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curprev 13:0213:02, 20 October 2024 Laggan Boy talk contribs 9,114 bytes +6 →Royal Air Force usage undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
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curprev 10:1610:16, 10 September 2024 GrindtXX talk contribs 9,104 bytes −29 minor c/e: unnecessary aside, dbl quotemks, spaced ndashes undo

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curprev 10:1810:18, 7 May 2024 2600:6c44:117f:95be:d81f:d564:d17b:8ff5 talk 9,046 bytes 0 Not capitalized undo

curprev 07:5407:54, 13 February 2024 Lyndaship talk contribs m 9,046 bytes −4 discontinued portal undo Tag: AWB

curprev 11:4611:46, 12 January 2024 Berserker276 talk contribs 9,050 bytes 0 No edit summary undo

curprev 06:1706:17, 12 May 2023 UndercoverClassicist talk contribs 9,050 bytes +123 Deleted line reinstated: 'at least' is important (since CGRM is currently a Gen.), but the line won't be inaccurate until/unless they appoint a Brig. again. undo Tag: Undo
curprev 02:4402:44, 12 May 2023 50.117.133.157 talk 8,927 bytes −123 Deleted line no longer accurate undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit

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curprev 17:1617:16, 29 March 2023 UndercoverClassicist talk contribs 9,052 bytes +6 Caps: per MOS:CAPS (and contrary to general military usage), ranks are only capitalised when used directly with someone's name (e.g. 'Captain Smith', but 'John Smith is a captain.') undo Tag: Visual edit
curprev 16:4116:41, 29 March 2023 Billyrollo talk contribs m 9,046 bytes +2 Capitalisation of initial letters of ranks undo

curprev 11:4911:49, 24 March 2023 Necrothesp talk contribs m 9,044 bytes +10 →British Army usage undo
curprev 11:3911:39, 24 March 2023 UndercoverClassicist talk contribs m 9,034 bytes +1 →British Army usage: minor clarification and MOS undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
curprev 11:3811:38, 24 March 2023 UndercoverClassicist talk contribs 9,033 bytes +21 Minor tweaks, esp. to reflect recent RM usage undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
curprev 11:3711:37, 24 March 2023 UndercoverClassicist talk contribs 9,012 bytes +31 New section per WP:MOSLEAD undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 01:2001:20, 23 March 2023 UtherSRG talk contribs m 8,981 bytes 0 UtherSRG moved page Major-general (United Kingdom) to Major general (United Kingdom): Requested by UndercoverClassicist at WP:RM/TR: Proposed new title is currently a redirect to this page: the hyphenated form of the rank hasn't been usual in HQRS since at least the 1980s; the London Gazette, the British Army's own publications and Britannica all use 'Major General', as does (curiously) the Wikipedia article itself, below the title. undo

curprev 21:5021:50, 22 March 2023 UndercoverClassicist talk contribs 8,981 bytes +1,824 Edits brought over from now-reverted move. Having attempted to follow WP:MERGETEXT, will now open merge discussion. undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
curprev 21:0221:02, 22 March 2023 Lithopsian talk contribs 7,157 bytes +7,096 Undid revision 1146098564 by UndercoverClassicist (talk) cutting and pasting the content of one article into a redirect is not a merge (see WP:RM for instructions on how to create a move discussion) undo Tags: Removed redirect Undo
curprev 19:3419:34, 22 March 2023 UndercoverClassicist talk contribs 61 bytes −7,096 Merging with Major general (United Kingdom): the latter is the correct form in contemporary British English and the one used by the army itself ([https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/our-people/ranks/ see here]). undo Tags: New redirect Reverted 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 23:5323:53, 23 September 2022 KingSkyLord talk contribs 7,157 bytes +22 →Royal Air Force usage undo

curprev 16:3816:38, 27 August 2022 Nihiltres talk contribs m 7,135 bytes +3 →top: Simplified hatnote syntax undo Tag: AWB

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curprev 11:5811:58, 8 May 2022 2a02:c7d:e0a2:9b00:31b6:619b:32:2ce2 talk 7,188 bytes 0 Capitalisation of "When used as common nouns, ~" corrected so the sentence makes sense undo

curprev 12:1712:17, 3 April 2022 86.15.125.241 talk 7,188 bytes +78 No edit summary undo
curprev 12:1212:12, 3 April 2022 86.15.125.241 talk 7,110 bytes 0 Removed hyphens from Major General (it was used here inconsistently about 1/2 the time an omitted the others). The British Army prefers no hyphen https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/our-people/ranks/ Also used Major General as a proper noun throughout undo

curprev 18:0818:08, 18 March 2022 Citation bot talk contribs 7,110 bytes +37 Add: title. Changed bare reference to CS1/2. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by BrownHairedGirl | Linked from User:BrownHairedGirl/Articles_with_bare_links | #UCB_webform_linked 872/2847 undo

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curprev 14:3314:33, 27 March 2021 FSR2007 talk contribs m 7,018 bytes −1 fixed isf to is typo undo Tag: Visual edit

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curprev 13:4513:45, 29 November 2020 Monkbot talk contribs m 7,044 bytes −52 Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 4 templates: del empty params (8×); hyphenate params (4×); undo Tag: AWB

curprev 09:5609:56, 22 November 2020 JennyOz talk contribs 7,096 bytes −15 →Royal Air Force usage: fix redlink undo

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curprev 08:3808:38, 15 July 2020 GELongstreet talk contribs 7,154 bytes 0 Undid revision 967782768 by 109.156.107.137 (talk) vandalism undo Tag: Undo
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curprev 03:5503:55, 15 April 2020 Rogerd talk contribs 7,154 bytes +72 Importing Wikidata short description: "2-star rank in the British Army and Royal Marines" (Shortdesc helper) undo

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curprev 21:0621:06, 22 March 2020 InternetArchiveBot talk contribs 7,077 bytes +142 Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0 undo

curprev 15:3215:32, 14 September 2019 BrownHairedGirl talk contribs m 6,935 bytes −31 Bypass redirects in templated links to Portal:War, and remove any resuting duplication undo Tag: AWB

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