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I suggested Jesse L. Brown for TFA, there's a debate you may want to take part in. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:24, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

accepted --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:00, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Ah, well that's great news! Thanks for letting me know. —Ed!^(talk) 16:16, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

This is a note to let the main editors of Jesse L. Brown know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on December 4, 2012. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 4, 2012. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask featured article director Raul654 (talk · contribs) or his delegate Dabomb87 (talk · contribs), or start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. The blurb as it stands now is below:

Jesse L. Brown (1926–1950) was the first African-American naval aviator in the United States Navy, and the first naval officer killed in the Korean War. Born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, to an impoverished family, Brown had an avid interest in aircraft from a young age. After graduating as salutatorian of his high school, he enlisted in the US Navy in 1946 and became a midshipman one year later. He earned his pilot wings on 21 October 1948 amid a flurry of press coverage. He was subsequently assigned to Fighter Squadron 32 aboard the USS Leyte. At the outset of the Korean War, the Leyte was ordered to the Korean Peninsula, arriving in October 1950. Brown flew 20 combat missions before his F4U Corsair aircraft came under fire and crashed on a remote mountaintop on 4 December 1950 during a mission supporting ground troops at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. Brown died of his wounds in spite of efforts by wingman Thomas J. Hudner, Jr., who intentionally crashed his aircraft attempting a rescue and was later awarded the Medal of Honor. Brown's successes in the segregated US military were memorialized in several books, and the frigate USS Jesse L. Brown (FF-1089) was named in his honor. (Full article...)

UcuchaBot (talk) 23:01, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Congrats on the TFA, Ed -- damn medal ribbons an' all... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:08, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

I thank you! —Ed!^(talk) 15:39, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Korean War victims
Thank you for quality articles on the Korean War, especially the people involved, such as Jesse L. Brown, for the remarkable presentation of its history and people on your user page, for your GA reviews, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:41, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Well thanks very much! I appreciate it. —Ed!^(talk) 15:40, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

A year ago, you were the 324th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:53, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

Four years ago, you were recipient no. 324 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:17, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi Ed. I see you're contributing quite a bit to the AfD discussions. I want to point out that "per nom" and "per above" are considered arguments to avoid and many editors and admins who close AfD's do not weigh in those contributions to the discuss as heavily or sometimes at all when making their decision. Any way, if you're already taking the time to read the articles and examine the AfD then you should make sure your discussion contributions are fully being considered in scale with your opinion. Hope this helps. Mkdw^talk 11:02, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Ah, thank you for letting me know. I haven't contributed to AfD in some time, and I'm just getting back to Wikipedia after an extended absence, so I haven't been up on these sort of things. I'll take care to be more clear in my reasoning in the future AfDs. —Ed!^(talk) 14:21, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

I've made some significant changes to the article. Cheers, Lord Roem (talk) 02:21, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

I've added lots more to the 'subsequent developments' section. Thanks, Lord Roem (talk) 22:48, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Great work. Made some final comments for improvements before I'm ready to pass it for GA. —Ed!^(talk) 02:39, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Want to thank you again for the review. Have a great holiday! All the best, Lord Roem (talk) 16:57, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

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I don't think that I'd seen volume 2 of this book: Polmar, Norman; Genda, Minoru (2006). Aircraft Carriers: A History of Carrier Aviation and Its Influence on World Events. Vol. Volume 1, 1909–1945. Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books. ISBN 1-57488-663-0. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help) when I reviewed your Philippine Sea article, but it has a fair amount of info on air groups in the post-war period. I think that it would be definitely worth your while if you want to do more articles on the Essex's.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 17:08, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Much thanks. I'll look to that for improving the two I've already been working on. —Ed!^(talk) 18:19, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

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Hello, Ed!, and welcome to the 2013 WikiCup! Your submissions' page is here. The first round will last until the end of February, at which point the top 64 scorers will advance to the second round. We will be in touch at the end of every month, and signups are going to remain open until the end of January; if you know of anyone else who may like to take part, please let them know! A few reminders:

• The rules can be found here. There have been a few changes from last year, which are listed on that page.
• Anything you submit must have been nominated and promoted in 2013, and you need to have completed significant work upon it in 2013. (The articles you review at good article reviews does not need to have been nominated in 2013, but you do need to have started and completed the review in 2013.) We will be checking.
• If you feel that another competitor is breaking the rules or abusing the competition in some way, please let a judge know. Please do not remove entries from the submissions' pages of others yourself.
• Don't worry about calculating precisely how many points everything is worth. The bot will do that. The bot may occasionally get something wrong- let a judge know, or post on the WikiCup talk page if that happens.
• Please try to be prompt in updating submissions' pages so that they can be double-checked.

Overall, however, don't worry, and have fun. It doesn't matter if you make the odd mistake; these things happen. Questions can be asked on the WikiCup talk page. Good luck! J Milburn and The ed17 13:03, 1 January 2013 (UTC)