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I'm a brand-new newby, and I'm not sure if this is the right procedure, but I guess someone will set me straight if it's not. I somehow couldn't sort it out by consulting the help pages.

The article about David Farragut looks well done, but I found what was noted in passing about his father George somewhat misleading (there's no article about him yet). I'm not prepared to edit the David Farragut article, let alone write one on his father, but I just wanted to pass on a brief comment and suggested links that might be used to improve the present article.

What I found misleading was referring to George as a former British merchant captain, while noting New book takes humbug out of quotations]

incidentally that he was born on Minorca (which was passed back and forth between different powers during the late eighteenth century). The reader can easily get the impression that the Farraguts were a family of British background. In fact, they were Spanish, or more precisely of Aragonese-Catalonian descent. A thirteenth-century ancestor was Don Pedro Farragut, who took part in the wars against the Moors. George Farragut, having little sympathy with Britain, emigrated to the North American colonies and was active on the colonists' side in the War of Independence.

This link should be especially helpful:

http://www.pattonhq.com/militaryworks/farragut.html

This has supplementary information about the early Farraguts, though there's a typo that puts Pedro Farragut into the eighteenth century:

http://www.abraham-lincoln.org/admiralfarragut.org/

--anon

I did not know that. Thanks! But tell us who you are! Also, bravo to the article writer! You got "flag officer" right. Most "learned" sources don't. Congratulations. Who were you? Trekphiler 20:09, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Things named for Farragut

In the section about things named after Admiral Farragut, I think David Glasgow Farragut High School and D.G.F. Elementary School should be added, they're Department of Defense schools located on Naval Station Rota Spain. Here [1] is the website for the high school and here [2] is it's alumni site.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Munchkin3590 (talk • contribs).

-- I had added D.G.F some time ago. It, apparently, has been edited out for some reason.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.10.236.133 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Image selection

Any opinions on the image swap? --Dual Freq 16:32, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Before

After

Is there a reason for it other than to hide that the original photograph is damaged? If one wants to see what Farragut looked like, the original is superior. If one wants to artistically pretend the photo is not damaged than the photoshopped one is better. MichaelSH 18:28, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

I didn't photo-shop the second photo, it's from the US DOD image archive. It must be restored, but it's the same picture. --Dual Freq 03:36, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Then US DOD photoshopped it. Clearly it has been cropped and had had a dramatic change in the contrast to hide the defects of the original photograph. MichaelSH 16:19, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

speaking of images why does this article need two basically identical images of the guy? 66.57.251.83 11:59, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Damn the Torpedos

New book takes humbug out of quotations has a news story on a new book that documents false quotes. This source alleges that Farragut did not say ""Damn the Torpedoes! Full Speed Ahead". MichaelSH 18:28, 25 October 2006 (UTC)