Just the law
Welcome! You're probably here because you noticed an edit I made. Please be kind enough to discuss your concerns. I look forward to wikipediating with you! Just the law (talk) 05:37, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
US military edit
The order of precedence for branches of the US military is really just for infoboxes and official lists. It's not really necessary to rearrange every. single. mention. of multiple branches in article prose. In some cases, it just may be more appropriate to leave it as is. Just sayin'... - theWOLFchild 07:50, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi Thewolfchild, Thanks for taking an interest. The US Military order of precedence is a custom and a courtesy, and as such it is appropriate to render it whenever more than one of the several services are mentioned. Those who are entitled to such courtesies tend to appreciate attention to detail. Please note that I haven't attempted to rectify "every. single. mention." However, prose that respects ordinal relations is, generally speaking, more encyclopedic than prose that permits otherwise.
For example:
- "One, 2, 3, 5, and 7 are prime numbers."
Compared to:
- "Three, 7, 2, 1, and 5 are prime numbers."
There is clearly a relationship and one sentence respects the relation, whereas the other sentence might have been written by an individual who couldn't count.
I don't expect the articles to always conform to the established order of precedence. Thats why I am editing them myself, because thats how Wikipedia works. Thanks again for your interest. Just the law (talk) 00:26, 30 January 2016 (UTC)