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Good article reassessment for Fort Pasir Panjang

Fort Pasir Panjang has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article.

Good article reassessment for Winchester Model 1200

Winchester Model 1200 has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:03, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Hoping that somebody may have access to suitable sources that link the Models 200, 120 and 2200 to the Model 1200. If you do, please drop by and add these to the variants. Regards, Cinderella157 (talk) 06:30, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Battle of Lade

Battle of Lade has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 22:28, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Afghanistan conflict (1978–present) move discussion

Please see here for more details: Talk:Afghanistan_conflict_(1978–present)#Should_be_renamed_to_Afghan_Conflict_(1978–present) FOARP (talk) 08:53, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Name for the metal ring around some AP shells

Some armor-piercing shells have a metal ring around the nose with a (somewhat) sharpened front edge. The purpose is that if the shell hits the armor at an angle, the ring will rotate the shell so it is aligned with the armor. Such a device can be seen, for instance, on the images of the Henschel Hs 293, where is is referred to as a "Kopfring". Is there a widely used English term for this device? Maury Markowitz (talk) 11:33, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

@Maury Markowitz this is esentially an armor piercing cap in funktion. I cannot find any western examples of this design on bombs and missiles but i would just call it nose flange. Blockhaj (talk) 11:52, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

@Maury Markowitz https://emmasplanes.com/index.php/german-bombs/#Kopfring Blockhaj (talk) 11:58, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

This webpage translates it a "nose ring", but most other English-language sorces use only the German term. The device seems to be peculiar to German munitions of that era. Alansplodge (talk) 15:51, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Soviet and Chinese bombs also feature such rings, so its not soly a german creation: https://d.newsweek.com/en/full/767623/china-bomb.jpg--Blockhaj (talk) 15:23, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Is this policy compliant?

I am wondering if these edits (see Josef Zwernemann and Franz Barten) made by @DiSantis19: are policy compliant? In essence, these articles were deleted without discussion. I would appreciate feedback. Thanks MisterBee1966 (talk) 04:41, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

As both were aces (and Zwernemann had the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves to boot) I would say both easily meet notability requirements. We have generally regarded ace status as sufficient for an article. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:14, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

They actually weren’t deleted, they were blanked and a redirect inserted in their place. Completely inappropriate process. I’ve reverted both and left them a message. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 14:48, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Discussion about disambiguation USS and USNS ships of the same name at WP:SHIPS

There is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ships#USS and USNS where disambiguation US ships of the same name but with different prefixes should need further disambiguation by their hull numbers. Llammakey (talk) 18:48, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Katyusha rocket launcher

Katyusha rocket launcher has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 01:34, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

U.S. Army Armor & Cavalry Collection, Ft. Benning

I will be visiting the U.S. Army Armor and Cavalry Collection at Fort Benning, GA, this weekend. This museum is not normally open to the public. I believe this is only the second open house they have hosted. If you want a photo of a particular tank/tanks, please let me know. There are over 190 tanks, including many "does not exist anywhere else in the world" vehicles on display. Inside the Tankodrome.

I will also be visiting Auburn to view the Philip W. Lett collection (Lett was the chief designer of the M1 Abrams). Please also let me know if you need anything scanned/photographed from that collection. Schierbecker (talk) 03:40, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

@Schierbecker: Photos of the prototype US heavy tank designs of World War II (on the left at about 1:25) would be useful. There were quite a few of these designs, and they're historically significant as forerunners of the US main battle tank series, as well as an interesting on 'what might have been' grounds given that the Army decided to buy lots of M4s instead of these tanks. There also seem to be some prototype designs from other countries, and photos of them would be valuable. There are surprisingly few photos of some of the main European Cold War era AFVs on Commons, so I'd suggest taking photos of all of these types as well. Nick-D (talk) 23:35, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

User:Nick-D I would like to post my thoughts in the next Bugle. Saturday's Scouts in Action live fire demo was amazing. Schierbecker (talk) 02:40, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

That would be fantastic - please do. Please let me know if you need any assistance with this or advice. Nick-D (talk) 03:43, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

User:Nick-D, it has been a very fruitful trip. When is the publish deadline? I want to do a short write-up and a gallery of photos and video. Schierbecker (talk) 12:16, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

We try to send it out in the first weekend of every month, so it might be too late for this month (unless you're a fast writer!). If you're happy to hold this over until next month, anything by the end of the month would be fantastic. Nick-D (talk) 09:49, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Composite bow

Composite bow has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Hog Farm _Talk 03:46, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

One-battle campaignbox

On whether Template:Campaignbox Expedition from Brazos Santiago should exist at all: it has but one battle in it, and the expedition itself has no article of its own. In 2014, Mojoworker has argued in favor of keeping the template, but more discussion is needed. 〜 Festucalex • talk 14:52, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

There's been some more recent TFDs that have supported the existence of similar campaignboxen. See Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2020 February 18#Template:Campaignbox Quantrill's Raid into Kansas and Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2022_May_28#Template:Campaignbox_Operations_near_Saint_Mark's. Hog Farm _Talk 17:52, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Unless there's potential for expansion, this seems to be almost decorative and of little navigational use (like using a map for directions to get to the dead end of a one-way street you're already on). -Indy beetle (talk) 18:48, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

FAR for Henry Moore

I have nominated Henry Moore 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. Z1720 (talk) 15:57, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Split List of wars involving France

See Talk:List of wars involving France#Split proposal. Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 22:48, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

RS question

Operation Wunderland Combat operations of the German armed forces on the Northern sea route during the Great Patriotic War by E P Guriev [1] is this a RS? Thanks Keith-264 (talk) 20:16, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

All post-Soviet sources and a professional publication, so I'd think so.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:19, 1 May 2023 (UTC)