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Welcome to the British crime WikiProject on the English Wikipedia! We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to crime in Great Britain.

Goals

• To organise and generally improve all articles relating to British crime.
• To more effectively assist in the catagorization of British crime related articles.
• To provide guidelines and recommendations for articles that describe all aspects of crime in within the United Kingdom.
• To improve Wikipedia's coverage of British criminal history by creating, expanding, and maintaining such articles.
• To serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to British crime in Wikipedia.

Scope

The project generally considers any article related to British crime or modern-day criminology (as well as Britain's involvement in international crime related organizations) to be within its scope. The hope of this collaborative effort hopes in part to organise and generally improve all pages relating to British crime. If you are in any way interested in starting or joining in this project please add your name below.

Our primary work is concentrated in a number of broad areas:

• Criminal conflicts, including gang wars, police operations, government investigations, and prominent court cases.
• Prominent criminals, including both high profile criminals and common soldiers, as well as other people involved in crime.
• Criminal organizations, such as crime syndicates or street gangs.
• British criminology, including prominent detectives, criminologists and their works.

Structure

Internally, the project has developed several structural features to help in managing its extensive work:

• Coordinators, who are responsible for maintaining the administrative aspects of the project.
• Departments, which coordinate work on certain specialized tasks, such as article assessment, peer review, or project-wide collaboration.
• Task forces, which are more informal groups for collaboration on specific areas of British crime, such as particular periods or regions.

[edit] Announcements and open tasks

[edit] Guidelines

The guidelines presented in this section are intended to be guidelines only; while they are well-suited for the vast majority of military history articles, there exist a number of peculiar cases where, for lack of a better solution, alternate approaches have been taken. These exceptions are often the result of protracted negotiation; if something seems unusual or out-of-place, it may be worthwhile to ask before attempting to change it, as there might reasons for the oddity that are not immediately obvious!

[edit] Naming conventions

[edit] Military conflicts

An article should generally be placed at the most common name used to refer to the event (e.g. Battle of Gettysburg, Siege of Leningrad, Attack on Pearl Harbor, or Doolittle Raid). If there is no common name, the name should be a descriptive geographic term such as "Battle of X" or "Siege of Y" (where X and Y are the locations of the operations). Non-neutral terms such as "attack", "slaughter", "massacre", or "raid" should be used with care.

If disambiguation is needed, the year may be added in parentheses (e.g. Battle of Salamis in Cyprus (306 BC)). Two battles at the same place in the same year should be called "First", "Second", and so forth (e.g. First Battle of Zurich and Second Battle of Zurich).

[edit] Operational codenames

Operational codenames generally make poor titles, as the codename gives no indication of when or where the battle took place and only represents one side's planning (potentially causing the article to focus on that side's point of view to the detriment of the other). It is better to use an appropriate geographical name for the article, creating a redirect from the operational name. This can be ignored for the most well-known operations (e.g. Operation Barbarossa), but note that even Operation Overlord redirects to Battle of Normandy.

[edit] Additional conventions

There are a number of miscellaneous naming conventions external to the project which are applicable to the articles in its scope. The most relevant ones are as follows:

• Aircraft
• Military units (draft form only)
• Military vehicles (proposed)
• Missiles and unguided rockets (proposed)
• Ships

[edit] Category names

A number of naming conventions exist specifically for category names; most of these are used to ensure consistent naming among all the sub-categories of a particular category.

"X by country" 

In most cases, sub-categories of a category named "X by country" take names of the form "X of [the] Y", where Y is the most common name of the country in question.

• Category:Battles by country → "Battles of [the] Y" (e.g. Category:Battles of France)
• Category:Military by country → "Military of [the] Y" (e.g. Category:Military of Russia)
• Category:Military history by country → "Military history of [the] Y" (e.g. Category:Military history of the United States)
• Category:Military operations by country → "Military operations of [the] Y" (e.g. Category:Military operations of Germany)
• Category:Military units and formations by country → "Military units and formations of [the] Y" (e.g. Category:Military units and formations of the United Kingdom)
• Category:Wars by country → "Wars of [the] Y" (e.g. Category:Wars of the Ottoman Empire)

Note that the subsidiary "by branch" categories for topics such as military units or personnel follow the same convention, with the full branch name replacing the country name (e.g. Category:Military units and formations of the United States Army).

"X by era" 

In most cases, sub-categories of a category named "X by era" take names of the form "Y X", where Y is the name of the era of warfare in question.

• Category:Battles by era → "Y battles" (e.g. Category:Medieval battles)
• Category:Military units and formations by era → "Y military units and formations" (e.g. Category:Ancient military units and formations)

"X by war" 

In most cases, sub-categories of a category named "X by war" take names of the form "X of [the] Y", where Y is the most common name of the war in question.

• Category:Battles by war → "Battles of [the] Y" or "Battles and operations of [the] Y" (e.g. Category:Battles of the Hundred Years' War)
• Category:Military units and formations by war → "Military units and formations of [the] Y" (e.g. Category:Military units and formations of the American Civil War)

"X by size" 

This category tree is used primarily for military units and formations; sub-categories take the name "Y", where Y is the size in question (e.g. Category:Military units and formations by size → Category:Regiments, Category:Corps, etc.).

"X by type" 

In most cases, sub-categories of a category named "X by type" take names of the form "Y X", where Y describes the type in question.

• Category:Battles by type → "Y battles" (e.g. Category:Naval battles)
• Category:Military units and formations by type → "Y units and formations" (e.g. Category:Airborne units and formations)

Note that this form of category tree tends to exhibit more varied naming than the others. For example, Category:Battles by type also includes the non-standard Category:Sieges (since "Siege battles" would be a cumbersome name).

Intersection categories 

The names of intersection categories generally follow the same conventions as above, with any components used being clustered in the following order:

1. Era (omitted if a war is indicated)
2. Type
3. Size
4. Country or branch
5. War (changed from "of [the] X" to "in [the] X" when a country or branch is also indicated)

This produces, for example, "Early Modern naval battles" (era and type) and "Airborne regiments of the United States Army in World War II" (type, size, branch, and war).

[edit] Notability

[edit] Biographies

The following types of military figures are always notable:

• Recipients of a country's highest military decoration.
• People who commanded an army or a significant part of an army in combat.
• Holders of top-level command positions (e.g. Chief of the General Staff).
• People who are the primary topic of one or more published secondary works.

If a military figure does not meet any of the above, the following criteria can be used as a guide in determining notability; anyone meeting them is probably notable:

• Recipients of significant military decorations.
• People who have non-trivial mention in one or more published secondary works (family history and genealogies excluded).

Any person that meets the criteria below is probably not notable:

• People who are only mentioned in genealogical records or family histories; or traceable only through primary documents.

[edit] Article structure

The guidelines in this section are intended to serve as a starting point for writing a good article; they are not meant to enforce a single structure on all articles, nor to limit the topics an article will discuss.

[edit] War

The opening paragraph (or lead section) should concisely convey:

1. The name of the war (including alternate names).
2. When did it happen?
3. Who fought in it?
4. Why did it happen?
5. What was the outcome?
6. What was its significance, if any?

The article can be structured along these lines:

1. The historical background to the conflict, including preceding conflicts, the political situation, military preparedness, and technology.
2. The causes of the conflict.
3. The trigger, if notable. For example, the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria triggered a sequence of events that led to World War I. Take care to distinguish a trigger or pretext from the underlying causes that allowed the event to trigger a war.
4. A summary of the conflict. When a war is large, it can often be divided into phases, geographic regions ("theaters"), or naval and land campaigns. Don't describe individual battles in detail; refer to a separate article on the battle and just explain the result of the battle and its consequences for the war.
5. How the war came to an end. What treaties were signed, and what were their conditions?
6. What were the consequences of the war? Who did it affect? What happened next? Did the war lead to peace or to further wars? Were countries conquered or liberated? Were there significant advances in tactics or technology?

[edit] Battle

The opening paragraph (or lead section in a longer article) should concisely convey:

1. The name of the battle (including alternate names).
2. When did it happen?
3. Where did it happen?
4. Which war or campaign does it belong to?
5. Who were the combatants?
6. What was its outcome or significance?

The article can be structured along these lines:

1. The background. Why did it take place? Which campaign did it belong to? What happened previously?
2. The prelude. What forces were involved? How did they arrive at the battleground? Was there a plan?
3. A description of the battle. What tactics were used?
4. The aftermath. Who won, if anyone? What were the casualties? Was there a pursuit or followup? What happened next? How did the battle affect the course of the war?

[edit] Summaries in other articles

Because of the key role the discussion of individual battles plays in military historiography, it is often useful to summarize information about a particular battle in an article of broader scope (such as one discussing a war or military leader). In such cases, the bulk of the material should be in the article on the battle itself; the summary in the external article should be trimmed to one or two paragraphs that concisely present the following:

1. Why did the battle take place? Who was attacking and who was defending? Why was it worth fighting the battle instead of avoiding it; what was at stake?
2. What was the troop strength of each side and approximate composition of the forces?
3. Who won, and how decisive a victory was it? Were there any important personages that were captured, wounded, or killed? What was the impact of the battle on the overall campaign?
4. Were there any notable strategies or tactics that make this more than just one of many battles? Were there any brilliant moves or notable errors that contributed to the outcome of the battle?

[edit] Unit or formation

The opening paragraph (or lead section) should concisely convey:

1. The formal name of the unit, its abbreviation, and its nickname(s).
2. What is the unit's country or allegiance?
3. What service was the unit part of (e.g. Air Force, Army, Navy)?
4. When was it formed?
5. If the unit no longer exists, when was it disbanded or deactivated?
6. In what notable battles, operations, or wars did the unit participate?

The article can be structured along these lines:

1. The unit's history. Why was it formed? Who formed it? Where and how has the unit served in peacetime and war? Who has commanded it?
2. If the unit still exists, where is it now? What higher-level formation is the unit assigned to, if any? What is its current role?
3. The unit's traditions. What mascots does it have? What anniversaries does it celebrate?
4. What gallantry awards (such as the Medal of Honor, Param Vir Chakra, or Victoria Cross) have been awarded to members of the unit? What unit awards (such as battle honours or presidential citations) has the unit received?

[edit] Content and style

[edit] Popular culture

"In popular culture" sections should be avoided unless the subject has had a well-cited and notable impact on popular culture. If present, the section should be a prose discussion of the subject's cultural significance, cited from reliable sources. In particular, the following should be avoided:

• Compendiums of every trivial appearance of the subject in pop culture (trivia)
• Unsupported speculation about cultural significance or fictional likenesses (original research)

This tends to be a problem in articles on military hardware (i.e. weapons, vehicles, etc.); for example, the Mauser K98 and the M1 Garand may appear in any World War II film, and their many appearances don't warrant an exhaustive list. On the other hand, a discussion of the Webley representing a stereotypical British revolver, or a conceptual artist's public response to the symbolism of the East European tank monument, are certainly notable.

[edit] Infobox templates

[edit] Military conflict infobox

Battle of Lützen
Part of the Thirty Years' War
The Battle of Lützen by Carl Wahlbom shows the death of King Gustavus Adolphus on November 16, 1632.
Date November 6 (O.S.) or November 16 (N.S.), 1632 Location Near Lützen, southwest of Leipzig, Germany Result Swedish victory
Combatants
Sweden, Protestant German states	Holy Roman Empire, Catholic German states
Commanders
Gustavus Adolphus †, Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar	Albrecht von Wallenstein, Gottfried zu Pappenheim †
Strength
12,800 infantry, 6,200 cavalry, 60 guns	10,000 infantry, 7,000 cavalry, 24 guns
Casualties
3,400 dead, 1,600 wounded or missing	3,000–3,500 dead or wounded

A military conflict infobox (sometimes referred to as a warbox) may be used to summarize information about a particular military conflict (a battle, campaign, war, or group of related wars) in a standard manner.

The infobox should be added using the {{Infobox Military Conflict}} template, as shown below:

{{Infobox Military Conflict
|conflict=
|partof=
|image=
|caption=
|date=
|place=
|casus=
|territory=
|result=
|combatant1=
|combatant2=
|combatant3=
|commander1=
|commander2=
|commander3=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|strength3=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
|casualties3=
|notes=
}}

• conflict – the name of the conflict being described (e.g. "Battle of Lützen" or "World War I").
• partof – optional – the larger conflict containing the event described in the article. For battles or campaigns, this should be the war during which the event takes place; for particularly large wars, this may include a theatre (e.g. "the Eastern Front of World War II"). For wars, the parameter may be used to link to a larger group of wars (e.g. the Italian War of 1521–26 to the Italian Wars). It may be necessary to insert "the" before the name of the war for proper grammar.
• image – optional – an image for the warbox. The image must be given in the form [[Image:Example.jpg|300px]]; in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.
• caption – optional – the text to be placed below the image.
• date – optional – the date of the conflict described. Convention is to give the actual date for battles and the years for wars, but this does not always apply.
• place – the location of the conflict. For conflicts covering a wide area, a general description (e.g. "France", or "Europe", or "Worldwide") may be used.
• casus – optional – the formal casus belli of a war. This field should not be used for battles, for the underlying causes of a war, or in cases where the casus belli is disputed and requires a lengthy explanation.
• territory – optional – any changes in territorial control as a result of the conflict; this should not be used for overly lengthy descriptions of the peace settlement.
• result – the outcome of the conflict (e.g. "French victory"). Modifiers such as "inconclusive" or "decisive" may be used as necessary.
• combatant1/combatant2/combatant3 – optional – the parties participating in the conflict. This is most commonly the countries whose forces took part in the conflict; however, larger groups (such as alliances or international organizations) or smaller ones (such as particular units, formations, or groups) may be indicated if doing so improves reader understanding. When there is a large number of participants, it may be better to list only the three or four major groups on each side of the conflict, and to describe the rest in the body of the article. The combatant3 field may be used if a conflict has three distinct "sides", and should be left blank on other articles.
• commander1/commander2/commander3 – optional – the commanders of the military forces involved. For battles, this should include army commanders (and other officers as necessary). For wars, only prominent or notable leaders should be listed. Ranks and titles should be omitted. The {{KIA}} and {{POW}} templates may be included immediately after the names of commanders who were killed in action or surrendered and were taken prisoner, respectively. The commander3 field can only be used if the combatant3 field is set.
• strength1/strength2/strength3 – optional – the numerical strength of the units involved. It is generally not useful to provide unit names without giving an indication of numbers. The strength3 field can only be used if the combatant3 field is set.
• casualties1/casualties2 – optional – casualties suffered, including dead, wounded, missing, captured, and civilian deaths. Terms such as "dead" (or "killed"), "wounded", or "captured" should be used in place of abbreviations such as "KIA" or "POW".
• casualties3 – optional – if combatant3 is set, this is a third casualty field identical to the two above; if it is not set, this is an alternate combined field for use where only the total casualties of a conflict are known, or where civilian casualties cannot be directly attributed to either side.
• notes – optional – optional field for further notes; this should only be used in exceptional circumstances.

[edit] Campaignboxes

An infobox may optionally be followed by a campaignbox template, which provides quick navigation among the battles in a campaign, theatre, or war (or, more rarely, among several campaigns or wars).

The campaignbox should be included directly after the infobox template:

{{Infobox Military Conflict
...
}}
{{Campaignbox XXXX}}

For particular combinations of the relative sizes of the infobox and the lead section, the presence of a campaignbox may cause bunched up edit links.

Articles may include multiple campaignboxes (which are typically stacked following the infobox). The most common scenario occurs when two levels of campaignboxes are present; for example, an article about a battle can include both a campaignbox listing the battle itself and an "enclosing" campaignbox listing the campaign, theater, or war during which the battle took place. Similarly, an article about a war can include both a campaignbox listing the war (among a series of wars) and a campaignbox for the war itself, listing the battles that took place during it.

Creating campaignboxes

Many campaignboxes have already been created; they are listed here. When creating new ones, please remember to add them to the list.

A campaignbox template should be named Template:Campaignbox XXXX, where XXXX is the name of the campaign (or a shortened form of it), and should use {{Campaign}}, as shown below:

{{Campaign
|name=
|battles=
}}

• name – the name of the campaign or war, which should be linked to an article about the campaign if one exists. Dates should not be indicated unless needed for clarity.
• battles – a chronological, en-dash separated list of battles and operations in the campaign, linked as [[Battle of YYYY|YYYY]]; non-breaking spaces ( ) should be used to ensure that multi-word names do not split over multiple lines.

For example:

{{Campaign
|name= [[Italian War of 1542]]
|battles= [[Siege of Nice|Nice]] – 
[[Battle of Ceresole|Ceresole]] – 
[[Battle of Serravalle|Serravalle]] – 
[[Siege of St. Dizier (1544)|St. Dizier]] – 
[[Siege of Boulogne|Boulogne]] – 
[[Battle of the Solent|Solent]]
}}

The use of special formatting (such as bolding or changes in font size) in the list of battles—particularly to mark battles as "important"—is generally discouraged; while there are a few cases where such approaches may be both helpful to the reader and sufficiently well-sourced that they do not constitute original research, they are both unnecessary and confusing in most circumstances. Similarly, dividing the list of battles into multiple blocks by inserting heading-like separations is not recommended; if such a division is needed, it is usually best accomplished by splitting the template into two separate campaignboxes.

Articles other than those about military conflicts—such as those dealing with personnel or military units—may use the campaignbox formatting to create lists of battles or wars in which the subject participated. In this case, the box should be created by including {{Campaign}} directly in the article, without creating a separate template.

[edit] Campaignboxes

An infobox may optionally be followed by a campaignbox template, which provides quick navigation among the battles in a campaign, theatre, or war (or, more rarely, among several campaigns or wars).

The campaignbox should be included directly after the infobox template:

{{Infobox Military Conflict
...
}}
{{Campaignbox XXXX}}

For particular combinations of the relative sizes of the infobox and the lead section, the presence of a campaignbox may cause bunched up edit links.

Articles may include multiple campaignboxes (which are typically stacked following the infobox). The most common scenario occurs when two levels of campaignboxes are present; for example, an article about a battle can include both a campaignbox listing the battle itself and an "enclosing" campaignbox listing the campaign, theater, or war during which the battle took place. Similarly, an article about a war can include both a campaignbox listing the war (among a series of wars) and a campaignbox for the war itself, listing the battles that took place during it.

Creating campaignboxes

Many campaignboxes have already been created; they are listed here. When creating new ones, please remember to add them to the list.

A campaignbox template should be named Template:Campaignbox XXXX, where XXXX is the name of the campaign (or a shortened form of it), and should use {{Campaign}}, as shown below:

{{Campaign
|name=
|battles=
}}

• name – the name of the campaign or war, which should be linked to an article about the campaign if one exists. Dates should not be indicated unless needed for clarity.
• battles – a chronological, en-dash separated list of battles and operations in the campaign, linked as [[Battle of YYYY|YYYY]]; non-breaking spaces ( ) should be used to ensure that multi-word names do not split over multiple lines.

For example:

{{Campaign
|name= [[Italian War of 1542]]
|battles= [[Siege of Nice|Nice]] – 
[[Battle of Ceresole|Ceresole]] – 
[[Battle of Serravalle|Serravalle]] – 
[[Siege of St. Dizier (1544)|St. Dizier]] – 
[[Siege of Boulogne|Boulogne]] – 
[[Battle of the Solent|Solent]]
}}

The use of special formatting (such as bolding or changes in font size) in the list of battles—particularly to mark battles as "important"—is generally discouraged; while there are a few cases where such approaches may be both helpful to the reader and sufficiently well-sourced that they do not constitute original research, they are both unnecessary and confusing in most circumstances. Similarly, dividing the list of battles into multiple blocks by inserting heading-like separations is not recommended; if such a division is needed, it is usually best accomplished by splitting the template into two separate campaignboxes.

Articles other than those about military conflicts—such as those dealing with personnel or military units—may use the campaignbox formatting to create lists of battles or wars in which the subject participated. In this case, the box should be created by including {{Campaign}} directly in the article, without creating a separate template.

[edit] Military person infobox

Clifford Carwood Lipton
30 January 1920–16 December 2001
Carwood Lipton at Camp Toccoa, Georgia
Nickname	Lip
Place of birth	Huntington, West Virginia
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1942–1945
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Unit	Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards	Purple Heart (3OLC) Bronze Star (2OLC) World War II Victory Medal Presidential Unit Citation (2OLC) Orange Lanyard of the Royal Netherlands Army
Other work	Glass Executive

A military person infobox may be used to summarize information about an individual military person, such as a soldier or military leader.

The infobox should be added using the {{Infobox Military Person}} template, as shown below:

{{Infobox Military Person
|name=
|lived=
|image=
|caption=
|nickname=
|placeofbirth=
|placeofdeath=
|allegiance=
|branch=
|serviceyears=
|rank=
|unit=
|commands=
|battles=
|awards=
|relations=
|laterwork=
}}

• name – the full name of the person.
• lived – the dates of birth and death, usually separated with a dash. Only one should be indicated if only one is known, or if the person is still alive.
• image – optional – an image of the person. The image must be given in the form [[Image:Example.jpg|300px]]; in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.
• caption – optional – the text to be placed below the image.
• nickname – optional – nickname(s) by which the person was known.
• placeofbirth – optional – the person's birthplace.
• placeofdeath – optional – the place where the person died.
• allegiance – optional – the country or other power the person served. Multiple countries may be indicated together with the corresponding dates. This field should not be used to indicate a particular service branch, which is better indicated by the branch field (below).
• branch – optional – the service branch (Army, Navy, etc.) the person was a part of; this should be left blank for people who were not part of a formal armed service, or who predate the establishment of formal service branches.
• serviceyears – optional – the years during which the person served.
• rank – optional – the highest rank achieved by the person. Unusual cases, such as this rank not being the last achieved, or the rank being awarded posthumously, may be noted. In cases where the person held different ranks in different armies, multiple ranks should be specified with a date and country note for each.
• unit – optional – for persons who are not notable as commanding officers, the unit (company, battalion, regiment, etc.) in which they served. This should be omitted if the commands are specified (as above).
• commands – optional – for persons who are notable as commanding officers, the units they commanded. Dates should be given if multiple notable commands were held.
• battles – optional – any notable battles or wars in which the person participated. This should be omitted if a campaignbox is used in conjunction with this template.
• awards – optional – any notable awards or decorations the person received.
• relations – optional – any notable relations; only reasonably close ones should be indicated—an exhaustive listing of an extensive family tree should be avoided here.
• laterwork – optional – the profession or positions held by the person after they left the military.

[edit] Military unit infobox

502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
502d PIR Coat Of Arms
Active	1942–present
Country	United States
Branch	Army
Type	Parachute infantry
Part of	101st Airborne Division
Garrison/HQ	Fort Campbell
Nickname	"Five-Oh-Deuce" or "The Deuce"
Motto	Strike
Battles/wars	Battle of Normandy, Operation Market Garden, Battle of the Bulge, Operation Iraqi Freedom
Decorations	Presidential Unit Citation (5), Valorous Unit Award (5), Croix de Guerre
Commanders
Notable commanders	George V. H. Moseley, Jr., John H. Michaelis

A military unit infobox may be used to summarize information about an individual military unit or formation, such as a regiment or division..

The infobox should be added using the {{Infobox Military Unit}} template, as shown below:

{{Infobox Military Unit
|unit_name= 
|image=
|caption=
|dates= 
|country= 
|allegiance=
|branch= 
|type= 
|role= 
|size= 
|command_structure=
|garrison=
|garrison_label=
|nickname=
|patron=
|motto=
|colors=
|colors_label=
|march=
|mascot=
|equipment=
|equipment_label=
|battles=
|anniversaries=
|decorations=
|battle_honours=
<!-- Commanders -->
|commander1=
|commander1_label=
|commander2=
|commander2_label=
|commander3=
|commander3_label=
|notable_commanders=
<!-- Insignia -->
|identification_symbol=
|identification_symbol_label=
|identification_symbol_2=
|identification_symbol_2_label=
<!-- Aircraft -->
|aircraft_attack=
|aircraft_bomber=
|aircraft_electronic=
|aircraft_fighter=
|aircraft_interceptor=
|aircraft_patrol=
|aircraft_recon=
|aircraft_trainer=
|aircraft_transport=
}}

• unit_name – the formal name of the unit.
• image – optional – an image of the unit insignia (cap badges, tartan or colours), if available; other images may be used if this cannot be obtained. The image must be given in the form [[Image:Example.jpg|300px]]; in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.
• caption – optional – the text to be placed below the image.
• dates – the period (usually in years) when the unit was active; alternately, the dates may be indicated by using one—or both—of the separate start_date and end_date parameters.
• country – optional – if the unit is part of the armed forces of a sovereign state, the name of that state.
• allegiance – optional – used to indicate the allegiance of units which are not part of the regular armed forces of a sovereign state; can usually be omitted otherwise. In the case of National Guard or Naval Militia units, the State of origin should be indicated.
• branch – optional – the service branch, in militaries that have them; typically army, navy, air force, Army National Guard, etc.
• type – optional – the general type of unit, e.g., cavalry, infantry, artillery, etc. More specific types (airborne infantry, light cavalry, etc.) may be given as appropriate.
• role – optional – typical strategic or tactical use of unit, e.g., shock troop, special operations, mechanized infantry, ceremonial guard, etc.
• size – optional – the size of the unit; this may include both average and lifetime figures, and should indicate equipment (planes, tanks, cannon, etc.) where applicable. For U.S. units, this should only include Organic elements, not Assigned or Attached elements.
• command_structure – optional – the larger unit(s) of which the unit is a part. This should not be used to provide an exhaustive history of the unit, which is more appropriate in the article itself, for units existing over a long period. For complicated cases, using the auxiliary command structure box may be appropriate.
• garrison – optional – location of the unit's home base; this is generally applicable only to units in existence.
• garrison_label – optional – the label to use for the garrison field (above).
• nickname – optional – any commonly-used nicknames for the unit.
• patron – optional – the patron the unit was named after; this is only applicable in armed forces where units are named after individuals.
• motto – optional – the official unit motto (with translation, if necessary).
• colors – optional – the unit colors; this may refer to either the actual colors used on the uniform, or to the colours of the unit.
• colors_label – optional – the label to use for the colors field (above).
• march – optional – the tune(s) commonly or officially played when the unit ceremonially marches; there may be several.
• mascot – optional – any official or unofficial animal or character maintained by the unit.
• equipment – optional – for units strongly associated with specific equipment or vehicles, such as tanks, artillery, or aircraft, a brief list of the notable types used by the unit; if the number of entries is large, it is recommended that this field not be used, and that the full list be given in the article text instead.
• equipment_label – optional – the label to use for the equipment field (above).
• battles – optional – any notable battles or wars in which the unit participated. The decision of what constitutes a notable battle is left to the editors of the specific article.
• anniversaries – optional – any anniversaries that a unit celebrates.
• decorations – optional – any decorations (such as the Presidential Unit Citation) that the unit as a whole has received.
• battle_honours – optional – for units in countries that award some type of formal battle honours, the battle honours that the unit has received; while this may have some overlap with the battles field above, the two are not necessarily equivalent.

Commander parameters:

The infobox allows for up to three current commanders to be specified; the exact roles or titles of these individuals should be specified via the corresponding label parameters.

• commander1 – optional – a current commander of the unit; this can be the acting commander, the ceremonial commander, the chief of staff, or any other leader.
• commander1_label – optional – the label to use for the field above; for historical reasons, this defaults to "Current commander" if left blank.
• commander2 – optional – a second current commander of the unit; this can be the acting commander, the ceremonial commander, the chief of staff, or any other leader.
• commander2_label – optional – the label to use for the field above; for historical reasons, this defaults to "Ceremonial chief" if left blank.
• commander3 – optional – a third current commander of the unit; this can be the acting commander, the ceremonial commander, the chief of staff, or any other leader.
• commander3_label – optional – the label to use for the field above; for historical reasons, this defaults to "Colonel of the Regiment" if left blank.
• notable_commanders – optional – any notable former commanders of the unit; judgement of notability is left to individual article editors.

Insignia parameters:

• identification_symbol – optional – the unit's identification symbol (such as a patch, tartan, or tactical identification flash).
• identification_symbol_label – optional – the label to use for the identification symbol field (above).
• identification_symbol_2 – optional – another identification symbol.
• identification_symbol_2_label – optional – the label to use for the second identification symbol field (above).

Aircraft parameters:

• aircraft_attack – optional – for aviation units, the attack aircraft flown by the unit.
• aircraft_bomber – optional – for aviation units, the bomber aircraft flown by the unit.
• aircraft_electronic – optional – for aviation units, the electronic warfare aircraft flown by the unit.
• aircraft_fighter – optional – for aviation units, the fighter aircraft flown by the unit.
• aircraft_interceptor – optional – for aviation units, the interceptor aircraft flown by the unit.
• aircraft_patrol – optional – for aviation units, the patrol aircraft flown by the unit.
• aircraft_recon – optional – for aviation units, the reconnaissance aircraft flown by the unit.
• aircraft_trainer – optional – for aviation units, the trainer aircraft flown by the unit.
• aircraft_transport – optional – for aviation units, the transport aircraft flown by the unit.

Note that the various xyz_label fields above are intended for overriding the default labels on these fields as needed for particular countries or services; in most cases, however, the default value is sufficient, and the fields need not be included.

[edit] Command structure box

A command structure box may be used to summarize information about an individual military unit's parent and subordinate units; it should generally be used in conjunction with {{Infobox Military Unit}}. If needed, multiple boxes may be used to show the unit's command structure during different periods.

The box should be added using the {{command structure}} template, as shown below:

{{command structure
|name= 
|date=
|parent=
|subordinate=
}}

• name – the name of the unit or formation.
• date – optional – the dates during which the given structure was in place.
• parent – optional – the unit's parent unit.
• name – optional – the unit's subordinate units.

[edit] Service record box

A service record box may be used to summarize information about an individual military unit's or ship's service history; it should generally be used in conjunction with the appropriate primary infobox. If needed, multiple boxes may be used to separate the service record for different periods; for example, a unit that fought in several wars may have separate boxes for each.

The box should be added using the {{service record}} template, as shown below:

{{service record
|label= 
|partof=
|codes=
|commanders=
|operations=
|victories=
|awards=
}}

• label – optional – the label to use for the box; this defaults to "Service record" if left blank.
• partof – optional – the unit or formation of which the subject unit or ship was a part; multiple units may be listed with the corresponding dates.
• codes – optional – the identification codes carried by the unit or ship; these should generally be labeled according to what the code indicates.
• commanders – optional – the notable commanding officers for the period covered.
• operations – optional – the operations (such as battles, wars, campaigns, patrols, cruises, etc.) in which the subject unit or ship participated; these may be given as a list, or described in a more condensed form.
• victories – optional – the victories or successes in the subject's service history. For units, this may be battles won; for submarines or merchant raiders, the ships and tonnage sunk; and so forth.
• awards – optional – the awards, decorations, or other honors received by the subject unit or ship.

[edit] Weapon infobox

M1 Garand
"The rifle that won the war"
Type	Service rifle
Place of origin	United States of America
Service history
In service	1936–1957
Wars	World War II, Korean War
Production history
Designer	John C. Garand
Designed	1924
Number built	5.4 million approx.
Variants	M1C/D sniper rifle
Specifications
Weight	4.3 kg (9 lb 10 oz)
Length	1,100 mm (43.6 in)
Barrel length	610 mm (24 in)
Cartridge	.30-06 Springfield (7.62 × 63 mm), .276 Pedersen, 7.62 × 51 mm NATO (U.S. Navy)
Action	Gas-operated, rotating bolt
Rate of fire	Semi-automatic
Muzzle velocity	865 m/s (2,837 ft/s)
Effective range	550 m (601 yd)
Maximum range	2,743 m (3,000 yd)
Feed system	8-round "en bloc" clip (.30-06), 10-round "en bloc" clip (.276)
Sights	Aperture rear sight, barleycorn-type front sight

A weapon infobox may be used to summarize information about a particular weapon or weapon system (such as a firearm, a sword, a grenade, an artillery piece, a torpedo, or a tank); cartridges and artillery shells should use {{Infobox Firearm Cartridge}} instead. The infobox should be added using the {{Infobox Weapon}} template, as shown below:

{{Infobox Weapon
|name= 
|image= 
|caption= 
|origin= 
|type= 
<!-- Type selection -->
|is_ranged=
|is_bladed=
|is_explosive=
|is_artillery=
|is_vehicle=
|is_missile=
|is_UK=
<!-- Service history -->
|service= 
|used_by=
|wars= 
<!-- Production history -->
|designer= 
|design_date=
|manufacturer=
|production_date=
|number= 
|variants= 
<!-- General specifications -->
|weight= 
|length= 
|part_length= 
|width=
|height=
|diameter=
|crew=
<!-- Ranged weapon specifications --> 
|cartridge= 
|caliber=
|action= 
|rate= 
|velocity= 
|range= 
|max_range= 
|feed= 
|sights= 
<!-- Artillery specifications -->
|breech=
|recoil=
|carriage=
|elevation=
|traverse=
<!-- Bladed weapon specifications --> 
|blade_type=
|hilt_type=
|sheath_type=
|head_type=
|haft_type=
<!-- Explosive specifications --> 
|filling=
|filling_weight=
|detonation=
|yield=
<!-- Vehicle/missile specifications -->
|armour=
|primary_armament=
|secondary_armament=
|engine=
|engine_power=
|pw_ratio=
|suspension=
|vehicle_range=
|speed=
|guidance=
}}

General parameters:

• name – the formal name of the weapon.
• image – optional – an image of the weapon. The image must be given in the form [[Image:Example.jpg|300px]]; in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.
• caption – optional – the text to be placed below the image.
• origin – optional – the country or place where the weapon originated or was first manufactured.
• type – optional – the type of weapon (e.g. "service rifle", "dress sword", and so forth).

Type selection parameters (these parameters control whether—and how—particular specification fields will be displayed; multiple ones may be enabled where appropriate):

• is_ranged – "yes" if the weapon is a ranged weapon, such as a firearm or bow; must be left blank otherwise.
• is_bladed – "yes" if the weapon is a bladed, pointed, or blunt hand-held weapon, such as a sword, mace, or polearm; must be left blank otherwise.
• is_explosive – "yes" if the weapon is an explosive device, such as a grenade or bomb; must be left blank otherwise.
• is_artillery – "yes" if the weapon is a type of artillery, such as a cannon or mortar; must be left blank otherwise.
• is_vehicle – "yes" if the weapon is a self-propelled vehicle, such as a tank; must be left blank otherwise.
• is_missile – "yes" if the weapon is a self-propelled missile or torpedo; must be left blank otherwise.
• is_UK – "yes" if the field labels should use British/Commonwealth English; must be left blank otherwise.

Service history parameters:

• service – optional – the period (usually given in years) when the weapon was in service.
• used_by – optional – the countries, armed forces, or other groups using the weapon; this may be omitted for weapons employed only in their country of origin.
• wars – optional – any wars during which the weapon saw service.

Production history parameters:

• designer – optional – the person or group responsible for designing the weapon.
• design_date – optional – the date (usually given as a year) when the weapon was designed.
• manufacturer – optional – the manufacturer of the weapon.
• production_date – optional – the period (usually given in years) when the weapon was produced.
• number – optional – the number of weapons of this type that were manufactured.
• variants – optional – any variant models of the weapon.

General specification parameters:

• weight – optional – the weight of the weapon. For firearms, separate loaded and unloaded weights may be indicated.
• length – optional – the total length of the weapon.
• part_length – optional – a secondary length measurement. For firearms, this should be the barrel length; for bladed weapons, the length of the blade or head.
• width – optional – the total width of the weapon, where applicable; this is intended for use with larger weapons, such as artillery or vehicles.
• height – optional – the total height of the weapon, where applicable; this is intended for use with larger weapons, such as artillery or vehicles.
• diameter – optional – the diameter of the weapon, where applicable; this is intended for use with explosives and missiles.
• crew – optional – for crewed weapons, the number of people required.

Ranged weapon specification parameters (most only available if is_ranged is set to "yes"; some are also activated when is_explosive or is_artillery is set to "yes"):

• cartridge – optional – for firearms or artillery, the type(s) of cartridge or shell used.
• caliber – optional – for firearms or artillery, the caliber of the barrel; this may be omitted if it is indicated by the cartridge type.
• action – optional – for firearms, the type of action (e.g. "flintlock").
• rate – optional – the rate of fire.
• velocity – optional – for firearms or artillery, the muzzle velocity of the fired projectile.
• range – optional – the effective range of the weapon.
• max_range – optional – the maximum range of the weapon.
• feed – optional – for firearms, the feed system or magazine used.
• sights – optional – for firearms or artillery, the type of sights used.

Artillery specification parameters (only available if is_artillery is set to "yes"):

• breech – optional – for artillery, the type of breech mechanism.
• recoil – optional – for artillery, the recoil system used.
• carriage – optional – for artillery, the type of carriage used.
• elevation – optional – for artillery, the vertical range of possible firing angles.
• traverse – optional – for artillery, the horizontal range of possible firing angles.

Bladed weapon specification parameters (only available if is_bladed is set to "yes"):

• blade_type – optional – for bladed weapons (e.g. swords), a description of the blade.
• hilt_type – optional – for bladed weapons (e.g. swords), a description of the hilt.
• sheath_type – optional – for bladed weapons (e.g. swords), a description of the scabbard or sheath, if any.
• head_type – optional – for blunt or striking weapons (e.g. axes, polearms, or maces), a description of the head.
• haft_type – optional – for blunt or striking weapons (e.g. axes, polearms, or maces), a description of the haft.

Explosive weapon specification parameters (only available if is_explosive or is_missile is set to "yes"):

• filling – optional – the explosive filling material.
• filling_weight – optional – the weight of the explosive material or warhead.
• detonation – optional – the detonation trigger type (e.g. "timer", "pressure", "motion sensor").
• yield – optional – for larger explosives, the yield (in tons of TNT) of the device.

Vehicle/missile specification parameters (most only available if is_vehicle is set to "yes"; some are also activated if is_missile is set to "yes"):

• armour – optional – the armour plating of the vehicle; different armour thickness at different points may be indicated if needed.
• primary_armament – optional – the primary armament mounted on the vehicle, if any.
• secondary_armament – optional – the secondary armament mounted on the vehicle, if any.
• engine – optional – the type of engine used by the vehicle or missile.
• engine_power – optional – the power output of the engine, usually in hp or kW.
• pw_ratio – optional – the power-to-weight ratio, usually in hp/tonne.
• suspension – optional – the suspension of the vehicle.
• vehicle_range – optional – the operational range of the vehicle or missile.
• speed – optional – the maximum speed of the vehicle or missile; this is usually the road speed, but other values may be indicated if appropriate.
• guidance – optional – the guidance system used by the missile (or the vehicle, if unmanned).

[edit] Military structure infobox

Maginot Line
Eastern France
The entrance to Ouvrage Schoenenbourg along the Maginot Line in Alsace.
Type	Defensive line
Built	1930–35
Construction materials	Concrete, steel
In use	1935–69
Controlled by	France
Battles/wars	Battle of France

A military structure infobox may be used to summarize information about a military structure or facility, such as a fortification or military base.

The infobox should be added using the {{Infobox Military Structure}} template, as shown below:

{{Infobox Military Structure
|name=
|partof=
|location=
|coordinates=
|image=
|caption=
|type=
|code=
|built=
|builder=
|materials=
|height=
|used=
|demolished=
|condition=
|ownership=
|controlledby=
|garrison=
|commanders=
|occupants=
|battles=
|events=
}}

• name – the name of the structure or facility.
• partof – optional – the larger structure or complex the given structure is part of, if any. For proper grammar, it may be necessary to insert "the" before the name used here.
• location – the geographical location of the structure.
• coordinates – optional – the location of the structure, given as a coordinate pair by using {{coor dms|dd|mm|ss|N|dd|mm|ss|E|}}.
• image – optional – an image of the structure. The image must be given in the form [[Image:Example.jpg|300px]]; in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.
• caption – optional – the text to be placed below the image.
• type – optional – the general type of structure ("Castle", "Fortress", "Bunker", "Military base", "Wall", "Defensive line", etc.).
• code – optional – the location or facility code, such as the ILC or ILK code.
• built – the date when the structure was built (usually given in years).
• builder – optional – the person or group responsible for building the structure.
• materials – optional – the materials used to construct the structure.
• height – optional – where relevant (e.g. for towers), the height of the structure.
• used – the period during which the structure was in active military use, usually given in years.
• demolished – optional – the date when the structure was demolished, if applicable.
• condition – optional – the current condition of the structure.
• ownership – optional – the current owner of the structure, if relevant.
• controlledby – optional – the country or other power controlling the structure. Multiple powers may be indicated together with the corresponding dates.
• garrison – optional – the military forces garrisoning the structure. Specific units may be indicated if known; general numbers should be given otherwise.
• commanders – optional – any notable individuals that commanded the forces using this structure; the choice of which commanders qualify as notable is left to the editors of a particular article.
• occupants – optional – any notable occupants of the structure other than its commanders; as above, the choice of which occupants qualify as notable is left to the editors of a particular article.
• battles – optional – any notable battles (usually sieges) that took place in or are closely associated with the structure; as above, the choice of which battles qualify as notable is left to the article editors.
• events – optional – any notable non-battle events that took place in or are closely associated with the structure. As above, the choice of which events are notable is left to the article editors.

[edit] Military test site infobox

Nevada Test Site
November 1951 nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. Test is shot "Dog" from Operation Buster, with a yield of 21 kilotons. It was the first U.S. nuclear field exercise conducted on land; troops shown are a mere 6 miles from the blast.
Type	Nuclear testing range
Location	37°07′N 116°03′W near Las Vegas in the United States
Area	~1,350 mi² (~3,500 km²)
Operator	United States Department of Energy
Status	Active
In use	1951–present
Testing
Nuclear tests	925+
The location of the site.

A military test site infobox may be used to summarize information about a single military test site, such as a weapons range or nuclear test site. The infobox should be added using the {{Infobox Military Test Site}} template, as shown below:

{{Infobox Military Test Site
|name=
|image=
|caption=
|map=
|map_caption=
|type=
|coordinates=
|nearest_town=
|country=
|area=
|operator=
|status=
|dates=
|remediation=
|subcritical_tests=
|nuclear_tests=
|thermonuclear_tests=
|other_tests=
}}

• name – the formal name of the site.
• image – optional – an image of the site. The image must be given in the form [[Image:Example.jpg|300px]]; in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.
• caption – optional – the text to be placed below the image.
• map – optional – a map showing the location the site. The map may be given as a raw image; alternately, {{superimpose}} can be used in this field to generate a compound map.
• map_caption – optional – the text to be placed below the map.
• type – the type of site.
• coordinates – the location of the site, given as a coordinate pair by using {{coor dms|dd|mm|ss|N|dd|mm|ss|E|}}.
• nearest_town – optional – in cases where the location is given as a coordinate pair, the town nearest to the memorial.
• country – optional – the country in which the site is located, if not obvious from the other location fields.
• area – optional – the total area of the site.
• operator – the country or other body responsible for operating the site.
• status – the current status of the site.
• dates – the period duing which the site was in use.
• remediation – optional – the remediation status of the site, if any.
• subcritical_tests – optional – for a nuclear test site, the number of subcritical tests conducted; if this is only a few tests, a full list may be given.
• nuclear_tests – optional – for a nuclear test site, the number of nuclear tests conducted; if this is only a few tests, a full list may be given.
• thermonuclear_tests – optional – for a nuclear test site, the number of thermonuclear tests conducted; if this is only a few tests, a full list may be given.
• other_tests – optional – any other tests conducted at the site. If this is only a few tests, a full list may be given; otherwise, an overall count or general description is preferred.

[edit] Military cemetery infobox

Railway Dugouts (Transport Farm)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Used for those deceased 1915–18
Established	1915
Location	50°50′05.5″N, 02°54′07.4″E near Zillebeke, West Flanders, Belgium
Designed by	Sir Edwin Lutyens
Total burials	2463, of which 430 are unnamed
Unknown burials	2
Burials by nation
Allied Powers: United Kingdom: 1659 Canada: 636 Australia: 154 New Zealand: 3 Undivided India: 4 British West Indies: 1 Central Powers: Germany: 3
Burials by war
World War I: 2463
Statistics source: www.wo1.be and Battlefields 14-18

A military cemetery infobox may be used to summarize information about a single military cemetery. The infobox should be added using the {{Infobox Military Cemetery}} template, as shown below:

{{Infobox Military Cemetery
|name=
|body=
|image=
|caption=
|use_dates=
|established=
|designer=
|coordinates=
|nearest_town=
|total=
|unknowns=
|by_country=
|by_war=
|source=
}}

• name – the formal name of the cemetery.
• body – the body responsible for administering the cemetery (e.g. the Commonwealth War Graves Commission).
• image – optional – an image of the cemetery. The image must be given in the form [[Image:Example.jpg|300px]]; in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.
• caption – optional – the text to be placed below the image.
• use_dates – the period during which the people interred at the cemetery died, given as a dash-separated pair of numbers (e.g. "1915–18"). This often corresponds to the dates of a particular conflict.
• established – the date when the cemetery was established or first used.
• designer – optional – the person or group that designed the layout of the cemetery.
• coordinates – the location of the cemetery, given as a coordinate pair by using {{coor dms|dd|mm|ss|N|dd|mm|ss|E|}}.
• nearest_town – optional – in cases where the location is given as a coordinate pair, the town nearest to the cemetery.
• total – the total number of people buried in the cemetery.
• unknowns – optional – the number of unknown individuals buried in the cemetery.
• by_nation – optional – a breakdown of burials by nation (or sub-national entity, where appropriate). This is usually formatted as a bulleted list.
• by_war – optional – a breakdown of burials by the war during which the people were killed. This is usually formatted as a bulleted list.
• source – optional – a source for the statistics in the infobox.

[edit] Military memorial infobox

Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing
Commonwealth of Nations
For missing soldiers of World War I
Unveiled	24 July 1927
Location	50°51′07.6″N, 02°53′30.1″E near Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
Designer	Sir Reginald Blomfield
To the armies of the British Empire who stood here from 1914 to 1918 and to those of their dead who have no known grave

A military memorial infobox may be used to summarize information about a single military memorial. The infobox should be added using the {{Infobox Military Memorial}} template, as shown below:

{{Infobox Military Memorial
|name=
|country=
|image=
|caption=
|commemorates=
|unveiled=
|coordinates=
|nearest_town=
|designer=
|inscription=
}}

• name – the formal name of the memorial.
• country – the country whose forces are being commemorated.
• image – optional – an image of the memorial. The image must be given in the form [[Image:Example.jpg|300px]]; in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.
• caption – optional – the text to be placed below the image.
• commemorates – the force, nationality, or type of dead being honored (e.g. "the British of all wars", "the missing of World War I", "the RAF dead of World War II").
• unveiled – the date when the memorial was officially unveiled or dedicated.
• designer – optional – the person or group that designed the memorial.
• coordinates – the location of the memorial, given as a coordinate pair by using {{coor dms|dd|mm|ss|N|dd|mm|ss|E|}}.
• nearest_town – optional – in cases where the location is given as a coordinate pair, the town nearest to the memorial.
• inscription – optional – the main inscription on the memorial, if any.

[edit] Military award infobox

Medal of Honor
Three different versions of the Medal of Honor are awarded: one each for the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
Awarded by the United States of America
Type	Single-grade neck order
Eligibility	Military personnel only
Awarded for	"Conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life, above and beyond the call of duty, in actual combat against an armed enemy force"
Status	Currently awarded
Statistics
First awarded	American Civil War
Last awarded	February 26, 2007
Total awarded	3,459
Posthumous awards	615
Distinct recipients	3,440
Precedence
Next (lower)	Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, Air Force Cross

A military award infobox may be used to summarize information about a military award, such as a medal, order, or other decoration. The infobox should be added using the {{Infobox Military Award}} template, as shown below:

{{Infobox Military Award
|name=
|image=
|caption=
|awarded_by=
|type=
|eligibility=
|for=
|campaign=
|status=
|description=
|clasps=
|established=
|first_award=
|last_award=
|total=
|posthumous=
|recipients=
|individual=
|higher=
|same=
|lower=
|related=
|image2=
|caption2=
}}

• name – the formal name of the award.
• image – optional – an image of the award. The image must be given in the form [[Image:Example.jpg|300px]]; in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected. In cases where the award is given as both a medal and a ribbon, both images may be included.
• caption – optional – the text to be placed below the image.
• awarded_by – the country (or more specific portion thereof) or other body bestowing the award. For proper grammar, it may be necessary to insert "the" before the name of the body in question.
• type – the type of award (e.g. "medal", "neck order", etc.); if the award is given in multiple grades, this should be indicated here.
• eligibility – optional – the eligibility requirements, if any, for the award; this is usually used to indicate whether the award is given to military personnel, to civilians, or to some other group.
• awarded_for – the reason for the award. If an official quote is available, it may be used here.
• campaign – optional – for awards pertaining solely to a single military campaign, the campaign for which it was awarded.
• status – optional – the current status of the award; in other words, whether the award is can currently be given. This need not be indicated in obvious cases, such as historical awards granted by bodies which no longer exist.
• description – optional – a physical description of the award (e.g. dimensions, weight, materials), where relevant.
• clasps – optional – any campaign clasps that are related to the award.
• established – optional – the date the award was formally established; "(retroactive)" can be added where appropriate.
• first_award – optional – the date of the earliest act for which the award was bestowed, or the actual date the award was first bestowed; both may be indicated where appropriate.
• last_award – optional – the date of the last act for which the award was bestowed, or the actual date the award was last bestowed; both may be indicated where appropriate.
• total – optional – the total number of awards bestowed.
• posthumous – optional – the number of awards bestowed posthumously.
• recipients – optional – the number of distinct recipients of the award.
• individual – optional – for unit awards, the individual award that is considered equivalent to it in the order of precedence.
• higher – optional – for awards granted by countries or other bodies that maintain an order of precedence for decorations, the next highest award, if any.
• same – optional – for awards granted by countries or other bodies that maintain an order of precedence for decorations, any awards with the same precedence as the one being discussed.
• lower – optional – for awards granted by countries or other bodies that maintain an order of precedence for decorations, the next lowest award, if any.
• related – optional – for related awards other than those within an order of precedence for decorations.
• image2 – optional – a secondary image (such as a streamer for unit awards). The image must be given in the form [[Image:Example.jpg|300px]]; in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.
• caption2 – optional – the text to be placed below the secondary image.

[edit] Categories

[edit] Overview

The category scheme originates in two root categories—Category:War and Category:Military—and can be thought of as two tree structures that intersect at several points. A guide to the top-level sub-categories of these two root categories is presented below; for brevity, a number of categories that are rarely used or lie outside the scope of this project have been omitted.

Category:War 

Root category for matters related to wars and warfare (military or otherwise).

Category:Aftermath of war

Category:Anti-war 

Root category for anti-war movements and resistance to war; see the Anti-war WikiProject for more details.

Category:Causes of war

Category:Depictions of war 

Root category for depictions of war in art and literature.

Category:Laws of war 

Root category for topics related to the laws of war.

Category:War crimes

Category:Military conflicts 

Root category for specific military conflicts, such as wars and battles; see the section on conflicts and operations below for more information.

Category:People associated with war 

Root category for people (both military and non-military) with some connection to warfare; see the section on people below for more information.

Category:Warfare by era 

Classifies warfare into broad chronological eras.

Category:Warfare by type 

Classifies warfare by type (primarily by geographic or technological factors).

Category:Military 

Root category for military matters (wartime or otherwise).

Category:Military by country 

Classifies militaries by the organizing country.

Category:Military history by country 

Classifies historical military topics by the countries involved.

Category:Military decorations

Category:Military diplomacy 

Root category for military-related aspects of diplomacy, such as alliances and treaties.

Category:Military education and training

Category:Military equipment 

Root category for military equipment, including weapons and vehicles.

Category:Military history 

Root category for various classification schemes for topics in military history, as well as general historiographic topics.

Category:Military history by country (see description under Category:Military by country above)

Category:Military historiography 

Root category for topics related to the study of military history, such as historians and their works.

Category:Warfare by era (see description under Category:War above)

Category:Military industry

Category:Military justice

Category:Military law

Category:Laws of war (see description under Category:War above)

Category:Military life

Category:Military locations 

Root category for military locations, including structures and facilities.

Category:Military operations 

Root category for all combat and non-combat military operations; see the section on conflicts and operations below for more information.

Category:Military organization 

Root category for military organization, including units and other groups; see the section on military organization below for more information.

Category:Military personnel 

Root category for military personnel; see the section on people below for more information.

Category:Military publications 

Root category for military publications.

Category:Military books

Category:Military magazines

Category:Military science

[edit] General principles

[edit] Naming

For naming conventions related to categories, see the section on naming conventions above.

[edit] Most specific categories

In general, articles and categories should be placed in the most specific applicable categories, and should not be placed directly in a "parent" category if they are already present in one of its sub-categories. In other words, if an article is placed in Category:Wars of the United States, there is no need to place it in Category:Military history of the United States as well.

Note, however, that this applies only to direct placement into a "parent" category; it is normal for a category to have multiple indirect paths up to some other category higher in the tree. For example, Category:Naval battles of the Hundred Years' War is both a sub-category of Category:Battles of the Hundred Years' War (which is a sub-category of Category:Battles of England) and a sub-category of Category:Naval battles of England (which is also a sub-category Category:Battles of England); thus, there are two distinct paths from Category:Naval battles of the Hundred Years' War up to Category:Battles of England. This is especially common when dealing with intersection categories.

[edit] Categorizing entire sub-categories

One important aspect of the "most specific" principle is that if every article in a category belongs to another category, it is sufficient to nest the categories directly, rather than double-categorizing each individual article. For example, Battle of Bosworth Field does not need to be added to Category:Battles of England directly because Category:Battles of the Wars of the Roses is already a sub-category of it. Similarly, the articles in Category:Military units and formations of the United States Marine Corps do not need to be added to Category:Military units and formations of the United States directly.

In some cases, entire category trees will nest as above. For example, all "by war" categories should be sub-categories of the applicable "by era" category, and that a redundant "by era" label should not be applied to articles where a "by war" one is given (e.g. Category:Military units and formations of the Crusades should be a sub-category of Category:Medieval military units and formations, so an article already in the first need not be added to the second).

Note that this strategy should be applied only when every article in one category belongs in the other. For example, it is inappropriate to make Category:Battles of the Napoleonic Wars a sub-category of Category:Battles of the United Kingdom, because there are many battles in the first category in which the United Kingdom was not a participant; thus, Battle of Waterloo must include both categories separately.

[edit] Intersection categories

In many cases, articles can be categorized through several parallel classification schemes, associating them with the related countries, wars, eras, and other topics. There are two general ways of applying multiple categories from these classification schemes to a particular article. The simplest, which can be sufficient for unusual combinations or small categories, is to apply each category separately. For example, a medieval French unit could be placed in both Category:Medieval military units and formations and Category:Military units and formations of France. However, this system is unwieldy as category sizes increase; thus, common combinations of multiple categories can be made explicit by creating an "intersection" sub-category for them; for example, Category:Medieval military units and formations of France.

The intersection category can potentially combine an arbitrary number of elements from the overall category structure, but categories that combine two or three are more common. For example, Category:Regiments of France in the Napoleonic Wars (military units by size, by country, and by war), Category:Airborne units and formations of the United States Army in World War II (military units by type, by branch, and by war), and Category:Naval battles of the American Civil War (battles by type and by war) are all potential intersection categories. It is recommended that intermediate "holder" categories (e.g. Category:Military units and formations of France by size or Category:Regiments by country) be liberally created in order to keep the overall category system navigable.

Note that the simpler system can still be used in conjunction with intersection categories to avoid the proliferation of extremely small and narrow sub-categories. For example, it may be better to place an article in both Category:Cavalry units and formations and Category:Medieval military units and formations of France than to create an additional Category:Medieval cavalry units and formations of France.

[edit] Description templates

A number of templates for creating standardized category descriptions have been created:

• {{Battle category by participant}} - for sub-categories of Category:Battles by country
• {{Battle category by conflict}} - for sub-categories of Category:Battles by war
• {{Naval battle category by conflict}} - for sub-categories of Category:Naval battles by war
• {{Naval battle category by participant}} - for sub-categories of Category:Naval battles by country
• {{Operations category by participant}} - for sub-categories of Category:Military operations by country
• {{War category by participant}} - for sub-categories of Category:Wars by country

[edit] Conflicts and operations

The category tree for all military conflicts and operations derives from the top-level Category:Military operations, as follows:

Category:Military operations

Category:Military operations by country 

Organizes both combat and non-combat operations by the country (or non-state entity) that planned or executed them.

Category:Military operations by war 

Organizes both combat and non-combat operations by the war during which they were planned or executed.

Category:Military conflicts 

Root category for all combat operations.

Category:Wars 

Root category for all wars; see the section on wars below.

Category:Battles 

Root category for all battles and combat operations; see the section on battles below.

Category:Non-combat military operations 

Root category for all non-combat operations.

Category:Canceled military operations 

Root category for both combat and non-combat operations that were planned but never executed.

A particular country will thus have a tree of categories containing every military action in which it participated. At its greatest extent, the tree will take a form similar to this:

• Category:Military of the United States (a sub-category of Category:Military by country)
  • Category:Military history of the United States (also a sub-category of Category:Military history by country)
    • Category:Military operations of the United States (also a sub-category of Category:Military operations by country)
      • Category:Wars of the United States (also a sub-category of Category:Wars by country)
        • Category:Battles of the United States (also a sub-category of Category:Battles by country)
      • Category:Non-combat military operations of the United States (also a sub-category of Category:Non-combat military operations by country)
      • Category:Canceled military operations of the United States (also a sub-category of Category:Canceled military operations by country)

Note that, particularly for countries whose military history does not include the modern era, many of these categories may be omitted. In particular, it is common for a "Wars of Foo" category to be a child of the corresponding "Military history of Foo" or "Military of Foo" category, without a separate "Military operations of Foo" category between them.

Similarly, a large war will have a tree of categories for every component military action; at its greatest extent, the tree will take the following form:

• Category:American Civil War (categorized as discussed in the section on wars)
  • Category:Military operations of the American Civil War (also a sub-category of Category:Military operations by war)
    • Category:Theaters of the American Civil War
    • Category:Campaigns of the American Civil War
    • Category:Battles of the American Civil War (also a sub-category of Category:Battles by war)

The full tree is unnecessary for the vast majority of wars; the most common configuration is to have a simple two-level scheme, like this:

• Category:Wars of the Roses
  • Category:Battles of the Wars of the Roses (also a sub-category of Category:Battles by war)

[edit] Wars

                 Wars
                  |                                      
      ,-----------+-------------.
      |                         |
 Wars by country            Wars by type        15th century   
      |                         |                   |
 Wars of England            Civil wars              |
      |                         |                   |
      `------------+------------'                   |
                   |                                |
                   `--------------+-----------------'
                                  |
                          Wars of the Roses
                                  |
                          Wars of the Roses

War articles are usually placed in three sets of categories:

• By date: a war article should always be placed in a category by century (e.g. Category:16th century) for longer wars or by year (e.g. Category:1878) for shorter ones.

• By participants: a war article should always be placed in one or more sub-categories of Category:Wars by country. These should correspond to the primary participants in the war. For example, a war between France and Austria should be placed in both Category:Wars of France and Category:Wars of Austria.

• By type: a war article may optionally be placed in one or more sub-categories of Category:Wars by type, such as Category:Civil wars or Category:Guerrilla wars.

Some larger wars have dedicated categories (e.g. Category:Hundred Years' War). In this case, it is sufficient to categorize the war category as above; the war article (Hundred Years' War, in this example) need only be placed in the associated war category.

[edit] Battles

                Battles
                   | 
                   +-----------------------------.
                   |                             |   
                   |                      Battles by era            
                   |                             |   
                   |                    Early Modern battles
   ,---------------+------------------.          |
   |               |                  |          |
Battles by type    |            Battles by war   |     Italian Wars
   |               |                  |          |          |
   |      Battles by country          `----------+----------'
   |               |                             |
   |       ,-------+-----------.        Battles of the Italian Wars
   |       |                   |                 |
   | Battles of Venice         |                 |   
   |       |                   |                 |
   |       |   Battles of the Holy Roman Empire  |
Sieges     |                   |                 |
   |       |                   |                 |
   |       `---------+---------'       1509      |
   |                 |                  |        |
   `-------+---------'                  |        |
           |                            |        |
           `-------------+--------------'        |
                         |                       |
                         `------------+----------'
                                      |
                                Siege of Padua

Articles about battles and combat operations are usually placed in four sets of categories:

• By date: a battle article should always be placed in a category by year (e.g. Category:1878) corresponding to the date on which the battle was fought. Longer battles spanning several years may be placed in multiple year categories, or in the corresponding decade or century categories in extreme cases.

• By era: battles can be placed in one of the sub-categories of Category:Battles by era to indicate which of the broad eras of military history they belong to. For example, battles involving the Roman Empire would be placed under Category:Ancient battles.
  • By war: as an extension of the "by era" categorization, a battle article may optionally be placed in a sub-category of Category:Battles by war. For instance, the Battle of Agincourt is placed in Category:Battles of the Hundred Years' War.

• By participants: a battle article should generally be placed in one or more sub-categories of Category:Battles by country. These should correspond to the primary participants in the battle. For example, a battle between France and Austria should be placed in both Category:Battles of France and Category:Battles of Austria. Note that these categories are often moved out onto a "by war" category; see the section on categorizing entire sub-categories, above, for more details.

• By type: a battle article may optionally be placed in one or more sub-categories of Category:Battles by type, such as Category:Sieges or Category:Naval battles.

Note that, for the purposes of categorization, no distinction is generally made between "battles" and "operations"; all combat operations should be placed in the appropriate categories for battles, regardless of whether "battle" appears in the title of the article.

[edit] Military organization

The category tree for all topics related to military organization derives from the top-level Category:Military organization, as follows:

Category:Military organization

Category:Defence ministries

Root category for military and defense ministries or departments within national governments.

Category:Military academies

Root category for military academies.

Category:Military branches

Organizes topics by the associated major modern branch (army, navy, air force, etc.).

Category:Military ranks

Root category for all topics related to military ranks.

Category:Military units and formations

Root category for all military units, formations, and groups; see the section on units and formations below.

Category:Orders of battle

Root category for all orders of battle for particular military conflicts.

Category:Types of forces

Organizes military forces by the "type" of force (usually by function, mobility, or structure).

[edit] Units and formations

Articles about military units and formations are typically placed into four sets of categories nested under Category:Military units and formations:

• By country: military units can be placed in a sub-category of Category:Military units and formations by country to indicate the state (or non-state entity, where appropriate) which they served. For example, units of the French military are placed in Category:Military units and formations of France or its sub-categories.
  • By branch: as an extension of the "by country" scheme, units of countries that had distinct branches or services in their militaries (e.g. an Army, a Navy, and an Air Force) can be placed in a sub-category of Category:Military units and formations by branch. For example, units that are part of the United States Navy are placed under Category:Military units and formations of the United States Navy, which is itself a sub-category of Category:Navy units and formations.

• By era: units can be placed in one or more sub-categories of Category:Military units and formations by era to indicate which of the broad eras of military history they belong to. For example, Roman legions would be placed under Category:Ancient military units and formations.
  • By war: as an extension of the "by era" scheme, units associated with particular wars can be placed in one or more sub-categories of Category:Military units and formations by war; for example, units that fought in World War II are placed under Category:Military units and formations of World War II. This type of categorization is intended only for very major conflicts; creating a category tree for every recorded war is obviously unproductive.

• By size: units can be placed in a sub-category of Category:Military units and formations by size, such as Category:Regiments or Category:Divisions, as appropriate.

• By type: units with special roles (such as airborne, artillery, or armored units) can be placed under the appropriate sub-category of Category:Military units and formations by type; for example, a cavalry unit would be placed under Category:Cavalry units and formations.

A particular article need not be categorized with all of the possible category types; for some topics, certain of the category options are inapplicable or inconvenient labels.

[edit] People

Category:People associated with war

Category:People by war

Classifies people by the war with which they are associated.

Category:Children in war

Category:Civilians in war

Category:Military personnel

Root category for soldiers and other military personnel.

Category:Women in war

[edit] Featured article advice

This section provides a brief list of major points that should be addressed before an article is listed as a featured article candidate; some of them are general recommendations, while others are related specifically to common objections candidate articles encounter.

Take advantage of the review process

Articles nominated for featured status should already be of a superlative quality, as attempts to fix major problems during the featured article nomination itself are usually chaotic and unsuccessful. Thus, the article should be reviewed for potential problems before a nomination is made. A full review process is outlined below; while these steps are not required, they are usually quite helpful:

1. Peer review: the peer review can offer exhaustive suggestions for improvement; it can be undertaken at any point, but is most useful once a majority of the article's content is present. This can run for anywhere from a few days to a few weeks.
2. A-Class review: the review for A-Class status is less flexible, and serves primarily to verify that the major criteria for featured article status are met; it runs for four days.
3. Featured article nomination: the final step is the formal nomination for featured article status; it can run anywhere from a week to a month.

Check your citations

Perhaps the most critical flaw in an article—and among the few that serve to guarantee a failed featured article candidacy—is a lack of proper citations. An article should have copious inline citations, preferably from high-quality scholarly sources such as published historical works. The project does not mandate a standard format for citations; while Chicago Manual of Style-type footnotes are popular, some articles use Harvard references instead.

Ensure the article has been copyedited

One of the most common objections that articles encounter is that the prose is too dense or poorly written. It is incumbent on editors to ensure that an article has been thoroughly copyedited before being nominated for featured status; while this can be done, to an extent, on one's own articles, asking someone unfamiliar with the text to review it is generally very helpful in catching less obvious stylistic problems.

Find suitable illustrations

While lavish illustration is not a requirement (but is nevertheless a good thing, where enough images are available), particular attention must be paid to cartography; in articles about battles or wars, the lack of a suitable map can result in numerous objections to a featured article candidacy. Many maps are available from public-domain sources; requests for others may be made here.

Watch the length

While editors are encouraged to expand articles, there comes a time when the overall length of an article becomes a potential problem for readers; if you find that an article is becoming too long, consider splitting it up or moving some of the information to other articles. More advice on recommended bounds for article size can be found here; note, however, that the numbers given are usually applied only to the prose of the article, and do not include additional material (such as footnotes or reference lists).

[edit] Showcase

The following is a list of articles within the scope of the project that have been noted for their outstanding quality. Project members are encouraged to peruse these at their leisure, as they serve as excellent examples of different writing and organizational styles that one may wish to emulate.

Please note that the project does not necessarily claim any authorship or credit for creating these. While many were written by members—sometimes with extensive input from the project as a whole—others were created by uninvolved editors, or predate the existence of the project itself, and are listed here merely because they fall within our scope.

[edit] Featured articles

Featured articles are considered to be Wikipedia's very best work; they must pass through a review process as featured article candidates before being selected.

[edit] A-Class articles

A-Class articles, while not as rigorously reviewed as featured articles, are nevertheless considered to provide a well-written, reasonably clear, and complete treatment of the topic; they pass through a review process within the project before being selected.

[edit] Project organization

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[edit] Members

The full list of project members is located on a separate subpage; please feel free to add your name to it if you would like to join the project!

[edit] Departments

Assessment

The assessment department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's military history articles. The resulting article ratings are used within the project to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work, and are also expected to play a role in the WP:1.0 program. The assessment is done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{uk-crime}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in a set of categories that serves as the basis for an automatically generated worklist.

Notably, the department hosts the project's A-Class review process, which is a more formal review of an article's quality intended to serve as a preliminary to a featured article candidacy.

Automation

The automation department uses various automated and semi-automated methods to perform batch tasks that would be extremely tedious to do manually; it collects requests for tasks, discusses whether they are suitable for automation, and attempts to match them with bot operators or users of semi-automated tools for implementation. All project members are invited to propose new tasks and to comment on the suitability of outstanding requests.

Cartography

The cartography department aims to create a collection of high-quality maps for use in military history articles; this involves primarily annotated maps and diagrams of particular battles and wars, but can also include diagrams of fortifications, maps of historical borders, and other related media.

The department gathers existing public doman and free-license maps as well as creating new ones from other materials where no suitable maps can be found. All project members are welcome to request additional maps that may be needed for particular articles from the department.

Collaboration

The project's Collaboration of the Fortnight seeks to identify particular articles that would benefit from a significant collaborative effort. Every fortnight, a single article is selected as the focus, and the project attempts to improve it, potentially to featured article standards. All articles dealing with some aspect of military history (except for current featured articles and featured article candidates) are eligible, and everyone is invited to nominate candidates. The current collaboration article is Wikipedia:WikiProject British crime/Collaboration/Current.

Outreach

The outreach department acts as the project's central point of coordination for recruiting new members and maintaining the interest of current participants. Its primary activity is the production of monthly project newsletters; a number of additional programs are either underway or being planned, however.

Peer review

The peer review department conducts peer reviews of articles on request; this helps to obtain ideas for further improvement by having contributors who may not have previously worked on particular articles examine them. Project members are invited to submit articles to the department in lieu of using the generic peer review process.

There is a general intent to expand the review process to allow for review by credentialled subject experts; however, the preparations for this are not yet complete.

Translation

The translation department serves to enhance Wikipedia's crime-related content by translating material from non-English articles and sources for use within the project. To coordinate this, it includes a staff of volunteer translators for various languages.

The department typically works on translating featured articles from other-language Wikipedias; project members may request assistance with other material on the department page, or directly from one of the listed translators.

[edit] Task forces

Please discuss any proposals for new task forces with the project coordinators or with the project as a whole before creating them.

Task forces are informal groups of editors gathered for collaborative work on a particular topic within the field of military history; all project members are encouraged to participate in any that interest them.

General topics

• Organized crime

Nations and regions

• Australian crime

Periods and specific conflicts

[edit] Liaison groups

Liaison groups are task forces or similar groups that have been set up to serve as points of contact between this project and another WikiProject whose scope intersects significantly with ours. Note that many of the task forces serve as de facto liaison groups with another project; to avoid redundancy, only external groups are listed below.

• Biography

[edit] Portals

There are a number of portals associated with this project:

[edit] Project award

[edit] Auxiliary templates

For user banners and userboxes, please refer to the full list maintained by the outreach department.

• {{WPBRITCRIME Announcements}} - the announcement and open task list
• {{WPBRITCRIME Navigation}} - the main navigation box
• {{WPBRITCRIME Archive}} - for inactive and archived pages
• {{WPBRITCRIME Current collaboration}} - the current collaboration announcement banner
• {{WPBRITCRIME Collaboration}} - for the current collaboration article

[edit] Resources

More extensive resource lists for particular topics are maintained by the corresponding task forces.

[edit] Images and media

Requests for particular images can be made here.

Wikimedia Commons

The category structure used by Wikimedia Commons parallels the one used here to a certain extent. Some of the categories most relevant to this project are listed below:

• Category:War
  • Category:Battles
  • Category:Wars
• Category:Military
  • Category:Military insignia
  • Category:Military maps
  • Category:Military people

Note, however, that much of the Commons categorization scheme is in an embryonic stage; and that the need for category names to be comprehensible to non-English-speaking users has resulted in some naming conventions that may diverge quite widely from the ones with which Wikipedia editors are familiar.

[edit] Maps

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Military maps

Requests for particular maps can be made here.

[edit] Terminology

[edit] Translation

Requests for translation assistance can be made here.

• BabelFish