Talk:Gridley

"You may fire when ready, Gridley"

I recently wanted to investigate the context of the famous quotation "You may fire when ready, Gridley". Not knowing who or what "Gridley" was, I visited the Gridley article looking for clues. Some of the Gridleys on that page were irrelevant, but Charles Vernon Gridley turned out to be the one I wanted; the Charles Vernon Gridley article does discuss the quotation.

Since Charles Vernon Gridley is now principally remembered for his appearance in this quotation, I annotated his entry on this page with the quotation, so that future readers, using the same strategy I did, would not have to guess whether the relevant Gridley was on the page, or which one it was. This annotation was reverted twice, once as "unconstructive" and once as "vandalism".

It is neither.

I hope this note clarifies matters.

-- Dominus (talk) 05:40, 11 June 2008 (UTC)