Talk:Brian Carbury/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Hog Farm (talk · contribs) 14:51, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Second World War

• Link Luftwaffe

• Done. Zawed (talk) 10:24, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

• I'd say it's best to go ahead and directly state that the Brits and the Germans were combatting when the war is first brought up

• I have revised the end of the previous section to clarify. Zawed (talk) 10:24, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

• "although was unable to pursue it due to a lack of fuel" - My gut instinct says there should be "he" between although and was, although this may be an ENGVAR issue

• I thought it acceptable to not have "he", but have rephrased. Zawed (talk) 10:24, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

• "Another was shot down in southeast London on 7 October" - It's not explicit if this is courtesy of Carbury or not

• Made explicit. Zawed (talk) 10:24, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

• "On Christmas Day Carbury took off in pursuit" - Comma after Day

• Done. Zawed (talk) 10:24, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

• Link flight lieutenant. It's obvious from the prose that this is an impersonation of a higher-ranking officer, but how much higher flight lieutenant is over Carbury's rank isn't really obvious.

• Done. Zawed (talk) 10:24, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

• "He divorced his wife and later remarried." - Shouldn't this be in the Later life section? Unless it was occurring simultaneously with the courtmartial.

• The source is not clear on when it happened. My suspicion is that it happened around the courtmartial or perhaps shortly afterwards, so my preference is to leave it where it is. Zawed (talk) 10:24, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Later life

• "of Bristol Beaufighters to Palestine" - The whole region, or a specific country? The trial was in 1949, so the transition from Mandatory Palestine (pre-1948) to Israel, especially with the whole 1948 Arab–Israeli War may play a role in this. Don't get lost in this in the article, but if a specific part of Palestine is known, it would be worth specifying, given all of the craziness going on there in 1949 and the preceeding years.

• Good point, I have linked to Mandatory Palestine instead, which I think is more appropriate. Zawed (talk) 10:24, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Other

• The second external link doesn't seem to be working. Even if it did work, I think the description makes it sound like it'd violate WP:ELNO #6

• Deleted. I didn't know about that ELNO #6 criteria. Zawed (talk) 10:24, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

• It's in Category:1962 deaths, despite the article claiming a 1961 date of death

• Good ctah, have updated. Zawed (talk) 10:24, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

• Earwig flags "In 1949, he, along with three others, in a trial at Princes Risborough Magistrates' Court, was found guilty of two offences relating to the illegal export of Bristol Beaufighters to Palestine" as being a copy of information in [1]. Can't tell if it's a mirror or not, though

• Don't think that is a mirror, but I have revised. Zawed (talk) 10:24, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

• "the first German aircraft to be shot down over British territory since 1918" - Is flagged as being close paraphrasing of the first external link

• Revised. Zawed (talk) 10:24, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

• The first external link gives a rank of flight lieutenant and a date of death as July 1962. The source doesn't look reliable. If it's that inaccurate, maybe it shouldn't even be external linked, since it contradicts claims in the article.

• Removed. Zawed (talk) 10:24, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Well, several of these are almost queries I don't have good answers to, rather than clear comments. Hog Farm _Bacon 23:22, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Hog Farm, thanks for the review, it is appreciated. I have responded to your points above. Cheers, Zawed (talk) 10:24, 18 August 2020 (UTC)