Talk:Thomas Tobias

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Author note: Don't understand why this was declined as the references are well established authoritative works concerning the historical subject matter.

According to Wikipedia's own editorial guidelines for military "notability" Thomas Tobias clearly meets the acceptance criteria based on Item 4 and 5: 4. Played an important role in a significant military event such as a major battle or campaign... (as stated in the article, Thomas Tobias held the rank of captain leading actions which captured important and known enemy ships (ships which are the subjects of their own Wikipedia articles) during numerous major notable actions/battles during the 2nd and 3rd Anglo-Dutch Wars. There are persons much less noteworthy with articles on Wikipedia).

5. Commanded a substantial body of troops in combat (e.g. a capital ship... (as stated in the article, Thomas Tobias was in command of numerous "capital ships"/ships of the line - each listed by name in the article.)

In addition, Tobias is mentioned in other Wikipedia articles but no link to his bio can be found. I was merely attempting to amend the record appropriately because he was indeed a significantly important military person of note during his lifetime - (and exceptional enough to be mentioned by extremely important military leaders of his time) and I thought the mission of Wikipedia was to expand the Body of Knowledge concerning a myriad of subjects - to include military history.

I will share your decision with my peers - most of whom hold Wikipedia in low regard concerning historical subjects and accuracy. I have always been an advocate and defender of Wikipedia and a donor as well.

Aaron R. Shields LtColonel, US Army (retired)

"Thomas Tobiasz" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Thomas Tobiasz. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Ahecht (TALK PAGE ) 16:30, 4 November 2019 (UTC)