User talk:Mike Searson/archive30
Everytime I think of walking away, my stalker reminds me that I should stay!
March Madness 2017[edit]
G'day all, please be advised that throughout March 2017 the Military history Wikiproject is running its March Madness drive. This is a backlog drive that is focused on several key areas:
- tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
- updating the project's currently listed A-class articles to ensure their ongoing compliance with the listed criteria
- creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various task force pages or other lists of missing articles.
As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.
The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the military history scope will be considered eligible. More information can be found here for those that are interested, and members can sign up as participants at that page also.
The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 March and runs until 23:59 UTC on 31 March 2017, so please sign up now.
For the Milhist co-ordinators. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) & MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:24, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
The Signpost: 27 February 2017[edit]
- From the editors: Results from our poll on subscription and delivery, and a new RSS feed
- Recent research: Special issue: Wikipedia in education
- Technology report: Responsive content on desktop; Offline content in Android app
- In the media: The Daily Mail does not run Wikipedia
- Gallery: A Met montage
- Special report: Peer review – a history and call for reviewers
- Op-ed: Wikipedia has cancer
- Featured content: The dominance of articles continues
- Traffic report: Love, football, and politics
Mail[edit]
Hi. Not a fan of the ygm template, so handwritten version: have sent you an email. -- Euryalus (talk) 06:22, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
Official users[edit]
Hey Mike, I wanted to run something past you before I proposed it at the Firearms project page. I was editing the SIG P230 and removed some "official users". What I've noticed it the lists on some firearms starts becoming a list of any random PD that uses them and it got mentioned in the local paper. I removed the agencies that aren't notable enough for their own article. I'd like to see these lists get cleaned up a bit. What's your take on it? Niteshift36 (talk) 16:58, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
Who's being negligent here?[edit]
Are YOU going to fix the many redundant and inaccurate pages? I'm not. Digitallymade (talk) 17:28, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXXXI, March 2017[edit]
|
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here.
If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 23:20, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
April 2017[edit]
{subst:uw-vandalism1|Smith & Wesson M&P15}} Reb1981 (talk) 21:38, 6 April 2017 (UTC) (unintentional vandalism/test)
- That makes no fucking sense, whatsoever.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 21:47, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- Called typing hasty and leaving out code. Sorry, we shall discuss it more, you can delete this section. Reb1981 (talk) 22:07, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- Haha...ok...it's all good.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 22:20, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- Called typing hasty and leaving out code. Sorry, we shall discuss it more, you can delete this section. Reb1981 (talk) 22:07, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXXXII, April 2017[edit]
|
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here.
If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 23:50, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXXXIII, May 2017[edit]
|
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here.
If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 03:02, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXXXIV, June 2017[edit]
|
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here.
If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:52, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
The Signpost: 9 June 2017[edit]
- From the editors: Signpost status: On reserve power, help wanted!
- News and notes: Global Elections
- Arbitration report: Cases closed in the Pacific and with Magioladitis
- Featured content: Three months in the land of the featured
- In the media: Did Wikipedia just assume Garfield's gender?
- Recent research: Wikipedia bot wars capture the imagination of the popular press
- Technology report: Tech news catch-up
- Traffic report: Film on Top: Sampling the weekly top 10
The Signpost: 23 June 2017[edit]
- News and notes: Departments reorganized at Wikimedia Foundation, and a month without new RfAs (so far)
- In the media: Kalanick's nipples; Episode #138 of Drama on the Hill
- Op-ed: Facto Post: a fresh take
- Featured content: Will there ever be a break? The slew of featured content continues
- Traffic report: Wonder Woman beats Batman, The Mummy, Darth Vader and the Earth
- Technology report: Improved search, and WMF data scientist tells all
Marine sword?[edit]
Hey Mike, Is there any truth to this weapon? Having seen the paper version of their catalogs, they claim an official affiliation with USMC and have some interesting "official USMC" retro items that I suspect are modern, non-issue fantasy creations. If that weapon has true provenance, where could we find the story according to reliable sources?
After handling one of these, I'm contemplating getting one to keep with the machetes and use while gardening. :) It handles better than an issued machete.
— Berean Hunter (talk) 17:19, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
- No that's a complete fabrication by Bud-K. Be careful using that steel on anything more serious than chopping down a weed. Even on a sapling, I'll bet that blade will break.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 17:49, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you and good to know that my suspicions were correct. I see in the reviews that is what happened to a couple of them. They use the official logo on this which they claim to be a WWII classic. It loosely resembles a real Kabar and that's about it. Here is what they would have you believe that Force Recon is carrying. Does the Corps not go after them for this?
— Berean Hunter (talk) 18:52, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you and good to know that my suspicions were correct. I see in the reviews that is what happened to a couple of them. They use the official logo on this which they claim to be a WWII classic. It loosely resembles a real Kabar and that's about it. Here is what they would have you believe that Force Recon is carrying. Does the Corps not go after them for this?
- I know the Corps charges a royalty for using the EGA. I don't remember what it is of the top of my head, $0.05, $0.50 or $5.00 for each instance and that was for placing the logo on the blade of a knife, inset in a pistol grip, on a T-Shirt etc. At one time they used to approve of who could use it in addition to the royalty, but I'm not 100% on that anymore. That said, I don't know if they can or would go after them for using it in an ad in the manner that Bud-K is using it. Now the United one probably has to do with them obtaining a license for Mameluke and NCO swords back in the day. Maybe I'll forward this on to HQUSMC and see if anyone cares about the "brand" being tarnished anymore.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 19:13, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXXXV, July 2017[edit]
|
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here.
If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 07:34, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
The Signpost: 15 July 2017[edit]
- News and notes: French chapter woes, new affiliates and more WMF team changes
- Featured content: Spectacular animals, Pine Trees screens, and more
- In the media: Concern about access and fairness, Foundation expenditures, and relationship to real-world politics and commerce
- Recent research: The chilling effect of surveillance on Wikipedia readers
- Gallery: A mix of patterns
- Humour: The Infobox Game
- Traffic report: Film, television and Internet phenomena reign with some room left over for America's birthday
- Technology report: New features in development; more breaking changes for scripts
- Wikicup: 2017 WikiCup round 3 wrap-up
The Signpost: 5 August 2017[edit]
- Recent research: Wikipedia can increase local tourism by +9%; predicting article quality with deep learning; recent behavior predicts quality
- WikiProject report: Comic relief
- In the media: Wikipedia used to judge death penalty, arms smuggling, Indonesian governance, and HOTTEST celebrity
- Traffic report: Swedish countess tops the list
- Featured content: Everywhere in the lead
- Technology report: Introducing TechCom
- Humour: WWASOHs and ETCSSs
The Bugle: Issue CXXXVI, August 2017[edit]
|
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here.
If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 13:38, 7 August 2017 (UTC)