Talk:Bruce Kingsbury/GA1

GA Review

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Hi! I will be reviewing this article for GAN, and should have the full review up soon. Skinny87 (talk) 15:31, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

   • 'Kingsbury was then seen to fall, shot by a Japanese sniper, dying instantly' - second comma could just be replaced by 'and'
   • 'His actions have been identified as what undoubtedly saved the Battalion Headquarters' - this needs expanding slightly; how was the Headquarters in danger, and how did Kingsbury firing his Bren Gun save the headquarters specifically?
   • 'Kingsbury attended Windsor State School as a child, and his results good enough to earn a scholarship' - his results 'were' good enough'
   • 'So in February 1936, Kingsbury and Avery left their jobs and began travelling north' - I don't think the 'So' is needed
   • 'The pair met many others in their section, such as Lindsay Bear and a schoolteacher nicknamed 'The Professor - this really doesn't add anything to the article, so I'd suggest removing it.
   • 'and the marriage never happened' - and the marriage never occurred
   • 'Kingsbury, along with the rest of the 7th Division of which the 2/14th Battalion was part' - This is rather confusing and needs to be reworded
   • 'The 2/14th fought alongside British troops, fighting the Vichy French on the rugged Lebanese mountain ranges' - remove rugged please
   • 'On 23 May, Kingsbury's brigade was sent back up into Palestine, en route to battle in Syria and Lebanon' - A bit confusing as well, mostly due to the last part being badly worded.
   • 'During this time, the division fought in many towns, such as a major battle for Jezzine, during which Avery was wounded' - reword please, grammar confusion in the middle of the sentence. Also how was he wounded, and where on his body?
   • 'As the war with the Vichy French began to end on 11 July' - comma after 'began to end' and get rid of the following commar to give more grammatical sense please
   • 'After the leave' - 'after this'
   • 'effectively isolating Australia from its Allies' - no capitalization on Allies, please
   • 'It was at the height of the battle, on 26 August that the members of the 2/14th, including Kingsbury, arrived at Isurava to provide reinforcements. [3] Despite the reinforcements, the Australians were outnumbered five to one' - please either expand this, or combine it with the previous paragraph
   • 'The 2,500 strong Japanese army met the weary 39th, 49th and 53rd Infantry Battalions, just 400 strong' - remove weary as a peacock word, and please clarify strength of the battalions - 400 men each or altogether?
   • 'While the Australians dug themselves in, the Japanese, led by Japanese Major General Tomitarō Horii, prepared for attack' - 'prepared to attack'
   • 'The Australians were outnumbered by as many as six to one, yet stayed firm in the face of heavy machine gun fire and hand to hand combat' - reword 'stayed firm' to neutralize it as a peacock word, please
   • 'The Australians began to mount a counter-attack, and men began to volunteer themselves' - repetition of 'began'
   • 'Using a Bren Gun he had taken from wounded Corporal Lindsay Bear, Kingsbury, alongside Avery and the rest of the group, engaged theadvancing Japanese' - can we have more context here please? It sounds like it was just a small group of soldiers engaging an entire Japanese Army, which I'm sure isn't correct.
   • 'The Japanese had begun to gather momentum in their attack, and the very survival of the entire battalion was at stake.' - a tad dramatic, please reword
   • 'It is often speculated that had Kingsbury not attacked, the Japanese would have isolated the Battalion Headquarters, eventually destroying the battalion' - often speculated by whom?
   • 'He was the first Australian soldier to be awarded this distinction in the South Pacific Area' - just 'South Pacific'

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   • Please add quotation marks to the block quotes you have used in the article

WP:MOSQUOTE specifically says that blockquotes should not have quotation marks around them. David Underdown (talk) 17:04, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

1. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

2. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

3. It is stable.

   No edit wars etc.:

4. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

5. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

An interesting article, but needs some prose work. Get those done, and it'll be a Good Article. Skinny87 (talk) 15:31, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Working on improvements now, thanks. \ / (⁂) 15:55, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

All improvements done, how is the article looking now? \ / (⁂) 16:11, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

That's a great job. Apologies about the blockquotes thing, I was in the wrong there, and someone reminded me about it on my talkpage. I'll pass the article now. Skinny87 (talk) 17:22, 20 November 2008 (UTC)