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

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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)Reply

"Roger Wilco." Lieutcoluseng (talk) 20:17, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
I don't understand what you mean with this reply. Mason (talk) 20:46, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Now, I do... here's the link Roger Wilco if anyone else is equally perplexed. Mason (talk) 20:47, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Battle of Jackson

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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)Reply

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)Reply
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)Reply

Category:Presidents General of the General Society of the War of 1812 has been nominated for merging

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Category:Presidents General of the General Society of the War of 1812 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. NLeeuw (talk) 09:41, 14 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Category:Holidays related to the War of 1812 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. NLeeuw (talk) 09:43, 14 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Category:Washington, D.C., in the War of 1812 has been nominated for merging

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Category:Washington, D.C., in the War of 1812 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. NLeeuw (talk) 09:47, 14 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Category:War of 1812 on the National Register of Historic Places has been nominated for deletion

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Category:War of 1812 on the National Register of Historic Places 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. NLeeuw (talk) 09:48, 14 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Louisiana in the War of 1812

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A tag has been placed on Category:Louisiana in the War of 1812 indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 15:20, 15 June 2024 (UTC)Reply