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to BilCat: United States Military at West Point
BilCat: Thank you very much for your input and dedication to making and maintaining the United States Military Academy at West Point Wikipedia Page.

PAOThomas is the official representative of United States Army Garrison West Point. You many contact PAOThomas directly by sending an email to USAGWestPoint@usma.army.mil. You may also read a short history of the Garrison and USMA at West Point at http://www.westpoint.army.mil/aboutus.html and http://www.usma.edu/wphistory/SitePages/Home.aspx. PAOThomas is the webmaster and web designer for westpoint.army.mil, the usma.edu website is controlled and edited by The United States Military Academy at West Point.

The corrections that are being made are to ensure that the United States Military Academy at West Point is represented correctly.

The correct way to refer to the United States Military Academy at West Point is to list it as stated here. There are three United States Military Academies in the United States and this one, to ensure that no other Academy is confused with it, it is to be referred as the United States Military Academy at West Point.

The United States Military Academy at West Point is not the Army, this reference is to be deleted, it is not known as the Army nor shall it be referred to as such. Cadets are not members of the US Army until after they graduate and they take the oath of office of a commissioned officer. During their time at The United States Military Academy at West Point the are referred to as Cadets, Plebes (freshman), Yearlings (sophomore), Cows (junior) or Firsties (senior.)

The United States Military Academy at West Point was founded in 1802 not 1801. Also, it is referred to being founded in 1802 on the right hand side of The United States Military Academy at West Point's Wikipedia page, to leave this would confuse the reader. Refer to http://www.westpoint.army.mil/aboutus.html and http://www.usma.edu/wphistory/SitePages/Home.aspx.

The addition of the website http://www.westpoint.army.mil ensures that all websites associated with The United States Military Academy at West Point are listed.

The website https://www.army.mil/westpoint is an online news source associated with The United States Military Academy at West Point. This webpage is fed by an Army database of news stories and is maintained by The United States Military Academy at West Point.

This information is also located on the talk page of The United States Military Academy at West Point. If you have any questions please contact PAOThomas at the email listed above.

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, PAOThomas. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article United States Military Academy, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:


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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. BilCat (talk) 18:59, 16 December 2016 (UTC)