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off for the time being at least. Hmm, given that though, I'm thinking maybe the image page and perhaps article caption should at least note the most obvious inaccuracies, even as a way of highlighting that these historical reenactments are often historically inaccurate, and to add to the EV of this particular image ... --
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That's a good argument. I'm not sure I'm totally convinced mind you, but well argued nonetheless (and note that I wouldn't really expect them to be acted out strictly by young canon-fodder sporting 19th century lifestyle diseases or the like). I was inclining towards opposing, but that's staved it
302:. For instance, the average military reenactor (like the gents in the photo here) seems to be a healthy middle aged man, while most soldiers are in their teens or early 20s, and in pre-modern periods had high rates of disease. As such, this image is a perfectly good example of 353:
That sounds sensible. I doubt that the people in the photo are in fact 'solders' as the original uploader said: all of those who are visible are middle aged and, um, a bit on the chunky side. I'd change the caption to call them "reenactors" or similar.
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article, rather than the original battle(s), then I suppose it only has to be representative of historical reenactments, rather than of actual battles. I have no idea, but there's no reason to suggest this is unrepresentative of reenactments.
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It's worth noting that glaring historical inaccuracies are not unusual among military reenactors. A minority go to extraordinary lengths to get things right, but most aim for 'close enough' (see
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where it was suggested that the regiment represented by the reenactors didn't actually fight at Waterloo. --
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This is a nice image as others have said, but I'd like some clarification. Given we're voting on EV for
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Further to which, I have some additional concerns having now looked at the
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But surely a good reenactment is representative of the actual battle ... --
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Yeah, that is my feeling too - I think this is representative of
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Promoted File:Bataille Waterloo 1815 reconstitution 2011 3.jpg
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Knowledge:Featured picture candidates
Historical reenactment

Battle of Waterloo reenactment
Hougoumont
Historical reenactment
Historical reenactment
Battle of Waterloo reenactment
Knowledge:Featured pictures/People/Others
Myrabella
Tomer T
talk
10:50, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
Crisco 1492
talk
03:52, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
JJ Harrison
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07:51, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
Bzweebl
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contribs
23:17, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
Pine

09:18, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
historical reenactments
jjron
talk
08:04, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

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