Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Russian Ground Forces/archive1

Russian Ground Forces[edit]

This article has been much improved and brought to A-class status, and is now ready for FAC consideration with numerous cites and photos. Self-nomination. Buckshot06 08:46, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Whether you read the official website of the subj?
- The Russian name for subj is Сухопутные войска Российской Федерации, hence the English one must be something like Land Forces of the Russian Federation
- The Russian Empire has Ground Forces and it was Russian Ground Forces too. See e.g. Heads_of_military_of_Imperial_Russia#Ministry of Land Forces Kmorozov 11:42, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - http://www.mil.ru/eng/1862/12068/12088/12220/index.shtml They are called "Russian Ground Force" on www.mil.ru. Jeltz talk 11:59, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - At [1] claimed that the history of the Russian Ground Forces begins in the age of Kievan Rus Kmorozov 12:31, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Some summarizing on army ranks and insignia? Currently the article isn't appallingly long, 45 KB total. --Brand спойт 12:39, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support This is an excellent article and would form a good model for all other articles on national militaries. In addition to describing the capabilities and roles of the Russian Ground Forces, this article also discusses the RGF's future and the cultural/structural issues which are impacting on it in a concise yet well referenced and powerful way. My only concerns are that the Ranks and insignia section should be either fleshed out or removed and the prose in the 'Mission' paragraph could be tightened a little bit (it reads like a translation, which I guess is what it is). --Nick Dowling 23:26, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support Nick Says it all

Flubeca 01:58, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support & Comment. Great Job. There is some missing information like who are the top Echelon Commanders of the Russian Army and some Information about Women and Ethnic Minorities in the Army. Just a suggestion. Mercenary2k 05:52, 4 December 2006 (UTC) Thanks for adding the stuff about women and the Top commanders in the Army. Dont worry if you didnt find any info on ethnic minorities in the army. I am pretty sure that Russian Army doesnt release these statistics because of the on going wars in Chechenya. My concerns have been addressed, so I fully support.[reply]

Support The article is terrific with many various details and history of the Russian Ground Forces. I do agree it could be better, if some of the above suggestions were fulfilled, but it looks good enough to me. Hello32020 22:17, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator's Comment I've made a few notes, as requested, on ranks, and tried to improve the Mission section, though further wordsmithing assistance would be welcome. Am in process of adding the Military district commanders to the table, and I've added a note on what little info there is on women in the Ground Forces. There is virtually no information available on ethnic minorities within the Ground Forces as far as I can see, but I'll keep looking. Thanks for your comments. Buckshot06 05:53, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support. --Ghirla ^-трёп- 08:44, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support Kmorozov 08:51, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]