Talk:Multi-National Force troop deployment in Iraq 2003–2011

message: :Add  * Support  or  * Oppose  on a new line followed by a brief explanation, then sign your opinion using ~~~~.
*Support Don't see why not. I created it to replace a lengthy section with the "oper iraq freedom" label on the Iraq war page, so renaming this "Iraq war troop deployment" seems pretty logical. I say go for it. Publicus 16:51, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: [copied from above, Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 01:25, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this template is quite messy, could it be split into two, one for current forces, and the other for withdrawn? I find it hard to tot up numbers with mixed lists! 86.12.249.63 08:56, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split up 

message: Bobblehead had a good point above asking if we shouldn't add some info stating when a particular country deployed their forces. Japan was used as an example, since they didn't deploy troops for the invasion but right now it kind of looks that way. Not sure how to split up the template, but I'm going to start adding a deployed date to the respective country so at least we have the info to go on. Publicus 15:07, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Invasion vs non-Invasion Forces

message: I added the various units of the MNC-Iraq to the template(also moved all Active and all Withdrawn to their own columns), only 2 articles here on the units so we need some articles to fill in. Publicus 19:48, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Added MNC Units to Template

message: The absolute number of troops per country is fine, but it doesn't really say much about the investment from the perspective of the individual countries. An issue that frequently brought up by smaller countries – and latest by Australia in regard to the Australian PM's spat with Barack Obama. I think the numbers ought be accompanied by a number detailing the number of troops as a percentage of the population of the nations. Rune X2 10:41, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Percentage 

message: If possible it would be a good practice to add a source in the edit summary box whenever an editor makes a change to the strenghts of a particular country--otherwise there's no way to verify the change. Thanks Publicus 13:56, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Using Sources on Edits to the Strengths

message: Is there a particular reason why citations aren't included in the template? As long as the page its transcluded to uses template:reflist, using <ref> tags should format properly. We can also include notes that way as needed. bahamut0013♠♣  14:40, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  citations 

message: According to MNF-I Commanding General, there are presently 131,000 U.S. troops under MNF-I command. Source  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.253.2.105 (talk) 21:05, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  U.S. Troop numbers 

message: Sorry guys, but a template that is used (in several articles) below the references section of that article, may not include any references, because they will cause a references error in all those articles where the template is used. Debresser (talk) 19:23, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  References