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• Adam, I love how you're linking the nomination to "And nominated by x". Very cleaver, much better than the way I used to do this. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:02, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

I'm sure I've seen it used before. The layout of this feature changes all the time. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 16:43, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

It's I think me who have used it 1st time. Herald talk with me 16:58, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

Original – A Platoon Sergeant (correct U.S. Marine Corps term) at the Officer Candidate School aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., dedicated to training, educating, evaluating and screening the many candidates who go through the course and turning them into Marine leaders.

• Is a Marine Corps Drill Instructor assigned to OCS properly addressed as a platoon sergeant? That's not how the original photo description from the Marine Corps reads. This little tidbit was added into the Commons description by High Contrast in 2010. The image itself was nominated by a blocked user who probably knows nothing about it. This assertion of title was recently added to the Drill instructor article by Matthew Proctor with no citation or edit summary. Neither anyone voting on the image nor anyone at The Signpost questioned the veracity of this "platoon sergeant" title.

Now I realize I might accomplish more by helping Signpost volunteers write entries rather than publicly finding fault, but I think this is a teachable moment. Chris Troutman (talk) 19:23, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

In the end, none of us can be experts on everything Wikipedia covers, and if an error slips in, we can apologise, but we can't re-research every fact; Assume Good Faith has to have some rôle, particularly for summaries such as this. It's why articles are generally written and improved by experts, or, at least, well-informed amateurs. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 19:59, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for the comment, Chris. It is an example of crowdsourcing at work. :-) I'll also second Adam's comment. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 20:32, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

And let me second that thanks. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 21:00, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

 Question: What did I wrongly??? --High Contrast (talk) 01:15, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

@High Contrast: You introduced an unsourced statement, which an IP later tweaked. Wikipedia wants massive content at the expense of most of it being unsourced and some percentage of that info being incorrect. It seems odd because you had been reverting changes by IPs prior to that. Chris Troutman (talk) 01:49, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

In order to hold up the truth. This edit was not my idea nor is it based on my knowledge. Another user contacted me to make this edit. Unfortunately, I cannot find where (page link) this edit request was done. --High Contrast (talk) 18:03, 16 March 2014 (UTC)