Talk:William March

William March was one of the Language and literature good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
March 9, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
June 29, 2007	WikiProject A-class review	Not approved
August 16, 2009	Good article reassessment	Delisted

Current status: Delisted good article

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Good Article Nomination[edit]

Good evening (GMT time); I have reviewed this article on 21:43, 9 March 2007 (UTC) in accordance with the Good Article (GA) criteria. There are seven main criteria that the article must comply with to pass:

Well-written: Pass
Factually accurate: Pass
Broad: Pass
Neutrally written: Pass
Stable: Pass
Well-referenced: Pass
Images: Pass

I have concluded that, in my opinion, the article has passed all categories and I therefore award it GA status. However, I would recommend the use of inline citations in the article: the GA criteria highly recommends this format of citing sources.

Otherwise, congratulations to the lead editors, and keep up the good work!

Kind regards,
anthonycfc ^[talk] 21:43, 9 March 2007 (UTC) |}[reply]

I added the citation for March's DSC and links to sources for both the DSC and Navy Cross citations. I also clarified (I hope) the timeline of these awards: the Navy Cross was created after World War I, and the Navy then honored its many Marine and Navy heroes of the war, included those previously honored by the Army. I also noted parenthetically, given the name on the citation, that his birthname was still used at the time. However, the author of the article should probably clarify somewhere in the article when March began using his pen name, rather than leaving that in the trivia section.207.38.168.98 21:55, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What is the ultimate source of the assertion (not, apparently, made till 2006) that Campbell was "a deeply closeted homosexual"? No mention of his claimed homosexuality appears in Simmonds's biography, The Two Worlds of William March. The very phrase "deeply closeted" makes the assertion worth questioning. In the absence of proof either way, it would be wise to delete this assertion, which I have done. PhD (talk) 17:49, 16 November 2008 (UTC)PhD[reply]

GA Reassessment[edit]

This discussion is transcluded from Talk:William March/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.

Starting GA reassessment as part of the GA Sweeps process. Jezhotwells (talk) 09:18, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Checking against GA criteria[edit]

This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force in an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed, listed below. I will check back in seven days. If these issues are addressed, the article will remain listed as a Good article. Otherwise, it may be delisted (such a decision may be challenged through WP:GAR). If improved after it has been delisted, it may be nominated at WP:GAN. Feel free to drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions, and many thanks for all the hard work that has gone into this article thus far.

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose):
I made some copy-edits, more could be done.
b (MoS):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references):
~~Ref #3 [1] doesn't exist at Brittanica anymore; I also found a dead link amogst the ELs, both are tagged. I replaced several others from the Internet Archive.~~ There are some outstanding citation needed tags which need to be addressed and I have added some more to unsourced paragraphs. Jezhotwells (talk) 09:59, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
b (citations to reliable sources):
All sources seem to be reliable for the purposes for which they are used. Jezhotwells (talk) 09:59, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
c (OR):
It is broad in its scope.
a (major aspects):
b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars etc.:
It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales):
b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:
On hold for seven days for above issues to be fixed. Major contributors and projects will be informed. Jezhotwells (talk) 09:59, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK, it has been nine days now, some improvements have been made, but there are still outstanding ciattion needed tags. Can these be sorted in the next 48 hours? If not, I will delist. The article can always be brought backt o WP:GAN when ready. Jezhotwells (talk) 11:15, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, delisted as no further work has been done. Jezhotwells (talk) 23:56, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unrecognized geniuses[edit]

I think the unrecognized genius of our time quote should be better attributed and moved lower down in the opening paragraphs. It's not clear who said it, when or in what context. Cheerios! ChildofMidnight (talk) 17:02, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]