Talk:War memorial

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	Architecture Portal This article covers subjects of relevance to Architecture. To participate, visit the Wikipedia:WikiProject Architecture for more information. The current monthly improvement drive is Castle.
Start	This article has been rated as start-Class on the assessment scale.
Low	This article has been rated as low-importance on the assessment scale.

	This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.
Start	This article has been rated as Start-Class on the quality scale.
Additional information: This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-Class status: Referencing and citation: not checked Coverage and accuracy: not checked Structure: not checked Grammar: not checked Supporting materials: not checked To fill out this checklist, please add the following to the template call: <!-- 1. It is suitably referenced, and all major points are appropriately cited. --> |B-Class-1=yes/no <!-- 2. It reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain major omissions or inaccuracies. --> |B-Class-2=yes/no <!-- 3. It has a defined structure, including a lead section and one or more sections of content. --> |B-Class-3=yes/no <!-- 4. It is free from major grammatical errors. --> |B-Class-4=yes/no <!-- 5. It contains appropriate supporting materials, such as an infobox, images, or diagrams. --> |B-Class-5=yes/no Related task forces (general topics): Military memorials and cemeteries task force Related task forces (periods and conflicts): World War I task force World War II task force

• In the (current) third paragraph of the article (the one starting with "In modern times..."), there is a list of countries where war memorials were erected in most villages (France, England, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and "other countries"). I don't think there is anything unique about these countries -- after the horror of the First World War, I think the same phenomenom occurred in virtually all countries that were involved. My suggestion is to get rid of the list and simply reference "countries involved in the conflict". Skeezix1000 20:10, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Images

• The selection of images in the article was overwhelmingly western, and three of the nine images were of Canadian memorials. I have replaced some images, so as to achieve a a broader representation. Obviously, the list of memorials in the article remains unchanged. Skeezix1000 22:57, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

The Image:Vimy999.jpg was the last of the Canadian images left and it's missing so now there are no Canadian images. To keep the article tidy I've removed the following text

[[Image:Vimy999.jpg|thumb||right|The Canadian National Vimy Memorial in [[France]], commemorating those who died in the Battle of Vimy Ridge during [[World War I|First World War]].]]

Someone must have a suitable copyright photo of this quite spectacular memorial. Also according to [1] "The Memorial on Vimy Ridge does more than mark the site of the great Canadian victory of the First World War. It stands as a tribute to all who served their country in battle and risked or gave their lives in that four-year struggle." so we would have to re-word anyway to reflect this wider scope. Ttiotsw 01:07, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit]  ?????war memorial

war memorial in newmarket cb????? -- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.27.208.111 (talk • contribs) .

• What exactly are you asking? Skeezix1000 18:23, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Images

There were too many images, and the different sizes in direct follow-up were distracting from the article. I have removed two (still 10 images! still really too many, but I didn't want to make too many people angry) and resized the others. For more explantion, please see my edit histories of the 25th February 2007. MadMaxDog 11:16, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. But, further to posts above, the selection has again started to veer towards UK/US memorials (although your removal of some of the English ones helps). I have done some further culling, to ensure that there is no more than one image per country in order to better represent a world view. In response to Ttiotsw's comments above, I have also reintroduced a Canadian image (as the sole remaining Cdn. image, of the Vimy Ridge memorial, was removed once it was found to be a copyvio), but it can always be replaced if a new, non-copyvio Vimy Ridge image is uploaded. I have also reintroduced a Russian image, to replace the images I have removed. Finally, I reduced the excessive wikilinking in the image descriptions. Skeezix1000 18:37, 7 March 2007 (UTC)