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In any way related to Admiral John Byng - the one who was shot for following the rules and not winning the battle ? -- 185.17.205.109 ( talk) 13:35, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
Yes, is he? 2A00:23C5:E0A0:8300:11B6:4CA8:765F:7754 ( talk) 12:33, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
Much of the wording of this article -- although not all -- appears to be very, very close to the official bio of Byng on the Canadian GG's website: http://www.gg.ca/gg/fgg/bios/01/byng_e.asp
The GG's website does have a policy allowing Non-commercial Reproduction (see http://www.gg.ca/in-ai/index_e.asp#1) but they ask that "The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General be identified as the source department..."
Should the Byng article include a credit and/or link to Byng's page on the GG site? Cheers, Madmagic 13:04, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
Just a quick question - how would you pronounce the name Byng? "Bing"? I'm asking because there's a pronounciation key in Arthur Meighen's page, and I'm simply curious. 99.245.2.237 ( talk) 01:57, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Article reassessed and graded as start class. -- dashiellx ( talk) 14:52, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
One third of this article is about various honours received by Lord Byng of Vimy. Perhaps this section should be shortened. Tryde ( talk) 08:34, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
The medal listing under the Honours section has some serious issues. The list itself is completely unreferenced, using the justification "Apparent from the campaigns in which he served". Aside from violating the basic principles of WP:OR and WP:RS, Byng's actual medals contained in the Canadian Museum of Civilization's catalogue [1] show that several of those recorded in this article are false claims, while a number he did receive are not present. Either the section should go, or it requires reliable references not dependent on erroneous original research. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. ( talk) 13:07, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Not moved. ( non-admin closure) — Amakuru ( talk) 15:07, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy →
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Thank you all for your comments. Seeing the overwhelming opposition to my proposal, I beg leave to withdraw it.-- The Traditionalist ( talk) 12:20, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
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In any way related to Admiral John Byng - the one who was shot for following the rules and not winning the battle ? -- 185.17.205.109 ( talk) 13:35, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
Yes, is he? 2A00:23C5:E0A0:8300:11B6:4CA8:765F:7754 ( talk) 12:33, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
Much of the wording of this article -- although not all -- appears to be very, very close to the official bio of Byng on the Canadian GG's website: http://www.gg.ca/gg/fgg/bios/01/byng_e.asp
The GG's website does have a policy allowing Non-commercial Reproduction (see http://www.gg.ca/in-ai/index_e.asp#1) but they ask that "The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General be identified as the source department..."
Should the Byng article include a credit and/or link to Byng's page on the GG site? Cheers, Madmagic 13:04, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
Just a quick question - how would you pronounce the name Byng? "Bing"? I'm asking because there's a pronounciation key in Arthur Meighen's page, and I'm simply curious. 99.245.2.237 ( talk) 01:57, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Article reassessed and graded as start class. -- dashiellx ( talk) 14:52, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
One third of this article is about various honours received by Lord Byng of Vimy. Perhaps this section should be shortened. Tryde ( talk) 08:34, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
The medal listing under the Honours section has some serious issues. The list itself is completely unreferenced, using the justification "Apparent from the campaigns in which he served". Aside from violating the basic principles of WP:OR and WP:RS, Byng's actual medals contained in the Canadian Museum of Civilization's catalogue [1] show that several of those recorded in this article are false claims, while a number he did receive are not present. Either the section should go, or it requires reliable references not dependent on erroneous original research. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. ( talk) 13:07, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Not moved. ( non-admin closure) — Amakuru ( talk) 15:07, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy →
Julian Byng – Per
WP:NCPEER and
WP:COMMONNAME –
The Traditionalist (
talk)
21:00, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
Thank you all for your comments. Seeing the overwhelming opposition to my proposal, I beg leave to withdraw it.-- The Traditionalist ( talk) 12:20, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
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