Haratio Fales

D-class cruiser illustration

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I see you added File:KMS Ersatz Hessen Circa Era 1935.jpg to the D-class cruiser article. I assume you're the same individual who created the rendering here - if so, could you contact WP:OTRS via their email address (permissions-commons@wikimedia.org) to verify that you are in fact authorized to license it under the CC license? Thanks. Parsecboy (talk) 20:29, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Hi Eldan, my name is Nathan. The email address you can use to contact OTRS is permissions-commons@wikimedia.org - OTRS will put a template on the image page confirming that you contacted them and verified that you have the rights to release the image (see what it looks like on this picture).

I've been meaning to get to the Spähkreuzer article, but haven't gotten around to it yet. I've written basically all of the articles on German warships on Wikipedia, apart from the destroyers (and of course most of the ships from the 1870s and 80s still need to be written) and have access to a lot of sources, so let me know if there's anything I can help with. Parsecboy (talk) 12:12, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! Fortunately, there hasn't been all that much in the way of hoaxes creeping in here - the only thing that comes to mind has been attempts to insert nonsense about the so-called H-45 variant supposedly to be armed with 80cm Schwerer Gustav guns, but that has been dealt with, at least for now.

Wikipedia can be a little difficult to get used to - it took me a while to get the hang of everything too. I put your image as the lead image for the article - the line-drawing I had uploaded was a scan from Gröner's book under a claim of fair use, but since we have yours now, it no longer meets the criteria for fair use.

I'd be happy to see images for the M, O, and P classes, right now there's only a small painting for the O class that doesn't show the whole ship. Parsecboy (talk) 19:47, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

The problem with the old line drawing was that I had uploaded it under Fair Use, and one of the requirements is that the image cannot be replaceable. Since you created a freely licensed alternative, the image was of course replaceable, so it had to be deleted.

I look forward to seeing your updates to the image. It might also be worthwhile to have some close up shots of the model to show details, of one of the gun turrets or the conning tower, or something. Parsecboy (talk) 10:15, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

The new version is looking much better with the details you added in. I added the close up of the rear turret to the article too. Thanks! Parsecboy (talk) 11:55, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

I think the images are pretty good, detail-wise - I think they give the reader a good sense of what the ships would have looked like, and what major differences there would have been between them and the Deutschland class.

It'll be nice to have images for the O and P classes - oh, and I forgot that the D class image can also be added to the List of heavy cruisers of Germany (the P class one can go there too, once it's finished). The nice thing about the O-class article is that it's a good bit longer than the others, so it can accommodate more photos without being too cluttered. It does make sense to want a third turret on a ship the size of the D class, especially since they would have been significantly larger than the Deutschlands but then you look at the American Alaska class and they took around 10,000 more tons to incorporate the third 12" turret with adequate armor protection, so maybe it just wasn't feasible. The D class probably would have been a much more balanced design than the Deutschlands.

Ersatz means "replacement" in German - the Germans ordered warships either as replac existing vessels or as additions to the fleet strength (these were given a letter designation). Ersatz Hessen was ordered to replace the old pre-dreadnought Hessen. Later, during the Nazi period, ships sometimes received both Ersatz and letter designations. For instance, Bismarck was ordered as Ersatz Hannover, to replace Hannover, but was also referred to as "F". Parsecboy (talk) 19:00, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

Hi Haratio, I see you've been busy - congratulations on finishing the book! Do you know when the book will come out (or has it already?) I'd be interested in seeing it. Parsecboy (talk) 16:13, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

I'm still trying to figure out the talk system, incase you see this. I think it says something about signing with 4 Haratio Fales (talk) 06:59, 28 February 2018 (UTC) I hope this doesn't make problems. I don't know if you have Skype, My Skype name is Eldan.Fales I don't know if I'm suppose to put that in here or not and or if you would have time to connect on it, however sometimes it would be quicker. I have all bet about 2 or 3 books now about the Plan Z subject and the ship designs therein. I also have found designs for the Hybrid Aircraft Carrier cruiser ships. With that last little round of forum/blog misinformation and of some one telling me information that they think they know, I'm endeavouring to have all the books so I can know what is real, and what is not. I can conjecture at educational guesses in the Books I write, and I state it so when I write them. If and when I put information on here I do my utmost to ensure it is fact and has provable sources. TY Haratio.

Warships of Plan Z ( The German Fleet that never fought )

This is the title of my first volume of the series. It is on Amazon. I don't know if it is ok to link it here. I don't wish to violate any Wikipedia policies. I do wish to thank Wikipedia along with you. I have about 230 Hyperlinks in the book that link to Wikipedia articles, and to German Navy.de This has allowed me to write a 220 page book that summarizes the Germanic Naval histories starting with Brandenburg, and Prussia in the 1500's and discuss the progress up to the beginning of World War 2. If for example I mention Frederick the Great, I hyperlink his name to the Wikipedia article, and the reader can research and read all about him without me rewriting a whole article and biography of the man. So if you are happy just to read the summary and get to the ship designs then you can skip the links. If something doesn't seem explained then you can dive deeper into the subject through the Hyperlinks and it makes the book like a mini encyclopedia reference. I published on the 15th of February. The same day of the tragic school shooting in Florida. I have dedicated the book to all service men and women in the military as it is a military history book. I am highly considering adding a dedication page for the students and teachers who also lost their lives on the day that I published this book as they were in an establishment to learn. I am currently working on finishing the two ship illustrations for Wikipedia, and so when readers link to those articles they will have a good profile illustration to view, as the Spahkruezer needs more detail and the P-class needs one in general. I didn't mean to get long winded here. One thing that I do enjoy in writing the book is that I can use more hypothetical conjecture as an opinion, and I state it as such. I very much endeavor not to conjecture in the Wikipedia articles, and just state facts and stay on topic. I have also been researching the Japanese B-65 Battle Cruiser along with 3 proposed designs of Italian interwar Battleships and Battle cruiser designs of the interwar period. I noticed that B-65 is mentioned in the Yamato article and I couldn't find any mention or reference to the 3 Italian ship designs. I am considering also 3D model profiling them and writing Wikipedia articles for them. I intend to add them to the second volume and modifying the name to Warships of Plan Z ( and other Warships that never sailed ) or something to that effect. I have also ran into a few critics that have challenged me about the book. That is one of the reasons that I have opted to purchase the German Warships book that is used for 90%+ of the foot notes on Wikipedia, and German Navy.de for the statistics and information about Plan Z warships. I have about 45 books or so about naval history and ship designs of many countries along with a book about the German Naval Artillery and ship guns of WW1 and WW2. Anyway again I get carried away by the subject. To simply answer your question, Yes My book is available now. I look forward to submitting content, Illustrations, and possibly writing articles for those ships that history is forgetting.

Smooth sailing. Haratio Fales.

That sounds pretty cool, I'll have to check it out. There actually is an article on the B-65 design (Design B-65 cruiser) - it has a pretty basic drawing of the design, so it could definitely use some better 3D models. The Littorio-class_battleship talks a little about the design work the Italian Navy was doing in the 1920s and 1930s, mostly as context for how the Littorio design came about - that could probably use an article all to itself at some point, but the sources that would be most useful are likely in Italian, and I don't have much access to Italian sources. I know an editor or two who might be able to help with that if you get to the point where you'd want to start an article on the Italian designs, so let me know. Parsecboy (talk) 12:53, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Oh, by the way, do you have a citation for the line you added to the P-class article about the P-39 proposal? Parsecboy (talk) 12:55, 22 February 2018 (UTC)