Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Ian Dougald McLachlan/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 Laser brain 03:55, 31 January 2011.

Ian Dougald McLachlan

 * Nominator(s): Ian Rose (talk) 05:39, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Nominating this for featured article because it's about time I got back back into things following months away due to travel commitments -- we'll see if I still have the knack... ;-) Aside from his accomplishments as a leader of men, this chap seems to have had a penchant for foreseeing unpalatable events -- at least on two occasions, which I'll let people new to the article discover for themselves... This is currently GA, and A-Class in MilHist and Aviation projects. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 05:39, 11 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Support This is an excellent article which easily meets the FA criteria. It should be noted that there isn't any single detailed biography of McLachlan, so pulling together such a detailed article on him is a notable achievement. Nick-D (talk) 10:14, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Many tks Nick. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 21:24, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Sources comment: Sources and citations look OK, copyvio spotchecking fine. Just one small query re Ref 5: Why not use this url to go directly to McLaclan's service record? Brianboulton (talk) 17:38, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Tks Brian -- the one we have goes directly to the record in question and manages to do so w/o using the additional #summary1 clause at the end so not sure how the new one improves on it... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 21:24, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
 * You are right; I was using the second link in the ref, which goes to the home page - somehow I overlooked the first. Sorry Brianboulton (talk) 01:03, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Disambig/External Link check - no dabs or dead external links. The 2 nla.gov.au links are redirecting. -- Pres N  19:03, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Tks Pres. I was employing the Wikipedia-style citation that NLA itself provides so is any action necessary? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 21:24, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I'd suggest sticking with the Wikipedia references the NLA generates as it's likely that these URLs will be more stable in the long run (eg, as if the NLA changes the address they're likely to maintain the address they were previously automatically providing). Nick-D (talk) 09:50, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Support per standard disclaimer. I copyedited this recently; my notes are on the article's talk page. I didn't mention the single quotes when I copyedited, because I avoid arguments about what is and isn't good British English (or MOS-compliant British English). - Dank (push to talk) 15:55, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks, Dank. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 05:51, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Image check all images are in the public domain (and all images verified to their sources.) Captions are succinct and appropriate. This meets the FAC Criterion 3 requirements.  Imzadi  1979   →  04:10, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for taking the time to review, Imzadi. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 05:51, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Support No comments other than I enjoyed the interesting read and prose. References, images and especially research look good as well. This would make a great FA.--NortyNort (Holla) 10:22, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Support. Well-written, well-cited, and comprehensive. This is an excellent small biography and a good read that appears to meet all of the FA creteria. --Coemgenus 18:14, 28 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for reviewing, Norty, Coemgenus. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:28, 28 January 2011 (UTC)


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