Talk:Oscar Holmes

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The result was: promoted by P199 (talk) 18:22, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

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• ... that during World War II, Oscar Holmes became the first black US naval aviator only because the still-segregated Navy initially thought the light-skinned Holmes was white? Source: Kraus, Terry. "Oscar Holmes: He Broke Three Color Barriers, but Few Knew" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration.Schneller, Robert J., Jr. (January–February 1998). "Oscar Holmes: A Place in Naval Aviation" (PDF). Naval Aviation News. United States Navy.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Baltasar Calvo

Created by Clarityfiend (talk). Self-nominated at 17:41, 25 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Oscar Holmes; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing: - what makes black past reliable?
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: - Not done
Overall: @Clarityfiend: Good article. Though, what makes Black Past a reliable source? Also, I may be confused but does the article contradict with Jesse L. Brown, I may be dumb here. Minor comment that isn't DYK mandatory, "He was survived by his wife and their three[3] or four[5] children." should probably be rid of per WP:SURVIVEDBY. QPQ also needed. Onegreatjoke (talk) 23:01, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

@Onegreatjoke: Have you read BlackPast.org? The Library of Congress and the New York Public Library reference librarians consider it reliable. As for SURVIVEDBY, that's a bit nitpicky, but okay. I'll rephrase it. Clarityfiend (talk) 09:33, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

As for Jesse Brown, the distinction appears to be due to the fact that Holmes was already a pilot when he enlisted, hence he didn't need flight training. Clarityfiend (talk) 18:55, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

@Clarityfiend: Alright, I still need a QPQ though. Onegreatjoke (talk) 20:30, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

@Onegreatjoke: QPQ done. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:19, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

@Onegreatjoke:, you were pinged here a month ago, have not responded, and are still actively editing. Please do the nominator the courtesy of responding. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 20:28, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

I don't remember seeing a ping for this but here. Onegreatjoke (talk) 20:31, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

I wonder...

...whether Dr. Oscar Holmes IV is one of his "several children" (or possibly grandchildren). —Mahāgaja · talk 14:44, 2 May 2023 (UTC)