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Hamilton's private negotiations with British agent
George Beckwith
Hamilton and the speculators including the bailout of
William Duer
Hamilton's attacks on
Philip Freneau and the misquotation
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The current portrait being used to portray Hamilton at the top of the article is not Hamilton. The portrait was painted by John Trumbull two years after Hamilton's death, meaning that the portrait is merely what Trumbull remembers Hamilton looking like. There are many other contemporary portraits of Hamilton to choose from, some of which were also painted by Trumbull, that provide a much more accurate depiction of Hamilton particularly in his later years. Thank you for your consideration.
UnbearableIsBad (
talk) 02:44, 9 May 2023 (UTC)reply
He drafted many of Washington's orders and letters under Washington's direction, and he eventually issued orders on Washington behalf over his own signature
I'm mildly surprised to see that the page has no mention at all of the
hit musical that brought Hamilton to popular attention in the past decade. I searched the talk page archives for discussions of this, since I strongly suspected the issue would have been litigated to death, but found only a few mentions of the page having at one time focused too strongly on the musical (e.g. with a mention in the lead and an extended quote in the body). I'm curious whether there's a consensus that the musical isn't really relevant here, and/or whether there's talk page discussion I missed. Thanks!
This doesn't make much sense to me, since mentioning the musical is not the same as mentioning "everything," and the musical is far and away the most important cultural depiction of Hamilton and the main way by which he is known to the current general public. Omitting all mention of the musical seems inconsistent with the approach taken in articles about other prominent people who are important or famous in their own right but are also the subject of an artistic work that plays a large part in their public perception, such as
William Randolph Hearst (
Citizen Kane is mentioned in the lede and discussed in the body of the article);
Richard III of England (the eponymous play is discussed extensively); or
Thomas Cromwell (
Wolf Hall and its sequels receive two sentences of description under "Fictional Portrayals").
A brief, one-sentence description of the musical and its cultural impact alongside a link to the Cultural Depictions article would add little length to the article. Omitting even a brief acknowledgement seems like it's intended to make some kind of point about the musical.
SS451 (
talk) 22:27, 7 December 2023 (UTC)reply
It seems that a large chunk of text relating to the musical was deleted in November 2022. I agree that even a brief mention would benefit the article, and the "it's too long" argument also doesn't really make much sense. The vast majority of attention Hamilton gets today is because of the eponymous musical, and even with the preexisting redirect, omitting any mention whatsoever to further guide the user towards a larger article is more of a disservice to his legacy than anything
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Under the subheading "Duel with Burr and death", paragraph 8, mention of son, Philip's, death misspelt as " Phillip". Every other mention of son is spelt with single "l". Please change the spelling of Phillip to Philip.
Enblynx (
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Alexander Hamilton article. This is
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Hamilton's private negotiations with British agent
George Beckwith
Hamilton and the speculators including the bailout of
William Duer
Hamilton's attacks on
Philip Freneau and the misquotation
Text has been copied to or from this article; see the list below. The source pages now serve to
provide attribution for the content in the destination pages and must not be deleted as long as the copies exist. For attribution and to access older versions of the copied text, please see the history links below.
This article has been viewed enough times in a single year to make it into the
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2020, when it received 15,030,057 views.
This article has been viewed enough times in a single week to appear in the
Top 25 Report8 times. The weeks in which this happened:
The current portrait being used to portray Hamilton at the top of the article is not Hamilton. The portrait was painted by John Trumbull two years after Hamilton's death, meaning that the portrait is merely what Trumbull remembers Hamilton looking like. There are many other contemporary portraits of Hamilton to choose from, some of which were also painted by Trumbull, that provide a much more accurate depiction of Hamilton particularly in his later years. Thank you for your consideration.
UnbearableIsBad (
talk) 02:44, 9 May 2023 (UTC)reply
He drafted many of Washington's orders and letters under Washington's direction, and he eventually issued orders on Washington behalf over his own signature
I'm mildly surprised to see that the page has no mention at all of the
hit musical that brought Hamilton to popular attention in the past decade. I searched the talk page archives for discussions of this, since I strongly suspected the issue would have been litigated to death, but found only a few mentions of the page having at one time focused too strongly on the musical (e.g. with a mention in the lead and an extended quote in the body). I'm curious whether there's a consensus that the musical isn't really relevant here, and/or whether there's talk page discussion I missed. Thanks!
This doesn't make much sense to me, since mentioning the musical is not the same as mentioning "everything," and the musical is far and away the most important cultural depiction of Hamilton and the main way by which he is known to the current general public. Omitting all mention of the musical seems inconsistent with the approach taken in articles about other prominent people who are important or famous in their own right but are also the subject of an artistic work that plays a large part in their public perception, such as
William Randolph Hearst (
Citizen Kane is mentioned in the lede and discussed in the body of the article);
Richard III of England (the eponymous play is discussed extensively); or
Thomas Cromwell (
Wolf Hall and its sequels receive two sentences of description under "Fictional Portrayals").
A brief, one-sentence description of the musical and its cultural impact alongside a link to the Cultural Depictions article would add little length to the article. Omitting even a brief acknowledgement seems like it's intended to make some kind of point about the musical.
SS451 (
talk) 22:27, 7 December 2023 (UTC)reply
It seems that a large chunk of text relating to the musical was deleted in November 2022. I agree that even a brief mention would benefit the article, and the "it's too long" argument also doesn't really make much sense. The vast majority of attention Hamilton gets today is because of the eponymous musical, and even with the preexisting redirect, omitting any mention whatsoever to further guide the user towards a larger article is more of a disservice to his legacy than anything
Equirax (
talk) 02:30, 27 December 2023 (UTC)reply
This
edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.
Under the subheading "Duel with Burr and death", paragraph 8, mention of son, Philip's, death misspelt as " Phillip". Every other mention of son is spelt with single "l". Please change the spelling of Phillip to Philip.
Enblynx (
talk) 00:09, 26 March 2024 (UTC)reply