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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that at the age of 84, Charles Duke is the youngest man to have walked on the Moon?
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Doubles on the moon?[edit]

What is this foolishness about Charlie Duke finding 100,000 year old doubles of themselves on the moon?! I'm removing it as it is most likely a prank or disinformation. Besides, it is in a trivia section. 125.238.138.136 22:17, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Um, wasn't signed in. The above was me. Roswell Crash Survivor 22:21, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I take it back, so Chiakin claimed he spoke to Duke, whom in turned say he sawthat in one of his dreams. Wasn't entirely clear. I am still removing it. Roswell Crash Survivor 22:23, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

He had a dream while he was on the moon where this happened. It is mentioned in his autobiography and the film. "For All Mankind". I am a regular contributor but am on an unsecured wifi network now. I will sign in and add the appropriate references later this week. I am attending a speech he is giving in a few days. --24.218.11.38 (talk) 20:44, 3 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Brother & niece?[edit]

Why are the professions of his brother & niece included in the first paragraph of this page? They add nothing of value or interest & are not relevant to his career and the feat Charlie is best known for - walking on the Moon. 86.142.204.216 16:49, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. Un-encyclopedic info removed! --Kralizec! (talk) 02:26, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

left a family picture on the moon's surface[edit]

http://gizmodo.com/5377509/this-is-not-your-ordinary-family-photo

i though it might be revelant for someone with more wikiskills than me to add this little but very interesting fact —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.41.93.242 (talk) 20:28, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lancaster High School (Lancaster, South Carolina)[edit]

Hello, I have added a tag on his high school for improvement--Scoobynaiterpaul123 (talk) 20:19, 4 March 2011 (UTC). Hey again! I have also added a new picture.--Scoobynaiterpaul123 (talk) 21:30, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Graduated from AFA but not in Florida[edit]

The article matches Duke's official bio, saying he graduated from Admiral Farragut Academy in St. Petersburg FL in 1953, so maybe it shouldn't be changed. However, I find this odd because the AFA he went to was in Pine Beach NJ. AFA was a prestigious all-boys military school in a sleepy NJ town near Toms River at the time. Many AFA kids would go on to the Navy, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marines. It had financial difficulty in the 1990s and had to shut its doors (the campus has since been sold and the buildings destroyed). But with wealthy and powerful alumni and a long history, it was able to reinvent itself as a coed, less military-oriented, prep school in Florida. Should this Wikipedia article say he graduated from AFA in Pine Beach NJ, to be more accurate? — Preceding unsigned comment added by BK DC (talk • contribs) 14:40, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Coors distributorship[edit]

Leaving this here in case anyone wants to track it down, but did he get that Coors distributorship? Should probably mention that was his plan on leaving the corps.

<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20570089/florida_today/|title=Astronaut Corps Getting Thinner and Thinner|newspaper=Florida Today|location=Cocoa, Florida|page=11A|date=September 18, 1975|last1=Chriss|first1=Nicholas}}</ref>

See ref formatted above (used it in another article). Thanks! Kees08 (Talk) 09:39, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

He and Sheppard both.[1] Also, this;[2] but seems to be a blog. TJRC (talk) 21:26, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Hurt III, Harry. "Muscling in on Texas Beer". Texas Monthly. No. March 1976. p. 111. Retrieved June 1, 2018. Should Coors ever try to market on the moon, they have two distributors who are already familiar with the territory: Alan B. Shepard (Houston), the first American in space and the fifth person to walk on the lunar surface; and Charles M. Duke (San Antonio) , the tenth man on the moon.
  2. ^ Westapher, Geoff (December 12, 2017). "Moon man." Beer Business Unplugged. Retrieved June 1, 2018.

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Reviewer: Kees08 (talk · contribs) 16:10, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]


Images

All images reviewed for copyright. Kees08 (Talk) 16:36, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

What do you think of the Naval Academy photo? I created that one myself. I found the pic of his test pilot class on Commons, but it was not tagged with any of the astronauts. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:21, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Actually I had spent a lot of time reviewing that one, specifically looking for if Lucky Bag was considered PD or not. I did not see anything that indicated that it was. The military photos we have are all similar though, and we did receive a response which is somewhat documented in the deletion request. Not sure if we can have any military portraits like those until they fall into the public domain. Kees08 (Talk) 16:53, 22 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
There's no copyright notices, archives.org put the book up on its suite, and the US Naval Academy used a smaller version of the image on its site. So I thought it was okay. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:21, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
References
  • EVA time in infobox differs from article
    Yeah. Set it to what the article says. I've checked Orloff, Wilde and Portee, and everyone is agreed that the surface EVAs were 20:14, and then there was another 1:23 minutes on the way back, making 21:38. Going with that. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:30, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    EVA time in infobox and intro is different. Kees08 (Talk) 17:16, 22 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    The latter was just the Moon time. Chnaged to match the infobox. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:08, 22 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Looks good but you may consider adding the total time somewhere in the prose as well, currently in the infobox and lead only. Kees08 (Talk) 21:55, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Would be nice if we could find a reference where the source was clearer, since we do not know what newspaper this was scanned from. Do better references exist? "Willie Catherine Duke: Was DAR state regent". www.familysearch.org. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
    FindaGrave has one from the Charlotte Observer. [1] 19:44, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
    Okay, I requested that resource from the resource exchange and can replace the citation we have with that. Kees08 (Talk) 22:06, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Received it already and replaced in article, if anyone needs the text feel free to email. Kees08 (Talk) 23:24, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Combine this with the other citation (41 and 47 on the version I am reviewing) "James May Speaks to Charles Duke". BBC Archive. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
    Combined. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:44, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Looks like this disappeared completely? Kees08 (Talk) 17:16, 22 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, it was the wrong link. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:08, 22 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Add Jones as the author "ALSEP Off-load". Apollo 16 Lunar Surface Journal. NASA. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
    Done. I was a bit concerned that there wasn't enough about Apollo 16. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:44, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Access date formatted differently Stryker Brothers (August 28, 2018), #SearchForTheStrykers from Astronaut, Charlie Duke (Part One), retrieved July 24, 2019
    Checked date formats. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:44, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Emmis Communications, Communications, Emmis. Seems a little redundant, formatting on this ref can be improved. Communications, Emmis (February 1988). Texas Monthly. Emmis Communications. p. 119.
    Removed. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:44, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think you can replace "Professional Profile". Charlieduke.net. Archived from the original on August 21, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2015. with "Astronaut Bio: Charles Duke 05/94". NASA Johnson Space Center. Archived from the original on December 17, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2013. when citing the flying hours, since the information likely came from that bio.
    Done. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:44, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Prose

Will mostly be making changes like the ones I have made already, let me know if you object to any.

  • This sounds odd to my ear, sentence is a little long/rambling He served as CAPCOM for Apollo 11, the first crewed landing on the Moon, where his distinctive Southern drawl became familiar to audiences around the world as the voice of a Mission Control made nervous by a long landing that almost expended all of the lunar module Eagle's fuel.
    Split sentence in twain. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:30, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Classwork one or two words? class work and
    The spell checker says no; it appears to be an Americanism. Changed to "classwork". Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:17, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Again was used at the end of the previous paragraph, maybe rephrase one to avoid the repetition Once again, Duke had his choice of assignments,
    Changed the first one to "also". Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:17, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rephrase this: He applied to do an aeronautical engineering at North Carolina State University
    Rephrased. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:17, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Capitalize Master of Science in its master of science degree
    Capitalised. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:17, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Capitalize Master of Science his master of science degree
    Capitalised. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:17, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Could replace 'seeking to recruit' with 'recruiting' NASA announced that it was seeking to recruit a
    Done. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:17, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Should the 'for's be there? astronaut selections in progress: for NASA and for the USAF's Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program.
    Yes, because of the need to emphasise that there were two astronaut programs. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:17, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Should this be rephrased to be that if both accepted him he had to join MOL, or something similar? Not sure what the intent is without analyzing the sources He told Duke that he could apply for both, but if he did, MOL would take him.
    Nominations to NASA had to come through Air Force channels, so it got to pre-screen them. He would only get one offer, and that would be from MOL.
    Could you rephrase it to sound more like that? Kees08 (Talk) 22:20, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Added. Duke undersells himself a bit. Clearly he was regarded as one of the Air Force's top pilots. Luck played a great part too though. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:49, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Any way to avoid using of so much here? Astronaut training included four months of studies of subjects
    Changed to "covering subjects" Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:17, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Believe this should be '12' and twelve on
    MOS:NUMERAL: Integers greater than nine expressible in one or two words may be expressed either in numerals or in words Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:17, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Believe there is a wiki article for rocket combustion instability 1966 indicated combustion instability.
    Linked. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 09:32, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Missions (plural)? The pace of the early Apollo mission meant that multiple crews
    Pluralised. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 09:32, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • With no signs of life on the Moon would sound more scientific, but indifferent, your choice with no signs of Moon germs
    Re-worded. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 09:32, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Teflon gets capitalized right? I believe it is in the Apollo 13 article at least. CM's teflon fuel tank
    Teflon is a trade mark, but probably shouldn't be. Capitalised. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 09:32, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Reading through Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Capital_letters#Trademarks makes me think it should be capitalized unless you can highlight something specifically that says it should not be. Kees08 (Talk) 22:18, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Capitalised. I tend to think that it has become generic. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:49, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think liftoff is either one word or two words, non hyphenated, unless used in a situation like 'the lift-off vibrations' (if you are using two words) under 12 minutes after lift-off
  • Removed the hyphen. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 09:32, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not sure nearly is the right word, perhaps 'could have been' It was nearly a fatal accident;
    Changed. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 09:32, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • British spelling 2,238,598 kilometres
    Switched. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 09:32, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • DAB page John D. Ryan
    Some else handled this one. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 09:32, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Lowercase 'as' where, As of December 2019, he and wife Dotty remain.
    Lowercased. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 09:32, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
General
  • Seems pretty random His mother traced her ancestry back to Colonel Philemon Berry Waters, who fought in the American Revolutionary War.
    Goes to his involvement in the Sons of the American Revolution. Others editors thought it was important enough to link him from that article. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:17, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not sure 'as a local boy' is needed. As a first step, Duke went to see his local Congressman, James P. Richards, who lived in Lancaster, and Richards said that he would be pleased to give Duke his nomination, as a local boy.
    I wanted to emphasise that Richards' willingness to nominate Duke was because he was from Lancaster, and not because of any obvious talent. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:17, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Seems pretty trivial They went to Jamaica for their honeymoon, but came down with food poisoning.
    Goes to his reputation as Typhoid Mary. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:17, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Hawkeye7: Just the last couple of points above and we can finish this up. Kees08 (Talk) 22:20, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Way, way too detailed (examples)[edit]

"He was no athlete, but played golf for the academy team."

"They went to Jamaica for their honeymoon, but came down with food poisoning."

"They met and befriended a young couple, Glenn and Suzanne House. Glenn was an architect, and he agreed to design them a house for $300."

"Duke contracted rubella (German measles) from Paul House, the son of Glenn and Suzanne House."

"Duke had always been fond of Coors Beer, which was only available in Texas around Dallas and El Paso at the time."

"The Lancaster News ran his picture on the front page along with the announcement of his acceptance." Fghijklmn45679 (talk) 08:28, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ancestor born in 1775 fought in Revolutionary War?[edit]

"His mother traced her ancestry back to Colonel Philemon Berry Waters (1775–1807), who fought in the American Revolutionary War.[2]". This is clearly wrong as the treaty ending the war was signed in 1783. 2600:1702:1D30:1690:F59D:5CA6:E8C:2823 (talk) 07:28, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The article was descrated by another anonymous editor. Colonel Philemon Waters was born in 1734. The editor's edits have been reverted. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 09:49, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Commonly known as Colonel Duke ?[edit]

Per a recent NYT article, and some Google searching, this guy was/is commonly known simply as "Colonel Duke" -- yet there's no mention of it in the article. I can't seem to find any reason *why* that is, but its unusual-ness seems to bear mention? DrewHeath (talk) 13:38, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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