The article was promoted 01:51, 21 January 2008.
I'm nominating this article for featured article because ... it is a well written and comprehensive article that meets the featured article criteria. The article has had a thorough copy-edit, is fully referenced with inline citations and a wide range of appropriate images given the lifetime of the subject.
Jackson became ill and died at the peak of his career while still very young. This being the case, there is the temptation to lean towards hagiography when writing about him. I think we have managed to avoid this. Having said that, it is true that some observers at the time thought he was a better batsman than his contemporary Don Bradman and it is interesting, if not quite encyclopaedic to speculate on what might have been. Mattinbgn\ talk 12:06, 3 January 2008 (UTC) reply
*Comment "He died at the age of 23, the youngest Australian Test cricketer to do so." is awkward English and a rather contrived and minor statistic for the Lead anyway. Why not run on the previous sentence with "and died aged just 23." or similar? --
Dweller (
talk) 16:18, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
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More to follow -- Dweller ( talk) 10:22, 4 January 2008 (UTC) reply
-- Dweller ( talk) 16:20, 7 January 2008 (UTC) reply
I'm done now. -- Dweller ( talk) 16:54, 7 January 2008 (UTC) By the way, this is an excellent article and I'll be happy to support when we're done with the above. -- Dweller ( talk) 22:14, 7 January 2008 (UTC) reply
Thanks for your comments and suggestions; they have been very useful and have improved the article significantly. Cheers, Mattinbgn\ talk 15:14, 4 January 2008 (UTC) reply
The article was promoted 01:51, 21 January 2008.
I'm nominating this article for featured article because ... it is a well written and comprehensive article that meets the featured article criteria. The article has had a thorough copy-edit, is fully referenced with inline citations and a wide range of appropriate images given the lifetime of the subject.
Jackson became ill and died at the peak of his career while still very young. This being the case, there is the temptation to lean towards hagiography when writing about him. I think we have managed to avoid this. Having said that, it is true that some observers at the time thought he was a better batsman than his contemporary Don Bradman and it is interesting, if not quite encyclopaedic to speculate on what might have been. Mattinbgn\ talk 12:06, 3 January 2008 (UTC) reply
*Comment "He died at the age of 23, the youngest Australian Test cricketer to do so." is awkward English and a rather contrived and minor statistic for the Lead anyway. Why not run on the previous sentence with "and died aged just 23." or similar? --
Dweller (
talk) 16:18, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
reply
More to follow -- Dweller ( talk) 10:22, 4 January 2008 (UTC) reply
-- Dweller ( talk) 16:20, 7 January 2008 (UTC) reply
I'm done now. -- Dweller ( talk) 16:54, 7 January 2008 (UTC) By the way, this is an excellent article and I'll be happy to support when we're done with the above. -- Dweller ( talk) 22:14, 7 January 2008 (UTC) reply
Thanks for your comments and suggestions; they have been very useful and have improved the article significantly. Cheers, Mattinbgn\ talk 15:14, 4 January 2008 (UTC) reply