Talk:Daniel L. Coberly

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. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: rejected by reviewer, closed by BorgQueen (talk) 21:00, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

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Daniel Coberly circa 2010

• ... that when Dan Coberly (pictured) retired from the military, he held the concurrent rank of an active duty Sergeant Major, and a captain in the Army Reserves? Source: "Introducing Dan Coberly" (PDF). By age 36, he had attained the highest Army enlisted rank of Sergeant Major and the rare distinction of concurrently holding a Presidential Army Reserve direct commission as a Captain. F
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jarren Horton

Created by Evrik (talk). Self-nominated at 17:27, 19 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Daniel L. Coberly; 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: - some concerns
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Evrik: Good article. Though I'm not seeing where citation 5 is cited nor do I see citation 6 and 7 cite " Among his many assignments, during this period he was a Senior Army Enlisted Advisor and Press Officer for the Centennial Olympic Games Joint Task Force; Media Analyst at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe; Senior Correspondent/Chief of Bureaus, Pacific Stars and Stripes daily newspapers; Public Affairs Chief, Department of Defense 50th Anniversary Commemoration of Aviation, and the Women's Army Corps where he supported the role of women in the military" Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:47, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

• @Onegreatjoke: forgive me for being dense, but I'm unclear about what you wrote. --evrik ^(talk) 22:05, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
• @Onegreatjoke: The nominator hasn't been active since the start of the month; if the issues haven't or can't be addressed, should the nomination be closed? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:19, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

I'll wait to see if he comes back. Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:56, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

It's been over a week since my comment and the nominator hasn't returned. Marking for closure. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:13, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

More potential sources

U.S. Army Public Affairs Hall of Fame

• Eagle's Call, Spring 2016, pg 17 "Daniel L. Coberly one of two soldiers inducted"
• Excelsior College Magazine, Vol 16 No 2 Fall 2014 pg 30 "Army Public Affairs Association Names Coberly to Hall of Fame"

Greater Ala Council

• Scouting Stories Publication, 2021 pg 220 Service: Daniel L Coberly

Eagle Scout

• The Tascom Chronicle, Wurzburg, Germany, Oct 15, 1970, pg 8 Scout Earns Top Award
• Frontline 3rd Inf Division, Wurzburg Germany Oct 20, 1970 Eagle Scout is second in 21 years

Community Service Award

• Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, Ala Feb 25, 2005, Daniel L. Coberly
• Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, Ala Feb 2009, Whitney M. Young, Jr. Service Awards

Volunteer of the Year

• Huntsville Times, Huntsville, Ala Business Section, May 9, 2004 "Dan Coberly, public affairs officer for the *Huntsville International Engineering & Support Center named US. Army Corps of Engineers Volunteer of the Year".
• Redstone Rocket, Huntsville, Ala June 16, 2004, pg 4, "Corps of Engineers Presents Annual Awards"

Silver Buffalo

• Scouting Magazine, Sep-Oct 2016, pg 5, 2016 Silver Buffalo Award Recipients
• Eagles' Call, Fall 2016, pg 4, Birds & Buffaloes

Distinguished Eagle Scout

• Army Times, July 28, 1997 Army Honors, pg (0), "Sgt. Major Dan Coberly received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from Secretary of the Army Togo West".
• NCO Journal, Spring 1997, pg 7, "SGM First Active Duty NCO to Receive Prestigious Scouting Award"
• The Stars & Stripes Association News, Front Page, Vol. 11, No. 1 Jan 1998 "Former ES&S, PS&S journalist receives Scouting's highest rank"

Silver Antelope

• Enterprise Ledger, Enterprise Ala, Page 4B Wed May 24 1995 "Coberly receives Silver Antelope Award from Boy Scouts of America"
• International Adventure News, No.22 Oct 1995 "Two International Representatives awarded Silver Antelopes"

Top Ten Eagle Scouts Report to SACEUR

• European Stars & Stripes daily newspaper, Feb 1971, mentions scouts selected
• Transatlantic Trails, Feb 1971, photo of group with Gen. Andrew Goodpaster, SACEUR

International Scouting

• Kaiserslautern American, June 19, 1998, Pg 12, "Scouts from nine nations meet at Intercamp" (mentioned)
• Het Volk, Aug 24, 1989, Amsterdam, quoted
• Deep Water Traveler, July 1993, pg 2 Dan Coberly, Co-Founder, Overseas Arrowman Assn.
• The World Scout Foundation Honor Baden Powell Fellowship March 1997 Listed as new Fellow

Other

• World Scouting News Apr-Jun 1998, "Queen Speaks at Royal Gala" (photo with Queen E)
• Jamboree Today, 1993, page 12, "Scouts ascend to Eagle at Jamboree" (quoted)
• Jamboree Today, Aug 8, 1989, "35th NESA Distinguished Service Award Presented"
• Eagletter, Vol 15, No. 1 Summer 1989, "NESA in the Far East" (quoted as Chairman)
• Eagletter, Summer 1989, "Writer Honored"

207.189.176.134 (talk) 14:59, 29 July 2023 (UTC)