Talk:Geoffrey P. Megargee/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Harrias (talk · contribs) 10:15, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Lead

• "..who specialises in the World War II military history and.." To me, the "the" sounds out of place here, and I think it should be removed.

Removed. --K.e.coffman (talk) 03:22, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

• "..Project Director and Editor-in-Chief..", "..a Research Associate of..", "..a Presidential Counselor for.. No need to capitalise these.

Fixed. --K.e.coffman (talk) 03:22, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

• "He is Senior Applied Research Scholar at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum" This needs to be added into the body of the text; information should not be present exclusively in the lead.

I removed this altogether. --K.e.coffman (talk) 03:22, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

• "He has previously worked as a Research Associate of the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century and a Presidential Counselor for the National World War II Museum. Ditto for this information.

Removed. --K.e.coffman (talk) 03:22, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Early life and education

• "Megargee was born in 1959 and graduated from St. Lawrence University with.." I'm guessing we don't have much information on Megargee's early life, which is fine. Could a location be included for St. Lawrence please?

Added. --K.e.coffman (talk) 03:22, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

• Provide links for Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy.

Added. --K.e.coffman (talk) 03:22, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Academic career

• I would recommend adding the 2001 Distinguished Book Award into the prose when you are talking about Inside Hitler's High Command.

Added. --K.e.coffman (talk) 17:36, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

• "..to the " 'if the Führer had only listened to me' " school of historiography"." There's one more speechmark in this than there should be, though I can't work out which one needs to go?

Fixed. --K.e.coffman (talk) 03:22, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

• Again, it would be worth including the 2009 National Jewish Book Award when talking about the encyclopedia in the prose.

Added. --K.e.coffman (talk) 17:36, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Publications

• These should all be formatted the same: War of Annihilation: Combat and Genocide on the Eastern Front, 1941 should therefore be put into a template for consistency.

Added template. K.e.coffman (talk) 03:22, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

• Megargee, Geoffrey P., ed. (2009) shouldn't have |ref=harv

Removed. --K.e.coffman (talk) 03:22, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

• Why aren't volumes 2 and 3 included here?

Added. --K.e.coffman (talk) 03:22, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

References

• Some work needs to be done to fill out the references and improve consistency. Why do refs #6, #7 and #8 use short refs, but the rest use long ones?

Is consistent references a GA requirement? K.e.coffman (talk) 03:22, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Indeed, it is not. My mistake, I misremembered. Harrias ^talk 06:18, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

• Most references need retrieval dates added.

Added. K.e.coffman (talk) 03:22, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

• Be consistent regarding author's name; either "Last, First" or "First Last", not both. Harrias ^talk 10:41, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Revised. K.e.coffman (talk) 03:22, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

• I've addressed the above points. K.e.coffman (talk) 17:36, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
  • Thanks for your work on this. Overall a neat little article. I wasn't aware of Megargee or his work, but a Google search doesn't reveal any glaring holes, so I'm happy that despite the length it is sufficiently comprehensive for GA standards. The article is well written and referenced. Harrias ^talk 19:58, 22 September 2019 (UTC)