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Date	Process	Result
January 21, 2011	Peer review	Reviewed
March 1, 2011	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on June 3, 2010.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Lofty Large once floored a donkey with a single punch while fighting rebels in Oman?

Current status: Good article

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Request for info, references etc.

I've put this article together as best I can with the sources I've been able to track down, but I'm missing a few things. Would anyone out there have any reliable info/sources on any of the following:

1. Lofty's Date of Birth. I've tracked down a Register of births entry for a "Donald Large" in Witney, Oxfordshire for October, November & December 1930, but that's a) Not specific enough, b) Isn't conclusively Lofty anyway, and C) Constitutes original research.

2. Medals awarded. The MID I've got covered, but, as far as I can tell (and I have no military background or specialist knowledge whatsoever, so could be completely off the mark on this) he should also have been awarded a Korea Medal, a General Service Medal (1918) with an Arabian Peninsula clasp, and a General Service Medal (1962) with a Borneo clasp and a South Arabia clasp. Presumably various others as well? Long service awards? Sundry others? Unfortunately I have no reliable sources to back any of this up.

3. A freely licensed or other usable photo of some sort. I've found some photos on the internet ([1]) but I've no idea about copyright holders. Another possible one at the Imperial War Museum archive which I think may show Lofty standing on the right of the group. Height and face look about right. Far from certain though.

4. Any more info on his early life: ~~parent's names~~ and professions, where he went to school, how he did at school, influences, any other jobs before joining the Army. Anything of that ilk really. I think this is probably the major weakness of the article as it stands, as there really isn't much detail.

Arthur Holland (talk) 13:15, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Got the Date Of Birth: Sourced from Soldier against the odds. Arthur Holland (talk) 19:01, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorted a photo too under fair use. Arthur Holland (talk) 08:51, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Lofty Large/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 05:05, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'll get to this tomorrow.

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality:

B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. References to sources:

B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

C. No original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:

B. Focused:
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Is it stable?
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:

B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:

Nicely done!--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:28, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]