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RM, 3d United States Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) → 3rd Infantry Regiment (United States), No consensus, 9 November 2007, discussion
RM, 3d US Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) → 3rd Infantry Regiment (United States), Moved, 9 February 2010, discussion
RM, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) → 3rd Infantry Regiment (United States), Moved, 27 March 2025, discussion

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Consistency wrt 3d vs. 3rd

Checked some of the old Talk logs, and, while I can understand page names being kept with the unofficial "3rd" moniker, there seems to be a lack of consistency as to usage within the article itself. If anything, perhaps even a quick note somewhere in an early paragraph delineating the difference between historic/official ordinal usage and common American English parlance would be in order (unintentional pun)? Top5a (talk) 03:55, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Brainrot

Am not sure what it replaced but someone added the following passage:

An unknown fact is that everyone in the army has managed to build the military a well where it shows their gratitude towards mister coil ( who created the love for every man and woman ). It is a mystery on the whole background of Mister coil but as the people of the army say "He is the most compassionate ri-zz-ler in the armies history,". This source of the fact is from many army men of the military. His name was Syed Muhammed Shabeel Coil. He was so si-gma boy. 192.76.8.74 (talk) 09:54, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It seems the issue still exists in the form of the various references to "Jang Coil", as well as "USS General W. J. Coil" in the subsection "The 4th Battalion in Vietnam (1967–68)". The last version before all these vandalisms is the version on Jan. 9, by Epluribusunumyall. Is it possible to revert to that version? David-Gao-200008 (talk) 10:28, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 27 March 2025

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (non-admin closure) TarnishedPath^talk 11:22, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) → 3rd Infantry Regiment (United States) – rename to fit in line with other such pages, as shown when viewing category Infantry regiments of the United States Army BeeboMan (talk) 20:05, 27 March 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. TarnishedPath^talk 12:18, 4 April 2025 (UTC) Sincerely, BeeboMan (talk) 20:05, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Tambayan Philippines, WikiProject Military history, and WikiProject United States have been notified of this discussion. TarnishedPath^talk 12:18, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support Most US infantry regiments have a nickname or motto, but this shouldn't be reflected in the article title. Intothat darkness 18:43, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support in agreement with Intothatdarkness--Georgia Army Vet Contribs Talk 20:01, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support As above, consensus is quite important and makes Wikipedia look more professional. Easternsahara (talk) 21:11, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Against Your proposed change is not the name of the unit and reflects a lack of knowledge about the subject. I could not be more against this. 2600:4040:2514:3C00:34D5:FB80:EED4:CF67 (talk) 01:57, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The move was a mistake and discussion should be reopened

This article did not follow the naming conventions for other numbered regiments of the U.S. Army because the subject is not analogous to other numbered regiments. It is uniquely referred to as 'The Old Guard,' to such an extent that '3rd Infantry Regiment' is almost never used. The original article title is the official name of the unit.

Unlike other numbered regiments that are typically subordinate units of brigade combat teams, The Old Guard is a standalone ceremonial unit in the MDW with a function and history that distinguishes it from other regiments.

The decision appears to have been made by a consensus of editors who are unfamiliar with these distinctions. Happy to elaborate if this is unclear, but anyone with an understanding of the unique nature of The Old Guard would understand why omitting this name in the title is doing readers a disservice. Currently, if I type the name of this unit into Wikipedia search, this page is not a result, and a reader who did not know it as a numbered regiment would likely find the disambiguation page entry less than obvious (which is common in the Army, let alone for a broader audience such as those who have visited the capital/Arlington and want to know more about this unit). Ihpkt (talk) 03:08, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]