Talk:Kenneth R. Shadrick

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September 19, 2011Good article nomineeListed
October 21, 2011WikiProject A-class reviewApproved
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Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on August 13, 2011.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that after Kenneth R. Shadrick became the first U.S. foot soldier reported killed in the Korean War, his father traced the tragedy back to a stolen football uniform?
Current status: Featured article

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: DThomsen8 (talk) 21:34, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As a biography, this article should have a completed persondata template. The article also needs copy editing. For example, "As he was 17 years old at the time, Shadrick had to convince his parents to papers allowing him to enlist." This probably means he had to have his parents sign permission papers, but it doesn't say so. There are other places which could be clearer. I would suggest that the Guild of Copy Editors should be requested to do a copy edit. --DThomsen8 (talk) 21:34, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Persondata template added. I have performed another copy edit, please let me know if you still see any major grammatical issues in the article. —Ed!(talk) 04:36, 9 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This review's apparently been abandoned (poked the reviewer, as did you multiple times), so I'm putting it back in the queue. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 16:27, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Reviewer: Nikkimaria (talk • contribs • count) 00:46, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I will be reviewing this article for possible GA status. My review should be posted shortly. Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 00:46, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Though improvements are possible, all in all this article meets the GA criteria, so it's been passed. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:11, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Writing and formatting[edit]

  • "when his body was taken to an outpost where reporter Marguerite Higgins identified him as the first soldier killed in the war" - grammar
  • Avoid "month of year" phrasings

Accuracy and verifiability[edit]

  • Spotchecks of a few sources found no issues with verifiability or close paraphrasing
  • Not sure why, but most of your harvlinks don't appear to be working
    • Just checked all of them and all are working. —Ed!(talk) 14:40, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Use a consistent format for retrieval dates
  • Check italicization in citations
    • Fixed so all instances of it are because of citation template formats. —Ed!(talk) 14:40, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Be consistent in whether you use {{cite}} or {{citation}}

Broad[edit]

  • Do we know his mother's maiden name?
    • Nothing in the sources indicates it. I suppose I could try to look through birth records but that may be original research. —Ed!(talk) 14:42, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Maybe a bit too much background on the Korean War, not enough on Shadrick's involvement. Do we know when he was sent to Korea, for example?
    • He was a part of the 34th Infantry and in the early phase of the war just moved with that regiment, so there isn't a lot to say on his involvement because it's basically saying the same thing. —Ed!(talk) 14:40, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Neutrality[edit]

  • In the American high-school system, what grade is represented by "A"?

Stability[edit]

No issues

Images[edit]

  • File:Kenneth_Shadrick.jpg: source doesn't indicate the original source of this image - how do we know it's US Army?
    • The source page [1] indicates the photos on the site are a donation from the family. I don't know how to source this. —Ed!(talk) 14:50, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • File:24_Infantry_Division_SSI.svg is sourced to itself
  • File:United_Nations_Service_Medal_for_Korea_Ribbon.svg, File:Korean_War_Service_Medal_ribbon.png, File:Presidential_Unit_Citation_(Korea).svg: on what source(s) were these images based?
    • I've never dealt with this before, but I know all the images editors are basing these on can be found here. —Ed!(talk) 14:50, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Entire article inaccurate[edit]

If the soldier was originally listed by the reporter as the "first reported fatality" of the U.S. Army in Korea, and the other, earlier fatalities are still unknown (and hence, unreported), what is the problem? He is still the first "reported" fatality, just as the journalist reported. This seems like whoever wrote the article is unaware of the distinctions between the categories and was trying to hard to make a point. Also draws a lot of conclusions not supported by sources.68.144.172.8 (talk) 00:21, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No - Higgins reported that he was the first to be killed, which was incorrect (see this history of the war, which says "Miss Higgins erroneously publicized Shadrick as being the first American infantryman killed in the Korean War.") Many others repeated this (including as recently as 2011). You are wrong to think that the entire article is based on an incorrect premise. BencherliteTalk 00:47, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"American football"?[edit]

"During his sophomore year in 1948, he developed an interest in American football..." Given that the article is written in American English (as the subject was from the USA), is it necessary to prefix the word "American" to football? 138.16.18.24 (talk) 06:27, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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