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Chief of Defence Force (Singapore)

Asked a couple of people for opinions on this, namely (a) what could be added to the article that is currently missing; and (b) would you as a reader consider it an article (and thus subject to GAN/FAC in future) or a list (FLC)? I received mixed messages on the latter point although the two people I asked on wiki both suggested coming here to ask. On the first point, I've added pretty much everything I've been able to find online. There isn't much written anywhere on the specifics of the role so I'm not sure how to further develop the article/list. If MILHIST could provide some direction I'd be appreciative. Strange Passerby (talk • contribs • Editor review) 12:32, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Dank

Welcome to our peer review. The article is well-written, and I've copyedited half of it; feel free to revert. I don't think the article in its current form would do well at FAC (they're looking for something "meatier"); I don't have a good feel for FLC. My only comment is that this seems to be a couple of sentences run together: "As the operational head of the SAF, the CDF is also tasked with improving the forces' readiness for operations, with the fifth CDF, Ng Yat Chung, facing a test of this in international operations the SAF faced to help support peacekeeping in East Timor (UNMISET and UNOTIL), disaster relief after the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, and disaster relief after the May 2006 Java earthquake." - Dank (push to talk) 02:35, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your comments, I've split that sentence up and moved the bit specific to Ng to the section on CDFs since 1990. As for the article/list argument, I think it's a bit too article-like to be a list but I think FLC folks are pretty open-minded about that. Do you have any suggestions on what (if anything) more it would take before GA? Strange Passerby (talk • contribs • Editor review) 03:28, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I don't, I'm mainly a copy editor. - Dank (push to talk) 04:15, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Copying this from my userpage:

Hi! You commented on my MILHIST PR for Chief of Defence Force (Singapore). A content dispute is brewing there, see the page history as well as User talk:Foxhound66. This user first added a line regarding the current CDF taking part in an operation back in 2000, when he wasn't CDF, and I removed it. The dispute then degenerated into (most recently) him removing three whole paragraphs from the article as he claims he doesn't feel what he removed is relevant to the office despite this all being sourced to the defence ministry's change-of-command press releases. I'd like third opinions on the issue, and I hope you're able to mediate. Strange Passerby (talk • contribs • Editor review) 01:30, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

I'll copy this over to the peer review and see if someone can help there. - Dank (push to talk) 02:38, 20 March 2011 (UTC)