Talk:William F. Raynolds

Sources referencing William F. Raynolds
--Mike Cline (talk) 11:56, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
 * http://www.questia.com/library/3531735/yellowstone-and-the-great-west-journals-letters
 * http://www.questia.com/library/3623202/biographical-dictionary-of-american-and-canadian-naturalists
 * http://www.questia.com/library/98714878/capitalism-on-the-frontier-billings-and-the-yellowstone
 * http://www.questia.com/library/109786212/myth-and-history-in-the-creation-of-yellowstone-national
 * http://www.questia.com/library/1287774/custer-s-last-campaign-mitch-boyer-and-the-little
 * http://www.questia.com/library/86038295/north-american-exploration
 * http://www.questia.com/library/79893766/fort-meade-the-black-hills
 * http://www.questia.com/library/102551149/john-colter-his-years-in-the-rockies
 * http://www.questia.com/library/119739887/after-lewis-and-clark-mountain-men-and-the-paths
 * http://www.questia.com/library/94479671/bibliography-of-the-siouan-languages
 * Very nice and will help greatly.--MONGO 13:28, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

breveted brigadier general
In the lead it says was "promoted to the temporary rank of Brevet Brigadier General." I believe all those brevetted ranks were retained after the civil war though their authority as an officer was only what they were commissioned. The only temporary ones were for duty posts that warranted a higher rank and a temporary brevet would be given by the President. The Civil War brevets given out after the war were largely like a medal. His title would be "Col. William F. Raynolds, Corp of Engineers, Brevet Brigadier General, U.S. Army". I didn't think they ended the ones after the civil war. --DHeyward (talk) 09:55, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I am not sure exactly how things were then or if they have changed over time. I suppose from the standpoint of a pension, Raynolds was a colonel as a full rank achievement. Feel free to chime in at the FAC page regarding this if you wish.--MONGO 16:59, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

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Renaming the Civil War
Sources other than Wikipedia routinely call the Civil War "the Civil War". There have been many civil wars, such as the Sri Lankan Civil War and Caesar's Civil War, so a Wikipedia article must disambiguate. But an article like this, that necessarily mentions the Civil War many times, doesn't have to disambiguate every single time. The reader is not going to say, "Wait, are we talking about the Finnish Civil War here?". We are, after all, talking about an officer who served in the Civil War.

Once it's clear which Civil War we're talking about, it's OK to call it the Civil War. Outside of Wikipedia, that's the name by which it's best known.

The article currently contains ten occurrences of "Civil War", of which eight are prefixed with "American". We've gone far beyond disambiguation; at this point, we're renaming the war.

I'm being a nitpicker here, but a featured article should be held to a high standard. TypoBoy (talk) 03:46, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
 * No one is stopping you from making a constructive edit(s)?--MONGO (talk) 04:18, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Removed three examples.--MONGO (talk) 04:38, 17 March 2020 (UTC)