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Change "1776" to "April 1775" in Statehood, second paragraph, first sentence, as the action in Lexington and Concord is considered the beginning in these colonies of armed revolution against the crown, and as Washington was commissioned in June 1775. Jvebel (talk) 02:43, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
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User:Patrickneil and I are at odds over which photo of Virginia's two senators should be included. I've always avoided adding Flickr photos of unsuspecting people, particularly kids. Mark Twain Middle School is a grade 7-8 school, and I'm sure none of those teens imagined they'd end up on Wikipedia when they met their senators. The notable portion of the photo is the senators and capitol building; the kids makes it decorative. The input of others would be appreciated. Magnolia677 (talk) 18:13, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
Hey, I understand that point regarding kids, it is sensitive. I'd been on the lookout for an update to the one we had there previously, File:DSC 5108 (34877757420).jpg, which is now five years old. It does also feature a child, though from behind. And if there isn't much response here, I think its easiest to just go back to that. I don't really think that the cropped version is, overall, a good photo of the two men, it's warped and taken from below their eyeline.
But I went with the wide because of the larger goal that I've been trying to do with the photographs on this article, which is generally to show some sort of action happening that illustrates the section topic. What I'd like to avoid, for example, are "Sports" section aerial photos of huge, empty concrete stadiums surrounded by parking lots (ex. Massachusetts#Sports). To me, that says nothing about sports, which is why I really like the photo we have of the Monument Avenue 10K. So, like, for a "Politics" section, I wouldn't want to slap the officialportraits in a Template:Gallery, I'd say better would be to show notable Virginia politicians in the act of, you know, politicking or somehow serving the Commonwealth. And standing in front of the U.S. Capitol meeting constituents seemed to meet that bill.