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Contents 1 The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XXXIX (May 2009) 2 Chilean presidential election, 2009 3 Third party opinion 4 Tropical cyclone WikiProject newsletter #26 5 Errata 6 News about possible join of Estonia to eurozone 7 Wikipedia Signpost: 15 June 2009 8 Hi! 9 Page move 10 Wikipedia Signpost: 22 June 2009 11 Template:Referendum 12 Aaargh! Aaargh! 13 Just Thought You'd Like to Know 14 Macedonia RfC 15 Macedonia article naming 16 Honduran referendum 17 I wish to draw your attention to this 18 I was being stupid and I need your help 19 Honduras 20 Wikipedia Signpost: 29 June 2009 21 Deletions 22 Thanks for the heads up 23 Er... 24 Heads up 2: Return of the heads up 25 Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #27 26 Does Alliance for Europe of the Nations still exist? 27 President of the Council of the European Union 28 Wikipedia Signpost: 6 July 2009 29 The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XL (June 2009) 30 Claudio Morganti 31 UK Conservatives in ECR: the carnage continues... 32 When did Myanmar become Burma? 33 Re:President of the Council of the European Union (again) 34 Wikipedia Signpost: 27 July 2009 35 The WikiProject Novels Newsletter - July 2009 36 Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #28 37 July 2009 ended. How much time remains before proclamation of the Republic of Solomon Islands? 38 Wikipedia Signpost: 3 August 2009 39 Acting Fijian President 40 Template:Stabilisation and Association Process 41 The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLI (July 2009) 42 GA Reassessment of Monarchies in Europe 43 Wikipedia Signpost: 10 August 2009 44 British direct rule on Turks & Caicos Islands 45 Wikipedia Signpost: 17 August 2009 46 WikiProject Novels - August 2009 Newsletter 47 Wikipedia Signpost: 24 August 2009 48 Mancini List 49 Discussion at Talk:List of special elections to the United States Senate#Two questions 50 Omar Bongo's Acting President 51 Voronin's resignation 52 Patriotic Socialist Union Article 53 The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLII (August 2009) 54 FYI 55 The Wikipedia Signpost: 21 September 2009 56 The Wikipedia Signpost: 28 September 2009 57 The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLIII (September 2009) 58 The Wikipedia Signpost: 5 October 2009 59 ...by political systems 60 Belgian political parties 61 The Wikipedia Signpost: 12 October 2009 62 Russian in Tajikistan 63 The Wikipedia Signpost: 19 October 2009 64 Uruguay referendum 65 National liberalism 66 The Wikipedia Signpost: 26 October 2009 67 Article on Lisbon Treaty signing 68 ITN for Marshall Islands presidential election, 2009 69 Monarchies in Europe 70 Outside opinion 71 The Wikipedia Signpost: 2 November 2009 72 Test your World War I knowledge with the Henry Allingham International Contest! 73 The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLIV (October 2009) 74 The Wikipedia Signpost: 9 November 2009 75 Referendum on New Constitution of Saint Vincent 76 The Wikipedia Signpost: 16 November 2009 77 Date formats 78 A little notice 79 Talk:Monarchies in Europe/GA1 80 The Wikipedia Signpost: 23 November 2009 81 Belgian political parties 2 81.1 Transnistrian legislative election, 2010 82 Proposed deletion of Transnistrian legislative election, 2010 83 The Wikipedia Signpost: 30 November 2009 84 Happy First Edit Day!!! 85 The Wikipedia Signpost: 7 December 2009 86 Natapei 87 The Wikipedia Signpost: 14 December 2009 88 WikiProject Novels December 2009 Newsletter 89 The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLV (November 2009) 90 The Wikipedia Signpost: 21 December 2009 91 The Wikipedia Signpost: 28 December 2009

[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XXXIX (May 2009)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXXIX (May 2009)
From the coordinators With end of year exams beckoning for many members, this has been a quiet month on the talk pages for Milhist. (If you are facing exams yourself, we all wish you the very best of luck!) During this quieter period, some of our most active reviewers are busy revising so it would be really appreciated if you can help with peer reviews or A-Class reviews. You can easily track articles needing review, by copying {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your userpage. This month sees our first newsletter editorial. The idea is to provide regular tips and hints to help editors get up to speed with our large (and sometimes complicated) project. This month's piece, by EyeSerene, explains the workings of the project's main template, which is at the core of the project's tagging and assessing activities.  Roger Davies talk 20:26, 3 June 2009 (UTC)	Articles of note New featured articles: 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash Arthur Henry Cobby Battle of Barnet Fort Ticonderoga Fountain of Time Neil Hamilton Fairley Operation Perch SMS Seydlitz SS Pennsylvanian New featured lists: List of United States Military Academy alumni (Medal of Honor) List of United States Military Academy alumni (Superintendents) New featured topics: New featured pictures: The Battle of Schevening USS West Virginia (BB-48) New A-Class articles: Albert Kesselring Frank Bladin Henry Burrell (RAN officer) List of Knight's Cross recipients of the Kriegsmarine List of Knight's Cross recipients of the Schnellboot service List of Knight's Cross recipients of the U-boat service Midshipman SM UB-14 SM UB-16 SS American (1900) Teddy Sheean Tucker class destroyer Yorktown class gunboat
Project news The Contest department has completed its twenty-sixth month of competition, with 83 articles entered by 15 editors. This month's top scorer is Bellhalla with 123 points followed by Sturmvogel 66 with 101 points. They receive the Chevrons and the Writer's Barnstar respectively. Parsecboy commendably came third with 47 points, with honorable mentions going to Ian Rose (38), Ed (28), Abraham, B.S. (15), the_ed17 (12), Amore Mio (11) and Kirk (11). Thanks also go to Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus, DPdH, Lordoliver, Belissarius, Wild Wolf, Gaia Octavia Agrippa and mynameinc, who also fielded entries. In a welcome addition to a long under-represented area, this month saw the creation of the Pakistani military history task force, which hits the ground running with 11 participants. In another task force development, please help recruit members for some of our smallest and quietest task forces. If you know anyone who may be interested, or are interested yourself, please see the drive discussion. The affected task forces are (with numbers of particpants in brackets): Taiwanese military history (2); Polish military history (4); Dutch military history (6); Military historiography (6); New Zealand military history (7); Baltic states military history (8); National militaries (8); Southeast Asian military history (8); War films (8); Early Muslim military history (9); Intelligence (9); Lebanese military history (9); South American military history (9); and Spanish military history (9).
Awards and honours Bellhalla has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal with Oakleaves for SM U-10, SM UB-14 and SM UB-16. MisterBee1966 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for List of Knight's Cross recipients of the Kriegsmarine, List of Knight's Cross recipients of the Schnellboot service, and List of Knight's Cross recipients of the U-boat service. Ian Rose has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Arthur Henry Cobby, Frank Bladin and Henry Burrell (RAN officer).
Editorial: "How to use the Milhist template" Welcome to a new occasional feature of The Bugle, where over coming issues we'll be exploring some of the roles, tasks, and technical functions that go into creating what archivist and researcher Simon Fowler has described as the best general resource for military history on the internet.† As a project we can rightly be proud of that accolade, and we gratefully acknowledge the debt we owe to those dedicated editors from across Wikipedia that have helped to make the Military history WikiProject what it is today. Many editors' first inkling of milhist's existence is when they spot our project banner on an article talk page. The banner can be easily added to appropriate articles by any editor, by typing {{WPMILHIST}} at (or near) the top of the talk page on a new line, and saving the page with an appropriate edit summary. This short form of the template will add the article to our project, and also flag the article as needing assessment and assignment to a task force by automatically adding it to the unassessed articles and articles with no associated task force categories. As with many templates in use on Wikipedia, additional parameters can be specified. Possibly the most useful to include is the class parameter, because this will help out any editors who come along later to assess the article. To add the class parameter, edit the template markup to look like {{WPMILHIST|class=}}... and if you wish, have a read through the assessment guidance on milhists's quality scale and assign a rating from Stub- to B-Class yourself. A banner template with, for example, a Stub-Class article rating will look like {{WPMILHIST|class=stub}}. Because B-Class is assessed against a checklist it has some additional parameters, so when adding the project banner to an article talk-page, even if you don't intend to assess the article yourself it can be a real help to subsequent editors to include these too. This version of the template can be entered as {{WPMILHIST|class=|B1=|B2=|B3=|B4=|B5=}}. For detailed guidance on exactly what the five B-Class criteria are, see the B-class checklist. Finally, when adding the milhist banner it's useful to assign the article to one (or more) of our task forces. This will help to bring it to the attention of those editors most likely to be interested in, and knowledgeable about, the subject. As with assessment, task force assignment is accomplished by adding a parameter to the template—in this case, simply the name of the task force followed by =yes (or =y). For example, to assign a Start-Class article to the Second World War and Canadian task forces, the template should read {{WPMILHIST|class=start|B1=|B2=|B3=|B4=|B5=|WWII=yes|Canadian=yes}}. For a full list of all the banner template parameters and more detailed usage instructions, see Template:WPMILHIST; if you are unsure as to whether or not an article belongs with milhist or what task force(s) might be appropriate, or if you have any other questions, you are welcome to ask at our main project talk page. Happy templating! EyeSerenetalk †Simon Fowler, Guide to Military History on the Internet, UK:Pen & Sword 2007, ISBN 9781844156061, p. 7
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[edit] Chilean presidential election, 2009

Hey, I saw you moved Chilean presidential election, 2009 to Chilean presidential election, 2009–2010. The elections will be held in 2009, and a possible second round in 2010, but to name the article Chilean presidential election, 2009–2010 is to presume that there will be second round and by doing so you are predicting the results in the article title. I want to ask you to move back the page. Dentren | ^Talk 18:39, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

I think it's fairly obvious from opinion polls that we can expect the election to go to a second round, and I think it would be a better use of time to write up an article on the parliamentary election... But if it really matters to you that much, I can move it back. ::shrugs:: —Nightstallion 18:45, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

We can wait with the move until the elections results are shown in december, until then there is not 2010 guaranted election. Was you not going to move back the article? Dentren | ^Talk 10:37, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

I was waiting to hear a "yes" to the implicit question – but fine, moving it back now. —Nightstallion 11:04, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Third party opinion

Since you are the most prolific editor of election articles I know of, I would like to have your opinion regarding a dispute that User:Jerzeykydd and I have had regarding United States presidential election in California, 2008. Thanks. – Zntrip 03:38, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Tropical cyclone WikiProject newsletter #26

[edit] Errata

'stallion, hi!

• There seems to be some inexplicable typos in earlier post...when I typed "Anyway, Libertas, for all its faults, is here to stay: I can't see it vanishing after the elections - it'll will probably get some MEPs", I of course meant to type "Anyway, Libertas, due to all its faults will vanish after the elections and will probably get no MEPs".
• Similarly, when I wrote "Ganley will probably get personally elected", I meant to say "Ganley will not get personally elected and when he asks for a recount he'll end up with less votes".
• Also, when I wrote "The French Libertas MEPs will get elected, he may get a smattering in the Baltics & Czechia, though he'll get none in UK, Spain & Portugal: the Brit Eurosceptics will eat him alive and the Iberians have really shot themselves in the foot. Poland may go big(ish) for Ganley", it should have read "Only one French Libertas MEP will get elected, he'll get nothing in the Baltics, Czechia, UK, Spain & Portugal, Poland will ignore him like a bad smell, and he'll end up with the same number of MEPs as the Pirate Party".
• Obviously, I'll have to learn to type more carefully...:-)
• On a more serious point, how the hell do I finish off an article about a party that vanishes overnight? There were formal pledges of allegiance from the affiliates so I can cite them becoming affiliates, but they won't put something on their websites saying "Er, actually, we didn't really mean it. Ganley who? Never heard of him <look sheepish>", so I can't cite them stopping being affiliates. So the article may literally end "On 8 June 2009 Ganley announced that he was retiring from politics(cite): the fate of the party was not specified."
• Still, the good news is that we now have a solid structure for pan-European party articles and I can roll it out to the others. So from a wikiPOV, it wasn't a total waste of time.
• Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 01:02, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Another good point: You can now concentrate on polishing up the election results pages for the 27 countries – and even more importantly, address the ongoing (FF from UEN to ALDE, Tories and ODS leaving EPP–ED) and upcoming group reshuffle... (BTW, you've read that DIKO in Cyprus wants to switch from ALDE to SOC?) —Nightstallion 05:49, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] News about possible join of Estonia to eurozone

Estonia possibly will join eurozone in mid-2010 or at the begining of 2011. [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by CrazyRepublican (talk • contribs) 23:28, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Interesting, thanks! —Nightstallion 07:49, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Signpost: 15 June 2009

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[edit] Hi!

I'm the translator of the article about the conmemorative 2€ coins in the Spanish wikipedia. I've made some edits, check them, but I think they are fine. Also, please be kind enough to let me know when you add additional information. As I don't come here so often I don't realise about the changes when some weeks have passed. Thank you! OboeCrack (talk) 03:01, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Page move

Small request--could you please move André Berre over the redirect to the title André Dieudonné Berre, which is the commonly used name? Everyking (talk) 23:43, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Sure – done. —Nightstallion 05:45, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Signpost: 22 June 2009

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[edit] Template:Referendum

I just wanted you to know that I've made some changes to Template:Referendum. Also, take a look at the documentation. – Zntrip 20:56, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Aaargh! Aaargh!

Dude! Next time something like Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats happens, please, please give me a heads up. I know I should have caught it, but I've been busy (Quick, think of a plausible excuse...my dog ate my homework...My jeep was attacked by wildebeest...My brain exploded.) Damn, I really should have caught that one....Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 02:20, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, I thought you'd likely know that before me... —Nightstallion 06:55, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Am busy: some freelance work came in with a short deadline and my laptop only works when I put it in the refrigerator. Oddly enough, this is true. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 12:50, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Oops. Then you probably should think about getting a new cooler or even a new laptop... —Nightstallion 16:17, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Just Thought You'd Like to Know

This is probably one of the best European news pieces I've read over the past week. Hopefully, enough ODS senators will go against the grain to allow its passage. [2] Therequiembellishere (talk) 03:47, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I'd read it already. —Nightstallion 07:01, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Do you think it will pass? I've looked at the numbers and if the entire Senate votes (assuming all ČSSD, KDU–ČSL, SNK and US–DeU vote for the bill and all KSČM vote against it) only two ODS senators need support it. Therequiembellishere (talk) 17:57, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

With the Greens and the Party for the Open Society, I don't think they would need *ANY* ODS votes, but I'm still not too optimistic yet. —Nightstallion 08:30, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

I suppose it's all dependent on if everyone shows up and they all vote by party lines. Therequiembellishere (talk) 14:21, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Indeed. If the ODS can keep party discipline, they have a chance to stop the process, but I'm not sure whether there aren't pro-Klaus and anti-Klaus factions in the ODS (especially after he practically threw himself in the arms of the anti-European idiots in the EP elections). —Nightstallion 14:27, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Klaus tried to organize an unified Eurosceptic party (see Libertas Czechia for more details) but it failed. Two pro-Klaus ODS MPs helped precipitate the fall of the ODS government, then left to join Libertas. They both failed. There are pro-Klaus fraktions in the ODS: Topolanek isn't one of them. I don't know which of the pro- and anti- are more powerful. Rgds, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 13:03, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

And isn't it an open secret that Topolánek dislikes him? Therequiembellishere (talk) 14:41, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

I think so, yes. —Nightstallion 15:18, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

They can't stand each other: Klaus tried to depose Topolánek as party chairman. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 03:27, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Incidentally, despite their new group membership, don't forget it was ODS that pushed Lisbon thru in Czechia in both houses. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 03:29, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes, but do they support Lisbon to the point of stripping their president of powers to a technocrat PM is the problem. Therequiembellishere (talk) 05:22, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

(why does everybody hang out on this page?) If by "they" you mean the present caretaker government in the lower house, probably not. If by "they" you mean the Senators in the upper house...probably not. If by "they" you mean the next government in the lower house post the upcoming elections...I have no idea. If ODS wins and Topolanek wants to exert his authority, then the ODS senators in the upper house may go along with it. Otherwise, probably not. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 13:03, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Macedonia RfC

Hi Nightstallion, since you've taken part in related discussions in the past, this is a notification that the Centralized discussion page set up to decide on a comprehensive naming convention about Macedonia-related naming practices is now inviting comments on a number of competing proposals from the community. Please register your opinions on the RfC subpages 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 if you wish. Cheers, BalkanFever 10:06, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Macedonia article naming

I noticed your comments earlier on Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Macedonia/main articles. With regard to your endorsement of the main article naming, I wondered if you were aware of the requirement in WP:NPOV#Article naming that things should be termed by "the common English language name as found in verifiable reliable sources"? "Republic of Macedonia" is neither the common English language name nor is it (by a very long way) the predominant term in reliable sources, the vast majority of which use simply "Macedonia" (per [3]). It would be helpful if you could consider this point, and if you continue to favour the option you supported, if you could explain why you believe NPOV should be set aside in this instance.I've posted some comments at Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Macedonia/main articles#Users who endorse Proposal A which you might find helpful. -- ChrisO (talk) 16:02, 26 June 2009 (UTC) -- ChrisO (talk) 15:49, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Bear in mind that most of the editors who signed Wikipedia:Centralized_discussion/Macedonia/main_articles#Users_who_endorse_Proposal_B have been contacted by ChrisO. SHEFFIELDSTEEL^TALK 18:52, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Please do not misrepresent me. Fritzpoll, one of the referees in the discussion, has stated that he is happy with my actions. -- ChrisO (talk) 20:34, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Honduran referendum

Do we have a page about this? Isn't happening in a couple of days (if at all)? – Zntrip 03:42, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

No, I was a bit dumbfounded by this, too. We should have one about it, though – it's supposed to take place tomorrow, even though it may now be illegal. ::scratches head:: Strange situation, either way. —Nightstallion 08:27, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I've whipped something up at Honduran constitutional referendum, 2009. —Nightstallion 08:43, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Cool, I'll take a look. – Zntrip 19:53, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Well so much for the referendum. :P – Zntrip 18:11, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, nice try. —Nightstallion 21:05, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] I wish to draw your attention to this

I don't know if is seemly to involve you (wearing your admin hat) of what may just be a content dispute. However, since you are a recent editor of the PASDE article, I have to. So...

I have opened a discussion here to which I wish to draw your attention. This is a friendly notice under the auspices of WP:CANVASS. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 03:22, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] I was being stupid and I need your help

Could you please move List of special and elections to the California State Assembly to List of special elections to the California State Assembly? I was thinking of adding the word "recall" but decided against it. – Zntrip 20:16, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Honduras

No one has responded on WP:RFP would you be able to stop by there and see if you think Honduras, 2009 Honduran political crisis and Roberto Micheletti need semi-protection? Therequiembellishere (talk) 20:33, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Signpost: 29 June 2009

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[edit] Deletions

Following the proposed deletions in it.Wiki, two articles about Italian regionalist political parties have been proposed for deletion in en.Wiki too.

The fist is Lombardia Autonoma, a splinter party of Lega Nord in Lombardy, and as there is also an article's entry on the Articles for deletion page (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lombardia Autonoma) I was able to state my opinion. The second is Venetian National Party, a Venatian nationalist party. How can I hangon to that proposed deletion as there is no article's entry? I'm not sure of having understood what the tag at the top of the article says... Could you help me? --Checco (talk) 15:39, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the heads up

Sandbox version of new group here. Will move into namespace tomorrow when group announced and it's given a name. IND/DEM and UEN will need to be changed also from current to former. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 00:52, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

They worked out which words to use, although I wouldn't have been surprised if they'd've gone for something like Europe of Free Peoples, Liberty, Freedom, Democracy and Independence. Anyway, Europe of Freedom and Democracy now in mainspace. Next: will update IND/DEM and UEN. Rgds, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 20:02, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

I think I've worked out their naming convention: it's either aircraft carriers or the space shuttles from Armageddon. Anyway, IND/DEM and UEN now updated. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 02:05, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Nice work. :) —Nightstallion 08:04, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 01:37, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

What about Alliance for Europe of the Nations and EUDemocrats? Will the europarties merge? Either way, their articles need updating. —Nightstallion 08:07, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

I don't get out of bed for anything smaller than a continent...:-). Seriously however, I'm currently trying to avoid an edit war on IND/DEM: I am constantly amazed by the number of people who delete stuff because it refers to a past configuration. If we just had up-to-date info, we'd only have articles on places/countries/people that exist now, and I'd hate to have to explain that to the Michael Jackson editors. Will move attention to Alliance for Europe of the Nations and EUDemocrats when time permits (shouldn't Political groups of the European Parliament be a priority?). Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 01:37, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Er...

' stallion, hi! I thoughtlessly outed somebody's real-life identity, which is *bad*. I've removed the text: can you redact the original edit that did the outing? It's here. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 14:54, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Meh, I don't really think that's a problem – he's using the same name as his blog, that's not really keeping it secret. If you still want to remove the edit from the history, you'll have to find someone else who can do that – mere admins can't... —Nightstallion 15:11, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Oh, I thought it was major league badness. Yes I know it's obvious from his id, but we're supposed to not know officially, if you see what I mean. Oh well, no harm, no foul. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 20:12, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Heads up 2: Return of the heads up

'stallion, hi! Thanks for the FPO heads up: will track. My attention is currently taken up with a user who believes s/he knows about map design: I had to talk him/her thru it step-by-step. Ouch... Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 23:57, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #27

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From the editors In recent months, the project has become increasingly inactive; with only a few active participants, we need your help for the upcoming hurricane season! Feel free to contact Hurricanehink (talk · contribs), Juliancolton (talk · contribs), Jason Rees (talk · contribs), or Cyclonebiskit (talk · contribs) for more information. Thanks! Storm of the month Tropical Storm Linfa formed out of an area of low pressure on June 14, the storm briefly attained tropical depression status before degenerating. By June 17 the system regenerated in the South China Sea. Slowly tracking northward, the storm intensified, attaining severe tropical storm status on June 19 and peaking in intensity the following day. On June 21, Linfa made landfall in Fujian Province, China as a tropical storm before weakening to a tropical depression. In Taiwan, outer bands of the storm produced significant amounts of rain over southeastern areas of the island. Along the western coast, rip currents resulted in the drowning of one person. Six hikers also were reported to be missing. In China, torrential rains triggered flooding that destroyed 100 homes, killed one person and left six others missing. In all, seven people were killed by Linfa, with another 12 missing, damages in mainland China were estimated at ¥655 million (US$95.8 million) and agricultural losses in Taiwan reached NT$400 million (US$12.1 million). Other tropical cyclone activity Tropical Depression One-E, East Pacific Hurricane Andres, East Pacific Tropical Storm Nangka, West Pacific Depression ARB 01, North Indian Member of the month The member of the month is Cool3 (talk · contribs). Though only a new member, Cool3 has contributed hundreds of sources and hours of research to several articles, two of which are now featured. The project thanks him for his high-quality work. New members Cool3 (talk · contribs) Darkspace72 (talk · contribs) In addition, three users re-joined the project after being listed as inactive: Hurricane Angel Saki (talk · contribs) Cyclonebiskit (talk · contribs) Hurricanehink (talk · contribs) New and improved articles There were 5 new pieces of Featured content: 1941 Florida hurricane, Subtropical Storm Andrea (2007), Tropical Storm Marco (2008), Hurricane Kiko (1989), and Wind New Good articles include: Hurricane Charley (1986), 1943 Mazatlán hurricane, 1982 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Earl (1998), Effects of Hurricane Georges in Cuba, Effects of Hurricane Georges in Louisiana, and Hurricane Hazel New storm articles include: Tropical Storm Isidore (1984), Cyclone Nancy, Tropical Storm Hazel (1965), and Tropical Storm Cristina (1996) New non-storm articles include: Timeline of the 1974 Atlantic hurricane season Main Page content Tropical cyclone was Today's Featured Article on June 1 Facts from Tropical Storm Isidore (1984), Hurricane Gustav (1990), Hurricane Irene–Olivia‎, Tropical Storm Hazel (1965), and Cyclone Nancy appeared in the Did You Know? section of the Main Page during June. Tropical Depression One-E (2009) appeared on the Main Page in the In the News section. Article statistics Tropical cyclone articles Importance Top High Mid Low None Total Quality FA 6 10 60 60 136 A 2 6 14 22 GA 8 17 110 229 364 B 3 7 19 30 59 C 5 20 77 62 164 Start 5 56 216 221 498 Stub 1 13 92 63 169 Assessed 28 125 580 679 1412 Unassessed 1 1 Total 28 125 580 679 1 1413 Project News The project as a whole is still rather inactive, though more articles are being created and expanded than in previous months. 18 good articles and four featured articles were promoted during June, including Wind. Additionally, about 28 new articles were created and assessed. As of 01:42, 4 July 2009 (UTC), there are three featured article candidates; see the noticeboard for more info. A discussion is ongoing at the project talk page (link) regarding the naming of unnamed tropical cyclones, such as 1978 January subtropical storm and 1975 Pacific Northwest hurricane. While more descriptive titles often constitute original research, official designations are sometimes ambiguous. Comments are welcome. There is also a discussion on how the project rates its articles on the importance scale. Tropical cyclones at associated Wikimedia projects Two articles were created and featured on Wikinews' main page: Tropical Storm Andres is designated and Tropical depression dissipated, impacts Mexico.

–Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:09, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Does Alliance for Europe of the Nations still exist?

As requested, I have updated Alliance for Europe of the Nations.

So here's the thing. UEN collapses, its MEPs scatter to ECR & EFD, everybody on Wikipedia changes the party affiliations from AEN to MER, everybody's happy. Except me. The reason for my state of general mizz is this "What proof have we got that Alliance for Europe of the Nations is defunct?" I know its website is kinda dead and that's usually a bad sign, but it got funded for this financial year back in February-ish. And there's nothing formally tying AEN to UEN: the existence of the former is not dependent on the existence of the latter. Its member parties have decamped from UEN to ECR & EFD, but (to the best of my knowledge) they haven't disavowed AEN, either formally or informally. And I can't see them giving up Euromoney unless they're forced: Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe stayed funded for about a year as a party-in-name-only and theoretically AEN is still a going concern. So here's the question:

"Does Alliance for Europe of the Nations still exist?"

Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 01:21, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

I've just checked the representation: it may just have enough elected members (doesn't have to be the EP, remember: any regional or national legislature will do) to pass the 25% of member states (i.e. 7) threshold, as follows:

• Estonia: People's Union of Estonia
• France: Rally for France
• Latvia: For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK
• Lithuania: Order and Justice
• Luxembourg: Alternative Democratic Reform Party
• Poland: Law and Justice
• Slovakia: Slovak National Party

Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 02:05, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Interesting, thanks. —Nightstallion 08:01, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Er, that's not exactly what I meant. It wasn't a case of "hey-heres-an-interesting-thing-that-I-found", it's a case of "Does-anybody-know-whether-this-frakking-party-still-exists". Sigh...you're the resident Austrian expert, Checco does Italy, God knows we're overrun with UK & Ireland experts, but try to find out whether a Europarty still exists, and everybody goes "Uh?!". I'll try JLogan and SSolbergj, see if they know anything. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 22:18, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Oh, sorry. Well, AFAIK: ER has 6 parliamentary seats in Estonia and local council seats, too. RpF has a seat in the Senate. LNNK has one MEP and 8 parliamentary seats. TiT has 2 MEPs and 15 parliamentary seats. LVLS (also Lithuania, which you didn't list) has 3 parliamentary seats. ADR has two parliamentary seats. PiS has 166 parliamentary seats and 15 MEPs. SNS has 20 parliamentary seats and 1 MEP. So if you ask me – yes, according to the facts I've found, it still exists, sadly enough. —Nightstallion 07:19, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Yep, checked them on parline: I think you're right. We won't know whether it's alive, dying or dead until next year's January/February EP Bureau meeting to decide funding. Anyway, Alliance for Europe of the Nations updated as requested. Next stop, EUDemocrats. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 00:18, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

On the subject of europarties with uncertain futures, another organisation to keep an eye on is the European Democratic Party. Its website is moribund and its previous largest national delegation, the Italians, are going to sit with the PES's group in the next parliament, so I assume that the EDP's future is uncertain.--Autospark (talk) 01:30, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Deprez of the MCC (Belgium) seems to have been reelected as an MEP.[4] The European Party in Cyprus still has three seats in the national parliament; Path of Change lost its senator in Czechia after the 2008 elections, however. The Basque Nationalist Party has strong representation in the Basque Country and some seats in the Cortes and the EP; Democratic Movement is not doing great, but still solidly between third and fifth in France. The Lithuanian Labour Party has seats, and Irish MEP Marian Harkin was reelected. BUT – that's only six parties... —Nightstallion 08:04, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

JLo suggested asking them. So I asked them. I emailed info@edp.org, marian@marianharkin.com, m.gatel@udf.org (webmaster of EDP website), cristiana.muscardini@aensite.org, info@aensite.org asking them if EDP or AEN still existed. Will let u know if/when they reply. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 21:59, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] President of the Council of the European Union

At List of presidents of European Union institutions, I'm trying to figure out who the minister in charge of Sweden's term is. I've put Carl Bildt as what seems to be the most logical but there is a possibility that it's their EU minister, Cecilia Malmström. Know anything? Therequiembellishere (talk) 23:48, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure it's Bildt, but I haven't got a source. —Nightstallion 08:00, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

It appears to be Malmström. [5] Therequiembellishere (talk) 23:56, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Good find – sorry for being wrong. ;) —Nightstallion 06:10, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Psh. You've been wrong once out of all the times I've asked for your help. I think the odds are in your favour. Therequiembellishere (talk) 06:33, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

I hope so. ;) —Nightstallion 06:35, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XL (June 2009)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XL (June 2009)
From the coordinators The big news this month is the launch of the Academy content drive (see below if you want to help). But otherwise it has been a very busy month for both reviewing and contest department entries, surprisingly so considering the wind down of the academic year. If you'd like to do some wiki-gnoming over the holidays, please help with the huge backlog (currently 23,606 articles) at Category:Military history articles with incomplete B-Class checklists.  Roger Davies talk 11:31, 11 July 2009 (UTC)	Articles of note New featured articles: Battle of the Coral Sea Battle of Vimy Ridge Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay Military history of Australia during World War II Otto Becher Moltke class battlecruiser Yamato class battleship New featured lists: List of Medal of Honor recipients (Veracruz) List of Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipients List of United States Military Academy alumni (athletic figures) List of United States Military Academy alumni (engineers) New featured pictures: Governor Davey's [sic] Proclamation to the Aborigines Test Baker, Operation Crossroads Tuskegee airmen New A-Class articles: Army of the Tennessee Battle of Bosworth Field Battle of Corydon Battle of the Coral Sea Battle of Ticonderoga (1777) Helgoland class battleship Operation Sky Monitor Rupert Downes Sd.Kfz. 10 Werner Mölders
Project news The Cold War task force has been created. New members are welcome! Congratulations go to Patar knight and Cool3, who have both successfully passed RfA. Feel free to chime in on the longrunning discussion about the firearms article structure. The Contest department has completed its twenty-seventh month of competition, with 54 articles entered by 10 editors. Sturmvogel 66 placed first this month with 64 points, followed by Parsecboy on 49 points. They receive the Chevrons and the Writer's Barnstar respectively. Ed! commendably came third with 44 points, with honorable mentions going to AustralianRupert (38), Mynameinc (11) and The ed17 (10). Thanks also go to Gaia Octavia Agrippa, Bernstein2291, Piotrus and Wild Wolf, who also fielded entries.
The Academy content drive Introduced in February, The Academy is an online school for new members. This month, we're launching a drive to increase the breadth and depth of its content. If you can help, by writing four to six paragraph articles, please do so! Barnstars galore to be won!
Awards and honours Our top Peer and A-Class reviewers over the last quarter are: Joe N (38), The ed17 (38), YellowMonkey (24), Cla68 (22), Jim Sweeney (22), AustralianRupert (21), Nick-D (19), TomStar81 (19), Abraham, B.S. (15) and Ian Rose (12) who each receive the WikiChevrons. The following editors received the Content Review Medal of Merit for their help: Patar knight (9), Piotrus (7), Patton123 (6), Sturmvogel 66 (6), Bellhalla (5), Skinny87 (5), Ed! (4), Magicpiano (4), Maralia (4), Wandalstouring (4), Cool3 (3), Hawkeye7 (3), IceUnshattered (3), Jackyd101 (3), MBK004 (3), Simon Harley (3), and Vantine84 (3). Thanks also go to: EnigmaMcmxc, Kyriakos, Saberwyn, Brad101, Dhatfield, Kirill Lokshin, Kirk, Mm40, Admiral Norton, Askari Mark, Benea, Binksternet, Brianboulton, Btphelps, Cam, Cuprum17, Geoff Plourde, Guyinblack25, Hartfelt, HLGallon, Juliancolton, La Pianista, Nosedown, Ost316, Parsecboy, Redtigerxyz, Rosiestep, Ruhrfisch, Socrates2008, Sumanch, TechOutsider and Xatsmann.
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[edit] Claudio Morganti

Apparently, Claudio Morganti now in Europe of Freedom and Democracy - see here. Membership may be retrospective. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 01:28, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] UK Conservatives in ECR: the carnage continues...

Yeah, I know: the comedy just keeps flowing. On a more serious note, this isn't a big deal: MEPs flit in and out of groups all the time (which is why, eventually, we'll have to stop listing group member parties and start listing group MEPs: given the size of EPP and PES/PASDE/PASD/S&D/whatever that'll be non trivial, and I'm not looking forward to it). In theory it could damage the UK Conservatives domestically but it won't: the UK electorate know little about EP, care less, and are pleased with their lack of knowledge: their MEPs could sunbathe naked in plenary and it wouldn't make a blind bit of difference.

I want to get this into mainspace in the next seven days, then plot Rule 29/30 over the years, then update Political groups of the European Parliament accordingly. Sorry for the delay, but am busy IRL. As ever, if anything important crops up, give me a nudge. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 00:31, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

No need to apologise, it's not as if this was something you had to be doing. ;) Great work, BTW! —Nightstallion 08:37, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] When did Myanmar become Burma?

Was there a discussion about changing the name on Wikipedia? Since Template:Country data Burma has been changed, a lot of lists a screwed up now (List of legislatures by country for example). – Zntrip 19:31, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

If I may, Zntrip, there was. A very large one that I was unaware of during its bulk, too. Find it here. Therequiembellishere (talk) 20:03, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Re:President of the Council of the European Union (again)

Wow, I've never seen such a gap between messages on your talk page. Cutting to the case, I was never quite pleased with the information I gleaned from their website, so I phoned the presidency. The man on the other line said, "I believe it's Malmström, but I'll look for more information." He responded a bit ago with an email. Would it be possible for me to forward it to you? Therequiembellishere (talk) 04:51, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Sure, thanks. It's 'myusername @@@ web ... de'. —Nightstallion 06:18, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, I can't read your carrier. I've sent it to you using the "Email this user" link that I've just found out about. Therequiembellishere (talk) 06:41, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

I was just trying to be circumspect to avoid being fished by automated e-mail crawlers, but that works too. —Nightstallion 06:51, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

I understand. I just didn't get if it was "@gmail.com" or "@yahoo.com". Therequiembellishere (talk) 06:54, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Actually, @web.de. ;) —Nightstallion 07:00, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Ah, alright. The ellipsis was just a barrier. Sorry! Therequiembellishere (talk) 07:05, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

No problem, thanks for the e-mail! —Nightstallion 07:06, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

What did you think of it? Therequiembellishere (talk) 07:09, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Well, it seems to confirm that Malmström is officially in charge, but that Bildt doesn't want to be sidelined, of course. —Nightstallion 07:11, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Alright, thank you. I was just afraid the link I used before could have just had Malmström as the pretty woman for the video, while Bildt did the work! Fortunately, I was right about her in the first place and wrong about my doubts. Therequiembellishere (talk) 07:13, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] The WikiProject Novels Newsletter - July 2009

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[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #28

The Hurricane Herald This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary of the WikiProject's progress and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. This newsletter covers July 2009. Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve monitoring of the WikiProject's articles.

From the editors In recent months, the project has become increasingly inactive; with only a few active participants, we need your help for the upcoming hurricane season! Feel free to contact Juliancolton (talk · contribs), Jason Rees (talk · contribs), or Cyclonebiskit (talk · contribs) for more information. Thanks! Storm of the month Hurricane Carlos was the third named storm of the 2009 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Depression Four-E formed on July 10, and was quickly upgraded to Tropical Storm Carlos. On July 11, the storm strengthened into a minimal Category 1 hurricane. Following a series of intensity fluctuations, Carlos peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 105 mph (165 km/h). The storm subsequently began to weaken, and on July 16, Carlos degenerated into a remnant low. The cyclone had no known effects on land. Other tropical cyclone activity Tropical Storm Blanca, East Pacific Tropical Storm Dolores, East Pacific Tropical Storm Soudelor, West Pacific JMA Tropical Depression 08, West Pacific Typhoon Molave, West Pacific Deep Depression BOB 03, North Indian Tropical Storm Lana, Central Pacific JMA Tropical Depression 10, West Pacific Member of the month The member of the month is Plasticup (talk · contribs). Plasticup was inactive for most of the winter; however, upon returning this month, he quickly resumed work. Among his recent works are Meteorological history of Hurricane Gustav, a Good Article, and Tropical Storm Gamma (2005), a Good Article nominee. Plasticup was also designated member of the month in July 2008. New members There were no new members in July. However, four users re-joined the project after being listed as inactive: Hurricanekiller1994 (talk · contribs) Plasticup (talk · contribs) Patrickrox11 (talk · contribs) Southern Illinois SKYWARN (talk · contribs) New and improved articles There were three new pieces of Featured content: Tropical Depression Ten (2005), Tropical Storm Hermine (1998), and Hurricane Kiko (1989) New Good articles include: Meteorological history of Hurricane Gustav, Tropical Storm Linfa (2009), Hurricane Emily (1987), Tropical Depression Fourteen (1987), New storm articles include: Tropical Storm Dottie (1976), Hurricane Arlene (1987), Tropical Storm Soudelor (2009), Tropical Storm Hallie (1975) New non-storm articles include: Timeline of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season, Effects of Hurricane Hazel in Canada, Meteorological history of Hurricane Georges, Hurricane Georges tornado outbreak Main Page content Hurricane Ioke appeared on the main page in the Today's Featured Article section on July 22. Tropical Storm Dottie (1976) and Tropical Storm Hallie (1975) appeared on the main page in the Did You Know? section on July 13 and July 24, respectively. Article statistics Tropical cyclone articles Importance Top High Mid Low None Total Quality FA 6 10 60 60 136 A 2 6 14 22 GA 8 17 110 229 364 B 3 7 19 30 59 C 5 20 77 62 164 Start 5 56 216 221 498 Stub 1 13 92 63 169 Assessed 28 125 580 679 1412 Unassessed 1 1 Total 28 125 580 679 1 1413 Project News July was a relatively quiet month for the project; low levels of tropical activity allowed editors to maintain and build content regarding older storms. There are currently three Featured Article candidates and three Featured List candidates pertaining to tropical cyclones. SchuminWeb (talk · contribs) pointed out towards the end of the month that hurricane disambiguation pages are often over-categorized. Efforts are currently underway to address this. A discussion is underway at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Timeline of the 1987 Atlantic hurricane season/archive1 regarding the use of HURDAT as a reference. Input is appreciated. Tropical cyclones at associated Wikimedia projects Wikinews published articles related to: Tropical Storm Blanca, Tropical Storm Carlos, and Tropical Storm Dolores.

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[edit] July 2009 ended. How much time remains before proclamation of the Republic of Solomon Islands?

Hello, Nightstallion! According to last news New (may be Republican) Constitution Draft of Solomon Islands is complete [6]. How do you think: what time need Solomonians to adopt finally this Constitution? Or they wait, when Old Lady (E-II) will die (As well as all another dominions)? CrazyRepublican (talk) 21:20, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

I'd say they'll do it next year no matter whether E2 lives or not. —Nightstallion 08:28, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

OK!!! ;-) But it would be better on current year.CrazyRepublican (talk) 09:30, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

I agree, but I expect that getting the provinces' opinions and actually passing the new constitution will require some time. —Nightstallion 11:12, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] Acting Fijian President

This article refers to Epeli Nailatikau as Acting President. When exactly did this start? Therequiembellishere (talk) 02:45, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Right now, he's acting because the incumbent is on leave/vacation/whatever, but he will only formally become president when the incumbent actually resigns in late August, AFAIK. —Nightstallion 08:21, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Assuming he's the commodore's nominee (God, I just remembered they have a mentor/prodigy relationship so he probably will be president). On a completely unrelated note (sorry), I've been looking into the candidates for the EU Commission and European Council presidencies who were former Presidents or Prime Ministers and it struck me that I haven't seen Prodi's name anywhere. Has he really not been considered by anyone? (The list is here) Therequiembellishere (talk) 08:39, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

I think I read his name somewhere once, but he ruled himself out AFAIK. —Nightstallion 09:06, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Stabilisation and Association Process

You have not provided any link proving the ratification of SAA by national parliaments in this template since 18 January 2009. Gaston28 (talk) 14:18, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_Applications/applications/Accords/details.asp?cmsid=297&id=2007070&lang=EN&doclang=EN

http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_Applications/applications/Accords/details.asp?cmsid=297&id=2007137&lang=EN&doclang=EN

http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_Applications/applications/Accords/details.asp?cmsid=297&id=2008023&lang=EN&doclang=EN

—Nightstallion 14:21, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Gaston28 (talk) 14:28, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLI (July 2009)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XLI (July 2009)
From the coordinators Don't forget that the next Military history coordinator elections take place in September. You might like to start thinking about whether you are interested in standing. More information to follow in the next edition of The Bugle. In the meantime, enjoy the remainder of the holiday season and come back refreshed and raring to go!  Roger Davies talk 02:00, 8 August 2009 (UTC)	Articles of note New featured articles: Albert Kesselring Adrian Cole (RAAF officer) Ba Cut Battle of Bosworth Field Battle of Corydon Edgar Towner Helgoland class battleship Maiden Castle, Dorset New featured lists: Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Commandant of the Marine Corps List of First World War Victoria Cross recipients List of Jewish Medal of Honor recipients List of African American Medal of Honor recipients Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps New featured pictures: Burning of the United States Capitol Charge of the Light Brigade Vice Admiral John Duncan Bulkeley, USN New A-Class articles: 7th Infantry Division (United States) British Army during World War I Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 Convoy GP55 HMS Endeavour John Lerew Kaiser class battleship List of foreign recipients of the Knight's Cross SMS Blücher
Project news We current have an astonishing fifty articles within our scope up for promotion to Good Article and it's a bit backlogged. Can you help with reviewing to speed up the process? The Military history Academy content drive is underway with nearly twenty new essays so far. More contributions are welcome. Just click on the one of the redlinks here and start writing! Are you missing out on an A-Class medal? These are for editors who have significantly contributed to three or more military history A-Class articles promoted since 1 August 2008. Alternatively, perhaps you can help with reviewing? For more information, see here. More eyes would be welcome on the ten articles currently being peer reviewed. It doesn't take long to peer review an article and your perspective is appreciated!
Contest department The Contest department has completed its twenty-eighth month of competition, with 77 articles entered by 9 editors. Sturmvogel 66 was placed first again this month with an amazing 94 points, closely followed by Ed! at 91 points. They receive the Chevrons and the Writer's Barnstar respectively. Parsecboy commendably came third with 76 points, with honorable mentions going to Woody (29), Wild Wolf (25), Ian Rose (21), and AustralianRupert (16). Thanks go to Starstriker7 and Piotrus, who also fielded entries.
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[edit] GA Reassessment of Monarchies in Europe

I have done a GA Reassessment of the Monarchies in Europe article as part of the GA Sweeps project. I have found the article to be very solid except for the need for some more references and the repair of reference links that have expired. My review can be found here. I have put the article on hold for a week and I am notifying you as the primary editor. Please contact me on my talk page with any questions. H1nkles (talk) 18:13, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] British direct rule on Turks & Caicos Islands

Hello, Nightstallion! Britain introduced direct rule on Turks & Caicos Islands [7]. Is it will help to achieve independence to islanders? Because, British powers broke up current corrupt government, what don’t hurry to receive independence. What do you think about?CrazyRepublican (talk) 07:12, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Actually, thte corrupt Misick was accused of going towards independence to avoid inquiries into his dealings, so I don't think it'll help. —Nightstallion 11:31, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] WikiProject Novels - August 2009 Newsletter

The WikiProject Novels Newsletter Issue 32 - August 2009
Archives  |  Tip Line  |  Editors Novels portal The Novels WikiProject Newsletter Issue 32 - August 2009 Member news The Novels Project now has 133 active members. 17 positions remain unfilled at the Job Centre. Members who are active project contributors are encouraged to apply even if they can only do a position for a short time. Project news ON July 26, a fact about F. Springer's novel Bougainville appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the DYK section. On July 27, a fact about Arnon Grunberg's award-winning 2003 novel The Asylum Seeker appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? section. On July 28, a fact about Austrian writer Felix Salten appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the DYK section. On August 1, a fact about Scottish novelist Walter Scott appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? section. On August 4, a fact about Mark Twain's novel The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know? section. On August 12, a fact about American author Jeffrey McClanahan appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? section. - Contributors were Alan16 and Sabiona (who searched the archives). Task force and related news The members of the Chronicles of Narnia task force have created a new ad encouraging people to join. You can display it on your user page or talk page using the following code: {{Wikipedia ads|ad=190}}. The role of Coordinator for the Sword of Truth task force was undertaken by SADADS. The role of Coordinator is vacant for the following task forces: Australian, Chronicles of Narnia, Crime, Lemony Snicket, Science Fiction, and Short Story. – The position of Task Force Coordinator is still available at the Job Centre. Peer review and assessment news Peer Reviews are still open for eight articles – The Lightning Thief, The Last of the Masters, The Kindly Ones, Flowers for Algernon, World War Z, Sector General, Petals of Blood, and Scenes of Clerical Life. Feel free to submit any novel-related article that you are working on for review, and please consider stopping by and reviewing an article, as we need more reviewers for our articles! – Alan16(talk) Members in Focus Hello, I am a school librarian in my ‘real life’ and so I use Wikipedia a lot with students ageing from twelve to eighteen. While helping students research various topics I’ve run across many holes in Wikipedia that need to be filled so I created an account and began editing pieces. I’m taking a break from teaching for a few years while I raise two boys of my own, so I created a personal account a couple months ago and am focusing on editing articles on literature as well as the upper Midwest area of the United States and theatre. I enjoy all forms of literature but most often read fantasy and mystery. I am an occasional editor with no intent to run for any post; instead, I look at one or two articles a month that need help and do what I can. My public library system allows home access to a number of academic and professional databases, which is where I find most of my sources. Finally, I am currently working on filling in some of the red links on the Newbery Medal page and then hope to turn the stubs into full articles. Anyone want to help? I'd be interested in starting a Award Winners workgroup. I am also active in the WikiProject Biography and in the Children and Young Adult Literature WikiProject. They all have areas of focus that compliment each other and my interests. – Sabiona(talk) Current debates There is a debate ongoing about the use of YouTube sources on novel-related articles at the Steven Erikson Talk page. Novel related news Author Rachel Kushner's début novel, Telex From Cuba, is one of six novels nominated for a Dayton Literary Peace Prize. From the Outreach Department I was approached after the last newsletter by somebody who wanted to reach out to some of the readers, so here we are – Alan16(talk). Hi all, the Sword of Truth Task Force is restarting to clean up the articles related to Terry Goodkind's books and there adaptations. With the new TV series, The Legend of the Seeker, the books and the TV show are getting more critical attention, which means more real world material to document this great series of book. I would love to have other's help, as I have only just recently joined to find no other active members. The other members, as listed, have mostly left Wikipedia or removed themselves from the task force. If you are interested I would love to talk at the forum: Wikipedia:WikiProject Sword of Truth/General Forum, or send me a message. Hope to talk to some of you soon, SADADS (talk). Collaboration of the Month This month's Collaboration has been selected by popular vote and is : The Sound and the Fury. All members are asked to assist where they can. The next months collaboration will be selected on 21 September 2009. Newsletter challenge Last months newsletter challenge, The Cater Street Hangman was completed by Sabiona. Members are encouraged to help improve this article. The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This months newsletter challenge is Oberon Past and Present by Anthony Burgess. Announcements and open tasks WikiProject Novels • (inc. novellas, novelettes & short stories) Announcements and open tasks (watch • edit • discuss • changes) → Please help with tagging articles! Critique (Featured article): 21 achieved Novels WikiProject Peer reviews: • Sector General • Petals of Blood • Flowers for Algernon Improve: The Age of Reason • Furies of Calderon • Wolf Brother • The Monk • The English Patient • Bones of the Moon Create: Oberon Past and Present • To the Vanishing Point • Spoilt City ... Our Collaboration Department is continuing with one more title for the current month: ''The Sound and the Fury''. Get collaborating on the article and also look at nominating other titles to be considered. Recently a new worklist had been created and quietly arrived, the Cleanup listing which gives a fairly comprehensive hit list of "novels" related articles that have been tagged for something or other. Since then a new Article alerts listing has also been added of more topic and "urgent" items worthy of our attention.

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[edit] Mancini List

Hi Nighstallion! Is it possible to rescue Mancini List. The party was definitely notable as a regional party active in Calabria and having had a member of Parliament since 2001. If you don't want to rescue the article, can you at least send me an e-mail with the content of the deleted article so that I can restart it with more sources? Thanks. --Checco (talk) 18:48, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion at Talk:List of special elections to the United States Senate#Two questions

Hi! You might be interested in the discussion at Talk:List of special elections to the United States Senate#Two questions. Thank you. —Markles 10:49, 3 September 2009 (UTC) (Using {{Please see}})

[edit] Omar Bongo's Acting President

I remember quite a while back the there was some reference to Bongo appointing Vice President Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge to be acting president whilst the former was undergoing treatment in Spain. Rulers gives specific dates for the his term. Should I plug the information into the appropriate pages? Therequiembellishere (talk) 03:43, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Mh. I think so, I think we did it in similar cases in other countries, too, didn't we? —Nightstallion 06:23, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Voronin's resignation

I'm confused on two point here. Was Voronin's resignation effective immediately? Is Ghimpu legally able to become Acting President? I know the Communists have started legal proceedings against his election but does that stop him from taking office? Ah, it confuses me so. Therequiembellishere (talk) 21:40, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

I think Voronin only announced that he would resign, but he hasn't resigned yet; I suppose the Communists will want to wait with his resignation until they've at least tried to get Ghimpu's election annulled. —Nightstallion 06:21, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Patriotic Socialist Union Article

Hi, I see you're the author of the Patriotic Socialist Union article - I think it would be better merged into the Batasuna article: as it got banned immediately I don't think there'll be sufficient information to expand it beyond a stub. Any thoughts? Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 13:05, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Mh, fair enough. —Nightstallion 15:15, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLII (August 2009)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XLII (August 2009)
From the coordinators The voting phase of the eighth coordinator elections, for the October–March term, started on 13 September and will run until 23:59 Sat 26 September. Each candidate garnering twenty or more endorsements will be appointed, to a maximum of fifteen. This election has a strong field of sixteen candidates running, offering many skills and representing all aspects of the project. The Contest Department is going from strength to strength and drew a massive number of entries in August (see the results below). If you haven't fielded any entries yet, please think about doing so. It's great fun!  Roger Davies talk 14:02, 11 September 2009 (UTC)	Articles of note New featured articles: Convoy GP55 George Koval HMS Endeavour James Newland John Lerew Kaiser class battleship Keith Johnson (cricket administrator) König class battleship Siward, Earl of Northumbria Unification of Germany Victoria Cross for Australia New featured lists: List of Second World War Victoria Cross recipients List of Victoria Cross recipients by campaign Marine Corps Brevet Medal Order of battle at the Battle of San Domingo New featured pictures: "Students Going to Man the Fortifications" "Our New 'First Lord' at Sea" New A-Class articles: 24th Infantry Division (United States) Bayern class battleship Derfflinger class battlecruiser Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld Ellis Wackett No. 3 Commando Operation Pleshet SMS König SMS Hindenburg
Project news People with an interest in clearly presenting battle information, and First World War buffs, will find the discussion about a new campaign box for the Battle of the Somme interesting. With the recent increase in enthusiasm, Wikipedia-wide, for creating "outline" articles, there's an ongoing discussion here. The idea is to produce guidelines for overview articles for Milhist editors and reviewers. Proposals have been made to introduce a new self-scoring "honour" system for Contest Department entries. Contributions, especially from regular nominees, are welcome.
Contest Department The Contest department has completed its twenty-ninth month of competition, with 145 articles entered by 13 editors. Sturmvogel 66 was placed first again this month with an amazing 101 points, closely followed by Georgejdorner at 98 points. They receive the Chevrons and the Writer's Barnstar respectively. Parsecboy commendably came third with 88 points, with honorable mentions going to AustralianRupert (68), Kumioko (66), Ed! (32), Ian Rose (26) and radek (11). Our thanks go to AM, David Underdown, Work permit, Yellow Monkey and Wild Wolf, who also fielded entries.
Awards and honours The Milhist A-Class medal goes to: Parsecboy for König class battleship, SMS König, and Derfflinger class battlecruiser; and to Ed! for 7th Infantry Division (United States), 24th Infantry Division (United States) and I Corps (United States).
Editorial: Getting to FAC via A-Class - some interesting new facts Well, it’s official. Milhist articles have a much better than average chance of success as featured article candidates. MBK004 has done some useful number-crunching following the fortunes of the 97 Milhist featured article candidates submitted between January and July this year. The research shows that 70% of Milhist articles were promoted against an overall average of 51%. Looking behind the figures, some other interesting facts emerge. First, 84% of our promoted articles had successfully passed a Milhist A-Class Review before going on to FAC. Second, of the 29 Milhist articles that failed, less than half (41%) had had an A-Class Review. Third, the 97 Milhist articles accounted for 16% of all FACs submitted between January and July of this year. The clear lesson is that if you want a string of featured articles to your credit, you may find Milhist's A-class Review process to be of benefit to you!  Roger Davies talk
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[8] Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 23:02, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Oh. Hope you get it fixed soon! —Nightstallion 17:47, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLIII (September 2009)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XLIII (September 2009)
From the coordinators Greetings to all members of the Military history WikiProject, and to those outside the project who receive this news letter as well! My name is TomStar81, and it with a great sense of pride that I assume the position of lead coordinator for the project. On behalf of all the coordinators, both new and returning, we wish to thank those of you who participated in the September elections, and we look forward to working to advance the goals of the project for the next six months. With the elections concluded, there are two changes. First, Roger Davies has been appointed a coordinator emeritus, joining our first coordinator emeritus Kirill Lokshin. Secondly, for the first time ever, the lead coordinator for the Military history WikiProject will be taking a lengthy wikibreak. For those who were unaware of this, I am an undergraduate student, and will be taking a leave of absence, effective end September, to focus on graduating in December. However, with fourteen coordinators, and two coordinators emeritus, I am confident the needs of the project will be well taken care of. For the VIII coordinator tranche, TomStar81 (Talk)	Articles of note New featured articles: Battle of Grand Port Derfflinger class battlecruiser Fredonian Rebellion Hermann Detzner Henry Wells (general) Joe Hewitt (RAAF officer) Simon Bolivar Buckner SMS Hindenburg Werner Mölders New featured lists: List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War I New featured topics: Derfflinger class battlecruisers Lists of Victoria Cross recipients by campaign New featured pictures: Beijing Castle in the Boxer Rebellion Fort Baker at San Francisco Bay RAN Squirrel helicopter New A-Class articles: 1982 British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident Brazilian cruiser Bahia I Corps (United States) North Carolina class battleship Siege of Kimberley SMS Derfflinger SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm SMS Lützow‎
Project news Congratulations go to The_ed17 for successfully passing his Request for Adminship.
Contest Department This month witnessed an all new and improved scoring system and process established in the Contest Department, which has run both smoothly and successfully. A total of 54 articles were entered this month by 11 editors. Parsecboy placed first with an astonishing 143 points, followed by Sturmvogel 66 on 105 points. They receive the Chevrons and the Writer's Barnstar respectively. Honorable mentions go to the_ed17 (41), Auntieruth55 (38), AustralianRupert (17), Radeksz (12) and Ian Rose (11), with our thanks going to Piotrus, Abraham, B.S., Skinny87 and David Underdown, who also fielded entries. All interested editors are encouraged to submit entries for next month's contest; it can be a rather exciting experience!
Awards and honours The WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves has been awarded to Roger Davies for his outstanding leadership of the Military history WikiProject, including his introduction of the logistics department, his dedication to the Tag and Assess 2008 & B-class Assessment Drive efforts, and his astute advice and never-ending support and encouragement as both a coordinator and lead coordinator. The A-Class medal with Oak Leaves has been awarded to Parsecboy for his work on SMS Hindenburg, Bayern class battleship, and SMS Derfflinger.
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[edit] ...by political systems

Hi, some thoughts regarding the List of European Union member states by political system article. I was thinking, the local names take up a lot of space which clutters it. Simplicity some times means more information gets across rather than swamping the user with secondary data. Perhaps we could put the different names in drop downs? But rather as merely a cleaning up exercise, I was thinking of using the freed space to put in data on how the parliaments and presidents/PMs are all elected? Saying the head of states of France and Italy are both called President rather indicates some unwarranted similarity (aside from distinguishing them from monarchies) whereas stating their method of election says a tad more. In fact an approximation of powers would be useful but that does carry problems of providing a short, accurate and uncontroversial summary of them which may prove impossible. Thoughts?

On a minor note, please remember the parliaments table is copied on the national parliaments of the EU page so please update that copy when this one is changed. Thanks.- _J.Logan`^t: 19:20, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Also, perhaps it might be best to separate out the summary of government types, it is not easy to compare where as if it were in seperate columns listed as "federal, unitary, federal, federal, devolved" then "parliamentary, parliamentary, presidential, parliamentary - const. monarchy" it might be easy to look through them and use the sort.- _J.Logan`^t: 19:22, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Mh, that latter thing may be a good idea. I'm not so sure about taking away the native names; including the type of election is a good idea, but can get very complicated very quickly (German president, just as an example). —Nightstallion 09:21, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Belgian political parties

I noticed tonight that many articles about Belgian political parties have titles in Flemish or French instead of in English. Can you explain me why? Do you agree with that? I personally don't think that Belgian parties should be an exception from the general rule and I would like to ask you to move all the articles to English titles, provided that you agree with me... --Checco (talk) 21:44, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

I suppose because they are mostly referred to by their non-English names in international media. —Nightstallion 16:15, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

But they are not. It's simply an unreasonable exception... Aren't you interested with that? --Checco (talk) 22:29, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

I haven't gone through all of them, but at least the cdH is really mostly referred to as cdH in English, not as HDC. —Nightstallion 09:52, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] Russian in Tajikistan

You removed my edit about Russian being the language "for inter-ethnik communication" in Tajikistan because of the recent bill stating that Russian shall not be used officially in that country. Meanwhile, I read your source and it clearly states states that Russian is still the "for inter-ethnik communication". So it doesn't change anything to my edit. Then, I put it back. Cheers.Mitch1981 (talk) 18:58, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Read the RFL-RL report that I've cited. It clearly says "A new law on official languages has gone into effect in Tajikistan that removes Russian as the "language for interethnic communication," RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports." Alefbe (talk) 19:33, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] Uruguay referendum

I don't know if you are aware or not, but it looks like there is also going to be a referendum in Uruguay on Sunday, alongside the presidential and parliamentary elections. The referendum will ask if a law protecting former junta leaders from prosecution should be repealed (even though the Supreme Court just repealed the law today). See this article. – Zntrip 18:45, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I just now noticed. Separate article or together with the general election one? —Nightstallion 18:52, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Since the article that exists now is for the general election, I guess the referendum could just be mentioned on that page. – Zntrip 22:10, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Mentioned it and will look for results. —Nightstallion 07:33, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] National liberalism

I was away from Wikipedia for a week or two and in the meantime National liberalism was transformed into a redirect by a user, as no-one opposed to such a proposal by that user. I restored the article. What do you think about it? See you at Talk:National liberalism. --Checco (talk) 21:55, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

As "national liberalism" is a term primarily used in German-speaking contries, you may find know about more sources about it. In the meantime, the article has been proposed for deletion (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National liberalism). I hope that it won't be deleted, but if it happens, never mind! --Checco (talk) 10:21, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] Article on Lisbon Treaty signing

I started the article called Signing of the Treaty of Lisbon. It's now a candidate for deletion. Do you think you could say your opinion in the deletion discussion or add something to the article? Thanks very much in advance - SSJ ☎ 17:25, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] ITN for Marshall Islands presidential election, 2009

On 29 October 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Marshall Islands presidential election, 2009, which you created. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

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[edit] Monarchies in Europe

I see you have added Commonwealth realms on the list in the lead of the article 'Monarchies in Europe'. However it still should not be there for the following reasons: Firstly the UK is one of the Commonwealth realms, so it's not the UK and the Commonwealth realms, it's simply the Commonwealth realms (or UK and the other Commonwealth realms). However that all does not matter, that is a list of monarchies in Europe, not the world, we have other Monarchies in <Continent articles>, such as Monarchies in the Americas and Monarchies in Oceania which mentions the other monarchies under Queen Elizabeth II. The other Commonwealth realms aren't in Europe, so should not be mentioned there. I shall await your reply before taking any further action. --~Knowzilla ^(Talk) 11:42, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

I personally think they're still worth mentioning, as their monarch is in effect European. —Nightstallion 11:48, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

That is somewhat arguable, but that's not the point anyhow. The thing is not the Monarch, it is the Monarchy. The other Commonwealth realms are not Monarchies in Europe, which is what the article is all about. Those other monarchies are dealt with in the other articles I mentioned above. --~Knowzilla ^(Talk) 13:16, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Mh. Fair enough. —Nightstallion 14:50, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Outside opinion

Hi Nightstallion. I don't suppose you could come and give an opinion at Talk:Kadima#Political center and center-left? Cheers, пﮟოьεԻ 57 18:57, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XLIV (October 2009)
From the coordinators There's a long running discussion about consolidating various task forces ("TF"). Those affected are: consolidate Taiwanese TF into Chinese TF; merge Australian TF and New Zealand TF to form either Oceania or Australasia TF; consolidate Lebanese TF into Middle Eastern TF; merge Military science with Military technology and engineering to form a Military science and technology TF; and merge Indian TF with the Pakistani TF to form a South Asian TF, which would also include Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Please comment here to help us reach consensus. A discussion about a possible military biography notability guideline could also use input. Views from all editors here are welcome!	Articles of note New featured articles: 1982 British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident Amagi class battlecruiser Battle of the Alamo Brazilian cruiser Bahia Ellis Wackett Inner German border New featured lists: List of Knight's Cross recipients of the Waffen-SS Order of battle in the Atlantic campaign of 1806 New featured portals: United States Air Force New featured pictures: A synagogue in New York City remained on D-Day Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Journée du Poilu. 25 et 26 décembre 1915 Siege of Sevastopol, 1855 The burning of Columbia, South Carolina, February 17, 1865 New A-Class articles: AH-56 Cheyenne John Lloyd Waddy Lewis McGee M22 Locust Operation Coburg Operation Teardrop SMS Nassau Tosa class battleship USS Congress (1799) USS President (1800) Winter War
Project news The Henry Allingham World War I International Contest is starting on 11 November! If you would like to participate, sign up here, read up on the rules here, and discuss the contest here!
Contest department The contest department has completed its thirty-first month of competition; its second month under the new and improved scoring system. A total of 53 articles were entered by nine editors. Sturmvogel 66 came in first with 96 points, followed by Auntieruth55 on 80 points. They are presented the Chevrons and Writer's Barnstar respectively. Honorable mentions go to Ian Rose (38), Abraham, B.S. (33) and Parsecboy (10). Our thanks go to Cuprum17, Ed!, The ed17 and Piotrus, who also fielded entries. All editors are encouraged to submit any articles that are working on for next month's contest.
Awards and honours The A-Class medal with Oak Leaves has been awarded to Abraham, B.S. for his work on Otto Becher, Teddy Sheean and Lewis McGee. The A-Class medal with Oak Leaves has also been awarded to Parsecboy for his work on SMS Lützow, SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm and Tosa class battleship. The A-Class medal has been awarded to Brad101 for his work on USS Constitution, USS Congress (1799) and USS President (1800). The A-Class medal has also been awarded to Ian Rose for his work on John Lerew, Ellis Wackett and John Lloyd Waddy. The A-Class medal has also been awarded to Nick-D for his work on Take Ichi convoy, Convoy GP55 and Operation Teardrop. The A-Class medal has also been awarded to The_ed17 for his work on North Carolina class battleship, Brazilian cruiser Bahia and Tosa class battleship.
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[edit] Referendum on New Constitution of Saint Vincent

Hello, NightStallion! What can you say me about new Constitution of Saint Vincent? [9](How about Republic???)CrazyRepublican (talk) 09:20, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Doesn't seem to include a change to abolish the monarchy: http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161555837 —Nightstallion 09:27, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

I downloaded Constitution Bill draft from St Vincent government page and found:

“the Constitution” means the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Constitution, 2009, set out in the schedule to this Act, which provides, among other things, for a Republican form of government…”.

““the President” means the person holding or acting in the office of President established by section 49 of the Constitution as the Head of State of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines".[10]

Be ready to say me: "Congratulation!" ;-)CrazyRepublican (talk) 10:11, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Great! :) Strange that the article seems to say something different... I just hope the two-thirds majority goes through, doesn't seem to be too easy... —Nightstallion 10:21, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

I believe in Vincentians in spite of all insurances of British colonizers. We must to take a revenge for Australia-1999 and Tuvalu-2008! Please add the changes to your page [notes] chapter “Monarchism”. [11] I like real deal instead the oceans of words [It’s about Barbados and Jamaica]. CrazyRepublican (talk) 10:52, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

I'll just wait for the result before I update it. —Nightstallion 11:13, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

I know, that wish to become a Republic not always ended by proclamation of the Republic, but I think, that it needs to add updates about scheduling Referendum in chapters “Monarchism” and “Constitutional reform/Referendum planned”. If you think so… CrazyRepublican (talk) 11:49, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Since it's in less than two weeks, I'll update it later. —Nightstallion 11:56, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Its knock-out blow third time long. I refuse to understand. Its needn't to waist place for write about it in your tables now. Will wait Solomonian Miracle.:(:(:( CrazyRepublican (talk) 03:05, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, who knows, the opposition is republican too, so maybe they'll draft a better constitution now. Don't be sad, it's a matter of time for many states, most notably Australia, where the monarchy is living on borrowed time – and Elizabeth's death should cause a few other countries to go faster. —Nightstallion 18:23, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

I dreamt about independent St Vincent, when I studied at school, and I ended up this event in 9th class. Then I dreamt about becoming a Republics of all British Dominions (and not only Dominions). But life’s too short. I know that her mother lived to be a hundred and one, and I’m not sure, that I can to outlive Old Lady, if she will be such successful as her mother. Yes, I think that all “Black” dominions will become a Republics during short period after her death (may be during the one year). But I’m not sure about New Zealand, Australia and Canada, because there are very strong cult of the person of queen in these “White” Dominions. Now “Republican” government is at power in Australia, but they not hurry to create Republic now. They can to waist good opportunities as Paul John Keating government, what undertook Republican Referendum, but left the right to hold Referendum to monarchist John Winston Howard, who held and won Referendum with fantastic skill, because the right to create the formulation of Referendum already belonged to monarchists.

I know, that all British Dominions of Caribbean, what achieved independence in 1979 and later have the right to alter Constitution without Referendum. That means that countries Antigua & Barbuda, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Belize can to transform current Constitutions into Republican by amendments without Referendum (According to Europa Yearbook [by the way, very interesting book]).

I know that Belizean government tried to draft new Republican Constitution even in 1999 but then they refused from this idea. CrazyRepublican (talk) 01:00, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Monarchy is very unpopular in Australia, and a direct-election presidential republic proposal would easily win a referendum; and I doubt that Elizabeth will live to be 100. —Nightstallion 09:48, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] Date formats

Thank you for voicing your concerns regarding the date formats in Opt-outs in the European Union. I'll see if I can find someone to reformat the dates (using AWB) to the user-friendly day-month-year format as you suggested. However, in case you weren't aware, the majority of Wikipedia users see dates formatted in the same manner as they are coded, so "[[2007-11-22]]" displays as "2007-11-22" whether the date is linked or not. I expect this behavior is hidden from your view since I presume you have a date preference set for your account. -- Tom N (tcncv) talk/contrib 03:53, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I am aware of that, but for references I usually use the ISO format for ease of editting and use; as it has been decided to unlink dates (something I'm not really happy with), I'd prefer to have them replaced by the more easily readable format now, though. Thanks for your help! —Nightstallion 08:52, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] A little notice

Should High Representive Catherine Ashton's "Baroness Ashton of Upholland" title be included in the article title? I thought it might interest you. -> Talk:Catherine Ashton#Requested move Thanks. - SSJ ☎ 14:52, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Monarchies in Europe/GA1

Just letting you know I've taken over for H1nkles (he's been inactive for some time) and have a few more issues. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 19:05, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

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I'm seldom on Wikipedia these days and I forgot to tell you that there is an ongoing debate over the naming of the articles about Belgian parties Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Political parties#Belgian political parties. As I told you some weeks ago, in June User:Fram moved almost all the articles about Belgian parties to their Flemish and French names, inconsistently with the general en.Wiki rule under which normally all political parties have English-titled articles. I know that you are not particularily interested in the issue, but as I told you about that before and as you are generally interested in consistency, you may like to tell your opinion. Please do it, even if you disagree with me. --Checco (talk) 13:26, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

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Hi, I've just added a PROD template to your article Transnistrian legislative election, 2010 as it looks like a future event without any explanation of significance. Apologies if this is a work in progress.

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Every year I create articles for all elections which are planned to happen in the next year, and always there's at least one PROD. ::sighs:: What exactly is the problem? Elections are notable and all of them have or should have their own articles. —Nightstallion 21:26, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Maybe people think elections are more truly notable once they've happened? (Not a crystal ball?) No real problem -I'm not going to chase it to its death. Lissajous (talk) 21:32, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, that's not actually what crystal ball says – WP:CRYSTAL is to avoid having articles about events which may or may not happen and other flukes; having articles for future elections has been done on Wikipedia for as long as I've been active, though. Thanks for your quick reply! —Nightstallion 21:34, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Ack. Bye. Lissajous (talk) 21:37, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

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Got them, thanks! I'd been meaning to get around to this but I was bombarded by unfortunate prior obligations. Therequiembellishere (talk) 00:18, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

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The WikiProject Novels Newsletter Issue 33 - December 2009
Archives  |  Tip Line  |  Editors Novels portal The Novels WikiProject Newsletter Issue 33 - December 2009 Member news The Novels Project now has 144 active members. 17 positions remain unfilled at the Job Centre. Members who are active project contributors are encouraged to apply even if they can only do a position for a short time. Project news On November 1, a fact about the novel Madol Doova appeared in the DYK? section on Wikipedia's main page. On November 22, a fact about the book Acquainted with the Night appeared on Wikipedia's main page in the Did You Know? section. On December 1, a fact about the book Blown for Good appeared on Wikipedia's main page in the DYK? section. On December 8, a fact about the book The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter appeared in the Did You Know? section. On December 9, a fact about Alistair Campbell's novel All in the Mind appeared in the Did You Know? section on the main page. On December 11, a fact about the novel Kajsa Kavat by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren appeared on Wikipedia's main page in the Did You Know? section. - Contributor was Alan16 (who searched the archives). Task force and related news A new Military fiction task force has been recently created by SADADS. The group focuses on military fiction that is not primarily associated with fantasy and science-fiction, and is calling for users to help support the integration of the Military fiction task force, including template development, tagging, and assesment. Anyone interested in joining can sign up here. The role of Coordinator is vacant for the following task forces: Australian, Chronicles of Narnia, Crime, Lemony Snicket, Science Fiction, and Short Story. – The position of Task Force Coordinator is still available at the Job Centre. Peer review and assessment news Peer Reviews are still open for twelve articles – The Lightning Thief, The Last of the Masters, The Kindly Ones, Flowers for Algernon, World War Z, Sector General, Petals of Blood, The God Beneath the Sea, Time After Time, The Tell-Tale Heart, Snow Crash, and Scenes of Clerical Life. Feel free to submit any novel-related article that you are working on for review, and please consider stopping by and reviewing an article, as we need more reviewers for our articles! – Alan16(talk) From the Outreach Department Hello all. As you're probably aware this is the first newsletter since August. I had hoped that although I was unable to write one for the ensuing months, somebody would have picked it up, but that was sadly not to be. However I am back, and that should hopefully mean a new newsletter every month, like it used to be. There has been a lot of work done on novel related articles in my absence, however the project does not appeared to have progressed very much, which I'm sure you would all agree, is a shame as it holds such promise for Wikipedia. But with the new year approaching I am hoping that things will turn around, so I urge you all to get involved with the project in whatever way you can, and help it achieve its full potential. All that's left for me now is to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. – Alan16(talk) Current debates There is an ongoing debate about whether A Death In The Family by James Agee qualifies as a great American novel. Novel related news Début novelist 29 year old Evie Wyld won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for her novel After The Fire, A Small Still Voice. Collaboration of the Month There have been no novels nominated at the Collaboration department for the past few months, so this months collaboration will remain: The Sound and the Fury. All members are asked to assist where they can. If you think there is an article which requires the projects collaboration, you can nominate it here. The next months collaboration will be selected on 17 January 2010. Newsletter challenge In the last newsletter, the challange was to create an article on Oberon Past and Present by Anthony Burgess. This challenge was completed by Xanthoxyl. Members are encourage to help improve this article. This months newsletter challenge is to create an article for The Spoilt City by Olivia Manning. The first person to start the article will be mentioned in the next newsletter. Announcements and open tasks WikiProject Novels • (inc. novellas, novelettes & short stories) Announcements and open tasks (watch • edit • discuss • changes) → Please help with tagging articles! Critique (Featured article): 21 achieved Novels WikiProject Peer reviews: • Sector General • Petals of Blood • Flowers for Algernon Improve: The Age of Reason • Furies of Calderon • Wolf Brother • The Monk • The English Patient • Bones of the Moon Create: Oberon Past and Present • To the Vanishing Point • Spoilt City ... Our Collaboration Department is continuing with one more title for the current month: ''The Sound and the Fury''. Get collaborating on the article and also look at nominating other titles to be considered. Recently a new worklist had been created and quietly arrived, the Cleanup listing which gives a fairly comprehensive hit list of "novels" related articles that have been tagged for something or other. Since then a new Article alerts listing has also been added of more topic and "urgent" items worthy of our attention.

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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XLV (November 2009)
Project news The Academy Content Drive concluded on 31 October. The first place Golden Wiki went to TomStar81 for 13 entries; the Silver Wiki was awarded to YellowMonkey for 11 entries, and Patar knight was presented with the Bronze Wiki for 3 entries. All other entrants were awarded the WikiChevrons or a barnstar for their contributions. Thank you to everyone who fielded an entry! All editors are encouraged to check out the newly expanded Academy. A discussion about the notability of military people has resulted in an update to our in-house style guide. Prompted by some recent "articles for deletion" discussions, members felt that we should provide clearer guidance on the types of person that are most likely to meet Wikipedia's biographical notability criteria. The resulting advice, which you can see here, should be very helpful in both future deletion discussions and in deciding where best to focus article-writing efforts. Our Task Force housekeeping discussion is now coming to a close. In October a number of proposals were made for rationalising our extensive list of Task forces. Although a few areas remain to be decided, project members have approved the changes summarised here. These will be enacted shortly, so if you haven't yet had your say, now's the time!	Articles of note New featured articles: Cologne War Nikita Khrushchev Operation Teardrop SMS Derfflinger SMS Lützow John Lloyd Waddy Ton That Dinh New featured pictures: Turkish heliograph at Huj New A-Class articles: Arrow (missile) Battle of Bardia Canadian National Vimy Memorial Collins class submarine Frederick Scherger Iven Giffard Mackay List of Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords or Diamonds recipients of the Waffen-SS USS Chesapeake (1799) Walter Peeler
Contest Department The contest department has completed its thirty-second month of competition; its third month under the new scoring system. A total of 52 articles were entered by seven editors. Sturmvogel 66 came first with 168 points, followed by Ian Rose on 51 points. They are presented the Chevrons and Writer's Barnstar respectively. Honorable mentions go to Auntieruth55 (31), Ed! (26), Abraham, B.S. (26), The ed17 (17) and Piotrus (7). All editors are encouraged to submit any articles that are working on for next month's contest.
Awards and honours The A-Class medal with Oak Leaves has been awarded to Hawkeye7 for his work on Albert Kesselring, Rupert Downes and Battle of Bardia.
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