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William Brydon

A self nomination. I researched this page from multiple sources, including the archives of The London Times going back to the Victorian era (access kindly provided by a university Athens account!) Brydon is a colourful footnote in the history of British imperialism and I don't think there's too many sources of comprehensive information on him available on the Internet. Wikipedia is the perfect vehicle for this kind of information. --Peripatetic 02:19, 16 July 2005 (UTC) 01:38, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

• Object. 1) No sources are cited. 2) The image Image:N01553 8.jpg has no copyright information. It's almost certainly public domain, though. Would it be possible to get a higher-resolution version of the image? --Carnildo 03:31, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
• Update Have addressed above concerns expressed by Carnildo. Have supplied multiple references and sources, and also a couple of external links. PD image now available. --Peripatetic
  • Support. Looks good, especially with the new image. --Carnildo 17:48, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

• Support - I made a couple of edits, mainly in style so they are not major, but I did change the bit in the lead paragraph about being "legendary", as I thought that needed to be toned down a bit. The article is short, but I think it's very good, and it's one of those subjects that can be covered well while still being succinct and I like to see good articles that aren't otherwise readily available, as you said. I would delete the category "British heroes" until the category actually exists. The red link doesn't look good. Rossrs 01:32, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

• Update Have also fixed the "Category" issue pointed out by Rossrs. Btw, thanks for your input and suggestions :-) -- Peripatetic 09:36, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
• Comment I think the introduction needs to make it clear that Dr Brydon was not the sole survivor. Other than that great article about an interesting episode. Lisiate 22:34, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

• Update Tricky piece of rewording!! How does the following sound? Comments/improvements welcome. --Peripatetic 23:38, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
  • He is reputed in British imperial history for being the sole survivor of an army of 16,000 that perished on a forced retreat from Kabul to Jalalabad during the First Anglo-Afghan War, although this is factually inaccurate.

• Object, the last paragraph and the section The retreat to Jalalabad is a direct cut and paste from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, plagarism does not look good on the main page, the article has been maked as a copyvio. Bring back a rewritten version--nixie 23:44, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

• Comment: This article now sports a copyright violation notice.  Denelson83  03:56, 19 July 2005 (UTC)