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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:22, 3 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Siege of Erivan (1804)

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)[reply]

@LouisAragon: G'day, Louis, nice work. I'd say it would have a good chance, but I'm not sure to be honest. Sending it to peer review first might be a good idea. I'd suggest a couple of improvements before GAN, if possible:
  • The addition of an image would be fantastic
  • I think the lead could be expanded by a sentence or two
  • The Siege section, if possible, should explain how the siege progressed. Currently, it kind of just says the siege happened, but not how it took place. (This could include some of the strength details, and the other commanders, that are currently only included in the infobox).
  • Finally, I suggest working the Axeworthy quote into the article. Currently it is included in the Sources, but actually doesn't appear to be used in the body of the narrative.
Anyway, all the best! Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 00:11, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks alot for your response, AR. I just sent it to peer review, added a pic to it, and fixed that reference you mentioned. - LouisAragon (talk) 02:06, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

 The WikiChevrons 
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)[reply]

FFA Cup scores

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)[reply]

June 2018 Milhist article writing contest

The Writer's Barnstar
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)[reply]
Thanks, PM. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 02:10, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue CXLVII, July 2018

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If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:11, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Lineage of the Australian Army

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)[reply]

G'day, I've adjusted the page numbers a little per the copy I have here at home. I would suggest a brief "Perpetuation" section, but the lineage is very complicated, to be honest. I might be able to scan/email some pages for you if you send me your email address via the "email this user" function on my talk page. Please ping me here to let me know if/when you send me an email, as I don't check that inbox very frequently. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 10:16, 11 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I have sent the email. Still, for the sake of comprehensiveness, should the article include a section on the militia unit called the SAMR? I presume there was a relationship since the members of the Boer War SAMR were supposed to be veterans of the local defense force. Kges1901 (talk) 15:45, 11 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Kges1901: G'day, I've sent you some photos of the pages now via email. Hope they help. Regarding the Militia, yes I think it would be good to include something about this. I believe that many of the militia personnel volunteered for as individuals for service in the Boer War, but the militia units themselves as such did not actually deploy as a formed body. As a reward for volunteering, the units that perpetuated the militia unit later received the South Africa battle honour as an "honorary distinction/banner". Hence, the 3rd and 9th Light Horse received these banners. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 02:57, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

1914 links

The articles you unlinking are date articles: by DEFINITION they're related to the year articles. --Calton | Talk 06:23, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Calton: G'day, yes, I agree. Sorry for this, I was trying to unlink only a few year links on the Military of Australia portal, but I have totally stuffed it up. Humblest apologies. I will try to undo it all. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 06:25, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. --Calton | Talk 06:27, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

De-linking years

Please review your edits. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:56, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Koavf: G'day, yes, as per the above this was a huge misclick by myself. Very sorry for this. I'm trying to revert them all. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 06:58, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I see the above now. Goodonya. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:59, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
In these cases, it's best to execute a mass-rollback from the user-contributions-page by filtering the edits.That you've already indulged in a manual cleanup, it won't be of much-use now. ∯WBGconverse 07:07, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Using the mass-rollback script in conjuction with another useful complement (so that the browser does not crash from the volume of new tabs opened:)) usually works well.Best,∯WBGconverse 07:10, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Winged Blades of Godric: G'day, thanks for this. I'm not quite sure where to install this, though. Do I save it into my monobook.js? Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 07:32, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I would use common.js, unless the script or your usage would be monobook-specific. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 15:03, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
See my common.js as an example (copied from others) on how to load multiple .js files. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 15:08, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Arthur. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 02:18, 13 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Arthur Rubin: Sorry, Arthur, follow up question, if I create a common.js, will that interfere with my monobook.js? Should I transfer all the scripts I have in monobook to common.js to consolidate, or can they function separately without dramas? Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 02:33, 13 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry to interrupt. Common.js and monobook.js don't interfere with each other. Alex Shih (talk) 05:22, 13 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Alex. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 05:29, 13 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Royal New Zealand army

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)[reply]

@Godsavethequeen001: Like I said, please provide a citation to a reliable source that it is the "Royal New Zealand Army", otherwise you should not change it. The Army's own website does not use this designation: [1]. Various branches of the army (i.e. its corps) use the designation, but the Army itself is simply designated as the "New Zealand Army". Wikipedia policy requires references, not opinions per WP:V. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 09:48, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

HM is Commander in Chief

Stop taking the queen off the cammanders list. You must be a anti royal or something. Godsavethequeen001 (talk) 09:51, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't taken anyone off the commander's list. I reverted your addition of "Royal" to the name of the organisation. Equally, please do not resort to casting aspersions. It matters not what my personal opinion about royalty is. What matters is reliable sources. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 09:57, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I removed the claim that the Queen is the commander in chief of the NZ Army. She isn't, as the Governor General of NZ holds this role. Please see [2] and [3]. Nick-D (talk) 10:27, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Rudolf Abel - American mdy or British dmy?

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)[reply]

G'day, Adam, it is probably best to start a discussion on the talk page if you disagree with the change, with a ping to the editor who made it. To be honest, I can see arguments for either style, but my argument would be so long as it is consistent, it probably doesn't matter. That said, I don't really see why it had to be changed. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 07:51, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
AustralianRupert – He's continuing the reverts. Even though there are now a mixture of date varients through the article. Please intervene to hold the article at a respectfully level of high standards. I would hate having to have done all that late night work for months and now one person thinks they are right. Adamdaley (talk) 08:41, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

7th United States Colored Siege Artillery

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)[reply]

– The same for this one as well: 31st United States Colored Infantry. Adamdaley (talk) 03:02, 21 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Adamdaley: G'day, Adam, what is the move target for 31st United States Colored Infantry? Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 03:19, 21 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It would be 30th Connecticut Infantry Regiment (Colored). It already has a page, cannot revert it back to that. Adamdaley (talk) 03:20, 21 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, Adam. Done now. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 03:30, 21 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I think GELongstreet and myself, are going to have some conflict with the African American Regiments etc. How would we get around this? Adamdaley (talk) 03:47, 21 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
What specifically do you think will be at issue? Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 03:55, 21 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I am renaming the "African American" to lets say "1th Illinois Infantry Regiment (Colored)" and I think GELongstreet will use "African American" at the end of the Regiment. Just want to make sure there is no conflict. Adamdaley (talk) 04:12, 21 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I would suggest you outline your proposal in a central location and then ask for opinions about whether there is consensus for this. You can invite GELongstreet to offer their opinion also. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 04:19, 21 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
No conflict as far as I am concerned. African-American is a term that is, to my knowledge, not used in the original unit names so I agree with you and see no reason why it should be used here. But I haven´t seen it used in that capacity here anyway. ...GELongstreet (talk) 09:53, 21 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Jemaah Islamiyah

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)[reply]

  • G'day, CPA, yeah, not sure to be honest. Looks a bit weird, but not really sure what the go is. To be honest, I prefer to avoid terrorism-related articles. I have lost three friends to the war, and the better part of my soul, so I'd rather not look into that article too much. Sorry. If it looks like devolving into an edit war, it might pay to report it to WP:RPP, but potentially it might be resolved by posting a query on the article's talk page and inviting the editing IPs to comment on why they are doing what they are doing. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 10:47, 24 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Greetings Rupert, understandeble, I'm sorry for your lost and thanks once again for your help. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 11:58, 24 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2.51.10.38

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. Blackhole78 talk | contrib 01:37, 27 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Re-upped for 72 hours. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 01:48, 27 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

New coord tranche page

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)[reply]

Thanks, PM. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 09:33, 29 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

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)Mcb133acoMcb133aco (talk) 19:24, 29 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Mcb133aco: No worries, I've taken a quick look at those articles and made a couple of minor tweaks, but I'm afraid I'm not really able to get too involved at the moment. Overall, nice work. The Seabee article is looking quite good, and I would encourage you to consider taking it to peer review sometime, as that might help you improve it further. With regards to NMCB 25, I'd suggest expanding the lead a little more so that it summarises the article more fully. Regarding Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133, there are quite a few uncited paragraphs, particularly in the 2005-present section which should be rectified if possible. General observations in relation to all three articles: (1) be careful not to fall into the trap of WP:EDITORIALIZING, (2) the referencing style could be cleaned up a little (although this is minor thing), by the use of templates (e.g. {{cite web}} and {{cite book}}) and is not mandatory, (3) I think you may need to reduce with the amount of images being used as they can be a bit distracting if over used (please see MOS:IMAGERELEVANCE). Anyway, that is all for now. Thanks for your efforts so far. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 06:41, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Again Thank you. Mcb133aco (talk) 16:29, 30 July 2018 (UTC)Mcb133acoMcb133aco (talk) 16:29, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Updated ACR instructions etc

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)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – August 2018

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The Bugle: Issue CXLVIII, August 2018

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If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 08:35, 12 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Alabama Civil War Regiments

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)[reply]

G'day, Adam, I hope you are well. I have adjusted the category sort for you (it is just a matter of adjusting the piping in the category link), but I think it might be best to use the requested move process. I am reducing my editing and won't be venturing an opinion on much moving forward. Sorry. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 10:57, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Les bon assessors

The Teamwork Barnstar
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)[reply]
Thank you, Gog. Good luck with taking the article further. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 01:09, 18 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

Precious
Six years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:03, 26 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations!

 The WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves 
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)[reply]
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