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Malcolm Calder has been listed as one of the Warfare good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Review: June 3, 2026. (Reviewed version).

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GA review

Passed. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:45, 3 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Nominator: Zawed (talk · contribs) 09:43, 4 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs) 00:46, 1 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Picking this one up. Review to follow. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:46, 1 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Article looks pretty good.
Any idea when he married or who his wife was? [1][2]

I didn't at the time of nominating the article for GA, but another editor has since added this info. Zawed (talk) 09:43, 3 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

His autobiography, 'Down to Earth', was published in 2023 by his daughter. Normally we put titles of works in italics not single quotes (Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Titles of works) It does seem a little odd that you made no use of it.

Title now in italics; unfortunately I don't have access to the book to use it here. Zawed (talk) 09:43, 3 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Should Remuka be linked in the lead?

Linked. Zawed (talk) 09:43, 3 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Should the article be in Category:Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies?

Added cat. Zawed (talk) 09:43, 3 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Images:
File:Malcolm Calder, 1943 (cropped).jpg: Purists would ask for a PD-URAA tag
Turns out there is an issue here; I don't think it qualifies for PD-URAA tag, as it wasn't PD in 1996. I have replaced it with another image cropped from one that has been released into the PD. Zawed (talk) 09:43, 3 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:RNZAF English Electric Canberra B(I)12 at East Sale.jpg - okay

Sources:
Look fine to me.

Consider removing the space between fn 2 and 5
Done. Zawed (talk) 09:43, 3 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Is the newspaper called Press or The Press?
It is the Press, added and linked. Zawed (talk) 09:43, 3 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Spot checks:

2, 3, 5, 7 - okay

All this is just to prove that I did read it and review it. I will place on hold, but don't see any show-stopper issues. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:03, 1 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Hawkeye7: thanks for the review, much appreciated. I have dealt with your feedback as noted above. Cheers, Zawed (talk) 09:43, 3 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.