Talk:HMCS Prevost

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[edit] William Glover

The edit by Special:Contributions/69.159.218.163 User_talk:69.159.218.163 states:

The most renowned of all former commanding officers is Lieutenant-Commander William R. Glover, CD, noted naval historian- presently believed to be residing in a dusty cubby hole somewhere in the bowels of National Defence Headquarters.

I checked the Government of Canada telephone directory at http://direct.srv.gc.ca/cgi-bin/direct500/ , and was unable to find a listing for William Glover at National Defence.

-That directory will NOT offer a comprehensive list of Canadian military officers. LCdr Glover was once the Commanding Officer of this unit, and should absolutely be included in any complete history of the unit, particularly given the method of his departure, which I shall not go into the details of in this section. Thank you. Also, I cannot attest as to how "noted" of a naval historian LCdr Glover is, however I believe he has a PhD in history.Naval Expert 05:41, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

A list of former commanding officers (including the period when each was commanding officer) would be perfectly acceptable. Such a list should include a reference saying where it came from. TruthbringerToronto 14:17, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

BTW I can attest that William Glover was a disgraced Commanding Officer of HMCS PREVOST (and therefore did have some renown), though the original edits were not mine. He was removed from command after after he spoke publicly at a special interest political event in contravention of Canadian Forces Administrative Orders. The event he spoke at is public knowledge, and he was photographed and appeared in the London Free Press, which resulted in his removal from command. Inclusion of his name here is noteworthy since he was a Commanding Officer. I do agree we have to flush out the list of Current and former CO's.

I am very familiar with HMCS PREVOST and its current command team and its former commanding officers, since I have personally known each of the COs since recommissioning. I was contacted by email, and asked for my assistance in this matter, because someone had concerns about this article and its edits. I am willing to make edits here to help fully document the line of PREVOST's commanding officers (which was broken between the time the Unit was decommissioned and recommissioned. Furthermore, since PREVOST is having a change of command this Sept. there is value in flushing out the list of Commanding Officers and updating it.

Therefore I am going to work on this article in the next while, as I do have a credible authority available to me from HER MAJESTYS CANADIAN SHIP PREVOST. If anyone has concerns let me know.

--LinuxDude 16:47, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:MILHIST Assessment

Although of a fair length overall, each section here is quite stubby. Needs expansion, and/or conversion to a more prose-paragraph format. Some wikilinks wouldn't hurt either. Also, the intro should be expanded - when was this unit established, and what significance does it have? Finally, forgive me for not knowing much about the Canadian military or about modern military history, but "HMCS" sounds to me like a ship, not a unit. If so, some details of the ship's class, size, etc should also be included in the introduction. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by LordAmeth (talk • contribs) 21:34, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

• Thank you for this assessment, which should be of considerable assistance to editors who want to improve this article. In the Canadian Navy, some establishments on land are designated as ships, including the naval reserve units. This is true in some other countries' navies as well, particularly in the Commonwealth. --TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 01:13, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

"Chief" is not a formal military rank and should not be included in a scholarly article. There are two classes of Chief Petty Officer in the navy. Please specify and refrain from slang rank references in the future. Thank you. Naval Expert 05:36, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

True. Sorry about that - force of habit is sometimes stronger than rigour. --LinuxDude 18:54, 18 January 2007 (UTC)