01, 14 July 2019 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLX, August 2019 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Peacemaker67 look at Italian, German and Australian forces in World War II The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 09:41, 16 August 2019 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLX, August 2019 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Peacemaker67 look at Italian, German and Australian forces in World War II The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 09:42, 16 August 2019 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXI, September 2019 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D looks at the legacy of World War II The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 09:17, 16 September 2019 (UTC) Wikiproject Military history coordinator election half-way mark G'day everyone, the voting for the XIX Coordinator Tranche is at the halfway mark. The candidates have answered various questions, and you can check them out to see why they are running and decide whether you support them. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:36, 22 September 2019 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXII, October 2019 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at three works Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on writing a military biography The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:40, 12 October 2019 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXIII, November 2019 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Willbb234 on Allied pilots, Hawkeye7 on the defence of Australia and logistics in Indochina, Nick-D on Australian commandos Op-ed: Hawkeye7 reports back on a high-profile history symposium The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 21:44, 11 November 2019 (UTC) Happy First Edit Day! The Bugle: Issue CLXIV, December 2019 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at works on aspects of the Second World War and Cold War The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:48, 19 December 2019 (UTC) Belated holiday greetings File:Christmas Train Lanterns With Capiz.jpg Thank you very much for sharing recordings of your piano performances. Merry Christmas and happy new year. ↠Pine (✉) 16:27, 27 December 2019 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXV, January 2020 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on Jim Mattis The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:56, 19 January 2020 (UTC) The Bugle: IssueICLXVI, February 2020 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D looks at a failed German counterattack in the Battle of Normandy The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 13:04, 21 February 2020 (UTC) March Madness 2020 G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team The Bugle: Issue CLXVII, March 2020 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Recent external reviews The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 01:51, 15 March 2020 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXVIII, April 2020 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at the logistics behind the Crusades and the USAF's early Cold War nuclear deterrant The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 05:21, 13 April 2020 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXIX, May 2020 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D and Hawkeye7 look at fortifications, the German Army, and post-Cold War conflict The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 15:03, 15 May 2020 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXX, June 2020 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D looks at the naval siege of Japan in 1945 The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 04:22, 14 June 2020 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXXI, July 2020 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D on Hadrian's Wall and Hawkeye7 on the British military Op-ed: Nick-D on diversity and military history The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 11:45, 13 July 2020 (UTC) Precious anniversary Precious Six years! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:32, 23 July 2020 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXXII, August 2020 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Recent external reviews Op-ed: Nick-D on 1945 The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 14:29, 8 August 2020 (UTC) 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) 02:05, 1 September 2020 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue Issue CLXXIII, September 2020 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Recent external reviews Review Essay: Nick-D on the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:52, 11 September 2020 (UTC) Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced 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) 05:18, 15 September 2020 (UTC) Brother? Are you my long lost twin? Our names are uncomfortably similar. Le Panini (Talk tome?) 15:43, 13 October 2020 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXXIV, October 2020 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D on Franklin Roosevelt in World War II and Hog Farm on the Battle of Chancellorsville The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:21, 15 October 2020 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXXV, November 2020 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D & Hawkeye7 look at two aspects of 20th Century warfare Op-ed: TomStar81 on the Unknown Soldiers The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 15:51, 11 November 2020 (UTC) Happy First Edit Day! The Bugle: Issue CLXXVI, December 2020 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D looks at the war in Ukraine The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 22:49, 13 December 2020 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXXVII, January 2021 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks Australian artillery in World War I Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on no-win scenarios The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 00:06, 16 January 2021 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, February 2021 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Works on the Gallipoli Campaign, Battle of Perryville and US 1st Infantry Division The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 14:59, 21 February 2021 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, February 2021 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Works on the Gallipoli Campaign, Battle of Perryville and US 1st Infantry Division The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 15:03, 21 February 2021 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXXIX, March 2021 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on female computers, Nick-D on the Israeli Defence Forces The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:56, 22 March 2021 (UTC) April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive Hey y'all, the April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive begins at 00:01 UTC on April 1, 2021 and runs through 23:59 UTC on April 31, 2021. Points can be earned through reviewing articles on the AutoCheck report, reviewing articles listed at WP:MILHIST/ASSESS, reviewing MILHIST-tagged articles at WP:GAN or WP:FAC, and reviewing articles submitted at WP:MILHIST/ACR. Service awards and barnstars are given for set points thresholds, and the top three finishers will receive further awards. To participate, sign up at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_History/April 2021 Reviewing Drive#Participants and create a worklist at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/April 2021 Reviewing Drive/Worklists (examples are given). Further details can be found at the drive page. Questions can be asked at the drive talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:22, 31 March 2021 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXXX, April 2021 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on Montgomery's doctrine and Nick-D on Mussolini's wars The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 02:09, 18 April 2021 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXXXI, May 2021 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick- D and Hawkeye7 look at intelligence gathering, doctrine and strategy The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 00:57, 22 May 2021 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXXXII, June 2021 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D on RAAF aircraft, Hawkeye7 on mission command and nuclear secrecy The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 03:06, 27 June 2021 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXXXIII, July 2021 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Peacemaker67 and Nick-D on World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:30, 30 July 2021 (UTC) gnossienne 1 recording for short film Hi La Pianista, Hope you're well. I sent an email about a year ago regarding using your 'gnossienne 1' recording for a short film of mine. It is such a wonderful recording and has worked so well with the film. I understand the recording is public domain anyway but I wanted to email again to let you know. If you would like, I can send the film over to you? Many thanks, Elias Michael Elias Michael (talk) 07:19, 10 August 2021 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXXXIV, August 2021 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on Commonwealth armies and an Australian spy, Nick-D on the American Revolutionary War and RAAF mine laying Op-ed: RobDuch on United States coastal defenses The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 15:48, 28 August 2021 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXXXV, September 2021 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on Australia and the UK in Iraq and Afghanistan Op-ed: Nick-D on writing about military procurement The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 13:59, 22 September 2021 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXXV, October 2021 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D on British conscription and German warship raiders The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:52, 26 October 2021 (UTC) Happy First Edit Day! The Bugle: Issue CLXXVI, November 2021 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on Canadian junior officers in World War II The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. 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Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 13:10, 30 December 2021 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, January 2022 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D on the Australian Army in Somalia Review essay: Hog Farm on American Civil War sites in the South and Midwest The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 09:45, 30 January 2022 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIV, February 2022 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D on World War II in Europe The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 22:23, 28 February 2022 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXXVII, March 2022 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D on Hitler as a military leader The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. 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Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 22:23, 29 April 2022 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXCIII, May 2022 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on a World War II summit and the American space program The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 15:55, 29 May 2022 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXCIV, June 2022 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at four recent works The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. 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Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 20:28, 26 July 2022 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXCVII, August 2022 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on the Falklands War The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 08:58, 29 August 2022 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXCVIII, September 2022 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on Australian military leadership and Nick-D on the First Crusade's Byzantine connection The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. 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Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 15:38, 16 October 2022 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXCIX, November 2022 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D on the 1991 Gulf War air campaign Op-ed: Meet some more of the coordinators The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 10:32, 9 November 2022 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CC, December 2022 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D looks at British Territorials in India Interview: On turning 200 (issues of the Bugle!) Review essay: Coordinators' 2022 reading list Op-ed: Meet some more of the coordinators The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:55, 9 December 2022 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue 201, January 2023 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on the key contributions of two Australian scientists in World War II Review essay: Nick-D reports on his recent visits to British military sites The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 19:45, 8 January 2023 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue 202, February 2023 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on translation and Eisenhower's armies Review essay: Catlemur on military museums in Athens The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 23:26, 6 February 2023 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue 203, March 2023 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hog Farm on the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 21:29, 9 March 2023 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue 204, April 2023 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D on the Australian War Memorial and the South China Sea raid, Hawkeye7 on the 1999 East Timor intervention The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 21:30, 5 April 2023 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue 205, May 2023 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on the Western Allied invasion of Germany Op-ed: Hawkeye7's tips for writing articles on military logistics The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 11:34, 7 May 2023 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue 205, May 2023 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on the Western Allied invasion of Germany Op-ed: Hawkeye7's tips for writing articles on military logistics The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 08:05, 8 May 2023 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue 206, June 2023 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D review three recent works The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. 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Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 19:57, 10 July 2023 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue 208, August 2023 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Recent external reviews Op-ed: Adam Cuerden on finding and using images The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 11:28, 7 August 2023 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue 209, September 2023 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Recent external reviews Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on the Oppenheimer biopic The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 21:36, 7 September 2023 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue 210, October 2023 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 on an American general and the first female astronauts, Nick-D on Roman fortifications The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 19:25, 6 October 2023 (UTC)