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Montenegrin L-ATV

When you added Montenegro to to L-ATV/JLTV operator list, you noted that it uses GAU-19 in its Elbit RCWS. However I can't seem to find any confirmation for that claim, where did you find that info? Whutever1 (talk) 22:23, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, the media didn't catch up on this, but every image of the Montenegrin JLTV indicates that they are all equipped with the GAU-19.

https://x.com/ronkainen7k15/status/1664443140181471233 Fabrice Ram (talk) 11:54, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Look at the last picture that's more close up, the three things on the outside are not multiple barrels but solid rods - there's no holes in them and they are far to thin to be 12.7mm barrels anyway, the actual barrel is in the centre. I think those are some kind of braces/stabilizers. Whutever1 (talk) 07:32, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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German Air Force

Do NOT start trying to override community policies for your own personal ideas WP:NOTHERE - Inventory tables are designed in such a way so they can be compatible with all devices. Community standards like WP:IMAGEMOS, are not there, because of specifics to the inventory tables, but because of having too many images in the article "Don't use images or galleries excessively" - If you continue to disruptively edit on Wikipedia you will be blocked from editing - FOX 52 ^talk! 05:56, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

So ALL equipment inventory of military use excessive imagees?

That's a ridiculous thing, there ia no community guideline that is violated.What about you disruptively editing and deleting accurate informaton? You are preventing progress on this page, so it's the definition of disrupting a page ! Fabrice Ram (talk) 18:13, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You can't say they didn't warn you! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Woah d000d this article suuuucks! *proceeds to rewrite several tables without any consideration, posting them in talk pages* フロップ · fL0p (er) · _{quaestiōnēs?} 04:36, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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August 2023

Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you tried to give a page a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into List of wheeled self-propelled howitzer. This is known as a "cut-and-paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is legally required for attribution. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

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Hi,

There is a misunderstanding here.

Imagine that you're doing an article listing a certain category of something. You know that many appear in another category referencing something else... Why bothering starting from scratch when a table already contains some elements that will be used?

That doesn't make the history of the other article relevant, and that doesn't make the copy-paste a blind copy paste. So thank ou for the remark, but I don't see at all how this would be relevant to do what you are recommending ! Fabrice Ram (talk) 03:20, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No. The article was moved to the plural spelling of "howitzers". You then created a new page at the "howitzer" spelling. I had fixed your error, and then you went and updated it erroneously again. Stop doing that. - UtherSRG (talk) 11:23, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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CS1 error on Archer Artillery System

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minor edits ? unsourced and biased

Reviewing your overall contributions I see that you declare most of them as minor edits. I need to point out that this aint right and is misleading. please review what a minor edit is supposed to be.

Secondly, you must provide a reference for each claim you make on a page. I see that you introduced a lot of unsourced claims on General Dynamics European Land Systems.

Thirdly, It does look like you may have been employed- paid to do this. You should identify yourself as such, declare the COI and ask others to edit, if you have such a COI. Wuerzele (talk) 14:41, 24 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not paid, the minor edits are minor edits... Fabrice Ram (talk) 16:59, 24 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good excuse for doing whatever you want in somewhere more of your own property... let's say a blog. You seem to like military stuff, just open your site or blog and dump all that bias there. You'll end up getting away with whatever you add there. I promise. ;) フロップ · fL0p (er) · _{quaestiōnēs?} 04:42, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop marking your edits as minor

Hello,

It seems like you've ignored @Wuerzele's suggestions and are continuing to misidentify edits as minor. These edits (645, 838, 367 bytes) are quite large and often make significant changes to the page. I'd like to remind you that minor edits are well defined; they are intended to mark spelling corrections, copyedits, minor formatting changes, and the like. They are not intended for large content changes like those in your edits.

More concerning is the apparent lack of sources for a majority of your content. I would request that you provide more accurate sources for edits in the future and retroactively source your edits when possible.

Regards, Catalyzzt (talk) 17:54, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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7 Dec 2023

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March 2024

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Archer Artillery System, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Citing websites using random Tweets as sources is not in line with WP:RS, and neither is restoring entirely unsourced sections. TylerBurden (talk) 21:07, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The summary table is awesome. You decided to remove it for what reason? Fabrice Ram (talk) 22:40, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How is a section using zero references "awesome"? TylerBurden (talk) 19:37, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is a summary of what's below... All the references are below... Fabrice Ram (talk) 20:28, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The information is already summarized in that section, content with two or six lines of text need to be summarized in a table? Placing it on top of the actual content that is already succinct is not in line with MOS:TABLES, it's a waste of space. TylerBurden (talk) 21:10, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You are also repeatedly adding this unreliable source that uses a random Twitter user: "@T_90_M Russian main battle tank. 48 tons of steel and sex appeal. SAFO = Stalin Apologist Fellas Organisation." as its reference. Doing this with content relating to a contentious topic makes it even worse. You will be reported if you continue, so consider that a final warning. TylerBurden (talk) 21:18, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What is your damn problem with a summary table?

This is ridiculous ! Plus you are contradicting yourself on what the problem is...

You are removing an old table that has been accepted for months. Are you the king of the edit?

What space waste is it?

Don't you think that sometimes summaries bring support in reading? Fabrice Ram (talk) 21:33, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So now you are violating WP:CIVIL as well. A table taking up 7,374 bytes of the article is not remotely necessary for content that is already effectively summarized in its own section, especially not when it is badly plastered in front of the actual content it is meant to summarize, that is quite basic Wikipedia manual of style regardless of how "awesome" you personally find it. You need to read up on both WP:MOS and WP:RS, in particular the latter, because attempting to use "@T_90_M Russian main battle tank. 48 tons of steel and sex appeal. SAFO = Stalin Apologist Fellas Organisation." as a Wikipedia reference is the worst editing I've seen on a contentious topic in a long time and it's exactly the kind of thing that can get you topic banned if not outright blocked. TylerBurden (talk) 19:47, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Boxer

Hello Fabrice Ram, I thought it way better to engage in Talk than just dive back into the Boxer (Armoured Fighting Vehicle) article and revert your edits back to mine. In quite a few years on Wiki I have learnt that explaining ones thought processes, and the reason behind a series of edits, is often way way better than just doing, re-doing, re-doing, and then getting into all manner of fuss and disagreement and ending up attracting the attention of the 'Wikipedia Police.' Once they have their claws into you, they're in...

Anyway, my edits you reverted, mentioning 0 references. You are correct, and for that I apologise. My editing session was cut short yesterday before I had a chance to get to inserting the references for the changes to Qatar and to the UK. I have full and detailed references for both. I really should have done them as I worked, but you know how it goes, I'm sure.

So, looking ahead, I will revert to my edits today, BUT..., with a full set of citations for all the changes etc I make. I have slides of the current ARTEC Boxer 31 variants offering (from ARTEC), plus the current UK order breakdown (Janes/Hansard), and the current terminology they use. Things like reference to a baseline protected mobility (PM) variant (MIV-PM), and command and control (MIV-CC) and repair/recovery (MIV-REP) variants are no longer used. I expect the designations will change again! I was talking to the UK PM for Boxer at a defence event here in the UK in January, and even he used incorrect terminology! What hope is there for the rest of us!

Sadly though, I cannot use those slides in the Wikipedia article as I don't have the copyright to them. However, and while I'm not sure Wiki would allow this, I could try, and would be happy to let you have sight of them should you have any doubts as too their efficacy. Would you like me to try? In broader terms, my primary source for these latest updates is Janes, the AFV Yearbook and Defence Weekly. I've also succeeded in opening up a line of communication with ARTEC, and I'm currently trying to get them to link their mission module designations to what users actually have. Who has APC A, APC B, APC C and so on... They seem a little reluctant to do that at present. We will see!

Back to the actual Boxer article on Wiki, and as to reducing the amount of text in the UK section of Operators, this forms part of a styling approach to make the article a little more consistent, and maybe more readable with some continuity of style. The German, Lithuanian and Netherlands sections of Operators look great, and serve as a one stop shop for the relevant information in one short and sharp hit. It also seems to be, broadly, more in keeping with the wider Wiki style. Currently, the UK (and Australia) sub-sections contain a little too much waffle that bogs the reader down. Much of this waffle is covered in body text, and text that a reader-reader (if that term makes sense) would take the time to read.

At some point I also aim to make Australia in Operators look more like the better German etc. presentation.

On the Qatar subject, again I do have citation references for the changes I made and I will include those. I removed the 'Qatar might buy... Qatar wants to buy...' stuff as this is speculation and not really Boxer article stuff. Would you agree? There's a Wiki guideline somewhere about crystal ball-type stuff.

In fact, looking ahead, I'm not really sure the entire 'Crystal Ball' potential users bit is even really relevant at all. Maybe that's something to open up to the wider Wiki community. Your thoughts?

One of my key aims with this Boxer article is to clear up what I find to be Wiki's biggest problems with larger more detailed records. I don't know if you find these with the stuff you work on, but a random editor who has a little bit but overall limited subject matter knowledge will grab an update from somewhere, dive in, make it, cite it, and walk away. What they seldom do is check the article through for any and all other little mentions of the subject they updated, and that are now wrong to varying degrees, even if by something as simple as 'will do' becoming 'has done'... And the other one... Just dumping updates in random places that screw up any attempt at style, continuity and readability!

You seem to do quite a bit of Wiki editing of stuff I'm interested in, so our paths may well cross again in the weeks or months to come. Do please 'Talk' if you have any queries, or even issues going forwards. Best SurfaceAgentX2Zero (talk) 09:21, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

Thanks for contacting that way, indeed, much more efficient, and better for the quality that we all thrive to.

The potential sales are in my view important in this topic for the readers, as it is a strong indicator of what is going on with that material. The potential sales aren't based on no information but usually on strong indications from concurring information.

As there is a will from Qatar to purchase 8x8 vehicles at the moment, I believe that it is relevant, but I might be wrong.

For the UK, the source is highly problematic due to the lack of source from your side. In that peculiar situation, I trust you for having those information, but I do believe that you need a solution for it, and it would be best to have the solution before confirming the modifications.

BUT as a general rule, this article is highly problematic, and I have started some modifications. It goes in many directions, but I want to implement them at some points.

What if we collaborate and criticise each other's work, and propose the changes in the "Talk" section of Boxer? Major changes should be discussed as a general rule. So we could do it in a smarter non-conflictual way.

Regards, cheers Fabrice Ram (talk) 10:17, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for getting back to me. Been delayed as if you check the Boxer page out, the Wiki Police have been busy. I've encountered this person before, and while Wiki needs to be managed this person maybe takes it a little to far... I honestly think they sit in a room all day and do nothing other than search out alleged copyright breaches across Wiki. If you can be bothered, look at what was considered a copyright breach on the Boxer page! Compare the difference between what was there, and the source they quoted. If that's copyright infringement then 90% of Wikipedia needs to be taken down! But no matter, as you can't reason with these people and their world is black or white, I rewrote the segment anyway... Part of me thinks that will still be wrong!

Anyway, our stuff...

I think the Boxer article is now way better than when I started on it a few days back, and is on the way to becoming a logical progression of a read. There's still a bit to do though, I agree. I tend to work on a article, and not bounce around between many. Just my style.

I'm best part through making sure there are no contradictions in text, and that the body text as best it can flows chronologically, and with only the necessary repetition. Doing that has brought most sections in line. Next I'll tackle the Design section and just tidy that up with a few updates here and there.

I've the citations to hand to revert the UK part we have spoken about and may do that later today if I have time. I'm not convinced the Qatar stuff is really relevant, but I do have the acquisition of ten units to add there.

With regard to the Potential orders section, if I were writing this as a history or feature, I'd not include it. However, I'm not, it's not mine as such, and Wiki is all about compromise and working together. So I agree, let's leave it and if we encounter the Crystal Ball Police (and they're out there I'm sure...) we can deal with it then!

I do think Competitions lost / potential sales not concluded should be deleted at some point as it's really not relevant, and no other comparable Wiki article has a similar section that I can find, and I'm not so sure that what is essentially a potted history of requirements that went to others for other products (in most cases) is Boxer-worthy material. It should probably be in the article about whatever won the given requirement?

One thing I will revise shortly is the 38 more Boxer the Netherlands allegedly will buy. Spoke to my PoC at the Netherlands MoD and that's fake news. That said, Google struggled to locate anything beyond one badly translated source. The Netherlands has a desire to up-gun some Boxer, and is looking at an EW variant, but that's about that for now.

Best. SurfaceAgentX2Zero (talk) 15:25, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Type 24 ICV/MMCV and CTWV RCV name confusion

Hey sorry to bug you but I noticed you changed the names regarding the Type 24 ICV, MMCV, and the CTWV RCV. I looked over the FY2025 budgets and none were called by the names you listed. We do have documents where the Type 24 ICV is called "ICV" in relation to the ICV program. Its literal translated name in the FY2025 document is "Type 24 wheeled armored fighting vehicle" and "Common tactical wheeled vehicle for infantry combat" (CTWV-IC). Same goes for the MMCV and RCV. RCV itself is not TYPE classified. The budget still called it CTWV RCV. I changed the JGSDF article to reflect this as well. We have an image as well with these names translated. I understand you had no malice with changing the names but sometimes its best to check the source of where the vehicles were type classified and check what they were called. Since the FY2025 budget calls the vehicles simply by the generic vehicle type or just CTWV, I defaulted to using their CTWV names for the lack of anything better.

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https://i-com.cdn.gaijin.net/monthly_2023_05/FjxM_yPaMAAEIyu.jpg.49208745c6f154494492c02a17628f8d.jpg image im referring to HavocPlayz (talk) 22:20, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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