Talk:Operation Encore

Notice of COI

Declaring a Conflict of Interest here: My father participated in this part of WWII as a member of the 10th Mountain Infantry division; he was awarded a Bronze medal for heroism in the Battle of Mt. Belvedere. -- llywrch (talk) 22:15, 10 February 2025 (UTC)

Peer review

Operation Encore

I'm listing this article for peer review due to an admitted COI, as described on the Talk page. I'd like an objective opinion whether I should improve this article towards a high rating. Much thanks -- llywrch (talk) 22:43, 10 February 2025 (UTC)

I'm neutral on this for now. What specific edits would you make if you were to improve the article? Have you looked at WP:COIEDIT and the COI edit template? Gommeh (talk/contribs) 17:25, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

On the one hand, I can't follow the rules strongly recommended for COI editing -- it's impractical for me to limit myself to suggesting changes on the talk page -- however on the other I am concerned I may be giving undue attention to one unit or action in this operation because my father was a combatant. At this point, I really can't leave articles related to the 10th Mountain in WWII untouched because I'm probably the only Wikipedian with access to much of the source material. (If Wikipedia existed 40 years ago, when there were many more WWII veterans alive, COI would prevent untold contributors from directly contributing to many WWII-related articles.) Nonetheless, I'm invoking WP:IAR to create & edit these related articles. To which no one should object as long as I follow the usual rules of citing sources & NPOV, but I'd like the help of someone to avoid undue emphasis on details &/or unconscious bias. -- llywrch (talk) 06:40, 24 April 2025 (UTC)