Talk:Scout troop

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Review[edit]

BSA-centric with enough content stuffed in from other national Scout associations to confuse the issue.
BSA material is redundant with that in Boy Scouting (Boy Scouts of America)

Frankly, I don't see the need for this article. The BSA material is better covered elsewhere and each association has a unique organization. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 16:44, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The need for this article is to link patrol and group and to tell the differences between patrol, troop and group. --Egel _Reaction? 18:42, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rewrite please[edit]

The topic is notable but only gives one reference to a book about Scouting, which isn't good. The article has some grammatical mistakes, and there can definitely be more information added on the subject (as in actual sections, see pl:Drużyna_(harcerstwo), the Polish article on the same topic). I'll rewrite it if I have time, but would appreciate if someone else did as well. Philmonte101 😊😄😞 (talk) 21:30, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take up the challenge of rewriting this. I'm knowledgeable on the subject, but this would be my first article so I'd appreciate it if somebody could do a major edit once I've completed it. I'll work on it over the next day or 2. ZARover (talk) 15:56, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Etymology[edit]

Can somebody keep an eye open for the first use of the term 'Scout troop'. Scouting for Boys seems to already assume the reader knows what a troop is, and it would be interesting to include the origin of the term and BP's reasoning for choosing it.ZARover (talk) 17:04, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Den Chief[edit]

It's almost just a dicdef--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 04:00, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No objection in 6 weeks, so merging per WP:BOLD--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 07:07, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Den Chief is not relevant to Scout troop. The only connection is that a member of a Scout troop may be a Den Chief. A member of a Scout troop could live next door or eat pickles. The lack of relevance becomes apparent when attempt is made to rephrase the sentence to make Scout troop the subject - "A Scout troop may have a member who is a Den Chief working with his local Cub Scout pack to develop leadership skills". It has to be qualified ("may") which is a give away as to relevance and the subject is still the member or Den Chief not the Scout troop. I suggest Den Chief may be relevant to an article on Cubs. Similarly for Bugler.1.129.96.165 (talk) 07:48, 26 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]