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The Bugle: Issue LXXVIII, September 2012

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The Bugle: Issue LXXIX, October 2012

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TFA

again, coming soon --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:26, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 00:41, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Precious

historic military personalities
Thank you for quality articles on people who made military history in the South Pacific region, such as the aviator Thomas Baker, and for your long-term service as project coordinator, - you are an awesome Wikipedian! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:55, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
Thank you very much. Your very kind words are much appreciated. :) Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 01:47, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
A year ago, you were the 304th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:48, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXX, November 2012

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXI, December 2012

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXII, January 2013

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXIII, February 2013

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Social

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, Pdfpdf (talk) 12:34, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXIV, March 2013

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Honest mistake on George S Patton

Hello,

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 John_Shalikashvili which shows all his medals with the small picture logos. I would like something similar. Proudbolsahye (talk) 02:28, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

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 know how to that well. Proudbolsahye (talk) 02:41, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
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 victory medal, presidential unit citation (2), navy unit citation (2), gold dolphin award by us navy submarine for makin island raid. Phew! Proudbolsahye (talk) 02:52, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

You're back?

I expect you have finished your first degree by now. Are you doing post-graduate studies?
(My daughter is doing the final year of a Masters degree.) Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 05:01, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

(Sort of) Back to Wikipedia, yes. I reduced last year back to part-time study due to work, so still have this year to go on my undergraduate studies. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 16:04, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
Working full-time and studying part-time is hard work! Best wishes for the run up to finalizing your degree. Pdfpdf (talk) 12:48, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Alan McNicoll

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. Dormskirk (talk) 10:54, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

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, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 16:06, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
I will look forward to it. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 22:03, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
Great news that this excellent article is now in mainspace. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 10:48, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks Dormskirk! It took some time, but at least it is finally done. Haha. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 11:01, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXV, April 2013

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DYK

DYK nomination of Alan McNicoll

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DYK for Alan McNicoll

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXVI, May 2013

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Love history & culture? Get involved in WikiProject World Digital Library!

World Digital Library Wikipedia Partnership - We need you!
Hi Abraham, B.S.! I'm the Wikipedian In Residence at the World Digital Library, a project of the Library of Congress and UNESCO. I'm recruiting Wikipedians who are passionate about history & culture to participate in improving Wikipedia using the WDL's vast free online resources. Participants can earn our awesome WDL barnstar and help to disseminate free knowledge from over 100 libraries in 7 different languages. Please sign up to participate here. Thanks for editing Wikipedia and I look forward to working with you! SarahStierch (talk) 00:28, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Hello again

It is great to see your name around again. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 04:44, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

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, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 04:57, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre

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  • Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with (at the time this message was sent out, 2 recruiters have volunteered), the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
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The Bugle: Issue LXXXVII, June 2013

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Wikipedia trainers requested in New South Wales

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WP:FOUR in Alan McNicoll

Four Award
Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Alan McNicoll. TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:56, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks very much, Tony! :) Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 04:44, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXVIII, July 2013

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Apr to Jun 2013 Milhist content reviewing

 Military history reviewers' award 
By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your good work helping with the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured Article reviews for the period Apr-Jun 2013, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. AustralianRupert (talk) 10:31, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks Rupert! Although I didn't do much. :/ Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 11:44, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

Victoria Cross for Australia

Thank you. Pdfpdf (talk) 12:16, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

  • 21:02, 1 Aug 2013‎ Abraham, B.S. (tweak)
  • 09:42, 8 May 2013‎ Marchino61 (Undid revision 553929576 by Pdfpdf (talk))
  • 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 award.)
  • 17:58, 7 May 2013‎ Marchino61 (Highest MILITARY award (it can't be compared to civilian awards like the Order of Australia))
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, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 03:37, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

WP:FOUR RFC

There are two WP:RFCs at WP:FOUR. The first is to conflate issues so as to keep people from expressing meaningful opinions. The second, by me, is claimed to be less than neutral by proponents of the first. Please look at the second one, which I think is much better.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:08, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXIX, August 2013

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Becher

Thanks! Pdfpdf (talk) 12:01, 4 September 2013 (UTC) (Hotcat and all sorts of other things seem to have stopped working for me, so I've had to do things manually.)

Otto Becher - TFA appearance

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MILHIST coordinator nominations closes shortly

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: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/September 2013. All the best. Anotherclown (talk) 04:17, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

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, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 04:19, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history coordinator election

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXXX, September 2013

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Invitation

Hi Abraham, B.S.

In case you didn't know, there is an editathon coming up following a backstage pass in the State Library of New South Wales by some of the Library's curators on 23 November. This may or may not be a convenient time and place for you but it should be an interesting event. We hope it will be productive too.

This is the first time that an Australian cultural institution has opened its doors to us in this way and will be a special opportunity because the Library is providing: one of its best rooms; its expert curators (along with their expertise and their white gloves); a newly launched website (containing new resources); and of course, items from its collection (including rare and usually unavailable material) which we can look at, learn from, and use, to improve WP articles. For example, on the chosen topic (Australia and WWI), the Library holds many diaries and manuscripts from the period.

If you could make it, I am sure the encyclopedia would benefit! As you can see from the Library's project page, they have connected this editathon with their own work. They have already set out a wide range of resources to make things easier for us. Please sign up on the editathon project page if you can participate either online or in person with other Wikipedians. Hope to see you there! Whiteghost.ink (talk) 02:45, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

Congratulations!

 Military history reviewers' award 
By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your good work helping with the WikiProject's good article, Peer, A-Class and Featured Article reviews for the period July-September 2013, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. AustralianRupert (talk) 07:39, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

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Many thanks, Rupert. And congratulations on being elected lead coordinator! It is well deserved. :) Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 08:19, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
No worries. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 08:34, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue XCI, October 2013

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The Bugle: Issue XCII, November 2013

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Walker

Thanks! (I was kind-of-hoping that I could enlist your infobox expertise ;-) Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 10:35, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

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. Pdfpdf (talk) 10:53, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue XCIII, December 2013

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I noticed you undid the edits relating to the allegiance field on Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg. The following discussion is likely one you will have an opinion for:Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Military_history#WP:MILMOS.23FLAGS_and_WWI_flags_of_Commonwealth_dominions.--Labattblueboy (talk) 18:02, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue XCIV, January 2014

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Peter Abigail

If you are in the mood, this page would benefit from your expertise. Happy New Year! Pdfpdf (talk) 11:08, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

As I (would have) expected, "good stuff"! Tks :-) Pdfpdf (talk) 14:03, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
BTW: What was "Operation Lagoon"? (i.e. Any supporting references, etc., ??) Pdfpdf (talk) 14:11, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

A different (and more military oriented) Murdoch family ...

Air Marshal Sir Alister Murdoch is in good shape, but his dad, Brigadier Thomas Murdoch (engineer), and his brother, Major General Ian Thomas Murdoch could do with all the help they can get. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 09:51, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Credit where credit is due ...

I feel the need to acknowledge you contributions to Rudolph Bierwirth, and state that in my biased opinion, they have significantly improved something that previously was only a basic minimum-level stub. Thank you. Pdfpdf (talk) 10:29, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

No problem. :) Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 13:35, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Oz generals

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), Pdfpdf (talk) 15:46, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue XCV, February 2014

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Your expertise

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, Pdfpdf (talk) 13:13, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

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, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 08:09, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
What do you think of the idea of a "Maintenance Category", something like [[category:Australian generals without info boxes]], or something similar? (I seem to recall that a long time ago I did something similar with VC recipients, with a positive end result ... ) Or perhaps you have a better idea? Pdfpdf (talk) 12:42, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
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, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 03:55, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
Fair comment! Fine by me. (If at any time you become unhappy with a list here, please say so.) Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 10:13, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

(Update) FYI, I haven't forgotten or lost interest - it's a case of discovering that things are not as I thought. Taking a lead from your VC page, I thought a good way to go might be to set up an OzGenerals 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 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, Pdfpdf (talk) 13:49, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

R-S

I found the words in your edit comment extremely well chosen! Thanks for the smile, and the ongoing chuckles. Pdfpdf (talk) 11:02, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

BTW: You may be able to extract something intelligible out of this. I hope so, because it makes no sense to me ... Pdfpdf (talk) 11:02, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
Were you able to? Pdfpdf (talk) 10:07, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
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. Abraham, B.S. (talk) 11:08, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
LOL! Thanks for that reply! (I needed that! i.e. Most appreciated.) Pdfpdf (talk) 13:50, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue XCVI, March 2014

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Chief of Joint Operations

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 environment which make him the standout choice for this role." - GEN D. Hurley. Nford24 (Want to have a chat?) 11:02, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

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, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 11:06, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

Random trying-to-be-positive comment

These days, I'm no longer interested in edit warring. Sadly, that doesn't mean that something I do won't annoy someone.
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 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, Pdfpdf (talk) 14:05, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

By-the-way: What ARE your primary fields-of-interest on WP these days?

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 you summarise your WP interests? Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 14:00, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue XCVII, April 2014

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List of Australian Victoria Cross recipients

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 can? Thanks in advance. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:45, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

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 still being in the Army in some capacity. Abraham, B.S. (talk) 07:21, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
That sounds sufficiently convincing for Wikipedia purposes. Thanks, Pdfpdf (talk) 15:22, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

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I haven't seen you so active for ages. Enjoy! Pdfpdf (talk) 14:14, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

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VCDF

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? Nford24 (Want to have a chat?) 13:01, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

Hi. Sorry, I didn't see your note before I logged off last night. According to Griggs' new Defence bio that went up today [1], he succeeded Binskin as VCDF yesterday as well. I assume it was during the same CDF/CN change over ceremony, it just wasn't publicised like the other two. I've tweaked the appropriate pages accordingly. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 12:46, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

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Medal table ordering

Hey there. Interesting point that you brought up on the Matthew Mitcham page regarding medal ordering in the infobox. I was acting under the impression that there was no consensus reached at Template talk:Medal templates documentation#Order of medals, and based on personal preference (original consensus of ordering first by chronology with most recent first, and then ordering secondly by medal type within each event) I went ahead and made that the style of the article when I went to tidy up the medal information.

I acknowledge that the style on the pages you listed, for example Ian Thorpe and Michael Phelps, are of your preferred style. However, I do believe that the old style has more merit, because:

  1. 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, 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.
  2. 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 table.
  3. 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 medal count table in the infobox.
  4. Finally, I believe it is better to order competitions by most recent first, rather than earliest first, because whatever is more recent is usually of greater significance to a curious reader today.

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.

Cheers, EryZ (talk) 07:49, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

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Infobox - commands

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 Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt 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. Dormskirk (talk) 16:40, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

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 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, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 07:29, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
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 we just leave the inconsistency for now. Thanks for the advice. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 09:23, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

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Postnominals and honorific prefixes

Hello. I noticed that you removed a lot of titles and postnominals like OBE from instances of {{infobox military person}}, and I have to admit that I'm quite unhappy with that. Is there a consensus for this broad change? If so, you might also want to remove the template parameters just to avoid confusion. The focus in the infobox header should be on the person's name, which is why the prefix and postnominals have been set off. De728631 (talk) 18:01, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CII, September 2014

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