Talk:James McDivitt

Latest comment: 3 years ago by Theleekycauldron in topic Did you know nomination
Good articleJames McDivitt has been listed as one of the Natural sciences 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.
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Did You KnowIn the news Article milestones
DateProcessResult
September 7, 2021Good article nomineeListed
December 29, 2021Featured topic candidatePromoted
Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on September 28, 2021.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that astronaut James McDivitt (pictured) saw a UFO during his first spaceflight?
In the news A news item involving this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "In the news" column on October 18, 2022.
Current status: Good article
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McDevitt Street in Vandercook Lake

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I have removed the reference to the street in Vandercook Lake, Michigan, because I believe it is an error. Despite its proximity to Jackson College, it seems to be a coincidence. When I used to work at Jackson College, I was told that the street had nothing to do with James McDivitt. Although I cannot provide a citation showing that it is not named for him, I will point out that it is spelled different: "McDevitt" with an E. If someone has a citation showing that there is a McDivitt street in Vandercook Lake named for James McDivitt, then of course it should be re-included. Bunnyhugger (talk) 22:36, 16 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for your edit. You are certainly under no obligation to provide a citation that something is not true ("proving a negative"); indeed our guidelines place the burden of verifiability on the person who added the information. The spelling difference by itself seems pretty good proof that it was a mistake. JustinTime55 (talk) 19:48, 18 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

35th Bombardment Squadron?

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According to its page the 35th Bombardment Squadron was inactivated on 27 June 1949, so he can't have flown with it during the Korean War. Should this be 35th Fighter Squadron? Mztourist (talk) 08:06, 13 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

 Y Yes. Corrected. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:18, 28 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:James McDivitt/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 21:34, 5 September 2021 (UTC)Reply


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That's all for me. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 13:30, 6 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

Did you know nomination

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk18:48, 22 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

 
Astronaut James A. McDivitt in Air Force uniform
  • ... that astronaut James McDivitt (pictured) saw a UFO during his first spaceflight? Source: "he story of how I became a UFO expert! Well, what happened was that we were low on fuel and the spacecraft was just tumbling through space, end over end and sideways and all over. Ed was asleep. We were taking turns sleeping. And Ed was asleep, and I was doing something in the spacecraft. I looked outside, just glanced up, and there was something out there. It had a geometrical shape similar to a beer can or a pop can, and with a little thing like maybe like a pencil or something sticking out of it. That relative size, dimensionally. It was all white." ([1])
    • ALT1: ... that astronaut James McDivitt (pictured) appeared in an episode of The Brady Bunch? Source: "Bobby and Peter, on the night after meeting astronaut Brigadier General James McDivitt, are convinced they've seen a UFO hover above their backyard then disappear," ([2])

Improved to Good Article status by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 08:59, 7 September 2021 (UTC).Reply

ALT0 to T:DYK/P2