Talk:Dixie Mission/GA1

GA Reassessment

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Start GA reassessment. Jezhotwells (talk) 16:15, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Checking against GA criteria

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose):

   • Reasonably well, written, I did have to make copy edits to remove errors of grammar. Jezhotwells (talk) 16:25, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

   b (MoS):

   • sufficiently compliant. Jezhotwells (talk) 16:25, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references):

   • There are a number of unreferenced statements:
   • Prior to the Dixie Mission, the U.S considered military interventions into CPC held China, such as an unimplemented idea by the Office of Strategic Services to send agents into north China. The Dixie Mission began with John Paton Davies, Jr.'s memo of January 15, 1944. Davies, a Foreign Service Officer serving in the China Burma India Theater (CBI), called for the establishment of an observers' mission in Chinese Communist territory.  Done
   • The first members of the Dixie Mission arrived in Yan'an on July 22, 1944, on an Army C-47. This team consisted of: Colonel David D. Barrett, John S. Service, Major Melvin A. Casberg, Major Ray Cromley, Captain John G. Colling, Captain Charles G. Stelle, Captain Paul C. Domke, 1st Lieutenant Henry S. Whittlesey, and Staff Sergeant Anton H. Remeneh. This may be in the reference for the next paragraph.  Done
   • Dixie Mission participants such as John Service were criticized for viewing the CPC leadership as socialist agrarian reformers, who claimed that China under their rule would not follow the violent path of Russia under the Bolsheviks. Instead, socialism would come to China only after economic reforms that preserved capitalism, so as to mature the society to a point where it would be prepared for a peaceful transition to a communist society. This belief was disseminated to the American people prior to and during the war by the popular authors Edgar Snow and Agnes Smedley.
   • The Dixie Mission had consequences for individuals, and for the nation. Many participants were accused of being communists, such as John Davies and John Service. Both were subjected to multiple Congressional investigations that consistently found that they were not Communist Party members, agents of foreign powers, or disloyal to the United States.
   • Misperceptions of the Dixie Mission contributed to the nationwide Red Scare in the 1950s and 1960s. Thawing relations between the Peoples Republic of China and the United States in the 1970s opened a new chapter for the mission. For the first time, the mission and its participants became the subject of serious scholarship, and many of the mision participants were among the first Americans invited to visit China in twenty years. OK, I put a dupe cite earlier in paragraph for clarity.
   • These points need addressing. Jezhotwells (talk) 16:40, 5 July 2009 (UTC)  Done

   b (citations to reliable sources):

   c (OR):

3. It is broad in its scope.

   a (major aspects):

   b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales):

   • tagged with rationales and licenses

   b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

   • suitably captioned.

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   • Just some unrefrenced statements to be fixed. On hold. Jezhotwells (talk) 16:40, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

   OK alright now, thanks for your hard work. Keep GA status - pity the McCarthyites sabotaged a useful foriegn policy initiative. Jezhotwells (talk) 01:38, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Gracias.~ (The Rebel At) ~ 13:45, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Needed Citation Areas

1. There are a number of unreferenced statements:
2. Prior to the Dixie Mission, the U.S considered military interventions into CPC held China, such as an unimplemented idea by the Office of Strategic Services to send agents into north China. The Dixie Mission began with John Paton Davies, Jr.'s memo of January 15, 1944. Davies, a Foreign Service Officer serving in the China Burma India Theater (CBI), called for the establishment of an observers' mission in Chinese Communist territory.

The memo is cited after the next sentence, as the two are related.

Yes, but Prior to the Dixie Mission, the U.S considered military interventions into CPC held China, such as an unimplemented idea by the Office of Strategic Services to send agents into north China. isn't cited. Jezhotwells (talk) 01:35, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

1. The first members of the Dixie Mission arrived in Yan'an on July 22, 1944, on an Army C-47. This team consisted of: Colonel David D. Barrett, John S. Service, Major Melvin A. Casberg, Major Ray Cromley, Captain John G. Colling, Captain Charles G. Stelle, Captain Paul C. Domke, 1st Lieutenant Henry S. Whittlesey, and Staff Sergeant Anton H. Remeneh. This may be in the reference for the next paragraph.

You're on the money. It is referenced in the next paragraph.  Done

1. Dixie Mission participants such as John Service were criticized for viewing the CPC leadership as socialist agrarian reformers, who claimed that China under their rule would not follow the violent path of Russia under the Bolsheviks. Instead, socialism would come to China only after economic reforms that preserved capitalism, so as to mature the society to a point where it would be prepared for a peaceful transition to a communist society. This belief was disseminated to the American people prior to and during the war by the popular authors Edgar Snow and Agnes Smedley.

The first part of this was cited earlier in the article (wonderfully, someone decided to delete the files I'd uploaded without giving any warning - but the cite is still good). If you're looking for something about Smedley and Snow, that shouldn't be too hard to drum up.

 Done

1. The Dixie Mission had consequences for individuals, and for the nation. Many participants were accused of being communists, such as John Davies and John Service. Both were subjected to multiple Congressional investigations that consistently found that they were not Communist Party members, agents of foreign powers, or disloyal to the United States.

Added cite for Davies and Service. Same Service cite should be applicable to the next.  Done

1. Misperceptions of the Dixie Mission contributed to the nationwide Red Scare in the 1950s and 1960s. Thawing relations between the Peoples Republic of China and the United States in the 1970s opened a new chapter for the mission. For the first time, the mission and its participants became the subject of serious scholarship, and many of the mission participants were among the first Americans invited to visit China in twenty years.

Added obit to this, but let me know if it doesn't work completely. —Preceding unsigned comment added by RebelAt (talk • contribs) 01:28, 6 July 2009  Done

OK I have duplicated the cites where it semmed to be neccessary.