Talk:Matthias W. Day

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A fact from Matthias W. Day appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 12 August 2007.

Matthias W. Day was a good article nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. Once these are addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake. Reviewed version: August 25, 2007

[edit] GA hold issues

1. lead is way too short, only one sentence, it should summarize the article
2. very little on his pre-West Point life, needs expanded
3. footnotes usually come after punctuation, not in the middle of a sentence
4. Footnote one points to the flipper article, it is not a reference
5. the quote at the bottom of the his class needs a ref
6. the narrative footnotes are confusing to follow
7. full dates need wikilinked
8. red links should be removed
9. solo years don't get linked
10. find more refs is possible and link more things, like LA could be linked

Sumoeagle179 20:17, 25 August 2007 (UTC)