Talk:Gilbert Hayton/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk · contribs) 14:52, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

I'll take a look at this shortly. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 14:52, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

Prelim

• No duplicated links (bar DFC in the lede which is fair enough)
• Image correctly licensed
• Article is stable
• Earwig reports copyvio unlikely

Lede and infobox

• Useful to include what he flew prior to Defiants if we're including every aircraft after that point

• I have revised the lead a little regarding aircraft flown. Zawed (talk) 03:13, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Early life

• "at the Wellington Technical College"

• Done. Zawed (talk) 03:13, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

• Link field artillery

• Done. Zawed (talk) 03:13, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

• "serial number" should be "service number"

• Done. Zawed (talk) 03:13, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Second World War

• Link scrambles

• Done. Zawed (talk) 03:13, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

• To avoid lots of "form": "The squadron was newly reformed for night fighting..."

• Done. Zawed (talk) 03:13, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

• Can we give a date for flying officer promotion?

• Done. Zawed (talk) 03:13, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

• "Middle East" would be better called "Mediterranean"

• Done, plus a slight tweak to place the location of Malta. Zawed (talk) 03:13, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

• Identify who Shores and Williams are, e.g. military historians

• Done. Zawed (talk) 03:13, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

• Link sortie

• Done. Zawed (talk) 03:13, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

• Link U-Boat

• Done. Zawed (talk) 03:13, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

• Did Josling survive?

• Yes, he did, I have made this more explicit. Zawed (talk) 03:13, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

• Link the whole of the Gazette name

References

• References look good. AGF for print sources.

@Zawed: Hi, that's all I have for now. Will await replies. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:36, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

@Pickersgill-Cunliffe: thanks for the review, it is much appreciated. I have responded as above and my edits are here. Cheers, Zawed (talk) 03:13, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

@Zawed: Passing this article as satisfying the GA criteria. Congrats! Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 15:37, 12 November 2023 (UTC)