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Talk:Spotted Tail

message: The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- KenWalker | Talk 07:11, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 

message: I'd think that the name that should be used is the name that he used
(following the same principle that Cassius Clay should be under Muhammad Ali).
Unless there is an objection, I'll put Spotted Tail as a redirct to Sinte Gleska.
Smallbones (talk) 17:47, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, the rule seems to be that the most commonly used name should be used - Smallbones (talk) 18:22, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Change name 

message: I live in Collin County, Texas. One of the most significant Indians in our recent history is named Chief Spotted Tail. He was a Kiowa Indian, who settled near the middle of Collin County in the late 19th Century. Other Indian tribes greatly respected him, and his presence warded off even the most vicious of tribes from attacking the White settlers. During a smallpox epidemic, he volunteered to dig graves of dead settlers. He contracted the disease and died of it in 1873. He requested and received a Christian burial. Pooua (talk) 17:48, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need Disambiguation of Chief Spotted Tail 

message: The inscription in the picture says: Oglala-Dakota, the Article says: Brulé-Lakota - so what? -- Hartmann Schedel cheers 16:56, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oglala-Dakota 

message: Hello,
I just made a kludgy dictionary citation for the modern spelling of the two parts of Spotted Tail's other name, T'at'aŋka Napsíca ("Jumping Buffalo"). I used the Google Books citation tool (https://reftag.appspot.com/). To reference two entries, i.e., to get "jump", "buffalo", I had to set the value of the chapter field to jump", "buffalo (sic!). This is a kludge. If anyone has a better way of citing a dictionary on Google Books, please do, or give me a hint. Thank you! 999999 (talk) 07:57, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kludgy dictionary citation
Talk:Troops of Horse Guards

message: I've been paging through the Gazette and the Horse Guards seems to have used pretty arcane ranks, see for example http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/archiveViewFrameSetup.asp?webType=0&PageDuplicate=x0%20%20%20%20%20%20&issueNumber=11133&pageNumber=0&SearchFor=War-Office&selMedalType=&selHonourType=
Could someone explain? Fornadan (t) 23:51, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

message: I recently posted a link to the London Gazette at Talk:Brigadier which would suggest the Horse Guards did not use the rank of Corporal, instead using Brigadier. There is also no citation for the assertion that the current use of Corporal (rather than Sergeant) in the Household Cavalry derives from the Troops of Horse Guards. Opera hat (talk) 21:52, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The link referred to above shows the same thing.  Opera hat (talk) 14:28, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Take a look at Cannon's Historical record of The Life Guards: containing an account of the formation of the corps in the year 1660 and of its subsequent services to 1836 (http://www.archive.org/stream/cihm_48384#page/n5/mode/2up) around page 43 in the microfilm (13 in the original text). Also Standing orders for the first regiment of Life Guards, page 35 et seq. (available in Google books). Wally Wiglet (talk) 00:07, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Also Sir Reginald Hennel's The history of the King's body guard of the yeomen of the guard, page 155-6 (also in Google Books). Wally Wiglet (talk) 00:58, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corporals 
Talk:Tamanend

message: Interestingly, George Kulp has Tammany/Tammanund alive into the 1740s, as chief of the eastern Delawares then resident in the Wyoming Valley.
http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalessa00kulp/historicalessa00kulp_djvu.txt  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.80.5.117 (talk) 21:47, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: There is a discussion here about William Penn's 1683 treaty with the Lenape Indians, and specifically whether Voltaire's famous quote ("...a treaty never written, never broken") from his 1764 Dictionnaire philosophique was incorrect. Could someone please take a look at it? Thanks! --Guy Macon (talk) 16:52, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Was Voltaire wrong about William Penn's 1683 treaty with the Lenape Indians? 

message: I have removed the genealogy section due to its poor citations. One listed "living descendant" was an aspiring teen singer; the only citation is a google search of his name. I suspect this is a strange promotional self-insert.
As for the other two living descendants and the deceased descendants, it is more complicated. The genealogy seems to be based on a family story that claims that a certain John Schoolcraft in the 18th century married an native-american woman called Miotoka Nyeswann. Said woman bears other, yet similar names, in other versions of the legend. Some versions additionally have it that Miotoka was in fact an Indian princess. There seems to be no proof of this marriage, and one source I found claims that Nyeswann is actually a corruption of Neiswanger/Neiswander, a German family present at the same area of John Schoolcraft at the time. In any case, the cited genealogy of the Schoolcraft family does not mention the legend at all. It is worth noting that it claims that Schoolcraft is also corruption of an original German family name.  --Av = λv (talk) 20:59, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genealogy section 

message: "The affable" --- the name "Tammanend" (?) --- seems related, e.g., to "tammikuu" (the Finnish language name for the month of January) and in some Native American (or Alaskan) languages (Yupik language) the word relates vaguely to the English word "time" --- of or relating to the passage of time, often in a sense of affable storytelling, but there is also suggestion of the accrual of interest in a business or monetary sense. I think more research and details with sources are needed. justinacolmena (talk) 03:31, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology of the name
Talk:Tanacharison

message: I am in contact with a professional voice actor who is trying to record a spoken version of George Washington and he wants to hear someone pronounce "Tanacharison". If anyone would be willing to call him up or even leave a voice mail with the proper pronunciation, please email me and I will send you his contact info. Thanks. howcheng  {chat} 17:59, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation help
Talk:Household Cavalry Regiment

message: Please give a reference for the section on Structure.Cantab1985 (talk) 05:30, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lack of References 

message: Does anyone know what Regimental Information Team is? Martinmm23 (talk) 01:26, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regimental Information Team 

message: There is nothing on the current structure of the Household Cavalry Regiment. Nothing about it's squadrons, how many troops it has...nothing. I don't have access to sufficient tools to fix this. Could someone help? Faith15 14:54, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lack of Current Structure
Talk:Mdewakanton

message: Does a component of the Mdewakanton really survive in the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe??  If so, how did that little anomaly come about?I left a message on the talk page of CJLippert, who wrote the entry and clearly knows a lot more about Native history than I.TjoeC (talk) 14:54, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've never heard of this, I really don't think it's true, do to the general hostility between the two groups; does anyone have any actual prof of this? Spoudaiogeloion (talk) 22:41, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mdewakanton - Ojibwe? 

message: What is their connection with the Mystic Lake Casino in Minneapolis?  
--Atikokan (talk) 03:55, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Mystic Lake Casino is owned by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community.  Spoudaiogeloion (talk) 22:31, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mystic Lake Casino 

message: In the article, a spelling (in letters: Bdewákhaŋthuŋwaŋ) is given as a pronunciation. Any linguist can tell you that these aren't the same thing at all: think about the English spelling of knight, which has no /k/ or /g/ sound. A pronunciation should be specified using the standard IPA system, but  reverted my edit here: . Perhaps somebody with more linguistic knowledge can fix this. Equinox ◑ 05:45, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The pronunciation and name used to be Mdewakantonwan and now they say Bdewakantonwan and pronounce the name of their band as Bdewakantonwan for this Dakota band. The Prairie Island official website even uses it and they are Bdewakantonwan. No one is claiming Mde and Bde are pronounced the same way but Dakota people now say Bde such as Bde Maka Ska, which was a recent remaining of a lake in Minneapolis back to the Dakota name. The old form was Mde but modern Dakota people want to speak and use the modern form of saying lake, Bde. You can check in online Dakota dictionaries such as the Sisseton-Wahpeton college dictionary for Bde/Mde or the new Dakhóta Iápi Wičhóie Wówapi app, which has the listing for Bdewakantonwan and explains the former name as the Mde variant.  oncamera  (talk page) 13:59, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  A pronunciation problem
Talk:Kenya Regiment

message: There is information in the Kenyan Defence Forces page that belongs here.I will be updating the page with that information.Mwenemucii (talk) 13:54, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for this. It's worth remembering, though, that the KAR and earlier material is only tangentially relevant to this page. It might be worth trimming this down a bit! —Brigade Piron (talk) 14:48, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  updating the article with information from 1896 to 1963 

message: The Kenya Regiment drew from both black and white Kenyans. About 1,500 Black Kenyans served in the Regiment during the Mau Mau drawing from Kalenjin, Kikuyu, Turkana, Kamba, ...  and were especially valued for their tracking skills [Stapleton T.J., Warfare and Tracking in Africa 1952-1990, Routledge, 6 Oct 2015] . I have amended the article to reflect this. 144.134.131.186 (talk) 04:07, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recruitment 

message: I question (hence the citation need tag I put in) the statement in the summary that the Kenya Regiment disbanded in 1939. Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll was commissioned in the regiment at the start of WWII and is listed by the CWGC as having died serving as Captain in the Kenya Regiment following his unsolved murder in January 1941.Cloptonson (talk) 17:33, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: 1939 disbandment questioned
Talk:King's African Rifles

message: The only source I can find for the claim that Clinton John Dawkins 
was in the King's African Rifles is a remark made in Richard Dawkins's
own blog. Blogs are not seen as reliable in Wikipedia.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.160.33.187 (talk) 09:23, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blog
Talk:King's German Legion

message: Added links and additional information relating to Salamanca.  --Auntieruth55 (talk) 20:44, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additions 

message: The legion was disbanded in 1816. Allthough several of their units were incorporated into the army of the Kingdom of Hanover, I believe, that it is not possible to say, that the Legion or parts of it were active till 1916! It was not longer in existance and the later armies just took advantage of it's battle honors.(Chapell vol 2 p.41) There was also much hardship among the men after the dissolution and the officers were not happy with many of their new commanders, quite a lot of them having fought for Napoleon at some time! I therefore have changed the dates of activity in the info box. Anne-theater (talk) 16:50, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Dates of activity

message: He is wearing a green jacket.  Only one regiment at the time wore such jackets; the Green Jackets light infantry (now The Rifles), made famous by Sharpe's War starring Sean Bean.  Are we sure that this regiment wore green?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.73.160.101 (talk) 09:51, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: yes, we can absolutely be sure about that! The founder of the light batallions (1st and 2nd) KGL must have admired the 95th and therefore took their uniforms as a model for the KGL's uniforms. There are enough pictures from the time and other sources which confirm this!The trousers of the KGL are grey, the trousers of the 95th are green. There are also some differences in the sleeves and the tschakos. The 1st KGL has 1 row of buttons, the 2nd has 3 rows. Anne-theater (talk) 01:20, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The 95th were not the only one's to wear the green jackets, some American riflemen units used them and even if I'm not mistaken there were other British units at the time who had green jackets. The KGL definitely had green jackets within the light Inf. units. Jakednb (talk) 12:58, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture Depicting Private of 1st Batallion 

message: The Article about the skirmish itself talks about THREE regimental squares the KGL broke up that day according to the after battle reports... This article talks about two. Which depiction is the correct one? It should be changed in the other depiction to make both fit! --5.146.47.75 (talk) 09:48, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  How Many Squares at Garcia Hernandez?
Talk:King's Royal Rifle Corps

message: Does anyone have a suggestion for a book-length reference that pays particular attention to the Royal Americans prior to 1776?
Bwilreker (talk) 05:14, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: "The new regiment at first lost several outlying garrisons such as Fort Michilimackinac, but finally proved its mastery of forest warfare under Bouquet's leadership at the victory of Bushy Run in August 1763"
Since Bouquet refers to 16 or 17 men of the 60th Royal Americans being with his column, and describes the decisive action at Bushy Run being a ruse executed by the contingent of Highlanders from the 42nd and 77th Regiments, this seems to be an exaggeration found in various versions of the regimental history.
JF42 (talk) 19:13, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:   'mastery of forest warfare'
Talk:King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery

message: The article states that when the troop is on parade with its guns "it will replace the Household Cavalry at the extreme right of the line". This statement was properly cited. Larmas has added a qualification "and no regiment of the Household Cavalry has its colours on parade". The previous wording (i.e. without the qualification), which was supported by a "Daily Mail" citation and a "British Army units 1945 on" citation, really should remain until we can find a citation that supports Larmas's qualification. I will revert in the next few days unless a specific citation can be found to support the qualification (which I have never seen before). Thanks. Dormskirk (talk) 20:54, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Right of the line

message: I'm not sure that this (removed from the article) is trivia. What do others think?
:A 35mm CinemaScope film, The Troop, was filmed in Windsor Great Park and at 'The Wood' barracks. The film had a royal premiere before the Princess Royal at BAFTA in September 1999.The Troop Film – Royal Premiere at BAFTA at Glory Film Co. The Glory Film Co. production was produced by Marcus Dillistone and Paul-Anthony Viollet (A former Troop Officer), and directed by Marcus Dillistone with an introduction spoken by Sir John Mills. Music was composed by Julian Scott and performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.The Troop—An Epic Short Film at Glory Film Co.
--Northernhenge (talk) 17:54, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi - I would be quite happy to see it added back in. Dormskirk (talk) 23:00, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''The Troop''
Talk:Lancashire Regiment

message: Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 18:22, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008 
Talk:Light Dragoons

message: How did it come to be that a Jordanian king, an influential muslim married to a Palestinian, is the Colonel in Chief of this regiment? What is the story of that? It must be fascinating. If anybody knows, please add to the article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.244.36.72 (talk) 08:05, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: After reading this BBC report I was left wondering if it was a reward for keeping quiet about the pending Iraq war. I'm not suggesting that was the case, of course, given that he was already an officer in the British Army. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 16:41, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  King Abdulla of Jordan is Colonel in Chief 

message: Hello, my name is Corporal Fahy and I'm the webmaster for the South Alberta Light Horse.  I'm informed that General Andrew(sp?) is the new Colonel of the Regiment for the Light Dragoons and came here hoping to find a bio, a photograph or something like that to link on our site.
I'll update the CotR entry on this page myself eventually, but I'd prefer to let the Light Dragoons have the first crack at it.  199.214.241.211 (talk) 15:23, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Colonel of the Regiment 
Talk:Lord Wentworth's Regiment

message: This edit is a comment and so I have moved it from the article to the talk page --PBS (talk) 13:10, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ormonde Papers 
Talk:Mercian Regiment

message: :"It was expected that the regiment's cap badge would have be a double headed Mercian Eagle with Saxon crown, but this has been rejected by the Army Board due to it's strong Territorial Army connection."
Well, if you go on the website, there's a great big double-headed Mercian eagle with Saxon crown....
:It appears to me that the badges of the Mercian Brigade/Mercian Volunteers and the Mercian Regiment are exactly the same. What changes were actually made after the Army Dress Committee rejected the 'strangled chicken' design?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.176.88.21 (talk) 15:35, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The colour, as far as I can see... the Brigade badge's eagle was all silver, Here's one at ebay:. It looks like the new version has a gold beak and legs . A small difference, but presumably enough to keep the Committee happy? Lozleader 12:06, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Isnt the type being "Light infantry" redundant and incorrect by the "role" section that shows the regiments battalions being light infantry/Mechanized infantry/reservists.--EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 20:12, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Type 

message: Without a substantial amount of information on this, or other battalions, I propose to merge 4 Mercian into Mercian Regiment. Chachu207 talk to me 18:42, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree. I see no reason not to do this; not very much links to 4 Mercian, so it would not be controversial.  [ dotKuro ] [ talk ] [ contribs ]  17:16, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

text: Oppose. I think articles on individual battalions are perfectly acceptable. -- Necrothesp (talk) 08:28, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

text: Comment I agree with both of you, if the battalion has some notably by itself an article is appropriate. However this battalion at this period in time does not seem to be, as it has never been on active service. Jim Sweeney (talk) 14:43, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge 4 Mercian 
Talk:Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

message: Should this article include the history of the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) from November 1958 to 1 Jan 1966 i.e. treated as same regiment as Oxford and Bucks or should there be a separate page for 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) which is currently a hidden page. Charlie52 (talk) 18:04, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi - On balance I think it is best where it is (at 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd)) at least for the moment; however, wherever it goes, it needs in-line citations (including page numbers) as required by WP:CITE (which it does not currently have). Once the text meets wikipedia guidelines and the quality is thereby improved we can decide whether to integrate it with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry article. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 21:54, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. It does look wrong. I have changed reference 63 which previously cited Blechman such that it now cites Joslen. Thanks. Dormskirk (talk) 22:03, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

text: I do not have copies of the books referred to at the bottom of the article. If you have copies you should be able to insert the page numbers yourself without difficulty. Please read WP:CITE to find out how to do it. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 21:59, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I have now added some sources and deleted some extensive unsourced information. You really need to be adding the in line citations as you go along. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 16:03, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd)
Talk:Popski's Private Army

message: :I've cleaned this up a bit after reading his book, which I found in a bokshop in Dartmouth for the sum of £1. Try an use a scholarly style, rather than a narrative - remember that you're writing an encyclopedia! Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 00:02, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Tone

message: Did Popski and his men really walk 4000 miles across Africa? That's how the text reads now, and it seems implausible. I have seen other sources saying that Popski's patrols covered 4000 miles in total during some particular mission. Perhaps that's where the figure comes from?
Sure you can't always walk in a straight line because of obstacles, but still, the straight-line distance from Tunisia to Cairo is less than 2500 miles! So even if they *could* walk a super-human 4000 miles through the desert, it seems unlikely they *would*.
I'm not saying that I'm certain the article is wrong, I just wish someone with good knowledge of the subject could perhaps verify the reference, or find other references.
Avl (talk) 18:12, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Walking 4000 miles? 

message: I have moved the article back to "Popski's Private Army" because not only is it the common name it is also the name used in nearly all the cited sources for the article. Moving the article to "No. 1 Demolition Squadron " caused the Wikipedia article no longer to be in the top ten names (first page) for the article on a Google search on the common name  "Popski's Private Army". If someone  thinks another name is more appropriate then put in a WP:RM -- PBS (talk) 09:21, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name of the article 

message: I have just read an excellent academic treament of British Special Forces in the Desert War and believe this page could benefit from a citation/reference. It is:
 
Hargreaves, Andrew L., ‘The Advent, Evolution and Value of British Specialist Formations in the Desert War, 1940-43’, in Global War Studies, Vol. 7, No.2, (2010), pp.7-62
 
From what I understand Dr. Hargreaves wrote a PhD on WWII Special Forces, but am not sure if he has written any books.
 
This could be useful to other pages dealing with similar units.
 
Best,
 
David Trill  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.43.118.20 (talk) 07:55, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  New source 

message: Should we mention some of the famous members of the PPA, such as the late Sir Christopher Lee (actor)?
Deguspice (talk) 05:15, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Members of the PPA?