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Welcome to the fortifications task force, which covers all sorts of fortifications from Iron Age hill forts to Hitler's bunker, and from medieval castles to Fort Knox. If you have any questions about articles or are generally seeking advice, you're encouraged to ask at the main military history talk page, or you can directly approach one of the task force participants below. The coordinators of the Military history WikiProject can be contacted here. Scope This task force evolved from WikiProject Castles, which was founded in January 2007 and became a task force of the Military history WikiProject in September 2007 with a widened scope. The range of articles includes all geographical locations and time period. The main types can be found at Category:Fortification. Also included are events that took place at fortifications, such as sieges, and individual features such as ramparts. Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding Fortifications-task-force=yes or Fortifications=y to the {{WPMILHIST}} project banner at the top of its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:Fortifications task force articles.

Participants

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1. Acroterion (talk · contribs) (WWI and WWII era European defensive systems, Cold War facilities)
2. Alansplodge (talk · contribs) (Mainly British, especially Palmerston forts)
3. Ashashyou (talk · contribs) (Castles, forts, fortifications of Egypt)
4. AtharvK (talk · contribs) (Indian Fortifications)
5. balin42632003 (talk · contribs) (English castles, especially motte and bailey)
6. Bermicourt (talk · contribs) (German[ic] castles / medieval castles)
7. Buster40004 (talk · contribs) (Coast defense forts, primarily in the United States)
8. CSvBibra (talk · contribs) (particularly German castles)
9. Drwong64 (talk · contribs) (American coast defense)
10. Dweller (talk · contribs)
11. KJP1 (talk · contribs)} (mostly interested in modern fortifications, especially WWII)
12. Emeraude (talk · contribs) (French castles)
13. Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk · contribs) (Mostly Scottish and other British castles and forts)
14. KJP1 (talk · contribs) (castles by Burges / Welsh castles / others I know something about)
15. Kj_cheetham (talk · contribs) (Scottish castles)
16. LeonIm24 (talk · contribs) (Mainly Austrian castles)
17. LordAmeth (talk · contribs) (Japanese castles)
18. Maralia (talk · contribs)
19. MChew (talk · contribs) (Japanese castles)
20. Mojoworker (talk · contribs) (American Civil War)
21. Neddyseagoon (talk · contribs)
22. Nev1 (talk · contribs) (medieval castles, Roman forts, Iron Age hill forts)
23. Ranger Steve (talk · contribs) (Palmerston Forts and other British coastal defences)
24. reb1981 (talk · contribs) (Mainly Colonial American Forts, Civil War era)
25. RobDuch (talk · contribs) (US seacoast fortifications)
26. Roger Davies (talk · contribs)
27. Simon Burchell (talk · contribs) (fortifications in Britain, Spain and Central America from ancient times to the Early Modern period)
28. Sturmgewehr88 (talk · contribs) (Ryūkyūan castles)
29. Sue Kastle (talk · contribs) (All types of castles/military forts)
30. Traveler100 (talk · contribs) (German and British castles)
31. Vami_IV (talk · contribs) (European fortifications)
32. Xwejnusgozo (talk · contribs) (Maltese and Sicilian fortifications)
33. PhilDaBirdMan (talk · contribs) (Atlantic Wall, WWII fortifications)

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Article statistics

The table to the right shows the current article assessment statistics for this task force. A list of the top 500 most popular articles within our scope, as well as the number of page views each article received over the past month, can be found here. With around two-fifths of our articles assessed as stubs, there's a lot of work to be done. However, we also have a significant number of good, A-Class, and featured articles, which have been assessed as amongst the best Wikipedia has to offer. These article serve as a yardstick for what can be achieved and should be aimed for, and can provide ideas about how to write an article and what sources to consult; they are listed below: Featured articles Acra (fortress) Ai-Khanoum Beulé Gate Blockhaus d'Éperlecques Bodiam Castle Brougham Castle Buckton Castle Castell Coch Castle Cefnllys Castle Cley Marshes Coalhouse Fort La Coupole Fort Concho Fort Dobbs (North Carolina) Fort Southerland Fort Ticonderoga Fort Yellowstone History of Gibraltar Maiden Castle, Dorset Melbourne Castle Fortress of Mimoyecques Peveril Castle Battle of Plum Point Bend Rochester Castle Battle of Saint-Malo Siege of Godesberg St Donat's Castle The Trundle Tower of London Warkworth Castle Warwick Castle Whitehawk Camp Windsor Castle Featured lists List of castles in Greater Manchester List of castles in Cheshire List of hillforts and ancient settlements in Somerset List of sieges of Gibraltar List of National Treasures of Japan (castles) A-Class articles Bastille British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War Citadel of Saigon Dolwyddelan Castle Fort McKavett State Historic Site Fort Phantom Hill Kaunas Fortress Kenilworth Castle Pevensey Castle Siege of Tunis (Mercenary War) York Castle Good articles Aberdour Castle Al Jalali Fort Apple River Fort Ashby de la Zouch Castle Atlantic Wall Baconsthorpe Castle Bastille The Battery (Manhattan) Battery White Bayard's Cove Fort Baynard's Castle Beaumaris Castle Beauregard Castle, Chippis Bedford Castle Beeston Castle Benin Moat Berkhamsted Castle Bethlehem Blaise Castle Estate Bobbili Fort Boden Fortress Bowes Castle Brean Down Brough Castle Brownsea Castle Bunkers in Albania Cadbury Camp Cadbury Castle, Somerset Caernarfon Castle Caernarfon town walls Caerphilly Castle Calshot Castle Caludon Castle Camber Castle Cambridge Castle Canterbury city walls Cardiff Castle Castell y Bere Castle Acre Castle and town walls Castle Clinton Castle Hill, Mere Castle Rising Castle Castles in Great Britain and Ireland Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd Castles in Scotland Castleshaw Roman Fort Château de Chinon Chlemoutsi Citadel of Erbil Citadel of Damascus Cittadella (Gozo) Clare Castle Clifton Hall, Cumbria Conisbrough Castle Conwy Castle Conwy town walls Cooling Castle Cow Tower, Norwich Cowes Castle Coxton Tower Craigmillar Castle Criccieth Castle Cromwell's Castle Dacre Castle Danebury Dartmouth Castle Deal Castle Deddington Castle The Defence of Duffer's Drift Deva Victrix Device Forts Dirleton Castle Dolbadarn Castle Dolebury Warren Dolwyddelan Castle Doune Castle Dowhill Castle Dunnottar Castle Dunrobin Castle Dunstaffnage Castle Dunstanburgh Castle Dunster Castle East and West Blockhouses Eddisbury hill fort Edinburgh Castle Edinburgh town walls Edzell Castle Elcho Castle Etal Castle Eynsford Castle Farleigh Hungerford Castle Ouvrage La Ferté Flame fougasse Flat Bastion Flat Holm Floriana Lines Forglen House Fort Curtis (Arkansas) Fort Dansborg Fort Davidson Battle of Fort Ében-Émael Fort Glanville Conservation Park Fort Manoel Fort McKavett State Historic Site Fort Phantom Hill Fort Ricasoli Fort Senneville Fort Tigné Fortezza of Rethymno Fortifications of Gibraltar Fortifications of Malta Fortifications of Mdina Fortifications of Valletta Fortín Solano Fortress of Humaitá Framlingham Castle Führerbunker Château Gaillard Glarentza Gleaston Castle Goodrich Castle Gravesend Blockhouse Grosmont Castle Siege of Gvozdansko Haapsalu Castle Hadleigh Castle Harlech Castle Harry's Walls Hay Castle Hillforts in Scotland Himeji Castle History of the Great Wall of China Homs Hull Castle Hurst Castle Hylton Castle Inchdrewer Castle Jewel Tower Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle Keep Kenilworth Castle King Charles's Castle Kingswear Castle Kirby Muxloe Castle Kowloon Walled City Krak des Chevaliers Lahore Fort Lamu Fort Launceston Castle Lochleven Castle Longtown Castle Loughor Castle Ludlow Castle Lydford Castle Maiden Castle, Cheshire Mamucium Marmion Tower Maybole Castle Mellor hill fort Mersea Fort Milton Blockhouse Motte-and-bailey castle Muckrach Castle Netley Castle Newcastle town wall Nunney Castle Okehampton Castle Old Blockhouse Oliver's Battery, Tresco Orford Castle Oxford Castle Palamu fort Pendennis Castle Penhallam Pennard Castle Penrhyn Castle Piel Castle Portland Castle Powis Castle Raglan Castle Al-Rahba Roslin Castle Rusco Tower St Catherine's Castle St Mawes Castle Sandgate Castle Sandown Castle, Isle of Wight Sandown Castle, Kent Sandsfoot Castle Santa María de la Cabeza castle Santa Rosa de la Eminencia castle Sauvey Castle Shumen Fortress Siege of Tunis (Mercenary War) Skenfrith Castle Skipsea Castle Smbataberd Smederevo Fortress Solsbury Hill Southampton Castle Southampton town walls Southsea Castle St Andrew's Castle, Hamble St Briavels Castle St Catherine's Hill, Hampshire St Leonard's Tower, West Malling Steep Holm Stokesay Castle Sundrum Castle Sutton Valence Castle Tantallon Castle Thetford Castle Three Castles Tibbers Castle Tilbury Fort Tourbillon Castle Tvrđa Upnor Castle Urquhart Castle Vizianagaram Fort Vorbunker Wallingford Castle Walls of Constantinople Walls of Dubrovnik Walmer Castle Weeting Castle Wetheral Priory Gatehouse White Castle, Monmouthshire Whitley Castle Whittington Tump Worcester Castle Worcester city walls Worlebury Camp Wressle Castle Fortifications of Xi'an Yam fortress Yarmouth Castle York Castle

Fortifications task force assessment statistics Articles Lists FA 34 FL 5 A 11 AL 0 GA 230     B 595 BL 9 C 2,346 CL 49 Start 4,370 List 163 Stub 1,544     Total 9,130 Total 226 Other pages Category 1,889 Disambig 13 Draft 2 File 67 Portal 0 Project 0 Redirect 91 SIA 0 Template 51 User 0 Total 2,113 Unassessed 3 Statistics ω 43,792 Ω 4.681 category

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Fortification • hill fort • defensive wall • Mumrills

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Akasaka castle (currently redirect) • castellology • See the red links at: List of castles in France • List of castles in Germany • List of castles in Portugal • List of castles in Spain • List of castles in Italy

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Aragonese Castle (it) • Belvoir Fortress (he) • Castle of Charles V (it) • Fortezza da Basso (it) • Koules Fortress (fr) • San Carlos de la Barra Fortress (es) • San Felipe Castle (es) • Sobroso Castle (es) • Castillo de Araya (es) • Castillo de San Antonio de la Eminencia (es) • Fuerte Villapol (es) • Redoubt no. 54 (pl) • Redoubt no. 56 (pl) • Walls of Florence (it), Citadel of Turin (it) [1] hundreds of articles from pt:Categoria:Fortificações de Portugal

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Did you know

• 22 Nov 2024 – Siege of Ak-Mechet (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by CitrusHemlock (t · c); see discussion

Categories for discussion

• 27 Nov 2024 – Category:Fortification weapons (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 09 Nov 2024 – Mseilha Fort (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Elias Ziade (t · c); start discussion
• 05 Nov 2024 – Te Pōrere Redoubts (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Zawed (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 18 Nov 2024 – Dymaean Wall (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Teichus by Tomisti (t · c); see discussion
• 21 Nov 2024 – Edrington Castle (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to Edrington by Ehrenkater (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Articles to be split

• 05 Jan 2021 – Guia Fortress (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 124.217.189.103 (t · c); see discussion

Resources

In England, some well-known historic monuments such as Hadrian's Wall receive a lot of coverage and may have books published on them by English Heritage.

Some articles use infoboxes; it's an editorial choice whether you include one in your articles, but the one most appropriate for a fortification is {{Infobox military structure}} (the link includes details on how to use it). To see one in use take a look at the article on Caernarfon Castle and how it's put together. The Tower of London article, however, passed at Featured Article review without one, demonstrating that an infobox is not always necessary, so weigh up the pros and cons before you include one in your articles.

As fortifications come in a variety of forms, there are many works that address the subject. Sometimes the bibliography of Wikipedia articles can provide a good starting point, however it depends on the overall quality of the article in the first place. Osprey Publishing has a series called "Fortress" which deals with this area; they're fairly accessible and usually include a starting bibliography at the end.

For articles on castles in England and Wales, this website is invaluable for identifying sources. It includes a pretty comprehensive bibliography on each site, links to some useful websites, as well as some suggestions on general reading.

When you're putting together an article, don't forget that despite this being part of the Military history WikiProject fortifications were not solely military institutions. Iron Age hill forts were proto-urban centres; civilian settlements grew around Roman forts and were an integral part of them; castles were lordly residences; town walls were badges of civic pride.

If you have any suggestions for important general books, please feel free to add them here.

Books

• Donnell, Clayton. Fortifications of Verdun, 1874–1917.
• Donnell, Clayton. The Forts of the Meuse in WWI.
• Donnell, Clayton. The German Fortress of Metz, 1870–1944.

See also

• WikiProject Scottish Castles