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In 1965, he was a participant in the funeral for Winston Churchill. citation needed This was in the article before with a citation. Someone deleted it. And now because of the alleged copyright violation (corrected now), the prior iterations have been WP:REVDELd, making it unrecoverable. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 11:13, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
I should have asked. But since I am a principal contributor, I thought
WP:SFN would work better for our readers. I was
bold.
That being said, I ran into a format problem concerning the two 2005 Thomas books. I don't know how to format them, and did a work around.
Constructive solutions or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
7&6=thirteen (
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15:24, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
Someone has removed useful navigation and awards from this article based on their personal preference. I am looking for a consensus to put them back in the article. This is my preferred version. Her is what it looked like when an editor removed the navigation bars, and awards.
As for the medals, I personally don't see what was wrong with including the photos. It didn't take up much space, and it was helpful to have a list of his awards with the pictures attached for visual representation. Naomi.piquette ( talk) 16:33, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
Don't keep The medals should only be mentioned in the main text. They should not be used as decoration. WP:ICON quite possibly applies here. Dormskirk ( talk) 23:32, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
The use of navigation templates is neither required nor prohibited for any article. Whether to include navboxes, and which to include, is often suggested by WikiProjects, but is ultimately determined through discussion and consensus among the editors at each individual article.World War II, RAF and Battle of Britain. Haine was involved, and the nave bar is not prohibited. Additionally WP:BIDIRECTIONAL is only a guideline not a policy and only says Should not must. Lightburst ( talk) 20:24, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
Information: Further opinions asked for at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#Richard_Haine - Navigation_Boxes MilborneOne ( talk) 21:39, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
Keep I would restore them. WP:Not paper. Their presence does more good than harm. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 16:47, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
Don't keep: WP:BIDIRECTIONAL applies here. Dormskirk ( talk) 23:32, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
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In 1965, he was a participant in the funeral for Winston Churchill. citation needed This was in the article before with a citation. Someone deleted it. And now because of the alleged copyright violation (corrected now), the prior iterations have been WP:REVDELd, making it unrecoverable. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 11:13, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
I should have asked. But since I am a principal contributor, I thought
WP:SFN would work better for our readers. I was
bold.
That being said, I ran into a format problem concerning the two 2005 Thomas books. I don't know how to format them, and did a work around.
Constructive solutions or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
7&6=thirteen (
☎)
15:24, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
Someone has removed useful navigation and awards from this article based on their personal preference. I am looking for a consensus to put them back in the article. This is my preferred version. Her is what it looked like when an editor removed the navigation bars, and awards.
As for the medals, I personally don't see what was wrong with including the photos. It didn't take up much space, and it was helpful to have a list of his awards with the pictures attached for visual representation. Naomi.piquette ( talk) 16:33, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
Don't keep The medals should only be mentioned in the main text. They should not be used as decoration. WP:ICON quite possibly applies here. Dormskirk ( talk) 23:32, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
The use of navigation templates is neither required nor prohibited for any article. Whether to include navboxes, and which to include, is often suggested by WikiProjects, but is ultimately determined through discussion and consensus among the editors at each individual article.World War II, RAF and Battle of Britain. Haine was involved, and the nave bar is not prohibited. Additionally WP:BIDIRECTIONAL is only a guideline not a policy and only says Should not must. Lightburst ( talk) 20:24, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
Information: Further opinions asked for at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#Richard_Haine - Navigation_Boxes MilborneOne ( talk) 21:39, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
Keep I would restore them. WP:Not paper. Their presence does more good than harm. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 16:47, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
Don't keep: WP:BIDIRECTIONAL applies here. Dormskirk ( talk) 23:32, 16 December 2019 (UTC)