Talk:Colin Hall Simpson/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Anotherclown (talk · contribs) 22:21, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Progression

• Version of the article when originally reviewed: [1]
• Version of the article when review was closed: [2]

Technical review

• Citations: The Citation Check tool reveals no errors (no action required).
• Disambiguations: two dab links [3]:
  • Cape York
  • Batavia
• Linkrot: external links all check out [4] (no action required).
• Alt text: Images all have alt text [5] (no action required).
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Criteria

• It is reasonably well written.

  a (prose): b (MoS):

  • I think the birth date here might be in error: "Major General Colin Hall Simpson, CBE, MC, VD (13 April 1896 – 23 August 1964)...", in the infobox and the body of the article you have him born in 1894.
    • Fixed. Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:40, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
  • "He served with the 49th (Prahran) Battalion...", can 49th Bn be wikilinked?
    • Done. The modern 49th is in Queensland. In the shakeup it was replaced with the battalion I wikilinked, which inherited its lineage. Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:40, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
  • Typo here I think: "The news that Yugoslavia had offered to surrender reach Blamey...", perhaps "The news that Yugoslavia had offered to surrender reached Blamey..."
    • Typo. Corrected. Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:40, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
  • This reads a little awkwardly for me: "He organised the The Association, a right wing paramilitary organisation headed by Blamey which was established to counter a possible communist coup." Specifically "the The Association". Could this possibly be reworded? Also I wonder if it would be benificial to add that it was a clandistine organisation (minor point)?
    • Good idea. Added. Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:40, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

• It is factually accurate and verifiable.

  a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

  • All major points cited using WP:RS.
  • Consistent citation style used throughout.
  • No issues with OR.
  • Mallett, Ross A. (2007). Australian Army Logistics 1943–1945. University of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2011 lacks a place of publishing. Is this available?
    • Added. Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:40, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

• It is broad in its coverage.

  a (major aspects): b (focused):

  • All major points are covered without going into undue detail.
  • "Simpson participated in the Battle of Passchendale where he was gassed and wounded for the second time...", are there any details available for the first time he was wounded?
    • Well spotted. It will be in his file. Unfortunately, I cannot get down there until next year. Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:40, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
      • Too easy, if its not available in the sources theres no dramas. Anotherclown (talk) 02:56, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

• It follows the neutral point of view policy.

  a (fair representation): b (all significant views):

  • No issues here.

• It is stable.

  No edit wars etc.:

  • All recent edits look constructive.

• It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.

  a (tagged and captioned): b (Is illustrated with appropriate images): c (non-free images have fair use rationales): d public domain pictures appropriately demonstrate why they are public domain:

  • Images used are all in the public domain and seem appropriate for the article.

• Overall:

  a Pass/Fail:

  • Only a couple of minor points to deal with or discuss. Cheers. Anotherclown (talk) 02:22, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
    • Changes look good. Passing now. Anotherclown (talk) 02:56, 21 December 2011 (UTC)