Someone added a comment which displayed in the template to the effect that 2 articles should be merged. I'm not arguing the merits of that here but suggesting strongly that such comments belong elsewhere. There are recognised procedures on Wikipedia for this. In the template text is clearly not one of those. BoonDock ( talk) 10:47, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
@ Dodger67: removed the listing from the template for the Special Forces Brigade ( Here) with the comment that "Special Forces are not an army unit". I would dispute that. They ARE an army brigade and the individual regiments ARE army units as were the old Commandos. It IS true that they were seen as a strategic asset and placed under the direct control of the CSADF, but that had nothing to do with the NATURE of the units. It's also true that this changed from time to time. I plan to return the Brigade and the individual current regiments to this template as well as the disbanded commandos. BoonDock ( talk) 01:45, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
@ Caracal Rooikat: Hi. I believe this template is incomplete without the history of the Union Defence Force. The SADF only existed from 1960 to 1993, a mere 33 years. The UDF Army components existed from 1912 to 1957 and had a huge impact on the traditions and design of the SADF and SANDF. Without the UDF in this template a large amount of context is lost. Additionally the incorporation of the UDF is not difficult as several wiki pages already exist of UDF units and structure. It would merely entail linking them to the template. Your thoughts please. /info/en/?search=Union_Defence_Force_(South_Africa)
@ BoonDock:, @ Caracal Rooikat: This template is too unwieldy for a nav template as it fills multiple screens. I propose to split the template into the post-1994 SANDF Army units, the SADF units, the UDF units, the WWI volunteer units, and the colonial units that existed before the formation of the Union. Comments and suggestions? Kges1901 ( talk) 21:24, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
Someone added a comment which displayed in the template to the effect that 2 articles should be merged. I'm not arguing the merits of that here but suggesting strongly that such comments belong elsewhere. There are recognised procedures on Wikipedia for this. In the template text is clearly not one of those. BoonDock ( talk) 10:47, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
@ Dodger67: removed the listing from the template for the Special Forces Brigade ( Here) with the comment that "Special Forces are not an army unit". I would dispute that. They ARE an army brigade and the individual regiments ARE army units as were the old Commandos. It IS true that they were seen as a strategic asset and placed under the direct control of the CSADF, but that had nothing to do with the NATURE of the units. It's also true that this changed from time to time. I plan to return the Brigade and the individual current regiments to this template as well as the disbanded commandos. BoonDock ( talk) 01:45, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
@ Caracal Rooikat: Hi. I believe this template is incomplete without the history of the Union Defence Force. The SADF only existed from 1960 to 1993, a mere 33 years. The UDF Army components existed from 1912 to 1957 and had a huge impact on the traditions and design of the SADF and SANDF. Without the UDF in this template a large amount of context is lost. Additionally the incorporation of the UDF is not difficult as several wiki pages already exist of UDF units and structure. It would merely entail linking them to the template. Your thoughts please. /info/en/?search=Union_Defence_Force_(South_Africa)
@ BoonDock:, @ Caracal Rooikat: This template is too unwieldy for a nav template as it fills multiple screens. I propose to split the template into the post-1994 SANDF Army units, the SADF units, the UDF units, the WWI volunteer units, and the colonial units that existed before the formation of the Union. Comments and suggestions? Kges1901 ( talk) 21:24, 11 July 2018 (UTC)