User talk:K.e.coffman/Archive/2016/February

Some constructive criticism
Just glancing over the list of articles, on your userpage, which you have worked on. I noted the following comment for Barkmann: "Ernst Barkmann – see diff; this case is somewhat unique due to a eponymous non-existing battle in the infobox".

It seems you missed an opportunity. As far as I am aware, this guy is only famous in the west for his alleged actions at "Barkmann's Corner". I do not know if Barkmann himself stated what happened as fact, but what I have read is that Eric Lefevre made it 'common knowledge' and it has since been reprinted several times. Chaps like Steven Zaloga have called it what it is: made up and yet another myth to boost the (poor fighting) reputation of the Waffen-SS. For example, see Zaloga's Armored Champion: The Top Tanks of World War II. Not a reliable source, although historian Rich Anderson posts here describing the actual facts compared to the myth: link.

If anything, I think that is what these articles should show: the myth, and the myth refuted. Otherwise, we have articles providing small biographies with no one having an idea as to why they have a wiki page. Granted, the above example is a toughy considering the lack of sources on the subject. At any rate, just a bit of constructive criticism. Regards, EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 05:02, 23 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Thats a great suggestion! Currently, my favorite books are those that deal with WWII historical revisionism. I plan on developing content the "Rommel myth" for Erwin Rommel (from Rommel Reconsidered by a number of British historians); I'll add "Barkmann's corner" content after that. The "myth and the myth refuted" is exactly what I did with Friedrich von Mellenthin; compare the current version to the one before reworking. I had to debate the changes with an editor who kept removing the critiquing content as "outside opinions injected into the article". K.e.coffman (talk) 05:17, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Wittmann
I see you have been doing some editing of Michael Wittmann; the article Battle of Villers-Bocage is a FA article; therefore you should be able to copy edit over information and RS cites from that for use. I myself have never studied Wittmann in any detail as there were enough other editors who seemed to be interested in him and related subject articles. Kierzek (talk) 17:48, 29 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Thank you! I will do that in the next couple of days or over the weekend. K.e.coffman (talk) 18:03, 29 February 2016 (UTC)