Template:Did you know nominations/Mark A. Clark (general)
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The result was: promoted by Carabinieri (talk) 16:00, 1 March 2013 (UTC).
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Mark A. Clark (general)[edit]
- ... that Major General Mark A. Clark is the current commander of the United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command otherwise known as MARSOC?
Created by Dainomite (talk). Self nominated at 09:14, 24 February 2013 (UTC).
While in date, this is a very stubby article with very little prose. The majority of the text is the lists of his 'awards and badges'. Lists such as these are not generally included in the final count, though because of the way the list is structured, it is being included, I think wrongly, in the final 'readable prose' count. More expansion is needed here I think. So far only one source is used, more would be better, especially since it is the subject's service biography. There is also some copyvio issue here since these sentences in the article 'He is a 1980 graduate of South Dakota State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Commercial Economics. Clark received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in June 1981 upon completion of Officer Candidate School.' have been more or less copy and pasted in. Benea (talk) 10:24, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
- Sorry about that, I made the article and then submitted it and meant to keep adding to the article and rewriting content but I was in a hurry and then got side tracked with other stuff. I'll get back on it though when I get home from work tonight. Thanks for reminding me.— -dainomite 16:56, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
- ALT1... that the current commander of Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, MajGen Mark A. Clark, first got involved in special operations through an officer exchange program with the U.S. Air Force?
This looks good after the expansion, definitely long enough. The hooks check out with the sources used, I agree the second one is the more interesting to my mind. I don't think there are any significant copyvio issues now after a quick comparison with some of the source texts. This looks ok to go. Benea (talk) 07:30, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
