Talk:H. Jones

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Should this page be moved to H. Jones (currently a redirect here)? He was normally known by his initial and hated his first name. Dbiv 19:00, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)

With no objection I've completed the move. It's astonishing how many pages were under the impression that he should be referred to as "'H' Jones". It was not a nickname, it was an abbreviation. Dbiv 19:33, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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The first sentence is clumsy:

Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Jones VC OBE (May 14, 1940 – May 28, 1982), who disliked his first name and was therefore known to his men and the public as H. Jones, was a posthumous British recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Is there any objection to shortening it thus:

Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Jones VC OBE (May 14, 1940 – May 28, 1982), better known as H. Jones, was a posthumous British recipient of the Victoria Cross.

Bastie 17:38, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

I agree with you Bastie, and would remove the word British from your otherwise excellent suggestion. Dave 22:40, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Regiment achieved the moral highground?

I presume the author meant something to the effect that the British had much higher morale after the Regiment's victory, which led to their domination in subsequent battles. Surely "[t]he British achieved such a moral superiority over the enemy" wasn't meant literally.

That's a quote from the Citation itself[1], I agree it doesn't make much sense by itself. Dan100 (Talk) 00:04, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pissed on Wine

"because he was always pissed on wine" - shouldn't this be attributed somewhere, and better worded? I've changed it to drunk for now, but this needs to be checked. Mei 22:02, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm going to remove it for the following reasons: (1) The structure implies that the 'wine' remark is attribute to the mentioned book - but in fact the inclusion of the reference pre-dates the 'wine' remark (2) The statement was added by an anonymous IP editor who has recently been warned for adding potentially libellous material (User talk:62.56.70.164) (3) It probably violates WP:BLP--CIreland 16:57, 26 March 2007 (UTC)