Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Stanley Price Weir

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Article promoted by TomStar81 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:06, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Stanley Price Weir[edit]

Nominator(s): Peacemaker67 (crack... thump)

Featured article candidates/Stanley Price Weir/archive1

A long-serving militia officer, Weir was the first South Australian to be commissioned in the AIF, and led the 10th Battalion onto the beach at Gallipoli, as well as commanding it in its first battles in France in 1916. Being a 50 year old commanding officer, he requested relief and returned to Australia, serving as SA's first Public Service Commissioner. He retired as a honorary brigadier general. Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 02:42, 8 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support on prose per standard disclaimer. These are my edits. - Dank (push to talk) 02:55, 8 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support: G'day, I made a couple of tweaks - please check you are happy with those changes. In addition, I have a couple of minor suggestions regarding the image licencing, but otherwise it looks like it meets the A-class criteria to me. AustralianRupert (talk) 10:54, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"File:Stanley Price Weir.jpg": probably should have both a "PD-Australia" and "PD-US-1996" licence
"File:Stanley Price Weir receiving his DSO.jpg": same as the above
"File:Grave of Stanley Price Weir.jpg": probably also needs a "FoP-Australia" licence in addition to what is there already
- Thanks for the review, Rupert, licenses fixed. Regards, Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 13:52, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support ~~Comments~~

Have to admit I didn't feel the writing was up to usual standards so gave it quite a going over (apologies for the mix-up with service dates in the infobox!) and hope I haven't misinterpreted anything.
Not overly detailed by any means but probably sufficient given his career.
Structurally I'm used to A-Class bios with at least two paras in the lead -- what's your feeling? I guess I'm also used to seeing details of decorations and promotions as they happened worked into the main body rather than in lists at the end, although I wouldn't oppose promotion on those grounds -- at least there are no ribbon or rank icons... ;-) While we're at it, why are the good conduct and volunteer medals linked both inline and under Awards, but the DSO, MiD and Order of St Anne only inline?
I checked image licensing before I realised Rupert had already done so, so clean bill there!
Sources look reliable and correctly formatted. Related to the decorations comment earlier, I'd tend to expect London Gazette references where available, but I guess the AWM covers similar ground.

Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:36, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the c/e and review, Ian. I've split the lead into war and post-war, added the main decorations into the lead, and removed the links from the awards section. I much prefer to have a separate awards and promotions section, even though it may repeat content, as it allows the reader to see them (and rank progression) in one spot in the article. Given Weir actually has his own page on the AWM site, and the decorations aren't likely to be challenged, it seems an ok source to me for them and their dates. Regards, Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 01:21, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough, switching to support. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:36, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Ian! Regards, Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 10:17, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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