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Good article reassessment for Battle of the Yarmuk
[edit]Battle of the Yarmuk 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) 14:16, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Reeves AN/MSQ-77 Bomb Directing Central#Requested move 16 August 2024
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There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Reeves AN/MSQ-77 Bomb Directing Central#Requested move 16 August 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Reading Beans 12:02, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
Good article reassessment for Battle of Plataea
[edit]Battle of Plataea 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) 18:23, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
New article created; not sure this is a new class of military weapon
[edit]A new article was just created—Rocket drone—following the introduction by Ukraine of a new long-range, low-cost, jet-powered cruise missile called Palianytsia. Although in Ukrainian language, the name for the type of weapon is called ракета-дрон, or rocket-drone in direct word translation, I believe that the Ukrainian (and Russian) word for missile is ракета. So, I'm not clear that rocket drone is really a new class of weapon for the English Wikipedia.
Would appreciate it if an editor from the Military science, technology, and theory task force would take a look at the new rocket drone article, and think through what is going on here. Cheers. N2e (talk) 11:35, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- I left a comment. The article looks like a clear merge with its current content, but MILHIST thoughts on whether the concept should have an article would be valuable. (Do we have no articles that cover this already?) Ed [talk] [OMT] 05:31, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Gave the article a spring-lean but can't find enough about Italian casualties. Does anyone have a source to remedy this? Thanks Keith-264 (talk) 12:06, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- According to Delgado, James P. (2019). War at Sea: A Shipwrecked History from Antiquity to the Cold War. Oxford University Press. p. 382. ISBN 978-0-19-088801-5., 132 were killed in the sinking of the Artigliere. No luck on wounded or missing or casualties on other ships - Dumelow (talk) 13:16, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks Keith-264 (talk) 17:42, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
List articles
[edit]The milhist bot rated a list article as start, so I corrected it back to list in the template. But it's still showing as start-class, for some reason. What am I missing? It's at Talk:Bibliography of the Dreyfus Affair. -- asilvering (talk) 21:45, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- You needed to add the list= parameter to get the template to recognize it as a list. MILHIST uses its own custom assessment template for a number of reasons. Parsecboy (talk) 23:05, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks! -- asilvering (talk) 00:10, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
FAR for Isaac Brock
[edit]I have nominated Isaac Brock for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 02:32, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
"Unattached list", 1825-1911
[edit]In the talk page discussion at Talk:William Hewett (British Army officer)#Unattached list, there is some confusion about the meaning of unattached list, general list and special list in the context of 19th century British officers. Note that the two blue links are redirects to an article about one use of those terms in World War II. There seems to be some lack of coverage, particularly pre-WWII and (in a related context discussed there) outside of the US. Any input, especially help with finding reliable sources, would be appreciated. Thank you! Renerpho (talk) 15:34, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
- There's a thread here which gives a bit of guidance. Nthep (talk) 17:18, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
FAR for Pre-dreadnought battleship
[edit]I have nominated Pre-dreadnought battleship for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm Talk 22:58, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
Hermann Göring has an RfC
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Hermann Göring 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. Emiya1980 (talk) 02:15, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Vladimir Putin's December 2021 ultimatum#Requested move 13 August 2024
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Battle of Leipzig infobox
[edit]Napoleonic history isn't my regular haunt. Is it, however, standard anywhere on the MILHIST radar to be using headings within infoboxes? It's broken the TOC on the left too. See these diffs. Ifly6 (talk) 02:09, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- I've removed the section headers as they are very much not supposed to be put into infoboxes. However, the rest of the infobox could still use work—it has way too much information and flies in the face of MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. All the specific unit names could probably be put in an order of battle/bulleted list farther down. Ed [talk] [OMT] 05:25, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- The infobox could be considered a whole separate order of battle! I might see about paring it down a little. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 09:40, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
- Not my area either, so I wouldn't be confident in making these changes myself, but the commander parameter is supposed to be limited to 7 per combatant, and we can see it's gone way over that. Loafiewa (talk) 16:35, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
- The infobox could be considered a whole separate order of battle! I might see about paring it down a little. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 09:40, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Citogenesis on Sihang Warehouse - Thoughts?
[edit]Since the 03:45, 9 April 2006 revision the Defense of Sihang Warehouse Article has stated the Japanese attackers were the IJA 3rd Division. Later at 02:24, 11 April 2006 more information was added. Neither of these edits had inline citations added but despite this the order of battle was left more or less unquestioned for well over a decade. It was not until 24 March 2023 when I took notice and updated it to reflect Japanese sources stating it was in fact not the IJA 3rd Division but rather the IJN's Shanghai SNLF.
Since then some editors have taken issue with this change—alleging the IJA 3rd Division was in fact involved and cited Eric Niderost's "Chinese Alamo" to assert the 3rd Division's involvement. Niderost's article, published in December 2007, is un-cited and appears to have paraphrased the unsourced Japanese OOB from the 9 Aug 2007 or later revision of the wiki article:
- 07:17, 9 August 2007 revision of the Defense of Sihang Warehouse Article:
- The Japanese 3rd Division (one of the most elite IJA divisions at the time)..." "...enjoyed air and naval superiority, as well as access to armoured vehicles, likely Type 94 Te-Ke tankettes, and also Type 89 mortars."
- Niderost, Dec 2007:
- "The Sihang defenders faced the Japanese 3rd Division, considered one of the best of the Imperial Japanese Army. They also had mortar teams, artillery, and armor—probably Type 94 Te-Ke tankettes."
As of writing this, the article still erroneously states the IJA 3rd Division was involved using a handful of sources including Niderost's article and a recent book that also cites Niderost. I have a detailed thread on the article's talk page discussing the participating Japanese forces, but have not heard much feedback at all. I would love to hear some input from others. At the very least, how do we handle this citogenesis/circular reference when other editors insist it is a valid source? Adachi1939 (talk) 22:35, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
List of deaths at the Berlin Wall has been nominated for featured list removal
[edit]Thebiguglyalien has nominated List of deaths at the Berlin Wall for featured list removal. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hey man im josh (talk) 16:26, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Philippe Pétain has an RfC
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Philippe Pétain 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. Emiya1980 (talk) 04:11, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Coordinator election notice
[edit]Hi, I received this notice, while I can figure out that it refers to MILHIST by clicking the link, there is otherwise no indication what wikiproject it is from. Perhaps you could make sure to specify next time. (t · c) buidhe 14:03, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- While we're at it, the header made it look like voting, not simply nominations, had opened... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:07, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- This is something for Hawkeye7 to cast his eyes over if he would be so kind! Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 15:50, 1 September 2024 (UTC)