15:0115:01, 31 October 2022diffhist+95
Private (rank)
Many (most?) privates are conscripts and are not professional soldiers e.g. PLA: https://warontherocks.com/2020/07/people-win-wars-the-pla-enlisted-force-and-other-related-matters/ "After the end of induction training, conscripts are awarded the rank of private; in their second year they become privates first class. At the end of two years, conscripts may be demobilized or, if they volunteer, they may be selected to become NCOs."
10:0810:08, 27 September 2022diffhist+10
Koh-i-Noor
→In popular culture: Correcting error - as the text here and the Moonstone page itself says, the Koh-I-Noor may have been one inspiration for the Moonstone but does not appear in the storyTags: Mobile editMobile web edit
14:1014:10, 4 September 2022diffhist+106
Rosa Rosà
clarifying difference between the futurist art movement (which Rosa was part of) and the futurist / futurology field. Removing futurologist tag.
15:0115:01, 31 October 2022diffhist+95
Private (rank)
Many (most?) privates are conscripts and are not professional soldiers e.g. PLA: https://warontherocks.com/2020/07/people-win-wars-the-pla-enlisted-force-and-other-related-matters/ "After the end of induction training, conscripts are awarded the rank of private; in their second year they become privates first class. At the end of two years, conscripts may be demobilized or, if they volunteer, they may be selected to become NCOs."
10:0810:08, 27 September 2022diffhist+10
Koh-i-Noor
→In popular culture: Correcting error - as the text here and the Moonstone page itself says, the Koh-I-Noor may have been one inspiration for the Moonstone but does not appear in the storyTags: Mobile editMobile web edit
14:1014:10, 4 September 2022diffhist+106
Rosa Rosà
clarifying difference between the futurist art movement (which Rosa was part of) and the futurist / futurology field. Removing futurologist tag.