Talk:Johan Wilhelm Colenbrander/GA1

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Reviewer: Zawed (talk · contribs) 09:22, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

I will take this one, comments to follow in due course. Zawed (talk) 09:22, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

Time has gotten away on me again here, some comments as follows:

Lead
 * Add a bracketed translation for inkosi, (chief)
 * Done - Dumelow (talk) 23:23, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Early life
 * link indigo? I'm not sure what an indigo plantation is, and I may not be the only one.
 * Linked to Indigo dye - Dumelow (talk) 23:23, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Zululand
 * ...made a Zulu chief by King Cetshwayo: suggest "made a chief by Cetshwayo, the king of the Zulus."
 * Done - Dumelow (talk) 23:23, 10 December 2022 (UTC)


 * ...Zulu Inkosi: as per the comment in the lead, suggest a bracketed English-translation for Inkosi
 * Done - Dumelow (talk) 23:23, 10 December 2022 (UTC)


 * In 1883 he married Mollie Mullins.: don't suppose there is any context to who Mullins was? Daughter of settlers or an Anglo official?
 * Added a little more I found on her - Dumelow (talk) 23:23, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Rhodesia
 * Colenbrander worked for a period: suggest "Colenbrander then worked for a period"
 * Done - Dumelow (talk) 23:23, 10 December 2022 (UTC)


 * accompanied two of his inDuna to England: suggest a bracketed English-translation for inDuna
 * Done - Dumelow (talk) 23:23, 10 December 2022 (UTC)


 * in the 1893-1894 war: change to endash style
 * Done - Dumelow (talk) 23:23, 10 December 2022 (UTC)


 * at one point having a horse shot from under him.: any more context on this or his duties with the police?
 * Nothing in the current sources. I've since discovered there was a biography of him published in 1961 and have ordered a copy so possibly room for future expansion of the article - Dumelow (talk) 23:23, 10 December 2022 (UTC)


 * the rank of Captain: lower case for captain in this usage, also link
 * Done - Dumelow (talk) 23:23, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Second Boer War
 * During the Second Boer War (1899-1902)...: endash for the date range
 * Done - Dumelow (talk) 23:23, 10 December 2022 (UTC)


 * link lieutenant-colonel, General
 * Done - Dumelow (talk) 23:23, 10 December 2022 (UTC)


 * 5 Boers: elsewhere in this section, small numbers are written out.

Later life
 * I see he remarries twice in this section, any context on his wives, particularly the fate of Nunn?
 * managed to find a new source that covers a bit more on his wives and expanded this a little - Dumelow (talk) 23:23, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

References
 * Is ref 14 a self-piublished source? Otherwise generally look OK and most are pretty modern which I think will be important here.
 * Yep, I missed that. He comes up with some military history credentials but I've replaced this - Dumelow (talk) 23:23, 10 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Ref 1: Natural or National? Same applies to ref 7
 * Weird! Fixed - Dumelow (talk) 07:16, 11 December 2022 (UTC)


 * I note ref 3 needs an endash in the date range. Ditto refs 10 and 12
 * Fixed - Dumelow (talk) 07:16, 11 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Some book sources are missing place of publication
 * Got all these. I've tried to track down the actual journal article in "African Review" but no luck so far - Dumelow (talk) 07:16, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Other stuff
 * Image tags OK
 * One dupe link: Pietersburg
 * Removed - Dumelow (talk) 23:23, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

That's it for me, placing on hold. Cheers, Zawed (talk) 21:39, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks Zawed. I think I've addressed most things above, my internets a bit flaky at the moment so I'll leave it there for now and try to address the remainder in the morning - Dumelow (talk) 23:28, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi Zawed, think that's everything now. I've added some new content sou would be glad of a quick review of that if you can.  Many thanks - Dumelow (talk) 07:16, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
 * So sorry, while searching for photographs I found a few tidbits from contemporary newspapers, including coverage of a fraud trial that I've incorporated. Wary of relying too much on contemporary sources but I think it was worth including.  I'd appreciate your review of this - Dumelow (talk) 10:29, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I made a few tweaks but otherwise looks all in order so am passing as GA. Merry Xmas! Zawed (talk) 09:55, 24 December 2022 (UTC)