Talk:William Thompson (Medal of Honor, 1950)

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the William Thompson (Medal of Honor, 1950) article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

William Thompson (Medal of Honor, 1950) has been listed as one of the Warfare good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
July 14, 2012	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 21, 2012.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that in 1951 William Thompson (pictured) posthumously became the first African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor since the Spanish–American War?

Biography: Military

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography
	This article is supported by the military biography work group (assessed as Low-importance).

Military history: Biography / Asian / Korean / North America / United States

This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history

Associated task forces:
/
	Military biography task force
	Asian military history task force
	Korean military history task force
	North American military history task force
	United States military history task force

United States Low‑importance

	United States portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions. Template Usage Articles Requested! Become a Member Project Talk Alerts United StatesWikipedia:WikiProject United StatesTemplate:WikiProject United StatesUnited States
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

New York City

	New York City portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject New York City, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of New York City-related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.New York CityWikipedia:WikiProject New York CityTemplate:WikiProject New York CityNew York City
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:William Thompson (Medal of Honor, 1950)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MathewTownsend (talk · contribs) 15:02, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Will review soon. MathewTownsend (talk) 15:02, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

review

What about using this source, the Medal of Honor News: Two Black Medal of Honor recipients honored with renovated park in the South Bronx

GA review-see WP:WIAGA for criteria (and here for what they are not)

Is it reasonably well written?
a. prose: clear and concise, respects copyright laws, correct spelling and grammar:
Under "Military career" the subject is always referred to as Thompson, never he or with some less repetitive wording. Too much repetition of "Thompson".
I've cut down the instances of this. —Ed!^(talk) 15:21, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

b. complies with MoS for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:
Too many "known to have" and "known to be" etc. Passive voice is to be avoided.

Removed this. —Ed!^(talk) 15:21, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
a. provides references to all sources in the section(s) dedicated to footnotes/citations according to the guide to layout:

b. provides in-line citations from reliable sources where necessary:

c. no original research:
assume good faith as the sources aren't accessible to me
Is it broad in its coverage?
a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic:

b. it remains focused and does not go into unnecessary detail (see summary style):
Does it follow the neutral point of view policy.
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:

Also, the citation Appleman 1998, p. 194 is not in the Sources, so it throws a "Harv error: link to #CITEREFAppleman1998" error.
(I fixed Appleman; took it off Battle of Sangju (1950). Br'er Rabbit (talk) 02:01, 14 July 2012 (UTC))[reply]

Will place on hold while issues are addressed. MathewTownsend (talk) 20:43, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That's everything. Thanks for your review. —Ed!^(talk) 15:21, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I made a few more edits to fix some remaining problems.[1] MathewTownsend (talk) 22:42, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Reevaluation after fixes

1. Well written?:

Pass

2. Factually accurate?:

Pass

3. Broad in coverage?:

Pass

4. Neutral point of view?:

Pass

5. Article stability?:

Pass

6. Images?:

Pass

MathewTownsend (talk) 22:42, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]