Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Ellis Wackett

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Ellis Wackett

Promoted --Eurocopter (talk) 14:59, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator(s): Ian Rose (talk)

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Nominating yet another Air Marshal for A-Class review, this one however best-known as an engineer, as well as being a pilot and the service's first parachute instructor, and the longest-serving member of the RAAF Air Board. Any and all comments welcome, including suggestions before a possible FAC nom... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 13:44, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support This is yet another excellent article on an important RAAF figure. I do have some comments though:
- There are some very long sentences which should be broken up. The first sentences in the 'World War II' and 'Post-war career' sections, for example.
  - Firstly, tks for review/support/comments, Nick. Re. this one, for now just done the 'Post-war career' sentence, which I agree readily lent itself to splitting. Will review further before any FAC submission. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 15:04, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Did he command 'a' Papuan Survey Flight or 'the' flight? I doubt that there would have been more than one, but could be wrong about this
  - Yep, think we can risk 'the'... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 15:04, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Can anything more be said about his role in World War II? Given that the RAAF went from being technically backwards in 1939 to successfully operating hundreds of very sophisticated aircraft in 1945 there seems to be scope (if not sources!) to expand this section.
  - Granted, for now I've just tried to restrict myself to what I can attribute directly to Wackett through the available sources, though I did find mention of yet another committee he served on along with brother LJ. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 15:04, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- The sizes of the photos shouldn't be fixed Nick-D (talk) 04:55, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Well there has been a fair bit of discussion on this at the FAC and MOS talk pages, and consensus as I see it is that thumbs are not mandated where they provide little useful visual info and one is forced to click on them to see anything worthwhile. Perhaps as a test case, Tony increased the size of those in my current FAC article, John Lerew, and I haven't noticed a rush to reduce them again, though admittedly the FAC hasn't closed yet. There's also talk of increasing the default pic size, so I haven't gone round altering the size of pics in other articles I've worked on, but I think at the size they are in this article now we have a better chance of curtailing the necessity to click on them to get a decent image, which improves the reading experience... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 15:04, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support No problems reported with external or disambig links. All images have alt text as per our new requirements. Outstanding article to read. Keep up the good work! TomStar81 (Talk) 05:18, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support I believe this article meets the criteria. More good work, Ian. Well done. — AustralianRupert (talk) 07:26, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support ~~Comments~~ - another excellent and interesting article. Just a few comments:

Is there any particular reason why Wackett's service in the RAN is not included in the "Service/branch" section of the infobox? I think it merits inclusion as he did begin his military career in the RAN, and spent eight years in the service.
- Okay. I think we had the same question with Joe Hewitt and didn't bother with it then but, hey, why not? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:14, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The images in the article are excellent, but I do tend to think they are slightly to large. To me, they seem to over power the text a little due to their size. Would it be possible to tone them down slightly?
- Okay, made 250px since that may well become the default. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:14, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Better. :) Abraham, B.S. (talk) 11:00, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
"Graduating in 1918, he was commissioned in 1921 and posted to England for study." - Would it be possible to add the rank he was commissioned as? I presume it was as a sub-lieutenant?
- I presume it too but the source for the commissioning date doesn't state the rank explicitly. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:14, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Is there anything in/at the National Archives? Abraham, B.S. (talk) 11:00, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Is it known why he applied to join the RAAF?
- Heh, take it as read with these bios - if I knew I'd include it 'cos it interests me too... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:14, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Bugger. I'll just pretend to think he transferred due to Lawrence's influence. Lol :) Abraham, B.S. (talk) 11:00, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
"chutes" is a tad colloquial, isn't it?
- Maybe - changed anyway. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:14, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 06:25, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

All of my concerns have been addressed, so I'm happy to support. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 11:00, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support YellowMonkey (cricket photo poll!) paid editing=POV 06:08, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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