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[edit]Is there a reason that neither the article prose nor the infobox makes any mention that the White House is a National Historic Landmark? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chris857 (talk • contribs) 09:46, February 22, 2013 (UTC)
Reason behind naming White House
[edit]When construction was finished, the porous sandstone walls were whitewashed with a mixture of lime, rice glue, casein, and lead, giving the house its familiar color and name. 223.191.33.155 (talk) 07:41, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
Collapsed navbox section for navboxes of 'Residents'
[edit]Was thinking of creating a collapsible navbox section entitled 'Residents' which, when opened, would include the navboxes of all the presidents since Adams in chronological order, as well as the few navboxes of first ladies. This would entail listing 'White House' on all of their navboxes in existing sections (other homes of presidents and first ladies are already included on their navboxes, so this is an obvious gap in their 'homes' listing). As this will take a bit of time I wanted to run in by here first in case there is major opposition and the inclusion is reverted. Pinging CommonKnowledgeCreator, who has focused attention on U.S. presidential navboxes lately, for their viewpoint, and I'll also place a notice on the U.S. presidents Wikiproject page. Thanks for thoughts, approval/disapproval. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:47, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
- This addition seems obvious now, but came to mind a few minutes before posting the above when I saw Blair House correctly listed on {{Harry S. Truman}}'s navbox. Randy Kryn (talk) 15:05, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
- And...a technical problem. Post-NEIS at (WP:TLIMIT) says the collapsed template would be too large. Here's what I set-up but can't get it to collapse as two navboxes ('Residents '1800-1933' and 'Residents: 1933-present'). No idea why the second one won't show, it's the smaller of the two and works when it is placed above the first one, which itself then won't show. Please give the coding a look, thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 22:58, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
Will go with this to work around the software problem:
- {the two navbox containers are now moved to the next section below)
Randy Kryn (talk) 11:06, 28 August 2024 (UTC) (separated into two navboxes, August 29, 2024
- I'd added a navbox and Fram reverted in good faith. Since the White House is linked on the navboxes as a residence, and navboxes are on all of the other pages which list homes of U.S. presidents and First Ladies, do you have a major objection or is it just that it may be too large for the software. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 15:51, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- A navbox should have a direct link to the subject, e.g. on the page of a President a navbox with all presidents, on the page of a presidential residence a navbox with all inhabitants or one with all other presidential residences: what you added though is a second-degree navbox: on the page of a residence, the navboxes for all presidents, i.e. links to many things which have no direct connection to or aren't similar to the White House. As far as I know, we normally don't add such second-degree navboxes. Fram (talk) 16:30, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- Strongly Oppose. The White House itself is not
primarilyuniquely-related to any individual President or First Lady since it has served as the official residence and workplace of the President since the John Adams administration. Adding the biography template of each President and First Lady to the White House article would just create template clutter in it. Among other reasons, this is why the criteria for good navigation templates in WP:NAVBOX should recommend against including articles in navigation templates that are already included in other templates unless the template would truly be incomplete by its exclusion. -- CommonKnowledgeCreator (talk) 22:02, 29 August 2024 (UTC)- Residents of presidents are included on navboxes, and the residences actually have their own article (List of residences of presidents of the United States). Many of these national leaders lived in the White House for eight years, and in Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's case, almost 13. It was a major home for all of them (except maybe poor William Henry H.). The navboxes seem appropriate here, there is no clutter (there are actually only two navboxes). Fram, I've never heard the term second-degree navbox, these people lived in this home and this fact is reflected on their navbox. I'm surprised this has caused so much concern, but you never know on Wikipedia. Let's see if anyone else chimes in. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 22:44, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- Your reasoning is extremely poor and dishonest. You added the White House article to the biography templates rather than other editors, there are currently six navigation templates in the White House article, and it was only the residence of the President and First Lady while the President was in office and is otherwise unrelated to their lives. -- CommonKnowledgeCreator (talk) 22:58, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- You're welcome. The White House link should have been added to them long ago, as a major residence of all of the U.S. presidents from John Adams forward, and I apologize for not thinking of it earlier. Randy Kryn (talk) 23:30, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- On a related note, would it make sense to include List of presidents of the United States in the See Also section of this article? I will refrain from commenting on Randy's original proposal, but perhaps using the existing list article for the same purpose would be helpful. Bruce leverett (talk) 03:50, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
- I don't think so for the same reasons which they shouldn't be included in the biography navigation templates. The list included in the See also section is already fairly long and the List of residences of presidents of the United States article is already included. -- CommonKnowledgeCreator (talk) 12:49, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
- Agree with CommonKnowledgeCreator in that the topic is already covered in the "list of residences" article. A good faith suggestion by Bruce though, as the presidents and First Ladies are forever tied into White House history and lore, all except George and Martha Washington living there as one of their primary residences (the central portion is actually called "The Residence", or the Executive Residence). Randy Kryn (talk) 13:06, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
- I don't think so for the same reasons which they shouldn't be included in the biography navigation templates. The list included in the See also section is already fairly long and the List of residences of presidents of the United States article is already included. -- CommonKnowledgeCreator (talk) 12:49, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
- Your reasoning is extremely poor and dishonest. You added the White House article to the biography templates rather than other editors, there are currently six navigation templates in the White House article, and it was only the residence of the President and First Lady while the President was in office and is otherwise unrelated to their lives. -- CommonKnowledgeCreator (talk) 22:58, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- Residents of presidents are included on navboxes, and the residences actually have their own article (List of residences of presidents of the United States). Many of these national leaders lived in the White House for eight years, and in Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's case, almost 13. It was a major home for all of them (except maybe poor William Henry H.). The navboxes seem appropriate here, there is no clutter (there are actually only two navboxes). Fram, I've never heard the term second-degree navbox, these people lived in this home and this fact is reflected on their navbox. I'm surprised this has caused so much concern, but you never know on Wikipedia. Let's see if anyone else chimes in. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 22:44, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- I'd added a navbox and Fram reverted in good faith. Since the White House is linked on the navboxes as a residence, and navboxes are on all of the other pages which list homes of U.S. presidents and First Ladies, do you have a major objection or is it just that it may be too large for the software. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 15:51, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- An idea. Fram, CommonKnowledgeCreator, Bruce leverett, since the Executive Residence page exists, how about adding the two collapsed templates to it and not here at the main White House article. The link on the John Adams' and other navboxes could be to 'Executive Residence' with the visible link still worded 'White House' (the wording 'Executive Residence' is much less familiar than 'White House'). Randy Kryn (talk) 14:00, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
- Strongly oppose for the same reasons why I oppose including the biography navigation templates for Presidents and First Ladies in the White House article: The Executive Residence serves as the official residence of the President, is likewise not
primarilyuniquely-related to any individual President or First Lady, it was only the residence of the President and First Lady while the President was in office and is otherwise unrelated to their lives, and including the biography templates of each President and First Lady in the Executive Residence article would just create template clutter in it. -- CommonKnowledgeCreator (talk) 14:14, 31 August 2024 (UTC)- Will explain again: the residences of U.S. presidents are included on their navboxes. That's really all we need to know. The White House (or, in this case, Executive Residence) is unarguably (I guess in your case, arguably) a major residence for each of the people who became president and each member of their families. You 'strongly oppose' something based on not understanding the basic long-term arrangement of these and other navboxes in all fields of endeavor: if there is an article about a residence the residence is included on the navbox and the navbox is placed on the article about the residence. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:21, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Will explain again...
Will try explaining once again: WP:NAVBOX requires that articles included in a navigation template not be loosely related; your proposal violates the letter and principles of a policy and guideline that reflect an already-existing community consensus. -- CommonKnowledgeCreator (talk) 14:29, 31 August 2024 (UTC)- Residences are included on navboxes, fact or fiction? Randy Kryn (talk) 14:32, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
fact or fiction?
WP:NAVBOX states "If the collection of articles does not meet [the criteria for good navigation templates], the articles are likely loosely related. A list, category, or neither, may accordingly be more appropriate." Fact or fiction? -- CommonKnowledgeCreator (talk) 15:05, 31 August 2024 (UTC)- You have done a bit to derail this discussion. Navboxes about individuals include residences if there is an article about the residence. U.S. presidents navboxes have always contained links to their residences if there is an article about the residence. 'White House' or 'Executive Residence' should have been added to the navboxes and linked years ago. That they are now is not the argument, but if the navboxes should be presented in the way I've presented them (in neat and simple two-navbox containers) and which page they should go on. Executive Residence seems the appropriate location. Randy Kryn (talk) 15:35, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
You have done a bit to derail this discussion. ... That [the articles] are now [included] is not the argument, but if the navboxes should be presented in the way I've presented them (in neat and simple two-navbox containers) and which page they should go on. Executive Residence seems the appropriate location.
Nope. Hidden navigation templates are a quick-fix, sweep-under-the-rug work-around to template clutter and are not something that is supposed to be generally relied upon. Template clutter arises when templates do not have objective inclusion criteria that is more restrictive than the inclusion criteria for a category, list article, or list section of an article. I am attempting to follow the letter and the principles of a perfectly defensible content policy. You are not. -- CommonKnowledgeCreator (talk) 15:47, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
- You have done a bit to derail this discussion. Navboxes about individuals include residences if there is an article about the residence. U.S. presidents navboxes have always contained links to their residences if there is an article about the residence. 'White House' or 'Executive Residence' should have been added to the navboxes and linked years ago. That they are now is not the argument, but if the navboxes should be presented in the way I've presented them (in neat and simple two-navbox containers) and which page they should go on. Executive Residence seems the appropriate location. Randy Kryn (talk) 15:35, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
- Residences are included on navboxes, fact or fiction? Randy Kryn (talk) 14:32, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
- Will explain again: the residences of U.S. presidents are included on their navboxes. That's really all we need to know. The White House (or, in this case, Executive Residence) is unarguably (I guess in your case, arguably) a major residence for each of the people who became president and each member of their families. You 'strongly oppose' something based on not understanding the basic long-term arrangement of these and other navboxes in all fields of endeavor: if there is an article about a residence the residence is included on the navbox and the navbox is placed on the article about the residence. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:21, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
- Strongly oppose for the same reasons why I oppose including the biography navigation templates for Presidents and First Ladies in the White House article: The Executive Residence serves as the official residence of the President, is likewise not
- An idea. Fram, CommonKnowledgeCreator, Bruce leverett, since the Executive Residence page exists, how about adding the two collapsed templates to it and not here at the main White House article. The link on the John Adams' and other navboxes could be to 'Executive Residence' with the visible link still worded 'White House' (the wording 'Executive Residence' is much less familiar than 'White House'). Randy Kryn (talk) 14:00, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Adding the Executive Residence as White House on U.S. president and First Lady navboxes and placing the following navbox containers on the 'Executive Residence' page:
[edit]The discussion above now seems derailed, and after a drastic and uncalled for reversion removing the White House link from all presidential and First Lady navboxes, this new section seems called for. All presidential and First Lady navboxes contain links to articles about residences that they lived in, and in the case of the White House (Executive Residence), where they spent many productive and nationally important years. I appropriately added the White House to these navboxes a few days ago, which has been reverted, and I've reverted it back on the {{John Adams}} navbox in order to have another place to discuss this issue. No essay links are needed, the birthplaces, homes, and residences are a common feature of Wikipedia's biographical navboxes and always have been. There is actually no argument against including the link to them other than "I don't like it", which arguably is all the main good faith opposer has to offer. The two questions here are 1) should a link to the Executive Residence be added back on to the presidents and First Ladies navboxes, linked as White House, and 2) should the two collapsed container navboxes be added to the Executive Residence page. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 22:54, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
- Strongly oppose for the reasons stated in the preceding section of this talk page. Per WP:NAVBOX and WP:ATC, the Executive Residence is only loosely-related rather than uniquely-related to the biographies of individual Presidents and First Ladies as it serves as the official residence for an incumbent President, is not the residence of individual Presidents and First Ladies for the majorities of their lives and is otherwise unrelated to their lives, and including the biography templates of each President and First Lady in the Executive Residence article would just create template clutter in it. -- CommonKnowledgeCreator (talk) 03:01, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- ?, please understand that residences of biographical subjects are listed on their navboxes (always have been as far as I know). The question is about where to link this, to the White House by itself or to the White House via a link to the Executive Residence. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:57, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
please understand that residences of biographical subjects are listed on their navboxes (always have been as far as I know).
Please understand that the WP:NAVBOX policy has had language recommending against including articles in navigation templates that are loosely-related and that navigation templates should have more restrictive article inclusion criteria than categories and lists since September 2010. Just because some templates may not have been in compliance with it, is not a justification for ignoring this perfectly defensible recommendation now. -- CommonKnowledgeCreator (talk) 15:18, 1 September 2024 (UTC)- Residences are listed on biographical navboxes, especially those such as the U.S. presidents. Are you seriously suggesting removing entries like Mount Vernon and President's House (Philadelphia) ('President's House is the equivalent of White House/Executive Residence, and was lived in by Washington and John Adams) from George Washington's navbox? To do that I'd think you'd need a large-scale RfC. Until then, the question is about listing either White House as a standalone link on the navboxes or linking 'White House' to 'Executive Residence'. Please, also consider your habit of using mocking or uncivil language towards me, not because I mind it (Freedom of Speech counts) but to practice in case you think it's normal to do on Wikipedia and begin using it towards someone grumpier who will take you to ANI. Randy Kryn (talk) 15:42, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Please, also consider your habit of using mocking or uncivil language towards me, not because I mind it (Freedom of Speech counts) but to practice in case you think it's normal to do on Wikipedia and begin using it towards someone grumpier who will take you to ANI.
What you perceive as mocking or uncivil language on my part is only being used in response to the condescending language you use towards me. It you want to be treated with civility, you yourself need to practice it. I am not suggesting that the personal residences of Presidents and First Ladies should be removed from their navigation templates because those topics are closely-related to their biographies, while official residences are only loosely-related for the reasons I already stated. -- CommonKnowledgeCreator (talk) 16:12, 1 September 2024 (UTC)- You removed White House from the John Adams navbox and left President's House. Neither should have been removed, but it does call the question focused on here, is Executive Residence a better target page for the White House link which, in my opinion, it is. Randy Kryn (talk) 22:09, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- I did not notice that article was included. I believe that should be removed as well as it is also an official residence. -- CommonKnowledgeCreator (talk) 00:11, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
- What I'd argue would be preferable would be for the Samuel Osgood House, the Alexander Macomb House, and the President's House (Philadelphia) to be included in {{White House}}. Considering that they served as the official residence for the President before the construction of the White House, they are not loosely-related to the White House article. -- CommonKnowledgeCreator (talk) 00:30, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
- Actually, changed my mind after making modifications to the White House template. The Samuel Osgood House, the Alexander Macomb House, the Germantown White House, the President's House (Philadelphia), the Octagon House, and the Seven Buildings are uniquely-related to the Presidencies of George Washington, John Adams, and James Madison. -- CommonKnowledgeCreator (talk) 01:44, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
- You removed White House from the John Adams navbox and left President's House. Neither should have been removed, but it does call the question focused on here, is Executive Residence a better target page for the White House link which, in my opinion, it is. Randy Kryn (talk) 22:09, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- Residences are listed on biographical navboxes, especially those such as the U.S. presidents. Are you seriously suggesting removing entries like Mount Vernon and President's House (Philadelphia) ('President's House is the equivalent of White House/Executive Residence, and was lived in by Washington and John Adams) from George Washington's navbox? To do that I'd think you'd need a large-scale RfC. Until then, the question is about listing either White House as a standalone link on the navboxes or linking 'White House' to 'Executive Residence'. Please, also consider your habit of using mocking or uncivil language towards me, not because I mind it (Freedom of Speech counts) but to practice in case you think it's normal to do on Wikipedia and begin using it towards someone grumpier who will take you to ANI. Randy Kryn (talk) 15:42, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- ?, please understand that residences of biographical subjects are listed on their navboxes (always have been as far as I know). The question is about where to link this, to the White House by itself or to the White House via a link to the Executive Residence. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:57, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
I still oppose such a massive addition of navboxes with mostly unrelated articles, for the same reasons as before. Fram (talk) 08:26, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose inclusion and transclusion. Not specific to the subject, as it has been the residence of a lot of people throughout history. --woodensuperman 14:12, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
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