Talk:Household Cavalry

Latest comment: 3 months ago by Martinevans123 in topic Nicknames in the infobox

Officer ranks broken?

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The section on officer ranks seems incomplete and broken. Is that intentional? 2001:9E8:29D0:8500:80E1:2CBD:E8CC:87E3 (talk) 12:27, 6 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Now sorted. Dormskirk (talk) 12:54, 6 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

April 2024 London incident

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Re: the removal here as WP:NOTNEWS, I might agree that, for a military organisation dating back to 1660, this event may not have been very notable. But how often does the Household Cavalry make the news? This incident received global media coverage. Martinevans123 (talk) 08:26, 13 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

I agree. It received huge coverage and should be restored. Dormskirk (talk) 09:44, 13 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
Now restored. Regards. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:36, 13 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
I think that it's WP:UNDUE. There may have been a lot of rather breathless coverage in the media, but it's still only a single incident
More important though is the state of the 'Place in British society" section entirely. It's uncited apart from one very poor source, and is basically of load of OR of very questionable accuracy. 31.218.19.119 (talk) 13:05, 13 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
So the source citations for the April 2024 incident can very easily be added to/improved. What does Dormskirk think? But by all means highlight which material you think is unsourced. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:09, 13 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
Sorry, I wasn't clear - I mean the preceding paragraph in that section, not the bit you added on the London incident 31.218.19.119 (talk) 13:18, 13 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
I agree that the first paragraph is very much a series of opinions (e.g. "The two regiments of the Household Cavalry are regarded as the most prestigious in the British Army...") and would be relaxed if that paragraph was removed. Dormskirk (talk) 13:17, 13 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Nicknames in the infobox

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While sourced, it seems these are very obscure, and there's nothing supporting their noteworthiness in the article. I don't think nicknames without widespread use and coverage in the actual article should be in the infobox. 31.218.19.119 (talk) 13:46, 13 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Tend to agree. They seem to be largely historical. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:49, 13 May 2024 (UTC)Reply