Forum:Articles related to LatA

Ok, two issues that have arisen right off the bat in this story:

1. The name of the battle. It is my understanding that the naming convention for battles is that you only assign a number value to a battle when multiple battles take place at the same location during the same war. Hence, the First and Second Battles of Bull Run, both of which took place during the same war. However, in this instance, the Lee battle shouldn't be called the "Second Battle of the Alamo" because the latter battle took place during the ACW rather than the Texas War for Independence.

Right now, I've been calling it "Battle of the Alamo (Lee at the Alamo)" in observation of that convention, which isn't to say we need to observe that convention. The virtue of taking that approach is that it may head hit-and-runner editors off at the pass. But if anyone has any better ideas, please share.

2. We obviously need to edit the ACW article to reflect the fact that LatA changes things, but since we don't know the extent of those changes, I think we're going to have to settle for a literary comment and call it good. Given some of HT's responses to readers over at tor.com, I don't think we're going to see any further exploration of this timeline any day soon. TR 22:12, September 10, 2011 (UTC)