Talk:Wilfred Clouston/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: AustralianRupert (talk · contribs) 07:13, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

I will post a review shortly. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 07:13, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

Initial comments: G'day, Zawed, thanks for your work on this article and I hope you are well given what is going on in the world at the moment. I have a few minor comments/suggestions: AustralianRupert (talk) 08:37, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

• there are no dup links (no action required)
• there are no dab links and all ext links work (no action required)
• Earwig reports copyright violation very unlikely (no action required): [1]
• do we know his mother's name? Any siblings?

• Not in my sources, but Wynn mentions his father was married so have mentioned a wife. He had at least one brother, which I mention later in the WWII section but have added this to the early life section too. Zawed (talk) 10:00, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

• No worries, your tweaks are good. I wonder if the service record is available? If so, it might help with the mother's name. If you can get access to this, I think that would be a good addition for A-class or FA. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 02:58, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

• are there any details about special interests while at school, or sports?

• Not in my sources. Zawed (talk) 10:00, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

• No worries, thanks for checking. AustralianRupert (talk) 02:58, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

• the first in the RAF to do so --> "the first squadron in the RAF to do so"?

• I had deliberately phrased it that way to avoid repeating squadron in the same sentence. I have rephrased it now. Zawed (talk) 10:00, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

• In early May, he and his section --> "In early May, Coulston and his section"

• Done. Zawed (talk) 10:00, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

• do we know what his squadron did in July 1940?

• Slight expansion and clarification on this. Zawed (talk) 10:00, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

• there was concerns about --> "there were" (probably best to say here who was concerned, though)

• Rephrased to mention the British government. Zawed (talk) 10:00, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

• in the Singapore section, it doesn't seem clear whether Clouston took part in missions against the Japanese or not

• Yes, it is not entirely clear to me either from the sources. I have an impression of an administrator rather than actively flying missions, plus there was only a few week period between the squadron first encountering the enemy and his posting to RAF HQ. Zawed (talk) 10:00, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

• suggest adding a date here: but by the time of the Japanese surrender

• Done. Zawed (talk) 10:00, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

• do we know when this occured: On his return to England?

• Not explicitly, no. Zawed (talk) 10:00, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

• I suspect that his service record would potentially include embarkation details etc. AustralianRupert (talk) 02:58, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

• fighters in mid-January: suggest adding the year here

• Done. Zawed (talk) 10:00, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

• you mention his marriage in the Second World War section, did it last? Did it produce any children? Was he survived by Anne?

• My sources not clear on this - there was at least one son of the marriage, he took over the farm which I have added. Nothing about his wife. Zawed (talk) 10:00, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

• but this was sunk and he had to surrender: were the survivors rescued at sea by the Japanese?

• Clarified this. Zawed (talk) 10:00, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

• this sentence appears to be missing something: were in the possession of the Waipukurau Returned and Services Association --> until it closed in X?

• Added mention of closure of the RSA. Unfortunately don't know the current whereabouts of his memorabilia. Zawed (talk) 10:00, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

• No worries, looks good. AustralianRupert (talk) 02:58, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

• images appear to be appropriately licenced (no action required)
• all information appears to be referenced (no action required)

AustralianRupert, thanks for picking this one up. I have responded to your points above. Zawed (talk) 10:00, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

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