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Hi Majormax, I'm new to this so forgive any mistakes. The image of the Calcutta and Ocean you've used on the Ocean (convict transport ship) page (and its also on the HMS Calcutta (1795)) page is not in the public domain. The image has been removed from the originating website, and the painter Dacre Smyth died in 2008. Hope this doesn't cause any inconvenience. Johnhorton379 (talk) 10:30, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

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G'day Majormax, I notice that your RMC infobox is now missing an image due to the non-free rule. If you are looking for a replacement, I have just uploaded this one: File:Royal Military College Duntroon badge cropped.PNG, which you are welcome to use as a replacement if you wish. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 09:58, 18 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks very much, I have done that. AWHS (talk) 13:43, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

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17 Construction
G'day, Majormax, I've probably stretched my sources to the limit on this one now. I asked Anotherclown to help out too, and he's added a bit as well. Unfortunately, there are still a few "citation needed" tags, though, including a few in the Namibia section. Do you have anything that could be added for these? Also, I wonder if you have any images that could be added? It would be great to get a couple in to break up the text a little. Another issue that I see, is that in the infobox it says that the squadron was part of the 1st Construction Regiment from 1977. I haven't been able to find a citation for this yet. If you have anything, would you mind adding it to the "Re-raised in Sydney" section? Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 01:08, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your help! Will do, I will keep looking for material and will sort out Namibia. Pretty well exhausted Google. Good job finding Vol 4 of the corps history. I was in the unit when it was part of 1 Const Regt so I know for a fact that was the Orbat at the time. The unit is going to get an 'Honour Distinction' next year so it will get a bit of press. AWHS (talk) 05:22, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
 * G'day again, you are doing a great job adding more references to this article, but I'm a little concerned about this change . Some of the citations that are used in the list couldn't cover what they've been put against. For instance the Grantham 1978 source is listed for things are now listed as happening the 1980s. I think that this is ultimately my fault because of the way I included the refs in the previous version. I hadn't realised that I'd bundled them together like that, but your change has highlighted it to me. Anyway, are you able to rectify this? A couple of further points. I'm not sure that presenting the information in list form like that is the best way, particularly as the rest of the article is written in full sentences. Additionally, I would also suggest that the co-ordinates in text aren't really doing much. That is just my opinion and you are welcome to disregard if you see fit, as it is not based on any policy. Anyway, I will leave it up to you as I have done all I wanted to on the article. Keep up the good work. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 04:12, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hello fellow Sapper, I defer to your expertise in wikiland. What do you think now? I was in the Sqn in the late 80's so am still looking for refs from about that time. Have removed coords as you suggested. Looking for photos next.AWHS (talk) 02:19, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
 * G'day, I think it looks quite good. Thanks for tweaking it. Images would be a great addition, but the issue will be the difficulty of obtaining some that can be freely licenced. Wikipedia has quite complex policies on this, which essentially boil down to the requirement for images to be "public domain" in the US. This can mean that even if an image is copyright expired in Australia, they can apparently still be copyrighted in the US, so they can't be used unless an air tight "fair use" rationale can be written. In regards to fair use rationales, there is a small but vociferous section of Wikipedia that essentially argues that almost all fair use rationales are null and void. As such, for some articles, it won't be possible to get many, or even any, images. It can be most disheartening. If you do find something, though, please feel free to send me a message and I will try to help work out the licencing. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 07:33, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I have added the best images I can find, looking better.AWHS (talk) 23:29, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
 * They're really good additions. AustralianRupert (talk) 09:18, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Cheers, some of the refs are a bit weak but the photos tell a good story.AWHS (talk) 23:33, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

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 * Congratulations, I've just passed this nomination. As you may have noticed, there aren't many photos of the Australian military during this era on Wikimedia Commons, so if you have any other good photos which you would be interested in uploading that would be excellent. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 10:18, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much, am working on the photos. The army lost almost all of my photos, we were told to send our photos back to Regimental HQ, and like a good soldier I did. Never saw them ever again :-( But others were less trusting so I am slowly weaning the photos out of some of the other guys (mostly via facebook).AWHS (talk)
 * OK, excellent. I'm particularly interested in finding a better photo for Australian Defence Force - the one which is there is OK, but it doesn't really depict anything in particular (I'm planning to update this article, and swap some of the photos around). Regards, Nick-D (talk) 10:36, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi MajorMax ... you started your A-class nomination on the nomination page for a different article, so I undid that. You may want to talk with Nick about an A-class nomination for this article. Glad you're here! - Dank (push to talk) 23:03, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for sorting that out for me, am still a beginner at wikipedia! I think I got it right now. Regards, AWHS (talk) 23:15, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

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G'day Majormax, sorry about the length of the ACR comments, I probably should done the c/e myself but by the time it got long I was already started, I hadn't checked how long you've been on WP, etc etc. Excuses, excuses... Bottom line, it does need quite a bit of pretty minor work, mostly MOS and grammar. Great article though, content, structure and detail all excellent. And I really enjoyed reading it. A few familiar names among the officers. Great to see you working on Gingerbeer articles. Regards, Peacemaker67 (send... over) 08:21, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Hello Peacemaker, Very appreciative of your efforts. I have done a few articles now, but this is the first that has been through the GA/A-Class process. There is no doubt that this is now a far better article thanks to the efforts of many. My editing skills are not the best, so I am grateful for your comments. It has become quite a large article and there is plenty of opportunity for improvement. When I started this article I had no idea that there was such a thing as a 'Good Article' so I am learning on the job. I have read this so many times that I don't see the errors. Your comments are excellent, all of them. Regards AWHS (talk) 10:47, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

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Hi, tks for your work on this article, hope you don't mind me tweaking things afterwards... Generally History sections go under L2 headings and then L3 subheaders are used to divide things beneath that; also the consensus among editors is that "World War II" or "Second World War" are equally fine for Commonwealth military articles (as long as one is used consistently within the one article) but "World War 2" is not generally used. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:23, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Edit away please. There is a lot of material on 5 Sqn in the war that could enhance this article. I was going to expand the "World War II" section in coming days.AWHS (talk) 10:25, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

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2017 Military history WikiProject Coordinator election
Greetings from the Military history WikiProject! Elections for the Military history WikiProject Coordinators are currently underway. As a member of the WikiProject you are cordially invited to take part by casting your vote(s) for the candidates on the election page. This year's election will conclude at 23:59 UTC 29 September. Thank you for your time. For the current tranche of Coordinators, AustralianRupert (talk) 10:39, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

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)

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.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:29, 21 December 2017 (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.

For the Milhist co-ordinators, AustralianRupert and MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:53, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

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. Cheers, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:53, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 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 2018. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:35, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 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 2018. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:22, 15 September 2018 (UTC) Note: the previous version omitted a link to the election page, therefore you are receiving this follow up message with a link to the election page to correct the previous version. We apologies for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

Have your say!
Hi everyone, just a quick reminder that voting for the WikiProject Military history coordinator election closes soon. You only have a day or so left to have your say about who should make up the coordination team for the next year. If you have already voted, thanks for participating! If you haven't and would like to, vote here before 23:59 UTC on 28 September. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:29, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Nominations now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards
Nominations for our annual Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards are open until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2018. Why don't you nominate the editors who you believe have made a real difference to the project in 2018? MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:26, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Voting now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards
Voting for our annual Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards is open until 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December 2018. Why don't you vote for the editors who you believe have made a real difference to Wikipedia's coverage of military history in 2018? MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:17, 16 December 2018 (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)

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) 17:51, 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) 17:41, 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) 20:13, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election have opened. 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 will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:05, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

Voting for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards for 2023 is now open!
Voting is now open for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards for 2023! The the top editors will be awarded the coveted Gold Wiki. Cast your votes vote here and here respectively. Voting closes at 23:59 on 30 December 2023. On behalf of the coordinators, wishing you the very best for the festive season and the new year. via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:56, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

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