Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/National militaries task force
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Welcome to the National militaries task force. If you have any questions about articles or are generally seeking advice, you're encouraged to ask at the main military history talk page, or you can directly approach one of the task force participants below. The coordinators of the Military history WikiProject can be contacted here. Scope[edit]This task force includes the core articles which cover currently operational national armed forces (e.g. the United States Armed Forces) and their individual service branches (e.g. the Russian Navy). Countries and branches no longer in existence are not currently included. Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding |
Participants
[edit]If you approach anyone from this list for advice or help, please check their contributions first to check if they've edited recently. This list may contain people who have not edited Wikipedia in a long time.
- AzfarShams (talk · contribs)
- Buckshot06 (talk · contribs) (sub-Saharan Africa, former Soviet Union, Indonesia)
- Cdtuba (talk · contribs)
- DPdH (talk · contribs) (focus on Latin America and Australasia)
- Kintrix (talk · contribs) (US Army Order of Battle and unit pages, though I will help with other US services)
- Narson (talk · contribs)
- Smsarmad (talk · contribs) (Pakistan Armed Forces)
- .sprika. (talk · contribs) (South Africa, Naval world wide)
- Sudhanshu Nimbalkar (talk · contribs) (Indian Armed Forces)
- Swatjester (talk · contribs) (for U.S. military and Ethiopian military, as well as SOF around the world. )
- Tyguy9112 (talk · contribs)
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Article statistics
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A list of the top 500 most popular articles within our scope, as well as the number of page views each article received over the past month, can be found here. With most of our articles assessed as Stub- or Start-Class, there's a lot of work to be done. However, we also have a number of good, A-Class, and featured articles, which have been assessed as amongst the best Wikipedia has to offer. These article serve as a yardstick for what can be achieved and should be aimed for, and can provide ideas about how to write an article and what sources to consult; they are listed below:
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Open tasks
[edit]- Attention needed
- ...to referencing and citation (3,976) • ...to coverage and accuracy (3,408) • ...to structure (545) • ...to grammar (182) • ...to supporting materials (911)
- Popular pages
- Full list
- Cleanup needed
- Add an article here!
- Requested articles
- Finnish 19th Division • Finnish 11th Division • Finnish VII Corps • Finnish Cavalry Brigade • 1st Jaeger Brigade • 2nd Jaeger Brigade • 168th Rifle Division • 71st Rifle Division • Lifeguard Horse Grenadier Regiment • 4th Mariupol Hussar Regiment • 6th Guards Mechanized Brigade
- Expansion needed
- Citizen Force (South Africa) • Zimbabwe Defence Forces • Military of Nigeria • Korean People's Army • Navy Aviation Command • 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade • 12th Territorial Defence Brigade (Poland) • 7th Infantry Division (Bangladesh) • Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade
- Images needed
- Citizen Force (South Africa)
- Merging needed
- Add an article here!
- Citations needed
- Air Force of Serbia and Montenegro • Air Force of Zimbabwe • Coast Guard Command (Turkey) • Gendarmerie General Command • Indonesian National Armed Forces • Irish Army • National Guard of the United States • New Zealand Army • Turkish Armed Forces • Zimbabwe National Army • 1st Aviation Brigade
- Translation needed
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Article alerts
[edit]Articles for deletion
- 30 Jul 2024 – Katoch–Sikh war (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Southasianhistorian8 (t · c) was closed as delete by OwenX (t · c) on 13 Aug 2024; see discussion (6 participants; relisted)
Proposed deletions
- 14 Aug 2024 – Battle of Talwara (1770) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Vanamonde93 (t · c): All encyclopedic content that is about the battle of 1770 is already covered in the article about the commander. There is no evidence that this battle is notable, nor that this name is used in sources. Unverified content abounds, and the page would n ...
- 13 Aug 2024 – Battle of Bhimber (1812) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Vanamonde93 (t · c): The cited sources do not substantively cover this battle, and as such it appears to fail the general standard for notability. Additionally, the content in the article only vaguely resembles the content in the sources; as such, even if this is a notab ...
- 09 Aug 2024 – Battle of Baghaur (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Southasianhistorian8 (t · c) was deleted
Good article nominees
- 05 Aug 2024 – Project Islero (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by DvcDeBlvngis (t · c) was not promoted by Rollinginhisgrave (t · c), see discussion
Requested moves
- 11 Aug 2024 – National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Bolivarian National Armed Forces or National Bolivarian Armed Forces by Viva Nicolás (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 04 May 2024 – Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Australian procurement (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II procurement by KarmaKangaroo (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Apr 2024 – Operation Talwar (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Kargil War by User4edits (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Mar 2024 – Extended Range Air Defence System (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to [[(Project Kusha)]] by N Jeevan (t · c); see [[Talk:(Project Kusha)|discussion]]
- 22 Jan 2024 – Nicaraguan-Salvadoran War (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to War of 1863 by Fontaine347 (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Nov 2023 – 99th Infantry Regiment (France, 1757–1803) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 99th Infantry Regiment (France, 1855–1997) by Cukrakalnis (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 02 Mar 2022 – Structure of the Swiss Armed Forces (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Gusfriend (t · c); see discussion
Resources
[edit]- CIA World Factbook - Very useful for filling in the national military infobox
- Scramble.nl Dutch Aviation Society website - Detailed orders of battle of modern air forces
- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute website - Summaries of the SIPRI Yearbook and databases of conflicts, military spending and arms production
- United Nations peacekeeping home page - Information on current and past UN peace keeping missions
- United States military Defense Visual Information Center - Photos of the US military and foreign militaries. All photos are in the public domain and can be used freely on Wikipedia.