Talk:British Army

message: Bilcat told me to talk about this here. Idi Amin was in Uganda, which was a British colony back then. He joined the army when it was still a part of the British Empire.49.178.131.33 (talk) 06:45, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Another editor has questioned that. Anyway, why does the photo need to be here? It's basically trivia, and he's not even mentioned elsewhere in the article. BilCat (talk) 06:54, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

text: It's not even a photo of him while he was in British Army service (assuming he was). That's what I expected when I saw that a photo of him had been added to the article. BilCat (talk) 06:57, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  Assuming??? He was. Not assuming. He was in the British Army, as Uganda did not have it's own military. If you look at the Infobox in his article you will see.49.178.131.33 (talk) 08:28, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: He was in the King's African Rifles, a colonial regiment which had similar relationship to the British Army as an Indian regiment such as 8th Rajputs. And inclusion in this article would be Undue. GraemeLeggett (talk) 08:42, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: So why the Infobox in his article have this " British Army (1946-1962) " and this " United kingdom ( Until 1962 ) "? 49.178.131.33 (talk) 08:59, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: @IP49: I wasn't taking a side in whether or not he was in the British Army, but recognizing that the claim is being disputed. It's still a trivial mention.in a top-level article about the British Army. Since the addition is contested, it's.up to you to persuade others that his photo is somehow relevant, which you have yet to do. BilCat (talk) 09:04, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: The inclusion of the British Army in Amin's infobox was just plainly false. The KAR was not part of the regular British Army, it was a separate branch. Applodion (talk) 12:53, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

text:  Oh uh! Can someone delete it then?49.178.131.33 (talk) 13:21, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  I did so already. Applodion (talk) 15:17, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Idi Amin in the army 

message: There seems to be a concerted attempt by several editors to add extensive unsourced information to the section on "colonial units" in breach of WP:V, WP:CITE and WP:RS. The new material is currently sourced to citations which were there before and do not support the additional material added. i.e. WP:HIJACK applies.  Views welcome. Dormskirk (talk) 21:37, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Have reviewed edits back to 16 May 2022 and agree with Dormskirk's assesment. Contributions from that point have been added (and re-added) without any clear supporting refs. The page has been taken back to it's last stable version, (aka ) and the editors involved have been enccouraged to come to the talk page and discuss. - wolf 18:00, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colonial units 

message: The history of the last Solider be given a medal by her own hand  Queen Victoria  ,  What did this Solder do  in the Bore War to win a medal  . 49.3.81.66 (talk) 07:41, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  British   Army   . 

message: I was suprised, when reading this article, to see that there was no dedicated section for the many regiment’s marches (both quick and slow). Would this merit a section in this article? 82.2.122.20 (talk) 17:11, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: As in the marching songs themselves, or do you mean marching routine/drill procedures? Synorem (talk) 17:14, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anything on marching music