User talk:Commander Zulu

There's no substitute for cubic inches?
If you can come up with something on the .476/.455 conflict, great. I do have aid on offer from User:DigitalNinja, but if you can beat him to it, no objection from me. It sounds like he's got a source in mind, but may not have it handy. Maybe ask him & see if you've got it? (I'm pretty sure I don't, so I didn't bother...)  TREKphiler   hit me ♠  04:46, 28 November 2008 (UTC)


 * The problem was a lack of clarity in my source over whether, & why, they interchange... Prima facie, I wouldn't expect it.  TREKphiler   hit me ♠  04:59, 28 November 2008 (UTC)


 * It sure is. Q, tho. If the bore was .455 (or .442), why call it .476? (Or .455, for all that.) Barnes has the bore of the Mk1 & Mk2 as .455...which I presumed was a difference in inside/outside lube against the .476. No? Or does it go the other way, .442:.455? Barnes also has it as .476 Enfiled Mk3/Eley; I'm presuming the Enfield was the "official" B.A. round, in the fashion of Springfield. Where did Eley come in? The commercial maker of the Army round?  TREKphiler   hit me ♠  05:25, 28 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Huh. Now I see what Barnes meant, "The .476 has caused much confusion". ;D I think this will earn a DYK. If it does, it may owe it to you. Just one last request: page #s for the quotes? Thanks a bunch. TREKphiler   hit me ♠  05:44, 28 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you kindly, sir. I confess, that's not a particular interest, but I'm a writer, so a good source is always of value. You never know when you might want to have Harper take a shot at Wellesley, or something. And look for a .476 Enfield article at a wiki near you. ;D Ciao.  TREKphiler   hit me ♠  06:49, 28 November 2008 (UTC)


 * That is a very generous offer. I will keep you in mind. You wouldn't have anything on the .44 Colt, by any chance? I put it up for a DYK, too, & it failed for being too short. Thanks again.  TREKphiler   hit me ♠  07:05 & 07:07, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Stylin'
I notice, from your userpage, you've created a few articles. Let me offer you a couple of things. First, this:



Open Vanity



or, if you prefer, this:

both my own creations. And second, the "hider", which I borrowed from somebody (I wish I could recall who...). Maybe you'll find them useful? (Or you can ignore me. ;D) If you do decide to use, the New Pages/Open Vanity are readily changed to something you like better. TREKphiler  hit me ♠  06:57, 29 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Not a problem. Don't go asking me for userpage style advice. (You've seen mine? ;D ). And thanks for the additional help on .44 Colt. I'm also looking at my local library to see if there's anything there. FYI, I put up .476 Enfield up to DYK (or did I say that already...?); still waiting an answer. If it makes it, it'll owe it to you. Ciao.  TREKphiler   hit me ♠  16:25, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK for .44 Colt
It passed! And no, I don't mind your adding one bit (especially since it got the DYK =]). That's how WP works. Thanks. (I'm trying real hard not to gloat. ;D)  TREKphiler   hit me ♠  01:18, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure if that's something to be proud of or embarrassed about. ;D Even in Barnes, it seemed kinda stubby. I'm still going to have a look in both Flayderman & Fjelstadt & see what I can come up with, even if it's only a list of a few weapons that used it. I notice you explained the conversion process; I did not know that. One small point. I notice you added "obsolete". I deliberately left that out, after seeing a question elsewhere here over what was/wasn't defined as such (tho Barnes says it too), so I'm taking it back out again, plus a small change to the cals, to "keep it in the family" of revolver rounds & to avoid contradiction (the .45 Colt isn't a lot newer...). Y'know, I feel like bragging to everybody I've ever left a message for. ;D It doesn't get much better. Thanks a bunch for helping make it possible.  TREKphiler   hit me ♠  05:08, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, I don't dispute it, just that the issue came up & don't want to be edit warring over it with people who know even less about the issue than me. ;D If it should come up again, I'll send them around, & you can persuade 'em. ;p
 * BTW, do you know anything about the .476 Enfield revolvers used by Le Gendarmerie du Nordwest? It'd be a great add here or at NWMP, if you can work it in. If you want (since I'm better motivated ;D), name a source & I'll do it.  TREKphiler   hit me ♠  05:44 & 05:50, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanx. Can you source so I can add? (If not right away...) FYI, I posted the Q to WPSK, seeing how they may've been used out here.  TREKphiler   hit me ♠  06:13, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I should've thought to look there first. :/ (I'm still way more accustomed to going to books first... ;D) Yep, I was right suspecting it'd be in Maze (having now actually looked. ;D). Did you put up the RCMP add? I just spotted it & tweaked for "a small number" (& I now have to find #on NWMP strengths for the 1890s to substantiate it :/)... Ah, well, I've always enjoyed research.  TREKphiler   hit me ♠  06:58, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm thinking "small numbers" against total strength, which will run over 5K, but I take your point. And a number with source is probably better than a guess... Consider it fixed.  TREKphiler   hit me ♠  07:28, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * On a more WP-tech issue, do you know if there's a cat for "yr discontinued"? I've been adding "yr intro" where I don't find it, & IIRC, there's a "yr ending" (or something like it) for companies, but I can't seem to find 1 for ammo.  TREKphiler   hit me ♠  07:33, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

.450 Adams
As soon as I finish on .44 Webley (which has been hanging while I clear up the junk on lost kittens & redcoated throngs ;D). TREKphiler  hit me ♠  08:07, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Done. Also tagged the talk page.  TREKphiler  <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  08:26, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Glad to be of service. I was going to add to .450 Adams, but I thought I'd let you finish. (OK, the truth is, my head's starting to hurt. ;D ) Y'know, that Custer bit may be worth another DYK, if we can expand enough. (If you haven't added the DYK userbox for .44 Colt, I invite you to steal copy mine, seeing I made it anyhow, & you made it possible.) If .44 Webley makes DYK, I suggest a joint nom.  TREKphiler  <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  08:45, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually, I meant this:
 * (Hope you don't object to a reversion.) And I managed to archive my page, so if you want, just copy that with suitable change of username.  TREKphiler  <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  09:07, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * It's the least I could do. And now, I'm going to bed. It has been a pleasure working with you. Ciao.  TREKphiler  <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  09:27, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * It's the least I could do. And now, I'm going to bed. It has been a pleasure working with you. Ciao.  TREKphiler  <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  09:27, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

.44 Webley
Re the Bulldog, Barnes (p.170 & 177) says it was a low-power .44 short, distinct from the .442, & I deleted on that basis. Unless you've got a better source... (And it was already too short for a DYK, d*mnit... ;D)  TREKphiler  <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  03:01, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Oy. I should know it's never so simple... ;D Hey, with even part of that going in, tho, it ought to pass being too short. Good news! (BTW, I gave you a joint nom on it, since the Custer tag I used was yours). And, if you didn't know, I understand .476 Enfield is in the queue for DYK, too. (2 in 1 week! Is that a record? =] ) Thanks for that, also. I'm putting the cites/info back in now, & adding.
 * The cite for the spl .44 Bulldog round will also work nicely when I get to creating the page for it (the next day or two), so you're due another TY. Whew, I'm tired of thanking you. ;D
 * Also, if you can find it, can you say what cal Custer's RICs were? (I'd bet not .44 Webley...which might DQ the DYK...) His carrying them might be worth an add here; I had a look there & couldn't figure out where to put it, but... TREKphiler  <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  06:05 & 06:14, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Looking at Barnes, it's known in England as .442 Revolver Centre Fire (he gives .442 RIC as an alternate), so .442 RCF would seem to be the most logical name, if it's to be moved. And he also lists .44 Webley as the U.S. ID...  TREKphiler  <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  06:28, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * One technical ish. If you can figure it out, can you fix the Rem load ref under btype2 in the infobox? It's not displaying for me, & I can't figure out why.  TREKphiler  <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  06:36, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Since it seems the short .44 was exclusive to the Bulldog, I was going to use .44 Bulldog, & if .442 Webley is so common, I've no beef with using that (with an add, if you can find it, .442RCF is official, which Barnes doesn't actually say). Let me polish my open edit, & I'll move, then update the DYK nom.  TREKphiler  <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  06:42, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Done (which that filled redlink should reveal ;) ). I'm getting too tired to be careful enough to do .44 Bulldog tonight, so maybe tomorrow.  TREKphiler  <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  06:48, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

<--Oh, good. You wouldn't have anything on the .442 or .476, by chance? And where did the 1950s date come from? Dowell, I presume. TREKphiler <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  06:56, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * How's it grab you now? I re-added the comparative rounds (partly to stretch it out... ;D) & dabbed the .44 Bulldog. Oh, and if that was you I got an "edit conflict" with, will you try again? I'm done.  TREKphiler  <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  07:15, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah. This is great. Especially when it comes out so well, & with no conflicts. (Take a look at some of the wrangling over Attack on Pearl Harbor or the Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge debate sometime, if you want to see how bad it can be... :/)
 * Since you took out the comparative rounds, will you have a look again & see if you disagree? If so, I'd be interested in knowing why. I'm relying on the ME figs in Barnes.
 * I'll have a go on .450 Adams tomorrow, unless you'd rather I wait a bit.
 * I'm off, now. See you again tomorrow.  TREKphiler  <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  07:29, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Reasonable enough. I'd defend by saying
 * a) .442 Webley isn't well known, either
 * b) the articles are linked for the uninitiated
 * c) 7.65 Para (.30 Para, or, wrongly, .30 Luger) is reasonably well-known/common, if not by that name
 * d) I also (since) added more common rounds, incl .38 Spl, .38 Super, & .45 ACP
 * e) I think some frame of reference is useful.
 * Having said that, I'd welcome opinion on whether there are too many comparatives & they might be trimmed. I wanted some contemporaries, like the .41 Colt, & some modern. Thoughts?
 * I'll have a go at .450 sometime today. Ciao.  TREKphiler  <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  17:00, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * FYI, given the possible ambiguity over Custer's RIC, & the Qs raised at DYK if he actually carried 1 anyhow, I withdrew the nom.  TREKphiler  <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  19:05, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I am surprised. I would've bet they were .45s. Can I request you notify DYK page, seeing how you found it? I'll add to .442 (unless you have already...). Also, any thoughts on my .450 work? And the provenance of the 1874 NWMP model?  TREKphiler  <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  02:07, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Or maybe not so much... This says, "Lord Berkeley Paget presented British-made .44 caliber Galand revolvers to both Major General George Armstrong Custer and Custer's brother Tom as a thank-you gift for a hunt organized for him in the western United States." Which doesn't exclude a) other weaps being given Custer, b) their being .442s, or c) the Galand page being completely wrong (as the claim is entirely uncited).... Neither is it possible to ask for a source; page created by an IP... *sigh*  TREKphiler  <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  02:22 & 02:25, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

<--Maybe he'll loan 'em to me, 'cause I'm about ready to shoot myself over this. ;D  TREKphiler  <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  02:55, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

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.450 Adams
Done. I left the revolver unlinked, because none of the pix here or here match the pic of the 1874 NWMP model in Barnes (tho there appears to be a family resemblance). If you can source, or better yet offer pix... If you do have (or get) pix, will you also add here, if you think it's appropriate? (I'm a bit split over whether a pic really fits there.) Thanks. TREKphiler <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  18:26, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

.476 Enfield Mk2
More great news! A DYK! Am I having a good week, or what? =] Time to play the lottery... ;D  TREKphiler  <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  02:15 & 02:15, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

No Bulldog
Before I start the .44 Bulldog page, let me ask if you've seen a predominance of Bulldog or Bull Dog? Barnes has it Bull Dog, but it appears Bulldog is the preference on WP. (Am I keeping too many balls flying at once, here? ;D)  TREKphiler  <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  02:53, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Suits. I can redirect any Bull Dogs I find, & I haven't saved yet, which is why I asked.  TREKphiler  <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  02:57, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Done. And I've done as much detail work as my head can handle for awhile... ;)  TREKphiler  <sup style="color:#1034A6;"> hit me ♠  03:36, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

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Who calls the .30-30 "7.62x51R"?
Frank Barnes, Cartridges of the World, 10th ed. lists that as an alternate name. My guess would be that it's a common designation in Germany, Austria and the like, where it's a not uncommon chambering for combination guns, drillings, and other break-open designs that prefer a rimmed cartridge. scot (talk) 15:18, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Something for you
Thank you very much! You have no idea how much that means to me. I truly appreciate it! Commander Zulu (talk) 04:10, 26 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Pleasure! Keep up the very good work :) -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 15:13, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

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Triple Crown jewels
Thank you for contributions to the project, Great work, especially on Webley Revolver - well-sourced, and nice use of images as well. May you wear the crowns well. Cirt (talk) 11:14, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Firearm/Weapon categorising
Some of the brand categories are, admittedly, a bit small, though there are a handful of other Mausers, so probably potentially 6-10 possible entries for the category. The "by country" categories do have some cross-use in that the fit into both the "X by country" and "Weapons of X" categories, so an attempt to get those two categories (which often run parallel but don't quite cross over) to interface. Part of it is just that some categories (Rifles, Semi-automatic pistols) were just unmanageably huge with 200+ entries until I started dividing them up. I agree that over-categorising should be avoided, so I'm not trying anything like "Revolvers using moonclips" or "Semi-automatic firearms with fixed magazines" or anything, but by-brand seems to make sense so long as there are, say 6 or more possible entries. And by-country just seems to make sense overall, not necessarily as an exclusive category, but it's good to be able to compare platforms across country, so a noob doesn't need to stare at a list of 300 pistols and wonder if any of them are French. MatthewVanitas (talk) 01:31, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

I don't think we really can categorise redlinks though, and I don't think there's a precedent/format for just typing redlinks into the Category page. To some degree, I'd just be confident that, as Wiki folks run out of old guns that need articles, they'll slowly fill in the obscure ones, variants, etc. So far as by-country: there is still the fact that even smaller countries have made at least a few firearms, and I believe it's helpful to be able to track those down. If nothing else, it's kind of neat for folks to look at a "By country" category and say "huh, Poland made a revolver? Who knew?" MatthewVanitas (talk) 01:47, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Talkback
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Language-hunted articles
Greetings, the intent is not just to dump things and leave them. I've been fine-tuning as I go along, and when I slow down on articles I go back and fix what others haven't yet. Today I took a minute to fix the Roth-Steyr M1907 and Bodeo Model 1889‎ articles, and though they could still use more citations, pics, etc. I think they're both definitely notable and worth having. Most of the articles are similarly useful to the overall development of WP:GUNS and related projects, and in the long-term they're definitely articles that would have to be added some day. Hunting them down in other languages isn't the neatest way to get them, at first, but it does tie all the wikis together. Will continue to fine-tune what I've dredged up so far. MatthewVanitas (talk) 07:50, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

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wanna !vote on WT:WIAFA?
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Lil Help on Lee Enfield
A user is trying to add an obscure film reference and has been edit warring over it. As you have been involved in these pop culture discussions in the past, I'd hoped you would have something to add to this. Thanks. --Nukes4Tots (talk) 15:52, 2 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm following up on Nukes4Tots's contribs simply because he has begun WP:Hounding me, vandalizing my talkpage and reverting me on a page I've worked on for years and which he has never visited before, and accusing ME of edit-warring there. The guy's obviously out to wreck my good rep, and I'm just advising folks to be aware of the way he communicates with other editors (User talk:Nukes4Tots/Archive 1), his history of blocking for edit-warring, and the case for his being a sockpuppet (Sockpuppet investigations/Nukes4Tots/Archive). Just FYI. He knows a lot about his subject, and while his attacks on me do indeed annoy, his capacity to drive away contributors whose pleasure in editing is spoiled by bullying is of greater concern. DavidOaks (talk) 16:50, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

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Bayonet
Thanks, Commander Z, for your quick and helpful response to my query. -- Cheers, Deborahjay (talk) 11:34, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

sawed or sawn?

 * Hey, sorry, but if you'd seen the editor's other contributions you'll possibly forgive a bit of snippiness... Good luck on your renaming effort. Drmies (talk) 01:09, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry to revert, but see discussion Talk:Sawed-off shotgun. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:43, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Gun control organisations
I haven't seen much from them, same as you. I think GCA has JC who left his grubby marks on Gun Politics in Australia a couple of months ago, but its like the journalists who used him last year were re-vivifying a corpse because he certainly isn't showing much life. A number of us have tried to get responses from GCA but even membership enquiries don't get replies.

NCGC is a bit different. They were never a membership organisation in the usual sense, more like a clutch of activists (like CLASS). When one of them wants to have a bash, they do. Samantha Lee has gone quiet I think because her government job means she has to have a lower profile. Chapman is using non-membership to pretend he is 'objective' for research. Browne occasionally writes something. In the glory days a bunch of organisations like the PHA and AMA afiliated but never invited public membership and except the mobile number on press releases never even published an email. Their website was hosted at Chapman's university but was taken down in about 2000.

If you want to email privately, thinkfocus at iinet dot net dot au.ChrisPer (talk) 09:00, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

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Re: New Editor Concerns
I'm sorry, but what you're suggesting is quite untenable in practice. We cannot demand that people join the project before suggesting changes to articles, or that members of the project be immune to blocks; recall what happened to Esperanza when it adopted that sort of insular attitude. You are concerned about our prestige, and I sympathize with that; but your proposal would cost us not only our reputation, but the support of the community as a whole. I'm not willing to endanger the project merely to satisfy some arbitrary threshold of propriety.

More to the point, I haven't seen anything particularly harmful in these proposals, even if I don't agree with some of them. The word limit one, in particular, strikes me as a reasonable compromise here; all we'd be doing is restating what is already a Wikipedia-wide guideline, and we could drop the entire set of (not very consistent) proposed subsections by reducing the question purely to one of optimal section length rather than section layout. Kirill [talk] [pf] 12:25, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Civlity problem here
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Some guy ANI
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E-mail
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The Milhist election has started!
The Military history WikiProject coordinator election has started. You are cordially invited to help pick fourteen new coordinators from a pool of twenty candidates. This time round, the term has increased from six to twelve months so it is doubly important that you have your say! Please cast your vote here no later than 23:59 (UTC) on Tuesday, 28 September 2010.

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Redirect Deletion
Can you check on the proposed deletion of the redirect of USFA Custer Battlefield Gun please? You were part of the AfD debate that proposed the redirect to Colt Single Action Army so I want to make sure the action is what you had in mind. Personally I think the DASHbot is mistaken. But since I was the article creator, I think it's appropriate someone else look into this. Thank you. –Newportm (talk • contribs) 17:50, 15 October 2010 (UTC) I rewrote and reposted because I got a "loss of session data" warning. Please see below. –Newportm (talk • contribs) 17:58, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Proposed Redirect Deletion
The USFA Custer Battlefield Gun redirect has been proposed for deletion by DASHbot which says it does not link to an article in the main namespace. It redirects to Colt Single Action Army which is the outcome of an AfD in which you participated. Since I was the article creator, perhaps it's more appropriate for someone else to look into this to be sure it fits with the AfD intentions. Thank you. –Newportm (talk • contribs) 17:50, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011
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Military Historian of the Year
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Military history coordinator election
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
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User group for Military Historians
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"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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Webley Revolver FAR
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RfC - scope and title for the American Revolutionary War article
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American Revolutionary War, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has an RFC for value. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 23:23, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
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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) 22:09, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Enfield revolver
Enfield revolver is having a ACR reassessment. Hopefully we can find someone to give this one some attention. Hog Farm Talk 04:11, 14 October 2021 (UTC)