Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/Archive 3

message: I suggest to modify our welcome, so it explains some rules of our anarchy. I really get sick of people posting on the talk page what stub urgently needs someone's help. Wandalstouring 17:18, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: We could probably add a friendly reminder about the proper avenues for reuqesting expansion (i.e., adding it to the "Things you can do" templates, etc.). Carom 17:42, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Is it really that big of an issue, though?  The requests aren't that frequent; and I don't want to put us in the position of biting newbies because they don't know where to make them.  I'd just let it pass unless someone is doing it constantly (in which case they can be spoken with individually). Kirill Lokshin 18:05, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Modification of our welcome 

message: Just a note for anyone that hasn't seen it yet: Kevin Myers' nomination for the WikiChevrons w/ OL has been sitting for some time with no additional comments.  If some more coordinators could drop by, that'd be great.  Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 05:17, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure, I'll drop by and have a look. Kyriakos 14:18, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Award nomination 

message: The contacts are waiting for some activity, too. Wandalstouring 17:35, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: A new contact has been nominated. Please drop by and leave a note. Wandalstouring 02:00, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contacts 

message: I suggest that we write down our existing system of labor division, so we do have a better overview.
I'm going to keep an eye on the contacts. Wandalstouring 10:12, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Specialization 

message: Is presumably ready: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Outreach/Newsletter June 2007.  I'd appreciate someone checking over to see whether I've missed anything of interest. Kirill 01:06, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks good to me. Carom 01:27, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

text: You could add that the contacts are working and we are looking for more capable editors to join. Wandalstouring 05:30, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, done.  I'll ask Grafikm to send this one out, then. Kirill 15:28, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  June newsletter 

message: I suggest that we try to get some professionals (professors or someone else with a university degree/professional experience on the subject) to proofread our intended publications and write a few sentence that we can add to each chapter + who wrote them. This way a feeling of trust in the content is created. Wandalstouring 05:44, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proofreading publications 

message: As an extension of the new (well, not so new any more) naming conventions, there's a discussion here regarding a standardized naming convention for German units from various eras. Some further opinions would be appreciated, if anyone has time, as the discussion is suffering from a lack of participants. Carom 15:04, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another renaming discussion... 

message: Okay, I've finally uploaded all of the generated lists; see Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Drive.  If there are no last-minute objections, can we go ahead officially start the drive? Kirill 02:35, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No objections here - let's get it started (this thread may make interesting reading as we get this going, though). Carom 02:37, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Tag them and I will do the B-class assessment when I have some more spare time. Wandalstouring 11:54, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, I've made an announcement of sorts at WT:MILHIST#Tagging and assessment drive; please feel free to add any comments there if you'd like. Kirill 13:00, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Incidentally, if anyone has other ideas for places where this should be announced, I'm all ears. ;-) Kirill 13:04, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Food for thought: would it be a good idea to add this to WP:CN?  Or would that be overly pretentious of us? Kirill 05:09, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure if you have the right shortcut there, Kirill - did you want the community bulletin board? The community noticeboard seems to be for dispute resolution... Carom 05:17, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, yes, I did mean the other community noticeboard; thanks for catching that!  (I sometimes wonder why people can't come up with more unique names for these things... ;-) Kirill 05:27, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, nondescript names are the only ones that can achieve consensus, after all... ;) I don't think that would be pretentious, although wider exposure will probably summon all the old arguments regarding a) the spread of project banners on article talk pages, and b) the failings of large-scale assessment drives (witness the long-ish discussion generated by the Biography assessment drive that I linked somewhere above). That said, I think we might as well summon as much help as possible, and field complaints, etc. if and when they arise. Carom 05:46, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, I've put up a listing; we'll see if it stays up. Kirill 13:55, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Just a though: should we have a place for people participating in the drive to sign up? This will allow us to easily follow who is tagging and assessing in order to a) check up to make sure everything is being done correctly, and b) give awards to editors who are doing a particularly good job. Thoughts? Carom 20:29, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Might be a worthwhile thing to do, although I don't know whether people would actually sign up before starting to assess stuff.  Should we just create a section for this on the main drive page? Kirill 03:37, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, that's probably the best place - obviously, we can't force anyone to "sign up," but a little note saying something like "please sign here if you are tagging and assessing articles for this drive" might go a long way. Carom 04:17, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, I've added a section; please feel free to elaborate on the explanatory note as needed. Kirill 17:34, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That works. Carom 17:58, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Assessment drive