Template talk:Campaignbox Rhodesian Bush War

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Sorry I can't get it to link to these in the template: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Vanity , or Placid or Mote but they are there on wikipedia, can anyone help?

I also think there was a "Dingo" 2 in 1978 or 79? And a raid on Tanzania which would be interesting articles to have here.

Changes made to the campaign box

The current campaign box was too long for a conflict of this size and scope (note that it has been repeatedly collapsed on A-listed and GA-listed Bush War articles for this reason). Breaking the conflict into numerous phases is practical only when discussing a conflict that spanned three decades or more (see South African Border War). For a conflict that lasted from 1965 to 1980 this is much less practical. Breaking it down by year is problematic when discussing a conflict that went through multiple low-intensity phases like this one - sometimes, a great deal happened in one year, and on other years almost nothing of note happened at all. It also makes the box needlessly lengthy, which is what happened here.

On a second note, campaign boxes like those on the South African Border War and Vietnam War templates do not normally include minor aviation accidents or diplomatic negotiations, because that defeats the purpose of a campaign box. I don't see why the Rhodesian Bush War campaign box need be any different.

I have addressed this issue by 1) removing all references to accidents not connected to the hostilities and political developments which are non-military in nature, 2) and re-organising the articles by topic rather than chronological timeline. This makes the infobox considerably shorter, neater, and easier to read. I have also removed all red links to non-existent articles; they can be re-added again in the future as or when these articles are created but for the time being contribute nothing to the campaign box.

Feel free to discuss these changes here.

Thanks, --Katangais (talk) 19:10, 19 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I see the red links and some links to incidents which had no direct military correlation to the war (i.e. Beira Patrol, Cashel Helicopter Crash, and Internal Settlement) have been re-added without explanation. I have reverted to the earlier revision pending an explanation of these changes. Thanks, --Katangais (talk) 22:46, 20 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Adapad:, explain yourself here. The use of red links and incidents which had no direct military correlation to the war cannot be justified. --Katangais (talk) 16:46, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]