Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Peer review/Henry Wells (general)

Henry Wells (general)

Article on an Australian lieutenant general, who served as a senior staff officer during the Second World War and was the first person to be appointed Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee; the professional head of the Australian military. I am seeking to take this article toward FAC, but thought I would seek a peer review first, just to cover all bases. Any and all comments welcome! Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 08:25, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Ian Rose

Haven't (re)read every word but overall I can't see why you shouldn't take to FAC: structure, detail, prose, sourcing and illustration all look pretty good. Wouldn't mind seeing a tiny bit more on post-military life but I can imagine you've probably done your best there - my only suggestion for another source would be Who's Whos after 1959 (I can look in the Mitchell over the next week or so if you can't access them). Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:01, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the review, Ian. I think my major concern was the sources, as a number of them are Australian Government, or Government related. If you wouldn't mind, Ian, that would be excellent. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 09:14, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Who's Whos don't have anything post-retirement I'm afraid. However you could flesh out the last section a tad by including the usual bit about his surviving family, plus the bequeath to Junior Legacy, per ADB. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 04:02, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Done. I also have a big favour to ask of you Ian. Do you by any chance still have access to the Korean War Official Histories? If so, would it be possible for you to check for any mention of Wells in that? Sorry for being such a pain. Thanks mate. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 04:23, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Heh, you must've guessed I was in at the Mitchell on my lunch break when I shot you the first message, so your quick reply allowed me to check out the Korean history then and there, and make some hurried notes. Not a lot but will add what I found shortly... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:18, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Ah, you're a wonder, Ian! Lol, thanks mate. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 07:40, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

You'd do the same... Okay, as well as adding stuff, couldn't resist the usual ce plus some restructuring to keep paras fairly even and related content together where possible. Hope it's not too hard to pick what's changed. Further to this peer review, in the ce I picked up a lot of times the name is used in consecutive sentences, plus areas for trimming, so you might want to go over the prose in the rest and see if the same applies there. Naturally my new content is just as open to copyediting as your original work...! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:47, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Ian! It all looks great. Will go over the article soon, and make some tweaks. Once again, I really appreciate your efforts. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 08:57, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Lol, I told myself not to forget to go back in and add the actual refs but clean forgot in my hurry to get along to the 7:10 screening of D-9 - anyway, you got the idea...! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:31, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Lol! Well, I hope you enjoyed the movie. :) Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 11:54, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Nick-D

Are there any other sources which can be drawn on? While the article is very good, much of it is about events Wells was involved in rather than him and his role. The only source which appears to be purely about this man is his ADB entry, and it's a bit flat. If you haven't done so, I'd suggest dropping Hawkeye7 a line and asking for any comments he may have given the number of high-quality articles he's prepared on senior Australian officers of World War II. Nick-D (talk) 11:43, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes, bit surprising there's no entry for him in the Oxford Companion - though I often find they pinch chunks from ADB anyway...! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:01, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Hawkeye has added a little to the article previously, but I'll see if he is able to add anything more. Thanks Nick. I, too, was a little surprised there is nothing in the Oxford Companion either. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 12:12, 19 August 2009 (UTC)