Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Mike Jackson

Mike Jackson
This nomination predates the introduction in April 2014 of article-specific subpages for nominations and has been created from the edit history of Today's featured article/requests. 
 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/March 20, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 17:50, 10 March 2014‎ (UTC)



Mike Jackson (born 1944) is a retired British Army officer and one of its most high-profile generals since the Second World War. Originally commissioned into the Intelligence Corps in 1963, he transferred to the Parachute Regiment, with which he served two of his three tours of duty in Northern Ireland. On his first, he was present as an adjutant at the events of Bloody Sunday (1972), when soldiers opened fire on protesters, killing 13 people. On his second, he was a company commander in the aftermath of the Warrenpoint ambush (1979), the British Army's heaviest single loss of life during the Troubles. He was assigned to a staff post at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in 1982 before assuming command of the 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, in 1984. Jackson was posted to Northern Ireland for the third time, as a brigade commander, in the early 1990s. In 1994, Jackson served his first tour in the Balkans, where he commanded a multi-national division of the Implementation Force. Following a staff job back in the UK, he was appointed commander of NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) in 1997.
 * 4 points in total so far, with 2 for being a 10-year anniversary of his birth-date and 2 for being FA since 2011. Need help on how to get the image. Minima  ©  ( talk ) 08:05, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment, I added File:Mike Jackson 2.jpg to the TFA blurb. I'm not sure if the other photo in the lede is entirely free for TFA use. If neither image is useable, I'd recommend as an alternative an image of Bloody Sunday events, if any. I shall review the article and blurb later tonight.--ColonelHenry (talk) 20:01, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * It makes no odds to me really, but what makes you think the main image isn't free enough for TFA? Anyway, Minimac was was kind enough to let me know that he'd nominated this, so I thought I'd just note that I have no objections as the author, but I would be indebted to anybody who kept a close eye on it during its day on the main page (if it goes ahead). HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?  10:31, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I likewise fail to see how the image can be "entirely free for TFA use" and have resinserted the lede image here. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:36, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I must have read the permissions tag/info wrong "courtesy of" statements and CC2.0 licences have been troublesome for me in the past. It doesn't matter to me, but I chose the second image because of the medals and military uniform. The lede image IMHO makes him look like Rupert Murdoch at first glance.--ColonelHenry (talk) 18:19, 9 March 2014 (UTC)