Talk:Mercury Seven

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Citation banner
I have rmoved the citation banner as being grudging and inappropriate. There are some things we know.--Brunnian (talk) 22:07, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

"Heroes" heading
Changed heading "Heroes" to "NASA Introduction." The title did not reflect the section content. The section is about NASA's introducing the 7 astronauts to the media. It is not about heroism. 67.172.16.149 (talk) 16:32, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Bachelor's degrees
We should add a summary of the seven's educational qualifications. I just discovered an interesting fact about two of them: despite the requirement of a "bachelor's degree or equivalent", two of them, Glenn and Carpenter, did not technically meet all the requirements of their schools, and therefore did not actually receive their degrees until 1962 after each had made his Mercury flight. Shepard actually exceeded the requirement, having earned a Master's degree in 1957. JustinTime55 (talk) 21:51, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Pre-review checklist
(and whoever else is interested) - I am starting a list of improvements that should be done to this article prior to GA. With it being the lead article in the topic, it would be nice if we could take it to featured. Just starting a preliminary list. My cat is telling me to go to bed now, so I will try to expand on it.  Kees08  (Talk)   06:58, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Revise the captions, some too long
 * Verify image licensing
 * Write about Mercury 7 Memorial (and any related types of memorials)
 * Add additional awards/honors as necessary
 * A bit more about their educational background, per your point above, perhaps with more demographic information.
 * Create a background section
 * Maybe some sort of cultural impact section, or at least a section related to the 'hero' status, the 'do no wrong' the astronauts had (that was later revealed to be not-so-true.
 * Also their impact on later selections and missions
 * I guess we probably need to say a bit more about The Right Stff
 * Failed candidates of the 1959 selection process.
 * I'm going to overhaul it soon, with the intention of making it a Featured List. I'd like to merge the Group Members and Status after Mercury into a table with their ranks and other details and a thumbnail of each.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  00:52, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. I think it could be a featured article someday, but either way is a fine path.  Kees08  (Talk)   06:12, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

Featured topic
It can be a featured topic with 7 people of Mercury Seven and this page. 14.232.160.139 (talk) 09:32, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Good idea and already in motion! Although technically a good topic until two more get promoted to featured status.  Kees08  (Talk)   19:47, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

Military Ranks and Positions
For the clueless who still haven't figured it out - military ranks and positions are CAPITALIZED. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.9.121.18 (talk) 19:02, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
 * See MOS:MILTERMS.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  20:45, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
 * this rule is incorrect and was obviously written by someone not familiar with the military, not to mention the fact that as an Australian you are clearly not familiar with the rules about U.S. military ranks; you do not capitalize a rank part of the time, it is an OFFICIAL TITLE that is always capitalized. Furthermore, the majority of wiki articles have all ranks capitalized as they should be so selectively enforcing rules is inappropriate and rather laughable. Once again the wiki editors demonstrate their lack of knowledge and unique ability to make up whatever rules suit them.
 * Wikipedia style guide: Military ranks follow the same capitalization guidelines as given under § Titles of people, below. For example, Brigadier General John Smith, but John Smith was a brigadier general.
 * US Army style guide: Capitalize military titles preceding a personal name. Lowercase military titles when standing alone or when following a name. (p. I-16)  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  20:44, 30 July 2019 (UTC)