Talk:Battle of New Orleans
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Yep, check now. I also added an analysis.
Signed, Drake
Casualties
I've added a note in the source of the page (an HTML comment) advising editors not to change the casualty figures without understanding the difference between "casualties" and "dead". There seems to be a great deal of innocent confusion on the part of various editors. For clarification, "casualties" means "dead AND wounded". I -- or someone else -- have had to revert this about 10 times in the last six or seven months. Hopefully this will stop it. —chris.lawson (talk) 30 June 2005 16:10 (UTC)
To aviod confusion I put Killed or Wounded, for those who don't know what Casulties mean.- Mitran
- Yes, and I reverted it, because it's a) redundant and b) ugly. Clearly people who wish to change the numbers are going to do so regardless of their understanding of the concept of "casualties".—chris.lawson (talk) 12:54, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
Well than don't complain about having to keep on reverting it, if you are that stubborn.
Amusing
Usually the victors write the history; however this article is almost an editorial promoting the British POV. Hmmmm. Pollinator 05:02, September 11, 2005 (UTC)
- Feel free to correct any inaccuracies in the text. Bastie 13:31, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
Additions
It might be worth mentioning that Congreve rocks were used and that the American ramparts were made out of cotton bundles.
Maybe put a link to the National Park Service website for the battlefield?
- That's an excellent idea. Feel free to be bold and do it. :)—chris.lawson (talk) 03:14, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
