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Welcome to Operation Majestic Titan ("OMT"), the code name for a long-term collaboration that will improve Wikipedia's coverage of all battleship- and battlecruiser-related articles. If you would like to participate, please add your name to the list of contributors, and feel free to like our Facebook page. If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, or anything else, please leave a message on the talk page and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
OMT's primary objective is to create a series of featured topics centered around the battleships and battlecruisers considered, planned, built, operated, canceled, or otherwise recorded. There are 538 articles which will be included, from the earliest pre-dreadnoughts to the dreadnoughts and on to the last of the super-dreadnoughts, along with their associated ship classes. Once all articles are featured, this project will reorient to ensuring that the articles remain there.
This objective is designated "Phase I." In the future, we are going to working on improving weapons, sub-systems, and other miscellaneous subjects that relate to battleships. In our preliminary planning, these have been designated as Phases II through V.
- Phase I
- The ships themselves: all battleships and battlecruisers are included in this phase, along with their respective class articles.
- Phase II
- Weaponry: all guns aboard the battleships or battlecruisers in question will be covered under this phase, to include missiles, CIWS, electronic warfare, and anti-submarine warfare, fire control systems, and other ordnance-related systems.
- Phase III
- Major historical highlights: this phase will address battles and other major events that involved battleships or battlecruisers.
- Phase IV
- Biographies: this phase includes anyone person of note who served on or commanded a battleship or battlecruiser.
- Phase V
- Miscellaneous: anything not immediately covered by the previous phases.
Any article within the scope of Majestic Titan should be marked by adding OMT=# to the {{WPMILHIST}} project banner at the top of its talk page (where "#" corresponds to the phase number; see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:Operation Majestic Titan articles and allow automated progress measuring.
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Note: This progress marks only Phase I. As other phases become active, the matrix will be adjusted accordingly.
Any articles currently at review will be listed at the review department.
Phase I progress
Short-term goals
For a project of this magnitude it will take several years to complete each of the separate phases. Therefore some smaller goals have been defined for our members to work towards, which currently are:
| In total 20% Featured articles/lists: 68.5% complete |
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| In total 50% Good articles or higher: 82.4% complete |
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| 30 Good or Featured topics: 83.3% complete |
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Long-term goals
We hope to eventually attain:
| 50% Featured Articles/Lists: 27.3% complete |
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| All Good Articles or higher: 41.2% complete |
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" In Greek mythology, the Titans were greater even than the gods. They ruled their universe with absolute power! Well that football field out there tonight, that's our universe. Let's rule it like Titans!"
—Coach Boone, Remember the Titans
In Greek mythology, the elder gods were the Titans. Twelve of these beings ruled over the golden age before they were overthrown by the Olympian gods at the end of a ten-year war. After the titans were defeated they met a variety of ends; most were cast out and imprisoned. A lucky few had the fortune to survive this fate, and would serve in limited capacities for the Olympian gods during their reign as the supreme beings. For all this though, the titans-although defeated-remained a force of contention, having left their mark on ancient Greek society and earning for themselves a place in the modern study of ancient history.
In much the same way these battleships also shared a similar story. Battleships were the undeniable gods of seaborne warfare in the late 19th and early to mid 20th century until their reign was savagely cut short by the rise of the aircraft carrier during the Second World War. Having established themselves as the new gods of seaborne warfare, these carriers banished the battleships first into reserve, then to the scrapyards, but a precious few managed to escape. Four were overhauled and served in the 1980s and 90s; only nine still exist today, as floating museums.[Note 1] Although they no longer remain as a powerful force, battleships have certainly left their mark on the world, and today still inspire awe among the public.
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- If you'd like, a userbox is located here
- Anthony.bradbury (talk · contribs) (British pre-dreadnought battleships (created most of the articles, which are now much improved) and WWII battleships of all nations. Extensive library available.)
- bahamut0013 (talk · contribs) (not much good at article improvement, but I work on P:BB, this page, and other administrative tasks; also good at getting resources with my military connections (call me the OMT Clerk))
- Buggie111 (talk · contribs) (Will work mostly on translation of articles from ru.wiki and building of articles that still are not alive)
- Cla68 (talk · contribs) ( Imperial Japanese Navy; mainly images and back-up help with resources and details.)
- Climie.ca (talk · contribs) (Japanese battleships during WWII, general assistance for British, German, and American battleships, copyediting and ref support.)
- Dank (talk · contribs)
- Deathlibrarian (talk · contribs) (Focusing on Australian ships. Have access to many online Journals.)
- DPdH (talk · contribs) (All-field player, with focus on Argentine Navy.)
- MBK004 (talk · contribs)
- MisterBee1966 (talk · contribs) (mainly the German biographies, my library; I am willing to help but have no clue)
- NativeForeigner (talk · contribs)
- Nick-D (talk · contribs)
- pbl1998 (talk · contribs) (Love all different ships)
- Parsecboy (talk · contribs) (mainly the German ships, though I have a number of books that will be useful elsewhere. My library; if there's anything that might be useful, let me know and I'll be happy to help.)
- Paul-Pierre Valli (talk · contribs) - French ships
- Simon Harley (talk · contribs) (Consultant pedant, see User:Simon Harley/Library.)
- Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs)
- Takashi kurita (talk · contribs) (I can help in spanish ships articles (revision, references ... but my english short for write articles...))
- TomStar81 (talk · contribs) (Anything. Everything.)
- The ed17 (talk · contribs) (American/Brazilian/Argentinian/Chilean battleships)
- White Shadows (talk · contribs) (Currently working on the Austro-Hungarian Battleships.)
- WikiCopter (talk · contribs) (Copyeditor, small varied library)
- Yoenit (talk · contribs) (Restricting myself to the US pre-dreadnaughts for now.)
- YouKnowTheStuff (talk · contribs) Just intrested in battleships, that's all.
- BigSlickMik (talk · contribs) (I have 30+ books on various WWII naval topics, so I will help where I can)
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Sinking of HMS Hood by J.C. Schmitz-Westerholt
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