Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Early Muslim military history task force/Archive 2

Extending the scope
A proposal has been made to increase the scope to the present day. Thoughts and comments, please? -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 13:50, 1 March 2008 (UTC)


 * How would it be defined, then? The task force was, at least initially, intended to cover the Caliphate and pseudo-Caliphate periods, when "the forces of Islam" had a coherent national & military identity rather than only a religious one.  If we try to extend this to affairs after that point, what would count as "Muslim"?  The history of predominantly Muslim countries?  The role of individual Muslims?
 * (Renaming task forces is something of a logistical mess, incidentally. ;-) Kirill 17:21, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think the intended scope was coverage of conflicts under Islamic states/dynasties vis-a-vis caliphates - which would essentially be up until the fall of the Ottomans. On that note, it might be appropriate to get rid of the word "early" from the title ^_^.  ITAQALLAH   00:14, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

1345
An admin moved the summary version of this article to 1345 (summary) from the main 1345 spot. This article is part of this project. Commentary is needed on whether summaries in year articles should be encouraged or not. Discussion is here. Wrad (talk) 23:56, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

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