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Edits made 16 June 2010: Intro para - The standard approach to manning in the Royal Marines ought to be documented elsewhere, rather than in an article about the Royal Marines, rather than in a unit history aricle, given the very different purpose of the battalions. Links to non-existent ship articles were removed. Quotation marks around 'disposed for Naval service' were reapplied, given that this is a quotation. Detail concerning the Battle of Big Sandy Creek ought to be in the specific article of the same name, rather than in the article about the Battalions. Where deviation from the P H Nicolas's account has occurred, due to new information in Field Officers' letters etc, referencing of these differences has been added. Edits to the primary paragraph concerning 3rd Battalion implied the whole of the Colonial Marines were Keith H99 (talk) 18:55, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Citation[edit]

The principal sources of data for this article are the three antiquarian books cited at the bottom of the article, in particluar Nicolas's second volume. Where information has come from other sources, I have made a point of referencing the source of information.

Adding "Citation needed" to every paragraph is overkill. I disagree with a citation for the Driemanschap and the restoration of the Dutch monarchy, as that is a separate subject which has its own article. The paragraph about the return of the 2nd Battalion to the UK in January 1813 does refer to the two surviving muster books, which are mentioned in the notes, yet "citation needed" has been fly-posted on the end of the paragraph. Keith H99 (talk) 21:55, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Links to non-existent articles[edit]

Eighteen months ago, links were added to non-existent articles on ships. These articles have failed to materialise. Given that articles do existt on the excellent PBenyon website, it is deemed better practice to redirect hyperlinks to these articles. The regurgitation of Paul's articles in Wikipedia articles would be plagiarism, and a waste of the wiki resource Keith H99 (talk) 11:48, 24 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]