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Input on a new article

I've been working on this article and I think I'm almost happy enough to move it to the mainspace. Can someone check it out and give me some pointers on what else to add/remove/change? I hope it's ok, I'm not very good at this. Thanks Digital 01:01, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Looks like it's been moved out to mainspace, see CZ 2075 RAMI. —/Mendaliv//_Δ's/ 17:54, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Great job on the article DigitalNinja! Wikidenizen (talk) 17:45, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Creating a new sub-category of category:shotguns for automatic shotguns

Take a look at the "See also" section of Daewoo USAS-12. Like many of its kind, this article links to a variety of other shotguns capable of fully-automatic fire. I'm thinking about creating a new sub-category of category:shotguns for automatic shotguns, such as category:selective-fire shotguns, which would allow readers easy access to this select group without having to manually add it to the endnotes of every relevant article. Any thoughts? Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 09:29, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

That'd be quite a whimsical category considering the scarcity of these shotguns. Of those listed, how many are truly production shotguns? --Nukes4Tots (talk) 11:52, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Not many, but aren't they a distinctly different form of weapon? As I say, currently every article on a potential member of this cat seems to link to every other example in the endnotes; if it's assumed that readers will be interested in other examples of the technology, then a better way or grouping them would be good. A navbox seems like overkill, but a small category might be appropriate. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 17:07, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Though a small segment of the firearm population, I would support this. Koalorka (talk) 17:28, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

I agree. We have Category:Machine pistols, and (even more whimsical) Category:Underwater firearms, so why not this? Cerebellum (talk) 02:11, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

I've now  Done this. Please re-cat any I've missed. Thanks folks. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 16:31, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

.455 Enfield Mk 3?

Doing this, I compromised between the text & the info table, relying on the table for the case dims & the article proper for the caliber. I have a sense, tho, there was information dropped out in the writing of Barnes' article explaining the seeming contradiction, so if it needs correction.... Also, given there were Mks 1 & 2, with little info, does it make more sense to start with .476 Enfield & mention the Mks, with new pages as info comes available? If anybody can resolve the issue on cal, feel free to fix & move to mainspace (but will you update my "open vanity" list for it? ;D). Or you can ask me. ;D Thanx. Also, FYI, this is cross-posted here. TREKphiler 08:26, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Belated notice... Done. Thanks to Not George Takei ;D for timely & invaluable assistance. TREKphiler 06:48, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Project banner on redirects?

Lately, I've been doing some assessing, and I've noted that lot of redirect pages have project banners. I've been removing these, figuring they're probably left over from when the page was actually an article. Is this correct? Thanks! --Cerebellum (talk) 12:07, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Keep it up. There's no need to have tagged redirects.--LWF (talk) 16:40, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Suggestions?

I'm casting about for a handgun-related article for expansion or rewrite, actually an entirely new article would be even better. None of those on the 'requests' page inspires. I've considered doing the Colt Woodsman, other than that are there any project-member specific suggestions or requests? Wikidenizen (talk) 21:32, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Well most of the AMT pistol articles need merged, rewritten and expanded. Also, Ruger SR9 needs updated. Simple stuff that I've been meaning to do for a while but just don't have the time. — DanMP5 22:54, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

How about some of the early cap & ball revolvers, like the Beaumont-Adams Revolver? Commander Zulu (talk) 04:45, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Copyvio?

This looks like a literatim copy of this. TREKphiler 23:43, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

SDK carbine

I just came across this article this morning and at first thought someone was pulling my leg; a quick Google search does seem to confirm that this rifle existed but that's about it. There was a claim in the article that the SDK influenced the British DeLisle Commando Carbine, which I removed- I've read extensively on the DeLisle and until this morning I'd never heard of the SDK carbine, which suggests that it didn't influence anything. The SDK article itself isn't well written ("Hitler Assassination Rifle"???) so it might be worth investing some time and research into cleaning it up, if anyone's interested. Commander Zulu (talk) 00:18, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Dubious in the extreme. I'd nominate it for deletion for lack of reliable sources.--LWF (talk) 03:31, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

3-dot sight article

I came across this article and am in the process of expanding it. I was wondering what the consensus might be toward renaming this article as "three-dot sight". From what I've seen alpha-spelling the numeral out comes closer to Wiki naming standards, and I believe most people in the firearms industry express it that way as well. Wikidenizen (talk) 21:10, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

It should be called a notch sight. Koalorka (talk) 21:19, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes. That's a notch sight, not a three dot. A three dot (at least to me) is a variation of a notch sight that has three illuminated dots visible to the user, one in each of the three blades, usually these days tritium filled. advertising link: ] Sometimes the dots are not round, and "best colors" is (or was) disputed. htom (talk) 21:33, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

This is already covered in the article on iron sights, in this section: Iron sight#Contrast enhancements. scot (talk) 16:18, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Merge it. Koalorka (talk) 16:42, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Scot's point is well taken, but there isn't really anything to merge - there is already more material in the iron sights section. A request for deletion would probably be more appropriate, then I could add my additional material to the iron sights contrast enhancement section. Wikidenizen (talk) 00:46, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Why not add your material to the iron sights article, and then redirect both 3-dot sight and three dot sight to the appropriate section there? htom (talk) 07:08, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

False breeching

A question has come up re how to disambiguate False breeching. See Talk:Firearm#False breeching. --Una Smith (talk) 06:43, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

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