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The logistics department is a clearing house, where editor skills and resources can be matched to article needs. The aim is to make the path to featured article status easier by listing the specialist resources editors may need to call on to improve their articles.
The department provides assistance in several areas:
The project has a number of members who are administrators. Those listed below are happy to carry out any admin-specific tasks that are requested. If informal dispute resolution is needed then the project coordinators are also available. If an admin (or coordinator) has been particularly helpful, consider awarding {{ subst:The da Vinci Barnstar|message ~~~~}}
All articles can be improved by copy-editing in one form or another. An uninvolved editor looking at text with fresh eyes will see things that need fixing which the familiar editor won’t. Different articles benefit from different levels of copy-editing. Before requesting a copy-edit, decide which of the following levels is most appropriate.
As a thank you for good copy-editing input, nominators could consider awarding the Copy-editor's barnstar. {{ subst:The Copyeditor's Barnstar|message ~~~~}}
Instructions:
The following editors will help with copy-edits.
Comments on, and help correcting, prose and MoS-issues would be appreciated at:
#: Copy-editing ~~~~
under the article listing. When the copy-edit is complete, strike through the article name with <s> ... </s>
.
Graphics add color and interest to most articles. Maps are often the single most useful addition to a military history article. They can show the deployment of forces and the lie of the land with a clarity and brevity unmatched by a description alone. Diagrams can often serve the same function. Coats-of-arms, and similar, can add color to an otherwise monochrome page. Here are some useful sources for maps:
More extensive resource lists for particular topics are maintained by the corresponding task forces.
Sometimes, no suitable graphic exists and one needs to be drawn. At other times, an existing map or diagram can be modified or tailored to suit the needs of a particular article.
The simplest solutions is to search available images in the net and link to them as long as we have no solution of sufficient quality or accuracy in commons. So, if an image is available online, but cannot be uploaded to Wikipedia, it may be appropriate to use {{ externalimage}} to provide a direct link to the image and a (referenced) description of what the image depicts.
For a thank you for graphic help, consider awarding {{ subst:The Graphic Designer's Barnstar|message ~~~~}}
Instructions:
#: Accepted. ~~~~
under the listing. When the graphic is complete, strike through the request with <s> ... </s>
.
Please insert here offers for teaching others how to work on graphics.
Here's an offer for Milhist members who have an interest in images. I've located a large cache of period military maps in high resolution digital files. There's enough to cover nearly every major battle of the American Revolution and Civil War, plus a smattering of world history. This is highly encyclopedic material and it's more than I can restore alone. Want to start collecting featured picture credits? Fire up your image processing software and contact me; I'll train you. (It's been suggested that I post this here). Durova Charge! 10:12, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
I can teach you how to search for images in the web(different search engines and settings) and how to write letters for acquiring these images under suitable licences for Wikipedia. Wandalstouring ( talk) 12:53, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
The aim is to provide foreign language support to editors researching articles. In addition to broadening the information available, it can help avoid reflecting the English-speaking world point of view that can sometimes come from reporting a subject exclusively from English-language sources. Examples include:
As a thank you for help with language problems, consider awarding {{ subst:The Rosetta Barnstar|message ~~~~}}
Instructions:
The following editors can provide non-English language support.
#: Dealing ... ~~~~
under the article listing. When the request is complete, strike through the article name with <s> ... </s>
.This section is for linking to lists of personal book holdings in individual editors' user space. It is useful for checking or sourcing citations. Please mention the main areas covered for speed of reference. Consider also adding useful links to the "Resources" section of any relevant task forces.
Have a few listed here. Every topic imaginable, working on expanding it.
Good use of photography can immeasurably improve an article. Frequently, a good suitable image already exists on Wikimedia Commons and can be used as is. Sometimes, this is not the case. This section will help you if
As a thank you for help with photographic problems, consider awarding {{ subst:The Photographer's Barnstar|message ~~~~}}
Instructions:
The following editors will help with photography. Please summarise the skills you can provide.
This section is requesting help with modifying or cleaning up photographs that already exist on Commons.
This section is requesting help with copyright issues and for dealing with difficulties in supplying fair use rationales. The image may already exist on Commons or be an image you are thinking of uploading.
#: Accepted. ~~~~
under the listing. When the work is complete, strike through the request with <s> ... </s>
.
If you are looking for an out-of-copyright image (for example, "General Pétain at Verdun"), list it here. If you are looking for a highly specific image (for example, a photograph of the cannon on the ramparts at Essaouira, Morocco) try asking first on the talk page of the appropriate wikiproject (in this case, Morocco) before requesting it here. Sign the request with ~~~~.
#: Accepted. ~~~~
under the listing. When the work is complete, strike through the request with <s> ... </s>
.The purpose here is to help provide high quality sources for articles. This sub-department is particularly useful for more specialist or obscure subjects. As a thank you for help with sources, consider awarding {{ subst:The Citation Barnstar|message ~~~~}}
JSTOR is a database containing articles from academic journals on a vast range of subjects, which can be searched easily either using Google or the JSTOR search engine. For non-subscribers, the results contain a JSTOR summary page containing the reference details, together with (typically) the first page of the article. The following editors can help with JSTOR articles. You should contact them directly on their talk pages.
<s> ... </s>
.This Military history WikiProject page is an archive, log collection, or currently inactive page; it is kept primarily for historical interest. |
Main page | Discussion |
News & open tasks | Academy | Assessment |
A-Class review | Contest | Awards | Members |
The logistics department is a clearing house, where editor skills and resources can be matched to article needs. The aim is to make the path to featured article status easier by listing the specialist resources editors may need to call on to improve their articles.
The department provides assistance in several areas:
The project has a number of members who are administrators. Those listed below are happy to carry out any admin-specific tasks that are requested. If informal dispute resolution is needed then the project coordinators are also available. If an admin (or coordinator) has been particularly helpful, consider awarding {{ subst:The da Vinci Barnstar|message ~~~~}}
All articles can be improved by copy-editing in one form or another. An uninvolved editor looking at text with fresh eyes will see things that need fixing which the familiar editor won’t. Different articles benefit from different levels of copy-editing. Before requesting a copy-edit, decide which of the following levels is most appropriate.
As a thank you for good copy-editing input, nominators could consider awarding the Copy-editor's barnstar. {{ subst:The Copyeditor's Barnstar|message ~~~~}}
Instructions:
The following editors will help with copy-edits.
Comments on, and help correcting, prose and MoS-issues would be appreciated at:
#: Copy-editing ~~~~
under the article listing. When the copy-edit is complete, strike through the article name with <s> ... </s>
.
Graphics add color and interest to most articles. Maps are often the single most useful addition to a military history article. They can show the deployment of forces and the lie of the land with a clarity and brevity unmatched by a description alone. Diagrams can often serve the same function. Coats-of-arms, and similar, can add color to an otherwise monochrome page. Here are some useful sources for maps:
More extensive resource lists for particular topics are maintained by the corresponding task forces.
Sometimes, no suitable graphic exists and one needs to be drawn. At other times, an existing map or diagram can be modified or tailored to suit the needs of a particular article.
The simplest solutions is to search available images in the net and link to them as long as we have no solution of sufficient quality or accuracy in commons. So, if an image is available online, but cannot be uploaded to Wikipedia, it may be appropriate to use {{ externalimage}} to provide a direct link to the image and a (referenced) description of what the image depicts.
For a thank you for graphic help, consider awarding {{ subst:The Graphic Designer's Barnstar|message ~~~~}}
Instructions:
#: Accepted. ~~~~
under the listing. When the graphic is complete, strike through the request with <s> ... </s>
.
Please insert here offers for teaching others how to work on graphics.
Here's an offer for Milhist members who have an interest in images. I've located a large cache of period military maps in high resolution digital files. There's enough to cover nearly every major battle of the American Revolution and Civil War, plus a smattering of world history. This is highly encyclopedic material and it's more than I can restore alone. Want to start collecting featured picture credits? Fire up your image processing software and contact me; I'll train you. (It's been suggested that I post this here). Durova Charge! 10:12, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
I can teach you how to search for images in the web(different search engines and settings) and how to write letters for acquiring these images under suitable licences for Wikipedia. Wandalstouring ( talk) 12:53, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
The aim is to provide foreign language support to editors researching articles. In addition to broadening the information available, it can help avoid reflecting the English-speaking world point of view that can sometimes come from reporting a subject exclusively from English-language sources. Examples include:
As a thank you for help with language problems, consider awarding {{ subst:The Rosetta Barnstar|message ~~~~}}
Instructions:
The following editors can provide non-English language support.
#: Dealing ... ~~~~
under the article listing. When the request is complete, strike through the article name with <s> ... </s>
.This section is for linking to lists of personal book holdings in individual editors' user space. It is useful for checking or sourcing citations. Please mention the main areas covered for speed of reference. Consider also adding useful links to the "Resources" section of any relevant task forces.
Have a few listed here. Every topic imaginable, working on expanding it.
Good use of photography can immeasurably improve an article. Frequently, a good suitable image already exists on Wikimedia Commons and can be used as is. Sometimes, this is not the case. This section will help you if
As a thank you for help with photographic problems, consider awarding {{ subst:The Photographer's Barnstar|message ~~~~}}
Instructions:
The following editors will help with photography. Please summarise the skills you can provide.
This section is requesting help with modifying or cleaning up photographs that already exist on Commons.
This section is requesting help with copyright issues and for dealing with difficulties in supplying fair use rationales. The image may already exist on Commons or be an image you are thinking of uploading.
#: Accepted. ~~~~
under the listing. When the work is complete, strike through the request with <s> ... </s>
.
If you are looking for an out-of-copyright image (for example, "General Pétain at Verdun"), list it here. If you are looking for a highly specific image (for example, a photograph of the cannon on the ramparts at Essaouira, Morocco) try asking first on the talk page of the appropriate wikiproject (in this case, Morocco) before requesting it here. Sign the request with ~~~~.
#: Accepted. ~~~~
under the listing. When the work is complete, strike through the request with <s> ... </s>
.The purpose here is to help provide high quality sources for articles. This sub-department is particularly useful for more specialist or obscure subjects. As a thank you for help with sources, consider awarding {{ subst:The Citation Barnstar|message ~~~~}}
JSTOR is a database containing articles from academic journals on a vast range of subjects, which can be searched easily either using Google or the JSTOR search engine. For non-subscribers, the results contain a JSTOR summary page containing the reference details, together with (typically) the first page of the article. The following editors can help with JSTOR articles. You should contact them directly on their talk pages.
<s> ... </s>
.