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Semi-protected edit request on 17 January 2025

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182.2.36.177 (talk) 22:32, 17 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Not done: No reason specified for oddly named page. LizardJr8 (talk) 22:57, 17 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

✊ Uiland (talk) 05:55, 6 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 4 April 2026

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Please change the middle name from the initial "F." to "Finis" to the subjects' full given name. ThreeFoldChord (talk) 16:03, 4 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Not done: Per the editing note and sourcing, Davis used the initial F., but there is no evidence what his middle name was. Some historians argue that the claim that it was "Finis" originated in Davis's biography by Hudson Strode, who provides no citation. Aoidh (talk) 16:51, 4 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Undid recent edition about Davis visiting John Smith in Scotland

Latest comment: 5 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The recent addition about Davis visiting an acquaintance in Scotland was deleted. Davis visited many people and met with many people. It is not clear why this particular meeting was more significant in Davis's biography than many of the other people he got to know or stayed with. Wtfiv (talk) 17:48, 13 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Wrong Location Given

Latest comment: 5 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

The following sentence wrongly names and links the location of the meeting Davis had with Breckinridge and Bragg:

"On May 2, Davis met with Secretary of War Breckinridge and Bragg in Abbeville, Georgia, to see if they could pull together an army."

It is actually Abbeville, SOUTH CAROLINA, not Abbeville, Georgia. Smmilli (talk) 00:22, 14 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Done It's been updated.

Wtfiv (talk) 00:30, 14 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

This page was redesigned at the edge.

Semi-protected edit request on 17 January 2025

Semi-protected edit request on 4 April 2026

Undid recent edition about Davis visiting John Smith in Scotland

Wrong Location Given