Talk:John Brooke-Little

Peer Review

• I have made a few minor changes.Ncox 22:19, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

• I don't know the answer to this but middle name Brooke as well as Brooke-Little? Kittybrewster 22:44, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

• Added Arthur Charles Fox-Davies Kittybrewster

It's not unusual for English gentry families to use a name twice: my local church has a memorial to Richard Hay Hay! 193.63.239.165 11:58, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

• I've added a bit more material and cleaned up a bit. If you have any more ideas and suggestions, perhaps you could add them to the Peer Review discussion.--Evadb 10:26, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Last surviving

When it says that he had been one of the last surviving officers of arms at the Coronation more detail could be desired. --Daniel C. Boyer 18:35, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, this obituary in The Herald says that he was "the last survivor of the dozen English heralds who attended on the Queen at her Coronation in 1953" but he was not a member of the College of Arms at the time of the Coronation... -- ALoan (Talk) 19:25, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

I found that interesting, as well. There were others involved in the coronation who are still working at the College today. For example, Sedley Andrus was not yet an officer of arms in 1953, but he was working at the College before World War II. He subsequently became a pursuivant and a herald and is still a herald extraordinary.--Evadb 08:25, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

GA Failure awarded

• No fair use rationales on images
• References aren't properly formatted
• One references doesn't work

Please see WP:CITE and WP:FAIR. Highway ^{Rainbow Sneakers} 17:54, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the input. I think I've fixed the problems that you've mentioned. I've gone through and looked at the fair use rationale of the images and tried to get them up to snuff. I've also gone through and added in line citations in a proper format all through the piece. I think it helps a lot. Maybe we can try another evaluation?--Eva ^db 07:10, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Everything asked was fixed, the fair use rationale has been adjusted though considering nothing in public domain a that the man is dead is somewhat difficult to get hold of them pictures. I re-read the whole article and would consider an expansion in the Honours and appointments section to include people's criticism or views toward him. Lincher 00:57, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Heraldists

If John Brooke-Little was an officer of arms is it necessary to categorize him as an heraldist as well?--Dave Boven 07:40, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Featured Article

Can this article be nominated again as a Featured Article?

Front Page

But why is the picture of this bloke as a school kid? It doesn't really help illustrate the subject. MrBeast 00:51, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

It would seem that this is the only image in the article that is in the public domain and not a fair use image. None of the others have a free license, and thus, cannot be used on the mainpage. That's how I understand it, anyway.--Eva ^bd 00:57, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes, the picture on the Main page must be a free image. If you can find a better free image, please do so. —Centrx→talk • 10:49, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Short biographical gap

Brooke-Little turned 18 in 1945. He went to Oxford in 1949, at 22. What happened in the middle? Skimming the biographies suggested that he was teaching; one makes vague reference to National Service. Might be worth a passing mention... Shimgray | talk | 01:05, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps, since National Service was practically universal at the time, it is unremarkable.Myopic Bookworm 12:03, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Knighthood

The article makes quite a deal about his not being knighted, but of his five predecessors as Norroy and Ulster, only three were knighted, so however peeved he may have been, it's hardly unusual. Myopic Bookworm 12:01, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Catholicism

The article states that he was a member of the Sovereign Military Order of the Knights....of Malta. That is restricted only to practising Roman Catholics, so perhaps somewhere in this article we should mention his religious background. Was he Anglican or Roman Catholic?