Talk:Dwight D. Eisenhower

Length
At over 16k words of readable prose, this article is too long to read and navigate comfortably. See WP:TOOBIG. Detailed content should be condensed or moved to subarticles. Nikkimaria (talk) 03:27, 6 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Nah it's long enough. Simple wikipedia exists for a reason. Remove it Melledelle (talk) 09:31, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Agree with Melledelle, the length is fine for such an important topic. Removed the tag. Randy Kryn (talk) 12:41, 25 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Simple Wikipedia exists for a reason entirely unrelated to this issue; WP:TOOBIG and WP:DETAIL are local. Nikkimaria (talk) 23:51, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I also oppose the tag. The article is well-organized and doesn't feel too long. DFlhb (talk) 21:06, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
 * The "Foreign Policy" section should be trimmed per WP:SUMMARY. Too much material there as a summary of the main article at Foreign policy of the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration, which makes the section overweight relative to level of coverage in the rest of the article. That trim will have the side benefit of addressing the TOOBIG concern. VQuakr (talk) 00:37, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I disagree; it takes up only half of the presidency section, and foreign policy was the major focus of his administration; I don't think it would be given enough weight if trimmed further. DFlhb (talk) 01:16, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
 * This is incorrect. WP:WEIGHT is not an issue since a main article exists; breaking subarticles in summary style is not a weight violation. The summary-level that remains here is supposed to be shortened. VQuakr (talk) 17:25, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Birth name
, WP:BIRTHNAMES says that the birth name is only required to be mentioned in the lead when there has been a change in surname. Otherwise, including the birth name is optional, espexially when the individual was not notable under that name. Eisenhower's name was changed shortly after his birth, and he does not have any notability during his infancy. Векочел (talk) 01:03, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Whether the guy was notable as a baby doesn't negate how "David Dwight Eisenhower" still was his original name, and you completely disregarded how there was a note specifically saying NOT to delete it. There was no good reason for you to do so when birth names are not only allowed but also quite frequently mentioned in opening sentences. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 01:35, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Edit semi-protected
In the intro, for the third paragraph, please add he was the last president born in the 19th century. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/14/this-day-in-politics-october-14-894857 2600:100C:A112:99FE:7C7D:2DBA:B464:5416 (talk) 05:08, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. Personally, I don't see this as a major point that deserve to be mentioned, let alone in the intro. M.Bitton (talk) 22:40, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 March 2024
I would like to request that the word "by" be added to the first sentence in the second paragraph under the subsection "Interstate Highway Act" which is in turn under the "Presidency (1953-1961)" section. This first sentence is grammatically incorrect without it.

Eisenhower's goal to create improved highways was influenced by his involvement in the Army's 1919 Transcontinental Motor Convoy. Wkwyl (talk) 18:47, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ Jamedeus (talk) 18:55, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 June 2024
Please fully describe reference supporting Eisenhower being a democrat (the first citation) with something along the lines of this reference.

The way that I know that it was published in Volume 13 of Kansas History is that on page 264 of the Volume 13, 1990 index (which can be found on this site ), has the title of the linked Ferrell piece on the pages shown in the PDF of the piece. GrapesRock (talk) 18:41, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. P,TO 19104 (talk) (contribs) 22:25, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I just got my auto-confirmed, so I've done the edit I had in mind GrapesRock (talk) 03:34, 5 June 2024 (UTC)