Talk:No. 46 Squadron RAF

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Welcome to the 46 Squadron Discussion Page

[edit] Opening

Some kind of summary at the opening, before the History section would be a good thing. I can do editing and linking stuff, but I don't know the subject well enough to be composing prose. Pi3832 15:47, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

I guess Mr. Barr is busy with the 2006 reunion, so I wrote a short summary.--Pi3832 20:06, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Dear Pi3823 (do you have a name?), thank you so much for the fantastic job you've done getting my formless prose into great shape. This is my very first Wikki page and I still have a lot to learn. When I built the website, I did it in MS Publisher and inserting links was easy but I'm not sure how to do it here. Also I've got lots of photos I like to put in but do not know how to do it. Nevertheless, I will perservere. The Reunion is this Saturday and I'll be telling them all about this entry. There are quite a few IT nuts dispite the fact that eveybody is over 50 years old and some nearly 90. One final thing, 46 Squadron does not come up on search, I have to go through Avro Andover to a list of squadrons and then it connects. Any clues?
Regards
Dougie

My name is Mike, and you are welcome. You can upload pictures through the link to the left, in the toolbox section, or click here: Upload. For more help on uploading images, click here: Help:Images and other uploaded files. If you'd like, you can just upload the pictures and edit this discussion page listing their names, and I'll put them in the article. You can get directions for inserting them yourself here: Wikipedia:Extended image syntax. I'm pretty new to this Wikipedia thing myself, so I may do things in a slightly clunky fashion, but it's better than nothing.

I haven't a clue about the search thing. I'll see what I can figure out.

And, to be honest, it is surprising that you have IT nuts in the squadron. I knew an American WWII pilot a few years ago and he wouldn't touch a computer with a ten-foot pole. Still flew pretty well, though.--Pi3832 11:08, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Mike. You'll noticed I've gone mad with the links. Great. I'll take you up on the photo option next week. Regards, Dougie

[edit] Pictures

The number of images on this page is overwhelming. May I recommend making a gallery at the bottom of the page to hold most of the images used on this page? Also, please be sure all images are either in the public domain or are freely licensed. Fair-use images can't be used in galleries. Thanks! User:Angr 11:00, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

I completly disagree and so do allof the Squadron Association who have seen the page. The use of a Gallery is inappropriate as each picture relates to a specific time period of the Squadron's history.All the pictures are in the public domain (I released most of them)Dougie 07:40, 21 June 2006 (UTC)