Talk:Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

message: I think the facticity of this article needs to be checked-out and brought into line with modern historical scholarship.  I'm reading Joseph J. Ellis' recent biography of Washington, "His Excellency, George Washington" which states on page 116 that "Steuben's title was a complete fabrication, as was his claim of intimacy with Frederick the Great and his rank of general in the Prussian army."  69.216.236.40 05:00, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article needs Revamping? 

message: Many sources claim September 17, 1730 to be von Steuben's birthday. Most notably, The Steuben Society of America. The lorax 18 July 2005
:I checked three print references (Dictionary of American Biography, Dictionary of Military Biography, and Encyclopedia Americana), and all give September 17, 1730, so I changed it in the article. The 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica does give his birthdate as November 15, 1730, which is why it was that way here. There may be a story behind the discrepancy, or it may just be a simple error. --Kevin Myers 12:42, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Steuben's birthday 

message: Why we cannot have current name of Breslau (Wrocław) next to a previous name of this city?  Why the change made there would not show up? Zbinienda (talk) 21:46, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early years 

message: I've removed the LGBT Military category. The source given (Conduct Unbecoming, by Schilts) doesn't actually say that von Steuben was gay. And reading the above, all we have are rumors. Until and unless there's good sourcing for the statement, it shouldn't be included. -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 03:12, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. There is nothing that can be said with certainty regarding his sexuality, other than that an accusation of homosexuality was made and he felt gravely insulted by it (see my longer comments above). This does not prove that it wasn't true either, though we just don't know the answer and so that is all we can say on it. It is wrong to categorize this man based only on accusation, especially when that accusation hurt him so deeply, and caused much difficulty in his life. If not true, we would be promoting something false that was said by rivals to damage him. -- 9Fafner9 (talk) 19:12, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It's also possible he was unaware of, or incapable of acknowledging his homosexual feelings. Nevertheless, he is no longer around to be offended. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 16:32, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  LGBT? 

message: The part about training has been corrupted somehow on the 4. January 2010. Could someone please restore that version? it actually looked quite complete and I added some literature yesterday. Later found that the current version makes on sense. Herbertkarl (talk) 10:32, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Training 

message: Back in October a vandal replaced the name of his mother, Elizabeth von Jagvodin (as found in cited source) with the name Sylvia Sue Steuben, and bolded the name.  This should be reverted. 50.37.120.141 (talk) 05:46, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mother's name 

message: I wasn't sure this was an appropriate edit, so I'm putting it here. Steuben didn't speak any English, at least when he arrived at Valley Forge. John Laurens, Alexander Hamilton, and probably Lafayette acted as translators for him. This is important for two reasons. One, he apparently made up swear words (and maybe other terms) that were a mash of languages and completely endeared him to the men (Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow). Two, it may have been the link through which Lafayette finally was able to start using his impressive military studies, which were in French, by hearing them translated (complete conjecture on my part). Jlfeuerbach (talk) 13:35, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: He brought a translator along. 173.228.123.166 (talk) 09:51, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "He went out and talked to the men." 

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message: I cannot be sure but I see a potential for error in the use of the title "Inspector General" in this case. Following the link attached to this title I get a description that is not very military but rather bureaucratic. I followed it because here in Germany the "Inspector General" is the highest ranking general of the army and I was astonished that this title also exists in the USA. As General v. Steuben was involved in the initial creation of the modern American army I find it very likely that the title in his case was closer to what it is now in Germany than what it is now in the USA. In that case the link would be misleading and it would be great if someone could improve the "Inspector General" article by adding the historical use there, etc. I have no way to check this but the German Wikipedia implies that in his case "Inspector General" meant that he was the highest ranking person in that particular army (current Germany only has a single army ... so maybe that's the meaning of the title in "our" context and probably in his - the current US use of that title seems to be misleading at least to me). JB. --92.195.5.132 (talk) 17:19, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inspector General ? 

message: In march, the lithuanian user sol505000 changed the german IPA-pronounciation from  to , stating "incorrect IPA - the nasal is alveolar only when the schwa is sounded, syllabic nasals assimilate to the preceding stops". That may be theoreticly correct, but isn't so in reality. As a native speaker of German, who has worked and travelled his life in all parts of german speaking countries, in high german I've seldom heard  (lips closed after the last sound) and most often  (lips slightly open after the last sound). So I disagree with the statement quoted above, and would say that the original german IPA-pronounciation was right - I admit that the difference is small, and that in some cases of mumbling pronunciation also  can heard, but nevertheless there's no need to call a mumbling pronunciation the regular one (or many, many IPA-pronounciations have to be adapted...). ThomasPusch (talk) 20:05, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronounciation in German