Talk:Hedgehog (weapon)

message: Was not the hedgehog placed in service late in 1941 and early 1942 (as opposed to 1943), the first one being on the HMS Westcott? Two references would be Clay Blair's Hitler's U-Boat War and Sir Charles Goodeve's short biography.
Jayman435 (talk) 23:20, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed.  TREKphiler hit me ♠  13:09, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hedgehog in service 

message: I noticed on the English page for the Hedgehog that the description was in Spanish first, and then in English.  After verifying that the pic was properly described on the Spanish page already (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erizo_%28arma%29), I removed the foreign language from the English page, where it should not have been in the first place.  Deejaye6 (talk) 02:55, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I restored the Spanish description and flipped the descriptions so that it's English and then Spanish as this is a British weapon. The description you edited is stored on Wikipedia Commons which is used to store media across all languages. At the bottom of the left margin for the Hedgehog (weapon) article is a list of languages. Those are Wikipedia's that have articles on the Hedgehog and any/all of them can use the same images from Commons. Ideally the description would have translations for all of the language specific articles that use the image. For example, I just added a Japanese description to :Image:Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar.jpg meaning if you go to the Japanese language article for the Hedgehog at ja:ヘッジホッグ (兵器) and then click on the image (it's part way down the page), you will see an image page that's mostly in Japanese and has English, Spanish, and Japanese descriptions. --Marc Kupper|talk 18:15, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Language Use in Pic 

message: A question for User:BilCat in keeping with the user's preference for discussion of edits to be conducted on the appropriate article talk page:  Unless U-boat is the preferred British English term for submersible warships I suggest the term submarine is preferable in this context because the weapon was also used attacking Japanese submarines.  Can you provide a British English reference supporting a preference for U-boat? Thewellman (talk) 06:55, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, I was just referring to the IP user's change of "Second World War" to "World War II". I have no preference for either U-boat or Submarine, but since the IP user gave no reason for making the change, I just made a straight revert. - BilCat (talk) 07:21, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

text: Other users added and clarified. Tofof (talk) 04:23, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: In English language usage I've only ever seen U-Boat to refer to German submarines, presumably because they were prefixed with U-. Rcbutcher (talk) 04:58, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: In contemporary wartime British usage 'U-boat' referred to any enemy submarine, e.g., German, Italian, or Japanese.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.150.11.196 (talk) 12:02, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Source? - BilCat (talk) 12:10, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Churchill said so. It was to prevent confusion. Allied vessels were 'submarines', enemy ones 'U-boats'.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.150.11.196 (talk) 12:42, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: And the source for that? - BilCat (talk) 18:04, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is U-boat the preferred British English term for all submarines?