Talk:Helen Kendall

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 09:43, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

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Helen Kendall in 1919

• ... that Helen Kendall (pictured) was one of 446 Canadians to receive a Royal Red Cross for her service in World War I? Source: CBC News - For this, Kendall was given the Royal Red Cross Class 2 medal for her "exceptional act of bravery and devotion at her post of duty." Only 446 of these were given to Canadians.
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Created by MediaKyle (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

MediaKyle (talk) 20:41, 6 May 2025 (UTC). General eligibility:

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Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
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QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks fine. dxneo (talk) 13:33, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

@MediaKyle: I've been asked by @Dxneo: on my talk page to take a look at this. Most of this looks in order, however there are a couple of phrases that are a bit too close to the source for my liking (see the Earwig report) and I think these could be reworded. (Not bad for a first review though.)--Launchballer 14:02, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

@Launchballer: I was surprised to hear this, but after looking at Earwig I think I see what you mean. I believe I've solved the issue, the other highlighted sentences are basic statements of fact like "studied surgical nursing" and "returned to Canada in 1942", I don't see that as an issue, but let me know if I missed anything. Thanks a lot, MediaKyle (talk) 14:09, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

"3,000 Canadian women who served in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps as nursing sisters during the First World War" is the same as the source with the clauses moved around. That's close paraphrasing. I also think "studied surgical nursing at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, graduating" could be reworded at either end.--Launchballer 14:40, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

That makes sense, I see what you mean. I think it should be good now. Appreciate it, MediaKyle (talk) 16:50, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

It wasn't, but I resolved it myself. As I'm now involved I must ask for another reviewer.--Launchballer 17:19, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

Everything has been fixed. This one is good to go. dxneo (talk) 06:06, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

RRC/ARRC

If Kendall was "Awarded the Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class" then her post nominals should be ARRC ('A' for associate). Nedrutland (talk) 09:02, 9 June 2025 (UTC)