Talk:Wes Hall
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POV
I understand that this guy is a great cricketer and all, but the tone of this article is completely out of keeping with encyclopedic standards. I hesitate to edit, as I know little about cricket, but I do know enough about Wikipedia policies to know that this does not meet them. Please try to tone down the hagiography. Captainktainer * Talk 15:05, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
- True, it is a little over the top. I'll give it a go later if nobody else gets to it first. -dmmaus 06:56, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Done - Rothorpe 19:37, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
WP Cricket importance assessment
I think "low" was definititely too low. I've set it to "high", though I'm open to being convinced that it should be "med".
Sources
- Wes Hall's career -- Mattinbgn (talk) 05:22, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
- T&T Wes Hall Youth League -- Mattinbgn (talk) 05:26, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
- Hall and his teenage mother
- Honorary doctorate -- Mattinbgn (talk) 12:05, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
- awards -- Mattinbgn (talk) 12:13, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
- Trade unionist? -- Mattinbgn (talk) 06:12, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
How did this one get left out:
- Co-founder of Servol and study & work immediately after cricket. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 04:54, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
Politics
Hall's career in politics could be expanded to a section on its own if I could find some sources. I can find glimpses of it but not in reliable sources. I can't find out when he was appointed to the Senate, for example. He apparently left politics as a result of an 8% pay cut placed on the public service by his government, but no sources actually saying this. It's a bit frustrating. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 20:53, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
Also, Hall attended university in the UK. Does anyone know which one? Did he complete his degree/diploma? -- Mattinbgn (talk) 21:44, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
Great stuff
This is a really good piece of work. Just wondered about this:
- Hall himself claimed that it was his finest hour
Could finest hour be placed in quote marks? It would then counter objections that the section header is POV. --Dweller (talk) 10:26, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks. It most certainly could and I have now done so. Cheers, Mattinbgn (talk) 13:46, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
To be added. Knighthood by Q.E. II
Queen Elizabeth granted him a Knighthood.
- http://cananewsonline.com/news/80229-it%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98sir-wes%E2%80%99%3A-knighthood-for-legendary-cricketer%2C-public-figure%2C-wes-hall.html
- http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/its-sir-wesley/
CaribDigita (talk) 04:13, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
- Already added. Thanks for the heads up. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 08:07, 17 June 2012 (UTC)