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Competes in a few hours ..

This Olympian competes in a few hours .. in case someone may be interested in reviewing and perhaps creating her draft article -- Draft:Ada Korkhin. In advance of reader interest in her that is sure to come. Thanks. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:C88D:848F:5F9A:6FA0 (talk) 21:48, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly relevant discussion at Manual of Style/Dates and numbers

See Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Ammunition_calibre/length_naming_conventions - this may be of interest to members of this project.Nigel Ish (talk) 09:22, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Related to that, what's with titles like "7.62×54mmR" and "23×152mmB" and "20×138mmB". How are these R and B suffixes to be understood? And why do we put them there, when sources more commonly use things like "7.62 × 54R mm" and "23×152B mm" (which are equally hard to interpret)? Dicklyon (talk) 02:13, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, Rim and Belted, I see. Should we try to have a standard on how to present these? Dicklyon (talk) 01:39, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete List of firearms (A), etc.?

Six letters have articles like this, and twenty do not. I did a pass of style fixing on (A), but the rest are as bad and need a lot of work. Do we really want to have these fragments of alphabetical listings, in a searchable encyclopedia? Dicklyon (talk) 22:15, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I did some case fixing on List of firearms (M), too. Dicklyon (talk) 03:44, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like these were pulled out of List of firearms, which continues to accumulate more unsourced stuff under those letters, too. I think I'll nominate the lot for deletion. Dicklyon (talk) 03:46, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

BAR caps

Hello WikiProject Firearms members. Which is the correct capitalization -- "M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle" or "M1918 Browning automatic rifle"? There is currently a discussion about this, at Talk:M1918 Browning automatic rifle#Recent move. Interested editors are encouraged to comment there (and not here, to keep the discussion all in one place). — Mudwater^(Talk) 22:34, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion is now at Talk:M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle#Requested move 27 August 2024. Interested editors are encouraged to comment there. Thanks. — Mudwater^(Talk) 02:10, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request to Move at Gun show loophole

There is a discussion regarding moving the article Gun show loophole -> Private sale of firearms in the United States [1]. A related NPOVN discussion is here [2]. Springee (talk) 00:03, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:5.56×45mm NATO#Requested move 29 October 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:5.56×45mm NATO#Requested move 29 October 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 𝚈𝚘𝚟𝚝 (𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚟𝚝) 01:22, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:LVOA-C#Requested move 28 October 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:LVOA-C#Requested move 28 October 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 15:35, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Gun Control in the Third Reich (book)#Requested move 6 November 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Gun Control in the Third Reich (book)#Requested move 6 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 18:01, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Remington Model 1816

Hi! I'm little unclear on Remington Model 1816. What I think I understood, is that it's a some sort of conversion of either Model 1816 Musket or Maynard Carbine? What's the catch? -- TrickShotFinn (talk) 12:54, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Tel al-Sultan attack#Requested move 1 January 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Tel al-Sultan attack#Requested move 1 January 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Abo Yemen ✉ 17:56, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Colt's Manufacturing Company#Requested move 13 January 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Colt's Manufacturing Company#Requested move 13 January 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 15:01, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Palm Sunday massacre (homicide)#Requested move 22 February 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Palm Sunday massacre (homicide)#Requested move 22 February 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 12:38, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Homicide at the Brazilian Senate#Requested move 3 April 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Homicide at the Brazilian Senate#Requested move 3 April 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Valorrr ^{(lets chat)} 16:18, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]