Talk:The Unknown Warrior
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"Several other nations would follow the example and have their own Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the most famous being France's, beneath the Arc de Triomphe."
The above statement doesn't seem very encyclopedic. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.171.5.85 (talk • contribs) 18:36 UTC, November 1, 2005 (UTC)
Even the battlefield the Warrior came from is not known, kept permanently unknown so that the Unknown Warrior might serve as a symbol for all of the unknown dead wherever they fell.
The part in bold does not make sense. Surely it should be:
Even though, the battlefield the Warrior came from is known, it is kept permanently unknown so that the Unknown Warrior may serve as a symbol for all of the unknown dead wherever they fell.
1) It makes perfect sense as it is. It means that the battlefield is unknown because it was deliberately kept unknown. Your proposed change does not make sense: how can it be both known and unknown? It is not a secret knwon only to a few, it is not known by anyone.
2) Another sentence says the inscription is made from silver from melted down ammunition. I doubt that they used silver to make ammunition, they weren't fighting werewolves. I am editing this to read silver-coloured metal.86.137.102.183 19:08, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
