Talk:John Quincy Adams

Changin' Adams' Wikipedia Picture: Reboot
I'd like to propose a change in photographs: the partial citation at the bottom is of a colorized photograph of JQA that would make a more inspired visual (in my opinion). I think the candid setting and the quality of the colorization takes you back to 1840; it enriches the article. If there's a representational issue with using digitally or otherwise artificially colorized images than using "primary sources" then I'd just like to point out that the current daguerrotype displayed is visibly penciled in. Between the two images I think the colorized one is more appropriate.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by CorbyBoog (talk • contribs) 16:37, 6 March 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry, but I do not believe it is possible, as the original owner of the image (The one who colorized the photo) has not made it available for Creative Commons on Wikimedia Commons, or has not made it Public Domain. All photos on Wikipedia are from Wikimedia Commons and all photos on Wikimedia are either licensed for use on Wikimedia by the original creator, or Public Domain for their respective reason. If you believe otherwise, please respond to this reply.
 * Cya!-MrNoobNub MrNoobNub2 (talk) 19:14, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Photo captions
Several of the photo captions in the article give his name as “Quincy Adams”, implying that he had a double surname, when in fact his surname was just Adams Someonefromohio (talk) 19:58, 5 May 2022 (UTC)


 * I think that was a convention at the time to distinguish him from his father. Peaceray (talk) 20:35, 5 May 2022 (UTC)


 * But I don’t think it’s necessary now. If the article is about John Quincy Adams, it can reasonably be inferred that “Adams” is referring to John Quincy, and besides, the article text refers to him as Adams. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Someonefromohio (talk • contribs) 20:46, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Error needing correction
If I knew how I'd fix it myself.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/03fxR-SYufGvlNLcSw5DRgXyg

I don't know where the error is. deisenbe (talk) 09:46, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 October 2023
In mid-November 1846, the 79-year-old former president suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed. Harrison McGray (talk) 18:14, 26 October 2023 (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.  Wandering  Morpheme   18:31, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * The article currently states that he had a stroke in mid-November 1846 at the age of 78. As he was born in July 1767 he would indeed be 79. However, the "mid-November" appeared in this edit from May 2020, without a source. PBS says 78 with no mention of the month, and so does The New England Historical Society. I propose that we drop the month. Favonian (talk) 18:56, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah that proposal sounds good to me, thank you for looking out.  Wandering  Morpheme   19:45, 26 October 2023 (UTC)