Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/National militaries task force
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Welcome to the National militaries task force. If you have any questions about articles or are generally seeking advice, you're encouraged to ask at the main military history talk page, or you can directly approach one of the task force participants below. The coordinators of the Military history WikiProject can be contacted here. Scope[edit]This task force includes the core articles which cover currently operational national armed forces (e.g. the United States Armed Forces) and their individual service branches (e.g. the Russian Navy). Countries and branches no longer in existence are not currently included. Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding |
Participants[edit]
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- AzfarShams (talk · contribs)
- Buckshot06 (talk · contribs) (sub-Saharan Africa, former Soviet Union, Indonesia)
- Cdtuba (talk · contribs)
- DPdH (talk · contribs) (focus on Latin America and Australasia)
- Kintrix (talk · contribs) (US Army Order of Battle and unit pages, though I will help with other US services)
- Narson (talk · contribs)
- Smsarmad (talk · contribs) (Pakistan Armed Forces)
- .sprika. (talk · contribs) (South Africa, Naval world wide)
- Sudhanshu Nimbalkar (talk · contribs) (Indian Armed Forces)
- Tyguy9112 (talk · contribs)
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Article statistics[edit]
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A list of the top 500 most popular articles within our scope, as well as the number of page views each article received over the past month, can be found here. With most of our articles assessed as Stub- or Start-Class, there's a lot of work to be done. However, we also have a number of good, A-Class, and featured articles, which have been assessed as amongst the best Wikipedia has to offer. These article serve as a yardstick for what can be achieved and should be aimed for, and can provide ideas about how to write an article and what sources to consult; they are listed below:
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Open tasks[edit]
- Attention needed
- ...to referencing and citation (3,841) • ...to coverage and accuracy (3,130) • ...to structure (570) • ...to grammar (212) • ...to supporting materials (863)
- Popular pages
- Full list
- Cleanup needed
- Add an article here!
- Requested articles
- Finnish 19th Division • Finnish 11th Division • Finnish VII Corps • Finnish Cavalry Brigade • 1st Jaeger Brigade • 2nd Jaeger Brigade • 168th Rifle Division • 71st Rifle Division • Lifeguard Horse Grenadier Regiment • 4th Mariupol Hussar Regiment • 6th Guards Mechanized Brigade
- Expansion needed
- Citizen Force (South Africa) • Zimbabwe Defence Forces • Military of Nigeria • Korean People's Army • Navy Aviation Command • 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade • 12th Territorial Defence Brigade (Poland) • 7th Infantry Division (Bangladesh) • Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade
- Images needed
- Citizen Force (South Africa)
- Merging needed
- Add an article here!
- Citations needed
- Air Force of Serbia and Montenegro • Air Force of Zimbabwe • Coast Guard Command (Turkey) • Gendarmerie General Command • Indonesian National Armed Forces • Irish Army • National Guard of the United States • New Zealand Army • Turkish Armed Forces • Zimbabwe National Army • 1st Aviation Brigade
- Translation needed
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Article alerts[edit]
Did you know
- 07 Sep 2023 – Siege (Roman history) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by JeBonSer (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 14 Sep 2023 – Battle of Kelmendi (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Wafflesvarrg (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
- 10 Sep 2023 – Usiris (Persian) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Edward-Woodrow (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
- 09 Sep 2023 – Joseph Henry Tritton (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by StAnselm (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 16 Sep 2023; see discussion (2 participants)
Proposed deletions
- 08 Sep 2023 – Armed Forces of Italian Empire in "Africa Orientale italiana" (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Generalrelative (t · c) and endorsed by A. B. (t · c) on 08 Sep 2023 was deleted
Good article nominees
- 25 Aug 2023 – Ottoman destroyer Yarhisar (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Browhatwhyamihere (t · c); start discussion
Articles to be merged
- 07 Jan 2023 – Platoon (United States Army) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Platoon#United States by Crazynas (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 02 Mar 2022 – Structure of the Swiss Armed Forces (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Gusfriend (t · c); see discussion
- 23 May 2018 – People's Liberation Army Navy (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Sphilbrick (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 15 Aug 2023 – Draft:14th Infantry Regiment (Philippine Army) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Smasongarrison (t · c)
- 08 May 2023 – Draft:Shafi's campaign against the Sikhs (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Onel5969 (t · c)
- 10 Aug 2023 – Draft:Clashes in Chin State (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by JAMB2023 (t · c) was declined by Robertsky (t · c) on 15 Sep 2023
Resources[edit]
- CIA World Factbook - Very useful for filling in the national military infobox
- Scramble.nl Dutch Aviation Society website - Detailed orders of battle of modern air forces
- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute website - Summaries of the SIPRI Yearbook and databases of conflicts, military spending and arms production
- United Nations peacekeeping home page - Information on current and past UN peace keeping missions
- United States military Defense Visual Information Center - Photos of the US military and foreign militaries. All photos are in the public domain and can be used freely on Wikipedia.