Talk:John Alan Coey
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Notability
editA question as to the notability of John Alan Coey has been raised at MilHist Talk Page. Farawayman (talk) 20:51, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
- I have replied. —Cliftonian (talk) 21:04, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
GA Review
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Reviewer: Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs) 11:12, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria
- Is it reasonably well written?
- Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
- A. References to sources:
- B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:
- C. No original research:
- A. References to sources:
- Is it broad in its coverage?
- A. Major aspects:
- B. Focused:
- Since his claim to fame is that Coey was the first American fatality of the Rhodesian Bush War it seems that this should appear in the lead
- A. Major aspects:
- Is it neutral?
- Fair representation without bias:
- Obviously a challenge in an article like this
- Fair representation without bias:
- Is it stable?
- No edit wars, etc:
- No edit wars, etc:
- Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
- A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:
- Main image has fair use tag
- B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
- A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:
- Overall:
- Pass or Fail:
- Okay, both issues fixed. Thanks for the review! —Cliftonian (talk) 11:17, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
- Pass or Fail:
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