Talk:No. 46 Squadron RAF

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

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)

November 2009 cleanup

This was the last remaining article in the July 2007 copy-editing queue, so I took it. The article showed a great deal of research, probably wp:NOR, but since most of the good stuff was adequately sourced, I didn't mark it as such. This article could conceivably have been marked as copyright infringements, since (after I had completed the editing) I found examples of it spread all over the Internet. Nevertheless, unless some author complains (and I doubt that will happen) I think we can just go with what we have, after all the editing I did.

As pointed out elsewhere, the article had entirely too much art, so I deleted all the shots of the airplanes and just left those of the airmen who served in the squadron — increasing the size of the photos so that we can now see the progression of their faces and their uniforms from decade to decade.

The article was written as — and still shows the effects of — a booster piece for the men who served, not strictly as an encyclopedic offering. It also had — and still has — an overuse of military terminology. Using terms like "the enemy" in the singular, instead of "German and Italian pilots" shows a great deal of insensitivity and lack of neutrality. Still, it is a good piece and certainly demonstrates the kind of continuity that military history often displays.

Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 16:48, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

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King George V or VI?

The info for the photo of the British monarch says the visit was in 1929. What gives here? I think it is 1939! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:King%27s_visit.jpg Questioningly, GeorgeLouis (talk) 17:05, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

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Squadron in Arras 1917

What's the go with this image? It appears to have no relevance to 1917 or 46 Sqn. It looks like a contemporary photograph of a pre-WWI building. The Squadron would have been located at an airfield, not in the city square. Please explain. --Pete (talk) 21:55, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Well now, it's been 12 years since you asked the question, and here I am wondering exactly the same thing. But not for much longer; it's going, going, gone!

WendlingCrusader (talk) 03:39, 14 November 2024 (UTC)