Portal talk:Military of the United States

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[edit] About this portal

The "Portal:Military of the United States" is a collection of hundreds of special Wikipedia pages (with prefix "Portal:") that attempt to present an organized view into thousands of articles about the general subject of the US-military. There are over 540 portals on other subjects (see general description: Wikipedia:Portal). This portal was begun in August 2006, but improvements are always welcomed, within the current structure, as it evolves. Although the portal pages are designed to help navigate into article groups, readers can still use the Wikipedia search option (at page left) to hunt articles by any words used inside an article. -Wikid77 (talk) 14:25, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Subpage list

[edit] Things you can do

I've created a combined "WikiProjects"/"Things you can do" box by transcluding the US task force's to-do list template. I think that should be sufficient for the time being (and perhaps permanently), but please feel free to revert if you don't think it appropriate here. Kirill Lokshin 01:05, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Topics from 2006

[edit] Portal:NATO

Why was Portal:NATO removed from the related portals? NATO is a military alliance that the US is a part of. -- MCG 06:19, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

because NATO is an alliance of the US, it should be veiwed from the diplomatic side, not military. If a military need arises, it will be called on from the US government, not NATO. Joe I 10:05, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Portal box on pages

I hereby motion to change the current portal box on pages from the version with the old Naval Jack:

Military of the United States Portal

to this version with the Gadsden Flag:

Military of the United States Portal

I believe this new version speaks for more of the US Military as a whole and is more recognizable than the Naval Jack. -GreyGh0st 00:04, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Seeing as how Image:Naval Jack of the United States.svg is the current ensign flown as a sign of our war on terrisom, I dont think it should change. Barring other opions. Joe I 23:20, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
Seeing as how it's only the current ensign flown by the Navy and no other branch of service, I would concur with GreyGh0st to change this. Hzoi 08:56, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Units and Awards

Any suggestions on this box would be most helpful. I feel it's a neat box to have and would love to keep it around. Unfortunatly, it's a pain to update! I'm sure I can find enough units for 365 days, but awards even including badges, I'm not so sure about. Joe I 09:04, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Topics from 2007

[edit] Anniversary section

There is need of an amount of work on Anniversary section. There is a large backlog existing. Atleast have 5-10 days back-ups for the section. Regards, Shyam (T/C) 13:34, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Coast guard flag.gif

Image:Coast guard flag.gif is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under Wikipedia:Fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Fair use, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with WP:FU.

Please go to Image:Coast guard flag.gif and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#Images.2FMedia. If you have any questions please ask them at the Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. Thank you.User:BetacommandBot 06:29, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Topics from 2008

[edit] Retrofit topic headers

06-Feb-2008: There hasn't been much discussion here over the past 2 years, so I just grouped the older topics using level-1 headers as "Topics from 2006" (etc.) to emphasize age of topics. Older topics might still apply, but using the tactic of yearly headers to note the age helps avoid rehashing old news. -Wikid77 (talk) 14:25, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] About: About this portal

06-Feb-2008: I have retrofit the short topic "About this portal" near the top of the discussion to orient new readers to the concept of the portal (in case they miss "What is a portal?" on the overview page). That orientation blurb precedes the long list of related subpages, and it alerts readers that thousands of articles have been linked from these US-military portal pages, to give readers some idea of how many related pages they face. -Wikid77 (talk) 14:37, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Governing Departments

Isn't the Coast Guard part of the Department of Homeland Security, not the DoD? E. Fisher 0038 April 26th 2008