Talk:William Loftus (British Army officer)

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by the politics and government work group.

Politics of the United Kingdom Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Politics of the United Kingdom, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Politics of the United Kingdom on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Politics of the United KingdomWikipedia:WikiProject Politics of the United KingdomTemplate:WikiProject Politics of the United KingdomPolitics of the United Kingdom articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Ireland Low‑importance

	Ireland portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Ireland, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Ireland on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.IrelandWikipedia:WikiProject IrelandTemplate:WikiProject IrelandIreland articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Military history: Biography / British / European

This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history articles

This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status:
Referencing and citation: criterion not met Coverage and accuracy: criterion not met Structure: criterion met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion met

Associated task forces:
/
	Military biography task force
	British military history task force
	European military history task force

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion[edit]

The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:

Freedom Loftus.jpg

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 09:53, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Westminster Education[edit]

Hi,

Part of the early feed for this entry listed Loftus as having attended Westminster School but without any reference to verify this statement. I have contacted Westminster school, who find no record of his attendance, although his sons (one of whom was also William) did attend. In the absence of supporting information, I have edited out Westminster - unless you know differently!

--Guy WF Loftus (talk) 19:49, 18 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Boston siege[edit]

Hi @Suntooooth: - if you don't mind, I will undo your exclusion of Loftus' involvement in the Boston siege (category), where he was seconded to a corps of engineers to shore up the defences. I may expand the existing text little.Geneus01 (talk) 08:43, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That's absolutely fair, if you fix the formatting - I removed it because the link was broken, not because I disagreed with its inclusion. Suntooooth (talk) 13:14, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

My mistake - thank you... Guy WF Loftus (talk) 05:55, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Guy passed on two typos made - Either the syntax I am using is wrong (the likeliest reason) or the categories don't allow levels of granularity below generalised campaigns (specific battles cannot be pulled out of categories, which would be a shame because there are many battles in a campaign and no one individual participated in all of them if they survived).Geneus01 (talk) 06:18, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]