Talk:Jakob Nacken

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Former good articleJakob Nacken was one of the History good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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DateProcessResult
April 18, 2020Good article nomineeListed
February 26, 2023Good article reassessmentDelisted
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 27, 2020.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that at 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m), Jakob Nacken (pictured) was the tallest German soldier in World War II, and later found work in the United States as the world's tallest Santa Claus?
Current status: Delisted good article


GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 14:53, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]


Comments

  • Lead needs to be expanded about two-to-three-fold.
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:32, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • "(1906 – 1987)" but you have the actual dates in the article?
 Done - corrected. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:55, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Be consistent with date formats throughout the article, DMY or MDY...
 Done - MDY. Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:42, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:43, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • "soldier of the German Army" in, not of.
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:48, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • "His parents were six feet " do you mean "Both his parents were six feet tall"?
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:29, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
 Done = yes! Thanks. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:34, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • "German army. He was the German Army's tallest soldier" army or Army? And merge these probably, to "German Army, becoming their tallest soldier."
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:41, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • And is that tallest ever or tallest at the time?
 Done = ever. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:47, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • "as Prisoners of War and" no need for that capitalization.
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:50, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • " States[11] because he wanted to leave bombed-out post-war Germany. " odd ref placement, move to end of sentence. Is the latter part of the

sentence unreferenced?

 Done Corrected - should have been at end of sentence.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:57, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would also remove "bombed-out" too as that's a little unencyclopedic.
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:59, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • "giant Santa Claus." for whom?
 Done - for companies and organizations. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:06, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • His height isn't mentioned in the main prose, just the lead and infobox.
 Done added into main prose. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:11, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • " Ripley's Believe It or Not! " is normally italicised.
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:16, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • "at Brussels, " in, not at.
 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:18, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • "five feet eight inches tall" you converted the others to metres...
 Done - convert template added. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:23, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • " December 16, 1955.[19][22][23] " three refs needed for this one fact?
 Done - corrected to only one ref.--Doug Coldwell (talk)

That's all I have on a quick run through. On hold. Cheers. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 11:02, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@The Rambling Man: - all issues addressed. Can you take another look at it. Thanks. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:31, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Doug, happy with the changes above so I'm promoting. Good work. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 09:07, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment[edit]

This article is part of Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20210315 and the Good article (GA) drive to reassess and potentially delist over 200 GAs that might contain copyright and other problems. An AN discussion closed with consensus to delist this group of articles en masse, unless a reviewer opens an independent review and can vouch for/verify content of all sources. Please review Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/February 2023 for further information about the GA status of this article, the timeline and process for delisting, and suggestions for improvements. Questions or comments can be made at the project talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:36, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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