Talk:Military beret

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The blue bonnet used in Scotland by civilians and soldiers alike was a beret in all but the name. The Scottish army that took part in the English civil wars in the 1640s & 1650s was issued with blue bonnets. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.85.2.56 (talk) 11:41, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Knitted wool bonnets were common garments in much of Europs at one time. One might as well say the beret was a bonnet in all but name. The key element is that the military fashion was started in France with the conscious adoption of the mountaineer's beret as headgear for the Chasseurs Alpins. The British borrowed the fashion, adapted it, and made the beret internationally recognisable as military headgear during the Second World War.JF42 (talk) 16:50, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Canada Red Berets

The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment does not wear red berets. They wear the standard rifle green with a red patch behind the cap badge. The Winnipeg Grenadiers are on the SUPORBAT and as such wear no beret at all because they do not exist for all intents and purposes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.53.2.117 (talk) 10:09, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Merge proposal: Camouflage beret here

Camouflage beret has been tagged for notability for over a year. It seems more like an essay, but its information could be worth merging here. Boleyn (talk) 06:15, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

No objection in over 4 months - merged. Boleyn (talk) 18:19, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

de facto Jacobite symbol

"the Blue Bonnet, that became a de facto symbol of Scottish Jacobite forces in the 16th and 17th centuries"

This is a questionable assertion. The bonnet was a garment worn in both Highlands and Lowlsnds and by whigs and Jacobites alike. It was the folk headgear of Scotland, even worn by the petty rural gentry- hence the term 'bonnet laird.' The fact that the bonnet was worn by those of Jacobite sympathies was of no significance. Their affiliation was indicated by the white cockade worn on the bonnet as a sign of loyalty to the exile Stuart kings.JF42 (talk) 16:56, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

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Upcoming Canadian Army beret changes

Proposed changes to Canada section (official cite coming soon, units are in the process of purchasing berets but official rollout is sometime in spring):

• Artillery, Intelligence, RCEME, and Signals switching to dark blue beret. Note this is army corps only, so RCEME only as opposed to all C&E Branch.
• Guards (Horse/Foot/Grenadier) switching to khaki beret

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GA Review

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Reviewer: Catlemur (talk · contribs) 21:14, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

I will start this review shortly.--Catlemur (talk) 21:14, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

The article has been nominated by an editor who has not significantly contributed to it. I haven't found any rules against this so I am going to proceed with the review.

• One of the main issues of the article is the lack of detailed coverage of the military beret's history (Criterion 3a). For starters I would recommend merging the History section with the Camouflaged Berets History subsection. You can also draw ideas from the beret article. Ideally we should have a section that would define what a beret is, its history in a civilian setting and its early transition into military headgear. A second section about how it got popularized between World War I and the end of World War II. Followed by a section about its dissemination across the globe during the Cold War and its present status. This section should explain why they were adopted, whether there was opposition to their adoption and on what grounds. The article also makes no reference to their adoption by paramilitary groups.

• The article also fails Criterion 3b. The By Country section is over bloated, it attempts to describe the use of military berets by every single country around the globe which is of little interest to the average reader. The United Kingdom and United States subsections are overtly detailed (see WP:WORLDVIEW and Criterion 4). What can be done instead is to substitute it with a section that describes the symbolism of each beret's color and highlights the differences in their shapes, sizes and how they are worn between different countries. This section can also describe elements of military traditions regarding the beret e.g. "earning the beret".

• Another big problem with the article is its citation style (Criterion 2). There are references suffering from WP:LINKROT and also references that are permanent dead links. References 64 and 72 are essentially notes, they should be placed in a different section and be supported by reliable references themselves. A translation of the title of every source in a foreign language should be provided, the reference should also note which language it the source is written in. For books and academic journals (which should be preferred as WP:RS) we need author names, titles, page numbers, the name of the publisher as well as ISBN, OCLC or DOI. Not all books cited contain those.

Right now the article looks like a quick fail as it far from achieving even B class status. The nominator has a week to try and rewrite it.--Catlemur (talk) 10:11, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

Non-military berets in the Indonesia section

Should the text and photograph about non-military organisations in that section be there? They could be moved to section 1.5 Indonesia of the Uniform beret article. Dreddmoto (talk) 03:51, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

United Kingdom

That section does not have a photograph of a Royal Air Force beret. Should one of the two photographs here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Military_berets_of_the_United_Kingdom be added? Another image from someone else would be welcome. Dreddmoto (talk) 17:47, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

One of these two should prove good enough for our purposes once cropped;

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RAF_Reservist_MOD_45156514.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RAF_Reservist_MOD_45156516.jpg Dvaderv2 (talk) 19:01, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Just upload the crop as its own file instead of overwriting the original, obviously. - Dvaderv2 (talk) 19:02, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

OK, I've done my own crop, give me a minute. Dvaderv2 (talk) 19:04, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

It is done. - Dvaderv2 (talk) 19:15, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Dvader, thanks a lot. That image is helpful. You've done some great edits. --Dreddmoto (talk) 18:50, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

You're welcome. - Dvaderv2 (talk) 22:21, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

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