Talk:Henry A. Wise

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Cmguy777 in topic Confederate Constitution

Promotion from Brig. Gen. to Maj. Gen. edit

Military section: In the comment "Wise served as a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army and afterward was promoted to the rank of Major General." After what? Daytrivia (talk) 00:35, 13 February 2008 (UTC)Reply

Fixed above question. Daytrivia (talk) 04:19, 14 February 2008 (UTC)Reply
Wise was never promoted to Major General, as Lee had no authority to appoint general officers. He only appointed him a division commander, succeeding General Bushrod Johnson, as the ranking Brigadier. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.246.237.154 (talk) 20:12, 10 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

Wise edit

intrestingly, the teaher of freedman's school was a daughter of john brown Cry Havoc by Nelson Lankford

has lotsa info on this guy there, if someone really cares

71.193.226.225 (talk) 06:31, 20 March 2008 (UTC)another WiseReply

Thanks for adding that; I'll have to look it up. The turns of history are fascinating.--Parkwells (talk) 16:49, 20 March 2008 (UTC)Reply

Formatting and Citations edit

Links need to be changed to in-line citations for the article to pass any good or featured article reviews.--Parkwells (talk) 16:49, 20 March 2008 (UTC)Reply

I can't make the in-line citations work in terms of showing up below the article text.--Parkwells (talk) 17:02, 20 March 2008 (UTC)Reply

Washington Jefferson College edit

The Link is no longer valid, it should be stricken or find a new source Claymorde (talk) 04:49, 8 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Orphaned references in Henry A. Wise edit

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Henry A. Wise's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Rice":

  • From Mathews (Augusta): Rice, Otis K. 1986. A History of Greenbrier County. Greenbrier Historical Society, p. 116
  • From Alexander F. Mathews: Rice, Otis K. 1986. A History of Greenbrier County. Greenbrier Historical Society.
  • From Mason Mathews: Rice, Otis K. 1986. A History of Greenbrier County. Greenbrier Historical Society, p. 132

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT 22:56, 6 August 2013 (UTC)Reply

I added the reference in question. It should be fixed. The identified source is correct, page number is 264. Newtack101 (talk) 00:46, 7 August 2013 (UTC)Reply

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Requested move 15 September 2018 edit

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The result of the move request was: Withdrawn. As noted by another editor, this Henry A. Wise does seem much more notable than the other two (at least if based on page views). —BarrelProof (talk) 23:50, 18 September 2018 (UTC)Reply



Henry A. WiseHenry A. Wise (governor) – Disambiguation. Note that there is also Henry A. Wise (New York state senator), which is the topic of another current RM discussion at Talk:Arthur Brown (Utah senator), and Henry Augustus Wise. Note also that two of the three were named Henry Alexander Wise. —BarrelProof (talk) 00:41, 15 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

When there is a big difference in notability, I think the practice is to just disambiguate the less notable entry. The state senator seems very obscure to me, and very much more local in interest. Admittedly the governor has faded somewhat into history, but still I think is probably more notable outside New York, and maybe even most places in New York. So I would not favor the move. Bob Burkhardt (talk) 21:19, 18 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

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Confederate Constitution edit

I added information on the Confederate Constitution in Wise's post-war statement while he was on parole. It was just meant to add perspective to Wise's statement. I thought it made the article more neutral. Nothing is said or implied against Wise. Feel free to comment. It is only a few sentences. I also added a reliable source. Thanks. Cmguy777 (talk) 04:09, 18 November 2022 (UTC)Reply