Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Sam Manekshaw/archive1


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Sam Manekshaw

 * Nominator(s): Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 02:05, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

Sam Manekshaw was the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, and was subsequently the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal. His military career spanned four decades and five wars, beginning with service in the British Indian Army in World War II, and he is widely regarded as one of the greatest military commanders in independent India’s history. The article has passed a through A-class review at WikiProject Military History. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 02:05, 10 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Support; I was a part of the A-Class review before this, can find no further fault with article. Iazyges   Consermonor   Opus meum  13:07, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

Sources review

 * Ref 2: What makes "Scoop/Whoop" a high quality, reliable source?
 * Replaced with another source. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 12:44, 8 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Ref 6; the link goes to the News18 home page – no sign of the source article. The same applies to ref 42.
 * Removed these sources, already covered by other sources. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 12:44, 8 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Ref 12: Date missing. (Also, consistency is required as to whether you use Times of India or The Times of India)
 * Date added, and consistency issues fixed. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 12:44, 8 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Ref 19: appears to be identical to 12.
 * Merged them. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 12:44, 8 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Ref 22: The link seems to be dead
 * Added archive link. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 12:44, 8 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Ref 32: You should give the title in full
 * Mentioned in full. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 12:44, 8 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Ref 40: As this is behind a paywall you should add
 * Added. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 12:44, 8 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Ref 50: "NDTV" should not be italicised
 * Fixed. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 12:44, 8 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Ref 51: The link does not go to the stated article.
 * Corrected. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 12:44, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Otherwise, sources are in good order and of appropriate quality and reliability. Brianboulton (talk) 22:06, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I have worked on the most of them, except the dead links. I unable to retrieve them as Internet Archive has been facing some issues for the past few days, I'll get back to you once done. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 14:13, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Addressed the issues, please have a look. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 13:25, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Rather than a blanket "addressed the issues", can you please specify briefly what you have done in each case? Brianboulton (talk) 14:49, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Done. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 12:44, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * OK Brianboulton (talk) 14:32, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Tintor2
I am almost giving you my support but there are few things that could be improved. Other than that, ping me or mention me once you checked these stuff and I'll give you my support. Also, if possible, could give a look at this FA which has been a bit inactive? Cheers.Tintor2 (talk) 18:55, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't suggest posting redlinks unless you could provide a link to another Wikipedia which has the article.
 * Personal life looks like a really small section especially when compared with the others. I would consider merging it with death or expanding it.
 * I used the archive bot and it looks good so I guess it will pass its source review.
 * If possible I would trim the lead a bit considering it's meant to be an introduction
 * Addressed all the points, except the first one. Because I put the red-links in the places where the article is notable but there isn't any article. If in future some editor creates the article, it'll get linked. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 12:48, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

Support Good luck with this article.Tintor2 (talk) 13:55, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

MPS1992

 * "On completion of the higher command course at the Imperial Defence College, and he was appointed the General Officer Commanding of the 26th Infantry Division." -- this sentence is ungrammatical.
 * Changed. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 15:56, 24 February 2018 (UTC)


 * "Defence Services Staff College, Wellington" -- I think the second wikilink must be incorrect, and instead needs to point at a different article?
 * The first link is placed from the lead, the second from the later body. As the second link is the "first occurrence after the lead". It is acceptable, per MOS:REPEATLINK. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 15:56, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
 * So you are saying that the second link is correct? In that case the article would require a citation to a reliable mainstream source for the extraordinary claim, as according to WP:EXTRAORDINARY. MPS1992 (talk) 16:38, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
 * If you are considering "Mankekshaw as the commandant of Defence Services Staff College", I don't think it is extra ordinary. Please explain me what makes the claim extra-ordinary. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 16:49, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
 * The extraordinary claim is that "an inter-service institution of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of India" is locationed in "the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand", many thousands of miles away from India. This is why I suggested above that the second wikilink must be incorrect, and instead needs to point at a different article. MPS1992 (talk) 16:54, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I think you're mistaken. All the links in the article, link to the college in Wellington, Tamil Nadu, India. Please check again. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 02:25, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
 * G'day, Krishna, I have fixed this for you now with this edit: . Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 08:13, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi Rupert, thanks for the help. There is some miscommunication. I was checking the link of college. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 08:22, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. MPS1992 (talk) 18:43, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the review. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 15:56, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

Closing comment: This has been open for 2 months with only 2 supports. We haven't been able to get a consensus to promote, so I will be archiving this shortly. It can be renominated after the usual 2-week waiting period. Sarastro (talk) 23:03, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Sarastro (talk) 23:03, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
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