Owen Ray Skelton was one of the Engineering and technology 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. | |||||||||||||
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Owen Ray Skelton is credited with engineering a rubber engine mount system for cars known as "
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I looked up the New York Times obituary in order to put a specific date of death on the article. In doing that, there were some inconsistencies between that and the article that I wanted to discuss. The obit states that he died July 20, 1969, and that he was 81. I believe the date is correct, but the listing of him as 81 would be incorrect per the present Wikipedia article. It would make him 83 at time of death. This might really be inconsequential and I would probably go with 83 just fine over the 81 in the obit, but it does make one wonder. The Obit doesn't specifically state date or year of birth. It does, however, mention that he was survived by his wife Edith, two daughters, a step-daughter, one brother and eleven grandchildren. Also mentions he died in Palm Beach, Florida. The date and place of death I have no problems changing really, but it makes me wonder about his date of birth and his wife. Was he married twice? I didn't just want to take mention of Edna out if that was a different person or, if same person, how to explain the difference. Just some thoughts. Thank you. -- JoannaSerah ( talk) 20:04, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
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This article is part of Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20210315 and the Good article (GA) drive to reassess and potentially delist over 200 GAs that might contain copyright and other problems. An AN discussion closed with consensus to delist this group of articles en masse, unless a reviewer opens an independent review and can vouch for/verify content of all sources. Please review Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/February 2023 for further information about the GA status of this article, the timeline and process for delisting, and suggestions for improvements. Questions or comments can be made at the project talk page. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 09:36, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
Owen Ray Skelton was one of the Engineering and technology 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. | |||||||||||||
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A
fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the "
Did you know?" column on
December 27, 2012. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that
Owen Ray Skelton is credited with engineering a rubber engine mount system for cars known as "
floating power" to greatly cut down on engine vibration to the chassis? | |||||||||||||
Current status: Delisted good article |
This article is rated C-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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I looked up the New York Times obituary in order to put a specific date of death on the article. In doing that, there were some inconsistencies between that and the article that I wanted to discuss. The obit states that he died July 20, 1969, and that he was 81. I believe the date is correct, but the listing of him as 81 would be incorrect per the present Wikipedia article. It would make him 83 at time of death. This might really be inconsequential and I would probably go with 83 just fine over the 81 in the obit, but it does make one wonder. The Obit doesn't specifically state date or year of birth. It does, however, mention that he was survived by his wife Edith, two daughters, a step-daughter, one brother and eleven grandchildren. Also mentions he died in Palm Beach, Florida. The date and place of death I have no problems changing really, but it makes me wonder about his date of birth and his wife. Was he married twice? I didn't just want to take mention of Edna out if that was a different person or, if same person, how to explain the difference. Just some thoughts. Thank you. -- JoannaSerah ( talk) 20:04, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
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Reviewer: The Rambling Man ( talk · contribs) 21:34, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
Comments
circumstances?
That's about it, on hold.
The Rambling Man (
Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!)
11:14, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
This article is part of Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20210315 and the Good article (GA) drive to reassess and potentially delist over 200 GAs that might contain copyright and other problems. An AN discussion closed with consensus to delist this group of articles en masse, unless a reviewer opens an independent review and can vouch for/verify content of all sources. Please review Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/February 2023 for further information about the GA status of this article, the timeline and process for delisting, and suggestions for improvements. Questions or comments can be made at the project talk page. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 09:36, 9 February 2023 (UTC)