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Copyedit?

If you're up to it, I could use an extra pair of eyes to copyedit the episodes section of the article Requiem from the Darkness. I added descriptions for the episodes I could remember, but you know me: My spelling and grammar suck, and it won't do to have that here on wikipedia lest become confused over the direction of the plot :) TomStar81 (Talk) 05:07, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Userpage

Saw your updates to your userpage and was reminded of just how good of a decision it was to co-opt you. I'm glad they did. :-)  Ed (talk • majestic titan) 08:14, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Oshkosh and other making-light-of-undeserved-flattery-while-at-the-same-time-feeling-flattered noises. Thanks Ed :) EyeSerene^talk 12:26, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

"Oshkosh"? Must be another one of those silly British noises.  Ed (talk • majestic titan) 04:51, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Oh, and you're welcome. ;-)  Ed (talk • majestic titan) 04:52, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Copyediting

Hi EyeSerene! I am currently trying to polish Armero tragedy's prose in preparation for a run at FAC. It needs some work, and I remembered your highly beneficial help at 1997 Qayen earthquake. Would you be interested? ceranthor 14:33, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

I'll try to take a look, but I've got three others in the queue as well... :) EyeSerene^talk 15:42, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Criminals Hall of Fame article

Hi, I saw your comments at Moonriddengirl (MRG) and responded to the two of you. I then went to the article and the reaction of the editor was to remove your prod. I just want to bring this to your attention. The editor instead put a cleanup template in it's place. I thought prod templates weren't supposed to be removed like this. I'm going to leave this to you since you have a lot more knowledge about this than I do. Thanks again for your help, --CrohnieGal^Talk 12:45, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi CrohnieGal and welcome to my talk page :) Prods are really just a way of saying "I think this article in its current form is unsuitable for Wikipedia". If the article has been created and abandoned, like so many are, it will be deleted after seven days with no more fuss. If it hasn't been abandoned prods are a good way of both finding that out and ensuring that the author knows they've got to improve the content. Anyone can remove a prod... but we expect that they'll then improve the article. What I'll do is leave it seven days, as though the prod was still there, and then check back. If the article hasn't significantly improved I'll take it to AfD. Hopefully that shouldn't be too unfair on anyone. (PS: it's quite possible I'll forget to check back on the article, so if you're keeping an eye on things feel free to give me a kick!) EyeSerene^talk 13:31, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. I am have this watchlisted so I should be able to keep up with things and will let you know if it doesn't change to show reliable sources at least. Thanks again, --CrohnieGal^Talk 13:54, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Romanization for words of English origin

On the MOS:JP talk page, a discussion has been started about including or not including romanizations for words of English origin, such as Fainaru Fantajī in Final Fantasy (ファイナルファンタジー, Fainaru Fantajī) (for the sake of simplicity, I called this case "words of English origin", more information on semantics here).

Over the course of a month, it has become apparent that both the parties proposing to include or not include those romanizations cannot be convinced by the arguments or guidelines brought up by the other side. Therefore, a compromise is trying to be found that will satisfy both parties. One suggestion on a compromise has been given already, but it has not found unanimous agreement, so additional compromises are encouraged to be suggested.

One universally accepted point was to bring more users from the affected projects in to help achieve consensus, and you were one of those selected in the process.

What this invitation is:

• You should give feedback on the first suggested compromise and are highly encouraged to provide other solutions.

What this invitation is not:

• This is not a vote on including or excluding such romanizations.
• This is not a vote on compromises either.

It would be highly appreciated if you came over to the MOS:JP talk page and helped find a solution. Thank you in advance. Prime Blue (talk) 11:30, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Ok to use doctorate thesis

Hi E

Can you advise please, is there a policy that suggests that we should not use published doctorate thesis’ or are they ok? I have downloaded and skimming through a thesis on civil affairs and it has some in-depth information on the various French casualties during the battle, in the lead up to it, and the overall number of “war victims”; thus far I have only seen this type of detail in any other study.--EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 08:13, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

WP:SPS would be the relevant policy I suppose. In essence, self-published work is fine if it's by a recognised expert in the field and it's used with care. EyeSerene^talk 16:25, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

I can't find it now, but there used to be something about using dissertations/doctoral thesis' somewhere. It said that it was fine as long as they had been published, as thesis' are reviewed by professors beforehand (or something like that). Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 03:31, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

I've read that as well. I can't see anything wrong with using a completed PhD thesis - they're pretty much the highest level of academic enterprise and are often turned into books and/or journal articles with only minor changes. Nick-D (talk) 04:34, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks guys and thanks for the link, when i get some time i will add the info i have found! Cheers :)EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 05:53, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi all, if you intrested in the info alluded to in the above please see the latest addition to the Operation Overlord article (hopefully when you see this and click the latest addition wont be one of the usual "your gay" pieces of vandalism :P)EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 11:37, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : LIII (July 2010)

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Charnwood one last time

I think you may have missed this during your clear-up, although i could understand why you would not want to have anything more to do with the article :)--EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 15:43, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Finally found some time to present all the various sources that i have on the talkpage, including sources that others presented during the massive discussion and some that were found on Google books. i know you have access to some sources i do not, any chance you chime in when you have a chance?EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 14:13, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, you're right :) I'll take a look. EyeSerene^talk 15:58, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Okay, added Hastings for what he's worth. EyeSerene^talk 16:23, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

copyedit request\

Hey, EyeSerene,

I'm in the longterm process of preparing Kongo class battlecruiser for FAC, and the article is in sore need of an external copyedit. Would you be willing to add it to the end of your to-do list? It's not particularly urgent; the next month or so will mostly be adjusting to new realities for school (it's the distance equivalent of if you packed up and moved to Istanbul), but I would like to take the article on an FAC run before Christmas if possible. Thanks in advance; hope your summer went well. Cam ^(Chat)(Prof) 00:40, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Milhist A-class and Peer Reviews Jul-Dec 2009

		Military history reviewers' award
		By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your good work helping with the WikiProject's Peer and A-Class reviews during the period July-December 2009, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. TomStar81 (Talk) 01:51, 1 September 2010 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space

Milhist A-Class and Peer reviews Jan-Jun 2010

		Military history reviewers' award
		By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your good work helping with the WikiProject's Peer and A-Class reviews for the period Jan-Jun 2010, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. Ian Rose (talk) 09:28, 1 September 2010 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space

Just to let you know

I'm almost finished with something for the newsletter, should you choose to include it. It is, as I thought, long. :) I'm struggling with a migraine this morning, but hoping to finish it up today or tomorrow. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 11:30, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

That's fantastic, thank you so much! I've had your development page watchlisted and it looks really good. The newsletter won't go out for a week or so yet, so there's no rush. I get the odd migraine - thankfully rarely - and they're not much fun. You have my sympathy... EyeSerene^talk 11:39, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. :) Fortunately, I seldom have multi-day headache marathons any more. I don't know if I'm getting better or if my meds are. :D And I can usually function even when I'm on them, although I know I'm not supposed to. Resting in a darkened room is too boring. :P

I'm almost done with the essay. I need to reread it myself with fresh eyes, and then I want to get a couple of people who do copyright work to review it for clarity and accuracy, but first I thought I'd ask you to tell me, honestly, is it insanely long? If it's a WP:TLDR problem, I'd rather get fierce with some copyediting. :) I know how to do this, and it does not hurt my feelings, so please tell me if you think I should cut it by 25% or 50%. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 20:49, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

It is on the long side :) It's all good stuff though and it's a complicated subject. I think it would be a shame to trim too much just to try to fit some arbitrary word length.

I wonder if we could consider splitting it into a two(?)-part series. Perhaps the first could focus on the what and the why (essentially your first two L2 headers), and the second on what we do about it. We've had a request on the coords talk page for practical instructions on how to contribute to a CCI (how you identify which specific bits are copyvios etc), so perhaps that might be worth going into a little more detail about.

What do you think? EyeSerene^talk 11:10, 3 September 2010 (UTC)