Talk:Evelyn Wood (British Army officer)

message: He also subsequently at Sindhora, rescued, with the help of a duffadar and a sowar, a Potail from a band of robbers who had captured the man 
Could someone explain these terms? Bastie 19:11, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
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message: Several editors are disagreeing over whether there should be an explanation of the Victoria Cross in the lead paragraph. I have reverted to the original version before the edit war started (that is, no explanation) for the following reason: 
The lead paragraph is meant to summarize the subject of the wiki, which in this case is not the Victoria Cross, but Evelyn Wood. If an in-depth explanation of the Victoria Cross is needed, it should be placed in the paragraph detailing how Wood earned the medal.
That being said, if a good explanation for the other case can be made, I am willing to consider it.Guinness323 (talk) 15:49, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: There is now virtually nothing in the lede which is not great really is it? The lede is supposed to summarise all the key aspects of the subjects life. The VC (Victoria Cross) is the highest decoration for bravery in the British award system and few people ever receive it and so is one of the major aspects of the subjects life. Deleting key information from an article is usually considered vandalism hence my reversal. The edit summary provided by the anon editor did not consider this information You will note that the information has been there for 'ages' and was only recently deleted so a reversal should be to the deleted text which I restored. Kernel Saunters (talk) 11:14, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  Note that this is the consensus version  Kernel Saunters (talk) 11:16, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should explanation of Victoria Cross be in lead paragraph 

message: The article states that Wood was a qualified barrister. When and where did he attain this qualification? Adelshaus (talk) 11:53, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: In 1874 - it's in the article. The book did not say whether or not he did pupillage which I think in those days used to happen before one was called, but it did say he was called. Nowadays I think an aspiring barrister does the bar course, eats the requisite number of dinners at his Inn, and is then called (making him technically a barrister), then does pupillage which entitles him to practise if he can find a tenancy somewhere. For what it's worth, George Macdonogh also read for the bar in his spare time whilst at Staff College.Paulturtle (talk) 02:55, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: He entered the Middle Temple as a student 30 April 1870 and was called to the bar on 30 April 1874 (Foster's Men-at-the-Bar (1885) p. 517). Opera hat (talk) 07:24, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

text: Thanks. Presumably he did his studies whilst serving at Aldershot in the early 1870s, as that's pretty near London. We don't know why he wasn't called until after his return from the Ashanti War: there may have been some technical reason like still having a dinner or two to eat, or he may just not have got around to it.Paulturtle (talk) 13:17, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
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