Talk:Myles Keogh

Date format

User:Snappy changed the date format from American (month first) to international (day first) style. I undid this change and was reverted. While Keogh was born in Ireland, what makes him notable is his participation in American events: the Civil War and the Indian Wars. Therefore, I think his article should use American-style dates. Similarly, somebody like Arnold Schwarzenegger's article should use American-style dates, even though he was born in Austria, and it does. –CWenger (talk) 21:56, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Keogh is also well known for fighting in the Papal Wars, not solely for the American Civil War. Schwarzenegger has spent a much longer portion of his life in the US than Keogh did. Snappy (talk) 22:05, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Look at the article though. The huge majority is about his time in the States. –CWenger (talk) 22:10, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Bad form to revert in the middle of a discussion, and claim in an edit summary that there was 'no further response', made at 2 am my time. Different editors are in different time zones and don't always respond straight away. Anyway, I'll leave article to you since you seem to have a case of ownership going on. Snappy (talk) 18:03, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

My apologies, I got a little impatient and figured you had conceded the issue since your previous response was so prompt. I claim no ownership of the article (if you look I have done relatively little with it, it just happened to be on my watchlist), but I do feel strongly that Keogh is notable for the American Civil War and Indian Wars, and that should dictate the spelling and date formats used in the article. However, I am willing to see what other people think on this issue if you want to pursue it further. –CWenger (talk) 18:40, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Ok, you don't own it. Anyway, I don't wish to pursue this matter any further. Thank you. Snappy (talk) 19:04, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Plagiarism

Fairly substantial chunks of this article are copied verbatim from http://thenewwildgeese.com/profiles/blogs/born-a-soldier-myles-walter-keogh-part-3-of-3-riding-with-custer by Brian Pohanka. MayerG (talk) 03:29, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Comanche (horse) died 1890 or 1891?

I find this:

"The badly injured animal was found on the fatal battlefield, and nursed back to health as a regimental mascot, where he remained until his death in 1890.[5] This horse, Comanche, is ..."

Comanche has a separate article here on Wikipedia. That article says his death was Nov. 7, 1891. Please resolve the discrepancy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.20 (talk) 18:24, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

"The farming carried out at Keogh's home place in Leighlinbridge was arable,..."

This isn't a standard use of 'arable,' last I checked. What is it supposed to mean? I assume it means that the land was fit for more than grass and praties, but that's by reading into it.Anmccaff (talk) 07:56, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Well, belay that; this does seem to be perfectly acceptable British English. Objection withdrawn, but it still does sound stilted in LeftPondian. "Arable farming" works, and "arable land" is a commonplace, but split like that sounds oddAnmccaff (talk) 08:11, 11 January 2015 (UTC)