Talk:Sterling submachine gun

message: User:Noodle_snacks copyvio'ed the article in its entirety, due to an apparent inclusion of text from .  I have reviewed this and put this on his talk page:
I just went back through this history of the article.  The section identical to what's on the nazarian.no website was introduced here  by User:Jll.  The section was not dropped in in the form that it appears at nazarian.no; look at the diff series from April 7, 2005:
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That clearly shows Jll formatting the new text and adding and fixing text and typos.
Evidence says that nazarian grabbed the text off wikipedia, not the other way around.  So I am going to restore it.  Let me know if you find better evidence... Georgewilliamherbert 07:17, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyvio issue 

message: Was this gun used during the Falklands War? If so can anyone remember what troops used it? I think I remember a video of a British soldier with a beard and helmet, holding one and saying something like "We just wanna crack on and get to Stanley now" Ryan4314 09:47, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Falklands War 

message: Does it's inclusion in the original Star Wars Trilogy as the basis of the E-11 blaster rifle warrant a mention?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.170.214.229 (talk) 16:41, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Why not? Someone cite a rule, because Star Wars, though a lowly American made movie series, is still pretty effing notable. It's not like people in 2050 won't know what a lightsaber is. If it was in Gone With the Wind or Citizen Kane, would it still be a simple "no?"  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.233.46.168 (talk) 08:09, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: If it were something like the Walther PPK, which is famous largely because of its association with James Bond, then it might be worthy of mention.  This is extremely obscure trivia by comparison.  Nobody except serious Star Wars enthusiasts care what was used as the basis of a minor background prop.  The movie might be notable, but the prop isn't.  217.137.30.107 (talk) 00:51, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Star Wars 

message: A quantity of these weapons were acquired by ILM in the 1970s to be modified into props, appearing as the "Imperial E-11 blaster rifle" and 'Rebel Alliance DH-17 Blaster pistol' in the original Star Wars film trilogy.
</blockquote> --Technopat (talk) 10:43, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a highly notable fact about the Sterling, and ought to be mentioned. 24.214.230.66 (talk) 08:51, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Popular culture 

message: The mentions of 7.62 x 51mm ammunition, lever-delayed blowback and Bren magazines should be deleted from this article. It gives a casual reader the impression that there was a 7.62mm Sterling SMG. The Sterling Battle Rifle never progressed beyond a prototype; a link to the article about it would be less confusing. (Onetap (talk) 21:15, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  7.62mm Battle Rifle variant 

message: The sterling was used by the New Zealand Army and ANZAZ SAS in Vietnam (as well as apparently by US Navy Seals) so I've added Vietnam to it's list of contacts and added a picture of Aussie troops with them in Vietnam 1967 and a first hand account by an ex-SAS soldier of their use  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goolcap (talk • contribs) 18:23, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you. I have put the usable reference inline with the statement it is supporting per normal practice. The image isn't WP:RELIABLE so I have removed it as a reference. (Hohum @) 22:06, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vietnam War use 

message: I feel like the user section should be updated with a former users list but the only country which im sure doesn't use sterlings is just the UK, could somebody with a better knowledge create this list? Yippt (talk) 20:30, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  User section