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The logistics department is a clearing house, where editor skills and resources can be matched to article needs. The aim is to make the path to featured article status easier by listing the specialist resources editors may need to call on to improve their articles.

The department provides assistance in several areas:

  • Administrators (for help with sysop requests or general advice)
  • Copy-editing (including Manual of Style compliance and comprehensive stylistic editing for featured article candidates)
  • Graphics (including maps, diagrams, and charts)
  • Linguistics (including simple translation and help with sourcing in a wide variety of languages)
  • Photography (including clean-up and retouching, help with fair use rationales, and new images)
  • Sources (including verification of journal articles)

Contents

[edit] Administrators

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WP:MHL#ADMIN

The project has a number of members who are administrators. Those listed below are happy to carry out any admin-specific tasks that are requested. If informal dispute resolution is needed then the project coordinators are also available. If an admin (or coordinator) has been particularly helpful, consider awarding {{subst:The da Vinci Barnstar|message ~~~~}}

[edit] Copy-editing

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WP:MHL#COPYEDIT
Requests can also be addressed to The League of Copyeditors
For a DIY approach, see How to copy-edit

All articles can be improved by copy-editing in one form or another. An uninvolved editor looking at text with fresh eyes will see things that need fixing which the familiar editor won’t. Different articles benefit from different levels of copy-editing. Before requesting a copy-edit, decide which of the following levels is most appropriate.

  1. Copy-edit lite: basic proof-reading, spellchecking, punctuation.
  2. English variant conversion: for example, from American English to Commonwealth English, or vice versa.
  3. Naturalising: copy-edit for editors whose English is fluent but not perfect.
  4. FAC prose copy-edit: flow, structure, elegance.
  5. FAC technical copy-edit: MoS-compliance for dashes, hard spaces, numbers, measurement conversion.

As a thank you for good copy-editing input, nominators could consider awarding the Copy-editor's barnstar. {{subst:The Copyeditor's Barnstar|message ~~~~}}

Instructions:

  • To sign up as a copy-editor, just add your name to the copy-editors list below and add the request page to your watchlist. Please provide an indication of the level of copy-editing you provide.
  • To request a copy-edit, either contact one of the copy-editors direct on their talk page or list your request at the bottom of the Requests for copy-editing section below.

[edit] Copy-editors

The following editors will help with copy-edits.


[edit] Requests for copy-editing

  • Please list the article for copy-editing here (at the bottom), mentioning the type of copy edit sought. Please sign the request with ~~~~.
  • Copy-editors: when accepting an article for copy-editing, please add a comment #: Copy-editing ~~~~ under the article listing. When the copy-edit is complete, strike through the article name with <s> ... </s>.
  1. Michael the Brave (some copy-edit and verification needed from a native speaker of English) --Eurocopter (talk) 16:23, 3 March 2008
    Copy-editing Howard C. Berkowitz (talk) 14:42, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
  2. Cleomenean War (Level 4 ce before my nomination of this article for FAC.) Kyriakos (talk) 05:06, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
  3. If anyone could find anything on Le Paradis massacre or Fritz Knochlein that would be fantastic, and allow it to reach FA status. I also started a requests section, I hope no one minds. Mattyness (talk) 23:12, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
    I have copyedited the former. Maralia (talk) 15:27, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
  4. Pakistan Air Force Academy (I think it needs copy editing from Level 1-5) SMS Talk 19:58, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
  5. Armia Krajowa - in preparation for a FAC. See A-class review in progress, need for copy-editing was mentioned during a recent (passed) GA review. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 19:07, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
    Done Cheers! Cam (Chat) 23:48, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
  6. John McCain (number 10 of the top viewed articles) and Early life and military career of John McCain. I suggest to copyedit the military career that is based on well researched facts and afterwards summarize it in the biography article. The problem is that the tone of the article about the military career and the military part of the complete biography are on the border of what is encyclopedic language. Wandalstouring (talk) 13:48, 21 March 2008 (UTC) withdrawn Wandalstouring (talk) 07:57, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
  7. Battle of the Kalka River (1,4,5) Just finished a rewrite and I intend to nominate this article FAC in the future. Kyriakos (talk) 22:03, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
  8. HMS Cardiff (D108) (Level 4 Copyedit) please. Is a good article candidate but needs to "flow". Ryan4314 (talk) 18:54, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
    Done. Maralia (talk) 13:01, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
  9. Kenneth Dewar (Level 4 Copyedit). The FAC revealed problems with sentence flow which are quite beyond me to fix - I can read the article easily (having gone over it many many times now) but obviously that's no good to the average reader. Thanks in advance, --Harlsbottom (talk|library) 15:44, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
  10. Battle of Debrecen User talk:Mrg3105 I'd like to request a look-over, and in particular I can use help with fixing the tables at the end of the article--mrg3105 (comms) ♠♥♦♣ 04:02, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
  11. Montana class battleship - My ultimate goal here is FAC, and according to reliable sources the article needs a copy edit badly (mainly for things like MoS compliance). Any help would be appreciated. TomStar81 (Talk) 21:32, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
    This is now on FAC, and another editer has objected to the article on copyediting grounds, claiming that there are grammatical errors and comma abuses (among other things). If someone could check and fix, that would be great. TomStar81 (Talk) 22:59, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
    Done. — Bellhalla (talk) 13:11, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
  12. HMS Ark Royal (91). Currently at A class review. A need for a copyedit has been identified, some fresh eyes (as mine have become too accustomed to the subject) would be greatly appreciated! Benea (talk) 14:42, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
    Copy edit in progress...may take some time. -- saberwyn 09:05, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
  13. Deva Victrix (Level 4 Copyedit) preparation for a second FA candidacy. The subject is a Roman legionary fortress in Britain and its associated settlement. Thank for any help. Nev1 (talk) 16:00, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
  14. Battle of Verrières Ridge (Level 4 & 5 Copyedit). I'd prefer to have a copyedit done on this thing before I go for the A-Class nomination, since I have a feeling that will come up in the review, and my eyes have become too accustomed to the page. Cheers! Cam (Chat) 18:19, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
    I've done the MoS bits and worked on cites/refs. I'll do some general copy-editing as time permits but would be happier if other editors got involved. I can give it a final read-through before FAC to fix any last minute stuff. --ROGER DAVIES talk 09:15, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
  15. Brian Horrocks. (Level 4 & 5). The FAC has stalled on a criteria 1A oppose. I think a pair of fresh eyes is needed to get this over the finish line and would be much appreciated. Leithp 17:50, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
  16. Morotai Mutiny Level 4 and 5 please - the article is probably FA standard, but needs another pair of eyes to check for adherence to the MOS before it gets nominated. Nick Dowling (talk) 08:47, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Graphics

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WP:MHL#GRAPHICS
See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps, Wikipedia:Graphic Lab, and Wikipedia:WikiProject Illustration

Graphics add color and interest to most articles. Maps are often the single most useful addition to a military history article. They can show the deployment of forces and the lie of the land with a clarity and brevity unmatched by a description alone. Diagrams can often serve the same function. Coats-of-arms, and similar, can add color to an otherwise monochrome page. Here are some useful sources for maps:

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

Sometimes, no suitable graphic exists and one needs to be drawn. At other times, an existing map or diagram can be modified or tailored to suit the needs of a particular article.

The simplest solutions is to search available images in the net and link to them as long as we have no solution of sufficient quality or accuracy in commons. So, if an image is available online, but cannot be uploaded to Wikipedia, it may be appropriate to use {{externalimage}} to provide a direct link to the image and a (referenced) description of what the image depicts.

For a thank you for graphic help, consider awarding {{subst:The Graphic Designer's Barnstar|message ~~~~}}

Instructions:

  • To offer help, just add your name to the graphics editors list below. Please say whether you prefer to just modify existing material or can design material from scratch.
  • To request help, either contact one of the editors direct on their talk page or list your request in the requests for graphics section.

[edit] Graphics editors

  • The following editors can help with modifying or creating graphics. Freehand illustrators who work on paper and can scan their illustration for uploading to Commons are also welcome. Please say whether you can create maps.
  • Please add your name above this line.


[edit] Requests for graphics

  • Please explain what you are looking for, mentioning the article name, or the name of the graphic that you'd like modified, and sign the request with ~~~~.
  • Graphic editors: when accepting a request, please add a comment #: Accepted. ~~~~ under the listing. When the graphic is complete, strike through the request with <s> ... </s>.
  1. Image:IT-Airforce-OF-10-CoS.png — request that it be cleaned up to look like this one. ~ Cheers! Dreamy § 19:36, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
    By that I mean lines not so straggaly, and colours properly. ~ Cheers! Dreamy § 19:54, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
    Will this do? Image:IT-Airforce-OF-10 (CoS).PNG (By the way, this should really be in the #Requests for graphics section :) --ROGER DAVIES talk 16:42, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
  1. La_Grande_Armée#Portraits this is really a general request for someone with better skills then mine to clean up the images in the gallery and resize them so they all appear roughly similar in size. I suspect one or two images are too small, and if that is the case, please advize me and I will try to source a replacement image.--mrg3105 (comms) ♠♥♦♣ 06:52, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
  1. Does anyone know how to do graphical timelines? Need eight of them to start with. Cheers and thank you in advance for contacting me--mrg3105 (comms) ♠♥♦♣ 00:48, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
  1. the map used on Operation Totalize is in need of some reworking. Firstly, the colour scheme should probably be changed to match those of the maps used in Battle of Verrieres Ridge. Second, the legend needs to be changed to say "Allied attacks" rather than "British attacks". Notes on the image can be found here. Cheers! Cam (Chat) 23:41, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Linguistics

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WP:MHL#BABEL
Requests for translations can be addressed to Wikipedia:Translation

The aim is to provide foreign language support to editors researching articles. In addition to broadening the information available, it can help avoid reflecting the Anglosphere point of view that can sometimes come from reporting a subject exclusively from English-language sources. Examples include:

  1. Providing translations of short sections from non-English sources into English;
  2. Providing translations of photograph captions;
  3. Providing the gist of non-English articles for evaluation as a possible source;
  4. Helping with foreign language searches for non-English sources for later translation.

As a thank you for help with language problems, consider awarding {{subst:The Rosetta Barnstar|message ~~~~}}

Instructions:

  • To provide language support, just add your name to the linguists list below. Please provide a list of the languages you speak.
  • To request language support, either contact the linguist on their talk page or list your request at the bottom of the requests for language support section below.

[edit] Linguists

The following editors can provide non-English language support.

  • Amire80 (talk) (Fluent in English, Hebrew and Russian; You can also try me in Latin, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Catalan and Italian)
  • Blnguyen (talk) (mediocre Vietnamese -> English)
  • Boris_Barowski (talk) (Dutch->English, please leave a message at my talk page)
  • Buckshot06 (talk) (French)
  • Carom (talk) (Can translate from German and, to a lesser extent, from Spanish)
  • Dreamafter (talk) (French, a bit of German, and Latin {not that that one is used a lot :P})
  • Kyriakos (talk) (Greek)
  • LordAmeth (talk) (advanced, but not native or fluent Japanese & Spanish)
  • MoRsE (talk) (Can translate from Swedish, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Danish - to lesser extents also Russian, Spanish and French)
  • OhanaUnited (talk) (Chinese, please leave a message at my talk page)
  • PINTofCARLING (talk) (native German and advanced French)
  • Roger Davies (talk) (French)
  • Wandalstouring (talk) (German and French)
  • Trekphiler (talk) (very rudimentary German, French, Spanish, & Latin; I could maybe tell you if it's worth a closer look...)
  • Please add your name in alphabetical order above this line, listing the languages you can help with.


[edit] Requests for language support

  • Please list the request below, with a summary of languiawarticle for copy-editing here, mentioning the type of copy edit sought. Please sign the request with ~~~~.
  • Linguists: when accepting a request, please add a comment #: Dealing ... ~~~~ under the article listing. When the request is complete, strike through the article name with <s> ... </s>.
  1. USS Orizaba (ID-1536) One online source for this article is in Portuguese, and I'd like to make sure that information cited from that source was interpreted correctly. (I used a Google translation when working on the article.) — Bellhalla (talk) 22:12, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
  2. A request is sent to my talk page OhanaUnitedTalk page 19:58, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
    There is an unreferenced section in the article on the Vickers Vimy about use of some of the Vimy Commercials delivered as airliners to China as bombers in the Second Zhili-Fengtian War. After extensive Googleing, I have managed to find this link http://cwlam2000hk.sinaman.com/caf05.htm, which appears to say something about Chinese military use of the Vimy - could you have a look at the link and see if it backs up what the Vimy Article says about Chinese military use. Thanks Nigel Ish (talk) 18:46, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
    Y Done OhanaUnitedTalk page 01:01, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
  3. Conrad of Urach - Both sources for this article are apparently German, and I would like to know for certain that the info in our article is in fact present in these two articles. It won't be nessicary to do a thourough read threw, just a quick check of both source to confirm they both deal about the man and his life will do. Thanks. TomStar81 (Talk) 06:26, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
    The online source contains all information except that the crusade was the sixth. The second source exists and contains part of his biography in the title. Wandalstouring (talk) 10:23, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Photography

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WP:MHL#PHOTOS
The Graphic Lab can retouch photographs.

Good use of photography can immeasurably improve an article. Frequently, a good suitable image already exists on Wikimedia Commons and can be used as is. Sometimes, this is not the case. This section will help you if

  1. an existing Commons photograph needs cropping, cleaning up, or otherwise modifying;
  2. an existing suitable Commons photograph doesn't yet exist and it needs to be sourced, and uploaded, with an appropriate copyright notice or free use rationale;
  3. or existing suitable Commons photograph doesn't yet exist and needs taking specially.

As a thank you for help with photographic problems, consider awarding {{subst:The Photographer's Barnstar|message ~~~~}}

Instructions:

  • If you can help with photographic images, add your name to the list in the photography editors section. Please mention what skills you can provide ("retouching", "clean up", "sourcing images", "fair use rationale" etc).
  • To ask for assistance, either contact one of the editors direct on their talk page or list your request in the requests for for clean up and repair or requests for new photos sections below.

[edit] Photography editors

The following editors will help with photography. Please summarise the skills you can provide.

  • Bellhalla (talk) (I can help with photo cleanup and repair)
  • Maralia (talk) (photo repair and cleanup)
  • Please add your name above this line.


[edit] Requests for clean up and repair

This section is requesting help with modifying or cleaning up photographs that already exist on Commons.

  • Please explain what you are looking for, including the image filename, and sign the request with ~~~~.
  • Photographic editors: when accepting a request, please add a comment #: Accepted. ~~~~ under the listing. When the work is complete, strike through the request with <s> ... </s>.
  1. Image:Ussmissouriplaque.jpg — requesting that the photo be straightened up (its tilted at the moment), and if at all possible that the glare across the bronze and glass plaque be removed/reduced. Thanks. TomStar81 (Talk) 22:30, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
  2. {{Military-Insignia}} is deprecated. There are still about 70 images using it. They need to be migrated to more specific licenses and then Military-Insignia should be deleted to prevent reuse. MBisanz talk 03:09, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
  3. Image:Leaving Fort Bliss.JPG The image is tilted, and I would like to see the tilt removed. Thanks in advance
    commons:Image:Leaving Fort Bliss detilt1.jpg. Woody (talk) 00:53, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
  4. Image:BattleOfShanghaiBaby.gif - request the image be cleaned up if at all possible; among other things, the image has scratches that I would like to see fixed. It may also need to be reuploaded in a different format.
    Image:BattleOfShanghaiBaby retouched.jpg — Bellhalla (talk) 18:55, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
  5. Image:Paul H. Kreibohm original.jpg. Any chance of someone taking a stab at a better restoration than my poor-to-fair attempt, at Image:Paul H. Kreibohm retouched.jpg. Thanks. — Bellhalla (talk) 18:24, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Request help with copyright and fair use rationale

This section is requesting help with copyright issues and for dealing with difficulties in supplying fair use rationales. The image may already exist on Commons or be an image you are thinking of uploading.

  • Please summarise the problem, including the image filename if the image is already on Commons.
  • When accepting a request, please add a comment #: Accepted. ~~~~ under the listing. When the work is complete, strike through the request with <s> ... </s>.
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[edit] Requests for new photos

If you are looking for an out-of-copyright image (for example, "General Pétain at Verdun"), list it here. If you are looking for a highly specific image (for example, a photograph of the cannon on the ramparts at Essaouira, Morocco) try asking first on the talk page of the appropriate wikiproject (in this case, Morocco) before requesting it here. Sign the request with ~~~~.

  • Photographic editors: when accepting a request, please add a comment #: Accepted. ~~~~ under the listing. When the work is complete, strike through the request with <s> ... </s>.

#Image:IT-Airforce-OF-10.png — requesting that the topmost gold line, excluding the diamond shape, just the line there, it needs to have red placed on it and saved under the title Image:IT-Airforce-OF-10-CoS, added the "CoS" for "Chief of Staff". See [1] and [2] for examples of what I have requested. Also, if possible, could the gold bird, as seen here be placed on. ~ Cheers! Dreamy § 02:32, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Sources

The purpose here is to help provide high quality sources for articles. This sub-department is particularly useful for more specialist or obscure subjects. As a thank you for help with sources, consider awarding {{subst:The Citation Barnstar|message ~~~~}}

[edit] JSTOR

Shortcut:
WP:MHL#JSTOR
Further information: JSTOR

JSTOR is a database containing articles from academic journals on a vast range of subjects, which can be searched easily either using Google or the JSTOR search engine. For non-subscribers, the results contain a JSTOR summary page containing the reference details, together with (typically) the first page of the article. The following editors can help with JSTOR articles. You should contact them directly on their talk pages.

[edit] Other available editor resources

  • Askari Mark (talk) (Has online access to Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft (JAWA), Jane’s World Air Forces (JWAF), Jane’s Defence Weekly (JDW), and Scramble database. Also has access to most annual issues of IISS’ World Military Balance back through the mid-1980s, as well as several years of Air Force Magazine.)
  • Blnguyen (talk) (Access to "Journal of Southeast Asian Studies" and "Southeast Asia Research" for plundering military related articles)
  • Buckshot06 (talk) (current subscriber to Jane's Defence Weekly, also holds many issues of IISS Military Balance, including most recent few (like '08 edition), and Jane's Fighting Ships, 99-00 edition, plus many many articles and resources on post-Soviet military of last fifteen years)
  • Carom (talk) (Access to other electronic databases (including the History Cooperative) that allow access to recent issues of periodicals that may be unavailable in JSTOR due to the moving wall.)
  • Climie.ca (talk) (Legion Magazine subscriber, Contact me if you need assistance. All books listed in my Libary. I can find refs for just about anything for the First & Second World Wars)
  • Dreamafter (talk) (Access to the AAAS magazine if required.)
  • Harlsbottom (talk) (JSTOR as above. Project Muse as well. All the books listed in my Library - will eventually finish updating the thing)
  • MBK004 (talk) (as well as JSTOR, I have access to a few other online databases, and my maritime-warfare library (I'll finish populating the list eventually))
  • Nick Dowling (talk) (Has access to Jane's Fighting Ships and Jane's World Air Forces.)
  • SGGH (talk) (as well as JSTOR above I have access to the Times Newspaper online archives, and dozens and dozens of other sources which are too numerous to list here, all during term time only, try me.)
  • Wandalstouring (talk) (Projekt Dyabola, international archaeological database)
  • Mrg3105 (talk) (Research materials available from the RUSI NSW branch and Sydney Defence Library - please allow 2 weeks for processing research requests)


[edit] Requests for sources

  • Please add requests for sources here, mentioning the article name/s. When the material has been sourced, please strike through the request with <s> ... </s>.
  1. Up to date information about the units and formations of the Turkish Army (difficult, I know) Buckshot06 (talk) 04:10, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
  2. (Copied from M.E. Task Force:) Mattar's biography of the Great Mufti; In his biography of the Mufti, Philip Mattar writes (Page 149) : "The four cases of political violence in 1920, 1921, 1929, and 1933 were not revolts, (...) They were localized spontaneous riots that resulted in no sustained (...)" : I get this from google.books but cannot get more. Would someone have his book ? (maybe p.17 ?) Could you give me more information about what he writes exactly ? I also read that Mattar writes that the Mufti was not accused of any involvment by Palin Commission. This should be in that book. Could someone check ? Thank you User:Ceedjee (talk) 21:36, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
  3. Does anyone have access to this website? ~ Cheers! Dreamy § 02:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
  4. 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team (United States) recently failed a FAC because the format of its sources was incorrect, but I don't know what is wrong with them. Could someone help fix them up so that the article can be renominated? -Ed! (talk) 02:33, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
    Seems to have been addressed per the new FAC. Woody (talk) 14:39, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
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