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
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Article statistics
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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 (4,025) • ...to coverage and accuracy (3,465) • ...to structure (541) • ...to grammar (184) • ...to supporting materials (914)
- Popular pages
- Full list
- Cleanup needed
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- Requested articles
- Finnish 19th Division • Finnish 11th Division • 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
- 23 Nov 2024 – Jews in the Polish Army (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 23 Nov 2024 – List of wars involving the Mughal Empire (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Edasf (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
- 22 Nov 2024 – Battle of Tabriz (1757) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by HistoryofIran (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
Categories for discussion
- 21 Nov 2024 – Category:Female soldier and warrior characters in television (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Nov 2024 – Category:Female soldier and warrior characters in comics (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 10 Sep 2024 – Ottoman destroyer Yarhisar (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Browhatwhyamihere (t · c); start discussion
- 06 Aug 2024 – Justiniano Borgoño (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Kimikel (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 13 Nov 2024 – First battle of Chamkaur (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to First Battle of Chamkaur by BarrelProof (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 29 Sep 2024 – "10th Anniversary of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan (1991–2001)" Medal (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Orders, decorations, and medals of Azerbaijan by Rusty Cat (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
Articles for creation
- 27 Oct 2024 – Draft:Pedro Valverde (general) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Mccapra (t · c)
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.