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Peer Review of Omar Khadr

Image for CWAC page

I'm new to the "otherside" of wikipedia so excuse me if I'm not doing this right.

I've added a image of the cap badge of the Canadian Women's Army Corps to Wikimedia Commons and thought that it might be of some use on the Wikipedia entry.

The image can be found here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:CWAC_Cap_Badge_and_Fastener.JPG

Mondochrome 03:22, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Tractable

Calling all editors!! I'm about to begin a massive overhaul of Operation Tractable, which is in serious need of expansion. If anyone would like to assist me, that would FanTasTic. Cheers! Cam (Chat) 06:14, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Peer review for Operation Varsity now open

The peer review for Operation Varsity is now open; all editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated! Thanks! Woody (talk) 19:48, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Peer Review for Battle of Verrières Ridge now open

The peer review for Battle of Verrières Ridge is now open; all editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated! Cheers! Cam (Chat) 22:57, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Another addition, an A-Class Review for the same article. Any input is appreciated. Cheers! Cam (Chat) 02:56, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Isaac Brock

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Moro Resources

Would anyone have any recommendations for good references & sources for information concerning The Moro River Campaign? I'm finding that I'm having to lean more and more on Zuehlke's 1999 account of the whole battle (at least for the sections from December 6 — 9). I've got access to resources by Bercuson, Zuehlke, & Berton. Anyone else got any they could recommend for me?

Keep in mind that I'm discovering this to be the case for the Moro crossings in early December. I have more resources on the Gully & Ortona than on the initial operations, so I'm hoping this problem will dissipate somewhat towards the later sections of the article (fingers crossed). Any help is appreciated. Cheers! Cam (Chat) 05:42, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Royal Canadian Air Cadets GA Sweeps Review: On Hold

As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing sweeps to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the GA criteria and I'm specifically going over all of the "Culture and Society" articles. I have reviewed Royal Canadian Air Cadets and believe the article currently meets the majority of the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. I have left this message at this WikiProject's talk page so that any interested members can assist in helping the article keep its GA status. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed, and I'll leave the article on hold for seven days for them to be fixed. I have left messages on the talk pages of the main contributors of the article and several other related WikiProjects. Please consider helping address the several points that I listed on the talk page of the article, which shouldn't take too long to fix if multiple editors assist in the workload. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Happy editing! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 07:48, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Dutch Occupation of Acadia

A requested move has been initiated to move Dutch Occupation of Acadia to Nova Hollandia, per name given to territory occupied by the Dutch. 70.55.87.54 (talk) 03:20, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

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Military history of Canada

Military history of Canada has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. Copied from WP Canada and WP Military History talk pagesSriMesh | talk 06:08, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

A-Class review for 2nd Canadian Infantry Division now open

The A-Class review for 2nd Canadian Infantry Division is now open; all editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated! Thanks! Woody (talk) 09:48, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

8th Canadian Infantry Division

Hi folks as you can see from the following template the 8th Div is missing

I was planning an article, but seem to have lost my reference material all I have left is the Division format as :-

Units Raised 12 May 1942 as part of 8th Canadian Infantry Division

HQ 8th Canadian Infantry Division - Raised 15 June 1942 HQ 19th, 20th, 21st Infantry Brigades - Raised 12 May 1942

  • Engineers
    • 21st Field Company, RCE - Raised 15 April 1942
    • 24th Field Company, RCE - Raised 4 May 1942

Is there anybody out there got any further info, we could add and then get this lost Division created ? Jim Sweeney (talk) 10:59, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

The issue is that a majority of the linked units were already part of other divisions (primarily the 2nd & 3rd). Is it possible that this was one of the divisions prepared for attacks on Japan during 1945? At any rate, I'll check my two bookcases of reference material, see what I can find. Cam (Chat) 07:36, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

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Royal Engineers, Columbia detachment

I just found this yesterday, didn't know it existed, thought it had gone begging for a while. Other than the title needing full capitalization, as an article and a series of bios and also tasks/projects undertaken, and events and places in which they were involved, this is perhaps the most important military unit in BC's history, in terms of their relation to the place itself rather than later wars abroad, that is. This is the military task force talkpage so it seemed like a good place to raise group attention towards; it overlaps with British Army formats/portals, or should (also the Pacific Station, RN article and that also large list of bios etc.). So far there's only a few bios done Richard Clement Moody, Henry Spencer Palmer, Arthur Reid Lempriere, not sure who else maybe James Duffy (of 160 or so). There's quite a bit of early military history that could use some dedicated attention; the Victoria Voltigeurs, the Royal Marines detachment in BC (cf. the Lamalcha War which needs to be written, and which some historains adjudge the RN to have lost the skirmish, but won in court...), the Victoria Rifles (the African-American/West Indian police), the Royal Navy installations (dockyard and hospital primarily but their spending BC was mainstay of the economy on the Island until signed over to Canada before the First World War; earlier on the British and French fleets withdrawing from Petropavlovsk limped into Victoria for repair. Also there's the matter of the British Columbia Navy, in which a Premier - McBride I think or ?? - bought two used submarines because of urgent need; province's can't spend money on military so some paperwork was quickly shuffled and Ottawa owned them (by cable telegram) 24 hours later. Timing might have been Russo-Japanese War, but if it wasn't McBride it must have been Great War prep due to rumours of Germans in the Pacific etc (they still had the Marshalls and ... Marianas? ... then).Skookum1 (talk) 04:57, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Buttress, Saskatchewan

Can I ask someone with expertise in Canadian Aviation history to look at Buttress, Saskatchewan. I believe the article should be renamed to something like "CFB Buttress" or "RCAF Buttress" as the article is about a defunct Canadian air force base, which seems to have served the same purpose (and suffered the same fate) as RCAF Detachment Alliston. I don't know enough about it, though to make the call. Thanks. - Canglesea (talk) 02:36, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Siege of Fort St. Jean → Siege of Fort St. Johns

Siege of Fort St. Jean → Siege of Fort St. Johns has come up on WP:RM. 76.66.200.131 (talk) 13:31, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Frank Simpson

I've just tagged Frank Simpson for this workgroup. He was actaully British, but on D-Day commanded to Royal Engineer Assault Squadrons on Juno beach, so he may well figure in Canadian sources. Obviously, feel free to remove if you think this is inappropriate. David Underdown (talk) 08:58, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Na, that looks fine. :) Thanks! Allanon ♠The Dark Druid♠ 22:31, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

16th Battalion Canadian Highland Brigade

This is mentioned re the McGregor River on "McGregor River". BC Geographical Names.'s account of the life of Captain James Herrick McGregor, who seems to also need an article. In wiki-searching it the closest matches with "Highland" in it seemed to be the Black Watch but I didn't want to link that on McGregor Plateau or via a redirect, figured it was best to leave it to folks here to create the articles in question. McGregor was the namesake not only of the plateau, range and river of that name, but also of Herrick Creek and the James River, now officially the Bad River.Skookum1 (talk) 01:19, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

War of 1812 Work Group

May God Bless You Always!

I am looking to form a work group to focused on the War of 1812. A lot of the articles dealing with the War of 1812 are lack citations and references, some need some serious editing, and many need to be expanded. I would like for the articles dealing with the War of 1812 to be "A"-Level or better. The War of 1812 is one of the most neglected American wars, but this need not be the case here. I have been working HLGallon on the Battle of Chippawa, but much work is left to do. I was told to place this work group under the Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Napoleonic era task force, but Canada has a big stake in these articles as well. Anyone interested in helping? (Steve (talk) 19:27, 11 March 2009 (UTC))

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List of Canadian Chiefs of the Defence Staff

Copied from WT:MILHIST  Roger Davies talk 19:03, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Could I have someone experienced in the field of lists take a look at this to give me some help? Thanks in advance, TARTARUS talk 18:56, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

No. 401 Squadron RAF

Not sure why it's listed as an RAF squadron, but I have requested that it be renamed as No. 401 Squadron RCAF here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_moves#Other_proposals McMuff (talk) 16:22, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

 Done TARTARUS talk 20:18, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Future Canadian Amphibious Assault Ship

There is currently a discussion of the status of the Future Canadian Amphibious Assault Ship project, the ships' characteristics and suitable references. Editors are invited to comment on these issues at Talk:Future Canadian Amphibious Assault Ship. Thanks, Nick-D (talk) 05:33, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Buffalo 461 / UN Flight 51

Hi,

I created Buffalo 461 yesterday and expanded it this morning. There's a note on the talkpage that perhaps it should be called UN Flight 51 instead. Military history and aviation are not my areas of expertise, so I was hoping that someone here would be good to take up the torch. Based on its significance to Canada, I was thinking it might make a good WP:DYK, but again, perhaps I should leave this up to someone else... (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 14:12, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

I have never heard of this flight, but it was an interesting read; go ahead and nom it at T:TDYK if you haven't already. The worst that can happen is that it fails :P —Ed (Talk • Contribs) 03:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
Got the notification that it made DYK this morning :-) It can together nice and quickly and in the best spirit of Wikipedia collaboration! (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 09:37, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

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2nd Canadian Infantry Division & Dunkirk

The wiki article states that the Division captured Dunkirk on 9th September, 1944, citing "Copp, Terry [1992] (2007). The Brigade: The Fifth Canadian Infantry Brigade in World War II. Illustrated edition. Stackpole Books. ISBN 0811734226 (p127)". The Official History of the Candian Army records actions around the port's perimeter after that date, that the 2nd Division moved on on the 17th and that the port was masked with minimal forces. There's a contradiction which is not good for an article rated FA. I don't have the Copp book. Can anyone check it out? Folks at 137 (talk) 15:09, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

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Canadian Peacekeeping article?

Hey everyone, I was thinking about starting an article on the history of Canadian involvement in UN peacekeeping. I've tried searching for any similar articles but I haven't found any. I was wondering what the opinions were on the creation of such an article, how much interest there would be in working on something like this, what the title and format should look like, etc... Mike McGregor (Can) (talk) 05:48, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Template:Canadian military actions in World War II

Created this template. Any comments, corrections, etc, v welcome. Folks at 137 (talk) 07:55, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Somalia Affair

As Somalia Affair prepares for GA-status, a content dispute has arisen on the talk page over whether exact quotes such as "said he wanted to "kill niggers"" should be removed for their offensiveness and just a general "used racist language" should be put in its place. I would appreciate some input from knowledgeable editors from this project. Sherurcij (speaker for the dead) 23:26, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

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Base at Puntzi Mountain/Lake, BC

Please see Talk:Pinetree_Line#Puntzi Mountain Airport.Skookum1 (talk) 20:39, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Featured article candidacy for Canadian National Vimy Memorial now open

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A-Class review for Operation Windsor now open

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DND and the CF

There seems to be a void of information when it comes to describing the larger DND organization beyond the CF. I notice the Department of National Defence (Canada) article is a little lacking while, at the same time, there are things in the Canadian Forces article that really should be moved to the other. Specifically, I think the Defence Policy text should move to DND. The section on the Information Management Group should also move over because this is within ADM(IM) and its report line is to the DM and not the CDS. I have also moved the article about the building at 101 Colonel By to Major-General George R Pearkes Building and replaced the content of Department of National Defence Headquarters with a stub that actually describes the NDHQ. MCG (talk) 02:48, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

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Peer review for Liberation of Arnhem now open

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Battle of Britain

There is a discussion happening at Talk:Battle of Britain on whether Canada should be recognized as belligerent or not. The argument against it is based on the Article XV Squadrons, that Commonwealth personnel were actually fighting for the RAF, not their individual Air Forces. No other belligerent is recognized other than Britian, which to me contradicts the facts. McMuff (talk) 15:03, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Peer review for War in Afghanistan (2001–present) now open

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A-Class review for Battle of Kapyong now open

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A-Class review for John Babcock now open

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Template:Canadian military actions in World War II

This template has been effectively removed from articles after a brief chat on its talk page between a few similarly minded editors. I wonder if this reflects a wider consensus and whether Canada does merit "special" treatment. Folks at 137 (talk) 15:43, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Proposed renaming of HMCS Charlottetown (K244) (Flower class corvette) and HMCS Charlottetown (K244) (River class frigate)

I have proposed that HMCS Charlottetown (K244) (Flower class corvette) and HMCS Charlottetown (K244) (River class frigate) be renamed to HMCS Charlottetown (1941) and HMCS Charlottetown (1943), in order to better conform with Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ships). Please comment on each article's talk page. -- saberwyn 23:34, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

On the Categories

The categorization within the project is the first thing that drew my attention. There is a separate category for "Royal Canadian Air Force," but none for "Royal Canadian Navy," nor for any of the Canadian Army Regiments, by name. Given that the Royal Canadian Air Force only existed from 1938 (I believe, without checking too carefully) until 1968, its isolation in the categories is inconsistent. Was this done on purpose? Shouldn't there be a more general category? (Suggestion: Canadian Military Aviation) Additionally, should there not be a "Royal Canadian Navy" category, if the "Royal Canadian Air Force" category is retained, whether as a sub-category of the larger overall category or on its own? I'm brand new to the project, so perhaps already displaying my ignorance. What is the process for suggesting, discussing, and 'approving' (given that it's Wikipedia) the categories for this project? I have some other suggestions, but want to wait until these basic questions are answered for me.... Spartan26 (talk) 02:28, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

A-Class review for Arnold's expedition to Quebec now open

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A-Class review for Battle of Kapyong now open

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A-Class review for Black Friday (1945) now open

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