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| Biography articles |
Importance | ||||||
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| Top | None | Total | |||||
| Quality | |||||||
 FA |
21 | 608 | 629 | ||||
| FL |
76 | 76 | |||||
 A |
1 | 26 | 27 | ||||
 GA |
23 | 1450 | 1473 | ||||
| B | 114 | 14798 | 14912 | ||||
| C | 40 | 5134 | 5174 | ||||
| Start | 1 | 133137 | 133138 | ||||
| Stub | 384329 | 384329 | |||||
| List | 297 | 297 | |||||
| Assessed | 200 | 539855 | 540055 | ||||
| Unassessed | 175557 | 175557 | |||||
| Total | 200 | 715412 | 715612 | ||||
Welcome to the Military biography work group/task force of the Biography WikiProject and the Military history WikiProject! The military history coordinators for this task force are Jackyd101 (talk), Abraham, B.S. (talk) and Maralia (talk).
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[edit] Scope
This group covers all biographies of military personnel. (Note that merely having served in a military—particularly in a nation with universal military service—may not necessarily make someone a military person; see the Military history WikiProject's description of scope for more details.)
[edit] Participants
Please remember to also add your name to the main list of project members for Military history and Biography if you are not yet listed there. This list will be updated periodically and editors who have not edited Wikipedia for six months will be removed. If your name is not here, please simply add it again.
- Abraham, B.S. (talk · contribs) (Mainly Australian military figures, but also some British and American)
- BusterD (talk · contribs)
- Bzuk (talk · contribs) (Canadian aviation history, other aviation history-related topics)
- Canglesea (talk · contribs) (assessing military history articles)
- Captain panda (talk · contribs)
- Cefaro (talk · contribs) (American Heroes)
- Chinese3126 (talk · contribs) (Assessing Military History articles)
- Cla68 (talk · contribs)
- Climie.ca (talk · contribs) (I'm more into military history altogether, wherever the projects cross over, I'll help)
- Codeman177 (talk · contribs) ( Easy Company/ Band of Brothers)
- DOR (HK) (talk · contribs) (post-1911 China, mainly PLA)
- Doug (talk · contribs) (American Revolution)
- Ejosse1 (talk · contribs) (US Army between ACW & WWI)
- Feickus (talk · contribs)
- FloNight (talk · contribs) (American Revolution War and American Civil War figures)
- Gaia Octavia Agrippa (talk · contribs) (British military figures)
- Greenshed (talk · contribs) (Particularly Royal Air Force biographies)
- FrankDynan (talk · contribs)
- Hossen27 (talk · contribs)
- Incognito1980 (talk · contribs)
- Jon Holly (talk · contribs)
- Kernel Saunters (talk · contribs)
- Kumioko (talk · contribs)
- Kyriakos (talk · contribs)
- Leithp (talk · contribs)
- Leobold1 (talk · contribs) (Mainly American Revolution, American Civil War, and World War II)
- MarcoLittel (talk · contribs)
- Mattwashdc (talk · contribs) (American military, LGBT service members)
- MChew (talk · contribs) (Imperial Japanese Army, Imperial Japanese Navy)
- MrPrada (talk · contribs) (American Civil War)
- mrjeremister (talk · contribs) (Canadian+British Generals World War I+II)
- Panthdaman (talk · contribs) (WW1, particularly aces)
- Phoenix-wiki (talk · contribs)
- plange (talk · contribs)
- Psdubow (talk · contribs) (American Civil War, American Revolution, Seminole War, WWI, WWII, etc.)
- Removebeforeflight (talk · contribs) (Mainly the Royal Air Force and Royal Flying Corps specialisms)
- RJASE1 (talk · contribs)
- Robth (talk · contribs)
- Rosiestep (talk · contribs)
- Sa.vakilian (talk · contribs)
- Scoo (talk · contribs)
- Scoop100 (talk · contribs) (WW1, particularly Aces)
- Scott Mingus (talk · contribs) (American Civil War, Texas Revolution, AWI)
- Shirulashem (talk · contribs)
- Tristan benedict (talk · contribs)
- Whoosis (talk · contribs) (South African military personnel)
- Woody (talk · contribs) (Royal Navy articles)
- Yannismarou (talk · contribs)
- Maralia (talk · contribs)
[edit] Tagging and assessment
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Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding parameters to the project banners at the top of its talk page:
Biography-task-force=yesto {{WPMILHIST}} (see the instructions for more details on the exact syntax)military-work-group=yesto {{WPBiography}} (see the instructions for more details on the exact syntax)
This will automatically place it into Category:Military biography work group articles.
[edit] Guidelines
[edit] Notability test
Wondering if the subject warrants an article? See Military history WikiProject's notability guidelines.
[edit] Article structure
- Hlj has written a great guide for American Civil War biographies which others might find useful too.
[edit] Templates
- Userbox: {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Outreach/User WPMILHIST Military biography task force}}
[edit] Infoboxes
[edit] Military person infobox
| Clifford Carwood Lipton | |
|---|---|
| January 30, 1920 – December 16, 2001 (aged 81) | |
| Nickname | Lip |
| Place of birth | Huntington, West Virginia |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1942–1945 |
| Rank | Second Lieutenant |
| Unit | Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment |
| Awards | Purple Heart (3OLC) Bronze Star (2OLC) World War II Victory Medal Presidential Unit Citation (2OLC) Orange Lanyard of the Royal Netherlands Army |
| Other work | Glass Executive |
A military person infobox may be used to summarize information about an individual military person, such as a soldier or military leader.
The infobox should be added using the {{Infobox Military Person}} template, as shown below:
{{Infobox Military Person
| name =
| image =
| caption =
| born = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| died = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| placeofburial_label =
| placeofburial =
| placeofbirth =
| placeofdeath =
| placeofburial_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} -->
| nickname =
| allegiance =
| branch =
| serviceyears =
| rank =
| unit =
| commands =
| battles =
| awards =
| relations =
| laterwork =
}}
Note: When using parameters, avoid the ambiguous abbreviation "N/A", and instead use "unknown" or "none". All subjective or qualitative judgements and numerical quantities or statistics must be cited to a reliable source (see WP:MILMOS#CITE).
- name – the full name of the person.
- image – optional – an image of the person. The image must be given in the form [[Image:Example.jpg|300px]]; in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.
- caption – optional – the text to be placed below the image.
- born – optional – the date of birth, if known, using {{Birth date}} or {{Birth date and age}}. For unusual cases, such as where only dates of activities are known, the lived parameter may be used instead.
- died – optional – the date of death, if applicable and known, in {{Death date and age}}.
- placeofbirth – optional – the person's birthplace.
- placeofdeath – optional – the place where the person died.
- placeofburial – optional – the place where the person's remains are buried or otherwise interred.
- placeofburial_label – optional – the label to use for the placeofburial field (above); this is intended to be used in cases where the remains were disposed of in a manner other than burial, and defaults to "Resting place" if not set.
- placeofburial_coordinates – optional – the precise location where the person's remains are buried or otherwise interred. For coordinates, use {{coord}} with display=inline,title. Please do not be overly precise.
- nickname – optional – nickname(s) by which the person was known.
- allegiance – optional – the country or other power the person served. Multiple countries may be indicated together with the corresponding dates. This field should not be used to indicate a particular service branch, which is better indicated by the
branchfield (below). - branch – optional – the service branch (Army, Navy, etc.) the person was a part of; this should be left blank for people who were not part of a formal armed service, or who predate the establishment of formal service branches.
- serviceyears – optional – the years during which the person served.
- rank – optional – the highest rank achieved by the person. Unusual cases, such as this rank not being the last achieved, or the rank being awarded posthumously, may be noted. In cases where the person held different ranks in different armies, multiple ranks should be specified with a date and country note for each.
- unit – optional – for persons who are not notable as commanding officers, the unit (company, battalion, regiment, etc.) in which they served. This should be omitted if the commands are specified (as above).
- commands – optional – for persons who are notable as commanding officers, the units they commanded. Dates should be given if multiple notable commands were held.
- battles – optional – any notable battles or wars in which the person participated. This should be omitted if a campaignbox is used in conjunction with this template.
- awards – optional – any notable awards or decorations the person received.
- relations – optional – any notable relations. Only reasonably close ones should be indicated; an exhaustive listing of an extensive family tree should be avoided here.
- laterwork – optional – profession or positions held by the person other than military service (displays with the label "Other work").
[edit] Categories
[edit] To-do
- Article alerts
- Proposed deletion
- 2 Jul 2009 – PROD tag removed from Bogdan Dzakovic (talk).
- 1 Jul 2009 – Matthew Sepi (talk) has been deleted.
- 1 Jul 2009 – Samuel Richards (talk) proposed for deletion by Newportm.
- 29 Jun 2009 – Syed Mohammed (talk) proposed for deletion by Pharaoh of the Wizards.
- 22 Jun 2009 – James J. Cooke (talk) has been deleted.
- Articles for deletion
- 4 Jul 2009 – William F. Halsey, Sr. (talk) was kept; see discussion.
- 4 Jul 2009 – Steven Dale Green (talk) was kept; see discussion.
- 2 Jul 2009 – Nguyen Toon (talk) was kept; see discussion.
- 29 Jun 2009 – Darleen Druyun (talk) nominated for deletion by Rootology; see discussion.
- 26 Jun 2009 – Suzanne Swift (talk) nominated for deletion by Ohconfucius; see discussion.
- Featured article candidates
- 1 Jul 2009 – Ba Cut (talk) is nominated by YellowAssessmentMonkey.
- 21 Jun 2009 – Otto Becher (talk) is promoted to FA status.
- 3 Jun 2009 – Albert Kesselring (talk) is nominated by Hawkeye7.
- Featured article reviews
- Featured list candidates
- 2 Jul 2009 – List of African American Medal of Honor recipients (talk) is promoted to FL status; see discussion.
- 29 Jun 2009 – List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War I (talk) is nominated by Kumioko.
- 29 Jun 2009 – List of Jewish Medal of Honor recipients (talk) is promoted to FL status.
- 21 Jun 2009 – Commandant of the Marine Corps (talk) is promoted to FL status.
- 21 Jun 2009 – List of Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipients (talk) is promoted to FL status.
- Good article nominations
- 4 Jul 2009 – Henry Burrell (RAN officer) (talk) is promoted to GA status.
- 26 Jun 2009 – Francis Amasa Walker (talk) is nominated as GA candidate by Madcoverboy.
- 25 Jun 2009 – Dwight D. Eisenhower (talk) is nominated as GA candidate by Ilamb94.
- 19 Jun 2009 – Henry Inman (Royal Navy officer) (talk) is nominated as GA candidate by Jackyd101.
- 18 Jun 2009 – James B. McCreary (talk) is nominated as GA candidate by Acdixon.
- 10 Jun 2009 – L. Patrick Gray (talk) is nominated as GA candidate by Morethan3words; see discussion.
- 10 Jun 2009 – Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (talk) is nominated as GA candidate by Bernstein2291 (on hold); see discussion.
- 9 Jun 2009 – Edward Riou (talk) is nominated as GA candidate by Benea; see discussion.
- 8 Jun 2009 – Charles Pomeroy Stone (talk) is nominated as GA candidate by Kumioko.
- 5 Jun 2009 – Merritt A. Edson (talk) is nominated as GA candidate by Kumioko.
- Good article reassessment
- 25 Jun 2009 – George W. Bush (talk) retains GA status; see discussion.
- 20 Jun 2009 – George Washington (talk) has been demoted; see discussion.
- 2 Jun 2009 – Joseph McCarthy (talk) is nominated for an individual reassessment by Nehrams2020; see discussion.
- Peer review
- 26 Jun 2009 – Peer review opened for Hermann Detzner (talk) by Auntieruth55.
- 17 Jun 2009 – Peer review opened for Charles Lindbergh (talk) by Kumioko.
- 12 Jun 2009 – Peer review opened for John Benbow (talk) by SGGH.
- Requested moves
- 1 Jul 2009 – Move requested from John Young (astronaut) (talk) to John Watts Young by GW Simulations; see discussion.
- 30 Jun 2009 – Move requested from Gwon Yul (talk) to Kwon Yul by Hkwon; see discussion.
- 26 Jun 2009 – Move requested from James Stewart (actor) (talk) to James Stewart by Aervanath; see centralized discussion.
- In the news
- 22 Jun 2009 – A news event involving Yunus-bek Yevkurov (talk) appeared on the main page.
- Did you know
- 3 Jul 2009 – A fact from George Martin (Royal Navy officer) (talk) appeared on the main page.
- 3 Jul 2009 – A fact from Henry Lindsay Bethune (talk) appeared on the main page.
- 2 Jul 2009 – A fact from Kolbein Lauring (talk) appeared on the main page.
- 30 Jun 2009 – A fact from Ingvald Smith-Kielland (talk) appeared on the main page.
- 30 Jun 2009 – A fact from Johannes Klingenberg Sejersted (talk) appeared on the main page.
- 30 Jun 2009 – A fact from Samuel Sutton (talk) appeared on the main page.
- 29 Jun 2009 – A fact from Richard Andvord (born 1886) (talk) appeared on the main page.
- 28 Jun 2009 – A fact from Jean Boyle (talk) appeared on the main page.
- 25 Jun 2009 – A fact from Francis Amasa Walker (talk) appeared on the main page.
- 25 Jun 2009 – A fact from John Ernsting (talk) appeared on the main page.
- Copyright problems
- 2 Jul 2009 – The copyvio tag was removed from James Mouat (talk).
- Bounty board
- 25 Jun 2009 – Bounty for bringing Saladin (talk) to FA status: US$250 donation by Roger Davies.
- 8 Mar 2009 – Bounty for bringing Alexander the Great (talk) to FA status: US$250 donation by Roger Davies (expires on 31 December 2009).
- 8 Mar 2009 – Bounty for bringing Rod Serling (talk) to FA status: US$1000 donation by Twilight Bounty (expires on ).
Other news
- 29 June 2009 – A compilation of Academic Journal has been generated from the |journal= parameter found in citation templates, identifying the 500 most cited journals, and 500 most cited journals without articles.
- 18 June 2009 – A new database dump is available. The cleanup listings from WolterBot should be updated.
- 15 June 2009 – A new edition of the Wikipedia Signpost is out.
- 30 Apr 2009 – WikiProjects can sign up for Announcements & Milestones, listing the milestones of a particular projects (such as 10th FA, etc...). The list is managed by LivingBot.
- Attention needed
- ...to referencing and citation (4,668) • ...to coverage and accuracy (2,681) • ...to structure (1,370) • ...to grammar (280) • ...to supporting materials (1,560)
- Popular pages
- Full list
- Cleanup needed
- Brigadier General Agnew
- Requested articles
- Eduard Ausfold • Ritz Wiedemann • Fidel Davila Arronda • Manuel Goded Llopiv • Paddy O'Dairy • Alexander von Scheel • David James (soldier) • George T. Rhean • Gilliam Wilton-Clarke • Jacob Deers • Kirachi Terauchi • Silvio Ross • William Congrave • Bruno Meyer • Jaho Jermann • J. S. C. Olivier • Nicholas Scott (Admiral) • James A. Marks (Major General) • Abraham Guillen more...
- Expansion needed
- more...
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