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Ironic comment
[edit]General Burnside wins the prize for the most ironic man to ever exist.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y179/joeblade/irony.jpg
- It's not irony, the term "sideburns" comes from his name.
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[edit]The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Ambrose Burnside/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.
Concurr wiht B-ranking. Article needs persondata, but may otherwise be qualified for a GA-nomination? I'm especially glad to see such good references. -Duribald 17:52, 17 March 2007 (UTC) |
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A rather lacking article on a rather important figure, poor sourcing, doesn't seem comprehensive, outstanding maintenance tags. I'll drop a note in the relevant places, hopefully there's interest in improving this. Eddie891 Talk Work 18:38, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
- Also missing a number of citations. I found then old 2007 GA review in the article history, and it was very lacking compared to modern standards. Hog Farm Bacon 19:51, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
- Over a week has gone by, and nobody has volunteered to resolve the fairly substantial issues present. De-listing. Of course, if the issues raised here are resolved, any editor can re-nominate the article at WP:GAN. Best wishes, Eddie891 Talk Work 16:54, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
Sideburns
[edit]Burnside's facial hair is referred to as "unusual" in the article, but was it really? Following the citation (Goolrick, p. 29) from the article writes
"[Burnside] smiled frequently, remembered names, looked after the welfare Of his troops, won friends with ease, took orders well and conveyed to the world an air of sturdy competence. His extravagant cheek whiskers became known throughout the army by a play upon his name — sideburns."
The citation conveys their spectacle, sure, but was unusual at the time as the Wikipedia article directs? The German emperor William I had similar facial hair around Burnside's time, which suggests to me that it was not "unusual".
Goolrick, William K., and the Editors of Time-Life Books. Rebels Resurgent: Fredericksburg to Chancellorsville. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1985. ISBN 0-8094-4748-7. Slorps (talk) 20:25, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
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