User talk:BluesAndRoyals

Ways to improve All Japan Kendo Championship
Hello, BluesAndRoyals,

Thanks for creating All Japan Kendo Championship! I edit here too, under the username Boleyn and it's nice to meet you :-)

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Boleyn (talk) 16:59, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Recent RM uniforms photographs.
Regarding your edits to the Uniforms of the Royal Marines article, they are helpful. The photographs are overcrowded so, they could be rearranged in the article. I might do that soon.

Related to the subject of Number 1 Dress of the RM is the article Full dress uniform https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_dress_uniform In section 3.10	United Kingdom there is no mention of Number 1 Dress. One small section about it could be added there and it could include one or both of the photographs that I mentioned above. Would you contribute to that with me? --Dreddmoto (talk) 19:01, 4 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi, Thank you very much for your message. It is indeed very crowded and I intended to rearrange the photographs similarly to what I did in the article about the Royal Marines Band Service (Section Gallery), however, due to my lack of knowledge in editing articles on Wikipedia properly, I concluded not to. So thank you very much for rearranging the article.
 * A small section as you suggested has been written and published under https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_dress_uniform#Royal_Marines with a small photograph attached, although it has been shifted down slightly due to the vertical format of the photographs above. BluesAndRoyals (talk) 23:44, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

That section is very good, thanks.

Regarding how to edit articles properly, there are a few techniques to arrange images. 1 is to position an image on the left side by inserting what is between these two colons: |left : in the text. You can put that at the end of the caption or, after what is between these two colons: thumb| :

2 is to add a mini gallery under a section of an article, as is the case in the Helicopters section https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force#Helicopters of the Royal Air Force article. You can vary the size of the images in such a mini gallery by copying what was done at the bottom of the Portugal part of the letter P section https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_beret#P in the Military beret article. You would have to adjust the numbers there to get the exact size that you need.

3 is to copy the text for the photograph of badges on the MTP uniform in the Customs and traditions section https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Marines#Customs_and_traditions of the Royal Marines article. You would then have to change the relevant parts of the text. Where it says |Image=Royal Marine and Albanian Commando.jpg, you replace it with the title of the file you need. For example, Evening Parade 140718-M-LU710-286.jpg if you insert this image https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evening_Parade_140718-M-LU710-286.jpg You would also have to adjust the numbers there to get the exact proportion of the image that you need to display. After that, replace the description of the image.

There is an extra possibility for number 3. That is, where the text for the photograph of badges on the MTP uniform says |Location=left, you could instead replace left with the word right. This has been done with the photograph of CADPAT AR uniform in the CADPAT (2000–present) part of the Canada section https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_uniform#Canada

These should help. You can ask to collaborate regarding other articles if you need to. --Dreddmoto (talk) 22:34, 5 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi,
 * Thank you very much that little guide and information, really appreciate it! If time allows, I will rearrange the photographs in the article Uniforms of the Royal Marines and will look back to the methods you have provided. Best, BluesAndRoyals (talk) 23:36, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

London District (British Army)
Thanks for contributing to the article London District (British Army). However, one of Wikipedia's core policies is that contributions must be verifiable through reliable sources, preferably using inline citations. Please help by adding more sources to the article you edited, and/or by clarifying how the sources already given support the claims (see here for how to do inline referencing). If you need further help, you can look at Help:Menu/Editing Wikipedia, or ask at the Teahouse, or just ask me. Thank you. Dormskirk (talk) 21:08, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

Order of precedence
No, OBE comes before MVO. Officer is a higher grade than member and therefore comes first, even though the Royal Victorian Order is a more senior order than the Order of the British Empire. If someone had an LVO and an OBE (which are the same level), then the LVO would come first as the order is more senior, but a higher grade always takes precedence over a lower. If you take a look at a photo of Bill Mott, you will see he wears his OBE before his MVO. -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:02, 1 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi,
 * Yes, you are absolutely right, I somehow mistook it for an MBE - not reading it properly, instead of OBE, which is why I "corrected" it.
 * Thanks for pointing it out. BluesAndRoyals (talk) 16:22, 1 December 2023 (UTC)