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'<div>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Grandiose&oldid=424706129 Archive 1], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Grandiose&oldid=442645320 Archive 2].</div> == File:Spanish general election map, 1936.svg == Hi Grandiose, I've been checking out your contributions about the Spanish Civil War and I found this map [[:File:Spanish general election map, 1936.svg]]. I think that you have forgotten the Canary Islands. Could you fix it? Great job! Best '''[[User:Rastrojo|Rastrojo]]''' _{([[User talk:Rastrojo|D]]•[[w:es:User:Rastrojo|ES]])} 15:23, 21 July 2011 (UTC) == Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 == Thank you for your message. My involvement in this article is minimal. All that I have done, as far as I can remember, is to insert the correct collective title, and merge a small amount of information that was contained in the articles [[Parliament Act 1911]] and [[Parliament Act 1949]], including their infoboxes (which, I have just discovered, someone has altered in a way that makes it factually inaccurate), when it became apparent that another editor was determined to turn those articles into redirects, and do some consequential regrouping. I am not responsible for the bulk of the text. For what it is worth, I still think that the best way to deal with this article is probably to split it in two.[[User:James500|James500]] ([[User talk:James500|talk]]) 16:49, 26 July 2011 (UTC) :Grandiose, as Bencherlite pointed out, the talk page discussion step is mandatory, not optional. Because of this, I have placed the review on hold. Discussion should be taken to the talk page. Spend at least a week there; if nothing has moved forward on the article at that point, then I will reopen the review. [[User:Dana boomer|Dana boomer]] ([[User talk:Dana boomer|talk]]) 13:49, 28 July 2011 (UTC) Thank you for your message. I fail to see what it is that you are objecting to, much less why. [[User:James500|James500]] ([[User talk:James500|talk]]) 09:00, 30 July 2011 (UTC) == WikiCup 2011 July newsletter == [[File:Trophy.png|right]] We are half way through the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; there is less than a month to go before we have our final 8. Our pool leaders are {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant2|Adabow}} (Pool A, 189 points) and {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant2|PresN}} (Pool B, 165 points). The number of points required to reach the next round is not clear at this time; there are some users who still do not have any recorded points. Please remember to update your submissions' pages promptly. 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Good luck! <small>If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from [[Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send]].</small> [[User:J Milburn|J Milburn]] and [[User:The ed17|The ed17]] 11:32, 1 August 2011 (UTC) <!-- EdwardsBot 0160 --> == ''The Signpost'': 01 August 2011 == <div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2011-08-01}} </div><!--Volume 7, Issue 31--> <div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">'''[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost|Read this Signpost in full]]''' &middot; [[Wikipedia:Signpost/Single|Single-page]] &middot; [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Subscribe|Unsubscribe]] &middot; [[User:EdwardsBot|EdwardsBot]] ([[User talk:EdwardsBot|talk]]) 00:57, 2 August 2011 (UTC)</div> <!-- EdwardsBot 0161 --> == Spanish Cross == The German law governing the Spanish Cross can be found [http://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?apm=0&aid=dra&datum=19390004&zoom=2&seite=00001359&x=12&y=10 here] Reichsgesetzblatt Nr. 139 page 1359 dated from 10 August 1939. [[User:MisterBee1966|MisterBee1966]] ([[User talk:MisterBee1966|talk]]) 16:27, 3 August 2011 (UTC) : Sources would be Veit Scherzer and/or Walther-Peer Fellgiebel, the former president of the AKCR. You will find the respective books listed in the Reference section of the article. [[User:MisterBee1966|MisterBee1966]] ([[User talk:MisterBee1966|talk]]) 19:36, 3 August 2011 (UTC) ==[[German involvement in the Spanish Civil War]]== Great job. Can I interest you in expanding any of my new Spanish civil war battle stubs?♦ [[User talk:Dr. Blofeld|<span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#000">Dr. Blofeld</span>]] 11:18, 4 August 2011 (UTC) Well, you've most certainly impressed with the German involvement article!♦ [[User talk:Dr. Blofeld|<span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#000">Dr. Blofeld</span>]] 11:27, 4 August 2011 (UTC) ::you use westwell the whole sodding time don't you - is that a good idea to use one book about the Condor Legion at every point, from the vast literature on the SCW, - the refs -westwell-westwell-westwell-westwell- i dunno, hardly inspires one that the article is the fruit of wide reading. [[User:Sayerslle|Sayerslle]] ([[User talk:Sayerslle|talk]]) 10:11, 5 August 2011 (UTC) == Good Article promotion == {| style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;" |rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;" | [[File:Spanish civil war archive.jpg|135px]] |style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | '''Congratulations!''' |- |style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thanks for all the work you did in making [[German involvement in the Spanish Civil War]] a certified "Good Article"! I guess I know as much about WWII as the next American college grad, but I'd never heard about this aspect. It's a fascinating read! (Pictured: the Spanish Civil War archive building at Salamanca.) Thanks also for your reviews. [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates|Featured article candidate]]s and [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good Article nominees]] always need more reviewers! All the best, &ndash; [[User:Quadell|Quadell]] ^{([[User_talk:Quadell|talk]])} |} == ''The Signpost'': 08 August 2011 == <div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2011-08-08}} </div><!--Volume 7, Issue 32--> <div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">'''[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost|Read this Signpost in full]]''' &middot; [[Wikipedia:Signpost/Single|Single-page]] &middot; [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Subscribe|Unsubscribe]] &middot; [[User:EdwardsBot|EdwardsBot]] ([[User talk:EdwardsBot|talk]]) 23:25, 8 August 2011 (UTC)</div> <!-- EdwardsBot 0162 --> == 1933 Spanish election == Grandiose, I have started work on the copy edit you requested at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page. All my questions and editing proposals will be posted in the article talk page. Regards, <span style="color: #366; font-family: serif; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000;">[[user:Peterstrempel|<font color="#366" >Peter S Strempel</font>]]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;[[user_talk:Peterstrempel|<font color="#366">Talk</font>]]</span> 10:19, 10 August 2011 (UTC) :It seemed appropriate to post here rather than the article page. :Grandiose, the following words may seem blunt, but they are not intended to be disrespectful. :My objectives in occasionally editing articles from the Guild of Copy Editors requests list are threefold – :#To engage with Wikipedia articles in which I have no particular interest or stake. :#To assist in the matter of grammar, spelling and style. :#To do nothing to undermine the goals of the Guild of Copy Editors. :In pursuing these objectives, if I don’t understand something said in an article, chances are neither will many others, and that this needs to be fixed. The editing decision then becomes about clarifying the ambiguous part or cutting it. That’s why I will always consult before making any edit. :But I also have to ensure that my fellow Guild members don’t get pissed off with me for saying I edited something when I haven’t, or when it is difficult to see how I've done that. For that reason I must actually make some of the edits myself (so that it shows up in the diffs that way). :And finally, I don’t want to engage in an endlessly iterative process. That means we should agree to a moratorium on your own edits until our collaborative copy edit is complete. My concern is that I will be keelhauled by the Guild for claiming I edited something that no longer resembles what I looked at five minutes after I looked at it. If you think you need to tinker more before a copy edit, I am happy to postpone. :I also don’t much care for ownership. If the article is too precious to you to allow anyone else to touch it, I am wasting my time here. That said, I acknowledge your stewardship, subject matter expertise and Wikipedia bragging rights. I want none of these for myself. :However, if we cannot work together in a way that accommodates my objectives here, it would be better that I withdraw and you find an editor you feel more comfortable with. I would not take such a decision as an insult or a rejection. :In case your decision is to part company, I think your synthesis of suggestions and facts in the lead looks fine to me, except I still think we need to give the full name of the CEDA before the acronym’s first use. :Let me know your thoughts on the matters raised. Regards, <span style="color: #366; font-family: serif; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000;">[[user:Peterstrempel|<font color="#366" >Peter S Strempel</font>]]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;[[user_talk:Peterstrempel|<font color="#366">Talk</font>]]</span> 00:50, 12 August 2011 (UTC) ::I'm very sorry, Peter, if that is the implication you have. In real life, I talk too much; here, it would seem, I talk too little. If the point in question is the lead, well, this is the explanation that should have (but didn't) precede my edits. ::I took all the changes you recommended. I linked some things and emboldened the first few words. However, there were two things wrong with your version, which I then attempted to correct. I didn't want to write about that in length, because I make no requirement of copyeditors to know everything about the topic in question. However, in restrospect this may have looked like reverting your suggestion. Sorry. ::Those two things: CEDA was not the coalition the right formed, but the political party formed to fight the election (the coalition was them and others); "Anarchists favoured abstention from the vote, which led to a significant victory for the right over the left" gives an unnecessary weight in implication. There were many things which lead to the right's victory, which are weighted differently by different author/historians etc. ::Earlier editing was the same, but in those instances my changes were smaller. ::Consider a moratorium started.<span style="color:#3A3A3A">'''Grandiose''' </span><span style="color:gray">([[User:Grandiose|me]], [[User_talk:Grandiose|talk]], [[Special:Contributions/Grandiose|contribs]]) </span> 08:11, 12 August 2011 (UTC) :::Grandiose, no implication you were doing anything wrong, just my somewhat blunt of explaining what I'm about and how I like to do things. :::Had to take time out from Wikipedia for the weekend, but am back at it tonight (my time). Talk soon on article talk page. Regards <span style="color: #366; font-family: serif; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000;">[[user:Peterstrempel|<font color="#366" >Peter S Strempel</font>]]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;[[user_talk:Peterstrempel|<font color="#366">Talk</font>]]</span> 06:20, 15 August 2011 (UTC) == Juan Larrea GA review == Hi, just to mention that Cambalachero replied to your points at [[Talk:Juan Larrea/GA1]] a few days ago - you may wish to have another look when you have a moment. 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