Talk:Charles Chellapah

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Watch out for Copies

There are a number of wikipedia copies (like Project Gutenberg) that have direct text copied from Wikipedia. Before changing the article check the source! Make sure you find reliable sources to cite.Sungodtemple (talk) 19:19, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

GA review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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

Nominator: Actuall7 (talk · contribs) 06:14, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: Icepinner (talk · contribs) 04:37, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

Resolved

I've had my eyes on this nomination for quite some time now. Expect comments soon (do be aware that I haven't reviewed a GAN since October, so please excuse any hiccups). Icepinner (Come to Hakurei Shrine!) 04:37, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

Finished with prose. Will review the other crieria later.

And... that's all I have! Amazing piece of work, will place it on hold for seven days. Icepinner (Come to Hakurei Shrine!) 08:05, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

@Icepinner: thanks for taking this up! Have addressed your comments below. – actuall7 (talk | contrib) 08:23, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Icepinner (Come to Hakurei Shrine!) 05:05, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

I'm satisfied that this nomination meets the GAN criteria and will therefore pass this review. Congratulations! Icepinner (Come to Hakurei Shrine!) 17:25, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Biography

Resolved

Early life and career

• Second paragraph: do we know approximately when he did all of these things (like joining AP, moving to Malaya, etc)? Icepinner (Come to Hakurei Shrine!) 05:05, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

• Actually, most of the info is in roughly chronological order; there are no strict dates, but most sources agree on this timeline. I have fine-tuned the text some more, so I hope it's more clear. – actuall7 (talk | contrib) 08:23, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Vietnam War and death

• "arrived in Saigon, Vietnam" would clarify that it's South Vietnam; "Vietnam" refers to unified Vietnam. Icepinner (Come to Hakurei Shrine!) 05:05, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

•  Done – actuall7 (talk | contrib) 08:23, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

• Footnote b: "admitted that 'The family was out of touch with him'". The start of the quote should not be capitalised? Icepinner (Come to Hakurei Shrine!) 05:05, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

•  Done – actuall7 (talk | contrib) 08:23, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

• "Củ Chi's dense forests were known to have multiple VC snipers and tunnels" you can link Củ Chi tunnels for "tunnels". Icepinner (Come to Hakurei Shrine!) 05:05, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

•  Done – actuall7 (talk | contrib) 08:23, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Aftermath and legacy

• "His family first learnt of his death on a Tamil-language broadcast on Radio Singapore" are you sure you added the correct link for Radio Singapore? The Radio Singapore International article says that the station was founded in 1994; it would be a bit strange for his family to receive the body 30 years after his date of death... The biblioasia source also says that the family learned of Chellapah's death via the BBC World Service. Icepinner (Come to Hakurei Shrine!) 08:05, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

• I have changed the link to point to Mediacorp#Radio Singapore, which I believe is the more proper Radio Singapore. Have also added a mention about the BBC World Service. – actuall7 (talk | contrib) 08:23, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

• "as 'His body was clean – no injury at all.'" quoted sentence shouldn't be capitalised, I believe. Icepinner (Come to Hakurei Shrine!) 05:05, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

•  Done – actuall7 (talk | contrib) 08:23, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Lead

Resolved

• "Chellapah was one of three Singaporean journalists to be killed during the war, and his photographs were featured in an exhibition that honoured journalists killed during the Vietnam War and his name is on the Reporters Memorial [fr] in Bayeux, France." is a bit long imo... would split the sentence after "one of three Singaporean journalists to be killed during the war". Icepinner (Come to Hakurei Shrine!) 08:05, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

•  Done – actuall7 (talk | contrib) 08:23, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

References

Resolved

Sources

• Sources are all good and reliable. I googled the subject and found that pretty much all of the RS sources on the results page were already cited; the others were blogs or non-RS sources. Looking at NewspaperSG, it seems that there's a 2011 article focusing on Chellapah and the other Singapore Vietnam War photographers. I can't access it unfortunately, but I ecnourage you to check it out. Icepinner (Come to Hakurei Shrine!) 08:05, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

• Thanks, will definitely try to incorporate it into the article in the future, if I find anything interesting in it. – actuall7 (talk | contrib) 08:23, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Spotcheck

Will spot check a handful of citations:

• [1]
  • a: pass
  • b: pass
  • c: pass (but given that the source attributes "his thirst for adventure, his free spirit and sense of purpose" for joining AP and going to Vietnam, I feel like it should be mentioned somewhere)

• I have added a quote by his brother in the Aftermath and legacy section, describing Chellapah's nature. – actuall7 (talk | contrib) 08:23, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

• • d: pass
• [8]
  • a:pass
  • b:pass
• [20]: pass
• [17]: pass
• [12/13]: pass

All good. No CLOP detected. Icepinner (Come to Hakurei Shrine!) 08:05, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

Images

Resolved

• File:Charles Chellapah, 1966 (cropped).jpg – appropriate license (photo taken by a US military personnel), though I wonder if the photograph can be edited to be of higher quality? Not required for GAN though, as the photo is of sufficient quality for the infobox. Icepinner (Come to Hakurei Shrine!) 08:05, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

• Hm, I'm not sure about how to improve the quality; I have also looked around for other images of him, but this seems to be the only PD one. – actuall7 (talk | contrib) 08:23, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

• If you're interested, I'd recommend visiting WP:GL. Icepinner (Come to Hakurei Shrine!) 17:25, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

• I wonder if an image of the Reporters Memorial (specifically the section with his name) could be added? If that doesn't exist, would a random image of the Reporters Memorial suffice? Icepinner (Come to Hakurei Shrine!) 08:05, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

•  Done, though not a section showing his name. – actuall7 (talk | contrib) 08:23, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Neutrality

Resolved

• Pretty neutral; article doesn't seem to present any outstanding bias whatsoever. Icepinner (Come to Hakurei Shrine!) 08:05, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

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