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The Manhattan Project was a research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs during World War II. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946, the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the US Army Corps of Engineers. It began modestly in 1939, but grew to employ more than 130,000 people and cost nearly US$2 billion (the equivalent of about $26 billion now). Although it operated under a tight blanket of security, it was penetrated by Soviet atomic spies. The first device ever detonated was an implosion-type nuclear weapon in the Trinity test (pictured), conducted at New Mexico's Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range on 16 July 1945. Project personnel participated in the Alsos Mission in Europe, and in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After the war the Manhattan Project conducted weapons testing in Operation Crossroads, developed new weapons, established the network of national laboratories, supported medical research into radiology and laid the foundations for a nuclear navy. It was replaced by the Atomic Energy Commssion and the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project in 1947. ( Full article...)
UcuchaBot ( talk) 23:02, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
Jc and Oliver: I want to get to work on preparing a new RfC designed to deal with the problem that we're losing active admins faster than we're making new ones ... so the new RfC may or may not deal with tool use in general. Wikipedians seem to me to react to PC2 as if it's some kind of tool, so PC2 may or may not be part of the discussion. Are either of you interested in being closers in the new RfC? Would you like for me to put off even discussion about a new RfC until you two are ready to say something about the PC2 RfC? - Dank ( push to talk) 15:25, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
Since you are a participant at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Whaam!, I am informing you that Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Whaam!/archive1 is now open.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 21:16, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
I have recently started three articles than will be of interest to the military editors: American Civil War prison camps, International relations (1814-1919), Diplomatic history of World War II -- is there a way I can ask the Military Project editors for help & suggestions? Rjensen ( talk) 00:41, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Dank, Uruguayan War was promoted. This time the nomination was easy and effortless. Yet, as always, you were available and willing to review an entire article. It's good to know that we still ave editors like you around. Thanks a lot, -- Lecen ( talk) 11:52, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
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Just a ping. - Dank ( push to talk) 16:39, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi Dank, if you a) have time, and b) aren't sick of articles on antipodean military aircraft, I'd really appreciate it if you could post a review at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Boeing C-17 Globemaster III in Australian service/archive1. Please feel free to post that the article isn't up to scratch if that's your assessment. Regards, Nick-D ( talk) 10:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
I would appreciate it if you could do a thorough copyedit on HMS Warrior (1860) whenever you have the time. I need to expand the restoration and subsequent sections, so you don't need to do them just yet.-- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 06:25, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
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By order of the Military History WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted contributions to the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured Article Candidate reviews for the period Apr-Jun 2013, I am delighted to award you the WikiChevrons. AustralianRupert ( talk) 10:11, 1 August 2013 (UTC) |
I have revamped the lead section. King Jakob C2 01:23, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
Since you participated in the review of Tadeusz Kościuszko for GA and/or A-classes, you may be interested in Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Tadeusz Kościuszko/archive1 (at this point there are few substantial comments there, and the article is likely to be failed due to lack of community's interest). -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 14:35, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
I'm still interested in at least finding out where the article would fall (i.e., if it didn't make it, where the gaps would be so I could fix them). You had offered some years back to give it a look-see beforehand, which I would appreciate. I still have yet to find a usable image of Mr. Marcus himself -- i.e., one that does not have copyrighted status precluding the terms necessary for WP images -- apart from the book cover that appears in the lower section of the page, which must stay in the context of discussing the book in order to be a fair-use image. A couple of years ago, I did have a brief correspondence with a relative -- a niece of his, as I recall -- who might be able to supply one; the messages petered out, probably on my end rather than hers. Let me know what you think. Lawikitejana ( talk) 19:42, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
G'day, Dan, I'm thinking about taking 15th Battalion (Australia) to A-class review. Before I do, I wonder if you wouldn't mind taking a quick look and letting me know how much prose work you think might be necessary. Regards, AustralianRupert ( talk) 00:43, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
Thought you'd be amused by this: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/80117/dank-dashes-to-victory-in-beverly-d Montanabw (talk) 06:08, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
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Dan, I was wondering if you'd be willing to have a look at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Enrico Fermi/archive1. One of the reviewers wants a copyeditor. (Sigh)
Are you related to Stephen Dank?
openness, patience, receptivity
Thank you for following Rilke, asking good questions, for quality reviewing of FAs such as
Pedro I of Brazil, for liking "a willingness to do and say unpopular things and the ability to get away with it", - repeating: you are an
awesome Wikipedian (24 May 2009)!
A year ago, you were the 226th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, repeated in br'erly style, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:48, 27 August 2013 (UTC)