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    Nominations for military historian of the year for 2016 now open!

    Military historian of the year 2016
    • First place
      First place
    • Second place
      Second place
    • Third place
      Third place

    As we find ourselves fast approaching the end of the year, it is time for us to pause to nominate the editors who we believe have made a real difference to the project. As part of the first step to determining this year's "Military Historian of the Year" award, all Milhist editors are invited to nominate those that they feel deserve a nod of appreciation for their hard work over the past 12 months. The nomination process will last until 23:59 (GMT) on 17 December. After that a new thread will be created and a voting period of forteen days will commence during which editors will be able to cast their vote for up to three of the nominees. At the end of this period, the top three editors will be awarded the Gold, Silver and Bronze Wiki respectively; all other nominees will receive the WikiProject Barnstar.

    Editors are asked to keep their nominations to 10 editors or less and nominations should be made in the following format:

    • [user name]: [reason] ~~~~

    Please nominate editors below this line, including links in the nomination statement to the most significant articles/lists/images editors have worked on since 1 January 2016. Please keep nomination statements short and concise; excluding links to the articles/list/images in question, the ideal nomination statement should be about 20 words. Self nominations are frowned upon. Please do not vote until the nominations have been finalized. Thanks, and good luck! TomStar81 (Talk) 20:24, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Nominations

    • Peacemaker67: For their contributions to articles about warships, especially Yugoslavian warships. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 21:38, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Kges1901: For their consistent and prolific contributions in the area of the military history of the Soviet Union, including a large number of new articles on Heroes of the Soviet Union. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:51, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Borsoka: For their contributions to articles on Hungarian royalty. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 06:59, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Keith-264: for his contribution to modern trench warfare. --Tagishsimon (talk) 07:10, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • KAVEBEAR: for what they have done with Hawaiian military history. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 07:12, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Parsecboy: Made several significant contributions to Austria-Hungary military history. Had numerous GAs to credit this year, and also A-Class and featured content. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 08:03, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • AustralianRupert: Knowing that he is not one to garner accolades, I nonetheless nominate him for his work on the battles of the Kokoda Track campaign and particularly the Battle of Isurava - not to mention his many other contributions, both as an editor and co-ordinator. It is always a pleasure to collaborate with him and his manner is an example of leadership are such to which all Wikipedians should aspire. Cinderella157 (talk) 11:17, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Keysanger: for his contributions to Chilean military history, specially warships and cartography.--MarshalN20 Talk 15:37, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Hchc2009: for his extensive contributions to Medieval history, most recently his ongoing series on Henry VIII's Device Forts. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 13:58, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Hawkeye7: For his ongoing efforts to improve our coverage of the Manhattan Project and nearly everything associated with it (not to mention his efforts as a project coordinator and continued support in the form of MILHIST bot, and help improving other articles through our review processes etc). Anotherclown (talk) 05:04, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Nick-D: For still writing high quality content after all these years (including by my incomplete count at least 6 GAs, 4 As, and 1 FA this calendar year - probably others) and his ongoing work for the wider project via the Bugle (and elsewhere of cse). Anotherclown (talk) 05:04, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Ian Rose: For his continued high quality content work (especially with our biographies), as well as his ongoing project work as a coordinator and with the Bugle. Anotherclown (talk) 05:04, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Auntieruth55: For opening the discussion which lead to consensus the reorganization of the task forces early this year. TomStar81 (Talk) 06:56, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • MilHistBot For saving us and our fingers from the agony of a 45-60 minute manual closure of A-Class reviews. TomStar81 (Talk) 06:56, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Cplakidas: Since the usual suspects are already listed, I would like to nominate Cplakidas for his prolific contributions in the fields of Byzantine and Middle Eastern military history.--Catlemur (talk) 18:08, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Wreck Smurfy: For consistent, solid work on Soviet division histories. Buckshot06 (talk) 19:29, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Anotherclown: For ongoing efforts in reviewing articles at GAN and A-class Review. AustralianRupert (talk) 13:32, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Sturmvogel 66: For obvious reasons, but for those who are less aware of Sturm, he has and continues to create quality content about warships from around the world. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 01:37, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • I thank you for the nomination, but must decline it in favor of any of the other quality editors listed above.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 05:02, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Voting

    Voting has closed. Thank you to all who took part. An uninvolved co-ord will tally the results and hand out the awards shortly. The results will also be published in the next edition of The Bugle. Happy New Year! Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 00:46, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

    Nominations for this year's "Military Historian of the Year" award have now closed, and it is time to vote for who you think deserves this honour. As with the awards for previous years, the second and third placed editors and all the runners up will also be acknowledged. The nominees for this award and the statements given in support of these nominations are provided above. Voting can be done below by adding a hash sign (#) followed by the four tildes (~~~~) to nominee's sections. All editors are welcome to vote, but are asked to vote for a maximum of three candidates. The winner will be the editor who receives the most 'support' votes by the time voting closes at 23:59 (GMT) on 31 December 2016. Good luck to all the nominees! For the coordinators, AustralianRupert (talk) 08:17, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    1. Support AustralianRupert (talk) 08:13, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    2. Support Nick-D (talk) 10:42, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    3. Support -- MarshalN20 ✉🕊 17:10, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    1. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 09:04, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    2. Irondome (talk) 22:35, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    3. TomStar81 (Talk) 21:22, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    1. Support Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:23, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    2. Support Nick-D (talk) 10:42, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    3. Support Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 13:26, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    4. Support Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 15:21, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    5. Support acfrue (talk) 16:30, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    6. Support Exemplo347 (talk) 08:53, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    7. Support Cinderella157 (talk) 09:27, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    8. Support Zawed (talk) 02:00, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    9. Support Nostalgia of Iran Love to help Wikipedia (talk) 09:44, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    10. Support Miyagawa (talk) 10:05, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    11. Petebutt (talk) 13:52, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    12. Support KMJKWhite (talk) 17:05, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    13. Support Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk) 22:42, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    14. Support —MBlaze Lightning T 06:22, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    15. Support Cuprum17 (talk) 14:49, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    16. Support Dead Mary (talk) 19:38, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    17. Support Jak474 (talk) 19:53, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    1. Support TeriEmbrey (talk) 16:12, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    2. Support Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:03, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    3. Wish this total was higher—Borsoka has done some truly commendable work. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 01:35, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    4. Support--Catlemur (talk) 22:09, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    5. Support KMJKWhite (talk) 17:05, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    6. Irondome (talk) 22:35, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    1. Support Hchc2009 (talk) 12:43, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    2. Support Ian Rose (talk) 12:47, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    3. Mr rnddude (talk) 02:31, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    4. Support--Catlemur (talk) 22:09, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    5. Support Nostalgia of Iran Love to help Wikipedia (talk) 09:44, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    6. Support auntieruth (talk) 16:42, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    1. Support -- Euryalus (talk) 09:11, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    2. Support Nick-D (talk) 10:42, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    3. Support TeriEmbrey (talk) 16:12, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    4. Support Smmurphy(Talk) 00:09, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    5. Support acfrue (talk) 16:30, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    6. Support--Catlemur (talk) 22:09, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    7. Support Parsecboy (talk) 14:57, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    8. Support GABgab 05:05, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    9. Support — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 05:20, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    10. Support KMJKWhite (talk) 17:05, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    11. Support -- Shudde talk 10:38, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    12. Support Cuprum17 (talk) 14:49, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    1. Support Ian Rose (talk) 12:47, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    2. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 01:35, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    3. Mr rnddude (talk) 02:31, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    4. Support Zawed (talk) 02:00, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    5. Support Nev1 (talk) 11:43, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    6. Support Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk)
    7. Support Chris Troutman (talk) 01:43, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    1. Support -- Euryalus (talk) 09:11, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    2. Support Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:03, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    3. Support Kierzek (talk) 16:26, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    4. Support Twobells (talk) 09:59, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    5. Support -- MarshalN20 ✉🕊 17:10, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    1. Support Miyagawa (talk) 10:05, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    2. Support — Maile (talk) 22:14, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    3. Support -- MarshalN20 ✉🕊 17:10, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    1. Support Parsecboy (talk) 14:57, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    2. Support Bertdrunk (talk) 05:06, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    3. Support --Woogie10w (talk) 13:34, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    4. Support Dead Mary (talk) 19:38, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    1. Support auntieruth (talk) 16:42, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    2. TomStar81 (Talk) 21:22, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    1. Support AustralianRupert (talk) 08:13, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    2. Support Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:23, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    3. Support Thank you for all the work you do on biographies of military people. TeriEmbrey (talk) 16:10, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    4. Support Wreck Smurfy (talk) 00:57, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    5. Support VoidWanderer (talk) 11:18, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    6. Support Cloptonson (talk) 20:41, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    7. Irondome (talk) 22:35, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    8. Support Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk)
    9. Support Dead Mary (talk) 19:38, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    1. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 09:04, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    2. Support - MarshalN20 ✉🕊 17:10, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    3. TomStar81 (Talk) 21:22, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    1. Support Rjensen (talk) 08:50, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    2. Support -- Euryalus (talk) 09:11, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    3. Support Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 15:21, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    4. Support Smmurphy(Talk) 00:09, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    5. Support --Woogie10w (talk) 13:34, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    6. Support --Edward Sandstig (talk) 21:54, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    7. Support —MBlaze Lightning T 06:24, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    8. Support Chris Troutman (talk) 01:43, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    1. Support Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:23, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    2. Support Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 13:26, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    3. Support Smmurphy(Talk) 00:09, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    4. Support Kierzek (talk) 16:26, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    5. Support GABgab 05:05, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    6. Support - MarshalN20 ✉🕊 17:10, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    1. Support AustralianRupert (talk) 08:13, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    2. Support Ian Rose (talk) 12:47, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    3. Support Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 13:26, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    4. Support Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 15:21, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    5. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 01:35, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    6. Mr rnddude (talk) 02:31, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    7. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 09:04, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    8. Support Zawed (talk) 02:00, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    9. Support Parsecboy (talk) 14:57, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    10. Support Kierzek (talk) 16:26, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    11. Support GABgab 05:05, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    12. Support Nostalgia of Iran Love to help Wikipedia (talk) 09:44, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    13. Support Miyagawa (talk) 10:05, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    14. Support auntieruth (talk) 16:42, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    15. Support Anotherclown (talk) 22:21, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    16. Support Cuprum17 (talk) 14:49, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    17. Support Chris Troutman (talk) 01:43, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    1. Support Kges1901 (talk) 10:19, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    2. Support -- MarshalN20 ✉🕊 17:10, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

    Nominations for military history newcomer of the year for 2016 now open!

    Military history newcomer of the year 2016
    • First place
      First place
    • Runners up
      Runners up

    As we find ourselves fast approaching the end of the year, it is time for us to pause to nominate the editors who we believe have made a real difference to the project. In addition to the Military historian of the year, all Milhist editors are invited to nominate a promising newcomer that they feel deserves a nod of appreciation for their hard work over the past 12 months for the Military history newcomer of the year award. The award is open to any editor who has become active in military history articles in the last 12 months.

    Like the Military Historian of the Year, the nomination process will last until 23:59 (GMT) on 17 December. After that a new thread will be created and a voting period of seven days will commence during which editors will be able to cast their vote for up to three of the nominees. At the end of this period, the top editor will be awarded the Gold Wiki; all other nominees will receive the WikiProject Barnstar.

    Editors are asked to keep their nominations to 10 editors or less and nominations should be made in the following format:

    • [user name]: [reason] ~~~~

    Please nominate editors below this line, including links in the nomination statement to the most significant articles/lists/images editors have worked on since 1 January 2016. Please keep nomination statements short and concise; excluding links to the articles/list/images in question, the ideal nomination statement should be about 20 words. Self nominations are frowned upon. Please do not vote until the nominations have been finalized. Thanks, and good luck! TomStar81 (Talk) 20:24, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Nominations

    Voting

    Voting has closed. Thank you to all who took part. An uninvolved co-ord will tally the results and hand out the awards shortly. The results will also be published in the next edition of The Bugle. Happy New Year! Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 00:48, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

    Nominations for this year's "Military History Newcomer of the Year" award have now closed, and it is time to vote for who you think deserves this honour. As with the awards for previous years, the second and third placed editors and all the runners up will also be acknowledged.

    The nominees for this award and the statements given in support of these nominations are provided above. Voting can be done by adding a hash sign (#) followed by the four tildes (~~~~) to the nominee's section below.

    All editors are welcome to vote, but are asked to vote for a maximum of three candidates. The winner will be the editor who receives the most 'support' votes by the time voting closes at 23:59 (GMT) on 31 December 2015.

    Good luck to all the nominees! For the coordinators, AustralianRupert (talk) 08:17, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    1. Support TeriEmbrey (talk) 16:10, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    2. Support Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:04, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    3. Support Smmurphy(Talk) 01:20, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    4. Support Parsecboy (talk) 14:54, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    5. Support KMJKWhite (talk) 17:07, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    6. Support Cloptonson (talk) 20:35, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    7. Support Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk)
    8. Support Cuprum17 (talk) 14:55, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    1. Support TeriEmbrey (talk) 16:14, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    2. Support KMJKWhite (talk) 17:07, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    3. TomStar81 (Talk) 21:23, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    1. Support Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:25, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    2. Support--Catlemur (talk) 15:02, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    3. Support Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:04, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    4. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 01:33, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    5. Support Parsecboy (talk) 14:54, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    6. Support -- Constantine ✍ 09:11, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    7. Support Nostalgia of Iran Love to help Wikipedia (talk) 09:45, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    8. Support Miyagawa (talk) 10:02, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    9. Support auntieruth (talk) 16:45, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    10. Support Dead Mary (talk) 19:42, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    11. Irondome (talk) 19:52, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    12. Support Chris Troutman (talk) 01:31, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    13. TomStar81 (Talk) 21:23, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    1. Support: AustralianRupert (talk) 08:16, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    2. Support Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:25, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    3. Support -- Euryalus (talk) 09:14, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    4. Support - Hchc2009 (talk) 12:42, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    5. Support--Catlemur (talk) 15:02, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    6. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 01:33, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    7. Support Zawed (talk) 02:01, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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    11. Support Nostalgia of Iran Love to help Wikipedia (talk) 09:45, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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    17. Irondome (talk) 19:52, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    1. Support All the editors nominated have made great contributions though. Nick-D (talk) 10:39, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    2. Support - per my nomination statement above.
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    1. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 01:33, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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    1. Support -- Euryalus (talk) 09:14, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    2. Support --- been showing up in all sorts of places making useful contributions, don't stop now! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:54, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    3. Support. —HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 09:02, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    4. Support -- Kierzek (talk) 16:35, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    5. Petebutt (talk) 13:50, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    6. Irondome (talk) 19:52, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    7. Support -- Twobells (talk) 09:56, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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    Colonial war

    I've recently overhauled the Colonial war article, removing the near entirety of the original text which was all unsourced (and for all I could tell, conjecture) and replacing it with new Harvard-style cited material. The topic is, for all its importance, incredibly broad and I'm by no means near completing the article. I think I have a pretty good general description of "colonial war" but areas concerning strategy or the synopses of the conflicts on various regions of the world are lacking. Large amounts of info will need to be combed through in order to construct summaries of the characteristics of colonial warfare for each continent. Any assistance from an expert or someone with access to good sources would be greatly appreciated. -Indy beetle (talk) 03:53, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Really great work so far! Clearly an area that needs in-depth work. Regards, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 04:19, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Same from me. I don't have the sources or knowledge base to contribute, but you've taken on a tall order and are already making a significant difference. Does anyone know who works on colonial war-type articles? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 04:46, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm working on Bengal famine of 1943 in a sandbox, and have needed to read articles about colonial India etc. If this project is very long-term, then maybe a couple months from now I can chip in on India stuff specifically. [But alas I am not in possession of any general knowledge in the topic domain].  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 04:50, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Why the pic of a rare colonialist defeat at the start? Hardly representative, I think. Keith-264 (talk) 07:17, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    I've had a quick look and think it's a good start for a very ambitious article title. Might I suggest looking for more non-colonialist and ex-/neo-colonialist sources? I'd also suggest that the period didn't end with the Portuguese Junta giving up in the 70s, that it was an interregnum which ended perhaps in 1979 (except in Palestine) with the Soviet intervention in the Afghan civil war or the invasion of Iraq in 1990 or was superseded by a period of proxy wars in from the 50s to the 80s before resuming. Keith-264 (talk) 07:32, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    From a quick read through on the phone I'd agree, a fine effort and a very good start. Well done and keep up the good work. Cheers, —  Cliftonian (talk)  12:48, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Comment - Thank you all for taking a look. I would just like to say that even if this topic is outside your usual editing domain but want to help out, let me know. -Indy beetle (talk) 21:01, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @Indy beetle: G'day, for the Australian and Oceania section, you might be able to glean some ideas from these articles: Military history of Australia, Australian frontier wars and New Zealand Wars. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 00:56, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @Indy beetle: That's some great work. If I were writing it, I might be inclined to order the article chronologically or by colonial power rather than geographical region. After all, most geographical regions outside Europe were subject to colonisation by more than one European power (the Portugese, the Spanish, the British, the French, followed later by the Italians and the Germans... and some territories changed hands over the years). The book Victoria's Wars covers Britain's various imperial skirmishes in the 19th century. You might also want to decide whether you consider Britain's campaigns during its withdrawal from empire in the second half of the 20th century to be in scope, and if they're not the article should probably mention that that is what is commonly understood by the term "small war" these days. There's scope there for a featured article if you fancy doing the research but it's a big project. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:35, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Francien de Zeeuw

    I have a question about the appropriateness of replacing redlinks with links to a non-Enlish Wiki pages? Cinderella157 (talk) 05:59, 23 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Except where there‘s no hope of a viable article at that title, I believe it’s preferable to use {{Ill}}. As long as the local target does not exist, it displays as a redlink with a small additional link to the non-English version.—Odysseus1479 07:55, 23 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    @Odysseus, would you mind doing an example for Marine Vrouwenafdeling in the article to clarify your explanation for me please. Regards Cinderella157 (talk) 08:23, 23 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks to User:GraemeLeggett I see how it works now. Cinderella157 (talk) 10:07, 23 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Horace George Victor Roberts

    There's currently an AfD discussion taking place here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Horace George Victor Roberts. I've added my comment & if anyone thinks I've said something daft, feel free to jump in and contradict me! Exemplo347 (talk) 08:20, 23 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    I doubt that will happen. The article needs details and sources to show notability as you stated there. -Fnlayson (talk) 08:33, 23 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Merry Christmas!

    Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2017!

    Hello WikiProject Military history, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you a heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2017.
    Happy editing,
    Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 06:06, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

    Happy Christmas everyone! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:23, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Operation Grandslam

    Just wanted to note that @Indy beetle: has just created a fine article on an operation by ONUC in the Congo in the early 1960s. Our coverage of what ONUC got up to has been patchy and inconsistent; this is a great article and it would be great to see other articles, including the main ONUC and Congo Crisis articles improved as well!! Great work!! Buckshot06 (talk) 10:12, 27 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Proposal to merge Template:Infobox US Field Artillery with Template:Infobox military unit.

    A discussion of changing Template:Infobox military unit is currently taking place at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2016 December 27#Template:Infobox US Field Artillery. Nick-D (talk) 23:49, 27 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Templates for discussion (December)

    Several templates that may be of interest to this project have been nominated for discussion. Please see the first entry, and six that follow:

    K.e.coffman (talk) 20:03, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Fixing broken links for Canadian Military Memorials

    Where is the best place to request broken links be fixed? The links on Canadian Military Memorials are broken. An example of the fixes needed is here. There are currently 354 such links across all namespaces: 354 links. The ID numbers are the same, but the links need fixing. Some of them are on talk pages, but the majority are on article pages. Can anyone here help? Carcharoth (talk) 13:59, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Someone familiar with AWB could probably make short work of that if the ID numbers are the same. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:08, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    I've now created {{National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials}} and am slowly sorting through all this. Adding this note in case anyone with AWB did want to fix the links, but I suspect I can get most of them (it is less than it seems as some pages have many links). Carcharoth (talk) 08:57, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Outside opinion

    At the Ulysses S. Grant main article two editors want to include mention of President Grant signing an act establishing national holidays and two editors oppose. Opinions for and against are numerous and can be found at Talk:Ulysses S. Grant. Outside opinions are needed and welcomed. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 21:00, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Wehrmachtbericht transcript on Talk pages

    Revisiting this topic...

    The matter of the Wehrmachtbericht transcripts has been controversial over the years. Most recently, it was discussed at the NPOV noticeboard (permalink), as well as at this Talk page (Quoting from London Gazette versus Wehrmachtbericht), and various article Talk pages such as on Manstein link and Bach-Zalewsk linki.

    The material was deemed undue and was subsequently removed from articles. An editor has recently began reinserting this material on Talk pages of related articles, stating that this was being done for the purposes of archiving the transcripts: sample diff 1 and diff 2. I don’t believe that this is needed nor desirable, given that Talk pages are not storage areas for material that by consensus has been determined to be unsuitable for the main space.

    I would appreciate more input on this matter. K.e.coffman (talk) 23:07, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    it's obviously unnecessary where the transcript exists in the article history. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:17, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Peer review announcement

    G'day all, a couple of peer reviews have been started for several Milhist articles and orbats:

    Anyone who is interested, is invited to take part. Thank you for your time. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 00:02, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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