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64th Group Army and First Battle of Maryang San

Any assistance to add appropriate notations to the Chinese 64th Group Army to reflect its participation in this battle of October 1951 would be welcomed. Mztourist I see you have edited the battle article. Do feel free to make additions to 64th Army should you wish. Cheers and Happy New Year to all!!

Ship Submersible Guided Missile Nuclear/SSGMN

This has an article on pl wiki pl:Ship Submersible Guided Missile Nuclear but not even a redirect here. Interestingly, pl wiki has a bunch of similar articles at pl:Kategoria:Rodzaje okrętów podwodnych w klasyfikacji NATO, most again have no redirects even on en wiki. I am not sure if those topics meet WP:GNG, but I am surprised we don't even have redirects? Ship Submersible, Conventional Attack Submarine, Ship Submersible Ballistic (just a redirect but the term is not mentioned in the target article on Ballistic missile submarine), Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear/SSBN (the latter is again just a redirect to the same article as the one before), Ship Submersible Guided Missile/SSGM, Submersible Ship Independent, Ship Submersible Radar Nuclear/SSRN (redirects to a non-military topic), Submersible Ship Nuclear... Some of those acronyms are mentioned in Submarines in the United States Navy. Pl wiki category suggests they are NATO classication, but maybe it's more a US Navy thing? _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:20, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Piotr, the acronyms you are mostly mentioning have no factual basis, though may be widely repeated. The original USN hull code was "S" for submarine. Then they doubled it, to "SS", like "BB" for battleship.

"for basic types the symbol is the first letter of the type name, doubled, except for aircraft carriers." (since 1920, extract from Hull code.)

SS does not *mean* anything but submarine. Suffixes were then added, B yes for ballistic missile, and N yes for nuclear. But it is not an acronym. It's just a Hull code, and more referenced details can always be added there. Buckshot06 (talk) 01:08, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

FAR for unification of Germany

User:Buidhe has nominated Unification of Germany for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:26, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Castilian occupation of London

Some views on this somewhat provocative new page would be apprecitated at Talk:Castilian occupation of London, from someone familiarity with 14th century London. Klbrain (talk) 21:28, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle of Chandighat (1771)

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle of Chandighat (1771), which is within the scope of this WikiProject. Imperial^[AFCND] 13:43, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Polish-Ukrainian conflict in 1940s

Hi, need your help. There's discussion regarding what to call result in Polish-Ukrainian conflict in 1940s. Partially discussion took place here as well. Dƶoxar (talk) 11:49, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Merge discussion Battle of Siversk to Battle of Donbas (2022)

Please see discussion at Talk:Battle of Siversk#Merge. Cinderella157 (talk) 04:52, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Order of battle articles

What are the guidelines on on “order of battle”-type articles and their notability.? I ask because of Template:Campaignbox Forty Years' War, which seems a bit excessive to me. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 06:51, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

I think just regular GNG... I would agree that those topics don't appear notable. Even something about a much more major and covered war like Order of battle of the Gulf War ground campaign doesn't actually appear to be notable, I think they only exist because of inertia, it became a style when it shouldn't have and people have made the assumption that because the others exist making more is ok... Nobody has gotten around to deleting them even though they clearly shouldn't exist. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 16:04, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

They exist because of WP:SUMMARYSTYLE, which is an editing policy. On the one hand, people complain about articles being too long; on the other, when articles are split off they complain that the subarticle is not notable in its own right. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:23, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Battle of La Haye-du-Puits

If anyone can suggest a DYK hook for this article, I would be most grateful. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:37, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Something about two of the 8th Infantry Division's regimental commanders and then the divisional commander being sacked, perhaps? Nick-D (talk) 23:47, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

The 90th Infantry Division did even better: two of its division commanders were sacked, along with the assistant division commander. Alas, outside the time frame of the battle. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:22, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

That division had a fascinating, if horrific, history. From coming close to being disbanded due to poor performance in Normandy to one of the better divisions in the ETO. Thomas E. Ricks' book on US generals in World War II might be worth consulting for this article given he discusses (approvingly) the high rate at which US Army commanders were sacked during this period of the war. Nick-D (talk) 06:39, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

I read Colby's history of the 90th not long after it came out and I was appalled at how little time some of the relieving commanders had rectify the problems created by their predecessors before they were relieved in their turn. There was some of that during during the Battle of Hürtgen Forest as well.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 07:02, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

"Did you know on 8 July 1944, the American Confederate Flag was raised over the French town of La Haye-du-Puits?" From Hill To Shore (talk) 01:07, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for that! I will go with the Confederate flag. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:22, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Zog I of Albania#Requested move 14 March 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Zog I of Albania#Requested move 14 March 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Векочел (talk) 01:23, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Zog I of Albania#Requested move 14 March 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Zog I of Albania#Requested move 14 March 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Векочел (talk) 01:23, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Battle of Van Buren#Requested move 14 March 2024

An editor has requested that Battle of Van Buren be moved to Van Buren Raid, which may be of interest to this WikiProject. You are invited to participate in the move discussion. Hog Farm _Talk 02:52, 14 March 2024 (UTC)