Template:Did you know nominations/John L. Whitehead Jr.

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:13, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

John L. Whitehead Jr.

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John L. Whitehead Jr. in September 1944
John L. Whitehead Jr. in September 1944
  • ... that John L. Whitehead Jr. (pictured) was the first African-American to graduate from the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School? Source: "He was the first African-American to graduate from the U.S. Air Force Experimental Test Pilots School" ([1])
    • ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)

Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 20:40, 5 February 2019 (UTC).

  • Hi Hawkeye7, review follows: article moved to mainspace 5 February; article exceeds minimum length; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources (the last two are perhaps not traditionally "reliable" but sufficient to cover the specific information they are used for); I found no copyright violation from spotchecks on the sources I could access; hook is interesting; A minor query, the article only explicitly states that he was the first to attend the school - can the hook or article be altered so that they match? AGF on hook source, but the extract above backs it up; QPQ has been carried out. I cannot check the image source (it is blocked for access from the EU) but licensing appears to be appropriate - Dumelow (talk) 08:39, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
  • The source says that he was the first to graduate, so changed the article text to match the source and the hook. It is indeed possible that another attended an earlier course and did not graduate. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:51, 8 February 2019 (UTC)