Talk:William March

Good Article Nomination
Good evening (GMT time); I have reviewed this article on 21:43, 9 March 2007 (UTC) in accordance with the Good Article (GA) criteria. There are seven main criteria that the article must comply with to pass:


 * 1) Well-written:
 * 2) Factually accurate:
 * 3) Broad:
 * 4) Neutrally written:
 * 5) Stable:
 * 6) Well-referenced:
 * 7) Images:

I have concluded that, in my opinion, the article has passed all categories and I therefore award it GA status. However, I would recommend the use of inline citations in the article: the GA criteria highly recommends this format of citing sources.

Otherwise, congratulations to the lead editors, and keep up the good work!

Kind regards, anthony cfc [ talk] 21:43, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
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I added the citation for March's DSC and links to sources for both the DSC and Navy Cross citations. I also clarified (I hope) the timeline of these awards: the Navy Cross was created after World War I, and the Navy then honored its many Marine and Navy heroes of the war, included those previously honored by the Army. I also noted parenthetically, given the name on the citation, that his birthname was still used at the time. However, the author of the article should probably clarify somewhere in the article when March began using his pen name, rather than leaving that in the trivia section.207.38.168.98 21:55, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

What is the ultimate source of the assertion (not, apparently, made till 2006) that Campbell was "a deeply closeted homosexual"? No mention of his claimed homosexuality appears in Simmonds's biography, The Two Worlds of William March. The very phrase "deeply closeted" makes the assertion worth questioning. In the absence of proof either way, it would be wise to delete this assertion, which I have done. PhD (talk) 17:49, 16 November 2008 (UTC)PhD

Unrecognized geniuses
I think the unrecognized genius of our time quote should be better attributed and moved lower down in the opening paragraphs. It's not clear who said it, when or in what context. Cheerios! ChildofMidnight (talk) 17:02, 22 August 2009 (UTC)