Talk:John Alan Coey

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March 11, 2012	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on January 28, 2012.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that because he believed the American government had been infiltrated by communists, one young US Marine discharged himself from the officer training program and joined the Rhodesian Security Forces instead?

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Notability[edit]

A question as to the notability of John Alan Coey has been raised at MilHist Talk Page. Farawayman (talk) 20:51, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have replied. —Cliftonian (talk) 21:04, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

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

Reviewer: Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs) 11:12, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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:
One dab link: "Tracker"
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:
Since his claim to fame is that Coey was the first American fatality of the Rhodesian Bush War it seems that this should appear in the lead
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Obviously a challenge in an article like this
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:
Main image has fair use tag

B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:
Okay, both issues fixed. Thanks for the review! —Cliftonian (talk) 11:17, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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