Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Dutch military history task force/archive1

Battle of Java
Battle of Java already has an article - Battle of the Java Sea. Do you think the Royal Netherlands Navy article should have a history of the navy section or a seperate history page like History of the Royal Navy? I'll start one if so Chwyatt 20:00, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Actually I mean the land battle for Java. And I think a History of the Royal Netherlands Navy would be the best (considering the massive amount of conflicts) Rex 20:35, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Open tasks
I've split out the simpler tasks (requested articles, in this case) into a new template which is transcluded in the main project open task list. This will hopefully bring more attention to these. Please feel free to add additional tasks (currently in one of three types); ideas for other types of work to include are also welcome! Kirill Lokshin 18:05, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Article improvements
Hi all. Doing a quick scan I found only one article in our domain being featured William the Silent, and 1 in the A-class Market-Garden, and none in the Good-Article Class. This means that quality improvement could be a usefull initiative for this task force. I think one of our aims might be to classify a few articles as being of utmost importance (personally I would say Eighty Years War should be one) and make a (priority) list of about 5 highly important articles that have a low quality, on the to do list in order to get these very important articles up to Good, A-class or even featured quality as soon as possible. How do you all think about that?

Suggestions other options?? Arnoutf 10:13, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Market Garden: improve to regain FE status (lost because picture and references are not sufficient - see Wikipedia:Featured article removal candidates/Operation Market Garden.
 * Eighty Years war: Now B class - Get references right and expand where necessary


 * Off the top of my head, Maurice of Nassau is clearly a figure of profound importance, but his article is fairly lacking in material. I don't know how many people interested in the topic there might be, though. Kirill Lokshin 15:29, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Project directory
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Dutch occupation in World War II
Hi, I recently completed some translations on Meinoud Rost van Tonningen, Henk Feldmeijer and Hanns Albin Rauter. These are not directly military related, think I could at them to this tag?--MarcoLittel 11:27, 2 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, Feldmeijer should be tagged in any case, as he actually served as an officer in the Waffen-SS. The other two, I'm not sure; we've tagged politicians before when they had some significant role in military affairs, but I'm not sure that jut being collaborators would be a good reason, as they wouldn't necessarily have any military-related content in the articles themselves. Kirill Lokshin 13:31, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Battles of the Netherlands
Hi, a lot of the battles listed in the Category Battles of the Netherlands are not of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815-) as defined in the header of the category. Should we expand the category definition?MarcoLittel 09:31, 21 December 2006 (UTC)


 * What country are they related to, then? If they're from one of the earlier states there, they just need to be moved to the correct category (e.g. Category:Battles of the United Provinces). Kirill Lokshin 13:49, 21 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I'll look into it later in the week. Looks like not many articles will be left in this category.MarcoLittel 14:56, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Just noticed you added the necessary categories to the project page, thanks :) MarcoLittel 14:58, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

POV?
Some person edited Battle of Bornholm (1676) with some controversial edits? Can you please take a look at it. Please see the Wikiproject talk page for more. --Ineffable3000 22:59, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Done.Rex 22:15, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

The Spanish army during the 80 years war (1568-1648)
Just a question of curiosity. The Spanish army in what is now Belgium and the Netherlands, the army at battles like Jemmingen and Turnhout; were the Spanish army soldiers recruited in the Low Countries or from Spain proper? Thanks Chwyatt 18:07, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Mmmmm good question, I think quit a few were from Spain (or other Burgundian territories) at least the commanders were. However if you read the reports of mutiny, a lot of them were bound to be mercenaries, that may have had no proper allegiance and may have come from Austria or Greece. Arnoutf 18:14, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks Arnoutf. Chwyatt 11:36, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

William the Silent
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Battle of France Good article reassessment
This article has been reviewed as part of the WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force for GA sweeps. I think the article currently doesn't meet the requirements of the Good article criteria concerning sourcing. Although the article is well-sourced in many areas, other areas are lacking. I have listed the article at Good article reassessment to get a better consensus on the article's status. Issues needing to be address are listed there. Please join the discussion to see how the article can be improved to prevent delisting. If you have any questions about the reassessement, leave me a message on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Regards, --Nehrams2020 (talk) 02:02, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Changes to the WP:1.0 assessment scheme
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Midshipman
I need help with this article for Adelborst, which I'm pretty sure means Midshipman in Dutch. The Dutch pages of the Koninklijk Instituut voor de Marine probably have the information but Dutch isn't one of the languages I can read. Just needs a reference and ideally some images of the rank insignia. Thanks! Kirk (talk) 17:31, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I know this is kind of late, but did you try Google Translate? — Ed 17  (Talk /  Contribs)  06:20, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I did but I also looked in a Dutch - English dictionary in my library for the definition. I made up my own insignia, but any other reputable sources would be helpful.Kirk (talk) 20:26, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

WWII: Resistance in the vicinity of Eindhoven
Please note the query I've posted to the Talk:Oirschot page. -- Thanks, Deborahjay (talk) 07:03, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I've seen the query and have no idea. :-) You may get a wider audience by posting the question on the main project talk page. — Ed 17  (Talk /  Contribs)  06:17, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Changes to popular pages lists
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Nominations open for the Military history WikiProject coordinator election
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 * Just a reminder but, with about 18 hours to go until nominations close, you'll need to get your skates on if you're thinking of standing as a coordinator. The election is based on self-nominations, so please don't be shy in putting your name forward. The last elections will give you an idea of what to expect.
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Featured article candidacy for Dutch 1913 battleship proposal now open
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Featured list candidacy for Order of battle at the Battle of Camperdown now open
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Peer review for List of Commando raids on the Atlantic wall now open
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