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The 80th Infantry (Reserve) Division is an overlooked training formation that remained within the United Kingdom throughout its existence during the Second World War. Very few sources talk about this division, or its sibling training formations. The article has just passed its GA review. All comments are welcomed.
EnigmaMcmxc (
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19:34, 1 June 2015 (UTC)reply
Support: I had a look at this during the peer review and not a lot stood out to me. Great work, as usual. I have a couple of minor comments/suggestions:
AustralianRupert (
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00:19, 8 June 2015 (UTC)reply
Cox's full name was Lionel Howard Cox if you want to use this:
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I had forgot about that website! I could not find that chaps name anywhere, so thank you. Just a pity that his full name does not bring up any photos on the IWM website to use.
EnigmaMcmxc (
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14:45, 8 June 2015 (UTC)reply
this sentence seemed a little awkward to me: "The notional Fourth Army's VII Corps, which after being transferred south to FUSAG, included the newly created fictitious 80th Infantry Division"
irregular capitalization: "General officer Commanding"; this should probably be "General Officer Commanding", or "General officer commanding" (I'd probably go with the first one)
Is the typo in the quote here in the source or accidental - "preconceived notion of what FORTUTUDE would accomplish." - (should be "FORTITUDE" shouldn't it?)
Thanks very much for the review and comments. I, likewise, found the deception aspect of these forgotten training divisions to be very interesting.
EnigmaMcmxc (
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01:11, 2 July 2015 (UTC)reply
I will be honest and admit, until you said that I never looked at the file details. If one was to dig up sources that supported the image, and added them to its page, would that satisfy future FAC reviewers?
EnigmaMcmxc (
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17:09, 5 July 2015 (UTC)reply
I have left a message for him on his talkpage, although i note he has not been actively recently. I will bare this in mind before taking the article further, and if necessary will attempt to source the image myself.
EnigmaMcmxc (
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17:54, 7 July 2015 (UTC)reply
Right; I am trying to work out the best way to source this. Basically; using all of my sources on the Bodyguard plan I put together the map. Sourcing all of that info would be rather laborious (but, possible - mostly by checing out all of the relevant ops. article pages and selecting a relevant source).
There is a similar map here which is not explicitly my source, but it handly encompasess all of the data. But it's maybe not the most reliable source (although it does cite sources on page 2). --Errant(
chat!)20:11, 8 July 2015 (UTC)reply
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The 80th Infantry (Reserve) Division is an overlooked training formation that remained within the United Kingdom throughout its existence during the Second World War. Very few sources talk about this division, or its sibling training formations. The article has just passed its GA review. All comments are welcomed.
EnigmaMcmxc (
talk)
19:34, 1 June 2015 (UTC)reply
Support: I had a look at this during the peer review and not a lot stood out to me. Great work, as usual. I have a couple of minor comments/suggestions:
AustralianRupert (
talk)
00:19, 8 June 2015 (UTC)reply
Cox's full name was Lionel Howard Cox if you want to use this:
[1]
I had forgot about that website! I could not find that chaps name anywhere, so thank you. Just a pity that his full name does not bring up any photos on the IWM website to use.
EnigmaMcmxc (
talk)
14:45, 8 June 2015 (UTC)reply
this sentence seemed a little awkward to me: "The notional Fourth Army's VII Corps, which after being transferred south to FUSAG, included the newly created fictitious 80th Infantry Division"
irregular capitalization: "General officer Commanding"; this should probably be "General Officer Commanding", or "General officer commanding" (I'd probably go with the first one)
Is the typo in the quote here in the source or accidental - "preconceived notion of what FORTUTUDE would accomplish." - (should be "FORTITUDE" shouldn't it?)
Thanks very much for the review and comments. I, likewise, found the deception aspect of these forgotten training divisions to be very interesting.
EnigmaMcmxc (
talk)
01:11, 2 July 2015 (UTC)reply
I will be honest and admit, until you said that I never looked at the file details. If one was to dig up sources that supported the image, and added them to its page, would that satisfy future FAC reviewers?
EnigmaMcmxc (
talk)
17:09, 5 July 2015 (UTC)reply
I have left a message for him on his talkpage, although i note he has not been actively recently. I will bare this in mind before taking the article further, and if necessary will attempt to source the image myself.
EnigmaMcmxc (
talk)
17:54, 7 July 2015 (UTC)reply
Right; I am trying to work out the best way to source this. Basically; using all of my sources on the Bodyguard plan I put together the map. Sourcing all of that info would be rather laborious (but, possible - mostly by checing out all of the relevant ops. article pages and selecting a relevant source).
There is a similar map here which is not explicitly my source, but it handly encompasess all of the data. But it's maybe not the most reliable source (although it does cite sources on page 2). --Errant(
chat!)20:11, 8 July 2015 (UTC)reply
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.