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Former good article nomineeDwight D. Eisenhower was a History good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
July 5, 2006 Good article nomineeNot listed
June 25, 2009 Good article nomineeNot listed
On this day...A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the " On this day..." column on May 31, 2004.
Current status: Former good article nominee

Move discussion in progress

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Harry S. Truman which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 23:02, 8 March 2023 (UTC) reply

Semi-protected edit request on 8 May 2023

add honorific_prefix = General of the Army to Eisenhower, just like Omar Bradley and George C. Marshall's profiles. Historygeek64 ( talk) 07:15, 8 May 2023 (UTC) reply

 Already done Paper9oll ( 🔔📝) 15:37, 8 May 2023 (UTC) reply

Length

At over 16k words of readable prose, this article is too long to read and navigate comfortably. See WP:TOOBIG. Detailed content should be condensed or moved to subarticles. Nikkimaria ( talk) 03:27, 6 July 2023 (UTC) reply

Nah it's long enough. Simple wikipedia exists for a reason. Remove it Melledelle ( talk) 09:31, 25 August 2023 (UTC) reply
Agree with Melledelle, the length is fine for such an important topic. Removed the tag. Randy Kryn ( talk) 12:41, 25 August 2023 (UTC) reply
Simple Wikipedia exists for a reason entirely unrelated to this issue; WP:TOOBIG and WP:DETAIL are local. Nikkimaria ( talk) 23:51, 25 August 2023 (UTC) reply
I also oppose the tag. The article is well-organized and doesn't feel too long. DFlhb ( talk) 21:06, 29 November 2023 (UTC) reply
The "Foreign Policy" section should be trimmed per WP:SUMMARY. Too much material there as a summary of the main article at Foreign policy of the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration, which makes the section overweight relative to level of coverage in the rest of the article. That trim will have the side benefit of addressing the TOOBIG concern. VQuakr ( talk) 00:37, 30 November 2023 (UTC) reply
I disagree; it takes up only half of the presidency section, and foreign policy was the major focus of his administration; I don't think it would be given enough weight if trimmed further. DFlhb ( talk) 01:16, 30 November 2023 (UTC) reply
This is incorrect. WP:WEIGHT is not an issue since a main article exists; breaking subarticles in summary style is not a weight violation. The summary-level that remains here is supposed to be shortened. VQuakr ( talk) 17:25, 30 November 2023 (UTC) reply

Birth name

SNUGGUMS, WP:BIRTHNAMES says that the birth name is only required to be mentioned in the lead when there has been a change in surname. Otherwise, including the birth name is optional, espexially when the individual was not notable under that name. Eisenhower's name was changed shortly after his birth, and he does not have any notability during his infancy. Векочел ( talk) 01:03, 14 July 2023 (UTC) reply

Whether the guy was notable as a baby doesn't negate how "David Dwight Eisenhower" still was his original name, and you completely disregarded how there was a note specifically saying NOT to delete it. There was no good reason for you to do so when birth names are not only allowed but also quite frequently mentioned in opening sentences. SNUGGUMS ( talk / edits) 01:35, 14 July 2023 (UTC) reply

Edit semi-protected

In the intro, for the third paragraph, please add he was the last president born in the 19th century. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/14/this-day-in-politics-october-14-894857 2600:100C:A112:99FE:7C7D:2DBA:B464:5416 ( talk) 05:08, 23 July 2023 (UTC) reply

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{ Edit semi-protected}} template. Personally, I don't see this as a major point that deserve to be mentioned, let alone in the intro. M.Bitton ( talk) 22:40, 24 July 2023 (UTC) reply

Semi-protected edit request on 7 March 2024

I would like to request that the word "by" be added to the first sentence in the second paragraph under the subsection "Interstate Highway Act" which is in turn under the "Presidency (1953-1961)" section. This first sentence is grammatically incorrect without it.

Eisenhower's goal to create improved highways was influenced by his involvement in the Army's 1919 Transcontinental Motor Convoy. Wkwyl ( talk) 18:47, 7 March 2024 (UTC) reply

 Done Jamedeus ( talk) 18:55, 7 March 2024 (UTC) reply
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Former good article nomineeDwight D. Eisenhower was a History good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
July 5, 2006 Good article nomineeNot listed
June 25, 2009 Good article nomineeNot listed
On this day...A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the " On this day..." column on May 31, 2004.
Current status: Former good article nominee

Move discussion in progress

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Harry S. Truman which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 23:02, 8 March 2023 (UTC) reply

Semi-protected edit request on 8 May 2023

add honorific_prefix = General of the Army to Eisenhower, just like Omar Bradley and George C. Marshall's profiles. Historygeek64 ( talk) 07:15, 8 May 2023 (UTC) reply

 Already done Paper9oll ( 🔔📝) 15:37, 8 May 2023 (UTC) reply

Length

At over 16k words of readable prose, this article is too long to read and navigate comfortably. See WP:TOOBIG. Detailed content should be condensed or moved to subarticles. Nikkimaria ( talk) 03:27, 6 July 2023 (UTC) reply

Nah it's long enough. Simple wikipedia exists for a reason. Remove it Melledelle ( talk) 09:31, 25 August 2023 (UTC) reply
Agree with Melledelle, the length is fine for such an important topic. Removed the tag. Randy Kryn ( talk) 12:41, 25 August 2023 (UTC) reply
Simple Wikipedia exists for a reason entirely unrelated to this issue; WP:TOOBIG and WP:DETAIL are local. Nikkimaria ( talk) 23:51, 25 August 2023 (UTC) reply
I also oppose the tag. The article is well-organized and doesn't feel too long. DFlhb ( talk) 21:06, 29 November 2023 (UTC) reply
The "Foreign Policy" section should be trimmed per WP:SUMMARY. Too much material there as a summary of the main article at Foreign policy of the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration, which makes the section overweight relative to level of coverage in the rest of the article. That trim will have the side benefit of addressing the TOOBIG concern. VQuakr ( talk) 00:37, 30 November 2023 (UTC) reply
I disagree; it takes up only half of the presidency section, and foreign policy was the major focus of his administration; I don't think it would be given enough weight if trimmed further. DFlhb ( talk) 01:16, 30 November 2023 (UTC) reply
This is incorrect. WP:WEIGHT is not an issue since a main article exists; breaking subarticles in summary style is not a weight violation. The summary-level that remains here is supposed to be shortened. VQuakr ( talk) 17:25, 30 November 2023 (UTC) reply

Birth name

SNUGGUMS, WP:BIRTHNAMES says that the birth name is only required to be mentioned in the lead when there has been a change in surname. Otherwise, including the birth name is optional, espexially when the individual was not notable under that name. Eisenhower's name was changed shortly after his birth, and he does not have any notability during his infancy. Векочел ( talk) 01:03, 14 July 2023 (UTC) reply

Whether the guy was notable as a baby doesn't negate how "David Dwight Eisenhower" still was his original name, and you completely disregarded how there was a note specifically saying NOT to delete it. There was no good reason for you to do so when birth names are not only allowed but also quite frequently mentioned in opening sentences. SNUGGUMS ( talk / edits) 01:35, 14 July 2023 (UTC) reply

Edit semi-protected

In the intro, for the third paragraph, please add he was the last president born in the 19th century. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/14/this-day-in-politics-october-14-894857 2600:100C:A112:99FE:7C7D:2DBA:B464:5416 ( talk) 05:08, 23 July 2023 (UTC) reply

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{ Edit semi-protected}} template. Personally, I don't see this as a major point that deserve to be mentioned, let alone in the intro. M.Bitton ( talk) 22:40, 24 July 2023 (UTC) reply

Semi-protected edit request on 7 March 2024

I would like to request that the word "by" be added to the first sentence in the second paragraph under the subsection "Interstate Highway Act" which is in turn under the "Presidency (1953-1961)" section. This first sentence is grammatically incorrect without it.

Eisenhower's goal to create improved highways was influenced by his involvement in the Army's 1919 Transcontinental Motor Convoy. Wkwyl ( talk) 18:47, 7 March 2024 (UTC) reply

 Done Jamedeus ( talk) 18:55, 7 March 2024 (UTC) reply

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