Talk:John Kinloch Anderson

AfD acceptance

For the record, after some consideration I have decided to accept this at AfD. I realise the sources cited are primary, and some may only offer passing mentions, but I concluded that the person likely meets WP:NACADEMIC #1 and/or #4, on account of his career contributions (including but not only the likely-notable books mentioned). -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 09:34, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

GA review

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

Nominator: Edward056686 (talk · contribs) 06:42, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: MSincccc (talk · contribs) 06:33, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, grammar, and understandability): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check.

   a (reference section): b (inline citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Prose

• As an initial comment, I would suggest adding the relevant language template ("Use...English"). MSincccc (talk) 07:53, 13 June 2026 (UTC)
  • Y

Early life and education

• Delink "United States", "Scotland" and "Delhi" per MOS:OL?
  • Y
• "where he received his bachelor of arts degree" → "where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree"
  • Y
• Wasn't the Royal Regiment of Scotland formed in 2006?
  • Mea culpa, he was in the Black Watch but it wasn't yet part of the Royal Regiment.
• "quickly become fluent in Asian languages" → "quickly became fluent in several Asian languages"
  • Y
• Could we avoid consecutive sentences beginning with "He" under the sub-section British Army service?
  • Y

Teaching career

• We could link to classical languages and teaching assistant.
  • Y
• "In 1958, Anderson and his family moved to Berkeley, California in the United States, where Anderson taught at the University of California, Berkeley." → "In 1958, Anderson and his family moved to Berkeley, California in the United States, where he taught at the University of California, Berkeley."
  • Y

MSincccc (talk) 12:26, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

Research and writing

• "underresearched field" → "under-researched field"
  • Y
• In 1985, Anderson published Hunting in the Ancient World which is one of the most comprehensive works
  • A comma before "which"?
  • Y
• A contemporary review by Donald G. Kyle...wrote that
  • "Noted" in place of "wrote"?
  • Y

Retirement and death

• "He continued to ride horses until later in his life" → "He continued to ride horses later in life"
  • Y

Lead

• Delink "archaeologist"?
  • Y
• "so that he could serve in World War II" → "to serve in World War II"
  • Y
• "before dying in 2015" → "before his death in 2015"
  • Y

Bottom line

• Edward056686 That's all from me for the prose. Best, MSincccc (talk) 08:44, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

Source-to-text spot check

• 1- Done
• 2- Done
• 3- Done
• 4- Done
• 5-often bringing them into his bed and evaluating them before he slept
  • Could this be slightly rephrased to avoid being exactly similar to the source?
    • • • Y
• 8- Done The source neither lists Hunting in the Ancient World nor the year 1985.

MSincccc (talk) 10:40, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

• • I added Sinitsyn to cite Hunting in the Ancient World and the year. Edward056686 (talk) 19:36, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

Images

• All's fine even though we could include an image of Anderson, if it's possible to do so. MSincccc (talk) 10:45, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
  • Thank you for taking the time to review this. I'll look for a photo of Anderson, although I'm doubtful as to whether I can find a photo of him that's published in the public domain. Edward056686 (talk) 19:36, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
    • I also added a photo of Xenophon. Edward056686 (talk) 23:27, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
      • Thanks for your responses. Fine to proceed. MSincccc (talk) 05:47, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

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Did you know nomination

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. Track your hook after promotion. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 22:53, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

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• Article history

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• ... that John Kinloch Anderson interrupted his studies to serve as an intelligence officer in World War II, and then became an archaeologist after the war?

• Source: https://journals.ur.edu.pl/anabasis/article/view/10255

• • ALT1: ... that John Kinloch Anderson tested ancient Greek horse riding techniques? Source: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4344841
  • ALT2: ... that John Kinloch Anderson relied on his knowledge of Asian languages while serving as an intelligence officer in World War II, and cited his horse riding experience while researching ancient Greece? Source: https://www.dailycal.org/2015/11/03/professor-emeritus-classical-archaeology-john-anderson-dies-91/

https://journals.ur.edu.pl/anabasis/article/view/10255

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Vitiges

Improved to Good Article status by Edward056686 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

Edward056686 (talk) 00:25, 25 June 2026 (UTC).

• Article recently promoted to GA, long enough. Article cited, neutral, BLP-compliant, presentable, with no obvious copyright violations. Hooks are short enough. Images licensed. QPQ done.
• In terms of the hooks: ALT0 is good to go. ALT1 needs to have "while researching a book" removed, as that is not in the source. The second part of ALT2 is also not a good paraphrase of the source. See below my suggestion for ALT3.

ALT3... that John Kinloch Anderson relied on his knowledge of Asian languages in military intelligence during World War II and his experience as a horse rider inspired his study of ancient Greek horsemanship?

• In summary, ALT0 is approved. ALT1 needs a slight modification (see above). ALT2 is slightly inaccurate, so I suggested ALT3 instead. Mariamnei ✦ ^{reach out 🕊️} 07:41, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
  • I like ALT3 and changed ALT1, but ALT2 is accurate. The source says that In his book Ancient Greek Horsemanship, Anderson repeatedly refers to his own experience in handling horses to support his arguments. We could change it to this:
  • ALT2: ... that John Kinloch Anderson relied on his knowledge of Asian languages while serving as an intelligence officer in World War II, and cited his own equestrian experience in a book about ancient Greek horsemanship? Edward056686 (talk) 07:48, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
    • I do not think that "cited his horse riding experience while researching ancient Greece?" is quite an accurate paraphrase of "In his book Ancient Greek Horsemanship, Anderson repeatedly refers to his own experience in handling horses to support his arguments." It means that he discussed his own experience when discussing practices in ancient Greece, but it does necessarily touch on the research. So let's go with ALT0, ALT1 or ALT3, unless you want to reword ALT2. I would recommend keeping it as is, since we have 3 viable hooks. Mariamnei ✦ ^{reach out 🕊️} 12:35, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
      • Thank you again for reviewing this. Does this mean that you also don't like the reworded version of ALT2 that you're replying to, or are you just referring to the original wording? Edward056686 (talk) 16:41, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
        • For the record, I'm all right with not using some of the hooks. Edward056686 (talk) 03:45, 27 June 2026 (UTC)