A fact from The Flag (O'Keeffe painting) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 February 2017 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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The phrase " high powered guns" is gratuitous, incomplete, essentially meaningless as a descriptive entry, and unnecessary in this context. Modern war (herein WWI as the example) has no place for "low powered guns". All weapons of war are to be feared, as their design and purpose is clearly defined, i.e., to bring grievous harm and/or death to enemy combatants. Have no citations, but I will wager that Ms O'Keeffe never wrote or uttered the words "high powered guns" in relating her apprehension concerning her siblings entry into the conflict. Phrase should be stricken for clarity.Olde Dogge (talk) 18:25, 20 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It doesn't matter if O'Keeffe used the exact phrase as long as the source does. Cotter uses the term "high-power guns" – close enough. That modern warfare had no place for low-powered guns obvious, but it does not follow that they therefor should not be mentioned in the context of O'Keeffe's feelings about a war where such weapons were relatively new or used for the first time. Vexations (talk) 19:59, 20 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
