Talk:Pickett's charge

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Headword does not match strange article title. SemperBlotto 21:09, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

• This was moved to Pickett's charge‎ - where it now seems rather encyclopedic. SemperBlotto 15:04, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

I've found some cites that might warrant keeping this for its figurative meaning: something like "valiant futile frontal assault", synonymous with charge of the light brigade, but without as good a literary publicist. DCDuring TALK 00:49, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

I entered this term because it is a catch phrase, a misconstrued rallying cry, a buzz word for optimists and pessimists alike, and a historic event still studied in military academies in many countries. Wayne Roberson, Austin, Texas 14:12, 3 October 2008 (UTC) 03 Oct 2008. 9:10am CDT.

The historic event is encyclopedic and we have the WP link for that. The citations I found support the meanings that are on the citations page, IMO. It wouldn't surprise me if additional citations or reconstrual of the existing citations might support the senses you mention, but a dictionary entry cannot cover all the divergent interpretations of a historic event. DCDuring TALK 14:56, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

RFV failed; existing sense removed, and entire entry rewritten per DCDuring's cites. (Thanks, DCDuring!) —Ruakh_TALK 13:48, 24 November 2009 (UTC)