Talk:District of Columbia National Guard

Getting started
So I've been trying to move this article from simple disambiguation page to something substantive. It's at the point where it needs to be beefed up and could use some information from someone who knows the subject, photos, etc. Let's get this thing into shape -- take a look at some other state national guard pages for inspiration. Noble-savage (talk) 21:05, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

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Establishing the DC National Guard & Jefferson
This paragraph has only 1 footnote (#7), which seems not to support much of what is said in that section. The statement about Jefferson fearing for democracy has not support I could find in #7. Apparently, the founders did not believe in democracy. They gave USA a mixed constitution with a Republic element (not Athenian democracy where people vote the laws). The editor must have gotten his information from somewhere on at least part of this section. Can citations be added to support what is supportable, & material which is unsupportable be deleted? (PeacePeace (talk) 17:32, 18 April 2020 (UTC))

Does a question belong in the text of this article?
Which militia would protect a city without a governor under the control of Congress? I suggest a redraft supported by a source, or deletion. Should it read: "A problem was perceived in that Washington DC was a city without a governor lacking a state militia." (PeacePeace (talk) 18:08, 18 April 2020 (UTC))

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 * DCNG Dorothy Heights Funeral.jpg

Editing and updating page as of January 2021
Good evening Wiki editors, I have read the previous comments and am currently working on updating and editing the page. Pipercubusa (talk) 01:56, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

District of Columbia National Guard: Dubious source for authorization of DCNG by SecDef
According to The Washington Post, the Defense Department refused requests to send in the D.C. National Guard. When Members of Congress, via direct communication with the Governors of Maryland and Virginia, caused those Governors to mobilize their respective state’s National Guard units for deployment to D.C. to provide assistance, acting SecDef put the kibosh on the plan. It was the possibility of being shown up by neighbouring governors that finally persuaded the president to order in the DC Guard units. Thus, citing the statement (i.e., press release) by the acting SecDef as our reference renders that section of this wikiarticle unreliable since the press release — like many government media releases — is self-serving and not really a reliable source. As Reliable sources says: press releases, and (wiki-)articles that unreservedly use them, are “churnalism”, and neither they nor the press release are reliable sources. — Spike  Toronto  16:04, 8 January 2021 (UTC)


 * I propose that the current sentence

 The full activation of the D.C. Guard was approved by the acting secretary of defense after consultation with Vice President Mike Pence and congressional leaders.
 * be prepended with “After significant delay,” yielding

 After significant delay, the full activation of the D.C. Guard was approved by the acting secretary of defense after consultation with Vice President Mike Pence and congressional leaders.
 * The citations would then either be (a) the press release plus the NBC News and Washington Post citations, or (b) the news outlets alone with the press release dropped entirely. Thoughts? — Spike  Toronto  18:40, 10 January 2021 (UTC)


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