Talk:Marine Wing Communications Squadron 48

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message: The Web site shows I commanded the squadron 1 January 1971 to 31 December 1973.  That is not correct.   
   
I took command of MWCS-4 on 6 March 1971, relieving LtCol John Kelleher.  The unit was redesignated MWCS-48, and I was relieved of command 1 April 1974 by Maj Russell Hackert.  
   
Col Dudley McFadden  
  
2602:306:3B92:BBA0:B94D:8A6B:BB1A:AA40 (talk) 23:14, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for your input, Col. McFadden. The editors of Wikipedia would be happy to make this correction for you. While I don't doubt your word, Wikipedia protocol prefers that edits be supported by sources – are there any websites, news articles, or military records you could point me to, so that I can check the rest of the table of commanders for date errors as well? Thanks, Altamel (talk) 17:18, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I encouraged Col. McFadden to post this request here in response to a message we received at OTRS, . I agree that we need to see sources for this information, though a lack of sourcing is already a major problem with the article. Given that Col. McFadden has pointed out that the article has a mistake in it, we should presumably remove the material until a source is provided? Cordless Larry (talk) 17:28, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: In that case, I'll just mark it as declined for the exact reason  mentioned. For these changes to take place, there needs to be a reliable source to back up the information. Since you didn't provide any, the changes cannot happen. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 17:58, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not me making the request, , and I don't know if sources exist. The issue is that not only is the request not accompanied by sources, but it has revealed that there could be inaccuracies in the article, which is largely unsourced. I will try to look to see if I can find any sources, but if not then I think we need to start removing unsourced material now that it has been challenged. Cordless Larry (talk) 18:06, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  I would agree with removing the commander list for now. I did a brief records search, which didn't turn up anything. Apparently Marines enlistment records aren't made public until fifty, sixty years afterwards, which puts a damper on the possibilities. Now, since Col. McFadden was higher up on the chain of command, it is possible his name might be listed elsewhere, but so far I have been unable to find any publicly available records. Altamel (talk) 18:32, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Cordless Larry (talk) 19:05, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

text: Having checked for possible sources, I am concerned that parts of the article might be a copyright violation of this. Cordless Larry (talk) 18:29, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correct Dates of Assignment as CO