Talk:Kenneth R. Shadrick/GA2

GA Review

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Reviewer: Nikkimaria (talk • contribs • count) 00:46, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Hello! I will be reviewing this article for possible GA status. My review should be posted shortly. Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 00:46, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Though improvements are possible, all in all this article meets the GA criteria, so it's been passed. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:11, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Writing and formatting

• "when his body was taken to an outpost where reporter Marguerite Higgins identified him as the first soldier killed in the war" - grammar
  • Fixed. —Ed!^(talk) 14:40, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
• Avoid "month of year" phrasings
  • Fixed. —Ed!^(talk) 14:40, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Accuracy and verifiability

• Spotchecks of a few sources found no issues with verifiability or close paraphrasing
• Not sure why, but most of your harvlinks don't appear to be working
  • Just checked all of them and all are working. —Ed!^(talk) 14:40, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
• Use a consistent format for retrieval dates
  • Done. —Ed!^(talk) 14:42, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
• Check italicization in citations
  • Fixed so all instances of it are because of citation template formats. —Ed!^(talk) 14:40, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
• Be consistent in whether you use {{cite}} or {{citation}}
  • Fixed. —Ed!^(talk) 14:40, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Broad

• Do we know his mother's maiden name?
  • Nothing in the sources indicates it. I suppose I could try to look through birth records but that may be original research. —Ed!^(talk) 14:42, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
• Maybe a bit too much background on the Korean War, not enough on Shadrick's involvement. Do we know when he was sent to Korea, for example?
  • He was a part of the 34th Infantry and in the early phase of the war just moved with that regiment, so there isn't a lot to say on his involvement because it's basically saying the same thing. —Ed!^(talk) 14:40, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Neutrality

• In the American high-school system, what grade is represented by "A"?
  • Clarified. —Ed!^(talk) 14:40, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Stability

No issues

Images

• File:Kenneth_Shadrick.jpg: source doesn't indicate the original source of this image - how do we know it's US Army?
  • The source page [1] indicates the photos on the site are a donation from the family. I don't know how to source this. —Ed!^(talk) 14:50, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
• File:24_Infantry_Division_SSI.svg is sourced to itself
  • Re-sourced it. —Ed!^(talk) 14:50, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
• File:United_Nations_Service_Medal_for_Korea_Ribbon.svg, File:Korean_War_Service_Medal_ribbon.png, File:Presidential_Unit_Citation_(Korea).svg: on what source(s) were these images based?
  • I've never dealt with this before, but I know all the images editors are basing these on can be found here. —Ed!^(talk) 14:50, 29 September 2011 (UTC)