User talk:Lieutcoluseng

Category:Franz von Sickingen has been nominated for merging

Category:Franz von Sickingen has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 00:59, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Category:Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery has been nominated for deletion

Category:Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Marcocapelle (talk) 03:26, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

I had to correct the coordinates you put in the article Battle of Glorieta Pass and its Wikidata item to meet the guidance at WP:OPCOORD. The editors at WP:WikiProject Geographical coordinates have reached consensus that coordinates need to be rounded or truncated to approximately one-tenth the size of the object, which in practice is about DD°MM'SS" or D.dddd° for most everything. Also, some templates such as Infobox Observatory draw coordinates from Wikidata directly, and format them as DD°MM'SS", which means that the Wikidata item should also be in DD°MM'SS" format. Let me know if you have any questions. Abductive (reasoning) 11:29, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

I reverted your addition of a large number of categories to American Legion‎

Please review WP:OCEPON. You shouldn't copy every single category from the page (American Legion) and add them to the category of the same name (Category:American Legion). Instead categories should only have a select few categories that apply to ever page in the category. WP:OCEPON has some good examples. Mason (talk) 23:56, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

"Roger Wilco." Lieutcoluseng (talk) 20:17, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

I don't understand what you mean with this reply. Mason (talk) 20:46, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Now, I do... here's the link Roger Wilco if anyone else is equally perplexed. Mason (talk) 20:47, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Battle of Jackson

I noticed that you've unilaterally changed the caption here and have added a note not to change it. But I do object to the use of "gallant charge" in the new caption. Yes, the charge was gallant, but it's not an encyclopedia's role to point that out in image captions. I also don't think it's good practice to add language indicating that material should not be changed when there has not been a specific discussion over that material. Hog Farm _Talk 13:11, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Good afternoon, Hog Farm. I copied the lithograph's caption verbatim as it was originally copyrighted by the publisher (Middleton, Strobridge & Co.) in the 19th-century (See Library of Congress). With regards to the note; it merely points out that the title, as currently written, conforms to the template's example with an editorial request for talk page consideration before editing. If you find the note or Middleton, Strobridge & Co.'s use of the word "gallant" offensive in the lithograph's caption, by all means, please remove both. Lieutcoluseng (talk) 11:23, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

I don't think it's offensive - I just think in captions that we need to keep in mind that the purpose of our articles (encyclopedic education) is different than the purpose of the 19th century works these illustrations were published in (generally patriotic literature or works rightfully glorifying the deeds of the veterans). Or at a minimum, if you're going to quote the caption of the older work, you need to make it clear that this is a quote. Right now, the caption in the Jackson article is written as to be Wikipedia making this description directly, rather than this being directly from a Middleton, Strobridge & Co. Hog Farm _Talk 14:24, 8 June 2024 (UTC)