Talk:Robert E. Lee Monument (Richmond, Virginia)

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Fork
I forked this back out from Monument Avenue. Consider this an invitation to revisit your original work and make further improvements to this article, if you're interested. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 03:07, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

Traitor
Should this article include any biographical reference to Robert E. Lee turning traitor against the United States and waging war against it in order to preserve the enslavement of human beings? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.192.242.220 (talk) 17:24, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

As Lee has never been charged with treason, referring to him as a 'traitor' would be largely inaccurate; he was faithful to his home (Virginia) which was the reason he resigned from the U.S. Army to which he served with distinction for three decades and ultimately accepted a commission to lead Virginia's army after secession was complete. No reputable historic reference would define Lee as a traitor and neither such a political slur would have a place in Lee's biographical wiki entry, it's certainly not appropriate in this article about a monument to his loyalty.75.75.23.146 (talk) 03:44, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Requested move 22 August 2020

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: not moved - consensus against (closed by non-admin page mover) DannyS712 (talk) 15:02, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

– In all cases, the article title is a description of the work - it's a monument that depicts [Person] - and a descriptive name shouldn't be capitalized (see MOS:TITLE.) Though the descriptive names have become common (even being used in a nomination form for National Historic Landmark status in title-case) it's unlikely that they are the "actual" names of the works (see a contemporary NYT article on the unveiling of the Robert E. Lee monument, wherein "monument" is not capitalized.)
 * Robert E. Lee Monument (Richmond, Virginia) → Robert E. Lee monument (Richmond, Virginia)
 * J. E. B. Stuart Monument → J. E. B. Stuart monument
 * Jefferson Davis Memorial (Richmond, Virginia) → Jefferson Davis memorial (Richmond, Virginia)
 * Stonewall Jackson Monument → Stonewall Jackson monument
 * Matthew Fontaine Maury Monument → Matthew Fontaine Maury monument
 * Arthur Ashe Monument → Arthur Ashe monument

Of course, I could be entirely off base here, but that's why I'm putting it on a talk page. Mcrsftdog (talk) 17:02, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose, I prefer the current titles which seem to be more consistent with similar Wikipedia entries. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 18:57, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose. These all appear to be the proper names of the structures. If they aren't then they should be moved to "Statue of Foo". See MOS:VATITLE. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:25, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
 * On further thought, oppose. Even if the titles aren't "official", they practically are. Mcrsftdog (talk) 13:10, 26 August 2020 (UTC)


 * The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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