A fact from David Rubitsky appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the
Did you know column on 2 June 2010 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
|
This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Did Rubitsky himself write this article? It has moved beyond biased and into outright propaganda. The Army did a thorough investigation. Many, many soldiers who served with him testified. A large majority said the entire story was a "fairy tale".
Can someone fix this article? It leaves a very, VERY misleading impression on readers who have not already read the history of Rubitsky.
I probably posted this in the wrong place or something, and I apologize for that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.178.222.124 ( talk) 05:48, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
This is a case where the less that is reported about his claims and things that he has said, the better he looks. Its not that the article is terrible or one-sided. Its perhaps just slightly too fair to him as the army itself was during the investigation. 184.63.149.199 ( talk) 17:41, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
Is there an editor more familiar with the subject who can cite the publication of the appointment as a Honorary Member of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the London Gazette?
Facts
I have no opinion on the merits of this award, my concern is simply with finding the citation.
Karl Stephens ( talk) 03:40, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
Honorary awards of the Order of the British Empire are seldom published in the London Gazette. The Order of the British Empire is an award for meritorious service recommended by Commonwealth governments that participate in the British honours system. Most Commonwealth governments eg India and Canada have there own national honours systems but a dozen or so countries, most with population less than one million still use the British honours system. If the PNG Embassy states that an honorary award has been presented to Mr Rubitsky then I would accept that advice. I would go back to the Embassy or contact the Governor General of PNG for details on when the award was presented to Mr Rubitsky. I have deleted the letter MBE after his name since honorary awards do not attract post nominals. Anthony Staunton ( talk) 11:09, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
I've always somewhat thought that Rubitsky had invented himself into the role of one of the true heroes of the battle. Within a short time of Rubitsky's claimed action, Herman Bottcher, a Sergeant, led twelve men across a creek under mortar fire into the heart of elaborate Japanese defenses. He stood up under fire to allow his men to advance and gradually drove a wedge between the Japanese beach defenses and the village. Afterward the men dug in and formed a position that would have seemed impossible to hold. Bottcher had a blown eardrum and was wounded by that point. He was overall wounded twice. It was estimated that He and the twelve men caused over a hundred Japanese casualties. He was given a DSC and promoted to captain. He died later in the war and was forgotten by some.
There is also a broader context to his MBE. In 1996 he started talking to people in PNG about doing a film there. He dropped the name of Julian Krainin who had been a producer on the film "quiz show". He made a trip to PNG in 2000 and at the end of that trip, he issued a press release saying that the film project had collapsed due to threats on his life in PNG.
This information was provided in terms of the spirit of improving the article. It does not suggest any specific changes to the article. 184.63.149.199 ( talk) 18:17, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on David Rubitsky. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{
Sourcecheck}}
).
This message was posted before February 2018.
After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than
regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors
have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the
RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{
source check}}
(last update: 5 June 2024).
Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot ( Report bug) 10:49, 8 December 2016 (UTC)