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Good article reassessment for Loitering munition

Loitering munition 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. CMD (talk) 01:19, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

SMS Bayern

The SMS Bayern (1878) article states that she was launched on 13 May 1878. However, several British newspapers reported in August 1877 that she had been launched. The Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph of 18 August was one such paper. They quoted that the Heeres Zeitung had reported her launch ("The German Navy". Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph. No. 4696. Portsmouth. 18 August 1877.). Do we need to make a correction to the article? Mjroots (talk) 08:44, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

The Deutsche Heeres-Zeitung corrected itself on 10 August 1877 and said the ship wouldn't be launched for weeks. —Simon Harley (Talk). 09:52, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

I had a look at Hildebrand et. al. (since they sometimes include details on delays during construction when they happen) but they did not in this case. Given the correction Simon noted, I'd say we should stick with the date that Hildebrand and Groener provide. Parsecboy (talk) 12:02, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the replies. It is a good thing that we can challenge facts and re-evaluate them to ensure accuracy of articles. Mjroots (talk) 07:57, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

I did a quick skim for German sources and came across this article in the Augsburger neueste Nachrichtung dated 17 May 1878 on the launch ceremony (I haven't read it to see if it mentions a delay, because I loathe deciphering blackletter) that confirms the 13 May 1878 date. The Kurier fuer Niederbayern also supports the 13 May 1878 date. Parsecboy (talk) 13:34, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

Guys it is amazing and really useful that you are critically re-evaluating the sources!! However, always, please, copy back these discussions into the talk page of the ship concerned. Otherwise we may reinvent the wheel at a later date!! Buckshot06 (talk) 07:33, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Rate of promotion

I was idly reading articles on American officers when I came across David E. Jeremiah, who was promoted from commodore to full admiral in a space of only four years between 1983 and 1987. Is/was this rate of promotion usual for senior Americans, or was Jeremiah just especially good? Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 11:16, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

It's unusual, but Colin Powell's tour as CJCS was unusual. Filling out his career might provide some answers; there may also be, like Colin Powell, some strong political connections.

Once he was a flag officer (briedly in the '80s, the Navy called a one-star a Commodre), his promotion was not unusual. He was a little long as a captain and impressed Lehman who thought he should get a flag. As the Reagan administration began to expand to the goal of a 600-ship navy continued, more flag billlets opened up. Lehman picked him for one. Once he was a flag, he did well. For comparison, look at William Owens (admiral). Boo Boo (talk) 12:23, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Hoax article?

Stephen Thomas (naval officer)

Rear Admiral Chris Parry has denounced this article as a hoax on Twitter, stating that the officer in the picture is a different Steve Thomas and not the aviator in the Falklands War. I am retired and haven't the time to investigate but just bringing this here, hopefully someone can check please. Maybe an enthusiastic newbie made a mistake rather than a deliberate hoax? WCM_email 06:45, 21 May 2024 (UTC) Dormskirk. Buckshot06 (talk) 09:43, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

The DSC citation and the material sourced from the Smithsonian Magazine seems genuine enough. On the other hand some of the detail is unsourced e.g. his early life, and there are a lot of missing page numbers. I suggest that the image is removed and the article is draftified until improvements are made. Dormskirk (talk) 12:13, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

⚔

⚔ (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) has been nominated for discussion at WP:RFD. Do we have an article that covers the usage of this symbol on historical/tourist maps, as a marker of a battlesite? -- 65.92.244.237 (talk) 20:47, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Infobox about a war

Please see Talk:Russian Civil War#Choose an infobox. This is an RFC about how much information should be in the infobox. WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:03, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Proposed nuclear bombing of Córdoba

Editors might like to have a look at this new article copied from Spanish wiki. It strikes me as fanciful based on a New Statesmen article and backed up by comments by Mitterands psychoanalyst reported in the Guardian together with 3 Spanish sources. Does it fall under extraordinary claims ned extraodinary sources? Lyndaship (talk) 06:56, 22 May 2024 (UTC)