Talk:2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment

Military history: North America / United States

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 not met

Associated task forces:
/
	North American military history task force
	United States military history task force

Copyvio?

This article appears to have been taken directly from here. I'm not sure if this is a public domain source or not (not being from the US, I'm not up on US copyright law). Can anyone confirm or deny? If it is a copyright violation this page needs to be completely re-written or deleted. — AustralianRupert (talk) 08:26, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think this really breaches copyright. The text is a copy, but the site it's copying from is an official US Military website (note the .mil domain name). This means that the text is considered a formal unit war diary (albeit a truncated one). This information, if not Classified (Which it obviously is not if it's on the web), is Public Domain material, and thus would not come under copyright. As a result, I would say it can be kep without any issues. Cheers, Xlh 134.115.72.198 (talk) 02:01, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the response. Based on what others have said elsewhere, I believe you are correct. Cheers. — AustralianRupert (talk) 07:42, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New Content

Looks like someone went and updated some info from the 2006 - 2007 deployment, but there are no real references. It also has some incorrect and missing information. For instance:

C Co was not complete, but split into two sections at first, and then three after the extension.

D Co and HHC are not mentioned at all.

Nothing about the extension is mentioned.

There is also little information on any of the other 3 deployments. I know our first deployment is mostly classified still, but the other 2 were very publicized with reporters / writers directly imbedded with the companies. There was a book written about the 2009 deployment, but it was very poorly written and I have only seen it at the old "Borders" in Watertown NY (Just outside of Fort Drum, the store is now closed). Oh, and the only reason I don't fix this myself is I lack the actual references. If I can find them, I'll be sure to add them on there. SGT Justin Gregory Blodgett, US Army Infantryman (talk) 13:14, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Are there any objections to me adding a fallen Soldiers Roster? SGT Justin Gregory Blodgett, US Army Infantryman (talk) 14:36, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]