Talk:Thompson Capper

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	Thompson Capper has been listed as one of the History good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can delist it, or ask for a reassessment.
Article milestones Date Process Result July 21, 2007 Good article nominee Listed October 15, 2007 Good article reassessment Kept Current Status: Good article

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[edit] GA review

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   a (fair representation): b (all significant views):

5. It is stable.

   

6. It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.

   a (tagged and captioned): b (lack of images does not in itself exclude GA): c (non-free images have fair use rationales):

7. Overall:

   a Pass/Fail:

Very good article. The Rambling Man 11:07, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Capper's death at the Battle of Loos

I understand there is some disagreement about the circumstances of Capper's death. I had heard that he was shot by a sniper while in a captured communication trench, but that his aorta was punctured leading to almost instant death, rather than dying next day from a wound to the lungs. His body was carried back by his ADC. However there are other accounts. I am not an expert on this topic - I am in fact researching a Rifleman in 1/KRRC who were also involved in the attacks on The Quarries during which Capper fell. Much pertinent discussion is available on the Great War Forum ( www.1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/) if you run a search on "Capper". There you will find a lot of detailed references to the source material. I recommend another contributor research this more thoroughly. Cheers, Mark Brockway —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.132.159.169 (talk) 12:13, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA Sweeps (Pass)

This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force. I realise that it wasn't very long ago it recieved its listing, but for completeness I have reassessed it anyway. I have made a couple of minor copyedits, and the comment above concerning the facts of Capper's death would be worth following up, but I believe the article still meets GA criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. The article history has been updated to reflect this review. Regards, EyeSerene^TALK 13:06, 15 October 2007 (UTC)