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Sorry (Sharpe's Skirmish)
I made a mistake, I should have checked the logs and been more careful. Good work on the article (diff) and if you spot any more incompetencies you can tell me directly. Sorry, GDonato (talk) 21:02, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem - I still have some work to go on the article, particularly on the intro, plot and expanding the character list. While I have copy edited the old text for the intro and plot (until I have to to rewrite it) it is mostly blatant plagiarism and paraphrasing from the author's introduction) Cheers. AusTerrapin 21:09, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

ADM ribbon
I've lightened up the ADM ribbon to match the actual colour (well, as close as I can on my monitor anyway) - thanks for the prod! PalawanOz 23:03, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Ah, yes
That's quite simple. If you look closely, Sharpe's Regiment (novel) uses the regular ' apostrophe, and the redirect, Sharpe’s Regiment (novel) uses the curly one, ’. All the articles are where they should be :) --Closedmouth 12:11, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
 * That explains it. Cheer's. AusTerrapin 13:11, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

ISBN 10 or 13
Response to your question on the talk page. :: Kevinalewis  : (Talk Page) /(Desk)  10:32, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Napoleonic
Response on my user talk page. :: Kevinalewis  : (Talk Page) /(Desk)  16:30, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Happy Wikibirthday (a day late)
I saw from here that it's been exactly three years since you joined the project. Happy WikiBirthday! Keep up the good work, r ʨ anaɢ talk/contribs 07:46, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Australian Army
Hi AusTerrapin, thanks for your input. Your suggestions are very helpful and I am in the process to change the graphic now - but some questions remain and some suggested changes I can not make as to keep all graphics within an uniformed standard; in detail:


 * Brigade is abbreviated Bde not Brig (BRIG is the abbreviation for the rank Brigadier).
 * changed


 * Regiment is abbreviated Regt not Rgt.
 * changed


 * Support is abbreviated Spt not Sup (Sup is the abbreviation for supply).
 * changed


 * Combat Service Support Brigade (CSS Bde) and Force Support Battalions (FSB) use the same military symbol as the CSSBs ie a rectangle with a wedge on the right side (the symbol for Combat Service support), not a straight line two thirds of the way down (the symbol for supply).
 * changed (thanks for pointing that out - it was unclear to me what functions FSBs have and therefore I choose the Supply symbol for them)


 * Special Forces - military symbol does not have a box around the SF.
 * this I did not change, as only Australia would then use this variation of the SF symbol, while all other graphics have the one with the box around it


 * Command is abbreviated Comd not Com.
 * changed


 * Reserve Brigades are not designated as Reserve Brigades in their title so if it is necessary to refer to their Reserve status, this should be at the end of the title, not in the middle.
 * changed (The "Reserve" text I kept to distinguish between active/reserve units of the Australian Army)


 * Under 4 Bde, it is the Royal Victorian Regiment (RVR) not the Victorian Regiment.
 * changed


 * Under 11 Bde, it is the Royal Queensland Regiment (RQR) not the Queensland Regiment.
 * changed


 * Combat is abbreviated Cbt, not C.
 * changed


 * Squadron can be abbreviated Sqn if necessary
 * I know


 * Abbreviations of Australian military units do not use full stops.
 * changed

Questions:

 * 1) Bn for Battalion is ok?
 * 2) for the 3rd Field Squadron of the 9th Combat Engineer Regiment - should I write "3rd Field Squadron" or "3rd Field Squadron, 9th Combat Engineer Regiment" or "3 Sqn 9th Combat Eng Regt" or which variation thereof??? the same question applies to the 13 Field Squadron, 13th Combat Engineer Regiment and the 35th Field Squadron of 11th Combat Engineer Regiment.
 * 3) also: I need a clear instruction as to what to do with units numbers: 1st or 1, 4th or 4 - and is there a difference between battalions, brigades and regiments??? i.e. do you write: 4th brigade or 4 brigade, 3rd regiment or 3 regiment, 7th battalion or 7 battalion; and with 2 numbers: "31st/42nd Royal Queensland Regiment" or "31/42nd Royal Queensland Regiment" or "31/42 Royal Queensland Regiment"... I saw all three variants... the less text there is, the easier it is for me to fit it in the text fields - so I always prefer to just write: 1, 3, 5, ecc. but! what is the official naming policy of the Australian Army???
 * 4) also: 7th Battery 3rd Field Regt or 7 Battery 3 Field Regt or 7 Bty 3rd Field Regt or 7th Bty 3 Field Regt... what is right?
 * 5) 16th (Aviation) Brigade or 16 Brigade (Aviation) or... ???
 * 6) any other changes? noclador (talk) 19:56, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

new version
A new version of the graphic. I changed some details:
 * 1) Signals - I removed the "s" with some of the Signal units to bring them to a uniform spelling
 * 2) I removed the LRRP before the three Regional Force Surveillance units
 * 3) I wrote the 3 Engineer Squadrons as "x Field Squadron" as two of the three units seem to prefer this name (only the Field Squadron designation without regiment) on their homepages: 13, 35
 * 4) also I dropped all the ordinals to make more room for the regiments names - since ordinals are of little informational value, but a infantry regiments name are extra-relevant, I hope you agree with this mix of: no ordinals, Royal most of the times abbreviated to R and Regiment to Regt, and the rest as often as possible fully spelled out.
 * if there is any other change/point you wish to make - please feel free to do so. and if you have the time: could you also have a look at the New Zealand Army chart? thanks, noclador (talk) 00:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

file vs image
Just in case you hadn't noticed, I have replied. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 12:27, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Category:Recipients of the Commendation for Distinguished Service
Hi! In the above you have added:
 * Category:Recipients of Australian military awards and decorations|Distinguished Service (Class 3)|Distinguished Service Commendation|Distinguished Service Commendation

I thought "category" only had two fields. What are the third & fourth? What is "Distinguished Service (Class 3)"? Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:48, 20 June 2010 (UTC)


 * G'day Pdfpdf, Doh! Will fix. Class 3 is only a means of ensuring that all the Distinguished Service Awards appear under D and are grouped together in precedence order. DSC is class 1, DSM class 2 and CDS is class 3. I could just have easily used 'level', but was thinking of the 2 classes of the RRC at the time. Cheers, AusTerrapin (talk) 11:56, 20 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Well there you go! (I didn't know that!!) "You learn something new every day." Thanks, Pdfpdf (talk) 12:06, 20 June 2010 (UTC)


 * (P.S. OK, I give in. What is RRC? Pdfpdf (talk) 12:08, 20 June 2010 (UTC))


 * Royal Red Cross - its one of the UK Imperial awards and has been replaced in Australia by the Nursing Service Cross. The Royal Red Cross (Class I) uses the postnominal RRC and the Royal Red Cross (Class II) uses the postnominal ARRC (ie Associate Royal Red Cross). Normally one had to be awarded the ARRC (red enamelled cross with silver edge) before being eligible to be awarded the RRC (same design but edged in gold). I've fixed the surplus category fields now. Cheers, AusTerrapin (talk) 12:20, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Categorisation for UNSW faculty members
Hi, you listed several people who are not alumni but faculty in the alumni category of the University of New South Wales. Hekerui (talk) 15:23, 20 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Indeed, technically you are quite correct. They were moved as part of a wider categorisation tidy up that I have been performing. Looking at entries for alumni on other universities, it has been common practice for faculty to be included in alumni and for there to be no separate category for faculty, hence why I categorised them the way that I did. The do not belong in the main university category. If you really don't want them in an alumni category, then please feel free to create and appropriately link a dedicated faculty page. Cheers, AusTerrapin (talk) 15:35, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your help!
Thanks for your help on the table version of the honorary Knights and Dames page. If we keep plugging away a few names at a time for the next few days, we'll be done before we know it!--Jimbo Wales (talk) 22:34, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

simple:Mark Donaldson
Please don't remove links to other Wikipedias on this (or any) article unless the link to a page that does not exist or is incorrect. He may be from New Zealand but the French Wikipedia has an article on him too! - tholly  --Talk-- 14:10, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

G'day Tholly, my removal of the French link to Mark Donaldson was entirely appropriate. There are two Mark Donaldson's. Mark Donaldson, VC is the subject of articles on the en: no: and simple: Wikipedias. Mark Donaldson, NZ All Black player is the subject of the fr: article and, now that I have created it, an en: article. The Mark Donaldson, VC page was subjected to continual inappropriate linking to the French page on the NZ rugby player. To fix this I have done a bunch of disambiguation work including raising the Mark Donaldson (rugby player) page, moving the French page to Mark Donaldson (jeuer de rugby), linking Mark Donaldson (jeuer de rugby) to Mark Donaldson (rugby player), removing Mark Donaldson (jeuer de rugby) links to Mark Donaldson and Mark Donaldson and removing links on Mark Donaldson and Mark Donaldson to Mark Donaldson (jeuer de rugby). This ensures that each site only links to the appropriate corresponding individual. I have also provided a hat link on Mark Donaldson to Mark Donaldson (rugby player).

If you wish to correspond further, my primary page and talk page are on the English wikipedia (see links in my following signature). Cheers AusTerrapin (talk) 15:44, 25 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Ahh I see, my mistake, very sorry! I should have looked more closely at the content of the articles, sorry for confusion :) - tholly  --Talk-- 16:23, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

email?
You don't seem to have email enabled. Is that correct? FYI, I do. If you send me an email, I can reply to it. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 12:29, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
 * BTW: I replied. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 14:08, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Talk:List of Order of Odd Fellows lodges
Could you please refactor your final paragraph from, which I've collapsed for the time being? A simple solution would be removing all comments and assumptions about me.

I appreciate the time and effort you've made in explaining your perspective. I think you understand my perspective well. I don't think further discussion is going to get either of us to change our perspectives. --Ronz (talk) 16:24, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I responded to your comments at ANI, hoping we can move on. --Ronz (talk) 16:40, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the strikeout and the clarification ! --Ronz (talk) 19:42, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Mark Donaldson (rugby player)
Hello! Your submission of Mark Donaldson (rugby player) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   05:19, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

pointless exercises
I've lost interest. It all sounds like a waste of time, effort and energy to me. Never-the-less, I VERY MUCH appreciate your contributions. If there is something you feel I should pay attention to, something you feel I can add value to without alienating everyone else, or something you feel I can help you with, please "rattle my cage". Otherwise, I'm staying away from this idocy - life is too short to waste time entertaining strange people and acknowledging their fantasies. Many thanks, Pdfpdf (talk) 14:13, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

George S. Patton
Just a note following your latest edits, I have found a citation for his honorary CB in September 1944 but so far nothing in the London Gazette or Times about any other awards. I have added the CB citation to the Patton article. MilborneOne (talk) 20:04, 3 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Sorry Patton is not a page I watch but have just seen your talk page note - I will comment there, thanks. MilborneOne (talk) 20:06, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Mark Donaldson (rugby player)
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Re: Date change
Sorry about that, was going by the UTC timezone, as I do everywhere on Wikipedia. Plus it would have looked esthetically strange to have seen July 5th before July 4th. Regards. Eric Leb 01 (Page &#124; Talk)  14:24, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Aaaaand, I just read the top of your user page. Sorry again. Eric Leb 01 (Page &#124; Talk)  14:25, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Muhammad Hasan
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Ping
There is now work for you to do, I presume? Good Ol’factory (talk) 09:05, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Order of the Black Star
Just added a new category Category:Officers of the Order of the Black Star to line up with the more accurate categorisation system. To support it I added a cat for the Order Category:Order of the Black Star to include the order and the receipents. Not 100% sure that is right way. As you have more experience in using more acurate category system any advice woule be appreciated, thanks. MilborneOne (talk) 19:44, 29 August 2010 (UTC)


 * G'day MilbourneOne, you got it. As a colonial order, the related categories should probably be dual categorised against Benin in addition to France. I am not a fan of the 'Orders of knighthood of X' as a category, it becomes quite messy when one needs to cover non-chivalric orders. My preference is for 'Orders of X' with membership grade categories used to identify knights and dames (eg Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath' is categorised as Category:Order of the Bath and as Category:British knights while Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath' is categorised only as Category:Order of the Bath). 'Orders of X' should then be categorised as 'Category:Orders by country|X' and 'Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of X'. These higher level linkages follow the schema archived on the WP:ODM talk page. The French category structure seems to have been developed in isolation of this schema, however I think it may be better to work with it for the time being - I am mulling over a proposal to post at WP:ODM for a comprehensive set of categorisation guidelines. My recent work in revamping the UK and Thailand schema has been useful in developing some thoughts on this. I just need to be able to drag myself away from other tasks long enough to write up the proposal. Cheers, AusTerrapin (talk) 13:49, 30 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Understood, thanks for the reply, I have noticed we have a few recipients of type cats that really need to be more accurate as has been done for UK and Thailand. Look forward to supporting your proposal! it would be good to have an example of the structure. MilborneOne (talk) 15:29, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Scout and Guide awards
If you look in Category:Scout and Guide awards, you will see that we now have two categories for holders of the Silver Wolf, after you created one for B-P. I think I prefer your name, Recipients of the Silver Wolf Award, to the older name, Silver Wolf awardees, which has two entries. The naming in general is pretty chaotic and many of these categories are not populated by articles that should be there. I think we need to take this to the Scouting Project, to look at the issue of all similar categories, but I am too exhausted to do that tonight. -- Bduke   (Discussion)  11:50, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up - I missed that. I have been quite extensively involved in categorisation of orders, decorations and medals as a member of of both WP:ODM and WP:CATP. Outside the realms of scouting, the convention is to use 'Recipients of X' for categories intended for those awarded decorations, medals, awards, etc. Orders are treated differently as one is not awarded an order, one becomes a member of it and thus the title for Category:Members of the Order of the Silver Elephant. I have raised a CfM and have placed a note on the Scouting Project's discussion page. If there are others that you think need to be added to this CfM, feel free however Category:Members of the Order of the Silver Elephant should be excluded for the reasons noted above. Cheers, AusTerrapin (talk) 15:44, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] File:CdnForcesDecoration+3rosettes.PNG
G'day Ctjj, you recently added File:CdnForcesDecoration+3rosettes.PNG to several images. Can you please confirm that the rosettes actually take up the full height of the ribbon in reality? This would be unusual, ribbon emblems usually only occupy 2/3 to 4/5 of the vertical height of the ribbon. Assuming that the rosettes are not supposed to occupy the full height of the ribbon, can you please update your image with better proportioned rosettes? Also, as a public domain image, the file would be better loaded to Wikimedia Commons and categorised as Ribbon bars of Canada so that it is grouped with other Canadian ribbons and is more easily found by others seeking ribbon images for their articles. Cheers, AusTerrapin (talk) 20:54, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Good evening!

I hope that you are doing well. Your statement about the rosettes of the Canadian Forces decoration actually makes sence. I really just took an image of the rosette and added it on an image of the CD ribbon, and it seemed to fit. After looking closely to the following picture: http://www.cadets.ca/assets/0/121/423/1087/2343/10612/10752/27ee2c1b-fd8f-4275-86f4-5f021d2da7c0.jpg, I have noticed that the rosettes that I have used would be probably 2 milimetres too large. When I will have the time, I could correct the problem.

Good day to you. Ctjj.stevenson (talk) 22:53, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Umberto
Ciao! I removed them as, in my opinion, their encyclopedical value is totally null. To know that boring list of empty noble titles, what does it give to the reader? The article doubles its size, with its knowledge value remaining the same. Anyway, let me know... Good work! --&#39;&#39;&#39;Attilios&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 23:29, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi
Category:Australian_religious_and_humanist_awards

I dont understand the context of creating this category - its bit like chalk and cheese awards - any reason? SatuSuro 07:49, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

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Most highly decorated
Because I don't know the answer, I'm asking quietly first: Are any of Keith Payne's foreign awards anywhere near the MG? Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 10:03, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

G'day Pdfpdf, well spotted. The US Distinguished Service Cross is roughly equivalent to the Star of Gallantry and the Silver Star to the Medal for Gallantry, The Gallantry Cross with Bronze Star doesn't translate easily but is probably equivalent to a Commendation for Gallantry. He is therefore more highly decorated. I have updated the other entries which were a distortion from the reference cited which only said that Corporal Roberts-Smith was the most highly decorated member of the ADF (ie currently serving) which is true. Cheers, AusTerrapin. AusTerrapin (talk) 10:34, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Winners of the Nykredit Architecture Prize
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Can you help me with how to correct an error in the list of OBEs/CBEs?
Hello AusTerrapin,

I'm taking a punt that you may be able to help with this, given your evident expertise. I hope you do not mind me asking; I have exhausted all avenues I can think of.

I simply want to move a deceased friend and colleague's entry under Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) to the Commanders (CBE) list. (It's an authoritative move; I'll be providing the verification page from the Australian Govt awards website.)

All I can see is this rather cryptic comment at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Commanders_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire&action=edit: "To list a page in this category, do not edit this category page. Instead, edit the page you want to list..." but I don't know how to get hold of the pages involved via the Edit tab.

I hope you will be able to help. Again my apologies if I am intruding.

Sincerely,

Clive Huggan Canberra, Australia  —Preceding unsigned comment added by SCHolar44 (talk • contribs) 05:44, 10 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Hello Clive not sure AusTerrapin is around at the moment but if I can help, you cant change the actual category page you have to change the original article. To do that we need to know the name of your friend and find his/her article. The category will be at the bottom of that page. It would help if you could provide a reference or citation for the promotion from officer to commander, thanks. (I have removed your email to protect you from unwanted mail) MilborneOne (talk) 08:13, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, MilborneOne -- including for removing my e-mail address; I realised my error just as I was heading out in a taxi!

Do I reply to you via "Edit" in User talk:AusTerrapin? Or should I do it another way? I'm very green with this side of Wikipedia.

I did visit your page and saw that you are ex-RAF, with an LSGCM. I'm ex-RAAF -- and your interests do, er, overlap somewhat. :-)

The page which lists my old friend, John Paul Wild, is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Wild. The page that lists him incorrectly as OBE is http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Officers_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire&from=W -- hmm, I have looked at it and that should now be "listed": he has disappeared from there to the Commanders page (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Commanders_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire&from=W).

I wonder if this move between pages will be permanent? I guess it must have happened when I changed one of the category references in his Wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Wild) to "Commander" from "Officer". Ah! That's what is meant by "you have to change the original article"! [Sound of many pennies dropping].

You mentioned "It would help if you could provide a reference or citation for the promotion from officer to commander". The authoritative page is the Australian Govt honours and awards page: http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1064489&search_type=simple&showInd=true and I have cited it.

Btw, the placement on the wrong page was a typo, i.e. he was never an OBE.

Thanks indeed for your friendly assistance as I tentatively make my way! My next task is to master the coding citations in the Wikipedia style; it will come (I have started to study the appropriate Help pages). I have an article ready about Paul Wild's life achievements, based on a seminar that we held at the Australian Academy of Science.

SCHolar44 (talk) 08:53, 10 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Looks like you have sorted it out yourself, normally when you start a talk discussion it is better to stay on the same page otherwise the questions and answers appear all over the place. But if you have any other questions then please ask at my talk page. Apology for hijacking AusTerrapins talk page! MilborneOne (talk) 11:09, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks for your offer. And apologies to you for my "uninvited lodger / cuckoo" act, AusTerrapin!

SCHolar44 (talk) 11:24, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Numbers of Honorary awards of the Order of Australia
Hi! In July 2010 you made this addition to Order of Australia. It's not obvious to me how to get a separate count of the number of Honorary awards without doing it manually. Did you do it manually? If so, I commend you highly for wading through the list of about 3000 awardees! I also wonder if you are in the mood to update the counts? Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 10:32, 13 August 2011 (UTC)


 * G'day Pdfpdf, yes it was manually, however I cheated slightly. I ran a search on www.itsanhonour.gov.au for all awardees for each grade in turn and copied the resulting text into Excel, separated into columns and filtered for the honorary entries (they are marked). I used formulae to more efficiently copy text into columns (the original output was on successive rows) and I had to copy the OAM text in blocks as copying the full list caused my computer to crash. Not sure how I will go in the short term for updating, most of my free time is being consumed by looking after a new baby and working on my next Master's. AusTerrapin (talk) 20:27, 13 August 2011 (UTC)


 * That sounds like the sort of idiocy I indulge in, but I have neither a new baby, nor a Master's degree, occupying my time. I suggest you ignore updating it. What's there is indicative and sufficiently supports the assertion that "there's a lot of them". I was just hoping that you had discovered a more automated way to do it. You get back to your baby (they grow up too quickly - if you're not careful, it'll be a teenager before you notice), and I'll get back to doing my Income Tax. (Whoopee!) Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 00:52, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

You may (or may not) be bemused and/or amused by Talk:Order_of_Australia Pdfpdf (talk) 01:23, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

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Melbourne Cup 1941
Thanks again for helping me sort out my article on Edwin A. Doss. It was a few years ago so maybe you won't remember. Anyway I've got some family folklore I want to clear up and was thinking maybe you might have some insight on it.

My father, Edwin Doss, took his fighter squadron from San Francisco to Australia a few weeks after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The story he told me was that soon after arriving in Australia he dove his fighter plane into the stadium before the horse race (which I believe was the Melbourne Cup). He recalled looking up at the people in the stadium. He got into trouble of course and explained that he had done it because the Japanese invasion was imminent and it was no time to have a horse race. Also, he talked of several race horses dying during the incident.

Now, war fighters return from war with lots of stories but my father never ever played things up like that. That being said, I cannot find any reference to anything like this event ever happening. It might be a tall tale but if it is, it's the only tall tale my father ever told.

Know anything about this incident?

Thanks,

Jim Doss JamesDoss (talk) 23:26, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Date formats / Diamond Jubilee Medal for VC Winners
Prompted by seeing your recent edit, I continue to be confused by which date format to use. I've had YYYY-MM-DD changed to dd mmm yyyy, and dd mmm yyyy changed to YYYY-MM-DD. i.e. Whatever I do, someone complains. What are your thoughts/opinions on the topic? Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 15:47, 31 May 2012 (UTC)


 * I am in the habit of using the ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD) for citations because that was the guidance on the template cheat sheet - this was based around ease of identification for bots. Since then the guidance appears to have been watered down - I'm guessing people thought that trying to consistently enforce ISO dates was a lost cause.


 * Donaldson will be getting the Diamond Jubilee Medal, but I haven't put it up because without the supporting news article someoneone is going to complain that putting two and two together is WP:SYNTHESIS. Interestingly of Payne's now 24 medals, 6 have resulted from his VC action - the VC, DSC (US), and CG(RVN) and the three Jubilee Medals. Cheers, AusTerrapin (talk) 16:21, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Ordre national du Mérite
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BTW: I haven't been able to confirm the grades of the Order of the Merit (Chile) or Order of the Polar Star (Sweden) yet. (Thanks for finding ref for Legion of Honour (France)). Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 06:42, 1 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Why would an army general be appointed Commander of the Naval Order of Merit (Chile)?
 * Do you have a reference?
 * Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 16:31, 1 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Excellent question, presumably there was a naval component to his relationship building with Chile in one or both of his senior Joint appointments (Commander Operations Command and Chief of Defence Staff). I am going of the ribbons displayed here and the ribbon you originally added with a rosette backed by a silver stripe. The only comparable one in the photo (bottom row, far left ribbon) is edged in red which is consistent with the Naval Order of Merit and is consistent with the sequence of decorations listed in the article. The alternative is that it is the blue ribbon (3rd row from top, far left ribbon) in which case the grade is Knight. I haven't found a textual reference for his award which would given a conclusive result. I have found several references which show that the blue sash edged in red is the Naval Order of Merit (#1, #2, and #3), and one which is to a Police Chief (#4). Cheers, AusTerrapin (talk) 17:31, 1 July 2012 (UTC)


 * a) Hmmm. Well, stranger things have happened, I suppose ...
 * b) It's handy when Kevin Piggott takes such nice high resolution photos!


 * Not there: AO; Mir Masjedi khan Ghazi; Cmdr Orange-Nassau
 * The lanyard is the Bronze Soldier - Haven't yet determined if there's an associated ribbon or not.
 * c) BTW: What was/were the award/s that the Chilean Admiral and Air General were wearing?
 * Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 18:25, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 15:07, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
 * That's about as far as I can get at the moment. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 13:24, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

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 * Thanks for checking. This is not strictly the case - it is quite appropriate to have meta articles linked to this category, ie generic articles that describe the overarching system of orders, decorations and medals (eg Medal). However, articles that are specific to subordinate categories should be allocated to that category (eg British Honours System belongs under Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom). In some cases the subordinate category may not have been created - this is not a justification for the article to be placed in a top level category (eg a new article describing the honours system of Burkina Faso would be categorised under Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Burkina Faso but as that category doesn't presently exist it should be created (as part of a wider category schema it can be created as soon as there is at least one article to populate it)). Please review your recent changes and where appropriate correct. If there are specific articles you are uncertain of, feel free to ask. AusTerrapin (talk) 15:59, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
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 * Thanks for the interest. I have held off moving it because I hope to put it in for a DYK nomination to raise awareness of this great musician and need a bit more materiel to successfully do this. Then I got distracted by other things... I will have another look shortly. In the meantime, if you have sourced materiel to add whilst it is still in user space, please feel free... AusTerrapin (talk)

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 * Are you sure that it's not a Joint position?
 * ( I'm of the understanding I had the impression that LCAUST was a Joint position, but I could be wrong ... ) - And yes, on reflection, that IS wrong.
 * Do you have any evidence to clarify whether it is a Joint or an Army position?
 * (I must admit that the fact that it's a merger of LCAUST and commander TC-A sort-of implies that it just might be an Army position ... )


 * G'day Pdfpdf, yes, I am absolutely sure. Publicly available info can be found on the Army website and the other indicator is that all of the subordinate units/formations are Army units/formations. You may be getting confused with COMD 1 DIV who double hats as COMD DJFHQ. Whilst under current arrangements COMD DJFHQ is always an Army appointment, the appointment is unambiguously a joint role. Cheers, AusTerrapin (talk) 12:09, 6 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Re: DJFHQ, yes, I knew that. But also yes, I was probably letting that colour my memory of the LCAUST arrangement. Yes, I'm now reminded of the situation, and I'm now confident that you are correct. Thanks for that! Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 13:18, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

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Bars to CSC & DSC
Australia does not follow the UK in using a rosette to denote bars to awards - So I believe. they use a miniature of the medal, star or cross of the award - Sorry, I don't understand. Could I bother you to enlighten me please? With thanks in advance, Pdfpdf (talk) 07:13, 7 October 2014 (UTC)


 * G'day Pdfpdf - long time no hear (then again I have only been around sporadically). Bars to Australian decorations (as opposed to long service award clasps) are, with the exception of the DSC (which uses a 5mm high silver federation star), denoted by a 5mm high miniature representation of the full size decoration on the ribbon bar. This is not to be confused with the half size miniature decoration (with ribbon) worn in evening dress. Regrettably the It's an Honour site does not spell out this level of detail however, for Defence related decorations, it is available at Defence Medals and, less accessibly for all decorations, in Michael Maton, The National Honours & Awards of Australia, Kangaroo Press, Sydney, 1995. The ribbon bar images I removed used a British style rosette which is not used on any Australian award. AusTerrapin (talk) 14:02, 7 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the reply, and G'day to you too!
 * long time no hear - yeah ... well ... I've discovered that the less often I open my mouth, the less often I put my foot in it ...
 * Bars to Australian decorations ... are ... denoted by a 5mm high miniature representation of the full size decoration on the ribbon bar. - Oh. So you did mean what I thought you were saying. Well there you go! (i.e. a) That's a surprise to me. b) You learn something new every day.)
 * Regrettably the It's an Honour site does not spell out this level of detail - Indeed it does not!
 * however, for Defence related decorations, it is available at http://www.defence.gov.au/medals - I don't disagree. But really? Where? (i.e. 1) I didn't find anything relevant on that particular page. 2) Can you provide some URLs to some examples please?)
 * The ribbon bar images I removed ...  - Agreed. As I said above: "So I believe."
 * Again, thanks for the reply. Maybe I'm not (yet) "enlightened", but thanks to your reply I am certainly much better informed! Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 13:12, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Try: VC, SG, MG, DSC, DSM, CSC, CSM, NSC AusTerrapin (talk) 17:18, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Ah okay, I was unaware of that so I did assume, my bad. But I saw the need for their creation, and just did it based what what I thought I knew. Though looking at the CSC clasp for example, I can guarantee I cannot replicate that for WP. Though it is certainly a good pick-up on my mistake. Nford24 (PE121 Personnel Request Form) 22:21, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Nat, decorations don't have clasps - clasps are a feature of campaign and long service medals. In the Imperial / Imperial inspired systems, subsequent awards of a decoration are denoted by the addition of a 'bar' to the ribbon of the medal or miniature and a miniature device to the ribbon bar (a rosette for Imperial awards but, as discussed here and less the DSC, a miniature representation of the decoration in the case of Australian decorations). A further distinction between bars and clasps is spacing on the medal ribbon - clasps are worn one above the other starting from the bottom of the ribbon (excluding any taper where the ribbon passes through a loop). Bars are spaced evenly between the bottom and top of the ribbon - one bar is placed in the middle, two bars divide the ribbon into thirds, three divide it into quarters, etc. Pdfpdf (talk, PalawanOz (talk or myself may be able to create the necessary images. PalawanOz may be on an extended wikibreak as he doesn't appear to have edited since 2012. I am very busy at work at the moment (extending into my domestic hours) so it may be some time before I can take this on. Cheers, AusTerrapin (talk) 15:34, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Slightly off-topic, but related ...
Regarding files DSC & Bar and CSC & Bar: Rather than deleting the pages, perhaps we can replace the images?? (In which case, it would be nice to "see" an example of what they "should" look like ...) Pdfpdf (talk) 13:38, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 *  (P.S. FYI: Sometime ("real soon") I will put a note on Nat's talk page alerting him to all this. Pdfpdf (talk) 13:38, 8 October 2014 (UTC))  
 * See CSC and bar image. I agree that replacing the images is in order. I haven't been able to trace images of the others, however for the DSC, the federation star shape will be the same as that used in the design of the cross (which has more acute angles for the points compared to that used in some other contexts (eg fifth clasp for long service awards), whilst the NSC will have a thin border of silver (enamel devices rarely don't have a border and it is a necessary design element to distinguish the red enamel insignia from the red ribbon it is attached to - at least for the first bar). AusTerrapin (talk) 17:18, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

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So, do you think her publications should have publishers and ISBNs or not? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:42, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Not quite sure what you were getting at with the question. I have left these details out of the main text of the article as I did not see that as being useful to the casual reader's understanding of her body of work. The details are included in the citations where they are absolutely relevant - this information is for those who might actually want to look the work up. Having said that, if there is WP:MOS guidance that suggests more detail should be included in the list of published works, then I am happy for it to be updated in line with WP conventions. If you meant something else, you will have to enlighten me. Cheers, AusTerrapin (talk) 17:53, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's the list of publications. The excellent sourcing you have provided for each title makes those details slightly redundant, but most lists of books I see in articles have publisher, location and ISBN. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:58, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I see you made some edits in between my earlier edit and most recent one. I didn't receive an edit conflict message so I am hoping that your changes were unaffected, but it may pay to double check. Cheers, AusTerrapin (talk) 18:02, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Haha, yes it always pay to check. :) Martinevans123 (talk) 18:04, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Here's the one I was asking about: . Martinevans123 (talk) 20:02, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * That was left in as an oversight from the way I prepared the citation details (I copied in a string of citation text and then copied it into the relevant sections of the cite wizard before being deleted from the main article area - in this instance I missed deleting some info but caught up with it later). AusTerrapin (talk) 09:28, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Um, but I deliberately added those details as I thought they were required. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:51, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Well that would explain why I was a bit mystified when I saw it (at that point I hadn't realised someone else was editing the article and thought it was my ommision). AusTerrapin (talk) 10:22, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Apologies for any confusion. So do we want the details or not - or are the sources sufficient on their own? Martinevans123 (talk) 11:00, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
 * See my first comment - my view is unchanged. AusTerrapin (talk) 11:52, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
 * OK. I might open a discussion thread on whether WP:MOS should apply. No strong view. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:18, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Order of Australia Post-nominal
Hey, In ragards to your recent edit of Sir Angus Houston. I have reverted it because I am under the impression that only the senior post-nominal is used. Sir Peter Cosgrove's own biography on his website uses only 'AK MC (Retd)'. Based on that, are you able to provide a reference otherwise? Nford24 (PE121 Personnel Request Form) 23:20, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
 * His biography. Nford24 (PE121 Personnel Request Form) 23:20, 1 February 2015 (UTC)


 * G'day Nat, see the Order of Australia Ordinances down the backend of the linked document. See also my comment here. AusTerrapin (talk) 11:05, 2 February 2015 (UTC)


 * What's fact is fact, and you have shown me fact. The link you provided didn't work, but this one does . I'll revert my revert. Cheers. Nford24 (PE121 Personnel Request Form) 13:08, 2 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Sorry - screwed up the wiki code (a bit rusty at the moment) - this is now fixed. The now properly linked booklet is well worth looking up as a definitive reference on the current rules of the Order. I left Sir Peter's article alone precisely because he has chosen not to use both post-nominals even though that would be perfectly correct. It is too early to have clear evidence of what Sir Angus and Prince Philip will do in practice in regards to post-nominals, ribbons, etc. I have updated the post-nominals template to permit the doubling up - the honour code adds a 'g' or a 'm' to the end of the standard post nom (eg 'AC'). There is no 'ACg' since all AK/AD appointments are in the General Division and thus an AC (Gen) is overridden by promotion to AK/AD. Likewise if the person is both an AC (Gen) and and AC (Mil), the AC (Gen) is senior and therefore doesn't use the explanatory parenthesis ie 'AC, AC (Mil)' is correct not 'AC (Gen), AC (Mil)'. AusTerrapin (talk) 16:20, 2 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Interesting. ("You learn something new every day.) Thank you for the reference. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 12:52, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

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Darwin meet-up and public workshops
Hi,

Two public workshops will be hosted at the Northern Territory Library which will be held on 22 June 2016, 5.15pm and 26 June 2016, 2pm. There is also a meetup which will be held at 6pm on 25 June 2016. Bidgee (talk) 12:56, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXIII, July 2016
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The Bugle: Issue CXXIV, August 2016
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Category:Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa has been nominated for discussion
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Canberra meetup invitation (August 2016)
I'll be in Canberra from the 29-30 August, there is a planned meet-up at King O'Malley's (though I'm open to suggestions) from 6pm on the 29 August. Sorry for the short noticed, only had the trip confirmed this afternoon. Bidgee (talk) 10:58, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXV, September 2016
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Guild of Copy Editors September 2016 News
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Military history WikiProject coordinator election
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The Bugle: Issue CXXVI, October 2016
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The Bugle: Issue CXXVII, November 2016
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The Bugle: Issue CXXVIII, December 2016
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Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News
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Category:Recipients of the Star of the Solomon Islands has been nominated for discussion
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Category:Order of the Royal House of Chakri has been nominated for discussion
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The Bugle: Issue CXXIX, January 2017
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Category:Recipients of King Christian X's Liberty Medal has been nominated for discussion
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The Bugle: Issue CXXX, February 2017
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Guild of Copy Editors February 2017 News
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March Madness 2017
G'day all, please be advised that throughout March 2017 the Military history Wikiproject is running its March Madness drive. This is a backlog drive that is focused on several key areas:


 * tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
 * updating the project's currently listed A-class articles to ensure their ongoing compliance with the listed criteria
 * creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various task force pages or other lists of missing articles.

As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the military history scope will be considered eligible. More information can be found here for those that are interested, and members can sign up as participants at that page also.

The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 March and runs until 23:59 UTC on 31 March 2017, so please sign up now.

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Fair Use in Australia discussion
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The Bugle: Issue CXXXI, March 2017
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The Bugle: Issue CXXXII, April 2017
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RMIT says hullo to Monash
I have been commenting upon the question of ‘level’ on the ODM Message board and noticed (04/06/10) Military awards and decorations of the United Kingdom. I did not see it at the time and would have argued that ‘Awards and decorations of the British military’ is grammatically different from ‘Military Awards and decorations of the British’. The Wikipedia article ‘Military orders, awards and decorations’ is piffle. I am dropping you this note since I noted you went to Monash. In the late 1970s I was a RMIT delegate for a number of years to the ‘ten days that shook the world’ Australian Union of Students Annual Conferences held at Monash which I thoroughly enjoyed. In 1980, I wrote an article on recent GC awards in the RMIT student magazine Jargon. Sadly, the section on GC awards to civilians is still up to date. Best wishes from the Sunshine Coast. Anthony Staunton (talk) 03:20, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Dames of the Order of the Rajamitrabhorn


A tag has been placed on Category:Dames of the Order of the Rajamitrabhorn requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. — swpb T 18:00, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXIII, May 2017
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The Bugle: Issue CXXXIV, June 2017
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The Bugle: Issue CXXXV, July 2017
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The Bugle: Issue CXXXVI, August 2017
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The Bugle: Issue CXXXVII, September 2017
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2017 Military history WikiProject Coordinator election
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The Bugle: Issue CXXXVIII, October 2017
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The Bugle: Issue CXXXIX, November 2017
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2017 Military Historian of the Year and Newcomer of the Year nominations and voting
As we approach the end of the year, the Military History project is looking to recognise editors who have made a real difference. Each year we do this by bestowing two awards: the Military Historian of the Year and the Military History Newcomer of the Year. The co-ordinators invite all project members to get involved by nominating any editor they feel merits recognition for their contributions to the project. Nominations for both awards are open between 00:01 on 2 December 2017 and 23:59 on 15 December 2017. After this, a 14-day voting period will follow commencing at 00:01 on 16 December 2017. Nominations and voting will take place on the main project talkpage: here and here. Thank you for your time. For the co-ordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:35, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXL, December 2017
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User group for Military Historians
Greetings,

"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2017 News
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The Bugle: Issue CXLI, January 2018
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Category:Order of the Crown of Thailand has been nominated for discussion
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The Bugle: Issue CXLII, February 2018
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GOCE February 2018 news
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The Bugle: Issue CXLIII, March 2018
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Regarding Post-nominals/AUS template
Hi. In your edit to Template talk:Post-nominals/AUS on 15 Jan 2018, you wrote "I am therefore disambiguating both". Where/how did you disambiguate them? (As far as I can work out, the template still has "SoC" for the star, and "SC" for the Counsel.) Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:05, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

April 2018 Milhist Backlog Drive
G'day all, please be advised that throughout April 2018 the Military history Wikiproject is running its annual backlog elimination drive. This will focus on several key areas:


 * tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
 * adding or improving listed resources on Milhist's task force pages
 * updating the open tasks template on Milhist's task force pages
 * creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various lists of missing articles.

As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the scope of military history will be considered eligible. This year, the Military history project would like to extend a specific welcome to members of WikiProject Women in Red, and we would like to encourage all participants to consider working on helping to improve our coverage of women in the military. This is not the sole focus of the edit-a-thon, though, and there are aspects that hopefully will appeal to pretty much everyone.

The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 April and runs until 23:59 UTC on 30 April 2018. Those interested in participating can sign up here.

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The Bugle: Issue CXLIIV, April 2018
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The Bugle: Issue CXLIV, May 2018
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Order of the Rose


A tag has been placed on Category:Order of the Rose requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

"Unnecessary category per existing structure under Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Brazil"

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Order of the Southern Cross


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"Structure of Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Brazil does not need this."

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June 2018 GOCE newsletter
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The Bugle: Issue CXLVI, June 2018
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The Bugle: Issue CXLVII, July 2018
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The Bugle: Issue CXLVIII, August 2018
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August GOCE newsletter
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
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The Bugle: Issue CXLIX, September 2018
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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
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Have your say!
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The Bugle: Issue CL, October 2018
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The Bugle: Issue CLI, November 2018
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Nominations now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards
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December 2018 GOCE newsletter
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The Bugle: Issue CLII, December 2018
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Voting now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards
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The Bugle: Issue CLIII, January 2019
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Your access to AWB may be temporarily removed
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GOCE 2018 Annual Report
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The Bugle: Issue CLIV, February 2019
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The Bugle: Issue CLV, March 2019
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March GOCE newsletter
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The Bugle: Issue CLVI, April 2019
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The Bugle: Issue CLVII, May 2019
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GOCE June newsletter
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The Bugle: Issue CLVIII, June 2019
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Category:Crosses of Aeronautical Merit has been nominated for discussion
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The Bugle: Issue CLIX, July 2019
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The Bugle: Issue CLX, August 2019
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The Bugle: Issue CLX, August 2019
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Category:Recipients of the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice has been nominated for discussion
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Grand Crosses of Aeronautical Merit


A tag has been placed on Category:Grand Crosses of Aeronautical Merit requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz Read! Talk! 01:38, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXI, September 2019
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September 2019 GOCE Newsletter
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The Bugle: Issue CLXII, October 2019
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The Bugle: Issue CLXIII, November 2019
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GOCE December 2019 Newsletter
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The Bugle: Issue CLXIV, December 2019
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Order of the Tower and Sword


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The Bugle: Issue CLXV, January 2020
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The Bugle: IssueICLXVI, February 2020
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Order of Stara Planina


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March Madness 2020
G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team

The Bugle: Issue CLXVII, March 2020
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GOCE March newsletter
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Category:Order of Stara Planina has been nominated for merging
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The Bugle: Issue CLXVIII, April 2020
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The Bugle: Issue CLXIX, May 2020
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GOCE June newsletter
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The Bugle: Issue CLXX, June 2020
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXI, July 2020
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXII, August 2020
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:03, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue Issue CLXXIII, September 2020
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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
G'day everyone, voting for the 2020 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2020. Thanks from the outgoing coord team, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:17, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXIV, October 2020
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXV, November 2020
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Category:Knights Grand Band of the Order of the Star of Africa has been nominated for listification
Category:Knights Grand Band of the Order of the Star of Africa has been nominated for listification. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. - RevelationDirect (talk) 00:20, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Category:Recipients of the Silver Buffalo Award has been nominated for listification
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December 2020 Guild of Copy Editors Newsletter
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Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open
G'day all, the nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject newcomer and Historian of the Year are open, all editors are encouraged to nominate candidates for the awards before until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2020, after which voting will occur for 14 days. There is not much time left to nominate worthy recipients, so get to it! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:45, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXVI, December 2020
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Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing
G'day all, voting for the WikiProject Military history "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" is about to close, so if you haven't already, click on the links and have your say before 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:34, 28 December 2020 (UTC) for the coord team

Category:Grand Crosses of the Order of the Tower and Sword has been nominated for deletion
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Category:Grand Collars of the Order of the Tower and Sword has been nominated for deletion
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Category:Grand Officers of the Order of the Tower and Sword has been nominated for deletion
Category:Grand Officers of the Order of the Tower and Sword has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Rathfelder (talk) 23:25, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Category:Knights of the Order of the Tower and Sword has been nominated for deletion
Category:Knights of the Order of the Tower and Sword has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Rathfelder (talk) 23:26, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXVII, January 2021
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Category:Order of May has been nominated for listification
Category:Order of May has been nominated for listification. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 00:22, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for identifying award recipients
Just saw that you had several notices for award categories and I wanted to thank you for grouping the award recipients together. Since the WP:OCAWARD editing guideline was tightened, I've been working to move this information into the article space. Before nominating award categories, I always copy the contents into a list within the main article so no work is lost.

If my CFD notices ever are cluttering your talk page, just let me know and I'll start omitting them. - RevelationDirect (talk) 00:24, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Category:Order of Naval Merit Admiral Padilla has been nominated for listification
Category:Order of Naval Merit Admiral Padilla has been nominated for listification. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 00:32, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, February 2021
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Category:Civil Order of Savoy has been nominated for listification
Category:Civil Order of Savoy has been nominated for listification. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 01:14, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXIX, March 2021
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Category:Companions of the Star of Melanesia has been nominated for listification
Category:Companions of the Star of Melanesia has been nominated for listification. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 00:40, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
Hey y'all, the April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive begins at 00:01 UTC on April 1, 2021 and runs through 23:59 UTC on April 31, 2021. Points can be earned through reviewing articles on the AutoCheck report, reviewing articles listed at WP:MILHIST/ASSESS, reviewing MILHIST-tagged articles at WP:GAN or WP:FAC, and reviewing articles submitted at WP:MILHIST/ACR. Service awards and barnstars are given for set points thresholds, and the top three finishers will receive further awards. To participate, sign up at WikiProject_Military_History/April 2021 Reviewing Drive and create a worklist at WikiProject Military history/April 2021 Reviewing Drive/Worklists (examples are given). Further details can be found at the drive page. Questions can be asked at the drive talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:22, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

Category:Recipients of the Special Operations Command Medal has been nominated for listification
Category:Recipients of the Special Operations Command Medal has been nominated for listification. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 01:23, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Category:Young Victorians of the Year has been nominated for listification
Category:Young Victorians of the Year has been nominated for listification. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 00:12, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Category:Members of the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit has been nominated for listification
Category:Members of the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit has been nominated for listification. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 01:01, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXX, April 2021
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Category:Recipients of the Order of Aeronautical Merit (Brazil) has been nominated for listification
Category:Recipients of the Order of Aeronautical Merit (Brazil) has been nominated for listification. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 00:34, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Just realized this one was created by you and I probably should have given you a day off from my noms. See the (overly long) reply to your concerns over on my talk page. - RevelationDirect (talk) 00:34, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Category:Order of Ramkeerati has been nominated for deletion
Category:Order of Ramkeerati has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. (t · c)  buidhe  09:16, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Category:Order of the Nine Gems has been nominated for deletion
Category:Order of the Nine Gems has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. (t · c)  buidhe  09:41, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Category:Annulled Recipients of the Royal Victorian Chain has been nominated for deletion
Category:Annulled Recipients of the Royal Victorian Chain has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. (t · c)  buidhe  03:47, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXXI, May 2021
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GOCE June 2021 newsletter
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXXII, June 2021
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXXIII, July 2021
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXXIV, August 2021
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:58, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nomination period closing soon
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are still open, but not for long. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! No further nominations will be accepted after that time. Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:42, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history coordinator election voting has commenced
Hey y'all, voting for the 2021 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2021. Voting will be conducted at the 2021 tranche page itself. Appropriate questions for the candidates can also be asked. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:38, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXXV, September 2021
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXXV, September 2021
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting period closing soon
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September 2021 Guild of Copy Editors newsletter
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXV, October 2021
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVI, November 2021
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December 2021 GOCE Newsletter
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Survey about History on Wikipedia
I am Petros Apostolopoulos, a Ph.D. candidate in Public History at North Carolina State University. My Ph.D. project examines how historical knowledge is produced on Wikipedia. If you are interested in participating in my research study by offering your own experience of writing about history on Wikipedia, you can click on this link https://ncsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9z4wmR1cIp0qBH8. There are minimal risks involved in this research.

If you have any questions, please let me know. Petros Apostolopoulos, paposto@ncsu.edu Apolo1991 (talk) 11:05, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXVII, December 2021
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, January 2022
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIV, February 2022
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVII, March 2022
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GOCE April 2022 newsletter
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, April 2022
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The Bugle: Issue CXCIII, May 2022
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June GOCE newsletter
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The Bugle: Issue CXCIV, June 2022
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The Bugle: Issue CXCVI, July 2022
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The Bugle: Issue CXCVII, August 2022
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations opening soon
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are opening in a few hours (00:01 UTC on 1 September). A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:50, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting opening soon!
Voting for the upcoming project coordinator election opens in a few hours (00:01 UTC on 15 September) and will last through 23:59 on 28 September. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. Voting is conducted using simple approval voting and questions for the candidates are welcome. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:26, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Correction to previous election announcement
Just a quick correction to the prior message about the 2022 MILHIST coordinator election! I didn't proofread the message well enough and left out a link to the election page itself in this message. The voting will occur here; sorry about the need for a second message and the inadvertent omission from the prior one. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:40, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting closing soon
Voting for the upcoming project coordinator election closes soon, at 23:59 on 28 September. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. Voting is conducted using simple approval voting and questions for the candidates are welcome. The voting itself is occurring here If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:12, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXCVIII, September 2022
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Guild of Copy Editors' October 2022 newsletter
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The Bugle: Issue CXCVIII, October 2022
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The Bugle: Issue CXCIX, November 2022
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Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter
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The Bugle: Issue CC, December 2022
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Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter error
The GOCE December 2022 newsletter, as sent on 9 December, contains an erroneous start date for our December Blitz. The Blitz will start on 11 December rather than on 17 December, as stated in the newsletter. I'm sorry for the mistake and for disrupting your talk page; thanks for your understanding. Sent by Baffle gab1978 via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:29, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 201, January 2023
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Guild of Copy Editors 2022 Annual Report
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The Bugle: Issue 202, February 2023
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The Bugle: Issue 203, March 2023
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Category:Order of Civil Merit members has been nominated for discussion
Category:Order of Civil Merit members has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Baronnet (talk) 13:17, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 204, April 2023
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The Bugle: Issue 205, May 2023
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The Bugle: Issue 205, May 2023
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Guild of Copy Editors June 2023 Newsletter
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The Bugle: Issue 206, June 2023
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The Bugle: Issue 207, July 2023
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The Bugle: Issue 208, August 2023
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The Bugle: Issue 209, September 2023
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Septermber GOCE newsletter
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