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A relatively small article about a siege during a decisive period in Iranian and Caucasian history. In its current state, do you think it would pass a GA nomination, if I added a pic to it? I never nominated a proper "military history" article before, hence I thought I should ask an actual MH veteran. - LouisAragon ( talk) 21:31, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
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On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, for an excellent 23 FAC, ACR, GAN and PR reviews for the period April to June 2018, I hereby award you the WikiChevrons. Thanks for your significant contribution to the Milhist article reviewing effort! Cheers, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 08:02, 7 July 2018 (UTC) |
So it seems that Marty McFly's Sports Almanac extended to the FFA Cup! Reckon that time travelling IP address has got any of the scores correct? Hahaha. - J man708 ( talk) 16:37, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
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For coming second in the June 2018 Milhist article writers contest, with 40 points from 10 articles, I hereby award you the Writer's Barnstar on behalf of the Milhist coordinators. Well done! Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 01:39, 8 July 2018 (UTC) |
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Hello, do you still have Alfred Festberg's The Lineage of the Australian Army since back in 2014 you added it as a ref to the Australian Light Horse regiment articles? I am asking because I wondered if you could check the information on the South Australian Mounted Rifles to make sure I've presented the situation accurately in the article? Lastly, to be comprehensive for GA or higher, does the article need to include information on the militia SAMR? Kges1901 ( talk) 17:00, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
The articles you unlinking are date articles: by DEFINITION they're related to the year articles. -- Calton | Talk 06:23, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
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The new Zealand army is called the royal New Zealand army. Just like the other realms. New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy and queen Elizabeth II is head of state and Commander in Chief of the new Zealand arm forces and is respresented by a govonor general. So I put her majesty on there and stop taking her off. Godsavethequeen001 ( talk) 09:43, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
Stop taking the queen off the cammanders list. You must be a anti royal or something. Godsavethequeen001 ( talk) 09:51, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
There is concern on Rudolf Abel article whether it should be American dates or Russian. I simply typed out the article as "American English" as tagged on the talkpage. Could you help clear up the confusion. Adamdaley ( talk) 04:25, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
I cannot change the 7th United States Colored Siege Artillery back to the former name of 1st Alabama Siege Artillery Regiment (Colored). Could you move it back for me please? Adamdaley ( talk) 03:00, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
Greetings Rupert it looks like the IP adreses 175.142.24.96, 115.135.239.155 and 115.135.239.111 are playing a game (my opinion). They remove the template and add it once again back in page. IP adres 175.142.24.96 removed it 7 times yesterday, IP adres 115.135.239.155 did exact the same 12 times today, and also the IP adres 115.135.239.111 did the same too, 4 times today. In total the page was 23 times changed with removing/adding the template in the last 2 days. I personaly don't know it is vadalism or they are playing a game with page or "they" are even just a person. But can you have a look at them (it) and the page? Cheers. CPA-5 ( talk) 10:32, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
I see you blocked the above IP address for 36 hours. After this block was up, he resumed with disruptive edits at International cricket in 2018, 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series, and 2017 Pakistan Super League. If you could block him again, that would be great. Black hole78 talk | contrib 01:37, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
G'day Rupert, Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/September 2018 is here. I just need to tweak some sub-templates. Cheers, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 09:13, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
It seems NMCB 11 has caught your interest. Thank you for your time and edits. When you have a moment would you look at Seabee, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 25 and Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 Mcb133aco ( talk) 19:24, 29 July 2018 (UTC)Mcb133aco Mcb133aco ( talk) 19:24, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
Again Thank you. Mcb133aco ( talk) 16:29, 30 July 2018 (UTC)Mcb133aco Mcb133aco ( talk) 16:29, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
G'day AR. Could you take a look at:
and check if I have captured our intent with the source review proposal? Tweak as needed. Cheers, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 06:49, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
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I'm in the process of naming the Alabama (Union) regiments to their designation names. The only one that I cannot come up as it's official name is 55th Regiment United States Colored Infantry ... I mean that name is not displayed on it's Category:Alabama Civil War Regiments, I need a redirect deleted so it shows 55th Regiment United States Colored Infantry on the Category page. Another thing on that page is, the 11th Regiment United States Colored Infantry which is under "S" not a numbered designation like the others. Could this also be fixed? Adamdaley ( talk) 08:54, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
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It is with great pleasure that I award this barnstar jointly and severally to auntieruth, AustralianRupert, Kees08, Nick-D, Peacemaker67 and Zawed. It has been earned partly for helping to nurse Razing of Friesoythe through ACR. I was awed and humbled by the amount of attention, effort, detail and support the six assessors brought to the task. But mostly it has been earned by your doing the same thing for many, many other articles week after week, month after month. Assessors sans peur et sans reproche. Gog the Mild ( talk) 21:28, 17 August 2018 (UTC) |
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For your long service as a coordinator of WikiProject Military history, including four years as lead coordinator, for your prodigious reviewing work, especially at A-Class, and your solid and collaborative content work. Well done AR, this is richly deserved and long overdue. Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 09:57, 28 August 2018 (UTC) |
I understand that you are editing less now and do not want to foist work on you, but I have access to the majority of the sources now, and believe with expansion that I can nominate it for ACR. If I take the latter course of action I intend to handle the comments myself, and not bother you with it. Kges1901 ( talk) 00:08, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
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@ AustralianRupert: Hello Rupert: yes, it’s me again looking for help. So, would you consider nominating the WAVES article for an FAR on my behalf? Pendright ( talk) 06:56, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
Can you please sign this petition requesting certain historic photos (many from WWII) be released for Wikimedia Commons? Thanks, -- PlanespotterA320 ( talk) 22:44, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
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for indicating the peer review at AWNB - too often milhist material about oz doesnt even get a mention - even if it is oz material, appreciated JarrahTree 10:07, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article
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The user appears to have requested the page (which was not originally intended for his own userspace) be deleted for one of two reasons, either a good-faith attempt to remove all the content of the editor's userspace as part of a voluntary retirement following a recent ANI discussion of whether he should be subject to a limited TBAN. or an attempt to evade scrutiny in anticipation of a later, broader discussion of the editor and his behaviour. The surviving comments on the talk page (those that aren't his) imply the deleted page was indicative of an "extremist" view, which may be relevant if the editor and his behaviour ever come up at ANI again. Also note that while the editor publicly threatened to retire with his last comment at ANI, he also did so a few months ago, under similar circumstances, and returned a week later once he apparently felt the statute of limitations on his behaviour had run out. For this reason, I should state that I would like either the page to be undeleted pending the outcome of the ANI thread, or undeleted if the editor in question returns to actively editing either before or after the ANI thread is closed. Hijiri 88 ( 聖 やや) 09:59, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
Well, James500 has apparently left the project, so I guess the question of whether he should be warned, narrowly TBANned, broadly TBANned or SBANned is moot?and perhaps for everyone to forget that this page was deleted. Hijiri 88 ( 聖 やや) 12:00, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
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Your comments are appreciated. I have done some modifications as per your recommendations which hopefully qualifies the article for GA. As for some of your queries, as far as the research goes, there appears to be no significant information whether Kawaji had married or any children. Meanwhile, his appearance in the said manga/anime was significant in the sense that he played major roles in a number of arcs, such as the Kyoto arc and the Feng Shui arc. If there are additional concerns, kindly relay them. Thank you for your review. Arius1998 ( talk) 02:24, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for creating the article, the Military Historical Society of Australia. The structure of the Society website has been updated and content is presently being reviewed. Many back issues have been scanned and will soon be uploaded. While an article for Wikipedia was on the agenda it is pleasing that it has been created by an independent editor. Anthony Staunton ( talk) 02:23, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
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In recognition of the role you played in cleaning up my God-awful spelling and grammar in the World War I Op-Ed series published by the Military history WikiProject's newsletter The Bugle over the last four years, I hereby present you with this teamwork barnstar. It is thanks to so many different editors like you who took the time to copyedit the nearly four year long series that it ended up being as successful as it was, and I am grateful for your help since spelling and grammar are not my strongest suites. Yours sincerely, TomStar81 ( Talk) 14:37, 2 December 2018 (UTC) |
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On behalf of the Wikiproject Military History coordinators, I hereby award you the Writer's Barnstar for placing second in the November 2018 Military History Article Writing Contest with 76 points from 15 articles. Congratulations, Kges1901 ( talk) 23:11, 4 December 2018 (UTC) |
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I have noticed that you have protected the article Juan Darthés, and that it also has content removed from the history. I suspect that it was something about rape or sexual abuse, and that it must have been removed as a likely BLP problem. However, Darthes is involved in a scandal about that right now, and all the media is discussing it (see here, for example). I'm expanding the article a bit, first with the non-scandal content (he's an actor with a long career, not a WP:BLP1E case), but then I'll move to the one in the news. Of course, with the right care. My question is, knowing that the controversy is really out there, do those edits have content worth salvaging, or are they just plain vandalism? Cambalachero ( talk) 12:27, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
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G'day AR, I wanted to wish you a happy Christmas and enjoyable New Year! Looking forward to seeing you around more in 2019. You are an institution within Milhist. Cheers, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 08:59, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
Good day to you. When you have a moment would you look at all the issues another editor had that you did not with the Seabee article. A look at their talk page indicates that they were just cited for an editing war and I would be happy with anything you do. Mcb133aco ( talk)mcb133aco Mcb133aco ( talk) you do
Thank you for the input and edits. Oh- and G'day. Did three tours on the Ice and managed to make it to your corner of the world twice. I have redone the format so that there is a much more simplified index. Mcb133aco ( talk)mcb133aco Mcb133aco ( talk)
Happy New Year to you! The question of the day is do you think the tags can be removed? I worked on the caps on the nouns( it's hard to shake that German background in me, sorry ) Mcb133aco ( talk)mcb133aco Mcb133aco ( talk)
Best wishes for the New Year! And thanks so much for all of your assistance in 2018. Pendright ( talk) 21:13, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
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As voted by your peers within the Military history WikiProject, I hereby award you the Bronze Wiki for sharing third place in the 2018 Military Historian of the Year Award. Congratulations, and thank you for your efforts in 2018. Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 01:03, 31 December 2018 (UTC) |
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Greetings AR, I wanted to say happy New Year and hopefully you'd have a great 2019. Because of timezones is it highly posible that you are living in 2019 when you see this message. That's why I'll say it now already, even it is still 2018 here. I would say: "we Europeans follow you the Australians into the future". Cheers and have a great day and year. CPA-5 ( talk) 12:58, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
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For you work on Bougainville counterattack you are hereby awarded the World War Barnstar. Congrats! TomStar81 ( Talk) 19:34, 4 January 2019 (UTC) |
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For you work on Bougainville counterattack you are hereby awarded The Right Half of the Half Barnstar. Congrats! TomStar81 ( Talk) 19:34, 4 January 2019 (UTC) |
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For your reviews of 109 Military history articles in 2018, I hereby award you the Premium Reviewer Barnstar. We wouldn't have the amazing throughput we have as a project, if it wasn't for you. Regards, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 01:42, 8 January 2019 (UTC) |
AustralianRupertMany thanks for your edit and image to Joint Assault Signal Company got any more? Oldperson ( talk) 20:35, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
What's with shortening the semi-protection here to three days? The party has been trying to force their spin on the article for at least a month: trying to get them to do something other than insistently revert to try to get their way through brute force in a week would be challenging enough, but there's no chance of breaking that habit in three days. The reduction has basically ensured that they'll start again in three days. The Drover's Wife ( talk) 08:01, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
I missed your comment on paragraphs. Thank you for the observation. I did not set out to write that article. My edits were added as I gathered the information. From the footnotes you will see it did not all come from a single source and I just added and added. Very poor approach to doing an article but, as I said it was not my intent to write the entire thing. Thank you very much for all the input.
I do have a question. Another editor from the military project left me a message that they were surprised that my ID has not been tagged COI any and all edits I might make regarding the military. Is that something that is done regardless of a neutral POV? Mcb133aco ( talk)mcb133aco Mcb133aco ( talk)
Thank you for the reply. What you pointed out is an issue I have with many of the other editors I have encountered. Many seem to be very judgmental. They bring very biased POVs in my opinion. While they are knowledgeable about the Rules, MOS, POV, seem they seem to have a superficial understanding of what they have read. MCB has two meanings in the U.S military that I know, both are posted in the Wikipedia: Marine Corps Base and Mobile Construction Battalion. The first is still in use while the later was used from 1948 to 1968. NMCB is the current abbreviation. While the "N" gets dropped by many, MCB is not used by the Navy. It irks me to no end to deal with people that jump to conclusions while they lack the information to make the judgement they have come to or form the opinion they hold.
As to my further contributions, I expect there will be very few. The only reason I did what I did was that the posted material was lacking or incorrect. I have posted enough footnotes for most of it to stand. I would do more about the UDTs, but I think that article has POV issues and needs a near complete rewrite. I will pass.
G'day to you and thanks again. Mcb133aco ( talk)mcb133aco Mcb133aco ( talk)
Hi, the Otago Infantry Regiment has existed on and off since World War I under a few names and often divided between other forces. There is a page covering World War I Otago Infantry Regiment and a page covering about 1948-2012 Otago and Southland Regiment. Should I be trying to make this all one page or should they be treated separately? It is likely that WWI will be their only significant engagements as a Regiment (in WWII the Otago’s seems to be split between at least a few battalions). What is considered tidy or correct on the Military Project or in your view. ( Dushan Jugum ( talk) 10:03, 21 January 2019 (UTC)).
...for your comments at the Mary Bell (aviator) ACR -- I think I've actioned all of them. Cheers, Ian Rose ( talk) 04:48, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
Natale Olivieri started bottling carbonated fruit drinks in the mid-1920s. However, when he attempted to bottle a chocolate drink, he found that it would soon spoil. Observing his wife canning fruits and vegetables, he asked her to use the same heat processing techniques with his chocolate drink. It worked! He began bottling the pasteurized chocolate drink named Yoo-Hoo at 133 Farnham Avenue in 1928.” Excerpt from Images of America: Garfield by Howard D. Lanza. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.187.126.200 ( talk) 03:02, 2 February 2019 (UTC)
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The opreational history of jf 17 is being changed again and again by some one and the current history refers to only referenes from indian news papers and reports about the recent engagments on 27 feb. Also you can check F16.net for any authenticity of claims. You need to edit it tjhats false news Mehtab00 ( talk) 12:26, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
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Someone is trying to say that the 39th Battalion and the 21st Brigade were not outnumbered on the track. I deleted a general comment in the intro to that effect but left the comments down below. It feels as if they're referencing themselves, maybe a book or a thesis? Anyway, the party does not really give a timeline and to make a general claim to that effect is nonsense, certainly up until the time that the 21st Bde was reinforced. how do we keep an eye on that? GJW ( talk) 12:46, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
The heart of the Kokoda myth is that the Australians were defeated an the Kokoda Track from July to September 1942 because they were greatly outnumbered. Japanese records show that this is untrue. The Papuans and Australians by one and a half to one up to first Kokoda. At Second Kokoda and Deniki they were slightly outnumbered, and at Isurava there was one Australian for each Japanese engaged. During the retreat from Eora to Efogi the Japanese superiority was at its highest, at close to two to one for five days from 1 September. At Efogi, the two sides were about equal strength, and at the last Australian defeat at Ioribawa it was the Australians who outnumbered the Japanese almost two to one.
Hi All I'm happy to leave it to you. Well done on the book.
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I'd like your opinion Rupert on how much I should be putting in citations other than the ones that are already there, for "Unit colour patch"? I hope you like what I've done to 'unit colour patch', in the sense that I hope it makes sense or seems useful to someone else. It is very hard to visually display all of the relationships between battalions, brigades and divisions during WW2, so I did not try yet, although I'm thinking of a way. I think the page could be a reference spot for looking up the changes in the formations in a way that "Digger History" probably once did, except that the "Digger History" web site seems to be a bit broken nowadays. It seems to be easier now to navigate "Digger History" from an external search engine. gjw9999
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I'll work on those citations Thank you, Greg GJW ( talk) 07:32, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
Hi Rupert
1. I think I figured out some aspects of the artillery colour patch system. I think it was individuals who joined the AIF in WW2 artillery units who wore the grey trim, while members of the same units who remained in the militia did not wear the trim. I think this is why I see photos of uniforms and relics with and without the AIF grey trim. So the same unit could have members with and without the grey trim at the same time. This was not the case in the infantry, where a unit became AIF when 65% of the members transferred, but in most cases the unit colour patch remained the same, or, if the grey trim was adopted (eg. 61st Bn) then everyone wore it.
I love how the colour patches reflect the history like that.
2. In WW2 the artillery units were split up and sent everywhere, which was why I was having trouble deciphering who was who and what patch they owned. So an AA battery in Darwin and a field battery in Port Moresby could belong to the same brigade and have the same colour patch. A lot of the references on the internet (especially plaques and other memorials) are about batteries and regiments, because it was the batteries and regiments defending certain localities that the associations and the public were honouring. They did not identify the brigades on the plaques, which can become confusing.
The same happened in WW1 to a certain extent, but not as complicated because everyone on a gun was, after all, on the Somme and relatively proximate (both in terms of location and target acquisition). So I think I have sorted artillery for WW1.
I'm still sorting artillery for WW2, but I am looking for brigades, and trying to treat batteries and regiments as the clue to the brigades.
In this sense, artillery patches (brigades) only identified to one level higher than infantry patches (battalion). As far as i can tell, therefore, different regiments had the same patches (eg. the 2/8th Field Regiment and the 13th Field Regiment).
That's the basis on which I'm now working on artillery.
3. The web site
http://colourpatch.com.au/
This is a commercial web site that sells to military members and units. I assume it is therefore reliable.
Any thoughts? Are their commercial catalogues complete, do you think? Is there a place to look up whether any units are redundant (as for 4th Combat Engineers, East Ringwood)? (I presume they're accurate because they are photos and they sell to members.)
I know that people who have worked on this page before me have used this web site. And of course we have no idea who looks at these web pages and whether those people are able to make changes, but nobody has complained to my knowledge about the modern RAE patches I have put up. I have no way to check any official sources of this kind of information.
Cheers Greg GJW ( talk) 12:02, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
R Thank you, that's great to see the official list, I will amend what I've done. G GJW ( talk) 07:21, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
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Hi Rupert I have added some photos to 'unit colour patch'.
Some were already in Wikimedia Commons ('Jack' Axford MM VC for 16th Bn 1st AIF, and Reg Saunders MBE with Tom Derrick VC DCM for 2/7th and 2/48th).
But George V investing John Monash was not. Could you please check the copyright to help ensure the King and the General won't be deleted (and I won't be blocked)?
I added the phrase {{ PD-AustraliaGov}} to the copyright field and that seemed to do the trick.
Image details: url=
http://test.awm.gov.au/collection/C1005665?image=1
AWM Accession number A03316
The url is a bit odd but it's the only one I can find.
Thank you
Cheers Greg GMT + 10 hours GJW ( talk) 14:00, 9 May 2019 (UTC) GJW ( talk) 14:05, 9 May 2019 (UTC) GJW ( talk) 14:08, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
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Hi Rupert
Do you know anything abut whether we can use photos from the Australians at War Film Archive?
I have cited the following: http://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/206-edward-asquith#
Click on the photo from the war with the slouch hat.
where Pte Asquith is wearing the New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company patch, one which someone chatting with you previously had wanted put on this page.
The photo would go nicely with the patch .
Thank you GJW ( talk) 14:20, 9 May 2019 (UTC) GJW ( talk) 14:22, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
@ Gjw9999: G'day, without knowing where the photo was first published, or who took it (i.e is it an official Army photo?) uploading it may be a little iffy. I'd suggest erring on the side of caution with that one, unfortunately. Regards, AustralianRupert ( talk) 23:26, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
Thank you, I'll leave it as just the link, then GJW ( talk) 03:32, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
G'day to you mate. I am back with a new problem that I completely do not understand. I posted a photo to Wikicommons from the Seabee Magazine that has a source tag right on it (Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy Seabee Museum). https://seabeemagazine.navylive.dodlive.mil/2018/07/15/this-week-in-seabee-history-july-15-july-21/ File:ACB 2- Beirut.jpg (I left the brackets off so it would not take up your talk page) An editor in the UK as tagged it for quick deletion for copyright violation. It is a U.S. military photo, in U.S. Government archives published in a U.S. Government publication. It is in the public domain. Please explain how I got this wrong. Mcb133aco ( talk) 01:47, 30 March 2019 (UTC)mcb133aco Mcb133aco ( talk) 01:47, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
Thank you as always. As you no doubt have seen I am less gracious than you. Have done as you said and opened a deletion discussion page and remove my POV comments per your prompting. I have completed my effort on the Seabee article. After all this time I realized I had gone about it completely wrong. I should have rewritten the article from the get go instead of the editing as-you-go that I did. Added a couple of lines to the leade that tie the it together the way it ought to be. Thank you again. Mcb133aco ( talk) 16:18, 30 March 2019 (UTC)mcb133aco Mcb133aco ( talk) 16:18, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
" Another thank you for posting your comments regarding the ACB 2 image." Mcb133aco ( talk) 19:28, 31 March 2019 (UTC)mcb133aco Mcb133aco ( talk) 19:28, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
New request for you.
Amphibious Construction Battalion "One" has no images in Wikicommons. However, there are numerous images for Amphibious Construction Battalion "1". The commons link: {Commons category} will not link to those images to the actual article. Do you know how to get around the issue: One vs 1? thank you
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Hi AR, trust you are well. I'm beginning to look at Richard Travis with a view to taking it to A-Class review. Are still happy to be involved as a co-nominator? Also, the article refers to two mentions in dispatches - however in Byrne's history of the Otago Regiment (a reference for the article), Travis is not listed in the appendix as a MID. All my books are in storage at the moment pending a house move that will be completed in a couple of weeks time so can't check those at the moment. I may get to the library over that time and will try and look at a couple of different resources on military awards for NZEF soldiers but checking Gasson's 1966 encyclopedia entry for Travis, there is a reference to him being mentioned in "Routine orders". This is different to a MID, isn't it? I wonder if these routine orders have been confused for MIDs? I've checked his military file. It is hard to read but I don't see any MIDs there. Any thoughts? Cheers, Zawed ( talk) 23:31, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
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Thanks for your thanks. I'm not too sure where the vague phrase "several battalions of the 58th regiment" came from, but it sounds and reads oddly. If three battalions were involved, then that was the entire regiment; "several battalions" can therefore only mean two battalions. Note; the other battalion of the 58th Regiment constituted Sato's "Right Attack Force" (source Fergal Keane, "Road of Bones", not immediately to hand). HLGallon ( talk) 05:46, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
Is this correct? "The brigade consisted of 152 (Indian) and 153 (Gurkha) Parachute Battalions, with a machine gun company, a mountain artillery battery and other supporting arms." As I read it there were 305 battaltions in the brigade. Maybe it should read: The Brigade consisted of the 152nd (Indian) and 153rd (Gurkha) Parachute Battalions. Oldperson ( talk) 15:24, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
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Hello, do you still have Alfred Festberg's The Lineage of the Australian Army since back in 2014 you added it as a ref to the Australian Light Horse regiment articles? I am asking because I wondered if you could check the information on the South Australian Mounted Rifles to make sure I've presented the situation accurately in the article? Lastly, to be comprehensive for GA or higher, does the article need to include information on the militia SAMR? Kges1901 ( talk) 17:00, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
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The new Zealand army is called the royal New Zealand army. Just like the other realms. New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy and queen Elizabeth II is head of state and Commander in Chief of the new Zealand arm forces and is respresented by a govonor general. So I put her majesty on there and stop taking her off. Godsavethequeen001 ( talk) 09:43, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
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I cannot change the 7th United States Colored Siege Artillery back to the former name of 1st Alabama Siege Artillery Regiment (Colored). Could you move it back for me please? Adamdaley ( talk) 03:00, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
Greetings Rupert it looks like the IP adreses 175.142.24.96, 115.135.239.155 and 115.135.239.111 are playing a game (my opinion). They remove the template and add it once again back in page. IP adres 175.142.24.96 removed it 7 times yesterday, IP adres 115.135.239.155 did exact the same 12 times today, and also the IP adres 115.135.239.111 did the same too, 4 times today. In total the page was 23 times changed with removing/adding the template in the last 2 days. I personaly don't know it is vadalism or they are playing a game with page or "they" are even just a person. But can you have a look at them (it) and the page? Cheers. CPA-5 ( talk) 10:32, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
I see you blocked the above IP address for 36 hours. After this block was up, he resumed with disruptive edits at International cricket in 2018, 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series, and 2017 Pakistan Super League. If you could block him again, that would be great. Black hole78 talk | contrib 01:37, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
G'day Rupert, Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/September 2018 is here. I just need to tweak some sub-templates. Cheers, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 09:13, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
It seems NMCB 11 has caught your interest. Thank you for your time and edits. When you have a moment would you look at Seabee, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 25 and Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 Mcb133aco ( talk) 19:24, 29 July 2018 (UTC)Mcb133aco Mcb133aco ( talk) 19:24, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
Again Thank you. Mcb133aco ( talk) 16:29, 30 July 2018 (UTC)Mcb133aco Mcb133aco ( talk) 16:29, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
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The user appears to have requested the page (which was not originally intended for his own userspace) be deleted for one of two reasons, either a good-faith attempt to remove all the content of the editor's userspace as part of a voluntary retirement following a recent ANI discussion of whether he should be subject to a limited TBAN. or an attempt to evade scrutiny in anticipation of a later, broader discussion of the editor and his behaviour. The surviving comments on the talk page (those that aren't his) imply the deleted page was indicative of an "extremist" view, which may be relevant if the editor and his behaviour ever come up at ANI again. Also note that while the editor publicly threatened to retire with his last comment at ANI, he also did so a few months ago, under similar circumstances, and returned a week later once he apparently felt the statute of limitations on his behaviour had run out. For this reason, I should state that I would like either the page to be undeleted pending the outcome of the ANI thread, or undeleted if the editor in question returns to actively editing either before or after the ANI thread is closed. Hijiri 88 ( 聖 やや) 09:59, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
Well, James500 has apparently left the project, so I guess the question of whether he should be warned, narrowly TBANned, broadly TBANned or SBANned is moot?and perhaps for everyone to forget that this page was deleted. Hijiri 88 ( 聖 やや) 12:00, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
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Your comments are appreciated. I have done some modifications as per your recommendations which hopefully qualifies the article for GA. As for some of your queries, as far as the research goes, there appears to be no significant information whether Kawaji had married or any children. Meanwhile, his appearance in the said manga/anime was significant in the sense that he played major roles in a number of arcs, such as the Kyoto arc and the Feng Shui arc. If there are additional concerns, kindly relay them. Thank you for your review. Arius1998 ( talk) 02:24, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for creating the article, the Military Historical Society of Australia. The structure of the Society website has been updated and content is presently being reviewed. Many back issues have been scanned and will soon be uploaded. While an article for Wikipedia was on the agenda it is pleasing that it has been created by an independent editor. Anthony Staunton ( talk) 02:23, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
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I have noticed that you have protected the article Juan Darthés, and that it also has content removed from the history. I suspect that it was something about rape or sexual abuse, and that it must have been removed as a likely BLP problem. However, Darthes is involved in a scandal about that right now, and all the media is discussing it (see here, for example). I'm expanding the article a bit, first with the non-scandal content (he's an actor with a long career, not a WP:BLP1E case), but then I'll move to the one in the news. Of course, with the right care. My question is, knowing that the controversy is really out there, do those edits have content worth salvaging, or are they just plain vandalism? Cambalachero ( talk) 12:27, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
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G'day AR, I wanted to wish you a happy Christmas and enjoyable New Year! Looking forward to seeing you around more in 2019. You are an institution within Milhist. Cheers, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 08:59, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
Good day to you. When you have a moment would you look at all the issues another editor had that you did not with the Seabee article. A look at their talk page indicates that they were just cited for an editing war and I would be happy with anything you do. Mcb133aco ( talk)mcb133aco Mcb133aco ( talk) you do
Thank you for the input and edits. Oh- and G'day. Did three tours on the Ice and managed to make it to your corner of the world twice. I have redone the format so that there is a much more simplified index. Mcb133aco ( talk)mcb133aco Mcb133aco ( talk)
Happy New Year to you! The question of the day is do you think the tags can be removed? I worked on the caps on the nouns( it's hard to shake that German background in me, sorry ) Mcb133aco ( talk)mcb133aco Mcb133aco ( talk)
Best wishes for the New Year! And thanks so much for all of your assistance in 2018. Pendright ( talk) 21:13, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
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Greetings AR, I wanted to say happy New Year and hopefully you'd have a great 2019. Because of timezones is it highly posible that you are living in 2019 when you see this message. That's why I'll say it now already, even it is still 2018 here. I would say: "we Europeans follow you the Australians into the future". Cheers and have a great day and year. CPA-5 ( talk) 12:58, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
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AustralianRupertMany thanks for your edit and image to Joint Assault Signal Company got any more? Oldperson ( talk) 20:35, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
What's with shortening the semi-protection here to three days? The party has been trying to force their spin on the article for at least a month: trying to get them to do something other than insistently revert to try to get their way through brute force in a week would be challenging enough, but there's no chance of breaking that habit in three days. The reduction has basically ensured that they'll start again in three days. The Drover's Wife ( talk) 08:01, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
I missed your comment on paragraphs. Thank you for the observation. I did not set out to write that article. My edits were added as I gathered the information. From the footnotes you will see it did not all come from a single source and I just added and added. Very poor approach to doing an article but, as I said it was not my intent to write the entire thing. Thank you very much for all the input.
I do have a question. Another editor from the military project left me a message that they were surprised that my ID has not been tagged COI any and all edits I might make regarding the military. Is that something that is done regardless of a neutral POV? Mcb133aco ( talk)mcb133aco Mcb133aco ( talk)
Thank you for the reply. What you pointed out is an issue I have with many of the other editors I have encountered. Many seem to be very judgmental. They bring very biased POVs in my opinion. While they are knowledgeable about the Rules, MOS, POV, seem they seem to have a superficial understanding of what they have read. MCB has two meanings in the U.S military that I know, both are posted in the Wikipedia: Marine Corps Base and Mobile Construction Battalion. The first is still in use while the later was used from 1948 to 1968. NMCB is the current abbreviation. While the "N" gets dropped by many, MCB is not used by the Navy. It irks me to no end to deal with people that jump to conclusions while they lack the information to make the judgement they have come to or form the opinion they hold.
As to my further contributions, I expect there will be very few. The only reason I did what I did was that the posted material was lacking or incorrect. I have posted enough footnotes for most of it to stand. I would do more about the UDTs, but I think that article has POV issues and needs a near complete rewrite. I will pass.
G'day to you and thanks again. Mcb133aco ( talk)mcb133aco Mcb133aco ( talk)
Hi, the Otago Infantry Regiment has existed on and off since World War I under a few names and often divided between other forces. There is a page covering World War I Otago Infantry Regiment and a page covering about 1948-2012 Otago and Southland Regiment. Should I be trying to make this all one page or should they be treated separately? It is likely that WWI will be their only significant engagements as a Regiment (in WWII the Otago’s seems to be split between at least a few battalions). What is considered tidy or correct on the Military Project or in your view. ( Dushan Jugum ( talk) 10:03, 21 January 2019 (UTC)).
...for your comments at the Mary Bell (aviator) ACR -- I think I've actioned all of them. Cheers, Ian Rose ( talk) 04:48, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
Natale Olivieri started bottling carbonated fruit drinks in the mid-1920s. However, when he attempted to bottle a chocolate drink, he found that it would soon spoil. Observing his wife canning fruits and vegetables, he asked her to use the same heat processing techniques with his chocolate drink. It worked! He began bottling the pasteurized chocolate drink named Yoo-Hoo at 133 Farnham Avenue in 1928.” Excerpt from Images of America: Garfield by Howard D. Lanza. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.187.126.200 ( talk) 03:02, 2 February 2019 (UTC)
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The opreational history of jf 17 is being changed again and again by some one and the current history refers to only referenes from indian news papers and reports about the recent engagments on 27 feb. Also you can check F16.net for any authenticity of claims. You need to edit it tjhats false news Mehtab00 ( talk) 12:26, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
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Someone is trying to say that the 39th Battalion and the 21st Brigade were not outnumbered on the track. I deleted a general comment in the intro to that effect but left the comments down below. It feels as if they're referencing themselves, maybe a book or a thesis? Anyway, the party does not really give a timeline and to make a general claim to that effect is nonsense, certainly up until the time that the 21st Bde was reinforced. how do we keep an eye on that? GJW ( talk) 12:46, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
The heart of the Kokoda myth is that the Australians were defeated an the Kokoda Track from July to September 1942 because they were greatly outnumbered. Japanese records show that this is untrue. The Papuans and Australians by one and a half to one up to first Kokoda. At Second Kokoda and Deniki they were slightly outnumbered, and at Isurava there was one Australian for each Japanese engaged. During the retreat from Eora to Efogi the Japanese superiority was at its highest, at close to two to one for five days from 1 September. At Efogi, the two sides were about equal strength, and at the last Australian defeat at Ioribawa it was the Australians who outnumbered the Japanese almost two to one.
Hi All I'm happy to leave it to you. Well done on the book.
GJW ( talk) 17:53, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
I'd like your opinion Rupert on how much I should be putting in citations other than the ones that are already there, for "Unit colour patch"? I hope you like what I've done to 'unit colour patch', in the sense that I hope it makes sense or seems useful to someone else. It is very hard to visually display all of the relationships between battalions, brigades and divisions during WW2, so I did not try yet, although I'm thinking of a way. I think the page could be a reference spot for looking up the changes in the formations in a way that "Digger History" probably once did, except that the "Digger History" web site seems to be a bit broken nowadays. It seems to be easier now to navigate "Digger History" from an external search engine. gjw9999
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I'll work on those citations Thank you, Greg GJW ( talk) 07:32, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
Hi Rupert
1. I think I figured out some aspects of the artillery colour patch system. I think it was individuals who joined the AIF in WW2 artillery units who wore the grey trim, while members of the same units who remained in the militia did not wear the trim. I think this is why I see photos of uniforms and relics with and without the AIF grey trim. So the same unit could have members with and without the grey trim at the same time. This was not the case in the infantry, where a unit became AIF when 65% of the members transferred, but in most cases the unit colour patch remained the same, or, if the grey trim was adopted (eg. 61st Bn) then everyone wore it.
I love how the colour patches reflect the history like that.
2. In WW2 the artillery units were split up and sent everywhere, which was why I was having trouble deciphering who was who and what patch they owned. So an AA battery in Darwin and a field battery in Port Moresby could belong to the same brigade and have the same colour patch. A lot of the references on the internet (especially plaques and other memorials) are about batteries and regiments, because it was the batteries and regiments defending certain localities that the associations and the public were honouring. They did not identify the brigades on the plaques, which can become confusing.
The same happened in WW1 to a certain extent, but not as complicated because everyone on a gun was, after all, on the Somme and relatively proximate (both in terms of location and target acquisition). So I think I have sorted artillery for WW1.
I'm still sorting artillery for WW2, but I am looking for brigades, and trying to treat batteries and regiments as the clue to the brigades.
In this sense, artillery patches (brigades) only identified to one level higher than infantry patches (battalion). As far as i can tell, therefore, different regiments had the same patches (eg. the 2/8th Field Regiment and the 13th Field Regiment).
That's the basis on which I'm now working on artillery.
3. The web site
http://colourpatch.com.au/
This is a commercial web site that sells to military members and units. I assume it is therefore reliable.
Any thoughts? Are their commercial catalogues complete, do you think? Is there a place to look up whether any units are redundant (as for 4th Combat Engineers, East Ringwood)? (I presume they're accurate because they are photos and they sell to members.)
I know that people who have worked on this page before me have used this web site. And of course we have no idea who looks at these web pages and whether those people are able to make changes, but nobody has complained to my knowledge about the modern RAE patches I have put up. I have no way to check any official sources of this kind of information.
Cheers Greg GJW ( talk) 12:02, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
R Thank you, that's great to see the official list, I will amend what I've done. G GJW ( talk) 07:21, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
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Hi Rupert I have added some photos to 'unit colour patch'.
Some were already in Wikimedia Commons ('Jack' Axford MM VC for 16th Bn 1st AIF, and Reg Saunders MBE with Tom Derrick VC DCM for 2/7th and 2/48th).
But George V investing John Monash was not. Could you please check the copyright to help ensure the King and the General won't be deleted (and I won't be blocked)?
I added the phrase {{ PD-AustraliaGov}} to the copyright field and that seemed to do the trick.
Image details: url=
http://test.awm.gov.au/collection/C1005665?image=1
AWM Accession number A03316
The url is a bit odd but it's the only one I can find.
Thank you
Cheers Greg GMT + 10 hours GJW ( talk) 14:00, 9 May 2019 (UTC) GJW ( talk) 14:05, 9 May 2019 (UTC) GJW ( talk) 14:08, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
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Hi Rupert
Do you know anything abut whether we can use photos from the Australians at War Film Archive?
I have cited the following: http://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/206-edward-asquith#
Click on the photo from the war with the slouch hat.
where Pte Asquith is wearing the New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company patch, one which someone chatting with you previously had wanted put on this page.
The photo would go nicely with the patch .
Thank you GJW ( talk) 14:20, 9 May 2019 (UTC) GJW ( talk) 14:22, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
@ Gjw9999: G'day, without knowing where the photo was first published, or who took it (i.e is it an official Army photo?) uploading it may be a little iffy. I'd suggest erring on the side of caution with that one, unfortunately. Regards, AustralianRupert ( talk) 23:26, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
Thank you, I'll leave it as just the link, then GJW ( talk) 03:32, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
G'day to you mate. I am back with a new problem that I completely do not understand. I posted a photo to Wikicommons from the Seabee Magazine that has a source tag right on it (Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy Seabee Museum). https://seabeemagazine.navylive.dodlive.mil/2018/07/15/this-week-in-seabee-history-july-15-july-21/ File:ACB 2- Beirut.jpg (I left the brackets off so it would not take up your talk page) An editor in the UK as tagged it for quick deletion for copyright violation. It is a U.S. military photo, in U.S. Government archives published in a U.S. Government publication. It is in the public domain. Please explain how I got this wrong. Mcb133aco ( talk) 01:47, 30 March 2019 (UTC)mcb133aco Mcb133aco ( talk) 01:47, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
Thank you as always. As you no doubt have seen I am less gracious than you. Have done as you said and opened a deletion discussion page and remove my POV comments per your prompting. I have completed my effort on the Seabee article. After all this time I realized I had gone about it completely wrong. I should have rewritten the article from the get go instead of the editing as-you-go that I did. Added a couple of lines to the leade that tie the it together the way it ought to be. Thank you again. Mcb133aco ( talk) 16:18, 30 March 2019 (UTC)mcb133aco Mcb133aco ( talk) 16:18, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
" Another thank you for posting your comments regarding the ACB 2 image." Mcb133aco ( talk) 19:28, 31 March 2019 (UTC)mcb133aco Mcb133aco ( talk) 19:28, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
New request for you.
Amphibious Construction Battalion "One" has no images in Wikicommons. However, there are numerous images for Amphibious Construction Battalion "1". The commons link: {Commons category} will not link to those images to the actual article. Do you know how to get around the issue: One vs 1? thank you
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THANK YOU again. Mcb133aco ( talk) 17:32, 1 April 2019 (UTC)mcb133aco Mcb133aco ( talk) 17:32, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
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I just had an editor rollback edits to the Seabee article without stating why. I have asked them why but, when you have a moment would you give it a look and give me your thoughts what I did wrong now. Thanks Mcb133aco ( talk) 02:21, 17 April 2019 (UTC)mcb133aco Mcb133aco ( talk) 02:21, 17 April 2019 (UTC) I received a reply that the other editor made a "mistake". Sorry to have troubled you but, I could not see my error.have a great day. Mcb133aco ( talk)mcb133aco Mcb133aco ( talk) 16:51, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
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This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:52, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
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G'day AR, I've finished expanding the Badcoe article with material from some books on the AATTV and all the usual texts on VC recipients, and have nominated it for GAN. I'd appreciate it if you had the time to review, as I know you have an interest. Cheers, Peacemaker67 ( click to talk to me) 10:11, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I have noticed that an editor, Gaurang kapoor ( /info/en/?search=User:Gaurang_kapoor) Is inserting spam link. As he has done with Nusrat Jahan and Mimi Chakraborty. I have already reverted those. If you check his talk page, you'll find that he has been already warned for promoting his own website or something else. Though, he didn't refrain from that. I don't think he has no intention in contributing to wikipedia but more interested in promoting some websites contained improper images. Thanks. ( talk) 16:31, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for catching that. That's one of the items I check for when using that script, for precisely this reason. Somehow I missed that the dash was in a file name. Onel5969 TT me 12:15, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2019).
Hi AR, trust you are well. I'm beginning to look at Richard Travis with a view to taking it to A-Class review. Are still happy to be involved as a co-nominator? Also, the article refers to two mentions in dispatches - however in Byrne's history of the Otago Regiment (a reference for the article), Travis is not listed in the appendix as a MID. All my books are in storage at the moment pending a house move that will be completed in a couple of weeks time so can't check those at the moment. I may get to the library over that time and will try and look at a couple of different resources on military awards for NZEF soldiers but checking Gasson's 1966 encyclopedia entry for Travis, there is a reference to him being mentioned in "Routine orders". This is different to a MID, isn't it? I wonder if these routine orders have been confused for MIDs? I've checked his military file. It is hard to read but I don't see any MIDs there. Any thoughts? Cheers, Zawed ( talk) 23:31, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
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Closed the peer review—I have never closed one before, learned something new. Thanks for all your help. TwoScars ( talk) 16:25, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for your thanks. I'm not too sure where the vague phrase "several battalions of the 58th regiment" came from, but it sounds and reads oddly. If three battalions were involved, then that was the entire regiment; "several battalions" can therefore only mean two battalions. Note; the other battalion of the 58th Regiment constituted Sato's "Right Attack Force" (source Fergal Keane, "Road of Bones", not immediately to hand). HLGallon ( talk) 05:46, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
Is this correct? "The brigade consisted of 152 (Indian) and 153 (Gurkha) Parachute Battalions, with a machine gun company, a mountain artillery battery and other supporting arms." As I read it there were 305 battaltions in the brigade. Maybe it should read: The Brigade consisted of the 152nd (Indian) and 153rd (Gurkha) Parachute Battalions. Oldperson ( talk) 15:24, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
Hey, nice to meet you! Looks like you have written many things in your userpage, but it is not appearing. I can see that text while editing your page, but not while viewing it. I think it is so because you have written all that text as a comment, which makes it disappear. Let me know if that was intentional, and if it wasn't, I'm sorry for wasting your time.
Your fellow Wikipedian, Genius Editor ( Talk • Contribs) 15:33, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article
1st Armoured Brigade (Australia) you nominated for
GA-status according to the
criteria.
This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by
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The article
1st Armoured Brigade (Australia) you nominated as a
good article has been placed on hold
. The article is close to meeting the
good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See
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The article
1st Armoured Brigade (Australia) you nominated as a
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Talk:1st Armoured Brigade (Australia) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article
2nd Armoured Brigade (Australia) you nominated for
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08:01, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
The article
2nd Armoured Brigade (Australia) you nominated as a
good article has been placed on hold
. The article is close to meeting the
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08:21, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
The article
2nd Armoured Brigade (Australia) you nominated as a
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