Talk:Antonio Luna

Suggestions

G'day, I've performed a quick copy edit on this article. I have a couple of suggestions for improvement that you might consider:

• I think that the lead should be expanded a little more to mention the subject's whole life. In this regard, another couple of sentences would seem to be appropriate;
• his date of birth should be mentioned in the body of the article (e.g. probably in the Family background section)
• "the worst words he could ever say to a man" --> is this according to someone? If so, it should probably be stated explicitly. For instance, "Cowards! Assassins!", which was, according to Luna's biographer, John Smith, the words that Luna believed were the worst he could say to a man";
• "There were talks concerning Luna diverting millions of pesos". I'm not sure exactly what is meant here. Do you mean that some historians have discussed this? If so, you should probably say which ones;
• In the References, it is not clear what work this refers to: " Linn 2000, p. 92."

Anyway, good work so far and good luck with taking this article further. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 13:48, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Revisions and review decision

The revisions are looking good. I will probably make a decision on it Saturday or Sunday. dci | TALK 23:13, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

On second thought, I'm still noticing various prose issues, particularly ones mentioned in the above review. I am willing to work with the original creator on this article in the coming weeks to get it into another review, but I am not going to pass it as it currently stands. dci | TALK 22:24, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

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The contemporary relevance of Antonio Luna's military doctrine

This article contains three cites of a supporting book source titled The contemporary relevance of Antonio Luna's military doctrine and dated 1968. The full cite of the book lacks publisher and individual cites lack page number information; I have tagged with {{pageno}}. While looking at this, I happened to run across Marcos, Ferdinand (October 29, 1968). The Contemporary relevance of Antonio Luna’s Military Doctrines (Speech). Celebration of the 102nd Birth Anniversary of General Antonio Luna, Fort Santiago Shrine, Manila. Philippine National Library. Retrieved September 26, 2022 – via officialgazette.gov.ph. Because the titles and the year are identical, I wondered whether the cite in the article might refer to this item, but I did not see support in the speech for some of the assertions where the book is cited. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 22:45, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Luna's Academia Militar and the Philippine Military Academy

Here. I've removed an assertion that Luna's Academia Militar (AM) "was the precursor of the present Philippine Military Academy". That is simply not true in fact, though it is true in tradition. The AM was, of course, created to school officers of the Philippine Republican Army (PRA), a revolutionary army that was defeated in the Philippine-American War and disbanded de-facto either with Aguinaldo's shift to guerrilla warfare in 1899 or with the demise of the First Philippine Republic in 1902. The PMA was established in 1936 as an officer school for successor organizations of forces which participated in the defeat of the PRA. It is a fact that this PMA web page says, "The Philippine Military Academy began on October 25, 1898 with the establishment of the Academia Militar in Malolos, Bulacan by virtue of a decree issued by the first president of the young Philippine Republic, General Emilio Aguinaldo". This uncomfortable disconnect between fact and tradition is accommodated in the Philippine Military Academy article by weasel words saying, "The academy traces its roots to 1898, when Emilio Aguinaldo decreed the establishment of the Academia Militar in the Philippines.. Rather than attempt something similar in this article, I've simply removed the assertion. Please discuss below as needed. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 03:33, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

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