Talk:Arthur Gilligan

Photo

Here's a photo (he's the one on the left in the 1st photo) which is PD and can be tagged {{PD-Australia}}. –Moondyne 16:09, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

GA Review

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Reviewer: Lemonade51 (talk · contribs) 14:37, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

I will be working my way through the article and adding any queries where I see fit. Feel free to make corrections, or correct me as I go along.

General

• No problems with imaging.
• No concerns about the reliability of sources.
• No dab links, nor dead links.
• Ref 60 was published in The Observer, not The Guardian.

• Fixed. Sarastro1 (talk) 19:28, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

• As far as I'm aware of, The Guardian was referred to as The Manchester Guardian So should it be that for Refs 17 and 23, not The Guardian (Manchester)?

• You are right, fixed. Sarastro1 (talk) 19:28, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

• Ref 62 was published on 5 January 2010.

• Fixed. Sarastro1 (talk) 19:28, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

Lead

• Very clear and precise. As a generalised point, the lead should act as a summary for the entire article and make the reader want to continue, which it has done for me. Perhaps you could remove the 'and' in "...came to the notice of the Australian secret service, and it is possible..." as I think it is redundant, and replace that and the comma with a semicolon.

• Done. Sarastro1 (talk) 19:32, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

Early life

• I take it the name of the daughter is not accessible?

• No, I'm afraid. Sarastro1 (talk) 19:32, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

• Should First World War be in wikilinks or not?

• I would argue not, as it is not directly relevant to the article and everyone knows what it is. Sarastro1 (talk) 19:32, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

Cricket at Cambridge

• What does (six for 52) mean?

• Bowling figures; I've reworded to explain. Better? Sarastro1 (talk) 19:32, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

England captain

• "Following heavy losses to Australia in two Test series immediately following the war, the England selectors needed to appoint a new captain," just a query: was that because the captain resigned after the Australia series?

• To be honest, it's a little vague. Captains didn't really resign in those days, and the losing captains just sort of ... faded away and weren't in contention for a place in the team. So it's hard to pin it down precisely. Sarastro1 (talk) 22:37, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

Political concerns

• Replace comma with full stop after "but was popular in Britain in the mid-1920s"

• Done. Sarastro1 (talk) 22:37, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

Style and technique

• Per WP:CONSISTENCY, is it Times or The Times

• Done. Sarastro1 (talk) 22:37, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

Personal life

• Why is the BBC wikilinked under "A BBC programme in 2004", but not a few paragaphs before where it states "He was also a member of the BBC radio commentary team"

• Fixed. Sarastro1 (talk) 22:37, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

I will give this another read through (sometime this week hopefully) once comments have been addressed and will be happy to pass, given it meets the criteria. Great prose and very comprehensive, enjoyable read in all. -- Lemonade51 (talk) 21:31, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

• Thanks for the review, I wasn't expecting one so quickly. Everything done, I hope. Sarastro1 (talk) 22:37, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

Connection to military history?

I see the article is tagged for WP:Milhist ... was he known for his connection to something military? I see he was a member of the British Fascists, but I can't tell if this is something he was famous or notorious for. - Dank (push to talk) 17:30, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

It seems more likely to be because of his military service during World War 1, briefly mentioned in the article. I wouldn't have thought that being a member of a politcal group, however extreme, would in itself make him of interest to the military history project. (But I'm not a member of the project, and it might be a good idea to ask on the project's own talk page.) JH (talk page) 18:27, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I will mention it at WT:MIL, but I'm pretty sure this is not an article we would normally tag, and I've untagged it. - Dank (push to talk) 19:02, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

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This is to let people know that this article has been scheduled as today's featured article for December 23, 2019, and specifically paging the FAC nominator(s), Sarastro1. It would be good if someone checked that the article needs no amendments. The main page blurb text can be viewed and edited at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 23, 2019.—Wehwalt (talk) 15:05, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

Everything is still pretty up-to-date. I've cast an eye over it and just wasted 25 minutes of my life correcting some of the "improvements" made in preparation for TFA day. Sarastro (talk) 21:24, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Dank I've tweaked the blurb a little to focus on something quite important. I'd be grateful if you could check my working out! Sarastro (talk) 21:36, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Looks great, thanks. Btw, great timing ... I was just giving Gog an earful about recent conflicts with GOCE editors, and ... I hope you don't mind ... I added this article to the pile of ones he should look at. - Dank (push to talk) 21:48, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Yes, that may be wise. Sarastro (talk) 21:49, 17 December 2019 (UTC)