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Biography
articles
Importance
Top None Total
Quality
Featured article FA 21 480 501
A 2 19 21
Good article GA 24 970 994
B 151 14437 14588
Start 2 110997 110999
Stub 337848 337848
List 111 111
Assessed 200 464862 465062
Unassessed 55108 55108
Total 200 519970 520170
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Welcome to the Military biography work group/task force of the Biography WikiProject and the Military history WikiProject! The military history coordinators for this task force are Woody (talk) and Roger Davies (talk).

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[edit] Scope

This group covers all biographies of military personnel. (Note that merely having served in a military—particularly in a nation with universal military service—may not necessarily make someone a military person; see the Military history WikiProject's description of scope for more details.)

[edit] Participants

Please remember to also add your name to the main list of project members for Military history and Biography if you are not yet listed there.

  1. BaseballBaby (talk · contribs)
  2. Buckboard1 (talk · contribs) (US Air Force figures)
  3. BusterD (talk · contribs)
  4. Bzuk (talk · contribs) (Canadian aviation history, other aviation history-related topics)
  5. Captain panda (talk · contribs)
  6. Chinese3126 (talk · contribs) (Assessing Military History articles)
  7. Cla68 (talk · contribs)
  8. Climie.ca (talk · contribs) (I'm more into military history altogether, wherever the projects cross over, I'll help)
  9. Codeman177 (talk · contribs) ( Easy Company/ Band of Brothers)
  10. Doug (talk · contribs) (American Revolution)
  11. Ejosse1 (talk · contribs) (US Army between ACW & WWI)
  12. Gaia Octavia Agrippa (talk · contribs) (British military figures)
  13. Greenshed (talk · contribs) (Particularly Royal Air Force biographies)
  14. FrankDynan (talk · contribs)
  15. Hossen27 (talk · contribs)
  16. Jon Holly (talk · contribs)
  17. Kernel Saunters (talk · contribs)
  18. Kumioko (talk · contribs)
  19. Kyriakos (talk · contribs)
  20. Laserbeamcrossfire (talk · contribs)
  21. Leithp (talk · contribs)
  22. Leobold1 (talk · contribs) (Mainly American Revolution, American Civil War, and World War II)
  23. MarcoLittel (talk · contribs)
  24. Mattwashdc (talk · contribs) (American military, LGBT service members)
  25. MrPrada (talk · contribs) (American Civil War)
  26. Panthdaman (talk · contribs) (WW1, particularly aces)
  27. Phoenix 15 (talk · contribs)
  28. Pjlambert (talk · contribs) (WWI, Mesopotamian Campaign, British campaigns in Africa, Near East)
  29. plange (talk · contribs)
  30. Psdubow (talk · contribs) (American Civil War, American Revolution, Seminole War, WWI, WWII, etc.)
  31. Removebeforeflight (talk · contribs) (Mainly the Royal Air Force and Royal Flying Corps specialisms)
  32. RJASE1 (talk · contribs)
  33. Robth (talk · contribs)
  34. Roger Davies (talk · contribs) (First World War, Spanish Civil War,)
  35. Rosiestep (talk · contribs)
  36. Sa.vakilian (talk · contribs)
  37. Scoo (talk · contribs)
  38. Scoop100 (talk · contribs) (WW1, particularly Aces)
  39. Scott Mingus (talk · contribs) (American Civil War, Texas Revolution, AWI)
  40. Tristan benedict (talk · contribs)
  41. Woodym555 (talk · contribs) (Royal Navy articles)
  42. Yannismarou (talk · contribs)

[edit] Tagging and assessment

Military biography task force assessment statistics
Biography (military)
articles
Importance
Top High Mid Low None Total
Quality
Featured article FA 4 8 2 36 50
A 1 3 4
Good article GA 3 5 10 7 34 59
B 11 43 81 86 545 766
Start 2 26 295 1169 5571 7063
Stub 2 5 84 614 6315 7020
Assessed 18 83 479 1878 12504 14962
Unassessed 2 2
Total 18 83 479 1878 12506 14964
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Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding parameters to the project banners at the top of its talk page:

This will automatically place it into Category:Military biography work group articles.

[edit] Guidelines

[edit] Notability test

Wondering if the subject warrants an article? See Military history WikiProject's notability guidelines.

[edit] Article structure

[edit] Templates

[edit] Infoboxes

[edit] Military person infobox

Clifford Carwood Lipton
30 January 192016 December 2001
Nickname Lip
Place of birth Huntington, West Virginia
Allegiance United States
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=
|image=
|caption=
|born=
|died=
|placeofbirth=
|placeofdeath=
|nickname=
|allegiance=
|branch=
|serviceyears=
|rank=
|unit=
|commands=
|battles=
|awards=
|relations=
|laterwork=
}}
  • name – the full name of the person.
  • imageoptional – 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.
  • captionoptional – the text to be placed below the image.
  • bornoptional – the date of birth, if known. For unusual cases, such as where only dates of activities are known, the lived parameter may be used instead.
  • diedoptional – the date of death, if applicable and known.
  • placeofbirthoptional – the person's birthplace.
  • placeofdeathoptional – the place where the person died.
  • nicknameoptional – nickname(s) by which the person was known.
  • allegianceoptional – 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).
  • branchoptional – 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.
  • serviceyearsoptional – the years during which the person served.
  • rankoptional – 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.
  • unitoptional – 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).
  • commandsoptional – for persons who are notable as commanding officers, the units they commanded. Dates should be given if multiple notable commands were held.
  • battlesoptional – any notable battles or wars in which the person participated. This should be omitted if a campaignbox is used in conjunction with this template.
  • awardsoptional – any notable awards or decorations the person received.
  • relationsoptional – any notable relations. Only reasonably close ones should be indicated; an exhaustive listing of an extensive family tree should be avoided here.
  • laterworkoptional – profession or positions held by the person other than military service (displays with the label "Other work").

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Attention needed 
...to referencing and citation (1,677) • ...to coverage and accuracy (722) • ...to structure (543) • ...to grammar (162) • ...to supporting materials (601)
Cleanup needed 
Brigadier General Agnew
Requested articles 
Eduard Ausfold • Ritz Wiedemann • Fidel Davila Arronda • Manuel Goded Llopiv • Paddy O'Dairy • Alexander von Scheel • David James (soldier) • George T. Rhean • Gilliam Wilton-Clarke • Jacob Deers • Kirachi Terauchi • Silvio Ross • William Congrave • Bruno Meyer • Jaho Jermann • J. S. C. Olivier • Nicholas Scott (Admiral) • James A. Marks (Major General) • Abraham Guillen
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