Talk:David Petraeus/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: TonyTheTiger (talk · contribs) 20:58, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

This article will need to have all bare URLs replaced.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:58, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

This article will need to have all dead links replaced.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:58, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Fix the citation needed.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:58, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Fix WP:OVERLINKING: (The Washington Post, United States Ambassador to Iraq, USA Today, The New York Times, Ryan Crocker, etc.)--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:15, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Move File:GEN Petraeus Aug 2011 Photo.jpg to commons and get all his images tagged with {{personality rights}}. I did not check the licensing of each ribbon, medal, award or rank.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:51, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

I would quickfail most articles in this state, but I want to read this article so I might as well comment on the rest.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:58, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Check external links in toolbox to the right.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:36, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

• I will do a full image review later, but WP:CAPTIONs don't need to repeat David H.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:31, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
• Please address all the bare URLs.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:57, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

WP:LEAD

• coalition appears from out of nowhere. Link it or clarify it is referring to something prior.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:44, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
• Fellowship year?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:44, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
• Swap positions of a school known for hosting the presidential debates with New Hampshire's Saint Anselm College.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:44, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
• add CIA swearing in date to LEAD.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:44, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
• Has he done anything LEAD-worthy in the CIA yet?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:44, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Personal life

• Unless his father is WP:N delink.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:05, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Done Go Phightins! (talk) 00:20, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

• Delink peaches.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:05, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
  • I found this to be encyclopedic. If he is actually called by this nickname as the sources suggest, it should remain in the article. Please readd it.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:52, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
• Who remembered him this way?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:05, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Deleted whole sentence. Go Phightins! (talk) 00:20, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

I was talking about Petraeus was remembered as "always going for it in sports, academics, leadership, and even his social life."--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:52, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Education and academia

• What is counterinsurgency? Provide link to the general term.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:05, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

1970s

• I am not a military guy. I would like to see Light infantry linked. Does this seem odd?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:46, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

1980s

• You start using YYYY-YY format to describe time periods. If you are talking about a school year or a basketball season that seems natural. It seems like you should use prose to say something like 1983 to 1985 or use an – to say the 1983–85 time period. I prefer the former, but would accept the latter.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:46, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

1990s

• Is the first sentence suppose to say he moved from one place to another place. It just says he moved from one place.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:31, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
• "one of the more dramatic incidents". I am not a medical person so I don't know what to request, but there should be some indication of injury severity. I.e, Loss of x units of blood, x# broken ribs, x bullets penetrated him, x degree wound or some measure of wound severity should be stated, IMO.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:31, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

101st Airborne Division

• "In 2003, Petraeus, then a Major General, saw combat for the first time..." What about "During his time with the 82nd, he deployed to Kuwait as part of Operation Desert Spring, the continuous rotation of combat forces through Kuwait" from before?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:31, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
• Did he have his 1st kill? or any kills?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:31, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
• "the Governor of Nineveh Province" do you have his name?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:31, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
• The final paragraph has so much consensus that it almost sounds POV.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:31, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Multi-National Security Transition Command – Iraq

• MNSTC-I must be defined on first use if it is going to be used later as an abbreviation. First use should be followed with abbreviation in parenthesis.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 12:47, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
• "stood up a three-star command virtually from scratch" sounds ungrammatical (in American English)--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 12:47, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
• I don't think Fallujah has been linked yet. Please link its first use. (above)--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 12:47, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
• Link Samarra.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 12:47, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
• "accountability was subsequently regained" - is regained the right word here?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 12:47, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Multi-National Force – Iraq (spring 2007)

• MNF-I not defined and not linked until a paragraph later.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:45, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
• "famous for his leadership" -> leader.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:45, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
• Delink cities here that are mentioned above and link them on first mention.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:45, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
• Is the capitalization correct on "al-Hit and Al Qaim". Should they be linked? I don't remember them from above.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:45, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
• Link Senate majority leader now rather than below.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:45, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Multi-National Force – Iraq (summer and fall 2007)

• The chronology of the first few paragraphs seems odd to me.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:15, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
• Link Anbar Province.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:15, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
• Delink Senate majority leader here and make sure it is linked on first instance. You should probably just say Senator Reid (with no link) at this point.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:15, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
• How many times have we linked United States Ambassador to Iraq in this section? article?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:15, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Multi-National Force – Iraq (spring 2008)

• Saying "fragile and reversible" twice in one section seems redundant.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:50, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Change of command

• "in a government ceremony presided by Defense Secretary Robert Gates" should clearly state that it was a U.S. government ceremony.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 17:10, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
• Linking to a file is odd. Why don't you rearrange and include the file here. Use Template:Multiple image if you have to.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 17:10, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

U.S. Central Command (fall 2008 to summer 2010)

• Link Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. as well as Taliban and Times Square bombing.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:18, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
• Link Parade magazine and Vanity Fair.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:18, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Commander of US and ISAF forces in Afghanistan

• I think you owe the reader a sentence explaining "McChrystal's comments about the Obama administration".--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:41, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
• "replacing the July 1, 2009 version" - were any significant changes noted by the critics and pundits?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:41, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
• The promotions table seems malplaced to me (the non-military reader). I think it either belongs near the top of the biological chronology or at the bottom with the other rank and decorations tables.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:41, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

CIA Director

• It seems to me that the CIA Director section should precede the Retirement from Army section based on chronology.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:04, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
• Please cite the final sentence.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:04, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
• Has the CIA been involved in anything newsworthy in the last 8.5 months?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:04, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

ANSWER: Yes. (Benghazi before, during, and after 9-11-2012.) Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 21:25, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Health problems

• cite the final sentence.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:04, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Additional recognition of note

• Are you talking about the Time 100? That should be linked in this article on first use.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 12:43, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
• Are there articles for some of these foreign dignitaries or their offices?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 12:43, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

This article is a very solid B-Class article. There is lots more to do. I am failing this at the current time. This is a free WP:PR for someone who really wants to make this a WP:GA.