Talk:Thomas P. Stafford/Archives/2018/February

Paraphrasing Needed
This article heavily plagiarizes from the official NASA bio. I will work in the coming days to paraphrase it, and draw in other sources (in particular, Gen. Stafford's book). Balon Greyjoy (talk) 13:34, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Good news! If you did not know, NASA material is PD, so you could just use the template if you would like. Nothing stopping you from rephrasing it if you would like to, I usually do, just wanted to let you know that it is technically okay as-is.   Kees08  (Talk)   04:41, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Makes sense. I knew that NASA material was public domain, but it did not occur to me that this meant the text was free to copy.  I still think most of the article is incomplete and reads poorly. I'm working on improving the article's format and content to more accurately reflect the layout of the Good and Featured astronaut pages, especially Alan Shepard's.  I've just redone the "Early life and education" section so far, and plan to tackle more of the article in the coming days. Any feedback is appreciated! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 05:16, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Sweet! I will try to swing by the article from time to time. An easy one is that section titles are to be in sentence case, for example 'Military Service' should be 'Military service', per Manual_of_Style. I think you have the right idea though.  Kees08  (Talk)   05:25, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Removing Congressional Space Medal quote
I feel like the Stafford quote upon receiving the Congressional Space Medal of Honor isn't terribly signficant, as he does not say anything particularly unique or profound. I propose removing it. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 23:15, 7 February 2018 (UTC)