Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Australian Defence Force

Australian Defence Force edit

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The result was: not scheduled by Bencherlite ^Talk 06:03, 24 August 2013‎ (UTC)[reply]

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of Australia. It consists of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and a number of 'tri-service' units. The ADF has a strength of just over 80,000 full-time personnel and active reservists, and is supported by the Department of Defence and several other civilian agencies. During the first decades of the 20th century, the Australian Government established the armed services as separate organisations. Each service had an independent chain of command. In 1976, the government made a strategic change and established the ADF to place the services under a single headquarters. Over time, the degree of integration has increased and tri-service headquarters, logistics and training institutions have supplanted many single-service establishments. The ADF is technologically sophisticated but relatively small. Although the ADF's 57,994 full-time active-duty personnel, 22,072 active reserves and 22,166 standby reserves make it the largest military in Oceania, it is still smaller than most Asian militaries. Nonetheless, the ADF is supported by a significant budget by worldwide standards and is able to deploy forces in multiple locations outside Australia. (Full article...)

2 points-Promoted in excess of two years ago
2 points-Widely covered
4 points-Total points allocated
In regard to the abundance of militaria-based articles featured, I admittedly recognize this. However, I will say that we do not frequently feature FAs relative to military structure or hierarchy. QatarStarsLeague (talk) 19:37, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Non-free image (flag) removed - can't be used here or on the main page. I know those figures are taken from the lead and the article, but are they the most up-to-date available? Should a date for those figures be given? In any case, this is a 6-year-old FA, standards have changed since 2007 and I wouldn't mind some views from MILHISTers and others as to whether this article could do with just a simple spring-clean before a main page appearance or whether it needs more extensive work. I don't think you've notified the FAC nominator, have you? I can't see anything on User talk:Nick-D. Please do this in future. Bencherlite^Talk 20:12, 22 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment (as original nominator) I'd like to see this on the main page, but it needs to be updated first. The article was recently peer reviewed, and I'm still yet to work in most of those changes. As such, I'd suggest that this be withdrawn for now. It has given me a kick in the pants to carry out the update though! Nick-D (talk) 07:50, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]