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J. R. Kealoha[edit]

Nominator(s): KAVEBEAR (talk)

J. R. Kealoha (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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I am nominating this article for A-Class review because I believe this article can be considered an A-class article but may need extra peer review to get it there. The ultimate goal is to get this to feature article status as a very short featured articles. Full disclaimer little historical fact is known about this figure beyond what is already stated and this article contains most of the known sources about the subject. KAVEBEAR (talk) 04:50, 23 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support Comments: G'day again, welcome back to ACR. I have a couple of suggestions: AustralianRupert (talk) 12:14, 23 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • " 41st Regiment Infantry United States Colored Troops" --> I wonder if this is the correct designation as it sounds a bit awkward. " 41st Infantry Regiment, United States Colored Troops" seems more natural/smoother. Can you check the sources?
    • Changed to just 41st USCT until I can get expert opinion on this. Generally the sources like to abbreviate.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 16:28, 23 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • G'day, no worries, I suggest treating this the same way: "28th Regiment United States Colored Troops" for consistency. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 13:08, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • "fall of 1864" --> suggest providing actual months here as not everyone knows what "fall" means and the months to which it relates will be different in different hemispheres
  • "of other states in the Union and the Confederacy" --> given that Hawaii was an independent nation at the time, is "other" correct here? Perhaps just says "...of various states in the Union and the Confederacy" or something similar?
  • "fought with the 41st USCT regiment" --> "fought with the 41st USCT" (might produce a smoother narrative flow)
  • "surrender of Confederate general Robert E. Lee" --> "general" should be in caps per WP:MILTERMS
  • the duplicate link checker tool identifies a few instances of overlink, for example: United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Union (American Civil War), and Confederate States of America. Regards, AustralianRupert *(talk) 12:14, 23 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Done. @AustralianRupert: let me know if there is anything else. Thanks.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 16:28, 23 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • Nice work, I've added my support. The only other suggestion I have is that the citations are probably not necessary in the lead. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 14:14, 27 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - are any images of the subject available? Nikkimaria (talk) 22:18, 30 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Nikkimaria: No there are none. The 2014 tombstone exist, but it won't be allow because of no Freedom of panorama in the United States rule.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 01:41, 31 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I've added this image. Would this be acceptable under US copyright law as a building or is considered a sculpture? If it is not needed, I rather not include it though.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 22:41, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Per discussion on my talk, a different memorial image was added and images are good to go. Nikkimaria (talk) 21:50, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Kealoha was buried at Oʻahu Cemetery

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  • Citation 7 - World History Connected, needs access (retrieved) date added
  • Citation 11 - Hawaii News Show, needs access (retrieved) date added
  • Citation 13 - Maui No Ka ‘Oi is actually Maui No Ka ‘Oi Magazine, needs publisher and access (retrieved) date added
  • Citation 14 - The Friend (newspaper), needs publisher and access (retrieved) date added
    • This is a news source not a book. There is no publisher. --KAVEBEAR (talk) 00:03, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Citation 15 - KITV 4 News, needs access (retrieved) date added
  • Citation 18 - The Aloha Elk, needs access (retrieved) date added
  • Citation 19 - Hawai’i Army Weekly, needs publisher and access (retrieved) date added
  • Citation 20 - Honolulu Star-Advertiser, needs publisher and access (retrieved) date added

The good news, is that I ran each online source, including the Bibliography, through Duplication Detector. No indications of copyvio or close paraphrasing. However, since you are looking to take this up through FAC, you should have consistency on the citation formatting. Above is what I noticed. You might want to also re-check the article yourself for any inconsistencies in that area. — Maile (talk) 23:30, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Maile66: Even without these changes, I think it would be excessive to go into more detail with the citation formats. I already list things like issue numbers, volumes and publishers and locations which I never find in most featured articles. I don't think it gives anybody any better idea to know the publisher of a newspaper like Honolulu Star-Advertiser (I had to go on their official website to find that one) or even one from the 19th century ones (good luck, the Friend source came from an issue when Damon was alive because it seems like the web does not state who was the publisher of the Friend newspaper after Damon's retirement). But I think most it is consistent now. Let me know if there is any other problems or changes to make this an A-Class article at least for now. We can discuss FAC criteria in later reviews. Thank you for pointing that out though. --KAVEBEAR (talk) 00:39, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - caveat, I believe I've reviewed this in article in previous iterations. Hchc2009 (talk) 23:49, 11 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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