Template:Did you know nominations/Jonathan Faulknor the elder

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The result was: promoted by Miyagawa (talk) 22:50, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Jonathan Faulknor the elder

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... that Admiral Jonathan Faulknor's grandfather, father, son, two brothers, nephew and grandson were all naval officers?

Reviewed: Roger de Bussy

Created/expanded by Benea (talk). Self nom at 00:09, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

New enough, long enough, and sufficiently expanded. Clearly and neutrally written (with allowances for the rank terminology!) A good number of references. I was able to see the periodical references at Google Books but not the Rif Winfield book; the references I was able to see supported the article and I did not see any plagiarism or overly close paraphrasing. Several things referenced to Winfield are also in The Naval Chronicle. So AGF on the refs I could not check. However, as regards the referencing of the hook, I see The Naval Chronicle saying two of his brothers, not "[all] his brothers", and what I see here (ref. 10, Monthly Magazine) is that his grandson was a midshipman. Does that count as a naval officer? Yngvadottir (talk) 18:33, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

To avoid possible misunderstanding, I have amended the hook slightly to 'two brothers'. Jonathon Faulknor (the even younger, I suppose) was commissioned a lieutenant on 25 March 1813 (here is his entry in the list of promotions at the time), making him an officer. Benea (talk) 00:38, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Excellent! Add that to the sentence about the grandson, and the hook will be completely supported and can get its tick :-) Yngvadottir (talk) 04:56, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Now added. Benea (talk) 19:16, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Good to go! (I changed it to became an officer so the hook referencing is now all sewn up; AGF on Winfield book.) Yngvadottir (talk) 19:55, 26 February 2012 (UTC)