# Talk:2nd Battalion, 9th Marines

I've dropped by and reviewed the article. Nicely done! Informative, thorough and understandable by a civvy like me. 8-) There are, however, no references in the article. We need to know where the information came from and where we can go for more info. Please at least include a bibliography section, or, better, inline notes. I've marked the article pending to give you time to do this, rather than failing it outright. --CTSWyneken(talk) 16:21, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

I believe that the inline references have now been taken care of.  Tony the Marine 01:41, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations! This is now a Good Article listing. To improve it on the road to FA, take a look at WP:LEAD. Ideally, the lead should summarize the rest of the article. Also, have someone with a rep for high quality writing work a little on the style. It is readable as is, but they are a bear at FA. --CTSWyneken(talk) 11:19, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

The reason for the revert is that the compostion of the 2/9's Battailon is essential to the article since the composition of a Marine Corps Battalion differs from that of the Army or of some other country. This article has passed a review by many editors some of which recommended the Battalion composition.  As such the article was promoted to a GA Status.  There is no need to delete informative information from an artilce.  Tony the Marine 15:47, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

All I removed was the explanation of what H&S and infantry companies do, those are self-explanatory (or at least to the extent of the prose I deleted) and not vastly different from the Army; the battalion composition remains. The deleted text is
H&S Company (Headquarters & Service Company) was made up of multiple sections that supported the remainder of the battalion with a variety of service support functions.
The infantry companies were composed of Marines who fought primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units.
Also, I notice that the Good Article version (linked above) mentioned a weapons company; but it was since removed (not by me). Was there a weapons company in 2/9?--Mmx1 16:00, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
I understand where you're coming from, however we owe ourselves to the common laymen who does not understand what these units do and thereby, by providing a small explaination the section becomes informative.  Tony the Marine 16:04, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, I'm all for more explanatory material, but I don't think the removed text does so, above and beyond what the company names already specify. For example, if the weapons company is a part, it would be helpful to explain what "weapons" it provided, and similarly the H&S could do with an explanation of the services it provides. These are definitions specific to the function of Marine units. However, I think it's a fair presumption to make that someone who made it past the intro and is reading the body of this article should know what infantry is; if not, I wikilinked "infantry" in the first sentence in the intro. It is, incidentally, also wikilinked in this section. --Mmx1 16:13, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. The article history has been updated to reflect this review. In spite of the pass, I feel that the article does have problems which should be addressed. In places the prose standard is quite poor and there are also many references without publication detail. More detailed information on the unit's history would also improve the piece. Regards, Jackyd101 (talk) 12:10, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
9th Marines under 6th Marines command rates a French Fourage  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.87.230.233 (talk) 01:58, 20 May 2008 (UTC) 

Good observation. The French Fourage has been added. Tony the Marine (talk) 03:22, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

The "unit awards" listed aren't really unit awards. Units are given campaign and service streamers. Only the awards with unit in their name are actually unit awards and worn by unit members as ribbons. It would be more appropriate to display unit awards as streamers that the Battalion attaches to its colors. See 3rd Battalion 3rd Marines

The Joint Meritorious Unit Citation and the Mexican Border medal has not been awarded to 2/9. Instead the Presidential Unit Citation (Army) Yes, it was awarded to 2/9 during the Vietnam War (1969). Hope this could be corrected and updated on this page. I also have the current logo of the Bn so it could be posted on this page. Respectfully, SgtMaj Santiago, 2/9 current Bn SgtMaj. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.79.15.102 (talk • contribs) 

The changes recommended by SgtMaj Santiago have been made. Tony the Marine (talk) 20:51, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

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