A fact from Carl H. Jark appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 March 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that when US Army lieutenant general Carl H. Jark retired in 1964, Congressman Henry B. González of Texas honored him by reading Jark's entire career history into the Congressional Record?
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Overall: @Maile66: great work on this article, everything seems to check out! Prose of appropriate length, 0.0% copyright violation. I wish there was more documentation for the claimed world record throw at the Drake Relays fact, because that aspect is really interesting. Regardless, great work! Ornithoptera (talk) 08:52, 19 February 2022 (UTC)Reply
That's awesome! I was totally curious and it wasn't a prerequisite for my approval of the DYK but I definitely appreciate the gesture and the additional source on such an interesting man! Ornithoptera (talk) 20:51, 19 February 2022 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
I fixed numerous errors in this article .... the original was terrible, and flat out screwed up information from the cited sources.
For example - the General was NOT the "commandant" of Fort Sam Houston. There are no "commandants" of US Army Posts. Jark was the "Commanding General of IV Corps and Fort Sam Houston". There are legal and command differences between the "commanding general" and a "commandant". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8805:1701:6B00:F0C5:D7A5:15B9:EA25 (talk) 03:32, 2 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Maile66: great work on this article, everything seems to check out! Prose of appropriate length, 0.0% copyright violation. I wish there was more documentation for the claimed world record throw at the Drake Relays fact, because that aspect is really interesting. Regardless, great work! Ornithoptera (talk) 08:52, 19 February 2022 (UTC)