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G'day Stanley, I see you have thoroughly improved upon the New Zealand article that an Australian started... and then subsequently forgot about. Thanks for picking up my undeserved slack. By the by, I do remember finding a reference to the 9th brigade on the original website that I used as a source that the 9th was used a sort of a backup, reserve, or reinforcement formation before its creation in Italy... Use as you wish. These past 2-3 weeks must have been eventful as your first forays into wikipedia (as this account [just in case this is a alternate account]). Wish to see you around in the New Zealand military taskforce (Which is also Australian by the way... and Oceanic... I think? Good Luck!!IronBattalion (talk) 23:57, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I am interested in the reference you mention. Looking back through the article history I do seem to have removed this reference - which I may as well add back in. It doesn't seem to mention anything about its formation prior to Italy though. I do suspect that you are right as I am aware that the NZ home guard was formed into brigades prior to 1944 and the 9th may have been one of these. 5th Division (New Zealand) gives an example of this, but I do not currently have access to the book which the article cites (or any other useful references). P.S. this is my first account :) Stanley Bannerman (talk) 09:14, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Actually that was the subsidiary source for confirming the OHNZSWW source which I found on the Victoria University of Wellington Library. And I believe that is also where I found the previous service of the 9th (Though not necessarily in the same book). Personally I don't know about the NZ Home Guard and its formations, the only direction I can remember to point you to was that I was searching for the battalions of the NZ Army that did not appear on Wikipedia even though the cardinal numbers of higher battalions would suggest that they would exist. If you want more clarification on anything, remember to just @IronBattalion:. Anyway, have a beautiful first year on the platform and that I am only 1.5 (account) years older that you. :) IronBattalion (talk) 04:25, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Stanley, I have taken a look at this one due to your assessment requests - I think the issue is that you have citations (notes 43 to 46) to books but without page numbers. I quickly tried adding the one for O'Neill but can't find where it says the Taranaki Regiment supplied men for the 36th; the closest is a mention of the Central Military District. On a separate note, have you considered getting involved with the GA/A-Class process? For example, I think the 7th Anti-Tank Regiment is not far away from GA standard (although the lead should be expanded). Cheers, Zawed (talk) 07:29, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Zawed:. I have gone back and rejigged this. My initial intention was to use Moorhead as the reference to confirm the Taranaki-Xth Battalion relation. Then the various official histories in the entirety were intended to refer to their WW2 actions, hence no page numbers. I have now tried to put in explicit page numbers, but this is a little clunky as the page numbers are now most of the book. I have, however, given an exact page for the Taranaki companies of the 19th, 22nd and 25th which are explicit stated in the organisation in each of the first chapters, although they are also referred to throughout the books. Regarding O'Neil, the 36th didn't have a Taranaki company as far as I know, which is why you didn't find anything. Moorhead, does however explicitly claim the relationship. On the point of GA/A-Class reviews, yes I have been thinking about going through that, I just haven't quite picked up the courage to do it yet. Stanley Bannerman (talk) 22:13, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, in respect of Sinclair, Henderson, and Puttick, citing such a large page ranges is not desirable as the reader will need parse them in order to verify the cited facts. Do you have Pugsley's A Bloody Road Home? Perhaps cite the page that has the order of battle for the 2nd Division in support of the fact that those battalions were part of it, and then maybe the introduction or conclusion pages for the countries in which they fought. McGibbon's Oxford Companion to NZ Military History may be useful as an alternative. The O'Neil ref has a largish page range as well but not as bad. If you don't have those sources I can refer to mine. Cheers, Zawed (talk) 08:30, 17 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Greetings, thanks for making File:NH90 operators.svg its a nice addition to the article. I was making some updates to the article with latest retirement - Australia seems to have taken it out of service, so it would be nice to have an updated version at some point. It is pretty recent news, I also left this same message on the commons if you are more active there. Thank you! A75 (talk) 14:06, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know. I have updated now. By the way you should feel free to update these maps yourself if you want (I am happy to do it, just letting you know). An advantage of SVG files is that they are easy to edit in a text editor (e.g. notepad). You can find instructions here Stanley Bannerman (talk) 20:19, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot for the update and tips, I might try my hand at this sounds fun! A75 (talk) 21:18, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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