User talk:Reargun

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Hello, Reargun, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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AfD nomination of Arthur Phillip Freeman

I have nominated Arthur Phillip Freeman, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arthur Phillip Freeman. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Scott Mac (Doc) 14:28, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Deletions from Asymmetric Warfare

I sense a sizeable edit war looming over Asymmetric warfare, which I think you are interpreting far too narrowly (for example, if the Guantanamo Base commander described the suicides there in 2006 as "an act of asymmetric warfare," by what authority do you challenge him?). To start establishing some ground rules, could you please tell me when, in your opinion, the War of American Independence (aka ...) began? David Trochos (talk) 18:43, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your reply did not answer either of my questions above. Rear Admiral (now Vice Admiral) Harry Harris, then in charge of JTF-GTMO, was quoted by the BBC (and many other news organisations) as stated in the deleted section, and he ought to be considered a fairly reliable source. Colleen Graffy, the deputy assistant secretary of state for public diplomacy added "It does sound like this is part of a strategy in that they don't value their own lives … they certainly don't value ours and they use suicide bombings as a tactic". The use of suicide to demoralise opposing forces goes back at least to the time of King Goujian of Yue (c496 BCE). But anyway, there's a whole load of other problems with your edits to deal with- and your answer to my second question might help us find a way forward. David Trochos (talk) 17:51, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Once again, you haven't actually answered my questions, just restated your personal opinion on the quoted example without explaining why the analysis of US Government oficials is inadequate. As for Bobby Sands- he was a member of a body calling itself the Provisional Irish Republican Army. People fought and died for political ends; some very complex strategies were used. Just because the events were euphemistically called "The Troubles" doesn't mean there wasn't an asymmetric war going on. David Trochos (talk) 19:19, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You still haven't answered my questions, but at least the answers you are giving, and your latest edit to the page, are giving me some clues. Dealing with the latter first- what was required in that case (the effectiveness of US covert action in Afghanistan) was a Citation Needed tag, not a deletion. And as it happens, that leads us neatly to the reason why it's difficult to find citations for events in the 1970s as examples of Asymmetric Warfare- the term was coined during the Russian Afghanistan campaign, and didn't come into English until about 1991, so military historians have had less than two decades to write about earlier examples using the newly-developing model. So I can claim, but not add to Wikipedia without citations, that the IRA hunger strikes (and other prisoner actions) were (a) carried out by military personnel; (b) directly related to the asymmetric war then being fought over the province because they were effectively about the denial of prisoner-of-war status; and (c) successful in advancing the PIRA's war aims. Paradoxically, though, that need not be relevant to the Guantanamo case, because it is clear that you have misunderstood the reason for the inclusion of that information in the article, in the form in which it was presented. The quotation was used, quite correctly, though not originally by me, to illustrate the wide range of actions which the world's most conventionally powerful nation is prepared to label as "acts of asymmetric war"- whether or not Clausewitz would have agreed is not important; what matters is that prisoner suicides are among the factors being taken into account by the US administration in its current asymmetric war efforts. So unless you happen to be a senior US military figure, your opinion on the matter counts for little. David Trochos (talk) 21:37, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I began this discussion on your talk page in hopes of establishing the viewpoint behind your sweeping chenges to Asymmetric Warfare, but unfortunately we've got bogged down on the single issue of the Guantanamo suicides (which, as I indicated above, were not introduced to the article by me, but the inclusion of which I support in the specific form in which they were presented, for the reason I gave yesterday). When I have time, I'll open up a broader debate on the article's talk page, based on a modified reversion of your edits. David Trochos (talk) 18:02, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Megrahi Article

Hi there Reargun.

Thank you for your edits to the Megrahi article. I notice that English is not your first language. Do you mind if I tidy up the edit to read a bit better. Cheers!

Also note my requests for help here [1]--Cyber Fox (talk) 11:02, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reduction/raduction

Just to explain Doug Weller's reversion of your edit on this word on Bible and History: "reduction" means to make smaller, "redaction" means to edit. Useful to know in biblical articles, as it's a word that gets used a lot :). PiCo (talk) 06:42, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

November 2009

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did to Flying ace. Your edits constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. TREKphiler ^{hit me ♠} 20:44, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Evidence? I'm not making the claim. You deleted without making clear you object to it being uncited. Also, if you want to message me, do use my talk page, not my user page? TREKphiler ^{hit me ♠} 00:27, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism claims and your edits

Hi. Referring to my reversion of your edit as vandalism suggests that you do not actually know what vandalism is; if you don't know, don't accuse people of it. My edit was explained in my edit summary; you removed the cited material stating that it was uncited, and replaced it with material showing an opposing viewpoint. I highly suggest that if you have a problem with that article, you discuss it on the talk page before editing it again. Tony Fox (arf!) 21:40, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Midway to nowhere

My beef with the quote? It's uncited, it breaks the narrative flow, & appears to be vandalism. If it isn't, try being more careful. TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 16:27, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Doesn't break the narrative"? I suggest you look again at where you tried to jam it in. It's completely inappropriate there. More to the point, it's just another exhortation, nothing unusual. "No fighter escort"? Wrong. Failed rdv, yes, but escort was assigned & expected; read the page. "First American kamikaze"? Preposterous. They expected to come back. That they didn't is a fault of inexperience & bad co-ordination, by no means a deliberate plan of Fletcher or Nimitz, contrary to Ozawa. Combat pilots have an expectation, also, they might get killed; that's the nature of combat, & all Waldron is talking about. And complaining about my talk page is a futile exercise; FYI, I'm entitled to edit it any way I please. TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 08:07, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong on all counts. And take a look at the commentary on the article talk page, since I'm not the only one who thinks you're a mile off target. TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 23:19, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

We may disagree on my talk, but I suggest the Midway page is where the issue should have been dealt with entire, rather than limiting it to just us, in any case. That's where the effect would be, so all interested parties could, & should, get their fair say. (And did, I might say.) FYI, it wasn't personal. I'm personally happy to see somebody take a real interest in any page (esp one I watch :) ). TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 14:28, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

January 2010

Please do not attack other editors, as you did at David. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. You've been warned about this before. I explained my edit in the edit summary and on the talk page and added references. Vandalism is deliberately trying to bring Wikipedia into disrepute. Also read WP:AGF Dougweller (talk) 06:43, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi

See [2] and [3]. In any case, you were using a 2 month old article as a source for 'now'. Dougweller (talk) 15:45, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Two copyright violations

Your addition to Eucalyptus has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of article content such as sentences or images. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Please do not lift text from the Burkes Backyard website and also do not add your opinion or issue which doesn't involve with the edit or Wikipedia. Bidgee (talk) 11:34, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In addtion to the warning above, this edit [4] was a copyright violation of [5]. Dougweller (talk) 13:14, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Enjoy yourself Dougweller, I am going to lose you 14:12, 28 January 2010 (UTC)