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A really good reliable reference that can be used in the article is available at IGN [1], I've added it to the lead section but if it is better placed elsewhere feel free to move it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.184.106.130 ( talk) 01:21, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
The result of the proposal was request rejected as lacking a rationale.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 10:54, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
General Joseph B. Colton (G.I. Joe) → General Joseph Colton — A short reason for page name change. User:75.142.152.104 03:18, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
Apparently, in a book put out by 'Fun Publications' our man Colton is now the president of the United States. If I find the appropiate ref I will put it in. Lots42 ( talk) 18:29, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved Kotniski ( talk) 14:45, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
General Joseph Colton (G.I. Joe) →
General Joseph Colton — This is the
only article with this title, so there's no need to disambiguate.
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It should be stressed, with the appropiate references, that Colton is the original Joe figure. You know, the dude with the kung-fu grip and all. Lots42 ( talk) 22:03, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
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I have recreated the original G.I. Joe logo for the General Joseph Colton page using Paint.NET, however due to semi-protection I am not able to add it to the page.
BanaBong ( talk) 04:42, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Not done: Nice work, but it has a few details wrong. The J should loop up and there should be a star between the I and the J. Also, the tag lne should be "a great..." not "the great...". Regards, Celestra ( talk) 05:06, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Done Actually scratch that, I decided to go instead with a recreation of the comic book version to better match Joe Colton. You are also incorrect "The" and "A" are interchangeable on the G.I. Joe logo banner, check Google. thumb|left|Joe Colton Banner Logo Please add it to the page, BanaBong ( talk) 01:34, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Can anyone please provide a reference that confirms the character's middle name? One user has changed the information on this article and several others, so that his name reads Joseph Brady Colton, yet both of his file cards simply state Joseph B. Colton, and I have not found any references to Brady anywhere else on the web. I've left it here for now to avoid an edit war, but if the middle name cannot be confirmed, it should be reverted to his middle initial only. Fortdj33 ( talk) 13:37, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
You are correct being that the Joe's roots are in Brady see here [ Back to their Roots] "Chapter One- Brady, Texas It was a very early morning at the Pit, which was home to the world's best soldiers the GI Joe." it would only make sense that the original G.I. Joe would pay homage to that. 141.151.245.202 ( talk) 18:37, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
His name is now confirmed as "Joseph B. Colton" as of recent citation on MTV, please see below.
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I would just like to suggest that General Colton's personal quote be moved to his info box as a motto if that is possible as having to quotes in his profile is rather plagiarized considering most of that is just copied from the file card.
The result of the proposal was closed as initiated by a sock. If anyone feels that a move is necessary, please start a new request. -- regentspark ( comment) 20:10, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
General Joseph Colton → General Joseph B. Colton – Place here your rationale for the proposed page name change, ideally referring to applicable naming convention policies and guidelines, and providing evidence in support where appropriate. There are many pages that redirect here, I feel by moving the article to something more ambiguous as Joseph B. Colton we would not need those less ambiguous redirection which can just lead you in circles. General Joseph B. Colton is a better match to Wikipedia naming conventions as well. The dispute is over whether his middle name is Brady not whether the initial is B. which all sides agree on. There is not one reason this page should not be moved. PurpleSteak ( talk) 11:35, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1683336/gi-joe-retaliation-bruce-willis.jhtml There we go the a second reliable source of his middle initial. There should be no contest to the article renaming now, because if MTV is not a reliable source then we might as well just delete this whole article.
“ | There are other men in the military---ones with higher rank and more experience and shinier medals---who could have been selected to lead this new force. Some of them may even be better soldiers than Lt. Colton. But what this country needs now, even more than good soldiers, are great heroes. | ” |
— 35th U.S. President John F. Kennedy [2] |
General Colton's inspiration originates from former president John F. Kennedy's creation of the Navy SEAL Team's that are still active today. Kennedy is not the only president portrayed as a G.I. Joe action figure, other president's include Dwight D. Eisenhower and Theodore Roosevelt. [3]
When Colton is ordered to Washington D.C., he is amazed to find the president. Understanding Colton's responsibility to his men, President Kennedy states he has larger responsibilities for Colton and leaves him with the quote, "I was impressed with your devotion; to honor the request of a dead man. I know I can trust you to do the right thing." [4]
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Well since the movie information I have provided is uncontested and agreed upon by both of us. YOU yeah YOU fortdj33 have to give an effort to help improve my new section which I HAVE provided refrences for. Make an effort here and check the reference, you can see it states the specific comic book issue and is thus far the BEST reference provided for this article so far. It is NOT original research see the reflist!
You guys do realize in your childish disruptive edit warring of this article you have now neglected to even re-add his personal motto. You need to re-add the personal motto and Kennedy quote to before the edit warring started. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.240.218.45 ( talk) 01:18, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
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Could someone please re-add the image File:GIJoeRetaliationColton.jpg to the infobox under the "G.I. Joe Retaliation" section? The image was added before the article was permanently protected, and similar images have been added for other characters from the movie, such as Jinx, Roadblock and Storm Shadow. The image needs to be re-added before it is deleted on Wednesday, 16 May 2012. Thanks! Fortdj33 ( talk) 17:17, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
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this portrait was just released by paramount pictures, i uploaded it to wikimedia commons it is in public domain and should be used in the article SonyVio ( talk) 05:45, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
heres the site you can reference for that little change i made about the toys yesterday, i may have got it slightly innacurate but there are other sources this one is from variety http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118054684 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.235.229.149 ( talk) 08:57, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
Creator G.I. Joe, is this at all relevant since Colton is the "original" Joe? 70.105.187.154 ( talk) 04:23, 28 May 2014 (UTC) http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/donald-levine-toy-exec-who-developed-gi-joe-dies-at-86/2014/05/25/1a506976-e397-11e3-9743-bb9b59cde7b9_story.html
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A really good reliable reference that can be used in the article is available at IGN [1], I've added it to the lead section but if it is better placed elsewhere feel free to move it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.184.106.130 ( talk) 01:21, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
The result of the proposal was request rejected as lacking a rationale.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 10:54, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
General Joseph B. Colton (G.I. Joe) → General Joseph Colton — A short reason for page name change. User:75.142.152.104 03:18, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
Apparently, in a book put out by 'Fun Publications' our man Colton is now the president of the United States. If I find the appropiate ref I will put it in. Lots42 ( talk) 18:29, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved Kotniski ( talk) 14:45, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
General Joseph Colton (G.I. Joe) →
General Joseph Colton — This is the
only article with this title, so there's no need to disambiguate.
75.142.152.104 (
talk) 03:29, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
It should be stressed, with the appropiate references, that Colton is the original Joe figure. You know, the dude with the kung-fu grip and all. Lots42 ( talk) 22:03, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
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I have recreated the original G.I. Joe logo for the General Joseph Colton page using Paint.NET, however due to semi-protection I am not able to add it to the page.
BanaBong ( talk) 04:42, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Not done: Nice work, but it has a few details wrong. The J should loop up and there should be a star between the I and the J. Also, the tag lne should be "a great..." not "the great...". Regards, Celestra ( talk) 05:06, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Done Actually scratch that, I decided to go instead with a recreation of the comic book version to better match Joe Colton. You are also incorrect "The" and "A" are interchangeable on the G.I. Joe logo banner, check Google. thumb|left|Joe Colton Banner Logo Please add it to the page, BanaBong ( talk) 01:34, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Can anyone please provide a reference that confirms the character's middle name? One user has changed the information on this article and several others, so that his name reads Joseph Brady Colton, yet both of his file cards simply state Joseph B. Colton, and I have not found any references to Brady anywhere else on the web. I've left it here for now to avoid an edit war, but if the middle name cannot be confirmed, it should be reverted to his middle initial only. Fortdj33 ( talk) 13:37, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
You are correct being that the Joe's roots are in Brady see here [ Back to their Roots] "Chapter One- Brady, Texas It was a very early morning at the Pit, which was home to the world's best soldiers the GI Joe." it would only make sense that the original G.I. Joe would pay homage to that. 141.151.245.202 ( talk) 18:37, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
His name is now confirmed as "Joseph B. Colton" as of recent citation on MTV, please see below.
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I would just like to suggest that General Colton's personal quote be moved to his info box as a motto if that is possible as having to quotes in his profile is rather plagiarized considering most of that is just copied from the file card.
The result of the proposal was closed as initiated by a sock. If anyone feels that a move is necessary, please start a new request. -- regentspark ( comment) 20:10, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
General Joseph Colton → General Joseph B. Colton – Place here your rationale for the proposed page name change, ideally referring to applicable naming convention policies and guidelines, and providing evidence in support where appropriate. There are many pages that redirect here, I feel by moving the article to something more ambiguous as Joseph B. Colton we would not need those less ambiguous redirection which can just lead you in circles. General Joseph B. Colton is a better match to Wikipedia naming conventions as well. The dispute is over whether his middle name is Brady not whether the initial is B. which all sides agree on. There is not one reason this page should not be moved. PurpleSteak ( talk) 11:35, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1683336/gi-joe-retaliation-bruce-willis.jhtml There we go the a second reliable source of his middle initial. There should be no contest to the article renaming now, because if MTV is not a reliable source then we might as well just delete this whole article.
“ | There are other men in the military---ones with higher rank and more experience and shinier medals---who could have been selected to lead this new force. Some of them may even be better soldiers than Lt. Colton. But what this country needs now, even more than good soldiers, are great heroes. | ” |
— 35th U.S. President John F. Kennedy [2] |
General Colton's inspiration originates from former president John F. Kennedy's creation of the Navy SEAL Team's that are still active today. Kennedy is not the only president portrayed as a G.I. Joe action figure, other president's include Dwight D. Eisenhower and Theodore Roosevelt. [3]
When Colton is ordered to Washington D.C., he is amazed to find the president. Understanding Colton's responsibility to his men, President Kennedy states he has larger responsibilities for Colton and leaves him with the quote, "I was impressed with your devotion; to honor the request of a dead man. I know I can trust you to do the right thing." [4]
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Well since the movie information I have provided is uncontested and agreed upon by both of us. YOU yeah YOU fortdj33 have to give an effort to help improve my new section which I HAVE provided refrences for. Make an effort here and check the reference, you can see it states the specific comic book issue and is thus far the BEST reference provided for this article so far. It is NOT original research see the reflist!
You guys do realize in your childish disruptive edit warring of this article you have now neglected to even re-add his personal motto. You need to re-add the personal motto and Kennedy quote to before the edit warring started. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.240.218.45 ( talk) 01:18, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
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Could someone please re-add the image File:GIJoeRetaliationColton.jpg to the infobox under the "G.I. Joe Retaliation" section? The image was added before the article was permanently protected, and similar images have been added for other characters from the movie, such as Jinx, Roadblock and Storm Shadow. The image needs to be re-added before it is deleted on Wednesday, 16 May 2012. Thanks! Fortdj33 ( talk) 17:17, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
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this portrait was just released by paramount pictures, i uploaded it to wikimedia commons it is in public domain and should be used in the article SonyVio ( talk) 05:45, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
heres the site you can reference for that little change i made about the toys yesterday, i may have got it slightly innacurate but there are other sources this one is from variety http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118054684 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.235.229.149 ( talk) 08:57, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
Creator G.I. Joe, is this at all relevant since Colton is the "original" Joe? 70.105.187.154 ( talk) 04:23, 28 May 2014 (UTC) http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/donald-levine-toy-exec-who-developed-gi-joe-dies-at-86/2014/05/25/1a506976-e397-11e3-9743-bb9b59cde7b9_story.html