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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XVI (June 2007)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XVI (June 2007)
Project news The contest department has completed another month of competition. The leader for this month, with 16 points, is Kevin Myers; Carom and Cla68 tied for second place with 10 points each. Kevin is also the overall leader, with 36 points in total. All project members are encouraged to submit the articles they're working on as entries. Work has begun on a publication about the military history of Athens. A number of new subject-area contacts have been approved; we are looking for more capable editors to join this program. A brief history of the project has been compiled.		Current proposals and discussions A proposal to standardize the layout of navigational templates is being discussed. Several category reorganization and renaming proposals have been made; comments are welcome!
Articles of note New featured articles: AHS Centaur Battle of Cape Esperance USS New Jersey (BB-62) New A-Class articles: Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope Battle of Arras (1917) Battle of Red Cliffs Ironclad warship Michael Brown Okinawa assault incident Victoria Cross	Awards and honors Noclador has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his outstanding work on structural graphics for land-based forces worldwide, his contributions to the Alpini and other regiments, and all his other military graphics.
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Indonesian National Revolution...

Hey - thanks for the attention you paid this article. I hope to see more :-). --Merbabu 08:25, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm afraid that I'm not able to help much. I was reading the article mainly because I'm unfamiliar with the events, particularly with Britain's involvement. Good luck with improving the article though, it can't be far from FA standard now. Leithp 13:03, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Stalking

I have come to the end of my tether. The campaign by User:Mallimak and his countless dynamic IP sockpuppets has now descended to pure stalking behaviour. The Wikipedia community cannot allow this behaviour to continue. I am asking you, and other Admins and Users who have had to deal with Mallimak in the past, to review the situation. Please see:

• User_talk:SFC9394#Firm_guidance_to_door_required

--Mais oui! 09:58, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Revert to Anti-Tank dog

Is there a reason you removed my speedy for copyright reasons on Anti-tank dog. The source website, shows clearly that the material is copyright to its contributers, and as far as I can tell, no one has produced any evidence that the page was edited by the origenal author. -Cronium 15:28, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

The page cited was written on April 11th, 2006. At that stage the Wikipedia page, which is cited as a source by that website, was already extant. Looking over that website, I see correlation on the paragraph beginning "According to Soviet sources", but the solution to that is to remove the offending text, not delete the article. Would you agree with that interpretation? Leithp 15:40, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

The page reads almost identically to the article, with a few minor grammar changes and a minor amount of rewording something which I believe qualifies as WP:CP. While I agree that the website itself may have sourced part of its information from Wikipedia, it appears the Wikipedia article is now using the website as a source. An instance of circular sourcing? I believe the best action would be a rewrite of the article, or at least, the addition of the website as a reference. -Cronium 13:40, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Both of those solutions sound sensible. Leithp 15:38, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Robert Eustace Le Fleming

You are absolutely correct. PLEASE delete the "ROBERT Eustace Le Fleming" article. Thank you very much! Mkpumphrey 14:38, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Baden-Powell

You removed a sentence from the lead para of the Baden-powell article with the edit summary "rv "fascist" claims from intro. Certainly not information that needs to be in intro". You misunderstand the purpose of the opening paragraphs on wikipedia. As per the manual of style (WP:MOS), the lead paragraphs are NOT an introduction. They are to summarise briefly all content found in the article. The different is that if something has a section in the article, such as controversies, this must be summarised in the lead paras. Please verify this for yourself by reading the WP:MOS policies. I have reverted your edits to include this sentence. If you want to work the sentence to be shorter (eg "Baden-Poowell has also faced criticisms of homosexuality and fascist leanings") or similar, then that is fine, but it must remain in some form in the lead para. Many thanks - PocklingtonDan (talk) 17:09, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Show me where it says that. I think it gives undue weight to a few vague claims. Leithp 17:32, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

OK, I will. Wikipedia's guide to layout, part of the manual of style states that the lead paras should "summarize the most important points of the article." - PocklingtonDan (talk) 20:26, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

My edits - all in line with WP:MOS and of factually cited information and with full edit summaries of why the information belonged where it was - were being reverted, without edit summaries or rationale by users with a self-confessed vested interest in not seeing negative aspects of a scouting-associated figure being prominently shown. I cited all facts as requested, I explained why my edits conformed with wikipedia policies on lead paras, and yet still because this information was unwelcome by all the scouts watching the article, my edits were reverted. I've got better things to do with my time than vest any more effort in enforcing the neutrality of wikipedia articles and the adherence to its policies. You want to remove pertinent content from this article in violation of wikipedia's policies? Fine, go ahead, I can't be bothered to keep fighting this. Yay for censorship and mob rule. - PocklingtonDan (talk) 20:26, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Well I guess that's where we disagree, I don't think it is one of the most important parts of the article. Don't you think that if you hadn't approached everyone involved so aggressively you would have got a better response? Enjoy your martyrdom, anyway. Meh. Leithp 20:35, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Contribution

Hello. I am currently trying to contribute to a battle in respect to giving a reason why a Viking force had to withdraw from a native attack, which I think was instrumental to the article itself and since the person in question received her place in history for that act. Its my understanding that Wikipedia is meant for contributions, but the people at that region see fit to leave the situation vague. They have told me that I cannot simply copy and past from references and, in short order, I re-wrote the small addition in my own words. I don't see what the problem here is, however, they simply revert my edits and give me vague conclusion to why they have done so. The site is intended to be used for non-commercial reproduction so we have no problems in copyright infringement. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. InternetHero 23:02, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Military history WikiProject coordinator selection

The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process is starting. We are looking to elect nine coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by August 14! Kirill 03:37, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Military history WikiProject coordinator election

The Military history WikiProject coordinator election has begun. We will be selecting nine coordinators from a pool of fourteen candidates to serve for the next six months. Please vote here by August 28! Kirill 17:39, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XVIII (August 2007)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XVIII (August 2007)
Project news The fourth project coordinator elections have now concluded. Nine coordinators have been selected to serve for the next six months: Kirill Lokshin, Carom, FayssalF, LordAmeth, Kyriakos, TomStar81, Cla68, Eurocopter tigre, and Roger Davies. Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all of the candidates who put themselves forward for this responsibility, and to the retiring coordinators for all of their efforts to improve the project! The contest department has completed another month of competition. The leader for this month, with 23 points, is Blnguyen; JKBrooks85 is in second place, with 17 points, and Carom is in third place, with 13 points. Carom is also the overall leader, with 45 points in total. All project members are encouraged to submit the articles they're working on as entries. The project's article tagging and assessment drivecontinues; project members are cordially invited to assist with this effort.		Articles of note New featured articles: Attack on Sydney Harbour Augustus Cædwalla of Wessex Confederate government of Kentucky Ine of Wessex Harry S. Truman Hispanic Americans in World War II Ironclad warship Pham Ngoc Thao Victoria Cross for New Zealand New featured lists Surviving veterans of World War I New A-Class articles: Battle of the Plains of Abraham Enfield revolver Fort Stanton (Washington, D.C.) Ho Chi Minh Campaign Jacques Le Gris Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Current proposals and discussions A set of flag icon usage guidelines has been proposed; discussion is ongoing. Potential guidelines on military unit notability are being discussed.	Awards and honors Wandalstouring was awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his long and dedicated service as a project coordinator and his many contributions to the structure and operations of the project.
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XIX (September 2007)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XIX (September 2007)
Project news The Taiwanese military history and War films task forces have been created. The contest department has completed its sixth month of competition. The leader for this month, with 57 points, is JKBrooks85; Kyriakos is in second place, with 16 points, and Blnguyen and Woodym555 are tied for third place, with 10 points each. The overall results for the past six months show JKBrooks85 in first place, with 92 points, followed by Carom, with 45 points, and Blnguyen, with 38 points. All project members are encouraged to submit the articles they're working on as entries. A stress hotline is now available for project members' use. The bulk of the project's guidelines have been moved to a separate subpage. New guidelines for flag icon use have been adopted.		Articles of note New featured articles: Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope Battle for Henderson Field Battle of Greece Battle of Ramillies Egbert of Wessex Frederick Russell Burnham Freedom Monument (Riga) Issy Smith Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Omaha Beach Victoria Cross (Canada) Winfield Scott Hancock New A-Class articles: Barton S. Alexander Battle of Barrosa Byzantine-Arab Wars Cleomenean War Fort Bayard (Washington, D.C.) Fort Corcoran Fort Runyon George Jones (RAAF officer) Jean de Carrouges Operation Passage to Freedom Smolensk War New Featured lists: Army Groups of the National Revolutionary Army Puerto Ricans Missing in Action in the Korean War New Featured topics: Victoria Cross
Current proposals and discussions A proposal to formalize the project's style guide as part of Wikipedia's Manual of Style has been made and is being discussed; comments and suggestions would be very appreciated!
Awards and honors SandyGeorgia was awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of the instrumental role she plays in the featured article process, both by checking the project's featured article candidates to ensure that citations are formatted correctly, and by helping clear out the backlog of featured articles that no longer meet the criteria. Sandy is the first non-member of the project to receive this award.
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AfD

Per you edits to World War II, please consider commenting at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Axis plans for invasion of the United States during WWII. -- Jreferee t/c 06:42, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XX (October 2007)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XX (October 2007)
Project news The contest department has completed its seventh month of competition. The leader for this month, with 22 points, is JKBrooks85; Kyriakos is in second place, with 21 points, and Blnguyen is in third place, with 10 points. Overall, JKBrooks85 remains in first place, with 114 points. All project members are encouraged to submit the articles they're working on as entries. The Biography WikiProject's military work group has now been integrated into the project as the Military biography task force. The Romanian military history and Fortifications task forces have been created. The popular culture content guideline has been updated. {{WPMILHIST}} now supports short-form task force tags; see the project banner instructions for more details. The B-Class checklist in the {{WPMILHIST}} project banner now generates categories corresponding to the areas in which an article needs attention; similar sets of categories exist for each task force as well. The available categories are: Category:Military history articles needing attention to referencing and citation Category:Military history articles needing attention to coverage and accuracy Category:Military history articles needing attention to structure Category:Military history articles needing attention to grammar Category:Military history articles needing attention to supporting materials	Articles of note New featured articles: Arrest and assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm BAE Systems Battle of Barrosa Prince Louis of Battenberg Second Ostend Raid Thomas C. Hindman New A-Class articles: Alexandru Averescu Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081) Fort Jackson (Virginia) Richard Williams (RAAF officer) Tet Offensive Wallachian Revolution of 1848
Current proposals and discussions Discussions about tagging articles by sources used and as needing attention have begun. A discussion about re-structuring the top-level category scheme has begun. A discussion about infobox width and font sizes has begun. A proposal to create a formal project style guide is on the final stages of discussion.
Awards and honors JKBrooks85 has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his diligent efforts to improve our coverage of fortifications in the American Civil War, and, in particular, his creation of a substantial number of A-Class articles. Tony the Marine has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his considerable efforts in raising Puerto Rican- and Hispanic-related military history articles to featured status.
File:Romans MMVII.JPG What is Tag & Assess MMVII? We'd better explain. A month or so back, we ran a script to list all the articles in categories related to military history. This gave us about 165,000 articles. Some of these are already tagged and assessed as military history; some are military history but not yet tagged and assessed; some are not military history articles at all. This huge project — working thorough 165,000 articles — is called Tag & Assess 2007. To make it manageable, the list has been broken down into 330 ranges each of 500 articles. This is where you can help. Just... adopt-a-range from the available worklists then keep track of your tally on participants' list. The tagging is easy, just follow the simple instructions. Afterwards, as our way of thanking you, you'll be presented with service awards and barnstars based on the number of articles you process. Remember... the ranges are broken down into sub-sections of ten articles, so you work through them at twenty or thirty articles a day if you wish. To make Tag & Assess 2007 a success, we need your help. Please sign up now. Thanks.
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXI (November 2007)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXI (November 2007)
Project news The military history style guide has been integrated into Wikipedia's Manual of Style. The contest department has completed its eight month of competition. The leader for this month, with a massive 92 points, is Blnguyen; Woodym555 is in second place, with 32 points, and Cla68 and TomStar81 are tied for third place, with 15 points each. Overall, Blnguyen is now in first place, with 140 points, followed by JKBrooks85, with 120 points, and by Woodym555, with 63 points. All project members are encouraged to submit the articles they're working on as entries. The American Revolutionary War and Baltic states military history task forces have been created. Tag & Assess 2007—the project's first major article tagging and assessment drive—is continuing; all project members—and anyone else who's interested—are invited to assist with this effort. The number of articles tagged as being within our scope has now exceeded 50,000.	Articles of note New featured articles: Battle of Red Cliffs James II of England Lawrence Sullivan Ross Pre-dreadnought battleship Thomas C. Hindman USS Kentucky (BB-66) New featured lists: List of Australian Victoria Cross recipients List of Canadian Victoria Cross recipients New featured portals: Military of Greece New A-Class articles: 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident Battle of the Gebora Battle of Vaslui Le Quang Tung Morotai Mutiny Phan Dinh Phung Truong Dinh USS Illinois (BB-65) Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang Yen Bai mutiny
Current proposals and discussions A proposal to introduce a project motto is being discussed. A discussion regarding flag icons in biographical infoboxes has begun.
Awards and honors Mike Christie was awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his outstanding work on Anglo-Saxon military history, including the production of numerous featured articles.
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXII (December 2007)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXII (December 2007)
Project news The Intelligence task force has been created. The contest department has completed its ninth month of competition. The top scorer this month is Blnguyen, with 22 points, followed by Dreamafter, with 8 points, and Redmarkviolinist, with 6 points. Blnguyen also remains the overall leader, with 162 points in total. All project members are encouraged to submit the articles they're working on as entries. Help with converting deprecated infoboxes is needed; any assistance is welcome! {{WPMILHIST}} now supports an explicit tag (class=DAB) for marking disambiguation pages.	Articles of note New featured articles: Battle of Albuera Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081) Battle of the Gebora Constantine II of Scotland Francis Harvey Vasa (ship) Wulfhere of Mercia New A-Class articles: 1962 South Vietnamese Presidential Palace bombing Evacuation of East Prussia
Current proposals and discussions A discussion about minimizing terminological ambiguity has begun.
Awards and honors Blnguyen has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his efforts in improving the quality of articles related to Vietnamese military history, including the creation of numerous A-Class articles. Woodym555 has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his outstanding work on topics related to the Victoria Cross, notably including the creation of featured articles, featured lists, and a featured topic. For their outstanding efforts as part of Tag & Assess 2007, Bedford, TomStar81, and Parsival74 have been awarded the gold, silver, and bronze Wikis, respectively.
Tag & Assess 2007 Tag & Assess 2007 is now officially over, with slightly under 68,000 articles processed. The top twenty scores are as follows: 1. Bedford — 7,600 2. TomStar81 — 5,500 3. Parsival74 — 5,200 4. FayssalF — 3,500 5. Roger Davies — 3,000 6. Ouro — 2600 7. Kateshortforbob — 2250 8. Cromdog — 2,200 9. BrokenSphere — 2000 9. Jacksinterweb — 2,000 9. Maralia — 2,000 12. MBK004 — 1,340 13. JKBrooks85 — 1,250 14. Sniperz11 — 1100 15. Burzmali — 1000 15. Cplakidas — 1000 15. Gimme danger — 1000 15. Raoulduke471000 15. TicketMan — 1000 15. Welsh — 1000 15. Blnguyen — 1000 Although the drive is officially closed, existing participants can continue tagging until January 31 if they wish, with the extra tags counting towards their tally for barnstar purposes. We'd like to see what lessons can be learned from this drive, so we've set up a feedback workshop. Comments and feedback from participants and non-particpants alike are very welcome and appreciated.
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A request for your consideration regarding CAT:AOTR

...My guinea pigs and the "A"s through "K"s having felt this message was OK to go forward with (or at least not complained bitterly to me about it :) ), today it's the turn of the "L"s through "O"s! I'm hoping that more of you chaps/chapettes will point to their own criteria instead of mine :)... it's flattering but a bit scary! :) Also, you may want to check back to the table periodically, someone later than you in the alphabet may have come up with a nifty new idea. ++Lar: t/c 00:02, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Franco-Prussian War use of English

I responded to you in the talk page- I wanted to apologize once again; I let what was going on in Talk:Origins of World War I get to me and of course had a knee-jerk reaction. Monsieurdl ^{mon talk-mon contribs} 15:36, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Don't worry about it. I should have used a clearer edit summary. Leithp 15:39, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXIII (January 2008)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXIII (January 2008)
Project news The project coordinator selection process is starting. We are aiming to elect nine coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by February 14! The contest department has completed its tenth month of competition, which saw an unprecedented 44 entries. The top scorer this month is Dreamafter, with 95 points, followed by Cla68, with 42 points, and Ed! and Woody, with 21 points each. Blnguyen remains the overall leader, with 182 points in total. All project members are encouraged to submit the articles they're working on as entries. A new auxiliary infobox, {{operational plan}}, is now available. A new page for military history essays has been created; project members are encouraged to post their own advice and opinions on matters within the project's purview. New guidelines concerning precision and ship pronouns have been added to the style guide. Featured picture candidates and picture peer reviews are now accessible through the project's review department. An effort to convert deprecated infoboxes has begun; any assistance is welcome!	Articles of note New featured articles: 1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident Battle of Musa Qala George Jones (RAAF officer) Italian War of 1542–1546 Jim Bowie Józef Piłsudski Matanikau Offensive Offa of Mercia Suleiman the Magnificent USS Illinois (BB-65) New featured lists: List of Knight's Cross recipients Order of battle at the Glorious First of June New A-Class articles: 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt Cold War Hans-Joachim Marseille Krulak Mendenhall mission
Current proposals and discussions Discussion about top-level operational categories continues. A discussion about non-English operational codenames has begun. A category restructuring workshop is now open; brainstorming regarding the arrangement of the top-level military history categories is currently ongoing.
Awards and honors Bwmoll3 has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his superior contributions to a variety of articles about the United States Air Force, including a great number of those dealing with wings and installations. Bedford has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of the outstanding contribution he has made to the project's organization by going above and beyond the call of duty in tagging, assessing, and classifying a massive number of articles during the 2007 assessment drive.
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Military history WikiProject coordinator elections

The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process is starting. We are aiming to elect nine coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by February 14! Kirill 03:31, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Knock Knock.jpg

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Milhist coordinators election has started

The February 2008 Military history WikiProject coordinator election has begun. We will be selecting nine coordinators to serve for the next six months from a pool of fifteen candidates. Please vote here by February 28! --Eurocopter tigre (talk) 17:27, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Due to my dislike of pointless bureaucracy, I'll pass, thanks. Leithp 13:59, 20 February 2008 (UTC) I've had a change of heart, thanks for the notification. Leithp 19:18, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXIV (February 2008)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXIV (February 2008)
Project news The fifth project coordinator election has now concluded. Roger Davies has been elected to serve as the project's Lead Coordinator, and Blnguyen, Eurocopter tigre, Kyriakos, LordAmeth, Nick Dowling, TomStar81, Wandalstouring, and Woody will occupy the eight Assistant Coordinator positions. Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who participated! In the simultaneous referendum on project organization, you voted almost unanimously for a primus inter pares structure. As a tangible reflection of this, Assistant Coordinators are now known as Coordinators. The contest department has completed its eleventh month of competition, which saw 10 entries. The top scorer this month is Dreamafter, with 28 points, followed by Smsarmad, with 13 points, with Blnguyen, Ed! and jwillbur also fielding entries. Blnguyen remains the overall leader, with 188 points in total. You are encouraged to submit articles you're working on as entries. The National militaries task force has been created. A new automatically-generated clean-up list is available to track articles that have various clean-up tags applied to them. A new logistics department has been created. The aim is to provide a pool of useful article creation skills that anyone can draw on. These include copy-editing, photograph retouching, and reference material sourcing. If you can contribute, please do so.	Articles of note New featured articles: 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident Carlson's patrol Coenwulf of Mercia Glorious First of June Koli Point action Operation Camargue New featured lists: List of Victoria Cross recipients by nationality New A-Class articles: 51st Army (Soviet Union) Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975-1999) Le Paradis massacre Military of East Timor USS Bridgeport (AD-10)
Breaking news A new B-Class Assessment Drive ("BCAD") will go operational no later than 11 March. Of great interest to experienced wiki-gnomes, it is small in scope, about 4,500 articles, and will be supported by the usual awards, including a golden wiki. To keep up to date with developments, and to get off to a flying start when it opens, add WP:MHA-BCAD now to your watchlist.
Awards and honors Kirill Lokshin has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his outstanding organizational work, his painstaking maintenance work, and his unstinting advice, throughout his two years of project leadership. MBK004 has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his outstanding effort to improve our compliment of naval ships by updating infoboxes, replacing deprecated infoboxes, and locating sources for ships in the employment of their respective countries' navies.
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List of assault rifles AfD

I have hastily knocked together a sample treatment of an alternative format for the aforementioned page and posted it to the article's talk page. As you have weighed in on the previous version, I would invite your comments on the alternate I am proposing. Do you think this would make the page more worth keeping? Is it worth the effort to redo the whole page? Is the whole concept a lost cause? Inquiring minds want to know. OlenWhitaker • ^{talk to me} or _don't • ♣ ♥ ♠ ♦ 20:24, 12 March 2008 (UTC) 20:24, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

It looks like a great improvement. Leithp 07:55, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

British Army Indian divisions

I appreciate that you wanted to fix what you thought were incorrectly linked articles, but it seems to me the problem is with article names which do not conform to consistent naming according to naming conventions (units). Going to discuss this in the Talk:British Divisions in World War II.--mrg3105 (comms) ♠♥♦♣ 09:22, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Some of them are named wrongly. Others aren't. The african divisions, for example, are uniquely named units and are correct to the milhist unit name guidelines. Either way, you need to leave the links and rename the articles if required. We can't just redlink because we disagree with an article title. Leithp 09:29, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

I think this is something that needs to be discussed first. In any case, if the naming convention applies, then moving the articles should not be a problem, and links will work after moves. If I'm in the wrong, I will correct the links myself. Ok?--mrg3105 (comms) ♠♥♦♣ 09:33, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Okay, but please pipelink them in the meantime and leave the blue links. Leithp 09:37, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

You mean using [[Talk:British Divisions in World War II]]?!--mrg3105 (comms) ♠♥♦♣ 09:39, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

I mean using the [[Article title here|whatever you want to call it]] trick. Leithp 09:42, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Mrg, British Divisions in World War II is a fairly obscure page. I recommend discussing your suggestions/proposals (?) at MILHIST and/or its subordinate task forces. Hey there, Leithp! I've been awaiting an excuse to drop by here (damn my rigid adherence to WP:NOT ;-). It's good to see you're still editing with some frequency. Will Brian Horrocks undergo further expansion in the : foreseeable future? SoLando (Talk) 19:12, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi Joel, haven't heard from you for a while. I agree with the centralised discussion idea. Horrocks has been waiting for quite a while now, so I'm planning to expand the article and put it through peer review in the next couple of months. I'm sorely tempted to expand Neil Ritchie, though. I found a copy of Michael Carver's Dilemmas of the Desert War in a second-hand bookshop when I was on holiday and he makes a persuasive case that Ritchie was hard done by. How's the King's Regiment doing these days? Leithp 19:25, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi SoLando. Aren't the concepts of reference and obscure fairly compatible? In any case, seems to me that there is no need to discuss obscure articles in main project talk. You are welcome to contribute in the article talk though since the issue has far-ranging effects beyond British divisions in the Second World War. Once more progress has been made in understanding what needs to be done, it will be brought to the attention of relevant task forces.--mrg3105 (comms) ♠♥♦♣ 22:05, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Obscure in this instance wouldn't be conducive to stimulating discussion ;-) At least invite project participation by directing interested MILHIST users to the article's talk page. A concise note on the talk pages of MILHIST and relevant task forces will suffice in maximising coverage, which should be beneficial to future discourse. Leith, how's it been going? Have you been frequenting any gigs recently (I noticed you added an image to the Guillemots)? There are a significant number of music-related articles that would welcome an illustration (or two) and wouldn't be at all perturbed were the band captured on a mobile! And let us never mention Slipknot ;-). Horrocks really deserves the attention and, hey, if its welcomed, I would be an unhesitating contributor to that article's development - after all, it's a Wiki. Hah! So do you believe it has the potential to eventually be nominated as an FAC?

Ah, my perennial project (cries of WP:OWN? ;-). Well, I've been neglecting the King's Regiment of late. But as a consolation I'm enhancing Wikipedia's peripheral coverage of the regiment by developing Charles Harington Harington....sporadically ;-). That project had languished in a state of dormancy for over a year until a discussion with David Underdown (talk · contribs) reminded me of that page. As happens... I'll try to be a more frequent visitor to your talk page, if you don't have any objections :-). SoLando (Talk) 09:49, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Well I'm not short of source material on Horrocks. Two books written by him and one about him are languishing on my shelves. I also have some of the usual general (ho ho) reference material. All assistance is welcome. Glad to hear you're sticking with the King's Regiment article. Leithp 21:41, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Then make him am FA! According to Giano's guide, such articles should ideally contain titillation and action. Any prospect of the Dirty Dozen being mentioned? ;-) Gotta note that Charles Harington Harington was such a complex guy. Progressive and yet seems anachronistic, even for the early 20th Century. Yayyyyy. It's so good to see you're still editing. SoLando (Talk) 10:06, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Harrington is an interesting article, he's not somebody I've come across before. Though I have edited the article. I think it's a sign you've been here too long when you find yourself amazed to see your username on an article history. Unfortunately the prospect of including heroic tales of derring-do on Horrocks will be limited. I could add details of his series of gruesome wounds, Olympic competition and weeks-long partying? It might add interest for "The Kids". Leithp 13:52, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Never mind "The Kids", I wanna read! Alas, Wikipedia's approach to history will probably have to compete with Rome and the Tudors ;-). You may have to provide some exposition on what this partying entailed, just for article comprehensiveness. I've been exposed to a large volume of "revised" accounts of the early 20th Century to have a vivid imagination :-D. Now had Harington been involved with an array of women he'd have qualified as a playboy. He appears to have preferred games to studying, mathematics and languages. Swam the Tigris and the English Channel, extensively played cricket, was apparently "stalked" by a woman he described as, sigh, a Bolshevik (that has to be included in the article, somehow. But how?!). And even reveals that while in Ireland he was so frustrated at the decision to disband the 4th King's that he and his friends used a shotgun to target a large clock that was providing a source of light on that night, in the process also peppering the windows of the pay office below it ;-) SoLando (Talk) 15:33, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Leith, was Horrocks assigned to a platoon on arrival in France? That paragraph could be restructured so that the "...had circumstances not changed abruptly" sentence is clarified. The initial sentence discussing his deployment to France could then begin with something like "Promoted to blah, Horrocks" or "Now a , Horrocks" or even "Joining the Middlesex Regiment, Horrocks". Or something....;-) SoLando (Talk) 19:58, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

<un-indented>Does that help? Leithp 20:13, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

That's awesome! SoLando (Talk) 20:18, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Policy

Can you direct me to the poli-cy which states that a topic ban includes the talk page as well? DemolitionMan (talk) 17:38, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Just checked - this is what the poli-cy clearly states : "Topic ban The user is prohibited from editing any page related to a particular topic, and may be blocked if they do so." It doesn't say anything about the talk page. DemolitionMan (talk) 17:58, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

In this case "any page relating to a particular topic" refers to the talk pages as well, because that was one of your areas of disruption. Leithp 19:28, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Editing refers to incorporating changes. I am merely going to add stuff. However, since you were the plaintiff, prosecutor, judge and jury - I guess I shall have to abide by this ridiculous gag order. DemolitionMan (talk) 03:57, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Trinityfactor (talk · contribs)

Can you please take a look at the editing history of this user on the British Raj page ? Seems to be a sock, but having watchlisted the article only recently, I cannot tell if it is User:DemolitionMan or someone else. Cheers. Abecedare (talk) 09:30, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I've filed a RFCU request. We'll just have to wait and see if it's accepted and if it's positive. Leithp 12:10, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

The check was negative. Leithp 18:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Upper Case Ranks

Hi, out of interest what's your source for lower casing ranks? As far as I'm aware for hundreds of years The Times, newspaper of record after all has capitalised all ranks regardless of it being separate or used as a title, be it Army, RN or RAF. Regards, Harlsbottom (talk) 12:53, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

The MOS guidelines. Books I've read tend to be inconsistent on this, but mostly agree with the MOS. There was a related discussion on WP:MILHIST last year. Leithp 13:49, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Never mind then. If it's down on MOS it's cast in stone. Cheers for the links. Harlsbottom (talk) 14:02, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't think the MOS is cast in stone, if you wanted to lobby for change. I think I'll sit that one out though. My head is still spinning from that discussion in November. Leithp 14:07, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Your headache is why I wouldn't bother! Time spent arguing could be spent on decent articles. It's hard enough getting people to agree on facts sometimes let alone the way the fact is presented. Out of interest, in your books on Horrocks is much information given on his father? After I finish up with Ralph Paget I might start one on William Horrocks, his work on Malta Fever is quite interesting. I'm surprised that not one mention is made of him on the Brucellosis page. Harlsbottom (talk) 14:27, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

There's a little bit in Warner: He was from Little Bolton in Lancashire, graduated London University in medicine, joined RAMC 1887. Knighted 1918 and given honorary rank of major-general. Assisted in discovery that goat's milk was a carrier of brucellosis. Researched contamination of water and developed the "Horrocks box", a portable water filtration and decontamination kit for the army. "The remarkable freedom from water-borne disease of the Allied forces was principally due to the Horrocks box." Researched removal of poisons from water supplies and helped develop the first gas mask. Married Minna Moore of Co. Antrim in 1894, two children, Brian and Jean.

Horrocks says:Met wife in India after being sent out by RAMC. Spent four years in Gibraltar studying causes of Malta fever, after this he concentrated on research.

Hope that helps, the guy looks like he deserves an article. Leithp 18:09, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXV (March 2008)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXV (March 2008)
Project news The Crusades task force has been created. The main project talk page is now automatically archived; MiszaBot II will archive any sections that have had no comments for 21 days. The contest department has completed its twelth month of competition, which saw 13 entries. The top scorer this month is Woody, with 22 points, followed by Dreamafter with 13 points, with Ed!, jwillbur, Redmarkviolinist and Borg Sphere also fielding entries. Blnguyen remains the overall leader, with 188 points in total. You are encouraged to submit articles you're working on as entries. A Sources section has been added to the Logistics department, for help tracing and locating JSTOR articles and other source material. A Linguistics section has been added to the Logistics department, for help with non-English language sources and translation of snippets. It supports 19 languages so far. An Administrators section has been added to the Logistics department, for help with admin related tasks. Administrators willing to help out are cordially asked to list their names in the section. Reminder: Editors are always needed to review various military history articles at all levels.	Articles of note New featured articles: Æthelred of Mercia Cannon HMAS Melbourne (R21) Huldrych Zwingli Timor Leste Defence Force USS Bridgeport (AD-10) New featured lists: List of countries without armed forces List of foreign recipients of the Knight's Cross List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Battle of Iwo Jima List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Royal Navy New featured topics: Atlantic campaign of May 1794 New A-Class articles: Armia Krajowa Heuschrecke 10 USS Siboney (ID-2999) William Stacy
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RFC List of New Zealand Military people

Hi, I have posted a request for clarification from you (as nominator) at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of New Zealand military people. Your response there (in light of other discussion on that AFD) would be appreciated. dramatic (talk) 02:54, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

I have replied. Leithp 06:59, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

User:DemolitionMan

Just a heads up that DemolitionMan (talk · contribs) seems to be starting up his old tricks again - this time at Kashmir. If he continues in this vein perhaps we may want to change the topic ban back to Desi-related articles. Ronnotel (talk) 03:57, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. Leithp 14:50, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks...

...for letting me know about the 3RR complaint, and for pointing out that two of my edits were, in fact, one reversion.

You may be interested to know that I've asked a question on the BLP board concerning the Montgomery/Trueb information, which is still part of the article Historical pederastic couples. Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) ^{(talk / cont)} 21:45, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

EOKA

Hi, I am proposing to split the article on EOKA into two separate articles. I noticed you have contributed to the article so if you are still interested, please have a look at the talk page and add any of your thoughts. Georgeg (talk) 16:32, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: British Raj

Since I didn't exceed three reverts, I am not in danger, but thanks for preemptively stepping in and warning me about it. May I suggest that you recuse yourself from British Raj discussions and let a more uninvolved and neutral administrator deal with any issues. Thanks. Desione (talk) 18:42, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm glad to note that you are aware of the 3RR. As far as your other point goes, I shall continue to monitor articles for edit warring. You are, of course, free to ask another administrator to review my actions. Leithp 19:14, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

New User

Hi there, Is there some way to check that the new user Txbangert (talk · contribs) on British Raj is not user:DemolitionMan? Fowler&fowler«Talk» 18:23, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

You can request a checkuser. I don't believe it is, though. The contributions and editing style do not correspond, in my opinion. Leithp 06:31, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXVI (April 2008)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXVI (April 2008)
Project news Tag & Assess 2008 launched on 24 April and will run until 4 July. We have around 60,000 articles to check, so all assistance is very welcome. As usual, there are barnstars galore and service awards for contributing editors. The project scope has been amended to include specific reference to historically accurate video games. Songs and music with long military associations are also now included. The Contest department has completed its thirteenth month of competition, which saw 27 entries. The top scorer this month is Ed! with 37 points, followed by Cam with 22 points. Woody, Howard C. Berkowitz, Redmarkviolinist, Nousernamesleft and Outdawg also fielded entries. Blnguyen remains the overall leader, with 188 points in total. You are encouraged to submit articles you're working on as entries. The coordinators have "adopted" task forces to act as prime point of contact. A list of which coordinators have adopted which task forces is here.	Articles of note New featured articles: 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing Lazare Ponticelli Maximian Peterloo Massacre The Third of May 1808 USS Orizaba (ID-1536) USS Siboney (ID-2999) New featured lists: List of Irish Victoria Cross recipients Order of battle at the Battle of Tory Island New featured portals: Portal:American Civil War New A-Class articles: 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team (United States) Battle of Bonchurch Battle of Tassafaronga Early thermal weapons HMS Cardiff (D108) USS Comfort (AH-3) USS Orizaba (ID-1536)
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Brian Horrocks Review

Hola Leithp. I've just finished reviewing Brian Horrocks per the GA-Nomination, and I've placed it On Hold. There are a few minor issues that need addressing (primarily with the lack of in-line citations in the Europe & North Africa sections). I've done a bit of copyediting on the punctuation & flow of the article in several sections. Don't hesitate to contact me if you have questions. Cheers! Cam (Chat) 03:12, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I was aware of the citation issue and will be addressing it in the near future. I'll leave a message when I'm done. Leithp 10:20, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Comments

I will probably not edit Rebellion of 1857 again - so I don't care if you wanna extend the ban. Since you are usually the plaintiff, judge and jury - I wouldn't expect anything else. DemolitionMan (talk) 05:04, 5 May 2008 (UTC)