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United Kingdom Special Forces
Someone has recently added a lot of tags to this article. Some of the statements tagged are well known in military circles, but difficult to source. Please could someone review the article from a perspective of how it can be sourced, or written in such a way that the tags can be removed? Yorkshire Phoenix (talk • contribs) 09:24, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Kirill Lokshin
It's going to need to be sourced, I think; but I'm not sure what the best place to pull citations from would be. Are there any canonical books on the topic (or on the SAS in particular)?

More generally, this article could use a great deal of filling out; as it is now, it reads basically more like a list than a real article. Each of the component groups probably deserves more than a single stubby paragraph, for example. Kirill Lokshin 19:42, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

UberCryxic
Whoever did ask for the tags probably had a global perspective and the casual reader in mind. I would never ask for a citation on the claim that this is one of the greatest special units in the world (duh, it is), but most Wikipedia users would probably need something that highlights the importance of the unit. As Kirill said, it will need to be expanded. I suggest starting out with the lead; make that a good two paragraphs or so and go from there. The only thing I can recommend about the sources is to do a quick search on Amazon. If that or other internet searches fail to yield anything substantial, well....it depends how serious you are about this article. I'm sure you could hit up some British libraries if you live in the good ol UK.UberCryxic 21:11, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Wandalstouring
Write to their media/PR officer a kind letter and ask him if he could recommend you some sources on the topics listed, where you need citations. (Here in Germany the army has some nice old civilian ladies who try to help you with any sources required.) Furthermore all militaries tend to have a "museum/memorial" somewhere, the guy doing this can certainly help you if you have an OK from the press officer. Wandalstouring 15:01, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

I've included some refs from one of the most 'canonical' books I think there is, Ken Connor's, and some other ones to fill things in. Cheers Buckshot06 00:50, 26 August 2006 (UTC)