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Re:Future Leaders
Some thoughts - first off, that page was an enormous copyright violation when I found it, which I removed. Then, I added back in information about FLOW, because the page said essentially nothing about them. Since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, rather than a news source, I thought it was important to include as much historical information about FLOW as I could find. You're welcome to add new information about Machina if you'd like. Chubbles (talk) 06:50, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
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Your article United States Special Operations Command has been put on hold for its good article nomination. See the article's talk page for details, and reply to all messages there. If the article does not meet the requirements set forth on the talk page by March 15th, I have no choice but to fail the nomination. It can, of course, be renominated at a later date. Codharris (talk) 23:40, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Special reconnaissance article
With your edit today, is the point that Force Recon will stay with the FMF, while other components go to MARSOC? I wasn't sure if that was the point of your deletion of Force Recon. For that matter, will there be any difference betwee Force Recoon battalions and independent companies?
Remember, SR is a mission, and both Force Recon within Corps units, as well as MARSOC (and non-Marine SOC units) can perform it. Howard C. Berkowitz (talk) 16:18, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
- I'm not sure if they all have gone to MARSOC, but I'd have to research it. For example, my understanding is that a FR team is usually attached to a MEU. Would that now come from MARSOC?
- There was a good deal of complaining, at the time of this proposal, that the Marines would lose necessary organic capability. The Army true SR units are in SOCOM, but there are intermediate-level recon units that do stay -- even the brigade combat teams have much more recon than the former brigades and even divisions. Howard C. Berkowitz (talk) 16:26, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
I will look into it also. If you go to the MARSOC website they have all they're units listed, and it doesn't list any FR groups, thats why I don't think FR is still operational. I know that there are still Marine Recon Battalions are operational but not under MARSOC or SOCOM. I think they receive most of the missions that Force Recon usually would have taken for the regular Marine Corps.Outdawg (talk) 16:37, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
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Great work on the Strategic Support Branch and the USSOCOM articles. Do you believe the SSB is a reincarnation of the Intelligence Support Activity? - seems to be doing much the same thing. I was looking at the SOCOM article with a view to doing a GA nomination, but have no experience of them, so I thought I'd just leave a couple of notes:
- the history jumps straight from 1987 to post September 11: you could easily, for example, put a note in about Schwarzkopf & ODS, and his reported views on SF, Just Cause, and Operation Gothic Serpent.
- the unit descriptions are a bit US-official-website heavy. There are so so so many books out on special forces, some of which are good. You could bring some of that material in.
- If you wish to move this process on a bit faster, you could run it through a MILHIST peer review, and then A-class, as an alternative.
Best regards from Down Under.. Buckshot06 (talk) 08:56, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
All of that sounds good. Thanks for the advice. Outdawg (talk) 15:12, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
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Please slow down on the US SOF page
You have omitted important details and pared it down to a list that is incomplete. Please discuss on talk page. — BQZip01 — talk 02:47, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
- For starters, you have omitted the description. Second, please realize this is not limited to SOCOM assets, but a broader range of topics. No one is questioning your motives, but you have pared it down so much that it has become a list and not an article. That said, perhaps a list article would be useful? — BQZip01 — talk 03:01, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
You are right. The edits did make it more of a list than an article but much of the content that I removed are not U.S. SOF because they do not conduct special operations. I'm not going to go back and make the same edits but I am going to change certain parts of that article. Outdawg (talk) 03:09, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
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Just wanted to explain why I added the La Posta facility where I did in the article. La Posta is not a subsidiary training site, but actually part of the Coronado command.--
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I just enabled your rollback rights. For some reason, it's not showing up in your user log, however, it is in List User. If you have any problems with it, let me know. Regards, Parsecboy (talk) 01:18, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
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The big news of course was the seventh project coordinator election covering the period ending 30 September. The quality of the candidates was extremely high, with some of the project's top content builders running alongside highly experienced backroom people. Of the eighteen candidates, sixteen were finally appointed, giving us probably the most rounded coordination team so far. Those elected were: Abraham, B.S., Bellhalla, Cam, Eurocopter, EyeSerene, Ian Rose, Jackyd101, Joe N, Lordoliver, Maralia, MBK004, Nick-D, Roger Davies (lead), Skinny87, The ed17 and TomStar81. Kirill Lokshin continues in his role as coordinator emeritus. Thanks must go to the departing coordinators – Bedford, JonCatalán and Woody – for helping make the project what it is today The C-class referendum, held at the same time, produced a slight majority of votes for introduction, but was insufficient to demonstrate a clear consensus. So, for the time being at least, therefore, the project will continue without C-class. Otherwise, focus is likely be on the Academy and the development of courses to develop reviewing, copy-editing and article-building skills. Some review of our task forces is also probable, perhaps consolidating some of the smaller, quieter, ones. As ever, input from everyone is not only welcomed but positively encouraged.
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It's been a month since the end of the coordinator elections, and I am proud to inform the project that the IX coordinator tranche is doing well. Our new coordinators are rapidly learning the ropes, and the last of the task forces under consideration for merging have been consolidated into a new task force which should increase productivity and improve quality article output. At the moment the coordinators are discussing preliminary plans for an improved version of The Bugle, and are working with editors from the American Civil War task force who are in the process of organizing a new special project relating to that conflict. It is our hope to see these changes implemented in the upcoming month. Lastly, as many of our members are also in school, we extend our best wishes to all who will be taking final exams both this month and next. For the IX coordinator tranche, TomStar81 (Talk) 22:36, 30 April 2010 (UTC) |
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This month we're taking a look at the Military history WikiProject's special projects. At present we have three—Operation Great War Centennial, Operation Majestic Titan, and Operation Normandy—with, as Tom mentions in his introduction, a fourth coming on line as this newsletter goes out.
Special projects are a great way of organising a long-term collaboration with a specific end-point in mind, and tend to be more goal-oriented and focused than the general task forces or informal working groups. Joining a special project is also a fantastic way to work alongside like-minded editors with whom you'll undoubtedly develop close working relationships; by your third or fourth FA submission you'll hopefully be operating as part of a well-oiled team. Editor roles are many and varied: content writers, source material providers, image- and map-makers, copy editors, reviewers, MoS gurus, wikignomes, specialists and generalists... you're sure to find a job that suits you and benefits the team. If you have an idea for a special project or are already undertaking a collaboration that you think fits in with the ethos of those above, and you'd like to benefit from Milhist's support and infrastructure, consider dropping the coordinators a note. Personally I've found the synergy and teamwork of contributing to a special project (Operation Normandy in my case) to be one of the most rewarding and enjoyable aspects of my time here. I hope you will too. EyeSerenetalk 14:16, 4 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
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With Eurocopter's resignation (see editorial below), this month marks the end of his tenure as a project coordinator. Eurocopter has been with the team for almost three years now and will be sorely missed, but he has taken the tough decision that his real life commitments have unfortunately made it too hard for him to focus on his coordinator duties. We wish him good luck in the future, both in real life and on-wiki. Efforts to redesign The Bugle are moving forward and it is our intention to roll out a new format, based on the Signpost , for next month's issue. We hope that this will allow us to provide better coverage of the project's news by allowing more room to expand on the stories we bring to you. If you have any comments or suggestions on what we can do to improve coverage, please let us know.
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For those of you who might not know me, I'm Eurocopter. I served as a coordinator of the Military history WikiProject from August 2007 until few days ago, when I decided to resign due to real life issues making it impossible for me to continue to perform project duties on a regular basis. Reflecting on my experience and activities within the project, I decided to write this editorial to set out a few thoughts and offer some advice to interested members. First of all, what does project coordination mean and how does it help the Military history WikiProject? Although the coordinators do not have any real executive powers, they play an important role in project management. To make editing contributions easier for our members we establish guidelines, manage Peer and A-Class reviews, and consult and assist when needed. The primary goal of the coordination team has always been to stimulate the development of quality articles and, once they have been developed, to facilitate maintaining them at a high standard for as long as possible. This has been carried out through the organization of a considerable number of assessment drives, contests and special projects. However, there is still much to be done to make the project one of the best and most active wiki-communities. Coordinator involvement in trying to achieve this, as the central promoters of any activity undertaken within the project, is more than important; the coordination team should stand as an example of civilised and constructive cooperation. Perhaps the most annoying issue—unfortunately quite widespread through the pages of Wikipedia—is POV-dominated conflict. While such a phenomenon might seem inevitable in a community within which hundreds of members of different nationalities with different historical and political views interact, it doesn’t mean we should accept it. The ability to neutrally mediate such conflicts is an important and desirable coordinator function. Secondly, but most importantly in my opinion, is the question of how the project enables editors to contribute effectively. Perhaps you already know how difficult it is to take an article to the highest quality levels such as A-Class or Style guide and Academy are also useful in guiding you along the path of writing an article. A final, but vital, part of the collaborative article writing process is editor behaviour when interacting with other editors who are contributing to the same article. Even on those occasions where an editor upsets you or allows their personal opinions to influence their editing, always remain calm, civil and try to reach an agreement. Contributing to Wikipedia is something most of us do as a hobby; time spent in useless conflicts is precious editing time wasted.
All in all, the Military history WikiProject is a good meeting point for milhist-interested editors, both beginners and advanced, with someone always there to give help and advice when needed. I wish to thank all my fellow coordinators and project members who keep this beautiful community running. I will certainly miss it! Best regards and happy wiki-editing! Eurocopter (talk) 20:24, 2 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
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March Madness 2017
G'day all, please be advised that throughout March 2017 the Military history Wikiproject is running its March Madness drive. This is a backlog drive that is focused on several key areas:
- tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
- updating the project's currently listed A-class articles to ensure their ongoing compliance with the listed criteria
- creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various task force pages or other lists of missing articles.
As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.
The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the military history scope will be considered eligible. More information can be found here for those that are interested, and members can sign up as participants at that page also.
The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 March and runs until 23:59 UTC on 31 March 2017, so please sign up now.
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2017 Military Historian of the Year and Newcomer of the Year nominations and voting
As we approach the end of the year, the Military History project is looking to recognise editors who have made a real difference. Each year we do this by bestowing two awards: the Military Historian of the Year and the Military History Newcomer of the Year. The co-ordinators invite all project members to get involved by nominating any editor they feel merits recognition for their contributions to the project. Nominations for both awards are open between 00:01 on 2 December 2017 and 23:59 on 15 December 2017. After this, a 14-day voting period will follow commencing at 00:01 on 16 December 2017. Nominations and voting will take place on the main project talkpage: here and here. Thank you for your time. For the co-ordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:35, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
User group for Military Historians
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"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
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April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
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