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DYK for Max-Emmanuel Mader

On 1 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Max-Emmanuel Mader, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Max-Emmanuel Mader pretended to be deaf and mute when Nazi Germany occupied France so that his accent could not be identified? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Max-Emmanuel Mader. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Max-Emmanuel Mader), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 18,991 views (791.3 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of September 2025 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

story · music · places

Thank you for the article, also featured on Portal:Germany. Thank you also for the links to the churches above. Coventry Cathedral is for me the place where Britten's War Requiem was premiered, with the father of "my first article" the bassonist in the chamber orchestra. - My story today is about a composer and his ballerina wife, pictured as I saw them in 2009. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:00, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

Today another giant's music: Canto General. Listen if you like it really big and emotional, with the composer as the conductor, in Chile, after years of suppression. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:01, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

I enjoy a DYK that pictures a person together with achievements in art. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:08, 7 September 2025 (UTC)

Today is the birthday of the 16th Thomaskantor after Bach, remembered. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:47, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

My 100th biography to the Main page in 2025 is Siegmund Nimsgern. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:00, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Ernest Grandier

On 4 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ernest Grandier, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Frenchman Ernest Grandier was the only white prisoner taken by the Zulu during their 1879 war with Britain? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ernest Grandier. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ernest Grandier), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 16,430 views (684.6 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of September 2025 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:27, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Your nomination of Mobile Defence Corps has passed

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CS1 error on List of generals of the British Empire who died during the First World War

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DYK for Bond End Canal

On 8 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bond End Canal, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the route of the Bond End Canal later became a railway and then a road? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bond End Canal. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Bond End Canal), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Your nomination of Canton Coolie Corps is under review

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Voting for WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open!

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Your nomination of Prince of Wales riots has passed

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DYK for HMS Cambrian (1939)

On 21 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article HMS Cambrian (1939), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the wreck of HMS Cambrian marks the extent of jurisdiction of the Portsmouth competent harbour authority? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/HMS Cambrian (1939). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, HMS Cambrian (1939)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

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DYK for Statue of Michael Arthur Bass

On 22 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Statue of Michael Arthur Bass, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the statue of Michael Arthur Bass (pictured) in England stands in front of the town hall he paid for? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Statue of Michael Arthur Bass. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Statue of Michael Arthur Bass), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

DYK for List of Saint-Cyr promotions

On 22 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article List of Saint-Cyr promotions, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the French Army initially named the Saint-Cyr class of 2016–2019 after Georges Loustaunau-Lacau, but backed down after a public outcry? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/List of Saint-Cyr promotions. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, List of Saint-Cyr promotions), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

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DYK for Wood Street police station

On 25 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wood Street police station, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that one proposal for the future of London's Wood Street police station would have seen its cells converted into whisky-tasting rooms? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wood Street police station. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Wood Street police station), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

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DYK for Embassy of the United Kingdom, Montevideo

On 26 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Embassy of the United Kingdom, Montevideo, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the size of the entrance hall at the British legation in Uruguay was increased after a diplomat complained that there was not enough room to hold dances? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Embassy of the United Kingdom, Montevideo. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Embassy of the United Kingdom, Montevideo), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

JuniperChill (talk) 00:02, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 233, September 2025

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at recent works Timeline: This month in military history

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DYK for HS Tübingen

On 29 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article HS Tübingen, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the hospital ship Tübingen was sunk as a result of "a curious mixture of bad luck and stupidity"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/HS Tübingen. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, HS Tübingen), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

Gatoclass (talk) 12:03, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 11,638 views (969.8 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of September 2025 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:29, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

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DYK for Toera

On 30 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Toera, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the presumed skull of Menabe king Toera was returned to Madagascar by France almost 128 years after his death? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Toera. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Toera), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

Launchballer 00:03, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Congratulations!

		The Coordinator stars
		On behalf of the members of WikiProject Military history, in recognition of your election to the position of Coordinator, I take great pleasure in presenting you with the Coordinator's stars, and wish you the best of luck for the coming year! Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:54, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Your nomination of Canton Coolie Corps has passed

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Promotion of Action at Sihayo's kraal

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Your nomination of Charles de Tricornot de Rose is under review

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Your nomination of Charles de Tricornot de Rose is on hold

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Your nomination of Charles de Tricornot de Rose has passed

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Congratulations from the Military History Project

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		On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the A-Class medal for Charles Inglis (engineer), Temporary gentlemen, Action at Sihayo's kraal. Gog the Mild (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:53, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

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DYK for Sentachan Mine

On 10 October 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sentachan Mine, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Sentachan Mine was listed as the second-coldest mine in the world by Mining.com? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sentachan mine. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Sentachan Mine), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

Launchballer 00:03, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Argyle Street ash tree

On 10 October 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Argyle Street ash tree, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the urban environment around Glasgow's Argyle Street ash tree may have helped it to survive ash dieback disease? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Argyle Street ash tree. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Argyle Street ash tree), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

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DYK for 1 Fulford Street

On 11 October 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 1 Fulford Street, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Thames lightermen would pull their barges up to the Leaning Tower of Rotherhithe to collect their wages? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1 Fulford Street. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 1 Fulford Street), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

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DYK for Rita Rusk

On 13 October 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rita Rusk, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rita Rusk was employed to style the hair of her former trainee Sharleen Spiteri after Spiteri became the lead singer of Texas? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rita Rusk. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Rita Rusk), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

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Your nomination of Natal Native Pioneer Corps is under review

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Your nomination of 1993 reviews of the British honours system is under review

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Your nomination of 9 January 1917 German Crown Council meeting is under review

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Four Award for Action at Sihayo's kraal

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Your nomination of Louis Adrian is under review

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DYK for Fort Duvernette

On 20 October 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Fort Duvernette, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Fort Duvernette played a role in saving the survivors of a 1795 Carib attack on a British supply convoy? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fort Duvernette. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Fort Duvernette), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

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Your nomination of HMS Junella has passed

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Hello my friend, The Egyptian Labour Corps was composed only of workers from Upper Egypt and did not include workers from Lower Egypt. I removed this information from the article of egyptian labour crops mutinies because it is incorrect, and even the article about the Egyptian Labour Corps states that the corps was composed only of workers from Upper Egypt. ~2025-31609-48 (talk) 01:10, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi, I am afraid that the Egyptian Labour Corps article might be wrong or its source mistaken. The extract from Anderson, Kyle J. (14 December 2021). The Egyptian Labor Corps: Race, Space, and Place in the First World War. University of Texas Press. pp. 45–46. ISBN 978-1-4773-2456-1. is below - Dumelow (talk) 17:17, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

My friend, I am Egyptian and I know the Egyptian Labour Corps very well. The Arabic and Egyptian Wikipedia pages state that the Corps consisted only of farmers from Upper Egypt.

Regarding the source you provided (Anderson), he says that the Corps was made up of workers from Upper Egypt, and that even those counted as from Lower Egypt were actually from areas that are geographically located in Northern Upper Egypt. He also points out that these statistics are inaccurate. Mohamedelkiiing (talk) 20:24, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

An effort was also made to distribute the recruiting burden more evenly throughout the country. In the course of his investigations, Wingate learned that recruitment had, up until that point, "practically affected Upper Egypt alone." This imbalance was explained due to the lower wages prevailing in the south, which made the terms of the labor contracts offered by military authorities more attractive to Upper Egyptians. Additionally, because the south was mostly still under basin irrigation, there existed little to no local demand for labor after the traditional harvest season in the spring. The official regional breakdown of recruiting seems to contradict Wingate's assessment, with 28,986 men recruited in Upper Egypt from the beginning of the war through May 2, 1917, while 53,549 were enlisted in Lower Egypt between December 6, 1916, and the end of April 1917. But these statistics were unreliable due to the changing definition of what constituted Upper Egypt. For example, according to the report, the Middle Egyptian provinces of Bani Suwayf and Fayyum were included as part of Upper Egypt at first, but were later changed and considered part of Lower Egypt. Moreover, the bulk of the rural population lived in the fertile lands of the Nile Delta, so there was a much larger pool from which to draw in the north. But the British thought that the fallahîn from the Delta would be less willing to leave their homes for long periods of time because they were less accustomed to the practice of migrant labor. Consequently, through the summer of 1917, contracts for Lower Egyptians were fixed for three months at a time, while those for Upper Egyptians extended to six months. On November 1, 1917, this imbalance was remedied and contracts were standardized at six months for all laborers, whether from the north or the south.

Please see Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:Reliable sources. I have provided a reliable source that says recruits were taken from Lower Egypt, do you have any that say they only recruited from Upper Egypt? Further near-contemporary source below confirming Lower Egypt recruitment - Dumelow (talk) 22:18, 6 November 2025 (UTC) Murray, Sir Archibald James (1920). Sir Archibald Murray's Despatches (June 1916-June 1917). J.M. Dent. p. 208. On 12th February, 1917, a separate recruiting service was formed for recruiting men in Upper Egypt for the Camel Transport Corps, and Middle and Lower Egypt were developed as a recruiting area for the Egyptian Labour Corps.

Yes, I have many sources like this one as an example, and this source is from a well-known newspaper in the UAE:

https://www.emaratalyoum.com/politics/weekly-supplements/beyond-politics/2022-03-18-1.1611767

Another piece of information for you, my friend: Middle Egypt is part of Upper Egypt. Mohamedelkiiing (talk) 22:27, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

The numbers in that article are suspect: 500,000 is well above what I have seen elsewhere. Faulkner, Neil (18 June 2019). Lawrence of Arabia's War: The Arabs, the British and the Remaking of the Middle East in WWI. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-21945-6. for example gives 186,000 as the upper figure (only 56,000 served at any one time). I have reverted the recent changes made to the main Egyptian Labour Corps article as they cited no sources - Dumelow (talk) 22:36, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

My friend, all the reliable Arabic sources in the Middle East state that the number was half a million people, and this is by no means an exaggeration.

The article currently on English Wikipedia was written from a colonial perspective. Even Anderson, in his interviews with Arabic channels, said that the true account of what happened is completely different from the colonial narrative.

Search for the Egyptian Labour Corps in Arabic, and you will see that what I am saying is correct.

Even if you search on Arabic Wikipedia, which has a very strict system for article and information approval, the article on the Egyptian Labour Corps states that the number was half a million workers from Upper Egypt.

this is another source about egyptian labour crops

https://www.thebookhome.com/product/index/58556/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A?srsltid=AfmBOoqJikBg0PbxFthM6inVPhZkk3EtZMetpJY08xRidVj9GL7U0oS8 Mohamedelkiiing (talk) 22:50, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

I added a piece of information to the article on the Egyptian Labor Corps, stating that the corps was made up of workers from Upper Egypt, which is supported by sources. I kept what you had written, my friend; I only added this information.

This is the Arabic Wikipedia version of the Egyptian Labor Corps article, and you will find everything I mentioned there.

https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%82_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A Mohamedelkiiing (talk) 01:00, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

My friend, you wrote in the article that the Corps worked during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, while at the same time there are photos in the article of the graves of Egyptian workers in European countries.

The correct information is that the Corps worked in Europe and the Middle East. Mohamedelkiiing (talk) 02:00, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

My friend, this is a reliable source from Stanford University in the USA, which explicitly mentions that the Egyptian Labour Corps consisted of half a million people.

https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/14155584?utm_source=chatgpt.com Mohamedelkiiing (talk) 17:49, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Yes, good find. It looks like Anderson gives the half a million figure in his 2021 book The Egyptian Labor Corps: Race, Space, and Place in the First World War; I'll have to keep an eye out to see if I can get a copy at a reasonable price some time. Thanks for your work on this, it looks like the scholarly position on this matter is developing - Dumelow (talk) 18:40, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

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Herbert Stewart

Hey Dumelow! I have nominated this article for GA review. I've co-nominated it with you, so you get some credit for the work you put into it as well. Hope that's okay :) AA (talk) 09:46, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, although I didn't add very much to it. Happy to assist with any queries you get - Dumelow (talk) 19:16, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

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Over here, I may have put the 21 articles in "Articles assessed at WP:MHAR" in the wrong section. I think they actually belongs in the "Articles removed from backlog categories for any other reason" (since I did assess them as they were listed as "Articles tagged as citing no sources" or "untagged articles citing no sources" lists, which are linked at the top of the main page for project. If this is the case, can you adjust the score? Thanks for all your hard work during the drive. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 19:09, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi Nihonjoe, I had a look at the first handful but they all look to have had inline sources before the start of the drive? For what it's worth it currently won't make a difference to your position or award for the drive. Thanks for your hard work, I was pleased with the level of participation in the drive and for the outcomes achieved. I've been a bit busy the last couple of weeks but hope to finish off closing the drive up soon - Dumelow (talk) 06:42, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

Request for page protection

I want the Egyptian Labour Corps page to be reverted to this version

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egyptian_Labour_Corps&oldid=1324651004

because it was vandalized several times today, and the vandal is threatening to vandalize it again. Please restore the page to this version and protect it so that the vandalism does not happen again. Leviackermman (talk) 12:52, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

Looks to have been short term vandalism carried out in a 20 minute period and then stopped. I don't think that warrants protecting the page - Dumelow (talk) 19:57, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

What you're saying is not correct. Every time the article gets vandalized, no one restores it to its original state because no one cares about these articles. I think it will be vandalized again, so it’s better to protect it. Leviackermman (talk) 20:41, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

The vandal edits you identified here were made at 12:23 & 12:40 and reverted at 12:43, more vandalism made at 12:43 and reverted that same minute. You can report vandals for action at WP:AIV but the vandal addresses have not been used for any other edits so I suspect any action is unlikely. You can request page protection at WP:RPP but this is viewed as a preventative measure only for articles suffering from high frequency vandalism - Dumelow (talk) 06:37, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

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November scoring

Just a quick note that one of the B-class articles you struck was actually assessed as such at MHAR, however the assessor never went ahead and updated the actual talk page to match. . I'm assuming that one should count. Additionally, I think what happened with the other two was that I had a brain fart on Second Battle of Lexington and counted closing the A-class assessment (which I'm assuming doesn't count as I think it already had been a B-article prior to November); but no clue why the Afghan Commando one is there -- I don't appear to have touched that article at all, so it might have been a copypaste mistake.⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 17:14, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

No worries, have now updated the scoring and the assessment of that article to B-class. All the best - Dumelow (talk) 21:18, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

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Thanks Hawkeye7, I've been focussing on improving my articles to GA and FA recently so not put much through DYK but I've still got plenty of articles I want to create also (if only there were more hours in the day!) - Dumelow (talk) 20:17, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

More hours would be good. I've been handing out awards because I think article creation deserves more recognition. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:25, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

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Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Peacemaker67 review four books Op-ed: Nick-D on the Stanley Military Cemetery in Hong Kong Timeline: This month in military history

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I was thinking of nominating List of Saint-Cyr promotions for Featured List. I was wondering if you would be interested in co-nominating? Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:17, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

Certainly, I can lend a hand. I've only recently had my first list go through FLC (Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Royal Navy flag officers who died during the First World War/archive1), there are some accessibility things to do with table coding that got picked up that I am not overly familiar with. Perhaps a refresh of the text preceding the table and maybe expand the explanations of the more recent classes? - Dumelow (talk) 07:39, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

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Unreferenced articles backlog drive - thanks, obstacle

Thanks for your timely notice about this. I think it was appropriate to be optimistic in the notice. However, as a practical matter, I think we will not be able to eliminate the backlog completely as long as users seemingly with nothing better to do than remove prod tags are at work or someone successfully puts up brief, unsourced articles on usually obscure topics at AfD. It is especially frustrating when the reason for removal of the proposed deletion is that sources exist on foreign language Wikipedias - which the user removing the prod tag has no intention of working on. The unsourced and foreign language templates have often been on these mostly very brief unreferenced (and likely not very notable) articles for many years. An issue will probably be whether the foreign Wiki sources exist reason can be used successfully to stop an AfD from being approved. However, the AfD option for these mainly obscure articles is likely not worth busy coordinator's and project member's time. I had gone on at even greater, unnecessary length, including my experience with a prod on Battle of Arapey a few days ago (no foreign language template even posted earlier) but this comment takes up more than enough space and of your time. In any event, I also hope project members will work to significantly reduce the backlog. Donner60 (talk) 05:44, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, I think zero will be hard to achieve. As you say there tend to be lingering ones that await lengthy deletion processes; but whatever progress we can achieve is excellent - Dumelow (talk) 06:47, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

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Happy First Edit Day!

Happy First Edit Day, Dumelow, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 07:25, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Welcome to the drive!

Welcome, welcome, welcome Dumelow! I'm glad that you are joining the March 2026 drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.

Fix a random page lacking sources

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Manhattan Project feed materials program

You looked at Manhattan Project feed materials program and it is now at FAC at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Manhattan Project feed materials program but I need another reviewer or two. Could I trouble you for a few comments? Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:05, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Yes, no problem. I saw it was there and intended on taking a look, will try to do so tomorrow - Dumelow (talk) 22:08, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

TFA

story · music · places

Thank you today for Zungeni Mountain skirmish, introduced: "A relatively minor engagement during the second British invasion of Zululand (the first having been abandoned after their defeat at the Battle of Isandlwana). A scouting party of irregular horse burnt some Zulu homesteads before withdrawing under fire from Zulu irregulars. The 17th Lancers, recently arrived in Zululand and keen to make their name, launched a gallant cavalry charge that had no effect except for the killing of their adjutant by a Zulu marksman and they were forced to withdraw. The action unnerved the British but had no effect on the outcome of the war, which ended with victory at the Battle of Ulundi the following month. The skirmish has held as an example of the effective tactics of Zulu irregular forces compared to the less flexible approach employed in the major engagements of the campaign by their royal army."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:04, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Of the four topics I helped to bring to the main page, I'm most proud of a woman's work, so made it my story. As it happens, last year's story OTD was about the woman. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:17, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

on Bach's birthday, a story about my joy --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:17, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

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Review request

Hello Dumelow, hope all is well. I wonder if I might be cheeky and ask for a favour? I currently have George Brown (cricketer, born 1887) at FAC here, but have the dreaded "archive" comment after 7 weeks. I wonder if you could kindly review the article? Happy to review any FA/GA in return :) Best wishes, AA (talk) 07:18, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Looks good, have made some suggestions on the prose. Found it a bit heavy going on the statistics but I think that's expected in sports articles in general (cricket especially). Reviews seem to be a bit slow coming at the moment; I had one of mine (John Cecil Russell ) time out last month, perhaps I'll try again when I get some time - Dumelow (talk) 12:34, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Best practices

Thanks for improving Battle of Cyców. Note the fixes I made to the ref here. You forgot the URL - I assume an oversight. Less known is the trans_title parameter, which I recommend using so the metadata doesn't corrupt the real title. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:16, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Doh! Yes, an oversight on the url. I didn't know about the trans_title parameter, thanks for letting me know - Dumelow (talk) 06:54, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 239, March 2026

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at three recent works Timeline: This month in military history

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Review of the Glyn article

I pinged you on Feb. 27h to inform you that I had completed my review of Richard Glyn. Since it's been three weeks now, I decided to leave a reminder on your talk page. Pendright (talk) 05:37, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi Pendright, so sorry I must have missed this. Thanks so much for the review and for reminding me. I will look to get it responded to this weekend. Apologies - Dumelow (talk) 06:21, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

Battle of Poryck

The article has been significantly improved on pl wiki, if you'd like to translate and improve it, the sources should be solid now. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:07, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Destubathon of the Americas

You are invited to participate in the Destubathon of the Americas, a contest/editathon which will run from May 1 to May 31. The goal is to destub as many of our 475,000+ stubs for the Americas (from Alaska down to Chile) as possible. A good chance to have fun in expanding many of our old stale stubs and win up to £2000 ($2680) in Amazon vouchers for expanding stub articles. Sign up in the Contestants/participants section on the contest page if interested. Even if not interested in prizes you are still warmly welcome to participate in it as an editathon! Hopefully we can achieve something significant in the month of May together! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:54, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Four Award for Zungeni Mountain skirmish

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The Bugle: Issue 240, April 2026

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at four works Timeline: This month in military history

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FAC - Conscription in Rhodesia

Hi Dumelow, given your interest in southern African military history, would you be interested in reviewing Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Conscription in Rhodesia/archive1? It needs a few more reviews. Of course, please leave critical comments if you consider the article isn't up to standard. Thank you, Nick-D (talk) 07:05, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Certainly, hate to see MILHIST articles go unreviewed. I think I looked at this for GA. I might get chance to look this weekend - Dumelow (talk) 15:31, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

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Closing in 2028? From BBC News - Care home for Polish veterans could close in 2028 Pauseypaul (talk) 04:48, 24 April 2026 (UTC) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjr9w3w7znlo

Thanks, I've added the update to Ilford Park Polish Home but you should feel free to do so yourself - Dumelow (talk) 14:40, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

March 2026 WikiProject Unreferenced articles backlog drive – award

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Women in Red – May 2026

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Apologies for accidentally writing a test edit to your talk page. Congratulations on this achievement. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:13, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

No worries, cheers - Dumelow (talk) 05:06, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue 241, May 2026

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	Much appreciate your effort in the Wikipedia:Destubathon of the Americas contest! Great job!♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:20, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

FAC review!

Hello! Hope all is well with you. I was wondering if you would be kind enough to review Dimitri Mascarenhas at FAC, he's been there a few weeks! I'm happy to review John Cecil Russell for you. Thanks for looking, AA (talk) 08:50, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

All good thanks. Certainly, glad to take a look. Additional views on Russell are also welcome as his first time around ended in failure due to a lack of interest - Dumelow (talk) 17:31, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

TPS driveby here - am intending to get back into FAC myself soon, will try and take a look at Russell if all goes to plan. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:48, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look at Mascarenhas's FAC. I'll make a start on Russell tomorrow evening. AA (talk) 21:56, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

@Dumelow Mascarenhas got promoted to FA before I could comment on your suggestions, and now it's been archived I can't edit it! I've actioned quite a few of them, and need to add a footnote for the Robson rule for the overseas section. Thanks again :) AA (talk) 13:51, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

No worries, nothing major in there anyway. Great work! - Dumelow (talk) 14:12, 12 June 2026 (UTC)