Talk:Moses Hardy

Death report from the family
I was informed of Mr. Hardy's passing by the family. → R Young {yak ł talk } 04:55, 8 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Can you send evidence, link to local news source, a photocopy of his death certificate, etc. ? Zerbey 15:00, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
 * No matter, there is now a citation on the recent deaths page. Zerbey 21:53, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
 * He sure had a great life. Rest in Peace. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lord Vader (talk • contribs) 02:29, 9 December 2006 (UTC).

Father.
I believe his father was born in 1820, setting an unofficial record for the earliest-Dad born for living people back in 2006. And then his mother was born around 1853. Neal (talk) 04:08, 16 December 2007 (UTC).

GAN review
I've placed the article on hold as there are some minor problems, mainly with the prose. Let me know when these are fixed or if you disagree with anything. Epbr123 (talk) 04:37, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
 * "he signed up to serve overseas in the first World War" - "World War I" would be better
 * "Hardy's father, a former slave by the name of Morris Hardy, was born in the 1830s. After the Civil War, his parents, his mother Nancy Hardy having been a slave as well, owned their own land in Mississippi, where the family lived. They had purchased 265 acres worth of land from a Chickasaw Native American for the price of a dollar." - I think this would be better phrased as "Hardy's parents, Morris Hardy - born in the 1830s - and Nancy Hardy, were former slaves who after the Civil War had purchased 265 acres of land in Mississippi from a Chickasaw Native American for a dollar."
 * "Hardy served a total of one year, from July 1918 to July 1919, in France, including a total of thirty-nine combat days." - would be better phrased as "Hardy's service in France lasted from July 1918 to July 1919, and included thirty-nine combat days."
 * "but also performed many other manual labor tasks" - "many" is redundant
 * "France" doesn't need to be linked twice in the same section, and it should be linked in the lead.
 * "and removing the remains of the dead." - "the remains of" is redundant
 * "Post World-War I" - hyphen should be after "Post"
 * Victory Medal should be linked in the lead
 * "his son could not remember whether or not this came from actual combat." - is this relevant?
 * "After World War I, Hardy did not serve in World War II" - "After World War I" is redundant
 * "deacon" should be linked in the lead
 * " sixth-oldest verified person in the world and the second oldest man" - inconsistant hyphen use.


 * No disagreements here; thank you for the thorough review! Is there anything else that needs to be done? Cheers, CP 06:03, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Pass. Well done. Epbr123 (talk) 13:45, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the review! Cheers, CP 18:34, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Oldest verified black man?
If so this should be in the lede. Lycurgus (talk) 08:33, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

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