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So there's been a lot contention on this and a lack of wider consensus but there should be italics in the infobox for "Position established/abolished" based on precedent on other governmental/historical pages as seen here.

Alexander Hamilton, Winston Churchill, Sylvester Stallone, Benjamin Franklin, Douglas MacArthur.

I was reverted for doing that here, but can we do the italics and follow precedent. AML KING (talk) 17:03, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

When there are also pages of other politicians that don't add italics for such infobox fields, I wouldn't go so far to say there's any "precedent" for using them. Why anybody dubiously decided to add those elsewhere is beyond me. We have WP:Manual of Style/Titles of works for good reason, which guides us on when to use them, and these offices aren't listed there or on any other policy/guideline page I can think of. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 17:33, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is this wasn't just one guy going around, those are consensus from GA pages and countless others. Honestly I either think MOS should be updated to include it or actually crack down on it. Either way, given the scope of its use, I think it should be included here but I'm not trying to argue with MOS. AML KING (talk) 18:09, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Consensus as in some other talk page decided to use those? That seems unlikely to have happened, and I suspect that whoever it was that added or enabled such a use on other articles simply didn't care that it's more appropriate to have them for titles of works or perhaps for non-English terminology. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 18:16, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you think MOS should be updated, the place to discuss that would be MOS talk. In the interim, not seeing a reason to use italics here. Nikkimaria (talk) 04:28, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Recently, I made an edit to this section which added this wording and sourcing, which another editor (@User:Nikkimaria) has rather emphatically disagreed with as “overkill” or (as to my interpretation) excessive detail. The edit in question was this (I’ve put the text that @Nikkimaria deleted in boldface for clarity):

“Eisenhower was a self-described ideological moderate and progressive conservative, governing from American liberal democratic and internationalist ideals rather than from a unified ideological framework, and even expressed interest in the potential creation of a third party if the Republicans drifted further to the right.”

Here’s the citation which was provided for this to verify that this is just based on a clear reading of the history:

Wagner, Steven (2006). Eisenhower Republicanism: Pursuing the Midle Way. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press. p. 115. ISBN 9780875803623. Retrieved December 11, 2025. He thought that perhaps the time had come for a new party that would accept a leadership role in world affairs, a liberal stand on social welfare policy, and a conservative stand on economic matters. After a talk with the president on this subject Bill Robinson wrote in his diary that Eisenhower had said that if the 'die-hard' Republicans fought his program too hard, he would have to organize a third party.

I think having this information is highly relevant given that the previous sentence in this section discusses how right-leaning conservatives in the GOP were often frustrated with Eisenhower during his administration (which currently is “Conservative critics of his administration thought that he did not do enough to advance the goals of the right; according to Hans Morgenthau, ‘Eisenhower's victories were but accidents without consequence in the history of the Republican party.’”) Without my additional information in the clause I wrote, we don’t really get a sense of how Eisenhower felt about this rift in his party. I’m open to a discussion on wording suggestions…but I think it’s a very unfortunate loss not to include this interesting bit of history here (especially due to its direct relevance). Aunger67 (talk) 03:11, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The article is already very lengthy, and in my opinion this addition is unclear and of unclear benefit. Nikkimaria (talk) 03:15, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"a conservative stand on economic matters" In other words, fiscal conservatism? Dimadick (talk) 03:36, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see you referencing part of the Wagner quote @Dimadick, but it’s unclear to me how you’re suggesting this be incorporated into the article. Would you mind clarifying? Cheers Aunger67 (talk) Aunger67 (talk) 03:08, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am considering how to summarize the quote in plain terms. Dimadick (talk) 09:46, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Even Ike himself described as an American conservative. A moderate conservative or progressive conservative sure, but that hasn't stopped the Conservatism redirection box in articles for people like George H. W. Bush.

Do you guys agree or disagree to put the Conservatism template in addition to the Liberalism template? DougheGojiraMan (talk) 04:59, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure what you are asking. There is a "Conservatism US" sidebar, and a "Conservatism US" navbox. They are equivalent to each other (the latter explicitly copies from the former), but the latter goes at the bottom of the article, while the former goes in a margin. I removed the sidebar and put in the navbox. For various reasons, the navbox is preferable for this article and others like it, but there are other situations where a sidebar is preferable. Anyway, if you look at the navboxes at the bottom of the article, go to the "Articles related to Dwight D. Eisenhower", click the "show" button, and you'll see both the Liberalism US and the Conservatism US navboxes. Bruce leverett (talk) 14:28, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The navbox is being removed by an editor for some reason. DougheGojiraMan (talk) 17:39, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I mean the sidebar DougheGojiraMan (talk) 17:40, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See above explanation. Bruce leverett (talk) 19:45, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How can somebody be supreme commander of the allied forces in World War II after it ended he was made supreme commander in 1942 not 1951 ~2025-40795-41 (talk) 09:50, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Because the Supreme Allied Commander Europe is an office of NATO, not an office that existed during WWII. There was no single "commander of the allies" during WWII. Furius (talk) 16:14, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Military–industrial complex has an RfC for choosing between two alternative versions of a sentence. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Uhoj (talk) 20:25, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

"Eisenhower was the last President not born in the 20th Century" Tryyyant (talk) 03:35, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

If you're suggesting we add that to the article, then it's not worth doing so when such detail is trivial. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 04:08, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Add that Fort Eisenhower was later renamed back to Fort Gordon ~2026-13453-51 (talk) 03:29, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want made. {{GearsDatapack|talk|contribs}} 09:15, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]