Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Peer review/Ernest Albert Corey

Ernest Albert Corey
I have recently been working on this article, and I was wondering if it might be good enough for me to nominate it for GA? All comments and ideas for improvment welcome. Abraham, B.S. (talk) 08:20, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Woody
Looks good, but seems a bit short to me.
 * I agree; that is the main problem I thought I would have if I did try and nominate the article for GA, but there is very little information that I can find on the man, and all that I could went into the article. Abraham, B.S. (talk) 01:02, 16 August 2008 (UTC)


 * MOS
 * Per WP:MOSNUM, dates should either be linked completely, or not linked at all. There are some dates that are unlinked (4 September instead of 4 September). Consistency is the key here.


 * The references need publishers included.


 * You also need to link or delink the dates in the references to be consistent with the article.


 * Article points
 * Is there anymore information available on his early life? The section seems a bit sparse.
 * As I said above, I could only find a very little amount of information on Corey, but I will try and see if I can dig up some more. Abraham, B.S. (talk) 01:02, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
 * If all sources have been exhausted, then they have been exhausted. I know how this can happen with some award recipients who have little about them documented other than their citations. Woody (talk) 08:17, 16 August 2008 (UTC)


 * The sentence in the Lead that he is the only recipient of the MM*** needs to be cited, especially as I don't see it repeated anywhere in the text.


 * Speaking of the Lead, that needs to be expanded as well per WP:LEAD. A good two paragraphs should do it.


 * Could you integrate the citations into the text? There might be an accessibility issue having them hidden, but purely for aesthetics, I don't think it works well. The citations are small, as opposed to some VC ones. I think they can easily be amalgamated into the text.
 * I like the way the citations are displayed, but if there are accessibility issues then I am of course willing to try alternate methods of presenting them. To tell you the truth, I'm not fussed on integrating the citations into the text in the World War I section (I assume that is what you meant) as I do not believe that having four quoted texts in the section will exactly go down well, but, as I stated above, I am willing to explore other ways of displaying them. Abraham, B.S. (talk) 09:43, 17 August 2008 (UTC)


 * When you expand the WWI section, perhaps include a picture of the MM?
 * I'm not completely knowledgeable when it comes to photographs and fair use or such, but do you think I would be able to use the image in the Military Medal article? Abraham, B.S. (talk) 01:09, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
 * No, you can't use it: that throws that idea out then! ;) Woody (talk) 08:17, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

So, a few points for expansion, though I suspect that the hidden citations thing is a matter of personal preference. I can't see any FAs that do it this way though. Regards. Woody (talk) 13:33, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Nick Dowling
This article is very good. My comments are:
 * Is it correct to say that Corey was "allocated to the 55th Battalion as a stretcher bearer" in the lead given that the World War I section says that he was initially posted to a grenade section and later volunteered for stretcher bearing duties?


 * "Corey's division" - you should probably name the division (the 5th, I assume) and rephase it to something like "The 5th Division, of which the 55th Battalion was part, spent four months in reserve" given that Corey was a member of the division and it wasn't his division.


 * Do we know what illness he contracted while in England in 1918? It must have been serious for a combat soldier to have remained in hospital for 90 days at a time when the Army was critically understrength. Nick Dowling (talk) 00:44, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure actually, I even had a look through his service record at the National Archives and it didn't even specify; it just stated he was sick and in hospital for a total of ninety days. Abraham, B.S. (talk) 08:16, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
 * This is not verifiable and I shouldn't be included, but I'd guess the Spanish Flu. Borg Sphere (talk) 21:04, 3 September 2008 (UTC)