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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
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The Bugle: Issue CL, October 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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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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S.M. Stirling
I reverted your edit; he was born in France. His own bio-sketch on his books describes him as French-born. Tarl N. ( discuss ) 19:43, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
 * No, it says "born in France" (reference to place of birth), which is not the same as "French-born" (which implies nationality at birth). Please read my edit summary again and have a look at WP:OPENPARA. Cheers —  Cliftonian   (talk)  19:48, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Apologies, the relevant page is now at MOS:OPENPARABIO (it's been a while!). In particular the line "Similarly, previous nationalities or the place of birth should not be mentioned in the lead unless they are relevant to the subject's notability." Cheers —  Cliftonian   (talk)  19:53, 7 January 2019 (UTC)


 * From Amazon.com's self-written bio:

I'm a writer by trade, born in France but Canadian by origin and American by naturalization, living in New Mexico at present. My hobbies are mostly related to the craft -- I love history, anthropology and archaeology, and am interested in the sciences. The martial arts are my main physical hobby.
 * You are correct, it says born in France rather than French-born, and I wouldn't take is askance if you changed the phraseology (as far as I'm concerned, the exact phraseology is a minor issue - I don't know whether he has rights to French citizenship or not, because even though France is one of the few European Jus Soli nations, there are restrictions which I haven't dug into). But his birthplace is evidently part of his identity, given that in his fifty-word life summary he spends three words on that. I think removing it entirely is incorrect. Tarl N. ( discuss ) 19:57, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
 * OK, well let's put "Canadian-American" and "born in France" in that case, matching his own description. Thanks for engaging on this, hope this resolves the matter. Cheers —  Cliftonian   (talk)  19:59, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
 * That works. I suspect the reason it's important to him, is that while his original citizenship was Canadian, he didn't grow up in Canada. He's now an American citizen (as of about 15 years ago), but that was explicitly by naturalization - he's lived here since dropping his law career and his wife is American, but given his background, the label "American author" doesn't fit quite right. Regards, Tarl N. ( discuss ) 20:53, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
Happy 2019! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:13, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Seven - miss you --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:03, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

William Harper (Rhodesian politician) scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the William Harper (Rhodesian politician) article has been scheduled as today's featured article for July 22, 2019. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Today's featured article/July 22, 2019, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.

We also suggest that you watchlist Main Page/Errors up to the day of this TFA. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me?  13:23, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. "When looking back on Rhodesian history and the UDI period in particular, it's often assumed that 1965's UDI occurred after circumstances contrived to put the lunatic fringe into government—so it may come as a surprise that Ian Smith was actually the more moderate choice for Prime Minister in 1964. Rhodesia could easily instead have been led by William Harper, a Calcutta-born segregationist who thought Indian independence a folly and wanted to strip black Rhodesians of what little political representation they had. Harper left the Rhodesian Front under something of a cloud in 1968, apparently after being caught having an affair with an MI6 agent, and the rest of his political career essentially amounted to giving indignant quotes to the Rhodesian press every time Smith moved towards any kind of conciliation with the black nationalists. By the time of the Internal Settlement elections of 1979, Harper was settled in South Africa, where he seems to have lived out the rest of his days in obscurity. He died in 2006." - RIP Johnny Clegg. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:49, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

Category:Rhodesian diarists has been nominated for splitting
Category:Rhodesian diarists has been nominated for splitting. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it 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. Mason (talk) 01:44, 1 March 2024 (UTC)