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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 editThis 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)
- Swatjester (talk · contribs) (for U.S. military and Ethiopian military, as well as SOF around the world. )
- Tyguy9112 (talk · contribs)
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Article statistics edit
The table to the right shows the current article assessment statistics for this task force.
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 (3,947) • ...to coverage and accuracy (3,384) • ...to structure (544) • ...to grammar (183) • ...to supporting materials (905)
- 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
- Add an article here!
Article alerts edit
Articles for deletion
- 30 May 2024 – Early Mughal–Sikh wars (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Ratnahastin (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 28 May 2024 – List of battles in Afghanistan (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Nederlandse Leeuw (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 23 May 2024 – List of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mangoe (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
- 19 May 2024 – Siege of Chittorgarh (1544) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Based Kashmiri (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 02 Jun 2024; see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
- 16 May 2024 – Maratha invasion of Awadh (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Based Kashmiri (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 29 May 2024; see discussion (7 participants; relisted)
- 16 May 2024 – No. 674 Squadron AAC (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by PercyPigUK (t · c) was closed as merge by Liz (t · c) on 02 Jun 2024; see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
- 16 May 2024 – List of current yeomanry units of the British Army (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by PercyPigUK (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 29 May 2024; see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
- 11 May 2024 – Battle of Mangal (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Noorullah21 (t · c) was closed as no consensus by Doczilla (t · c) on 01 Jun 2024; see discussion (7 participants; relisted)
- 06 May 2024 – List of battles in Croatia (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Nederlandse Leeuw (t · c) was closed as delete by Vanamonde93 (t · c) on 28 May 2024; see discussion (8 participants; relisted)
Proposed deletions
- 01 Jun 2024 – Battle of Ghanaur (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Southasianhistorian8 (t · c): Poorly written and sourced articles. Most of the sources are from unreliable religious self published websites and the Indian Express sources only contains a few sentences about this battle.
- 01 Jun 2024 – Battle of Anandpur (1703) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Southasianhistorian8 (t · c): Poorly written article with very little coverage from its sources (the battle section only spans one paragraph). Very little notability outside the two sources.
Redirects for discussion
- 11 Apr 2024 – DZHH-AM (talk · edit · hist) →Philippine Air Force was RfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 29 Mar 2024 – Sam Bahadur (film) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Twinkle1990 (t · c); start discussion
Requested moves
- 31 May 2024 – 2024 Sanaa strikes (talk · edit · hist) move request to 30 May 2024 Yemen strikes by Chomik1129 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 04 May 2024 – Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Australian procurement (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II procurement by KarmaKangaroo (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Apr 2024 – Operation Talwar (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Kargil War by User4edits (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Mar 2024 – Extended Range Air Defence System (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to [[(Project Kusha)]] by N Jeevan (t · c); see [[Talk:(Project Kusha)|discussion]]
- 22 Jan 2024 – Nicaraguan-Salvadoran War (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to War of 1863 by Fontaine347 (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Nov 2023 – 99th Infantry Regiment (France, 1757–1803) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 99th Infantry Regiment (France, 1855–1997) by Cukrakalnis (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
- 15 Apr 2019 – Rurales (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Aeusoes1 (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
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.