Talk:Main Missile and Artillery Directorate

message: Ok, folks. I'm a russian. Can anybody tell what is confusing here and how to cleanup the mere (long) list of examples to decode indicies? --jno 14:17, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  cleanup? 

message: 2 --jno 16:35, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalized count 

message: The language in the item descriptions were difficult to clean up:
* 7S1
* 7U1
* 17P
Help from someone knowledgable in this topic would be great. --Adamrush 12:13, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unclear language 

message: Why "of the Soviet Union", and not "of  the Russian Federation"? Aspecialy since in the agency's title in russian it does say "of the Russian Federation". I think that the article should be moved to "Main Agency of Missiles and Artillery of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation". --DimaY2K 05:59, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  ... of the Soviet Union? 

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.
*Oppose Abbreviations are meant to simplify, not to overrun the name of the entity they stand for. The redirect does its job well, there's no need to change the name of this article which, lengthy or not, is the complete, accurate and encyclopedic designation of its subject. Húsönd 01:03, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Overrun what name. If you google the title of this article, eliminating Wikipedia and it's mirrors, you will get 1 result, which isn't even relevant. Searching for "GRAU", using the word missile as a qualifier returns 46,700 results. Per WP:NC, the acronym should be used. --GW_SimulationsUser Page | Talk 07:05, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I did a google search eliminating Wikipedia and mirrors and I still find some "Main Missile and Artillery Agency". Above all, "GRAU" is far from being as known and widespread among English speakers as NASA, or even KGB, so I still think the full name is more appropriate for this article.--Húsönd 17:10, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Please can you provide links to the results support this point of view. --GW_SimulationsUser Page | Talk 17:19, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: What is missing here is an explanation that the letter in the second position of system designators indicates the first initial of the designer.
For example, 8K98 indicates the designer was Korolev.
Ya = Yangel', Ch = Chelomey, and N= Nadiradze  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gwgoldb (talk • contribs) 17:43, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Designators reflect the designer's first initial 

message: What is missing here is an explanation that the letter in the second position of system designators indicates the first initial of the designer.
For example, 8K98 indicates the designer was Korolev.
Ya = Yangel', Ch = Chelomey, and N= Nadiradze
Gwgoldb (talk) 17:46, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Designators reflect the designer's first initial 

message: The numbers given to Russian/Soviet ABM radar seem to fit the pattern of GRAU indices but some seem not to meet the designation scheme. Are these GRAU indices? Thanks Secretlondon (talk) 01:27, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Are these GRAU indices? 

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