Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/William Bostock


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William Bostock

 * Passed --Eurocopter (talk) 15:00, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Significantly expanded this article, whose original World War II section dealt mainly with Bostock's conflict with the Chief of the Air Staff, George Jones, to emphasise the history/operations of RAAF Command. Also expanded the lead and added info/pics/refs to the other sections. Just completed updates from a peer review and now believe it's ready for ACR. Assuming it makes the grade there, the goal is to get it to FA, as a 'companion' piece to the Jones FA-class article. Any and all comments welcome. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:48, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Support This is a very good article which meets the criteria. I have a few minor comments:
 * Would it be possible to expand the WW1 section? It seems rather short, and lacks details of any highlights of Bostock's career as an operational fighter pilot and why he was awarded the Croix de guerre
 * Tks for your support, Nick. Yep, it's frustrating but all the short bios I've consulted - ADB, AWM, Oxford Companion, Stephens' High Fliers - say almost exactly the same thing, i.e very little. Per your similar comment in the peer review, I put in some detail from his AIF Personnel File but unfortunately it stops with his xfer to RFC. The one intriguing snippet I did find earlier is here at The Aerodrome but as there's no citation (unlike some of their stats, e.g. on Stanley Goble) I didn't feel it met the standard as a reliable source. Had hoped it came from the Osprey book on F.2b aces but couldn't spot Bostock in the index last time I sped through the local military book shop, but might check again...
 * The discussion of his political career should note that he lost his seat in the 1958 election. It's interesting that he lost despite a swing in favour of his party...
 * Will do.
 * As a really minor point, I don't think that 1TAF needs to be linked again in the 'Rivalry with George Jones' section
 * Will do.
 * As a general note, it's a shame that there isn't an article on RAAF Command. I don't know where source material for such an article could easily be found though - the RAAF and military historians give curiously little time to RAAF units beyond the squadron level. Nick-D (talk) 10:59, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, mate, if you check my user page under Articles Created, you'll see it's on my to-do list! There's no dedicated history of it that I've seen, but I've cobbled together stuff from Gillison and Odgers while working on the Bostock article; the remainder I'll flesh out with Alan Stephens' books and one or two others in the next month or two. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:21, 13 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Support - very well written, sourced and comprehensive. Well done! Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 04:06, 15 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Support;
 * It's no longer necessary to wikilink to countries in these types of articles, from what I've picked up at FAC.

JonCatalán(Talk) 17:09, 17 January 2009 (UTC)


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