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Contents 1 Hossen27 on holiday 2 Proposal 3 Rename 4 Introductory message is probably too long

[edit] Hossen27 on holiday

Im going on holiday until June 5 hopefully someone else will look after the portal until i get back. Regards Hossens27 03:39, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposal

A proposal with regards to this portal has been made here. Comments are welcome.--cj | talk 04:49, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rename

This portal should probably be renamed Portal:Australian Defence Force given that is correct in both common and official usage. Moreover, "military of Australia" is an obscure term which even lacks a corresponding Wikipedia article.--cj | talk 09:22, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

I strongly disagree. The Australian Defence Force wasn't formed until 1976 (before this the three services were fully independent) so renaming this portal would suggest that it only covers the most recent 30 years of Australian military history when this isn't actually the case. The current name of the portal is much more inclusive and is still an accurate description of the ADF (which is, after all, the 'military of Australia'). --Nick Dowling 10:43, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Disagree. The same reasons as Nick. Hossen27 04:25, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough, but I don't agree that Portal:Australian Defence Force would be restrictive – it still comprises the services and thus covers their accompanying histories.--cj | talk 16:38, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Introductory message is probably too long

On my 17" monitor the message at the top of the portal takes up a full screen. As it never changes and is basically a description of the Australian military I think that it should be greatly shortened, or perhaps even removed altogether. I think that the length of the introcution at Portal:NATO works very well. My suggestion would be to reduce the message to:

• The Military of Australia currently consists of the Australian Army, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Australian Air Force and Special Operations Command. Australia's military history covers a period of around 200 years starting with the colonisation of Australia and extending to recent conflicts such as the War on Terrorism.

This could then be illustrated with the current ADF flag rather than the current 4 flag. I've created a mock-up in my sandbox at: User:Nick Dowling/sandbox. What do you think? --Nick Dowling 11:46, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

I understand the problem about it taking up the whole screen it does does on mine too so I think we should try it we could always change it later. But have a look at Portal:War and Portal:Military of the United States they have long intro's and they look alright. Hossen27 12:19, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for adding that Hossen. I think that the shorter introduction works better, though I may need to improve my wording! I'd argue that the long introductions on the War and US military portals are a mistake. --Nick Dowling 09:49, 21 September 2006 (UTC)