Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Middle Eastern military history task force/Archive 4

Jewish terrorism -> Neo-Zionist political violence ?
There has been long discussion and disputes around the article Jewish terrorism. According to the different points of views in different talk pages : The article Neo-Zionism explains the origin of these wording used by different scholars working in the field of sociology and study of nationalism... What would you think about the move from Jewish terrorism to Neo-Zionist political violence ? Ceedjee (talk) 10:50, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
 * "Jewish" dimension should only be religious and not ethnical, and therefore Jewish is not clear
 * the "zionist" dimension in the causes of Jewish terrorism should be emphasized
 * "terrorism" still remains a wp:words to avoid and political violence is more neutral.

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Iraq and weapons of mass destruction GA Sweeps: On Hold
I have reviewed Iraq and weapons of mass destruction for GA Sweeps to determine if it still qualifies as a Good Article. In reviewing the article I have found several issues, which I have detailed here. Since the article falls under the scope of this project, I figured you would be interested in contributing to further improve the article. Please comment there to help the article maintain its GA status. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 01:30, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Arbitration/Requests/Case
Hi, I've initiated the above request for arbitration. People are invited to comment on the appropriateness of involving arbcom at this stage.--Peter cohen (talk) 22:25, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Changes to popular pages lists
There are a few important changes to the popular pages system. A quick summary: -- Mr.Z-man 00:12, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The "importance" ranking (for projects that use it) will be included in the lists along with assessment.
 * The default list size has been lowered to 500 entries (from 1000)
 * I've set up a project on the Toolserver for the popular pages - ~alexz/pop/.
 * This includes a page to view the results for projects, including the in-progress results from the current month. Currently this can only show the results from a single project in one month. Features to see multiple projects or multiple months may be added later.
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Map needed for "Invasion of Kuwait"
Requesting a map showing the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait alongwith thrustlines and force levels. It will be a valuable contribution to the article.

AshLin (talk) 05:59, 7 August 2009 (UTC

Nominations open for the Military history WikiProject coordinator election
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Many thanks,  Roger Davies  talk 04:11, 7 September 2009 (UTC)


 * 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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 * Roger Davies talk 06:41, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Task Force housekeeping

 * Please discuss this here

There's a proposal to consolidate TFs into larger, more active, ones. This includes:


 * Lebanese military history and Ottoman military history are merged into Middle Eastern military history. The Lebanese TF is already specifically designated as sub-group, so this is not really a radical change, and the prime movers are increasingly inactive. While the Ottoman also straddled Europe, its main sphere of influence was the Middle East.

Thoughts? Roger Davies talk 14:01, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Test your World War I knowledge with the Henry Allingham International Contest!
As a member of the Military history WikiProject or World War I task force, you may be interested in competing in the Henry Allingham International Contest! The contest aims to improve article quality and member participation within the World War I task force. It will also be a step in preparing for Operation Great War Centennial, the project's commemorative effort for the World War I centenary.

If you would like to participate, please sign up by 11 November 2009, 00:00, when the first round is scheduled to begin! You can sign up here, read up on the rules here, and discuss the contest here! Abraham, B.S. (talk) 13:33, 10 November 2009 (UTC)