Talk:Field Marshall

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Early Talkpage entries

One L or two? Google has 20,600 for "Field Marshall" (and that includes several links to Marshall Field's department stores) and 49,600 for "Field Marshal". -- Zoe

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One "l". A spelling expert I ain't, but it's "marshal". There is a foregin spelling, French perhaps, that goes something like "marchall" or "marshalle" Tannin Sorry but it is spelt Field Marshall. I have some genuine manufacturer's publications (manual and parts list) in front of me as I type this. 78.148.196.181 (talk) 19:27, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reuse

This name has now been taken over for the tractors. GraemeLeggett

Requested move

The following is a closed discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was not moved. Neither of the two externally linked sites use the hyphenated form. Per Wikipedia:AT#Special_characters, not moved. --rgpk (comment) 17:56, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Field Marshall → Field-Marshall — Hyphenate, per maker Andy Dingley (talk) 13:24, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Assessment

I'd like to bump this higher than a 'start' - it is pretty close to a 'B', apart from the complete lack of citations. Any references would be welcome. I enjoyed reading it, and the style is good. Added some projects that might help.--Robert EA Harvey (talk) 06:44, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say it was more like a Start. Too much is missing. There's almost nothing on the diesel engine, which is its distinctive feature.

We could also use an article on the somewhat similar Yeoman of England. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:20, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fuel?

Did it run on petrol/gasoline, or diesel, or paraffin/kerosene, or what? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:45, 4 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Diesel. Although it's not terribly fussy and kerosene or heating oil will do.

The engine is an example of a medium-speed diesel engine or 'oil engine', pre-dating the high-speed diesel engines that appeared from 1930 and became ubiquitous. It's low-revving, very low power to weight, but has an appetite for almost any fuel. Andy Dingley (talk) 09:48, 4 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]