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Many thanks for your *referenced* summary of the fact that the Indian Armed Forces have had the CDF-or-equivalent post example demonstrated by the British (since 1956) and the Americans even earlier, I believe, and still have done very little!! Buckshot06 (talk) 20:41, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

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Did you know that the Manual of Style prescribes no flags in Infoboxes? (This is largely for mobile users I think). Seligne (talk) 13:19, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

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Heinrich Himmler

Hi. I have reverted an edit of yours on this article, and would like to remind you about WP:BRD. When your Bold edit has been Reverted by another editor, the recommended next step, if you continue to think the edit is necessary, is to Discuss the dispute on the article talk page with other editors, but not to re-revert it, which is the first step to edit warring, a disruptive activity which is not allowed. Discussion on the talk page is the only way we have of reaching consensus, which is central to resolving editing disputes in an amicable and collegial manner, which is why communicating your concerns to your fellow editors is essential. While the discussion is going on, the article generally should remain in the status quo ante until the consensus as to what to do is reached.

To help move things along, I have started a discussion on the article talk page about the disputed edit, which you will find here. Please take the opportunity to make your views known there. It is best not to restore the material you added until there is a consensus among the editors there to do so. Thanks, Beyond My Ken (talk) 17:31, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

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Ways to improve Cyprus military ranks

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Just added sources that fit what is said on the pahe

I just added sources that I could find that fit with what is talked about on the page to help expand it and they are placed the same way like the others sources when you say formatted they fit the same way as the other ones that were previously put by both of us @Skjoldbro:Jack90s15 (talk) 18:17, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

@Jack90s15: I removed the sources for three reasons:

1) They are not formatted correctly, notice how all other source are written like {{sfn|author|year|page}} with the book itself in the bibliography.

2) You are removing tags for other sources such as "improve source" or "mention specific page", only to place new sources which also lack page numbers.

3) Half of the sources are unscientific, history books and articles from scientific journals are preferred for articles like this (with page numbers). The second half does not adequately address the subject. Such as the video of Goebbels, which in no way states that "With the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, the government's positions changed. German propagandists wanted to present the war not as a purely German concern, but as a multi-national crusade against the so-called Jewish Bolshevism". Skjoldbro (talk) 18:45, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

@Skjoldbro: Okay so if I get sources and they meet the criteria of what you told me then it will be okay to keep them as sources On the page?Jack90s15 (talk) 20:25, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

@Jack90s15: Yes. Skjoldbro (talk) 20:47, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

@Skjoldbro: ok so if I have a book put it like sfn|author|year|page then put the book name in the bibliography part of the page ?Jack90s15 (talk) 20:56, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

@Jack90s15: Yes, just look at how all the other sources are done.Skjoldbro (talk) 20:58, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

@Skjoldbro: ok I got it I will do it that and love the chart!you putJack90s15 (talk) 21:04, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

President of the Bundesrat (numbering)

Hi Skjoldbro,

before changing long standing article-fundamentals, please take your case to the given article's talk page, in order to reach a consensus with other contributers. I will willingly elaborate my objectives against your edit-proposal, if you start a debate there. Alektor89 (talk) 22:59, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

@Alektor89: So in your mind

1. why shouldn't there be a {{notelist}} for the notes?
2. Which of the 4 kinds of numbers on the german page should be used? Because I'm using pers., since you wouldn't count the same person twice (Unless it is the President of the US). Would you really say that Bernhard Vogel is both the 28th and 40th man to serve or would you just say that he is the 24th who served twice? Skjoldbro (talk) 10:52, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

As a german and diligent observer of german politics and interested in german political history, I would in fact say that Bernhard Vogel is both the 28th and 40th President of the BR (although such countings of office-holders are not as "canonical" in Germany as in the US). But I see your point and would make the following proposal: We should make a list like the one on the german page, which uses both numbering-methods (office-holders and individuals) in seperate columns. If you give me a few days [or maybe weeks ;-)], I could make such a list (but with portraits), then we would have a good solution, I think. (I think the list should also look more like the ones in the articles President of Germany and Chancellor of Germany (1949-) and for example include the Vice Presidents in a "deputies column", although this will take a bit or research, but I am willing to do this).Alektor89 (talk) 21:38, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

Hitler Youth

You seem to work quite a bit in the area of ranks and uniforms during the Nazi era. Recently, the article as to Ranks and uniforms of the HJ was deleted and made a re-direct to the Hitler Youth (HJ) article; it was consensus that the actual Ranks and Uniform part from the former article be merged/inserted into the HJ article. That has been done. If you have time, might you have a look and see if additional citing and ce is needed. Kierzek (talk) 17:54, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

Also, on a related note - Uniforms and insignia of the Sturmabteilung is in need of RS citing, if you have it. Kierzek (talk) 18:03, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, for the above; the article Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel can also use some ce work and RS citing. Kierzek (talk) 00:04, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

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"Improving" infoboxes

Will you please stop "improving" infoboxes by moving the parameters around on the editing page?! Moving the parameters around makes it extremely hard to see on the diff page what it is you've changed and what you haven't. The order of the parameters on the editing page makes absolutely no difference to the order on the page as rendered, so moving them around does nothing except inconvenience other editors, and possibly, mask changes you've made that might be disagreed with.

To make changes in a way that will make it easier for your fellow editors to tell what you've done, leave the parameters where they are and simply change what's in each parameters' field. Then, simply by looking at the diff page, a one-to-one comparison can be made, and your edits will be obvious. If you want to add parameters, fine, but please do not remove unused parameters unless you know for certain that the information that would go in those fields is not pertinent or is impossible to get. A field which is empty simply because we don't know the information can be possibly filled at a future time.

If you don't stop this practice, I shall have to bring it to the community's attention to determine if a WP:topic ban is necessary to force you to stop. Beyond My Ken (talk) 17:57, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

I have to concur with BMK on the above. Please consider the request carefully. Kierzek (talk) 21:44, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

@Beyond My Ken: I disagree with the placement having no difference, as I believe it to be more confusing for each page to have its own order to the same infobox. When editing a page you would expect elements in the infobox to have an equivalent placement in the coding, so they are easier to locate. I once saw an infobox where the image was at the bottom and the footnotes at the top, something that I would call a greater inconvenience, than having to become accustomed to the "Standard" layout. To illustrate this point I have made two Infoboxes with the exact same fields, one that is standard found at Template:Infobox officeholder, and one that is an example which could be found on any page. I think that we can all agree on which of these two is an inconvenience to any editor.

However, I can see that removal of certain fields and making complete change could help "mask changes". I will be more aware of that in the future. Skjoldbro (talk) 14:09, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

Hitler Youth

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Percy Toplis photo

Was just wondering if you could clear up a mystery about the photo you uploaded in May 2018 of Percy Toplis posing as an officer? It looks like fresh scan and can't fathom the source. I've not yet come across a reproduction as clean as this in any publication and have my doubts that it was ever 'owned' by the Nottingham Evening Post (as legend maintains). I've opened discussion about it on the Percy Toplis article after some initial confusion about who uploaded the image (the history comparison tool shows your image as an edit by Jack1956).

File talk:Percy-toplis.jpg

Also trying to obtain a higher resolution copy for a display. Would love to discuss via email if preferred. PixSrgy (talk) 09:25, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

@PixSrgy: I found it on a website which has since been deleted. So I unfortunately won't be able to help you with a higher resolution or the original uploader. Sorry. Good luck with the display. Skjoldbro (talk) 11:45, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

@Skjoldbro: Thanks for getting back. Much appreciated. Is there a slim chance you made a note who the website when you got permission to use it? PixSrgy (talk) 12:16, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

@PixSrgy: I had a look, but unfortunately no. Sorry. Skjoldbro (talk) 12:40, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

@Skjoldbro: Thanks all the same. PixSrgy (talk) 12:46, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Your colossal disimprovements

First of all I doubt that your changes were of bad faith, but you need to understand, which you perhaps already do, that there commonly is a stable group of editors behind every topic creating, maintaining and advancing articles related to that topic – in this case the topic is Austrian Politics and the group pretty much solely consists of me. There is a logic behind every of my edit and you may understand that I'm not extraordinarily happy when some random guy shows up and starts demolishing and reshuffling long-standing and perfectly fine versions. I fully welcome genuine contributions (such as content expansions or the addition of references), but edits that are major unconsensual changes which turn out to be disimprovements, emanating from an editor that never really worked on that topic before and whose driving force seems to be personal satisfaction are not so welcome.

To your edits on List of Chancellors of Austria:

1. There has been clear consensus not to use succession numbers on articles related to Austrian politics. See User:Kramler/Kurz is not the 25th chancellor, reinforced here.
2. Why would you superfluously split the tenure column in a took office column and a left office column, if you can have all information clear and simple in a single column?
3. Why would you make a completely redundant ref column?
4. Why would you write down Wilhelm Miklas 10 times instead of 1 time, although getting the same result both ways?

Viewers want to find the information they're searching for – delivered accessibly, simply and perhaps with an interesting design (pictures, colors...) which makes reading more attractive, and not inform of some giant repellent super plain and cold heap of uninteresting and completely superfluous information.

To your edits on President of Austria:

Although yes, you're right, there is a main article for the list of Presidents of Austria, there have been very few Presidents (excluding those who served in an acting capacity) and thus I wouldn't regard having a list directly on this article as excessive.

Regards, Colonestarrice (talk) 23:02, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

@Colonestarrice: You are correct in that assumption, mostly because it is important to always Assume good faith. I can also understand that you have put in a lot of work on those articles, but that does not make you the owner of the page per WP:OWNERSHIP. These edits were only to improved the pages which have less widely different table from all other pages.

Per your problems with the table:

1. The numbers have now been removed, by the way you should probably do something about the Statistics on the page then, since the Chancellors are numbered there.
2. Why wouldn't you? Even pages such as Vice-Chancellor of Austria and President of Austria does it, why should this one be any different?
3. I mean, the refs don't necessarily "need" to be in a separate column, but it does make it easier to find and edit them
4. Because he was the appointer for each one, and with sort-able tables this happens either way.

Lastly, take a look at how acting is done on the current table. For every single field there needs to be a | style="background-color: #E6E6AA" | . For this other table all you need to do is write | acting =y, which objectively easier. Also just looking at the coding, the standard table is much more easy to follow and edit than the current one.

To your edit on President of Austria: What is the point of having a separate page for the list of presidents, if they are still going to be on the other page? That is what I would qualify as completely redundant.Skjoldbro (talk) 10:46, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

National Socialist Flyers Corps

I note you have been making additions to this page. If you can add WP:RS citing as well, that would help as to this article. Thanks, Kierzek (talk) 13:48, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

Meta colour templates

Hello Skjoldbro. You'll have seen I've reverted the changes you made to the colour templates for the Social Democrats and Venstre — these templates have to be hexadecimal colours, and when you changed the format, it meant they no longer worked. You're welcome to try and change the colour again, but it has to be a hexadecimal one. Cheers, Number 57 20:36, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

@Number 57: thanks for the help, it should be fixed now. Skjoldbro (talk) 20:45, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Franz Pfeffer von Salomon

Here is one you may wish to do an info box. Kierzek (talk) 15:46, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Christian Weber (SS general)

Here is another one you may wish to do an info box. Kierzek (talk) 18:45, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

Re: Party colors

Hey. I'm actually not entirely sure if those exact hex colors are right, but I just went to the different parties Wikipedia articles and websites, and used the colors from there. A few changes were minor - like changing the Conservatives to a dark green to a light green, like the green used in their logos. But some of them were pretty significant to make the percentage bar templates more easily readable. Liberal Alliance were orange, which is the color used by the Christian Democrats (who were the same red as the Social Democrats), so that could create some confusion. I hope that answered your question. --Kaffe42 (talk) 10:55, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

@Kaffe42:, Thanks for the response. Before you made the changes, I had a look at Venstre’s and the Social Democrats' logos and took colour directly from there, so their previous hex colors should be correct. My biggest "problem" is the Conservative's and Social Liberal Party's colours, as their colours doesn't look anything like the colour used in their logos. Did you use some other reference? Thanks Skjoldbro (talk) 11:14, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Just looked at the Conservative's color again and I actually don't know where I got that one from. That should definitely be changed back to the darker color, good catch. SF's color was changed because it's very similar to Enhedslisten and Social Democrats, so to avoid confusion on percentage bars, like on this page, I think it should be changed since they are right next to Enhedslisten. I guess I should have changed the color manually there though, and kept the old color for the template. Kaffe42 (talk) 11:24, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

I went ahead and changed it. That makes sense in a way, but should we not aim to have the most accurate colours on Wikipedia, even though it might end up confusing people a bit? Skjoldbro (talk) 11:36, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Ways to improve List of Ministers of Social Affairs (Austria)

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Ways to improve List of Ministers of Defence (Spain)

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Ways to improve List of Ministers of Justice (Austria)

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Danish elections

Hi Skjoldbro. Thanks for your improvements of the Danish election articles. A couple of quick things:

• On 1890 Danish Folketing election you amended the results table and added Nohlen & Stöver as being the source (previously the table did not have one). However, these results are not in the book (voting figures are only available for 1848 and then 1906 onwards).
• With regards to using "–" in tables, the symbol is used to mean N/A. Using it in examples when figures are missing is misleading as it suggests there were no votes cast.

Cheers, Number 57 16:40, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

barnstar

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Your draft article, Draft:Military ranks of the Weimar Republic

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German forest service rank insignia

This is a new and excellent source for German forestry rank insignia 1929-1945: https://www.forestryofthethirdreich.eu/forestry-rank-insignia Good illustrations. Creuzbourg (talk) 21:30, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

On your recent revert...

Hi ! You recently reverted one of my edit. I'll undo that because : I don't understand your reasons, and in doing the revert, you butchered hours I put in the process.

1 - Your revert has altered and restored numerous false information (birth and death date, term start and term end).

2 - The Template:Officeholder table documentation discourages people from using it, as it offers no advantages offer a wikitable

3 - A wikitable offers the possibility of adding any information or format into it while an Officeholder table is completely rigid.

4 - The current Officeholder weighs considerably more than the new wikitable.

5 - It offers no page scale.

6 - It is completely unusable on a mobile device: it deforms the text inside, hides the pictures. The wikitable doesn't do that.

To go further: the birth and death dates bring absolutely nothing to the subject; they can easily be accessible if you go into the main articles.

You also stated:while keeping layout and reference changes That is false, as I said above, It restored numerous false information...

Good day. CocoricoPolynesien (talk) 15:43, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

@CocoricoPolynesien:

1. I attempted to keep all the changes that you made to the table, including time in office, for birthdays, they all come from their own pages, so don't see how that can be wrong.
2. Who says that? It is clearly much easier to find and change things as the values are clearly labeled.
3. There is just as much possibility to adding any information, makes it easier to locate elements needing to change (per above).
4. It is also very harder to discern the different elements in the new table.
5. Does it need page scaling?
6. So it seems, that shouldn't happen, that is my bad.

Who says that as well? And as stated, I attempted to keep all the changes you made, but some might have slipped.

P.S. I'll coincide – but next, wait until the discussion is finished before reverting something that has already been reverted, per WP:BRD. Skjoldbro (talk) 16:03, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Sorry to be harsh.

1 - If you look on them, some do not match at all

2 - As I said, who says that is the documentation of the template, with reasons

3 - Nope, it's completely impossible to add columns, rows and non standard information without changing the template itself. It offers a limited amount of parameters, and none on the format of the table.

4 - That's because it is the way I wrote the table; it accepts space and returns if someone needs it. It also reduces the size of the table (it cut it by almost 20k !)

5 - Yes, not everybody uses the same screen size as me, scaling is important. If there is no page scaling: the table will keep the same size and you'll need to scroll right and left. A scaled table avoids that.

6 - This template should not be used anywhere because of that.

I know but most of the changes I made have been so for a reason and I explained it in my ES...

It also says that is optional so... But I will

CocoricoPolynesien (talk) 16:24, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

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Political decorations of the Nazi Party

Hello: if you are able, please add some RS cites to the article and also add in some information to other article pages with RS cites that can be linked to awards/medals in this article; this to get rid of the "red ink" and fact there is no mention of them, anywhere. For example, medals related to the Reich Labour Service comes to mind. Any work would be appreciated. Kierzek (talk) 13:45, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

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Chief of Staff of the French Air Force

Hello. I recently come to read the Chief of Staff of the French Air Force article and something actually striked me. Your last revision is in fact my own work from my sandbox !

Listen, I don't assume ownership of anything given we are on wikipedia, and this is public information.

But when someone go to my own sandbox, take a project I'm working on and I've put countless of hours in it, all of that without asking me first if that would be okay that my own work appears under your username, I think I have the right to be a little bit angry. I think you meant well, but I don't think this is a correct behaviour.

Next time, ask me. CocoricoPolynesien (talk) 11:30, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

For the record, per WP:COPYWITHIN, you should have add in the summary something along the line of "Copied content from User:CocoricoPolynesien/sandbox". And you should have ask first too. That's unusual behavior for someone that has been on wikipedia for 8 years. CocoricoPolynesien (talk) 12:25, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

@CocoricoPolynesien: Sorry, I didn't think it was necessary to attribute sources, but I can see that I was wrong. Once again, sorry. Skjoldbro (talk) 13:15, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

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Thanks for adding time in office for north macedonia i added it in the past but someone deleted thank you Friendlyhistorian (talk) 17:11, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

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On naming translation

Hi, I think the compromise you did on the article related to the French Armed Forces is pretty good ! Common English translation next to the literal one is the way to go imo.

For information, I created the article Major General of the Armed Forces (France) (although imcomplete), the deputy to the chief of defence staff.

Good day, CocoricoPolynesien (talk) 12:11, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Upload files

Please, can you upload these photos: List of people killed or wounded in the 20 July plot (1, 2, 3), Henning von Thadden (1, 2, 3), Robert Mohr (1, 2), Jakob Schmid (1, 2), Franz Josef Müller (1), Fabian von Schlabrendorff (1), Tim Dinsdale (1). Thank you. --95.244.89.129 09:43, 24 December 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.244.89.129 (talk)

Have you some time to help me? --79.54.22.77 10:01, 27 December 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.54.22.77 (talk)

These files are most likely protected by copyright, and are therefore not eligible for being uploaded to Wikipedia. Skjoldbro (talk) 11:14, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

But can you upload those that aren't protected by copyright? --79.25.171.149 11:35, 30 December 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.25.171.149 (talk)

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Changes in Template:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OF/Colombia

Hi Skjoldbro. First, sorry by my english, I do not a english native speaker (or writer).

I see that you undid the changes in Template:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OF/Colombia but I do not understand why do you did this. The new images have the size and others specifications according with the NTMD's (Normas técnicas del Ministerio de Defensa, in english: Technical standards of the defense ministry) and the RGE 4-20.1 (Reglamento de uniformes, insignias y distinciones del ejercito colombiano, in english: Regulation of uniforms, badges and distinctions of Colombian army), while, the old images have bad proportions, colors and very low details in coats of arms in the general stars.

I do not want edition's war, therefor, I wait for your reasons to undo the changes, but if your reasons are not logic, I will do the changes again.

-CarlosArturoAcosta (talk) 17:22, 16 January 2020 (UTC) (En español: CarlosArturoAcosta, discusión)

@CarlosArturoAcosta: Those specifications sound interesting, do you have a link for them? I might be able to understand it all, but number are universal. Firstly, while the proportions might be a bit off on the current ones, I feel like the ones you propose are also off, especially after the button at the top. I feel like it elongates them unnecessarily, and they are really an outlier at Comparative army officer ranks of the Americas. Secondly, when looking at photos such as File:Juan Pablo Rodríguez Barragán.png, the colour on your proposal seems to be off. Thirdly, the ranks shown at army.mil.co do not show great detail at their star coats of arms, therefore I saw no reason for that to play a major factor. Lastly, for you proposal the stars for Mayor and Teniente Coronel are widely different in size from Coronel and all other stars. I hope that answers your questions. I would like to hear your thoughts on this. Skjoldbro (talk) 09:13, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Skjoldbro, this is the link of RGE 4-20.1 and the Technical standards are a lot, for example, the uniform color is on NTMD-0007, the dimensions of the "shoulder holder" (Where the rank insignia is located, in Spanish: portapresilla) is on NTMD like NTMD-0140 or NTMD-0134, I choose a middle number of the long of men's "shoulder holder" to make the images. Here is a old list of standards but I do not know if the list is updated. It is so strange but the stars for "Mayor" and "Teniente Coronel" have littler that the "Coronel" (p. 308-309, RGE 4-20.1) (Why?, I do not understand them).

I thought in use other insignia like pages 312-321 of RGE 4-20.1 or put the insignia alone (like United States Army officer rank insignia) but I follow the style of the old images.

Maybe, we can find some changes like "shoulder holder" size, colors and details to make better the new images and make wikipedia better (Make Wikipedia Great Again,😆😆😆)

--CarlosArturoAcosta (talk) 18:20, 18 January 2020 (UTC) (En español: CarlosArturoAcosta, discusión)

@CarlosArturoAcosta: Sorry, for the late reply, I was out of town. Thanks for the sources I couldn't understand most of it, but the uniform regulations were interesting. I think that you should make changes since, you clearly known more about it than me. By looking at the uniform regulations, it looks like the stars for Mayor and Teniente Coronel are the same as Coronel, at least when it concerns cloth patches (page 313 & 319). I therefore think it should be the same for shoulders, at least so not to confuse readers. There are also small clippings of the uniform (e.g. page 107), I think these could be a good guideline to a more photo-realistic colour. As for the size of the "should holder", I see two possibilities. 1) Do like the US and only show insignia, this would also stop the first few things from being "issues". 2) Just cut it off after the button, since it is unnecessary for understanding the ranks. What do you think of this? Skjoldbro (talk) 12:28, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

On the article List of prime ministers of Saint Lucia

Please place the election column after name column also you the table uneditable in the visual editor please fix that respond to this message as soon as you can

@Friendlyhistorian: Sorry, I have been out of town for some time. I can see that you have changed it yourself, so that is fine. But why should Election be after name? Many are not elected or acting, meaning many listings show the second information as blank. I don't known anything about the visual editor, it is a standard Wikipedia template I am using, I have not made it. Skjoldbro (talk) 12:13, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Sorry for the late response your tables are fine just election before dates most lists are like that also the problem with the templete you are using is that i can not edit on visual editor and i mostly use  the editor if i do change some of your edits i make the tables similiar to yours my edits are mostly minor i want to inform you so you don't think i am undoing your work or that i am engaging in an edit war

List of presidents of Cuba

Hello, Skjoldbro. Would you be interested to improve table at List of presidents of Cuba, as you already did at List of heads of government of Cuba? Also, since you moved that page to its new name (the old one was List of prime ministers of Cuba), should List of presidents of Cuba be moved to List of heads of state of Cuba, for the sake of consistency? --Sundostund (talk) 02:40, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

You did it perfectly, man! Great! --Sundostund (talk) 14:24, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

Removal of your list

I thought that I should inform you about the systematic removal of your version of list of officeholders, by User:Friendlyhistorian (see Special:Contributions/Friendlyhistorian). See List of heads of state of Mali, List of presidents of Cameroon and President of Gabon as examples. --Sundostund (talk) 20:31, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Listen my only demand are that the table is in that order:

 |     Name    |        |          |           Term of office             |
No.|Portrait|(Birth–Death)|Election|Took office|Left office|Time in office|

also i will delete the section in my talk page and rename it officeholder tables if there is further discussion because i can't differentiate your messages and Sundostund.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Friendlyhistorian (talk • contribs)

@Skjoldbro: I left my response at User talk:Friendlyhistorian#officeholder tables. He (again) removed messages from the discussion, so its not easy to understand the discussion without looking into the history of his talk page. --Sundostund (talk) 20:09, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

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Ended work

Hello Skjoldbro,

I thought you might want to know I finished the work on the list of chiefs on:

• Chief of Staff of the French Army
• Chief of Staff of the French Navy
• Chief of Staff of the French Air Force

I'm still working on the Major General of the Defence Staff (that I renamed to match the Chief). I'm also working on the Military Governor of Lyon (in my sandbox), although this one is a little bit tricky for me.

Next on the list:

• Major General of the Army
• Major General of the Navy
• Major General of the Air Force
• Inspector General of the Army
• Inspector General of the Navy
• Inspector General of the Air Force

Eventually:

• Director General of the National Gendarmerie

I've also took the liberty to upload 90 degree-turned copies of the French ranks in the Army (OF-00 to OF-10) [1].

I also think you deserve an appology for the harshness of my words the first time we met.

Best regards, CocoricoPolynesien (talk) 17:46, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

@CocoricoPolynesien: Looks good. Impressive work, mostly with the Chief of the Navy, being able to go that far back and finding 16 "new" chiefs! I will occasionally look at the pages to see if I can contribute.

Glad that you are able to use them for something; I might even use them myself.

And no problem, stuff like that happens when one gets invested in Wikipedia. Skjoldbro (talk) 13:36, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

@Skjoldbro: Thanks ! Although to be honest this is really not so difficult (if you understand French) because the administration keeps legal records of everything since 1789 ^^. Main problems arise with corrupted files, war archives (not always updated and a lot of stuff happen on the spot), or the period between 1948 and 1990 because for some reasons it isn't indexed (so you have to search files one by one to find what you are looking for...).

Good (if you can say so) news are, colonial administrations applied this system for every colony or occupied territory so similar stuff can be used, if someone is ever interested by it. CocoricoPolynesien (talk) 09:46, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Template

Thanks for fixing it, I generally work in trWiki, I didn't notice the problem, it's template in template, we have only one for this subject. --RenewableMan^MESSAGE 10:36, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

nato-codes for Bundespolizei?

Where do you get the NATO-codes for the Austrian Police. There is no source whatsoever. You cannot just use the number of stars. Its so wrong now! In the Austrian Army, an OR-1 is a conscripted recruit during the first six months; and you compare that with a police officer. All police officers are NCO-equivalents, but there are no official comparisons.Creuzbourg (talk) 14:32, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

@Creuzbourg: The enlisted ranks was a guesstimation, but the officers is based on their names, since they follow the same names as the army. I thought it better if both of them followed the code rather than only the officers. If you have a different way to present it, feel free to change it. Skjoldbro (talk) 14:37, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

I won't do anything about the officers, but if I can't find a source for the lower ranks, I will rather remove the NATO-codes than let them stand.Creuzbourg (talk) 14:42, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

That is ok Skjoldbro (talk) 14:46, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

@Creuzbourg: I removed it myself, while keeping the format.Skjoldbro (talk) 15:06, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

OK. Hope you don't feel bad about it. Creuzbourg (talk) 17:01, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Hello

I was not trying to be misleading. With the source somebody else verified it, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=War_crimes_of_the_Wehrmacht&diff=946877678&oldid=946836767 still getting the hang of Wikipedia. Kershaw is a good source I did put it back when some one tried to delete it. Do you have any tips you can give me about editing Wikipedia so my page can look like yours?Driverofknowledge (talk) 15:49, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

@Driverofknowledge: Yeah, I know, but going from the numbers at Eastern Front (World War II), there was never more than 4 million, so there at least needed to be some clarification on how there was 10 million. In any case, even if it was corrected, I don't think it would be appropriate for the lead, per MOS:LEAD. Might have a place under the War Crimes section. Do you mean my User Page? You are welcome to "take" the ones that you like from mine. Otherwise, look at Wikipedia:Userboxes for the general idea, you can also have a look for things here and the other related pages. Skjoldbro (talk) 16:05, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

For the numbers from Alex J. Kay and David Stahel. It was all the soldiers that were on the front at one time or another, I am going to make that clarification to the other pages it is on. The page already does a good job on the topic it looks like. Thanks for showing me the user boxes!Driverofknowledge (talk) 16:23, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

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Ministries

Hello ! I saw you created its own page for the french minister of navy, should I do the same for the minister of war ?

I'm also finishing something on my sandbox2 before moving on to the list of naval ministers as you asked me.

Also, should we harmonize the names of all these ministries ? Like Ministry of War, of Air, of Navy or Armed Forces, or someting more like the Air, or the Armed Forces ? Either way is fine for me (I prefer without the though), but I want to be sure. Having, say, a Ministry of War or a Ministry of Foreign Affairs but having a Ministry of the Interior is rather unsettling ! Is there an established consensus on it ?

Be safe in these times ! CocoricoPolynesien (talk) 08:43, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

@CocoricoPolynesien: Hey, I actually didn't make the list, just moved things around a bit. As for the page; there can be some advantages for it. With its own page, there is more space on the Ministry's page for information concerning the ministry, likewise will there be space on the ministers' page for information directly related to it. A separate page also allows for Template:Infobox official post, which I personally like to use. I don't think there are any rules for it, so I think it is up to you whether you want to move the list or not. Concerning the, looking at native English pages we have the US Secretary of: War, the Navy and the Air Force. However, the British Secretary of Air has neither "Force" nor "the". This points towards there being some kind of language rule without knowing the specific rule. From this, I would assume there needs to be the, in-front of some of them. You be safe too! Skjoldbro (talk) 12:00, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Alright ! I think it will be a good thing to separate in the future, and use the infobox you suggested with the last one in office.

Didn't think to look at these actually haha, that's a good point so I will follow it. Yeah I figured there was a sort of unwritten rule. So thank you for pointing it out ! CocoricoPolynesien (talk) 12:59, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

About Sri Lanka Army ranks

@Skjoldbro:, please see this and consider whether your created Sri Lanka Army rank insignias are right or wrong. I would request you to see the uniforms of Sri Lanka Police also. CodNav (talk) 04:31, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

@CodNav:, maybe you should have written this message before nominating 12 pages for deletion, so there could be a proper discussion. But in any case, you will see that this is also one of the ways the ranks can look by these pictures: 1 2 3 4 5. I expect you to rescind your deletion requests. Skjoldbro (talk) 07:10, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

@Skjoldbro:, the insignias you made are right but please change background colors. CodNav (talk) 07:21, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

@CodNav: What colour? I just proved the colours are correct too. Skjoldbro (talk) 07:50, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

@Skjoldbro:, you have made color which is very similar to Sri Lanka Police personnel's uniform, please view it very well by google searching, there are differences between the army uniform's color and police uniform colors of Sri Lanka. CodNav (talk) 08:05, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

@CodNav: It is not my fault the colour is similar, that is the way the army uniforms look like. Skjoldbro (talk) 08:19, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

@Skjoldbro:, you are mistaking again, Sri Lanka army uniform's color is very different from Sri Lanka Police; I can say Sri Lanka Army's uniform is somewhat similar to Pakistan Army's uniform. CodNav (talk) 08:48, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

@CodNav: I don't understand how you can say that, when I have showed multiple pictures which show the colour is correct. Again look at these 1 2 3 4 5. So PLEASE stop saying it is wrong, when there is photographic evidence that the Army indeed uses the colour. Skjoldbro (talk) 08:52, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

@Skjoldbro:, you are misrepresenting the Sri Lanka Army uniform's color by showing some general's pictures but the generals are not wearing that colored uniforms which were made by you. CodNav (talk) 08:55, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Fantastic!

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		Belated appreciation for this (File:Emblem_of_the_Government_Army_(Bohemia_and_Moravia).svg) Chetsford (talk) 03:32, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

SA colours

Thank you for adding colours. But, is Carmine (second place, Feldherrnhalle) right ? Seems identical with "dark brown" - ? --129.187.244.19 (talk) 11:51, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Hello from Russian Wikipedia

Hello colleague from Russian Wikipedia. May I ask you to draw a Shoulder mark sign of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan ? In the photo, he has an eight-pointed star. -- Dgeise (talk) 14:04, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Also there is no shoulder mark of the Shoulder mark sign of the Prosecutor General of the Soviet Union -- Dgeise (talk) 08:27, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

@Dgeise: Hey, I have tried to create the Shoulder mark sign of the Prosecutor General of the Soviet Union. In regards to the Azerbaijani insignia try talking to the creator of those images MrInfo2012. Skjoldbro (talk) 13:09, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

• Thank. There are no buttonholes for the general ambassador of the USSR and Russia. Can you draw them without patterns? [2] -- Dgeise (talk) 16:41, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Hello colleague from I ask you to draw a good List of Prime Ministers of Vietnam 2409:4052:995:380B:0:0:2341:28A1 (talk) 14:34, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

A cookie for your help

Thanks for going round and cleaning up the Cadet rank tables for UK Cadet groups. Cdjp1 (talk) 17:21, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Horst Wessel

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Horst Wessel; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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• You templated me for edit warring on this article when I had 2 reverts, then went to the article and made your third revert. That's what is called hypocrisy. Beyond My Ken (talk) 22:51, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

OR-grades

Dear colleague Skjoldbro, it is a pleasure to me to answer on your question pertaining to OR enlisted private ranks or level.

• In Germany the situation is crystal clear. Soldat is OR1 and Gefreiter OR2. The same procedure was in the NAZI Wehrmacht until 1945, and in the East German National people´s Army until 1990.
• Russian proceeded equivalent to Germany until 1918 with Ryadovoy OR1 and Yefreytor OR2.
• In the former Soviet Union armed forces until 1992, Ryadovoy was OR1 and Yefreytor OR2 as well. Based on the Soviet military doctrine, the other armed forces proceeded in line to the order of the Soviet Union, e.g. Bulgaria table 70, Poland table 71 etc.
• According to the modern days Russian Armed forces, I anticipate a similar procedure. And this is in line to the personal experience of my service in SHAPE 1999 to 2003, and my assignment to SFOR NATO HO 2001 in Sarayevo. However, according to STANAG 2116, I am not UpToDate. If you have good reasons to asses Yefretor = OR4, please feel free. However, the lowest NCO grade Maldshy sershchant is definitive OR5.
• Perhaps a last remark: I would like to prefer the evaluation of the lowest enlisted grades by the appropriate nation. We should ask our colleagues of countries concerned. These nations are now free and should have the right to define grades and ranks themselves.

Very respectfully --MilHistExp (talk) 12:36, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

@MilHistExp: While you might be correct concerning Russian Yefreytor in the past, there has been some changes since Bulgaria joined NATO. As you can see in NATO STANAG 2116 (Edition 6) the German Gefreiter is still OR-2, however the Bulgarian Yefreytor is definitely an OR-4. Now, since Russia isn't a part of NATO is hard to say what their exact ranks are. However, seeing that ranks in general are similar between Russia and Bulgaria, it could therefore be argued that the Bulgarian Yefreytor and Russian Yefreytor share the same NATO code (OR-4). Skjoldbro (talk) 13:37, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Ok, with Bulgaria. However, pertaining to Russia, I do propose NOT to change with respect to the nation. --MilHistExp (talk) 13:47, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

@MilHistExp: Why though? They have the same rank structure, seems weird and confusing that one post-Soviet Yefreytor is OR-4 and another is OR-2. Similarly, you seem to be misunderstanding something in the Comparative ranks of Nazi Germany. The ranks there are not based on the STANAG 2116, per say, but rather on the comparison to the British forces as listed in CIA. "Records Integration Title Book" (PDF). Skjoldbro (talk) 17:03, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Ranks in the French Army

Hello, hope you are well !

I started some recolouring of should boards for this article Ranks in the French Army. However, as you can see for the cavalry ones, I've left the riffles and grenade of the infantry. Clearly, changing it to this common armor and helmet fr:Grades_de_l'Armée_de_terre_française#Arme_Blindée_-_Cavalerie is far above my skills with SVG files. I don't know if you can do something (since you drastically improved the infantry ones) or know someone. Just wanted to let you know !

CocoricoPolynesien (talk) 18:36, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

@CocoricoPolynesien: I had a go at one of the them. It is by no means perfect. What do you think? Skjoldbro (talk) 18:12, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Well I think that is just great ! And you did it so fast, thank you very much for the work ! CocoricoPolynesien (talk) 19:10, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Ohoh

Hello !

I just stumbled upon that while editing...

• List of Information Ministers of France
• Minister of Information (France)

Same article... What to we do ? Rename the list to the Ministry to keep Ministry and Minister distinct ? French articles are a mess, with some Ministers redirecting to the Ministries, and some Ministries redirecting to the Ministers. And apparently now there are articles in double ! We need a sort of standard I think.

I created a new navbox (on the model of the US one) : French Government Leaders, that deals with the Ministers, with the patern "Minister of ... (France)".

And there is the old one : French Government, that deals, I believe, with the Ministries, with the patern "Ministry of ... (France)"

As for the name of the portfolios, as you may have seen, they change like every years... What do you think ?

CocoricoPolynesien (talk) 17:28, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

@CocoricoPolynesien: Wow, very confusing stuff. What a mess. Concerning Minister of Information, I don't really know. One of them should definitely be either change to ministry or be a simple redirect. But which one, I don't know. The List has the link to the French page, but that can always be changed. About portfolios, when I have worked on them on Danish ministers I do like here. That way there is always the base Minister and other titles can always be linked and removed without any issue to the core of the page. The only problem with this, is that you end up with a lot of pages and tables which share a lot of the same information. Skjoldbro (talk) 18:10, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

I resolve the matter with a move and redirect, that should be good. But unfortunately the cross wiki language links don't seem to follow the redirect and are tied to the redirect page. Tried to solve the problem on wikidata but was reverted, as it seems they don't want a French list article linked to an English normal article, even if they're the same. Stupid from my point of view, but who am I, eh ! So now you got something like 3 articles named "list" in different languages and 2 articles named normally in other different languages, but no way to link the 2 with the other 3. (I'm just frustrated there ahah).

Anyway, thanks for sharing your proceeding with the Danish ministers, I'll look into it ! CocoricoPolynesien (talk) 09:06, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Dansk tilbagetrækning fra EU

Can you support this page https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dansk_tilbagetr%C3%A6kning_fra_EU ? Because after some time it will be deleted "Maskinoversættelse og/eller tvivlsomt indhold" and "Denne side virker ikke som en encyklopædisk artikel". Wname1 21:15, 21 July 2020 (UTC) 1

Broken template

It looks like you inadvertandly broke Template:Ranks and Insignia of UK/CDT/Blank a few weeks ago while trying to clean it up. I've reverted it, but please consider thinking about what templates may rely on the configuration of the template's code. It didn't do anything major, just thought I'd tell you. — Yours, Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 11:11, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

Table revert

Hello, I noticed that you reverted a table design on the British Army officer rank insignia article to a previous design and described it as "better" and I was just wondering what made the older design better since the design I had added, clearly separated the different designs to year brackets as well as giving the table a more uniform layout with equal widths for each design. I was just hoping you could provide your perspective on this as I believe that the design I had added was improved. Thanks. Terasail^[Talk] 22:16, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

@Terasail: Sure. It keeps the same layout as Army OR ranks, RAF other ranks and all the comparative pages. It is a generally simpler design. And it goes from oldest to most current, just like every other list on Wikipedia (e.g. List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom). Skjoldbro (talk) 20:21, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

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Byelorussian Home Defence

Can you keep an eye on this article: Byelorussian Home Defence. User:Brigade Piron on Aug. 3, removed the rank insignia section with the argument WP:INDISCRIMINATE. I have restored it (Talk:Byelorussian Home Defence), but might not have time fight an edit war. Or I might need backup if an edit war starts. Creuzbourg (talk) 13:13, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the tag, Creuzbourg. I suggest you assume good faith and read why edit wars are prohibited. You should probably also avoid canvassing. If you think my edits should be undone, that's fine. We can discuss it at Talk:Byelorussian Home Defence. —Brigade Piron (talk) 13:31, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

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Missing cite in Chief of the Royal Danish Army

The article cites "Linvald 1929" but no such source is listed in bibliography. Can you please add? Also, suggest installing a script to highlight such errors in the future. All you need to do is copy and paste importScript('User:Svick/HarvErrors.js'); // Backlink: [[User:Svick/HarvErrors.js]] to your common.js page. Thanks, Renata (talk) 20:59, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Also in General Staff (Denmark), there is a cite to "Bjerg 2011". Which of the 4 works by Bjerg in 2011 this is supposed to reference? Renata (talk) 01:34, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Can you help with Template:NATO command structure?

WRT Template:NATO command structure

Under JFC-NF Norfolk, Virginia, US

The Coat of Arms of JFC-NF does not link to the Joint Force Command Norfolk page. When I try to standardise it with the above JFCs, I fail you. Can you help standardise it so the small Coat of Arms links to JFC-NF page? I'm not an expert with templates. Feel free to edit my File:Joint Force Command Norfolk badge.png file here. Thanks. BlueD954 (talk) 10:52, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

@BlueD954: I took a quick look at the problem. The reason that you can't get it to work the standardise way, is because the image isn't classified as JFC-NF's coat of arms on it Wikidata page:Joint Force Command Norfolk (Q65118644). Since the image isn't on commons, it can't be added to the Wikidata page. Skjoldbro (talk) 11:44, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Joint_Force_Command_Norfolk_badge.png Ok it is on commons. Can you help me what next? BlueD954 (talk) 12:30, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

@BlueD954: I tried, but I can't seem to get it to work either. Then again, it isn't my area of expertise. Maybe try your luck with the editor who made the template or others whom have contributed heavily. Skjoldbro (talk) 12:41, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

I thought you were the editor but thanks. BlueD954 (talk) 12:46, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

Vigili del Fuoco ranks

Hi Skjoldbro, I was wondering if you understood why the majority of rank images for the Vigili del Fuoco are prevented from being transferred to commons, as seen here[3].

Reading the cited section of Italian law, it would seem that their use on Wikipedia is within the allowed usage. -- Cdjp1 (talk) 10:51, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

@Cdjp1: hmm, not really. It would, in any case, seem weird that half is copyrighted and the other half isn't. But seeing as they are all based on the army insignia, I would assume they all are free. Skjoldbro (talk) 10:02, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

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Military ranks of Bangladesh

You've undid many of my previous edits as much as I know. Can I ask why... Sanjidul Islam (talk) 19:19, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Because your changes are WP:UNSOURCED, as such your changes were reverted based on WP:BRD. I have given more in-depth response at Template talk:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OR/Bangladesh. Skjoldbro (talk) 12:09, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Military ranks of Bangladesh

As I have said in the template talk page that the link (https://joinbangladesharmy.army.mil.bd/home/page/ranks-insignia) is not the official page of Bangladesh army. The official page is www.army.mil.bd ,and the page clearly states the ranks categorically as 'Officers', 'Warrant Officers', and 'Soldiers'. Check this one. It's the official one.(https://www.army.mil.bd/Rank-Categories) Sanjidul Islam (talk) 11:41, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

Table Help

Hey, I need some help, if you'd be willing to teach me. At User:Garuda28/sandbox I've been trying to create a new table for enlisted ranks to match the officer table at United States Armed Forces (the NATO one was to clogged). Basically I know I need a colspan=2 to accommodate the Army ranks, but there is only one Marine rank in that grade. Do you know how I could fix this problem? Thanks. Garuda28 (talk) 02:26, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

@Garuda28: Why not just use the templates? I can see that you already had a US Armed Forces comparison. That look good and interesting. In any case, if you want there to be a "hole" for the USMC equivalent of Command sergeant major, then you just need a | between SGM and SGMMC (image and text). Alternatively, |rowspan=2| only at the images. OR, like you talked about, | colspan=2| for the USMC SGM, this would place it between the USA SGM and CSM. Skjoldbro (talk) 12:02, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Yeah...I was initially hoping that the NATO tables would work for it, unfortunately they were just a little to much cluttered (and in the reverse direction of most rank charts), so I figured I start from scratch. May as well try my hand at learning tables as well. Thanks! I may have some other questions when this is all said and done. Garuda28 (talk) 02:38, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

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Apology accepted. Thanks. Skjoldbro (talk) 11:40, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

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Liberian chief of staff

Hello. As you may see at Template:Chief of military by country, article Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Liberia) does not exist, as of this moment. Would you be willing to create it? IMHO, English Wikipedia should have article about the position of commander of the Armed Forces of Liberia. I myself recently created Chief of the Defence Staff (Ivory Coast), so maybe the Liberian article may be modeled somewhere along its line. Cheers, —Sundostund (talk) 03:59, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

@Sundostund:  Done Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Liberia), however, sources are not readily available, so there are some gaps in what I have been able to find. Skjoldbro (talk) 13:32, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Man, you really are awesome! You've done a perfect job, as usual. As for gaps, it doesn't matter – we will fill them as new sources emerge over time. —Sundostund (talk) 14:01, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

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New NGB rank insignia for AF

Figured this would be of some interest to you (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tony_L._Whitehead_(3).jpg). Garuda28 (talk) 21:44, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

@Garuda28:  Done Thanks, File:USAF Senior Enlisted Advisor for the National Guard Bureau.svg. Skjoldbro (talk) 08:59, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Assistant Secretary for Health Flag

I noticed that you created a flag for the Surgeon General of the United States without the silver edge fringe. Would you be able to do the same for the flag for the Assistant Secretary for Health? Neovu79 (talk) 12:15, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

@Neovu79:  Done File:Flag of the United States Assistant Secretary for Health.svg. Skjoldbro (talk) 12:23, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

You are awesome! Neovu79 (talk) 12:25, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Military ranks of Bahamas

Hi Skjolbro, based on the the citations you've added it would seem that the Force Chief PO and the Chief PO ranks need correcting. Cdjp1 (talk) 11:58, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

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RE: Template:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Navies/OF/Philippines

I found your comments on my recent edit here, the shoulder insignia/epaulet might be similar to each other but they pretty much not worn or visible at the same time. It was to show distinction between the two as the flag officers have their shoulder insignia/epaulet beside their sleeve insignia and it would be fair if the non-flag officers have theirs too. Templates for other countries such as that of UK and the US place each insignia beside each other even though the non-flag rank officers' shoulder and sleeve insignia look the same and I don't think it's something unnecessary. SoaringEagle29 (talk) 12:14, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

@SoaringEagle29: The only difference between the shoulder and sleeve for non-flag officers is a button. So there is no real difference, it would just be repetition to have the practically same image. Readers are able to see the image and extrapolate it's the same for shoulders. Just like they are able to do on almost every other template, where only one or the other is shown. If there were to be images that has the shoulder, sleeve and collar insignia collected image like the US, then that would be preferable, as that would actually show some of the diversity. It would also prevent the wrong use of the <br />, as this created a tall template, rather than a wide one, since all others have them side-by-side, not up-down. Skjoldbro (talk) 13:13, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Off topic, but how about the creation of a Philippine Coast Guard officers and enlisted rank insignia tables. Its just an idea. DarleenDolphin1 (talk) 19:24, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

@Skjoldbro, the officer rank insignia are the same as the navy except the shoulder boards are navy blue and have the logo dolphin and anchor in gold while flag officers have a white and silver logo dolphin and anchor. DarleenDolphin1 (talk) 07:31, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Rank insignia changes.

Dear, Skjoldbro

I've wanted to apologize for being a pain to you by editing rank insignia pages. My only intention was to provide accurate information about rank insignia and their actual appearances to help improve our military hearaldry community.

Yours truly, DarleenDolphin1 (talk) 19:49, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

@DarleenDolphin1: No problem, it is important to have the correct information at all times. I do however wonder how you came to the conclusion that the Vanuatu Mobile Forces have anything higher than a Colonel, seeing as the Commander has only ever been a Colonel or below? Additionally, do you have any more pictures of their uniforms, preferably in a parade/formal version? Since that is normally the version that we choose to display. Skjoldbro (talk) 13:12, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

For the ranks higher than Colonel, are the police Commissioners which act like generals during times of war, which is why I did that. Every time I search "Vanuatu mobile force officer" they are either really blurry or I get this picture, which has the parade uniform. https://www.sista.com.vu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/female-officer-erramango.jpg

https://dailypost.vu/news/minister-thanks-vpf-and-vmf/article_14117928-8e25-5556-b10f-d1c788fd072b.html

Their parade uniform is their service uniform, and in the first image, a dress uniform with soft shoulder boards. DarleenDolphin1 (talk) 19:07, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

@Skjoldbro, just wanted to let you know that the solomon islands maritime police use naval ranks up to the rank of commodore, basically the same navy ranks as Tonga. DarleenDolphin1 (talk) 22:48, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Using your images.

I wanted to let you know that I created some images from elements of your images, but have since pulled them from the uploaded page. I don't have any experience with copyright or linscencing rules on commons and I don't think we both want a legal battle or case. Can you help me delete the following images from commons.

File:Maldives Coast Guard OF-9.png

File:Maldives Coast Guard OF-8.png

File:Maldives Coast guard OF-7.png

File:Maldives Coast Guard OF-6.png

Yours truly,

DarleenDolphin1 DarleenDolphin1 (talk) 19:23, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

@DarleenDolphin1: these files are fine, there is no problem with them. However, you should place them in a commons category and if you feel like it; add: {{attrib|Maldives-Navy-OF-4.svg|Skjoldbro}} after {{own}} in the source. Skjoldbro (talk) 17:10, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

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Ranks

Noticed your changes to the US Armed Forces pages, switching out tables for templates, nice work (glad you didn't reverse the order). I wanted to ask about the USMC enlisted gold on red; I believe there's consensus for that change, (or change back as it were), are you going to be swapping those? Cheers - wolf 00:52, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

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Question

There is a new image for USCG Intelligence, it's currently a png, not sure if it needs to be changed to a svg like all the others but, either way could you change the background from white to transparent for dark mode use? Cheers - wolf 21:27, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Also new images for Naval Intel and USMC Intel. Same request. Cheers - wolf 03:41, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

@Thewolfchild: Hey, I uploaded a png version of the File:Final ONI seal.png, SVG would be way out of my league, ditto with the marine ones. But I did make a SVG version of File:Seal of the Coast Guard Intelligence.svg and a proper SVG version of File:United States Intelligence Community Seal.svg. Skjoldbro (talk) 10:44, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

Cool. Thanks! - wolf 23:32, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

Hey, how's things? I have another image question for you; would you be able to switch the backgrounds of this and this to transparent? Cheers - wolf 22:07, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Thanks again man - wolf 02:40, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

USAF enlisted rank color

I just realized you changed the enlisted rank color to a midnight blue/black (I thought it was straight black for a second before I realized it was a midnight blue). It seems way darker than the AF service dress (although with the right lighting it can appear straight black in certain photos); the previous blue color on the ranks may have been a tad to vibrant though. Here's what the AF currently has on their website, using a bit of a less vibrant blue, but still distinctly blue (https://www.af.mil/About-Us/The-Book/Enlisted-Ranks/igphoto/2000586436/). Any chance of having the color match that instead? Garuda28 (talk) 06:43, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

@Garuda28: Yeah I was wrestling with what colour to choose, but I tried to get the one was most accurate to the current service uniform. But I will concede that it might be too dark to see the blue. I think the AF's is maybe a bit too light. Would you object to it being either of the colour codes shown on Midnight blue? Still blue, but dark enough to be reminiscent of the service uniform. Skjoldbro (talk) 11:43, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

Or maybe something like the colour used on United States Air Force Academy Cadet Insignia? Skjoldbro (talk) 12:04, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

So the USAF cadet insignia is straight jet black, like the Navy shoulder rank, so that wouldn’t be a good sample. I actually think (having seen the service dress in person) the new AF's computer rendered one is probably as close to the true color of the service uniform as you would be able to get with a rendering. The midnight blue color code still seems too dark – more like the Army's ASU than the Air Force service dress. Garuda28 (talk) 15:17, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

@Garuda28: I'll take your word for it ;) I will update the colour sometime tomorrow. Skjoldbro (talk) 15:50, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

You're the best! Sources on the internet seem to indicate the specific shade of blue is Shade 1620. I'm not sure if that helps, but figure you may be more familiar with the specific conversion. Garuda28 (talk) 16:14, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

@Garuda28:  Done Skjoldbro (talk) 13:42, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Romanian flags in the Country data template

Hello! Can you replace the Romanian flags in the country data templates i speak about the flags from 1948 until 1989?. See if you find them on Commons and replace them with the flag with the longer dashes. Yours sincerely, Sondre --80.212.169.236 (talk) 22:35, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

I am not sure what you mean, but if you have any requests for changes to country data templates you can post on its talk page. Skjoldbro (talk) 16:10, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

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Chief of the General Staff (Israel)

Hey! I added references to Chief of the General Staff (Israel) and I would like if you can check the references (also if something I added may not be added), I don't have a lot of experience adding references. This was added after you put the missing references tags. Thank you! Adam080 (talk) 11:59, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Iran enlisted rank titles

So I was looking at the Iranian enlisted rank titles, and it looks whoever added it (seems to be a blocked user for now) just copied over the U.S. ranks exactly (Private E-2 was a nice giveaway). Anyways, I've been looking for a translated version on the web but haven't found anything, so I was wondering if you had one? Garuda28 (talk) 05:54, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

@Garuda28: Yeah, noticed that as well. I was under the impression that it was done as an "easy way" to tell the ranks for an English speaking audience, since there (as far as I can tell) are no direct translations. But I do agree that the U.S. ranking is misleading at best. The lack of general sources on the rank page doesn't help much. I tried looking at the Army's official website, but it seems to be down and webarchive was no help. Best suggestion would to take the original Farsi ranks and Google translate them. Far from ideal, I known, but probably the best current solution. Skjoldbro (talk) 10:05, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Admiral Juel (1807 Danish ship)

Hi Skjoldebro - I must ask WHY!! this ship is has now got the HDMS title. It was clearly never a ship of the Royal Danish Navy although the 1807 Privateer Regulations (in Denmark) allowed the arming and fitting out of privateers at Danish government expense.

Surely the correct title is Admiral Juel (1807 Danish ship) or, if this is insufficient, Admiral Juel (Danish Privateer). The prefix HDMS is simply wrong. Viking1808 (talk) 16:21, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

@Viking1808: yeah I made a mistake, I got it moved back to the original page. However, it should probably change name per WP:SHIPNAME. Skjoldbro (talk) 10:46, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

Marshal of France -- French Air and Space Force

Hey, I was wondering if you had created a Marshal of France rank for the AAE? I was doing some digging on the AAE rank histories, and it seems that all of the French Air Force ranks were just moved over from the Army. Garuda28 (talk) 00:43, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

@Garuda28: There is a Marshal of France rank for the air force? Didn't know. As far as I can see on the official website, there is nothing higher than the général d'armée aérienne. Skjoldbro (talk) 10:53, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

I saw a mention or two about it on the en and fr Wikipedias (I was kind of surprised to), but I also don’t know how well sourced those are. Garuda28 (talk) 13:58, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

@Garuda28: Maybe there is a provision is some law that states that it is possible to be Marshal in the air force? In any case, I think I will wait until there is some proper sourcing. Skjoldbro (talk) 14:24, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

Merging articles for Chile and Egypt

Hi, I was just wondering, due to how inextensive the individual articles are for the different branches rank systems for both Chile and Egypt, would it not make more sense to merge the individual articles into a single article for each country? --Cdjp1 (talk) 11:12, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

The same applies to Myanmar, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. --Cdjp1 (talk) 11:15, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

@Cdjp1: Yeah, I have been thinking about it too, but never gotten around to it. I say go for it. Skjoldbro (talk) 10:20, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

NATO rank codes disappearing.

I was just wondering, what happened to the NATO rank codes on all the pages? I know non NATO countries don't use it, but I was starting to get use to them on wiki. DarleenDolphin1 (talk) 04:57, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

Russian rank Insignia

Hello there are new insignias being used. At least at this years 9.Mai Parade soldiers carry angeled stripes, not longer straight stripes. That should be recognised, therefore i put a new batch in the table. In Questions are ефре́йтор upwards to ста́рший сержа́нт.--Gonzosft (talk) 12:45, 30 May 2021 (UTC)