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Im sorry, but I don't get the point of removing the caption. It gives info about what type of image the image is, and it gives an approximate date. I read about captioning in the style of writing, and this caption seemed okay. Could we possibly revert this?
P.S., the manual of style page you linked is a broken link. MrNoobNub2 (talk) 07:03, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I meant MOS:CAPTION. The lack of specificity of the caption, circa 1947, annoyed me for a modern president. But your comments caused me to look at the image closely. What evidence do we have that this is in the public domain? We don't know when it was taken. The Commons image page has a tag that it was taken by a member of the military, but that's not backed up by the page from the National Archives, which in fact provides no information about who took it or why. The caption called it an official portrait, but that is not supported by anything I can see, archives calls it a "formal portrait". While it is a nice picture of Truman, all the archives seems to have is a slightly faded photographic print, and the description on that page mentions the blue background is one common to photographic studios, meaning that it may not be free of copyright as a federal work. So the caption seems a bit dodgy, as does the copyright status, and we may want to consider another image. Wehwalt (talk) 13:00, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
So I looked through the Metadata which is available at the NARA link sourced, and it did say it was taken circa 1947, but the usage of the image is marked as "Undetermined". The Military copyright tag seems to be completely unsourced, making it possible for the image to not be free, making it not suitable for Wikipedia commons. What now? MrNoobNub2 (talk) 15:43, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
We find the best image with a defensible copyright tag.--Wehwalt (talk) 16:01, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Okay then. Should the current image be nominated for deletion then? MrNoobNub2 (talk) 22:46, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I would think so, and I've nommed it here. Maybe if Commons looks through it they'll find info or a keep rationale I don't see. I was looking at the image here that led the article when it passed FAC, but the source is now a dead link. Do you have some thoughts on a good image?--Wehwalt (talk) 01:15, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Presidency - comma
The first sentence of the Presidency section - “At the White House” should have a subsequent comma for clarity Sweetsaucey (talk) 06:03, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
S (just the letter) was Truman's middle name. His grandparents couldn't agree on which of their last names (both began with the letter "S") would be used, so he was simply given the middle name S. Bill S. (talk) 06:22, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
This exact question has been asked many times which is why we answered it at the top of this page in the FAQ. Binksternet (talk) 08:34, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Semi-protected edit request on 16 September 2023
This sentence needs a citation:
"It was long thought that his retirement years were financially difficult for Truman, resulting in Congress establishing a pension for former presidents, but evidence eventually emerged that he amassed considerable wealth, some of it while still president."
While those are useful citations, and thank you, the sentence is cited to the next citation. If several sentences in a row are cited to the same source, we don't have to add citations to every sentence.--Wehwalt (talk) 19:06, 16 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Correction to source
The information about Harry Truman practicing the piano two hours a day beginning at 5:00 in the morning was on page 61 of the David McCullough book about him. Mattbeat1981 (talk) 19:49, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]