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on UK military personnel—are rather inconsistent in which is listed first, so my changes, in part, sort some consistency. That, and I see the list of commands similar to that of the honours, in which the most notable/recent are recorded above those of a less senior level, flowing through to the lower level and potentially less notable commands. Just my thoughts, anyway! :) Cheers,

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Hey, thank you for fixing that up, the CDF didn't specify that it was not until May in his Facebook post. "I am very pleased to appoint Rear Admiral Johnston as the Chief of Joint Operations. He has extensive operational and command experience across the tri-service, coalition and whole-of-government

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Many thanks for that. On all the articles on British field marshals (over 100 of them) that I have worked on, I have put the commands in chronological order so, while I am merely striving for consistency too, there would be quite a lot of work to move them all to reverse chronological order. Perhaps

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Hi Dormskirk. I don't believe there is anything set out in the MoS or other guidelines about this, rather it appears to be based on editor discretion. My personal preference is for the most recent command to be listed first, in reverse chronological order. In my experience, infoboxes—including those

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If something I do annoys you, please tell me - preferably on a talk page, or via email if necessary - rather than in an edit comment. I'm sure we can sort it out without embarking on an edit war. I've come to the realization that, in general, we agree. It seems silly for us to start an edit-war over

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I have the impression that R-S is no longer a member of the ADF, so I am not sure about the accuracy of the phrase at the end of the lede which says: "three recipients of the Victoria Cross for Australia are still serving in the Australian Defence Force." Can you clarify, or point me at someone who

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page. (Once again I was quickly reminded what a big list they are.) When I started to get down to it (and I'm still only in the "C"s), I discovered that, on average, the quality of the existing pages is quite high. And also, I've yet to come across an existing page that DOESN'T have an infobox. My

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Thank you for your response. So which one are the service medals...you're talking about the campaign medals right? Unit citations as well? Also Abraham...would you be willing to do me a favor? Can you add the rest of his medals to the list of medals with the image on the bottom of the page? I don't

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The retirement announcement, I believe, stipulated that Roberts-Smith would transfer to the Army Reserves, in which case I think the above statement is still technically correct. The fact that Roberts-Smith was in uniform during the Anzac Day ceremonies in Canberra would also appear to support his

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The best compromise would be to keep the medal table ordered in the original style, and, if the sportsperson has a large number of medals that makes garnering an impression of how many golds, silvers and bronzes they gained in each competition difficult, then this can be fixed by adding an extra

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If youre willing to help, heres the full list: navy cross, silver star eith gold star, bronze star medal, purple heart with gold star (in lieu of second purple heart), marine corps good conduct medal, china service medal, american campaign medal, asiatic pacific campaign medal (7), world war ii

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Ordering by chronology rather than medal type is more helpful for a reader because it is easier to count the number of each type of medal than to work out the changes in an athlete's medal performance over time. The latter is important because one often wants to know when an athlete excelled,

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Gday Abraham, B.S. Have you considered putting your name forward for this? I certainly think you have a lot of experience in the project and would be more than capable of doing the job. We currently only have 10 nominations and they close today so if you are interested pls have a look here:

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Hi - It would be really good if you could put your excellent article on Alan McNicoll into mainspace. The fact that there is currently no article on McNicoll (experienced editors all know that you have written a reall good one) is turning McNicoll into a mystery person! Best wishes.

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If I've got my chronology right, you would have completed your degree last year. What are you planning for this year and the future? (My daughter got presented with her degree certificate last year, and started a Masters, which she should complete this year.) Best wishes,

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Hello! Now, some of you might have already received a similar message a little while ago regarding the Recruitment Centre, so if you have, there is no need to read the rest of this. This message is directed to users who have reviewed over 15 Good article nominations and

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The 'powers that be' seem to be on a little bit of a war path regarding categories lately, so it might be wise to shy away from that idea (otherwise it may be deleted before it is of any use). I'm happy enough with a list here, so long as that is okay with you? Cheers,

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The first task, that of counting how many of each type of medal an athlete has accumulated, can be easily remedied by an extra medal count table, whereas it is impossible to remedy the second task of giving a reader a chronological impression with any other extra

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Hi - I just thought I would consult with you on the order in which we set out commands for UK senior officers in infoboxes. I think in the UK we normally put the most junior command first and then list them in increasing importance. I see that for

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Thank you for raising these concerns. You are right about Patton. However. as you may know, Maghakian won over two dozen medals and the medals featured on the infobox are in fact his notable ones. You should check out an article like

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Sorry, I didn't notice this before (the below news template was posted around the same time as your message). Honestly, I became confused as soon as links to images of Donaldson appeared... Not really sure what the rationale is.

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Hi Dormskirk. It has taken a long time, but I have finally returned to writing the article on McNicoll. I'm hoping to have it finished off in the next few days, so stay tuned for the mystery to be shattered. ;) Cheers,

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minor details when, in general, we agree on the big things. (And although I admit I've done this in the past (as have you), I'm not interested in doing it in the future.) In the meantime, have a good weekend. Cheers,

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19:49, 7 May 2013‎ Pdfpdf (Undid revision 553919065 by Marchino61 (talk) - To say it is the highest military award implies that there is a civil award that is higher. There isn't. Quite simply, it is the highest

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It appears to me you have broad interests in Military History, with a general focus on Australia, and a primary focus on the RAAF, very closely followed by the Australian Army. How would

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major-discovery-for-me is that there are a LOT more red links than I expected. Any advice, suggestions, opinions, whatever, will be read with interest. Thanks for your support. Cheers,

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Thanks for the note. (Been away from computers - sorry for the delayed reply.) No problem from me - some sort of change needed to be made, so thanks for making it! Cheers (and thanks),

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improved, or faced challenges in their career. Therefore it is better for the medal table to be ordered in such a way to assist a reader with the second, more difficult task.

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Thanks for the vote of confidence, Anotherclown. :) I'm still quite busy in RL, though, so have no ambitions for another run at being a coordinator at this time. Cheers,

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No problem. I noticed the above when it occurred last month, but thought it had been corrected then. It was only after Woody's edit that I noticed it hadn't. Cheers,

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No problem. A notice went up on the DoD page that specified the change would occur in May, but I don't think it appeared until later in the afternoon. Cheers,

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Periodically I come across pages that would benefit from your expertise. Do you wish for them to be brought to your attention? If so, in what way? Cheers,

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You're doing well! I'll stay out of your way and avoid edit conflicts. When you've finished, please put a note here or on my talk page - your preference.

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I presume the ceremony will happen tomorrow, because it didn't happen today. Do you have any reference that Ray Griggs will be VCDF as of midnight?

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I'm not certain how much time I'll have to look at the articles, but, sure, just post them here on my talk page and I'll see what I can do. Cheers,

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Hi Ed! I have missed writing articles and being involved in Milhist, so hopefully you will see my name pop up a little more often again. :) Cheers,

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victory medal, presidential unit citation (2), navy unit citation (2), gold dolphin award by us navy submarine for makin island raid. Phew!

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Finally, I believe it is better to order competitions by most recent first, rather than earliest first, because whatever is more recent is

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and a few others it is the opposite way round. Is there any guidance in the MoS on this or do you have strong views on this? Best wishes.

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Keen to hear your thoughts and arguments. I am open to moving this discussion to the infobox talk page if you feel that would be better.

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17:58, 7 May 2013‎ Marchino61 (Highest MILITARY award (it can't be compared to civilian awards like the Order of Australia))

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Hi. Sorry, I didn't see your note before I logged off last night. According to Griggs' new Defence bio that went up today

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page regarding medal ordering in the infobox. I was acting under the impression that there was no consensus reached at

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These days, I'm no longer interested in edit warring. Sadly, that doesn't mean that something I do won't annoy someone.

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Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Knowledge (XXG) appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited

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has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath

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Working full-time and studying part-time is hard work! Best wishes for the run up to finalizing your degree.

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Thank you for quality articles on people who made military history in the South Pacific region, such as the

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Nick-D looks at life aboard a US aircraft carrier and Hawkeye7 considers the role of food in World War II

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What do you think of the idea of a "Maintenance Category", something like ], or something similar?

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Hello. I noticed that you removed a lot of titles and postnominals like OBE from instances of

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Carcharoth and Hawkeye7 look at World War I cemeteries and the British Army in World War II

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I expect you have finished your first degree by now. Are you doing post-graduate studies?

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which shows all his medals with the small picture logos. I would like something similar.

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