User talk:John Fischer
Welcome!
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John, welcome to Citizendium. I saw your additions to United_States_Naval_Academy and found them very interesting. Thanks for authoring in Citizendium! Pat Palmer 16:15, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
- Also welcome. I put in a definition for USS Ramage (DDG-61), and would be glad to expand on the ship or VADM Ramage. Howard C. Berkowitz 16:24, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
- I responded with interest to your SEAL and related questions just below them, on my user page. Go for it! Howard C. Berkowitz 20:00, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
John, this is mostly a heads-up. I've created CZ: United States Navy Subgroup, CZ: United States Marine Corps Subgroup, and CZ: Royal Navy Subgroup. Yes, there's also CZ: United States Army Subgroup. Note also there's CZ: Pacific War Subgroup and CZ: Wars of Vietnam Subgroup/
By no means are these all-inclusive indices; it's rather cumbersome to add existing articles although I've been using them for new articles that are pertinent. Yes, I suppose every AKA article we have should be in there, but I shudder at the thought -- even though the old gators are in better form as articles, I think the Ticos, Burkes, LAs, etc. take priority, as does history.
I intended them less as an index than as a potential recruiting tool, to show knowledgeable people what we have and what could be improved. While they certainly can be shown now, I tend to think we should defer systematic recruiting (e.g., to mailing lists) until the Charter and community governance are a bit further along.
I haven't quite decided how to organize, into subgroups, topics such as insurgency and special operations. There's also a little interest in general nautical topics including navigation and electronics. Howard C. Berkowitz 20:55, 13 August 2010 (UTC)