Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Paul Nobuo Tatsuguchi

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The article was promoted 01:51, 19 May 2008.

Paul Nobuo Tatsuguchi

Respectfully self-nominate this article about an American-trained doctor who served in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and was killed during the Battle of Attu. The article was peer reviewed and passed an A-class review with WP:MILHIST. Cla68 (talk) 00:22, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to Support --Moni3 (talk) 01:19, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments/Questions resolved --Moni3 (talk) 01:19, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments/Questions by Moni3 I enjoyed this article and found it very interesting and compelling. I would like to support.

His diary mentions that he is looking forward to destroying the enemy down to the last soldier, then in the next paragraph letters to home allude that he's looking forward to meeting some of his old classmates? Is the diary propaganda? Any indication that the Japanese military was reading what he was writing, or influencing it in any way? That's an odd juxtaposition.
I italicized Chicago Tribune, then noticed no publications are italicized. Is this a non-American style thing I don't know about?
While reading the article I wondered if Tatsuguchi's faith in Seventh Day Adventism had any impact on his views of war. Is there any mention of it in his diary?

Well done. I learned a lot and have some stuff to think about. --Moni3 (talk) 14:04, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I believe he wrote that "destroy the enemy to the last soldier" line in case any of his superior officers read his diary, but the sources don't speculate on that so I couldn't write that in the article. For the same reason it appears that he didn't discuss his faith in his diary except for maybe his last entry. Thanks for italicizing Chicago Tribune. The publications should be italicized so I'll check that. The footnotes use the author's names, not the publication titles. Cla68 (talk) 21:14, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support, beautifully written and very interesting. I only found a few minor issues and fixed them. --Laser brain (talk) 21:06, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Cla68 (talk) 21:15, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments Sources look good. Did not evaluate the Japanese language source, as I'm not fluent (not even close) in that language. As I'm still traveling (I do promise I have a home!) I didn't check links. Ealdgyth - Talk 02:48, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support Minor copy issues, raised at Milhist A-Class review, now fixed. Compelling, interesting and well-researched story. --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 07:23, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate the helpful edits and support of the article. Cla68 (talk) 07:56, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support, excellent. Do try and write another before they drive you into the desert with muttered imprecations. --Relata refero (disp.) 14:47, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I need to point out though that OrangeMarlin, Roger Davies, and several other editors really helped out on making this article complete. Cla68 (talk) 14:50, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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