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Requests for project input

Please add requests for MILHIST participation to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Requests for project input. This includes requests for comment, requested moves, articles for deletion, and more.

Talk:Second Battle of Petersburg#Result in infobox

What should the result be? Cinderella157 (talk) 02:16, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Dan Sullivan (U.S. senator)#Requested move 22 February 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Dan Sullivan (U.S. senator)#Requested move 22 February 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 12:37, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

Splitting discussion for Imjin War

An article (Imjin War) has content that is proposed to be removed and moved to another article (Chŏngyu War). If you are interested, please visit the discussion. Thank you. seefooddiet (talk) 20:51, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

Category:Historiography of the military history of the United States has been nominated for renaming

Category:Historiography of the military history of the United States has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. XTheBedrockX (talk) 17:52, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:2025 Goma offensive#Requested move 15 February 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:2025 Goma offensive#Requested move 15 February 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 12:40, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Head-on engagement Sources needed to prevent deletion

This was tagged as unreferenced 15 years ago. Then 7 years ago, a user requested sources on the talk page. Pleas find and add sources, or it risks being deleted. Bearian (talk) 12:09, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Chevalier D'Aux

The article Chevalier D'Aux has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No sources, notability.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Delectopierre (talk) 21:55, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

I don't see a link to the discussion.--Georgia Army Vet Contribs Talk 13:33, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

As above - don't these things usually come with a link to participate in the discussion? As it is, I've tracked the origin of the text to another article and this gives a source, though doesn't resolve the notability issue. Monstrelet (talk) 12:55, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

Aside from the fact the notice is posted twice here, I think the OP misunderstood how deletions are often listed and posted here instead of adding it here. Intothatdarkness 13:16, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

I have put my findings such as they are on the articles talk page. I'm not sure they add up to much, however. Monstrelet (talk) 13:31, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

Is now a redirect to Battle of Bonchurch, where he is mentioned. This now appears to be moot - although since we are now unable to see the original article, we can't see whether it had other details about the subject. Donner60 (talk) 04:07, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Louis XVIII

Louis XVIII has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 13:40, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster

Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 13:56, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

FAR for Northrop YF-23

On 20 May 2024, Northrop YF-23 was put up for FA review by Steve7c8 (talk · contribs). Since 30 November 2024, it has been a featured article removal candidate. Editors are invited to declare keep or delist, with comments, at Wikipedia:Featured article review/Northrop YF-23/archive1. DrKay (talk) 14:56, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Battles of Lexington and Concord

Battles of Lexington and Concord has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 15:14, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:UAZ-452#Requested move 24 February 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:UAZ-452#Requested move 24 February 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 06:23, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Burmese–Siamese War (1547–1549)

Burmese–Siamese War (1547–1549) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 02:54, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Battle of Marion

Battle of Marion has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Hog Farm _talk 03:00, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

Move request discussion for Barin riot

Hi. There's a move request discussion at Talk:Barin riots#Requested move 21 March 2025 revolving around NPOV and/or descriptiveness that may be of interest to this project. - RovingPersonalityConstruct (talk, contribs) 23:55, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Fires on the Plain (novel)#Requested move 24 March 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Fires on the Plain (novel)#Requested move 24 March 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 07:44, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Cyberwarfare by China#Requested move 16 March 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Cyberwarfare by China#Requested move 16 March 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 09:25, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for 29th Infantry Division (United States)

29th Infantry Division (United States) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 02:35, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Ibaraki Airport § Splitting proposal

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Ibaraki Airport § Splitting proposal, which is within the scope of this WikiProject. Aviationwikiflight (talk) 15:20, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

A Request for Comment has been created, asking what the result should be for Mir Jumla's invasion of Assam

You can find the RfC at; Talk:Mir Jumla's invasion of Assam - Wikipedia LeChatiliers Pupper (talk) 09:30, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Mentor reviewer for Byzantine Empire: Help with FARC requested

The Byzantine Empire is currently a FARC and it would be shame if it gets delisted. I'm asking if there is anyone who can help help get involved in the FAR process as an experienced mentor. We have a list of issues we know we need to address, but having someone with more experience can ensure ongoing contributions and talk discussions are balanced correctly, and this person can guide us to get this article out of the review stage by identifying deficiencies and their remediation for FA standard. Biz (talk) 00:45, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Mark Antony#Requested move 30 March 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Mark Antony#Requested move 30 March 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Векочел (talk) 13:27, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Europe/The European Destubathon

Hi, at present we don't have many people working on castles and military history for this. There is nearly $3000 of prizes for this. Would love to see more European castle and history articles coming in, feel free anybody to join in with the destubbing!♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:16, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)#Requested move 27 March 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)#Requested move 27 March 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 12:18, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:George Washington (Trumbull)#Requested move 20 March 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:George Washington (Trumbull)#Requested move 20 March 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 12:20, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

End (or not) of the War on terror

I've started a discussion over at Talk:War on terror#End of the war on terror, as that article lists an end date without the sourcing to back it up. Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 18:23, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (Ethiopia)#Requested move 28 March 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (Ethiopia)#Requested move 28 March 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 00:07, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:List of wars involving the People's Republic of China#Requested move 29 March 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:List of wars involving the People's Republic of China#Requested move 29 March 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 12:34, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Edward Dickinson Baker#Requested move 29 March 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Edward Dickinson Baker#Requested move 29 March 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 13:06, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

Occupation of London in 1380???

John_I_of_Castile has the paragraph "In the summer of 1380, a combined Spanish-French fleet of 20 galleys under the command of Fernando Sánchez de Tovar departed from Seville to launch a raid on Gravesend. The English capital was sacked and burned down and some surrounding towns suffered the same."

Now while Gravesend was attacked, they never reached London, as stated in Castilian_attack_on_Gravesend, and the wording suggests Gravesend was the capital of England!. But oddly the French and Spanish Wikipedias have articles [1] and [2] which also claim London was occupied, so I wonder if there is some concerted attempt to distort history. I've flagged the error in those article talk pages, but don't want to engage in their Project pages, as I guess you collaborate here.

(I work on Wikidata, and once this is cleared up, the 2 items on the raid need to be merged)

Vicarage (talk) 21:01, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

I agree with you, in fact that article was originally titled "Castilian occupation of London" but was moved and changed after a discussion. The Crónica de los Reyes de Castilla (by Pero López de Ayala) says that they were close but did not enter the city:

Ficieron gran guerra este año por la mar, e entraron por el rio de Artamisa fasta cerca de la cibdad de Londres, a do galeas de enemigos nunca entraron

RobertJohnson35 – talk 21:24, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

I've pointed the French and Spanish wikipedia history projects here. Vicarage (talk) 22:14, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

Bibliographical request

Action at Bir el Gubi (November 1941) I've been spring cleaning this article but can't find a page number for Rebora, Andrea (2021). La Divisione Ariete a Bir El Gobi: le due battaglie [The Ariete Division at Bir el Gubi: The Two Battles]. Lucca: Tralerighe libri. ISBN 978-8-83-287143-2. Does anyone have a copy to add the number? Thanks Keith-264 (talk) 11:12, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

Featured Article Review notice

I have nominated Treaty of Devol for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:42, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

Pydars?

At De re militari, this word appears as a redlink under "Book IV". It is clearly an error (it was added by Cavila in 2009) but I cannot figure out what the word is supposed to be. Srnec (talk) 03:12, 10 April 2025 (UTC)