Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Archive 14

message: Oberiko made a suggestion a while back that the Military project should be merged into this one.  It (seems to) be concerned primarily with military units at the moment—something which we have been working with here (e.g. the new infobox).  
I've posed largely the same question on that project as I will here: would such a merger be acceptable to everyone here?  Is it a good or a bad idea?  —Kirill Lokshin 04:12, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I say why not. It's not as if we're merging Wikiproject Association Football and Wikiproject American Football. Military and Military History is mutually inclusive. (Though we're significantly larger and more organised.) -- Миборовский U|T|C|E|Chugoku Banzai! 04:56, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

text: And as the obviously larger project, we take over. :D -- Миборовский U|T|C|E|Chugoku Banzai! 04:58, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military]] 

message: I guess next step is to see who's intrested... you can add yourself at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Canadian military history task force and we can go from there.
:I've added a link to the main project page; hopefully that'll draw some people in. —Kirill Lokshin 21:07, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Things rarely happen quickly here ;-)  For what it's worth, you can use the task force page to organize your own work, and hopefully others will join in. —Kirill Lokshin 23:33, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: well, lets giv'er

message: Where can I find more information on creating maps for battle articles?
Is there any vector format that can be used? This would give more consistent maps and also the possibility of view preferences.
tpower 17:32, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have created a number of maps for American Civil War articles. Recent examples are in the Battle of Stones River article. If you look at my User page, you'll see a pointer to my personal web site where I keep the source forms of these maps, in case anyone decides they would like to modify them. Hal Jespersen 18:06, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

text: Well, I made a (and only a) map for the Battle of South Shanxi but it isn't done yet. It follows the APP-6a  NATO designation and I used Adobe Illustrator CS2 to make it. I asked for critiques and here's what I got: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Archive 12#Map needs critique. Note that I haven't actually followed through any of the suggestions... been somewhat busy these days. I don't think there is a set policies for map making, though there are certain stylistic and informational conventions, maybe? -- Миборовский U|T|C|M|E|Chugoku Banzai! 23:37, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Battle maps 

message: Fairly new Wikipedian with a strong base of knowledge in military history, looking to help out generally.  I'm searching through the tasks and seeing a lot of stuff that needs to be done; is there anything big in particular that needs working on? KrazyCaley 06:05, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There's nothing particularly big at the moment; the things listed in the task list (and the adjunct list of wanted articles) are pretty much it.  We're grateful for any help you could provide, obviously. —Kirill Lokshin 14:12, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Where does this project need help?

message: "Invasion" is the current collaboration of the week, which may be of interest to many here. Don't know if that goes in the "announcements" box. If so, feel free to add it & delete this. --Kevin Myers | (complaint dept.) 19:41, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current collaboration 

message: Hey There,
I've worked on several unit histories for Second World War Axis Forces, also I have completed several campaign/battle pages for the War in the East. 
I've just completed creating the Battle of Teugen-Hausen article, and I am currently working on the Battle of Eckmühl. Once i've completed this, I will expand on the War of the Fifth Coalition page, and perhaps look at expanding several of the stubs to do with that war.  --ansbachdragoner 03:28, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No need to ask mate, you're more than welcome to join. Just add your name to the list on the project page and you're done. I'm sure you'll be a valuable addition to the project, thanks for coming aboard! --Loopy e 03:34, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Needless to say, don't forget to send in your membership fees. Cash is preferred. --Kevin Myers | (complaint dept.) 07:33, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

text: But women are better. ;)--KrossTalk 08:00, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Uh-hum! There actually "happen" to be a few female members at this project, gentlemen - so please behave, or you'll have to wash the dishes tonight... are we understanding each other? >:(   Phædriel ♥ tell me - 00:02, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

text: YES SIRrr errrr Ma'am! ;>--R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) 00:56, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

text: I've added an explanatory note to the "Participants" section.  If anyone can think of a better way to word it, feel free :-) —Kirill Lokshin 17:18, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ansbach! About time you got here, my friend! Judging by your many contributions, including your most recent ones, I'd say you are more than qualified and more than welcome :> BTW, I've done some work on the 6th Coalition (at least the 1813-14 parts of it). Please have a look at them if you get the time and are so inclined. Cheers M8,--R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) 21:53, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request to Join 

message: Dear all,
BlueShirts and I have worked for some time on the article Sino-German cooperation. We have submitted it for FAC review, but fellow editors have not been forthcoming with comments. As I quote BlueShirts, "I'm not surprised to see that so far we're the only two votes, while some inane article on bulbasaur has like thirty votes." So if you guys would be kind enough to hop over there and give us some comments on the article (hopefully to support, but please critique as well), we'd be doing something against systematic bias! Thank you. -- Миборовский U|T|C|M|E|Chugoku Banzai! 01:47, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Canvassing comments for [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Sino-German cooperation|FAC]] 

message: Jamesday, our lead database administrator, has requested that we avoid the use of "decorative" or "icon" images due to the server load they create.  I have therefore removed the images used in our stub templates and userbox.  
If anyone has any ideas for (non-image) things to put at the front of the stub templates, feel free to play around; they look somewhat bland at the moment ;-) —Kirill Lokshin 20:11, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Decorative images 

message: I have written a new overview article, Western Theater of the American Civil War. Before I start linking it into other articles, I'd appreciate review of this community. And see my comments in its Talk page. Thanks. Hal Jespersen 02:16, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Commented on the article talk page. —Kirill Lokshin 02:28, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Western Theater of the American Civil War 

message: I think it's about time we upgraded the main template to bring it in line with other major projects.  Some examples are Template:Islam, Template:Judaism, and Template:Israelis.  Discussion should be on Template talk:History of war. Palm_Dogg 17:14, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hope you all like it! Palm_Dogg 02:20, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thas purdy. LordAmeth 12:20, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Template:History of war]]