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Reenactment image

I've removed the reenactment image (File:Battle of Richmond Kentucky.jpg). It's obviously not a depiction of the real battle, it showed a Confederate national flag with the wrong number of stars (by 1862 it should have had 13, not 7), and it wasn't a very good photo in the first place, with far too much sky. The sepia coloring may make it look at a casual glance as if it was a period photo of the real battle, actually giving a wrong impression. Huon (talk) 02:13, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

put the image back youd have to be a idiot to think it was period. it even said reenactment on it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bj howard (talk • contribs) 02:37, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Of course it said "reenactment". But nowadays you'd be hard-pressed to get black-and-white imagery by accident; I suppose the sepia colors are a deliberate attempt to make it look "more historical" (compare this vintage photo). And you didn't address the other problems, or give a purpose actually served by the reenactment image. Huon (talk) 03:05, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Per the opinion offered at WT:WikiProject Military history#Reenactment photos I've removed this image. If there are objections, I'd suggest bundling the discussion either at Talk:Battle of Salyersville or at the WikiProject talk page itself. Huon (talk) 15:06, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

request citation and clarification in the background section of this article.

I have requested citations for a part of the background section which seems to contradict the sourced statements in the "Kentucky in the civil war" article. Also the last assertion in the section is so vague as to be effectively unusable.75.170.153.19 (talk) 22:22, 12 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Even if that were properly referenced, how is it relevant background information for this particular battle? And it's likely false; I remember reading (though I'd have to dig up the specific reference, likely a book on the Battle of Perryville) that Confederate hopes of gaining recruits in Kentucky largely turned out unfounded, so "half of Kentucky fought for the Confederacy" at best is a vast exaggeration. Huon (talk) 19:12, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Detagging the empty sections

@Howcheng: You just removed the 'expansion section' tag from an empty section. How is it justified? Thanks. --Mhhossein ^talk 17:32, 29 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Mhhossein: Did you look at the child articles? They are just lists. There's not much you can do you to summarize those on this page. —howcheng {chat} 21:12, 29 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Howcheng: No, I hadn't checked those child articles. However, I though there might be some more things to add from external sources, as we usually do for empty sections. --Mhhossein ^talk 12:51, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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