Talk:Sea Cadets (United Kingdom)

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There is a very small amount of text on Sea Cadets to be "merged here". The more important edit is to split that page and create a disambiguation page Sea Cadets (disambiguation). The whole page at Sea Cadets is quite large and needs careful editing. Over the next few days I will take a part of it on. Fiddle Faddle 19:44, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

That merge is done Fiddle Faddle 11:15, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

How is a significant minority possible? CR7 10:35, 25 July 2006 (BST)

• It is almost an oxymoron, like "Military Intelligence", but not really when you look at it in depth. One may be a member of a minority which is of oiself of statistical significance. As an example one might be a part of the 10% of people in a particular village that have blond hair. That is a minority group with statistical significance. If you have a better phrase to use in the article, be bold and use it. Fiddle Faddle 09:55, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Picture of Grand Turk

This is not an SCC or RN vessel apart from a tenuous link with Trafalgar 200 I can't see any reason for being used, also I have moved the more boring pictures into a gallery, Grand Turk looks out of place. I will remove it.--Pandaplodder (talk) 15:05, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Removal of Trafalgar 200

I have just reverted the removal of the section on Trafalgar 200 which was stated by the removing editor to be "Promotional Spam" in the edit history.

Since this is a factual item that happened and also a link to a notable article I cannot understand the removal, but I see every reason to discuss it here, on the talk page. I will be asking the removing editor to contribute to the discussion here. Fiddle Faddle 10:11, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

• User:Desk1 has been adding images to various military articles, and spamming to his own published works. The images he uploaded where are not permitted on Wikipedia, as they restrict commerical use. So I have been removing his promotional spam contributions. Astrotrain 10:13, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Nonetheless the section in this article is in no way spam. It linked to no other items that another wikipedia article. If you look at the reinstated section and tell me clearly what is the alleged spam you object to then that element may easily enough be removed. Removing the entire factual and notable section was, in my view, not the right action to have taken here. Fiddle Faddle 10:19, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

• I've removed the offending image accordingly- you may keep the rest. Astrotrain 10:21, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Actually you have removed an image alleged to be an unfree image. I suggest you revert your own edit until that is resolved. Jumping the gun over processes like this is not really within the spirit here. Wikipedia may encourage us to 'be bold but it also asks us to expose ourselves to community scrutiny for all our actions. Fiddle Faddle 10:24, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
    • Such images are not allowed- and it is listed for deletion accordingly, so I will not revert my edit. In any case it is of poor quality. Astrotrain 10:28, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
      • It is listed, surely, for consideration for deletion. Until that consideration has been given by an admin who is not the nominator, the usual practice in such matters, I suggest you allow the process to run its course. It is incumbent upon us to assume good faith, and it appears to me, especially with the comments by Desk1, below, that good faith may be absent. I am about to reinstate that picture within the article, where it should stay until such time as either a better picture is provided or the nomination for deletion is resolved by consensus of the community.
      • The flag on the picture states This file has been listed on Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images, because it is currently only available to Wikipedia under a non-free license. and the word possibly is the key one here. A nominator of an item for deletion or discussion is not the final arbiter, and your editing of articles to remove items you have nominated is an incorrect action. Equally I cannot find the entry on Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images for this picture. If it is there please point me to it.
      • I do not dispute your right to nominate a picture for deletion, nor your right to edit articles within the guidelines as you see fit. I am familiar with igniring all rules but do not see this as the place to do so. So please leave thepicture alone until the outcome of your nomination is known, and then leave it to the closing admin to handle. Fiddle Faddle 13:50, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Unless the user removes the restrictions to use on this image, it cannot be placed on any articles- as it is against Wikipedia image policy to include restricted use images. The user refuses to relicense his images, and responds with personal attacks. All his images are listed for deletion- and they will be deleted as they violate policy unless relicensed under GFDL- so they will continue to be removed. Astrotrain 13:57, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

But, and this is the fundamental point, not removed by you. The process is not designed that way, not intended to be used that way and shoudl not be used that way. Your role is to nominate for deletion. It is to argue strongly for deletion, and it is to seek to ensure that your view is exposed to community scrutiny and peer review. There it ends. By nominating it for deletion you pass that repsonsibility to other wise heads who will consider the matter and take relevant action. Fiddle Faddle 14:10, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

You are completely wrong- perhaps you should read the image policy before resorting to telling other people what to do. Astrotrain 14:14, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

I am always happy to learn. Please point me at the artcile and section you are relying on. In return I can say that I am reading from Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images and looking at specifically the instructions, startung with To list an image on this page: and ending with Listings should be processed by an administrator after being listed for 14 days. It is that sentence Listings should be processed by an administrator after being listed for 14 days that is important, surely. But your nomination is not there, or if it is I cannot see it. You have put the tmeplate on the image page, that is for sure, but where is it on the possibly unfree images page? Fiddle Faddle 14:25, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

I am very thankful that this has opened a discussion. My pictures have had all links removed, by me, at Astrotrain™ request. A mediator and Wikipedia licencing are considering my pictures and method of licencing and presentation including links on the picture pages (not article pages). The mediator initial ruling is that I am in the right, subject to further consideration. Astrotrain™ is aware of this but still persists in vandalising my work and I cannot seem to stop it, Astrotrain™ is following me around changing my work and even reverting other peoples edits to improve the display of my pictures, e.g. User:ALR. I refuse to get into a reverting war or to tag Astrotrain™ work as this is not in the spirit of Wikipedia nor my place as a Newbie. Des Desk1 10:30, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Have ugraded the picture of TS Royalist in Sea Cadet Corps (United Kingdom) to 400px. Later today will include a picture of Elizabeth II on Endurance, waving back at international ships crews during the review. The Elizabeth II article has rejected the image on the grounds it was not a significant event for the Queen in the grand scheme of things; but you may be interested in using it elswhere. I will point you to the file when finished. Have also upgraded the Fleet Review pic in Royal Navy to 400px as requested by their editors. Best wishes, Des Desk1 11:57, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

New public domain image of The Queen and Admiral Sir Alan West placed at . Best wishes, Des Desk1 15:13, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikification

The most recent edit, which I have reverted and made a note on the editor's talk page about, was to add a Wikify tag.

The reason I removed it was that it appeared to me to be applied with less than usual thought for what might be wikified. I am raising it here on order that interested editors contionue to wikify this article well and within normal guidelines. I have invited the editor who applied the tag to come here and tell us what they believe requires attention. Fiddle Faddle 17:52, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Hello. I placed the wikify tag on the article for a few reasons. Several of the section headings have all of their words capitalized. This should only be done for proper nouns, but since I am somewhat unfamiliar with the subject matter, I did not know which headings are proper nouns. For example, "Links to SCC Area Websites" should probably be written as "Links to SCC area websites", but I don't know if "National Level" and "Adult Staff" are proper names or generic descriptions. Also, the "External references" section and "Links" sections are confusing and poorly formatted. Some of the sub-sections are empty, one of them has a wikilink in the title, and some of the links are not bulleted and have stray characters. Would it be possible to format these sections into the usual "References" and "External links" sections with subheadings as appropriate? I can make some of the changes now, but would need input for the capitalization of section headers and formatting of the references/external links. I hope this is a satisfactory explanation. Khatru2 21:23, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

I apologise for taking so long to get back to you. I am on a wikibreak. I have taken your coments to heart and believe I have made the necessary corrections to capitalisation just now, but that is all I have done. I am basing the capitalisation on my understanding of the formal naming convention of this organisation. Fiddle Faddle 00:15, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

User comment in article

The following user comment was removed from the article:

"Bold textTS IRON DUKE SCC UNIT 191 RYDAL ROAD/THE PARK HUYTON LIVERPPOOL FORMED IN 1942 IN ARCHWAY ROAD, HUYTON LIVERPOOL ANYBODY WITH ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNIT PLEASE ADD TO THIS SECTION THANK YOU,WE ARE WRITING A UNIT HISTORY PAUL JONES (HUYTON UNIT)" It was left by 84.64.181.68. Khatru2 04:12, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

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Locations?

Is there a list of locations that we could place into this article, similar to Army Cadets Interactive Map so that we could create a list of where different Sea Cadet detachments are?? Jez ☎ ✉ ✍ 18:44, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Junior Leaders

No mention of this in the article?

Junior Leaders Course it is open to SCC. --Pandaplodder (talk) 23:32, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Don't you mean leading junior? Puffin ^{Let's talk!} 15:37, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

infobox and cleanup

This article needs an infobox and a general cleanup. This includes adding links, removing red links, removing useless information, reformatting lists perhaps into tables, etc. Gaia Octavia Agrippa ^Talk | _Sign 12:15, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

I have tagged this as its been two years and the referencing still has not been sorted out Pandaplodder (talk) 14:07, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Massive copyvio

I've just reverted the article to a two-year-old version due to massive copyvios in the lead and elsewhere. Text appears to have been copied from a variety of sea cadet and sea-cadet-related sites, including:

• http://www.carlisleseacadets.org/press-releases.aspx
• http://www.sccheadquarters.com/UserData/root/Files/Unit%20Management/Sea%20Cadet%20Unit%20Constitution/Unit%20Constitution%20%28Ch%201,%202%20and%206%29.pdf
• http://www.tslynx.co.uk/history/index.php
• Possibly http://www.thursoseacadets.com/ (not sure which came first)
• http://www.eastmidlandsrfca.co.uk/news/rfca/2011/february/kettering-sea-cadets-jump-joy-gift-new-name

Some of this may have been their sites copying Wikipedia, but given the sheer volume of Wikipedia text that matches promotionally-phrased content from Sea Cadet sites, I'm inclined to think it's mostly us copying them, especially since much of their content has copyright notices. I'm going to do my best to double-check my work, and I'd welcome any further eyes on this issue if people want to track down exactly what of our content is redeemable and what isn't, but in the meantime I felt it was wise to revert back to a safe-ish version. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 15:39, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Cadet Rank Names

The names for the ranks of cadets is wrong or is out dated. It goes New Entry, Cadet, Ordinary Cadet (OC), Able Cadet (AC), Leading Cadet, Petty Officer Cadet (PO). Basically it is Cadet on the end not Seaman. These names I believe are used by the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets but not the Sea Cadet Corps. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.20.39.4 (talk) 16:56, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Dupliction

I have spotted 2 accounts of duplication, the picture of a cadet (right near the top and then in the Membership Section). The top photo which I changed the caption as the he was wrongly labled as a senior cadet he is only a cadet. Notice his badge with 1 star on it which signifies the Cadet rank. Also the Marine Engineering course is duplicated in the Specialisation and Proficiency section, in the table under the specialisation column. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.20.39.4 (talk) 17:13, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Table of Cadet rates

There is no rationale for the cross service comparison table here. It is also a bewildering array of not very correctness. Things in various columns are out of logical order. The best route is to remove all except the Sea Cadets element. Fiddle Faddle 11:46, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Uniforms

The article currently lacks a section about uniforms of the Sea Cadets. The articles for the Army Cadet Force and Air Training Corps each have a section about their uniforms. This article should also have one. --Dreddmoto (talk) 14:40, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

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Uncited addition of an alleged FoIA refusal

I have twice reverted an additon to this page of uncited material. Without citations it can be considered defamatory. With citations in WP:RS it can be considered to be factual Fiddle Faddle 11:46, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

@Timtrent: I would add that the removed material also included inferences about the leadership of this organization drawn from the uncited facts, which would be considered WP:SYNTH even if the facts about the FOIA denials could be reliably cited. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 12:10, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

WikiDan61, Indeed it did. I understand that people feel strongy about child abuse. They should. But citations are essential for this type of material, and inferences may not be drawn. With a valid citation the facts and only the facts may go in. Fiddle Faddle 12:16, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Can we cite and evidence the refusal via https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/ or an e-mail - it is just identifying a sources that can be seen externally — Preceding unsigned comment added by 0A056FPF0A (talk • contribs) 12:30, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Sea Cadets FOI request

Is this getting to you - WikiDan61? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 0A056FPF0A (talk • contribs) 12:37, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

0A056FPF0A, Talk pages are often monitored by other editors.

The site you mention cannot be considered a secondary source. Of necessity it contains user generated content, both for the requests and the responses to FoIA enquiries, thus it is also not WP:RS. Emails are exactly the same and inadmissible.

Enforcement action by the ICO would be fine because that is the regulator.

You obviously have a strong criticism of the organisation, but Wikipedia may not be used to make it. It is not a forum and does not "have" or exhibit opinions. Fiddle Faddle 12:42, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

It is not so much a critism but an interesting example of governance practice or rather praxis within a youth organisation, So key is an independent sources my assumption comments of twitter would not meet that degree of robustness but a journal or even a press article would - could you confirm is twitter a valid sources? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 0A056FPF0A (talk • contribs) 12:51, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

0A056FPF0A, please sign all talk page posts by using ~~~~ which turns into your signature

No user generated site, none, is suitable as a reference.

Whether or not it is an interesting example is fine off Wikipedia. On wikipedia we do not have an interest in anything, We report on what others have said in significant coverage, and independent of the principal and in reliable sources.

This has nothing to do with rights and wrongs of the situations that obtain in organisations. We simply report plain, unadorned facts Fiddle Faddle 12:59, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

0A056FPF0A The rather bald WP:42 should assist you here. Fiddle Faddle 13:02, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Please continue this discussion here, not on my user talk page. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 13:03, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Sorry there is a lot to learn here within the system — Preceding unsigned comment added by 0A056FPF0A (talk • contribs) 13:08, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

@0A056FPF0A: Unless the FOIA request, and the Sea Cadets' refusal to answer it, have been covered in reliable sources (I urge you to follow that link to learn what are considered "reliable sources" at Wikipedia), then there's no point in raising the issue here in Wikipedia. The mere fact that the FOIA request was made is not necessarily notable; it is likely that an agency such as Sea Cadets receives thousands of such requests annually. But if independent journalistic sources have chosen to cover this story, then we can rely on what those sources have said about it. Instead, it appears that you are here to right some great wrongs, which is a noble goal, but this is not the place to do it. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 13:09, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

@0A056FPF0A: whilst is does not pertain to the FOIA request, if you so wished, there are plenty of articles and statements from newspapers and legal firms reporting on abuse that has occurred since the Panorama investigation, or cases that have come to light and been dealt with since the Panorama investigation in 2017, which you could use to expand the section. Cdjp1 (talk) 22:11, 22 September 2020 (UTC)