User talk:Redstonesoldier

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Happy editing! — Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 21:14, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Welcome to Wikipedia. I was a Pershing tech from 1978 through 1991. It is nice to see a Redstone veteran here! --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 21:14, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Test pages

You have the right idea, but you should not work on article pages on your main page as it can get confusing to someone visiting your page. You can create subpages to work on material. If you look at my user page, you will see I have a for Sandbox that shows my subpages where I play around, for example: User:Gadget850/Sandbox1. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 16:52, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much for the tips. I created a subpage to edit the article. Practice, practice, practice will (hopefully) help in due time. -- Redstonesoldier (talk) 22:41, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Everybody is new, once. I like the work you are doing, most of these weapons articles are short on unit and personnel information. You do need to start including references— this is really a big one here. The references in the Pershing article are properly formatted, so this is a good example. It is a bit complicated, but I have a tutorial at Wikipedia:WikiProject Scouting/References that should help. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 23:25, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Upload Image

I would like to upload a personal Redstone missile image taken by me to directly insert in the "Redstone (rocket)" article: jpg file, 600 x 800 px at 72 dpi. I could use some help on how to do this. Redstonesoldier (talk) 17:52, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Since you would be releasing the image, you should upload it to Wikimedia Commons; this way it can be used on the other language wikis. Create an account on Commons, I suggest you use the same name as on WP. Use the Upload file link on the left navbar . Select "my own work" and upload the file. Then edit the image page and use the {{information}} template to add information about the image, source, author and the like. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 18:53, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Changing Article Title

I think a more appropriate title for the article "Redstone (rocket)" would be "Redstone (guided missile)". Is it allowable to make this change? Would this be the proper replacement name for this article? Redstonesoldier (talk) 17:52, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See Help:Merging and moving pages. The naming convention for weapons is generally the M number and the name, such as as MGM-31A Pershing. I think that if properly expanded, the article might be split into a series, since Redstone was used as a missile and a launch vehicle. I would suggest more expansion before you worry about the name. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 19:38, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like the final designation for the Redstone MRBM was PGM-11 [1], so an article on the missile would be titled PGM-11 Redstone. If you like, I can help you start a proper infobox. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 13:46, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the information. Probably best to go as is for the time being. Redstonesoldier (talk) 18:03, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Using Wikimedia Commons

Per your previous instructions, I uploaded two images to Commons: redstone_trainer_05_59.jpg and redstone_trainer_08_60.jpg to add to the "Redstone (rocket)" article. This was successful, and the two photos are now included in the 'Redstone (rocket)" article. In searching through Commons I subsequently came across a Gallery Page titled Catagory: Redstone (rocket), Media in Catagory "Redstone (rocket)" which currently contains 33 thumbnail images of Redstone missile. How would I go about adding 2 thumbnails to this Gallery of the two images I previously uploaded to Commons, and also link the thumbnails to the full-size image pages in Commons? It would seem appropriate to add these two trainer thumbnail images to the Redstone Gallery. How is the thumbnail size used on the Gallery determined? I have been unable to figure out how to do these steps using the Commons Help Pages. Just an additional general comment: navigation through the Commons pages, and just trying to find a particular image seems confusing to this newcomer. Thanks very much. Redstonesoldier (talk) 22:23, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I added a link to Commons under External links; this is usually considered a better method than including galleries, especially with all the photos already in the article. I also added Category:Redstone (rocket) to your images.

BTW, per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (capital letters)#All caps:Reduce newspaper headlines and other titles from all caps to title case. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 22:39, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Contributions

Thanks for present of the Army service emblem. I borrowed another: "Cold War Service". Thanks for the corrections/editing. Redstonesoldier (talk) 15:27, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome. Feel free to borrow anything and use it as you like. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 15:36, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox

I have made inquiries on expanding {{Infobox Weapon}} for more missile related parameters. If you see anything else needed, please let me know. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 21:46, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have added and started to edit Infobox rocket (in my sandbox 2), but I may now try Infobox ballistic missile. I still need to do trial and error testing with regard to proper placement of either infobox in the article body. -- Redstonesoldier (talk) 22:22, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Infoboxes like these are placed at the beginning of the article. See M113 Armored Personnel Carrier for an example. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 23:29, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

{{Infobox Weapon}} was just updated with a number of missile fields; I update the article to match. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 22:56, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If possible, perhaps "stages=" could be added to "Vehicle/missile specific parameters" catagory of {{Infobox Weapon}}. Redstonesoldier (talk) 15:00, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I was putting this under the Engine field; see User:Gadget850/Sandbox1#Pershing 1. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 15:14, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]