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Summary of Military history WikiProject open tasks watch · edit · full list News and announcements The November newsletter is now available. Editors are advised that Featured Articles promoted before 2016 are in need of review, if you had an article promoted to Featured status on or before 2016 please check and update your article before they are listed at FAR/C. Current discussions No major discussions are open at the moment Featured article candidates Teddy Wynyard • Operation Matterhorn logistics • Steele's Greenville expedition • Battle of Morlaix • GL Mk. I radar • Sieges of Berwick (1355 and 1356) Featured article review Byzantine Empire • Edward I of England • Northrop YF-23 • Pre-dreadnought battleship Featured picture candidates Thorsten Nordenfelt A-Class review USS Texas (BB-35) • John S. McCain Sr. • Project Pluto • SMS Berlin • Battle of Köse Dağ • AN/APS-20 Peer reviews Sher Shah Suri • War of the Antiochene Succession • 4th Army (France) • List of foreign-born samurai in Japan • Hiroshima Maidens • German Jewish military personnel of World War II • Outline of George Washington Good article nominees Dabney Coleman • Crusading movement • Black and Tans • Ottoman destroyer Yarhisar • Regency of Algiers • History of the Regency of Algiers • Perdiccas • Ziaur Rahman • Pierre François Bauduin • Federalist No. 29 • HMS Sheffield (C24) • Charles the Bold • Aromal Chekavar • Tumu Crisis • Mseilha Fort • SMS Albatross (1871) • HMS Savage (1910) • HMS Lively (1813) • Edward Caledon Bruce • Alt Llobregat insurrection • French ironclad Tonnant • SMS Scorpion (1860) • 1991 Andover tornado • Richard Stevens (RAF officer) • Henry O'Neill (soldier) • Omani ship Nasr al Bahr • Yang Youlin • Tiepolo conspiracy • Statue of John Barry • Richard Haking • Canonicus-class monitor • 2012 Unity Day parade rehearsal bombing • Battle of Chunj • USS Gyatt Good article reassessments USS Texas (BB-35) • Haile Selassie • 1st Brigade, 7th Infantry Division (United States) • Mark Kellogg (reporter) Articles that need... work on referencing and citation (149,604) • only work on referencing and citation (43,222) • work on coverage and accuracy (124,933) • only work on coverage and accuracy (19,926) • work on structure (32,138) • only work on structure (339) • work on grammar (8,202) • only work on grammar (47) • work on supporting materials (32,891) • only work on supporting materials (694) • assessment (13) • assessment as lists (0) • project tags fixed (9) • assessment checklists added (0) • assessment checklists completed (5) • task forces added (8) • attention to task force coverage (653)

Requests for project input

Talk:Battle of the Java Sea#Recent edits changing scope of article

An editor has effectively changed to scope of the article by incorporating subsequent engagements (with their own stand-alone articles) as being part of this battle. Further input would be welcome. Cinderella157 (talk) 02:11, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

Discussion on the renaming of the article Allegations of United States support for the Khmer Rouge

Please see here for a discussion about renaming Allegations of United States support for the Khmer Rouge to United States support for the Khmer Rouge. FOARP (talk) 17:15, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

RFC on Russian invasion of Ukraine

THere's currently a discussion about whether or not to include North Korea as a co-belligerent. Please feel free to comment. Thanks! Nemov (talk) 13:56, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Peruvian Civil War of 1980–2000#Requested move 19 November 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Peruvian Civil War of 1980–2000#Requested move 19 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Raladic (talk) 19:13, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Edwin of Northumbria

Edwin of Northumbria has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 15:51, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Angevin kings of England

Angevin kings of England has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Borsoka (talk) 02:32, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:RSM-56 Bulava#Requested move 3 November 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:RSM-56 Bulava#Requested move 3 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Frostly (talk) 06:06, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Yemeni civil war (2014–present)#Requested move 7 December 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Yemeni civil war (2014–present)#Requested move 7 December 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Abo Yemen✉ 13:13, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

RM to lowercase North Yemen Civil War

An ongoing RM to lowercase is at Talk:North Yemen Civil War#Requested move 28 November 2024. It has been relisted and may be of interest to editors of this WikiProject. Randy Kryn (talk) 00:19, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

United Kingdom Special Forces has an RfC

United Kingdom Special Forces has an RfC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Melbguy05 (talk) 07:43, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Wahhabi War#Requested move 26 November 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Wahhabi War#Requested move 26 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Feeglgeef (talk) 17:39, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:2024 Manbij offensive#Requested move 9 December 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:2024 Manbij offensive#Requested move 9 December 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Feeglgeef (talk) 19:45, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Capture of Damascus#Requested move 9 December 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Capture of Damascus#Requested move 9 December 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Feeglgeef (talk) 19:51, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Second Nagorno-Karabakh War#RfC on inclusion of Syrian mercenaries in infobox

Please see subject RfC. Cinderella157 (talk) 03:01, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war#Requested move 18 November 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war#Requested move 18 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Feeglgeef (talk) 00:46, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh#Requested move 18 December 2024

Please see subject discussion. Cinderella157 (talk) 02:41, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Battle of Thermopylae

Battle of Thermopylae has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 19:40, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Second Nagorno-Karabakh War#Dubious tag

The phrase disputed territory in the territory parameter of the infobox has been tagged as dubious. Cinderella157 (talk) 03:35, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for 1st Brigade, 7th Infantry Division (United States)

1st Brigade, 7th Infantry Division (United States) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Hog Farm _Talk 20:44, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Mark Kellogg (reporter)

Mark Kellogg (reporter) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 02:42, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

Nominations for military history newcomer of the year for 2024 are open!

Military history newcomer of the year 2024

• 
  First place
• 
  Runners up

As we approach the end of the year, it is time for us to nominate the editors we believe have made a real difference to the project. In addition to the Military historian of the year, all Milhist editors are invited to nominate a promising newcomer that they feel deserves a nod of appreciation for their hard work over the past 12 months for the Military history newcomer of the year award. The award is open to any editor who has become active in military history articles in the last 12 months.

Like the Military Historian of the Year, the nomination process will begin at 00:01 (UTC) on 16 November and last until 23:59 (UTC) on 30 November 2024. As the awards process is one of simple approval, opposes are deprecated. After that a new thread will be created and a voting period will commence on 00:01 1 December 2024 during which editors will be able to cast their approval vote for up to three of the nominees. At the end of this period on 23:59 30 December 2024, the top editor will be awarded the Gold Wiki; all other nominees will receive the WikiProject Barnstar.

Please nominate editors below this line, including links in the nomination statement to the most significant articles/lists/images editors have worked on since 1 January 2024. Please keep nomination statements concise; excluding links to the articles/list/images in question, the ideal nomination statement should be about 20 words. Self-nominations are frowned upon. Please do not vote until the nominations have been finalized. Thanks, and good luck! On behalf of all the coordinators, Hawkeye7 (discuss) 04:13, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

1. CommissarDoggo (talk · contribs): A new joiner to the project this year, their work includes bringing the American VC winner William Henry Harrison Seeley to GA and expanding Michael Wettlaufer from stub to B class. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 21:10, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
2. Matarisvan (talk · contribs): Significant additions to Indian military history, a notoriously difficult topic on Wikipedia - they have also since been voted a coordinator of the WikiProject. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 21:10, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
3. Klutserke (talk · contribs): Second World War naval history, including the significant expansion and re-writing of HMS Sheffield (C24) and the creation of articles including 8.8 cm SK C/25 naval gun. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 21:22, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
4. Wahreit (talk · contribs): Can I nominate Wahreit for extensive editing to Second Sino-Japanese War articles like the Battle of Shanghai and the Battle of Sihang Warehouse. He joined Wikipedia in April 2024 and has done good work from the beginning. Oh and plus 25k to Battle of Nanking Alexysun (talk) 00:24, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Voting

Nominations for this year's "military history newcomer of the year" award have now closed, and it is time to vote for who you think deserves this honour. As with the awards for previous years, all the runners up will also be acknowledged.

The nominees for this award and the statements given in support of these nominations are provided above. Voting can be done below by adding a hash sign (#) followed by the four tildes (~~~~) to nominee's sections. As the awards process is one of simple approval, opposes are deprecated.

All project members are welcome to vote, but are asked to vote for a maximum of three candidates. The winner will be the editor who receives the most 'support' votes by the time voting closes at 23:59 (UTC) on 30 December 2024.

Good luck to all the nominees! For the coordinators, Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:55, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

CommissarDoggo

1. 2601AC47 (talk·contribs·my rights) Isn't a IP anon
2. Gog the Mild (talk) 01:14, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
3. Wiki king 100000 (talk) 05:46, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
4. Internationed (talk) 16:29, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
5. Kerbyki (talk) 13:40, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Klutserke

1. Parsecboy (talk) 11:04, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
2. Kierzek (talk) 15:51, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Matarisvan

1. Gog the Mild (talk) 01:14, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
2. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 04:16, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
3. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 07:17, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
4. Serial Number 54129 (talk) 11:52, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
5. Donner60 (talk) 19:45, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
6. - Ratnahastin (talk) 01:51, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
7. Hog Farm _Talk 19:04, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
8. TheRazgriz (talk) 17:20, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Wahreit

1. Matarisvan (talk) 11:10, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Kerbyki (talk) 13:41, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Nominations for military historian of the year for 2024 are open!

Military historian of the year 2024

• 
  First place
• 
  Second place
• 
  Third place

As we approach the end of the year, it is time for us to nominate the editors we believe have made a real difference to the project. As part of the first step to determining this year's "Military Historian of the Year" award, all Milhist editors are invited to nominate those that they feel deserve a nod of appreciation for their hard work over the past 12 months.

The nomination process will commence on 00:01 (UTC) on 16 November and last until 23:59 (UTC) on 30 November. As the awards process is one of simple approval, opposes are deprecated. After that a new thread will be created and a voting period of will commence on 00:01 (UTC) on 1 December during which editors will be able to cast their approval vote for up to three of the nominees. At the end of this period on 23:59 on 30 December, the top three editors will be awarded the Gold, Silver and Bronze Wiki respectively; all other nominees will receive the WikiProject Barnstar.

Please nominate editors below this line, including links in the nomination statement to the most significant articles/lists/images editors have worked on since 1 January 2024. Please keep nomination statements concise; excluding links to the articles/list/images in question, the ideal nomination statement should be about 20 words. Self nominations are frowned upon. Please do not vote until the nominations have been finalized. Thanks, and good luck! For all the coordinators, Hawkeye7 (discuss) 04:13, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

1. noclador (talk · contribs): Since 2005 has been working mainly on articles about the Italian Army. In 2023 started a project to write articles for all the Italian Army units active after WWII. Since August 2023 noclador has brought to B-class 298 articles about units of the Italian Army, of which 289 were created from scratch. Created 145 articles in 2023 and 2024. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:58, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
2. MSGJ (talk · contribs): Has worked on our Template:WikiProject Military history and the Lua Module:Banner shell and Module:WikiProject banner to implement changes required for our A-class reviews. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:10, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

   Thanks. A barn star would be appreciated but this nomination ... seems excessive — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:05, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

3. Zawed (talk · contribs): Another year, another seemingly endless quantity of New Zealand-related articles. From the Second World War and articles such as Mick Ensor, to the 1869 Battle of Te Pōrere, Zawed consistently produces a variety of high quality content. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 21:18, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
4. Donner60 (talk · contribs) - for extensive behind-the-scenes work as a coordinator, especially their tireless work with the assessment process. Hog Farm _Talk 15:01, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
5. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk · contribs) - prodigious output of articles relating to British naval ships, e.g. HMS Regulus (1785) and personalities, and also heavily involved in reviewing articles. Zawed (talk) 06:23, 29 November 2024 (UTC)
6. Hog Farm (talk · contribs) - another editor with a strong article output, this time relating mostly to the US Civil war, e.g. Edward W. Gantt. Zawed (talk) 06:23, 29 November 2024 (UTC)
7. Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs) - yet another editor with tremendous output, particularly in military logistics e.g. Operation Matterhorn logistics. Does a lot of backroom stuff for the project. Zawed (talk) 06:23, 29 November 2024 (UTC)
8. Simongraham (talk · contribs) - works away on naval ships, with many articles created and taken up to GA, e.g. HMS Harpy (1909). Zawed (talk) 06:23, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Voting

Nominations for this year's "Military History Newcomer of the Year" award have now closed, and it is time to vote for who you think deserves this honour. As with the awards for previous years, all the runners up will also be acknowledged.

The nominees for this award and the statements given in support of these nominations are provided above. Voting can be done by adding a hash sign (#) followed by the four tildes (~~~~) to the nominee's section below. As the awards process is one of simple approval, opposes are deprecated.

All editors are welcome to vote, but are asked to vote for a maximum of three candidates. The winner will be the editor who receives the most 'support' votes by the time voting closes at 23:59 (UTC) on 30 December 2024.

Good luck to all the nominees! For the coordinators, Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:55, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Donner60

1. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:20, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
2. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 07:18, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
3. MisterBee1966 (talk) 15:55, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
4. Hog Farm _Talk 19:04, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Hawkeye7

1. Gog the Mild (talk) 01:12, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
2. Wiki king 100000 (talk) 05:39, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
3. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 07:18, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
4. Donner60 (talk)
5. Hog Farm _Talk 19:04, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
6. Kerbyki (talk) 14:23, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Hog Farm

1. 2601AC47 (talk·contribs·my rights) Isn't a IP anon
2. Gog the Mild (talk) 01:12, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
3. Donner60 (talk) 19:43, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

MSGJ

1. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:20, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
2. Kerbyki (talk) 14:22, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Noclador

1. Donner60 (talk) 19:42, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
2. RadioactiveBoulevardier (talk) 12:41, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
3. TheRazgriz (talk) 17:17, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
4. Kerbyki (talk) 14:21, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Pickersgill-Cunliffe

1. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:20, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
2. Kierzek (talk) 15:56, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
3. Hog Farm _Talk 19:04, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Simongraham

1. Kierzek (talk) 15:56, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Zawed

1. Gog the Mild (talk) 01:12, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
2. Serial Number 54129 (talk) 11:53, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
3. Kierzek (talk) 15:56, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Aviation experts needed!

Hi all. I am working through Category:Military history articles needing attention only to supporting materials with a view to eliminating its backlog (as almost every article should be able to have an image or infobox). I'm coming across quite a few articles on prototype or low-production aircraft models. Most have an infobox or image so should be B class, however they feel a little short to me. I know next to nothing about aircraft so wondered if someone would mind having a look to see if they contain enough to satisfy the coverage aspect of B-class. A sample below:

• Aichi AB-2
• Albatros D.IV
• Albatros W.3
• Armstrong Whitworth Armadillo
• Austin Greyhound
• Aviatik (Ö) C.I--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:48, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
• Bernard H 110 Assessed as B - Dumelow (talk) 17:18, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
• Bernard SIMB AB 10 Assessed as B - Dumelow (talk) 17:20, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
• BFW M.22
• Blériot 195
• Blackburn Blackburd
• Boeing Model 64
• Bristol Type 159
• Christopher AG-1
• Dewoitine D.770 Assessed as B - Dumelow (talk) 17:28, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
• DFW R.I
• Fairey S.9/30 B1=n - Dumelow (talk) 17:29, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
• Farman F.140 Super Goliath assessed as B - Dumelow (talk) 17:31, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
• Focke-Achgelis Fa 225--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:48, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
• Fokker G.I--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:41, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
• Folland Midge--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:31, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
• Handley Page H.P.51--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:41, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
• Hawker P.V.3--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:41, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
• Hollandsche Vliegtuigenfabriek Avia--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:31, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
• Horten H.XVIIIHas an image, but was improperly credited with b1=y and b2=y--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:31, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
• Ilyushin DB-4
• Ilyushin Il-1
• Kaproni Bulgarski KB-11 Fazan B1=n - Dumelow (talk) 17:32, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
• Kawanishi K-11
• Kawanishi K8K
• Kondor D 7 assessed as B - Dumelow (talk) 19:38, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
• Kondor E 3 assessed as B - Dumelow (talk) 20:07, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
• Koshiki-2 Experimental Fighter assessed as B - Dumelow (talk) 20:07, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
• Latécoère 611 b1=n, one uncited paragraph - Dumelow (talk) 20:07, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
• Latham Trimotor Expanded lead and assessed as B class - Dumelow (talk) 20:21, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
• LFG Roland D.XV b1=n - Dumelow (talk) 21:00, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
• Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.4 assessed as B - Dumelow (talk) 21:11, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
• Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.5 assessed as B - Dumelow (talk) 21:28, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
• Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.6 b1=n - Dumelow (talk) 21:57, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
• Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.7 assessed as B - Dumelow (talk) 23:13, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
• Mitsubishi Ka-8
• Mooney TX-1
• Nakajima B3N
• Nakajima Ki-62
• Nieuport-Delage NiD-120 assessed as B - Dumelow (talk) 23:21, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
• Nikitin PSN-1
• Nikitin PSN-2
• Parnall Prawn
• Pfalz D.VI
• Pfalz D.VII
• Potez 27
• Potez 220
• Potez 230
• PWS-5
• PWS-22
• Rohrbach Ro IVI'm just updating the template, not reassessing them--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 15:21, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
• RWD 22
• Sablatnig SF-1
• Schütte-Lanz D.VI
• Schütte-Lanz D.VII
• Short S.45
• Siemens-Schuckert B
• Siemens-Schuckert R.I
• Slingsby T.20
• SNCAC NC-600
• SNCAO 200
• Sopwith Gunbus
• Sopwith Swallow
• SPCA 10
• SPCA 30
• Spijker V.3
• Stampe et Vertongen RSV.22
• Sukhoi Su-15 (1949)
• Supermarine Type 391
• Timm AG-2
• Tupolev ANT-41
• Vought Corsair Junior

Dumelow (talk) 17:31, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

• I suggest you post this at WT:WikiProject Aircraft (or link to this discussion there) also. Regards -Fnlayson (talk) 17:40, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Thankyou. I've just dropped a post there, asking for help - Dumelow (talk) 17:44, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Some of those overlap with Category:Aviation articles needing attention to supporting materials as they have no images. There is also Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of aircraft, I went through this category recently using a script that could tell if an article had images but the 'image needed' parameter had not been changed to 'n' on the talk page. Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 19:32, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

An infobox counts as supporting materials, so the absence of a picture doesn't fail b5.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:41, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Military asset

Is this notable and thus should be saved, or not and should be nominated for deletion at WP:AfD or merged elsewhere. Let’s decide one way or another. Bearian (talk) 20:41, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

It seems to me to be impossibly vague and WP:DICDEF-y. I've prodded it, if that doesn't work I'd probably AFD it. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 21:09, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

• This article was deleted yesterday (14 December) via Prod. -Fnlayson (talk) 20:08, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Archiving Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Requests for project input

Is someone able to set-up automatic archiving of the above after say 30 days? Sorry, I don't have the technical know how - Dumelow (talk) 09:12, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

I just went through and pruned it, including for closed discussions, but some level of auto-archiving would be preferred. Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 16:41, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

I have added archiving, and moved the deleted entries to the archive. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 17:44, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

• Good move. That'll help with entries that are readded to the main page. -Fnlayson (talk) 19:58, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Just FYI for American Civil War editors

If you're ever doing map research and find anything that would qualify for Commons:Category:Old maps of plantations in the United States it would be wonderful if you could please add them to the category. ACW maps are one of the best sources for plantation maps which is often very connected to American slavery research...so it would much appreciated! TIA jengod (talk) 16:40, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

NA-class

Does this project have categories for NA-class pages? These are usually for pages which are not articles and do not have a separate category. We currently have non-existent categories like Category:NA-Class North American military history articles which are filling up. This is due to some changes we are making in the meta banner, but most projects already have these categories set up, so I'm just wondering why this one doesn't — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 22:46, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

The Template:WikiProject Military history has a field called "no-task-force=" that seems to fit this need. Add "|no-task-force=yes" for images and such. -Fnlayson (talk) 17:48, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Looking at a few, they are talk pages for files that have been moved to Commons. They should be IMG class and therefore in Category:File-Class military history articles. Looking at File talk:Capt. Della H. Raney, Army Nurse Corps, who now heads the nursing staff at the station hospital at Camp Beale, CA - NARA - 538632.jpg, it is correctly rated FM in the banner shell. Accordingly, it is correctly in Category:FM-Class military history pages. However, it should be in Category:FM-Class military logistics and medicine articles and not in Category:NA-Class military logistics and medicine articles. I do not know where the NA is coming from. I could create categories for NA-class p[ages, but we shouldn't have any. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:24, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Okay, I can partly explain this. So there was a CfD and all the FM-class categories got moved from Category:FM-Class military logistics and medicine articles to Category:FM-Class military logistics and medicine pages. If that category does not exist then it will fall back to NA-Class category, which is what it's doing here. I'm not sure why your categories weren't included in the CfD, but if I move them manually, then it should sort itself out — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:35, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Hang on. According to Template:WikiProject Military history/class, your project does not even use FM-class. I need to do more digging ... — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 23:12, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

I think FM, like FA and FL, is EnWikipedia-wide. When you look at, say Category:FA-Class military history articles, you can see it is there. I don't think we created the categories for all the task forces. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:27, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

They all look like FM-Class. But creating the missing subcategory does not move them out of NA-class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:34, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Loc map question

I've been trying to put Polyarny on this loc map File:Outline Map of Murmansk region.svg

using this formula {{Location map |???? |width=300 |float=right |caption={{centre|location map}} |places= {{Location map~ |???? |lat=69.2 |long=33.46 |label=Polyarny naval base |position=right}}}} but can only get the version marking it on the whole of Russia. I'm getting the loc map field wrong but don't know why, can anyone help? Thanks Keith-264 (talk) 14:46, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Hi Keith-264. Sorry I am not 100% clear on what you are looking for, is it the below? - Dumelow (talk) 23:48, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Polyarny naval base

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location map

Yes but Gog the Mild had a go earlier, it didn't occur to me to mention it here, apols. Keith-264 (talk) 23:54, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Updating Queen Elizabeth Class Displacement

I'd like to update the Queen Elizabeth Class Displacement in the infobox of 65,000 tonnes which is the empty load displacement as confirmed in this FOI answer from the Royal Navy

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/691861/2018-01338.pdf

To Est. 80,6000 full load which is stated in Jane's Fighting Ships 2023-2024 p. 886.

This will allow a better comparison between other aircraft carriers which use full load displacement (US Nimitz and Ford Classes and the French Charles de Gaulle as examples) SeaCeptor (talk) 20:05, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

The concern I have here is that 1) the official MOD website for the QE class very prominently states the displacement (without qualification for load) as 65,000. It's unclear that Janes is the better or more preferable source here, and we're not consistent about the type of displacement that we use across infoboxes. I do not particularly strongly care either way if there's a Wikiproject consensus towards one or the other, but we should be cautious to avoid scenarios where we're discounting a manufacturer's official data for a product in exchange for a third parties, even one as reliable as Janes, when there's no question about the accuracy or reliability of the data but merely the categorization of it. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 20:13, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

The Royal Navy, in a FOI answer, which is more reputable than the website, stated

"In response to your request, I can confirm that the empty displacement figure for both HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales is 65,000 tonnes"

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/691861/2018-01338.pdf

We therefore know that the 65,000 tonne figure is the empty displacement.

From the US Navy Naval Vessel Register (NVR), that gives us Light and Full Displacements and their corresponding definitions for USS Nimitz, which has a full load displacement of 101196 tons (long tons).

https://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvr/getHull.htm?shipId=5151

So if you were to use the infobox as a quick reference tool for both classes of aircraft carrier, taking out the difference in units, a false impression would be given that the Queen Elizabeth Class displace circa 35,000 tonnes less than the Nimitz Class, whereas if you use the estimated full load figure that Janes provides, is closer to 20,000 tonnes.

If you look at other aircraft carriers, Wikipedia uses IISS for the displacement of the Chinese Type 003 aircraft carrier and an archived blog for the displacement of the French Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier. SeaCeptor (talk) 20:29, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Postnominal letters and infoboxes

See Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Biography#MOS:POSTNOM for discussion. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:29, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

American Civil War medals and grenades

There is a discussion at Talk:Benjamin Jackson (sailor) that could use the attention of additional MILHIST editors familiar with the 19th-century US Navy - there are questions regarding how many medals the article subject received and if "grenade" is the best wording for an object that Jackson threw overboard. Hog Farm _Talk 17:40, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Article for your attention

New Order (Nazism) is in a dire state and could really use some attention from experienced editors. I've started a discussion on the topic on the article's talk page. Input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! CR (talk) 21:01, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

155th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)

They completed training and have been sent back to Ukraine, and I'm seeing various Russian, Ukrainian, and French reports on the brigade, but can't make sense of what's going on. The article should use the highest quality sources, such as AP and Reuters, and they have given profiles on the brigade in the past, but haven't given an update since. French source. Ukraine source. So should we wait until the highest quality sources comment on this? Harizotoh9 (talk) 04:45, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Help needed for draft

I am currently working on a draft on the Chinese 7th marine brigade(more commonly known as the Jiaolong commandos), may I ask if anyone has any feedback or extra third-party sources on the unit?

Also the article already exists on chinese wikipedia. Thehistorianisaac (talk) 07:33, 20 December 2024 (UTC)