Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Brian Eaton/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted by Karanacs 17:14, 11 May 2010.

Brian Eaton

 * Nominator(s): Ian Rose (talk) 01:40, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Yes, another RAAF pilot, but one of the few who made the transition from distinguished World War II combat leader to senior commander of the post-war era. What particularly struck me about this bloke was how easily he could have got the chop before any of it got under way&mdash;plenty of his comrades were not so lucky... The other thing was the challenge to see if I could put together an article of A/FA length and standard when there are no bios of the guy among the usual sources such as the Australian Dictionary of Biography, the Oxford Companion to Australian Military History, or RAAF historian Alan Stephens' High Fliers. Performed the trick with John Lloyd Waddy, so we'll see if lightning strikes twice... ;-) Currently assessed as GA, plus A-Class in the MilHist and Aviation projects, this is also a WikiCup entry. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:40, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. No dab links or dead external links. Ucucha 02:00, 29 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment — So there's nothing more about his early career? Or even when he left Launnie?  Aaroncrick  TALK 08:25, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid not. I briefly saw his personnel file in the National Archives online, which mentioned that he went to college after Carey Grammar and joined the RAAF straight from there, then they removed the file! (Didn't include exactly when he left Tassie anyway.) So in the end I could only cite his parents' names by checking his brother's Roll of Honour entry... Even when these guys appear in the ADB, their early info can be pretty scant; we at least have something for every year he was in the RAAF prior to WWII. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 13:47, 29 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment - I see this as written and referenced to the standard an FA should be at; no further improvements do I have to suggest here. Kyteto (talk) 14:35, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Support - I made a few exceedingly minor copyedit tweaks. I would like to see the last sentence rephrased to avoid the construct "his widow Josephine donated...the award to the RAAF", as presumably she donated funding for an annual award. A pity that there is no more available about his personal life, but otherwise excellent as usual. Well done! Maralia (talk) 04:29, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Tks Maralia -- those little changes of yours always improve an article; I added a couple of words along the lines of your suggestion re. the award. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 05:02, 5 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Support: I believe that this article meets the FA criteria. I've read over it a number of times now and during the ACR and haven't seen anything that needs changing IMO. — AustralianRupert (talk) 05:19, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Sources: All sources look OK, no issues here. Brianboulton (talk) 21:43, 9 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Support - great-looking article. Wish there was more on his early life, though. For other sources, did you try the Google News Archive? I also found entries when searching "Brian Eaton RAAF" — Ed   (talk  •  majestic titan)  05:19, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Tks Ed, yes, I always try GoogleNewsArchive, as well as the National Library of Australia newspaper archives, when desperate and although they did yield some useful snippets (see the article) there wasn't anything much on early life. Best was the 1974 Herald one, which I only found by going to the State Library in Sydney and looking up papers on microfiche...! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 05:58, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh god, microfilm? What a horrible way to search (I happen to know, unfortunately). Alright, never mind. :-) — Ed   (talk  •  majestic titan)  07:35, 10 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Images -- Guys, a general thank-you to all who've taken time to stop by and comment. With the apparent dearth of image experts in the FAC environment these days, I wonder if I could prevail on one of you to confirm for the sake of this review (and especially poor Sandy, who always seems to have to scribble "promoted without image check" on my recent submissions) that all images are PD or otherwise free... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:17, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * It might help if nominators asked User:Jappalang or User:Fasach Nua to look in after all opposes are cleared and the nom has a significant level of support (in other words, when the FAC is maturing). Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 19:19, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Images are verifiably in the public domain or appropriately licensed. However, next time for photos with named authors on the Australian War Memorial websites, please check that the authors are either government employees or has passed away beyond the requisite time.  Luckily in this case, Jeffrey G Sebastian is a member of the RAAF.  Jappalang (talk) 03:07, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
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