Talk:Mark Matthews

message: This article doesn't mention any service in World War I. I assume he was in the service then, but there is no mention of being overseas. Why the link on the article page? --Daysleeper47 16:11, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: World War I service

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message: Note that the recent AfD debate on this article was closed with the following comment: "the result was keep, with the provision that the sources CP mentions are added. If they are not, then this article can be resent to AFD.". --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 12:35, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Let's AfD it then. Neal (talk) 13:53, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeesh Neal, give me a few days to get to this. I'm working and then traveling for a few days, so I won't be able to big things (GA reviews, references for the List of centenarians or sourcing this article) until the 20th at the earliest. Furthermore, once I do get on break, I want to save Carlo Orelli first. I'm not entirely certain that it's worth saving but, since it was my first WP article (clearly before I understood the criteria for inclusion), I want to try and save it if I can. I kept my promise with Moses Hardy, I plan to do so here as well. Cheers, CP 17:31, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, thank you. You have my admiration. Neal (talk) 18:02, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Orelli sourced. Mark Matthews is the project of the day. Cheers, CP 17:48, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  AfD closure requires more sources 

message: There were a few small problems with this article, but nothing which might have hinder its promotion for too long. I have changed all the small stuff which I felt needed it, and I have one or to queries below. Please let me know if the changes I made were correct and answer the questions below. Once these are dealt with then I will be happy to pass the article.
*The infobox indicated service in World War I but the article gave no mention of this. Please confirm whether or not he did serve in World War I (i.e. in France rather than Stateside) and give some background as to why he was not sent overseas with the army.
*Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was not called the Queen Mother until 1952. As the article is talking about 1931, this is an anachronism and I have changed it.
*I have changed that he left the army several years before desegregation. The US army was desegregated in 1948/49 before the Korean War, so although its not known exactly when he left the service, it can't have been years before desegregation.
*Is there a reason it mentions specifically that he never complained about segregation? Was it raised especially in the sources?
Once the above questions are address satisfactorily I will pass this very nice short article.--Jackyd101 (talk) 22:52, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: All excellent answers, and the article is now a GA, congratulations. The reason I asked the last question was that I happen to have written one of my undergraduate theses on the Buffalo Soldiers and in the interviews I read for that, few if any black soldiers were irritated by segregation (they were extremely irritated by the myriad of other injustices they faced, but most seem to have considered not having to fight alongside white soldiers they didn't trust an advantage more than anything.) In not complaining about segregation therefore, Matthews would be the rule rather than the exception. However, if a source has commented explicitly on this then it should probably stay in. As for the source you used for the World War I thing, it does seem at least quasi-official and I don't have a problem with it. Well done.--Jackyd101 (talk) 18:10, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's really interesting actually, I never even thought that it could be seen as an advantage! Haha. Thank you for the review! Cheers, CP 23:52, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Review

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