Talk:Paul Pavelka/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Generalissima (talk · contribs) 04:02, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Oh hey, you brought this to GAN! I'll try to review this next few days. Generalissima (talk) 04:02, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

So sorry for delaying on this :( I complete got sidetracked.

Criterion #1: Well-written

Lede is good, though you should briefly mention where and how he died.

I think early life would flow better if you mention his parents names in the first sentence (eg; Hungarian immigrants, Paul and Anna Pavelka). This way you can avoid naming his father in the last sentence of this paragraph, which would make it a lot clearer. Rest of section seems good.

World War I section seems good.

•  all fixed. ~ Tails Wx (he/him • aroace • 🐾) 13:42, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Criterion #2: Verifiable

I checked a couple sources.

• Nordhoff, p. 379
  • Source confirms all four times you use it.

• The Champaign Daily News 1915, p. 6.
  • Source checks out (though please replace this with a clipping so people don't need a subscription.)

• The Washington Times 1915, p. 5
  • Checks out, but ditto.

• The Parsons Daily Sun 1916, p. 4
  • Ditto.

• The Atlanta Constitution 1917.
  • Ditto.

• Hm. I would clip them but unfortunately I can't seem to create an account. I'll try working out another plan around this. ~ Tails Wx (he/him • aroace • 🐾) 13:42, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Criterion #3: Broadness

This is the one I'm a little unsure on. The article feels a bit "dense", and I think you can still milk your sources quite a bit. If there's any way you can add detail to his early life, that'd be great, cause right now he's just jumping from place to place with no detail of what he's doing there (especially that Andes expedition, that shipwreck, and his... army service on the USS Maryland? That's either a typo or really interesting!)

Criterion #4: Neutrality

Yeah, this seems fine.

Criterion #5: Stable

Yep!

Criterion #6: Imaged

Add alt-text, please! I'm also unsure about the usefulness of the emblem of the Lafayette Escadrille; wouldn't that picture of his funeral from the 1920 Nordhoff source be more specific?

Sourcing on the images checks out though.

•  Alt-text added, though I think keeping the emblem of the Lafeyette Emblem is ok, it's at least relevant. ~ Tails Wx (he/him • aroace • 🐾) 17:22, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

• @Tails Wx: So sorry about the delay, left some comments for you. Generalissima (talk) 18:46, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
  • Looks like the background section has been improved! It's still a bit short, but we're running into what can be said about this figure from the sources available. I'd say this hits the GA criteria. Generalissima (talk) 04:34, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

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